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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Amy Gledhill: Make Me look Fit On The Poster

Amy Gledhill: Make Me look Fit On The Poster

Amy Gledhill – Triple Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee, National Comedy Award nominee and 1/3 of cult double act The Delightful Sausage – returns with a brand … 

Amy Gledhill - Make Me Look Fit On The Poster

Amy Gledhill - Make Me Look Fit On The Poster

Amy Gledhill – Triple Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee, National Comedy Award nominee and 1/3 of cult double act The Delightful Sausage – returns with a brand … 

Amy Gledhill: Make Me Look Fit on the Poster

Amy Gledhill: Make Me Look Fit on the Poster

Amy Gledhill – Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee, National Comedy Award nominee and 1/3 of cult double-act The Delightful Sausage – returns with a brand-new show about self-confid… 

Attila the Stockbroker: 14 Days, 14 Completely Different Shows

Attila the Stockbroker: 14 Days, 14 Completely Different Shows

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

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

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

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

Arron Jones: Rockstar Magician

Arron Jones: Rockstar Magician

Can a magician be a rockstar? Rockstar Magician Arron Jones couldn’t possibly say, but yes. 

Andy Roach: Laughing at Conspiracy Theories

Andy Roach: Laughing at Conspiracy Theories

Laughing at conspiracy theories. 

Dragon Shows for Babies

Dragon Shows for Babies

The tales of the dragons are special for many reasons. 

Off With Your Head!

Off With Your Head!

Are you fit to reign? How long do you think you can survive as ruler? Come and find out in this one-of-a-kind interactive comedy video game! Part comedy, part improv, part video ga… 

Gremlin Head

Gremlin Head

Winner of Best Solo Show of 2023 at the Clubbies, Gremlin Head is a stand-up comedy show about having a menacing, rude, nasty, naughty gremlin inside your mind. 

Toy Stories, or How Not to Make a Living as an Artist

Toy Stories, or How Not to Make a Living as an Artist

A storytelling odyssey through art, contemporary politics and twentieth-century history, told in Chris’s signature style: satirical stand-up meets art lecture-demonstration. 

These Are the Contents of My Head (The Annie Lennox Show)

These Are the Contents of My Head (The Annie Lennox Show)

Annie Lennox’s transcendent solo album DIVA stands at the centre of this sparkling story about strong, defiant women and the little gay boy who loves them. 

Abby Wambaugh: The First 3 Minutes of 17 Shows

Abby Wambaugh: The First 3 Minutes of 17 Shows

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

Ben Carter: How to Approach People and Make Friends (Volume II)

Ben Carter: How to Approach People and Make Friends (Volume II)

After his 2018 sell-out run Join Ben Carter for ‘How to Approach People and Make Friends (Volume II)’ as he desperately attempts to boost his social circle, whether dressed as the … 

Andy Parsons: Bafflingly Optimistic

Andy Parsons: Bafflingly Optimistic

"For those who worry that we are going to hell in a handcart, Andy Parsons will at least make you enjoy the ride" - The i As seen on Netflix, Amazon … 

Andy Parsons: Bafflingly Optimistic

Andy Parsons: Bafflingly Optimistic

"For those who worry that we are going to hell in a handcart, Andy Parsons will at least make you enjoy the ride" - The i As seen on Netflix, Amazon … 

Rob Duncan is Leather Daddy. Who is Andy Duncan?

Rob Duncan is Leather Daddy. Who is Andy Duncan?

Rob Duncan has found a persona that really resonates with him. 

Circus class for Kids by Head First Acrobats

Circus class for Kids by Head First Acrobats

Does your kid want to have awesome skills! Do they love the circus? Well this is the class for them! An hour long workshop learning all the foundations of circus skills taught b… 

The Electric Head Present: Improvised Head

The Electric Head Present: Improvised Head

Galton & Simpson ‘Godfathers of Comedy’ Award Winners 2023 tear-up the script as they return to Londons West end in their anarchic, two man long-form Impro Show! 

The Nag's Head

The Nag's Head

If you are partial to rather extraordinary pieces of theatre, that contain elements of many genres but cannot be pigeon-holed into any of them, then The Nag’s Head at the Park Th… 

Head Set

Head Set

Sufficiently disillusioned with her theatre career that she shoved cake into a woman’s face (she deserved it, FYI), Victoria Melody turns to Plan B: stand-up comedy. 

The Old Queen's Head

The Old Queen's Head

A sincerely told story, a captivating performance and a wealth of humour make for a well-spent eighty minutes upstairs at The Lion & Unicorn Theatre with David Patterson, who makes… 

Andy Onions: PowerPointless

Andy Onions: PowerPointless

A stupendously silly, high-octane stand-up comedy show. 

Tatty Macleod: Fugue

Tatty Macleod: Fugue

Better known as, That French TikTok Lady, Tatty Macleod has gained a huge online following thanks to her hilarious and astute observations of French and British culture. 

Jez Lowe and Andy May – Songs, Strings and Small-pipes

Jez Lowe and Andy May – Songs, Strings and Small-pipes

Songs and tunes from North-East England, from award-winning songwriter and author Jez Lowe and his long-time musical collaborator and leading Northumbrian piper and pianist Andy Ma… 

In Conversation with... Andy Burnham

In Conversation with... Andy Burnham

Mayor of Greater Manchester since 2017, Andy’s priorities include building a London-style integrated transport system, ending rough sleeping, transforming Greater Manchester into… 

Kill the Cop Inside Your Head

Kill the Cop Inside Your Head

Spoken word and performance artist Subira Joy explores their experiences being targeted by the police as a Black, queer and trans person in the UK. 

Andy Miller: Michael Bublé and Rat Pack Tribute

Andy Miller: Michael Bublé and Rat Pack Tribute

Andy is one of Scotland’s top swing vocalists offering a big band sound production with professional sound and light. 

The Make Marriage Worx Group (WiP)

The Make Marriage Worx Group (WiP)

Andrea Burke-Bottom is a former alpha wife and boss babe, who took the pledge to become a traditional wife to avoid upsetting her husband’s floundering masculinity. 

The Make Marriage Worx Group (WiP)

The Make Marriage Worx Group (WiP)

Andrea Burke-Bottom is a former alpha-wife and wannabe trad-wife. 

Only Hitmen and Scammers Make Phone Calls

Only Hitmen and Scammers Make Phone Calls

“Who just sits and waits?” Nate and Quinn take residence in an abandoned warehouse to await details of their next job, just a phone and each other for company, wiling away the time… 

The Postcards (80s Indie Tribute)

The Postcards (80s Indie Tribute)

A unique set of your favourite classic songs from the coolest alternative bands. 

Andy Parsons: Bafflingly Optimistic

Andy Parsons: Bafflingly Optimistic

Having done 17 full-run Edinburgh shows, Andy hasn’t done one for 17 years. 

Not So Smart: Raising Funds for Crisis in Memory of Andy Smart

Not So Smart: Raising Funds for Crisis in Memory of Andy Smart

An hour of stand-up, improv and utter wild nonsense celebrating the life of as-it-turns-out-not-immortal comedian, adventurer and raconteur Andy Smart. 

Paul Brown Sings Andy Williams

Paul Brown Sings Andy Williams

Andy Williams was one of the world’s greatest light music entertainers and, in celebration of his legacy, Paul performs many of Andy’s biggest hits. 

Blue Rose Code + Support from Steph Macleod

Blue Rose Code + Support from Steph Macleod

Ross Wilson, aka Blue Rose Code, writes songs straight from, and to, the heart. 

The Electric Head present: Improvised Head

The Electric Head present: Improvised Head

Acclaimed double-act The Electric Head (Al Ronald & Cy Henty) are taking London by storm and reality by surprise with their brand new, critically acclaimed long-form improv show. 

The Electric Head present: Improvised Head

The Electric Head present: Improvised Head

Acclaimed double-act The Electric Head (Al Ronald & Cy Henty) are taking London by storm and reality by surprise with their brand new, critically acclaimed long-form improv show. 

Off With Your Head

Off With Your Head

Are you fit to reign? How long do you think you can survive as ruler? Come and find out in this one-of-a-kind interactive comedy video game! Part comedy, improv, video game and cho… 

Arron Jones: Rockstar Magician

Arron Jones: Rockstar Magician

A musical comedy magic show to rock your socks off! Magic, music, comedy, raw sex appeal, zero self-awareness. 

Sean and Daro Flake It 'Til They Make It

Sean and Daro Flake It 'Til They Make It

Looking for a way out of their humdrum lives in the outskirts of Glasgow, straight-laced Sean, fresh from dropping out of uni, and the gallus Daro, overflowing with charisma and bu… 

The Listies Make Some Noise

The Listies Make Some Noise

An insane mixtape of silly songs, stupid sketches and crazy clowning! For over a decade the award-winning Listies have toured the world doing shows for literally gazillions of kidu… 

Paul F Taylor: Head in the Clouds

Paul F Taylor: Head in the Clouds

Wonderfully absurd stand-up from a fool’s thinking man. 

Ian Stone Will Make It Better

Ian Stone Will Make It Better

Feel like life is getting you down? Ian Stone will make it better. 

Alex Hylton: I Won't Let Failure Go To My Head

Alex Hylton: I Won't Let Failure Go To My Head

Lovable scamp Alex Hylton has done stand-up for a third of his life. 

Gremlin Head

Gremlin Head

Gremlin Head is a stand-up comedy show about intrusive thoughts and the guilt that they cause us. 

Andy Field: Belligerent (WIP)

Andy Field: Belligerent (WIP)

Andy’s been a stand up comedian for over 10 years now and he’s always made an effort to not be negative or combative, to amplify silliness and be lighthearted Recently however, he… 

Failed by Design

Failed by Design

Help award-winning comedians build a new invention to save the world in this chaotic, hilarious show where you are in control. 

24 Shows in 24 days: Live at the Big Cave

24 Shows in 24 days: Live at the Big Cave

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

Andy Bucks and Low Effort Sketches: Combined Effort

Andy Bucks and Low Effort Sketches: Combined Effort

Andy Bucks and Low Effort Sketches present a split hour of award-winning stand-up and sketch comedy! Both acts feature silly and nerdy humour. 

Stanley Brooks: I Can Make Me Rich

Stanley Brooks: I Can Make Me Rich

Why aren’t you rich yet? Why are people at the top nowhere near as smart as you? Nearly award-winning comedian Stanley Brooks (Best Debut Show Leicester Comedy Festival 2023) is he… 

Sasha Ellen: When Life Gives You Ellens Make Ellenade

Sasha Ellen: When Life Gives You Ellens Make Ellenade

“The primary school teacher vibes don’t end here,” Sasha Ellen jokes lightheartedly at the start of When Life Gives You Ellens, Make Ellenade. 

Andy Field: Belligerent (WIP)

Andy Field: Belligerent (WIP)

Andy’s been a stand up comedian for over 10 years now and he’s always made an effort to not be negative or combative, to amplify silliness and be lighthearted Recently however, he… 

Olaf Falafel: Look What Fell Out Of My Head

Olaf Falafel: Look What Fell Out Of My Head

Join the best-joke-list-bothering, holey-cheese-flinging, diaphragm-jiggling comedian as he presents a hostess trolley full of stuff he finds funny. 

Andy Roach – Laughing at Conspiracy Theories

Andy Roach – Laughing at Conspiracy Theories

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

Tatty Macleod: Fugue

Tatty Macleod: Fugue

Better known as, That French TikTok Lady, Tatty Macleod has gained a huge online following thanks to her hilarious and astute observations of French and British culture. 

Paul F Taylor: Head In The Clouds

Paul F Taylor: Head In The Clouds

Wonderfully offbeat stand-up comedy from one of the UK circuit’s most distinctive and uniquely talented comedians. 

Paul F Taylor: Head In The Clouds

Paul F Taylor: Head In The Clouds

Wonderfully absurd stand-up from a fool’s thinking man. 

" How I Said 'F*** You' To The Company When They Tried To Make Me Redundant"

Ever been in that room where they make you redundant? Ever wished that you fought back? Well, here’s how I did. 

" How I Said 'F*** You' To The Company When They Tried To Make Me Redundant"

Ever been in that room where they make you redundant? Ever wished that you fought back? Well, here’s how I did. 

Andy Barr's Ill Defined Extravaganza - Penge Comedy Festival

Andy Barr's Ill Defined Extravaganza - Penge Comedy Festival

You sense the presence of an Extravaganza. 

Rockstar

Rockstar

What would you do to become a star? Rockstar is an original musical telling the story of a band’s meteoric rise from obscurity to international success. 

Rockstar

Rockstar

A new LGBTQ+ musical which follows the fortunes of two songwriters, Jack and Billy, and their meteoric rise to success after they recruit a new singer. 

Rockstar

Rockstar

Rockstar isn't your stereotypical rock musical. 

Hannah Fairweather: Make That The Brand

Hannah Fairweather: Make That The Brand

During the Edinburgh Fringe 2022, Hannah Fairweather was included on Dave’s Top Ten Jokes of the Fringe, The Telegraph’s 20 Best Jokes & Funniest One-liners, The Times 20 Best … 

Hannah Fairweather: Make That The Brand

Hannah Fairweather: Make That The Brand

During the Edinburgh Fringe 2022, Hannah Fairweather was included on Dave’s Top Ten Jokes of the Fringe, The Telegraph’s 20 Best Jokes & Funniest One-liners, The Times 20 Best … 

Jake Cornford & Jake O'Brien Murphy: Two Jakes Don't Make A Right

Jake Cornford & Jake O'Brien Murphy: Two Jakes Don't Make A Right

Two Jakes do not make a right, but what they DO make is a right good laugh! One Welshman and one Scouser join Jake & Jake for an hour of hilarious stand-up comedy. 

Jake Cornford & Jake O'Brien Murphy: Two Jakes Don't Make A Right

Jake Cornford & Jake O'Brien Murphy: Two Jakes Don't Make A Right

Two Jakes do not make a right, but what they DO make is a right good laugh! One Welshman and one Scouser join Jake & Jake for an hour of hilarious stand-up comedy. 

Alex Hylton: I Won't Let Failure Go To My Head

Alex Hylton: I Won't Let Failure Go To My Head

Winner of ‘Best Show’ at Leicester Comedy Festival, Alex Hylton returns to Brighton Fringe with a brand-new show for 2023. 

Alex Hylton: I Won't Let Failure Go To My Head

Alex Hylton: I Won't Let Failure Go To My Head

Winner of ‘Best Show’ at Leicester Comedy Festival, Alex Hylton returns to Brighton Fringe with a brand-new show for 2023. 

The Make Marriage Worx Group (WiP)

The Make Marriage Worx Group (WiP)

Andrea Burke-Bottom is a former alpha-wife and wannabe trad-wife. 

The Make Marriage Worx Group (WiP)

The Make Marriage Worx Group (WiP)

Andrea Burke-Bottom is a former alpha-wife and wannabe trad-wife. 

Schalk Bezuidenhout: I'll Make Laugh To You

Schalk Bezuidenhout: I'll Make Laugh To You

In Schalk Bezuidenhout’s I’ll Make Laugh To You, the fun and games start before the show does, introducing us to his subtley pointed sarcasm before launching in a self-deprecat… 

JuiceBox Presents: Make It Rain

JuiceBox Presents: Make It Rain

Are you ready to Twerk Out with your Dollars Out?! JuiceBox Presents London’s Award-Winning Womxn-Led LGBTQ+ Strxptease Experience. 

The Slow Songs Make Me Sad

The Slow Songs Make Me Sad

A one-woman comedy musical about Post-Natal Depression. 

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

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

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

Gun to your Head

Gun to your Head

It’s summer and teenage runaways Dakota and Bede are hiding out in an abandoned quarry, buried deep in the belly of England. 

Paul F Taylor: Head In The Clouds

Paul F Taylor: Head In The Clouds

Wonderfully offbeat stand-up comedy from one of the UK circuit’s most distinctive and uniquely talented comedians. 

Tatty Macleod: Fugue

Tatty Macleod: Fugue

Tatty Macleod has gained a huge online following thanks to her French vs English sketches (50 million views across Instagram and TikTok). 

Pauly F Taylor - Head In The Clouds

Pauly F Taylor - Head In The Clouds

Wonderfully offbeat stand-up comedy from one of the UK circuit’s most distinctive and uniquely talented comedians. 

Pauly F Taylor - Head In The Cloud

Pauly F Taylor - Head In The Cloud

Wonderfully offbeat stand-up comedy from one of the UK circuit’s most distinctive and uniquely talented comedians. 

In Conversation with... Andy Burnham

In Conversation with... Andy Burnham

Mayor of Greater Manchester since 2017, Andy’s priorities include building a London-style integrated transport system, ending rough sleeping and transforming Greater Manchester i… 

Voices in my Head

Voices in my Head

In this comedy romp, audiences will meet a colourful cast of characters who are certain to tickle those funny bones. 

Schalk Bezuidenhout: I'll Make Laugh To You (Like You Want Me To)

Schalk Bezuidenhout: I'll Make Laugh To You (Like You Want Me To)

Following an incredible Edinburgh Fringe debut in 2019 and fresh from a 2022 Netflix special, Schalk Bezuidenhout is back with love in his heart and jokes in his pocket. 

Where's Your Head At?

Where's Your Head At?

Faye Treacy’s highly anticipated new show (Musical Comedy Awards Best Newcomer, as featured on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Three). 

Paul Brown Sings Andy Williams

Paul Brown Sings Andy Williams

Paul Brown Sings Andy Williams is a solo acoustic concert showcasing many of Andy Williams’ greatest hits. 

Head Girl

Head Girl

A coming-of-age story about falling in and out of love with yourself. 

Fake It Till You Make It

Fake It Till You Make It

A one-woman show about Leda, an actor struggling to make it. 

Andy's Moon Show – How to Fake the Moon Landing

Andy's Moon Show – How to Fake the Moon Landing

Join Andy (AKA Radio 1’s occasional moon expert, Shawn Moondez) as he explains the intricacies around faking the 1969 moon landing to his conspiracy theorist co-host and UK Improv … 

Voices in my Head

Voices in my Head

In this comedy romp, audiences will meet a colourful cast of characters who are certain to tickle those funny bones. 

Andy's Moon Show – How Much is the Moon Worth?

Andy's Moon Show – How Much is the Moon Worth?

Join Andy (AKA Radio 1’s occasional moon expert Shawn Moondez) as he explains various ways to value our moon to his co-host and UK Improv Smackdown 2022 winner, Rick Falcon. 

Tatty Macleod WIP

Tatty Macleod WIP

Tatty Macleod has gained a huge online following thanks to her French vs English sketches (37 million views across Instagram and TikTok). 

Tatty Macleod- Fugue (French) W.I.P

Tatty Macleod- Fugue (French) W.I.P

“D’ou vient tu?” C’est la question que se pose l’humoriste franco-anglaise Tatty Macleod. 

Tatty Macleod- Fugue (French) W.I.P

Tatty Macleod- Fugue (French) W.I.P

“D’ou vient tu?” C’est la question que se pose l’humoriste franco-anglaise Tatty Macleod. 

Where's Your Head At?

Where's Your Head At?

Faye Treacy’s highly anticipated new show (Musical Comedy Awards Best Newcomer, as featured on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Three). 

Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History

Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History

A shameless ode to desolate puppy-love in all its mundane, absurdist glory, featuring toads, sperm-banks and carrots. 

Head Girl

Head Girl

A coming-of-age story about falling in and out of love with yourself. 

head/lining

head/lining

A profound, thrilling mix of music and storytelling, head/lining is a lyrical deep dive inside the mind of a working-class white lad coming to terms with his life so far; from noxi… 

Massaoke: Rockstar Weekend

Massaoke: Rockstar Weekend

Massaoke is back. 

Stanley Brooks: I Can Make Me Rich

Stanley Brooks: I Can Make Me Rich

Why aren’t you rich yet? How come there are people at the top nowhere near as smart, talented or good looking as you? Stanley Brooks is here to help you teach yourself the skills y… 

Make Me Your Queen

Make Me Your Queen

Game changer of an act Sam Serrano showcases their trademark self-deprecating and dark style in their debut show, Make Me Your Queen. 

Andy Roach: Laughing at Conspiracy Theories

Andy Roach: Laughing at Conspiracy Theories

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

Don't Make Me Hate You

Don't Make Me Hate You

Maureen Langan doesn’t want to hate people; they make her hate them. 

Andy Macleod: Anoint My Head – How I Failed to Make it as a Britpop Indie Rockstar

Andy Macleod: Anoint My Head – How I Failed to Make it as a Britpop Indie Rockstar

A one-man show set in early 90s London about a band who didn’t become rich or famous but had a manager who did. 

Victoria Melody: Head Set

Victoria Melody: Head Set

Selected as one of the best shows to see by Time Out and The Times. 

Make-up

Make-up

Lady Christina leaves the stage after another performance above another pub. 

Schalk Bezuidenhout: I'll Make Laugh To You (Like You Want Me To)

Schalk Bezuidenhout: I'll Make Laugh To You (Like You Want Me To)

Following an incredible Edinburgh Fringe debut in 2019 and fresh from a 2022 Netflix special, Schalk Bezuidenhout is back with love in his heart and jokes in his pocket. 

Head Set

Head Set

Delving into amateur stand-up culture and trying to make peace with a messy brain, the new documentary-theatre show from Victoria Melody sees her in wearable tech, scanning her bra… 

Andy Field: Ideas (,) Man

Andy Field: Ideas (,) Man

Andy’s an ideas man and he’s got ideas, man. 

Head Girl

Head Girl

A coming-of-age story about falling in and out of love with yourself. 

Head Girl

Head Girl

A coming-of-age story about falling in and out of love with yourself. 

Where's Your Head At? (Work In Progress)

Where's Your Head At? (Work In Progress)

Faye Treacy doesn’t mean to blow her own trumpet, but she managed to overcome every expectation of her to become the coolest international musician in world history. 

Where's Your Head At? (Work In Progress)

Where's Your Head At? (Work In Progress)

Faye Treacy doesn’t mean to blow her own trumpet, but she managed to overcome every expectation of her to become the coolest international musician in world history. 

Alex Franklin and Andy Watts present: Andy Watts and Alex Franklin

Alex Franklin and Andy Watts present: Andy Watts and Alex Franklin

Alex Franklin (Brighton Comedy Award Finalist/ BBC New Comedy Award Nominee) and Andy Watts (Max Turner Prize Winner/ So You Think You’re Funny Runner-Up) have landed, and are re… 

Alex Franklin and Andy Watts present: Andy Watts and Alex Franklin

Alex Franklin and Andy Watts present: Andy Watts and Alex Franklin

Alex Franklin (Brighton Comedy Award Finalist/ BBC New Comedy Award Nominee) and Andy Watts (Max Turner Prize Winner/ So You Think You’re Funny Runner-Up) have landed, and are re… 

Why I’ll Never Make It with Joshua Morgan

Why I’ll Never Make It with Joshua Morgan

A night of conversation and song with Joshua Morgan (Ain’t Too Proud, Les Misérables), hosted by Off-Broadway actor Patrick Oliver Jones and his top 25 theater podcast Why I’ll … 

REDEMPTION | Failed By Design

REDEMPTION | Failed By Design

REDEMPTION How does one obtain salvation?Failed By Design A stand-up show about design REDEMPTION - Greg Clifford REDEMPTION is an avant-garde amalgamation of … 

The Great War | Lovely Head

The Great War | Lovely Head

Momentum Theatre Productions is proud to present the Irish premiere of The Great War along with Lovely Head in a night of two dark comedies by Neil LaBute. 

Queer East 2021 - Women Make Film: In Conversation with Naoko Ogigami and Zero Chou

Queer East 2021 - Women Make Film: In Conversation with Naoko Ogigami and Zero Chou

This panel will explore how female filmmakers in East Asia have fought to promote equality both onscreen and behind the camera, advocating for the importance of diverse representat… 

Pink Glove: a Queer Pulp / Indie / New Wave / Post Punk Disco

Pink Glove: a Queer Pulp / Indie / New Wave / Post Punk Disco

WE’RE BACK!After an AMAZING first night there, your favourite queer indie disco for common people heads back to the fabulously scuzzy Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club!Join us for a… 

MIND UR HEAD @ The Yard

MIND UR HEAD @ The Yard

MIND UR HEAD @ THE YARDa queer dance platform + party Saturday 11th September // evening + night evening join us for an evening in theatre space for a sharing of pro… 

The Bugle with Andy Zaltzman

The Bugle with Andy Zaltzman

A live performance of the global smash-hit podcast The Bugle. 

Andy Field The Rhythm, Field The Rhyme, Get On Up, It's Comedy Time

Andy Field The Rhythm, Field The Rhyme, Get On Up, It's Comedy Time

A brand new collection of fun and silly ideas loosely arranged into the form of a show by award winning comedian Andy Field. 

Andy Field The Rhythm, Field The Rhyme, Get On Up, It’s Comedy Time

Andy Field The Rhythm, Field The Rhyme, Get On Up, It’s Comedy Time

A brand new collection of fun and silly ideas loosely arranged into the form of a show by award winning comedian Andy Field As seen/heard on BBC One, Radio … 

Andy Field The Rhythm, Field The Rhyme, Get On Up, It's Comedy Time

Andy Field The Rhythm, Field The Rhyme, Get On Up, It's Comedy Time

A brand new collection of fun and silly ideas loosely arranged into the form of a show by award winning comedian Andy Field. 

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

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

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

Nice Try and Clown Nipples (Two Comedy Solo Shows)

Nice Try and Clown Nipples (Two Comedy Solo Shows)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Summer in the Garden:  Make Music Day 2021 with  Comfortable Classical

Summer in the Garden: Make Music Day 2021 with Comfortable Classical

Come and enjoy live, classical music in a relaxed, lunchtime performance with City of London Sinfonia. 

Summer in the Garden: Make  Music Day with South London  Choirs

Summer in the Garden: Make Music Day with South London Choirs

Four local ‘Sing Out’ community choirs are singing together to celebrate Make Music Day 2021. As part of the Albany’s Summer in the Garden. 

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

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

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

Make-up

Make-up

One day perhaps someone will write a play about a drag queen where, beneath the frock and below the wig, above the high heels and under the layers of slap exists a man who is happy… 

Make-up

Make-up

Lady Christina leaves the stage at the end of another performance in another venue above another pub. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mr Pineapple Head

Mr Pineapple Head

A wonderful theatre clown show for the whole family. 

Mr Pineapple Head

Mr Pineapple Head

A wonderful theatre clown show for the whole family. 

Cancer! You are messing with my head!

Cancer! You are messing with my head!

Well I never expected that! Cancer of any sort is a difficult thing to manage physically. 

Cancer! You are messing with my head!

Cancer! You are messing with my head!

Well I never expected that! Cancer of any sort is a difficult thing to manage physically. 

Make a Felt Bag

Make a Felt Bag

£8510am - 4pmAge suitability 16+Join International tutor Sarah Waters to learn how to create and wet felt your own unique felt bag. 

Andy Parsons: Healing The Nation

Andy Parsons: Healing The Nation

BORIS JOHNSON replaces Theresa May as PM. 

Make a Leather Flintlock Bag

Make a Leather Flintlock Bag

£8510am - 3pmAge suitability 18+A whole day of leathercraft where you can create your own shoulder bag, while learning the basic leathercraft skills. 

Make a small leather purse

Make a small leather purse

£4010am-12pmSuitable for ages 18+Learn how to mark, cut and saddle stitch your very own leather purse. 

Make a resin pendant

Make a resin pendant

£8510am-4pmSuitable for ages 18+Learn how to use resin and make a beautiful pendant. 

Make a willow Zarzo basket

Make a willow Zarzo basket

£709. 

Make a silver pendant

Make a silver pendant

£8510am-4pmSuitable for ages 18+Make a silver pendant whilst learning how to work creatively with metal. 

Make a willow basket - 2 day course

Make a willow basket - 2 day course

£130 for 2 days10am - 4pmSuitable for ages 14+A two-day course to give plenty of time to make a decent sized basket whether that be a wastepaper basket, shopper, f… 

Make a pair of silver earrings

Make a pair of silver earrings

£8510am - 4pmAge 18+Design and make a pair of silver earrings whilst learning how to work creatively using precious metal. 

Make A Good Impression

Make A Good Impression

Make a good impression is a stand up and impression show with Clare Harrison McCartney and Daniel Benisty. 

Make-up

Make-up

Step into the green room and meet Lady Christina at the end of what could be her last ever performance. 

Andy Parsons: Healing The Nation

Andy Parsons: Healing The Nation

‘It was 24th June 2016 and I found myself contemplating a supermarket meal deal. 

Andy Parsons: Healing The Nation

Andy Parsons: Healing The Nation

‘It was 24th June 2016 and I found myself contemplating a supermarket meal deal. 

'Queers Make History'  a guided tour of Brixton

'Queers Make History' a guided tour of Brixton

A guided walking tour, conducted by Ian Townson, concentrating on the radical gay community and gay squats in Brixton from the mid 1970s to 1981, the year of the Brixton uprising. 

Andy Young: Records in my Bedroom

Andy Young: Records in my Bedroom

Critically acclaimed singer Andrew Young and Musical Director Paul Knight bring a new cabaret to the Museum of Comedy This show takes a journey from the early days of An… 

Andy Zaltzman – Work in Progress

Andy Zaltzman – Work in Progress

Andy Zaltzman, host of the long-running worldwide hit satirical podcast The Bugle, comes to the Museum of Comedy. 

Andy Young: Records in my Bedroom

Andy Young: Records in my Bedroom

Critically acclaimed singer Andrew Young and Musical Director Paul Knight bring a new cabaret to the Museum of Comedy This show takes a journey from the early days of An… 

Falsettos: The Make A Difference Charity Gala

Falsettos: The Make A Difference Charity Gala

Falsettos Charity Gala Evening supporting the Make A Difference Trust. 

Live Forever - Britpop Tribute Festival feat Definitely Oasis + Blur2 + Pulp'd + Lucky Man (Verve)

Live Forever - Britpop Tribute Festival feat Definitely Oasis + Blur2 + Pulp'd + Lucky Man (Verve)

Definitely Oasis are regarded by many Oasis fans and promoters alike as the best Oasis tribute band there is. 

Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off

Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off

The Edinburgh University Theatre Company Presents Liz Lochhead’s 'Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off'. 

Indie Daze 6

Indie Daze 6

Indie Daze returns to O2 Forum Kentish Town for its sixth year, with noisemakers, Therapy? heading up the day’s events.  

Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet

Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet

As part of his work on a film, Yorkshire composer Gavin Bryars recorded a homeless man’s song in 1971. 

Celebrating Scotland's Harp – Calum Macleod

Celebrating Scotland's Harp – Calum Macleod

Clarsach player and Gaelic singer, Calum Macleod, grew up surrounded by music, and in this short concert will perform some of his favourite tunes and songs from the Gaelic traditio… 

Back of the Head with a Brick

Back of the Head with a Brick

I was young when I chose to love my city. 

Questions for Quiz Shows

Questions for Quiz Shows

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

Andy Zaltzman: Satirist For Hire – Blindfold Cliff-Edge Unicorn Brexit Britain Bogus Prime Minister Democrageddon American Elections Cricket World Cup General State of the World Specials

Andy Zaltzman: Satirist For Hire – Blindfold Cliff-Edge Unicorn Brexit Britain Bogus Prime Minister Democrageddon American Elections Cricket World Cup General State of the World Specials

Zaltzman, host of the global smash-hit podcast The Bugle, brings his uniquely interactive stand-up show Satirist For Hire. 

Let’s Make Sick Art 

Let’s Make Sick Art 

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

Devon Knows How They Make It So Musical! (Free)

Devon Knows How They Make It So Musical! (Free)

Join us for a magical, marvellous hour of songs from your favourite movie musicals including Les Misérables, The Greatest Showman and some Disney classics. 

Make Your Own Book Workshop

Make Your Own Book Workshop

Transform paper into 3D forms. 

George Duff and Kevin Macleod

George Duff and Kevin Macleod

Top Scots traditional singer/guitarist George Duff performs songs featuring classics by Robert Burns, songs from the coal mining industry and Scottish and Irish traditional songs a… 

This Show Will Make You Sharper!

This Show Will Make You Sharper!

Staying sharp as you age is easy… just eat this super berry, do five simple things or play this game to beat dementia! But what if it’s not as simple as the hype suggests? If w… 

Frankenstein: How to Make a Monster

Frankenstein: How to Make a Monster

Just what does it take to make a monster? Is inhumanity truly born simply from reanimation, or is it a product of the already inhumane environment? Re-investigating Mary Shelley’… 

Mothers Who Make – How Can the Arts be Mother Friendly?

Mothers Who Make – How Can the Arts be Mother Friendly?

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

Andy Gunn Presents: From T-Bone To Trucks

Andy Gunn Presents: From T-Bone To Trucks

Following 2018’s sold-out run, Scottish virtuoso Andy Gunn’s back with his homage to the greats of electric blues guitar with a multimedia experience featuring projected films, nar… 

Andy Gunn Acoustic: Whashappenin Edinburgo?!

Andy Gunn Acoustic: Whashappenin Edinburgo?!

Though known as a world-class electric player, Scotland’s own blues guitar virtuoso and radgiest of gadgies, here plays acoustic versions of original and obscure cover songs in a s… 

Fingers and Thumbs with Andy Gunn

Fingers and Thumbs with Andy Gunn

Scotland’s own guitar virtuoso debuts an all new show exploring in trio format, various stringed instruments. 

Make Tea, Not War

Make Tea, Not War

After performing at the Brighton and Ludlow Fringes this year, Majk Stokes returns to Edinburgh to bookend the Venue 40 programme. 

Dear Mr Dead Head

Dear Mr Dead Head

Ten friends. 

I Can Make You Fail Slightly Less

I Can Make You Fail Slightly Less

Are you aware of the devastation that is possible by just one negative thought. 

Rich Bitch – How to Make Money with the Power of Your Mind

Rich Bitch – How to Make Money with the Power of Your Mind

Some people have called it ‘the biggest scam or our age’. 

Andy Barr: The Ruby

Andy Barr: The Ruby

With his father recently deceased, minor aristocrat Andy Barr stands to inherit his fortune, his estate, his magnificent ruby and its terrible curse. 

Jay Light: Fake It Til You Make It

Jay Light: Fake It Til You Make It

‘One of the best roasters in Los Angeles’ (Jeff Ross). 

Andy Field's Funeral

Andy Field's Funeral

From BBC Radio 1’s The Andy Field Experience, ITV2’s The Stand Up Sketch Show and Comedy Central’s Ones To Watch. 

99 (First World) Problems feat Andy Quirk and Anna J

99 (First World) Problems feat Andy Quirk and Anna J

Andy Quirk, the UK’s premier rapper of first world problems and his surly lead backup dancer Anna J invite you to join their crew for their latest musical comedy show dealing wit… 

Joe McTernan: What's Up with My Head?

Joe McTernan: What's Up with My Head?

If you love sitting on a chair and watching stand-up comedy then this is the show for you! Joe is an up-and-coming comedian based in Edinburgh. 

Andy Storey: Still (Awkward) Life

Andy Storey: Still (Awkward) Life

‘It’s difficult, I think, being a human person. 

Tom Taylor: Is the Indie Feel-Good Hit of the Summer

Tom Taylor: Is the Indie Feel-Good Hit of the Summer

From the maker of sell-out Fringe hit: The Charlie Montague Mysteries; tour support for Ed Sheeran’s tour support, Tom Taylor, stars in his debut stand-up show packed full of jokes… 

Ronni Ancona and Lewis MacLeod: Just Checking In

Ronni Ancona and Lewis MacLeod: Just Checking In

Celebrity impression shows have a Marmite-esque quality: whether they are a hit or a failure depends largely on their consumer and there is rarely an 'in between'. 

Andy Smart: 40 Years at the Edinburgh Fringe

Andy Smart: 40 Years at the Edinburgh Fringe

Andy has performed at 40 Edinburgh Festivals. 

Tom Taylor is the Indie Feel-Good Hit of the Summer

Tom Taylor is the Indie Feel-Good Hit of the Summer

From the maker of sell-out Fringe hit: The Charlie Montague Mysteries; tour support for Ed Sheeran's tour support, Tom Taylor, stars in his debut stand-up show pack… 

Jerry Sadowitz: Make Comedy GRATE Again!

Jerry Sadowitz: Make Comedy GRATE Again!

Jerry Sadowitz, Britain's FAVOURITE COMEDIAN, is back! Yes, the man with no visible demograph returns to make you laugh while simultaneously parting you of hard ear… 

Andy Parsons: Work in Progress

Andy Parsons: Work in Progress

Join Andy Parsons (Mock The Week)  one of Britain’s finest political comedians as he tries out material ahead of his new tour ‘Healing Th… 

Lost Soul 2 Smigger's Wrecked Head

Lost Soul 2 Smigger's Wrecked Head

Dave Kirby (Brick Up The Mersey Tunnels, Lost Soul, Council Depot Blues, Reds & Blues, The Wrath of Ann Twacky, Barry White Christmas) is back with a brand new seque… 

Andy Stedman - Confessions Of A Failed Rock Star (Work in Progress)

Andy Stedman - Confessions Of A Failed Rock Star (Work in Progress)

“Stedman’s voice is sure to melt hearts. 

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

BA Theatre Arts at GBMet. 

What Doesn't Make the Cut

What Doesn't Make the Cut

A dynamic new dance production exploring the impact of social media on the young female generation and how it effects the perception of themselves and others in the world. 

Richard Soames: Let's Make a Movie

Richard Soames: Let's Make a Movie

One man. 

Andy Field's Funeral

Andy Field's Funeral

“Completely brilliant” ***** (Voice Mag) “For an hour of hilarious escapism, look no further” **** (Edinburgh Festivals) “Stellar puns, great one liners” **** (Fest… 

Joe Wells: Please Please Please Don't Make Me Do Political Comedy

Joe Wells: Please Please Please Don't Make Me Do Political Comedy

Joe used to do political comedy but recently the news has become so horrible that he can’t bear to do it any more. 

How to Make Friends in Hollywood

How to Make Friends in Hollywood

For almost sixty years, Hollywood superstar Lindsey Ordell has been drinking too much, smoking too much and over indulging in an endless parade of sexual conquests. 

Mr Pineapple Head

Mr Pineapple Head

A family, clown, theatre show. 

Andy Bell is Torsten in... QUEERETERIA TV

Andy Bell is Torsten in... QUEERETERIA TV

Post-Armageddon in a England of the near future, a merry band of surviving dysfunctional queers take over the television station and recreate, in excruciatingly diva dri… 

Make a Leather Tote Bag

Make a Leather Tote Bag

£9510am - 4pmAge 18+ Create your own leather tote bag in this whole day workshop. 

February Half-Term Family Make & Play Ukulele Workshop

February Half-Term Family Make & Play Ukulele Workshop

MAKE, LEARN, PLAY and PERFORM on your own fully working ukulele, made from a spread tub! If you don't believe it, take a look at the YouTube extract below. 

Make your own crochet pot

Make your own crochet pot

£3516 February at 2. 

Make a silver bracelet

Make a silver bracelet

£9510am - 4pmAge 18 Learn to work creatively with metal whilst making a beautiful silver bracelet. 

Make a wire bird sculpture

Make a wire bird sculpture

£5010am - 3pmAge 16+ On this workshop you will be guided through the process of sculpting in wire. 

Make a leather messenger bag

Make a leather messenger bag

£12510am - 4pmAge 18+ This is a whole day workshop where you will create your own handcrafted A5 size leather messenger bag. 

Make a suede body pouch

Make a suede body pouch

£9510am - 4pmAge 18+ Make your suede shoulder bag. 

Learn to Sew Together - Next Steps Make a Bag

Learn to Sew Together - Next Steps Make a Bag

£502pm - 4. 

Jerry Sadowitz: Make Comedy GRATE Again!

Jerry Sadowitz: Make Comedy GRATE Again!

Jerry Sadowitz, Britain's FAVOURITE COMEDIAN, is back! Yes, the man with no visible demograph returns to make you laugh while simultaneously parting you of hard ear… 

Jerry Sadowitz: Make Comedy GRATE Again!

Jerry Sadowitz: Make Comedy GRATE Again!

Jerry Sadowitz, Britain's FAVOURITE COMEDIAN, is back! Yes, the man with no visible demograph returns to make you laugh while simultaneously parting you of hard ear… 

Dan Cardwell vs. The Choir Of Voices In His Head in: Go Slay Dragons!

Dan Cardwell vs. The Choir Of Voices In His Head in: Go Slay Dragons!

Dan was almost shot – and it's all Rupert Murdoch's fault. 

Make Tea, Not War

Make Tea, Not War

Returning for a fifth year, Majk Stokes hosts two evenings of music, poetry, comedy and storytelling to round off Venue 40’s Fringe programme for 2018. 

Make It as an Arts Journalist

Make It as an Arts Journalist

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

A Show About Shows About Show Biz

A Show About Shows About Show Biz

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

Andy Gunn Presents: From T-Bone to Trucks

Andy Gunn Presents: From T-Bone to Trucks

Fronted by Scottish guitar virtuoso Andy Gunn, From T-Bone to Trucks will take you on a journey through the decades, showcasing the most loved and respected exponents of the blues. 

Make a Leather Purse With Jude Gove

Make a Leather Purse With Jude Gove

Sew a coin purse by selecting soft leather and pure wool felt in contrasting colours. 

Andy Zaltzman: Right Questions. Wrong Answers.

Andy Zaltzman: Right Questions. Wrong Answers.

Zaltzman, host of long-running global hit podcast, The Bugle, returns to Edinburgh to (a) ask, (b) confront, (c) evade and (d) incorrectly respond to, the biggest questions facing … 

Make It as a Musical Director

Make It as a Musical Director

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

George Duff and Kevin Macleod

George Duff and Kevin Macleod

Top Scots traditional singer/guitarist George Duff performs songs from his new album The Collier Laddie featuring classics by Robert Burns, songs from the coal mining industry, and… 

Andy Gunn

Andy Gunn

Scottish guitar virtuoso Andy Gunn brings his soulful bluesy set to the Fringe with a rare stripped-back performance featuring songs from his latest album, Too Many Guitars to Give… 

Marc Burrows – Mind Your Head

Marc Burrows – Mind Your Head

Journalist, musician and stand-up Marc Burrows presents a surprisingly silly trek through psychiatric wards, suicide attempts, depression and bipolar diagnosis. 

Make the Most of Online Listings

Make the Most of Online Listings

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

The Show Between Shows Show

The Show Between Shows Show

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

Rob Kemp's Wheel of Shows

Rob Kemp's Wheel of Shows

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

Andy Barr: Neustadt

Andy Barr: Neustadt

Visionary architect Andy Barr, tasked with designing the ideal socialist city, is dragged into a paranoid nightmare of Cold War intrigue. 

Jerry Sadowitz: Make Comedy GRATE Again!

Jerry Sadowitz: Make Comedy GRATE Again!

Jerry Sadowitz, comedian, magician and all round scary man, is back in 2018! Actually, he saved petrol and never left! With his unique combination of comedy, absolute hatred and ca… 

Andy Field the Love Tonight

Andy Field the Love Tonight

Since the end of the last Fringe, Andy Field has been keeping a diary full of his thoughts, feelings and silly ideas. 

Head Sets

Head Sets

Comedians losing their heads and performing with no bodies! This sell-out show returns with more of the best comedians from the Fringe. 

Snowflake It 'Til You Make It

Snowflake It 'Til You Make It

There is something very reminiscent of Bill Murray in Matt Duwell: the optimistic sarcasm is the overlying note in his voice; he produces easy crowd-pleasing material, imbued with … 

Lenny Sherman: Make the World a Better Place

Lenny Sherman: Make the World a Better Place

Fresh from filming on an upcoming comedy show for Channel 4, Lenny brings his hotly anticipated debut hour to the Edinburgh Fringe. 

Andy Storey: Awkward

Andy Storey: Awkward

‘It’s difficult I think, being a human person. 

Toby Adams – Tongue in My Head

Toby Adams – Tongue in My Head

A new hour of stand-up. 

Andy Onions – PowerPointless

Andy Onions – PowerPointless

High-octane, stand-up comedy show. 

I Can Make You Feel Good. By Comparison.

I Can Make You Feel Good. By Comparison.

A beatboxing and storytelling comedy show. 

Richard Soames: Let's Make a Movie

Richard Soames: Let's Make a Movie

One man. 

Alex Williamson: Make The World A Banter Place

Alex Williamson: Make The World A Banter Place

He may not be everyone’s cuppa tea, but “overwhelmingly politically incorrect” (What’s Good, NZ) Alex Williamson knows how to banter. 

Barry Cryer: Name-drops Keep Falling On My Head

Barry Cryer: Name-drops Keep Falling On My Head

As writer and performer, Barry Cryer has worked with the great and the good of comedy, from Max Miller to Ross Noble; Kenny Everett to Frankie Howerd; Tommy Cooper to Bo… 

Lenny Sherman: Make The World A Better Place

Lenny Sherman: Make The World A Better Place

Lenny Sherman is one of the best joke writers In comedy. 

Malcolm Head's List

Malcolm Head's List

Paul Foot’s support act and Pleasance Reserve 2015 winner Malcolm Head brings his debit solo hour to the Brighton Fringe. 

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

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

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

Marc Burrows: Mind your Head

Marc Burrows: Mind your Head

Journalist, musician and stand-up Marc Burrows presents a personal trek through his mental health history, including his time in a psychiatric ward, suicide attempts, depression an… 

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

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

Mr Pineapple Head

Mr Pineapple Head

A family, clown, theatre show. 

Matt Duwell: Snowflake It 'Til You Make It.

Matt Duwell: Snowflake It 'Til You Make It.

Matt Duwell is a Snowflake, and he is owning that label (despite thinking labels are pejorative). 

Andy Quirk's Got First World Problems

Andy Quirk's Got First World Problems

East London’s premier rapper of first-world problems, Andy quirk, and his backup dancer Anna J, bring fist-pumping therapy for modern living to the masses. 

Ben Carter: How to Approach People and Make Friends

Ben Carter: How to Approach People and Make Friends

Join local comedian Ben Carter on his debut hour, as he desperately attempts to boost his social circle, whether dressed as the lonely front half of a pantomime camel or a lousy fl… 

Alex Williamson – Make The World a Banter Place

Alex Williamson – Make The World a Banter Place

He may not be everyone’s cuppa tea, but “overwhelmingly politically incorrect” (What’s Good, NZ) Alex Williamson knows how to banter. 

Make Believe - David Salter

Make Believe - David Salter

Make Believe - children’s songs for grown-ups! Like the lovechild of Noni Hazelhurst and your loveable drunk uncle, kid’s entertainer David Salter slurs his way through a songbo… 

Ain't That A Kick In The Head

Ain't That A Kick In The Head

Join Adelaide based vocalist Dennis Russell and his band “Tunisian Nights” for an evening of the iconic swing music made famous by artists such as Frank Sinatra and Michael Buble. 

How To Make It In STRAYA!

How To Make It In STRAYA!

Housing affordability pushing you further away from civilization? Paying $7 for your skim soy latte? Are unhinged people attracted to you on the bus for no apparent reason? Not sur… 

Side Shows

Side Shows

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

Classic Andy’s Improv Comedy Party

Classic Andy’s Improv Comedy Party

Classic Andy proudly present their Improv Comedy Party. 

Kathy Griffin: Laugh Your Head Off

Kathy Griffin: Laugh Your Head Off

She speaks! After two Emmys, a Grammy, decades of starring in television shows and touring, Kathy Griffin is launching her FIRST world tour after suddenly never being more in-deman… 

Classic Andy’s Improv Comedy Party

Classic Andy’s Improv Comedy Party

Classic Andy proudly present their Improv Comedy Party. 

Classic Andy's Improv Comedy Party

Classic Andy's Improv Comedy Party

Classic Andy proudly present their Improv Comedy Party. 

Alex Williamson: Make the World a Banter Place

Alex Williamson: Make the World a Banter Place

He may not be everyone’s cuppa tea but ‘overwhelmingly politically incorrect’ (WhatsGood. 

Make Tea, Not War

Make Tea, Not War

To tie in with the release of his new CD, comedy singer-songwriter Majk Stokes presents a new selection of silly songs and poems, along with a few old favourites, on topics includi… 

Adrian Plass: Out of His Head

Adrian Plass: Out of His Head

What better way for Adrian Plass to celebrate 30 years as a professional writer than to bring a wonderful show to the Fringe. 

Sustainable Shows: Emerging Trends

Sustainable Shows: Emerging Trends

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

How I Said 'F**k You' to the Company When They Tried to Make Me Redundant

How I Said 'F**k You' to the Company When They Tried to Make Me Redundant

Ever had to walk into that room where your boss, with fake concern in his eyes, tells you that he’s having to let you go? Ever wish you had the balls to say ‘f**k you’? Well, I did… 

Adrienne Truscott's a One-Trick Pony (Or Andy Kaufmann is a Feminist Performance Artist and I'm a Comedian)

Adrienne Truscott's a One-Trick Pony (Or Andy Kaufmann is a Feminist Performance Artist and I'm a Comedian)

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… 

Make it as a Musical Director

Make it as a Musical Director

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

Ugly Babies Make Me Laugh

Ugly Babies Make Me Laugh

Back from a fantastic run in Australia, where he was reviewed as ‘Truly terrific’ (Melbourne Herald, George Zacharopoulos), is back with a questionably titled show defending accide… 

Andy Zaltzman: Satirist for Hire (World of 2017 Special Edition)

Andy Zaltzman: Satirist for Hire (World of 2017 Special Edition)

Zaltzman, host of legendary podcast The Bugle, delivers satire on commission, as ordered by you, the public, in his unique interactive show. 

Ugly Babies Make Me Laugh

Ugly Babies Make Me Laugh

Back from a fantastic run in Australia, where he was reviewed as ‘Truly terrific’ (Melbourne Herald, George Zacharopoulos), is back with a questionably titled show defending accide… 

An Evening with the Voices in Annie's Head

An Evening with the Voices in Annie's Head

Annie is just a normal girl with normal problems. 

Ugly Babies Make Me Laugh

Ugly Babies Make Me Laugh

Back from a fantastic run in Australia, where he was reviewed as ‘Truly terrific’ (Melbourne Herald, George Zacharopoulos), is back with a questionably titled show defending accide… 

Make me

Make me

What do an Indian banker, a Chinese nurse and a Polish housekeeper have in common? Three young women search for love and find themselves in a unique love triangle. 

US Tour Booking For Small And Independent Shows

US Tour Booking For Small And Independent Shows

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

Live Shows in an Internet Media Age

Live Shows in an Internet Media Age

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

The Show Between Shows Show

The Show Between Shows Show

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

Ugly Babies Make Me Laugh

Ugly Babies Make Me Laugh

Back from a fantastic run in Australia, where he was reviewed as ‘Truly terrific’ (Melbourne Herald, George Zacharopoulos), is back with a questionably titled show defending accide… 

Chris Coltrane: Make Love and Smash Fascism

Chris Coltrane: Make Love and Smash Fascism

Comedian and activist Coltrane returns with another hour of uplifting, Tory-smashing comedy. 

Chris Coltrane: Make Love and Smash Fascism

Chris Coltrane: Make Love and Smash Fascism

Comedian and activist Coltrane returns with another hour of uplifting, Tory-smashing comedy. 

Andy Storey and Maddie Campion: Epoch

Andy Storey and Maddie Campion: Epoch

An hour of upbeat stand-up from two thoughtful souls. 

Andy Quirk's Got First World Problems

Andy Quirk's Got First World Problems

East London’s premier rapper of first world problems invites you to join his crew for a chart rundown of fist-pumping therapy for modern living. 

Andy Barr: Tropic of Admin

Andy Barr: Tropic of Admin

Six years ago award-winning administrator Andy Barr was marooned on a tropical island. 

Madame Señorita: 25 Different Shows, Come Every Day!

Madame Señorita: 25 Different Shows, Come Every Day!

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

I Can Make You Tory

I Can Make You Tory

When you see Leo Kearse — and you should — there’s a very good chance it’ll be a four-star experience. 

Mind Your Head

Mind Your Head

Journalist, musician and stand-up Marc Burrows returns following his 2014 show The Ten Best Songs of All Time with a personal trek through his mental health history, including his … 

Head Sets

Head Sets

Comedians losing their heads and performing with no bodies! This sell-out show returns for a second year with more of the best comedians from the Fringe. 

Andy Stedman – Parental Guidance

Andy Stedman – Parental Guidance

Andy Stedman’s son Freddy has been gifted a stand-up set in his honour. 

Andrew White: It Was Funnier in My Head

Andrew White: It Was Funnier in My Head

Andrew White’s It Was Funnier in My Head takes a look at life as a parent-dependent teenager, being only 17 himself! Covering everything from passing out in PE to the banes of elde… 

Andy Daly: Monsters Take Your Questions

Andy Daly: Monsters Take Your Questions

Fresh off the series finale of his critically acclaimed American comedy series, Review, Andy Daly (also seen on such shows as Eastbound & Down, The Office and Silicon Valley) makes… 

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows

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

Indie as F*ck

Indie as F*ck

In a similar way to eating your mum’s homemade soup, sometimes the charm of a show can outweigh the actual content. 

The Andy Field Experience

The Andy Field Experience

It’s a hard task to sum up quite what The Andy Field Experience is about without using the words surreal and odd. 

The Listies Make You LOL

The Listies Make You LOL

Back after last year’s fantastic show, the Listies are just as wonderfully ridiculous as ever. 

Alex Williamson: Make the World a Banter Place

Alex Williamson: Make the World a Banter Place

He may not be everyone’s cuppa tea but ‘overwhelmingly politically incorrect’ (WhatsGood. 

How to Make a Home

How to Make a Home

In the style of a choose your own adventure game, this performative workshop will include games and storytelling alongside arts and crafts. 

BEINGS plus Open Roads and Classic Andy

BEINGS plus Open Roads and Classic Andy

BEINGS takes inspiration from audience suggestions to create three improvised tales dealing with the delights and woes of various… lifeforms, while Classic Andy explores unique c… 

How To Make Friends - and Imitate People

How To Make Friends - and Imitate People

A lonely scientist clones a perfect army of women, until something goes horribly wrong. 

Andy Stedman: Parental Guidance

Andy Stedman: Parental Guidance

Comedian and singer/songwriter Andy Stedman is a new dad for the first time and, taking this role as extremely seriously as he does, he has written a show dedicated to giving his l… 

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

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

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

Doug Segal: I Can Make You Feel Good

Doug Segal: I Can Make You Feel Good

“Imagine if Derren Brown was funny” Evening Standard. 

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

“The true mystery of the world is the visible . 

The Poetry we Make

The Poetry we Make

“The man I love. 

The Shoreditch Improv Festival Sunday Funday Shows

The Shoreditch Improv Festival Sunday Funday Shows

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

Make Your Own Wearable (Advanced)

Make Your Own Wearable (Advanced)

Do you have a cool idea for a new wearable device? Could you be a great inventor? Then this is a great workshop for you. 

How Does That Make You Feel?

How Does That Make You Feel?

Shortlisted for a Channel 4 Comedy Award: a theatre play about a doting husband and double-glazing salesman who discovers his wife is going to relationship counselling and insists … 

How I Said F*ck You to the Company When They Tried to Make Me Redundant

How I Said F*ck You to the Company When They Tried to Make Me Redundant

Ever been called into that room where they make you redundant? Ever wished that you’d fought back and told them exactly what you thought of the whole bollock-brained process? Well,… 

Simon Lukacs Shows His Range

Simon Lukacs Shows His Range

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

You Couldn't Make It Up: How to Improvise

You Couldn't Make It Up: How to Improvise

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

Ms Fi & the Lost Head Band

Ms Fi & the Lost Head Band

Edinburgh singer/songwriter Fiona J Thom brings the Lost Head Band together for the fourth year in a row to perform her songs influenced by the songwriting traditions of the Americ… 

Daniel Sloss: So? (Late Shows)

Daniel Sloss: So? (Late Shows)

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

Fat Head and the Big Dog

Fat Head and the Big Dog

Fat Head and the Big Dog is a stand-up comedy show by Northern Ireland’s fast-rising comedians Aaron McCann and Dave Elliott. 

Head in the Clouds

Head in the Clouds

Cirrus the dog has a serious job: he has to keep watch on the sheep. 

...And I Learned How to Make It Talk – How You Can Use Games for Creative Expression

...And I Learned How to Make It Talk – How You Can Use Games for Creative Expression

In this session, NVA Director and co-founder Iain Simons is going to explore these ideas, give examples of what the NVA is doing to help and generally get excited. 

Head à Tête

Head à Tête

Two men live in a cold and barren land. 

Doug Segal: I Can Make You Feel Good

Doug Segal: I Can Make You Feel Good

It’s apt, if a little predictable, that the pre-show music Doug Segal selects for his latest Fringe show is the classic James Brown track I Feel Good. 

The Great Scottish Make Off

The Great Scottish Make Off

A week of arts and crafts events: an interactive art event unlike any other. 

Andy Stedman: Nine Months and Counting

Andy Stedman: Nine Months and Counting

Andy Stedman: 9 Months and Counting is a gentle burble through the perils of impending fatherhood, combining musical comedy with sustained audience interaction. 

Mat Ewins: Mat Ewins Will Make You a Star

Mat Ewins: Mat Ewins Will Make You a Star

Actor Mat Ewins will make you a star in Mat Ewins: Mat Ewins Will Make You a Star. 

Andy Field: Roar

Andy Field: Roar

There are many schools of thought as to what is best to write here but few are bold enough to address those schools at the expense of describing their own show. 

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows

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

Bob Slayer: 24 Hour Shows

Bob Slayer: 24 Hour Shows

Bob drives his BlundaBus around Europe looking for adventures. 

Ian Fox – Pictures of Things That Make Me Laugh – Free

Ian Fox – Pictures of Things That Make Me Laugh – Free

A comedy show with pictures, and probably not what Fox Talbot had in mind. 

Andy Zaltzman: Plan Z

Andy Zaltzman: Plan Z

The Satirists for Hire returns to the fringe with another hour of bizarre similes, half baked ideas, and desire for a better world. 

Lewis Macleod is Not Himself

Lewis Macleod is Not Himself

Lewis Macleod’s impersonation skills are unlike anything I’ve seen - though they are like plenty of things you will have heard. 

Head Sets

Head Sets

Rondo comedy show Head Sets features a rotating line up daily, so you cannot be certain of what to expect. 

Andy Askins: The Man With No Name

Andy Askins: The Man With No Name

Andy Askins lives in blissful ignorance, at odds with rational thinking. 

Andy Storey @funnystorey

Andy Storey @funnystorey

BBC New Radio Comedy Award finalist 2015 and human curiosity Andy Storey has always been positively cynical. 

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

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

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

We Can Make You Happy

We Can Make You Happy

House of Blakewell want to make you happy. 

Doug Segal: I Can Make You Feel Good (Preview)

Doug Segal: I Can Make You Feel Good (Preview)

“Imagine if Derren Brown was funny” (Evening Standard) Doug Segal (Winner: Best Cabaret Act, Brighton Fringe) is back in Brighton to preview his new show which is designed to make… 

Mr Pineapple Head

Mr Pineapple Head

A family clown theatre show. 

Andy and Sarah's Rantomime

Andy and Sarah's Rantomime

Every Christmas, comedians Andy Thomas (‘Crimes Against Humanities Teachers’) and Sarah Charsley (‘Ghost Sex’) meet to mime a rant, then do it for real. 

Head of Passes

Head of Passes

(in previews; opens on Monday) Tarell Alvin McCraney, the acclaimed playwright of “The Brother/Sister Plays,” turns his attention to a mother in his adaptation of the B… 

Valentines Shows

Valentines Shows

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

Andy Kindler

Andy Kindler

A stand-up known for criticizing fellow comedians or the state of comedy entirely, Mr. 

Tim Drain: I Know How to Make the Women I Sleep with Laugh

Tim Drain: I Know How to Make the Women I Sleep with Laugh

I went into Tim Drain’s show fully prepared for some offensive stuff. 

The Great Scottish Make Off - Free

The Great Scottish Make Off - Free

Live art every day. 

The Great Scottish Make Off - Free

The Great Scottish Make Off - Free

Live art every day. 

Indie as F*ck

Indie as F*ck

It’s Cold Light’s last gig. 

Fake It 'til You Make It

Fake It 'til You Make It

Six months into their relationship, Bryony found out that Tim suffered from severe clinical depression. 

Steph Macleod

Steph Macleod

Steph Macleod is a critically acclaimed singer/songwriter who is getting airplay on Radio 2 as well getting to play gigs all over the UK and Europe. 

You Couldn’t Make It Up: How to Improvise

You Couldn’t Make It Up: How to Improvise

Improv comedy is a British export, adopted by America and is now making its way back across the pond to impact the ever developing UK comedy scene. 

Make Some Noize Music Festival

Make Some Noize Music Festival

Make Some Noize is Edinburgh’s most anticipated all day music festival featuring some of the world’s biggest music artists. 

Hof With His Head

Hof With His Head

This is what happens when you come up with a good pun and have to tenuously link your show back to it: Inside Simon Hofmeister’s head (here we go) are answers to many of life’s… 

Daniel Sloss: Dark: Extra Shows!

Daniel Sloss: Dark: Extra Shows!

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

Be a Media Darling: How to Make the Press Love You and Come Back for More

Be a Media Darling: How to Make the Press Love You and Come Back for More

Need better media coverage? Learn easy steps for generating positive publicity in print, online – everywhere! – from social media pro and arts journalist Elaine Liner. 

Alexander Bennett: I Can Make You a Moron

Alexander Bennett: I Can Make You a Moron

Any intelligent person would despair at the world, so let me make you stupid for your own sake. 

Pope Head (The Secret Life of Francis Bacon)

Pope Head (The Secret Life of Francis Bacon)

Garry Roost is both writer and performer in this broad, jumbled examination of the life of the troubled artist, Francis Bacon. 

Alexander Bennett: I Can Make You a Moron

Alexander Bennett: I Can Make You a Moron

Any intelligent person would despair at the world, so let me make you stupid for your own sake. 

Voices in Your Head

Voices in Your Head

Voices returns, pitting the festival’s best comedy performers against a disembodied Voice who will interrogate and inspire, creating spontaneous comedy mayhem. 

We Can Make You Happy

We Can Make You Happy

‘A good way to be happy’, Alice Keedwell tells us, is ‘you’ve got to silence the critic inside your head for a moment or two’. 

1 Given Head

1 Given Head

Tim Dingle is an extraordinarily clever man. 

Fake It 'til You Make It

Fake It 'til You Make It

Bryony Kimmings is a theatre maker, performer and actor. 

John Robertson – The Dark Room: Symphony of a Floating Head

John Robertson – The Dark Room: Symphony of a Floating Head

John Robertson’s send up of classic text based video games succeeds in being an hilarious evening of retro fun. 

Giving Head

Giving Head

The everyday story of sex, drugs, being a headmaster in a red dress and doing stand-up comedy. 

The Underbelly Radio Shows

The Underbelly Radio Shows

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

Sick in the Head: Judd Apatow in Conversation with Ira Glass

Sick in the Head: Judd Apatow in Conversation with Ira Glass

Host of This American Life Ira Glass sits down with comedian Judd Apatow, who has spent decades interviewing comedians about the craft of comedy. 

Shows for Days

Shows for Days

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

How Labour Can Make our Votes Count

How Labour Can Make our Votes Count

Whatever the election results, with no real economic recovery under austerity, what will Labour do for us? Join Jeremy Corbyn MP, Nancy Platts (hopefully Labour’s new MP for Brig… 

Andy White: Daddy Fool

Andy White: Daddy Fool

Do you strive to be a better parent? Don’t worry, you’ll always be a better one than comedian Andy White. 

The Improverts - Exam Shows

The Improverts - Exam Shows

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

The Colin Hoult Shows

The Colin Hoult Shows

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

Andy Thomas: My Kampf

Andy Thomas: My Kampf

Andy ‘Turmoil’ Thomas delivers a one man performance about his life and ‘struggle’ to work out why everything has to be so difficult. 

Mr and Mrs Strange: Baby Boris, His Head Fell Off

Mr and Mrs Strange: Baby Boris, His Head Fell Off

Get digging for neon-jellycakes, fight mad mosquito armies, put a clothes peg on your nose visiting Café Burp [the smelliest cafe in the world] and help row our boat across shark … 

Mr Pineapple Head

Mr Pineapple Head

A family clown theatre show. 

Jam Tarts Indie Choir

Jam Tarts Indie Choir

The Jam Tarts are a Brighton based 60-voice indie, pop and rock choir performing unusual arrangements of songs by artists such as The Smiths, Bat For Lashes, Nick Cave, P J Harvey,… 

We Can Make You Happy

We Can Make You Happy

After storming Brighton 2014, award-winning House of Blakewell return to take on the happiness industry. 

Fridays at Noon: Andy de Groat

Fridays at Noon: Andy de Groat

The choreographer Catherine Galasso presents a selection of rarely seen dances by Andy de Groat, as part of the 92nd Street Y’s midday series. 

The Improverts - London Shows

The Improverts - London Shows

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

Andy Borowitz in Conversation with Soledad OBrien

Andy Borowitz in Conversation with Soledad OBrien

One of the country’s finest satirists, Mr. Borowitz joins Ms. O’Brien for a retrospective of the biggest news stories of 2014. 

The Andy Kaufman Award

The Andy Kaufman Award

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

Against Nothingness or 3cm Above an Empty Head

Against Nothingness or 3cm Above an Empty Head

Through a combination of monsters, demons, and his dysfunctional relationship with his father, Stasiu tries to overcome the harsh reality of his own existence, as his narcotic-abus… 

How to Make It as a Visual Artist

How to Make It as a Visual Artist

How do you communicate your work to curators? And how do you develop your practice while earning a living? This event will provide useful advice and tips for putting together a por… 

Andy Zaltzman: Satirist for Hire

Andy Zaltzman: Satirist for Hire

Andy Zaltzman, best known for his central involvement in The Bugle Podcast, brings his satirical wit to Edinburgh with Satirist For Hire. 

The Make Up

The Make Up

Irene is desperate to escape her abusive husband Alex, and has found comfort and a deep connection with Charles, who lives just next door. 

McNeil and Pamphilon Go 8-Bit!

McNeil and Pamphilon Go 8-Bit!

Returning to an even bigger venue this year, sketch duo McNeil and Pamphilon reprise their geekalicious gameshow for this year’s Fringe: once again McNeil and Pamphilon Go 8 Bit … 

Daniel Sloss – Really...?! Extra Shows

Daniel Sloss – Really...?! Extra Shows

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

Six Billion Suns

Six Billion Suns

Alzheimer’s is a disease close to the hearts of many people, as it affects so many of such a wide variety of ages, cultures and societies. 

Antonio Forcione: No Strings Attached

Antonio Forcione: No Strings Attached

Antonio Forcione is such an established and adored Fringe regular it almost seems redundant reviewing him because, just as day follows night, a five star review follows Foricone’s … 

The Man Who Almost Killed Himself

The Man Who Almost Killed Himself

The Man Who Almost Killed Himself is a funny and tragic true story inspired by the work of anthropologist Andrew Irving in Uganda and Eastern Africa. 

Alice

Alice

The twists and turns of the topsy-turvy world of Alice in Wonderland are well known and loved by many, enshrined in literary pop culture. 

Be a Media Darling: How to Make the Press Love You and Come Back for More

Be a Media Darling: How to Make the Press Love You and Come Back for More

Need more media coverage? Can’t afford a publicist? (Not happy with the one you have?) Learn to generate positive publicity in print, online - everywhere! - with easy steps from me… 

Biding Time (Remix)

Biding Time (Remix)

Biding Time (Remix) holds some interesting ideas and memorable visuals, but it’s often hard to decipher what the aim of the company’s design and concept really is. 

James McVeigh - Head of Marketing and Innovation at Festivals Edinburgh

James McVeigh - Head of Marketing and Innovation at Festivals Edinburgh

The Edinburgh Entrepreneurship Club, the active networking club based at the University of Edinburgh Business School, is delighted to host James McVeigh as part of our Fringe serie… 

I Blame Britpop

I Blame Britpop

Comedian, music journalist (Guardian, Drowned In Sound, Quietus) and 90s throwback Marc Burrows joins gloom-pop indie star Laura Kidd AKA She Makes War, to celebrate the 20th anniv… 

Larkin' About

Larkin' About

Larkin’ About is a retrospective-come-biography of renowned contemporary poet Philip Larkin. 

Riptide: The Slasher Musical

Riptide: The Slasher Musical

Fringe musicals are often incredibly hard to get right but with a score as sizzling as the sun on the beach and some incredibly skilled performers, Riptide: The Slasher Musical hit… 

Cameron Gibson : Mind Your Head

Cameron Gibson : Mind Your Head

Cameron knows what you’re thinking. 

Mervyn Stutter's Pick of the Fringe

Mervyn Stutter's Pick of the Fringe

Mervyn Stutter has been sourcing and sharing his picks of the Fringe for, unbelievably, 28 years and he is clearly not waning when it comes to separating the wheat from the chaff. 

Hooray for Ben Target

Hooray for Ben Target

Hooray for Ben Target is a show in development, the idea being that by the 25August it will be full of great ideas. 

Unicornucopia

Unicornucopia

Unicornucopia is James Ross’s insane and breakneck hour of Free Fringe stand-up, in which he rattles with hilarious speed through topics of colleagues, love, dreams and some hila… 

The Secret Wives of Andy Williams

The Secret Wives of Andy Williams

The Secret Wives of Andy Williams is an enjoyable hour of theatre that is occasionally funny and often moving, with plenty of eccentricity to keep things interesting. 

Voices in Your Head

Voices in Your Head

With so much improvised comedy coming to Edinburgh every year, it’s important to create a formula for a show that allows it to stand out from the crowd. 

Fragile

Fragile

Let it be known now: this show is not an easy watch. 

Pioneer

Pioneer

Curious Directive have hit the Fringe this year with epic sci-fi drama Pioneer, a space-exploration thriller of stunning proportions. 

Head in the Clouds: The Peregrinations of Marie Marvingt

Head in the Clouds: The Peregrinations of Marie Marvingt

Marie was no ordinary woman … at fifteen, when her mother died, she raised her siblings, learned four different languages including Esperanto, got a degree, became a prize-winnin… 

Klip

Klip

Klip describes itself as “a collage of carefully chosen coincidences”. 

The Sons of Pitches: Boiler Alert!

The Sons of Pitches: Boiler Alert!

In the recent explosion in popularity of a cappella it seems like you can’t walk up the Royal Mile without tripping over a group of symmetrically dressed singers who’ve lost th… 

Casual Violence: The Great Fire of Nostril

Casual Violence: The Great Fire of Nostril

In this farcical one-hour romp through the troves of storybook tropes, Fringe sketch regulars Casual Violence treat the audience to a kids-show-for-adults style adventure into a wo… 

Eric Davidson - The Independent State of Eric

Eric Davidson - The Independent State of Eric

Eric Davidson’s blend of wordplay, poetry, rhyme, song and comedy is somewhat legendary among Fringe savants and he doesn’t disappoint with his new show. 

Treasure Island

Treasure Island

Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic tale is given a family-friendly and wonderfully whimsical adaptation in this new production by Fourth Monkey. 

Simon and Garfunkel – Through the Years

Simon and Garfunkel – Through the Years

Folk duo Bookends, made up of David Haynes and Pete Richards, pay homage to one of the greatest pairings in modern folk music with this heartfelt, competent and surprisingly mult… 

Mick Ferry: What's Going On?

Mick Ferry: What's Going On?

Mick Ferry’s flyer has quotes from John Bishop and Jason Manford declaring his genius so from the offset is pretty predictable what one is going to receive in this amusing but forg… 

Guilt & Shame: Going Straight

Guilt & Shame: Going Straight

With more raucous energy than a crate of Red Bull sprinkled with cocaine, Rob Cawsey and Gabe Bisset Smith under the collective guise Guilt & Shame bring their new show Going Strai… 

Pope Head: The Secret Life of Francis Bacon

Pope Head: The Secret Life of Francis Bacon

A powerful portrait of the artist Francis Bacon. 

Andy Field is a Giddy Manchild

Andy Field is a Giddy Manchild

This show will either be great or, like, ironically great because of how bad it is. 

SmallWar

SmallWar

SmallWar, a piece adapted from actual accounts of events and experiences from conflicts spanning from WWI to Afghanistan, is an interestingly understated exploration of the emotion… 

Strange Face - Adventures with a Lost Nick Drake Recording

Strange Face - Adventures with a Lost Nick Drake Recording

Mike Burdett’s one man show has all the signs and potential for being a Fringe hit but, sadly, due to some underdeveloped writing and wayward lessons, it doesn’t quite hit the mark… 

Tomas Ford Stop Killing People

Tomas Ford Stop Killing People

With a strange, original and interesting production, Tomás Ford brings his Patrick Bateman of the Fringe to the Mash House to tell a one-man-musical tale of double crossing deceit… 

The Confessions of Gordon Brown

The Confessions of Gordon Brown

Gordon Brown was, according to the blurb for this show, our greatest failing as a Prime Minister in 200 years. 

I Promise You Sex and Violence

I Promise You Sex and Violence

Northern Stage’s production of I Promise You Sex and Violence is a critique of modern attitudes to homophobia, racism and sexuality. 

A Kitchen Nightmare

A Kitchen Nightmare

There are only two jokes in A Kitchen Nightmare. 

Government Inspector

Government Inspector

Born from the Young Pleasance brood, Incognito theatre in association with Pleasance present their wild and witty take on this secondary school favourite – Gogol’s Government Ins… 

Janis Joplin: Full Tilt

Janis Joplin: Full Tilt

Grab your feather boas, slug down a bottle of Jack Daniels in one and prepare yourself for this rocking, superb and moving show. 

Alistair Green: Nobody’s Twisting Your Arm

Alistair Green: Nobody’s Twisting Your Arm

One of the lesser known but better versed performers in The Stand’s programme at this year’s Fringe, Alistair Green’s show Well Nobody’s Twisting Your Arm is a no-frills … 

Bette Davis Ain’t for Sissies

Bette Davis Ain’t for Sissies

Writer and performer Jessica Sherr claims she has always been in love with the 1930s and 40s and it shows in this enjoyable and insightful one-woman show. 

My Obsession

My Obsession

Suki Webster’s debut play explores the relationship between comedians and their superfans. 

Circumcise Me

Circumcise Me

Yisrael Campbell is just your average Irish, Italian, Catholic, American, recovering alcoholic, Reform Jew, Conservative Jew, Orthodox Jew, husband, father of four, comedian. 

Early Doors

Early Doors

Famed fan of the sauce Oliver Reed once said, “You meet a better class of people in pubs. 

Cambridge Footlights International Tour Show 2014: Real Feelings

Cambridge Footlights International Tour Show 2014: Real Feelings

Stepping into some pretty big comedy shoes, Cambridge Footlights have brought a fast-paced sketch and improv show to this year’s Fringe. 

Jason Cook: Broken

Jason Cook: Broken

Jason Cook reveals near the beginning of Broken that his journey into stand-up comedy was a stereotypical one. 

Cutting Off Kate Bush

Cutting Off Kate Bush

Lucy Benson-Brown’s one woman show explores mid-to-late twenties inertia, family values and how we pin hopes and philosophies on the tunes of our favourite musical artists. 

Ian Smith – Flappable

Ian Smith – Flappable

The chatty Yorkshire patter of Ian Smith’s comedy offers an incredibly relatable show in the Pleasance comedy programme at this year’s festival. 

Normal/Madness

Normal/Madness

One issue addressed in this powerful and moving one-woman show is the unfortunate truth that mental illness is still massively misunderstood - a symptom that also seeps into thea… 

Boxman

Boxman

Boxman, the eponymous star of this one man show, is a lad, no doubt about it. 

He Had Hairy Hands

He Had Hairy Hands

Having taken the Fringe by storm last year with their debut piece The Boy Who Kicked Pigs, young and incredibly talented theatre company Kill The Beast returns to The Pleasance wit… 

Damian Clark: Go Ahead, Make My Damo

Damian Clark: Go Ahead, Make My Damo

Aw yeeeeaaahhhhhh! Come along, its gunna be tops! Fast-paced observational stand-up guaranteed! ‘Every joke - and I honestly do mean every single joke - is genuinely, gut-busting… 

Sam Simmons: Death of a Sails-Man

Sam Simmons: Death of a Sails-Man

The king of surrealist stand-up, Sam Simmons, brings his incredible and irreverent style to the Udderbelly in Death of a Sails Man, the gut-achingly funny tale of a windsurfer lost… 

...and This is My Friend Mr Laurel

...and This is My Friend Mr Laurel

Laurel and Hardy are widely considered to be the greatest comedy pairing of all time and this touching one-man show does a lot to display the deep affection and loyalty the two men… 

Dracula

Dracula

Vampires never seem to go out of fashion. 

The Beta Males: Happenstance

The Beta Males: Happenstance

Fierce, fast, farcical and ferocious, The Beta Males certainly pack a punch in their new show Happenstance. 

Alex Edelman: Millennial

Alex Edelman: Millennial

Up in Pleasance’s intimate stand-up venue Attic, there is one young comedian who is making waves on the comedy scene as he manages to cement himself as a firm Fringe favourite ev… 

Andy de la Tour Stand-Up or Die in New York

Andy de la Tour Stand-Up or Die in New York

Only two human activities happen in front of a brick wall. 

Indie-pendence Day Festival

Indie-pendence Day Festival

Dozens of independent improv teams, including favorites like GUS and Austen Family, celebrate the Fourth of July with 12 hours of long-form improvised comedy and a barbecue. 

I Can Make You a Mentalist

I Can Make You a Mentalist

Award-winning entertainer Doug Segal’s comedy mind reading show turns the audience into mind reading mentalists. 

Children's Shows and Workshops

Children's Shows and Workshops

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

The Greatest Shows on Earth

The Greatest Shows on Earth

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

Andy Seize: Off the Rails

Andy Seize: Off the Rails

Andy Seize is an artist who has always had an awareness of the ‘bigger picture’. 

The Colin Hoult Shows

The Colin Hoult Shows

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

Mr Pineapple Head

Mr Pineapple Head

The not-so-silent clown Mr Pineapple Head had children in stitches this Saturday afternoon. 

Mr Pineapple Head

Mr Pineapple Head

A family clown theatre show. 

Adventures of Andy Kershaw

Adventures of Andy Kershaw

Kershaw has had a lot of bad press over the last decade for his personal life but he’s back on track and promoting his autobiography No Off Switch at the Auditorium, Ghillie Dhu … 

Seussical

Seussical

This energetic cast and their enthusiasm make this a genuinely enjoyable performance. 

The Secret Garden

The Secret Garden

3Bugs Theatre Company return to the Fringe with a new adaptation of this classic children’s story. 

Omid Djalili Live

Omid Djalili Live

Somewhat of a fringe legend, Omid Djalili has graced many a theatre on his national tours over the last 20 years since he performed his very first Edinburgh Fringe show. 

Shostakovich Late

Shostakovich Late

After a long day trotting around Edinburgh from venue to venue, taking chances on shows that turn out to be rubbish, take yourself down to The Royal Over-Seas League and ease away … 

Project Lolita

Project Lolita

In amongst the more controversial theatre on at the Fringe this year we have emerging playwright Sophie Foster’s new work, which dissects the media culture surrounding suspected … 

Beethoven for Breakfast

Beethoven for Breakfast

Beethoven for Breakfast is a soft ease into an Edinburgh day. 

1,000 Suns

1,000 Suns

The Cold War is over, but this time America lost. 

FOX

FOX

Children and adults alike will be familiar with Roald Dahl’s timeless story of Fantastic Mr Fox. 

Gobsmell: The Musical

Gobsmell: The Musical

With an admittedly clever pun for a title, this misplaced family comedy misses the mark in its attempt to entertain, both musically and humorously. 

Head Over Heels in Saudi Arabia

Head Over Heels in Saudi Arabia

What do you do when your husband decides to take another wife? Well, if you live in Saudi Arabia, where men are legally permitted up to four wives, there’s not much you can do. 

McNeil & Pamphilon Go 8-Bit!

McNeil & Pamphilon Go 8-Bit!

Mario Kart, Street Fighter and Bomber Man are all names that strike nostalgic excitement into the hearts of many of a certain generation. 

Daniel Sloss - Stand-Up (Extra Shows!)

Daniel Sloss - Stand-Up (Extra Shows!)

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

Why We Make Mistakes

Why We Make Mistakes

If you are yet to travel down to the Hendrick’s Carnival of Knowledge, I encourage you to. 

Moonshine, Medicine and The Mob: Whisky Tasting

Moonshine, Medicine and The Mob: Whisky Tasting

Is there any better way to spend an afternoon than sitting in a wood panelled, beautiful, archaic board room, sipping on an array of expensive, high class, tasty beverages from aro… 

Cat Stevens Reconstructed

Cat Stevens Reconstructed

Cat Stevens Reconstructed is far more than a tribute act to the legendary singer songwriter. 

BiDiNG TiME - Various Shows

BiDiNG TiME - Various Shows

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

Head Over Heels

Head Over Heels

Everyone loves shoes. 

School Night

School Night

School Night joins the ranks of late night, best of the fest numbers at Pleasance Courtyard, the setup being the audience are the pupils and the comedians the teachers, all there t… 

Cassetteboy vs DJ Rubbish

Cassetteboy vs DJ Rubbish

I am middle class. 

The Graveyard Slot

The Graveyard Slot

The Graveyard Slot, a ‘live radio show’, attempts to throw its audience back to the days of must-listen wireless drama with a story of death, deception, spectres, spirits and all t… 

The Horne Section Live in a Cow - Extra Shows

The Horne Section Live in a Cow - Extra Shows

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

On Hold

On Hold

The world of PR is one ripe for comedy gold, Izzy Tennyson’s new play has taken this, using it not only for its humour but also to paint a dark portrait of the professional world… 

Head in the Clouds

Head in the Clouds

The sheep look down, the sheep look round, one sheep looks up and sees the clouds. 

India Flamenco

India Flamenco

This exploration of the relationship between traditional Indian dancing and flamenco does exactly what it says on the tin. 

Thor of the Common Man

Thor of the Common Man

Theatre SanTuoQi bring their famed blend of dance, physical theatre, puppetry and Nuo Opera to the fringe for their exploration of everyone’s favourite Norse deity. 

Whodidit

Whodidit

The question that arises during the viewing of Whodidit, a spoof murder mystery that riffs on long running mega-success The Mouse Trap among others, is not the eponymous one but a … 

Long Distance Affair (make possible an impossible trip)

Long Distance Affair (make possible an impossible trip)

Waiting in the Summerhall lobby, three other people and I are greeted by a smiling American in chunky glasses who takes us downstairs. 

MurleyDance Double Bill

MurleyDance Double Bill

Through the two pieces that make up this double bill, La Peau and Five Women Wearing the Same Dress, MurleyDance show off their immense skill and enviable talents in a production t… 

The Circus of Terror

The Circus of Terror

Genuinely scary theatre can be hard to get right but this young theatre company has hit the balance of scares and gags bang on in this exciting and innovative show. 

God of Carnage

God of Carnage

Yasmin Reza’s modern masterpiece is here brought to life in the most frenetic, extreme and exciting way. 

Birdhouse

Birdhouse

Taking the story of four elderly women who have been entangled in a freak attack by a murder of crows and take refuge in the Coronet Cinema this is a strange, intriguing and entert… 

The Greatest Liar in All the World

The Greatest Liar in All the World

The Greatest Liar in All the World is an extension/parallel exploration of children’s favourite Pinocchio. 

Paul Foot: Words

Paul Foot: Words

Paul Foot, the backwards-haircut (short on top, long on the sides) staple of comedy panel shows, brings his slurring style of delivery and love for all things surreal to the Fringe… 

Leo

Leo

It’s an old trick seen may times before: someone crawls along the floor, someone films them sideways and they look, on camera, like they are climbing up a wall. 

The Comedian's Comedian Live with Stuart Goldsmith

The Comedian's Comedian Live with Stuart Goldsmith

This show is billed as a comedian’s comedy show for comedians. 

The Bread and the Beer

The Bread and the Beer

In our day to day anodyne world of commuting and spam e-mails it’s easy to forget that sometimes we all need to swill a beer, dismiss our troubles and dance to our sweaty content. 

Iain Stirling: At Home - Extra Shows

Iain Stirling: At Home - Extra Shows

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

Rouse Ye Women

Rouse Ye Women

This inventive piece of devised physical theatre is the rousing story of a group of female workers in 1910 who went on strike from their jobs as chain-makers, demanding higher pay … 

Guilt & Shame: Addicted to Everything

Guilt & Shame: Addicted to Everything

There are tons and tons of sketch shows on at the Fringe this year, meaning that it is easy for them to get lost amongst the crowd. 

Ivy Paige - 'Head' Mistress

Ivy Paige - 'Head' Mistress

‘Possessed of lightening wit!’ (BroadwayWorld. 

Voices in Your Head

Voices in Your Head

Okay, so we’re going to take the Festival’s best stand-up and sketch comics and freak them out with the voice of God, who’ll get them improvising like you’ve never seen the… 

Voices in Your Head

Voices in Your Head

2012’s Fringe hit returns, pitting the festival’s best comedians against a disembodied Voice who will interrogate and inspire, creating spontaneous comedy mayhem. 

Light Relief

Light Relief

Geoff Cotton’s show is a mix of sketches, comedy songs, stand-up and satire. 

Sex Guru

Sex Guru

Wolfgang Weinberger has been described by the Guardian as ‘Austria’s most prominent sexologist since Sigmund Freud’; he has performed to over half a million people around the world… 

Jonny & the Baptists: Bigger Than Judas

Jonny & the Baptists: Bigger Than Judas

Jonny & The Baptists have in the past, unfairly in my opinion, been likened to Tenacious D. 

BEASTS

BEASTS

Following their successful Pleasance run at the Fringe last year, BEASTS once again return with their inimitable brand of absurdist, ridiculous sketch comedy. 

Amateur Transplants: Adam Kay Is Going For A Number One

Amateur Transplants: Adam Kay Is Going For A Number One

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… 

Sad Faces Threw a Party

Sad Faces Threw a Party

After the success of their debut Edinburgh show last year, Sad Faces return with more jokes, japes and some crisp-based canapés. 

AAA Stand-Up Late

AAA Stand-Up Late

Stand-up variety shows at the fringe can often be hit-and-miss, but this one just gets it spot on. 

How to Make a Killing in Bollywood

How to Make a Killing in Bollywood

NPL Theatre are well known for tackling subjects that often don’t get an outing in mainstream theatre; previous work has included the thorny issue of Scottish sectarianism. 

Doug Segal: I Can Make You a Mentalist

Doug Segal: I Can Make You a Mentalist

Multi award-winning Doug returns with a brand new show that’ll turn you into mind reading mentalists. 

Head Hand Head

Head Hand Head

“You can leave, if you want to,” Laura Jane Dean tells her audience – a simple statement of fact about the freedom afforded to an individual untouched by obsessive-compulsive… 

My Pregnant Brother

My Pregnant Brother

This harrowing story of platonic love, loss and the things we do for our families is absolutely gripping from the moment it starts. 

The State vs John Hayes

The State vs John Hayes

With the much publicised and ongoing arguments concerning the American death penalty and justice system, it would be easy to write a play concerning the issue which stank of lofty … 

Carey Marx: Intensive Carey

Carey Marx: Intensive Carey

With his show Intensive Carey, this Fringe favourite returns after a one year hiatus with the story of how he almost died, a number of times, by having a heart attack. 

John Lloyd: Liff of QI

John Lloyd: Liff of QI

John Lloyd has worked with some of this country’s most plaudit burdened comedians, many of whom cut their teeth on the mile and were discovered performing in the dingy venues of … 

Akmal

Akmal

Akmal, the Aussie comedian and radio star, returns to the Fringe for another show exploring his fundamentalist Christian upbringing, his race and his views on the world around him. 

Absolutely Free Live Music

Absolutely 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… 

Andy and Mike's... Tick Tock Time Machine

Andy and Mike's... Tick Tock Time Machine

Andy Day, of Cbeebies fame, and Mike James deserve a standing ovation for their efforts to save parents from having to entertain their children on a rainy Sunday morning in Edinbur… 

Jollygoodlarks - How to Make it Huge

Jollygoodlarks - How to Make it Huge

Jollygoodlarks conform to the internet school of naming: mash all your words together to form an unwieldy hybrid. 

Mark Restuccia: How to Succeed at Internet Dating

Mark Restuccia: How to Succeed at Internet Dating

Mark Restuccia cuts right to the point. 

Find Love Make Love Die

Find Love Make Love Die

Four pupils await a class that will never start, in this new writing from Daniel Rayner, performed by Bleak Heart. 

High North Movement

High North Movement

Remember when Mimi from RENT held a large performance protest and it was brilliant because we could all see the sense of irony and sarcasm behind it? High North Movement is this wi… 

Flowers for the Living - Free

Flowers for the Living - Free

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… 

Love in the Key of Britpop

Love in the Key of Britpop

Love in The Key of Britpop is spoken word artist Emily Andersen’s performance of her self-professed ‘ode to Britpop, nightclub romance, visa marriages and anglophilic love’. 

Eat a Queer Fetus 4 Jesus - Free

Eat a Queer Fetus 4 Jesus - Free

A typical Edinburgh stand-up by Richard Coughlan in the back room of an easily hidden pub, this is truly a gem hidden amongst the Fringe. 

Guardian Reader

Guardian Reader

Will Hanmer-Lloyd takes us on a political rant about everything you can find on the Guardian. 

Hitler Alone

Hitler Alone

Paul Webster presents an in depth and well researched look into the last hours of Hitler’s life in the intimacy of the Inlingua rooms, an intimidating rant from the mouth of Hitl… 

Owen O'Neill: Struck By Lightning

Owen O'Neill: Struck By Lightning

According to Owen O’Neill’s show his life started around the time of his 13th birthday when, whilst up a tree stealing apples from a local nunnery, he was struck by lightning. 

Midnight at The Boar's Head

Midnight at The Boar's Head

First of all, there were no handmade puppets. 

The Big Bite-Size Breakfast /Matinee Shows

The Big Bite-Size Breakfast /Matinee Shows

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

Connection Failed

Connection Failed

This is the first production that this Welsh group has brought to Edinburgh, and is the third play by its writer. 

Rookie Mistakes

Rookie Mistakes

There’s a something heartbreaking about seeing a bad show - it really claws its way into the caverns of your soul and ceaselessly picks away at it as you feel grief for the peopl… 

Mark Watson: The Information

Mark Watson: The Information

Mark Watson was running late. 

It's Not Us, It's You - Free

It's Not Us, It's You - Free

With so much free fringe it’s can be a daunting prospect wading through the guide to find what’s worthwhile. 

Daniel Sloss - Extra Shows!

Daniel Sloss - Extra Shows!

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

Two for None

Two for None

Two for None comedians Mark Simmons and Danny Ward display, between them, vastly different comedy styles. 

The Vocal Orchestra

The Vocal Orchestra

A message reminding people to turn off their mobile phones plays through the theatre. 

The Static

The Static

ThickSkin have found a recipe for contemporary and physical theatre that works. 

Midnight at the Boar's Head

Midnight at the Boar's Head

I have always been of the opinion that Shakespeare cannot be read but must be performed. 

Swordy-Well

Swordy-Well

Swordy Well Family Meatworks is in crisis – as the last independent slaughter house in Britain it is facing a huge drop in sales, a mutiny from within the ranks, and assimilation… 

Make Tea, Not War

Make Tea, Not War

To sip on a quaint mug of English tea or to go to a bloody war in the Middle East?Make Tea, Not War presents its audience with this dichotomy and is set around the parochial, crump… 

2 Facedbook 3

2 Facedbook 3

Being lecherous can be funny but if the letch is a winner it can come off as, well, perverse. 

The Ginge, the Geordie and the Geek- All New Show 2012

The Ginge, the Geordie and the Geek- All New Show 2012

A comedy sketch show, promising 32 new and hilarious sketches in under an hour. 

Wee Andy

Wee Andy

There’s a certain type of show that prompts a degree of fatigue in me. 

Head of the Fork

Head of the Fork

Two very young guys share a house. 

Mendelssohn at Teatime

Mendelssohn at Teatime

The Royal Over-Seas League is fast establishing itself as the venue for classical music concerts at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. 

Indie Classical

Indie Classical

‘Accident’ isn’t a word normally associated with The Zodiac Trio. 

Kevin Tomlinson: Crazy Little Thing Called Love!

Kevin Tomlinson: Crazy Little Thing Called Love!

There is such an abundance of improvised shows around the fringe this year it’s a near impossible task to sift through them all to find the gems. 

Misanthropy

Misanthropy

Misanthropy, as the title implies, is not a cheery play - it is miserable. 

Make Music Winter

Make Music Winter

Bundle up for the cold-weather version of the annual summer Make Music New York festival. 

Comic Strip

Comic Strip

Half stand-up comedy gig, half naughty strip burlesque, it sounds like a recipe for disaster. 

Jessica Pidsley's I Can Make You Thin(k)

Jessica Pidsley's I Can Make You Thin(k)

Jessica Pidsley has given herself a challenge, one that she hopes will help her audience to change their attitudes towards their body. 

The  Pain of Desire

The Pain of Desire

For a music concert advertised as performance art and with the worryingly jejune title The Pain of Desire, one could be forgiven for thinking that this show might be worth a miss. 

Gareth Richards: Introvert - Never Been To Disneyland

Gareth Richards: Introvert - Never Been To Disneyland

There are three things essential to know about Gareth Richards before his show starts. 

Jody Kamali: Dirty Filthy Rich - Free

Jody Kamali: Dirty Filthy Rich - Free

Dirty Filthy Rich wants to make you stinking, filthy rich. 

Andy and the Prostitutes - The Musical

Andy and the Prostitutes - The Musical

Andy and The Prostitutes play one dirty trick by billing their foul-mouthed ditties as a musical but Andy and co. 

Tommy Talks

Tommy Talks

‘You are the true heroes of the Fringe!’ announced Tommy Holgate, the bikram-yoga-obsessed host-cum-compere of Tommy Talks. 

Folk at the Pleasance

Folk at the Pleasance

Presented by folk singer-songwriter Sophie Ramsay, who opens the evening with a beautiful a cappella performance of a traditional Gaelic song, Folk at the Pleasance is a welcome mu… 

Coal Head, Toadstool Mouth and Other Stories

Coal Head, Toadstool Mouth and Other Stories

The clinical, modern lecture theatre of the Symposium Hall, undoubtedly one of the less atmospheric fringe venues, is rather at odds with the style of this show. 

Asher Treleaven: Troubadour

Asher Treleaven: Troubadour

Edward De Bono’s Six Thinking Hats, for those unversed in the Maltese physician’s guide to lateral thinking and problem solving, is a self-help book from 1985 that teaches the … 

Curtains

Curtains

Curtains is the musical ‘whodunit’ about the cast of a failing Boston show that has ambitions for the New York stage via a series of twists, turns and murders. 

James Christopher: Bring Me the Head of Russell Kane - Free

James Christopher: Bring Me the Head of Russell Kane - Free

James Christopher’s tactic of combining the show titles of award-winning comedians seems a strange choice. 

Michael Topping - 'Heels over Head in Love!'

Michael Topping - 'Heels over Head in Love!'

This was a very entertaining start to a Sunday from a very experienced and polished performer. 

An Indie Boy's Guide to Sex and Girls

An Indie Boy's Guide to Sex and Girls

Marc Burrows borrows from the 90s genre of Britpop all he needs to know about sex and girls. 

Dr Bunhead is Volcano Head

Dr Bunhead is Volcano Head

The stage looks like a science teacher’s nightmare: covered in tangles of wire, buckets and bins, the tables overflowing with mysterious bottles, flasks, gas-torches, tubes and an… 

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

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

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

Broken

Broken

Set in a dystopian future where foetuses are harvested for their organs and boys dress like off-casts from a poorly funded production of ‘Oliver!,Broken, which displays some half… 

Armageddapocalypse: Threat Level Dead

Armageddapocalypse: Threat Level Dead

After starting with an epic video and launching straight into fast paced one liners, it’s clear that this parody show has the objective of mocking every action film we have ever … 

Failed States

Failed States

The opening few bars of Failed States brilliantly foreshadows the musical to follow. 

Etch A Sketch

Etch A Sketch

The Oxford Revue is a sketch comedy show which has existed almost as long as the Fringe itself. 

Hikapee Moonfall

Hikapee Moonfall

Amazing performances, dazzling circus and some well-placed gags save this lacking and unambitious two-handed children’s show. 

A Clockwork Orange

A Clockwork Orange

The stage version of ‘A Clockwork Orange’ is Burgess’ retort to the Kubrick film. 

Suggs: My Life Story in Words and Music

Suggs: My Life Story in Words and Music

Graham Macpherson, aka Suggs, has produced a show with a clue in the title. 

Marcus Brigstocke: The Brig Society

Marcus Brigstocke: The Brig Society

Marcus Brigstocke presents a comic celebration of everything the Tory government has tried to achieve through their initiative of creating a Big Society where we can all just get a… 

Rubies in the Attic

Rubies in the Attic

As a reviewer, I am expected to be an emotionally numb pillar of analytical prowess and critical acumen. 

A Guide to Second Date Sex

A Guide to Second Date Sex

A terrifyingly authentic portrayal of the awkwardness and obstacles we all face when sleeping with a new sexual partner for the first time. 

Ganesh Versus The Third Reich

Ganesh Versus The Third Reich

Doing a piece about two different religions, a holocaust and advertising the majority of your company as intellectually disabled is certainly a way to stir up some controversy, and… 

Andy Zaltzman Swears to Tell the Truth, Half the Truth, and Everything But the Truth

Andy Zaltzman Swears to Tell the Truth, Half the Truth, and Everything But the Truth

Andy Zaltzman will be best know to most audiences for his political comedy, podcast and radio appearances. 

Andy Zaltzman: Armchair Revolutionary

Andy Zaltzman: Armchair Revolutionary

If you only see one stand-up comedy set at this year’s Fringe, it should probably be Andy Zaltzman. 

Telephonic

Telephonic

Part story-telling, part lecture,Telephonic is an insightful and absorbing trip into the mesmerising and impressive world of Foley artists. 

The Red Bus Puppet Shows

The Red Bus Puppet Shows

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

The Awesome Show

The Awesome Show

The Awesome Show is a creative project that has been in the making for nine months. 

Pete Firman - Hoodwinker

Pete Firman - Hoodwinker

Pete Firman returns from a stint on BBC 1’s The Magicians with a performance that has everything you need and expect from a magic show. 

Make Music New York

Make Music New York

The streets, plazas, parks and waterfronts of the five boroughs will be alive with music during this free, outdoor extravaganza, which features over 1,300 concerts from dawn to dus… 

Chris Mccausland And Liam Mullone

Chris Mccausland And Liam Mullone

Can a comedy show be rated on its interesting subject matter rather than its comedic merits? If so, Chris McCausland’s Not Blind Enough is definitely worth a look in. 

The Triumph of Time and Truth

The Triumph of Time and Truth

Tickets to see Scottish-grown chamber orchestra Ludus Baroque at Canongate Kirk are now bought by many as a matter of ritual, so strong is the group’s popularity and reputation f… 

Confessions of a Grindr Addict

Confessions of a Grindr Addict

Confessions of a Grindr Addict is mis-sold as a comedy. 

The News at Kate 2012

The News at Kate 2012

A left-wing, atheist, ultra-feminist comedienne performing a politically fuelled stand-up show sounds daunting to say the least. 

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

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

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

Beachy Head

Beachy Head

Two film-makers, filming the lighthouse on Beachy Head for a documentary about lighthouses unwittingly come back with video footage of a man’s last moments before committing suici… 

Tea With Terrorists - Free

Tea With Terrorists - Free

Sameena Zehra, the writer and performer of Tea With Terrorists, has led an extraordinary life and has been raised by an extraordinary family but her collection of stories, no matte… 

Christian Reilly: This Is Not A Love Song

Christian Reilly: This Is Not A Love Song

Christian Reilly has walked upon and calmed the boiling seas of the Royal Mile and resurrected the flogged and lifeless corpse of comedy music. 

Chris McCausland: Not Blind Enough

Chris McCausland: Not Blind Enough

Can a comedy show be rated on its interesting subject matter rather than its comedic merits? If so, Chris McCausland’s Not Blind Enough is definitely worth a look in. 

The Cagebirds

The Cagebirds

David Campton’s The Cagebirds is a tight, gritty and intelligent meditation on confinement and rebellion. 

The Space Between My Head and My Body

The Space Between My Head and My Body

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

Andy Zaltzman Boldly Unbuttons The Cloak Of Civilisation, But Is Perplexed And Perturbed By What He Finds Lurking Beneath

Andy Zaltzman Boldly Unbuttons The Cloak Of Civilisation, But Is Perplexed And Perturbed By What He Finds Lurking Beneath

Andy Zaltzman’s main topic is always politics, meaning he can cover the audience’s democratic disillusionment, teachers’ pay, and the immigration issue in just a few linked sentenc… 

Nick Beaton Does Not Play Well With Others

Nick Beaton Does Not Play Well With Others

Nick Beaton presents a show with enough social observations to make an hour fly by. 

Interruption

Interruption

You have to appreciate a company that leaves sweets on seats of the audience, like pillow chocolates at a hotel, but, sadly, they did not sweeten this show for me. 

Wee Andy

Wee Andy

Set in Glasgow, this hard-hitting play speaks out about community violence and gang mentality based on director Paddy Cunneen’s own experiences whilst working in Edinburgh. 

Rosie Wilby - How (Not) To Make It In Britpop

Rosie Wilby - How (Not) To Make It In Britpop

How much do you know about obscure mid 90s Britpop band Wilby? Not much? Evidently anyone with a real niche interest in obscure Britpop bands should make it their business to find … 

Max and Iván: Televisionaries

Max and Iván: Televisionaries

Max and Iván are a comedy double act from London. 

Five outstanding EdFringe shows scoop a Broadway Baby Bobby in 2023

Five outstanding EdFringe shows scoop a Broadway Baby Bobby in 2023

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

Why Robin Tran wants to make us laugh at terrible things

Why Robin Tran wants to make us laugh at terrible things

James Macfarlane chats with comedian Robin Tran about her Fringe debut, how she deals with praise from big comedy names and her favourite way to control her audiences. 

4 Family Friendly Shows in Brighton This Half Term

4 Family Friendly Shows in Brighton This Half Term

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

5 Brighton Shows To Entertain You This Christmas

5 Brighton Shows To Entertain You This Christmas

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

5 Brighton HorrorFest Shows To Sink Your Teeth Into This October

5 Brighton HorrorFest Shows To Sink Your Teeth Into This October

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

Prune Might Be A Bouffon But She's Not Afraid To Make Fun Of Her Own Heartbreak

Prune Might Be A Bouffon But She's Not Afraid To Make Fun Of Her Own Heartbreak

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. 

Black Friday Deals on West End Shows

Black Friday Deals on West End Shows

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

No Horizon's Andy Platt & Sam Reid on Creative Minds Overcoming Disability

No Horizon's Andy Platt & Sam Reid on Creative Minds Overcoming Disability

It’s the 1600’s, and a blind boy from a village in Yorkshire wants an education. 

Unmissable shows at Brighton Fringe this year

Unmissable shows at Brighton Fringe this year

Brighton Fringe has officially launched. 

King's Head show highlights growing Chemsex crisis

King's Head show highlights growing Chemsex crisis

Following a successful run at Brighton Fringe in 2015 and two previous sold-out and critically acclaimed runs at the King's Head Theatre, 5 Guys Chillin' returns this February. 

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

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

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