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Frankie Boyle Work In Progress Shows at Leicester Square Theatre & Museum Of Comedy
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 1st Dec 2024
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
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 1st Dec 2024
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
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 1st Dec 2024
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
George Lewis: ‘The Best Thing You’ll Ever Do’
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 17th Oct 2024
Described as ‘the funniest dad on Instagram’, stand-up comedian George Lewis has racked up hundreds of millions of views for his hilarious online sketches ab…
Variety Film Club: The Commitments (1991)
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 5th Sep 2024
Variety Film ClubThe team behind Variety Lunch Club have hatched a new plan so that you can come and have an afternoon out with friends while watching some of the greate…
Andrew White: Young, Gay and a Third Thing
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Roxy
- 20th - 24th Aug 2024
Andrew White has been described by Joe Lycett as ‘very exciting and very funny’ and by teachers as ‘a pleasure to teach (gay)’.
This Porno Does Not Pass the Bechdel Test
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Riddles Court
- 19th - 24th Aug 2024
‘The chance to win the night of your dreams with semi-famous porn star Lance Hardwood.
Rosie Holt MP: Why We Were Right
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 19th - 25th Aug 2024
Rosie Holt, the desperate and loyal Tory MP, famous for her viral twitter “interviews”, celebrates the launch of her new book as she explains to you, the British public, why the so…
George Lewis: The Best Thing You'll Ever Do (WIP)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 19th - 25th Aug 2024
The funniest dad on Instagram has racked up hundreds of millions of views online.
White Heather Ceilidh Club
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Bonnie & Wild’s Scottish Marketplace
- 15th Aug 2024
One of Edinburgh’s best nights out, join our legendary Fringe ceilidh for an evening of traditional Scottish music and Highland dancing at Bonnie & Wild.
ScotlandsFest: In Conversation – Richard Demarco
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Columba’s by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church
- 15th Aug 2024
For Edinburgh Festival and Fringe legend Richard Demarco, the history of Scotland begins in the words of the great medieval poets Henryson and Dunbar, the composer Henry Carver and…
Janine Harouni: Does New Jokes (WIP)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 14th - 18th Aug 2024
Two-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Janine Harouni returns to the Fringe to try some new jokes (and escape her responsibilities as a mother)! Over 100 million views online.
Richard Duffy is Asleep: A Retrospective
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic Legends
- 13th - 25th Aug 2024
We spend one third of our lives asleep.
A Taste of Taskmaster Club
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- University of Edinburgh Old College
- 12th - 13th Aug 2024
Fancy trying your hand at some fun tasks and competing against other children to see if you have what it takes to be a Taskmaster Champion? If so, then pop along to one of our Tast…
The Suicide Club
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Riddles Court
- 12th - 17th Aug 2024
The Suicide Club.
The Gardening Club: A New Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Venue45
- 12th - 17th Aug 2024
The Gardening Club is a new musical that takes place in 1960, Georgia, USA.
Le Wine Club
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Patter House
- 12th - 26th Aug 2024
Anna Lou is back in her wine bar to talk wine and let you in on her darkest secrets.
Così fan tutte
- Listing Opera
- Edinburgh International Festival
- Usher Hall
- 10th Aug 2024
A test of fidelity leads to deception, seduction and surprises in Mozart’s collaboration with librettist Lorenzo da Ponte.
Attila the Stockbroker: 14 Days, 14 Completely Different Shows
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bannermans
- 5th - 18th Aug 2024
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
- Listing Spoken Word / Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Doghouse Hotel
- 3rd - 25th Aug 2024
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…
James Ross Does Guess Who
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms
- 3rd - 10th Aug 2024
Remember childhood-favourite Guess Who? It’s that, but based on vibes and played with you, the lovely audience.
After Shakespeare – Richard III
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpaceTriplex
- 2nd - 24th Aug 2024
The tumultuous life of Richard III: not the villain of Shakespearean lore, but loyal brother to a king, devoted husband and father, and eventually reluctant monarch.
Billy Kirkwood: Wild Thing
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2024
A brand-new wild, fast, funny, and often filthy show from the award-winning comic that bursts with positivity, frantic stand-up and improv comedy energy.
Killer Comedy Club
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Hootenannies @ The Apex
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2024
Join us for an unforgettable afternoon at one of the North West’s premier comedy clubs featuring Harry Stachini, Ben Hart and Lewis Coleman.
Please right back
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh International Festival
- The Studio
- 2nd - 11th Aug 2024
SCOTTISH PREMIERE Award-winning company 1927 combines fantastical animations with bold storytelling to tell the wild adventures of the mysterious Mr E.
The Funny Thing About A Panic Attack
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- ZOO Playground
- 2nd - 25th Aug 2024
Ben Kassoy brings poems from his spectacularly original book to life in this wildly entertaining solo show.
Danny O' Brien: Killa-Dan-Jaro
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2024
Award-winning Irish comedian returns to the Edinburgh Fringe for his 13th year at the Festival with a brand-new high-octane show Killa-Dan-Jaro!
The Stand Late Club
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club
- 2nd - 24th Aug 2024
‘This is late-night comedy at its finest’ **** (BroadwayBaby.
Club Life
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpaceTriplex
- 2nd - 10th Aug 2024
The 2023 Fringe First-winning club/theatre immersive experience returns for eight performances only! Lemon Jelly’s Fred Deakin hosts an interactive joy-ride through his 80s/90s clu…
Common Is As Common Does: A Memoir
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Zoo Southside
- 2nd - 17th Aug 2024
Fringe favourites 21Common return for a dance spectacular, mashing karaoke carnage and feats of physical endurance with chucking-out time at the Grand Ole Oprey.
Richard Pulsford: Get Rich Quick
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2024
Quality one-liners, puns and light-hearted jokes! UK Pun Championships Winner 2022.
Comedy Club 4 Kids
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Gardens
- 2nd - 25th Aug 2024
Since 2005, Comedy Club 4 Kids has been getting the best stand-ups, sketch acts and cabaret stars from the international circuit to do their thing for an audience of children (aged…
Ross Leslie Has The Chance To Do The Funniest Thing
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ West Port Oracle
- 1st - 25th Aug 2024
Edinburgh show number five for the five-time Scottish Comedian of the Year finalist.
Craic Den Comedy Club – Best of Irish
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys
- 1st - 25th Aug 2024
Fresh from the hugely popular TV show The Craic Den Comedy Club, two of Ireland’s top comedy MCs, Eddie Mullarkey and Brian Gallagher, present the best line-ups of Irish stand-up c…
Dragon Shows for Babies
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- LifeCare Centre
- 1st - 20th Aug 2024
The tales of the dragons are special for many reasons.
Is This Thing On?
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 1st - 25th Aug 2024
What’s better, sad songs or sh*tty poetry? Meet flatmates Mary and Liz, one a musician and the other a poet, as they battle over integrity, ownership, the spotlight and whose turn …
Richard Cobb: Running Joke
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Raging Bull
- 1st - 25th Aug 2024
Following a host of sell-out shows and hot on the heels of last year’s debut, Couple’s Massage, Scottish comedian and writer Richard Cobb returns to the track with a brand-new hour…
Natasha Pearl Hansen: The Right Amount of Wrong
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at Cabaret Voltaire
- 1st - 25th Aug 2024
Following her cancelled-wedding comedy special, I Was Supposed to Get Married Today, and her launch of mybreakupregistry.
Every Brilliant Thing
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Roundabout @ Summerhall
- 1st - 24th Aug 2024
Ten years on from the play’s debut, a new production of the smash-hit comes to Roundabout, directed by Duncan Macmillan and performed by Jonny Donahoe.
The Alternative Book Club
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Bar 50
- 1st - 25th Aug 2024
The Alternative Book Club presents a stand-up comedy compilation show about books, where there is absolutely NO required reading.
Fan/Girl
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 1st - 26th Aug 2024
Sparked by a conversation with a childhood friend that unearthed a long-forgotten obsession with football, Bryony wondered why all the girls she knew stopped playing football in th…
101 Comedy Club – Free
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap
- 1st - 25th Aug 2024
‘Funny.
Mime Club
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Patter House
- 31st Jul - 15th Aug 2024
Sexy dads, vacuum cleaners, the German State Theatre.
Do This One Thing for Me
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Bedlam Theatre
- 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2024
What does it mean to remember the Holocaust in 2024? How do you bear the legacy of trauma while forging ahead in the 21st century? Jane Elias grapples with these questions through …
Abby Wambaugh: The First 3 Minutes of 17 Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2024
Abby awoke in hospital after a late miscarriage and, high on anaesthesia, decided to become a comedian.
The Eazy Club
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C ARTS | C venues | C alto
- 31st Jul - 25th Aug 2024
In the digital world there’s no greater joy than talking face to face.
Danny Clives: Danny Explains It All
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 31st Jul - 25th Aug 2024
Fresh off the back of his triumphant sold-out Leicester Comedy Festival show and supporting Nigel Ng (Uncle Roger) on his world tour performing at Hammersmith Apollo, Dublin’s 3Oly…
Yoga with Jillian: The Guardian Top 50 Shows to See!
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2024
The Guardian’s Top 50 shows to see! Jillian is back at the Fringe with her yoga mat and blender after a hit premiere at last year’s Fringe and subsequent sell-out runs in New York …
Zoë Coombs Marr: Every Single Thing in My Whole Entire Life
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 30th Jul - 25th Aug 2024
This is a tell-all, personal storytelling comedy show.
Fan Girls
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- London Fringe
- Lyric Hammersmith Theatre
- 13th Jul - 24th Aug 2024
Get ready for an unmissable show that pulses with the soaring adrenaline of a first crush and feels like the best pop concert you’ve never been to…Meet Edna: she’s 14, she’…
Pauline Daniels - Get Me Before The Crematorium Does
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 9th Jul 2024
Join me, Pauline Daniels, for an evening of laughter and song to kick off my birthday celebrations! With 44 years in the business I thought it about time I put a bit of …
This Porno does not pass the Bechdel Test
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Etcetera Theatre
- 5th Jul 2024
The chance to win the night of your dreams with Lance Hardwood! Sienna’s won the competition and now it’s time to reap the reward.
Così fan tutte
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Royal Opera House
- 26th Jun - 10th Jul 2024
Two confident young men make a bet to prove the fidelity of their girlfriends.
Variety Film Club: The Beverley Hillbillies (1994)
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 13th Jun 2024
Variety Film ClubThe team behind Variety Lunch Club have hatched a new plan so that you can come and have an afternoon out with friends while watching some of the greate…
Richard Pulsford: Get Rich Quick
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Rotunda Theatre: Squeak
- 31st May - 2nd Jun 2024
One-liners and light-hearted jokes from the UK Pun Championships Winner 2022 and Scottish Comedian of the Year Runner-up 2021.
Slug in a Club
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Rotunda Theatre: Squeak
- 26th - 27th May 2024
Follow a brown bi woman on a night out to the club - but she has head of a slug.
PG Hits! Family-friendly comedy club
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus / Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 6th May 2023 - 2nd Jun 2024
The best way to discover your new favourite comedian! We choose the best comedians of the festival to perform their funniest PG-rated material.
Rueda With London Gaita Social Club
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- St Augustine’s Arts & Events Centre - Alter Room
- 25th May 2024
London Gaita Social Club is an urban collective that plays and celebrates the afro-indigenous musical traditions of Colombia.
Danny Lee Grew | 24K Magic
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- The Rotunda Theatre: Squeak
- 24th - 26th May 2024
Join top magician Danny Lee Grew in his brand new show ‘24K Magic’ featuring magic, illusion, laughs, gasps and sleight of hand sorcery.
Hanover Psychedelic Club presents Technicolour Hours of Emergent Happenings
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- The Annunciation, Brighton
- 18th - 18th May 2024
A Summer of Love-style Dada Happening blurring the boundary between audience and performers featuring live music, art, dance, performance poetry and an improvised album driven by c…
Richard III (a one person show)
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton
- The Yellow Book
- 15th - 19th May 2024
Pushing the boundaries of Shakespearean performance, Richard III emerges a bold, engaging solo show.
Do the Thing: Up To, But Not Exceeding, 10 Musicals
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Bleach (up stairs at the Hare and Hounds) / Caravanserai Brighton: Luna Parc
- 7th May 2023 - 31st May 2024
After a total Brighton Fringe sellout in 2021, ‘Do the Thing’ are back with a whole new concept in improvised musicals.
Richard Cobb: Running Joke (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Windmill
- 11th - 19th May 2024
Hot on the heels of last year’s debut Couple’s Massage, Scottish comedian and writer Richard Cobb returns to the track with a brand new hour filled with more guilt-tripped anecdote…
Comedy Club 4 Kids
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Komedia Main Space
- 11th May 2024
Since 2005, the Comedy Club 4 Kids has been getting the best stand-ups and sketch acts from the international circuit to do their thing for an audience of children (aged 6+) and th…
The Other Side Comedy Club
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Snug
- 10th - 12th May 2024
The Other Side Comedy Brighton Fringe Showcase @ The Snug, 3 Jolly Butchers.
RANK.
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Brighton Fringe
- Grania Dean Studio (Lantern Theatre @ ACT)
- 14th May, 2024
At the end of drunken night out all that Gemma and Jane want is to jump into a taxi, get home and crash into bed.
Richard III | Globe
- Listing
- West End
- Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre
- 9th May - 3rd Aug 2024
Meet Richard: the man, the myth, the monster.
Far From Home Close To Love
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- UK Regional & Tours
- Multiple Venues
- 14th May, 2024
Actor and writer Benjamin Kelm taps himself repeatedly about the face as he repeats the mantra, “You can do it, you can do it , you can do it.
Six Characters in Search of Pirandello
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Brighton Fringe
- The Lantern @ ACT
- 15th May, 2024
Playwright Tim Coakley has created an interesting twist on Luigi Pirandello’s groundbreaking play, Six Characters in Search of an Author, with his latest work, Six Characters in …
A Song of Songs
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Park Theatre / Park Theatre London
- 17th May, 2024
The European premiere of A Song of Songs at the Park Theatre sees a work as mysterious in theatrical categorisation as the book on which it is based is in terms of religious litera…
Richard III
- Review
- ★★★★
- Teddy Thomas
- London Fringe
- Bridewell Theatre
- 14th May, 2024
From the moment you are handed your programme at the Bridewell Theatre you are immersed in the world of SEDOS’s Richard III directed by Dan Edge.
Richard Herring: Can I Have My Ball Back?
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 8th May 2024
In 2021 Richard Herring went to his GP to find out why his right ball seemed to be growing bigger.
Richard Herring: Can I Have My Ball Back?
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 8th May 2024
In 2021 Richard Herring went to his GP to find out why his right ball seemed to be growing bigger.
Neon Moon Paradise Circus CLUB
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- The Vault @ Fool’s Paradise
- 5th - 26th May 2024
Headlining the opening weekend of BRIGHTON FRINGE in the brand new venue THE VAULT at FOOLS PARADISE, Neon Moon’s CABARET & CLUB shows, on May Bank Holiday weekends SUNDAY 5th MA…
Pete Strong: Change Is Good, But It's Not the Only Thing (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Snug
- 5th May - 2nd Jun 2024
Just turned 40, sober as a judge, with a new baby.
West End Does: Country
- Listing
- West End
- Cadogan Hall
- 5th May 2024
On its sixth birthday, West End Does: bring you a brand new show that is all things COUNTRY! The cast features Olivier Award-winner and a past assistant of Doctor Who, Arthur Dar…
Club Cream
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- The Vault @ Fool’s Paradise
- 3rd May - 2nd Jun 2024
The shows are over and its time to dance.
Artista presents: 'Best of the Fest' @ The Secret Comedy Club
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery
- 5th May 2023 - 1st Jun 2024
Welcome to The Secret Comedy Club’s “Best of the Fest” shows throughout Brighton Fringe Festival 2023! Get ready to laugh until your sides hurt as we bring you a hilarious lineup o…
The Government Inspector
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Marylebone Theatre
- 17th May, 2024
Bribery and corruption, greed and stupidity dominate Nikolai Gogol’s The Government Inspector.
So That You May Go Beyond The Sea
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Camden People’s Theatre
- 3rd May, 2024
As we sit in the Camden People’s Theatre, a performance of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly is taking place at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, at least for the purposes this pl…
A Year And A Day
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- New Wimbledon Theatre
- 6th May, 2024
Christopher Sainton-Clark, the sole actor in A Year and a Day, founded Raising Cain Productions in 2021 ‘with the aim of producing bold, innovative and cinematic small-scale thea…
Frozen
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Greenwich Theatre
- 3rd May, 2024
Bryony Lavery’s Frozen embraces difficult issues and circumstances.
Laughing Boy
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- West End
- Jermyn Street Theatre
- 6th May, 2024
Connor Sparrowhawk died this morning.
What The Butler Saw
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- UK Regional & Tours
- Devonshire Park Theatre
- 1st May, 2024
Artistic Director and Founder of London Classic Theatre, Michael Cabot opened the company’s touring production of Joe Orton’s What The Butler Saw at the Devonshire Park Theatr…
Community Service
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- UK Regional & Tours
- Multiple Venues
- 16th Apr, 2024
Stan’s Cafe Theatre, Birmingham, is rooted in the community, so it’s no surprise that they have taken the local story of Trevor Prince, a gospel guitarist and one of the first bl…
Besa
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Drayton Arms Theatre
- 13th Apr, 2024
What an extraordinary and charming play this is, courtesy of De Insomniis Theatre.
Horne's Descent
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Old Red Lion Pub
- 5th Apr, 2024
It all starts off so nicely, but it’s not long before Nina Atesh’s drawing-room drama turns into a battleground of conflicts that resurrect the past, fight for the present and …
Variety Film Club: Yesterday (2019)
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 28th Mar 2024
Variety Film ClubThe team behind Variety Lunch Club have hatched a new plan so that you can come and have an afternoon out with friends while watching some of the greate…
My Beautifull Laundrette
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- UK Regional & Tours
- Liverpool Playhouse
- 8th Apr, 2024
Hanif Kureishi’s adaptation of his screenplay for My Beautiful Laundrette was at the Liverpool Playhouse as part of its UK tour, courtesy of the Theatre Nation Partnerships conve…
Les Misérables (School Edition)
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- UK Regional & Tours
- Westcliff High School For Boys
- 27th Mar, 2024
To stage Les Misérables is a massive undertaking for any theatre company, but Director Ben Jeffreys has consummately risen to the challenge with a production of the School’s Edi…
Foam
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Finborough Theatre
- 27th Mar, 2024
Harry McDonald’s Foam, at the Finborough Theatre, is a chronological series of snapshots that capture events in the life of Nicky Crane (1958-1993).
Hide and Seek
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Park Theatre London
- 18th Mar, 2024
It’s refreshing to see a much-visited subject of bullying and homophobia in a world dominated by social media, given a fresh treatment that is both innovative and extraordinary, …
Rika’s Rooms
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- The Playground Theatre
- 8th Mar, 2024
Rika’s Rooms is the second in the series of four works that form the Playground Theatre’s season of plays by Gail Louw and features Emma Wilkinson Wright in the eponymous solo …
Guys & Dolls
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Bridge Theatre
- 18th Mar, 2024
Celebrating the show’s first anniversary, Nicholas Hytner’s sensational, immersive production of Guys & Dolls continues at the Bridge Theatre with a new lineup of stars, th…
Matt Le Tissier, Richard Vobes and Clive de Carle: Solutions for Health, Life and Football
- Listing
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 3rd Mar 2024
A lively, entertaining afternoon of conversation with three of our most maverick thinkers in the UK today.
Matt Le Tissier, Richard Vobes and Clive de Carle: Solutions for Health, Life and Football
- Listing
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 3rd Mar 2024
A lively, entertaining afternoon of conversation with three of our most maverick thinkers in the UK today.
Uncle Vanya
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Orange Tree Theatre
- 15th Mar, 2024
The Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond, has scored a major triumph in securing the services of Sir Trevor Nunn to direct his faithful adaptation of Uncle Vanya in a production that has …
Variety Film Club: Ghost (1990)
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 29th Feb 2024
Variety Film ClubThe team behind Variety Lunch Club have hatched a new plan so that you can come and have an afternoon out with friends while watching some of the greate…
Blonde Poison
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- The Playground Theatre
- 7th Mar, 2024
Gail Louw's best-known work, Blonde Poison, forms part of a four-play season devoted to her work at the Playground Theatre.
The Duchess of Malfi
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
- 15th Mar, 2024
Director Rachel Bagshaw has created a vibrant and vivid production of John Webster’s tragedy, The Duchess of Malfi, at the Sam Wanamaker Theatre that revels in the candlelight se…
Richard Blackwood Live
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 10th Feb 2024
Richard Blackwood brings his jam packed hour of pure heavyweight punchlines and anecdotes.
Richard III
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Barons Court Theatre
- 5th - 10th Feb 2024
Richard, Duke of Gloucester fresh from the conclusion of The Wars of The Roses remains dissatisfied and still ruthlessly ambitious, nothing and no one will stand in his way.
Richard Herring’s Leicester Square Theatre Podcast
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 22nd Jan - 11th Mar 2024
Richard Herring returns to Leicester Square Theatre for his famous podcast, RHLSTP! Richard Herring has enjoyed phenomenal success as a writer and performer and is an …
Variety Lunch Club
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 17th Jan - 5th Jun 2024
The Royal Court Variety Lunch Club runs throughout the year on Wednesday afternoons in the main theatre and is open to anyone who wants to enjoy an afternoon of entertai…
Robin Hood (that sick f**k)
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Bread and Roses
- 1st May, 2024
Baby Lamb Productions have scored another success with their latest production, Robin Hood (that sick f**k) at the Bread and Roses Theatre.
Double Trouble: Richard Blackwood & Tommy Sandhu
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 28th Dec 2023
Coming to destroy the stage! A guaranteed night of uplifting vibes and full on belly laughter! Were bringing the laughs, all you gotta do is bring your friends! Pe…
Double Trouble : Richard Blackwood & Tommy Sandhu
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 28th Dec 2023
Coming to destroy the stage! A guaranteed night of uplifting vibes and full on belly laughter! Were bringing the laughs, all you gotta do is bring your friends! Pe…
Variety Film Club: It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 14th Dec 2023
Variety Film ClubThe team behind Variety Lunch Club have hatched a new plan so that you can come and have an afternoon out with friends while watching some of the greate…
Pauline Daniels: Get Me Before The Crematorium Does! Christmas Jolly-Up!
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 21st Nov 2023
Join me, Pauline Daniels, for an evening of laughter and song to kick off our festive celebrations! With 43 years in the business I thought it about time I put a bi…
She Stoops to Conquer
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Orange Tree Theatre
- 30th Nov, 2023
Artistic Director Tom Littler, with Francesca Ellis, scores another inspired triumph with his production of Oliver Goldsmith’s She Stoops to Conquer.
Ghosts
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- West End
- Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
- 2nd Dec, 2023
The traditional blacked-out auditorium that marks the start of a play at the Sam Wanamaker theatre is illuminated one candle at a time, until the six candelabra and four sconces br…
Treason - the Musical
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Alexandra Palace
- 13th Nov, 2023
The brief descriptor of Treason the Musical as “a historic tale of division, religious persecution, and brutality” reads like a modern-day newspaper headline.
Right in the Eye (En plein dans l’oeil)
- Listing All Genres
- London Fringe
- The Courtyard Theatre
- 5th - 5th Nov 2023
5* Star Show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival! With over 600 performances across the globe.
Nutcracker - The Tuff Nutt Club
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- The Tuff Nutt Club, Royal Festival Hall
- 28th Oct 2023 - 6th Jan 2024
Diving into the glittering winter wonderland head on, McOnie Company dancers perform to Tchaikovsky’s world famous score, reimagined for an onstage Jazz band by multi-award w…
Now Entering Ely, Nevada
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- The Space
- 1st Nov, 2023
Memory is a strange thing.
To Have And To Hold
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Hampstead Theatre
- 9th Nov, 2023
The final days of a sixty-year marriage are turned into a domestic comedy in the latest offering from playwright Richard Bean, of One Man, Two Guvnors fame, in To Have and To Hold,…
1984
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Hackney Town Hall
- 30th Oct, 2023
Playwright Adam Taub says, “In the era of Google, Amazon and Meta, when our every move is monitored and recorded, there is no more relevant story than 1984”.
Casting the Runes
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- The Pleasance Theatre Trust
- 23rd Oct, 2023
Following their hugely successful run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year Box Tale Soup are now performing Casting the Runes, based on stories by M R James, at the Pleasance…
Manic Street Creature
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Southwark Playhouse
- 27th Oct, 2023
Making its London premier Maimuna Memon’s multi-award-winning Manic Street Creature is now showing at the Southwark Playhouse, Borough, following its barnstorming, sell-out world…
The Loaf
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- The Bridge House Theatre
- 19th Oct, 2023
Head to the Bridge House Theatre, Penge for an evening of delightful storytelling and charming performances in Alan Booty's two-hander, The Loaf.
Trueman and the Arsonists
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Roundhouse
- 1st Nov, 2023
Writer Simon Stephens has taken Max Frisch’s 1953 Biedermann und die Brandstifter, variously translated as The Fireraisers or The Arsonists and given it a heightened absurdist in…
Bernie Dieter’s Club Kabarett
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Underbelly Boulevard
- 17th Oct 2023 - 6th Jan 2024
The darkest, funniest and most debauched Kabarett Klub west of Berlin.
The Kaspar Hauser Experiment
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- The Space
- 23rd Oct, 2023
Winston Churchill’s famous expression, “It’s a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma…” could accurately be applied to the subject of The Kaspar Hauser Experiment a…
The Nag's Head
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Park Theatre London
- 20th Oct, 2023
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…
Owners
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Jermyn Street Theatre
- 19th Oct, 2023
Carly Churchill looks upon Owners, now revived at Jermyn Street Theatre, as a watershed in her life.
Danny LoPriore Live in London
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 10th Oct 2023
Dannny is a Podcast host, Social Media Star, musician & comedian.
Danny Elfman’s Music from the Films of Tim Burton
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Royal Albert Hall
- 7th - 7th Oct 2023
After a hugely successful sell-out world premiere performance at the Royal Albert Hall in 2013, and a further two performances in December 2014, Danny Elfman’s Music from the…
Iolanthe
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- West End
- London Coliseum
- 16th Oct, 2023
There is nothing subtle about Gilbert and Sullivan’s satirical attack on the House of Lords in Iolanthe, which premiered in both London and New York on 25th November 1882; the fi…
Gentlemen
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Arcola Theatre
- 11th Oct, 2023
From time to time a play comes along that ticks every box and gives a surprise treatment to a contemporary topic.
fell
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Barons Court Theatre
- 7th Oct, 2023
The current transformation of the postage stamp stage of Barons Court Theatre, located in the cellar vaults of The Curtains Up pub, has been wrought by Designer Jane Linz Roberts, …
Hidden Jazz Club
- Listing Music
- UK Regional & Tours
- Hoxton Hall
- 30th Sep - 4th Nov 2023
Experience exhilarating live jazz in the incredibly atmospheric setting of a Grade II Listed Music Hall from the 1800s!! Discover one of London’s best kept secrets and join us a…
The Island
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Cervantes Theatre
- 30th Sep, 2023
There is an intriguing opening to The Island at the Cervantes Theatre.
Am I Irish Yet
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- White Bear Theater Pub
- 30th Sep, 2023
Described as a ‘one-woman show chronicling the life of Kate Kerrigan’ Am I Irish Yet? lays bare her problem as soon as she opens her mouth.
The Red Lion
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Queens Theatre - Hornchurch
- 27th Sep, 2023
Religious fervour and football fanaticism have much in common, so it seems entirely appropriate that Patrick Marber’s changing-room drama, The Red Lion should open to the sound o…
The Brief Life & Mysterious Death of Boris III, King of Bulgaria
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Arcola Theatre
- 17th Oct, 2023
The play’s excessively long title has a folktale ring to it and with only limited knowledge of Balkan history sounds like a work of comic fantasy.
Lessons on Revolution
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- The Hope Theatre
- 5th Oct, 2023
Billed as ‘documentary theatre’ Lessons on Revolution at the Hope Theatre is a fascinating excursion into performance and the creative process that challenges the traditional i…
The Threepenny Opera
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- The Cockpit
- 13th Oct, 2023
Taking on The Threepenny Opera can be a precarious business, as OVO demonstrate, without flinching from the challenge.
The Old Queen's Head
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- The Lion And Unicorn
- 22nd Sep, 2023
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…
I, Daniel Blake
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- UK Regional & Tours
- Everyman Theatre
- 5th Oct, 2023
Two lives come together in an unlikely match.
Mess Maker
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- The Bridge House Theatre
- 20th Sep, 2023
We’re all familiar with mess in one form or another, but for most of us dealing with it is probably not an all-consuming activity in the way that it is for writer and performer Jen…
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- West End
- Gielgud Theatre
- 24th Oct, 2023
The contribution of Stephen Sondheim to musical theatre was commemorated in a one-off tribute show last year, following his death in 2021.
Boys From The Blackstuff
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 3rd Oct, 2023
The extent to which you appreciate James Graham’s adaptation of Boys from the Blackstuff might depend partly on how well you know Alan Bleasdale’s original television series.
Artefact & Something Unspoken
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- The Playground Theatre
- 27th Sep, 2023
The ever-flexible performance space at the Playground Theatre is once more transformed with great imagination, this time to accommodate the double bill of Rena Brannan’s Artefact…
The White Factory
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Marylebone Theatre
- 13th Oct, 2023
With horrific events occurring around the world, The White Factory at The Marylebone Theatre, written by Dmitry Glukhovsky’s and directed by Maxim Didenko comes as a poignant rem…
The Lady With a Dog
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- The Gatehouse
- 18th Sep, 2023
Publicity for Lady With a Dog, written and directed by Mark Giesser, at Upstairs at the Gatehouse, promises a version in which ‘Chekhov’s famous short story of romance and infi…
Sorry We Didn't Die at Sea
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Park Theatre London
- 19th Sep, 2023
The traditional direction of migrants seeking a better life is turned on its head in Emanuele Aldrovandi’s Sorry We Didn’t Die At Sea (translated by Marco Young) at the Park Th…
One Under Par
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- The Bridge House Theatre
- 14th Sep, 2023
Was she or was she not fully aware of what she was doing? He certainly was, and for that reason should he have stopped before taking Birdie’s virginity? There’s a suggestion th…
Beautiful Thing
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Theatre Royal Stratford East
- 8th Sep - 7th Oct 2023
Teenage boys Ste and Jamie are neighbours on a South London estate.
Beautiful Thing
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Theatre Royal Stratford East
- 8th Sep - 7th Oct 2023
“Your bird talks to me like I’ve got “c***” written on my forehead.
Rebecca
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Charing Cross Theatre
- 25th Sep, 2023
After all the hype from it’s reception elsewhere in Europe combined with the legacy of the original film version, the intriguing yet simple plot and the clear characterisation in…
Dead Dad Dog and Sunny Boy
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Finborough Theatre
- 9th Oct, 2023
It was a low turnout at the intimate Finborough Theatre for John McKay’s Dead Dad Dog, but we were all clearly in the mood for a fun night out.
God of Carnage
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Lyric Hammersmith
- 13th Sep, 2023
Who has not experienced a situation in which a surmountable incident escalates out of all proportion? Then, on the way to resolving it, further baggage accumulates around the subje…
Film Club: An Improvised Comedy
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Hen & Chickens Theatre
- 26th - 27th Aug 2023
An improvised sketch show recreating the high-stakes scenes from your favourite movies! From the breathless intensity of thrillers, or the fleeting serendipity of romance, to the s…
Film Club: An Improvised Comedy
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Hen & Chickens Theatre
- 26th - 27th Aug 2023
An improvised sketch show recreating the high-stakes scenes from your favourite movies! From the breathless intensity of thrillers, or the fleeting serendipity of romance, to the s…
The Mr Thing Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, George Square
- 26th - 27th Aug 2023
The cult comedy TV-show show is back for two nights only with their best bits from five years at Fringe.
Sir Cliff Richard in Conversation With Gloria Hunniford
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stables at Prestonfield
- 26th - 27th Aug 2023
Sir Cliff Richard in conversation with Gloria Hunniford discussing his career.
The Last Thursday Club
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 24th Aug 2023
Welcome to the Last Thursday Club! An evening of theatre, comedy and storytelling hosted by acclaimed writer-performers and poolitzer prize winners Roann Hassani-McCloskey and Jame…
Oggie! Oggie! Oggie!
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C ARTS | C venues | C aurora
- 25th Aug, 2023
This show’s title summons up many associations except, perhaps, the one that forms the foundation of the play.
Does My Fanny Look Big in This?
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 21st - 26th Aug 2023
Have you ever been riding a homosapien and asked (internally): ‘OMG am I squashing this person like a double decker bus’? Or stumbled mentally upon ‘Please lord, let me have shaved…
Danny Beard and Their Band
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, George Square
- 21st - 25th Aug 2023
The winner of Drag Race hits the Fringe as part of their debut solo tour! Join Danny as they take to the stage with their live band in a show which promises to be bigger, better an…
The Leading Lady Club
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 21st - 26th Aug 2023
You’re invited to a private meeting of The Leading Lady Club! At this meeting, the women are sharing their experiences with dating apps, heartbreak, self-defense, workplace interac…
The TUNEabomber
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C ARTS | C venues | C aquila
- 22nd Aug, 2023
Another in the seemingly endless flow of musicals about unlikely subjects that prove successful.
An Ice Thing to Say
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 21st - 25th Aug 2023
An Ice Thing to Say blends ice installation, music and physical theatre to explore our impact on nature.
Danny Bhoy – Now Is Not a Good Time
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand’s New Town Theatre
- 20th - 27th Aug 2023
2023 finally sees the return of Danny Bhoy to the Edinburgh Fringe for the world premiere of his brand-new show.
Richard Duffy is Asleep: A Retrospective
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ CC Blooms
- 19th - 27th Aug 2023
We spend one third of our lives asleep.
Cosi Fan Tutte
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Stockbridge Church
- 17th - 20th Aug 2023
Downtown Edinburgh, 2023.
Variety Film Club: Paddington
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 17th Aug 2023
The team behind Variety Lunch Club have hatched a new plan so that you can come and have an afternoon out with friends while watching some of the greatest films ever p…
Beautiful Magicians Club presents Battle Magic Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth
- 17th - 28th Aug 2023
What do you get when you mix rap battles cabaret, and an open mic, and then throw in the title of Cabaret God with an audience vote? Top Fringe cabaret stars try out their new mate…
The White Heather Club's Fringe Ceilidh
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Bonnie & Wild’s Scottish Marketplace
- 17th Aug 2023
Book your spot at the The White Heather Club for a night of traditional Scottish dancing at Bonnie & Wild’s legendary Food Hall in the St James Quarter.
Adult Film Club
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 15th - 16th Aug 2023
Adult Film Club is a raucous showcase of comedy short films, bizarro music videos and truly effed-up MP4s.
Richard Brown and Jin Hao Li Split an Hour
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Tron)
- 14th Aug 2023
Stand-up comedian and writer Richard Brown (‘A ruthless and angst-fuelled set with clever, impactful writing’ (TheWeeReview.
Everything That Annoys Me, and You
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 17th Aug, 2023
Thomas is excited about tonight; so excited that he has called his parents and his brother with the time to look out for biggest meteor storm in 33 years that will fill the night …
The Breakfast Club
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ City Cafe
- 14th - 27th Aug 2023
The Breakfast Club is a free stand-up comedy compilation show featuring three fantastic comedians.
Revolting Arts Club: Smutty Letters
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- BlundaGardens: BlundaBus & Magical SpiegelYurt
- 13th - 17th Aug 2023
‘I tore open your letter and licked the envelope’s seal for any lingering taste of you.
Glee Club UK Adult Community Choir
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Vincent’s
- 12th Aug 2023
Glee Club UK are taking you on a musical journey all the way from the swinging 60s, right up to the present day.
Richard Michael Plays The Great American Songbook
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- artSpace@StMarks
- 11th - 13th Aug 2023
Pianist Richard Michael delves into the music of Gershwin, Porter, Bacharach and Brubeck demonstrating his virtuosic piano playing with unique insights into some of the finest song…
Holly Stars' Cabaret Club
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Phoenix Arts Club
- 9th Aug 2023
Join Holly Stars as she hosts a glorious night of camp comedy and cabaret at this all-drag extravaganza.
Anthems – EMT Does Pop
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Andrew’s and St George’s West, George St
- 9th - 12th Aug 2023
In its 40th performing year and 20 years since we’ve been performing musical revues at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Edinburgh Music Theatre takes a little bit of a departure into…
Alicia Fitton: Thing of Myth and Beauty
- Listing Theatre
- Camden Fringe
- Hen & Chickens Theatre
- 9th - 10th Aug 2023
“You can be adored, or you can be a monster.
Holly Stars' Cabaret Club
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Phoenix Arts Club
- 9th Aug 2023
Join Holly Stars as she hosts a glorious night of camp comedy and cabaret at this all-drag extravaganza.
Alicia Fitton: Thing of Myth and Beauty
- Listing Theatre
- Camden Fringe
- Hen & Chickens Theatre
- 9th - 10th Aug 2023
“You can be adored, or you can be a monster.
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 8th - 12th Aug 2023
Stephen Sondheim’s hilarious musical romp tells the bawdy story of a slave and his attempts to win his freedom by helping his young master woo the girl next door.
14-18 Cyrano de Bergerac
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Niddry St
- 9th Aug, 2023
Students from Westcliff High School for Boys, Essex, have arrived in Edinburgh with 14-18 Cyrano de Bergerac, an exciting re-imagining of Edmund Rostand’s 1897 classic tale writt…
Richard Spalding: Look Who Loves Me (WIP)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Hootenannies @ The Apex
- 6th - 19th Aug 2023
If someone tells you they love you, it’s rude to ask why.
Danny Ward: A Ward Winning!
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth
- 5th - 27th Aug 2023
Mark Simmons’ tour support, co-host of the Jokes podcast, BT Sport personality, award-winning comedian and documentary filmmaker, Danny is the undisputed champion of the Ward! A br…
Si Deaves: Best Thing Ever
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Aces and Eights
- 5th - 6th Aug 2023
At the age of 36 Si had a baby.
Si Deaves - Best Thing Ever
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Aces and Eights
- 5th - 6th Aug 2023
At the age of 36 Si had a baby.
Manchester Revue's Lonely Hearts Sketch Club
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Niddry St
- 4th - 22nd Aug 2023
The Manchester Revue’s Lonely Hearts Sketch Club is not a tribute act.
JM Coetzee's Life & Times of Michael K
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Hall
- 7th Aug, 2023
Puppetry arguably reached a new level of realism and sophistication with War Horse.
White Bear Comedy Club
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree
- 4th - 28th Aug 2023
Bristol’s biggest comedy night is coming to Edinburgh! Harry Allmark shall present the best comedy acts the Edinburgh Fringe has to offer! White Bear Comedy Club is THE space for…
The Canonized Club: The Curious Lives and Deaths of the Saints
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 4th - 8th Aug 2023
It’s 1969 and Pope Paul VI, much to the chagrin of many holy spirits, has made an announcement that puts into question the existing canon of Catholic saints.
Richard Pulsford: Short Joke Teller
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn
- 4th - 27th Aug 2023
Quality one-liners, puns and light-hearted jokes! UK Pun Championships winner 2022.
Danny O' Brien: Sweet Child O' Brien
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn
- 4th - 27th Aug 2023
After a sell-out run at last year’s Fringe, multi award-winning Irish comedian Danny O’ Brien is back with a nostalgia-packed high-energy stand-up show bringing the big laughs to t…
The Typewriter
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Riddles Court
- 8th Aug, 2023
The 20 seater upstairs theatre at Riddles Court provides a suitably tight space for The Typewriter, a play based in a cramped office.
Square Peg
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in Augustines
- 11th Aug, 2023
This intensely personal show is a fascinating performance with hints of a lecture about it and a suggestion that it is really an audience, in this case with Simeon Morris, as he in…
Right Here, Right Now
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Niddry St
- 4th - 12th Aug 2023
Right Here, Right Now.
The Standard Short Long Drop
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpaceTriplex
- 16th Aug, 2023
Ticking Clock Theatre brings to life the grim days of the Victorian hangman at the Space Triplex Studio in The Standard Short Long Drop, a fascinating play set in the cell of two p…
Aaron Wood's Comedy Club
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Hootenannies @ The Apex
- 4th - 20th Aug 2023
Join Aaron Wood – one of the North West’s fastest-rising stars as he hosts this hour-long compilation show featuring some of the best acts at the Fringe this year! Each night up …
The Stand Late Club
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club
- 4th - 26th Aug 2023
‘This is late-night comedy at its finest’ **** (BroadwayBaby.
Circa's Peepshow (Club Remix)
- Review
- ★★★★
- Elinor Arden
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly’s Circus Hub on the Meadows
- 16th Aug, 2023
Hailing from Brisbane, Australia, CIRCA Contemporary Circus is pushing the boundaries of circus excellence, blending incredibly skilled circus performances with contemporary dance …
Gus Lymburn and Jay Lafferty: Club Sets
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn
- 4th - 27th Aug 2023
In a festival that pours scorn on comedy without a poignant ending, one show dares to celebrate the purity of the undiluted, unadulterated and altogether far funnier club set.
Groovicle
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Zoo Southside
- 20th Aug, 2023
Dancer and performer Elliot Minogue-Stone presents pop art, contemporary dance and cabaret in his brand-new mish-mash show, Groovicle at Zoo Southside.
Be Home Soon
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 6th Aug, 2023
A chance meeting in an art gallery and a new flatmate moving in provide the simple framework for Be Home Soon, a beautifully crafted and sensitively performed debut play from By Th…
Sauchiehall Comedy Club Presents
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Hootenannies @ The Apex
- 4th - 28th Aug 2023
The Sauchiehall Comedy Club is proud to present their first full run at the Fringe, with a series of compilation shows, featuring the finest up-and-coming comedians, plus guest app…
The Grandfathers
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Hill Street Theatre
- 22nd Aug, 2023
What would it be like for young people if national conscription were still part of growing up; to receive the letter giving you time and place to report for 547 days of duty and ha…
What Does Stuff Do?
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Edinburgh Fringe
- ZOO Playground
- 4th - 27th Aug 2023
Juggler, water-bender, and part-time deep-thinker Robin Dale presents his award-winning debut show.
101 Comedy – Club Free
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2023
‘Funny.
An Afternoon with the Ladies of the Cliff Richard Fan Club, Sutton Coldfield, 1995
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2023
Step back in time to 1995 and come join a hilarious taster session of the Cliff Richard Fan Club! Our group of ladies will welcome you, make you laugh (and maybe cry too) and even …
James Nokise – Right About Now
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2023
An electric, joyful hour packed with fun and skewering takes on society, Right About Now is the brand-new show from the award-winning James Nokise.
Richard Stott: Dear Lord… What A Sad Little Life
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2023
If you got that reference you can be our friend… Dave’s Jokes Of The Fringe 2019 runner-up is totally fine with how things are going.
The Eazy Club
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C ARTS | C venues | C aquila
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2023
In the digital world there’s no greater joy than talking face to face.
PG Hits! Family-Friendly Comedy Club
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Bar 50
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2023
Three top stand-ups perform their very best routines just as they do in comedy clubs up and down the country and abroad, just without the swearing! PG Hits is a professional stand-…
Richard Cobb: Couple's Massage
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ City Cafe
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2023
In October 2022, Richard Cobb was on honeymoon in Cuba.
24 Shows in 24 days: Live at the Big Cave
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2023
24 different award-winning or nominated comedians perform their full shows, recorded for Netflix, Amazon Prime and YouTube. See FringeSpecials.com for listings.
Comedy Club 4 Kids
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Roxy
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2023
Back for our 18th Fringe, we remain adamant that just because you’re six, you shouldn’t miss out on the festival’s best stand-ups and sketch acts! And just because you’re an adult …
Aaaaaand now! Teknicolour Smoof Comedy Club
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ City Cafe
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2023
Shropshire’s crazy-named grassroots comedy club comes to the Edinburgh Fringe with a daily line-up of five different comedians.
RVG's International Comedy Club
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Bar 50
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2023
Hello, asalaam alaikum, bienvenido and welcome to RVG’s International Comedy Club! Resident MC of Malaysia’s first comedy cub Rizal Van Geyzel (as seen on Comedy Central) introduce…
Seymour Mace Does Drawring
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club 2
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2023
I draw pictures of the things that live in my head.
2nd Picture of Dorian Gray
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C ARTS | C venues | C aquila
- 6th Aug, 2023
Nine bubbly teenagers all dressed in white, a reverberating baritone saxophone and an accordion fill the stage around an empty white picture frame mounted on a white easel.
Film Club: An Improvised Comedy
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 3rd - 13th Aug 2023
An improvised sketch show recreating the high-stakes scenes from your favourite movies! From the breathless intensity of thrillers, or the fleeting serendipity of romance, to the s…
The Queer Comedy Club Fringe
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2023
The UK’s first permanent LGBTQ+ comedy club comes to Edinburgh Fringe and we’ve got a bunch of queer comedians who we know you’re going to love! Every night join us for an hour sho…
Sing, River
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 24th Aug, 2023
The magic and mystery of midsummer combine with things past and present in Sing, River, written and performed by Nathaniel Jones of Love Song Productions at the Pleasance Courtyard…
Club Life
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Mel Evans
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 16th Aug, 2023
Club Life is club promoter Fred Deakin's personal autobiography.
First Thing (Work in Progress by Daniel Kitson)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Roundabout @ Summerhall
- 2nd - 27th Aug 2023
A few days ago I saw a little boy slapping a wall.
Le Wine Club
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
- 2nd - 27th Aug 2023
Join chanteuse and sommelier Anna Lou in her wine bar as she invites you to discover the world of wine and solve the mystery of her lover’s death.
Shakespeare Up Late: A Right Royal Visit
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jasmine Arden-Brown
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C ARTS | C venues | C aquila
- 12th Aug, 2023
I advise you arrive early and treat yourself to a pre-show pint (or two) because it’s that kind of show!I mean this in the best possible way.
Mrs President
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C ARTS | C venues | C aquila
- 5th Aug, 2023
A haunting celeste chime creates a sombre mood that permeates John Ransom Phillips’s Mrs President at C Aquila as Mary Lincoln (LeeAnne Hutchison) poses for photographer Mathew B…
A Manchester Anthem
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 25th Aug, 2023
Making its Fringe debut after winning VAULT Festival ‘Show Of The Week Award’ and Pleasance ‘Pick of the VAULT Award’, Manchester Anthem has been restaged from the linear L…
Collar
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Bread and Roses
- 1st Aug, 2023
If you think coming out as gay or announcing any change from the heteronormative might be difficult, then try telling your parents and friends that you've just been accepted on…
Adele Cliff Does Her Best and Tries New Things Out (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Durham Fringe Festival
- Fabio’s Bar
- 28th - 30th Jul 2023
Adele brings all her very best new jokes, ideas and wisdom to Durham.
Adele Cliff Does Her Best and Tries New Things Out (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Durham Fringe Festival
- Fabio’s Bar
- 28th - 30th Jul 2023
Adele brings all her very best new jokes, ideas and wisdom to Durham.
Linda Does Durham
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Durham Fringe Festival
- Fabio’s Bar
- 27th Jul 2023
YEE-HAW EVERYBODY! Come on down to a rootin’, tootin’, last minute cabaret hosted by the old crone cowgirlman, Linda! Comedy! Magic! Music! Other stuff! It’s a night of chaos, love…
Linda Does Durham
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Durham Fringe Festival
- Fabio’s Bar
- 27th Jul 2023
YEE-HAW EVERYBODY! Come on down to a rootin’, tootin’, last minute cabaret hosted by the old crone cowgirlman, Linda! Comedy! Magic! Music! Other stuff! It’s a night of chaos, love…
Bones
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Park Theatre London
- 13th Jul, 2023
In 70 action-packed minutes, Bones highlights mental health issues in sport, looking at one man’s struggle to reconcile his inner mental turmoil with the physical demands expecte…
Be Right Back
- Listing Events
- FUSE International
- FUSEBOX
- 2nd - 2nd Jul 2023
About the eventBe Right Back is a performative workshop about migration and diaspora.
Variety Film Club: The Sting
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 29th Jun 2023
The team behind Variety Lunch Club have hatched a new plan so that you can come and have an afternoon out with friends while watching some of the greatest films ever pro…
Dr Semmelweis
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- West End
- Harold Pinter Theatre
- 25th Jul, 2023
Having emerged from a period in which we were exhorted to wash our hands at every opportunity and instructed on how to carry out the ritual, it is strange to go back in time to an …
Song From Far Away
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Hampstead Theatre
- 4th Jul, 2023
Simon Stephens and Mark Eitzel wrote Song From Far Away in 2014 for director Ivan van Hove, who wanted ‘a monologue with song’ for the actor Eelco Smits.
Lady Inger
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- The Space
- 3rd Jul, 2023
Ottisdotter theatre company’s production of Lady Inger provides a rare opportunity to see one of Henrik Ibsen’s earliest, least performed and less well-known works.
Vincent River
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Greenwich Theatre
- 29th Jun, 2023
Playwright Philip Ridley seems to be enjoying a resurgence at the moment; not that he has ever been out of fashion.
Behold! The Monkey Jesus - a (kind of) restoration comedy
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- The Brockley Jack
- 27th Jun, 2023
From the extraordinary story of Cecilia Giménez (Mary Tillett), writer Joe Wiltshire Smith has created a beautifully crafted play that embraces her innocence and resilience, while…
Self Tape
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- King’s Head Theatre Pub
- 25th Jun, 2023
Jonas (Michael Batten) would ideally like to be in full-time employment as an actor on stage.
The Cocoa Butter Club
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Ironworks Studios
- 28th May 2023
The celebration of Black performers and our kin of colour! Decolonising & Moisturising these dry and dusty streets Hosted by HottGirl Founder and Curator, Sadie Sinner The Songbi…
The Cocoa Butter Club
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Ironworks Studios
- 28th May 2023
The celebration of Black performers and our kin of colour! Decolonising & Moisturising these dry and dusty streets Hosted by HottGirl Founder and Curator, Sadie Sinner The Songbi…
Richard Pulsford: Short joke teller
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Rotunda Theatre: Squeak
- 27th - 28th May 2023
One-liners and light-hearted jokes from the UK Pun Championships Winner 2022 and Scottish Comedian of the Year Runner-up 2021.
Richard Pulsford: Short joke teller
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Rotunda Theatre: Bubble / The Rotunda Theatre: Squeak
- 2nd Jun 2022 - 28th May 2023
One-liners and light-hearted jokes from the ‘master of wordplay.
Jake Cornford & Jake O'Brien Murphy: Two Jakes Don't Make A Right
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Snug
- 26th - 28th May 2023
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
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Snug
- 26th - 28th May 2023
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.
Rose
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- West End
- Ambassadors Theatre. / The Ambassadors Theatre
- 31st May, 2023
Martin Sherman’s Rose is already an award-winning production that received widespread critical acclaim during its sell-out runs at the Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester, and the Park T…
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- West End
- Cambridge Theatre
- 25th May, 2023
Making the move from its seven-year residency at the Lyric Theatre, Showstopper! The Improvised Musical has opened at the Cambridge Theatre, its new home, where the team will be do…
Komedia Presents: Comedy Club 4 Kids
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Komedia Main Space
- 20th May 2023
Since 2005, the Comedy Club 4 Kids has been getting the best stand-ups and sketch acts from the international circuit to do their thing for an audience of children (aged 6+) and th…
Club de Fromage
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 20th May 2023
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
Club de Fromage
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 21st May 2022 - 20th May 2023
Take a romp through the decades with London’s legendary pop time machine! Expect sing-alongs, madcap stage show, hula hooping, confetti cannons plus the finest pop, rock, disco a…
Komedia Presents: Comedy Club 4 Kids
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Komedia Main Space
- 20th May 2023
Since 2005, the Comedy Club 4 Kids has been getting the best stand-ups and sketch acts from the international circuit to do their thing for an audience of children (aged 6+) and th…
Film Club: An Improvised Comedy
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus
- 14th May - 4th Jun 2023
An improvised sketch show recreating high-stakes scenes from your favourite movies! From the breathless intensity of thrillers, or the fleeting serendipity of romance, to the smoot…
Film Club: An Improvised Comedy
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus
- 14th May - 4th Jun 2023
An improvised sketch show recreating high-stakes scenes from your favourite movies! From the breathless intensity of thrillers, or the fleeting serendipity of romance, to the smoot…
The Dumb Waiter & A Slight Ache
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Greenwich Theatre
- 20th May, 2023
Artistic Director James Haddrell has made a brave and perhaps rather surprising choice for the Greenwich Theatre’s first in-house production of 2023.
Leaves of Glass
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Park Theatre / Park Theatre London
- 18th May, 2023
Philip Ridley’s multi-layered, complex and highly acclaimed story Leaves of Glass is breathtakingly revived by director Max Harrison in collaboration with Lidless Theatre in a mi…
Variety Film Club: Mamma Mia! (2008) – Eurovision Special!
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 11th May 2023
The team behind Variety Lunch Club have hatched a new plan so that you can come and have an afternoon out with friends while watching some of the greatest films ever pro…
Blue Camel Club
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Caravanserai Brighton: Luna Parc
- 10th May 2023
Carousel is excited to bring Blue Camel Club to Brighton Fringe for this very special event, hosted in the Caravanserai pop-up festival.
Variety Lunch Club: Eurovision Special!
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 10th May 2023
In May we are celebrating all things Eurovison so our Variety Lunch Club is getting a Eurovision Special!Sam Avery will be brining Eurovision themed acts to the stage to…
Blue Camel Club
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Caravanserai Brighton: Luna Parc
- 10th May 2023
Carousel is excited to bring Blue Camel Club to Brighton Fringe for this very special event, hosted in the Caravanserai pop-up festival.
Adele Cliff Does Her Best and Tries New Things Out (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 9th - 23rd May 2023
Adele brings all her very best new jokes, ideas and wisdom to Brighton.
Under Milk Wood
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Wilton’s Music Hall
- 13th May, 2023
For 30 years now, Guy Masterson has been successfully taking on the monumental challenge of presenting Dylan Thomas’ Under Milk Wood as a solo show; revelations from the fictional …
Adele Cliff Does Her Best and Tries New Things Out (Work-in-Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 9th - 23rd May 2023
Adele brings all her very best new jokes, ideas and wisdom to Brighton.
Do the Thing: Up To, But Not Exceeding, 10 Musicals
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Caravanserai Brighton: Luna Parc
- 7th - 8th May 2023
After a total Brighton Fringe sellout in 2021, ‘Do the Thing’ are back with a whole new concept in improvised musicals.
Forge Comedy Club
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Ironworks Studios
- 6th May - 3rd Jun 2023
The award winning Forge Comedy Club (Best Comedy Club - South 2023 Chortle Awards) is the hottest comedy ticket in Brighton all year round (#1 Comedy Club in Brighton - Trip Adviso…
It's me, Richard Wright, I'm the problem it's me
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 6th May 2023
Richard Wright is about to turn 40 and he’s worried that he has stopped caring.
Neon Moon Carnival Royale CLUB
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Caravanserai Brighton: Luna Parc
- 6th May 2023
Neon Moon’s infamous CLUB night with a right royal twist! Come and revel in joy, glitter and wonder at Carnival Royale! Be amazed by thrilling headline acts on stage and in the a…
Forge Comedy Club
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Ironworks Studios
- 6th May - 3rd Jun 2023
The award winning Forge Comedy Club (Best Comedy Club - South 2023 Chortle Awards) is the hottest comedy ticket in Brighton all year round (#1 Comedy Club in Brighton - Trip Adviso…
It's me, Richard Wright, I'm the problem it's me
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 6th May 2023
Richard Wright is about to turn 40 and he’s worried that he has stopped caring.
Neon Moon Carnival Royale CLUB
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Caravanserai Brighton: Luna Parc
- 6th May 2023
Neon Moon’s infamous CLUB night with a right royal twist! Come and revel in joy, glitter and wonder at Carnival Royale! Be amazed by thrilling headline acts on stage and in the a…
Viggo Venn: Club Comedian
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 6th - 8th May 2023
Norwegian comedian Viggo Venn has moved to London to follow his life-long dream of becoming a British Comedian.
A Right-Royal-Rave-Up
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Caravanserai: Fringe City Stage
- 6th May 2023
Caravanserai and Brighton Fringe are delighted to invite you to a Right-Royal-Rave-Up! Coronation Greet, Coronation Meet, Coronation Eat and Coronation Beat.
PG Hits! Family-friendly comedy club
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus
- 6th May - 4th Jun 2023
We choose the best comedians of the festival to perform their funniest PG-rated material.
Viggo Venn: Club Comedian
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 6th - 8th May 2023
Norwegian comedian Viggo Venn has moved to London to follow his life-long dream of becoming a British Comedian.
A Right-Royal-Rave-Up
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Caravanserai: Fringe City Stage
- 6th May 2023
Caravanserai and Brighton Fringe are delighted to invite you to a Right-Royal-Rave-Up! Coronation Greet, Coronation Meet, Coronation Eat and Coronation Beat.
Club Silencio presents Return, Again, to OZ
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Arcobaleno
- 5th - 8th May 2023
Dorothy has made millions off her novelised adventures in the Land of Oz.
Biscuits for Breakfast
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Hampstead Theatre
- 15th May, 2023
It’s not only the title of the play; Biscuits For Breakfast is all that some people have to start the day, and that’s if they are lucky.
Audrey's Art Club
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Fringe Streaming
- 5th May 2023
It’s time to go on a journey that punches you straight in the feels while filling your heart with love and warmth.
Komedia Comedy Club
- Review
- ★★★★
- Johanna Makelainen
- Brighton Fringe
- Komedia Main Space
- 15th May, 2023
I was intrigued to see who would choose a regular Saturday night comedy club over the spectacle of the Eurovision final being shown all around Brighton.
The Verdict Jazz Club
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- The Verdict
- 5th May - 3rd Jun 2023
The Verdict 11th Anniversary Celebration Nominated Jazz Venue of the Year 2022 The Verdict has been named as one of the 10 top jazz clubs in Europe by The Guardian.
Fever Club
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 5th May - 3rd Jun 2023
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
Fever Club
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 6th May 2022 - 3rd Jun 2023
Salon of Soul with a contagious beat, ‘Fever Club’ has grown out of the joyous, social atmosphere of our extraordinary house parties.
Club Silencio presents Return, Again, to OZ
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Arcobaleno
- 5th - 8th May 2023
Dorothy has made millions off her novelised adventures in the Land of Oz.
Audrey's Art Club
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Fringe Streaming
- 5th May 2023
It’s time to go on a journey that punches you straight in the feels while filling your heart with love and warmth.
The Verdict Jazz Club
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- The Verdict
- 5th May - 3rd Jun 2023
The Verdict 11th Anniversary Celebration Nominated Jazz Venue of the Year 2022 The Verdict has been named as one of the 10 top jazz clubs in Europe by The Guardian.
West End Does: Hollywood The Sequel!
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Cadogan Hall
- 30th Apr 2023
West End Does is back for Hollywood: The Sequel! Join them for another fantastic mix of songs from the world of Hollywood including music from animated classics, musical movies, an…
The Circle
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Orange Tree Theatre
- 11th May, 2023
The Artistic Director might have changed but the Orange Tree Theatre continues to resurrect plays from eras that many houses might shun.
Teechers Leavers ‘22
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Greenwich Theatre
- 1st May, 2023
John Godber reinforces his campaign for the arts in education with Teechers Leavers ’22, an updated version of his original play now on its fourth UK tour courtesy of the outstan…
Richard Parker
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Bridge House Theatre
- 24th Apr - 6th May 2023
In an 1838 book Edgar Allan Poe told the story of four men lost at sea.
Richard III - Rose Theatre
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Rose Theatre Kingston
- 26th Apr - 13th May 2023
Rose Theatre and Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse Theatres in association with Swinging the Lens A Rose Original Production Following her critically-acclaimed production of Richa…
Getaway / Runaway
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- King’s Head Theatre
- 3rd May, 2023
Noah McCreadie has scored a triumph with his debut play Getaway/Runaway and the intimacy of the King’s Head Theatre provides the perfect setting for this intense drama from Shot …
The Good Person of Szechwan
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Lyric Hammersmith / Lyric Hammersmith Theatre
- 28th Apr, 2023
It was just another day in Szechwan with people going about their daily business until three wandering gods in disguise turned up in the city in need of a place to stay while they …
F★★king Men
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Waterloo East Theatre
- 28th Apr, 2023
The current production of Joe DiPietro’s F**king Men at Waterloo East Theatre is an updated version of his original 2009 script that successfully takes note of developments on th…
Jules and Jim.
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- West End
- Jermyn Street Theatre
- 8th May, 2023
In a rather surprising debut choice, Stella Powell-Jones has commenced her incumbency as Artistic Director of Jermyn Street Theatre with Timberlake Wertenbaker’s uninspired adapt…
Breeding
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- King’s Head Theatre Pub
- 4th May, 2023
A fast pace and some hilarious banter about their names, how to pronounce and spell them, gets Barry McStay’s Breeding off to an immediately engaging and rip-roaring start that s…
Trumpets and Raspberries
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Barons Court Theatre
- 1st May, 2023
Given the vast repertoire of plays available to theatre companies one often wonders how they decide on what to perform next and why: in this case, the somewhat lesser-known work by…
The Sun, the Mountain, and Me
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- The Brockley Jack Theatre
- 1st May, 2023
In an unlikely melding of three disparate stories, Jack Fairey finds common ground in his moving play The Sun, The Mountain, and Me for Bedivere Arts at the Jack Studio Theatre, in…
TWO
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- 2 Bath Road
- 17th Apr, 2023
One night, in a pub, in the North of England is the setting for Jim Cartwright’s carefully crafted dark comedy TWO.
Variety Film Club: Encanto
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 6th Apr 2023
The team behind Variety Lunch Club have hatched a new plan so that you can come and have an afternoon out with friends while watching some of the greatest films ever p…
The Only White
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Chelsea Theatre
- 10th Apr, 2023
There is an inherent difficulty with plays that seek to tell a well-known story and thus lack a sense of mystery and element of surprise.
Variety Film Club: Some Like It Hot!
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 30th Mar 2023
The team behind Variety Lunch Club have hatched a new plan so that you can come and have an afternoon out with friends while watching some of the greatest films ever pro…
Richard II
- Listing Theatre
- UK Regional & Tours
- Westcliff High School For Boys
- 22nd - 24th Mar 2023
In this Coronation year, what could be more topical than Shakespeare’s verse-told-tale of coronation, usurpation, coronation and murder? Join Westcliff Boys to experience beautiful…
Dance of Death
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- The Coronet
- 22nd Mar, 2023
The Coronet Theatre is once again hosting The National Theatre of Norway, who have arrived with their take on August Strindberg’s dark matrimonial drama Dance of Death.
Ten Days
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- The Space
- 19th Mar, 2023
Matthew Jameson embarked on a major project ten years ago.
Accidental Death of an Anarchist
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Lyric Hammersmith Theatre
- 20th Mar, 2023
Hilarious, satirical, superbly staged and brilliantly performed, Accidental Death of an Anarchist has hit the Lyric, Hammersmith in an explosion of theatricality following its sens…
Film Club - An Improvised Comedy
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- Crypt
- 11th - 12th Mar 2023
An improvised sketch show recreating your favourite high-stakes movie scenes, but with hilarious twists.
Family Tree
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- UK Regional & Tours
- Belgrade Theatre
- 16th Mar, 2023
Our lives are indebted to many people.
Further than the Furthest Thing
"Surprise is as come from the H‘outside world” On a remote volcanic island in the middle of the Atlantic, a community has lived undisturbed for centuries, defying …
The Emperor's New Clothes
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Bread and Roses
- 15th Mar, 2023
What a joy to see a very simple and equally silly story adapted for the stage and turned into an hour of light-hearted frivolity, full of humour and ingenuity.
Under the Black Rock
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Arcola Theatre
- 10th Mar, 2023
Promoted as ‘a twisting and darkly comic thriller’, Under the Black Rock, at the Arcola Theatre, has each of those elements in different measures, but probably doesn’t achiev…
The Long Run
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Vault Festival
- Pit
- 4th Mar, 2023
There are situations and circumstances in which if you didn’t laugh you’d cry or perhaps in Katie Arnstein’s case just freeze.
Fist Club - Beyond Vaulterdome
- Listing
- Vault Festival
- Crescent
- 26th Feb 2023
Making their Vaults debut, Fist Club is a queer cabaret & pro wrestling night - aka your new favourite pastime.
Naked Chats: Drawing and Conversation with Body Love Sketch Club & Friends
- Listing
- Vault Festival
- The Flair Ground
- 26th Feb 2023
Nudity, bodies, and how to feel more comfortable in our own skin in a society which conditions us to be very critical of ourselves? A panel discussion and life drawing class with b…
Burn
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Vault Festival
- Leake Street Arches
- 1st Mar, 2023
The setting for Lucy Beresford-Knox’s Burn, could hardly be better.
RIGHT OF WAY
- Listing Theatre
- Vault Festival
- Cage
- 21st - 26th Feb 2023
‘I don’t remember where I am when I decide to walk.
This Bitter Earth
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- White Bear Theater Pub
- 3rd Mar, 2023
Two main strands are interwoven in Harrison David Rivers’ This Bitter Earth, currently making its UK premiere at the White Bear Theatre, Kennington.
Happy Meal
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Brixton House
- 1st Mar, 2023
I was invited to see Tabby Lamb’s Happy Meal at Brixton House and made it quite clear that it wasn’t my sort of thing, that I would go in order to be supportive, that I almost …
Robert Ross Presents: A Celebration Of Richard Briers
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 19th Feb 2023
Richard Briers CBE, one of our best loved and respected actors, died on 17th February 2013.
Robert Ross Presents: A Celebration Of Richard Briers
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 19th Feb 2023
Richard Briers CBE, one of our best loved and respected actors, died on 17th February 2013.
Club Culture
- Listing
- Vault Festival
- Crescent
- 18th Feb - 11th Mar 2023
A disruptive, black-owned and black-curated platform demonstrating the viability of every artistic voice, and normalising inclusivity for all artists.
The Walworth Farce
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- 80 Newington Butts
- 28th Feb, 2023
What could be more appropriate to mark the opening of the Southwark Playhouse Elephant than Enda Walsh’s The Walworth Farce.
Macbeth
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Wilton’s Music Hall
- 20th Feb, 2023
A Macbeth that features only the eponymous hero and his wife is an opportunity to define the characters and chart the shifting balance of power between them as the tragedy unfolds.
Pauline Daniels - Get Me Before The Crematorium Does: The Valentines Day Version
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 14th Feb 2023
Join me, Pauline Daniels, for an evening of laughter and song.
Right Dishonourable Friend
- Listing Theatre
- Vault Festival
- Cage
- 14th - 18th Feb 2023
Tony Blair, Nick Clegg, Rishi Sunak - She’s hardly the first Southerner to represent a Northern constituency.
Pauline Daniels - Get Me Before The Crematorium Does: The Valentines Day Version
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 14th Feb 2023
Celebrate Valentine's Day with an evening of comedy and music in the Royal Court Studio.
Bewitch Comedy Club
- Listing Comedy
- Vault Festival
- The Spacement at The Glitch
- 11th Feb 2023
Stand up comedy showcasing top comedians from minority backgrounds.
Passion
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- The Lion And Unicorn
- 11th Feb, 2023
A heteronormative upbringing fights homosexual desire on a battleground that moves from a playful and sometimes argumentative bedroom to the secluded cell of a conversion therapy u…
Rebus: A Game Called Malice
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Queens Theatre - Hornchurch
- 6th Feb, 2023
The Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch has opened its Spring 2023 season with the world premiere of Ian Rankin and Simon Reade’s Rebus: A Game Called Malice.
SMOKE
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Southwark Playhouse
- 10th Feb, 2023
Too many cooks, so the saying goes, can spoil the broth.
I Found My Horn
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- White Bear Theater Pub
- 4th Feb, 2023
A man is going through almost a lifetime’s accumulation of important junk in his attic.
A Manchester Anthem
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Vault Festival
- Cage
- 1st Feb, 2023
A breath of theatrical fresh is often much needed at big fringe-style events and it can currently be found at the Vault Festival in A Manchester Anthem.
Richard Herring’s Leicester Square Theatre Podcast
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 30th Jan - 27th Mar 2023
Richard Herring returns to Leicester Square Theatre for his famous podcast, RHLSTP! Richard Herring has enjoyed phenomenal success as a writer and …
Richard Herring’s Leicester Square Theatre Podcast
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 30th Jan - 27th Mar 2023
Richard Herring returns to The Leicester Square Theatre for his famous podcast, RHLSTP! Richard Herring has enjoyed phenomenal success as a writer …
An Ice Thing to Say
- Listing
- Vault Festival
- Cavern
- 27th - 29th Jan 2023
In an Icy land of ruins, a human being and a polar bear are meeting in an encounter of surviving the Anthropocene Era.
Escaped Alone & What If If Only
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- The Questors Theatre
- 1st Feb, 2023
The ladies with their mugs of tea sitting outside a cottage with a fenced-off lawn would have grown up with the song In An English Country Garden, whose tune introduces George Savo…
How Not To Drown
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Stratford East
- 4th Feb, 2023
The debate surrounding refugees, migrants and asylum seekers has dominated the political scene both internationally and domestically for decades.
The Pudding Club
- Listing Theatre
- Vault Festival
- Cage
- 24th - 27th Jan 2023
Are you ready to have a baby? How much effort will it take to bring your baby to term safely and successfully? What if the process of pregnancy was treated like a game, traversing …
The Lehman Trilogy
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- West End
- National Theatre
- 14th Feb, 2023
The National Theatre’s production of the The Lehman Trilogy has now opened at the spacious Gillian Lynne Theatre where it looks set for another sell-out season.
Have I None
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Golden Goose Theatre
- 29th Jan, 2023
Described by its author as a ‘tragi-farce’, Edward Bond’s Have I None at the Golden Goose Theatre is a blunt dystopian nightmare packed into an energetically angry fifty-five…
Variety Lunch Club 2022/23
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 18th Jan - 22nd Mar 2023
The Royal Court Variety Lunch Club runs throughout the year on Wednesday afternoons in the main theatre and is open to anyone who wants to enjoy an afternoon of entertai…
Variety Lunch Club
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 18th Jan - 22nd Mar 2023
The Royal Court Variety Lunch Club runs throughout the year on Wednesday afternoons in the main theatre and is open to anyone who wants to enjoy an afternoon of entertai…
The Elephant Song
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Park Theatre London
- 26th Jan, 2023
Although written in 2004 this production of The Elephant Song at The Park Theatre is the UK premiere of Canadian playwright Nicolas Billon’s captivating psychological thriller, o…
The Unfriend
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- West End
- Criterion Theatre / Wyndham’s Theatre
- 26th Jan, 2023
The need to willingly suspend disbelief in order to fully enter into the spirit of a play is sometimes an essential requirement if the potential for enjoyment is not to be lost alt…
little scratch
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- New Diorama Theatre
- 19th Apr, 2023
If you are looking for a remarkable piece of unusual drama then the Hampstead Theatre’s production of little scratch is now being presented by New Diorama in their perfectly-suit…
Hamlet
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Southwark Playhouse
- 1st Feb, 2023
There are time when you wonder, “Why?” Lazarus Theatre Company’s Hamlet at the Southwark Playhouse, Borough, is one of those.
On The Ropes
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- West End
- Park Theatre
- 29th Jan, 2023
Scheduled over twelve rounds, On the Ropes at the Park Theatre goes from 7.
VARIETY FILM CLUB: ELF
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 22nd Dec 2022
Variety Film Club The team behind Variety Lunch Club have hatched a new plan so that you can come and have an afternoon out with friends while watching some of the gr…
Club Sexquisite
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- Colours Hoxton / ZODIAC - Bar & Club
- 17th Jun - 17th Dec 2022
Club Sexquisite is back! Welcome to slut heaven baby An all inclusive queer party with pop up performances Come & celebrate with us for INTERNATIONAL END VIOLENCE AGAINST SEX …
VARIETY FILM CLUB: IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 15th Dec 2022
Variety Film Club The team behind Variety Lunch Club have hatched a new plan so that you can come and have an afternoon out with friends while watching some of the gr…
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- UK Regional & Tours
- Westcliff High School For Boys
- 8th Dec, 2022
Westcliff High School for Boys’ drama club under the direction of Ben Jeffreys, who otherwise teaches history, first came to our atttention at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 20…
Handel’s Messiah: The Live Experience
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- West End
- Theatre Royal Drury Lane
- 14th Dec, 2022
Being dead, the great maestro of late baroque composition has the hope of being raised incorruptible.
VARIETY FILM CLUB: MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 1st Dec 2022
Variety Film ClubThe team behind Variety Lunch Club have hatched a new plan so that you can come and have an afternoon out with friends while watching some of the greate…
Wickies: The Vanishing Men of Eilean Mor
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Park Theatre London
- 8th Dec, 2022
The creative team behind Wickies: The Vanishing Men of Eilean Mor at the Park Theatre have done an outstanding job on this production.
Keeper Of The Flame
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- The Bridge House Theatre
- 1st Dec, 2022
Two main strands run through Keeper of the Flame, written and performed by Rob Adams, a play that fits neatly into the confines of the delightful Bridge House Theatre.
Wasted
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- The Jack Studio Theatre
- 28th Nov, 2022
Kae Tempest’s credentials as a poet and lyricist shine through in Wasted at the Jack Studio.
Arms and the Man
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Orange Tree Theatre
- 26th Nov, 2022
There’s a delightful anecdote about George Bernard Shaw at one of the early performances of Arms and the Man.
Top Hat
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- UK Regional & Tours
- The Mill at Sonning Theatre
- 28th Nov, 2022
The fabulous Mill at Sonning has revived last year’s Christmas success for another run over the festive season, It’s hard to believe that a full-scale musical like Top Hat, wit…
Off Broadway Comedy Club Night
- Listing Events
- Brighton
- Bar Broadway
- 13th Nov 2022 - 31st Dec 2023
Off Broadway Comedy Club by Giggle GaggleThe Off Broadway Comedy Club is Brightons newest comedy night.
Here
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Southwark Playhouse
- 18th Nov, 2022
Clive Judd’s fascinating debut play HERE won the 2022 Papatango New Writing Prize from a record 1,553 submissions.
MSND
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Chelsea Theatre
- 19th Nov, 2022
We’ll never know what, if anything, Shakespeare was on when he wrote AMidsummer Night’s Dream, but the team at Intermission Youth Theatre have based their ‘Shakespeare Remix�…
Cheer Up Slug
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Bread and Roses
- 9th Nov, 2022
Jamie Patterson (Will) and Charis Murray (Bean) give delightful performances in Cheer Up Slug by Tamsin Rees, the debut production for their company, Shot in the Dark Theatre, at t…
The Yeomen of the Guard
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- West End
- English National Opera
- 18th Nov, 2022
There was a more than usual buzz in the air at the Coliseum in anticipation of ENO’s latest foray into the world of Gilbert & Sullivan with The Yeoman of the Guard.
Paddy goes to Petra
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- The Brockley Jack Theatre
- 4th Nov, 2022
Paddy (Brendan Dunlea) leads a traditional life in rural Ireland.
A Butcher of Distinction
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Barons Court Theatre
- 5th Nov, 2022
When the setting for your play is the basement of a London pub, where better to perform than at Barons Court Theatre which is located in the basement of the west London pub aptly n…
Dr Richard Shepherd
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Duchess Theatre
- 31st Oct 2022
Meet the forensic pathologist, Dr Richard Shepherd.
Sean McLoughlin: So Be It
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 21st Oct 2022
International microstar Sean McLoughlin is back on the road with a scintillating new stand-up show.
Mary
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Hampstead Theatre
- 2nd Nov, 2022
Douglas Henshall has wasted no time in returning to the stage after his years in Shetland.
Sean McLoughlin: So Be It
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 21st Oct 2022
International microstar Sean McLoughlin is back on the road with a scintillating new stand-up show.
Matt Forde – Clowns to the Left of Me, Jokers to the Right
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 18th Oct 2022
There are wallies everywhere and half of them are running the country.
Something in the Air
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- West End
- Jermyn Street Theatre
- 21st Oct, 2022
A note on the back cover of Peter Gill’s latest play, Something in the Air, at Jermyn Street Theatre, claims that the stories of the two old protagonists “flow like mist down t…
The Poltergeist
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Arcola Theatre
- 22nd Oct, 2022
The frantic moto perpetuo of Philip Glass’s Rubric fills the auditorium as an overture to Philip Ridley’s breathtaking work, The Poltergeist, at the Arcola Theatre.
Dmitry
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Marylebone Theatre
- 12th Oct, 2022
In marked contrast to the UK’s recent smooth transition from one monarch to another, the story of Dmitry (Tom Byrne), at the new Marylebone Theatre, tells a woeful tale of power-…
What Does Your Skin Say About You?
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand’s New Town Theatre
- 27th Aug 2022
Skin is strange and wonderful.
Last Thursday Club
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 25th Aug 2022
Stories! One magical night with the best solo theatre makers and storytellers in the Fringe, nay, Britain! Nay, the world! The Last Thursday Club is a London institution so Fringe …
The White Heather Ceilidh Club at Bonnie & Wild
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Bonnie & Wild’s Scottish Marketplace
- 25th Aug 2022
Join us for a bonnie (and wild!) evening of Scottish Ceilidh Dancing in the heart of Edinburgh.
Richard Egarr & Friends
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh International Festival
- The Queen’s Hall
- 24th Aug 2022
The British harpsichordist and conductor joins brilliant Baroque performers for a journey through the riches of European 17th-century chamber music.
Long Nights in Paradise
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 26th Aug, 2022
There’s a lot packed in to Long Nights in Paradise, probably too much, but it still makes for an interesting story that explores the ups and downs of life, the building and disin…
Alright?
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 30th Aug, 2022
Patrick Withey gives a delightfully engaging and endearing performance as the troubled 15-year-old in Black Hound Productions’ Alright!, which has absolutely nothing to do with C…
Trial by Jury
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpaceTriplex
- 24th Aug, 2022
Stunning, imaginative, inspired, colourful, amusing, brilliantly performed and beautifully sung, this Trial By Jury is Gilbert and Sullivan at its very best.
Richard Wright: Into The Wright-Verse
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Southsider
- 19th - 28th Aug 2022
Every universe has an Edinburgh Fringe but the multiverse is collapsing.
Appraisal
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 26th Aug, 2022
We’ve all been there! That sense of recognition permeates the room during Tim Marriott’s latest play Appraisal.
Cosi Fan Tutte/Love Me Out - The Opera
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Camden Fringe
- Upstairs at the Gatehouse
- 16th - 21st Aug 2022
‘100% my type on paper.
Tempus Fugit: Troy and Us
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Army @ The Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2022
The Greeks knew a lot about war and told great tales of heroism, victory and defeat.
Cosi Fan Tutte/Love Me Out - The Opera
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Camden Fringe
- Upstairs at the Gatehouse
- 16th - 21st Aug 2022
‘100% my type on paper.
Horsepower
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 18th Aug, 2022
Not all shows have clarity of meaning or purpose yet they still retain a certain charm.
The Collie's Shed
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on North Bridge
- 20th Aug, 2022
There is nothing like a timely reminder from the past.
What Does It Mean to You?
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 15th - 20th Aug 2022
A collaborative, devised piece that celebrates clubbing and what it means to young people.
Los Guardiola – The Comedy of Tango
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpaceTriplex
- 21st Aug, 2022
The rhythm of the tango underpins Los Guardiola - The Comedy of Tango in this superb production from Musique et Toile, but the show is much broader than the one dance form.
Spit Me Out
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 26th Aug, 2022
Slap ‘N’ Tickle Theatre Company, founded in 2020 by East 15 Acting School alumni, has created a fabulously entertaining piece of devised theatre that explores sensitive issues …
Walk-Man
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Zoo Southside
- 23rd Aug, 2022
It’s a day like any other.
Wacky Racists Comedy Club
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 14th - 21st Aug 2022
Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee and Taskmaster star Sophie Duker is bringing Wacky back for two unmissable festival specials, joined by psychotically talented one-man white-man hous…
Alex Yellowlees Hot Club Quartet
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Acoustic Music Centre @ UCC
- 12th Aug 2022
Stephane Grappelli-style violinist Alex Yellowlees, virtuoso guitarists Ged Brockie and Mike Nisbet and wonderful double bassist Kenny Ellis.
DNA by Dennis Kelly
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Venue 45
- 18th Aug, 2022
The Year 12 girls from Wycombe Abbey school in High Wycombe under the direction of Phoebe Francis have created a fine production of DNA by Dennis Kelly.
Revolting Arts Club... Life Drawing Aboard the Blun-Doodle-Bus!
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- BlundaGardens: BlundaBus
- 9th - 13th Aug 2022
Relaxing, joyful life-drawing sessions hosted by Revolting Rosy Pendlebaby starring a different Fringe artist muse every day! Are you drowning in the creative outpourings of others…
The Laughienda Comedy Club
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth
- 9th - 16th Aug 2022
Manchester’s award-winning free comedy club comes to Edinburgh for the first time! From the scene that produced the likes of Peter Kay and Johnny Vegas comes four rising stars, e…
Tuesday Night Sleeping Club
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- ZOOTV
- 9th - 26th Aug 2022
Tuesday Night Sleeping Club: a night-and-action radio.
Bits 'N' Pieces
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Leith Arches
- 14th Aug, 2022
Saltire Sky Theatre have lived up to all the expectations they raised following 1902, their smash hit of last year’s Fringe that won them the Broadway Baby Bobby Award and Off We…
Film Club – An Improvised Comedy
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Revolution Bar
- 7th - 26th Aug 2022
An improvised sketch show recreating the high-stakes scenes from all your favourite movies! From the breathless intensity of thrillers, or the fleeting serendipity of romance, to t…
Polly Peculiar
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 8th Aug, 2022
Polly Peculiar, at Greenside Nicholson Square, is a joy from beginning to end: the sort of play that under normal circumstances you might not be tempted to see.
Richard Todd: Transferable Skills
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Legends
- 6th - 28th Aug 2022
With a busted knee, a burst eardrum and heroic reveries replaced by painkillers and words like ‘ouch’, ‘pardon’ and ‘I’m down here!’, Todd reckons he has one last chance to reinv…
The Murder Club
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 6th - 26th Aug 2022
Based on true stories, Steve Hennessy’s play follows two inmates at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Richard Prince and Ronald True.
Viggo Venn: Club Comedian
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth
- 6th - 28th Aug 2022
Norwegian comedian Viggo Venn has moved to London to follow his life-long dream of becoming a British comedian! ‘Viggo is Norwegian’ (EdFestMag.
Danny Ward – You Get What You Pay For
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth
- 6th - 28th Aug 2022
As seen on BT Sport’s DIY Pundit, the Amused Moose Comedy Award winner Danny Ward returns to Edinburgh with his seventh solo show.
A Lady Does Not Scratch Her Crotch
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Burrito ‘n’ Shake
- 6th - 22nd Aug 2022
Once upon a time, there was a young girl – not a princess or a pretty girl waiting to be one.
Fan/Girl
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth
- 6th - 28th Aug 2022
It’s 1998.
Rebel
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly’s Circus Hub on the Meadows
- 13th Aug, 2022
Two contrasting elements combine to make Rebel into a spectacular show ideally suited to the vast tent that is Underbelly’s Circus Hub on the Meadows.
The Laughienda Comedy Club
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Canons’ Gait
- 6th - 16th Aug 2022
Manchester’s award-winning free comedy club comes to Edinburgh for the first time! From the scene that produced the likes of Peter Kay and Johnny Vegas comes four rising stars, e…
The Richard Osman Fan Club
- Review
- ★★★★
- Elanor Parker
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in The Vault
- 8th Aug, 2022
After airing nearly 2,000 episodes since it was first broadcast in 2009, Pointless has become a regular family favourite and made a nationwide star out of its intelligent and amiab…
Richard Pulsford: A Bit More Rich
- Review
- ★★★★
- Des Reynolds
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 6th Aug, 2022
Stand up is a challenging format at the best of times - but the one-liner comedian often seems to be the ultimate masochist in a field where self-inflicted pain is surely part of t…
Unseen Shepard
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 23rd Aug, 2022
What if the characters you created in your plays were to come to life and challenge the lives and circumstances you created for them?Unseen Shepard finds Pulitzer Prize-winning pla…
The Stand Late Club
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club
- 5th - 27th Aug 2022
‘This is late-night comedy at its finest’ **** (BroadwayBaby.
Doris Does The Edinboiger Fridge
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 5th - 27th Aug 2022
She’s not your average little old lady.
Briefs: Bite Club
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly’s Circus Hub on the Meadows
- 5th - 28th Aug 2022
Australia’s award-winning cult-cabaret mischief-makers, circus stars and heart-stopping hooligans Briefs Factory, join forces with much celebrated songbird Sahara Beck.
The Disgraceful Club
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 5th - 26th Aug 2022
On tour from London’s Bush Hall, The Disgraceful Club is a wild Friday night of comedy hosted by the audacious queen of no shame, critically acclaimed, ‘one of the funniest women i…
A Many-Splendoured Thing
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C ARTS | C venues | C digital
- 5th Aug 2022
Inspired by the story of Hong Kong renowned novelist Eileen Chang’s Love in a Fallen City, A Many-Splendoured Thing explores love between a man and a woman in a turbulent era thr…
The Worst Thing You Could Do
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 5th - 13th Aug 2022
‘Unsettling yet captivating’ (Alt A Review).
Fitry
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Dance Base
- 10th Aug, 2022
Fitry is an intriguing one-man show from Faso Danse Théâtre, Brussels, featuring Serge Aimé Coulibaly as the performer.
Audrey's Art Club
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Online
- 5th Aug 2022
Expect sticky lips, foil dinosaurs and a whirligig of love in Audrey’s Art Club.
The Funny Thing About Death
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 28th Aug, 2022
There are very few taboo subjects left these days, but the one that will eventually come to us all still leaves many people uncomfortable.
Big Band Does... Broadway
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Rose Theatre
- 5th - 14th Aug 2022
BBD Productions return to the Fringe with Big Band Does… Broadway after their five-star sell-out run in 2019.
Heroin to Hero
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Army @ The Fringe
- 11th Aug, 2022
There are many rags-to-riches stories around but probably not another that follows a young heroin addict’s journey from death’s door to the gates of Buckingham Palace.
School's Out Comedy Club
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 5th - 18th Aug 2022
Let Philip Simon keep your little ones giggling more than that time they saw their teacher’s dirty washing on Google Classroom! Created during lockdown to entertain the children bo…
Jay Lafferty: Club Sets
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn
- 5th - 28th Aug 2022
In a festival that pours scorn on comedy without a poignant ending, one show dares to celebrate the purity of the undiluted, unadulterated and altogether far funnier club set.
Danny O'Brien: The God of All Things Bad
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn
- 5th - 29th Aug 2022
The award-winning Irish comic has stayed busier than ever over the last two years! From making one of the highest-viewed stand-up specials in Irish television history to somehow sp…
101 Comedy Club – Free
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap
- 4th - 28th Aug 2022
‘Funny.
Are You Being Murdered?
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance at EICC
- 1st Sep, 2022
People can be sensitive about how they are described.
Anthony DeVito: My Dad Isn't Danny DeVito
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Mash House
- 4th - 28th Aug 2022
All little boys want their dads to be superheroes.
The Alternative Book Club
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire
- 4th - 28th Aug 2022
The Alternative Book Club presents an unconventional comedy show about books where there is absolutely no required reading.
Richard David-Caine: Tall, Dark and Anxious
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 4th - 28th Aug 2022
High-octane character comedy from one of the UK’s foremost TV sketch comedians, as seen in the BAFTA-winning series Horrible Histories, Class Dismissed and People Just Do Nothing…
An Afternoon With the Ladies of the Cliff Richard Fan Club, Sutton Coldfield 1995
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 4th - 27th Aug 2022
Sutton Coldfield, 1995.
Comedy Club 4 Kids
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Roxy
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
‘A festival mainstay, the always worthwhile Comedy Club 4 Kids should be on the schedule of any self-respecting, chuckle-loving young Fringegoer.
9 Circles
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 23rd Aug, 2022
From House of Cards writer Bill Cain and The Shark is Broken director Guy Masterson, 9 Circles is a brilliantly performed, harrowing psychological thriller that would be shocking a…
The Transfiguration of Mrs Lamen
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 25th Aug, 2022
The story of the theatrical Dame has had many incarnations and they all revolve around a fairly standard trope.
Richard Stott: Afterparty
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 3rd - 29th Aug 2022
Richard Stott returns to the Fringe with a brand-new show filled with trademark storytelling and joyously acerbic one liners.
Sean McLoughlin: So Be It
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
Sean McLoughlin: So Be It.
Matt Forde: Clowns to the Left of Me, Jokers to the Right
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Rebecca Vines
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 20th Aug, 2022
I reviewed Forde’s 2019 show Brexit, Pursued by a Bear and wrote of how his political comedy was as therapeutically valuable as it was satirically satisfying.
The Mr Thing Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
‘This anarchic, multimedia show has cult in its genes’ **** (Chortle.
Sad Girls Club
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 3rd - 29th Aug 2022
Welcome to Sad Girls Club, where girls are allowed to be.
Irvine Welsh's Porno
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 10th Aug, 2022
The highly anticipated world premiere of Irvine Welsh's Porno catches up with the lives of Renton, Sickboy, Begbie & Spud, fifteen years after their appearance in TRAINSPOT…
False Start
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 15th Aug, 2022
What happens when you train for something your whole life, only to fail at the crucial moment? This question is the stimulus behind False Start, from acclaimed French-German theatr…
Eme Essien: Flat Shoes In The Club
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
Ever wondered what takes a girl so long to get ready on a night out? It’s Saturday night, the big girls’ night out and this girl is trying to get ready on time.
In the Name of the Son
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 14th Aug, 2022
If the title sounds familiar you’re probably thinking of the film, In the Name of the Father, but you’d be on the right track because In the Name of the Son deals with the same…
Fanboy
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 21st Aug, 2022
Fringe-first award winner Joe Sellman-Leava (Labels, Monster) is back at the Fringe with his new work Fanboy in which he explores his relationship with his past and future self.
Your Dad's Mum: Tonight at the Social Club
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
Explosive, gag-packed comedy from Leicester Comedy Festival Award nominees returning to the Fringe following their acclaimed 2021 run.
The Club Valentine Comedy Hour
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
This wacky, vaudevillian comedy extravaganza takes you on a journey led by the two Irish mayors of Laughtown, USA, where you’ll find absurd characters, silly skits, dynamite music …
Viva Your Vulva: The Hole Story
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
- 1st Sep, 2022
As the crescendo of complaints and controversy was rising over the comedy circuit I was persuaded to abandon the safe confines of the theatre category and go in at the deep end, so…
The MP, Aunty Mandy and Me
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 20th Aug, 2022
Award-winning writer and actor Rob Ward returns to the Fringe with his latest creation The MP, Aunty Mandy & Me.
Richard Brown: Horror Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy (Niddry St)
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
Richard Brown returns to the Fringe with a new show that promises to be as bleakly brilliant as his previous endeavours.
Richard Herring: RHLSTP
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 3rd - 14th Aug 2022
Multi award-winning podcast returns.
Club Chemo
- Listing Theatre
- Camden Fringe
- Etcetera Theatre
- 1st - 2nd Aug 2022
A tale of one man’s fight against testicular cancer.
Club Chemo
- Listing Theatre
- Camden Fringe
- Etcetera Theatre
- 1st - 2nd Aug 2022
A tale of one man’s fight against testicular cancer.
Richard Pulsford: A Bit More Rich
- Listing Comedy
- Durham Fringe Festival
- Cafédral
- 27th Jul 2022
- Scottish Comedian of the Year (SCOTY) runner-up, December 2021.
Richard Pulsford: A Bit More Rich
- Listing Comedy
- Durham Fringe Festival
- Cafédral
- 27th Jul 2022
- Scottish Comedian of the Year (SCOTY) runner-up, December 2021.
Sniff
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Theatre503
- 26th Jul, 2022
Have you had the experience of sitting through a play and thinking, “If I’d known that was how it was going to end I’d have paid far more attention to all the details in the …
Briefs: Bite Club
- Review
- ★★★
- Christopher James
- West End
- Queen Elizabeth Hall
- 23rd Jul, 2022
In 2017 I last saw Briefs in a Spiegeltent on the Southbank.
The Lesson
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Southwark Playhouse
- 3rd Jul, 2022
Director Max Lewendel has taken Theatre of the Absurd to a new level in his engrossing production of Eugène Ionesco’s The Lesson in a translation by Donald Watson at the Southwa…
Richard Stott: Afterparty (Edinburgh Preview)
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Bridge House Theatre
- 23rd Jun 2022
Richard Stott as seen on ITV2 Stand Up Sketch Show and runner up in Dave TV’s Jokes of 2019 is back with a new show about your mid 30s.
Offered Up
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 30th Jun, 2022
Set in Chester in 1645 as England was ravaged by the Civil War, Offered Up, at the Liverpool’s Royal Court Studio Theatre is a commentary on the political and social life of the …
Sunday Cabaret with Danny Beard and Tanya Hyde
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- Royal Vauxhall Tavern
- 12th Jun 2022
SUNDAY CABARET AT THE RVT WITH DANNY BEARD AND TANYA HYDESunday Cabaret at The RVT is a unique mix of world-class cabaret performers and fantastic DJs.
The Convert
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Above the Stag Theatre
- 17th Jun, 2022
Stunning from beginning to end The Convert is perhaps the most remarkable piece of theatre ever staged at Above The Stag in Vauxhall and that is no disrespect to the many fine prod…
Cancelling Socrates
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- West End
- Jermyn Street Theatre
- 16th Jun, 2022
Howard Brenton’s new play Cancelling Socrates at Jermyn Street Theatre is a fascinating piece that transports us to classical Greece in a consideration of the circumstances that …
Richard Pulsford: A Bit More Rich
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Rotunda Theatre: Bubble / The Rotunda Theatre: Squeak
- 2nd - 5th Jun 2022
One-liners and light-hearted jokes from the ‘master of wordplay.
Richard Filby: Slick Tricks & Dry Wit
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- The Rotunda Theatre: Bubble
- 2nd - 5th Jun 2022
The newest show from Richard Filby promises to be his best work to date.
Richard Filby: Slick Tricks & Dry Wit
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- The Rotunda Theatre: Bubble
- 2nd - 5th Jun 2022
The newest show from Richard Filby promises to be his best work to date.
Starcrossed
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Wilton’s Music Hall
- 8th Jun, 2022
Shakespeare knew what it took to pen a romantic tragedy when he wrote Romeo and Juliet and hence carefully structured all the ingredients to meet the demands of the genre and creat…
No Particular Order
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Theatre503
- 9th Jun, 2022
Set in an unspecified time and without a location, No Particular Order resonates across the ages, through civilisations and empires, dictatorships and democracies and more, vividly…
Barry Humphries: The Man Behind the Mask
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- West End
- Churchill Theatre / Gielgud Theatre / Richmond Theatre
- 10th May, 2022
The event might fall short of the hype that The Man Behind the Mask would be a ‘confessional evening – seasoned with highly personal, sometimes startling, and occasionally outr…
CLIMATE GUILT CLUB
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Youth Centre
- 28th - 30th May 2022
How green are you? Could you be more eco-friendly? What about everyone else? Is there any point recycling when multinationals do nothing? Uncorked presents an immersive, interacti…
CLIMATE GUILT CLUB
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Youth Centre
- 28th - 30th May 2022
How green are you? Could you be more eco-friendly? What about everyone else, like Mrs Smith from down the road? You know you saw her putting a whole load of cardboard in her bin, r…
Soho Boy
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Drayton Arms Theatre
- 28th May, 2022
Soho Boy, at the Drayton Arms Theatre, is a new musical, written and composed by Paul Emelion Daly.
Confessions of a Goddess Unhinged
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Water Rats
- 24th May, 2022
Did Alissa Finn choose to perform Confessions of a Goddess Unhinged at the Water Rats in King’s Cross because the stage has a pair of ionic columns framing the stage? No, is the …
Richard Wright: Into The Wright-Verse
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 21st - 28th May 2022
Everything seems normal.
Club de Fromage
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 10th Jul 2021 - 21st May 2022
Returning once more to Brighton Fringe, after consecutive sell-out shows, it’s time again to romp through the decades with London’s legendary pop time machine! Expect huge anth…
Comedy Club 4 Kids
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Komedia Main Space
- 5th Jun 2021 - 21st May 2022
Since 2005, the ‘Comedy Club 4 Kids’ has been getting the best stand-ups and sketch acts from the international circuit to do their thing for an audience of children (aged 6+) and …
Comedy Club 4 Kids
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Komedia Main Space
- 21st May 2022
Since 2005, ‘Comedy Club 4 Kids’ has been getting the best stand-ups and sketch acts from the international circuit to do their thing for an audience of children (aged 6+) and …
Richard Wright: Into The Wright-Verse
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 21st - 28th May 2022
Everything seems normal.
MR BONGO RECORD CLUB LAUNCH PARTY
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 20th May 2022
Mr Bongo is a British, Brighton based independent record label, independent film and publishing company specialising in world music and art house/world cinema.
MR BONGO RECORD CLUB LAUNCH PARTY
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 20th May 2022
Mr Bongo is a British, Brighton based independent record label, independent film and publishing company specialising in world music and art house/world cinema.
Club Queer Presented by Devine Tension
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Club Revenge
- 20th May - 3rd Jun 2022
Devine Tension proudly presents CLUB QUEER: a unique queer cabaret/clubland experience.
Club Queer Presented by Devine Tension
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Club Revenge
- 20th May - 3rd Jun 2022
Devine Tension proudly presents CLUB QUEER: a unique queer cabaret/clubland experience.
Mr Laurel and Mr Hardy
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Brighton Fringe
- Rialto Theatre
- 22nd May, 2022
Searchlight Theatre Company returns to the Brighton Fringe with their delightful show Mr Laurel and Mr Hardy at the Rialto Theatre.
Richard Stott: Afterparty (WIP)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 12th May 2022
Welcome to the afterparty, take a seat but don’t stay forever! We all leave the party at different times but have you hung on until the sun is coming through the curtains, the mu…
Richard Stott: Afterparty (WIP)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 12th May 2022
Welcome to the afterparty, take a seat but don’t stay forever! We all leave the party at different times but have you hung on until the sun is coming through the curtains, the mu…
The Dwarfs
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- White Bear Theater Pub
- 23rd May, 2022
The Dwarfs is a semi-autobiographical work and Harold Pinter's only novel.
The Man In The Shed
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- The Bridge House Theatre
- 13th May, 2022
The Man In The Shed is a highly amusing and at time hilarious solo rant by actor Alex Dee, co-written as Alex Donald with Tim Connery.
The Recollection of Tony Ward
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Theatre Peckham
- 9th May, 2022
Jim Spencer Broadbent is a playwright based in South-East London, so he is delighted to be presenting his play The Recollection of Tony Ward as one of twenty-seven companies contri…
Jazz Supper Club
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Wagner Hall & Fig Tree Garden
- 8th May - 5th Jun 2022
Experience Cool and West Coast jazz music in an NYC-styled ‘Supper Club’ setting.
Jazz Supper Club
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Wagner Hall & Fig Tree Garden
- 8th May - 5th Jun 2022
Experience Cool and West Coast jazz music in an NYC-styled ‘Supper Club’ setting.
Neon Moon CLUB
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 7th May 2022
An electrifying night from Neon Moon featuring DJ’s From Swingamajig plus spellbinding world-class circus, cabaret, and burlesque! Scream if you want to go faster! Neon Moon’s expl…
WRAP UP – A Kid’s Cabaret Club
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Wrap Play Cafe
- 7th May - 5th Jun 2022
Spun Glass Theatre will once again transform WRAP into a theatrical family playground launching Brighton’s first kid’s cabaret club for the 2022 Fringe! Our Kid’s Cabaret C…
The Forge Comedy Club
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Ironworks Studios
- 7th May - 4th Jun 2022
The Forge Comedy Club is Brighton’s Flagship Stand Up Comedy night.
Neon Moon CLUB
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 7th May 2022
An electrifying night from Neon Moon featuring DJ’s From Swingamajig! Featuring Internationally acclaimed DJ and Producer - C@ in the H@ https://youtu.
My Fair Lady
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- West End
- London Coliseum
- 25th May, 2022
Expectations can work in many ways and it’s interesting to realise the extent to which we can be influenced by what we have just seen.
WRAP UP - A Kid's Cabaret Club
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Wrap Play Cafe
- 7th May - 5th Jun 2022
WRAP UP! will harness the energy of a classic cabaret, in a space that will be entertaining and familiar for children and their families.
The Forge Comedy Club
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Ironworks Studios
- 7th May - 4th Jun 2022
The Forge Comedy Club is Brighton’s Flagship Stand Up Comedy night.
Viggo Venn: Club Comedian (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 6th May - 2nd Jun 2022
Viggo Venn was the winner of The Brighton Fringe “Best Comedy Award” for his mad and free-flowing clowning in 2016 with ‘Zach & Viggo: Thunderflop’.
Viggo Venn: Club Comedian (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 6th May - 2nd Jun 2022
Viggo Venn was the winner of The Brighton Fringe “Best Comedy Award” for his mad and free-flowing clowning in 2016 with ‘Zach & Viggo: Thunderflop’.
...The Secret Comedy Club by Artista (Voted audience choice award best Fringe venue 2021)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery / Artista Upstairs
- 6th May - 5th Jun 2022
We run comedy nights at this venue all year round but we have something special planned for the Fringe.
Richard Todd: Hot Bubbly Danger (WiP)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 6th May - 4th Jun 2022
A busted knee, a burst eardrum, a brain struggling to accept updates, heroic reveries shanghaied by harsh reality; in a bid to recapture what was, ageing bath-time fantasist Todd m…
Fever Club
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 6th May - 4th Jun 2022
Salon of Soul with a contagious beat, ‘Fever Club’ has grown out of the joyous, social atmosphere of our extraordinary house parties.
two Palestinians go dogging
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- West End
- Royal Court Theatre
- 22nd May, 2022
Brecht would have felt at home watching two Palestinians go dogging at the Royal Court Theatre, Jerwood Studio.
Komedia Comedy Club
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Komedia Main Space
- 6th May - 4th Jun 2022
Discover the best in live comedy, featuring three top acts and an MC! Boasting the hottest line-ups including; Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Jordan Brookes, Olga Koch, Barbara Nice, Jarr…
A.A.A. presents The Secret Comedy Club
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery / Artista Upstairs
- 25th May 2021 - 5th Jun 2022
** ALL TICKETS FOR FRIDAY 9 JULY ARE NOW 2-4-1, this will be applied automatically at checkout ** Don’t know who to watch this Fringe? Why not let us curate a comedy show for you!…
The Breach
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Hampstead Theatre
- 18th May, 2022
Celebrated director Sarah Frankcom makes her debut at Hampstead Theatre in a spartan production of Naomi Wallace’s morality-defying play The Breach.
Richard Todd: Hot Bubbly Danger (WiP)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 6th May - 4th Jun 2022
A busted knee, a burst eardrum, a brain struggling to accept updates, heroic reveries shanghaied by harsh reality; in a bid to recapture what was, ageing bath-time fantasist Todd m…
An Evening with the Good Enough Mums Club
- Listing Theatre
- UK Regional & Tours
- The Pleasance Theatre
- 30th Apr 2022
he Good Enough Mums Club is a new musical, produced, written, directed and performed by mums, featuring songs such as “Only My Nose Is The Same”, “The Price To Be Paid” and…
Busman's Honeymoon
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- UK Regional & Tours
- The Mill at Sonning Theatre
- 9th May, 2022
Both a restaurant and a theatre, The Mill at Sonning, with its beautiful river setting in the countryside near Reading, is currently host to the Busman's Honeymoon, co-written …
Orlando
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- West End
- Jermyn Street Theatre
- 6th May, 2022
Orlando, Virginia Woolf’s amusing challenge to the norms of society, stemmed from her own life and that of her lover Vita Sackville-West, but in her novel, the eponymous hero'…
The End of the Night
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Park Theatre London
- 7th May, 2022
Dust-sheets cover what little furniture there is in the expansive room of Dr Felix Kersten (Michael Lumsden), trusted personal physiotherapist to Reichsfuehrer Heinrich Himmler (Ri…
Oklahoma!
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Young Vic Theatre
- 17th May, 2022
When Marisha Wallace, who plays Ado Annie, sings “I’m just a girl who cain’t say no” we are left in no doubt as to what she means and it gets the ovation it richly deserves…
If. Destroyed. Still. True.
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- The Hope Theatre
- 29th Apr, 2022
Sometimes all the elements of a production combine to form something that is stunning and deeply moving.
An Evening with the Good Enough Mums Club
- Listing Theatre
- UK Regional & Tours
- The Lowry
- 22nd Apr 2022
NOT PERFECT? SEE THE SHOW! The Good Enough Mums Club is a poignant and hilarious musical toddle through the highs, lows and sleep deprivation of mummyhood.
Sunday Cabaret with Danny Beard and Marsha Mallow
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- Royal Vauxhall Tavern
- 22nd Apr 2022
SUNDAY CABARET AT THE RVT WITH DANNY BEARD AND MARSHA MALLOWSunday Cabaret at The RVT is a unique mix of world-class cabaret performers and fantastic DJs.
Absolute Certainty?
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- The Bridge House Theatre
- 22nd Apr, 2022
Absolute Certainty? staged by Qweerdog Theatre revolves around the confused lives of two brothers and a friend.
How It Is (Part 2)
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Coronet Theatre Ltd
- 27th Apr, 2022
How It Is (Part 2) being Part 2 of a three-part novel of which Part 1 comes before it and Part 3 follows it after which there is no more being a novel it is not a play yet here at …
Rabbit Hole
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Union Theatre
- 17th Apr, 2022
After sitting through two acts of around fifty-five minutes each at the Union Theatre, quite why David Lindsey-Abaire’s Rabbit Hole received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, five To…
Fighting Irish
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- UK Regional & Tours
- Belgrade Theatre
- 7th Apr, 2022
If you are into boxing, and I’m not, Fighting Irish gives you something to latch onto from the outset.
The Gondoliers
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Hackney Empire
- 4th Apr, 2022
Gilbert & Sullivan have survived the test of time and now seem to have successfully weathered the pandemic.
Mojo Mickybo
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Union Theatre
- 1st Apr, 2022
Two stunningly energetic performances keep Owen McCafferty’s Mojo Mickyboy, courtesy of Bruiser Theatre Company, rolling along at a cracking pace that provides an hour of action-…
Diary of a Somebody
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Seven Dials Playhouse
- 4th Apr, 2022
John Lahr’s Diary of a Somebody makes a return to the stage after an absence of 35 years, this time at Seven Dials Playhouse.
The Marriage of Alice B. Toklas by Gertrude Stein
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- West End
- Jermyn Street Theatre
- 25th Mar, 2022
There is deceit in the title of this play.
Sasha Regan's All Male H.M.S. Pinafore
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Wilton’s Music Hall
- 19th Mar, 2022
Wilton’s Music Hall has come a long way since 1885 when Nelly Power sang The Boy I Love Is Up in the Gallery.
Under Electric Candlelight
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- The Bridge House Theatre
- 17th Mar, 2022
I’ll settle for the company’s own description of Under Electric Candlelight as an ‘existential tragicomedy’, but dont worry about interpreting that.
Abigail’s Party
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Watford Palace Theatre
- 17th Mar, 2022
That irresistible 1970s suburban comedy, Abigail's Party, has been revived again; this time at the Watford Palace Theatre under the direction of Pravesh Kumar.
Dev's Army
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- The Bread & Roses / The London Irish Centre
- 14th Mar, 2022
Dev’s Army, by Stuart D.
Tonight I'm Entertaining Richard Gere
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Bridge House Theatre
- 8th - 12th Mar 2022
Blackpool chip shop heiress Teresa Toti is unlucky in love, to put it mildly.
Bacon
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Finborough Theatre
- 20th Mar, 2022
Bacon, at the Finborough Theatre, showcases the talents of two remarkable young actors in a moving exploration of teenage angst.
Moreno
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Theatre503
- 11th Mar, 2022
Simple acts can often have huge repercussions.
Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 28th Feb - 25th Apr 2022
Richard Herring returns to The Leicester Square Theatre for his famous podcast, RHLSTP! Richard Herring has enjoyed phenomenal success as a writer and performer and…
When We Dead Awaken
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Coronet Theatre Ltd
- 12th Mar, 2022
For aficionados of Ibsen this is a production not to be missed; nor should those who just like to wallow in the velvety richness of traditional theatre ignore this rare opportunity…
Richard II
- Review
- ★★★
- Mel Evans
- London Fringe
- The Brockley Jack Theatre
- 26th Feb, 2022
Politically, it seems like a highly appropriate time to stage a production of Shakespeare’s Richard II - an exploration of the nature of leadership and egotistical entitlement.
Le Wine Club
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- West End
- The Other Palace / Trinity Theatre
- 17th - 25th Feb 2022
Popular cabaret chanteuse Anna Lou Larkin takes the role of sommelier, pairing wine tasting with a murder mystery of who killed her lover, in this brand-new solo show that has adde…
The Collaboration
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Young Vic Theatre
- 20th Mar, 2022
Andy Warhol once declared, 'Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art'.
Variety Lunch Club
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 9th Feb - 25th May 2022
The Royal Court Variety Lunch Club runs throughout the year on Wednesday afternoons in the main theatre and is open to anyone who wants to enjoy an afternoon of entertai…
DANNY RYAN | RegularSuburbanWoman
- Listing Theatre
- Dublin
- Smock Alley Theatre, 1662
- 9th - 10th Feb 2022
DANNY RYAN A story of stunted romantic understanding.
Doll Parts: A Club Night Celebrating Women in Rock
- Listing Events
- UK Regional & Tours
- Aatma
- 4th Feb 2022
Calling all Rebel Girls and VioletsOn Friday 4th February 2022, XS POP will be tearing up Aatma in the heart of Manchester’s Northern Quarter, to celebrate all of the best women wh…
The Stars Are Fire
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- The Jack Studio Theatre
- 31st Jan, 2022
The University of Cambridge did not grant degrees to women until 1948.
Courtyard Bar & Kitchen Pudding Club
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 25th Jan 2022
The proof of the pudding is in the eating… On Tuesday 25 January Courtyard Bar & Kitchen are bringing back the night that celebrates the wonderful world of p…
Sunday Social with Danny Beard and Tanya Hyde
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- Royal Vauxhall Tavern
- 23rd Jan 2022
SUNDAY SOCIAL AT THE RVT WITH DANNY BEARD AND TANYA HYDESunday Social at The RVT is a unique mix of world-class cabaret and fantastic DJs.
HOLST: The Music In The Spheres
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- The Jack Studio Theatre
- 31st Jan, 2022
In modern parlance Gustav Holst might be regarded as something of a one-hit wonder, though aficionados could point to many other worthy works that have a more esoteric appeal and a…
Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- West End
- Jermyn Street Theatre
- 29th Jan, 2022
Bart Lambert and Jack Reitman were joint winners of the OffWestEnd Award 2020 for Best Male Performance in a Musical for their roles in Thrill Me: The Leopold and Loeb Story at The…
West End Does: Christmas 2021
- Listing Theatre
- UK Regional & Tours
A fantastic mix of traditional and contemporary Christmas carols and songs sung by the best in the West End.
RICHARD CRAIG | VALE
- Listing Music
- Dublin
- Smock Alley Theatre, 1662
- 11th Nov 2021
Renowned Scottish flautist and new music champion, Richard Craig, closes the festival with a programme of recent works built around Richard Barrett’s “Vale&r…
The Art of Banksy
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- West End
- 50 Earlham St
- 18th Nov, 2021
Banksy’s works pop up in all sorts of places, but seeing them is often a challenge.
Juliet & Romeo
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Chelsea Theatre
- 22nd Nov, 2021
Reversed, deconstructed and re-imagined to create a truly remarkable piece of theatre, Juliet & Romeo is the inaugural long-run production at The Chelsea Theatre, following its…
For Queen And Country
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- King’s Head Theatre Pub
- 8th Nov, 2021
Writer/Director Paul Stone has unearthed a gem of World War II history and transformed it into a delightful monologue, now on stage at the King’s Head Theatre, Islington.
Swipe Right
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Bridge House Theatre
- 6th Nov 2021
A music led, comedic show with fresh and original songs intricately crafted by acclaimed singer/songwriter Dan Loops.
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- West End
- Charing Cross Theatre
- 18th Nov, 2021
The Tony Awards for comedy must have had a lean year in 2013 when Christopher Durang won Best Play for Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike.
Footfalls & Rockaby
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Jermyn Street Theatre
- 15th Nov, 2021
Some people pace up and down, others rock back and forth.
Lunch and talk at the National Liberal Club
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- National Liberal Club
- 3rd Nov 2021
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Accidental Birth of An Anarchist
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- The Space
- 12th Nov, 2021
Luke Oldfield’s Accidental Birth of an Anarchist at The Space on the Isle of Dogs tells of two novice activists from The People’s Movement to Protect the Planet who get jobs on…
Sunday Social Halloween with Danny Beard and The Vixens
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- Royal Vauxhall Tavern
- 31st Oct 2021
This year Halloween falls on a Sunday and we are going all spooky on your cabaret asses, it will be bats in the belfry and monsters in the mash as we welcome Pixie Poltergeist Poli…
HMS Pinafore
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- West End
- English National Opera
- 22nd Nov, 2021
As W S Gilbert once observed, “Oh, wouldn't the world seem dull and flat with nothing whatever to grumble at?” Cal McCrystal provides plenty of material for that in his pro…
Richard III (A One Person Show)
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Bridge House Theatre
- 30th Oct 2021
New covid-safe version of Brite Theater’s multi award-winning show! The fourth wall has been utterly obliterated, as the audience take on the roles of all the other characters at R…
FUNNYBOYZ presents DIVAS @ THE CAVERN CLUB
- Listing Events
- UK Regional & Tours
- The Cavern Restaurant
- 27th Oct - 29th Dec 2021
DIVAS introduce this sensational new fine dining experience with drag queens SESSION TIME: 18.
Courtyard Bar & Kitchen Pudding Club
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 27th Oct 2021
The proof of the pudding is in the eating… On Wednesday 27 October Courtyard Bar & Kitchen are celebrating the wonderful world of puddings! Join us for an ev…
The Dresser
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Richmond Theatre
- 30th Oct, 2021
Ronald Harwood’s The Dresser evokes memories of a bygone age in British theatre and no setting more befits it than that glorious monument to thespian achievement, the Richmond Th…
The Sugar House
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Finborough Theatre
- 15th Nov, 2021
Australian playwright Alana Valentine makes her UK debut at the Finborough Theatre with The Sugar House, in its first production outside of her home country, where it was nominat…
Hay Babes Pageant. London's Next BIG Thing
- Listing Nightlife
- London Fringe
- Colours Hoxton
- 23rd Oct 2021
Hay Babes! Who will be London’s Next BIG Thing?Join Miss Taylor Trash for the most East London drag pageant you have ever seen in your lives!!!12 contestants will battle it ou…
Riposte x Club
- Listing
- London Fringe
- The Cause
- 23rd Oct 2021
8 Djs - 15 visual artists - 15 performers - 10 stalls (people selling merch) Queer art-rave.
Club Queer
- Listing Events
- UK Regional & Tours
- Chancers Nightclub
- 23rd Oct 2021
Devine Tension Presents Club Queer Queer Clubland Cabaret set in the heart of rural Dumfries & Galloway.
Joe & Ken
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Old Red Lion Theatre Pub
- 27th Oct, 2021
A stony silence filled the air at the end of act one of Joe & Ken at The Old Red Lion Theatre, Islington, the old stomping ground of the eponymous couple who lived just down th…
Chichester Cabaret Club
- Listing Events
- UK Regional & Tours
- Oaklands Pavilion
- 16th Oct 2021
It’s FINALLY Back! After a hiatus due to you know what, we’re back stronger than ever and raring to go! Chichester Cabaret Club was officially born in 2016 and has featur…
The Witchfinder’s Sister
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- UK Regional & Tours
- Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch
- 11th Oct, 2021
The Salem witch trials are well known, perhaps in large part due to Arthur Miller’s outstanding play The Crucible that put the Massachusetts town on the map.
Variety Lunch Club
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 6th Oct - 1st Dec 2021
The Royal Court Variety Lunch Club runs throughout the year on Wednesday afternoons in the main theatre and is open to anyone who wants to enjoy an afternoon of entertai…
Aunt Flow's Fight Club
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- The Karaoke Hole
- 6th Oct 2021
Desperate for some variety in your performance consumption? Craving inspiration to fuel your feminist vagenda? Helen Potter and Frankie Regalia are proud to present the r…
The Idea
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Brockley Jack Theatre
- 8th Oct, 2021
The Brockley Jack Theatre is currently offering the opportunity to see a rarely performed and probably almost unknown operetta by Gustav Holst.
Foxes
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- 503 Theatre St
- 13th Oct, 2021
It doesn’t take long to appreciate why Foxes, at Theatre 503, was shortlisted for the Alfred Fagon Award.
Rat King
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- The Hope Theatre
- 9th Oct, 2021
Rat King at The Hope Theatre, Islington, is a new production written and produced by Bram Davidovich for Kryptonite Theatre Company.
An Ice Thing to Say
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- World Tours
“An Ice Thing to Say” blends Ice installation, music and movement to explore our impact on nature.
Hamlet
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Young Vic Theatre
- 8th Oct, 2021
The long-awaited Hamlet, directed by Greg Hersov, is finally on stage at the Young Vic and as the young prince Cush Jumbo gives a commanding performance that keeps the whole produc…
How to Survive an Apocalypse
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Finborough Theatre
- 7th Oct, 2021
The renowned Finborough Theatre is still alive and well as witnessed by its latest production of Jordan Hall’s How To Survive An Apocalypse presented by Proud Haddock.
Hundred Watt Club - An evening of burlesque in Hastings!
- Listing Film
- UK Regional & Tours
- St Mary in the Castle
- 25th Sep 2021
Join Hundred Watt Club as they return to St Mary in the Castle for a vintage inspired, champagne popping evening of burlesque! Let your hair down and enjoy a good old fashioned gli…
Ida Rubinstein: The Final Act
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- The Playground Theatre
- 6th Oct, 2021
How do you successfully relate the biography of a theatrical legend, tell the history of a remarkable period in the development of the arts, create portraits of the famous names of…
The Horsedonkey Club
- Listing Nightlife
- London Fringe
- VFD
- 23rd Sep 2021
The Horsedonkey Club is strange variety nights organised as the context for a surprising mix of performing artists and artists who use performance.
Love, Genius and a Walk
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Theatro Technis
- 28th Sep, 2021
Love, Genius and a Walk, at Theatro Technis, a venue billed as ‘one of London's best-kept secrets’, is an ambitious exploration of how artistic individuals struggle with ma…
The Sunday Art Club: Sessions
The Sunday Art Club: Sessions launches at Arboretum in London’s West End offering an evening of intimate performance that provides a platform for multidisciplinary artists.
Filthy in Peach - The Bitten Peach Club Night at Colours Hoxton
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- Colours Hoxton
- 17th Sep 2021
Come and get FILTHY IN PEACH at The Bitten Peach’s CLUB NIGHT at Colours Hoxton! PARTY + POP UP PERFORMANCES from 10pm-2am featuring an Asian cabaret dreamhouse of FILTHY FA…
Relatively Speaking
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- West End
- Jermyn Street Theatre
- 22nd Sep, 2021
Noël Coward described Relatively Speaking as ‘a beautifully constructed and very funny comedy’ and this production at the Jermyn Street Theatre demonstrates how right he was.
Small Change
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Omnibus Theatre
- 20th Sep, 2021
In addition to much discussion of the play itself, Peter Gill’s Small Change at the Omnibus Theatre Clapham had the bar buzzing with anecdotes from people recalling what their mo…
Sunday Social with Danny Beard and Holestar
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- Royal Vauxhall Tavern
- 12th Sep 2021
SUNDAY SOCIAL WITH DANNY BEARD AND HOLESTARThis Sunday we welcome back the incredible Danny Beard and the amazing Holestar to Sunday Social, plus DJs Simon Le Vans and guest TBC.
Prison Games
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Pleasance
- 9th Sep, 2021
Marcus Hercules, Artistic Director of Hercules Productions, is the one-man wonder behind Prison Games, currently live on-stage at The Pleasance in north London having previouslybee…
Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 6th Sep - 25th Oct 2021
Richard Herring returns to The Leicester Square Theatre for his famous podcast, RHLSTP! Richard Herring has enjoyed phenomenal success as a writer and performer and…
Club Kali After-Party Party on the Boat!
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- Bar & Co Party Boat
- 4th Sep 2021
Special After-Party Party.
Hundred Watt Club - Burlesque & Vaudeville in Alton, Hampshire
- Listing Film
- UK Regional & Tours
- Alton Assembly Rooms
- 4th Sep 2021
Join Hundred Watt Club at Alton Assembly for a vintage inspired, champagne popping evening of burlesque! Let your hair down and enjoy a good old fashioned glittering line-up of sho…
Beginning
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- UK Regional & Tours
- Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch
- 8th Sep, 2021
Two people are left standing on opposite sides of the room at the end of a housewarming party in Crouch End: the hostess and a guy who came as the friend of a friend, but on whom s…
Duckie's Queer History Club
- Listing Nightlife
- UK Regional & Tours
- Hold Creative Spaces
- 29th Aug 2021
Free2pmSunday 29 AugustHold Creative Spaces, Penstone House, Albert Street, Ramsgate CT11 9HDDuckie are taking queer history out of the museum and back to the pub where it belongsJ…
This is Paradise
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh
- Traverse Theatre
- 28th Aug, 2021
This is Paradise, Michael John O'Neill’s new play at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, is a lengthy monologue in which Kate (Amy Molloy) provides a complex interweaving of the…
Éowyn Emerald & Dancers – Your Tomorrow
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- MultiStory
- 26th Aug, 2021
Éowyn Emerald & Dancers return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in a somewhat different context from previous years with their new work Your Tomorrow.
Intricate Rituals
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpaceTriplex
- 27th Aug, 2021
Intricate Rituals by York DramaSoc at theSpace Triplex is a monologue with alternating actors.
My Boy Danny
- Listing Theatre
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Fringe Digital programme
- 23rd - 28th Aug 2021
**** (4-Stars) “Satisfying, enjoyable, emotive and intriguing” (Broadwaybaby.
My Boy Danny
- Listing Theatre
- Camden Fringe
- Camden Fringe Digital programme
- 23rd - 28th Aug 2021
**** (4-Stars) “Satisfying, enjoyable, emotive and intriguing” (Broadwaybaby.
Duckie's Queer History Club
- Listing Nightlife
- Brighton
- Charles Street Tap
- 22nd Aug 2021
Free2pmSunday 15 August in BrightonCharles Street Tap, 8 Marine Parade, Kemptown, Brighton BN2 1TADuckie are taking queer history out of the museum and back to the pub where it bel…
Sunday Social with Danny Beard and Son of a Tutu
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- Royal Vauxhall Tavern
- 22nd Aug 2021
SUNDAY SOCIAL WITH DANNY BEARD AND SON OF A TUTUThis Sunday we welcome back the incredible Danny Beard and the amazing Son of a Tutu to Sunday Social, plus DJs Simon Le Vans and gu…
Still
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Scotland
- 21st Aug, 2021
Still by Frances Poet makes its world premiere courtesy of The Traverse Theatre Company at their theatre.
Richard II: The UK Tour
- Listing Theatre
- UK Regional & Tours
- Multiple Venues
- 18th Aug - 25th Sep 2021
Set in a near-future, post-global ecological collapse, Quandary Collective’s Richard II is a bloodthirsty outdoor exhibition.
Tues Night @ Social Club
- Review
- ★★★
- Victor Black
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 24th Aug, 2021
Tues Night @ Social Club is one of those 'Marmite' shows that some people would consider their worst nightmare, while others could consider it tailor-made for them.
Paul Sinha: Hazy Little Thing Called Love
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club
- 18th - 21st Aug 2021
So far, Paul has lived his life content in the understanding that stability and emotional happiness were lovely ideas but not really for him.
It's Not Rocket Science
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 19th Aug, 2021
It’s Not Rocket Science at theSpace@Surgeons’ Hall is presented by Nottingham New Theatre, England’s only fully student-run theatre venue.
Rossetti's Women
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 18th Aug, 2021
Lemon Squeeze Productions are presenting a new adaptation of Rossetti’s Women at the Space@Surgeons’ Hall, written and directed by Joan Greening, award-winning writer of ITV si…
Madhouse
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 21st Aug, 2021
Madhouse by Nottingham New Theatre at theSpace@Surgeon’s Hall does what it says on the tin.
For All The Love You Lost
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 19th Aug, 2021
For All the Love You Lost is presented by Morosophy at theSpace@Surgeon’s Hall.
MARGATE PRIDE AFTER PARTY 2021 / MARGATE ARTS CLUB
- Listing Workshop
- UK Regional & Tours
- MARGATE ARTS CLUB
- 14th Aug 2021
JONJO JURYJACQUI POTATOJANET DISTRICT COUNCILGINROSY ROSSTED ROGERSANT CJOYLESSBONKSPECIAL GUESTS ITS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING.
CLUB FLIQ: Launch party with DJ Jeanie Crystal & Lemur Beats
- Listing Nightlife
- UK Regional & Tours
- Crown House
- 14th Aug 2021
Join us for the launch of CLUB FLIQ, a new club night in St Leonards exclusively for queer women and non-binary babes.
Club Kali Independence-Gay Boat Party
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- Bar & Co Party Boat
- 14th Aug 2021
Get back on board with Club Kali Independence Gay Boat Party! Saturday August 14th on board Bar&Co.
Tues Night @ Social Club
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Museum of Comedy
- 14th Aug 2021
Nominated for Best Debut Show at Leicester Comedy Festival 2020 Explosive, gag-packed debut from Your Dad’s Mum.
Tues Night @ Social Club
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 14th Aug 2021
Nominated for Best Debut Show at Leicester Comedy Festival 2020 Explosive, gag-packed debut from Your Dad’s Mum.
Taiwan Hengchun Folk Songs Singing Club – Sing To the World (Free)
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Player
- 14th - 21st Aug 2021
The grannies in the show will tell you their life stories through singing and playing the moon guitar.
Tues Night @ Social Club
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Museum of Comedy
- 14th Aug 2021
Nominated for Best Debut Show at Leicester Comedy Festival 2020 Explosive, gag-packed debut from Your Dad’s Mum.
Richard Dawson
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh International Festival
- Edinburgh Park
- 13th Aug 2021
The avant-garde Northumbrian folk storyteller combines an incredible singing voice, gritty subject matter and dark humour to create his unforgettable style.
Tonight I'm Entertaining Richard Gere
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Hen & Chickens Theatre
- 12th - 14th Aug 2021
Blackpool chip shop heiress, Teresa Toti, dressed as cat woman , meets her dream man at a bonkers fancy dress party in Muswell Hill.
Run
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Lauriston Halls
- 14th Aug, 2021
Jonathan Smeed is making his Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut in Run by Stephen Laughton at Lauriston Halls, courtesy of No Frills Theatre Company.
Richard Stott: Dog WIP
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 12th Aug 2021
Richard Stott returns to the Camden Fringe with a show exploring the merits and pitfalls of loyalty.
Tonight I'm Entertaining Richard Gere
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Hen & Chickens Theatre
- 12th - 14th Aug 2021
Blackpool chip shop heiress, Teresa Toti, dressed as cat woman , meets her dream man at a bonkers fancy dress party in Muswell Hill.
Comedy Club 4 Kids
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Roxy
- 12th - 22nd Aug 2021
Since 2005, the Comedy Club 4 Kids has been getting the best stand-ups and sketch acts from the international circuit to dazzle children (aged 6+) and their families.
Shook
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpaceTriplex
- 12th Aug, 2021
Three lads have certain things in common.
Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Etcetera Theatre
- 8th - 15th Aug 2021
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)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Etcetera Theatre
- 8th - 15th Aug 2021
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)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Etcetera Theatre
- 8th - 15th Aug 2021
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
Pool (No Water)
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpaceTriplex
- 17th Aug, 2021
Oddly Ordinary Theatre Company has made a highly successful adaptation of Mark Ravenhill’s Pool (No Water) at theSpace Triplex as part of the contribution by the graduates of Que…
Saving Mr Ultimate
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpaceTriplex
- 15th Aug, 2021
Saving Mr Ultimate by John McEwan-Whyte at theSpace Triplex is the debut show of Extra Arca, a young theatre group within New Celts Productions, a consortium of young theatre compa…
Smile Like You're Happy
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpaceTriplex
- 26th Aug, 2021
Smile.
Watford Outdoor Comedy Club
- Listing Comedy
- UK Regional & Tours
- The Stage In The Park
- 7th Aug 2021
We’re proud to present our evening of summertime hilarity, mirth and merriment for your pleasure.
Corpsing
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpaceTriplex
- 16th Aug, 2021
For a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe entitled Corpsing you might be forgiven for thinking it’s a comedy about laughing out of place.
Paddy the Cope
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Storytelling Centre
- 14th Aug, 2021
Paddy the Cope, written and directed by Raymond Ross, makes its world premiere at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in the delightful Netherbow Theatre at the Scottish Storytelling Cen…
Richard Pulsford: A Bit Rich
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn
- 7th - 27th Aug 2021
One-liners and light-hearted jokes from the master of wordplay.
Moonlight On Leith
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpaceTriplex
- 13th Aug, 2021
Moonlight on Leith, by Emilie Robson and Laila Noble, at theSpaceTriplex is inspired by the ‘Save Leith Walk’ campaign; a grassroots movement seeking to preserve the historic s…
A Weekend Away at the Hotel Decevoir
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 8th Aug, 2021
Chalkhill Theatre Ltd currently has a double debut with the company’s first appearance at the Festival Fringe and the premiere of their new play.
Sunshine on Leith
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- MultiStory
- 9th Aug, 2021
Captivate Theatre returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year with their production of Sunshine on Leith, at Multistory, first performed in 2014 and twice thereafter.
Theatre-19 Presents: John
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 14th Aug, 2021
Described as a ‘wonderfully chaotic and colourful tragicomedy’ Theatre-19 Presents: John is a particularly silly devised piece at theSpace@Surgeons Hall from a group of Bristol…
Ronald Forbes: The Dreamweaver's Puzzles Exhibition at the Scottish Arts Club
- Listing Exhibition
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Arts Club Online
- 6th Aug 2021
Ronald Forbes RSA RGI festival exhibition, The Dreamweaver’s Puzzles at the Scottish Arts Club (28th July to 29th August).
1902
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Leith Arches
- 16th Aug, 2021
In 1902 Hibs won the Scottish Cup.
Sherlock's Secret Challenge – The Puzzle Solving Game That Shows You The City
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Outside The Conan Doyle Pub
- 6th - 30th Aug 2021
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.
Plasters
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpaceTriplex
- 16th Aug, 2021
Plasters is an original play by Emma Tadmor who founded RJ Theatre Company with co-producer, Daniel Feldman.
Tropicana
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpaceTriplex
- 9th Aug, 2021
Billed as ‘the future of queer comedy cabaret’ Tropicana is Aidan Sadler’s 80’s solo show of classic queer hits at the suitably late hour of 23:15 at theSpaceTriplex.
Myra's Story
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Gardens
- 9th Aug, 2021
A ninety-minute monologue about a homeless person? Embrace it.
Comedy Club 4 Kids
- Listing Children’s Shows
- UK Regional & Tours
- Stage In The Park
- 4th Aug 2021
Cracking entertainment for everyone over six years old and under 400 years old (no vampires).
Medicine
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh International Festival
- Traverse Theatre
- 9th Aug, 2021
The banner proclaims, ‘Congratulations’ as it hangs from the ceiling above the unimaginable mess left by the previous afternoon's party in which inmates and staff seemingly…
Briefs Bite Club
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- London Fringe
- Southbank Centre - Queen Elizabeth Hall
- 28th Jul 2021 - 31st Jul 2022
BRIEFS BITE CLUB is a brand new, iconic extravaganza that sees the glittery gang serving up their signature camp-cabaret fantasy of circus, drag and comedy in a sexy showcase of ou…
Do the Thing: The Made Up Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton
- The Warren on the Beach
- 26th Jul - 25th Aug 2021
After selling out their 2018 and 2019 Brighton Fringe shows and lighting up The Warren’s Summer Season, Do the Thing are here for you in 2021.
Swinging At The Cotton Club
- Listing Music
- UK Regional & Tours
- The Stage In The Park
- 25th Jul 2021
Take a step back into 1920s & ’30s New York City and through the doors of Harlem’s hottest nightclub, ‘The Cotton Club’! ‘Swinging at The Cotton Club’ is the action-packed sh…
My Night With Reg
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Turbine Theatre
- 2nd Aug, 2021
Is there an issue with capturing plays from the second half of the twentieth century that deal with gay issues of the period? The Southwark Playhouse recently managed a production …
every seven years
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Brockley Jack Theatre
- 24th Jul, 2021
For many it will be impossible to see writer/director Jack Fairey’s every seven years at the Brockley Jack Studio Theatre and not be reminded of the groundbreaking sociological T…
‘Drink & Draw‘ with Queer Culture Club
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- Balans Soho No.60
- 19th Jul - 23rd Aug 2021
Welcome to the return of our beloved Drink & Draw Social! Or for those who joined us in lockdown- finally an IRL Make & Mingle! Join Ellie & Megan on Monday a…
Two Worlds No Family
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Lion & Unicorn
- 16th Jul, 2021
Writer/Director Ben Reid has made a stunning professional debut at the Lion and Unicorn Theatre, Kentish Town, with his play Two Worlds No Family, originally written as his final y…
The Game of Love and Chance
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Arcola Theatre
- 20th Jul, 2021
As if so-called ‘Freedom Day’ had not generated enough excitement on Monday 19th July, the Arcola Theatre had its planned reopening that evening and showcased its fabulous new …
Do the Thing: The Made Up Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton
- The Warren
- 11th Jul 2021
After selling out their 2018 and 2019 Brighton Fringe shows and lighting up The Warren’s Summer Season, Do the Thing are here for you in 2021.
Club de Fromage
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 10th Jul 2021
Returning once more to Brighton Fringe, after consecutive sell-out shows, it’s time again to romp through the decades with London’s legendary pop time machine! Expect huge anth…
Helium
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- The Space
- 10th Jul, 2021
The Space on the Isle of Dogs continues its practice of supporting new talent with Helium, an original work by Grumble Pup Theatre, a fledgling company founded in the Black Country…
Mr and Mrs Nobody
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- West End
- Jermyn Street Theatre
- 10th Jul, 2021
A wonderfully entertaining evening of laughter and fine acting is currently to be found in Keith Waterhouse’s Mr and Mrs Nobody, staged by Gabriella Bird in her directorial debut…
Exile
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Southwark Playhouse
- 7th Jul, 2021
Exile at the Southwark Playhouse, by JoMac Productions Limited & Blue Heart Theatre, is an interestingly constructed piece consisting of two life-crisis monologues by individu…
Pink Mango does 'The Birth of Venus'
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Oil Shed
- 2nd - 4th Jul 2021
When two alien women wash up on the shores of earth in their seashell spaceship all the way from Venus to lose their virginity, they are in for a shock to discover what lies before…
Pink Mango does 'The Birth of Venus'
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Sascha Cooper
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Oil Shed
- 10th Jul, 2021
Hayley May Muirhead and Molly Dooner under the company name of Pink Mango Comedy, bring a show that is zany, bizzare, upbeat and sexually empowering for any females watching.
Youth Club Experience: a slice of the 80s
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Youth Centre
- 25th - 26th Jun 2021
You remember what it was like to go to the youth club, don’t you? No.
Bad Nights and Odd Days
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Greenwich Theatre
- 29th Jun, 2021
The Greenwich Theatre reopened last week with the inspired programming of four short plays by Caryl Churchill.
Staircase
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Southwark Playhouse
- 30th Jun, 2021
The Southwark Playhouse has been transformed into an authentic 1960’s barbershop for the revival of Charles Dyer’s hit play Staircase, by Two’s Company and Karl Sydow in asso…
Warhol: Bullet Karma
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Brighton Fringe
- Rialto Theatre
- 29th Jun, 2021
Garry Roost’s one-hander, Warhol: Bullet Karma, at the Rialto Theatre, as part of the Brighton Fringe, explores aspects of the artist’s life through encounters with various peo…
Hang On: I'll Be Right There
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet Werks 2
- 20th - 27th Jun 2021
Have you ever needed to be in two places at once? Curiosity can be costly, especially if you end up encountering a plethora of problems along the way! As time ticks on, fear and f…
Hang On: I'll Be Right There
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet Werks 2
- 20th - 27th Jun 2021
Have you ever needed to be in two places at once? Curiosity can be costly, especially if you end up encountering a plethora of problems along the way! As time ticks on, fear and f…
Richard Wright Is Just Happy To Be Involved
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus
- 19th - 20th Jun 2021
Richard is 38 years old.
Richard Wright Is Just Happy To Be Involved
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus
- 19th - 20th Jun 2021
Richard is 38 years old.
Le Wine Club
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet Werks 2
- 19th - 26th Jun 2021
Chanteuse and sommelier, Anna Lou, presents a wine tasting to remember.
Le Wine Club
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet Werks 2
- 19th - 26th Jun 2021
Chanteuse and sommelier, Anna Lou, presents a wine tasting to remember.
Mayhem at the Cabaret Voltaire
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Brighton Fringe
- Rialto Theatre
- 21st Jun, 2021
The apologetic opening to Mayhem at the Cabaret Voltaire, explaining the failure of the actors to turn up, might seem out of place in any standard piece of theatre, but then it wou…
Shedding A Skin
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Soho Theatre
- 24th Jun, 2021
The Soho Theatre launched its post-lockdown summer season this week with Shedding A Skin, written and performed by Amanda Wilkin, the 2020 winner of the Verity Bargate Award.
Trestle
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Brockley Jack Theatre
- 18th Jun, 2021
The Jack Studio Theatre in Brockley has opened its doors for the first time in fifteen months with a wonderfully heart-warming production of Stewart Pringle’s Trestle.
Sara Segovia and Lachlan Werner are making shows (WORK IN PROGRESS)
- Listing Comedy
- UK Regional & Tours
- The Miller
- 15th Jun 2021
Sara Segovia Rodao and Lachlan Werner are cuties by nature, cancers by astrological sign and clowns by trade.
The Monday Club
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 14th Jun - 20th Dec 2021
Grab yourself a drink and join us in the Museum bar for a relaxed weekly night of new material from some of the finest comedians on the circuit.
Love Is The Sweetest Thing: A Celebration of the Life and Music of Ray Noble
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Friends’ Meeting House
- 13th Jun 2021
‘Love Is The Sweetest Thing’ - A celebration of the music and life of Ray Noble.
Love Is The Sweetest Thing: A Celebration of the Life and Music of Ray Noble
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Friends’ Meeting House
- 13th Jun 2021
‘Love Is The Sweetest Thing’ - A celebration of the music and life of Ray Noble.
Watson: The Final Problem
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Brighton Fringe
- Rialto Theatre
- 15th Jun, 2021
Following on from his success at the Brighton Fringe with Waiting for Hamlet, a two-hander with Nicholas Collett, Tim Marriott returns to the Rialto Theatre with a solo show that i…
Diary of an Expat
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Brighton Fringe
- Rialto Theatre
- 14th Jun, 2021
Diary of an Expat makes a striking impression even before Cecilia Gragnani enters the stage for her solo play at the Rialto Theatre, directed by Katharina Reinthaller.
The Sensemaker
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Brighton Fringe
- Rialto Theatre
- 14th Jun, 2021
Beethoven’s Ode to Joy is anything but that when played ad nauseam on a loop while you are kept on hold by a robotic voice saying, “All our operators are currently busy.
Make-up
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- Brighton Fringe
- Rialto Theatre
- 12th Jun, 2021
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…
Divorced, Beheaded, Survived: An Audience with King Henry VIII
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- Brighton Fringe
- Friends’ Meeting House
- 15th Jun, 2021
Period music greets loyal subjects as they enter the Friends Meeting House to attend Divorced, Beheaded, Survived: An Audience with King Henry VIII, written and directed by John Wh…
Lone Flyer
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- West End
- Jermyn Street Theatre
- 11th Jun, 2021
The Jermyn Street Theatre continues its Footprints Festival with Lucy Betts’ acclaimed production of Ade Morris’s Lone Flyer, which was first staged at The Watermill Theatre la…
After All These Years
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Brighton Fringe
- Rialto Theatre
- 9th Jun, 2021
After All These Years is a trilogy of plays courtesy of Close Quarter Productions and Theatre Reviva! in association with Holofcener Ltd.
Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 7th - 27th Jun 2021
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)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 7th - 27th Jun 2021
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
Chamberlain: Peace in our Time
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Brighton Fringe
- Rialto Theatre
- 9th Jun, 2021
History is brought to life, and the man behind one of the most famous speeches in British history is revealed in this delightful two-hander, Chamberlain: Peace in our Time, from Se…
Drama King
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Brighton Fringe
- Rialto Theatre
- 8th Jun, 2021
Unless you have studied the history of theatre it's easy to imagine that performances on stage have always been very much as they are today.
Sean McLoughlin: Nightlife
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus
- 5th - 24th Jun 2021
International microstar Sean McLoughlin (Chortle Award nominee, Ricky Gervais tour support) returns to Brighton to give the people what they’ve paid for.
Sean McLoughlin: Nightlife
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus
- 5th - 24th Jun 2021
International microstar Sean McLoughlin (Chortle Award nominee, Ricky Gervais tour support) returns to Brighton to give the people what they’ve paid for.
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Brighton Fringe
- Rialto Theatre
- 7th Jun, 2021
There seems to be a resurgence of interest in the adaptability of works by Robert Louis Stevenson for the stage, with productions popping up in many quarters.
Why I Am an Avocado
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Brighton Fringe
- Rialto Theatre
- 6th Jun, 2021
The title of the show and the name of the company drew me to this production.
Waiting for Hamlet
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Brighton Fringe
- Rialto Theatre
- 7th Jun, 2021
Waiting for Hamlet has itself been waiting for some time.
Comedy Club 4 Kids
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Komedia Main Space
- 5th Jun 2021
Since 2005, the ‘Comedy Club 4 Kids’ has been getting the best stand-ups and sketch acts from the international circuit to do their thing for an audience of children (aged 6+) and …
An Intervention
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet Old Steine: Steine Main
- 9th Jun, 2021
Juicy Lime Productions presents Mike Bartlett’s 2014 play An Intervention, as part of the Brighton Fringe at the Sweet Room, Old SteineTwo characters, identified in the script on…
Pete Wells: Does Not Exist
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 2nd - 6th Jun 2021
Digital assistants predict Pete’s every move - is he a deepfake, does he exist? An AI buddy comedy exploring how human experience is being transformed by technology.
Pete Wells: Does Not Exist
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 2nd - 6th Jun 2021
Digital assistants predict Pete’s every move - is he a deepfake, does he exist? An AI buddy comedy exploring how human experience is being transformed by technology.
The Vertical Hour by David Hare
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Brighton Fringe
- Rialto Theatre
- 12th Jun, 2021
The burst of applause did not mark the end of the performance.
New Parent Club
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The McElderry
- 1st Jun - 8th Jul 2021
New parent? In need of entertainment for grown-ups? Come to these special daytime showings of our evening programme, where you can enjoy some of our best shows with your baby in to…
The Tragedy of Dorian Gray
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Brighton Fringe
- Rialto Theatre
- 30th Jun, 2021
Blue Devil Productions closed the Rialto Theatre’s Brighton Fringe season last week with a two-act production,The Tragedy of Dorian Gray; their first full-length play.
Fringe Club
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- The Electric Arcade
- 29th May - 10th Jul 2021
Continue your evening with the Fringe’s wildest late-night show.
The Richard Filby Spectacule
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Rialto Theatre
- 29th - 31st May 2021
World famous Richard Filby is bringing his one-man show to Brighton Fringe in 2021.
The Richard Filby Spectacule
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Rialto Theatre
- 29th - 31st May 2021
World famous Richard Filby is bringing his one-man show to Brighton Fringe in 2021.
Krater Comedy Club
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Komedia Main Space
- 29th May - 26th Jun 2021
After many long months of closure, we are now absolutely delighted to bring back Komedia’s renowned (and now socially distanced) live stand-up show, Krater Comedy Club! Discover…
Krater Comedy Club
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Komedia Main Space
- 29th May - 26th Jun 2021
After many long months of closure, we are now absolutely delighted to bring back Komedia’s renowned (and now socially distanced) live stand-up show, Krater Comedy Club! Discover…
The Travesty of Richard III
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Fringe Streaming
- 29th May - 12th Jul 2021
Join a cast of two, but a whole host of characters, as they boldly romp through The Bard’s chilling tale of plots, prophecies and power.
The Travesty of Richard III
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Fringe Streaming
- 28th May - 27th Jun 2021
Join a cast of two, but a whole host of characters, as they boldly romp through The Bard’s chilling tale of plots, prophecies and power.
Do the Thing: The Made Up Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The McElderry / The Warren: The Oil Shed
- 28th May - 11th Jul 2021
After selling out their 2018 and 2019 Brighton Fringe shows and lighting up The Warren’s Summer Season, Do the Thing are here for you in 2021.
Between Two Waves
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Brighton Fringe
- Rialto Theatre
- 5th Jun, 2021
Between Two Waves by Australian playwright Ian Meadows interweaves an urgent call to recognise the world’s impending climate crisis and the troubled smaller world of a young clim…
The 3P Club Movie
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- The Living Record
- 28th May - 27th Jun 2021
Get ready to ride your mighty stallions to Hollywood in 3.
The 3P Club Movie
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- The Living Record
- 28th May - 27th Jun 2021
Get ready to ride your mighty stallions to Hollywood in 3.
Artista presents The Secret Comedy Club
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery
- 25th May - 11th Jul 2021
** ALL TICKETS FOR FRIDAY 9 JULY ARE NOW 2-4-1, this will be applied automatically at checkout ** Don’t know who to watch this Fringe? Why not let us curate a comedy show for you!…
AAA presents The Secret Comedy Club
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery
- 25th May - 11th Jul 2021
** ALL TICKETS FOR FRIDAY 9 JULY ARE NOW 2-4-1, this will be applied automatically at checkout ** Don’t know who to watch this Fringe? Why not let us curate a comedy show for you!…
Artista's Secret Comedy Club: The Comedy Hub
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery
- 25th May - 27th Jun 2021
Don’t know who to watch this Fringe? Why not let us curate a comedy show for you! Performances on 6 days per week, 4 to 6 times per day, from 17:30 until 23:00 on weekdays and 14:3…
Walk Right Back - The Everly Brothers Story
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Civic Theatre
- 20th May 2021
After phenomenal sell out tours, Walk Right Back is.
Mark Steel: Every Little Thing's Gonna Be Alright
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Farnham Maltings
- 30th Apr 2021
This show has been rescheduled from Sat 18 April 2020.
Vespertilio
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Online & Broadcast
- 19th Apr, 2021
The greater mouse-eared bat belongs to the family Vespertilionidae of the genus Myotis.
RICHARD JONES: ESCAPE
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Hertford Theatre
- 30th Mar 2021
£74 Family Ticket (2 Adults, 2 Children)£23 Adult £20.
Josh Berry: Who Does He Think He Is?
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 27th Mar 2021
Director’s Choice for IYAF Comedy Award 2019 - As seen on BBC1’s Michael McIntyre’s Big Show The ‘Prodigiously talented im…
Stand Up Comedy Club
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Farnham Maltings
- 15th Jan 2021
Please note that Tier 2 regulations mean that only members of the same household or support bubble may meet together indoors.
Bard in the Yard: The Scottish Play
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- 12th Jun, 2021
The Scottish Play is a solo performance written by Victoria Gartner, founder and artistic director of Will & Co which produces plays about Shakespear, under the umbrella title …
‘Drink & Draw‘ Returns! with Queer Culture Club
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- Balans Soho No.60
- 9th Sep 2020 - 6th Sep 2021
Welcome to the return of our beloved Drink & Draw Social! Or for those who joined us in lockdown- finally an IRL Make & Mingle! Join Ellie & Megan on Monday a…
No Such Thing As A Fish
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 26th - 28th Aug 2020
After 250 million downloads, multiple awards and tours across the globe, NSTAAF returns to the Fringe for three nights only! There will be facts, jokes, in-jokes, more facts and th…
In Conversation With: Richard Beck (Broadway Baby) & Matthew Shelley (Scottish Festivals PR)
- Listing Events
- Online & Broadcast
- A Company 6 Scots
- 20th - 30th Aug 2020
A discussion on the relationship between artists and critics in fringe and wider contexts, with insight and advice from Richard Beck and Matthew Shelley.
Jamali Maddix: Strip Club Einstein
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 19th - 30th Aug 2020
Critically acclaimed comedian and host of Vice’s Hate Thy Neighbour and Channel 4’s Adventures in Futureland, Jamali Maddix is heading out on tour again after his incredible 2018 W…
Vampire's Ball Ultimate Halloween Party
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Online & Broadcast
- The Space UK
- 17th Aug, 2020
Brad Tassell and Steve Goodie describe themselves as a pair who have been ‘all-around nutty goofballs for more than 30 years’; and it shows.
Alex Yellowlees Hot Club Quartet
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Acoustic Music Centre @ UCC
- 14th Aug 2020
Stephane Grappelli-style violinist Alex Yellowlees, virtuoso guitarists Ged Brockie and Mike Nisbet and wonderful double bassist Kenny Ellis.
Spider MacKenzie and Danny Britt: Texas Americana Meets the Blues
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Acoustic Music Centre @ UCC
- 10th Aug 2020
This pair of renowned musicians met and regularly play in Texas.
Lockdown Drag-out
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Online & Broadcast
- The Space UK
- 12th Aug, 2020
It’s either a mid-conversation pick-up or a recording error that opens Jane Martin’s monologue, Lockdown Drag-Out, in which she appears as the plummy and plumpy Audrey Stanton …
Al Start's Go Kid Music Club: Tall Tales
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Brighton
- The Warren Outdoors
- 9th Aug 2020
Brighton resident and local legend Al Start is heading to the beach this Summer with an array of stories and songs for kids and their grown-ups.
The Plague Thing
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Space UK
- 11th Aug, 2020
If you’ve been feasting on BBC iPlayer during lockdown and enjoying the delights of Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads, it’s worth taking six minutes out of your social isolation t…
Richard Herring: RHLSTP
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand’s New Town Theatre
- 7th - 16th Aug 2020
‘The King of Edinburgh’ (List) and ‘the best celeb interviewer in Britain’ (Guardian), probably best known for his role of Percy in Servants, brings his multi-award-winning podca…
Richard Brown: Horror Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 6th - 30th Aug 2020
Horror in all it’s forms from the brilliant, brutal mind of one of Scotland’s most talented comics.
Sean McLoughlin: Gold Rush
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 5th - 30th Aug 2020
International micro-star Sean McLoughlin (Chortle Award nominee, Ricky Gervais tour support) returns to the Fringe to give the people what they’ve paid for.
Richard Stott: Toe the Line
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 5th - 31st Aug 2020
From Dave’s Funniest Jokes 2019 runner-up comes a comedic journey of self-discovery exploring the benefits and pitfalls of both fitting in and standing out.
My Boy Danny
- Review
- ★★★★
- Monica Yell
- Online & Broadcast
- London, England
- 11th Sep, 2020
It’s worth noting first off that My Boy Danny was never originally intended to appear as an MP3 available for streaming on YouTube, with that compromise being a happy result of l…
The Glee Club
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Kiln Theatre
- 4th - 27th Jun 2020
‘When I go back those days in my head, it’s to that pit and the fun I had with a bunch of old men singing songs.
What Does an Anteater Eat?
- Listing Puppetry
- Online & Broadcast
- Little Angel Theatre
- 17th May - 1st Sep 2020
What Does an Anteater Eat? is about an Anteater who is hungry, but he has completely forgotten what anteaters eat.
Josh Berry: Who Does He Think He Is?
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 14th Mar 2020
Director’s Choice for IYAF Comedy Award 2019 - As seen on BBC1’s Michael McIntyre’s Big Show The ‘Prodigiously talented impressionist’…
Josh Berry: Who Does He Think He Is?
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 14th Mar 2020
Director’s Choice for IYAF Comedy Award 2019 - As seen on BBC1’s Michael McIntyre’s Big Show The ‘Prodigiously talented impressionist’…
Richard Stott: Right Hand Man
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 10th Mar 2020
In this "Heart-wrenchingly moving and unquestionably funny” (Evening Standard) stand-up show Richard Stott examines body image, mental health and being disabl…
Richard Stott – Right Hand Man
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 10th Mar 2020
In this "Heart-wrenchingly moving and unquestionably funny” (Evening Standard) stand-up show Richard Stott examines body image, mental health and being disabl…
Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 9th Mar - 6th Apr 2020
The "Podfather" (Guardian) and "King of the Internet" (Time Out) returns with the award winning Podcast in which he chats with the biggest names in c…
Richard Alston Dance Company - Final Edition
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- West End
- Sadler’s Wells
- 7th - 8th Mar 2020
Since forming in 1994, Richard Alston Dance Company has been extolled for their musicality and lyricism.
The Female Pilot Club
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 26th Feb 2020
Come for a double at the Pilot Club! Two brand new sitcom pilots, read by the best comedy actors in Britain.
Arabella Weir: Does My Mum Loom Big In This?
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 21st - 22nd Feb 2020
"Comedy gold" – Guardian The mother of all confessional shows from the bestselling author and star of The Fast Show and Two Doors Down.
Arabella Weir: Does My Mum Loom Big In This?
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 21st - 22nd Feb 2020
"Comedy gold" – Guardian The mother of all confessional shows from the bestselling author and star of The Fast Show and Two Doors Down.
The Monday Club
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 13th Jan - 27th Apr 2020
Grab yourself a drink and join us in the Museum bar for a relaxed weekly night of new material from some of the finest comedians on the circuit.
MagicFest - Comedy Magic Club
- Listing Magic
- Edinburgh
- Traverse Theatre
- 28th - 29th Dec 2019
Have your mind blown as you laugh yourself silly! A line up of the funniest, scariest, and freakiest, conjured up for your delight in our magic comedy club.
Wind of Heaven
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Finborough Theatre
- 3rd Dec, 2019
There is something wonderfully seasonal about Wind of Heaven at the Finborough Theatre.
Sydney & the Old Girl
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Park Theatre Cafe Bar
- 8th Nov, 2019
Forget any notions of political correctness, civility or polite drawing room conversation.
Murder in the Cathedral
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Southwark Cathedral
- 6th Nov, 2019
Performing a play in a cathedral about an archbishop assassinated in a cathedral might sound like a match made in heaven.
The Beauty Queen of Leenane
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- UK Regional & Tours
- Queen’s Theatre
- 1st Nov, 2019
Martin McDonagh’s The Beauty Queen of Leenane is an intensely Irish play set in the wilds of Connemara, premiered locally by the Druid Theatre Company in Galway in 1996.
The Match Box
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Omnibus Theatre
- 2nd Nov, 2019
The prospect of a two-act monologue that lasts around two and a quarter, an interval, is perhaps daunting for both the actor and aficionados of the genre alike.
A Kind of Loving
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- The Jack Studio Theatre
- 8th Nov, 2019
The decade might be set in history as ‘Swinging’, but for many of us who lived through the ‘60’s the appellation has only a marginal connection with the realities of life.
The House of The Spirits / La Casa de Los Espíritus
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Cervantes Theatre
- 17th Nov, 2019
The mission of the Cervantes Theatre “to showcase the best Spanish and Latin American plays in London” is strikingly realised in its closing play of the 2019 season that featur…
Gaslight
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- The Playground Theatre
- 25th Oct, 2019
Gaslight has stood the test of time in the canon of British theatre.
The Cocoa Butter Club
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Omnibus Theatre
- 18th Oct 2019
The Cocoa Butter Club brings you a fierce line up celebrating feminine attitude.
Vassa
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Almeida Theatre
- 25th Oct, 2019
In a rare proscenium-style presentation at the Almeida Theatre, director Tinuke Craig offers Maxim Gorky’s Vassa as her debut production for the venue in a new adaptation by Mike…
Breaking The Code
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Tower Theatre Company
- 10th Oct, 2019
It’s only two years until the face of Alan Turing appears on the new £50 note.
The Monthly Club
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 3rd Oct - 4th Dec 2019
The Museum of of Comedy’s brand new monthly line up show! Hand-picked bills showcasing some of the finest acts on the circuit and our Monday Club regulars bri…
Velvet
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Above the Stag Theatre
- 7th Oct, 2019
To compile his one-man show, Velvet, Tom Ratcliffe combined personal experience and the disturbing revelations that emerged as the #MeToo movement gathered momentum.
I Am Gavrilo Princip
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Queens Theatre Hornchurch
- 1st Oct, 2019
Stalin, Mussolini and Hitler all stand out in the history of the twentieth century.
Female Pilot Club
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 25th Sep 2019
Care for a double at the Female Pilot Club? Two brand-new sitcom scripts are taken up for a spin.
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- West End
- Trafalgar Studio 1
- 10th Oct, 2019
Playwright Peter Nichols died only last month at the age of 92.
Blood Wedding
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- West End
- Young Vic
- 4th Oct, 2019
In the late 1920s Frederico García Lorca allegedly read about a bride who fled her wedding to elope with a former amor.
Mother Of Him
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Park Theatre
- 4th Oct, 2019
Is a mother’s love unconditional, or can it be stretched beyond breaking-point? This is the consuming theme in Evan Placey’s Mother of Him at the Park Theatre, which was inspir…
Youth Without God
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- The Coronet Theatre
- 25th Sep, 2019
Youth Without God at the Coronet Theatre is heralded as ‘a dark fable about the individual conscience in a time of social uncertainty’ and the 1937 novel by Ödön von Horváth…
So Here We Are
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- UK Regional & Tours
- Queen’s Theatre
- 13th Sep, 2019
Luke Norris's Southend-based play and winner of the Bruntwood Prize, So Here We Are, finally comes to Essex in a delightful production that fits perfectly into the Queen’s Th…
Stiletto Beach
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- UK Regional & Tours
- Queen’s Theatre
- 13th Sep, 2019
The world premiere of Sadie Hasler’s Stiletto Beach has burst onto the stage at the dynamic Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch in a bold, brave, fearless and funny exploration of what…
Falsettos
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- West End
- The Other Palace
- 12th Sep, 2019
Falsettos has been around since 1992, but it’s UK premier has only just opened at The Other Palace, London.
Amusical Club Night
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 24th - 25th Aug 2019
Dance the night away to your favourite songs from the musicals – featuring live music from Amusical house band Dave and The Quavers, plus guest DJ sets from the best comedians in…
Does Sex Still Sell?
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand’s New Town Theatre
- 24th Aug 2019
Women have been portrayed as sexual objects in advertising for many years.
Torch Song
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- West End
- Turbine Theatre
- 16th Sep, 2019
The neon sign above the stage at the new Turbine Theatre, Battersea, hints at the lights of New York City, but it also reminds us of the history behind director Drew McOnie’s pro…
Apocalypse Comedy Club featuring Mick Neven
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bannermans / PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse / PBH’s Free Fringe @ Sneaky Pete’s
- 3rd - 24th Aug 2019
The award-winning Aussie comedian is back with a brand-new show, taking on the end of the world.
The 900 Club
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Poetry Library
- 20th - 24th Aug 2019
Five years after the death of their friend, Emily, Avery, Fi and Mac reunite to celebrate his life.
The Cat's the Thing
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 20th - 24th Aug 2019
Tanya is a woman with a lot on her mind.
This Thing in Here
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 19th - 24th Aug 2019
You’re getting ready to go out but your depression has other ideas.
Everyman
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 20th Aug, 2019
As the saying goes, "The path to hell is paved with good intentions".
Danny the Champion of the World
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Niddry St
- 19th - 24th Aug 2019
Danny lives happily in a gypsy caravan with his father, but his world is turned upside-down when he learns that his father poaches pheasants from the estate of the vicious, greedy …
My Other Self: The Evolution of Shakespeare's Richard III
- Listing Theatre
- Camden Fringe
- Cockpit Theatre, Marylebone
- 19th - 23rd Aug 2019
A bold new adaptation of three of Shakespeare’s most blood soaked plays.
What Role Does Education Play in Social Mobility?
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court
- 17th Aug 2019
Should schools be the main engines of social mobility? Or are teachers being tasked with a responsibility that truly belongs to the government? Is the education system supporting t…
Questions for Quiz Shows
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 17th Aug 2019
Cora is at the festival to see her ex-boyfriend perform.
Richard Michael BEM at 70: Celebration
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- artSpace@StMarks
- 15th - 17th Aug 2019
Internationally acclaimed pianist Richard Michael performs a wide-ranging programme of standards looking back on a distinguished career, whilst looking forward to new possibilities…
SHTF – Stuff Hits The Fan
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ City Cafe
- 14th - 18th Aug 2019
We live in challenging times.
Unicorns, Almost
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Army @ The Fringe in Association with Summerhall
- 17th Aug, 2019
Name a Second World War poet.
The Tragedy Of Richard II
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Rose Playhouse
- 13th - 18th Aug 2019
Anərkē Shakespeare, a new, innovative theatre company, creates raw, fast-paced Shakespeare, bringing you the multifaceted text by a diverse, gender-blind, actor-led ensemble with…
Build a Football Club, IRL!
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand’s New Town Theatre
- 13th Aug 2019
Have you taken your team to the Champions League Final in Football Manager? Is this all it takes to go pro? Mason Robbins (University of Edinburgh – FC Barcelona partnership) rec…
Big Band Does... Broadway
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpaceTriplex
- 12th - 17th Aug 2019
BBD Productions make their debut at the Fringe with Big Band Does… Broadway.
Identity
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 17th Aug, 2019
With a highly experienced team behind this production it is no wonder that Identity by CTC COMPANY at Greenside, Infirmary St.
Arabella Weir: Does My Mum Loom Big in This?
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 12th - 25th Aug 2019
The mother of all confessional shows from the bestselling author and star of The Fast Show and Two Doors Down.
This Island's Mine
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Niddry St
- 15th Aug, 2019
The Italia Conti Ensemble changes its membership every year as another cohort passes through the famous drama school.
44 Inch Chest
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on North Bridge
- 15th Aug, 2019
Rarely does the stage premiere of a work take place twenty-three years after it was written, but Out Of Bounds Theatre has claimed the honour with their gritty production of 44 Inc…
EAST
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 13th Aug, 2019
Steven Berkoff’s irresistible EAST makes an inevitable return to the Festival Fringe, this time in a vibrant and energetic production by HiveMCR.
Reverend Richard Coles: #SimpleCountryParson
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 12th - 25th Aug 2019
Revd Richard Coles is on a fortnight’s leave from his country parish and has been excused from his co-presenting duties of Saturday Live (BBC Radio 4) to bring to Edinburgh this hi…
Alex Yellowlees Hot Club Quartet
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Acoustic Music Centre @ UCC
- 9th Aug 2019
Sold-out AMC 2017, 2018! Alex – the Scottish modern day Stephane Grappelli on violin, virtuoso guitarists Ged Brockie and Mike Nisbet plus legendary double bassist Kenny Ellis, p…
Rory Motion - All Manner of Thing Shall be Well Good: Arts Barge Riverside Festival
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- 8th Aug 2019
Rory returns to York with a brand spanking new title for a show that could, in many respects, be quite similar to the one he did last year i.
What Does Love Mean to You?
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Venue45
- 9th - 16th Aug 2019
Grief is a tricky business and can make you do irrational things.
Richard Michael at 70: Generations
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- artSpace@StMarks
- 7th - 9th Aug 2019
Pianist and educator Richard Michael BEM celebrates his 70th birthday by appearing with family members, Paul Michael (bass), Hilary Michael (violin and sax) and Joanna Duncan (viol…
Ugly Youth
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 8th Aug, 2019
“I’ve not seen anything like this in the 12 years I’ve been working at the Fringe,” was the observation from one of the tech guys I spoke to after seeing Ugly Youth, this y…
Real Eyes
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on North Bridge
- 11th Aug, 2019
Aged just 16 and 17, Harrison Sharpe (Matt) and Archie Stevens (Mikey) make their Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut with Real Eyes, an intensely moving story of brothers growing up t…
The Sinners Club
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpaceTriplex
- 5th - 10th Aug 2019
Where can you go to find all the dirty scandals on campus? The Sinners Club is the only radio show where people can call in anonymously and tell the whole university their biggest …
Get Your Show Seen by the Right People
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 5th - 14th Aug 2019
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
The Brave Anthology
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on North Bridge
- 7th Aug, 2019
Angus gets a review that says he’s ‘watchable’.
Shappi Khorsandi: Skittish Warrior... Confessions of a Club Comic
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club
- 4th - 10th Aug 2019
Comedian, author and, most recently, idiot who agreed to be tortured on I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here!, Shappi is a woman of many parts.
Just the Tonic Comedy Club – Midnight Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 4th - 25th Aug 2019
‘Consistently boasting the most interesting line-ups in the country’ (Times). The best acts from the Fringe come and mooch about and make you laugh at midnight.
Howl Comedy Club Free Showcase
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Kilderkin
- 3rd - 24th Aug 2019
Ever been to a really well-run comedy club? Watch an hour of pro comedy for free instead of the £10 charge outside of the Fringe.
Dear Mother Moon
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Venue 13
- 7th Aug, 2019
Dear Mother Moon is one of four works presented by CalArts this year in what has become the Institute’s Edinburgh home, Venue 13.
Richard Wright Is Just Happy to be Involved
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Opium
- 3rd - 25th Aug 2019
Richard Wright is just happy to be involved.
The 27 Club
- Review
- ★★★
- William Leckie
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 25th Aug, 2019
The play follows Nick: a young, successful artist struggling with his identity and mental health.
Danny MacAskill's Drop and Roll Live
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly’s Circus Hub on the Meadows
- 3rd - 24th Aug 2019
Led by world-famous trials rider and YouTube sensation Danny MacAskill, Drop and Roll make their long-awaited Edinburgh Fringe debut with a brand-new show featuring jaw-dropping st…
A Sense of Tumour Makes Everything Alt-Right
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Southsider
- 3rd - 24th Aug 2019
A cancer diagnosis reveals a suicidal boob.
Fight Song
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Venue 13
- 10th Aug, 2019
Fight Song is part of this year’s programme of four plays by students from the celebrated CalIfornia Institute of the Arts (CalArts) at Venue 13.
Here Comes the Tide, There Goes the Girl
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Venue 13
- 10th Aug, 2019
Here Comes the Tide, There Goes the Girl is one of four plays presented by CalArts at venue 13 this year and is steeped in their tradition of producing original material that stret…
Little Death Club
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Jodie McVicar
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly’s Circus Hub on the Meadows
- 14th Aug, 2019
The air of the Speigeltent circus hub is thick with dark debauchery, smoke and gin soaked Weimer punk jazz, setting the atmosphere for a celebration of the extraordinary.
Danny Ward: Danny's Got Talent
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth
- 3rd - 25th Aug 2019
Following a short run at The London Palladium I return to the Fringe for the 10th time.
Well That's Oz
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Venue 13
- 11th Aug, 2019
Absurdism runs amok in Well That’s Oz, one of four plays in this year’s programme from CalArts at Venue 13.
Wrath of Achilles
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 7th Aug, 2019
Writer Jack Fairey has taken on a huge task in adapting the substance of Homer’s Iliad into a modern story still firmly embedded in the Trojan War with a running time just short …
The Stand Late Club
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club
- 2nd - 24th Aug 2019
‘This is late-night comedy at its finest’ **** (BroadwayBaby.
Judas
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square
- 23rd Aug, 2019
Smokescreen Productions is supporting the work of Amnesty International through its new work, Judas, at Assembly Blue Room.
Club Sets
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn
- 2nd - 25th Aug 2019
In a festival that pours scorn on comedy without a poignant ending, one show dares to celebrate the purity of the undiluted, unadulterated and altogether far funnier club set.
(Ab)solution
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 7th Aug, 2019
(Ab)solution is the first Edinburgh Festival Fringe Play from Swindon-based Jackrill Productions, and it’s an impressive debut at Greenside, Infirmary St.
Arts Barge Riverside Festival: Strut Club Presents…Hello Sailor!
- Listing
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- 2nd Aug 2019
The Strut Club Cabaret presents.
FOC It Up: The Femmes of Colour Comedy Club
- Review
- ★★★★
- Isla Whateley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
- 20th Aug, 2019
FOC It Up is a comedy collective aiming to showcase the talents of women and non-binary people of colour, in a comedy world that is mostly made up of straight white men.
Puppet King Richard II
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court
- 2nd - 14th Aug 2019
Two used actors, recycled utensils, hand-carved Czech puppets, live music and you, the court, bring Shakespeare’s poetic drama of power and abdication to life.
Rap Club the Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 2nd - 16th Aug 2019
The true story of how a group of Croydon kids.
Strut Club Presents…Hello Sailor!: Arts Barge Riverside Festival
- Listing
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- 2nd Aug 2019
The Strut Club Cabaret presents.
The Next Next Big Thing
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Comedy Festival @ Nightcap
- 2nd - 25th Aug 2019
Have you ever been into something before it was cool? An indie band or the latest fashion trend? The Next Next Big Thing is your chance to get in on the ground floor with two of th…
Richard Herring: RHLSTP
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand’s New Town Theatre
- 2nd - 25th Aug 2019
‘The Podfather’ (Guardian) and ‘King of Edinburgh’ (List), probably best known for playing a policeman on Ant and Dec Unleashed, brings his multi award-winning podcast to Edinburgh…
Strut Club Cabaret Presents…Hello Sailor!: Arts Barge Riverside Festival
- Listing
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- 2nd Aug 2019
The Strut Club Cabaret presents.
The Words Are There
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 20th Aug, 2019
The Words Are There is a moving and innovative piece of physical theatre that appeals both for its approach to male domestic abuse, and for its style of performance.
Bleeding Black
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 13th Aug, 2019
Christopher Watts returns to the Festival Fringe with his one-man-show, Bleeding Black, at Greenside, Nicolson Square.
Franz and Marie: Woyzeck Retold
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 13th Aug, 2019
For an incomplete play, Georg Büchner’s Woyzeck has nevertheless managed to secure enduring interest.
Teach
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 11th Aug, 2019
Matthew Roberts’ solo show, Teach, at theSpace, Surgeons Hall is performance brimming with conviction and energy.
Dream of a King
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpaceTriplex
- 9th Aug, 2019
Actor/writer Christopher Tajah of Resistance Theatre Company gives an impassioned performance in Dream Of A King at theSpace Triplex, as he reimagines the hours leading up to the a…
Bacon
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 5th Aug, 2019
Francis Bacon once observed that ‘in order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present’.
Vibe Revue Supper Club at The Grange
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Grange Club
- 2nd - 15th Aug 2019
Jazzy / funk supper club at the Grange Club in trendy Stockbridge, 20 minutes from Princes Street.
Richard Pulsford: Roll Up for the Smirking Break
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn
- 2nd - 25th Aug 2019
Stand up comedy from the master of wordplay, Richard Pulsford, in his sixth year with The Scottish Comedy Festival at The Beehive Inn.
Right in the Eye – Live Movie-Concert of Georges Méliès' Films
- Review
- ★★★★
- Scott Blair
- Edinburgh Fringe
- French Institute
- 23rd Aug, 2019
Georges Méliès is often described as the inventor of cinema.
Thief by Liam Rudden
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Hill Street Theatre
- 17th Aug, 2019
The Edinburgh Fringe programme’s standard listing format provides a simple yet clear message about Thief at the Hill Street Theatre.
Stanley
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on North Bridge
- 19th Aug, 2019
There’s Stanley the man and Stanley the play.
Global Comedy Club
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ City Cafe
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2019
Global Comedy Club: showcasing some of the best up-and-coming comedians on the circuit.
The Brunch Club
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Pop-Up: Levels
- 2nd - 24th Aug 2019
Rebel, geek, emo, which were you? Or were you the popular one? Scotland’s brightest new talents, The Network, take on the cliques in a homage to classic coming-of-age movies.
Conversations With Myself
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C cubed
- 13th Aug, 2019
It’s fifty years since the Stonewall riots sparked off the movement that became known as gay liberation.
Letter to Boddah
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C cubed
- 17th Aug, 2019
“Will they or won’t they go through with it?” That is the consuming question that hovers for an hour over Letter to Boddah, written and directed by Sarah Nelson and performed…
Canadian Club
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Bier Keller
- 1st - 25th Aug 2019
Canadian Club is a stand-up comedy show produced by one of the most Canadian people in the world, Brad Bryans. Free maple syrup offered to all audience members.
I Am the Horrible Thing
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
- 1st - 8th Aug 2019
Greg will give you £5 if you come to this show.
Danny O'Brien: Reformer
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 1st - 25th Aug 2019
What happens when a touring stand-up comedian can no longer stand up? A food-obsessing cheese lover tries veganism for a month? After a near career-ending knee injury, O’Brien is t…
Gabe Mollica: The Whole Thing
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Mash House
- 1st - 25th Aug 2019
Gabe Mollica started doing stand-up in Edinburgh after he got dumped for his best friend.
Classic Joke Club
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire
- 1st - 25th Aug 2019
Join the funniest acts on the UK and international circuit as they share classic jokes handed down to them by their family.
99 Club Stand-Up Selection – Free
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
- 1st - 25th Aug 2019
Proudly supporting the Free Festival with a selection of four different comics daily.
Richard Brown: Horror Show (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Comedy Festival @ Nightcap
- 1st - 24th Aug 2019
Horror in all its forms from the brilliant, brutal mind of one of Scotland’s most talented comics.
Danny Posthill Is That Bloke Who Does Voices
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Frankenstein Pub
- 1st - 25th Aug 2019
See That Bloke Who Does Voices where impressionist Danny Posthill tells us about how Johnny Vegas helped him get over his anxiety, the incident of Dianne Abbot blocking him on Twit…
A Many Splendored Thing
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
- 1st - 23rd Aug 2019
A musical journey through the hilarious foibles and pain that come with having a heart in this modern world.
AJ Holmes: Yeah, but Not Right Now
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 1st - 25th Aug 2019
Award-winning actor, writer and composer AJ Holmes makes his Edinburgh debut with an hour of stand-up, storytelling, and songs! Known from The Book of Mormon on Broadway, London’s …
Paul Sinha: Hazy Little Thing Called Love
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club
- 1st - 25th Aug 2019
Thus far, Paul has lived his life content in the understanding that stability and emotional happiness were lovely ideas but not really for him.
101 Comedy Club – Free
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap
- 1st - 25th Aug 2019
‘Funny.
Izzy Mant: Polite Club
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2019
TV producer Izzy (The Windsors, Peep Show, Harry & Paul) has been pathologically tactful all her life.
Baby Reindeer by Richard Gadd
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Skot Wilson
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Roundabout @ Summerhall
- 10th Aug, 2019
Richard Gadd pours a free cup of tea to a stranger at a bar – she comes back.
Comedy Club 4 Kids
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Roxy
- 31st Jul - 25th Aug 2019
Just cos you’re a kid doesn’t mean you should miss out on the best stand-ups and sketch acts of the Fringe! Just cos you’re an adult at a kids’ show doesn’t mean you can’t also hav…
Richard Fry: O Starry Night
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 31st Jul - 21st Aug 2019
Following an epiphany in the Van Gogh Museum, Fry takes a twisted wander through art history.
Richard Stott: Right Hand Man
- Review
- ★★★★
- Paul Fisher Cockburn
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 9th Aug, 2019
Apparently, Richard Stott got into comedy “for all the wrong reasons”; at least, that’s what the aforementioned Richard Stott says.
The Thinking Drinkers: Heroes of Hooch
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 9th Aug, 2019
Award-winning drinks writers and comedy performers Ben McFarland and Tom Sandham return to Edinburgh with their latest libation, The Thinking Drinkers: Heroes of Hooch, in Underbel…
Mr Thing
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 31st Jul - 25th Aug 2019
The critically acclaimed cult comedy chat show thing is back! Welcome to the multimedia mayhem of Mr.
The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2019
Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance.
The National Trust Fan Club
- Review
- ★★★
- Rebecca Vines
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon at the Museum
- 7th Aug, 2019
The National Trust Fan Club is what happens if you imagine a Dave Gorman show delivered by your bouncy Auntie Joyce and her preoccupation with how to pronounce ‘scone’ (to rhym…
It'll Be Alt-Right on the Night
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Scott Blair
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 5th Aug, 2019
In the past 20 to 30 years, our world has drastically changed, especially within the realm of politics and culture.
Josh Berry: Who Does He Think He Is?
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 31st Jul - 25th Aug 2019
Josh has appeared on BBC One’s Michael McIntyre’s Big Show, The Tracey Ullman Show, BBC Radio 4’s Dead Ringers and 4Extra’s Newsjack.
Classical Guitar: Richard Haslam
- Listing Music
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- 27th Jul 2019
Richard Haslam is a Derbyshire-born classical guitarist currently based in Manchester.
The Burning Duck Comedy Club £5 / PWYW Showcase
- Listing Comedy
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- The Basement
- 26th Jul 2019
York’s alternative comedy sensation the Burning Duck Comedy Club returns to the Great Yorkshire Fringe, presenting the best ‘up-and-coming’ musical, ch…
Hyena Lounge Comedy Club - Jonny Awsum, Lauren Pattinson & Hayley Ellis
- Listing Comedy
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- The White Rose Rotunda
- 26th - 27th Jul 2019
York’s legendary comedy club makes a welcome return to the Great Yorkshire Fringe with four laughter-packed shows on Friday and Saturday nights featuring the cream…
Hyena Lounge Comedy Club: Jonny Awsum, Lauren Pattinson & Hayley Ellis
- Listing Comedy
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- The White Rose Rotunda
- 26th - 27th Jul 2019
York’s legendary comedy club makes a welcome return to the Great Yorkshire Fringe with four laughter-packed shows on Friday and Saturday nights featuring the cream…
Richard Herring: RHLSTP
- Listing Comedy
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- The White Rose Rotunda
- 26th Jul 2019
Richard Herring has enjoyed phenomenal success as a writer and performer and is an innovator in the world of podcasts.
Richard Wright Is Just Happy To Be Involved
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 21st Jul 2019
Welcome to a preview of the brand new show from 4x Competition Semi Finalist Richard Wright.
Richard Stott: Right Hand Man (Ed Fringe Preview)
- Listing Comedy
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- The Basement
- 20th Jul 2019
A debut show from a comedian who was born with Poland Syndrome, making him lopsided with a misshapen hand.
Hyena Lounge Comedy Club - Gary Delaney, Angelos Epithemiou & Alex Boardman
- Listing Comedy
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- The White Rose Rotunda
- 19th - 20th Jul 2019
York’s legendary comedy club makes a welcome return to the Great Yorkshire Fringe with four laughter-packed shows on Friday and Saturday nights featuring the cream…
Hyena Lounge Comedy Club: Gary Delaney, Angelos Epithemiou & Alex Boardman
- Listing Comedy
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- The White Rose Rotunda
- 19th - 20th Jul 2019
York’s legendary comedy club makes a welcome return to the Great Yorkshire Fringe with four laughter-packed shows on Friday and Saturday nights featuring the cream…
Paul Sinha: Hazy Little Thing Called Love
- Listing Comedy
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- The White Rose Rotunda
- 19th Jul 2019
Paul returns to the Great Yorkshire Fringe with a preview of his upcoming Edinburgh Festival show.
The Tempest
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- UK Regional & Tours
- Osney Mead
- 25th Jul, 2019
Many strange things occur in Shakespeare’s The Tempest, but in this production, by Oxford’s Creation Theatre, there are more surprises than even Prospero might have conjured up…
The Cocoa Butter Club
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Spiegeltent at Southbank Centre
- 19th Jul - 13th Sep 2019
The Cocoa Butter Club presents a triple bill of exhilarating, vibrant and titillating cabaret.
Paul Sinha: Hazy Little Thing Called Love (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- The White Rose Rotunda
- 19th Jul 2019
A mixture of best bits and new material for Paul's next touring show about the life-changing effect a couple of drinks can have.
Izzy Mant: Polite Club (Preview)
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 15th - 18th Jul 2019
TV comedy producer Izzy (The Windsors, Peep Show, Harry & Paul) has been pathologically tactful all her life.
The Hunt
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Almeida Theatre
- 1st Jul, 2019
Relax and enjoy the welcome extended to guests at the local infants’ school which Michele Austin delivers with considerable warmth and obvious delight.
SHAPPI KHORSANDI : Skittish Warrior...Confessions of a Club Comic
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Hertford Theatre
- 28th Jun 2019
28th June, 8pm Tickets: £16 Suitable for: ages 14+.
The Female Pilots' Club
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 25th Jun 2019
How about a double at the Pilots' Club? Two pilots in just one hour.
The Female Pilot’s Club
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 25th Jun 2019
How about a double at the Pilot’s Club? Two pilots in just one hour.
A Right Royale Tea
- Listing Events
- West End
- Torquay Suite Theatre
- 16th Jun - 1st Sep 2019
Join Lord and Lady Right in A Right Royale Tea – a hilarious immersive comedy afternoon tea performance set in the grandeur of the British aristocracy.
Walk Right Back – The Everly Brothers Story
- Listing Music
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 9th Jun 2019
After a phenomenal sell out tour in 2018, Walk Right Back is.
Club Glitoris
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- London Fringe
- Canal Cafe Theatre
- 6th Jun - 4th Jul 2019
Southend Fringe Festival Presents Club Glitoris. A drag, cabaret, burlesque, comedy night for all the weird and wonderful people to come together and party the night away.
How Does This Politics Thing Work?
- Listing Events
- West End
- Udderbelly
- 30th - 31st May 2019
Politics is boring.
Sam Went: Bicentennial Fan
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
- 24th - 25th May 2019
Sam Went got dumped and did the very normal thing of transferring his feelings onto the 17th worst movie of all time - ‘Bicentennial Man’.
Izzy Mant: Polite Club (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 21st - 23rd May 2019
TV comedy producer Izzy (Peep Show, Toast of London, Harry & Paul) has been pathologically tactful all her life.
Mr Thing
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Komedia Main Space
- 21st May 2019
Welcome to the multimedia mayhem of Mr.
BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Blockhouse
- 20th - 21st May 2019
BA Theatre Arts at GBMet.
An Evening with the Sussex Musicians' Club
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Unitarian Church
- 18th May 2019
An evening of brilliant music-making with soprano Valeria Guidotti, flautist Karen Rash, violinist Sophia Bartlette, guitarist Sebastian Goodwin-Day, and pianists Jon Byrne, Joe Wa…
artrepublic Kids Club
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Brighton Fringe
- artrepublic
- 18th May 2019
Join us for our popular monthly Kids Club; a creative couple of hours, hosted by an artrepublic artist on one Saturday each month and centred around one theme or activity.
Richard Soames: Let's Make a Movie
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 17th - 19th May 2019
One man.
This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing
- Review
- ★★★★
- Paul Fisher Cockburn
- Scotland
- Multiple Venues
- 30th May, 2019
Three, as the song goes, is a magic number.
Right of Entitlement
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Rialto Theatre
- 14th - 18th May 2019
Cleo is a strange girl. Happy at home, happy at school. So what’s her beef? And why the graffiti? A play concerned with fairness, class, education and social mobility.
Richard Wheatley is Blindingly Obvious
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 10th May - 1st Jun 2019
Fresh from debut runs at Edinburgh Fringe 2017 and 2018, and unveiling his new show at this year’s Leicester Comedy Festival, Richard is now looking to make his mark on the seafron…
A Writing Workshop with Richard Skinner
- Listing Spoken Word
- Brighton Fringe
- British Airways i360
- 10th May 2019
A workshop with Richard Skinner—novelist and director of the Fiction Programme at Faber Academy.
Danny Dorling: Rule Britannia, Brexit and the End of Empire
- Listing Spoken Word
- Brighton Fringe
- Komedia Studio
- 5th May 2019
How unusual and odd are we in Europe? For this we can blame the legacy of the British Empire, but we can’t blame anyone else for the Empire.
Brighton Swing Thing
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 4th - 25th May 2019
An afternoon of live swing music and dancing with the friendly and welcoming Brighton Lindyhoppers.
The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 4th - 6th May 2019
One of The Guardian’s Best Shows at the Edinburgh Fringe 2018.
Boat Show Comedy Club
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Boat Show Comedy Club
- 3rd May - 30th Nov 2019
London's finest floating comedy club aboard the Tattershall Castle.
No Such Thing As A Fish `
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- Canal Cafe Theatre
- 3rd May 2019
The team behind multiple award-winning podcast No Such Thing As A Fish are hitting the road again in May this year with their brand new show, 'In No Particular Order'.
Do the Thing: The Made Up Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Burrow
- 3rd May - 2nd Jun 2019
The 2018 critically-acclaimed Brighton Fringe sell-outs return! Join ‘Do the Thing’ for an unmissable high-risk, high-lunacy, highly (well, entirely) improvised musical.
The Secret Comedy Club: Fringe Comedy Hub
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery
- 3rd May - 2nd Jun 2019
We have over 80 professional comedy acts who applied to Artista Cafe & Gallery.
The Hired Man
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- UK Regional & Tours
- Queen’s Theatre
- 2nd May, 2019
The Hired Man has been doing the rounds since 1984 and now finds a home at the Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch.
Man of La Mancha
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- West End
- London Coliseum
- 2nd May, 2019
A rousing overture, with blasting brass and pounding percussion raises hopes at the Coliseum for the first London production of Man Of La Mancha for over fifty years.
The Dramatic Exploits of Edmund Kean
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Tara Theatre
- 25th Apr, 2019
Despite occasional complaints, audiences over the centuries have generally become well-behaved.
Little Death Club
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Spiegeltent at Southbank Centre
- 18th Apr - 23rd Jun 2019
Welcome to the darkest, funniest and most debauched kabarett club this side of Berlin! A gin soaked, Weimar-punk jazz band soundtracks a hazy night of dangerously fu…
Stand-Up Comedy Club (April)
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Farnham Maltings
- 17th Apr 2019
Farnham Maltings and Off the Kerb Productions present their popular Stand-Up Comedy Club, your chance to catch up-and-coming comedy talent in a club environment.
Three Sisters
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Almeida Theatre
- 18th Apr, 2019
An air of timelessness perversely pervades Three Sisters at the Almeida.
Post Mortem
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- The Space
- 21st Apr, 2019
It’s not just a dead body that can be the subject of a post mortem.
Market Boy
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Union Theatre
- 25th Apr, 2019
A rollicking romp around the stalls of Romford fills the Union Theatre, Southwark, in a joyous revival of David Eldridge’s Market Boy.
Walk Right Back - The Everly Brothers Story
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Civic Theatre
- 10th Apr 2019
From the Producers of That'll be the Day, the show tells the story of the most successful duo of all time - The Everly Brothers.
After The Dance
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Bridewell Theatre
- 11th Apr, 2019
Terence Rattigan personifies the maxim that you can’t keep a good man down.
Variety Film Club - My Fair Lady
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 4th Apr 2019
Variety Film Club The team behind Variety Lunch Club have hatched a new plan so that you can come and have an afternoon out with friends while watching some of th…
The Trials Of Oscar Wilde
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Greenwich Theatre
- 4th Apr, 2019
Court rooms can often make for high drama, but unfortunately in this case the transcript of ‘the trial of the century, proves to be less than gripping.
Tony’s Last Tape
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Omnibus Theatre
- 6th Apr, 2019
Possibly less famous than Beckett’s Krapp’s Last Tape, Andy Barrett’s Tony’s Last Tape has much in common with it; not least the obsession each of the eponymous heroes had …
Cry Havoc
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Park Theatre
- 5th Apr, 2019
There is plenty of barking in the street during Tom Coash’s Cry Havoc at the Park Theatre.
The Conductor
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- The Space
- 1st Apr, 2019
The tragedy of World War II is remembered in many ways, but The Conductor, at The Space, takes a highly focussed look at just one small event in Russia’s window on the west in 19…
Othello
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
- 26th Mar, 2019
There are times when a production comes along that is a powerful reminder of the beauty and eloquence of Shakespeare’s writing, his clarity of exposition and ingenuity of plot, e…
Hair
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- New Wimbledon Theatre
- 1st Apr, 2019
We might still be in the age of Aquarius, or we may not yet have entered it, depending on whose calculations you prefer, but it is now over fifty years since Hair opened on Broadwa…
Fiddler on the Roof
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- West End
- Playhouse Theatre
- 28th Mar, 2019
Welcome to Anatevka! The Playhouse Theatre has been transformed to create this ‘dear little village’ for Trevor Nunn’s penetrating production of Fiddler on the Roof.
SINGEASY does Musical Theatre
- Listing Music
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 17th Mar 2019
MAD Trust in association with Pianoworks West End present SINGEASY does Musical Theatre.
Othello
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Union Theatre
- 22nd Mar, 2019
The need for ‘a willing suspension of disbelief’ traditionally associated with an appreciation of Shakespeare’s Othello reaches a new level necessity in director Phil Willmot…
Stand-Up Comedy Club (March)
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Farnham Maltings
- 13th Mar 2019
Farnham Maltings and Off the Kerb Productions present their popular Stand-Up Comedy Club, your chance to catch up-and-coming comedy talent in a club environment.
Richard III
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Alexandra Palace
- 20th Mar, 2019
The palatial ceiling aloft the shattered plaster and exposed brick walls of the newly restored Alexandra Palace Theatre are aptly suited to Headlong’s powerful production of Shak…
How Does This Politics Thing Work Then? (6+yrs)
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- London Fringe
- Watermans Art Centre
- 10th Mar 2019
Politics is boring.
Next Thing You Know
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Bridewell Theatre
- 5th - 9th Mar 2019
Next Thing You Know is a musical about four New Yorkers waking up from their invincible twenties and confronting adulthood in the city that never sleeps.
The Silence of Snow: The Life of Patrick Hamilton
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- UK Regional & Tours
- GUILD HALL / Stamford Arts Centre / The Brockley Jack Studio Theatre
- 18th Mar, 2019
Master of the monologue, Mark Farrelly, sits slumped forward in an upright chair shrouded in a white smock, whose back-ties make it resemble a cross between a straight jacket and a…
Sean McLoughlin: Hail Mary
- Listing Comedy
- UK Regional & Tours
- Multiple Venues
- 1st Mar - 16th Apr 2019
Following a whirlwind year of high-profile tour support slots (Ricky Gervais, Bill Burr, Doug Stanhope), a 2018 Chortle Award nomination and an acclaimed, sell out Edinburgh Fringe…
Variety Film Club - Wizard Of Oz
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 28th Feb 2019
Variety Film Club The team behind Variety Lunch Club have hatched a new plan so that you can come and have an afternoon out with friends while watching some of th…
Teens pottery & ceramics club
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Farnham Maltings
- 27th Feb 2019
£78 for 5 week courseWednesdays at 6.
Cosi Fan Tutte
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- West End
- Royal Opera House
- 25th Feb 2019 - 10th Jul 2024
Thomas Allen and five young operatic talents star in Mozart's theatrical and tuneful comedy about love and fidelity.
Comedy Club 4 Kids
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Brighton
- Komedia Brighton
- 16th Feb 2019
Since 2005, the Comedy Club 4 Kids has been getting the best stand-ups and sketch acts from the international circuit to do their thing for an audience of children (aged 6+) and th…
Comedy Club 4 Kids
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Farnham Maltings
- 16th Feb 2019
Comedy Club 4 Kids It's a comedy club, right, but for kids.
It's A Scream Comedy Club
- Listing Comedy
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 15th Feb - 14th Jun 2019
New parents! You can do a fun thing without ditching your babies! Three great stand up comedians performing in a room where babies are welcome (up to the age where they …
Stand-Up Comedy Club (February)
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Farnham Maltings
- 13th Feb 2019
Farnham Maltings and Off the Kerb Productions present their popular Stand-Up Comedy Club, your chance to catch up-and-coming comedy talent in a club environment.
Variety Lunch Club
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 13th Feb - 3rd Jul 2019
The Royal Court Variety Lunch Club will run throughout the year on Wednesday afternoons in the main theatre and is open to anyone who wants to enjoy an afternoon of ente…
To She Or Not To She
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Tristan Bates Theatre
- 12th Feb, 2019
"Frailty, thy name is woman!" That is probably not most women’s favourite line from Shakespeare and could not be further from the truth when applied to Emma Bentley.
The Story's End
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Tristan Bates Theatre
- 12th Feb, 2019
I didn’t actually see this performance; not by virtue of being absent, but rather because I had followed the request of actor and spoken word poet, Paul Daly, to blindfold myself…
Blasphemy
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Tristan Bates Theatre
- 12th Feb, 2019
In the sad world of factory farming the horrors of animals trapped in cages for the duration of their painful lives is well-documented and visually familiar.
Danny O' Brien: Lock-In
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Dublin
- Civic Theatre
- 7th Feb 2019
A perfect mix of brains, banter and brilliance"- Great Scott ★★★★★ Award-winning Irish comedian Danny O' Brien went to prison.
DNA
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- UK Regional & Tours
- Queen’s Theatre
- 11th Feb, 2019
Just because you’ve committed a crime doesn’t mean you have to be caught; at least, not if you can devise a clever cover-up.
The Tempest
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Greenwich Theatre
- 11th Feb, 2019
The are more "sounds" than "sweet airs" in Lazarus Theatre Company’s production of The Tempest at the Greenwich Theatre and while some elements of the perform…
Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 4th Feb - 1st Apr 2019
The "Podfather" (Guardian) and "King of the Internet" (Time Out) returns with the award winning Podcast in which he chats with the biggest names in c…
NT ENCORE: THE TRAGEDY OF KING RICHARD THE SECOND
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Hertford Theatre
- 29th Jan 2019
Tuesday 29th January, 7pmTickets: £15 or £11 for school groupsSuitable for: no age suitability has been given yet for this screeningDuration: …
The Orchestra
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Omnibus Theatre
- 1st Feb, 2019
The programme notes aptly describe The Orchestra at the Omnibus Theatre, which might be regarded as one of Jean Anouilh’s more incidental pieces.
Puppet King Richard II - Dumfries Fringe 2019
- Listing Puppetry
- Scotland
- Container Theatre
- 26th Jan 2019
A “highly engrossing”, ‘pocket epic’ staging of Shakespeare’s Richard II.
Izzy Mant: Polite Club
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 23rd Jan 2019
TV comedy producer Izzy (The Windsors, Peep Show, Harry & Paul) has been pathologically tactful all her life.
The Monday Club
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 14th Jan - 25th Mar 2019
Grab yourself a drink and join us in the Museum bar for a relaxed weekly night of new material from some of the finest comedians on the circuit.
The 24/7 Club
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 22nd Nov 2018
Charlie Vero-Martin plays historical characters who share her birthday - the 24th July! Party with Zelda Fitzgerald, Amelia Earhart and more in this fun and thought prov…
Summer and Smoke
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- West End
- Duke of Yorks Theatre
- 24th Nov, 2018
The Almeida Theatre’s highly acclaimed production of Tennessee Williams’ Summer and Smoke, boldly and sensitively directed by Rebecca Frecknall, is now playing at the Duke of Y…
Love-Lies-Bleeding
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- PRINT ROOM at THE CORONET
- 19th Nov, 2018
A family on the verge of a momentous decision forms the focus of Don DeLillo’s Love-Lies-Bleeding at the Print Room at the Coronet in a stark production by director Jack McNamara…
The Recruiting Officer
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Old Red Lion Theatre Pub
- 15th Nov, 2018
In her article for the British Library on Restorations Comedy Diane Maybankobserves that “little can be gained from removing the plays from their historical settings”.
Indebted To Chance.
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Old Red Lion Theatre Pub
- 12th Nov, 2018
Actor/scriptwriter Charlie Ryall leads an entertaining troupe of actors from Mercurius Theatre Company in her play Indebted to Chance at the Old Red Lion Theatre.
Does Genre Matter? Mick Herron & Robert Goddard with Martin Doyle
- Listing
- Dublin
- Smock Alley Theatre, 1662
- 4th Nov 2018
The novels of Robert Goddard have ranged freely across the generic landscape.
Haunting Julia
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- UK Regional & Tours
- Queen’s Theatre
- 5th Nov, 2018
After Alan Ayckbourn had seen The Woman in Black and the film The Haunting he was inspired to depart from his usual comedic tales of middle class life and try his hand at a ghost s…
BRASS, an Award-winning Musical by Benjamin Till
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Union Theatre
- 8th Nov, 2018
Brass, Benjamin Till’s winner of the ‘Best Musical’ in the 2014 UK Theatre Awards, fills the stage at the Union Theatre, Southwark, in its professional London première.
Dealing with Clair
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Orange Tree Theatre
- 31st Oct, 2018
The Orange Tree Theatre in a co-production with English Touring Theatre could hardly have expected that renewed police investigations into the mysterious disappearance of estate ag…
The Giant Killers
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Upstairs at the Gatehouse
- 1st Nov, 2018
Darwen is probably not the most well-known town in England, but it holds a very special place in the history of football.
Comedy Club 4 Kids
- Listing Children’s Shows
- London Fringe
- Greenwich Theatre
- 26th Oct 2018
Since 2005, the Comedy Club 4 Kids has been getting the best stand-ups and sketch acts from the international circuit to do their thing for an audience of children (aged 6+) and th…
ear for eye
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Jerwood Theatre Downstairs
- 5th Nov, 2018
There are several peaks and notable features in debbie tucker green’s ear for eye that rise above the lengthy exposition of her themes that otherwise dominate this new work.
LOVE
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- UK Regional & Tours
- Queen’s Theatre
- 28th Oct, 2018
The Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch has reconfigured it’s stage and auditorium to house writer/director Alexander Zeldin’s production of Love.
Rupert Street Lonely Hearts Club
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Above the Stag Theatre
- 19th Oct - 18th Nov 2018
Rupert Street Lonely Hearts Club By Jonathan HarveyDirected by Steven DexterDesigned by David Shields Lighting designed by Jamie PlattFrom the writer…
The Wild Duck
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Almeida Theatre
- 25th Oct, 2018
A brightly lit auditorium and bare stage, with its exposed brick walls, look all set for a rehearsal.
The Paradise Circus
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- The Playground Theatre, Cafe and Bar
- 16th Oct, 2018
A little-known theatre hosts a lesser-known play and the result is a theatrical triumph.
Parents’ Evening
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Jermyn Street Theatre
- 10th Oct, 2018
The Rebels’ Season continues at the Jermyn Street Theatre with Bathsheba Doran’s Parents’ Evening.
To Have To Shoot Irishmen
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Omnibus Theatre
- 8th Oct, 2018
To Have To Shoot Irishmen opens the Irish Theatre Season at the Omnibus Theatre, Clapham.
Quietly
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Omnibus Theatre
- 15th Oct, 2018
Quietly is set in a pub in Belfast.
ONCE
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- UK Regional & Tours
- The Queen’s Theatre
- 6th Oct, 2018
“It’s only people up there with guitars and other instruments telling and singing their way through an everyday love story.
The Covent Garden Comedy Club @ Heaven
The Covent Garden Comedy Club @ Heaven is celebrating 16 years of making London laugh in 2018 and is the biggest and most successful independent comedy club in Central London with …
Little Fools
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- The Space
- 26th Sep, 2018
The autumn/winter season at the Space on the Isle of Dogs got off to a punchy start this week with Little Fools.
Kids Play
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Above the Stag Theatre
- 24th Sep, 2018
Kids Play is now running in London following its triumph at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where it received multiple five star reviews.
No Help Sent
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Tristan Bates Theatre
- 23rd Sep, 2018
Gordon Brown once observed how Aneurin Bevan’s vision of a National Health Service was unimaginable in its day, yet it has withstood the test of time.
Revelation 1:18
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Tristan Bates Theatre
- 23rd Sep, 2018
"I was dead, and now look, I am alive for ever and ever!" Although never spoken in Revelation 1:18 these words from the last book in the bible capture the aspirational i…
Wine
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Tristan Bates Theatre
- 24th Sep, 2018
Wine makes a return to the Tristan Bates Theatre following its successful run earlier in the year.
The Outsider (L’Étranger)
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- PRINT ROOM at THE CORONET
- 20th Sep, 2018
Albert Camus’ The Outsider (L’Étranger), is starkly brought to the stage in an adaptation by Ben Okri, Winner of the Man Booker Prize, commissioned by The Print Room at The C…
Losing Venice
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Orange Tree Theatre
- 13th Sep, 2018
Shakespeare created ‘the vastly fields of France’ in a cramped ‘cockpit’ and crammed within his ‘wooden O the very casques that did affright the air at Agincourt’ all c…
Prairie Flower
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Upstairs at the Gatehouse
- 19th Sep, 2018
Perhaps as a five-part radio serial Prairie Flower might provide some particular interest to crime enthusiasts, but as a two-hour monologue in the Upstairs at the Gatehouse, even w…
Abi
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- The Queen’s Theatre
- 8th Sep, 2018
Despite its title, we know very little of what actually happened at Abigail’s party.
About Leo
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Jermyn Street Theatre
- 18th Sep, 2018
About Leo is the first offering in The Rebels Season at Jermyn Street Theatre; an autumn programme that focuses on ‘people who dared to be different’.
Abigail's Party
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- The Queen’s Theatre
- 8th Sep, 2018
It’s a mark of how well a play is rooted in a particular era that the mere mention of Estée Lauder’s Youth Dew perfume can send ripples of mirth throughout the auditorium to a…
Richard Rodgers – A Song in My Heart
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Andrew’s and St George’s West, George St
- 26th Aug 2018
Appearing for the 28th successive year in the magnificent setting of St Andrew’s and St George’s West, Fife vocal concert group Ensemble (www.
Alan Cumming presents Club Cumming
- Listing Music / Music / Music / Music
- Edinburgh International Festival
- Leith Theatre
- 25th Aug 2018
Club Cumming began in Alan’s Studio 54 dressing room after performances of Cabaret on Broadway in 2015, where pals like Sting, Gareth Pugh and Monica Lewinsky would come backst…
Rachel Parris' Musical Comedy Club
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 14th - 23rd Aug 2018
For three nights only, award-winning musical comedian and star of BBC Two’s The Mash Report, Rachel Parris, presents a late-night jamboree of tunes intended to tickle, including so…
Iain (Stirling) Does Jokes (With Pals)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance at EICC
- 22nd - 24th Aug 2018
Three nights, 30 comedians, hundreds of laughs.
A Show About Shows About Show Biz
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 20th - 25th Aug 2018
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…
In Your Own Sweet Way
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 25th Aug, 2018
Hoghead Theatre Company Returns to the Fringe with their devised piece In Your Own Sweet Way.
Richard Plays Richard Rogers
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- artSpace@StMarks
- 20th - 22nd Aug 2018
Celebrated pianist, composer and broadcaster Richard Michael BEM pays homage to the song-writing talents of another Richard in a programme of his best known tunes – song-writing …
Rab Noakes: Hitting the Right Note in 2018
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Acoustic Music Centre @ UCC
- 20th Aug 2018
Rab’s delighted to be bringing his current solo show, hot on the heels of a new album, to AMC.
Izzy Mant: Polite Club
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- The Bill Murray
- 20th - 26th Aug 2018
TV comedy producer Izzy (Peep Show, Toast of London, Harry & Paul) has been pathologically tactful all her life.
Richard III
- Listing Theatre
- Camden Fringe
- Upstairs at the Gatehouse
- 20th - 24th Aug 2018
Old bones ache before a storm.
Joz Norris Has No Show This Year, but Mr Fruit Salad Does
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Heroes @ The SpiegelYurt
- 18th - 19th Aug 2018
Hi, I’m award-winning comic, actor and writer Joz Norris (BBC Three, BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 4 Extra, ITV, ITV2, Dave, Channel 4).
In Conversation With... Richard Leonard
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand’s New Town Theatre
- 18th Aug 2018
A proud socialist and trade unionist, elected Scottish Labour Party leader in 2017 on a radical programme of change.
Adventures of the Singing Acupuncturist 6: Big O Makes It in New York... or, Does She? – Free
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Espionage / Laughing Horse @ The Phoenix
- 14th - 27th Aug 2018
Do you not fit into a box? Olivia (Big O) knows all too well about not fitting in: when kimchi, AKA fire-breathing garlic dragon breath, is your culture’s most famous export, how…
Bongo Club Cabaret vs Cancer
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 16th Aug 2018
The legendary late-night variety show returns for one night only! An incredible line-up of cabaret, comedy and music acts from across the Fringe presented by Rhymes with Purple and…
Cezary Goes to War
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Army @ The Fringe in Association with Summerhall
- 18th Aug, 2018
The Regional Medical Draft Board has strict guidelines for the classification of recruits and their suitability for deployment.
The Fun Club Presents...
- Review
- ★★
- C. M. Cromie
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Zoo Southside
- 21st Aug, 2018
I’m not sure how to explain The Fun Club Presents… Three performers – Sara Page, Franny Anne Rafferty and Alistair McPhail – in a room, all in animal face-paint, talk obliq…
Goodbye Rosetta
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Niddry St
- 17th Aug, 2018
Goodbye Rosetta abounds with youthful enthusiasm and passion.
Andy Zaltzman: Right Questions. Wrong Answers.
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4
- 15th - 26th Aug 2018
Zaltzman, host of long-running global hit podcast, The Bugle, returns to Edinburgh to (a) ask, (b) confront, (c) evade and (d) incorrectly respond to, the biggest questions facing …
Reverend Richard Coles: Confessions
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 13th - 27th Aug 2018
Join former 80s pop star turned vicar and broadcaster Reverend Richard Coles – co-host of BBC Radio 4’s Saturday Live and BBC One’s The Big Painting Challenge, star of Strictly C…
HMS Pinafore
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in Augustines
- 15th Aug, 2018
The University of St Andrews Gilbert and Sullivan Society makes their regular contribution to the Festival Fringe, this year with HMS Pinafore.
Kids Play
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Niddry St
- 15th Aug, 2018
Glen Chandler, Edinburgh’s theatrical detective story-writing son, returns to the Festival Fringe this year with yet another ingenious triumph.
Picasso's Women
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Fruitmarket Gallery
- 26th Aug, 2018
Given how many inhabited his life, Picasso’s Women is but a mere glimpse from one side of the bed into what they endured.
Danny O'Hare: I Feel Fuzzy
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 13th - 18th Aug 2018
Music, comedy and crisis in a puppet show for grown-ups.
Reigen
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Niddry St / theSpace @ Venue45
- 15th Aug, 2018
Some plays lend themselves to radical reinterpretations and stagings while others need handling with more care.
Waiting for Ofsted
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Niddry St
- 15th Aug, 2018
Oh how easily this ambitious project could have fallen flat on its face and oh how wonderfully it sustains itself.
Fan Girl
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 13th - 25th Aug 2018
Geraldine is a lonely young secretary living with her invalid and overbearing mother.
Forget Me Nots
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Army @ The Fringe in Association with Summerhall
- 13th Aug, 2018
Forget Me Nots is a new piece of ‘queer theatre’ from Rokkur Friggjar, a collective of theatre makers based in Iceland and the UK, who are contributors to this year’s Army@Su…
Shell Shock
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Army @ The Fringe in Association with Summerhall
- 15th Aug, 2018
"A British soldier never runs away from a fight", Tommy Atkins proudly proclaims.
Alex Yellowlees Hot Club Quartet
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Acoustic Music Centre @ UCC
- 10th Aug 2018
Sold out AMC2017! Alex (the Scottish modern day Stephane Grappelli) on violin and virtuoso guitarists Ged Brockie and Mike Nisbet plus legendary double bassist Kenny Ellis, perform…
The Troth
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Army @ The Fringe in Association with Summerhall
- 17th Aug, 2018
Based on Chandradhar Sharma Guleri’s iconic Hindi short story Usne Kaha Tha, The Troth is about one soldier, Sardar Lehna Singh, and the sacrifice he makes to keep his secret pro…
InValid Voices
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Army @ The Fringe in Association with Summerhall
- 13th Aug, 2018
When the soldier goes to war what of those left behind? This is the question posed by InValid Voices, a new theatre piece based on interviews with women serving as and married to C…
Richard Walker: Sings Adequately, Mediocre Magic and Passably Humorous - The Show!
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Argyle Cellar Bar
- 10th - 11th Aug 2018
Mediocre magic.
The Gin Chronicles in New York
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- artSpace@StMarks
- 13th Aug, 2018
The Gin Chronicles in New York is the latest saga in this well-established series that by now has something of a following.
The Dame
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Dome
- 20th Aug, 2018
Peter Duncan’s The Dame is hosted at The Dome, one of Edinburgh’s glitziest and most glamorous buildings.
Dani Sicari and The Easy Rollers: Live at The A Club
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Merchant’s Hall
- 8th - 9th Aug 2018
What’s that, old sport? Swing classics and Prohibition-era hits from some of the finest talents in the country? Precisely! Prepare to be transported back to the golden age of jaz…
Get Your Show Seen by the Right People
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 6th - 14th Aug 2018
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Does That Mean We're Not Going Bowling?
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves / theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 3rd - 18th Aug 2018
Does That Mean We’re Not Going Bowling? may be the best debut comedy show at the Fringe this year.
Bucket Men
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C royale
- 17th Aug, 2018
Bucket Men takes place in a small basement studio at C Royale where two men coincidentally have jobs in a small basement of a faceless government building.
Just the Tonic Comedy Club – Midnight Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 5th - 26th Aug 2018
‘Consistently boasting the most interesting line-ups in the country’ (Times). The best acts from the Fringe come and muck about and make you laugh at midnight.
Margaret Thatcher Queen of Club Nights
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 5th - 26th Aug 2018
Former PM and cabaret superstar Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho is back.
Club Swizzle
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Roundhouse
- 4th - 26th Aug 2018
Comedy, circus and cabaret – served with a twist Loose, glorious and irresistibly fun, Club Swizzle is a night of sassy entertainment at the wildest bar in town.
You Are Frogs
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Venue 13
- 18th Aug, 2018
If some of what you are about to read sounds completely bonkers then you are well on the way to an appreciation of You Are Frogs.
Swipe Right Love and Other Comedy Songs
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Bar Bados Complex
- 4th - 25th Aug 2018
New Zealand’s foremost comedy singer-songwriter, when ranked alphabetically, presents original comedy songs.
Chris Chopping's Lonely Hearts Club Band
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Dr Livingstone’s / The Clootie Dumpling / Three Broomsticks
- 4th - 25th Aug 2018
Last year, Chris was finally feeling happy and well-adjusted.
Man Down
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Venue 13
- 18th Aug, 2018
Man Down emerges from three years of research and hours of interviews and discussions with people in Baltimore, USA.
The Show Between Shows Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- BrewDog Lothian Rd
- 4th - 25th Aug 2018
New(ish) for 2018! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
Is That Right Aye?
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 4th - 14th Aug 2018
The Weegies are back! This time with another new Scottish comedy spectacular! After their sold-out run last year, the boys have returned with a bigger, better and funnier show! For…
Red and Boiling
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Venue 13
- 18th Aug, 2018
Red and Boiling is an entertaining cabaret-style show with some serious undertones.
Little Death Club
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Jodie McVicar
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly’s Circus Hub on the Meadows
- 22nd Aug, 2018
An atmosphere of fun and weimar cabaret beats envelop us as we enter Beauty at the Circus Hub.
The OS Map Fan Club
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpaceTriplex
- 3rd - 18th Aug 2018
Edinburgh Fringe sell-out show in 2017.
My Name Is Dorothy
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Royal Terrace
- 9th Aug, 2018
The first point to make clear is that My Name is Dorothy has nothing to do with The Wizard of Oz.
The Stand Late Club
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club
- 3rd - 25th Aug 2018
‘This is late-night comedy at its finest’ **** (BroadwayBaby.
Diamond Comedy Club
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2018
The Diamond Comedy Club is bringing some of the freshest voices in stand-up comedy to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for an unmissable late-night party! Each night, a different line…
Rob Kemp's Wheel of Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel / Monkey Barrel Comedy Club
- 3rd - 26th Aug 2018
Feeling pressured by his success last year with The Elvis Dead, Rob Kemp returns with ten(!) shows stuck to a spinning wheel.
Richard Pulsford: Uns-Pun
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn
- 3rd - 26th Aug 2018
Master of wordplay Richard Pulsford brings his fifth solo show to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
What Does Sex Sell?
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand’s New Town Theatre
- 3rd Aug 2018
Men are sexual predators and women are sex objects – or so advertisers tell us.
Virgin
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 7th Aug, 2018
Simon David bursts onto the stage in a bout of eccentricity that boldly asserts his dominance over the evening.
Berlin Survivors' Comedy Club
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Frankenstein Pub
- 3rd - 26th Aug 2018
Berlin, the capital of dark humour, dark history and dark rooms.
The 900 Club
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Poetry Library
- 3rd - 12th Aug 2018
Four friends reunite after five years to commemorate the death of their friend, which broke them apart.
Comedy Club 4 Kids
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Roxy
- 3rd - 26th Aug 2018
Just ‘cos you’re a kid, doesn’t mean you should miss out on the best stand-ups and sketch acts of the Fringe! Just ‘cos you’re an adult at a kids’ show, doesn’t mean you can’t also…
And Another Thing! An Improvised Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 3rd - 18th Aug 2018
What’s the one thing you’ve always wished you told somebody? What was the perfect phrase for that moment that just passed you by? Never seen before, never to be seen again.
Shackleton's Stowaway
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 8th Aug, 2018
Making their debut at the Festival Fringe, Stolen Elephant Theatre bring to life one of the great voyages of the Heroic Age of Antarctic exploration in Shackleton’s Stowaway.
Éowyn Emerald and Dancers
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Royal Terrace
- 9th Aug, 2018
A young man waited outside the Greenside Royal Terrace Venue for Éowyn Emerald & Dancers to appear after their performance.
Romeo and Juliet
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Niddry St
- 12th Aug, 2018
Curious Pheasant Theatre reinvents the Bard’s most famous tale of ‘star-cross’d’ lovers in a bare-bones, twisted production that will have purists running for shelter and a…
The Next Big Thing
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 3rd - 25th Aug 2018
John Lennon spent his Scottish boyhood holidays in Durness, Sutherland: not fake news! This thoughtful, comic fable of modern Scotland, adapted from the novel by Scottish Governmen…
101 Comedy Club – Free
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2018
‘Funny.
Sean McLoughlin: Hail Mary
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2018
After 30 wasted years, Sean McLoughlin (Chortle Award nominee, Ricky Gervais tour support) is back at the Fringe to perform the show of his mediocre life.
99 Club Stand-Up Selection – Free
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2018
Proudly supporting the Free Festival with a different selection each day of four of the best comics at the Fringe.
The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Mockingbird
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2018
Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance.
Richard Brown: You Are Not My Audience
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Coffee House
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2018
Richard Brown is too angry to kill himself.
Zach & Viggo and Thumpasaurus: Where Does the Love Go?
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2018
Following the first space war of Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, a lone detective is contracted to find the love in this absurdist, avant-garde, funk opera.
Reel Comedy Club
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 2nd - 25th Aug 2018
Twice a day, Audrey, the unique 22-seat Vintage Mobile Cinema will become a comedy venue.
Danny O'Brien: Lock-In
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2018
Award-winning Irish comedian Danny O’Brien went to prison.
Richard Hanrahan Is Doing This
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2018
Ursine stand-up Richard Hanrahan finally gets his act together, or at least tries to.
To Have Done With the Judgement of God
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C too
- 12th Aug, 2018
Leaving the theatre with no idea what you have just seen but having enjoyed it immensely is perhaps an appropriate response to a production of Antonin Artaud’s To Have Done With …
Mickey Sharma – Filthy Club Comic
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap
- 2nd - 25th Aug 2018
With five Edinburgh shows under his belt and nine years experience as a professional, Mickey brings his best material. No feelings, just good jokes.
Richard Wright: Virgin
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Mash House
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2018
Richard Wright is a virgin.
Leo Kearse: Right-Wing Comedian
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Espionage
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2018
Scottish Comedian of the Year, Leo Kearse returns with the follow up to I Can Make You Tory.
Mark Steel: Every Little Thing's Gonna Be Alright
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 2nd - 12th Aug 2018
The star of Mark Steel’s in Town (BBC Radio 4) brings back his 2017 sell-out show, guaranteed to make the world seem even more mental than it still is.
After Hours Cabaret Club
- Review
- ★★★
- Jodie McVicar
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 6th Aug, 2018
Entering the Underbelly Fresian, we were enticed by the melodious notes of a live band playing.
Mr Thing
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 1st - 26th Aug 2018
The live, chaotic, comedy chat show Thing.
My Left / Right Foot – The Musical
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Joseph McAulay
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Roxy
- 10th Aug, 2018
Birds of Paradise’s new musical is a hysterical and at times incredibly thoughtful production that takes a wry and insightful poke at the state of inclusion in modern theatre and…
Richard Soames: Let's Make a Movie
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 1st - 27th Aug 2018
One man.
Richard Wheatley: Jokes and Tales of a Second-Year Gap Student
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C royale
- 1st - 27th Aug 2018
Richard is Britain’s leading blind theoretical physicist turned stand-up comedian with a Blue Peter badge… well, definitely in the top three.
Rik Carranza: Still a Fan
- Review
- ★★★★
- Paul Fisher Cockburn
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Rose Theatre
- 10th Aug, 2018
Rik Carranza is a Star Trek fan.
Richard Todd: We Need the Eggs
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 1st - 26th Aug 2018
An artist draws the same image repeatedly with indomitable zeal.
Egg: Richard Pictures
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 1st - 26th Aug 2018
Brand-new sketch show from stars of award-winning Fringe favourites BattleActs (BBC Radio 1).
Fringe Wives Club: Glittery Clittery
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Annabel Pribelszki
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Roxy
- 10th Aug, 2018
If you like your cabaret kick-ass, feminist, patriarchy-smashing and unabashedly consensual, do not miss Glittery Clittery Fringe Wives Club.
Charlie V Martin: The 24/7 Club
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C royale
- 1st - 27th Aug 2018
Welcome to The 24/7 Club, where everyone was born on the 24th July! Party with Zelda Fitzgerald, Amelia Earhart and more in Charlie V Martin’s new solo show about her birthday.
The Onion Club: American Apocalypse Now
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Rose Theatre
- 1st - 25th Aug 2018
A deliciously dark musical cabaret exquisitely crushing the American dream, delivered with rare power and visceral beauty.
Physics Fan Fiction
- Listing Comedy
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- The Basement
- 27th Jul 2018
Stand-up comedy about theoretical physics.
Club Briefs
- Listing Events
- West End
- Spiegeltent at Southbank Centre
- 25th Jul 2018 - 3rd Aug 2019
Get your dancing shoes on with cult cabaret hooligans and mischief makers BRIEFS in a late night romp of music, performance and mayhem - all inside Underbelly Festival’s stun…
Hymn to Love
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Jermyn Street Theatre
- 28th Jul, 2018
“I've always known that one day I would have my own niche in the annals of song.
Iolanthe
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Greenwich Theatre
- 25th Jul, 2018
Prime Minister Clement Attlee once observed that ‘the House of Lords is like a glass of champagne that has stood for five days’.
The Burning Duck Comedy Club £5/PWYW Showcase
- Listing Comedy
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- The Basement
- 23rd - 29th Jul 2018
York’s alternative comedy sensation the Burning Duck Comedy Club returns to the Great Yorkshire Fringe, presenting another handcrafted artisanal smorgasbang of the…
Hyena Lounge Kids Comedy Club
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- The Turn Pot
- 21st Jul 2018
Featuring 3 acts from the comedy circuit performing jokes that are suitable for children, but funny enough to get everyone laughing.
Hyena Lounge Comedy Club
- Listing Comedy
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- The White Rose Rotunda
- 20th - 21st Jul 2018
York’s legendary comedy club makes a welcome return to the Great Yorkshire with four laughter-packed shows on Friday and Saturday nights featuring the cream of the…
Fred and Ginger
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- UK Regional & Tours
- A.E Harris
- 23rd Jul, 2018
Love is a many-splendored thing, or so the soundtrack maintains as it heralds a fifty-minute romp through teenage troubles, acting aspirations and romantic realities.
The Final Journey of Edward Wilson
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- UK Regional & Tours
- Blue Orange Theatre
- 24th Jul, 2018
Recent years have witnessed mounting criticism of mumbling actors, mostly on television but also in the the theatre.
Barry Humphries Weimar Cabaret
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- West End
- London Palladium / The Barbican
- 14th Jul, 2018
Ernst Krenek, Erich Korngold, Frank Schreker, Erwin Schulhoff and Mischa Spoliansky were not household names in the late 1940s when a young Barry Humphries in Melbourne, Australia …
Earthquakes in London
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- The Bridewell Theatre
- 11th Jul, 2018
In a lengthy whirlwind of staccato scenes with lento, adagio and presto interludes, Mike Bartlett’s Earthquakes in London combines political intrigue, corporate corruption, perso…
West End Does: Bond
- Listing Music
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 1st Jul 2018
Join us for a chance to hear some of the West End’s premier Singers, supported by our masterful ‘Big Band’, perform all your favourite classic theme so…
Knights of the Rose
- Review
- ★
- Richard Beck
- West End
- Arts Theatre
- 6th Jul, 2018
"Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon" (II Samuel 1:20) is a line that does not appear in Knights of the Rose.
The Play About My Dad
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Jermyn Street Theatre
- 30th Jun, 2018
According to its author, Loo Killebrew, The Play About My Dad “should feel quick-moving, and hopefully have a rhythm that is similar to the rhythm of a storm.
Richard Wright: Literally A Virgin
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 16th Jun 2018
Richard Wright is a 35 year old, obese, balding, geeky, adult virgin who still lives at home with his parents.
Beautiful Thing
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Above the Stag Theatre
- 10th - 29th Jun 2018
We are thrilled to open our new, larger home on 1 June with a 25th anniversary production of Beautiful Thing by Jonathan Harvey.
Two by Jim Cartwright
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Drayton Arms Theatre
- 12th Jun, 2018
Clueless Theatre makes a remarkable company debut with a production of Jim Cartwright’s Two.
The End of History
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- St Giles-in-the-Fields
- 10th Jun, 2018
The End of History is billed as “a moving and funny site-responsive play with music which uses a chance encounter to explore the impact of gentrification on two radically differe…
Next Best Thing on Next Best Thing
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 2nd - 3rd Jun 2018
Parkinson.
Variety Club 4 Kids
- Listing Children’s Shows
- West End
- Spiegeltent at Southbank Centre
- 29th May 2018 - 8th Jun 2019
The very best variety acts from all around the world do their awe inspiring and death defying performances for an audience of children (aged 6+) and their families…but witho…
Funk The Format's Club Tropicana
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- The Venue (Formally The View)
- 27th May 2018
DJ Format, Soul Casserole, Lynda Phoenix, Nick Maxwell, King Prawn, Odyssey, Soozy Q and Lucy ‘Elle J’ Small.
Club Click: Miami Meltdown
- Listing Nightlife
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 26th May 2018
Booty queens and hip hustlers pack your bags and fly down with us to Coconut Grove, Miami for a tropical night of sultry glamour, cabaret chic and dirty disco dancing.
Club de Fromage
- Listing Nightlife
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 19th May 2018
Started by ex-gangster Fat Tony and now run by his half-wit son, Slow Alfie, this is the club that time forgot.
The Story Beast & Richard Soames
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 18th - 20th May 2018
The Foster’s Edinburgh Best Newcomer award-nominated ‘Story Beast’, “a bearded force of nature” (The Guardian) and critically-acclaimed “charming storyteller” (Chortle), …
A Musical History of 24 George St, Brighton - and Other Shows
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Bom-Bane’s Music Cafe
- 18th May - 3rd Jun 2018
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.
The O.S. Map Fan Club
- Review
- ★★
- Julia French
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet Dukebox
- 16th May, 2018
On paper – cartographical paper by preference – this is the sort of show that is the heart of fringe theatre.
Paul Zenon's Hellfire Club with the Urban Voodoo Machine
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 12th May 2018
Step right down for a debauched carnie cabaret within tent, hosted by magic roustabout and snake-oil peddler Paul Zenon, TV trickster and longtime ‘La Clique’ ringmaster.
Comedy Club 4 Kids
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Brighton Fringe
- Komedia Main Space
- 12th May 2018
Since 2005, ‘Comedy Club 4 Kids’ has been getting the best stand-ups and sketch acts from the international circuit to do their thing for an audience of children (aged 6+) and …
Brighton Swing Thing
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 12th - 26th May 2018
Join the Brighton Swing Community for a special Fringe afternoon of swing music and dancing with a live swing band, DJs, Lindy Hop beginners dance class, Charleston dancers and a d…
Miraculous Magic with Danny Lee Grew
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Brighton Fringe
- Purple Playhouse Theatre
- 12th - 13th May 2018
Mix stunning magic, baffling illusions and cheeky comedy with a young, energetic, enthusiastic magician and what do you get? ‘Miraculous Magic’ is a brand-new magical experience fo…
Sean McLoughlin: Living Well Is The Best Revenge
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 11th May - 3rd Jun 2018
The battle for happiness has been won but there were casualties.
Massaoke's Club La La
- Listing Nightlife
- Brighton Fringe
- Komedia Main Space
- 11th - 25th May 2018
A live rock band, big-screen lyrics, and a room full of party-goers singing and dancing their hearts out together to the greatest rock and pop anthems of all time.
Physics Fan Fiction
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet @ The Welly
- 10th - 12th May 2018
Theoretical physicist Dr Fran Day takes a break from studying particles that probably don’t exist to take to the stage in a stand-up science comedy spectacular.
BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows
- Review
- ★★★★
- Carmen Dupre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 9th May, 2018
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…
Woyzeck
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet Dukebox
- 11th May, 2018
Having spent three months eating only peas, it comes as no surprise that the eponymous central character in Woyzeck appears in a state of both physical frailty and mental instabili…
Do The Thing: The Two Man Made-Up Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 7th May - 2nd Jun 2018
From the minds behind Brighton improv titans Off the Cuff and Blanket Fort comes a full-throttle fully-improvised musical performed in full by only two men (plus one on guitar).
Richard Todd: Toddymandias, Todd of Todds
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Junkyard Dogs / Sweet @ The Welly
- 6th - 24th May 2018
A living statue watches as a vandal tags her.
Mister Frank's Cotton Club
- Listing Nightlife
- Brighton Fringe
- MEET: The Warren Box Office
- 5th - 26th May 2018
The famous Mister Frank presents a debauched prohibition themed night of live music, Charleston lessons, dancing and plenty of drinking! Meet at the Warren Box Office for your pas…
The Conjuring Club
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Toy and Model Museum
- 5th May - 2nd Jun 2018
A world of wizardry hidden inside the spellbinding Toy Museum.
Rope
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Brighton Fringe
- Rialto Theatre
- 12th May, 2018
Nietzsche’s notion of the Übermensch receives one scant mention towards the end of Patrick Hamilton's Rope, yet it is the driving force that underpins the play.
Fever Club
- Listing Nightlife
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 5th May 2018
Salon of Soul with a contagious beat, ‘Fever Club’ has grown out of the joyous, social atmosphere of our extraordinary house parties.
Richard Stainbank: The Wilderness Years
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 5th - 13th May 2018
Single, jobless and living at home, life isn’t treating Richard Stainbank well.
Classic Joke Club
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 4th - 19th May 2018
Join our handpicked curators of comedy as they share classic jokes handed down to them by their family.
Club Cairo: The Serpent Slayer
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Hat
- 4th May 2018
Club Cairo presents an evening of live music, dance and theatre from the Middle East and beyond.
Massaoke Club La La
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Spiegeltent at Southbank Centre
- 4th May - 7th Sep 2018
Coming to Underbelly Festival for the first time, Massaoke Club La La is a night out you will never forget.
Krater Comedy Club
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Komedia Main Space
- 4th May - 2nd Jun 2018
Award-winning comedy with top international and UK comedians.
Fringe Club: A Silent Disco
- Listing Nightlife
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Hat
- 3rd May - 2nd Jun 2018
The legendary Fringe Club returns to the Warren in 2018 with it’s own version of the legendary night out, Silent Disco.
A Gym Thing
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Pleasance Theatre
- 30th Apr - 13th May 2018
Following a highly successful run at Edinburgh Fringe 2017, A Gym Thing now transfers to London’s Pleasance Theatre.
Variety Lunch Club
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 25th Apr - 1st Aug 2018
The Royal Court Variety Lunch Club will run throughout the year on Wednesday afternoons in the main theatre and is open to anyone who wants to enjoy an afternoon of ente…
Quentin Crisp: Naked Hope
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- UK Regional & Tours
- Multiple Venues
- 4th Jul, 2018
“I come from a time and country where I was treated like a wrong hushed up.
It's A Scream Comedy Club
- Listing Comedy
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 20th Apr 2018
New parents! You can do a fun thing without ditching your babies! Three great stand up comedians performing in a room where babies are welcome (up to the age where they…
Walk Right Back – The Story of the Everly Brothers
- Listing Music
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 15th Apr 2018
Walk Right Back tells the story of the most successful duo of all time - The Everly Brothers.
More Heat Than Light
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- The London Theatre
- 9th Apr, 2018
In a well-paced, one-hour monologue, eighteen-year-old Alex talks about the generations of family who have had a significant impact upon his life.
Will
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Rose Playhouse
- 1st Apr, 2018
The happy band of players that performs Will or Eight Lost Years of Young William Shakespeare’s Life is reminiscent of the troupes that wandered the country when the Bard was ali…
Is This Thing On?
- Review
- ★★
- Emily Jane Kerr
- London Fringe
- Old Red Lion Theatre Pub
- 28th Mar, 2018
A difficult look at a physically and mentally abusive relationship, Is This Thing On? uses a mixture of physical theatre and words to take us on an uncomfortable journey through th…
Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 26th Mar - 19th Nov 2018
The "Podfather" (Guardian) and "King of the Internet" (Time Out) returns with the award winning Podcast in which he chats with the biggest names in c…
The Monday Club
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 26th Mar - 30th Jul 2018
Grab yourself a drink and join us in the Museum bar for a relaxed weekly night of new material from some of the finest comedians on the circuit.
Rawhide Comedy Club
- Listing Comedy
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 23rd Mar - 28th Apr 2018
What do you want from a night out? A bit of dinner? Table service drinks? Some staggeringly good comedians making you laugh? Thought so.
Richard Alston Dance Company - Mid Century Modern
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- West End
- Sadler’s Wells
- 23rd - 24th Mar 2018
Richard Alston choreographed his very first dance in 1968 – 50 years later Mid Century Modern celebrates this landmark with new and old work from Alston, a fitting celebrat…
DANNY BHOY – A WORK IN PROGRESS
- Listing Comedy
- Adelaide Fringe
- Howling Owl
- 10th - 18th Mar 2018
Just announced! – Danny Bhoy will return to the Adelaide Fringe for a run of special gigs to work up material for his next tour.
Gary Little: Scottish Club Classics
- Listing Comedy
- Adelaide Fringe
- Gluttony
- 10th - 18th Mar 2018
Two time Scottish Comedy Award winner.
California Crooners Club
- Listing Music
- Adelaide Fringe
- Hilton Adelaide
- 11th - 12th Mar 2018
How do you top two sold out seasons at the Adelaide Fringe? You just make it better!! New songs, different mash ups, more people, better venue, extra sizzle!! Plundering the class…
Mark Steel: Every Little Thing's Gonna Be Alright
- Listing Comedy
- UK Regional & Tours
- Oxford Playhouse
- 10th Mar 2018
Mark is the creator of the hit Radio 4 series Mark Steel’s In Town, a BAFTA-nominee for BBC2’s Mark Steel Lectures and a regular on BBC1’s Have I Got News For You and Radio 4…
Massaoke Club La La
- Listing Events
- Adelaide Fringe
- The Garden of Unearthly Delights
- 9th - 17th Mar 2018
The Fringe’s No.
Tom Gleeson - Sure Thing
- Listing Comedy
- Adelaide Fringe
- The Garden of Unearthly Delights
- 10th - 11th Mar 2018
Star of The Weekly.
The Skeleton Club Presents: Songs You Love to Hate
- Listing Music
- Adelaide Fringe
- Grace Emily Hotel
- 10th Mar 2018
The Skeleton Club are here to save music! Bold claim, they know! Yet, they’re sticking by it and coming at you with their new cover experience.
After Hours Cabaret Club
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Adelaide Fringe
- Gluttony
- 9th - 18th Mar 2018
Welcome to the After Hours Cabaret Club.
No Such Thing as a Fish
- Listing Comedy
- UK Regional & Tours
- Oxford Playhouse
- 7th Mar 2018
Their award-winning podcast No Such Thing As A Fish gets 1.
Along Comes Mary - The Real Thing
- Listing Music
- Adelaide Fringe
- St Joseph’s Brighton Parish Activity Centre
- 3rd Mar 2018
Do you find it hard to leave the Sixties behind? So do “The Marys”! After 5 sold out seasons at Adelaide Fringe, ‘Along Comes Mary’ are celebrating with a fabulously expan…
Broadway Sessions Does Disney
- Listing Music
- Adelaide Fringe
- Norwood Hotel
- 25th Feb 2018
Broadway Sessions is Adelaide’s monthly musical theatre performance and open-mic night.
Lady Windermere's Fan
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Vaudeville Theatre
- 12th Jan - 7th Apr 2018
The day of Lady Windermere’s birthday party, and all is perfectly in order.
Side Shows
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Sadler’s Wells Theatre
- 25th - 26th Nov 2017
Constella OperaBallet return to the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells this November with their award-winning Sideshows.
Bomb Happy
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- UK Regional & Tours
- Goole Town Council
- 17th Nov, 2017
Bomb Happy is a verbatim victory.
Danny Bhoy Makes Something Great Again For Stronger Better Future Tomorrow Together
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- Duchess Theatre
- 6th - 13th Nov 2017
Scottish Comedian Danny Bhoy embarks on his maiden tour of his brand- new show this autumn is selected theatres throughout the UK.
Richard III
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Cockpit
- 12th Oct - 4th Nov 2017
Critically acclaimed Front Foot Theatre presents Shakespeare’s most charismatic, tour de force villain, Richard III.
The Owls Are Not What They Seem: Improvised Twin Peaks plus Sitting in a Tin Can and Swipe Right
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- The Nursery Theatre
- 6th Oct 2017
Sitting In a Tin Can (feat.
The Overcoat
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Omnibus Theatre / The Old Sorting Office Art Centre
- 7th Oct, 2017
Scandal and Gallows theatre company shines as a remarkably talented team in this production of The Overcoat by rising star scriptwriter George Johnston, who has imaginatively tra…
Three Random Words - Improv at Backyard Comedy Club
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- Backyard Comedy Club
- 17th Sep 2017
A great night out with some of London’s best improvisers - presented by City Impro and the Just Us League. Improv comedy like you have never seen it before.
Sustainable Shows: Emerging Trends
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 23rd Aug 2017
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Richard Carpenter is Close to You
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly Med Quad
- 23rd Aug 2017
Richard from The Carpenters used to be on top of the world looking down on creation, to the left of (and slightly behind) Karen.
Wired
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Army @ The Fringe in Association with Summerhall
- 28th Aug, 2017
Wired is one of several productions with a military theme being performed at the Army Reserve Centre, Summerhall’s new venue, army@Fringe.
When the Sky Falls In
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 29th Aug, 2017
When The Sky Falls In is written and presented by Janet Gershlick.
Certain Young Men
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Venue45
- 23rd Aug, 2017
Peter Gill”s Certain Young Men was first performed at the Almeida Theatre in 1999.
Every Brilliant Thing
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Roundabout @ Summerhall
- 21st - 27th Aug 2017
The worldwide smash-hit is back in Edinburgh for one week only.
One for the Road...
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 4th Sep, 2017
In the early 1980s Pinter became increasingly interested in human rights abuses and in particular the torture of political prisoners in Argentina and Turkey.
Margaret Thatcher Queen of Club Nights
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 20th - 27th Aug 2017
Former Prime Minister and global cabaret superstar Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho is back – and this time she’s hosting a club night! There’ll be non-stop 80s hits from a non-st…
Richard Gadd: Monkey See Monkey Do
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 18th - 27th Aug 2017
The Edinburgh Comedy Award-winning show that ‘defined comedy in 2016’ (**** Guardian) and earned a Total Theatre Award nomination for Innovation returns for 10 days only.
Richard Egarr
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh International Festival
- St Cecilia’s Hall
- 17th Aug 2017
Renowned keyboard player and conductor Richard Egarr is one of the UK’s most compelling musicians – and, as music director of the Academy of Ancient Music, also one of the coun…
Mary, Queen of Scots
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- artSpace@StMarks
- 19th Aug, 2017
“All I knew was the playground song Mary Queen of Scots got her head chopped off,” says opera singer Louise Macdonald, “until I started learning Schumann’s Maria Stuart Lie…
The D-Day Dodgers. An Attempt to Right a Wrong.
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Arthur Conan Doyle Centre
- 15th - 16th Aug 2017
One million people on all sides were killed in Italy in WW2.
Richard III (A One-Woman Show)
- Review
- ★★★★
- Melanie Erspamer
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Royal Scots Club
- 18th Aug, 2017
It’s Shakespeare performed in a completely new way: a Shakespeare play condensed to the size of one woman, Emily Carding, and the way she deals with the audience.
The Fair Intellectual Club
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Royal Scots Club
- 14th - 19th Aug 2017
1717 – the inaugural meeting of a secret society where young ladies exercise their minds.
Semi-Toned: Stay Tuned
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- SpaceTriplex
- 25th Aug, 2017
If the boys of Semi-Toned ever tire of a cappella they could always take up comedy.
Mark Steel: Every Little Thing's Gonna Be Alright
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 12th Aug 2017
Mark’s sell-out show Who Do I Think I Am, revealed his natural father was world backgammon champion.
Alex Yellowlees Hot Club Quartet
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Acoustic Music Centre @ UCC
- 12th Aug 2017
Alex – the Scottish modern-day Stephane Grappelli – on violin, and virtuoso guitarists Ged Brockie and Mike Nisbet plus legendary double bassist Kenny Ellis, perform truly into…
Beyond Enigma – Judith Gardner Jones Sings Elgar, With Pianist Richard J Lewis
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- artSpace@StMarks
- 10th Aug 2017
Elgar songs for solo and trio featuring Judith Gardner Jones and pianist Richard J Lewis, with Madeleine Trépanier, and Alicia Pettit.
US Tour Booking For Small And Independent Shows
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 10th - 21st Aug 2017
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Live Shows in an Internet Media Age
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 9th Aug 2017
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Get Your Show Seen by the Right People
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 7th - 15th Aug 2017
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe Participants.
The Show Between Shows Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 52 Canoes (Grassmarket)
- 6th - 26th Aug 2017
New for 2017! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
Gunshot Medley
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Venue 13
- 13th Aug, 2017
“Black lives matter!” Hold it there and let that well-known refrain ring in your head, along with the image it conjures up in your mind.
About a Goth
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 11th Aug, 2017
Life as a Goth is not easy.
Danny Ward – Extra Dates Added
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Bar Bados Complex
- 5th - 26th Aug 2017
He’s back! The Amused Moose People’s Champion returns with another hour of upbeat, fast-paced and hilarious stand-up.
Autopsy. The Soul of Richard Nixon
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Natural Food Kafe
- 5th - 26th Aug 2017
The soul of Richard Nixon attempts to justify his actions while the audience act as the jury.
Richard Brown: Hold Tightly to the Walls
- Review
- ★★★
- Ryan O’Connor
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Globe Bar
- 23rd Aug, 2017
For some Fringe performers, their tech gremlins are the cute ones from the movie franchise.
Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum!
- Review
- ★★
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Central Hall
- 6th Aug, 2017
Sondheim’s fast-paced lyrics are hard to perform well, even for an experienced Broadway star, and it is rare that I have seen an amateur production that manages to do him justice…
Supper Club at Checkpoint
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 4th - 27th Aug 2017
The glitz, the glamour, the good times.
Lord Dismiss Us
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 8th Aug, 2017
Scottish award-winning playwright and novelist Glenn Chandler’s best-known work might be television detective series Taggart, but he also has a string of successful plays and pro…
Fox and Hound Presents Tennessee Williams' Ivan's Widow and Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 8th Aug, 2017
For lovers of Tennessee Williams and anyone who appreciates good theatre the double bill of Ivan’s Widow and Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen makes for a very rewardin…
Club Sol Party
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
- 4th - 28th Aug 2017
The best holiday of your life! Club Sol will transport you to sunny Spain for an evening of comedy cabaret that you will never forget! Your holiday reps, The Mauve Coats, will pres…
Richard Herring’s Edinburgh Fringe Podcast
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- New Town Theatre
- 4th - 25th Aug 2017
‘The King of Edinburgh’ (List) and multi award-winning ‘Podfather’ (Elle) returns with the internet chat show, that all the cool kids who hang around the Omni Centre call RHEFP (RH…
Richard Pulsford: Phrases Ready
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn
- 4th - 27th Aug 2017
Master of wordplay Richard Pulsford has his choice Phrases Ready, with wordplay, jokes and puns aplenty.
The Reel Comedy Club
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 4th - 26th Aug 2017
This famous showcase returns with a dazzling array of the best comics from the Fringe.
Comedians Film Club
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 4th - 26th Aug 2017
This brilliant show returns to Edinburgh.
Scotch Egg Club Presents: Whisky on Water
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Lochrin Belle
- 4th - 27th Aug 2017
Ever wanted to drink whisky, eat cheese, chocolate and scotch eggs while cruising along a canal? Well now you can! Scotch Egg Club brings you a Whisky tasting with a difference, wh…
Comedy Club 4 Kids
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Roxy
- 4th - 27th Aug 2017
‘Nish Kumar, James Acaster, Tom Allen and Bec Hill are among the big-name comics giving up an hour of their time to bring comedy to the juvenile masses; an inspired idea, and it’s …
Just the Tonic Comedy Club – Midnight Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Community Project
- 4th - 26th Aug 2017
Come and witness one of the greatest late-night, mixed-bill shows.
The OS Map Fan Club
- Review
- ★★
- Caitlin Rebecca
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 9th Aug, 2017
Helen Wood delivers a bizarre, amiable love letter to the ordnance survey in The OS Map Fan Club.
Mark Steel: Every Little Thing's Gonna Be Alright
- Review
- ★★★
- Jonathan Mayo
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Hall
- 15th Aug, 2017
Mark Steel begins with a witty satire about the calamitous circus show that was the recent Tory election campaign, setting the tone for this solid left-wing stand-up show.
Madame Señorita: 25 Different Shows, Come Every Day!
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2017
Award-winning performer Paula Valluerca, aka Madame Señorita, is committed to reconnect with the pleasure of being a totally deluded idiot.
Bleach
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ 48 Below
- 4th Aug, 2017
There are downsides to most jobs and many come with dangers, hidden or otherwise, but there are usually compensatory factors as well.
Rik Carranza: I'm a Fan
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2017
How far would you go to fit in? What happens when you deny the very thing that defines you? In this deeply personal show, Rik Carranza revisits a past that forced him to choose bet…
Classic Joke Club – Free
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Espionage
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2017
Join the funniest acts in Edinburgh as they share classic jokes handed down to them by their family.
Richard Todd: Monsters
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2017
Like a piece of forgotten sellotape stuck on a wall, neurotic ditherer Richard Todd clings to nothing but his place on the earth; may his grip hold for an hour of art therapy, inne…
Danny O'Brien: RaconTour
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2017
Award-winning Irish comedian Danny O’Brien returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with his most adventurous and unique solo show to date.
Massaoke's Club La La
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Gardens
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2017
The Fringe’s number one party just got bigger! Rocking until 2.
Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Gardens
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2017
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…
Danny McLoughlin: 01/02
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Tron
- 3rd - 26th Aug 2017
01/02 is a stand up show about one particular week in a young man’s life.
101 Comedy Club – Free
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2017
‘Funny.
Sean McLoughlin: You Can't Ignore Me Forever
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ City Cafe
- 3rd - 26th Aug 2017
Come witness the astonishing resurrection of ‘the best comedian you haven’t heard of yet (Time Out).
Danny Condon: Songs from the Black Sheep
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Boards
- 3rd Aug 2017
From a hit season at Adelaide Fringe, Danny Condon finds a grey area between art and science and lifts the lid on some hilarious family dynamics.
Thrill Me: The Leopold and Loeb Story
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C too
- 5th Aug, 2017
Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story won the first Broadway Baby Bobby Award in 2014 as one of the most outstanding productions of that year’s Festival Fringe.
Gary Little: Club Classics
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2017
After headlining at some of the top comedy clubs around the UK and abroad, Gary returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with the sets, the stories and the jokes that have earned him the re…
Danny Condon: Songs from the Black Sheep
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Boards
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2017
From a hit season at Adelaide Fringe, Danny Condon finds a grey area between art and science and lifts the lid on some hilarious family dynamics.
Venus and Adonis
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C primo
- 31st Aug, 2017
It is a rare treat to hear a dramatised performance of Shakespeare’s first published work, Venus and Adonis.
Richard Carpenter is Close to You
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, George Square
- 2nd - 27th Aug 2017
Richard from The Carpenters used to be on top of the world looking down on creation, to the left of (and slightly behind) Karen.
Next Best Thing: How to Be Good at Everything
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 2nd - 28th Aug 2017
Being a millennial in the modern world is hard.
Richard Herring: Oh Frig, I'm 50!
- Review
- ★★★★
- Paul Clark
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 9th Aug, 2017
The King is back, long live the King.
Geoff Norcott: Right Leaning but Well Meaning
- Review
- ★★★★
- Paul Fisher Cockburn
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, George Square
- 11th Aug, 2017
There’s one point during Geoff Norcott’s latest show when it really flies, when you sense he really has most of the audience on his side — even though at least one or two of …
A Gym Thing
- Review
- ★★★
- Blair Simmons
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 7th Aug, 2017
A Gym Thing is narrated by Will, a person obsessed with his body, for whom staying in shape becomes a kind of unpaid profession.
A Thousand Doorways
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C primo
- 17th Aug, 2017
A finely-woven, patterned rug hangs from the ceiling, its design typical of the region.
Coming Clean
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- King’s Head Theatre Pub
- 31st Jul, 2017
It’s 35 years since Kevin Elyot’s first play, Coming Clean, premiered at the Bush Theatre and 50 years since the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in the UK.
Richard Carpenter is Close to You
- Review
- ★★★★
- Paul Clark
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- The Shed
- 31st Jul, 2017
There is a tongue planted firmly in cheek with this affectionate tribute to the music of the Carpenters and in particular the legacy of Richard, forever doomed to be the “other�…
A Boy Named Sue
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- King’s Head Theatre Pub
- 31st Jul, 2017
Sid, struggling to become Sue, proclaims, “The great barrier between myself and the outside world is my appearance”.
Why Does Everybody Want To Move To Australia?
- Listing Theatre
- UK Regional & Tours
- Waterside Arts Centre
- 7th Jul 2017
Blue Masque Theatre’s staged playreading of new comic drama by Rhonwen McCormack.
Tremors
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- King’s Head Theatre Pub
- 28th Jun, 2017
An ‘incident in a hotel room’ becomes a life-changing event for Tom Crowe, a rising star of the Labour Party whose past, present and future form the basis of Tremors.
Queers
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- King’s Head Theatre Pub
- 30th Jun, 2017
Queers comes with no explanation, but the title alone is enough preparation for an hour of material that is amusing and sad, historical and contemporary.
The Maydays feat. Scott Adsit plus Swipe Right and Me Plus One
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- The Nursery Theatre
- 30th Jun 2017
The Maydays present their signature brand of freewheeling black comedy and surrealism with special guest Scott Adsit (Second City, 30 Rock, Veep), plus Edinburgh sellout show Me Pl…
Richard Alston-Triple Bill
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- London Fringe
- Sadler’s Wells
- 16th - 17th Jun 2017
Richard Alston’s newest creation comes to Sadler’s Wells as part of a triple bill.
Thirty Three
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 12th Jun, 2017
Saska (Corinne Furlong) decides to hold what which she hopes will be a cosy dinner party for a select group of her closest friends.
Sweet Charity
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Brighton Fringe
- The Brighton Academy - Preston Park Campus
- 9th Jun, 2017
The Brighton Academy of Performing Arts uses its Preston Park studio theatre to showcase the talents of its students.
Brawn
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Studio 3
- 9th Jun, 2017
Ryan was a bright lad at school.
Comedian's Cinema Club: Beauty and the Beast
- Review
- ★★★★
- Carmen Dupre
- Brighton Fringe
- Komedia Studio
- 9th Jun, 2017
Film and comedy lovers alike will appreciate this increasingly popular show, led by an impressive group of comedians that changes every performance, along with the film they choo…
The Fool, The Champ and The Bandito
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Studio 3
- 4th Jun, 2017
The Fool, The Champ and The Bandito is “presented by BA(Hons) Acting and Creative Performance students, from the University Centre Colchester” who “in their final year of study p…
Collapse
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet St Andrew’s
- 20th Jun, 2017
In under thirty minutes Collapse presents a hauntingly hypnotic exploration of Cassandra’ agony as she prophetically laments the collapse of her city.
The Stroop Effect
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Studio 3
- 9th Jun, 2017
The disparity between the promotional material put out by theatre groups and the reality of what they present to audiences is often quite staggering.
Goggles
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 9th Jun, 2017
Pets come in many forms.
Tennessee Williams' 27 Wagons Full of Cotton
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Brighton Fringe
- Rialto Theatre
- 4th Jun, 2017
Summer in the south is aggressively hot and stiflingly humid.
James Campbell: The Funny Thing About...
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Brighton Fringe
- The Old Market
- 29th May 2017
A stand-up show for children over 6, their parents and anyone who likes comedy without the rude words.
Blink by Phil Porter
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet Waterfront 1
- 2nd Jun, 2017
Described as “unconventional, quirky, and voyeuristic”, Peppered Wit’s production of Blink by Phil Porter fulfills each of those descriptions.
Revan and Fennell: Fan Club
- Review
- ★★★★
- Ruby Speed
- Brighton Fringe
- Komedia Studio
- 31st May, 2017
Nominated for Funny Women’s Best Show Award, Revan and Fennell’s Fan Club is a lively, goofy and above all entertaining sketch show, starring double act Rosie Revan a…
The Beta Males Go Solo: The Story Beast & Richard Soames
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 27th - 29th May 2017
The Foster’s Edinburgh Best Newcomer Award-nominated ‘Story Beast’ (“a bearded force of nature” (Guardian)) and critically-acclaimed “charming storyteller” (Chortle), Ric…
Club Click: The Soul of Dirty Disco
- Listing Nightlife
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 27th May 2017
Booty queens and hip hustlers let your freak flag fly at our dazzling evening of sumptuous glamour, glittering divas, cabaret chic and dirty disco dancing.
Kings Cross (Remix)
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Camden People’s Theatre
- 23rd May, 2017
I’m always interested in the extent to which the publicity for a performance matches the reality of the production; how the promise materialises on the stage.
Club De Fromage
- Listing Nightlife
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 19th May 2017
Started by ex-gangster Fat Tony and now run by his half-wit son, Slow Alfie, this is the club that time forgot.
Bom-Bane's Musical History of 24 George St, Brighton & Other Shows
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Bom-Bane’s Music Cafe
- 18th May - 3rd Jun 2017
An original musical & gastromonical journey from the 5th Century settlement of Boerthlelm’s Tun to Brighton in 1795, with affectionate portraits of the colourful inhabitants of 24 …
Richard III (a one-woman show)
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet Dukebox
- 17th - 21st May 2017
Richard III.
Comedy Club 4 Kids
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Brighton Fringe
- Komedia Main Space
- 13th May 2017
Since 2005, the Comedy Club 4 Kids has been getting the best stand-ups and sketch acts from the international circuit to do their thing for an audience of children (aged 6+) and th…
Brighton Swing Thing
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 13th - 27th May 2017
Join the Brighton Swing Community for a special Fringe afternoon of swing music and dancing with a live swing band, DJs, beginners Lindy Hop dance class, Charleston dancers and a d…
And Another Thing!
- Listing Spoken Word
- Brighton Fringe
- The Claremont
- 11th - 25th May 2017
Enjoy an evening of new poetry by Suzanne Smith as she muses on being a middle-aged mamma who’s addicted to rosé.
BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Studio 3
- 8th - 9th May 2017
“The true mystery of the world is the visible .
Comedy Club 4 Kids
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- Udderbelly
- 7th May 2017 - 2nd Jun 2019
Kids, bring your folks to see the international circuit's best comedians, sketch acts and cabaret stars.
Krater Comedy Club
- Review
- ★★★★
- Ruby Speed
- Brighton Fringe
- Komedia Main Space
- 9th May, 2017
When compére Stephen Grant takes the stage, he capably gains control of the large, boisterous audience with his high energy stage presence and quick-witted quips.
The Life & Death of Puppet King Richard II
- Review
- ★★★★
- Lou Rogers
- Brighton Fringe
- ONCA
- 15th May, 2017
This is Richard II as you’ve never seen him before, in a purple shell-suit wielding power over his puppet kingdom with subjects that range from beautiful two foot high hand carve…
Licence to Laugh Comedy Club
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Ambassador Hotel
- 5th May - 4th Jun 2017
Comedy Compilation show of some of the best up and coming comics from the UK Comedy Circuit.
Sean McLoughlin: You Can't Ignore Me Forever
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 5th - 21st May 2017
Heal your wounds with another hour of stand-up from “The best comedian you haven’t heard of yet” (Time Out), “One brilliant punchline after another.
Richard Carpenter's Close to You
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andrew Allen
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 4th Jun, 2017
Richard Carpenter is, for those that remember him at all, a somewhat complicated character.
The Shoreditch Improv Festival Sunday Funday Shows
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- The Water Poet
- 19th Feb 2017
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…
Thrive
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- UK Regional & Tours
- artsdepot
- 21st Oct, 2016
Post Traumatic Stress from a variety of sources is a familiar phenomenon in modern times.
Growing Up Club
- Listing Children’s Shows
- London Fringe
- The Albany
- 25th Sep - 13th Nov 2016
Indoor and outdoor craft and gardening activities: dig, grow, play and discover before or after watching a show in the theatre. Adults do not require a ticket.
The Tempest
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- UK Regional & Tours
- Multiple Venues
- 21st Oct, 2016
Welcome to The Tempest as Shakespeare and probably most other people never imagined it could be.
If We Got Some More Cocaine I Could Show You How I Love You
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Old Red Lion Theatre
- 5th Sep, 2016
Casey and Mikey cannot escape: not from who they are, not from how their lives have moulded them and, more immediately, from the rooftop onto which they have just clambered.
Gourmet Cinema Club - Malmaison Hotel London
- Listing Attraction
- London Fringe
- Malmaison
- 28th Aug - 26th Nov 2016
Gourmet Cinema Club brings you a unique way to enjoy some of the best loved films back on the big screen, but with the all-important All I Want twist.
The Gin Whore Tour
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Devil’s Cut
- 31st Aug, 2016
Much has been said and written about gin but Dorothy Parker probably uttered the most appropriate for this event.
Luisa Omielan – Am I Right Ladies?!
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Venue150 at EICC
- 27th Aug 2016
Luisa Omielan, Queen B of comedy is back for one weekend only.
The Amazing Scene Machine Does Aardinburgh!
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 26th - 29th Aug 2016
Celebrate Aardman’s 40th birthday with expert Aardman model maker Jim Parkyn and his Amazing Scene Machine.
Richard III and Soundwall
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Serenity Cafe
- 25th - 26th Aug 2016
A condensed version of Shakespeare’s infamous Richard III, one of the playwright’s earliest yet most revered works, which charts its tyrannical protagonist’s rise to the English th…
Twix
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 25th Aug, 2016
Jamie’s comical lack of good fortune is beautifully summed up in the last two lines of this play, where the parallel monologues of Twix finally come together.
No Exit (Huis Clos)
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Jury’s Inn
- 29th Aug, 2016
No Exit (Huis Clos) is an existentialist drama, adapted from Jean-Paul Sartre’s classic by Charlie Rogers.
Attempts on Her Life
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on Niddry St
- 23rd Aug, 2016
Take a play with no plot, an unspecified number of players, no defined characters, pages of intense prose and lines that can be spoken by any performer and what do you have? Unmis…
Decade
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 24th Aug, 2016
9/11, as it now succinctly known, is one of those ‘where were you on the day?’ events.
Krapp's Last Tape
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 25th Aug, 2016
Krapp stands frozen staring into the distance, barely living in the present, heading to an unknown future and transfixed on the past.
The Rose and Crown
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on Niddry St
- 26th Aug, 2016
There’s always a good smattering of obscure, seldom-performed or minor plays at the Festival Fringe.
The Wall
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 27th Aug, 2016
The Wall is a wonderfully refreshing play from Corby Productions.
The Telemachy
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 25th Aug, 2016
It’s rare to come across a wandering poet these days and it’s probably not the most effective way to get your message across to the public.
How Does That Make You Feel?
- Listing Theatre
- Camden Fringe
- Lion & Unicorn
- 22nd - 27th Aug 2016
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 …
The HandleBards: Richard III
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Fiona Russell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Theatre
- 28th Aug, 2016
The Handlebards are a unique group, reinventing the concept of the company of travelling players.
Grey Matter
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C nova
- 22nd Aug, 2016
Adrian Raine’s pioneering work in neurocriminology can be seen as a reaction to the supremacy of nurture over nature in the debate about the causes of criminal behaviour.
Ed Cook’s Comedy Thing
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Spotlites
- 21st - 28th Aug 2016
Funnily enough, Ed Cook’s Comedy Thing is a sort of stand-up comedy thing.
Gourmet Cinema Club - Sanctum Soho Hotel
- Listing Attraction
- West End
- Sanctum Soho Hotel
- 20th Aug - 22nd Oct 2016
Gourmet Cinema Club brings you a unique way to enjoy some of the best loved films back on the big screen, but with the all-important All I Want twist.
NEHH Presents... Richard Dawson & Nev Clay
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 18th Aug 2016
Richard Dawson brings his wonderfully shambling exterior, tales of pineapples and underpants, ghosts of family members and cats to Summerhall’s Dissection Room.
West Side Story
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 21st Aug, 2016
This tragic romance has always been about the individual consequences of divisions in society.
The Age of (Distr)action
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Venue45
- 18th Aug, 2016
In Edinburgh as members of Group 64, the cast of The Age of (Distr)action are an inclusive young people’s theatre company from Putney who have created, written and performed this…
Posh
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Bedlam Theatre
- 24th Aug, 2016
Theresa May went to Oxford, but unlike Messrs Cameron, Osborne and Johnson, she could never have been invited to become a member of the infamous Bullingdon Club, to which Laura Wad…
Bildraum
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 20th Aug, 2016
Bildraum is part of the ‘Big in Belgium’ series, featuring six of the country’s many outstanding theatre and performance companies.
Joanna Neary Does Animals and Men
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club 5 & 6
- 16th - 28th Aug 2016
Reacting to political turmoil, class struggles and bothersome intrusive thoughts, Neary attempts escapist talent show Opportunity Knockers.
Spool
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 18th Aug, 2016
Suppose, just suppose, that your mind and body lived separately from each other.
Simon Lukacs Shows His Range
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Southside Social
- 15th - 23rd Aug 2016
Upstairs Downton and Petting Zoo (‘Improv supergroup’ TimeOut) star creates a staggering array of characters using his mouth, brain, hands and body.
Felix Holt: The Radical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Royal Terrace
- 20th Aug, 2016
‘Wholesome’ is how a lady I spoke to after the performance described Felix Holt: The Radical.
Three Jumpers
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 18th Aug, 2016
The tweeting of the birds portends a beautiful day, but the view from the bridge is spoiled by an ominous thick mist.
Jumping the Barriers
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 21st Aug, 2016
There are many symbols of class division and expressions of social stratification in this country.
Family Voices and Victoria Station
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 18th Aug, 2016
Harold Pinter’s two short plays make only rare appearances nowadays and yet they are rewarding pieces.
Road
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on Niddry St
- 22nd Aug, 2016
It’s Road, but not as we know it.
The Mikado
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in Augustines
- 21st Aug, 2016
St Andrews Gilbert and Sullivan Society with Mermaids Performing Arts return to the Festival Fringe with their typically entertaining style of presenting Gilbert & Sullivan, this t…
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on Niddry St
- 22nd Aug, 2016
The Italia Conti Ensemble returns to the Festival Fringe with their second-year students again split into two groups, each with its own choice of play.
Year Ten
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Spotlites
- 18th Aug, 2016
Never judge a play by its title.
Cosplay's the Thing
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Church Hill Theatre
- 14th - 18th Aug 2016
It’s two weeks before AniMazing Con and six high school theatre kids are gunning to win the anime convention’s group cosplay contest with a scene from Madsummer! – a modern-d…
Comedians Cinema Club
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Tron
- 14th - 28th Aug 2016
Chaotic, alcohol-fuelled and very funny indeed.
Daniel Sloss: So? (Late Shows)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Venue150 at EICC
- 12th - 27th Aug 2016
Later, considerably ruder and darker shows from internationally acclaimed, award-winning Scottish stand-up comedy meteor.
Beautiful Thing
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 11th - 25th Aug 2016
Cinema screening of live performance.
So Good a Thing
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- artSpace@StMarks
- 10th - 12th Aug 2016
Waldorf Wayfarers – Directed by Australian composer Judith Clingan, 20 students and teachers from Waldorf or Steiner schools in Australia and Taiwan will give an hour’s program…
Get Your Show Seen by the Right People
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central@Infirmary Street
- 8th - 16th Aug 2016
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
RSC Live: Richard II
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 7th Aug 2016
Cinema screening of live performance.
Midnight Show – Just the Tonic Comedy Club
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Community Project
- 6th - 28th Aug 2016
Come witness one of the greatest late-night mixed bill shows.
Physics Fan Fiction
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Silk
- 6th - 15th Aug 2016
Apocalypses and politics go hand in hand as University of Oxford physicist Fran Day takes a break from studying particles that probably don’t exist to take to the stage in a stan…
Best of UCLU Comedy Club
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Movement
- 6th - 27th Aug 2016
UCLU Comedy Club’s sketch troupe, The Gower Line, return to Edinburgh with their brand of ‘fast paced madness’ (Pi Media), presenting their favourite new sketches from the past yea…
Boomerang Club
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pilgrim
- 6th - 27th Aug 2016
London’s favourite spoken word night arrives in Edinburgh.
Richard Gadd: Monkey See Monkey Do
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Banshee Labyrinth
- 6th - 28th Aug 2016
The underground comedian returns, following in the footsteps of the ‘undisputed buzz comedy of last year’ **** (Guardian), Waiting for Gaddot, which received rave reviews, sell…
Confetti
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Venue 13
- 31st Aug, 2016
There’s no confetti in Confetti, but there is a complex mix of language and movement that makes it intriguing.
Chapel Street
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 21st Aug, 2016
If ever the strength of a story lay in its telling, Chapel Street would be a perfect example.
Every Brilliant Thing
- Review
- ★★★★
- Joe Spence
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Roundabout @ Summerhall
- 14th Aug, 2016
Duncan MacMillan and Jonny Donahoe’s Every Brilliant Thing (which first came to the Fringe in 2014) has the largest cast you’ve ever seen for a one man show.
The Gayest Thing You've Ever Seen
- Review
- ★
- Gillian Bain
- Edinburgh Fringe
- CC Blooms
- 11th Aug, 2016
Claiming to be the gayest thing in a room full of LGBT people in a gay bar (although straights are welcome too) is quite the boast.
Éowyn Emerald & Dancers
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Royal Terrace
- 16th Aug, 2016
Éowyn Emerald and Dancers, make a welcome return to Edinburgh in their usual Greenside, Royal Terrace location.
On Ego by Mick Gordon
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Zoo
- 12th Aug, 2016
Many theatre companies oversell their wares with outrageous hyperbole.
Oliver!
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Famous Spiegeltent
- 7th Aug, 2016
The Spiegeltent is a far cry from the workhouse and rarely can a setting have been better used than in this stunning production of Lionel Bart’s Oliver! by Captivate Theatre.
2 By 5
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- SpaceTriplex
- 7th Aug, 2016
International Collegiate Theatre Festival has put together a delightful programme of both well-known and less familiar works to create this production of 2 By 5.
Partial Nudity
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Zoo
- 13th Aug, 2016
This might only be Partial Nudity, but it’s a full-on piece from writer/director Emily Layton and actors Kate Franz and Joe Layton.
Spring Awakening
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in Augustines
- 10th Aug, 2016
Spring Awakening won an impressive list of Tony, Grammy and Olivier Awards.
Alba Flamenca
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Alba Flamenca
- 31st Aug, 2016
If you missed this show all is not lost.
99 Club Stand-Up Selection – Free
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
- 5th - 28th Aug 2016
Proudly supporting the Free Festival with a selection of four different comics daily.
Call Mr Robeson
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Spotlites
- 16th Aug, 2016
Call Mr Robeson is Tayo Aluko’s tribute to one of the twentieth century’s most recognisable singers in terms of looks and voice.
Supper Club at Checkpoint
- Review
- ★★★
- Frodo Allan
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 9th Aug, 2016
Assembly’s Supper Club is up against the big, flashy late night circus revues and cabaret shows and sets out to compete with these by presenting many of the very best guest acts …
Three for Two by Phil Booth
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Zoo
- 11th Aug, 2016
We all have our price.
5 Out of 10 Men...
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on Niddry St
- 16th Aug, 2016
Top ratings aren’t always just about putting on a remarkable production, although 5 Out of 10 Men is that.
The HandleBards: Richard III
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly @ Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh: West Gate
- 5th - 19th Aug 2016
After cycling 1,500 miles from London to Edinburgh, the four-strong all-male HandleBards present Shakespeare’s play as you’ve never seen it before – fast-paced, irreverent and bi…
Just the Tonic Comedy Club
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 5th - 27th Aug 2016
‘Consistently boasting some of the most interesting line ups in the country’ (Times).
The Stand Late Club
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club
- 5th - 27th Aug 2016
‘This is late night comedy at its finest’ **** (BroadwayBaby.
Lïnger
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Dance Base
- 16th Aug, 2016
Breandán de Gallaí, the celebrated ex-Riverdance principal, has devised a biographical series of dances to create Lïnger, which is performed in the generously spacious main thea…
The Reel Comedy Club
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Vintage Mobile Cinema
- 5th - 24th Aug 2016
Once a day the unique 22-seat Vintage Mobile Cinema will briefly become a comedy venue.
Are We Stronger Than Winston?
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 13th Aug, 2016
The British might be renowned for talking and complaining about the weather, but if you come from Fiji there are more heightened concerns than just cold rainy days.
Comedy Club 4 Kids
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Roxy
- 5th - 28th Aug 2016
‘A festival mainstay for 10 years now, the always worthwhile Comedy Club 4 Kids should be on the schedule of any self-respecting, chuckle-loving young Fringegoer.
The Shakespeare Club
- Review
- ★
- Fiona Russell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Venue45
- 9th Aug, 2016
In the programme, The Shakespeare Club promises to be a somewhat cheesy, yet harmless play about finding oneself through Shakespeare’s characters.
A Dream of Dying
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 16th Aug, 2016
It seems almost almost impossible that a man could go through his life and when his naked body is washed up on a shore in Ireland no one knows who he is.
I Keep a Woman in My Flat Chained to a Radiator
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Zoo
- 11th Aug, 2016
I Keep a Woman in My Flat Chained to a Radiator.
Red
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Dance Base
- 20th Aug, 2016
The redness of Red is not visible.
The End
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Dance Base
- 12th Aug, 2016
Celebrated Scottish choreographer Jack Webb has brought his latest, typically idiosyncratic work, The End, for performance at this year’s Festival Fringe as part of the extensive…
Comedians Film Club
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Vintage Mobile Cinema
- 5th - 28th Aug 2016
Our favourite comedians present their favourite films.
Troika
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- SpaceTriplex
- 12th Aug, 2016
Great composers sometimes create a theme that is so captivating or remarkable that other great composers write variations on it.
Danny Buckler: Showman Shaman
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire
- 5th - 28th Aug 2016
Buckler returns with an action-packed hour combining critically acclaimed stand-up, incredible sleight of hand and his love for all things showbiz! Expect big laughs, spontaneity, …
Licence to Laugh Comedy Club
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Espionage
- 5th - 29th Aug 2016
A show about growing up in the deepest darkest parts of India (Southall) and then being thrown into the west with no language, culture, personality or brains.
The White Crow
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 15th Aug, 2016
Adolph Eichmann never personally killed anyone, but he was hanged in 1962, having been found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Richard Pulsford: Phrases Ready
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn
- 5th - 28th Aug 2016
UK Pun Championships 2016 runner-up Richard Pulsford has phrases ready.
Evan Desmarais: Bad Things, Right Reasons – Free
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire
- 4th - 28th Aug 2016
Evan Desmarais explores the concepts of good and bad, and right and wrong.
Danny McLoughlin: Phillip Was Right
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Tron
- 4th - 28th Aug 2016
When Danny was 10 something bad happened, he was fine.
Bash
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C too
- 12th Aug, 2016
Neil LaBute sets out to upset and disturb audiences and he made a spectacular start with his first play Bash: Latterday Plays.
101 Comedy Club – Free
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap
- 4th - 28th Aug 2016
‘Funny.
Growing Pains
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 18th Aug, 2016
Standing ovations are rare, but the house rose as one at the at the end of Tom Gill’s Growing Pains in tribute to a remarkable performer and a stunning show.
Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows
- Review
- ★★★★★
- William Heraghty
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Gardens
- 8th Aug, 2016
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…
Club Spiegel
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Famous Spiegeltent
- 4th - 29th Aug 2016
Live, up late and luscious.
Richard Brown: Stop, Children, What's That Sound? Everybody Look, It's Richard Brown!
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 4th - 28th Aug 2016
Intelligent, alternative comedy from one of Scotland’s rising stars.
The Play's the Thing: Shakespeare for Kids
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C south
- 4th - 29th Aug 2016
William Shakespeare is back for his 400th anniversary, but he needs your help with his newest play.
This Evil Thing
- Review
- ★★★
- Oliver Simmonds
- Edinburgh Fringe
- New Town Theatre
- 16th Aug, 2016
Many appreciate conscientious objectors because they seem on the right side of history.
Crack Comedy Club's Pick of the Fringe
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire
- 4th - 28th Aug 2016
If you’re a real fan of comedy, Crack Comedy’s Pick of the Fringe is the place for you.
Liars' Club
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ 48 Below
- 4th - 28th Aug 2016
This successful London club night comes to Edinburgh.
David Longley: Everything I Hate About My Club Set
- Review
- ★★
- Sam Speedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4
- 20th Aug, 2016
David Longley’s act is structured almost like Shakespeare, summarizing the course of the evening in its first moments: “I’ve always wanted to do standup that’s like talking…
Saturday Night Forever
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly Med Quad
- 13th Aug, 2016
I’ve left theatres in all sorts of states from elation to depression, anger to jubilation, in tears and totally numb.
101 Comedy Club – Free
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap
- 4th - 28th Aug 2016
‘Funny.
Richard Todd
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Cellar Monkey
- 4th - 28th Aug 2016
‘How much happier the man who believes his native town to be the world than he who aspires to be greater than his nature will allow.
Bob Slayer: 24 Hour Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus
- 4th - 29th Aug 2016
Bob drives his BlundaBus around Europe looking for adventures.
Frugl Presents Classic Joke Club
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Espionage
- 4th - 28th Aug 2016
I say, I say, I say.
Oh Hello!
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 14th Aug, 2016
“Charles Hawtrey 1914 -1988 – Film, Theatre, Radio and Television Actor Lived Here.
Hilarity Bites Comedy Club Pick of the Fringe
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Espionage
- 4th - 28th Aug 2016
Hilarity Bites Comedy Club present their Pick of the Fringe, following full houses from 2013-2015.
Chef: Come Dine With Us!
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Theatre
- 20th Aug, 2016
Chef: Come Dine With Us! should not in a way be confused with the TV series Come Dine With Me.
Revan and Fennell: Fan Club
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 4th - 28th Aug 2016
Award-winning double act, Revan and Fennell, return to the Fringe after making their critically acclaimed Edinburgh debut last year.
5 Guys Chillin'
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C too
- 7th Aug, 2016
If your idea of chillin’ is sitting in the armchair with a cup of cocoa and a novel, you probably won’t feel at ease with this play.
Danny Deegan is Taller Than Jesus, More Visible Than God
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 4th - 28th Aug 2016
Join Danny as he goes through a year that has seen him dumped by his girlfriend on the set of a BBC drama, nearly get beaten up by his dad, discover internet dating, have a health …
Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 12th Aug, 2016
If you’re expecting a cosy drawing-room comedy about an aging female relative then you have clearly not read the publicity and are in for a big surprise.
Oliver Reed: Wild Thing
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Aidan Stark
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 31st Aug, 2016
When Richard Burton appeared on the Dick Cavett show in 1980, the host would later describe the actor as “already a beautiful ruin.
Care Takers
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C
- 10th Aug, 2016
Seeing Care Takers is like watching all the episodes of a fabulous five-part drama series in one sitting.
Fresher
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 8th Aug, 2016
There are two very good reasons for going to see Fresher: it is an outstanding play that ingeniously tackles contemporary issues, and the production is also raising money for Young…
Bucket List
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 8th Aug, 2016
What do you do when your mother is murdered for protesting corporate and governmental corruption? In the case of Milagros, you fight for the justice your mother was denied and see…
Squirm
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C nova
- 7th Aug, 2016
The toilet, which dominates the floor space of this production, is essential to the performance of Squirm.
Adam & Eve and Steve
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C
- 6th Aug, 2016
In the beginning it all seemed so straightforward.
Dropped
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 10th Aug, 2016
There’s a lot of camouflage in Dropped.
Shite Club – The Downfall of Jellybean Martinez
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2016
First rule of Shite Club: F*ck Shite Club! The mad Spanish bastard that is Jellybean searches for his new style of comedy by any means possible.
Wank Bank Masterclass
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 31st Aug, 2016
The Aussies have a certain way with words and in the case Adam Seymour with his hands also.
Hamlet in Bed
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 12th Aug, 2016
Hamlet in Bed is an exploration of one man’s obsession with Shakespeare’s tragic masterpiece ‘The play’s the thing’ that forms the subject of the production and also the m…
The Club
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jamie P Robson
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 12th Aug, 2016
Before the play starts, you can glean some idea of where this hour is headed from the onstage desk: bottles of wine and vodka, a line of cocaine, a singed teddy bear and a dildo ar…
Denton and Me
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 13th Aug, 2016
Never underestimate the power or repercussions of a gift.
Sean McLoughlin: Kamikaze
- Review
- ★★★★
- A George
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 17th Aug, 2016
Looking like footballer Lionel Messi, and bearing a name that has him often confused with comedian Sean Locke, this year Sean McLoughlin is on the lookout for some fans of his very…
The Dwelling Place
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 8th Aug, 2016
Two large basement rooms in Summerhall have been transformed into a remarkable installation and immersive theatre, musical, video, sound, and light performance area.
Damián Ortega
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Fruitmarket Gallery
- 5th Aug, 2016
The Fruitmarket Gallery boasts “World class contemporary art at the heart of the city”.
Floating Cinema Club
- Listing Attraction
- London Fringe
- Westminster City Pier
- 2nd Jul - 27th Aug 2016
Whats Included Brunch or Afternoon Tea (screening time dependant) Glass of bubbles each Allocated Tables Edible cinema tickets per person Floating Cinema Club brin…
RICHARD III
- Listing Theatre
- UK Regional & Tours
- The Swan Theatre
- 26th Jun 2016
Who better to convey the darkness & danger of Shakespeare’s most compelling villain and his scheming entourage than armed forces veterans-turned-actors? Set in a modern military …
Gourmet Cinema Club
- Listing Attraction
- London Fringe
- Malmaison
- 25th Jun - 27th Aug 2016
Gourmet Cinema Club brings you a unique way to enjoy some of the best loved films back on the big screen, but with the all-important All I Want twist.
That Catholic Thing
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Camden People’s Theatre
- 21st Jun - 17th Jul 2016
What will happen when a devout woman and her sceptical brother decide to start their own religion? Will making the deaf hear and the bacon holy become part of the Messiah’s mantra?…
That Catholic Thing
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Camden People’s Theatre
- 21st Jun - 17th Jul 2016
It’s not easy being a catholic; living in Ireland it’s difficult to escape a Catholic upbringing.
Copperdollar Club Night
- Listing Nightlife
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 3rd Jun 2016
A night of debauchery at the hands of Kat Lil and a whole rabble of Skellies, there in numbers like never before! Immerse yourself in the land of the carnival.
Just Right: A Tale of One Girl, Three Bears & Lashings of Porridge!
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Brighton Fringe
- The Old Market
- 2nd - 2nd Jun 2016
From the creators of ‘Three Excellent Little Pigs’ and ‘Gorrid the Horrid’ comes another spell-binding musical puppet show.
Club Click: Get Ya Freak On
- Listing Nightlife
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 28th May 2016
Let your freak flag fly at Brighton’s own Studio 54 by the sea.
The Best Thing
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Main House
- 27th - 28th May 2016
It’s 1966.
Club Cairo
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Main House
- 22nd May 2016
Club Cairo offers an exotic array of entertainment from Arabia.
The Wanton Taste Club
- Listing Exhibition
- Brighton Fringe
- Phoenix Brighton
- 22nd - 27th May 2016
Five afternoons of energising art, food and wellbeing! Eat your happy and put a tang in your step this May.
Club Briefs
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Brighton Fringe
- Republic
- 21st May - 4th Jun 2016
Cult cabaret hooligans Briefs present this late-night romp of disco dancing and pop-up performance.
Brighton Swing Thing
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 14th - 28th May 2016
Join the Brighton Swing Community for a special Fringe afternoon of swing music and dancing with a live swing band, DJs, beginners Lindy Hop dance class, Charleston dancers and a d…
Comedy Club 4 Kids
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Brighton Fringe
- Komedia Main Space
- 14th May 2016
“Comedy Club 4 Kids has stand-up sets from grown-up, high-quality acts who perform their usual sets, just without the swearing or rude bits,” says The Independent.
Comedians' Cinema Club
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Republic
- 14th - 15th May 2016
Comedians’ Cinema Club brings together the UK’s best comedians and forces them to improvise their way through movies.
It's Bound to be Right on the Night
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet St Andrew’s
- 13th - 14th May 2016
“Actually” Gay Men’s Chorus are celebrating their 10th anniversary with performances dating back to the very beginning.
Jo Neary Does Animals and Men
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Hobgoblin
- 10th - 12th May 2016
The award-winning comic returns with twenty farcical characters including men and an inanimate object.
One Man, Two Guvnors by Richard Bean
- Review
- ★★★★
- Gill Balfour
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Little Theatre
- 12th May, 2016
Oh what a man! Francis Henshall is a man driven by his needs, whether its food or a good woman, he is totally consumed and motivated by his desires.
Richard Wright: Proper Grown Up!
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 7th May - 5th Jun 2016
Hello people of Brighton! I’m bringing my show to you as part of Brighton Fringe.
Sean McLoughlin: Kamikaze
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 6th - 22nd May 2016
Brace for impact.
Krater Comedy Club
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Komedia Main Space
- 6th May - 4th Jun 2016
Award-winning comedy with top international and UK comedians. Brighton’s best night out. “THE place in Brighton to catch stand-up comedy” (The Independent)
Right Now
- Review
- ★★★★
- Paul Fisher Cockburn
- Scotland
- Traverse Theatre
- 21st Apr, 2016
First lines are important; as attention grabbers, but also as indicators of what’s to come, tonally at least.
Buena Vista Social Club Live at the O2 with Tapas Dinner and Wine
- Listing Music
- London Fringe
- O2 Arena
- 6th Apr 2016
Channel the musical spirit of Havana for the evening paired with a delicious pre-concert meal at the O2 Arena! Named after the famous Havana members’ club that closed in t…
A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing
- Listing Theatre
- Off Broadway
- Baryshnikov Arts Center
- 2nd Apr 2016
(performances start on Wednesday) A girl may be a half-formed thing, but the Corn Exchange offers a fully realized theatrical adaptation of Eimear McBride’s prize-winning nov…
Right Now
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Bush Theatre
- 23rd Mar - 16th Apr 2016
As Alice and Ben settle into their beautiful new flat they realise that the family across the hall hope to be more than just good neighbours.
Richard Herring: Happy Now?
- Review
- ★★★★
- Ryan O’Connor
- Glasgow
- Citizens Theatre
- 21st Mar, 2016
His 20’s were a fist of fun, his 30’s spent deciphering the intricacies of Big Cook and Little Cook’s business partnership, and then, oh fuck!, he was 40.
Apollo Comedy Club
- Listing Comedy
- USA Regional & Tours
- Apollo Theater
- 10th Mar 2016
Marshall Brandon hosts this comedy show at the legendary theater’s Soundstage. Performers include Meshelle, Neko White and Heather Jay Harris, with music from DJ Qool Marv.
Good King Richard
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Drayton Arms
- 1st - 12th Mar 2016
Drawing on contemporary sources, unsullied by Tudor propaganda, ‘Good King Richard’ dramatises for the very first time, the true events which propelled Richard III onto the thr…
Gourmet Cinema Club
- Listing Attraction
- West End
- Sanctum Soho Hotel
- 13th Feb - 23rd Apr 2016
Experience a cinema screening like never before! There’s no better place to enjoy an indulgent movie night than at a private cinema in the heart of Soho - the traditional …
Valentines Shows
- Listing Comedy
- USA Regional & Tours
- Littlefield / Magnet Theater / The Stand
- 9th - 14th Feb 2016
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…
Thalia Book Club: Michael Ian Black
- Listing Comedy
- USA Regional & Tours
- Symphony Space
- 7th Jan 2016
Mr.
Competitive Erotic Fan Fiction
- Listing Comedy
- USA Regional & Tours
- Union Hall
- 28th Dec 2015
‘Competitive Erotic Fan Fiction’ (Monday) Brian Cook hosts this quarterly storytelling show, which features comedians reading erotic fan fiction “based upon their…
Richard Tucker Music Foundation Gala
- Listing Music
- USA Regional & Tours
- David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center
- 1st Nov 2015
Since 1975, the Richard Tucker Music Foundation has been fostering the careers of emerging singers.
One Last Thing (For Now)
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Arts Theatre
- 5th - 6th Oct 2015
Some lives are touched by war.
What If Lance Armstrong Had The Right Idea?
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Stand in the Square
- 28th Aug 2015
Every four years we marvel at the feats of human endeavour at the Olympic Games, but imagine a world where doping was allowed.
QI Presents: No Such Thing as a Fish
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly Potterrow
- 26th - 30th Aug 2015
Live recording of the hit podcast from the writers of the BBC show QI.
H.M.S. Pinafore
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in Augustines
- 30th Aug, 2015
While it is laudable to have an open policy for membership of an amateur operatic society the knock-on effects can be dire as demonstrated in Cat-Like Tread’s production of H.
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 29th Aug, 2015
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men could be seen as a dark comedy or as just dark.
Piaf
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on Niddry St
- 28th Aug, 2015
Piaf opens with a spectacular tableau of the entire cast.
Oliver Twist
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on Niddry St
- 29th Aug, 2015
Italia Conti Ensemble score an absolute triumph with Neil Bartlett’s Oliver Twist.
For Queen and Country
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 27th Aug, 2015
For Queen and Country.
Party
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in The Vault
- 28th Aug, 2015
Party isn’t that sort of party; well, it sort of is, and maybe it should be, but overall it isn’t – though it might be after it’s finished.
Richard III
- Review
- ★★★★
- Alex Hargreaves
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Royal Terrace
- 25th Aug, 2015
Richard III is one of the most fascinating Shakespeare plays I know, and it is always interesting to see new interpretations by different companies.
I Am
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Spotlites
- 27th Aug, 2015
I Am is the sequel to LCP Dance Theatre’s Am I.
I Loved You and I Loved You
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Zoo
- 26th Aug, 2015
If Morfydd Owen had lived three weeks longer she would have been immortalised in the 27 Club.
Last Man Standing
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Zoo Southside
- 26th Aug, 2015
For those who like their dance without frills, Last Man Standing provides an hour of unrelenting raw movement.
Does Age Matter?
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 22nd Aug 2015
Is comedy just for young people? Are we overcoming misogyny to confront a new breed of ageism? Given that there is still a balance to achieve in terms of representing women on the …
YAMA
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Zoo Southside
- 25th Aug, 2015
There is dance and there is Scottish Dance Theatre.
Savage
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 25th Aug, 2015
Aimee has an ironically funny line in Savage when she refers to John as “a boring old queen”.
The Craig Charles Funk and Soul Club
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- La Belle Angèle
- 20th Aug 2015
A late Thursday night celebration as the Funk ’n’ Soul Show goes live with presenter, DJ, acclaimed actor and funkster about town Craig Charles manning the decks until 5am.
The Sun Ra Arkestra with Richard Youngs
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 20th Aug 2015
Summerhall is proud to present the Sun Ra Arkestra, live in the Dissection Room.
Sketch Club: The Final
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon
- 19th Aug 2015
Welcome to the Grand Final of the Gilded Balloon and Sketch Club’s exciting new competition to find the very best new sketch performers.
Danny Dorling: Economic Inequality and Our Grandchildren’s Future
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Assembly Rooms
- 18th Aug 2015
Did Scotland vote the wrong way on independence? Predicting the future is hard, but if we carry on the path we’re on what becomes of our grandchildren? There is no way that every…
Oliver!
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 26th Aug, 2015
With a cast of nearly fifty, there’s no shortage of oom-pah-pah in this dazzling production of Lionel Bart’s Oliver! by Stage 84, The Yorkshire School of Performing Arts.
Can't Spell Right
- Review
- ★★★
- Toh Wen Li
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 24th Aug, 2015
All too often, comedy shows at the Fringe can look like they are being either pretentiously clever or simply trying too hard.
A Little Respect
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 20th Aug, 2015
Here we go again.
The State of Concrete
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 22nd Aug, 2015
The Britwell estate, built in 1957, was created to rehouse people from the slum clearance areas of London and Essex.
Odd Shaped Balls
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- SpaceTriplex
- 22nd Aug, 2015
‘The last 12 months have been very difficult for me.
Romeo and Juliet
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on Niddry St
- 23rd Aug, 2015
A Daily Mirror awaits us on our seats announcing the death of a ‘pair of “star-crossed” lovers … in the wake of increasingly violent clashes in the streets’.
Donald Does Dusty
- Review
- ★★
- Paul Fisher Cockburn
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 25th Aug, 2015
Donald Torr was, apparently, the best big brother any little girl could have, especially growing up on the outskirts of 1960s’ Aberdeen.
Faust
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 19th Aug, 2015
In sixteenth-century Germany it was not regarded as irreverant to perform comic puppet shows featuring characters and scenes from the legend of Faust.
Richard Wiseman: How to be Happy, Healthy, Wealthy and Wise
- Review
- ★★★★
- Toh Wen Li
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Assembly Rooms
- 22nd Aug, 2015
Richard Wiseman, psychologist and bestselling author of several popular psychology books, returns to the Fringe to talk for an hour about the psychology of perception, touching on …
Undermined
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Royal Terrace
- 22nd Aug, 2015
Undermined was going to be called Shafted, but a guy named Godber had already beaten Danny Mellor to it.
The Jeremy Kyle Show Does Shakespeare
- Review
- ★★★★
- Catriona Scott
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Chiquito (venue 294)
- 19th Aug, 2015
A young girl swears she will kill herself if her parents won’t let her date her boyfriend.
Comedy Club 4 Kids 4 Grown-Ups
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Roxy
- 14th Aug 2015
Metaphorically, if our afternoon Comedy Club 4 Kids shows are Doctor Who, then this is the Torchwood spin-off.
Daniel Sloss: Dark: Extra Shows!
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Venue150@EICC
- 14th - 29th Aug 2015
Due to massive demand, six later, quite probably ruder, shows! Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedy half-man-half-Xbox.
Alex Yellowlees Hot Club Jazz Quartet
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Acoustic Music Centre @ St Bride’s
- 14th Aug 2015
‘Simply outstanding jazz musicianship’ (Turin International Jazz Festival).
A Beggar for a Miracle: A Fan’s Life in Football
- Review
- ★★★
- Conor Matchett
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Andrew’s and St George’s West, George St
- 15th Aug, 2015
This was a talk for the footballing purist – a no-frills, brief chat with two of the footballing world’s most renowned authors.
Luisa Omielan: Am I Right Ladies?!
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Theatre
- 13th - 15th Aug 2015
Fresh, hilarious and brilliant! Another signature party with jokes from Luisa Omielan, following her unprecedentedly successful debut stand-up show, What Would Beyoncé Do?! An emp…
Richard III
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Catriona Scott
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just Festival at St John’s
- 14th Aug, 2015
I have seen several performances of Richard III; Laurence Olivier and Ian McKellen on film, and Kevin Spacey at the Old Vic, but Emily Carding’s portrayal of the king who murders…
Comedians' Cinema Club
- Review
- ★★★★
- Louise Jones
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Tron
- 17th Aug, 2015
No amount of advance research can prepare you for Comedians’ Cinema Club.
Posh
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Te Kore
- 30th Aug, 2015
With this year’s general election behind us and members now in office the return of Posh to the Festival Fringe is timely.
Antigone: An Arabian Tragedy
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 19th Aug, 2015
Antigone: An Arabian Tragedy started out as two plays in a year-long project by One World Actors Centre (Kuwait) to produce Jean Anouilh’s Antigone in both English and Arabic.
Roaring Boys
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Te Kore
- 1st Sep, 2015
Roaring Boys makes a welcome and very successful return to the Festival Fringe this year adding a further chapter to its interesting history.
The Pirates of Penzance
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in Augustines
- 20th Aug, 2015
“In Pirates, there are gems from the first to the last minute.
99 Club Stand-Up Selection – Free
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 8th - 30th Aug 2015
Proud to support the Free Festival, The 99 Club brings a selection of some of the best comics at the Fringe.
Bayou Blues
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Venue 13
- 14th Aug, 2015
Bayou Blues is beautiful.
Richard Brown: Art is Easy
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Dragonfly
- 8th - 29th Aug 2015
The follow up to his debut show, This is Not for You (**** Scotsman), this is an alternative comedy show about hopelessness.
My Name is...
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Northern Stage at Summerhall
- 20th Aug, 2015
When Gaby disappeared from her Scottish home in 2006, it was assumed that her Pakistani father had kidnapped her.
The USOL Best Friends Club
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Dragonfly
- 8th - 29th Aug 2015
An hour of stand-up from award winners and best friends, Thom Barrett, Rob Saunders and Liam Sullivan.
Every Brilliant Thing
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Emma Gibson
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Roundabout @ Summerhall
- 13th Aug, 2015
Every Brilliant Thing is quite simply brilliant.
UCLU Comedy Club Presents...
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Movement
- 8th - 29th Aug 2015
Join UCLU Comedy Club’s Blank Slates for an hour of thrilling improvised comedy, as they follow the story of a young superhero on their rise to glory.
Reconciling
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 19th Aug, 2015
Fractals are frequently found in discussions within the realms of science, maths, art and nature.
Five Drinks
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in Augustines
- 27th Aug, 2015
It might be a good idea to take five drinks into the auditorium, to see you through a play that has moments of wit and humour but contains nothing profound.
IamI
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Venue 13
- 22nd Aug, 2015
Yet again CalArts pushes forward the frontiers of theatre with an extraordinary, fascinating and labyrinthine work.
Richard Gadd: Waiting for Gaddot
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Banshee Labyrinth
- 8th - 30th Aug 2015
The troubled comedian returns to the festival for the third year running (Cheese and Crack Whores, 2013; Breaking Gadd, 2014) having received rave reviews, sell-out crowds, critica…
Just the Tonic Comedy Club – Midnight Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 8th - 30th Aug 2015
Come and witness one of the greatest late-night mixed bill shows on offer.
Hilarity Bites Comedy Club: Midnight Feast
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Cowgatehead
- 8th - 30th Aug 2015
Hilarity Bites Comedy Club goes late night, with a midnight show at the Edinburgh Fringe, following two sell-out runs.
Wonderland
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 22nd Aug, 2015
Wonderland is the story of Alice’s encounters in the tale of the Red Queen.
BED
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 22nd Aug, 2015
Eddie, Imogen and Lena share a flat.
The Ascension of Mrs Leech
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 22nd Aug, 2015
This hilarious beginners guide to theology is the funniest presentation of religious concepts imaginable.
Simon Caine Does His Club Set
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Cowgatehead
- 7th - 30th Aug 2015
Fancy watching a comedian perform their club set during the world’s largest arts festival? You’re in luck.
Christian O'Connell: You've Ruined My Morning... and Other Fan Mail
- Review
- ★★★★
- Callum Stott
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon
- 25th Aug, 2015
Many people will of course know Christian O’Connell from presenting the Absolute Radio Breakfast Show of which he has been doing now for over 10 years and in his time on the stat…
Hilarity Bites Comedy Club Showcase Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Cowgatehead
- 7th - 30th Aug 2015
Hilarity Bites Comedy Club returns to the Edinburgh Fringe following two sell-out runs.
The American Soldier
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Zoo Southside
- 19th Aug, 2015
We must be nearly at saturation point with plays and particularly monologues about war veterans.
Thirteen (13)
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Edinburgh Academy
- 14th Aug, 2015
The storyline is shallow, the message insubstantial and the script contrived, so you don’t have anything deep to think about.
Ozymandias
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Jury’s Inn
- 19th Aug, 2015
Interviewed by Broadway Baby, Hugh Train explained how Ozymandias was generated through free writing around the words of Shelley’s poem until eventually the “nonsensical rambl…
Bones
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Jury’s Inn
- 15th Aug, 2015
Bones is an intimate and tragic tale of growing up in a bruised family and having to take responsibility not only for yourself but also for those who who should be caring for you.
The Amazing World of MC Escher
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
- 26th Aug, 2015
Given our familiarity with Escher’s unmistakable style it’s hard to believe that this is the first major exhibition of his work in the UK and that there is only one print of …
Rent
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in Augustines
- 13th Aug, 2015
Fans of Rent will love this full length presentation and for those who have never seen it, this is a great opportunity to watch a rip-roaring production.
The Hendrick's Emporium of Sensorial Submersion
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Hendrick’s Emporium of Sensorial Submersion
- 26th Aug, 2015
The Hendrick’s Emporium of Sensorial Submersion is yet another triumph for the phantasmagorically fertile imaginations of the genial geniuses of gin.
Just the Tonic Comedy Club
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 7th - 29th Aug 2015
‘At the end of a long day’s Fringe-going, this club is Just the Tonic’ (Scotsman).
Styx
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 22nd Aug, 2015
For once, we are given a programme description that is completely accurate and delivers what it promises: ‘a tragicomic thriller about love and accidental murder….
Homme | Animal
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 15th Aug, 2015
‘How can I know who I am …feeling with pure energy, / With my heart, my mind, my body, my soul, / This is who and what I am.
A Face That Fits
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 14th Aug, 2015
Moon Fly Theatre Company was created this year with the aim of affording opportunities to new and promising writers, actors and directors.
I'm Not Here Right Now
- Review
- ★★★
- Tom Moyser
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Roundabout @ Summerhall
- 25th Aug, 2015
How do we choose what we believe? Do we believe what we see with our eyes? Or do we believe what others find believable? What happens when these two things contradict one another? …
BBC: BBC Presents... The Next Big Thing
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- BBC@POTTERROW
- 7th Aug 2015
Our pick of the best new shows opening at the Edinburgh Festivals 2015. Line-up TBC.
The Stand Late Club
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club
- 7th - 29th Aug 2015
‘This is late night comedy at its finest’ **** (BroadwayBaby.
Present and Correct: Fan Club
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 7th - 29th Aug 2015
Dead Duck Productions brings you another hilarious and original sketch show from the Present and Correct series! We need one more member for our cast to be complete and we’re wai…
Little Thing, Big Thing
- Review
- ★★★★
- Joanna Bowman
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 16th Aug, 2015
A nun and an ex-con find themselves on the run across Ireland, carrying two film rolls, identical in appearance but with very different sets of pictures on them.
The Unknown Soldier
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Spotlites
- 25th Aug, 2015
The Unknown Soldier finds an interesting perspective on the lives of men who fought in the First World War.
When the Sh*t Hits the Fan
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Hall
- 6th - 31st Aug 2015
Two divorces, a rare autoimmune disease and both becoming single mums wasn’t part of the life plan.
Edinburgh Gin O'Clock
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Boards
- 10th Aug, 2015
The Edinburgh Gin Company has left its distillery behind and moved to The Boards in the Edinburgh Playhouse to tell a brief history of the city’s alcohol and gin heritage along w…
Comedy Club 4 Kids
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Roxy
- 6th - 30th Aug 2015
‘Comedy Club 4 Kids has stand-up from grown-up, high-quality acts like John Robins, Stu Goldsmith and Nish Kumar, who perform their usual sets, just without the swearing or rude bi…
Comfort Slaves
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- New Town Theatre
- 11th Aug, 2015
Suitability: 16+ (Restriction).
RAZ by Jim Cartwright
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 15th Aug, 2015
It’s a deceptively simple bag of ingredients that Jim Cartwright lists in the script for his new play Raz, which has had its premiere at this year’s Festival Fringe.
The Play's the Thing: Shakespeare for Kids
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C south
- 6th - 31st Aug 2015
Come to the Globe Playhouse and meet William Shakespeare himself! An enchanting journey through Shakespeare’s most famous characters will start a love for his work that will last a…
Titty Bar Ha Ha: Club Titticana
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ City Cafe
- 6th - 30th Aug 2015
The murderous hostesses, Hope and Gloria return for their third year of high end filth and games.
Tom Binns: The Club Sets
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Gardens
- 6th - 31st Aug 2015
One man, three hilarious comedy acts.
A Girl is a Half-formed Thing by Eimear McBride
- Review
- ★★★★
- William Heraghty
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Traverse Theatre
- 19th Aug, 2015
A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing is definitely not an easy watch, though ‘listen’ might be a better description, as Aoife Duffin delivers a highly unsettling stream-of-consciousne…
The Trials of Galileo
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- New Town Theatre
- 22nd Aug, 2015
Galileo lived in age when the church reigned supreme, faith was more important than fact and dogma denied discovery.
International Stud
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C cubed
- 10th Aug, 2015
Originally a one-act play consisting of five scenes, The International Stud premiered Off-Off-Broadway in 1978 and later became the first part of Harvey Fierstein’s landmark work, …
Richard Melvin Presents… Live at The Stand Podcast
- Review
- ★★
- Oliver Lennard
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club
- 13th Aug, 2015
Live at the Stand is an opportunity to attend the recording of the podcast of the same name, featuring a rotating lineup of comics performing sets and taking part in games and inte…
Sean McLoughlin: Whatever It Takes
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 5th - 30th Aug 2015
Another calamitous year.
Richard Soames Does the Right Thing
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, George Square
- 5th - 31st Aug 2015
Morally upstanding stand-up and sketches from star of Fringe favourites The Beta Males (Radio 4, Chortle Award nominees).
The Underbelly Radio Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly Med Quad
- 5th - 28th Aug 2015
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…
Danny Ward – St Vitus Dance
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 5th - 30th Aug 2015
Slick, quick and packed with funny material, high energy comedy from 2013 Amused Moose Award winner and 2013 Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year nominee.
K'rd Strip: A Place to Stand
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Roxy
- 30th Aug, 2015
K’Rd Strip: A Place to Stand is a bizarre yet beautiful blend of Māori culture, contemporary dance, vocals and music, drag and real life stories.
S.E.N
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Bedlam Theatre
- 18th Aug, 2015
You can find the characters Taylor and Aalia in every comprehensive school in the country.
Labels
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 17th Aug, 2015
Labels are easy to create: they can even be fun.
Danza del Caribe: Itara
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Roxy
- 11th Aug, 2015
Welcome to a world in which West Africa meets Jamaica, meets Cuba: A world of burning desire, or as they say in Yoruba, Itara.
Bat-Fan
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 17th Aug, 2015
When boredom threatens at the Fringe, a hero will rise.
Some Thing New
- Review
- ★★
- Rory Mackenzie
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C nova
- 13th Aug, 2015
Delivered as an interactive art workshop, with a narrative line slowly emerging, Some Thing New is a great idea with an unsatisfying execution.
Revan and Fennell: Fan Club
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Pete Shaw
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C nova
- 9th Sep, 2015
Brimming with originality and presenting a confidently executed show, Revan and Fennell are a double act that have the potential to succeed the comedy throne of French & Saunders.
Richard Parker
- Review
- ★★★
- Bennett Bonci
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C nova
- 15th Aug, 2015
What I remember most strongly from Richard Parker, a 2011 dark comedy from playwright Owen Thomas, was the heat.
Loot
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C
- 17th Aug, 2015
There’s a huge difference between comedy and black comedy that seems to have eluded the Lincoln Company in their production of Joe Ortons’s Loot.
La Ronde
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C nova
- 12th Aug, 2015
In keeping with its history, this latest production of La Ronde by Zebronkeyis controversial.
Richard II
- Review
- ★★★
- Grace Knight
- Glasgow
- Glasgow Botanic Gardens
- 26th Jul, 2015
Shakespeare’s popular play Richard II recounts the fate of the famously decadent king as he spends his father’s fortune, places punitive taxes onto the poor, and spends his no…
Danny Elfmans Music from the Films of Tim Burton
- Listing Music
- USA Regional & Tours
- Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center
- 6th - 12th Jul 2015
It might be difficult for patrons in Edward Scissorhands costumes to get past security at Avery Fisher Hall.
Shows for Days
- Listing Theatre
- Off Broadway
- Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, Lincoln Center
- 31st May 2015
(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…
Club Click: The Soul of Dirty Disco
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 30th May 2015
Booty Queens & Hip Hustlers come on down for a dazzling evening of sumptuous glamour, glittering divas, cabaret chic & dirty disco dancing.
Richard Lewis in Conversation with JB Smoove
- Listing Comedy
- USA Regional & Tours
- 92nd Street Y
- 26th May 2015
Richard Lewis’s long-form, fury-driven stand-up has influenced scores of comedians over the last 40 years.
Hundred Watt Club: Burlesque & Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Brighton Fringe
- The Old Market
- 22nd May 2015
Returning to Brighton with another rip-roaring line-up! Featuring raucous, risqué and hairy boylesque from Dave the Bear; flirtatious striptease from pin-up Jeanie Wishes; plus hi…
Brighton Swing Thing
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 17th May 2015
Join the Brighton Swing Community for a special Fringe afternoon of swing music and dancing with a live swing band, DJs, beginners Lindy Hop dance class, Charleston dancers and a d…
Sean McLoughlin: Breaking Point
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Hobgoblin
- 15th - 24th May 2015
Another hour of choice stand-up from the acclaimed/dazed Sean McLoughlin, who was nominated by fellow comedians for the ‘Best Performer’ Barry Award at the Edinburgh Fringe 2014.
The Beta Males Go Solo: Adam, Richard & The Story Beast
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 15th - 17th May 2015
Join Adam Blampied “Delightful” (British Theatre Guide), Richard Soames “Excellent” (Sunday Times) and The Story Beast “Bearded force of nature” (Guardian) as The Beta Males finall…
The Improverts - Exam Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh
- Teviot Debating Hall, Teviot Row House
- 14th - 15th May 2015
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…
What Does the Future Drop?
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 10th - 24th May 2015
Jessica Fostekew (writer on BBC 1‘s ‘Mock the Week’, Channel 4’s ‘8 out of 10 Cats’ and Radio 4’s ‘News Quiz’) previews her new show about what a nonsense all our plans and m…
Comedy Club 4 Kids
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Brighton Fringe
- Komedia - Main Space
- 9th May 2015
Since 2005, the Comedy Club 4 Kids has been getting the best stand-ups and sketch acts from the international circuit to do their thing for an audience of children (aged 6+) and th…
Traumfrau Does Fringe
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 8th May 2015
Traumfrau’s queer disco for the unusual crowd makes its Fringe debut in style(ish) at the Spiegeltent.
Spiegel Late with Club Click DJs
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 7th - 29th May 2015
The weekend starts Thursdays at the Spiegeltent with Club Click DJs playing a slinky mix of funky soul, R&B and dirty disco.
The Colin Hoult Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 7th - 25th May 2015
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…
Red Brick Comedy Club
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Otherplace at the Basement: Main Space
- 2nd - 30th May 2015
The Fringe’s favourite stand-up comedy club returns.
Krater Comedy Club
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Komedia - Main Space
- 1st - 31st May 2015
Award-winning comedy every Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
The Other Thing
- Listing Theatre
- Off Broadway
- McGinn/Cazale Theater
- 1st May 2015
(previews start on Tuesday; opens on May 21) Second Stage Uptown has never seemed like a particularly haunted theater, but expect dramatic apparitions as Lucie Tiberghien directs E…
Copperdollar Club Night
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 1st May 2015
Kick off the Spiegeltent season in spectacular style.
Fringe Club on the Neilson Stage
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren Bar: Neilson Stage
- 1st - 31st May 2015
The best place to hang out this May, the Neilson Fringe Club Stage features a busy line-up of fantastic free performances this Fringe with family entertainment, followed by live mu…
Right Now! With Carolyn Castiglia
- Listing Comedy
- USA Regional & Tours
- The Slipper Room
- 29th Apr 2015
Ms.
The Undeniable Sound of Right Now
- Listing Theatre
- Off Broadway
- Rattlestick Playwrights Theater
- 1st Mar 2015
(previews start on March 19; opens on April 2) Rock ’n’ roll might be here to stay, but its venues come and go.
Richard Goode and Friends
- Listing Music
- USA Regional & Tours
- Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall
- 22nd Feb 2015
It’s always a treat to hear the pianist Richard Goode, here in partnership with young artists he has mentored at the Marlboro Music Festival.
The Improverts - London Shows
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- The Hen & Chickens Theatre Bar
- 9th - 10th Jan 2015
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…
Let the Right One In
- Listing Theatre
- Off Broadway
- St. Ann’s Warehouse
- 2nd Jan 2015
(previews start on Jan.
Every Brilliant Thing
- Listing Theatre
- Off Broadway
- Barrow Street Theater
- 30th Nov 2014
(previews start on Dec.
Club Class - The Aviation Comedy
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- THE LONDON THEATRE - New Cross
- 27th - 29th Nov 2014
Join a cast of 5 dressed as cabin crew yet playing everyone form pilots to passengers, baggage handlers to bits of the Airbus A320 on this charter flight of hell to the Algarve.
2014 Richard Tucker Gala
- Listing Music
- USA Regional & Tours
- Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center
- 12th Oct 2014
Since 1975, when the great Brooklyn-born tenor Richard Tucker died, the foundation initiated in his name has fostered the careers of emerging American singers and brought opera to …
The Real Thing
- Listing Theatre
- Broadway
- American Airlines Theater
- 30th Sep 2014
(previews start on Oct.
Richard Lewis
- Listing Comedy
- USA Regional & Tours
- Carolines
- 1st Sep 2014
This renowned comedian, often considered an heir to Lenny Bruce, is a master of long-form storytelling who turns his endless neurotic energy into brilliant comedy.
Richard Thompson in Concert
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Queen’s Hall
- 25th Aug 2014
Critically acclaimed prolific songwriter, Ivor Novello Award winner, recipient of BBC’s Lifetime Achievement Award and named one of Rolling Stone Magazine’s Top 20 Guitarists of Al…
Simon Singh: The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Assembly Rooms
- 31st Aug, 2014
Simon Singh has a very easy style and voice which belies the genius within.
An Evening with Richard Michael and Family
- Review
- ★★★★
- Alice Quine
- Edinburgh Fringe
- artSpace@StMarks
- 24th Aug, 2014
Scotsman Richard Michael leads his talented family on piano with his daughters Hilary Michael on violin and saxophone, Joanna Duncan on violin and xylophone, and nephew Paul Michae…
Nancy Clench: Down Right Dirty
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Spotlites @ The Merchants’ Hall
- 20th - 24th Aug 2014
Join Scotland’s Biggest drag queen for a spectacular hour of her own brand of risqué comedy.
B.J. Novak: One More Thing
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 19th - 24th Aug 2014
Inspired by the public performances of Charles Dickens and Mark Twain, the less decorated but more alive writer and actor B.
Club Spiegel presents Shooglenifty
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Famous Spiegeltent
- 19th - 22nd Aug 2014
The Shoogles return with a brand new album.
Confusions
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in The Vault
- 31st Aug, 2014
One of the confusions in this production, although not without precedent, is the running order of the five interrelated plays that make up the complete work.
Compulsion
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in The Vault
- 31st Aug, 2014
Declan Cooke is a physically big guy with a powerful presence: if you saw him standing at the bar you would imagine him to be full of confidence and completely in control of his li…
James Bannon: Running with the Firm
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Roxy
- 31st Aug, 2014
James Bannon’s story has all the ingredients of a good novel: a down-to-earth setting; some very shady characters, some good guys and some dumb ones; a developing plot; plenty of…
Bright Club: Scotland’s Fringe
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Assembly Rooms
- 18th Aug 2014
We’re straight from the research field to the Fringe! Bright Club is the freshest thing in stand-up - an academic comedy cocktail synthesised for your entertainment and enlighten…
BBC: Richard Bacon
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- BBC@POTTERROW
- 18th Aug 2014
Your chance to see Richard Bacon present his lively and entertaining BBC Radio 5live show from the Edinburgh Festivals with celebrity guests.
Now We Are Pope: Frederick Rolfe in Venice
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on North Bridge
- 31st Aug, 2014
Frederick William Rolfe (1860-1913) was a minor English writer, artist and photographer and serious eccentric.
Who's Afraid of Michael Gove?
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Venue45
- 31st Aug, 2014
The Tories have take control and Michael Gove is Prime Minister.
Nature's Heart
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- artSpace@StMarks
- 23rd Aug, 2014
Koji Takeuchi was born in Japan and began his search for truth in his teens.
Footloose
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Church Hill Theatre
- 19th Aug, 2014
“Footloose may be a hit, but it’s trash - high powered fodder for the teen market.
Richard Wiseman: Night School
- Review
- ★★★
- J. A. Sutherland
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Assembly Rooms
- 16th Aug, 2014
Night School is an odd ‘show’ that seems to hover somewhere between an entertaining lecture and a TED talk.
Dorian
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 23rd Aug, 2014
In a 1990 interview on Japanese television, Berkoff said, “I believe that you don’t need anything more than just utter simplicity and that everything in my art must be created …
Bright Club: Scotland’s Fringe
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Stand in the Square
- 13th Aug 2014
We’re straight from the research field to the Fringe! Bright Club is the freshest thing in stand-up - an academic comedy cocktail synthesised for your entertainment and enlighten…
Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival - Maintaining Sash and Case Windows
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Acheson House
- 13th Aug, 2014
If you think the Fringe is just about theatrical performances then think again.
Winter of Our Discotheque
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in The Vault
- 19th Aug, 2014
Autistic, severely depressed and with inadequate provision for her, Tess Humphrey left school at the age of thirteen.
Woodbine Willie
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Edinburgh Elim
- 19th Aug, 2014
Chain smoker and chaplain, poet and padre, furnisher of faith and fags, Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy dispensed Woodbines and the word of God on the Western Front during the First Worl…
Falling in love with Frida
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Dance Base
- 31st Aug, 2014
Caroline Bowditch, Welly O’Brien and Nicole Guarino provide a wonderful evening in a cosy little room at Dance Base: it’s not very often a full house can consist of twelve peop…
O is for Ofsted
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on North Bridge
- 18th Aug, 2014
Ofsted inspections are generally not much fun.
Danny Stinson's Planet of the Dans
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Sweet Grassmarket
- 11th - 15th Aug 2014
Psych nurse turned comic Danny Stinson feels like he has lived a thousand lives and he has stories to tell from all of them.
Violetta's Last Tango
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Ghillie Dhu
- 17th Aug, 2014
The stunning Grand Auditorium of the Ghillie Dhu provides a spectacular setting for Violetta’s Last Tango and raises high hopes for a marvellous milonga and an evening of songs f…
MacBheatha
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 19th Aug, 2014
Summerhall’s steeply tiered Demonstration Room gives off the air of an amphitheatre, but its back wall houses very modern projections.
The Hacienda Tales
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Jury’s Inn
- 19th Aug, 2014
Canterbury may have one of the world’s most famous cathedrals, but Manchester had the Hacienda.
Sarah Bennetto's Storytellers' Club
- Review
- ★★★★
- Alanta Colley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 12th Aug, 2014
This show is a little different from what the rest of the Festival has to offer.
Daniel Sloss – Really...?! Extra Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Venue150@EICC
- 8th - 23rd Aug 2014
Due to massive demand, six extra, later, and quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man/half-Xbox.
Miann
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 14th Aug, 2014
Soiled bodies writhe across across a primordial swamp in earthbound exploration, rising from time to time in contorted gestures.
Alex Yellowlees Hot Club Jazz Quartet
- Review
- ★★★★
- Ella Moran-Jones
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Acoustic Music Centre @ St Bride’s
- 18th Aug, 2014
Alex Yellowlees and his band take us back in time to the swinging twenties with a collection of hot club swinging jazz tracks, played with a lightness of touch and a lot of skill…
Cafe Voices
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Storytelling Centre
- 12th Aug, 2014
Cafe Voices is held in the beautiful John Knox House, where the elegant wooden panels of the large bright room provide perfect acoustics for storytelling.
Club Spiegel Present The Loveboat Big Band
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Famous Spiegeltent
- 7th - 25th Aug 2014
Sumptuously celebrating the golden age of shipboard romance, while forging full steam into the future, Scotland’s premier swing sensation The Loveboat Big Band invite you aboard …
Hendrick's Parlour Bar
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Hendrick’s Carnival of Knowledge
- 31st Aug, 2014
“Immersive theatre productions tend to operate in dynamically fluid settings, allowing the audience a more active, voyeuristic, and central role, while also individualizing their…
SHOUT! The Mod Musical
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Edinburgh Academy
- 19th Aug, 2014
Bored with Berkoff? Choking on Chekhov? Fed-up with Feydeau? “Don’t sleep in the subway, darlin’, don’t stand in the pouring rain.
What Does The Title Matter Anyway?
- Review
- ★★★★
- Stuart Mckenzie
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 12th Aug, 2014
Clive Anderson hosts one of the best improv shows on the Fringe with a troupe of seasoned professionals at his side.
Every Brilliant Thing
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Jenny Williams
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall @ Roundabout
- 13th Aug, 2014
You’ll have to excuse me for saying this, but Every Brilliant Thing is, quite simply, brilliant.
Rock Trial
- Review
- ★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in Augustines
- 7th Aug, 2014
Forget the defendant, it is the cast of this excruciating production who should be in the dock.
Gary Little: The Thing Is
- Review
- ★★★
- Paul Fisher Cockburn
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club
- 10th Aug, 2014
Gary Little isn’t.
Play It ‘Til We Get It Right
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Church Hill Theatre
- 4th - 8th Aug 2014
An original piece of theatre documenting the struggle of one group of Midwestern American kids trying to mount a show that shares their truth only to realize they may not know what…
The Internet: A Human Right?
- Review
- ★★★
- Ryan O’Connor
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Stand in the Square
- 5th Aug, 2014
Professor Michael Fourman of the University of Edinburgh hosted this event as part of the Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas, a series of seminars and lectures taking place during the Fr…
Nunsense
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in Augustines
- 8th Aug, 2014
“I always had a good experience with nuns,” said Dan Coggins, who wrote the book, music and lyrics we all know as Nunsense to show us what nuns are “really like.
Susan Murray's F*ckwit Club
- Review
- ★★★
- Alanta Colley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Liquid Room
- 10th Aug, 2014
The feisty fire-headed pocket rocket Susan Murray is here to reveal the breadth and depth of just who possesses membership to the F*ckwit Club.
Richard Tyrone Jones: Crap Time Lord
- Review
- ★★★★
- Will Pope
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pilgrim
- 5th Aug, 2014
Proudly the only performance poet on the Fringe circuit with two hearts, the “Ginger Nigel Havers of spoken word” Richard Tyrone Jones presents an hour of witty, candid and spe…
Things from Before Pt. 4
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Venue 13
- 9th Aug, 2014
“Do we not all spend the greater part of our lives under the shadow of an event that has not yet come to pass?” Maurice Maeterlinck published his play in this intriguing perspe…
Richard Tyrone Jones: What the F*ck is This?
- Review
- ★★★★
- Stuart Mckenzie
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Banshee Labyrinth
- 13th Aug, 2014
In the bowels of Banshee Labyrinth lurk the most unlikely of creatures, and none more terrifying nor outlandish as Richard Tyrone.
Next Best Thing
- Review
- ★★★
- Vyvyan Almond
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Opium
- 20th Aug, 2014
Katie Davison and Jay Bennett, weary and elated respectively, open their show with an awkward blend of high-fives and handshakes and an argument over why they’re called The Nex…
The Breakfast Club
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon
- 2nd - 24th Aug 2014
World class morning variety that rocks the whole family.
Richard Brown: This Is Not for You
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Hotel Ibis Edinburgh Centre South Bridge
- 2nd - 23rd Aug 2014
Richard Brown, ‘tall, bearded’ (Fresh Air Radio), presents his debut hour.
The Caddington Affair
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 6th Aug, 2014
The boys of Tiffin School are in town and look set to make a huge impact with The Caddington Affair, one of two devised pieces presented by different groups of year 12 A Level st…
The Noctambulist
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in The Vault
- 9th Aug, 2014
This is a rock-solid, totally refreshing naturalist drama performed by outstanding actors.
Tickled Pig Presents: So Hot Right Now
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Ryrie’s
- 2nd - 15th Aug 2014
Three fine comedians who are all just so hot right now are upstairs in a pub somewhere telling jokes.
Tea Time Story
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Zoo
- 4th Aug, 2014
How many kilos of flour does it take to tell a good story? In the case of Heather Lai, over fifty during the course of her Fringe run and every gramme is put to excellent use.
Just the Tonic Comedy Club's Midnight Show
- Review
- ★★★★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Community Project
- 11th Aug, 2014
The Midnight Comedy Club features different comedians each night showcasing their talents.
Danny Buckler: Punch
- Review
- ★★
- Alanta Colley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Cowgatehead
- 8th Aug, 2014
Danny Buckler is incurably absorbed in the world of fantasy.
An Extraordinary Light
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 11th Aug, 2014
“The Nobel prize, by canonising individuals, disguises the truth that they are all, in Newton’s famous phrase, standing ‘on giants’ shoulders’ and on each other’s as well.
Edinburgh Jews
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- National Library of Scotland Maps
- 2nd Aug, 2014
Edinburgh Jews is an exhibition originally compiled by two students at the University of Edinburgh’s School of Divinity.
Evil
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Spotlites @ The Merchants’ Hall
- 5th Aug, 2014
Jesper Arin, who performs this one-man play, stood at the exit to the theatre as the audience left.
Licence To Laugh Comedy Club
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The White Horse
- 1st - 24th Aug 2014
London’s up-and-coming comedy club brings you some of the finest comedians from the London comedy circuit. Different line-up each day, all hosted by Joe Bains.
Club Spiegel
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Famous Spiegeltent
- 1st - 25th Aug 2014
The legendary late, live and luscious Club Spiegel will present a series of live bands, DJs and dancehall shenanigans throughout the festival.
Forty-Five Minutes
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Venue45
- 9th Aug, 2014
Flying High Theatre Company from Nottinghamshire is aptly named; that is exactly what this group of lively youngsters do throughout this performance.
Faith
- Review
- ★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 8th Aug, 2014
Faith is based on the story of Imber, a village which had the misfortune to be located too near to a military base on Salisbury Plain.
How does a Snake Shed its Skin?
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 1st - 24th Aug 2014
Margaret Thatcher is on a diet.
Soho Comedy Club at the Fringe
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Freestival St Mary’s
- 1st - 25th Aug 2014
An hour of top quality comedy by the best acts at the Fringe bought to you by London’s famous Soho Comedy Club, rated by Time Out as one of the Top 10 Best Comedy Clubs in London…
Error 404
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 31st Aug, 2014
“Instagram is a fast, beautiful and fun way to share your life with friends and family.
IndieRound (Fool Members Club) with Bob Slayer & Tim Fitzhigham
- Review
- ★★★
- Aron Penczu
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Heroes @ Bob & Miss Behave’s Bookshop
- 31st Aug, 2014
Some way into a verbal onslaught directed at yours truly, Bob Slayers makes an unexpected allusion to the observer effect in particle physics.
Éowyn Emerald and Dancers
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Royal Terrace
- 6th Aug, 2014
Éowyn Emerald and Dancers made a successful debut at last year’s Fringe and are back again this year with another varied programme of short dances.
Richard Gadd: Breaking Gadd
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Jane Thompson
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 10th Aug, 2014
Richard Gadd is a deeply disturbed young man.
The Next Big Thing
- Review
- ★★★
- Hannah Lucy Baker
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on North Bridge
- 7th Aug, 2014
The Next Big Thing is a show that deals with precisely that – and the young, ambitious writer who’s striving to attain it.
Luisa Omielan... Am I Right Ladies?!
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 7th Aug, 2014
After the success of her previous show, What Would Beyoncé Do?! Luisa Omielan has returned to Edinburgh with a brand new stand-up act, Am I Right Ladies? It’s a loud and crude t…
Hilarity Bites Comedy Club: Showcase Show
- Review
- ★★★
- Jane Thompson
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Cowgatehead
- 31st Aug, 2014
Hilarity Bites, as comedy showcases at the Fringe go, is a solid choice - a mix of an experienced compere and a good range of acts promising a solid hour of entertainment.
BBC: BBC Presents… The Next Big Thing
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- BBC@POTTERROW
- 1st Aug 2014
Our pick of the best new shows and breakthrough performances from the Edinburgh Festivals 2014.
Olaudah Equiano: The Enslaved African
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Jury’s Inn
- 4th Aug, 2014
The spoken content of this play, written and directed by Adam Tulloch, is minimal; the direction is bold and brave.
99 Club Stand-up Selection - Cowgate - Free
- Review
- ★★★
- Stuart Mckenzie
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
- 19th Aug, 2014
Luke Benson hosts 99 Club’s pick of the Fringe with a free hour of comedy that shows off the talents (and faults) at this year’s festival.
Comedians' Cinema Club
- Review
- ★★★
- Kayleigh Blair
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Tron
- 16th Aug, 2014
This improv show sees stand up Eric Lampaert direct a series of movies with a cast of Fringe comedians that changes daily - some of whom have never even seen the movie they are …
Man Enough
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Phoenix
- 5th Aug, 2014
Chris is 18 years old, gay, and in search of fun and attention.
The Fair Intellectual Club
- Review
- ★★★★
- Megan Dalton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Assembly Rooms
- 17th Aug, 2014
In 1717, three young women strove to discover ‘what we might attain unto if we were as industrious to cultivate our minds as we are to adorn our bodies’, and so set up the soci…
Danny Bhoy: 12 Nights, 12 Charities
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Assembly Rooms
- 7th Aug, 2014
There’s a particular pleasure in seeing someone do their job incredibly well.
The Beta Males Sessions: Richard and The Storybeast
- Review
- ★★★
- Paul Fisher Cockburn
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Espionage
- 8th Aug, 2014
In addition to their main show at the Pleasance, the writer-performer foursome known as the Beta Males have split into pairs to do something a bit different in the afternoon.
Sean McLoughlin: I Will Prevail
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Espionage
- 31st Jul - 24th Aug 2014
The hilarious and disgruntled stand-up returns to Edinburgh with a fantastic new show.
A Virgin's Guide To... Rocky Horror
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- New Town Theatre
- 13th Aug, 2014
“This is not The Rocky Horror Show stage production” - a significant point of clarification in the Fringe programme lest anyone might think that this is the real thing.
Working Men's Club
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
- 31st Jul - 24th Aug 2014
Step into Working Men’s Club - the best bits of that unique type of entertainment.
Pennyroyal
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Hall
- 8th Aug, 2014
This is one for all the lads who have ever had girlfriends problems, all the lassies who have had to put up with boyfriends, and anyone who likes tea.
Comedy Club 4 Kids
- Review
- ★★★★
- James Beagon
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Roxy
- 9th Aug, 2014
I didn’t expect to be hearing hard-hitting political satire this afternoon, but wow, that was actually quite a good Tibet joke.
The Explorers Club
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn
- 31st Jul - 24th Aug 2014
Comedy! Exploring! Adventures! Life! Death! Other stuff! Come see the first solo Edinburgh Festival Fringe show from comedian Andrew Learmonth.
101 Comedy Club - Free
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The White Horse
- 31st Jul - 24th Aug 2014
‘Funny.
Danny Mcloughlin Feels Alright
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Tron
- 31st Jul - 24th Aug 2014
Danny Mcloughlin feels alright.
Mark Restuccia - Stooch Club
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Mash House
- 31st Jul - 24th Aug 2014
Ever wondered what it’s really like to be a comedian? Ever wondered what they get up to the rest of the time when you don’t see them on stage? Ever wondered how they come up with t…
Richard Herring: Lord of the Dance Settee
- Review
- ★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Theatre
- 7th Aug, 2014
Lord of the Dance Settee marks Richard Herring’s 23rd Fringe show, an accumulated Edinburgh residency of just under two years; enough, as he himself points out, to make him mor…
Hancock’s Last Half Hour by Heathcote Williams
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Assembly Rooms
- 3rd Aug, 2014
“Ladies and gentlemen, I shall now bid you all good day.
Emily Brown and the Thing
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 30th Jul - 24th Aug 2014
In this brand-new show from Tall Stories (creators of the Gruffalo stage show), Emily Brown and her old grey rabbit Stanley hear a Thing crying outside their window.
MenSWEAR Collection: Three, Two, F*ck
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C nova
- 1st Aug, 2014
What does it take to be remembered? What would you have to do to ensure that your name lives on forever? Three young lads have spent a few years on the music scene and have finally…
Aye Right? How No?: The Comedy Countdown to the Referendum with Vladimir McTavish & Keir McAllister
- Review
- ★★★★
- Joe Christie
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Assembly Rooms
- 21st Aug, 2014
Tensions are building north of the border.
One Thing Led to a Mother
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club V
- 30th Jul - 24th Aug 2014
Five years of IVF and love going down the tubes and a sex life reduced to cold rooms with plastic cups.
Danny Ward – Infra Dig
- Review
- ★★★
- Faith-Ashleigh Wong
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 19th Aug, 2014
Infra Dig, which we learn is Latin for “beneath your dignity”, is a show about dignity but also pride and respect.
Richard III
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jenny Williams
- London Fringe
- St Paul’s Church
- 15th Jul, 2014
There may be questions surrounding his historical accuracy, but there can be no denying that Shakespeare’s Richard III is one of the most fascinating and entertaining of Englis…
Sundae Club
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Brighton Fringe
- Komedia - Main Space
- 1st Jun 2014
Sundae Club returns for a very special four fabulous hours of creative fun for children and families at Komedia and Dukes @ Komedia.
Children's Shows and Workshops
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Brighton Fringe
- Academy of Creative Training / The Old Market
- 31st May - 1st Jun 2014
A celebration of children and young people in the Performing Arts featuring theatre, literature, music and movement.
Explorers Club: Lucid Dreaming
- Listing Spoken Word
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 28th May 2014
Eccentricty and the quest for experience don’t stop at Brighton and further down the coast is another hotbed of intellectual pursuit.
Comedy Club 4 Kids
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jay Kidd
- Brighton Fringe
- Komedia - Main Space
- 26th May, 2014
Comedy Club 4 Kids is a first-rate comedy show for children and adults alike.
Next Best Thing
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 24th - 26th May 2014
Brand new female comedy double act.
Working Men's Club
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 23rd - 24th May 2014
Come join our club.
Working Men's Club
- Review
- ★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 10th Aug, 2012
The title of Luke Benson and David Hardcastle’s show can easily give rise to the fear that it will be a rather patronising pastiche of working class culture for the benefit of a …
The Greatest Shows on Earth
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 17th May 2014
A dress-up sing-along celebration of everyone’s favourite musicals.
Robin Ince's Dirty Book Club
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jay Kidd
- Brighton Fringe
- Upstairs at Three and Ten
- 15th May, 2014
Clutching a handful of books, Robin Ince takes to the stage to welcome the audience into his world of lurid literature from across the ages.
The Colin Hoult Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Burrow at The Warren
- 5th - 25th May 2014
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.
Am I Right Ladies?!
- Review
- ★★★★
- Corinne O’Sullivan
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 20th May, 2014
How much can you expect from a free comedy show at the Brighton Fringe? A lot, as it turns out, as comedienne Luisa Omielan, fresh from her critically applauded touring show What W…
Red Brick Comedy Club
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Main House
- 3rd - 31st May 2014
The finest, funniest late-night stand-up on the Fringe.
Sean McLoughlin: I Will Prevail
- Review
- ★★★
- Anna Pitts
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 4th May, 2014
If you’re looking for some light hearted comedy to pass the time, don’t go to see Sean McLoughlin.
Krater Comedy Club
- Review
- ★★★★
- Harriet Hirschler
- Brighton Fringe
- Komedia - Main Space
- 4th May, 2012
The basement of Komedia is buzzing as soon as I enter; this is the place to be for stand up comedy in the South (or so I’ve been told).
Krater Comedy Club
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Komedia - Main Space
- 2nd - 31st May 2014
Komedia’s award-winning Krater Comedy Club has been described as “THE place in Brighton to catch stand-up comedy” by The Independent and has been winner of Chortle’s Best C…
Fringe Club
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Main House
- 2nd - 31st May 2014
Continue your Brighton Fringe evening at our late-night show. Music from Brighton’s finest bands and a bar that won’t break the bank. For full listings see www.warrenvenue.com
Fringe Club
- Review
- ★★★
- Rowan Dent
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Main House
- 24th May, 2014
As a child of rural Somerset, I am no stranger to folk music.
Club Sol Party
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Main House
- 1st - 20th May 2014
‘Club Sol Party’ is a completely immersive event that will transport you to sunny Spain for an evening of comedy and cabaret that you will never forget.
Richard Goode
- Listing Music
- USA Regional & Tours
- Isaac Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall
- 1st May 2014
This superlative pianist is an insightful interpreter of a range of repertory.
Cosí Fan Tutte
- Listing Music
- USA Regional & Tours
- Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center
- 23rd Apr 2014 - 30th Apr 2015
After more than two years out of action because of various illnesses and accidents, James Levine returned triumphantly to the Metropolitan Opera in September conducting a revival o…
The Comedians Club
- Listing Comedy
- USA Regional & Tours
- The Comedians’ Club of New York
- 7th Apr 2014
New York City’s newest comedy club kicks off its Monday night show — with the emcee Josh Spear and stand-up from Jesse Joyce, Dan Soder and a surprise guest.
Let The Right One In
- Review
- ★★★★
- Simon Ximenez
- West End
- Apollo Theatre
- 7th Apr, 2014
Take a 2004 Swedish vampire novel that was made into a subtitled horror film as your starting point.
Richard III
- Review
- ★★★
- Bryony Clarke
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Blue Elephant Theatre / Secret Theatre
- 7th Aug, 2012
It was once thought that school productions of Shakespeare plays were for the enjoyment of supportive parents and few others.
Così Fan Tutte
- Review
- ★★★★
- Margaret Sessa-Hawkins
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 26th Aug, 2013
Modernisations are always tricky.
BBC: The Richard Bacon Programme
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Aug 2013
BBC 5 Live’s Richard Bacon presents his show from the BBC’s venue at the Edinburgh Festivals. Join him for big name guests and topical debate.
Do The Right Thing
- Review
- ★★★
- Ali Quaile
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 11th Aug, 2012
For those unaware of Do the Right Thing, it’s a multi-award nominated panel show podcast recorded in front of a live audience.
Do The Right Thing
- Listing Comedy / Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 18th - 21st Aug 2013
Hit panel game podcast (2012 Sony Award winner), hosted by Danielle Ward, Michael Legge and Margaret Cabourn-Smith.
Storytellers' Club
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th - 17th Aug 2013
Sarah Bennetto is joined by some of the world’s best comedians telling stories by a fireside.
Alex Yellowlees Hot Club Jazz Quartet
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug 2013
This modern day Grappelli on violin with virtuoso guitarists Ged Brockie and Mike Nisbet and double bassist Kenny Ellis, perform intoxicating hot club jazz laced with Latin rhythms…
The 27 Club
- Review
- ★★★
- James Dolton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2013
The 27 Club as a concept is comprised of a much revered collection of musicians who died aged 27.
The 27 Club
- Review
- ★★★★
- Alistair Grant
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 3rd Aug, 2012
The 27 Club is possibly the only club in the world as exclusive to join as it is undesirable.
Medea
- Review
- ★
- Richard O’Brien
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Aug, 2011
Many readers will be familiar with the experience of almost falling asleep in a lecture theatre; it is probably less common for the urge to arise while a Greek tragedy is in full s…
Tony Benn and Richard Holloway: Two Old Gits
- Review
- ★★★
- Sarah McIntosh
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Aug, 2013
In a society where the older generation is generally ignored and marginalised by the media, Two Old Gits comes as a welcome change.
Si L’enfant Ne Dort Pas Bien... (If the Child Does Not Sleep Well...)
- Review
- ★★★★
- Ella Moran-Jones
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 22nd Aug, 2013
Dreamland Theatre makes an impressive debut with this imaginative interpretation of a traditional fairy tale.
Wing It, Dusty
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Speir
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 14th Aug, 2013
As Deidre and Veronica awake on their wedding day, the action of this show takes place in a bedroom with conversation ranging from Deirdre’s love of Julie Andrews to Veronica’s ins…
Club Noir Burlesque: Schlock Horror
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 10th Aug 2013
A gory, bloody, wicked show.
Daniel Sloss - Stand-Up (Extra Shows!)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th - 24th Aug 2013
Due to massive demand six extra, later, quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man, half-Xbox.
Hamelin: The Last Child
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Speir
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2013
On the 26 June 1284, 130 children mysteriously vanished from the town of Hamelin, Germany, for which the Pied Piper has been blamed in legend.
Danny the Champion of the World - Plays for Children
- Review
- ★★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Aug, 2013
When you’re looking for a kids’ show at the Fringe, there are a few names which ought to be a safe bet and, of these, none more so than Roald Dahl.
BiDiNG TiME - Various Shows
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th - 24th Aug 2013
International experiment sharing a story about a woman called Thyme, with local interpretations.
One Last Thing
- Listing Theatre / Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th - 18th Aug 2013
A host of eclectic characters emerge in this electrifying play / poem.
Richard Wiseman: Psychobabble
- Review
- ★★★
- Tom Moyser
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Aug, 2012
Richard Wiseman’s Psychobabble feels like an assembly.
Richard Wiseman - Psychobabble
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 4th Aug 2013
Best-selling author, psychologist and magician Richard Wiseman rummages around in your mind.
Captain Morgan and the Sands of Time
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Speir
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 14th Aug, 2013
Watching this show is like experiencing fallout from an imagination bomb.
Just the Tonic Comedy Club's Midnight Show
- Review
- ★★
- Frankie Goodway
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2012
Just the Tonic clearly understand the demands of their audience: the only way into the Midnight Show venue is through a bar and past the toilets.
The Oxford Revue Presents - Free
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Speir
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Aug, 2013
From Oxford University come the Butless Chaps, a sketch group brimming with talent and clever ideas.
Licence to Laugh Comedy Club - Free
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 3rd - 25th Aug 2013
London’s up-and-coming comedy club brings you some of the finest comedians from the London comedy circuit. Different line-up each day, all hosted by Joe Bains.
The Distraction Club
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 3rd - 26th Aug 2013
London’s top musical comedy night arrives in Edinburgh! Featuring the best musical comedians and the funniest musicians to be found at the Fringe.
Phillip and Marjorie's Marriage Preparation Course for Regular People and The Gays
- Review
- ★★★
- Melissa Lawford
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Aug, 2013
Phillip and Marjorie are a skilled double act whose thoroughly entertaining Marriage Preparation Course will hopefully not be taken seriously by many.
Richard Gadd: Cheese and Crack Whores
- Review
- ★★★★
- Beth Cochrane
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2013
Wonderfully dark and disturbing, Richard Gadd has come to Edinburgh’s Free Fringe not only to make his audience cry with laughter, but also to push the boundaries of physical com…
Boredom
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Speir
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2013
Two girls dressed in leopard print belong in what must be the most boring world possible and for one whole hour let us in on how they pass the time.
The Horne Section Live in a Cow - Extra Shows
- Listing Comedy / Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 3rd - 24th Aug 2013
Rolling into Edinburgh with a brand new barnstorming show, The Horne Section will yet again provide the festival’s best musical mayhem.
Just the Tonic Comedy Club's Midnight Show
- Review
- ★★★★
- Susan Ford
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2013
Late night shows throughout the Fringe are well known for being a bit raucous, a bit crazy and best enjoyed with a bevvy or two.
The Rabbie Burns Supper Club
- Review
- ★★★★
- Rory Mackenzie
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Aug, 2013
Set in the impressive venue of the Ghillie Dhu, the Rabbie Burns Supper Club is an ostensible celebration of Burns poetry and Scots culture.
The Breakfast Club
- Review
- ★★★★
- Margaret Sessa-Hawkins
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2013
It’s hard, a lot of the time, to find comedy that appeals to both children and adults.
Chaos By Design
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Speir
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2013
Rape is a crime against humanity, especially when used as a weapon of war.
Best of Waterloo Comedy Club - Ralph D'iamond Hosts
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 2nd - 6th Aug 2013
Come and see the stars who’ve appeared at Waterloo Comedy Club including radio and TV guests, award winners and Fringe favourites.
Wits End Comedy Club
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 2nd - 12th Aug 2013
Our dashing hosts present a naughty nightcap of raucous comedy, cabaret and late night frivolity.
Grated Expectations
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Speir
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th Aug, 2013
For those who are not experts in Dickensian literature, Grated Expectations might well prove hard to understand.
The Principle of Uncertainty
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Speir
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 14th Aug, 2013
In The Principle of Uncertainty we have a physics lecture on Quantum Mechanics containing live music with the premise that the only certainty is that nothing in the universe is cer…
Free - 99 Club Stand-Up Selection - Cowgate
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 2nd - 25th Aug 2013
Proudly supporting the Free Festival, the 99 Club brings a selection of four different comics every day.
Comedy Club 4 Kids
- Review
- ★★
- Kai Sedgwick
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Komedia - Main Space / Southbank Centre Pop-up Festival Area
- 5th Aug, 2012
The Bongo Club is more accustomed to hosting face-chewing ravers than sweet-chewing kiddies, but this evening the kindergarten has taken over.
Hound Dog
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Speir
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th Aug, 2013
Although far from perfect, this is a pleasant and, at times, touching comedy about the stresses and strains of family life.
The Scottish Burly Ceilidh Club
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jenni Ajderian
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th Aug, 2013
For first-time ceilidh-goers, some tips: do not wear high heels.
Comedy Club 4 Kids
- Review
- ★★★★
- Lauren Humphreys
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 8th Aug, 2013
Where can you get an hour of stand-up that includes routines about farts, worms and Charles Darwin? The Comedy Club 4 Kids, that’s where.
Three Women
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Speir
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 14th Aug, 2013
Watching Three Women is immensely frustrating.
Pip Utton: Churchill
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Speir
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th Aug, 2013
Thirteen-O’Clock, Parliament Square, London.
Hilarity Bites Comedy Club Showcase
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 1st - 25th Aug 2013
Since 2007 Hilarity Bites alumni include John Bishop, Sarah Millican, Chris Ramsey, Russell Kane, Jason Cook, Pete Firman, Richard Herring, Reginald D.
Danny Ward - Pressure Point
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 1st - 25th Aug 2013
Could six months living in Auntie Annie’s conservatory push you over the edge? Find out in this hilarious debut from Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2013 nominee Danny War…
Tom Binns Does Ivan Brackenbury and Others
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Adam Harwood
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2013
There’s not a lot to say about Ivan Brackenbury that hasn’t already been said since he exploded onto the Edinburgh stage seven years ago, receiving enough critical attention to…
Iain Stirling: At Home - Extra Shows
- Listing Comedy / Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 1st - 23rd Aug 2013
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.
Big Value Comedy's Lunchtime Club
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 1st - 25th Aug 2013
An early afternoon, discount show with another four of the hottest unknown acts on the first step of the ladder to success.
Working Men's Club
- Review
- ★★★
- Emily Edwards
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 18th Aug, 2013
Luke Benson and David Hardcastle are bringing back the Working Men’s Club; pints and pork scratchings at the ready.
Sean McLoughlin: Backbone
- Review
- ★★★
- Adam Harwood
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th Aug, 2013
There are plenty of rough diamonds in the melée of eager young performers who flock to the Fringe and 25 year old Sean McLoughlin, taking his first tentative steps into the Edinbu…
Sweater Curse: A Yarn About Love
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Speir
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 11th Aug, 2013
If you love a good story, then you’ll love this.
The Hill and Weedon Fan Club
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 1st - 14th Aug 2013
Hill and Weedon (Winners of Musical Comedy Awards 2013, Laughing Horse New Act of the Year finalists 2012) are back with a powerhouse hour of funny music, sketches, beard whisperin…
Richard Digance
- Review
- ★★★
- Bryce Lucas
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th Aug, 2013
For fans of Richard Digance, his twenty-two show run at the Fringe is long overdue.
Daly's Comedy Club @ The Edinburgh Fringe
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 1st - 25th Aug 2013
In this special free Fringe show you can expect the unexpected with some of our favourite acts handpicked for each show and a different line-up every day, there is something for ev…
Cookstown Sizzling Comedy Club Presents the Irishtorats of Comedy
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 1st - 25th Aug 2013
Showcasing the very best in Irish comedy, this daily show will not disappoint, with the best headline acts on the Irish circuit and support from new up-and-coming comedians.
Romeo/Juliet
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Speir
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Marlborough Theatre / Pleasance Theatre, London
- 13th Aug, 2013
Rarely has there been a version of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo.
Mammoth
- Review
- ★
- Richard Speir
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2013
From Eastern Finland comes Mammoth which is most definitely an acquired taste.
Does My Face Look Big In This
- Review
- ★★★
- Troy Holmes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th Aug, 2013
Does My Face Look Big In This is a one-woman show with Caroline Hardie, a relatable, witty and energetic comedian.
Richard Herring - We're All Going to Die!
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Joe Walsh
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Oran Mor
- 4th Aug, 2013
At a time when high-profile comedy seems frequently to constitute pointing out things that people do, Richard Herring’s satirical wit and eye for originality – not to mention h…
Richard Herring's Edinburgh Fringe Podcast
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jack Skelton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 3rd Aug, 2013
‘The King of Edinburgh’ returns to The Stand with the daily podcast all the cool kids are calling ‘RHEFP!’ Running almost every day throughout the Fringe, each show consist…
Garrett Millerick: Does it Matter?
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Bradley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2013
The world is out to get Garrett Millerick.
God Bless Liz Lochhead
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Speir
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2013
God Bless Liz Lochhead follows three failing actors who attempt to stage an adaptation of Tartuffe, 25 years after a disastrous tour of that production brought chaos to all their l…
New Art Club: Feel About Your Body
- Review
- ★★★★
- Troy Holmes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 18th Aug, 2013
Dynamic, physical, moving (literally), touching (even more literally) and hilarious; this is the New Art Club, Tom Roden and Pete Shenton, two men who are on a mission to make you …
Bright Club: Scotland's Fringe
- Review
- ★★
- Milly Reilly
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Aug, 2013
A show that gathers different academics, doctors, scientists and the like to intellectually entertain has real potential and if the hour had been filled with funny facts from enter…
Executed for Sodomy: the Life Story of Caterina Linck
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Speir
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 8th Aug, 2013
Life must be hard if you want to be a different gender.
Richard Herring's Edinburgh Fringe Podcast
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jock Maitland
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 10th Aug, 2012
During the Fringe, a haven for ill equipped hastily prepared venues, it can be reassuring to witness a comedy show at a place dedicated to stand up all year round.
Do the Thing: The Made Up Musical
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
After selling out their 2018 and 2019 Brighton Fringe shows and lighting up The Warren’s Summer Season, Do the Thing are here for you in 2021.
Best of Waterloo Comedy Club
- Review
- ★★
- Catherine Anderson
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Aug, 2012
The volume of shows presented at the Edinburgh Fringe can sometimes be overwhelming, so the Waterloo Comedy Club has put on a free show to give the audience a taster of some of the…
Richard Herring: Talking C*ck - The Second Coming
- Review
- ★★★★
- Alexander Boughton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th Aug, 2012
Every man in the audience stiffened as a pulsating phallus inflated on the screen in front of us at the start of the show.
Isy Suttie: Pearl and Dave
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard O’Brien
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Aug, 2011
Some suggest that you have to like a performer to be able to laugh at their work.
Damion Larkin: Cuddly Loser
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard O’Brien
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2010
Early in his set Cuddly Loser Damion Larkin describes himself as ‘five foot seven and made of pies.
Joanna Neary: Youth Club
- Review
- ★★★
- Adam Lebovits
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 10th Aug, 2011
If most people had a time machine, it’s unlikely their first choice of destination would be Truro in 1987.
The Bongo Club Cabaret (and NYE Club)
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Nadia Mehdi
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2012
The Bongo Cabaret always has a lot to live up to, being well regarded as one of the best cabarets at the Fringe.
Give Up! Start Over! (In the darkest of times I look to Richard Nixon for hope)
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sue Denham
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 1st Aug, 2005
Jessica Almasy is compulsive viewing, much like the material she delivers in her solo performance, Give Up! Start Over! (In the darkest of times I look to Richard Nixon for hope).
Tom-Tom Club
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tim Earl
- Brighton Fringe
- 31st May, 2008
What a box of delights! Jaw-dropping acrobatics, superb DJ-ing, stunning beat-boxing, intricate drumming, and enthusiastic, up-tempo presentation and compering.
The Wrong Side Of Right
- Review
- ★★★★
- Daisy Badger
- Camden Fringe
- 10th Aug, 2013
This is a one woman, small-scale comedy show that really works.
The Thing About Men
- Review
- ★★★
- Rob Marks
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th Aug, 2009
Tom (Howard Thompson) and Lucy (Amy Newman) live a Desperate Housewives kind of life.
New Art Club: Quiet Act of Destruction
- Review
- ★★★
- Beth Kahn
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 26th Aug, 2011
New Art Club are certainly as good as their word, and over an hour they they recount an elaborate tale which centres around a fierce rivalry between two small, dull villages in Cam…
Henning Wehn No Surrender
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard O’Brien
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Aug, 2011
This is the second year running that I have seen a Fringe set by Henning Wehn – and although the man is a brilliant stand-up, the common threads running through his material are …
A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum
- Review
- ★★★
- Nancy Napper-Canter
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 14th Aug, 2012
The 1960s hit A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is a fast-paced, rollicking farce.
Hitler! The Musical
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard O’Brien
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 10th Aug, 2011
Satirical portraits of Adolf Hitler have been around since Charlie Chaplin’s ‘The Great Dictator’, through ‘The Producers’, to the Mr T Experience’s ‘Even Hitler Had A Girlfriend’.
Alfie Brown - The Love You Take
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard O’Brien
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2011
This is a show which will divide audiences, causing disputes of both an interpersonal and internal nature.
The Cheese and Pineapple Club
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sarah Verhaeg
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 8th Aug, 2008
We are invited to a party.
Wondrous Flitting
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard O’Brien
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th Aug, 2011
The title of Wondrous Flitting is a double reference: it stands for both the miraculous appearance in 24-year-old waster Sam’s house of the Holy House of Loreto, a medieval site of…
Richard Herring - Christ on a Bike: The Second Coming
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Sue Denham
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2010
This year, Richard Herring is resurrecting his first ever one-man Fringe show, Christ On A Bike, which he performed in 2001.
Her Right Mind
- Review
- ★★★★
- Pete Shaw
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 25th Aug, 2012
The audience is introduced to the story behind Her Right Mind via a dynamically-staged sequence showing us the mundanity of protagonist Jack’s life.
Right Honourable Member
- Review
- ★★
- Margarita Semsi
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2012
Right Honourable Member is the story of a girl who, in order to get an internship with the Labour Party, must successfully deliver a speech to model Parliament in a debate about g…
Fever Chart: Three Visions of the Middle East
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard O’Brien
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 23rd Aug, 2010
War! What is it good for? Well, in this case, it’s good for about half of this Warwick University student production of Naomi Wallace’s The Fever Chart: Three Visions of the Middle…
Sarah Jones: Does Not Play Well With Others
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom Moyser
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2012
If there’s one near-forgotten art form due for a revival – along with storytelling and morris dancing – it’s surely ventriloquism.
Night Heron
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard O’Brien
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2010
If you’ve ever been anywhere near the Fens you’ll probably have realised that they’re fucking mental, but if unlike me you haven’t visited Spalding’s Springfields Centre for a fun …
Festival Folk @ The Oak/The Wee Folk Club
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard O’Brien
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 29th Aug, 2010
Byrne’s material tonight takes in a range of styles and moods, but is mostly taken from poetry written in Scots dialect traditions, and there were clearly a number of jokes that I …
Richard III
- Review
- ★★★★
- Carrie Rian Johnson
- London Fringe
- 13th Apr, 2013
Entering the theatre in the midst of a party it was clear that this was going to be an energetic play.
The Top Secret Comedy Club
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tiffany Shepherd
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2012
Apparently not such a big secret after all, the Whistlebinkies was packed with those in the know waiting for a line-up of top comedians to kick start their night.
Iain Stirling and Sean McLoughlin
- Review
- ★★★★
- Kai Sedgwick
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 10th Aug, 2011
What determines whether a comedian’s name will be remembered or forgotten? An ability to make people laugh is always an asset.
West End Glee Club
- Review
- ★★★★
- James T. Harding
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 3rd Sep, 2010
The Sears Basset Glee Club is looking for a soloist for its London debut, and we - the audience - get to vote on who it will be.
Grainne Maguire - We Need to Talk About Bonnets
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard O’Brien
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 29th Aug, 2010
There are about ten people in a dank attic room for what Grainne Maguire repeatedly describes as a ‘late night bonnet show’, meaning that for the majority of her set she doesn’t ev…
Ha Ha Yum! Maeve Does Stand-up while Lilly makes Cakes
- Review
- ★★★
- Dave West
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2006
This does largely what it says on the tin, though tinned goods would be beyond the pale for these two sisters as they long for the simple pleasures of the 1950s: baking and pr…
The Big Bite-Size Breakfast /Matinee Shows
- Review
- ★★★★
- Pete Shaw
- Brighton Fringe
- 3rd May, 2009
The concept of Bite Size is a perfectly simple, yet novel one, and the clue really is in the title.
Fee Fie Foe Fum
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard O’Brien
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 27th Aug, 2010
Kids are a notoriously tough crowd.
Stitching
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard O’Brien
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2010
Various media have opted for sex as the defining theme of this year’s Fringe, and a number of the shows I’ve been able to see are characterised by a clear-eyed recognition of the d…
Ed Byrne: Crowd Pleaser
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard O’Brien
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2011
It’s hard to fault this set by Ed Byrne, although it’s very tempting to do so.
Wednesday
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard O’Brien
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 23rd Aug, 2010
Brutality is hard to sustain onstage.
Danny Bevins: Infectious Waste
- Review
- ★★★
- Nicole Adam
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Aug, 2011
Danny Bevins is not a gentle comedian.
The Shuffle Club
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Bruce Kent
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2007
Let the Spiegels resident late night band entertain you through the early hours with their slick performance of swing classics in a fantastic setting.
Left or Right?
- Review
- ★★★
- Amber Gregory
- Brighton Fringe
- 31st May, 2013
Interactive musical theatre sounds like my idea of a bad dream, yet I was pleasantly surprised.
Daniel Sloss - Extra Shows!
- Review
- ★★★★
- Frankie Goodway
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2012
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…
Belgrave and Manera's Music Club
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard O’Brien
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 29th Aug, 2010
Over the last few years at the Latitude festival Robin Ince’s Book Club has been a runaway success.
Spent
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard O’Brien
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th Aug, 2011
Have you ever seen a man sweat through the back of a business suit? If that’s an experience in which your life is lacking, it’s one of many reasons why you might be interested in s…
Bongo Club Cabaret
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Kathryn Mack
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th Aug, 2008
Before going to the Bongo Club I was a cabaret virgin.
Richard Tyrone Jones's Big Heart
- Review
- ★★★★
- Ed Frankl
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Aug, 2012
Two years ago Richard Tyrone Jones a healthy, gym-going, performance poet was diagnosed with chronic heart failure on the eve of his thirtieth birthday.
My Romantic History
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard O’Brien
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 29th Aug, 2010
‘Isn’t memory funny?’, comments Amy, one of the two main characters of DC Jackson’s My Romantic History.
Bec Hill Didn't Want to Play Your Stupid Game Anyway
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard O’Brien
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 29th Aug, 2010
It’s easy to see where Australian comic Bec Hill is coming from in this set about refusing to conform to the pressures of adulthood.
My Name is Richard
- Review
- ★★★★
- David Scott
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Aug, 2010
Richard is the butt of school jibes and his home life is not much better in spite of his having two loyal brothers.
Bashir Lazhar
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard O’Brien
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 20th Aug, 2011
French-Canadian drama Bashir Lazhar draws its tension from the point at which two forms of loneliness intersect – that of an Algerian immigrant trying to make his way in a new wo…
Henning Wehn - My Struggle
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard O’Brien
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 29th Aug, 2010
Henning Wehn might be the most bizarre stand-up comedian I have ever seen, but I think that’s intentional.
Last Easter
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard O’Brien
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2010
Bryony Lavery’s Last Easter is a one-act comedy about cancer, euthanasia and the vestigial presence of religious imagery in our hopeless, secular lives.
Mr Kolpert
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard O’Brien
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 29th Aug, 2010
Adapted from a 1990s German play by David Geiselmann, this student production is a thrilling race through the cruelty and aggression underlying social etiquette.
Kevin Tomlinson: Crazy Little Thing Called Love!
- Review
- ★★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th Aug, 2012
There is such an abundance of improvised shows around the fringe this year it’s a near impossible task to sift through them all to find the gems.
Project Adorno's Top Ten of Popular Culture
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard O’Brien
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 20th Aug, 2010
Do you like Art Brut? Half Man Half Biscuit? Have you ever heard of Ian Sinclair? If the answer to any of these questions is ‘no’ then you may be bemused, vexed and possibly appall…
Matt Forde: Eyes to the Right, Nose to the Left
- Review
- ★★★★
- Katherine Burr
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 14th Aug, 2012
When contemplating whether to see Matt Forde: Eyes to the Right, Nose to the Left make sure you’ve read up on your politics and politicians from recent years, as without some kin…
Chris Martin: No. Not That One
- Review
- ★★
- Richard O’Brien
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2011
Three years ago, at my first Fringe, I saw Chris Martin do a fifteen-minute free set in a basement room.
Chris Addison
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard O’Brien
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2010
Picture Chris Addison in your mind for a minute.
Richard Thompson in Concert
- Review
- ★★★★
- Kai Sedgwick
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 20th Aug, 2012
There are 21 Richard Thompsons listed in Wikipedia, including a Conservative baronet, a racing driver and a Warner Bros animator.
Richard Herring ménage à un
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Kathryn Mack
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th Aug, 2006
Richard Herring returns to Edinburgh with his 21st show in 15 years.
Pork
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard O’Brien
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 23rd Aug, 2010
David Egan’s Pork is an interesting stab at an interesting topic; set in a future dystopia where pigs live side by side with feral humans in a sinister charitable enclave known onl…
Lach: The Day I Went Insane
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard O’Brien
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2010
Previous reviewers have compared Lach to Woody Allen and Woody Guthrie, and while these two are good reference points I’d like to start by pointing out just how much he looks, and …
Caligula
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard O’Brien
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 18th Aug, 2011
Although his writing is poetry as much as philosophy, there is a danger that any performance of a work by Albert Camus might neglect the more intriguingly human aspects of his lite…
Sherica
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard O’Brien
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2011
Last year, Wednesday by Ian Winterton was one of my picks of the Fringe.
Danny Bhoy - By the Way
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Ian Billings
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th Aug, 2008
This is consumate top-class stand-up comedy from Danny Bhoy.
Bridget Christie: Housewife Surrealist
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard O’Brien
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 10th Aug, 2011
When Bridget Christie bounds onto the stage in a bishop’s vestments and mitre, running around the audience distributing crackers and squeezes of water, and then a couple of minutes…
A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum
- Review
- ★★★★
- Ian Billings
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th Aug, 2008
A strong old Broadyway warhorse,A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum originally opened with Zero Mostel in the lead followed by Frankie Howerd in the UK.
Holly Burn: The H Club
- Review
- ★★★
- Nadia Mehdi
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th Aug, 2012
Holly Burn seems to think she has provided us with something we have always wanted: the chance to join a private members club.
Body of Water
- Review
- ★★
- Richard O’Brien
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2011
There’s a comedy show at this year’s Fringe entitled All Young People Are C*nts.
Storytellers' Club
- Review
- ★★★★
- Laura Francis
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 26th Aug, 2012
Storyteller’s Club was the friendliest stand-up night I’ve ever been to.
Fat Club: The Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Theo Barnes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2009
Five people are compelled to join a fat club due to self deprecation and the search for a sex life.
'Dream Man' by James Carroll Pickett
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard O’Brien
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2010
A word of warning: if an hour of explicit homosexual phone sex is the sort of thing that sends you running to complain to Mary Whitehouse, then look away now.
Oliver Reed: Wild Thing
- Review
- ★★★★
- Robin T. Barton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 18th Aug, 2012
The problem with one-person shows from an audience point of view is that, if you don’t like what’s going on, you know that no one else is going to come along and perk things up…
Fairy Liquid And The Burst Bubble ... And Other Science Shows
- Review
- ★★★★
- Kathryn Mack
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Aug, 2009
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.
Richard O'Brien's Mephistopheles Smith
- Review
- ★★
- Pete Shaw
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th Aug, 2007
Having seen the Janus Theatre Company productions of Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens, perhaps my expectations were simply too high for Mephistopheles …
Frisky & Mannish: 27 Club
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Brett Herriot
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2012
Frisky and Mannish are well known for their comedy capers in their madcap tribute to pop icons, but what happens when the duo turn serious and take a look at the pop and rock pheno…
Debbie Does Dallas the Musical
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Pete Shaw
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2007
Based on the famous 1970’s porn flick of the same name (but with less sex and more satire), small-town girl Debbie Benton dreams of making it as a cheerleader (and marine biologist…
Let The Right One In
- Review
- ★★★★
- Paul Fisher Cockburn
- UK Regional & Tours
- 11th Jun, 2013
There is one word that, quite deliberately, is never uttered by anyone on stage during the National Theatre of Scotland’s Let The Right One In—vampire.
Carnivale
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard O’Brien
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 20th Aug, 2010
If you’ve ever seen or read JB Priestley’s An Inspector Calls you’ll be broadly familiar with the message of UnWish Theatre’s Carnivale, a dinner party with a difference where the …
Random History of Rock'n'Roll in Middle English, by Geoff Chaucer Junior
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard O’Brien
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 27th Aug, 2010
This is the weirdest thing I have ever seen.
101 Comedy Club - Free
- Review
- ★★
- Alistair Grant
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2012
With 101 Comedy Club seeing different up and coming comedians performing every night in four ten minute sets, it is perhaps unfair to form a complete judgement based on one night a…
Josie Long: Be Honourable!
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard O’Brien
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2010
Josie Long’s Be Honourable! is on some level about being nice not the easiest subject for laughs, but one with which she succeeds partly by being such a shining example.
Apples
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard O’Brien
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 20th Aug, 2010
Adapted from Richard Milward’s 2006 novel, Apples is a slice of teen life in all its grottiness, expanded to cartoonish proportions from a starting point of Northern reality.
Richard Herring: What is Love Anyway?
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard O’Brien
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2011
Love is a pyramid scheme, suggests Richard Herring, in an extended fifteen-minute segment of his strongly-themed set, in which he contemplates the devastating consequences of a lov…
Don't Call Us We'll Call You
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard O’Brien
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 23rd Aug, 2010
Ring-ring! Ring ring! What’s that sound? It’s the sound of ten students from London trying to get to grips with an un-winable war.
The Meeting
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard O’Brien
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 27th Aug, 2010
Reuben Johnson’s The Meeting commands a strong central performance by Reuben Johnson, speaking the lines of Reuben Johnson under the keen directorial eye of Reuben Johnson.
The Gilded Red Cage
- Review
- ★
- Richard O’Brien
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 23rd Aug, 2010
I actually feel guilty about disliking this play so much.
Spiegel Supper Club
- Review
- ★★★★
- Anna Gross
- Brighton Fringe
- 22nd May, 2013
Broadway Baby doesn’t often get the chance to turn restaurant critic, but as Sam’s of Brighton have added their pre-show Supper Club at the Spiegeltent to the official Fringe p…
Tim Turnbull's Tales of Terror - Free
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard O’Brien
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 27th Aug, 2010
It ought to be mentioned from the beginning that Tim’s Turnbull’s Tales of Terror aren’t particularly terrifying, but it soon becomes apparent that actual thrills and chills aren’t…
Danny Robins Dannyfest
- Review
- ★★★★
- Gordon Johnston
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2008
Get the whole summer festival experience over with in just an hour as Danny Robins takes you through all you need to know from the Dance Tent, to the Main Stage to the drugs and…
Phillipa and Will Are Now in a Relationship
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard O’Brien
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th Aug, 2011
‘I wuv you with the intensity of a thousand suns,’ yells Will (Jack Swain) in Misshapen Theatre’s Phillipa And Will Are Now In A Relationship, a romantic comedy told entirely throu…
Richard Parker
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Sujana Upadhyay
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 28th Aug, 2011
Welsh-born playwright Owen Thomas’ newest play, Richard Parker, explores coincidence – is our life really a series of coincidences, or are they just products of us over-analysi…
Richard III
- Review
- ★★★★
- Leon Conrad
- London Fringe
- 3rd Apr, 2011
There are places which have unquestionable resonance.
Pink Noise by FORK
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard O’Brien
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 8th Aug, 2011
There’s not a lot of pink in this show – the four Scandinavian singers who make up FORK spend most of it clad either in dazzling white or figure-hugging black leather – but the…
Threshold
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard O’Brien
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2010
Some would say the journey is more important than the destination, but this rule doesn’t apply to 19;29’s Threshold, a choose-your-own-adventure psychodrama presenting the implosio…
Gary Delaney: Purist
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard O’Brien
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 23rd Aug, 2010
Most comedy shows, like most reviews, come with some kind of inbuilt narrative, some trajectory from A to B that allows the performer to hook on their best jokes, anecdotes and obs…
Andy Zaltzman: Armchair Revolutionary
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard O’Brien
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2011
If you only see one stand-up comedy set at this year’s Fringe, it should probably be Andy Zaltzman.
The Red Bus Puppet Shows
- Review
- ★★★
- Kai Sedgwick
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2012
It’s a beautiful day at the Fringe and I’m sat on the top deck of a red bus in the Meadows.
Second Star to the Right
- Review
- ★★
- Martin Gimenez
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Aug, 2010
Oh! Youre too old! Dont let Peter see you! That was gently whispered in my ear as I entered the space for this choppy adaptation of Peter Pan.
A Young Man Dressed As A Gorilla Dressed As An Old Man Sits Rocking In A Rocking Chair For Fifty-Six Minutes And Then Leaves While A Viking Does A Cryptic Crossword
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Nancy Napper Canter and Tristram Fane Saunders
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 27th Aug, 2012
This show is exactly what it is.
Jest Like Danny Kaye
- Review
- ★★★★
- Adam Harwood
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2010
For many thousands of even seasoned Fringe-goers, the mystique and delights of the Famous Speigel Garden can frequently be passed by, with the comparatively few shows that it offer…
Club Noir Burlesque - The Games
- Review
- ★★★
- Kirsty Allen
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2012
En route to The Picture House, the Fringe’s home to the UK’s biggest burlesque night, there was just one day left of London’s golden games.
The National
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard O’Brien
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 27th Aug, 2011
There’s something a little unusual about The National’s rise to power as a festival-filling headline band; their sound is so hushed, so intimate, so suited to a guttering candle an…
Frisky and Mannish: The College Years
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard O’Brien
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 29th Aug, 2010
I’m a newcomer to the Frisky and Mannish experience a fresher, as they address me at one point I came into this show lacking any point of comparison with last year’s smash hi…
The Lunchtime Club 2011
- Review
- ★★★★
- William Summerlin
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 24th Aug, 2011
In the beguiling little bunker that is the Tron, the Lunchtime Club, class of 2011, are predictably well attended.
Man Who Was Thursday
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard O’Brien
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2010
There are few good things about international terrorism, but this show is one of them.
The 27 Club
- Review
- ★★★★
- Anna Cory
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2012
The 27 Club is a club in which all members died at the age of 27, explains Jack Lukeman, having strutted onto the stage in sunglasses to a hefty round of applause.
Withered Hand
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard O’Brien
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 20th Aug, 2010
‘I’m Withered Hand, and these are my friends’, announces Dan Willson as his three-piece backing band join him on the stage of the Electric Circus.
Tom Wrigglesworth's Open Return Letter To Richard Branson
- Review
- ★★★★
- Adam Harwood
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2009
The title of this show hides nothing about its content, as bubbly Northerner Tom Wrigglesworth recounts his tales of woe and confusion on the 10.
The Degenerates
- Review
- ★★
- Richard O’Brien
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2010
In a dystopian future society where all homosexuals are ‘rehabilitated’ by being forced to have straight sex in a sinister hostel, one man and one woman do a lot of shouting in Rib…
Edinburgh Folk Club Festival Showcase
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Sam Waddicor
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 18th Aug, 2012
Established in 1973, the Edinburgh Folk Club was represented at the Fringe for the first time this year with a showcase at the Acoustic Music Centre at St Bride’s that displayed …
Mandrake
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard O’Brien
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2010
The Mandrake charts familiar territory for a Renaissance city comedy cuckoldry, trickery, and professional stereotypes but as might be expected from a play by Machiavelli, th…
Decky Does a Bronco
- Review
- ★★★★
- Martin Gimenez
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 10th Aug, 2010
The moments when you grow up, some may be small, others massive.
Dan Nightingale: The 11 and a 1/2 Ill-conceived Edinburgh Shows of Dan Nightingale
- Review
- ★★★★
- Wayne Cleworth
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2012
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…
DJ Danny - Music Therapy
- Review
- ★★★
- Gordon Johnston
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2006
High-school teachers by day, DJ Danny and his glamorous assistant (the P.
Wrong Place, Right Time
- Review
- ★★★
- Nina Seale
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2012
After about ten minutes where I was convinced I was in the wrong place and the wrong time, I stumbled onto the top deck of the Comedy Bus in The Free Sisters’ courtyard for some …
The Storytellers' Club
- Review
- ★★★★
- Gill Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 25th Aug, 2008
When the doors only open fifteen minutes after the stated start time, it doesnt bode well, but this show is worth the wait.
The Tempest
- Review
- ★★
- Richard O’Brien
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 20th Aug, 2010
Aces High promise a radical, multimedia, re-gendered re-imagination of The Tempest, but deliver a bit of a damp squib, something more like a light drizzle or a power shower when th…
Beautiful Thing
- Review
- ★★
- Pete Shaw
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 1st Aug, 2005
Jonathan Harvey is more widely known for scripting the BBC comedy Gimme Gimme Gimme, but before Tom and Linda were a glint in his eye he wrote the play Beautiful Thing.
Allsopp and Henderson's The Jinglists
- Review
- ★★
- Richard O’Brien
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2010
Comedy is subjective a cliché the truth of which I’d never truly experienced before seeing Allsopp and Henderson’s The Jinglists.
Why We Ate Cliff Richard
- Review
- ★★★
- Gill Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 11th Aug, 2008
Fandom turns dark in this comic tale of a pop idol, his fervent fans, and the quest for survival.
Nick Beaton Does Not Play Well With Others
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Andy Read
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 22nd Aug, 2012
Nick Beaton presents a show with enough social observations to make an hour fly by.
Vaudeville Cabaret Club
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Terry Gilliland
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 24th Aug, 2007
It’s an all too familiar, but unfortunate, story for a reviewer.
Storytellers' Club at the Establishment
- Review
- ★★★★
- Terry Gilliland
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th Aug, 2007
Once upon a time at the Edinburgh Festival, a pretty young girl named Sarah Bennetto wanted to reclaim the late night shows from drunken debauchery and low brow skulduggery, so she…
Guilt & Shame
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard O’Brien
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Aug, 2011
Guilt and Shame is a sketch show about the failure of a sketch show, or more specifically its utter breakdown.
Danny Buckler: The Phantom
- Review
- ★★★★
- David Knowles
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th Aug, 2012
This debut show from Danny Buckler is a resounding success.
Danny McLoughlin - The Truth, the Half-Truth and Nothing Like the Truth
- Review
- ★★
- Kai Sedgwick
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 10th Aug, 2012
The Truth, the Half-Truth and Nothing Like the Truth promises an hour of solid stand-up.
In This Lonely Town
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard O’Brien
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 27th Aug, 2010
Andrianna Smela and her accompanist Maria Dessena are classically trained musicians playing cabaret music, and my main gripe with this programme of the songs of Kurt Weill and othe…
The Plays the Thing
- Review
- ★★
- Fritzie Andrade
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2006
Alec Garton Ash brings his new play about an egotistical director who is on a mission to put on the greatest production of Hamlet that ever was.
An Evening With David Sedaris
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard O’Brien
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 22nd Aug, 2011
While undoubtedly a good show by anyone’s standards - apart from someone who doesn’t like American men with high, nasal voices reading comic but ultimately touching stories, presum…
Colin Cloud: Does Not Exist
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
Lee Martin for Gag Reflex presents… For one night only, Colin Cloud will perform his Las Vegas show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe! This is your one and only chance to come and…
It's Me, Richard Wright, I'm the Problem It's Me
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
Richard Wright is about to turn 40 and he’s worried that he has stopped caring.
Club Gotham: Villains of Vaudeville
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Adelaide Fringe
The Dark Knight keeps watch over our city.
Lessons On Revolution: A Meta-theatrical Manifesto
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 24th May, 2024
Gabriele Uboldi write about Lessons On Revolution: A Meta-theatrical Manifesto
Queerdog Theatre Talk About JUMP
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- UK Regional & Tours
- 23rd May, 2024
Editor-in-Chief, Richard Beck, spoke to Playwright Nick Maynard (NM), Director Scott Le Crass (SLC) and actors Stewart Dylan-Campbell (SDC) and Aiden Kane (AK) about the play about...
Popcorn Writing Award 2024 Opens
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th May, 2024
Submissions are now open for the Popcorn Writing Award 2024
Brendan Shelly - A Lifetime in the Making
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- 15th May, 2024
Brendan Shelly talks about Ageless Arts' inaugural production, Porridge Boy at the Greenwich Theatre .
Frozen: Where Right and Wrong Melt Into One
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- 26th Apr, 2024
We ask the director and cast of Frozen at the Greenwich Theatre about their experiences of putting on this hugely demanding play.
Edward Oulton: Young, Northern and Hopeful with £45,000
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- UK Regional & Tours
- 8th Apr, 2024
Richard Beck met up with Edward Oulton to find out about the grants he's received and his thoughts on the future of writing and regional theatre.
The British Theatre Challenge 2024
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- 8th Apr, 2024
Director John Mitton tells tell us about this year's , The British Theatre Challenge, the plays and the writers.
BYMT and Ellie Jones take on Animal Farm
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- UK Regional & Tours
- 1st Apr, 2024
We talk to Ellie Jones and some of the cast about her production of Animal Farm for BYMT.
Barry McStay: My Story of Breeding
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- 30th Mar, 2024
Barry McStay tells us about his experience of writing and revising his play, Breeding
Comedian Lama Alfard - Self-Confessed Total Badass Who Truly Stands Out
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- World Tours
- 11th Mar, 2024
We talk to Lama Alfard about her career in comedy.
FemFestBrighton Celebrates Five Fabulous Years
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Brighton
- 29th Feb, 2024
FemFestBrighton this March celebrates its fifth anniversary.
Merging Metatheatre, Autofiction and Necrophilia
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- 2nd Feb, 2024
We interview the director and cast of Sergio Blanco's When You Pass Over My Tomb at the Arcola Theatre.
EdFringe 2024 Registration Opens
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 11th Jan, 2024
EdFringe 2024 Registration Opens
From Lady to Gentleman - That's Shalott
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- 28th Dec, 2023
We interview Gareth Watkins about his exciting new play The Gentleman of Shallot.
Greenside Vacates Old Town Infirmary Street in Move to New Town George Street
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 22nd Dec, 2023
Greenside makes a dramatic move to The Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) on George Street for 2024 Fringe.
Cocktails, Concerts and Carols at St Martin-in-the-Fields
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- West End
- 25th Nov, 2023
St Martin's-in-the-Fields announces it Christmas celebrations.
Malevo: From La Pampa To The Peacock
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- 28th Oct, 2023
Argentine dance sensation Malevo perform at the Peacock Thatre.
What Price A Slice of Bread?
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- 15th Oct, 2023
This week The Loaf by Alan Booty opens at The Bridge House Theatre in Penge, SE20. We spoke to him about his background, the play and its development.
Plays and Panto in Penge
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- 10th Sep, 2023
The Bridge House Theatre, Penge announces its autumn/winter programme.
Wandsworth Announces Fringe Funding
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- 10th Sep, 2023
Wandsworth Arts Fringe 2024 is now open for declarations of interest and grant application
VAULT Not Opening
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- 6th Sep, 2023
VAULT Festival 2024 will not go ahead.
Five outstanding EdFringe shows scoop a Broadway Baby Bobby in 2023
- Feature
- Pete Shaw
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 25th Aug, 2023
A coveted Bobby has been presented to five shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year.
Breaking the Sterotype
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 1st Aug, 2023
We reunited Lithuanian writer, Gintare Parulyte and Croatian-American performer Kristin Winters to talk online about the one-woman show, Lovefool, they have created and are now bri...
Georgie Carroll Nurses Her Debut
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 31st Jul, 2023
Georgie Carroll talks to us about her debut show, Nurse Georgie Carroll: Sista Flo 2.0, at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Claire Woolner: Pee Power
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 31st Jul, 2023
Claire Woolner, the LA-based absurdist comedian, performance artist and surrealist clown, talks about performing at the Edinburgh Fringe
Kerry Ipema and KK Apple: Risk Peeing Your Pants
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 31st Jul, 2023
We talk to Kerry Ipema and KK Apple present about their UK premiere of Six Chick Flicks.
Pitch: Being Queer and Loving the Beautiful Game
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 31st Jul, 2023
Nell Bailey, Artistic Director of November Theatre talks about the company's new play, Pitch at the Edinburgh Fringe.
17 Minutes- The Afermath of a Shooting
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 31st Jul, 2023
We invited playwright Scott Organ to tell us about 17 Minutes at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Mervyn Stutter: Fun and Choas Outside a Phone Box
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 31st Jul, 2023
Mervyn Stutter talks to us about his 31st year at the Fringe, how things have changed and his show, Pick of the Fringe
Emma Taylor: Making a Revue from the News
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 31st Jul, 2023
We asked Emma Taylor, producer of Newsrevue, the world’s longest-running live comedy show, now in its 43rd year, about its background and success
The Empowerment of Edinburgh Fringe
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 31st Jul, 2023
We asked Charlotte Anne-Tilley to reflect upon her journey to becoming an actor/writer prior to opening with her show Almost Adult at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Clare Cockburn Blossoms With Her Rose
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 30th Jul, 2023
We talked to Clare Cockburn, who, at the age of 54, is presenting her debut play Tennessee, Rose at this year's Edinburgh Fringe.
Ed Edwards: Assassinating Michael Gove
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 28th Jul, 2023
Ed Edwards gives some observations loosely connected to his new play England & Son at this year's Edinburgh Fringe
Chris Grace Performs a Trilogy
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 27th Jul, 2023
Chris Grace is performing in three shows this Fringe: Chris Grace As Scarlett Johannson; Shamilton and Baby Wants Candy all at Assembly George Square.
Paige Wilhide: Break Up and Empower Yourself
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 27th Jul, 2023
Paige Wilhide performs for the first time outside of the USA with her show Breakup Addict at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Jenny Foulds: Dancing on Sticky Floors
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 27th Jul, 2023
Established spoken word performer Jenny Foulds talks about her show, Life Learnings of a Nonsensical Human at the Edinburgh Fringe nd her life so far.
Cast and Crew Set to Crash and Burn
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 27th Jul, 2023
I met up with Playwright/Actor Will Leckie, Director Zoë Morris and the cast to talk about their play, Crash and Burn at this year's Edinburgh Fringe.
Liz Toonkel: Vegan Magic with a Mission
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 24th Jul, 2023
We talked with Liz Toonkel about her show, Magic for Animals, at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Falling In Love Again - With Clowns
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 24th Jul, 2023
Quebec clowns Rémi Jacques and Jean-Félix Bélanger talk about their art ahead of their show, Brotipo, opeining at the Edinburgh Fringe
Anu Vaidyanathan: Butter Chicken Is A Conspiracy
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 24th Jul, 2023
Anu Vaidyanathan talks about her show, Blimp, at the Edinburgh Fringe and the many influences on her life and achievements.
Phil Green: Four Weddings & A Breakdown
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 24th Jul, 2023
We talked to Phil Green about his background and his show, Four Weddings & A Breakdown at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Lily Wolff Gives Mary Lincoln a Voice
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Jul, 2023
Editor-in-Chief, Richard Beck, talks with director Lily Wolff, who is bringing Mrs President to this year’s Edinburgh Fringe.
Rebecca McGlynn: Toxic Masculinity, Gender Identity & Singing Penises
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Jul, 2023
Transgender artist Rebecca McGlynn talks about the background to their show, Asexuality! at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Lisa Verlo: Making Up For Lost Time
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Jul, 2023
Lisa Verlo talks about how her Hollywood experience gave rise to her show Hollywoodn't, in another of our meetings with artists from the USA.
Catherine DuBord Takes On The Last Flapper
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Jul, 2023
Catherine DuBord provides some insights into the lives of Zelda and Scott F Fitzgerald, the subject of her show, The Last Flapper at the Edinburgh Fringe
Chopped Liver and Unions -The London Matchgirls' Strike
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Jul, 2023
Richard Beck speaks to Lottie Walker about her Edinburgh Fringe play Chopped Liver and Unions, celebrating one of the early pioneers of women union leaders, the Ukranian Jewish...
Kevin Quantum: The Magic of Momentum
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 18th Jul, 2023
Kevin Quantum talks about the science and magic that combine to make his show, Momentum.
Ted Kaczynski: Parole Board Performance
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 18th Jul, 2023
John Lampe talks about turning eco-terrorist Ted Kaczynski into the subject his musical The TUNEabomber that premiers at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Dennis Elkins - Life in a Cardboard Box
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Jul, 2023
Our Editor-in-Chief, Richard Beck, talks to Dennis Elkins about his life and Trilogy at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Maggie Widdoes - Explosive Piece of Ass
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 14th Jul, 2023
Our Editor-in-Chief, Richard Beck, interviews US comedian Maggie Widdoes about her Tweets and forthcoming show Stay Big & Go Get 'Em at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Bordesley Balances the Brummie Budget - Bearly
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- UK Regional & Tours
- 13th Jul, 2023
Our Editor-in-Chief, Richard Beck, heads to Birmingham to meet, football mascot Bordesley (pictured), the newly-elected Leader of the Council and the team who created him for Stan'...
No Weird Brain, Just Matt Hale.
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Jul, 2023
Matt Hale talks about his career and his debut show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, TOP FUN! 80s Hypnosis Spectacular.
An interview with the fabulous Danny Beard
- Feature
- James Macfarlane
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 3rd Jul, 2023
James Macfarlane sits down with the one and only Danny Beard to discuss their debut Fringe show Danny Beard and Their Band, life since winning RuPaul's Drag Race UK and why the art...
Cogs set Wheel in Motion for Noah McCreadie
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- 30th Jun, 2023
Editor-in-Chief, Richard Beck, interviews Noah McCreadie, director of Getaway/Runaway.
Romeo & Juliet Tours East-End Parks
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- 25th Jun, 2023
The East London Shakespeare Festival (16 June - 13 Aug) promises a ‘summer of partying and love’ and a production of Romeo and Juliet that is ‘riotous and atmospheric’.
Cast and Director on Vincent River at Greenwich Theatre
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- 23rd Jun, 2023
James Haddrell, Artistic Director of Greenwich Theatre, and the cast: Brandon Kimaryo, who plays Davey (Male, aged 17), and Kerrie Taylor who plays Anita (Female, aged 53) talk abo...
“Did I just hear that?” - Julian Starr.
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- 12th Jun, 2023
Sound Designer and Composer Julian Starr talks to Broadway Baby's Editor-in-Chief, Richard Beck
4 Family Friendly Shows in Brighton This Half Term
- Feature
- Elanor Parker
- Brighton
- 16th Feb, 2019
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
- Feature
- Elanor Parker
- Brighton
- 11th Dec, 2018
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
- Feature
- Elanor Parker
- Brighton
- 17th Oct, 2018
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.
Black Friday Deals on West End Shows
- Feature
- Levi Bailey
- West End
- 23rd Nov, 2017
All this week we've got some fantastic offers on your favourite West End shows. Check back daily for the latest offers.
Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Sam Leishman
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 28th Aug, 2017
The final day! Richard's alcohol-fueled quest to find Edinburgh's best bar staff ends up at WestRoom, where he found Sam Leishman, a 20 year old Guinness drinker with a passion for...
Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Gavin Robertson
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 27th Aug, 2017
Richard didn't stumble far from yesterday's bar, Foundry 39, as just a few yards up Charlotte Lane he fell into Sygn, a trendy retro-style cocktail bar & diner where Edinburgh Bars...
Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Sarah Brown
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 26th Aug, 2017
Tucked on the corner of Queensferry Street and Charlotte Lane you'll find the ultra-hip bar and eatery, Foundry 39.
Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Nathan Hinze
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 25th Aug, 2017
Warm and welcoming, and always entertaining, 99 Hanover Street is at the heart of Edinburgh's bar scene.
Summerhall’s army@TheFringe: An Affront to the Arts or an Ambitious Alliance?
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 25th Aug, 2017
The Army has set up camp for the first time at the Fringe and is stationed with Summerhall in its own premises.
Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Dale Welstead
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 24th Aug, 2017
In the heart of the Old Town, Cabaret Voltaire is a legendary live music venue in the vaults beneath North Bridge.
The Edinburgh Cocktail Festival is this Year’s New Kid on the Block
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh
- 24th Aug, 2017
Back in 1947 the founders of the Edinburgh International Festival could hardly have imagined what their legacy would be.
Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Lainey Corroon
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 23rd Aug, 2017
The Three Sisters – renamed the Free Sisters during the Fringe – has long been a festival hub and a jewel in the crown of the Free Festival.
Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Erik Stenersen
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 22nd Aug, 2017
Just around the corner from the iconic Greyfriar's Bobby you'll find the Oz Bar, and that's also where Richard found today's Edinburgh Barstar, Erik Stenersen.
Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Danny Smith
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2017
Edinburgh is Festival City for good reason, and amongst all the theatre, comedy, books and arts there's even a Scottish Gin Festival.
The Scottish Story Telling Centre: A Venue for Voices
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2017
The Scottish Storytelling Centre is, in its own words, ‘a vibrant arts venue with a seasonal programme of live storytelling, theatre, music, exhibitions, workshops, family events...
Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Denise Garland
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 20th Aug, 2017
Formerly a parsonage, Cloisters Bar is a uniquely traditional Edinburgh pub.
Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Maurice Penny
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Aug, 2017
Just off the Royal Mile and Cowgate you'll find a craft beer shop and bar called the Salt Horse.
Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Tomas Germanavicius
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 18th Aug, 2017
The Heads & Tales bar is the home of Edinburgh Gin, and it's also where Richard found today's Edinburgh Barstar, Tomas Germanavicius, a Lithuanian who's a dab hand at mixing up a c...
Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Jay Weeks
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2017
Richard's headed over to Leith to the eclectic bar that is The Mousetrap where he finds today's Edinburgh Barstar, Jay Weeks.
Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Molly McCluskey
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Aug, 2017
Richard is exploring Edinburgh's East End today to discover the Barstar of the Day at The Newsroom, where Glaswegian Molly McCluskey is making plans on photography while sipping a ...
Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Montse Pearce
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2017
Richard's headed south to Clerk Street where at the unique Dog House bar he's discovered today's Edinburgh Barstar, Montse Pearce, a Spanish-born artist with good taste in whisky.
Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Sophie Malone
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 14th Aug, 2017
Just off George Street you'll find the Thistle Street Bar (the TSB as it's affectionally known).
Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Donald McGhie
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2017
An authentic Tiki bar in the New Town? Richard popped on his hula skirt and hotfooted over to the Auld Reekie Tiki Bar to meet today's Edinburgh Barstar - Donald McGhie, former ban...
Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Briar Russell
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2017
Hidden away in the Old Town on Advocates Close you'll find The Devil's Advocate, and if you're lucky today's Edinburgh Barstar will also be on shift.
Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Alan Mulvihill
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 11th Aug, 2017
It's only open from July to the end of September, but Richard's sought out pop-up bar Whisky Or Death to find today's Edinburgh Barstar Of The Day, Alan Mulvihill.
Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Ross Bryant
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 10th Aug, 2017
Richard's in one of Edinburgh's most unique bars today to meet Ross Bryant, co-owner of Bryant & Mack Private Detectives on Rose Street North Lane.
Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Robbie Johnston
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th Aug, 2017
Richard is still in New Town, but with great bar staff like Robbie Johnston at Nightcap - why would you want to leave? Nightcap might be a relatively new addition to the Edinburgh...
Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Kyle Jamieson
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- The Greater Manchester Fringe
- 8th Aug, 2017
Richard's in New Town today to meet our Edinburgh Barstar of the Day, the fabulously hirsute Kyle Jamieson who takes care of his punters at Panda and Sons on Queen Street.
Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Sarah Urwin
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- The Greater Manchester Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2017
Richard takes us just a few steps from Princes Street today for the discovery of Hoot The Redeemer and the wonderful Sarah Urwin serving cocktails.
Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Cordelia Toennies
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- The Greater Manchester Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2017
Richard ventures over to Broughton Street Lane to the Outhouse where today's EdFringe Barstar is Cordelia Toennies from Germany, who studied drama in Scotland and wants to move to ...
Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Ben Howard
- Feature
- Richard Beck
- The Greater Manchester Fringe
- 5th Aug, 2017
In a sea of celebrities, we chat to the people who really matter - the people serving us a drink. Today we find out a little more about Ben Howard at the Abattoir Bar.
Eight shows heading to Brighton Fringe with the support of Greenwich Theatre
- Feature
- Levi Bailey
- Brighton Fringe
- 27th Apr, 2017
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
- Feature
- Nicholas Abrams
- Brighton Fringe
- 11th Apr, 2017
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.
Dracula Director Danny Wainwright on Mixing Politics with Comedy
- Feature
- Sophia Charalambous
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Aug, 2016
There couldn’t be a more poignant time to retell the story of Dracula with a 21st-century twang.
Broadway Baby Does Meet the Media
- Feature
- Chris Quilietti
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2016
Meet the Media is an annual pitch-fest run by the Fringe Society, giving Edinburgh shows the chance to meet the Broadway Baby team.
Rachel McCrum talks Rally & Broad, Stage vs Page, and the ‘Thing’ of a Night
- Feature
- Frederick Alexander
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 8th Jul, 2016
Rachel McCrum, inaugural BBC Scotland Poet In Residence in 2015, has just wrapped up the last shows of Rally & Broad, a spoken word, music and live lit events series she ran with J...
Unmissable shows at Brighton Fringe this year
- Feature
- Nicholas Abrams
- Brighton Fringe
- 7th Mar, 2016
Brighton Fringe has officially launched.
Five Christmas Shows You Shouldn’t Miss In London This Year
- Feature
- Pete Shaw
- London Fringe
- 20th Dec, 2015
Christmas is the one time of year you can drag your non-theatre-going friends to the theatre.
James Plays Playwright Rona Munro does Christmas at the Traverse
- Feature
- Paul F Cockburn
- Edinburgh
- 11th Dec, 2015
Rona Munro, writer of the three James Plays – critically acclaimed and popular with audiences at the 2014 Edinburgh International Festival – has a new collaboration with Stephe...
Bobby or not Bobby? Emily Carding as Richard III is Broadway Baby’s pick of the Fringe
- Feature
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 25th Aug, 2015
In Brite Theatre's production of Shakespeare’s Richard III, Emily Carding stars as Richard but all the world’s a stage and the audience literally players in it - taking on the ...
'Wreaking havoc on the interactive whiteboard' - Richard O'Brien's Free For All
- Feature
- Tom Moyser
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 25th Aug, 2015
Richard O'Brien is the author of several plays and four books of poetry.
'It’s so violent what we’ve done to her book' - Annie Ryan's Adaptation of A Girl Is A Half-formed Thing
- Feature
- Carly Brown
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 14th Aug, 2015
Annie Ryan is the founder and Artistic Director of The Corn Exchange.
The Richard Alger and Tina Kronis Extended Interview
- Feature
- Lauren Moreau
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 26th Aug, 2014
Award-winning company Theatre Movement Bazaar, (Anton’s Uncles, Track 3), returns to this year’s Fringe with their new show Hot Cat, an inspired take on Tennessee Williams’ C...
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