The Brighton Academy (TBA) Performing Arts Degree Showcase.
The Brighton Academy (TBA) Musical Theatre Degree Showcase.
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
US/UK Comedy Label 800 Pound Gorilla proudly presents this silly showcase celebrating some of its finest alumni.
Who saw the Queen’s Bahookie? Which castle had an annual rent of one red rose? Which maiden was most feared by Scottish aristocrats? Which job is worse – turnbrochie or pigeon-…
Picked as the Band/Group of the Year in the Hong Kong Music Critics Choice 2022, Sea Island & Ferry is a neo-chamber ensemble featuring members on piano, cello, violin and clar…
You Heard Me is for anyone who has been underestimated, or told to shut up.
Join comedy musician Chris Sainton-Clark as he takes you through his troublesome and hilarious experiences of working in British pubs.
You don’t know North Sea Gas?! Where have you been? Over four decades touring around the world with their unique blend of traditional and contemporary folk music.
Discover Juniper Lai, a Chinese folk singer and poet.
Recent drawings and paintings on show by Edinburgh artist Ginny Elston.
The show is a celebration of the students of the PPAS Street Dance Summer School and the choreography they have learned during the course.
A lively, foot-tapping concert of Welsh, Irish and Scottish harp music from one of Europe’s finest exponents of the Celtic harp.
Two performers armed with a single scene – a customer orders a drink from a waiter.
A drama group are performing their new murder-mystery play, but despite their best efforts, everything goes wrong! Their play, a thrilling murder mystery set on a small ship carryi…
Three Kelpies arrive on the reef for a play date only to find that the colour from the coral has all washed away! Kipper the Sea Dragon comes to the rescue but he can’t work alone.
Theatre on the Edge returns to the Fringe after last year’s production of Kerouac: And All That Jazz (***** (EdinburghGuide.
Wet Mess Wet Messifies the messiness of life; exploring transitions, testosterone, edges of drag, blur between performance and reality, magical in the mundane.
Six years in, bigger, better and blacker! Back with top black international comedy acts, prize games, cabaret and giving a token straight white male comic a chance they rarely get.
The show is a celebration of the students of the PPAS Dance Intensive Summer School and the choreography they have learned during the course.
A musical revue, featuring music from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, SpongeBob, Legally Blonde, Grease and loads more! For the students at FPA, it’s our Edinburgh Fringe debut …
One in five adults in the UK have hearing loss, which can result in difficulty following conversations and social withdrawal.
Dance-Forms Productions proudly celebrates 20 years of brilliant performances at the Fringe, presenting the cream of the crop of ritual and contemporary dance-theatre from five-sta…
Edinburgh is known as one of the most haunted cities in the world.
Performance poet/musician Attila the Stockbroker has been writing and performing since 1980: 4,000 or so gigs in 25 countries so far.
You find a door.
‘Visually gorgeous… a perfect, stunning magic show’ ***** (WorldMagicReview.
A heartfelt, heartbreaking, crass and hilarious look into the relationship of two childhood friends gone wrong reuniting at a wedding.
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…
Six friends plan a night of folklore and song.
Featuring winners of London’s premier new-act comedy competition.
Scotland’s Best Comedy Venue, Chortle Awards 2023 and 2024, welcomes back its Fringe showcase for 2024! A new line-up every night presenting the very best acts from the Monkey Barr…
Six comedians.
Award-winning storytelling.
Irish Comedy Showcase is going lunchtime! We’ve been rocking Edinburgh since 2014, so we’re celebrating our 10th anniversary.
The tales of the dragons are special for many reasons.
Award-winning Angel Comedy (Repeat Best Venue in UK Award winner) brings a 2024 showcase of new acts to Edinburgh for the eighth year – after seven sell-out years! Award-winning …
A castaway is saved from the surging seas.
Great value lunchtime comedy showcase featuring the best and brightest of this year’s Fringe comics.
Lee Kyle (‘Glorious’ (iNews.
From the East to Edinburgh, it’s The Asian Comedy Showcase! Back for a second year, catch some of the best Asian acts (and one token white person) from all over the world! Our acts…
Discover Scotland’s national drink! Explore four single malt Scotch whiskies as your guide weaves history, stories and whisky tasting together into an unforgettable two-hour experi…
Covering everything from history to religion and folklore, this walking tour is an original tour of Edinburgh’s medieval Old Town.
Give us a cheer if you’ve got skin? Well then, this is the show for you! A new show of story-based chaos with heart and peculiarities from acclaimed stand-up Harriet Dyer (Comedy C…
It’s gonna be a bloody night! This dude has taken his crazy kink to a whole new level.
In the 19th century, the original stories of the Brothers Grimm were scarier, more bloodthirsty and disturbing.
Abby awoke in hospital after a late miscarriage and, high on anaesthesia, decided to become a comedian.
Ridiculous things always happen to Harriet, but this year it’s out of control.
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 …
Watch comedy scripts come to life, live on stage! This exciting new show, from the company behind My Family, gives audiences a rare glimpse behind the TV development curtain, as or…
Dungeons and Dragons Live on Stage! Join Hearthfire Tales as they once again take to the Smock Alley Stage with a Semi-Improvised Fantasy adventure where both dice and …
Next To Normal is an intimate exploration of family and loss.
The Institute for Contemporary Theatre, Brighton is proud to introduce the BA (Hons) Performing Arts graduating class of 2024.
The Irrepressible Mr D returns to Sweet Venues with old favourites and new tales of Monsters, Magic and Brave Deeds from the British Isles and beyond.
A showcase of the best new comedians performing at the 2023 Brighton Fringe.
Meet Me In the Morning is a concert with a twist.
In May 2023, a group of strangers took part in Brighton and Hove’s first stand-up comedy course for LGBTQ+ women and non-binary/gender non-conforming people.
Expect funny sets from diverse comedic genres, lovingly introduced by your genial compere, giving you a tantalising taste of the breadth and depth of the city’s comedy scene.
From the East to Brighton, it’s The Asian Comedy Showcase! Catch some of the best Asian acts (and one token white person) from all over the world! Our acts have been seen on the BB…
Following critical success from Burnt Lavender, Missing Link Theatre Company has re-emerged with a thought-provoking showcase guaranteed to leave you pondering: Is this where we’…
This original post-dramatic showcase is united with trauma, twisted humour, and a cardinal sense of unease.
An unnerving triple bill showcase for anyone seeking quality discomfort, full of absurdist, post-modern theatricality.
The films of Wes Anderson occupy a unique and vivid universe unto themselves: love and yearning; complicated family dynamics; existential angst.
The art of storytelling has always inspired our imaginations.
Lost to the Sea is an exploration of grief after losing a child to an accident at sea and how the power of words can be a huge part of the healing process going forwards.
A group of thespians stumble upon an ominous book filled with grisly and gory tales.
You are cordially invited to a spooky storytelling performance by author C.
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…
Join Brighton Fringe as we celebrate the outstanding local artists who make up our inaugural Made in Sussex programme.
Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.
Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.
Come and watch our Performing Arts (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.
Come and watch our Performing Arts (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.
Half Cut Theatre take their loving but disarmingly sharp hatchet to one of the seminal works of English Literature, Geoffrey Chaucer’s six-hundred-year-old-snapshot-of-mediaeval-…
The Black is back! The Alternative Black Cabaret Showcase in partnership with Boisterous Theatre Co.
Meet the real Carrie Bradshaw in Candace Bushnell’s acclaimed one woman show True Tales of Sex, Success and SEX AND THE CITY.
In recent years, Irish women have taken to the sea for the physical and mental health benefits of open water swimming.
In recent years, Irish women have taken to the sea for the physical and mental health benefits of open water swimming.
The Working Girls of Soho, takes you on a captivating journey of discovery, meeting the women who made Soho happen.
‘Sea Song Sessions’ is a collection of British maritime folk songs and sea shanties, performed by Jon Boden, Seth Lakeman, Ben Nicholls, Emily Portman & Jack Rutter
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…
Sam and Rosie are off on their holidays.
Join the talented young musicians of Big Noise Raploch’s Rinconada Chamber Orchestra as they showcase their skills at this extraordinary concert.
“⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️, Twisted Tales serves as an excellent example of the type of boundary pushing theatre that is out there if you know where to look.
“⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️, Twisted Tales serves as an excellent example of the type of boundary pushing theatre that is out there if you know where to look.
Keeping stand-up weird since 2013, Harriet Dyer is everything I love about the Fringe.
Returning to the Fringe for the third time with a new show, please join guitarist Tony Randle on a journey through the different shades and flavours of the acoustic guitar, with a …
In 2014 the 100kg iron “welcome” gate was stolen from Dachau concentration camp.
An eight-hour performance installation, using materials, text, song, sound, and movement to bring together plant, human and machine.
An invitation to pause.
“Have you ever trauma dumped? TikTok says this show might do that but don’t worry we can just trauma bond.
On stage is a small sound booth; inside sits a woman, alone.
An invitation to pause.
Winner: Comedian’s Comedian Award, Chortle 2020.
Hosted by Mark Olver, this is a showcase of some of the best new acts on the Scottish circuit! Catch them while you can!
In a holding room, participants wait.
Figs in Wigs are back and this time they’ve got their period (dresses).
‘This time next year at the Oscars, Cairine!’ But, what if next year never actually comes? From internationally acclaimed personal assistant and actress who has never actually acte…
Young and collaborators transform a swimming pool into a unique immersive environment in which to explore the essential character of water, its universal presence, and the importan…
This new one-person play by leading Samoan writer Sia Figiel vividly tells, through the voices of never-before-heard indigenous characters, the extraordinary story of Robert Louis …
Sassy swing and jumping jazz! Enjoy an evening with the classics and more, from Basie, Nestico and Fitzgerald to Earth, Wind and Fire.
Our fifth year! Back with top Black international comedy acts, prize games, cabaret and giving a token straight white male comic a chance they rarely get.
Stumbling upon old photos of the door, Neil Frost unravels the past.
Catch top comedians from the US, UK, China, Japan, Germany, Russia, Australia and Canada in this packed showcase, hosted by stand-up comedian Leah Renee.
Tales of Transatlantic Freedom is a glorious exploration of our global musical heritage.
Following double Fringe First winners (The Believers Are But Brothers; Rich Kids – A History of Shopping Malls In Tehran), the final piece of Javaad Alipoor’s trilogy is an inves…
Star of 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, Live at the Apollo, Roast Battle, Hypothetical and the surveillance camera when she forgot to pay for petrol, Harriet’s at the Fringe for…
‘What if we could just be happy figuring out who we were so we could grow up with that person, instead of growing up and then figuring it out?’Created by and starring S…
Northbrook is excited to present Made for This! A contemporary musical theatre and dance showcase filled with gripping, comedic and upbeat numbers.
They say if you can make it in NYC, you can make it anywhere! Well, hello, Edinburgh! This showcase show features a line-up of NYC’s premier comics: Stef Dag (@stefdagz), Gabby Bry…
Comedy! Music! Fractured classics! Drama! And more! Do you like to be surprised? Is variety what you crave? We have just the ticket for you.
Every city has a history, but when it comes to grisly secrets, it’s hard to rival the gruesome history of Edinburgh.
‘What if we could just be happy figuring out who we were so we could grow up with that person, instead of growing up and then figuring it out?’ Created by and starring South A…
‘What if we could just be happy figuring out who we were so we could grow up with that person, instead of growing up and then figuring it out?’ Created by and starring South A…
Once again North Sea Gas will take to the stage at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
The online guide to musical comedy returns with its daily showcase of the best acts at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023.
Immerse yourself in the enchanting wonder of Edinburgh at our exclusive tasting experience.
Presenting your favourite fairy tales – the obnoxious bullying of Ashputtel (the first Cinderella) by her stepsisters, the vanity of a fashion-conscious (and strangely familiar!)…
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
Hosted by Mark Olver, this is a showcase of some of the best new acts on the Scottish circuit! Catch them while you can!
Storytellers from a range of backgrounds, ages and cultures share stories of LGBTQ+ lives past, present and future.
This show is all about the world of online dating with comics telling their stories and audience members having their chance to join in with their own experiences.
A journey through the storied soul of Scotland.
Featuring winners of London’s premier new-act comedy competition.
Scotland’s Best Comedy Venue (Chortle Awards 2023) welcomes back its Fringe showcase for 2023! A new line-up every night presenting the very best acts from the Monkey Barrel Comedy…
A showcase performance featuring the students from Pineapple Performing Arts School’s Dance Intensive Summer School 2023.
A showcase performance featuring the students from Pineapple Performing Arts School’s Dance Intensive Summer School 2023.
Anna Vanosi’s soulful voice transports you from jazz (Billie Holiday, Doris Day) to pop (Bob Dylan, Björk) tracing a comical, poignant path, as she feels out of step with time.
An insane mixtape of silly songs, stupid sketches and crazy clowning! For over a decade the award-winning Listies have toured the world doing shows for literally gazillions of kidu…
The Macbeths have killed King Duncan and taken over his kingdom.
Holly Penfield’s eclectic collection of original songs is a heady fusion of blues, rock and pop.
Scotland’s Best Comedy Venue (Chortle Awards 2023) welcomes back its Fringe showcase for 2023! A new line-up every night presenting the very best acts from the Monkey Barrel Comedy…
We’re bringing the best Irish comedians to this late-night show for some non-pre-watershed comedy.
Award-winning storytelling.
In Grandfather Frog’s Tales of the Meadow there are stories about rabbits, chipmunks, foxes and even skunks! Grandfather Frog knows the important stuff about everybody who lives ar…
Canada produces some of the best comedians in the world.
‘This time next year at the Oscars, Cairine!’ But, what if next year never actually comes? From internationally acclaimed personal assistant and actress who has never actually acte…
Scotland is a land of myths and legends.
When a Jane Austen heroine, unlucky in love, finds herself thrown into the modern world of dating, she must set aside her customs and expectations to brave this new world of courts…
Drag king horror master Mr Brake Down invites you to a darkly theatrical storytelling experience set to music, showcasing chilling tales.
Award-winning Angel Comedy (Repeat Best Venue in UK Award winner) brings a whole new showcase of acts to Edinburgh.
Great value lunchtime comedy showcase featuring the best and brightest of this year’s Fringe comics.
A young Jehovah’s Witness comes to terms with his sexuality and finds his feet (and high heels.
24 different award-winning or nominated comedians perform their full shows, recorded for Netflix, Amazon Prime and YouTube. See FringeSpecials.com for listings.
Catch Canadian JJ Whitehead working with The Stand Comedy Club where his career started.
The best-selling contemporary Scottish artist’s eagerly anticipated retrospective of over 50 stunning oil paintings, inks and prints.
Working-class comedian Tom Mayhew returns to the Fringe with a show about dreams and endless hope.
From the creators of Moon Dragon and Sea Dragon, Dragon Tales is the magical interactive storytelling show for children aged 4-6 years old.
From the East to Edinburgh, it’s The Asian Comedy Showcase! Catch some of the best Asian acts (and one token white person) from all over the world! Our acts have been seen on the B…
Fab-u-lous! A high-energy comedy about a lonely old man and a homeless dog who become friends and enter a ballroom dancing competition.
A spooky show of terrible tales, bothersome books and gruesome goings on! The Haunted Bookshop has a story for everyone.
Working-class comedian Tom Mayhew returns to the Camden Fringe with a show about dreams and endless hope.
Kym Nash hosts 70 Minutes of some of Reckless Comedy’s favourite up and coming acts on the circuit.
Chris and Christine are a seasoned seaside double act.
Kym Nash hosts 70 Minutes of some of Reckless Comedy’s favourite up and coming acts on the circuit.
From the creators of Moon Dragon, Sea Dragon is the most fun for under 5s.
Head to the bottom of the sea for a dramatic aquatic adventure! Join Professor Flotsam and Dr Wright in their brand new submarine as they look for the strangest creatures in the de…
Working-class comedian Tom Mayhew returns to the Camden Fringe with a show about dreams and endless hope.
From the creators of Moon Dragon, Sea Dragon is the most perfect experience for babies under one at the Fringe in 2023.
Alex Knipe (Chortle Student Finalist 2023) and Ben Lycett (Felt Nowt New Act Finalist 2022) present a night of some of the best up-and-coming stand-up comedians that the North East…
Alex Knipe (Chortle Student Finalist 2023) and Ben Lycett (Felt Nowt New Act Finalist 2022) present a night of some of the best up-and-coming stand-up comedians that the North East…
The Brothers Grimm are the most famous collectors of fairy tales, but back in the 19th century, stories for children were a lot scarier, blood thirsty and disturbing.
The Brothers Grimm are the most famous collectors of fairy tales, but back in the 19th century, stories for children were a lot scarier, blood thirsty and disturbing.
About the showAn unforgettable evening of dance, combining several different styles with extraordinary young talent for all audiences to enjoy.
Starring Alice Fearn, and directed by Julie Atherton, Then, Now & Next is a heartwarming, original musical from writers Christopher J Orton and Jon Robyns.
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
A showcase of the best new comedians performing at the 2023 Brighton Fringe.
Buzzbox Collective presents 2 contemporary theatre double bills.
Buzzbox Collective presents 2 contemporary theatre double bills.
The Institute For Contemporary Theatre (ICTheatre) is a performing arts institution here in Brighton.
The Institute For Contemporary Theatre (ICTheatre) is a performing arts institution here in Brighton.
Head to the bottom of the sea with Coppice Theatre for an exciting aquatic adventure! Through puppetry, animation and storytelling Professor Flotsam and Dr Wright will explore the …
Head to the bottom of the sea with Coppice Theatre for an exciting aquatic adventure! Through puppetry, animation and storytelling Professor Flotsam and Dr Wright will explore the …
Aviary Tales presents: Whisper into my Arse.
Aviary Tales presents: Whisper into my Arse.
Showcase Start Time - 13:00 To attend this Industry Showcase please email actingshowcase@lipa.
Dystopian Sketch Comedy: The future isn’t a Black Mirror, it’s a Beige Door.
Comedian Tom Mayhew (as heard on BBC Radio 4) brings a work in progress show to the Brighton Festival! There will be stuff about being working-class, being skint, how annoying the …
Caravanserai at 10pm is an interesting time to have a show.
Tabletop Roleplaying brought to life with an Interactive twist! After multiple performances around Ireland, Hearthfire Tales bring their unique live show to Smock Alley …
Simon Topping showcases the best Fringe comedy, three acts at a time.
In its second Festival year, Extra Topping Showcases the best Fringe comedy, three acts at a time.
Music and lyrics by Matthew Strachan, Book by Bernie Gaughan 1950’s Dublin and two families living in adjoining terraced houses, become locked in a bitter matriarchal feud abo…
As the audience enter the auditorium at the Scottish Storytelling Centre, the four storytellers are already on stage: poet Janette Ayachi, powerhouse crime author Val McDermid, bur…
Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.
Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.
Come and watch our Performing Arts (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.
Come and watch our Performing Arts (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.
This delightful evening of tall tales proves storytelling isn’t just for kids! Join award-winning storytellers Minnie Wilkinson (The Tell Tales) and Niall Moorjani (Mohan: A Par…
A new devised play that examines themes of power, friendship, and the environment.
it’s not the sea to drink is a one-person-hyper-pop-extended-technique opera, using mistranslated idioms as its verbal matter.
The Black is back! The Alternative Black Cabaret Showcase in partnership with Boisterous Theatre Co.
Join storyteller Laura Sampson, accompanying sound artist Sam Enthoven and special guests for a selection of grown-up folk and fairytales on the theme of mortality.
The sea is blue, so blue.
The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School (BOVTS) is pleased to present its 2022 MFA Graduate Showcase.
The MTA’s final showcase, featuring the classes of 2022 and 2023.
Learn dances from around the world with our fantastic presenters.
Join Glasgow’s very own GlasVegas Showgirl Roxy Stardust, fresh from her explosive tour of the Isle of Mingulay, as she presents an hour of burlesque performance featuring a host…
Three future stars, committed and passionate chamber musicians, Irène Duval, Jean-Selim Abdelmoula and Maciej Kulakowski, met at The Kronberg Academy.
Three future stars, committed and passionate chamber musicians, Irène Duval, Jean-Selim Abdelmoula and Maciej Kulakowski, met at The Kronberg Academy.
A quality line-up of the hottest new acts in town.
A musical journey through film and dance featuring music by Mendelssohn, Arnold, Bernstein, Elgar and Toner.
Jungle Door invites its audience to indulge in the joyous, disheartening, and hopeful moments over a year shared by ex-lovers Michelle and Louise as they rekindle their friendship.
A wild fiesta of electrifying physical laugh-out-loud comedy.
Upfront and erect in most of history’s greatest moments, the penis has earned itself a reputation of admiration and revulsion in equal measures.
‘How can such a pure feeling emerge from an actor’s body?’ (Franco Acquaviva, Sipario.
Smoking hot split bill of stand-up from two fully developed women.
Join the creator of The Room Next Door in this final run at the Edinburgh Fringe after a successful sell-out tour as he talks about making comedy under the radar and the dangers of…
A glorious exploration of musical theatre weaving song, spoken word and piano together across centuries and continents, celebrating the African diaspora’s quest for artistic, intel…
The Riverside Theatre company are back, after sell-out-shows in 2019, with another exciting adventure for children and families.
Tam O’ Shanter, Tales & Whisky is a comic celebration of the gothic poems of Robert Burns.
Daily hour of the best musical comedy at this year’s Fringe, produced by the Musical Comedy Guide website (check for daily listings).
North Sea Gas are a much-travelled professional trio.
Comedy! Music! Fractured classics! Drama! And more! Do you like to be surprised? Is variety what you crave? We have just the ticket for you.
After a sold out preview at the Etcetera Theatre, the Sea Between is coming to the Cockpit Theatre as part of the Camden Fringe Festival.
An intimate, no holds barred look at the life of an everyday couple between early adulthood and their 30s.
There have always been legends of a city below the pavements of Edinburgh.
The Embers Collective are teaming up with Stumble Trip Theatre to bring you a collection of wild tales for weird folk.
Dance-Forms Productions celebrates 19 years of brilliant performances at the Fringe, presenting the cream of the crop of ritual and modern dance.
After an ecological disaster unleashes a neurotoxin into the air, two people are thrust into a series of emotionally-charged vignettes, where they are forced to confront both the n…
Rowan McCabe knocks on stranger’s doors and writes poems for them, for free, on any subject of their choosing.
The West End New Act of the Year was a comedy competition held between November and March to find the funniest emerging comedy talent.
Award-winning Angel Comedy (Repeat Best Venue in UK Award winner) brings a whole new showcase of acts to Edinburgh for the sixth consecutive year – after five sell-out years! Awa…
Edinburgh’s best-rated, award-winning comedy club welcomes back last year’s sold-out Fringe showcase for 2022! A new line-up every night showcasing the very best acts from the Monk…
The West End New Act of the Year was a comedy competition held between November and March to find the funniest emerging comedy talent.
Edinburgh’s best-rated, award-winning comedy club welcomes back last year’s sold-out Fringe showcase for 2022! A new line-up every night showcasing the very best acts from the Monk…
The only place to see top Black comedians and cabaret acts from around the globe (who are still able to get in the country or afford travel).
Scotland is a land of myths and legends.
Award-winning storytelling.
I think I’ve fallen in love.
PPAS (Pineapple Performing Arts School) is thrilled to present a spectacular showcase of dance featuring the students from our 2022 Dance Intensive Summer School.
A series of shows each containing a variety of excerpts from across the Fringe. Treat yourself… you never know what is inside until you try!
These are the voyages of Shellshock! improvised comedy.
Edinburgh’s best-rated, award-winning comedy club welcomes back last year’s sold-out Fringe showcase for 2022! A new line-up every night showcasing the very best acts from the Monk…
Hans the Storyteller, Reynard the Fox, and Gripp the Raven give a hilarious new telling of the classic fairy tale, The Pied Piper of Hamelin.
There’s always two sides to every story, even fairy tales.
A Rush of Laughter Showcase is a chance for you to see a wide selection of the incredible roster of talent at A Rush of Laughter Comedy Management.
Canadians are easy to get a long with and most importantly, funny.
Fab-u-lous! A new high-energy physical comedy about a lonely old man and a homeless dog who become friends and enter the world of ballroom dancing.
In its seventh year, the best comics of the Fringe are brought together for this premier comedy showcase.
Gabe Mollica brings New York-style comedy line-ups every night to Bar 50.
Great value lunchtime comedy showcase featuring the best and brightest of this year’s Fringe comics.
Disney villain.
Irish Comedy Showcase – The best Irish comedians at the Fringe will be starting your morning with some belly laughs, hopefully before breakfast.
Bounding onto the stage with red smeared eyes and billowing white nighties, the three performers of Tarot kick off their show Cautionary Tales bursting with enthusiastic energy and…
A spooky show of terrible tales, bothersome books and gruesome goings on! The Haunted Bookshop has a story for everyone.
The 2014 plan was a simple one, I would Casanova myself around our nation’s capital looking for consenting heterosexual adult males.
Who is the bandaged man, obsessively in love and held captive inside an upmarket flat, counting down the seconds until it’s time for Her to return and the ‘thing I can’t say’ to be…
In this UK premiere, South Africa’s top ventriloquist, Conrad Koch, chats racism, apartheid and colonialism, with his double International EMMY award nominated puppet friend and …
Harriet Dyer (as seen on Russell Howard Hour) is an award-winning comedian, mental health advocate and an experience to behold.
A family show filled with singing, dancing, comedy and even a sea monster.
Winner: Comedian’s Comedian Award, Chortle Awards (2020).
The biggest-titted Edinburgh Best Show nominees return in their darkest-ever adventure.
When Harriet Kemsley was young, she daydreamed about her perfect secluded hideaway, Honeysuckle Island, and her memories of that have inspired her latest stand-up show at the Monke…
This entertaining tour will take you through the heart of Edinburgh’s Old Town covering history, culture, folklore and much more.
Expect chips in gravy and on shoulders Fantastic stand up comedy from Jimmy Shirley, Percy Savage and Ant Grogan, 3 of the best comedians on the North West comedy scene.
Expect chips in gravy and on shoulders Fantastic stand up comedy from Jimmy Shirley, Percy Savage and Ant Grogan, 3 of the best comedians on the North West comedy scene.
Vodurudu (meaning: Will, Thought, Movement, Spirit) is a folk-improvisational film-ballet, the origins of which are environment and time.
Provocative, crude and iconic, Fat Rascal Theatre’s production of Unfortunate is nothing short of a showstopper.
You’re late, you’re late, for a very important date! Returning for the 5th year with an all-new show, let our talented young performers take you on an exciting trip down the rabbi…
You’re late, you’re late, for a very important date! Returning for the 5th year with all-new acts, let our talented young performers take you on an exciting trip down the rabbit h…
A showcase of the best new comedians performing at the 2022 Brighton Fringe.
Strap yourself in for a raucous comic cruise with the irreverent BiBi Crew! Join us for a highly charged evening full of fun and frolics, with labrish, sketches, tunes and more.
Strap yourself in for a raucous comic cruise with the irreverent BiBi Crew! Join us for a highly charged evening full of fun and frolics, with labrish, sketches, tunes and more.
Fab-u-lous! A new high-energy physical comedy about a lonely old man and a homeless dog who become friends and enter the world of ballroom dancing.
Fab-u-lous! A new high-energy physical comedy about a lonely old man and a homeless dog who become friends and enter the world of ballroom dancing.
Twisted Tales is a deliciously depraved double bill that reveals the darkness under the domestic, the lengths people will go to for love & how to wash blood stains out of a carpet.
Twisted Tales was a power packed two-hander show from Owdyado Theatre that took the idea of the thriller genre and turned it inside out by twisting it into two deliciously dark pla…
Out to cause absolute pandemonium, Marcus Megastar’s bringing the party to Brighton with “The Music Of The Night” ’22 Fringe Showcase.
Out to cause absolute pandemonium, Marcus Megastar’s bringing the party to Brighton with “The Music Of The Night” ’22 Fringe Showcase.
Irish writer Connor O’Donoghue tells stories, at turns hilarious and heartbreaking, of his fat gay body, including reflections on his foreskin, his relationship with the “chubby ch…
Irish writer Connor O’Donoghue tells stories, at turns hilarious and heartbreaking, of his fat gay body, including reflections on his foreskin, his relationship with the “chubby ch…
Harriet takes a long hard squint at the beauty industry through her two remaining fake eyelashes.
Harriet takes a long hard squint at the beauty industry through her two remaining fake eyelashes.
Acclaimed storytelling troupe The Embers Collective have teamed up with Stumble Trip Theatre to tell you some wild tales that’ll have you going out a bit wonkier than when you ca…
An hour of Carly’s funniest thoughts, which are then said out of her mouth.
An hour of Carly’s funniest thoughts, which are then said out of her mouth.
As the audience entered the Bosco Theatre, we were enchanted by a solo guitar player (Tim Carp) on stage.
The Digital Music and Sound Arts Course at the University of Brighton presents an evening of live music from our students.
The Digital Music and Sound Arts Course at the University of Brighton presents an evening of live music from our students.
An immersive theatrical dining experience.
Simon Topping showcases the best Fringe comedy, three acts at a time.
Why was the Wolf in Grandma’s bed? Did Sleeping Beauty have an opinion on consent? Were the Ugly Sisters’ feet really that big? How does a goose inspire revolution? Find out in t…
Mad Ron – Uxbridge’s third hardest man introduces a handpicked selection of character comedians - each show will feature short sets by some of the best up and coming character …
Why was the Wolf in Grandma’s bed? Did Sleeping Beauty have an opinion on consent? Were the Ugly Sisters’ feet really that big? How does a goose inspire revolution? Find out in t…
Mad Ron – Uxbridge’s third hardest man introduces a handpicked selection of character comedians - each show will feature short sets by some of the best up and coming character …
An immersive theatrical dining experience.
Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase
Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase
Come and watch our Performing Arts (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.
Come and watch our Performing Arts (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.
The Black is back! The Alternative Black Cabaret Showcase in partnership with Boisterous Theatre Co.
Thank you, next The life of an auditioning actor Three Queens Stuck in Dublin City We’re all born naked, but the rest is shade! Thank you, next - Megan O&ap…
Would you like to live again?Marian is dead.
When Ginny meets Mike, it’s fireworks.
After creating the hugely successful The Unlikely Candidate (“a fantastic blend of buffoonery and horseplay”Writebase) Liverpool’s Royal Court Youth Th…
The pick of the Cabaret Playroom season.
The Black is back! The Alternative Black Cabaret Showcase in partnership with Boisterous Theatre Co.
Tales of the Crypt Cabaret is a fusion of burlesque, puppetry and art performance.
The Grand High Supreme Mega-Witch Extraordinaire is dying.
Tales of the Crypt Cabaret is a fusion of burlesque, puppetry and art performance.
Tales of the Crypt cabaret is fusion of burlesque, puppetry and art performance, packed into a hour of full on entertainment for your darkest delights…
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…
Please join us for the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School Graduating MFA Actors London Showcase where there will be a selection of monologues and duologues delivered by our …
3 funny, entertaining and some say even life enriching artists compered by the direct and unrepentant Wesley Mallin.
3 funny, entertaining and some say even life enriching artists compered by the direct and unrepentant Wesley Mallin.
3 funny, entertaining and some say even life enriching artists compered by the direct and unrepentant Wesley Mallin.
3 funny, entertaining and some say even life enriching artists compered by the direct and unrepentant Wesley Mallin.
If there was ever an award for ‘Least Likely to be a Pirate’ it would definitely go to Harriet Pippin.
If there was ever an award for ‘Least Likely to be a Pirate’ it would definitely go to Harriet Pippin.
If there was ever an award for ‘Least Likely to be a Pirate’ it would definitely go to Harriet Pippin.
If there was ever an award for ‘Least Likely to be a Pirate’ it would definitely go to Harriet Pippin.
DOORS 7PM SHOW 7:30PMWEEK 6 - FINAL The show begins! Now we have our 4/56 artist left in the cast.
DOORS 7PM SHOW 7:30PMWEEK 6 - Semi Final The show begins! Now we have our 5/56 artist left in the cast.
DOORS 7PM SHOW 7:30PMWEEK 5 - SNACTH GAME The show begins! Now we have our 8/56 artist left in the cast.
Celebrating 40 years on the road, North Sea Gas are back at the AMC again.
We Exist present their second performance artist showcase at The Karaoke Hole, featuring the best trans and non-binary talent from across the city! All proceeds go to the We Exist …
LET US RAZE YOU - Artist ShowcaseA night of Queer Cabaret Debuts! New talent, New ideas & New perspectives.
It may be a 10 week course, but this graduation has been nearly two years in the making! The climax of The Art Of Drag Course at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern.
DOORS 7PM SHOW 7:30PMWEEK 4 - SETS WEEK!The show begins! Now we have our 8/56 artist left in the cast.
The XXS Com-Dons Comedy Showcase brings you seven brand-new, barely-seen-before and very excited stand-up comedians.
The XXS Com-Dons Comedy Showcase brings you seven brand-new, barely-seen-before and very excited stand-up comedians.
The Dust Behind the Door: A midsummer’s dream for Hermia? More like a mid-life crisis.
Join Late Stage Comedy as we put on five evenings featuring some of the best up-and-coming comics from across the East Midlands and beyond! Each night will be full of laughs and fe…
Fed up with being told how to look and behave since she was a teenager, Harriet is taking a long hard squint at the beauty industry through her two remaining false eye lashes.
Come one, come all! Gather around our virtual campfire and listen to the silliest, spookiest stories we can come up with – entirely improvised! With a fresh set of tales each nig…
DOORS 7PM SHOW 7:30PMWEEK 3 - Burlesque week!The show begins! Now we have our 9/10 artist left in the cast.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
Hosted by Colin Etches and Rachel Morton-Young, the Sounds Proper Comedy Showcase presents a variety of high-quality stand-up comedians every Sunday.
Chaucer, but with insects.
Harriet Kemsley: Secrets (WIP) Harriet takes a long hard squint at the beauty industry through her remaining fake eyelashes.
Harriet Kemsley: Secrets (WIP) Harriet takes a long hard squint at the beauty industry through her remaining fake eyelashes.
Puppetry, shadow theatre, mime and music all contribute to this charming oddity, which Caravan Theatre do indeed perform in a caravan.
Owdyado Theatre present a darkly comic evening of mini Twisted Tales by writers from Cornwall and across the UK.
Owdyado Theatre present a darkly comic evening of mini Twisted Tales by writers from Cornwall and across the UK.
PPAS presents a showcase of dance featuring the students of our Dance Intensive Summer School.
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.
In 1936 Spanish Republican troops disembarked on the shores of Majorca to recover the island, which had been taken over by the military.
Covering everything from history to religion and folklore, this walking tour is our original tour of Edinburgh’s medieval Old Town.
A photographic celebration of our travels to source ethically produced artisan products over the last four decades, with a selection of these unique objects collected along the way…
Miss McSkimming takes to the high seas in her second adventure, presented by Blackshaw Theatre.
The West End comes to Brighton in this spectacular celebration of cabaret and theatre at The Warren performed by an ensemble of seasoned West End Stars and hosted by Brighton’s sta…
Sara Segovia Rodao and Lachlan Werner are cuties by nature, cancers by astrological sign and clowns by trade.
Come and air your dirty laundry with us at ‘Harriet’s Press: Wash and Create’ in the Brighton Open Market.
The dandy kings of cabaret Joe Morose, Dusty Limits & Des O’Connor invite you to Theatreland’s former lavatory & Oscar Wilde’s forgotten cottage for a royal flush of vaudev…
Tl;dr: Two female comedians debut their 30 minute solo shows on one bill.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
Comedians telling true stories.
Comedians telling true stories.
Brighton’s own King of anarchic storytelling, the irrepressible Mr D, returns to Brighton Fringe with tales of ghosts, monsters, and the Devil that are not for the faint-hearted.
Brighton’s own King of anarchic storytelling, the irrepressible Mr D, returns to Brighton Fringe with tales of ghosts, monsters, and the Devil that are not for the faint-hearted.
It’s a new show in from Harriet Kemsley as seen on ‘8 Out of 10 Cats’, ‘Hypothetical’, ‘Bobby & Harriet Get Married’, ‘Comedy Central at The Comedy Store’, ‘Pants on Fire’, ‘Stand …
It’s a new show in from Harriet Kemsley as seen on ‘8 Out of 10 Cats’, ‘Hypothetical’, ‘Bobby & Harriet Get Married’, ‘Comedy Central at The Comedy Store’, ‘Pants on Fire’, ‘Stand …
The Final Show of Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course.
Come and watch our 3rd year Musical Theatre & Performing Arts students perform in their graduating showcase
Come and watch our 3rd year Musical Theatre & Performing Arts students perform in their graduating showcase
This Showcase is the culmination of the first International 10-Minute Play Competition organised by the Soldiers’ Arts Academy which attracted submissions from across the UK, Eur…
Nic Dodson Productions, Andrew Kay and Associates and Great Leap Forward presents… An exhilarating tap dancing and beatboxing spectacular straight from a smash hit run…
What if the wishes were granted? What if the magic were real? A stunning new adaptation of Grimm’s most magical tales! Head into the woods with Hansel & Grethel, help the little …
A small theatre company are performing their murder mystery play, Death at Sea, but during the show, everything goes wrong.
Over the last 40 years, North Sea Gas have travelled the world taking their very own distinctive blend of Scottish music far and wide.
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.
Around the campfire, late one night, sit some improvisers.
Who was Shakespeare’s true love? Anne Hathaway who seduced the young Will.
Sexy and subversive, audacious and hilarious, this one-woman show puts a knife in the back of traditional fairy tales.
Great value lunchtime comedy compilation showcase featuring the best and brightest of this year’s Fringe comics.
There have always been legends of a city below the pavements of Edinburgh.
Disney villain.
Jamie Kenna hosts a delightful evening of cabaret on Brighton seafront performed by an ensemble of seasoned West End Stars.
Owned by 4 west end performers and with patrons including Sir Matthew Bourne, Stephen Mear, Bill Deamer, Carole Tood and Pearson Casting, The Brighton Academy has now be…
The Final Show of Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course.
Rising Irish stand up star John Meagher presents a showcase of the top Irish Stand-up comedians working today.
Rising Irish stand up star John Meagher presents a showcase of the top Irish Stand-up comedians working today.
After appearing on Babestation in the summer (no, she hasn’t been asked back) Harriet’s been trying to learn how to be hot in 2020 and it hasn’t been g…
It’s 2006, and a case of child neglect has hit the German Press.
Tales from the Shed are feeling incredibly festive as they head to the Museum of Comedy this December.
The ADC – a brand new evening acting academy for adults, celebrates its first showcase.
This is a Showcase, presenting excerpts from the full show.
Showcase is back with some of the greatest hits from rock, pop, musicals and the movies this September in the Church Hill Theatre.
From the management of Micky Flanagan, Mark Watson, Zoe Lyons, Gary Delaney and Hal Cruttenden, don’t miss the chance to see some of the hottest up-and-coming comedy acts of the mo…
Ghostly Tales are adaptations of Victorian supernatural short stories; The Wind in the Rosebush, The Shadow on the Wall, and The Best Room in the House.
The Scots Musical Museum, an enormous pop-song survey produced by enterprising publisher James Johnson with Robert Burns, who, enlisted as editor, became crazed with compiling, fix…
People have much to hide.
Cora is at the festival to see her ex-boyfriend perform.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Experience a slice of West End in Edinburgh, with a musical theatre showcase presented by Goldsmiths, University of London’s Musical Theatre Summer School students! Featuring new a…
After last year’s sell-out shows, Scotland’s foremost folk entertainers are back.
Scotland is a country blessed with abundant natural beauty and mystical landscapes.
Official launch of Ireland’s premier comedy festival, featuring top acts from the 2019 programme, including Andrew Maxwell, Terry Alderton and Danny O’Brien.
Best known as the co-creator and co-star of hit podcast 2 Dope Queens, interviewing the likes of Jon Stewart, Tig Nataro and Michelle Obama to name just a few.
Join seven of the UK’s top a cappella groups as we come together to share a selection of our best repertoire for one night only at Greyfriars Kirk in the heart of Edinburgh! Feat…
Every song a classic! Hailed by critics and fans alike as a one of the finest songwriters of his generation, Friedman has achieved legendary, pop icon status for chart-topping hits…
The beautiful eclecticism of the Basque Country is showcased in this bill of dazzling hip hop and witty, lyrical contemporary dance.
Rats’ Tales by Carol Ann Duffy and adapted by Melly Still brings together a hugely entertaining, sinister and magical mixture of traditional and invented folk stories, richly con…
Take a look back at Scotland’s darker history as we delve into the lives of a few Scottish folk whose fates were sealed by being accused of witchcraft.
After the success of 2018 Brewhemia is returning with our platter of showstopping acts from this year’s festival favourites and our very own Creative Clique.
Exploring an unlimited range of creative ideas, Dance-Forms’ 76th International Choreographers’ Showcase delivers a solid line-up of superb choreography.
Back in Edinburgh for its fifth year, We’re Sorry! A rotating showcase of Canadian comedians in town for the Fringe.
Have you ever been, or felt, late? Maybe you’re not alone.
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Enter the macabre minds of Beaux and Poe.
A taste of the Fringe comes to Bruntsfield in true Black Ivy style.
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.
Award-winning Angel Comedy (Best Venue in the UK 2015, 2017 Chortle Awards) brings a whole new showcase of acts to Edinburgh for the fourth consecutive year – after four sell-out…
Make way for the Lost Boys! Join Wendy, Michael and John as they are whisked away to Neverland by Peter Pan and Tinkerbell.
It’s 1816, and Mary Shelley is about to recite the words that would be Frankenstein.
After sell-out shows last year with The Second Annual Black Comedy Showcase, we’re back once again and the third times a charm.
Though the characters may be familiar, these favourite storybook fables are uproariously derailed in this children’s play of fractured fairy tales.
Candy’s stories, musicality and legs will take you on a journey of her/his adventures through time.
Comic dance-theatre conceived and performed by Yukon born ‘Intrepid’ Jen.
Have you ever closed your eyes and tried to imagine a new colour? Lucy is a little grey girl in a little grey world who escapes to a land of colour through her stories.
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…
Edinburgh’s #1 rated comedy club and three-time Scottish Comedy Award winner brings you its pick of the Fringe for the very first time! Showcasing the very best acts from the Mon…
Bambino Beats are back to take you on a Summertime Boogie.
Grey Dog Theatre follow the triumphant Beasts and Beauties, ‘a perfectly synchronised swarm of young talent’ **** (Young Perspective) with more of Carol Ann Duffy’s magical f…
From the absurd to the moving, magical, funny and intriguing.
Award-winning storytelling.
You’ve been craving Canadian comedy.
Free daily hour-long showcase of the best musical comedy at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe, courtesy of the Musical Comedy Guide website (check for full listings).
Great value, great venue and great fun! Lunchtime compilation showcasing comedians you must not miss with new line-ups every day hand-picked from across the Fringe.
A brutally honest show about growing up in the Balkans, then somehow moving to Malta, and finally ending up in London to become a pizza boy.
Bringing you some of the best and brightest acts of the festival for a fantastic midnight showcase hosted by Andrew Sim.
Rotating bill stand-up! Come and see the finest stand-ups the University of Southampton Comedy Society and the Fringe has to offer! Featuring experienced student performers, both n…
‘Three nights to save a soul.
In its seventh year, the best comics of the Fringe are brought together for this premier comedy showcase.
Searching through the Fringe guide for a show worth seeing is a job that could perhaps be likened to archaeology – you spend hours carefully probing, sorting the dross from the d…
Sell-outs in 2017/18.
The performance opens to a figure eerily adorned in a rose-embellished mask, a luscious pink rose plugged into her mouth like a pacifier.
London Bermondsey’s beloved local comedy show comes to Edinburgh! Hosted by a podgy gay comic from the remote island of Taiwan, this comedy show has, for month after month, enterta…
Join Jake for a work in progress of his new stand-up show.
Northern powerhouse Tales of Whatever (@talesofwhatever) returns for 2019 with changing daily line-ups of seasoned Fringe comics and performers, all going off-script to share true …
Sea Sick is a beautifully simple and affecting piece of storytelling about climate breakdown and the oceans - and about one woman's mission to understand the damage that's …
Scott Gibson, Glasgow’s critically-acclaimed and award-winning son, returns to the Fringe with a brand new hour of darkly comedic storytelling.
The brainchild of comedians Harriet Dyer and Scott Gibson, That’s Not a Lizard, That’s My Grandmother! is unlike any other show at the Fringe.
Join the quickest wits in comedy for a side-splitting, jaw-dropping, time-travelling adventure that’s fun for literally everyone.
Noise Boys, playing at the Assembly at George Square, is an exhilarating evening of tap, beatbox and music that you and your entire circle of friends can’t miss.
Showcase opportunity for artists and creatives using film and projection to express their ideas and engage socially with others in this sphere of artistic activity.
Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance.
In this historical feminist coming-of-age musical comedy show, Harriet brings forth a team of rebellious women from the history of science to help her wage battle against ignorance…
Move aside Maleficent, Unfortunate: The Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch is the new anti-hero tale in town.
Join this lively and entertaining guided walking tour and enjoy decades of thrilling Fringe stories from today to Edinburgh’s first festivals in 1947.
An hour with Harriet Dyer is an hour of absurdism where literally anything can happen.
The eleven-time sell-out sensation returns for an evening of improvised anarchy with the biggest names in comedy.
Say Owt is York's loveable and raucous poetry organisation, hosting some of the noisiest spoken word events in the UK.
Say Owt is York's loveable and raucous poetry organisation, hosting some of the noisiest spoken word events in the UK.
Harriet (BBC3, BBC Live at The Fringe, BBC Radio 4 Extra, BBC Knock Knock, BBC Ouch, Absolute Radio) loves dinosaurs.
The boys are back and mixing things up with a brand spanking new show that will split sides, blow minds, and drop jaws.
Join the quickest whites in comedy for a side-splitting, jaw-dropping, time-travelling adventure that’s fun for literally everyone.
York’s alternative comedy sensation the Burning Duck Comedy Club returns to the Great Yorkshire Fringe, presenting the best ‘up-and-coming’ musical, ch…
Weirdo -A Lois Mills Showcase brings you the best of her weird and wonderful sketch comedy.
In a time where the country has never been more divided, Stan Wallace has complete conviction in his belief that both Remainers and Leavers need to fuck off, and he’s here to vent …
A bunch of comedy virgins have spent the weekend with Logan Murray, the man who taught Greg Davies, Rhod Gilbert, Josh Widdecombe, Andi Osho, Luisa Omielan, Diane …
One of the greatest works of English Literature is brought to life in this new and exciting production which transports Chaucer’s pilgrims to 2019 and re-imagines his tales.
In this historical feminist coming-of-age musical comedy show, Harriet brings forth a team of rebellious women from the history of science to help her wage battle agains…
The Funky Studios annual Showcase is back!! Bursting with talent the Funky students promise to bring something different, exciting and fresh to the Palace stage once aga…
Jim Brown's Sea Changes is a play that delightfully and unashamedly embraces the info-dump, to the extent of having most of its characters directly introduce themselves to the …
Full-time idiot Jack Stark hasn’t written this show.
An energy-packed performance by the Musical Theatre Degree students at Northbrook MET.
Welcome to Hopeville.
We’ve curated a showcase featuring some of the best new female comedy talent in the UK today.
BA Theatre Arts at GBMet.
What’s happening on the French live music scene Right Now? Come and check out a selection of fine French bands playing a rich mix of originals and covers.
Politics, celebrity, the media, technology, our 24-hour reality television cartoon dystopia.
Re-mystifying the most misunderstood phenomena of a woman’s body by telling the true tales about our blood.
Explore the misadventure of Kate and Robin, two dim-witted chums, as they try to put up with their noisy neighbour.
Smoke and Mirrors Theatre explores the idea of life and loss, light and dark and the people that pop up to save you when you feel like you’re drowning.
ArtsEd MA Acting students perform their graduate showcase - a series of short scenes from contemporary plays.
Aspire’s youth performers present an energetic, dynamic adaptation of one of Shakespeare’s most loved comedies: ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’.
The Wandering Bard is an ensemble that merges qualities of early music with delights of immortal folk music.
One of The Guardian’s Best Shows at the Edinburgh Fringe 2018.
Ebdon Management presents a tremendous selection of up and coming talent for your delectation.
Now in its 8th year and offering BA courses in Musical Theatre and Performing Arts, in collaboration with Bath Spa University.
Now in its 8th year and offering BA courses in Musical Theatre and Performing Arts, in collaboration with Bath Spa University.
Fancy a night with a serial killer, thieves by a river, a frumpy sibling, nosey know-it-all mama and more? Come see a showcase of scenes we’ve been rehearsing in a café from …
The Noise Next Door are the U.
This month Jon Davies presents the latest film by Marselle-based Robert Guédugyuabm The House By The Sea, and looks at how French cinema has celebrated France&apo…
Magicians from the prestigious London Magic Circle and West End Magic congregate to present an unforgettable afternoon of magic for children and families alike! Fea…
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.
Saturday 2nd March, 7pm Tickets: £13.
New Year's SeaA woman’s battle with the unknown HavenThe Contestant will now awaken New Year's Sea - Commons Collective in partnership with Firedoor Thea…
Shortlisted Showcase on Tuesday 19th February, 7.
The Final Show of Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course.
THE NOISE NEXT DOOR are the UK’s premier improv comedy troupe who have taken the comedy world by storm.
From the creators of the Academy Award®-nominated Ernest & Celestine comes another hilarious, heartwarming tale of animal misfits.
Nominated for César Awards, France 2018 – Best Supporting Actress Winner of two Venice Film Festival Awards 2017 By a little bay near Marseilles lies a pict…
Tales from the Shed are vibrant, interactive theatre shows that are perfect for young children.
Tales from the Shed are vibrant, interactive theatre shows that are perfect for young children.
Tenderfoot is The Civic’s apprentice theatre programme for transition year students in South County Dublin.
£502pm - 4.
LongSleeves is a jumper.
LongSleeves is a jumper.
What We Did Next presents ‘The Last 10 Years’, an evening of celebration for the company’s 10th anniversary.
Back by popular demand and with new material! The hilarious and sometimes unfortunate results of wrong or mangled messages and mistaken identity, all mixed up in some very human s…
Comedian & cartoonist Mike Capozzola's LIVE, multimedia/stand-up comedy show about superheroes, sci-fi and monsters (AND secret agents.
Weirdo - A performance showcasing Lois Mills’ weird and wonderful sketch comedy.
Cast Iron Theatre returns to Brighton HorrorFest with their hugely popular night of spooky storytelling from local writers.
Tales from the Shed are vibrant, interactive theatre shows that are perfect for young children.
A series of sketches and vignettes exploring misunderstanding and mistaken identity, miscommunication, sexuality and people’s fantasies.
Original and collected songs and stories from father-daughter duo: with Margaret drawing from her album Brigid’s Birds and Russell sharing some of his very favourite stories.
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 the wake of #MeToo and #TimesUp Sameena Zehra and Seymour Mace set out to examine UK comedy.
Come find yourself in the woods again amongst shadow puppetry, masks and magic in A Collection of Grimm’s Fairy Tales, Too.
Performer/producer? Want to tour the world? What touring opportunities are out there? A once-a-year chance to meet and hear from fringe festival directors from around the world; al…
Another AMC Fringe sell-out in 2017.
Back once again for the renegade master.
Edinburgh multi-arts festival Hidden Door was instrumental in getting the long out-of-action Leith Theatre open to the public again, after years of being used as a council storage …
Ever wondered why Sooty never doth speaketh? Thought so.
Who is Jack the Giant Killer and the Black Dog of Peel? How did the Buggane of St Trinian’s terrorise local villagers? Why was Phynodderee banished from Fairy Land? Discover why th…
Since the beginning of time, comedians have plied their trade on the comedy battlefield.
Every singer and member of our Blueswater Presents family, featuring 20 musicians, will be playing in a raucous showcase that presents the best blues music the Fringe has to offer.
BBC Scottish Symphony OrchestraMartyn Brabbins Conductor Edinburgh Festival ChorusChristopher Bell Chorus Director Elizabeth Watts SopranoChristopher Maltman Baritone Thea Musgrave…
Brewhemia are presenting some of the finest acts of this year’s festival.
A converted 1960s caravan hosting installations both insightful and absurd, poetry, puppets and music.
Dance-Forms Productions is celebrating the International Choreographers’ Showcase’s 24th Anniversary and 17 years of brilliant performances at the Fringe.
Carol Ann Duffy’s lyrical and heartwarming adaptations of classic tales brought magically to life by a vibrantly talented young all-female cast.
With wolves, witches and goblins, the story unfolds as the audience is invited to become part of the drama.
Free daily hour-long showcase of the best musical comedy at this year’s Edinburgh Festival, courtesy of the Musical Comedy Guide website (check for full listings).
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Night time.
After Best Newcomer, the Argentinean comedian brings stories of tango from Buenos Aires to Edinburgh.
The Edinburgh Revue – the Titanic of comedy.
Multi award-winning comic Harriet Kemsley pulls her skirt out of her pants and shames slut shaming.
Colleen is angry at her peers, angry at her teachers and angry at her brother, Parker, who imagines himself as an undersea explorer in a one-man submersible.
After the success of the First Annual Black Comedy Showcase, we’re back – bigger, better and blacker.
Forget flowers, chocolates or even a home-baked cake.
New(ish) for 2018! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
Award-winning storytelling.
Join us for a riotous celebration of the Fringe’s best musical comedians! Since 2009, the MCA have helped to launch the likes of Abandoman, Rachel Parris, Mae Martin, Jay Foreman a…
Feeling pressured by his success last year with The Elvis Dead, Rob Kemp returns with ten(!) shows stuck to a spinning wheel.
Have you ever kicked a potato into the sea? Lee Kyle has.
Award-winning Angel Comedy (Best Club in UK 2015, 2017, 2018 – Chortle Awards) brings a showcase to Edinburgh for the first time.
Last year, it was stories about being pissed on by a dragon, near death by a fire-breathing dragon, and accidentally joining a Romani Gypsy drug-smuggling ring.
On average, victims of domestic violence experience 35 assaults before calling the police.
Stand-up comedy showcase produced by Los Angeles based stand-up comic Kirk Smith.
Mystery Meat is a monthly cult stand-up show regularly performing to sell-out audiences in Brighton. This is no accident. Get involved.
Celebrating the enthusiasm and fresh talent of new dancers from across Scotland.
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…
An hour long stand-up show from future legends Ben Behrens, Jessie Johnson, Rob Cooper and Jessie Nixon that promises to redefine your perceptions of comedy and launch western civi…
In its sixth year, the best comics of the Fringe are brought together for this premier comedy showcase.
Life’s a journey, chauffeur driven by someone else.
Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance.
At the centre of its big, warm heart, The Sea Is Big Enough to Take It is a story about a non-activist boy and his activist mother, and by extension a story about all of us and our…
Edinburgh’s infamous ghosts descend upon The Fireside venue to retell the gruesome stories from the past.
What if Lady Macbeth was the reincarnation of the mysterious White Fox? YVUA Arts present their award-winning About Lady White Fox with the Nine Tales.
This is the fourth year of We’re Sorry.
In six years of stand-up, Aidan ‘Taco’ Jones has met great comedians from every continent (except Antartica, they’re rubbish).
Jacob Lovick and Tyler Harding (Edinburgh Fringe LST Sketch-Off Finalists, 2017) are at it again! Last night at the Fringe Espionage venue this double act – otherwise known as Lo…
Great value lunchtime compilation showcase featuring the best and brightest of this year’s Fringe comics.
A work-in-progress musical comedy show set in a library at the end of the world.
Which comic belongs in your bubble? Send your suggestions through our app: comedy gold or utter crap? Three top comedians compete to impress with tailor-made jokes based on the dem…
The 10-time sell-out comedy sensation returns to Edinburgh with an epic new show for just about everyone.
Richard is Britain’s leading blind theoretical physicist turned stand-up comedian with a Blue Peter badge… well, definitely in the top three.
The 10-time sell-out sensation returns to Edinburgh with a jaw-dropping, side-splitting evening of finely-tuned anarchy, featuring a cavalcade of incredible special guests and some…
Small mistakes, big mistakes, life-changing mistakes.
Magician-scientist hybrid Kevin Quantum activates his silly side with comedy sketch-magic.
Have you ever kicked a potato into the sea? Lee Kyle has.
Last year, it was stories about being pissed on by a dragon, near killed by a fire breathing dragon, and accidentally joining a Romani Gypsy Drug Smuggling Ring.
One of York’s liveliest live nights, Say Owt is a raw melting pot of poets delivering rapid fire, heartfelt, energetic and exciting spoken word.
Tales from the Shed are vibrant, interactive theatre shows that are perfect for young children.
Hey, ever put on a puppet show in an hour?And ever put on a show with all new characters, music and dance made up by the cast?And ever been in a show that will only be p…
York’s alternative comedy sensation the Burning Duck Comedy Club returns to the Great Yorkshire Fringe, presenting another handcrafted artisanal smorgasbang of the…
A bunch of comedy virgins have spent the weekend with Logan Murray, the the man who taught Greg Davies, Rhod Gilbert, Josh Widdecombe, Andi Osho, Luisa Omielan, Diane Mo…
Once a month the Museum of Comedy is transformed into the Museum of Magic! Magicians from the prestigious London Magic Circle and West End Magic cong…
Fresh from their regular performances in the drizzly urban wilderness of central Manchester, the “talented performers with an eye for the absurd” (RemoteGoat…
The XLP Arts South London Showcase Final is the culmination of a series of youth arts showcases held this year within Greenwich, Lewisham, Southwark and Lambeth, hosted …
Thespianage Productions are cultivating a reputation in Manchester for being far too suggestible! From Gregorian chanting life advice, to miming how an amorous dragon made a slight…
Don your flat cap, grab your whippet and come and join us for the launch of 2018’s Great Yorkshire Fringe! Lineup to include Tony Slattery, Harry & Chris, Thin…
The Final Show of Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course.
In celebration of its 200th Birthday, the acclaimed Paines Plough production of Sea Wall, by Simon Stephens and performed by Andrew Scott, will play at The Old Vic from Mon 18 unti…
Last year, it was stories about being pissed on by a dragon, near killed by a fire breathing dragon and accidentally joining a Romani Gypsy Drug Smuggling Ring.
Parkinson.
Krumpet klub present a ‘Tales from the Krypt Kabaret’ Welcoming you into a world of dark comedy, and spooky burlesque dancer’s .
Krumpet klub present a ‘Tales from the Krypt Kabaret’ Welcoming you into a world of dark comedy, and spooky burlesque dancer’s .
Join us in the jungle for our hit annual ‘High Top Circus Student Showcase’.
Two men enter a forest.
An opportunity to see the culmination of three years’ work produced by The Hammond Graduate Musical Theatre Students, in a unique showcase performance for industry…
An energy packed performance by the Musical Theatre Degree students at Northbrook MET.
Baba Brinkman’s gritty re-telling of Chaucer’s classic Tales has been critically acclaimed the world over, with the ‘Wife of Bath’ and ‘Pardoner’ seeming perfectly at home next…
A work-in-progress musical comedy show from 2016’s Funny Women winner.
A rip-roaring rollercoaster of laughter, where six improvisers race from one game to another at a thousand smiles an hour making everything up as they go along.
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.
After the first SOLD OUT production, we are back at The Hen & Chickens for 4 more nights this month.
Rattle Tales was started by a collective of eleven Brighton based writers who wanted to bring new writing to the stage.
As the audience wandered into the Sweet Dukebox theatre for the start of Tales Michelle Madsen and Lizzy Margereson of BAIT were already standing by the seats, welcoming people war…
The sell-out smash hit returns to Brighton with a hefty dose of ‘The Noise Next Door’s’ trademark off-the-cuff madness, two stand-up stars and some once-in-a-lifetime comedy curi…
Harriet’s back in Brighton and she’s brushed her hair specially.
A brand new show from the creator of award-winning wedding comedy ‘It’s Got to be Perfect’.
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…
Fast-paced, club-style stand-up comedy, featuring four of the best new stand-up talents from the South East.
Singer/songwriter, Jon McLeod, brings his original acoustic compositions to Artista Cafe & Gallery.
Come on a journey back in time as Mr D regales you with fabulous tales of ghosts, monsters, the Devil, and more.
Morocco’s past colonisation by its European invaders meant stories and tales of the old Morocco were unwritten.
Exclusive after hours tours of Brighton’s aquarium! A unique opportunity to go off the public route to learn about the remarkable history of the world’s oldest operating aquarium.
Under the sea, out on the farm and into the jungle, these terrific tales are woven together with live music, puppetry and a whole host of colourful characters from Julia…
The Brighton Academy Of Performing Arts presents its 5th MT Graduating year Showcase
Award-winning storytelling.
Who, What, Where, When? There’s so much to choose from at the Adelaide Fringe! And if you can’t decide which international comedians to see at the Fringe, then this is the show…
Inspired by Port Adelaide and the sea that surrounds it, SEA me features seascapes and the bizarre and intriguing creatures that live in its deep blue depths.
When Katy, an autistic teenager, meets lonely Ryan, they make a connection that will shake their worlds forever.
Scottish Magician-Scientist hybrid Kevin Quantum activates his silly side with comedy sketch-magic.
Adelaide Fringe Comedy Showcase returns chock full of some of the best comedians from across the Fringe, both local & International.
The USC Showcase is a musical exhibition of Year 11 and Year 12 University Senior College Music and Drama students.
Not mincing any of our words here - the Brothers Grimm are really really grim.
1952 When Hester Collyer is found by her neighbours in the aftermath of a failed suicide attempt, the story of her tempestuous affair with a former RAF pilot &the breakdown of her …
A fun filled evening with so much for the family.
Fantasy, danger, excitement, laughs and mystery await those brave enough.
From the Red Right Hand and the Long Black Veil, to Delilah and Miss Otis Regrets, we have told tales of love and murder through song for centuries.
Mashhour’s experimentally structured theatre is a unique take on immigrant experience.
Back to SA by popular demand for ONE SHOW ONLY! Featuring one of Australia’s most sort after entertainers, Paul Hogan.
Ladies and Gentlemen.
Join Adelaide’s premier swing dancing school for a night of dance through the 1920s, 30s and 40s! Students of the school of all levels will showcase the dances of the era including…
Emma Rice’s “exquisite” (Telegraph) production comes to Oxford Playhouse following its critically acclaimed premiere at Shakespeare’s Globe.
Be entertained by the talented kids from our January Broadway Bootcamp as they perform a showcase of the skills they have developed over our two week award winning program.
The next Footlight Singer Showcase bounds into the New Year with its hit evening of live music returning to Leicester Square Theatre on 30th January.
Ladies And Gentlemen.
Constella OperaBallet return to the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells this November with their award-winning Sideshows.
The latest performance project from leading site-specific dance theatre company Oceanallover.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
The latest performance project from leading site-specific dance theatre company Oceanallover.
Next! is a gritty, thought-provoking and poignant comedy illustrating the trials and tribulations of three unequivocally unique and extraordinary individuals.
As if 726 episodes and 14 movies wasn’t quite enough, Real Positive Poles presents a brand new episode of Star Trek every night.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Journey through fairy tale lands.
Tayberry Tales is a multi-sensory storytelling programme – the main focus is to support individuals with a learning disability, to develop and learn new skills through an accred…
Produced by Connie Stride and co-directed by Emily Ashbrook and Elizabeth Bailey, The Tinder Tales excels in making genuine experiences appear visceral.
Snow is the newest prisoner at HMP Young Offenders Institution, Hull.
A free lunchtime showcase of established and up and coming acts offering tasters of their shows. Six acts plus MC Alastair Sadler.
Every member of our Blueswater Presents family will be playing a set in a raucous showcase that will present the best blues music the Fringe has to offer.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Anna Savory is a comedian & condemned woman.
Dance-Forms Productions is celebrating 16 years of brilliant performances at the Fringe, presenting the cream of the crop of postmodern creations.
Perfect Pullman.
New for 2017! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
Enter the unsettling mind of Edgar Allan Poe.
You would be forgiven for thinking that a production of The Tales of Peter Rabbit and Jemima Puddle-Duck performed in a circus tent might involve people dressed up as the character…
Harriet Dyer (BBC Live at the Fringe, BBC Ouch, BBC Radio 4 Extra and that idiot that didn’t cook her chicken on ITV’s Dinner Date) for purposes of this show is Detective Dyer.
Join space innovation researcher Matjaz Vidmar (University of Edinburgh) and acclaimed science fiction author Pippa Goldschmidt to debate the future of human activity beyond Earth.
Two men enter a forest… Fear meets mythical creature and strange happenings ensue.
Following a turbulent year of politics and current affairs, this year’s Fringe programme is unsurprisingly loaded with all manner of shows trying to make sense of the world in 20…
Chicago, America’s premier city for up-and-coming comedians sends its best and brightest to Edinburgh.
Award-winning show.
Award-winning Angel Comedy (Best Club in UK 2015, 2017 Chortle Awards) brings a showcase to Edinburgh for the first time.
The 2016 Funny Women Stage Award winner and So You Think You’re Funny? finalist of the same year, Harriet Braine, believes that art history delivered through the medium of parody…
Award-winning performer Paula Valluerca, aka Madame Señorita, is committed to reconnect with the pleasure of being a totally deluded idiot.
In its fifth year, the best comics of the Fringe are brought together for this premier comedy showcase.
Looking past the sweltering hot and humid room that the Laugh Train Comedy Showcase takes place in, this show is enjoyable enough for a night out.
Have a bite to eat and take a seat – you’re in for a treat.
Multi award-winning stand-up and absolute mess Harriet Kemsley has survived another year and returns with her best show yet.
Interrupt the Routine returns as 1940s radio group The Misfits of London for another highly enjoyable adventure of The Gin Chronicles.
Deliciously dark re-workings, told through stand-up and live art.
2016 saw JoJo Smith dip her toe into the Fringe waters with a brief run of her first solo show I was Mick Jones’ Bank Clerk.
Delightful and expressionistic one-woman show; Above the Mealy-Mouthed Sea is spoken-word theatre play about the self we present to the world and the self we try to hide.
In the world premiere of Pulitzer/Tony Award nominee Craig Lucas’s (Prelude to a Kiss, An American in Paris, Amelie) zany and touching new play, three stories collide in a world of…
It’s a fair statement to make that there are both straight-up sceptics and those who actively try to believe when it comes to magic, but the fact still remains that an audience f…
In its fifth year, the best comics of the Fringe are brought together for this premier comedy showcase.
Something akin to Grand Master of the bits of the Fringe that aren’t ‘a capitalist mess’, as he styles it, a visit to Bob Slayer’s double-decker bus is a source of rejuvena…
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…
You want stories? JoJo has a lifetime’s worth.
In their Fringe debut comedy hour Sisters hit the ground running with a fast paced, intensely dark and gut bustingly funny show of sketches, skits, and more jokes about live stream…
The Noise Next Door’s Really, Really Good Afternoon Show is what it says on the ticket.
Being a millennial in the modern world is hard.
Half a String Theatre’s new show is a delightfully charming and immaculately produced tale of triumph, travel and terrific adventure told through innovative puppetry and wonderfull…
There’s certainly no shortage of solo shows about mental health at the Fringe so it takes a certain level of quality to stand out.
Noise Next Door are supremely proficient improvisers, and know how to create an evening show which will please a rowdy audience.
The STAC @ Northbrook Showcase featured 14 Musical Theatre Degree students, advertising their many performance talents in just over an hour of song and dance.
Join our students for a fantastical cabaret showcase from High Top Circus workshops and our special guests.
On a lake somewhere not far away, a mother duck is sitting on her eggs.
This is an exciting journey through some great tales.
Did you know the Brothers Grimm collected together over 200 different stories? Why do we only ever hear about Cinders and Snow White? Were the others too scary? Too gruesome? Or a …
An evening filled with stories, duets and short plays, reworked and retold to delight, surprise and entertain.
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 …
A rip-roaring rollercoaster of laughter where six improvisers make everything up on the spot as they race from one game to another.
Witness the astonishing comedy sensation live! ‘The Noise Next Door’ are causing a commotion with their fourth nationwide tour - an anarchic evening of side-splitting jokes, jaw-dr…
“The true mystery of the world is the visible .
Harriet’s back with her third and possibly best show yet.
Exclusive after hours tours, just on offer as part of the Brighton Fringe in May.
A retelling of ten old tales, such as the story of Devil’s Dyke and why Rugby Union team Hartlepool Rovers are known as the Monkeyhangers, this hour long show invites the audienc…
The division in our post-Brexit, post-truth Britain stems from the difference between people who can accept dramatic change, and those who cannot.
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…
Come and see the short pieces we’ve selected to shortlist for our Showcase competition at The Hen & Chickens, 30th January at 7pm.
Calling all fishy friends to the dance floor! Disco Kids presents an underwater adventure for your little sea monsters.
Saturday 10 & Saturday 17 September, 12pm, 1.
Labjovem 2016 is a creative platform for a new generation of young artists from the Azorean islands (Portugal), as well as a way to share some experiences, values and different rea…
Noise Report create immersive club nights where artists experiment with video, music and other art forms.
From award winners to stadium fillers, OTK are proud to represent the very best in comedy.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Did you know, the Brothers Grimm collected together over 200 different stories? Why do we only ever hear about Cinders and Snow White? Were the others too scary? Too gruesome? Or a…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Once again the band take the stage at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with great songs taken from their latest album, Fire in the Glen, and material from previous albums.
The Terrestrial Sea highlights the ever-changing environments of Cromarty Firth through music and film.
Ayesha Hazarika spent eight years as political adviser to Harriet Harman and Ed Miliband.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Upstairs Downton and Petting Zoo (‘Improv supergroup’ TimeOut) star creates a staggering array of characters using his mouth, brain, hands and body.
Ayesha Hazarika spent eight years as political adviser to Harriet Harman and Ed Miliband.
Celebrating the 22nd anniversary of the International Choreographers’ Showcase and 15 years with powerful performances at the Fringe.
Do you love gaming? Here is an opportunity for you to design and build your very own game for the next generation.
Fife Youth Arts is proud to showcase films made by young people from across the country.
Funny Women semi-finalist and best-selling author says: ‘Hello from the other side of 40’.
The Voice Festival returns to Edinburgh with another stellar a cappella showcase featuring groups of all ages.
Later, considerably ruder and darker shows from internationally acclaimed, award-winning Scottish stand-up comedy meteor.
Sometime in between Jak Soroka cracking eggs on her naked body and Sam Reynolds dry humping someone in the audience, you realise nights at Dive’s C U Next Tuesday cabaret can get…
In this session Dr.
When someone has nowhere to go, a fairytale can take them home.
Award-winning Badger High School Theater presents Tales from the American Midwest, a series of American folk tales centred around the Midwestern states.
As heard on BBC Ouch.
A sensational, original rock-opera experience set in the 34th century, this show brings together live rock music, dramatic performance and a spectacular movie created by award-winn…
Harriet Dyer is accidentally alternative.
Did you know, the Brothers Grimm collected together over 200 different stories? Why do we only ever hear about Cinders and Snow White? Were the others too scary? Too gruesome? Or a…
Award-winning show.
Award-winning Angel Comedy (Best Club in UK 2015, Chortle Awards) brings a showcase to Edinburgh for the first time. Award-winning comedians and the best new acts, free!
Multi award-winning idiot Harriet Kemsley keeps making mistakes and she might be about to make the biggest one of her life.
Hilarity Bites Management are one of the biggest comedy agencies in the North of England, looking after some of the biggest and brightest talent.
Each of the short – but far from woeful – tales in this half-hour collection (from Bristol University and National Youth Theatre) have concepts that could be summed up in one l…
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…
The best and brightest of this year’s Fringe comics in a great value lunchtime compilation showcase, hand-picked from across the Fringe.
In its fourth year, the best comics of the Fringe are brought together for this premier comedy showcase.
Bob drives his BlundaBus around Europe looking for adventures.
Twisted Edge Comedy presents the participants of their newly founded stand-up workshops.
The eight time sell-out comedy sensation returns to Edinburgh with an anarchic afternoon show for just about everyone.
The eight time sell-out comedy sensation returns to Edinburgh with an anarchic afternoon show for just about everyone.
We know more about the Moon than we do about the ocean floor.
The best kept secret in comedy Dyer and Whitney are back with their unique, original and hilarious character comedy sketches and songs! You have never seen a sketch like it.
Do you like improv? Do you like standup? Hate having to choose between the two? Well, at The Noise Next Door’s Comedy Lock-In, you don’t have to settle – you can see both! Ye…
Grant Stott is well known around the Edinburgh area.
We Live by the Sea is a feel-good tale, exploring the day-to-day life of an autistic teenager in Filey.
With its clipped accents, simmering tension, undulating music and themes of mental anguish and sexual tension, Terence Rattigan’s The Deep Blue Sea is quintessentially old-school…
UK Premiere by Emmy nominated American playwright, Eric Coble.
If theatre is all about holding a mirror up to ourselves, then Tales From the Hanging Captain certainly makes the grade – it’s the first performance piece arising from the thr…
Strange Town is an Edinburgh-based company which offers opportunities for young people between the ages of five and 25 to fulfil their creative potential though drama and perfor…
Join our students for a fantastical cabaret showcase from High Top Circus workshops and our special guests.
There is much more to history than just learning dates and facts.
Short story and flash fiction readings with audience participation.
An evening filled with stories, duets and short plays, reworked and retold to delight, surprise and entertain.
“An evening filled with stories, duets and short plays, reworked and retold to delight, surprise and entertain.
Actor/singer/storyteller Richard Spaul tells stories from Edgar Allan Poe’s macabre masterpiece.
Tales of Sin proclaims malice, seduction, lust and vengeance, so count me in! This six for the price of one variety show, spans a wide spectrum of genres – musical, opera, vers…
The Brighton Showcase hosts the best in new and up-and-coming local talent every Wednesday evening at award-winning venue, The Brunswick.
A unique opportunity to go off the public route and learn about the remarkable history of the world’s oldest operating aquarium.
Rising star and general idiot stand-up Harriet Kemsley returns with her new show ‘Good Girl’.
What happens to unfinished sentences? Join the deliciously devious Sentence Snatchers as we trip, tangle and tongue-twist our way through the fantastical town of Loose End, where t…
Performer James Cairns (‘Dirt’, ‘The Three Little Pigs’, ‘The Snow Goose’) teams up with writer Gwydion Beynon (‘The Epicene Butcher’) to tell the epic, unforgettable and hilarious…
Performer James Cairns (‘Dirt’, ‘The Three Little Pigs’, ‘The Snow Goose’) teams up with writer Gwydion Beynon (‘The Epicene Butcher’) to tell the epic, unforgettab…
On 10 January 1992, the container ship Ever Laurel, several days out from Hong Kong en route to Tacoma, Washington, hit a storm in the North Pacific Ocean.
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…
Blair Socci and Farah Brook host this excellent lineup of comedians, with partial proceeds benefiting Planned Parenthood.
DAZZLING DANCES! SPECTACULAR SONGS! DELIGHTFUL DAMES! DAMES AT SEA is a tap-happy celebration of the golden era of movie musicals with a heart as big as the ocean! Directed and cho…
TALES FROM GERIASSIC PARK – On the Verge of Extinction is a poignant, uproarious look at family, relationships, addiction, peeing, aging, cancer, and scones.
(performances start on Thursday) The surf is high in Brooklyn with the launch of this autumnal festival of experimental performance work.
Peter Rabbit knows very well he’s not to go into Mr McGregor’s garden, especially as it was there his father met his untimely end! But he can’t resist … and soon he and his…
Lancaster Offshoots have created an enjoyable and surprisingly funny offering with their take on Beatrix Potter’s Peter Rabbit and Other Tales.
Behind every person misusing substances is a family.
Edinburgh’s award-winning band return to the AMC for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, with songs and stories from their latest album, Fire in the Glen and from previous recordings.
Performers, join a discussion set up specifically for Street and Outdoor Artists.
Music + comedy x outstanding talent = MCA Showcase! Now in its seventh year, the MCA has provided a launch pad to superstar acts like Frisky and Mannish (2009 finalists), Abandoman…
The Sea Child, adapted by Carolyn Sloan from her novel of the same name, is a tender and evocative play.
‘You know what the cruellest thing I ever did to anybody was? I’ll tell you’.
The Next Moon, a sort of modern fairy tale, leads the audience into a world which is simple and natural, without the artificial paraphernalia typical of human life.
Texan Kiya Heartwood (Stealin’ Horses, Wishing Chair) is ‘an award-winning American singer/songwriter who writes smart, funny and poignant songs about the famous and not-so-famou…
There’s plenty for girls to worry about these days – from tattoos to eating disorders to abusive relationships – and Tanya Holt, a mother herself, deals with the difficulties…
There are three things which are undeniably British: Geoffrey Chaucer, trains and casual drinking.
Frantic passions are unleashed when divine and human worlds meet.
Improv with a dark twist! As you enter the theatre you will be welcomed by the cast who will show you to your seats and make sure you are sitting comfortably, before using dark mag…
Perfect way for under sixes to burn off energy at this fun, musical and sea animal filled session.
This is a performance of the score from the fantasy dance-drama Wild Zebra, showcasing the accomplishments of a troupe of young Chinese performers (8-12 years old).
Due to massive demand, six later, quite probably ruder, shows! Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedy half-man-half-Xbox.
Wild Zebra is a fantasy ballet with symphony orchestra accompaniment showcasing the accomplishments of a troupe of young Chinese performers (8-12 years).
Yu Cai Primary School, originated in the ancient oriental city of Yan’an, where only about 100 years ago the people moved out from living in cave houses.
Childhood is happy and carefree.
The ancient East, full of myth and charm.
This show is wondrously delightful.
Widely regarded as one of the leading young companies in the UK, Newbury Youth Theatre have an unparalleled reputation at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Dance-Forms Productions will celebrate the 21st anniversary of the International Choreographers’ Showcase and 14 years presenting exciting performances at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Do you dare to take the hand of a mermaid? Swim with a Selkie? Hear the song of a Siren? Such stories are fishwives’ tales.
Mixed media paintings exploring cityscape, countryside and coastline: colours, textures and changing light of the seasons.
A daily evolving production line of musicians and artists involved in and around the musical life of Jamie Sharp. Explore the hints on Twitter for more clues…
The Voice Festival returns to Edinburgh with another stellar a cappella showcase featuring groups of all ages, plus a special collaborative number created at our earlier daytime wo…
An hour of lunchtime comedy could be worse spent than with this quirky collection of occasionally promising comedians.
The Creative Martyrs, that white-faced Laurel and Hardy of existential cabaret terrorism, are not men to be trifled with, as some rather talkative front-row audience members discov…
We all love a good story! Multi award-winning singer-songwriter Mike Willis and his rovin’ band transport you to the smoky mountains of America.
‘When April has showered sweetly with his rains, when the west wind has breathed so sweetly through every grove and field.
Hilarity Bites Comedy Club returns to the Edinburgh Fringe following two sell-out runs.
Using the unique experiences of African American students at the University of Florida, from the first students who attended more than 50 years ago to members of the current studen…
Charmingly anarchic breakthrough duo LetLuce were wholly responsible for 2014 word of mouth hit Show Pony.
There’s plenty for girls to worry about these days – from tattoos to eating disorders to abusive relationships – and Tanya Holt, a mother herself, deals with the difficulties…
Fourth Monkey are back with another stellar ensemble piece, providing late night gothic horror - even more frightening, as it is based on a real-life horror story.
You think you know the story of Hansel and Gretel, but can you fully comprehend the suffering that they endured? Poverty, starvation, abandonment, incarceration, murder and insanit…
“It’s amazing how therapeutic knitting can be,” says one of the three characters in An Illuminating Yarn, a one-act play by Jane Pickthall, produced by Newcastle’s Button Box…
Eric is a friendly, unassuming man whose Tales of the Sea take you through his time spent on submarines in the Royal Navy.
A bare stage, obscured by low lighting and backed by an eerie sinister soundtrack set the tone for this gripping retelling of the classic children’s fairy-tale, but this telling …
Our pick of the best new shows opening at the Edinburgh Festivals 2015. Line-up TBC.
Rapunzel is part of Fourth Monkey’s 2015 fairytale season and features their signature physical ensemble work.
This play tells the story of Benji and Alf, next-door neighbours becoming best friends, bonded by their love of the titular ‘Fairly Tales’.
After four years of consistently filling the smallest room in Edinburgh, Adam Belbin is set to return with possibly the final instalment in this quadrilogy of shows.
After their successful debut last year, Dyer and Whitney are back with more of their unique, original and hilarious character comedy sketches and songs! This new duo sold out at Le…
In its third year, the best comics of the Fringe are brought together for this premier comedy showcase.
A brand new show featuring your favourite characters including Hairy’s feline friends.
Join Sarah Keyworth (Amused Moose Semi-Finalist) and Alex Hylton, (Macmillan Comedian of the Year Runner-up) as they take on love, sexuality and dating in this debut show.
Captain Morgan is back – and now he is armed with the Sands of Time.
Charmingly anarchic breakthrough duo LetLuce were wholly responsible for 2014 word of mouth hit Show Pony.
Grab a beer, nurse your hangover and relax.
After Flipper Committed Suicide! Giada comes back to Edinburgh with a brand new hour of fun, dark material, from sex to fairy tales.
Die-hard fans of classic BBC Sitcom Dad’s Army will particularly enjoy this panel discussion, Q&A and selection of nostalgic clips from Ian Lavender, aka Private Pike, and fellow…
Acclaimed double act LetLuce (Lucy Pearman and Letty Butler) offer an entertaining hour of very silly, loosely connected sketches on a nautical theme.
There is just something about storyteller Callum Lykan.
The best and brightest of this year’s Fringe comics in a great value lunchtime compilation showcase.
In her stand up show The Devil’s Door Bell, Njambi McGrath presents an hour of satirical shaming, teasing the audience into reflecting on colonialism’s legacy in Africa.
The seven-time sell-out comedy sensation returns to Edinburgh with an anarchic afternoon show for just about everyone.
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…
It’s back… An entirely unique entertainment experience every night with the quickest wits in comedy and their astonishing special guests.
Splodge that porridge! Slurp that soup! Snap that biscuit! On today’s menu there is a trio of traditional and tasty tales to tantalise and tease.
Critically acclaimed off-Broadway and Vegas runs, two feature films, and now a long-awaited Fringe debut! An unforgettable hour of ‘dragapella’, a unique take on a cappella: stunni…
Kent-native Harriet Kemsley takes a juvenile look at an adult world, as she describes fitting into the grown up sphere of sex, porn, drugs and flat-sharing with child-like naivety,…
As part of the Lincoln Center Festival, this new-music quartet consisting of two percussionists and two pianists offers three premieres by the composers Raphaël Cendo, Misato …
(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…
An intimate solo performance made of dance, song, found objects, torchlight, and all things low-fi, inviting you to experience small acts of reinvention, a watery mapping of multip…
An eclectic mix of songs, scenes and ensemble numbers from the world of musical theatre accompanied by a live band.
AMATA bring the pioneering work of its graduates of music, theatre and dance.
The sell-out smash hit returns to Brighton with a hefty dose of The Noise Next Door’s trademark off-the-cuff madness, as well as two stand-up stars and some once-in-a-lifetime co…
Back for their fifth Brighton Fringe, spoken word group Rattle Tales present a night of interactive literature.
Hanuman is half human, half monkey.
Stories from the greatest English storyteller, ‘in situ:’ gives you ‘Canterbury Tales’ in a promenade performance of Chaucer’s masterpiece.
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…
Wyrd-O! Tales From The Absurdicon Go-Anywhere theatre that recklessly pulls at the threads of reality.
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…
Award-winning new comic Harriet Kemsley unveils her deepest, darkest fears.
The Cinco de Mayo edition of this monthly show sees improvisers retell well-known stories in the style of the indie film director Wes Anderson.
Brighton Fringe’s number one free family event will entertain both you and your little ones.
Thirteen tales inspired by the old names for the full moons.
Next Please! You Choose His Song!! He Chooses Your Style! Peter Joannou, Brighton’s Singing Barber, will be singing and styling from his window on The Lanes.
Improvised comedy, with a dark twist! Doctor Synistra presents three short improvised tales of horror based on audience suggestion.
Bryan Tucker, one of the head writers on “Saturday Night Live,” hosts this showcase of some of his fellow writers from the long-running show.
This festival’s artistic director, Michael Barrett, curates this year’s opening, and he’s put together an intriguing program for the soprano Meredith Lustig and t…
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…
Blackshaw Theatre Company presents Duncan Gates’ new play, Fetch, as part of ‘Halloween Tales’, a spooky 3-day theatre event at The Selkirk Pub in Tooting Broadway.
Follow Hansel, Gretel, and Jacob on their journey through the forest.
Hungry Wolf presents an energetic and enthusiastic offering for children at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe.
Inspired by Hitchcock’s Rear Window, Back Door is the story of Tabitha Montgomery, a ballsy British reporter who has recently broken her leg, and John, her American houseboy, who d…
Vibrant, bawdy and vivid, this witty adaptation of Chaucer’s masterpiece breathes fresh new life into the mediaeval pilgrims telling their naughty stories en route for Canterbury…
Todoandahooha’s Telling Tales is a series of 21st century morality plays commenting on and critiquing the contemporary world.
Performer? Where should you go next? What touring opportunities are out there? A fascinating insight to other Fringe festivals from a performer’s point of view! Hear from and mee…
Performer? Where should you go next? What touring opportunities are out there? A fascinating insight to other Fringe festivals from a performer’s point of view! Hear from and mee…
One of the best things about dance is that it can transcend the boundaries of language or culture.
Performed by the award-winning Side by Side Theatre Company for actors with learning disabilities, Illyria on Sea takes Twelfth Night to a 1950s seaside resort in this refreshing a…
Harriet struggles to make sense of the world and so she keeps notes of everything she sees.
The New Zealand Music Showcase is a great way to see some of New Zealand’s greatest artists here at the fringe.
“Are you ready for some adequate comedy?” Brett Goldstein asks whilst doing his own intro to this work-in-progress show.
Canterbury may have one of the world’s most famous cathedrals, but Manchester had the Hacienda.
20 Stories High Young Actors Theatre Company’s Tales from the MP3 is an original and dynamic production.
The acts chosen from the London competition earlier this year are as varied as they are talented, representing the old and well-loved to the new and exciting.
The Voice Festival UK returns to Edinburgh Fringe, with a jam-packed a cappella showcase featuring groups of all ages, plus a special collaborative number created at our workshop h…
The Singing Kettle’s creator and former star, Artie Trezise, is back with his exciting new production.
Due to massive demand, six extra, later, and quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man/half-Xbox.
Next to Normal explores how one suburban household copes with crisis and mental illness.
Celebrating 13 years at the Fringe, Dance-Forms Productions will rock the house presenting Andrey Merkuriev, Honoured Artist of the Russian Federation and leading soloist of the Bo…
A new play by Rob Brannen set on Crosby beach.
Harry Scott-Moncrieff, Faye Treacy, Steve Mclean and Oh Standfast mix comedy and cabaret to deliver much more than just another show.
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…
If you’re in the mood for some bawdy, laddish comedy then this is the show for you.
Knitting and comedy intertwine for Texan writer/actor Elaine Liner’s smart five-star hit about unravelled romances, unrivalled literature and life’s knottiest dilemmas.
Eric is a sailor and performs his Tales of the Sea in an appropriately dark and dank venue; Just the Wee One at The Caves is, impressively packed out for this Submariner’s Yarn.
Scotland, a land steeped in myth and legend.
The Next Big Thing is a show that deals with precisely that – and the young, ambitious writer who’s striving to attain it.
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.
Our pick of the best new shows and breakthrough performances from the Edinburgh Festivals 2014.
Grab a beer, nurse your hangover and relax.
Short Stories - True Song Tales from the American Edge is an acoustic solo show from Kiya Heartwood, an award-winning American singer-songwriter.
Owen O’Neill is a much better poet than he is a comic.
This year will be the biggest year ever for Ginger Ale Comedy as we relaunch the show in partnership with some of Scotland’s best emerging promoters, who run both established stand…
For half an hour in a room somewhere in the back of the Free Sisters, Adam Belbin is doing a comedy show about leaving the comedy world.
The Best of Edinburgh Showcase Show at the Cabaret Bar in the Pleasance Courtyard claims to be the longest running and most successful lunchtime show at the Edinburgh Fringe.
From the get-go, it’s evident that Barking at Aeroplanes is going to be a little bit strange and out of the ordinary.
Absurd theatre troupe Intuitive Creatures, ‘deity of comedic genius’ ***** (PerformanceReviewed.
This production modernises the art of Chaucerian storytelling to make accessible the humour and bawdiness of The Canterbury Tales.
It’s back.
Harriet is sangry (sad and angry) that her eccentric escapades often end in folk questioning her mental health.
A must for live music fans of all ages, this is your chance to catch the next generation of Brighton & Hove musicians live on stage! This Rockit! Brighton showcase will feature you…
A celebration of children and young people in the Performing Arts featuring theatre, literature, music and movement.
Goldfish Fire Alarm are a group of improvisers from London with a love of storytelling.
Brand new female comedy double act.
Lucy Teather is missing, last seen on Brighton beach.
‘The Noise Next Door’s Comedy Lock-In’ is a brand new breed of comedy club.
A fascinating and exciting collection of artwork created by Brighton YMCA residents.
A jamboree of performances from second-year performing arts students of Varndean College.
A dress-up sing-along celebration of everyone’s favourite musicals.
Sea Fever fuses poetic text and original songs to tell a modern, neo-folk, sea faring tale that combines adventure and magical realism.
Live storytelling… and you’re in the show.
Brighton’s finest writers read their stories and then you get to have your say. We even provide rattles so you can make some noise. Loud rattling fun!
Harriet Walter & Guy Paul in a reading of Jessica Duchen’s new play ‘A Walk Through the End of Time’ exploring the astonishing history of Olivier Messiaen’s masterpiece compo…
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.
The pirate captain tells lots of pirate jokes and sings lots of pirate songs! He might also teach you how to be a real pirate…
Improvised horror stories, presented by Dr Synistra (a host with many faces but only one name).
On the 23rd of July, La Petite Famille performed their original fresh take on the time-old coming of age story ‘Tomorrow’s Dawn’.
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).
(in previews; opens on May 5) Remote Irish islands may be great places to fish, but they’re lousy locales for dating.
Greshams school is performing at the Fringe for the 13th consecutive year.
David Grimm’s play, about a gentlewoman (Nina Arianda) forced to work as a prostitute, is not only set in 1920, but it also feels like a throwback to that era, in which melod…
The WeGotTickets MCA return to the Cowbarn for two showcases of the UK’s best emerging and established musical comedy acts.
The MCA promotes five acts in one evening with the intention of increasing their exposure in a lively environment, with a healthy sense of competition to aid the fun.
Where to go next? Hear from, and meet, performing companies and venues who have recently experienced other Fringe festivals.
Where to go next? Make the most of your Edinburgh experience and meet performing companies and venues who have recently experienced other Fringe festivals.
Veterans of the folk music scene, North Sea Gas, return to the fringe after four previous sell-out runs.
What Happens Next? Travelling through the world of television genre, our hero will strive to triumph! There is one condition: you (yes, you!) are at the wheel.
Your favourite songs as you’ve never heard them before.
Hear from a panel of programmers and festivals who book and tour street artists.
Booking Dance Festival’s annual Fringe show always promises a high-octane hybrid of dance styles, with seven companies participating in one enticing show.
WeGotTickets 2013 Award Winners Showcase.
The Booking Dance Festival is a self-titled ‘dance festival within a festival,’ and their annual Fringe showcase certainly offers the opportunity to experience a smorgasbord of…
Join LIP Theatre Company for a journey through times past, present and future in the streets of Auld Reekie as they return for their 17th year with another exciting original play.
Werner’s atmospheric installation takes you on an illusion-fuelled journey to darkly poetic places.
This is a story about brotherly love and filial duty, complete with puppets, paintings, prose and even some Korean mysticism thrown in.
In an appropriately darkened room we listened as the wonderfully eccentric Viktor Wynd, multidisciplinary artist and wearer of green-and-yellow-checked suits, regaled us with suita…
Due to massive demand six extra, later, quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man, half-Xbox.
I was pleasantly surprised by this performance.
Despite promising an hour’s worth of entertainment, displaying different styles of dance, and highlighting work from various international choreographers, this showcase lacked va…
Geoffrey Chaucer is a tricky writer to read, let alone convey in a coherent dramatic narrative.
International experiment sharing a story about a woman called Thyme, with local interpretations.
Rolling into Edinburgh with a brand new barnstorming show, The Horne Section will yet again provide the festival’s best musical mayhem.
Due to the fact they lived such different lives to our own, it is perilously easy to dismiss our medieval cousins as having absolutely nothing in common with modern Britons.
A stand-up comedy show about the Fringe - the Edinburgh Fringe, the fringes of life, the fringes of the comedy circuit itself. Hosted by Barry Ferns. ‘Surreal genius’ (Metro).
A beautiful way to start your Fringe! Three of Scotland’s most critically acclaimed new artists, Turning Plates, Jo Mango and The State Broadcasters, perform an intimate seated eve…
Handmade Tales, performed by the Tap Tap theatre, is a collection of children’s stories that transport you to a magical world.
You remember The Canterbury Tales dont you? A group of pilgrims meet in a Southwark tavern, all on pilgrimage to Canterbury, and agree to pass the time by telling each other stor…
Improv can be the most hit and miss of comedy styles.
Award-winning Fringe favourite (6th year) insider’s view of life on a nuclear submarine.
Scamp Theatre presents an hour-long feast of storytelling that thrills children and parents alike.
Much like Arthur’s Seat is the bedrock of Edinburgh, comedy is the bedrock of the Edinburgh Fringe.
Since 2007 Hilarity Bites alumni include John Bishop, Sarah Millican, Chris Ramsey, Russell Kane, Jason Cook, Pete Firman, Richard Herring, Reginald D.
‘Why is it easier to speak to a stranger than it is to my own daughter?’ Rosa, an elderly woman approaching the end of her life, asks Stella, a Nigerian immigrant reluctantly i…
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.
Join two of the hottest up-and-coming rising stars for an hour of Ain’t It Awkward stand-up and bants.
If you love a good story, then you’ll love this.
The Grandees present an hour long comedy sketch show with The Wrong Side of the Door, a creepy kind of comedy that is very easy to love.
Outstanding Danish and Finnish comedy duo Ivan Hansen and Pekka Raikkonen look like two schoolteachers.
Thought I ought to nail down the other half of next year’s show before next year comes around. An all new half-hour of comedy from the once-promising Adam Belbin.
Tiddler and Other Terrific Tales immerses children and parents alike into a world of wonder.
The Noise Next Door’s new show at Pleasance will make you will laugh so hard your diaphragm will ache.
Tim Watts, creator and sole performer in The Adventures of Alvin Sputnik, brings an incredible story to life through a mind-blowingly creative use of animation, puppetry, song and …
A few hours spent interrogating From Death to Death and Other Small Tales - the Scottish National Gallery’s brilliant new exhibition - feels as much like a psychic regression ses…
Unexpected Company are an improv group from New England who specialise in a long-form technique they called The Morris.
Tales From The Shed is a delightful interactive performance for the under-fives, where colour, magic and music fuse together to create a wonderful theatrical presentation as an alt…
Dames At Sea is a parody of the 1930 Hollywood movie musicals.
For me The Troubadour Tales should be a total hit.
The Noise Next Door are five hyperactive, hypermobile performers, whose lively and unpredictable show is a exemplar of high-quality, high-energy improvised comedy.
One cannot help but feel , when offered lesser-known tales from the Brothers Grimm, that there is probably a reason that they are not so popular.
I once heard about a man who, minutes from planning to end his life, went into a shop to get whatever last-second things the destitute buy; pen and pad, a Bounty bar, twenty Major …
Future Tales (Sierakowski)by Komuna //Warszawa is based on the politics of Sławomir Sierakowski, a 34 year old ‘left-wing intellectual and activist’ who has become a prominen…
“I am hungry!” declares Fat, shortly after the play begins.
The concept of Bite Size is a perfectly simple, yet novel one, and the clue really is in the title.
A Brighton debut of Spiegeltent regulars Mikelangelo and the Black Sea Gentlemen.
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…
The Black sea gentlemen return to the Fringe with a cabaret noir of mournful music, strange characters and stunning visual theatre.
As you can probably infer from the band’s name, Balkan Beat Box are bending the conventions of the Eastern-European folk genre, and are bringing it bang up to date.
Holding the attention of an audience for an hour of dance, especially with a mish-mash of different styles, can be a challenge.
Is your glass half full or half empty? Is your door open or closed? It’s all about your state of mind, as is 8fold’s production of Cherise Cross’ play The Door.
The last twenty minutes of Eric’s Tales of the Sea are heart-wrenchingly powerful.
Daphne Pena returns to Edinburgh with a new show for 2007, adding more tales and dances from Cairo, following up her 2006 Bellydance Diaries.
Before watching this performance, I was eagerly expecting to be impressed by the promise of circus skills, puppetry, and a beloved writer.
This show really intrigued me.
David ‘Perrier Award winning’ O’Doherty has grown a beard especially for his role as the intrepid – read: inept - explorer Rory Sheridan.
The world is being run over by fat children.
I’ve never been a huge fan of improvisational comedy for its sheer clever-dick-ness and the prospect of spending an hour with five testosterone-fueled young guns filled my heart …
What was it Margaret from The Apprentice said about Edinburgh University this year? ‘Perhaps it’s not what it used to be.
Radio 4 regulars Laurence Howarth and Gus Brown, winners of the 2003 Dubble Act, are back after a years absence with their 3rd Edinburgh sketch show, Next in Line.
I went to see ‘Kesho Amahoro: Peace Tomorrow’ with absolutely no idea what to expect or even really what it was about.
‘Erroneous’ - a Concatenate Theatre piece - is a play which explores the fleeting exultance of youth, fathomless depths of old age and the relationships which last throughout.
‘Dr Darkling’s Device’ was supposedly a play set in a future in which dreams are prohibited, with the ‘Psi-Police’ monitoring any illegal dream fabrication.
Hodgson begins his act by describing himself as a man of contrast and this is certainly true.
Following the interweaving stories of a community in 1940s Austria, Tales from the Vienna Woods largely focuses on the domestic disputes of the characters rather than the effects o…
Snow White, Little Red Riding Hood, Hansel and Gretel.
If everyone has a story to tell, one that’s worth listening to, then why is it that the only stories that shift copies off shelves and set Twitter alight are the births, marriage…
A heavily pregnant fairy, a yuppie Goldilocks, a Jeremy Kyle-style King chatting to a jilted Snow White, Burbery-wearing rats.
Hilaire Bellocs Cautionary Tales were written in the late-19th century and have been in print ever since.
Dim, dingy lighting barely illuminates this musty Edinburgh bar, its vague seafaring theme embodied by scale wooden models of old sailing boats, naval pencil sketches suspended fro…
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.
In the cold hard light of day we all know stand-up is a tough gig - the Fringe is a buyers’ market and we’re all on the look out for the next best thing.
It’s only when you look back at your childhood books and films that you realise how many of them are ripe for satire.
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…
Best friends Jess and Gem, two struggling actresses, decide to go their separate ways after yet another unsuccessful audition and a bed fiasco.
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…
It’s a beautiful day at the Fringe and I’m sat on the top deck of a red bus in the Meadows.
Many will argue that the beauty of Performance Art is that the possibilities are endless.
Some might consider it cruel, but I’m of the opinion that children’s stories benefit from that added sprinkle of fear.
Patrick Monahans show is a great piece of interactive storytelling that has children standing on chairs waving their arms wildly to be picked to help Monahan tell the story of a …
Comedy addicts were treated to a night of raucous belly-laughs by the stars of BBC Radio 4’s ‘Sketchorama’, The Noise Next Door, last night at the infamous Komedia in Brighton.
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 …
I am not a football fan myself, but ‘Fever Pitch’ is not just about football.
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…
When your lineup is three unheard-of comedians, and your venue is the Gilded Balloon’s tiny “Wee Room”, calling your show ‘The Big Comedy Showcase’ is actually a pretty s…
Edward Wren cuts a fine macabre master of ceremonies in The River Peoples Terrible Tales of the Midnight Chorus.
As you enter the bar you are encouraged to take a drink; do, you’ll need it.
Thanks to the vagaries of Lothian Buses I missed the first number in this multi-company showcase of short dance items.
Shadow puppetry has delighted people for about 1,000 years and little has changed.
‘A story is a very peculiar thing.
Fans of Would I Lie To You? will need no prompting to visit this ingenious variation on the theme of Spot the Porker, in which four storytellers by turns deliver 10-15 minute solo …
Tales from the Sauna opens with a voiceover from a 1960s psychiatrist about how all gays are socially and sexually inadequate borderline pyschopaths.
The key ingredients to any successful comedy show have to be a friendly audience, a boisterous atmosphere and a packed venue, all of which the Showcase Show had.
‘I was going to have a cucumber down my pants’ says compere Marc Smethurst, removing a cucumber from his pants, ‘but there’s a reviewer in tonight.
A coveted Bobby has been presented to five shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year.
Ditch the messy arts and crafts this half-term and entertain your little darlings with the best live family friendly performances Brighton and Hove have to offer instead.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year (apart from Brighton Fringe, of course) and there are plenty of delightful performances to entertain you this winter.
Welcome to our top 5 picks from the third year of Brighton HorrorFest, the spooktacular celebration from Sweet of all things that go bump in the night.
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Greenwich Theatre is set to have an unprecedented profile at this year’s Brighton Fringe, with no less than eight productions heading for The Warren either co-produced or support...
With Easter on the horizon it’s time to turn attention to Brighton Fringe with a look at some shows that are likely to sell out. Book early – you have been warned.
We spend a few minutes with The Grimmest of Grim Tales, but our chat was anything but.
Brighton Fringe has officially launched.
After its phenomenal run on and off Broadway, the critically acclaimed five times Tony award nominated play Hand to God (including Best New Play and Best Director) is making its wa...
Christmas is the one time of year you can drag your non-theatre-going friends to the theatre.
Broadway Baby talks to Fourth Monkey, the biggest company at the fringe with a huge team of 80 actors and 10 crew! This year they are bringing a plethora of Grimm tales.
Tanya Holt, producer, performer and writer is to grace the stage this year with Cautionary Tales For Daughters. Broadway Baby finds out more.