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.
Wayward Jane’s music is a modern, transatlantic interpretation of American folk and Old Time traditions, blending roots music with fresh arrangements and original compositions.
Performance poet/musician Attila the Stockbroker has been writing and performing since 1980: 4,000 or so gigs in 25 countries so far.
Start each morning with this curated variety showcase, featuring the very best solo shows at the Fringe! Rotating daily line-ups include storytelling, theatre, clown, cabaret, spok…
The smash-hit West End comedy, as heard on BBC Radio 4, celebrates its 11th glorious year at the Fringe! The all-star cast (featuring Rachel Parris, Cariad Lloyd, Graham Dickson an…
A celebration of the enduring friendship between the brilliant and tragic composer and war poet, Ivor Gurney, and Marion Scott, writer and trailblazer of women musicians, written a…
Three heroes.
The world-famous Willy Wonka is opening the gates to his mysterious factory… but only to a lucky few.
The tales of the dragons are special for many reasons.
Half-Brit comedian Jane Mumford was born and raised in Switzerland.
A comedy about the adventures of a 50-year-old woman chasing the perfect lighting, powerful personalities and satisfying sausage condiment.
Ralph’s festival show last year was all about how unlucky he is – then in the middle of one show, he and his unsuspecting audience were taken hostage at gunpoint! See? Very unl…
Abby awoke in hospital after a late miscarriage and, high on anaesthesia, decided to become a comedian.
Best Show Nominee, Edinburgh Comedy Awards and Melbourne Comedy Festival.
*PART OF LAMB COMEDY’S BIG QUEER WEEKENDER* Terrible people is a new stand up comedy show from comedy award finalist Jane Postlethwaite (Cumbrian / LGBTQI+ Stand Up Comedian) Ter…
The winner of Sweden’s Got Talent is back with Magical after selling out at the Edinburgh Fringe and at last years FRINGE WORLD.
Join Brighton Fringe as we celebrate the outstanding local artists who make up our inaugural Made in Sussex programme.
“If you want something done, ask a busy woman…” Inspired by a true story and based on the hit film, MADE IN DAGENHAM is a powerhouse musical comedy about friendship, love an…
Armpits, orange juice, & exorcisms.
An in-depth dissection of the 2016 episode of British reality TV show Come Dine With Me in which a contestant, incensed at having lost, berated his fellow diners in a virulently im…
A show where Kinne shares too much information about all of the things wrong with him.
Fresh from his hilarious performances at the New York Comedy Festival, Halifax Comedy Festival, and CBC Canada, Ali Mehedi is ready to dazzle you with his otherworldly wit.
A rare chance to hear the music of two of jazz’s great innovators.
Amy spins a sparkling web of comedy magic between the two states she finds herself caught between – stability and restlessness.
Northbrook is excited to present Made for This! A contemporary musical theatre and dance showcase filled with gripping, comedic and upbeat numbers.
Australian comedian Troy Kinne is on tour and returns to London and the Leicester Square Theatre with his new show, MADE WRONG.
Join Charlie Jackson, the improvising clown, on his first foray into written solo comedy with a show that promises to take you on a strange and wonderful journey into the mind of T…
Join Charlie Jackson, the improvising clown, on his first foray into written solo comedy with a show that promises to take you on a strange and wonderful journey into the mind of T…
Join Charlie Jackson, the improvising clown, on his first foray into written solo comedy with a show that promises to take you on a strange and wonderful journey into the mind of T…
Charlie Dinkin is a WGGB Award-winning writer, comedian and star of cult hit sketch podcast SeanceCast.
Charlie Dinkin is a WGGB Award-winning writer, comedian and star of cult hit sketch podcast SeanceCast.
The winner of Sweden’s Got Talent is back with Magical: a beautiful, multi award-winning magic show.
The smash-hit West End comedy, as heard on BBC Radio 4, celebrates its 10th glorious year at the Fringe! The all-star cast (featuring Rachel Parris, Graham Dickson, Cariad Lloyd an…
Roe vs Wade is synonymous with the debate around abortion rights.
Scottish Comedian of the Year finalist.
The smash-hit, gig-theatre show returns, charting the true story of Cora Bissett’s rollercoaster journey from 90s indie-kid to wised-up woman.
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…
24 different award-winning or nominated comedians perform their full shows, recorded for Netflix, Amazon Prime and YouTube. See FringeSpecials.com for listings.
The planet is melting and life’s spinning out of control.
Winner: Best Newcomer – Melbourne International Comedy Festival (2021).
***** (Stage; Three Weeks; Theatre Weekly; Advertiser, Adelaide).
Amy Matthews’ I Feel Like I’m Made of Spiders is a stand-up comedy with an edge.
Jane Eyre is the most read work of fiction in English of all time, and second only to the Bible.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is one of Roald Dahl’s best known books, which is why the expectations are high for James Brining’s tour.
Escape to a world of pure imagination with ROALD DAHL’S Charlie and The Chocolate Factory – The Musical.
Made From Skratch offers you the best from young performers from Brighton & beyond.
Made From Skratch offers you the best from young performers from Brighton & beyond.
Charlie Phillip’s life in photography is mirrored in his stories.
A BLACK@SUSSEX ARTIST TALK Charlie Phillip’s life in photography is mirrored in his stories.
Charlie Partridge performs as Klaus from Stuttgart “Sonic Clown, Vocal Looping, Beat Boxing and Occasional Smut.
A BLACK@SUSSEX ARTIST TALK Charlie Phillip’s life in photography is mirrored in his stories.
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
★★★★★ “Jenny Wynter is pure joy.
Originally from Australia, Amelia now lives and loves in the land of sausage, socks and sandals and smouldering eye contact; Berlin.
Originally from Australia, Amelia now lives and loves in the land of sausage, socks and sandals and smouldering eye contact; Berlin.
“What are you doing here” asks the interviewer at Nuri’s asylum assessment.
Opera della Luna's latest production of Sweeney Todd will show you the barber as you have never seen or heard him before.
Charlie George Swindon’s finest queer, mixed-race, neurodiverse, working class, ex-Jehovah’s Witness comedian longs for Grace.
The planet is melting and life is spinning out of control but maybe Charlie can save it all with a nice picnic.
'Ridiculously silly… wickedly funny’ ★★★★★ The Times 'A joy to behold’ ★★★★ The Guardian The award-winning smash-hit comedy, as heard …
What do you do when Ms Alzheimer’s – a hideous and befanged monster – comes to live with you? Local author and journalist, Susan Elkin, talks about her new book, …
Charlie Berens live at Leicester Square Theatre.
What if your favourite characters didn’t quite like the way they were written? What if they decided enough was enough? When an unnamed author is found dead, his characters are br…
Often named one of Europe’s rising comedy stars, the most international comic to come from Portugal, André brings a work in progress where he tackles the world’s perception of Por…
Join LBC legend Iain Dale and his partner in crime, former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith for one of five unique live versions of their smash-hit political podcast For The Many.
Having grown up working in his family’s Memphis barbecue restaurant, US comedian Charlie Vergos is 100% southern on the surface, but his understated intelligence and wandering year…
A rare chance to hear the music of two of jazz’s great innovators.
Scottish Comedian of the Year finalist 2021.
Ever wondered if what you are seeing and hearing is real? Feel like your trust in the audio-visual spectrum has been shaken? Charlie explores the increasing dangers – and benefit…
Since leaving home in Birmingham, Rinkoo Barpaga has been determined to find somewhere to settle.
A new play from acclaimed writer Philip Stokes (Heroin(e) for Breakfast).
As the title Charlie Russell Aims to Please suggests, the entire show is an amalgamation of various theatre techniques from musical to slapstick to the dramatic in Russell’s atte…
Are you ready to rock? Poppy & Charlie, young acoustic brother - sister duo from the Northeast.
Are you ready to rock? Poppy & Charlie, young acoustic brother - sister duo from the Northeast.
Despite what you may have been told at school, almost nothing is made of atoms.
Despite what you may have been told at school, almost nothing is made of atoms.
Welcome to the wonderful world of Sir Charlie stinky Socks – the brave little knight with the heart of gold, who just happens to be celebrating his 15th anniversary this year…
Charlie Partridge performs as Klaus from Stuttgart “Sonic Clown, Vocal Looping, Beat Boxing and Occasional Smut.
Ivor B Gurney and Marion M Scott had a very special friendship.
A celebration of the friendship between the First World War poet and composer, Ivor Gurney, and violinist, musicologist and champion of women musicians, Marion Scott.
Comedy Award Finalist Jane Postlethwaite & Comedian Joe McCarty join forces to bring you a hilarious yet dark look into the human condition to explore what it really means to be a …
There’s something truly life-affirming about theatre that entertains and makes you think.
Love.
Romancero Books with the support of the Office for Cultural and Scientific Affairs of the Spanish Embassy in London presents the Festival of Queer Spanish Literature in London…
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
A brand new work-in-progress stand up show from a rising comedy star and very old baby.
A brand new work-in-progress stand up show from a rising comedy star and very old baby.
ChasingRainbows presents Looks Like We Made It.
A brand new work-in-progress hour from former BBC Comedy staff writer and very old baby Charlie Dinkin.
Charlie is a kleptomaniac – the doctor told her.
There are a handful of stories which truly stand the test of time.
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.
After selling out their 2018 and 2019 Brighton Fringe shows and lighting up The Warren’s Summer Season, Do the Thing are here for you in 2021.
After selling out their 2018 and 2019 Brighton Fringe shows and lighting up The Warren’s Summer Season, Do the Thing are here for you in 2021.
Sara Segovia Rodao and Lachlan Werner are cuties by nature, cancers by astrological sign and clowns by trade.
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.
After selling out their 2018 and 2019 Brighton Fringe shows and lighting up The Warren’s Summer Season, Do the Thing are here for you in 2021.
ChasingRainbows presents Looks Like We Made It.
Double Fringe First winners bring Bronte evangelists who fight and bite at West Norwood’s first-ever Jane Eyre convention (Jeremy Kyle meets Comic Con).
Charlotte Brontë’s tale of a young woman’s courageous fight through injustice and hardship was a revolution in literary fiction.
Baker (GameDay Warm-Up and Glory Hunters co-host on talkSPORT) is Devonshire and proud.
See a regency tale like no other featuring wilful heroines, haughty gentlemen, wayward vicars and hilarious consequences – no two shows are ever the same and swooning is gu…
Guaranteed to be the only comedy show about Spolia.
To have or not to have children – but when?! That is the question and the choice is yours.
Will Gompertz feels like an old friend, not because I have ever met him, but because I have grown up with his inciteful and interesting contributions as the BBC’s arts editor.
Folk and Americana from Scotland and the heart.
Cora is at the festival to see her ex-boyfriend perform.
I’m 55.
Remarkably, if you wander into The Traverse at 9am, you will find an audience willing to watch a rehearsed reading of a brand-new play and not a spare seat in the house.
Lilian, Catherine, Mary and Tam all have one thing in common, they risk their lives to serve their country and save the lives of others.
The Edinburgh Fringe exists as a kind of suspended adolescence allowing creatives to live the experience of their art being the most important thing in the world.
A requiem for our digital age from Toronto/Macau composer Njo Kong Kie (winner, 2018 Toronto Theatre Critics Award, Best New Musical).
They are a family.
Cinema Arts presents a rare screening of the last silent film ever made by Charlie Chaplin.
If you were to ask every magician performing at Edinburgh Fringe who their favourite magician performing at Edinburgh Fringe is, you could expect the majority of them to respond in…
If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere.
Sexy(ish), musical(ish), bipolar(ish) – no, she’s definitely bipolar (with jazz hands) – Australian sex-pot singing comedian is ‘f*cking nuts – non-stop brilliance – a must…
The National Youth Theatre have put Mark Zuckerberg on trial.
Sonia Aste is a Spaniard living in the UK who insists, ‘It’s not all fiesta and siesta! We get miserable too!’ Nobody’s listening.
Rakish aristocrat and first-time detective Charlie Montague must prevent a murder.
In Bed With My Brother spend the largest portion of this, notably their third Edinburgh show, conducting a kind of aural warfare on their audience.
Shabbat shalom misfits, Reuben Kaye is back in town.
Limbo: The Twelve is one of the latest pair of musicals from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, allowing a group of talented young performes the opportunity to perform an origina…
This World War II farce is a good choice for a 25-strong company to showcase their talents, with a wide range of roles on show.
Eva O’Connor’s one-woman show about heart break and madness is crammed with life, wit and tragedy.
You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown! 1946: Charlie Brown is born in the mind of his creator, Charles Schulz.
Fresh from selling out their Glasgow Comedy Festival show for two successive years, Daniel and Ralph are bringing their show to the Edinburgh Fringe! Join us – two Scottish comed…
Highlighting the best examples of Scottish furniture from our collection, this exhibition will show timeless designs from Scotland’s iconic cabinet-makers, from William Trotter t…
Scruffy indie kids have inherited the world and Cora Bissett rules supreme.
Tokyo Rose is a complex story, told phenomenally well by a company quickly proving itself to be one of the hottest theatre groups in the country.
Limbo: City of Dreams charges itself with the difficult task of cramming an entire world into its hour-long runtime.
An hour of comedy and truth from English Comedian of the Year winner Josh Pugh.
Iconic is not a strong enough word for novelist Irvine Welsh’s generation-defining masterpiece, Trainspotting.
Life and death, love and loss, birth and miscarriage are all explored in this visual cycle of life.
The Female Role Model Project is just that, a project.
We are living through a renaissance of plays in verse, and if you need proof I can furnish few better than Fires Our Shoes Have Made by Fringe newcomers Pound of Flesh Theatre.
Jane used to be fun.
Josie Long has spent twenty years being a beacon of hope amongst the cynical cruelty of stand-up comedy.
This one person play, written and performed by Sarah-Jane Scott, introduces us to Sorcha who is fresh from fleeing her wedding.
Jena Friedman is scared shitless and wants to feel less alone.
At the Edinburgh Festival Fringe it can often feel very hard to be alone.
Trauma is never an easy thing to talk about.
Charlie returns with more historical comedy, characters and stand-up.
Sarah Jane Morris with her unique and powerful voice celebrates John Martyn illuminating his life and art in her new show Sweet Little Mystery.
Critically acclaimed playwright, Henry Naylor, is back at Gilded Balloon with another timely piece of theatre that packs a punch.
Rejoining Jane is a delightful dance theatre performance set within a cafe, brought to Ventnor by Brighton based dance co Tick Tock Bridget.
Post Popular is Lucy McCormick's attempt to follow-up her fantastic and hugely popular show Triple Threat.
This 50-minute adaptation of Hamlet is one for Shakespeare lovers with short attention spans.
Finally, after years of toil, Gary Tro has perfected quite possibly the greatest superhero movie screenplay ever written.
A body is washed up on the shores of the Faroe Islands, rain softly splatters on a coat, a video projection comes into view and live music fills our ears.
Taking on the voices of a group of monumental and important women throughout history, MARA embodies them physically and vocally with stunningly committed and skillful character wor…
Part party, part PSHE lesson and part coming-of-age rom-com, A Womb of One’s Own is a heartfelt love letter to women’s bodies everywhere.
Written and performed by David JarmanDirected by Ruby Clarke After scraping together his last few pounds, Jarman packs a borrowed tent into an old, torn rucksack and hit…
Written and performed by David JarmanDirected by Ruby Clarke After scraping together his last few pounds, Jarman packs a borrowed tent into an old, torn rucksack and hit…
Rejoining Jane is a delightful dance theatre performance set within a cafe, brought to Ventnor by Brighton based dance co Tick Tock Bridget.
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that anyone in possession of wit and good taste must be in want of great entertainment… Austentatious is an entirely impro…
After successfully bribing the Edinburgh Festival 2018 for a four star review, the self-help group ‘Jane McDonald Anonymous’ cruises into Brighton Fringe for three nights.
BA Theatre Arts at GBMet.
Limited run! A Head First inside-out, up-and-down-under, mish-mash variety of circus stars, Spiegel legends and the hottest Fringe acts.
Spanish comedian Sonia Aste is a woman of many talents.
World premiere of this fresh, funny, fantastical story starring award-winning comedian, singer and dancer Charlie Baker (‘Harry Hill’; Sky1, ‘Dog Ate My Homework’; CBBC, ‘Doctor Wh…
The 2018 critically-acclaimed Brighton Fringe sell-outs return! Join ‘Do the Thing’ for an unmissable high-risk, high-lunacy, highly (well, entirely) improvised musical.
Through her own brilliant interpretive vocal talents, Sarah Jane will be illuminating the work of John Martyn in her new show Sweet Little Mystery, accompanied by her regular colla…
Charlie is a kleptomaniac - the doctor told her.
MadeMusic takes him out of dullness BIG GIRLS BLOUSEWhen you assume.
Join Ralph and Vanellope in their newest buddy-comedy adventure, and explore the worldwide web in a whole new way.
Saturday 12th January, 10.
Claire lost her hair in front of the nation & miraculously grew it back again.
Mourning is an important part of any family death but this can differ a huge amount depending on where you or your family are from.
Jane used to be fun.
How much does real life influence fiction? Is the truth sometimes stranger? Four crime writers with close ties to the law and law makers, discuss how real life has influ…
Something pungent was bubbling away on the cauldron, centre stage, when I took my seat on the grassy knoll last night.
Welcome to the inaugural meeting of the self-help group ‘Jane McDonald Anonymous’.
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…
Could there be a more relevant show for our society? A shocking 50 years after the workers’ strike at the Ford Dagenham plant, women are still fighting for equal pay and conditio…
Meursault presents Crow Hill, a series of urban horror story vignettes, set in the titular, fictional, Scottish town.
Hello! I’m Charlie Miller, and I was in Budgie the Little Helicopter.
Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the rest of the Peanuts gang navigate the joys and pitfalls of childhood. Humorous, full of fun and fabulous musical numbers.
Advanced technology indistinguishable from magic! Robots of varying complexity, from AI research platforms to homemade junkbots, interact with international magician Charlie Caper …
Heather and Harry is a romantic yarn detailing the story of Heather, an angel cast out of heaven by her misogynist rapping boyfriend Zeus, of Greek mythology fame.
The bathroom of a student flat is not a place you'd want to spend 5 minutes, let alone an hour.
Forget flowers, chocolates or even a home-baked cake.
At first glance The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland's two collaborative productions with the American Music Theatre Project may seem remarkably similar to last year's pair.
New(ish) for 2018! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
Assassins is a show of rich thematic complexity, difficult harmonies and challenging characterisation.
Legacy: A Mother’s Song, one of two devised musicals under the ‘Legacy’ banner at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe, is the distinctly less crowd-pleasing of the pair.
The Traverse One stage looks more ready for a gig than a piece of theatre, but while music undoubtedly runs through the heart of Cora Bissett's latest, most autobiographical wo…
Feeling pressured by his success last year with The Elvis Dead, Rob Kemp returns with ten(!) shows stuck to a spinning wheel.
Punk and theatre aren't the strangest of bedfellows, but there is something that often feels false when collectives of art school graduates and professionally-trained actors at…
Bare Productions are a new, fresh Edinburgh-based company comprising of some of the best local talent who have all performed in multiple five-star sell-out shows at the Fringe.
Highlighting the best examples of Scottish furniture from our collection, this exhibition will show timeless designs from Scotland’s iconic cabinetmakers.
Sonia Aste is a Spaniard living in the UK who insists it’s not all fiesta and siesta! We get miserable too! But nobody’s listening.
Lovable Brit Ollie Horn (‘always a crowd pleaser’ (Edd Daggers, ROR Comedy)) tells fast-paced tales of life as an unlikely Japanese TV star and life on the road as he tours around …
There are too many shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
The Worst Little Warehouse In London is crammed into The Box, which appears to be an actual shipping crate housed in Assembly Gardens.
‘Is it a good idea to link together a group of comedians for a Fringe show based purely on the common thread of dietary choice?’ I asked my husband as we took a stroll along George…
When I heard the Radio 5 live interview with Laurence Clark at the end of July, I was immediately struck by the sense that this was a really nice guy: level-headed, easy-going, art…
World premiere of this fresh, funny, fantastical story starring award-winning comedian, singer and dancer Charlie Baker (Harry Hill’s Tea Time, Dog Ate My Homework, Doctor Who) and…
Jane used to be fun.
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…
Tessa Waters is an experienced Fringe act, falling into a large group of fantastically-exuberant physical comedians who enliven any number of venues from large to small over the mo…
A humble deck of cards, a ninja (well, a likeable Kiwi), a lofty-heighted venue and audience participation, all added up to an hour well spent at the Gilded Balloon today.
Celebrating the friendship between composer and war poet, Ivor Gurney, and musician and first woman music critic, Marion Scott; written and performed by Jan Carey.
Dystopia is a tricky subject matter to get right in a world obsessed with its own destruction as our current one.
Cleaning out her grandmother's old basement after her death, amongst the usual detritus a woman finds a tape recorder and an accompanying tape which tells the kind of story usu…
Elf Lyons should be feeling pretty good right now.
Demi Lardner feels the need, at one point in their most recent show, to unveil a banner listing their previous accomplishments and awards they have won.
At first sight it would seem that Boondog Theatre's latest outing at the Edinburgh Fringe is somewhat ironically titled.
If you haven’t already heard of this band of bawdy, Bardy performers, it prompts the question, “Is this your first time to the Fringe?” If the answer is yes - what have you b…
Don Rodolfo opens his debut fringe hour duelling with an unseen coat rack.
German comedians are like English cooks, sober Scotsmen or Texan democrats.
A master of audience coersion, Kate Berlant mines her best material from audience response rather than her own resources.
As the audience file in Rose Matafeo is playing table tennis with members of the front row, in a gimmick that does not factor into the later story at any point.
Sheeps are officially back, following previous acclaim and an underground status as one of the Fringe's finest sketch groups and then a three year sebatical.
Welcome to The 24/7 Club, where everyone was born on the 24th July! Party with Zelda Fitzgerald, Amelia Earhart and more in Charlie V Martin’s new solo show about her birthday.
John-Luke Roberts is, for a certaint quotient, one of the staples of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Dark Horse covers lots of ground and it is evidently the result of Keyworth tirelessly exploring multiple comic avenues.
In June 1968, the women of Ford Dagenham went on strike for their right to equal pay.
When SISATA was formed in 2012 they originally focused on the re-telling of Shakespearean plays, but they've always followed the central aim of bringing 'classic stories to…
Direct from London’s world-famous jazz club, The Ronnie Scott’s All Stars, led by the club’s musical director, take to the stage to celebrate two giants of jazz…
Eleanor Roosevelt once said, "the future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
If you’re looking for a thought-provoking Fringe Show, White Girls, by Madeleine Accalia, could fit the bill.
The scene is set.
“Well, that was much better than the Hamlet one,” an audience member noted to her friend as we filed out at the end of Shit-Faced Showtime: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
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 bringing Sadler’s Wells a succession of sumptuous story-ballets, including the South Bank Sky Arts Dance Award-winning 1984 and the critically acclaimed Casanova, Nor…
"Make a fist with your hand and place it roughly where you think your heart should be," Cole Moreton instructs us at the start of his set, The Boy Who Gave His Heart Away…
Driving home from Victorious last night (Hannah Brackenbury’s one-woman Victoria Wood tribute show) I wondered: if Wood could have chosen someone to celebrate and showcase her wo…
Sofie Hagen brings her successful podcast ‘Made of Human’ to Brighton to record live episodes in front of an audience.
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…
'I’m frightened', my proudly-feminist husband says while reading a Google-searched summary of Just Don’t Do It as we sit waiting for the start of the show.
From the minds behind Brighton improv titans Off the Cuff and Blanket Fort comes a full-throttle fully-improvised musical performed in full by only two men (plus one on guitar).
Jane Hissey is the author and illustrator of over 25 ‘Old Bear’ books and the creator of the BAFTA-award-winning TV series of ‘Old Bear Stories’.
With the release of ‘Compared to What’, Sarah Jane Morris teams up with the guitar artistry of world-renowned Antonio Forcione, producing a compelling, unique and haunting album.
Sonia Aste is a Spaniard living in the UK with a quirky point of view: ‘Cultural differences are like sangria – a happy mix that leaves us wanting more’.
Did you know that you share 50% DNA with the humble banana? Unicorns do exist (well, kind of) in the shape of the narwhal and that the Portuguese man o’ war is not one creature but…
Joseph J Clark is a poet on a mission.
Who remembers Kerplunk - that childhood board game of precariously balancing marbles on multi-coloured sticks? Kerplunk!, the 2018 Brighton Fringe show that shares this title, is a…
I have the greatest admiration for stand-up comedians.
Featuring a Game of Thrones themed homoerotic adagio, a gyrating hula hooper and even a flash of full-frontal nudity, Circus’sission is the definition of a circus stripped.
A difficult look at a physically and mentally abusive relationship, Is This Thing On? uses a mixture of physical theatre and words to take us on an uncomfortable journey through th…
Have you ever watched a comedy show and thought to yourself, “Cathy, I hate how these theatre types are just so written and rehearsed! And when do I get to talk?!” Well then, Cathy…
The initial impression of this show is that it’s going to be an hour of magic with a bit of banter and it’s exactly that but it’s also wonderful.
Constella OperaBallet return to the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells this November with their award-winning Sideshows.
EPIC is a theater troupe for actors living with (and without) developmental disabilities such as autism.
Whose bodies were used to create the monster of Frankenstein? No Exit meets Saw in this squirm-inducing twist on a horror classic.
The year for the National Theatre so far has been beset by the dramas over the dramas on its programme – depending on your viewpoint, it either doesn’t contain enough classics o…
Jane Johnson for the Stay at Home Shopper takes place over the span of one hour during which Jane and her partner Pam Weldon sell their accessories on the Stay at Home Shopper netw…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Sarah Jane Morris and Antonio Forcione are promoting their collaborative album Compared to What.
Comedians regularly perpetuate the idea that they sacrifice part of themselves for their art.
An escaped POW’s battle for survival whilst on the run in war-torn Italy, as his wife and son wait for news in England.
Adam Kay used to be a doctor and he wants to tell us all about it.
Sam Simmons is a dad now.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
“What did you expect? This is immersive theatre.
For a theatre piece to be perfect for some people, it has to be horrible for others.
New for 2017! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
1960s America.
The amount a show takes liberties with narrative should be directly compensated by how much it has to say.
The North is as hostile, unforgiving and beautiful as the land to which it dedicates its hour-long runtime.
If you’ve ever wondered what having a mental-health issue feels like then head down to Help!.
Spencer Jones is a genius but I’m not sure why.
If you are in search of some polite 1930s garden-party-esque comedy mixed in with a hilariously self-aware performance, this is certainly a play to catch.
What would an unpublished Agatha Christie mystery be like if, by some strange quirk of fate, its editor had given it over to P G Wodehouse for a final literary polish? Well, thanks…
There is beautiful music at the heart of Atlantic: America & The Great War.
Award-winning performer Paula Valluerca, aka Madame Señorita, is committed to reconnect with the pleasure of being a totally deluded idiot.
Jess and Joe want to tell us their story.
In Ripe, Jacobs takes us through the stages of a banana corresponding to the stages of life; through stand-up and rap.
Steen Raskopoulos makes no effort to be cool on stage.
The Traverse Theatre is onto a winner with its programming this year.
There are comedians that are laugh out loud funny, every couple of minutes a big laugh; but the stuff in between is dead air and tumbleweed.
Grandma is a drug dealer.
Despite the title, it’s quite clear from this hour of absurdist comedy that nobody is making Australian cult comic star Demi Lardner do anything.
Fairytales don’t really make much sense.
Nobody wants to be lectured.
Rob Broderick is a one of a kind performer.
Three aliens from Mars, fascinated by all things Earthly.
Rachel Parris has been invited back to her old school to speak at prize giving, but what is she going to say? Is she even a role model at all? Rather than prepare for this speech a…
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…
I have never played Dungeons and Dragons.
What’s more important when telling a compelling story of human emotion, feeling or narrative? The answer to this is largely dependent on the viewer’s personal preferences as to…
Putting on a Fringe show is, for any performer, a risky endeavour.
Luke Kempner takes a Luke in the mirror in this gently funny show, poking fun at himself and the impressions he uses to express himself.
Matt Richardson is a firecracker.
Satire can often be found at the root of absurdism.
Nestled in what seems, somewhat appropriately, to be a shipping container in the Pleasance Courtyard, two creatures on a journey with no origin point or destination try to figure e…
Superbolt Theatre’s The Jurassic Parks is ridiculous; in the best way possible.
Double Denim haven’t made their fringe debut easy for themselves, starting their show at nearly midnight and performing in perhaps the ugliest room in any of the major venues.
Magnificent Bastard Productions have become a hit at the Fringe throughout the last few years with their productions of Shit-Faced Shakespeare.
A murder has been committed.
Improvisation and a cappella groups are two a penny at the Fringe, and it can be difficult to find a unique format with which to entertain the crowds.
George Egg is a hybrid chef and comedian.
To be surprised by a show at the Fringe is a rare and wonderful thing.
Boy meets girl.
Imagine William Shakespeare wrote Attack the Block and you get Flesh and Bone, a tale of an East London tower block and it’s residents.
Theatre Ad Infinitum have been a Fringe favourite for years; creating thought provoking and beautiful shows to touch both your heart and your mind.
When a show’s success or failure supposedly rests almost entirely on the skills and willingness of its audience, the trust and confidence placed between performer and viewer is t…
A Super Happy Story (About Feeling Super Sad) is about a woman’s struggle with depression, told through a simple, storytelling format and soundtracked by original music from Fris…
Entertainment combined harvester Charlie Baker (Harry Hill’s Teatime Sky 1, O2 Comedy Gala Channel 4, EastEnders) sings his nostalgic love letter to pop music of the 80s, 90s and …
2 Become 1 is a standard Jukebox Musical.
Sketch comedy is the medium in which an original voice is most important in order to be successful.
The initial experience one is met with when the lights dim for Seanmhair (pronounced shen-a-var) is breathtaking.
Manual Cinema is a very special kind of company.
To a comedian, the structure of their Fringe hour is often held too preciously.
This major exhibition tells the real story of the rise and fall of the Jacobites.
The latest adaptation of Charlotte Brontë’s most beloved novel, Jane Eyre, was devised by the company at the Bristol Old Vic, led by Sally Cookson.
The current situation of low and no pay in many parts of our industry is very damaging, and a hot topic for everybody whether the work is live or recorded.
Brighton’s Storyland Press is a place where the story comes first, regardless of genre or where it sits on the commercial/literary spectrum.
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 …
An escaped POW’s battle for survival whilst on the run in war-torn Italy, as his wife and young son wait for news in England.
Jane Postlethwaite (Funny Women and Squawker Award finalist 2015) brings her multi-character, one-woman show, ‘The House’, to Brighton.
Immerse yourself in a playful and joyful dance experience as three dancers take you on a journey in and out of reality, swapping between the factual and the fictitious.
“The true mystery of the world is the visible .
Jane’s a bit of a cow.
A variety mash-up of circus superstars, Spiegeltent legends and the hottest acts of this year's Brighton Fringe.
There’s much to admire, to even love, in Douglas Maxwell’s new play at Edinburgh’s Royal Lyceum; a script full of humour and subtle characterisation, if not always …
Improvised shows are always an exciting watch, no-one knows exactly what to expect.
Whilst it never quite delivers the climax you expect from a show with such a title, The Guide To Good Orgasms offers a certain charm that makes it impossible not to smile throughou…
3pm-4pm The first show of the day will feature about as wide a variety of improvisation styles as one could ask for, with three groups that could not be more different from each o…
Last year Tez Ilyas experienced something that turned his world upside down.
Cinema screening of live performance.
Sarah Jane Morris and Antonio Forcione come together in a worldwide tour to promote the launch of their collaborative album Compared to What.
After a sell-out concert last year SONIC return with saxophonist Paul Towndrow and trumpeter Ryan Quigley to perform Charlie Parker and Clifford Brown’s stunning albums from the …
Upstairs Downton and Petting Zoo (‘Improv supergroup’ TimeOut) star creates a staggering array of characters using his mouth, brain, hands and body.
Cinema screening of film.
Later, considerably ruder and darker shows from internationally acclaimed, award-winning Scottish stand-up comedy meteor.
Sainte Jane: Born from Lauren St.
Following its woefully short-lived run at the Adelphi Theatre in 2015, the only opportunity to catch this upbeat musical is now in the hands of amateur theatre companies.
Wonderful magic from the winner of Sweden’s Got Talent.
After comedy, horror is the next most difficult art form to tackle; although comedy reigns king at the fringe there is still an eager audience waiting to be scared.
Jane Postlethwaite brings her debut solo show, Made in Cumbria, to the Edinburgh Fringe, where she will introduce you to a selection of dark female characters who will welcome you …
An improvised Jane Austen novel was always going to be a lot of fun, and Austentatious’s talented cast certainly delivered an amusing hour of comedy.
Edinburgh-based singer-songwriter Fiona Crow presents her collection of self-penned songs accompanied by a full band, visual art and dance for a one-off Fringe production.
In the latest theatrical offering of a Jane Austen themed adaptation, this piece, which is billed as a new musical by Penny Ashton, interweaves thirty-three direct passages from Au…
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…
A half-hearted attempt to write the most controversial show of all time, which you can experience in dazzling 3D using your own equipment, i.
Bob drives his BlundaBus around Europe looking for adventures.
Using poetry, physical theatre, music and a limited amount of props, The Fast Food Collective’s new show is a thrilling romp through a night on the town.
Jane Eyre – An Autobiography has to be one of the most moving pieces of theatrical storytelling ever created; quite simply, it’s astounding.
On his misguided quest to follow his dreams, Garrett Millerick got locked in a shipping container by Eminem, directed hip-hop videos for deluded city traders and once made a featur…
Tez Ilyas’ new show Made in Britain is not subtle.
Comedy improvisation troupe Austentatious have been reducing erstwhile sensible audiences to fits of hysteria all over the UK since 2012.
One of Hollywood’s most successful stars, Charlie Sheen, will share his passion for acting, producing and writing up close and personal in an on-stage interview with British …
Blues harmonica and booze harmonica legend Blind Charlie Harwood makes his Brighton debut after 35 years of licking the blues.
The current situation of low and no pay in many parts of our industry is very damaging, and a hot topic for everybody whether the work is live or recorded.
Sarah Jane Morris and Antonio Forcione come together in a worldwide tour to promote the launch of their collaborative album, ‘Compared to What’, which includes some wry comedy, lov…
Jane Postlethwaite’s Made In Cumbria is absolutely hilarious.
Adam’s never had a job.
Stories from the Grand Canyon that sit between our dreams and our achievements.
A play set around a poker game may not sound like the most interesting watch but Patrick Marber’s script contributes character, excitement and intensity towards an engaging…
Postlethwaite is a likeable stage presence whose manifestation of five deliciously dark women creates some very funny moments.
After watching End Of The Rainbow, what I learnt most about Garland was the effect that she had on her audience.
Valentine’s Day may have a cheesy reputation, but the heart-filled holiday has inspired plenty of great live comedy for devoted couples, optimistic daters and determinedly si…
Mr.
She brought Tom Jones to tears on BBC’s The Voice.
Ever wondered what Jane Austen wrote before Mr Darcy? Ever wanted period drama without the dull bits? You’re in luck! This is Austen without the slow stuff.
Teen sex, lies and gossip.
Due to massive demand, six later, quite probably ruder, shows! Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedy half-man-half-Xbox.
The British soul, jazz and r’n’b singer who topped the UK pop charts with The Communards in 1986 with ‘Don’t Leave Me This Way’.
Phantom Owls present the Skylight Theatre production of New York Times best-selling author, acclaimed American humorist, Annabelle Gurwitch’s I See You Made an Effort.
Pride and Prejudice through the looking glass! In this offbeat interpretation, Jane Austen meets a Lizzy Bennet who flits between the character and the actress playing her.
Fasten your knickerbockers and hold onto your bonnets: Austentatious is back for a fourth year of frilly-meets-filthy improvisation, based exceptionally loosely on the collected wo…
Though Jane Austen is undoubtedly one of Britain’s most prominent literary names, Persuasion is perhaps her least widely read work.
If someone had told me months ago that, not only was I going to see a man perform rap battles, beat poetry and strange silent skits based on philosophy, but that I was actually goi…
Like or hate Facebook, you’re guaranteed to love this all-female social media inspired comedy improv show.
A starry evening with the most famous child star you’ve never heard of.
‘Timmy Failure is a winner!’ (Jeff Kinney, author of Diary of a Wimpy Kid).
One woman, one show, one hour ten minutes and the entire works of Jane Austen to affectionately satirise: New Zealand comedian Penny Ashton’s Promise and Promiscuity is no mean f…
Chris Savage wants to make a sexual world more cynical with limericks and a child’s xylophone.
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…
Charlie Baker blends song with stand-up, as he intersperses his versions of one hit wonders with tales from his life.
(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…
The current situation of low and no pay in many parts of our industry is very damaging, and a hot topic for everybody whether the work is live or recorded.
A head-stretching hip hop voyage through the history of thought.
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…
Delve into the world of a depressed bulimic, it might surprise you.
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…
Famed for her association with the ‘Communards’ in the mid-80s (the fabulous hit ‘Don’t Leave Me This Way’ is still requested at every party!) and infamous for a banned rendi…
Jane Postlethwaite (Latest Award Nominee for Best Female Performer 2014 and Funny Women semi-finalist 2014) takes you on a journey to remember with her debut Fringe comedy show.
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…
Inspired by a true story and based on the hit movie, Made in Dagenham is the uplifting new West End musical comedy about friendship, love and the importance of fightin…
How much Charlie Chaplin really wrote the score for “Modern Times” is debatable, but the genius of his 1936 reflection on industry and the Depression is not.
Mary Beard is an unlikely rockstar.
It seems arbitrary, if not foolish, to award a star rating to something like the Malcolm Hardee Awards Show.
You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown is a Broadway musical based on the Peanuts comic strip, featuring familiar characters like Lucy, Snoopy and Schroeder.
The Real MacGuffins are clearly skilled and practised performers, exuding a confident, polished stage presence from the start - playing the gracious hosts at this, a party celebrat…
The Poozies singer-songwriter, fresh from her flawless performances on prime time TV’s The Voice, (including a duet with her mentor Sir Tom Jones).
On the day that the Edinburgh weather turned from sunshine and showers to rough, autumnal wind, an ambitious project arrived at Summerhall.
The Comedian’s Comedian Podcast is a chat show that revels in the niche.
Due to massive demand, six extra, later, and quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man/half-Xbox.
To say that Alternative Comedy Memorial Society is a cult phenomenon is an understatement… and to call it a showcase night would be wildly simplifying the interactive, experiment…
Patrick Turpin cuts a vulnerable figure on stage, baring his soul (and, without giving too much away, his nipples) to the world in his debut hour that delves into childhood memorie…
Pippa Evans has something of the music hall about her - and thankfully, by that I don’t mean dubious mother-in-law jokes and a touch of old fashioned racism.
It’s time to bring improv comedy bang up to date.
Rob Auton’s show has a mercurial quality, slipping somewhere between spoken word show, stand up comedy and theatrical piece.
Theatrically interesting in the most accessible of ways, Paul F Taylor opens the show in the guise of an infomercial, claiming to be taking pills that cure him of his comedy lifest…
Cariad Lloyd prefaced the show with an announcement - her double act partner, Louise Ford, had left Edinburgh in the last few days due to unforeseen circumstances.
Returning to Edinburgh after running a successful compilation show in 2013 with packed audiences, Iranian-British comedian Sahar Mirhadi and award-winning sarcasticist Dan O’Gorman…
Eric Lampaert makes no claims to be tackling the big issues - in Testiculating (Waving Your Arms Talking B*ll*cks), he talks about everything and anything that catches his eye from…
Penge native and star of ITV2’s Viral Tap presents her follow up show to 2013’s smash hit debut.
In Set List, spontaneity is the name of the game; a selection of comics perform completely improvised sets in front of your eyes, with nothing to guide them but key phrases which a…
Richard Gadd is a deeply disturbed young man.
In a fusion of intense physicality, vocalisation and performance, we open to a backlit monk-like figure chanting in Italian.
Hate ‘n’ Live is a night that revels in a non-PC, outrageous and often obscene approach to comedy.
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.
Imagine local talk radio teamed up with Inside the Actors Studio.
Freak should be on the curriculum.
Much like a comedian, only more hilarious, Charlie O’Connor promises laughter, confusion, merriment, and pungent hair envy in his sparkledragon of a show.
At first glance, Alasdair Tremblay-Birchall appears a mild mannered, softly spoken young man, cutting an endearing figure as he gently chatted with the audience throughout the show…
Take four comics and ask them to perform their own stand up routines.
A visceral performance, The Time of Our Lies benefits greatly from the impassioned commitment of its five-strong cast.
An interactive, improvised courtroom drama, This is Your Trial puts the audience under scrutiny, pulling people onto the stage as the accused, charged with ridiculous crimes.
The Comedy Zone is a showcase night that comes with more than it’s fair share of prestige, and no little amount of pressure.
Born in America, Irish-bred and currently residing in China, it’s a safe bet that Des Bishop has a diverse collection of experiences and stories to share.
Jane Fonda is one of the most controversial anti-war activists in American history.
Cosmopolitan Frenchman Yacine Belhousse is at the forefront of a new generation of comedy currently burgeoning in Paris.
It is a truth universally acknowledged that starting a review of Austentatious with ‘it is a truth universally acknowledged’ is so cliché that the author should be beaten.
Fuzzbuzz can hardly be described as a sketch show.
Never have the dual interpretations of MC melded together so fluidly as in Rob Broderick, the leading light of Abandoman.
Set in the seedy backstreets of 18th Century London Punching Jane follows the fate of a group of prostitutes who settle their disagreements by after-hours bare knuckle boxing.
A celebration of children and young people in the Performing Arts featuring theatre, literature, music and movement.
A dress-up sing-along celebration of everyone’s favourite musicals.
Following a successful run at festivals such as Edinburgh Fringe 2013 and various venues around the UK and Ireland, join Ireland’s tallest comedian at Brighton Fringe 2014.
“Once upon a time, but like, not that long ago really.
The Great Escape and Brighton Spiegeltent present Made in Brighton’s welcome party.
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.
Roald Dahl’s deliciously dark tale of young Charlie Bucket and the mysterious confectioner Willy Wonka comes to life in “a lavish feast of a musical” (The Guardian) di…
With an apology for being faithful to Steinbeck’s racist language both written in the programme and announced at the start, the team behind Of Mice and Men are clearly concerned …
There was barely an empty seat in Canongate Kirk for this concert and the Bach Ensemble of Edinburgh rose to the occasion with a programme to match the unsettled Edinburgh weather.
I never expected not to ‘get’ a children’s show.
This Third Angel and mala voadora production at the Northern Stage at St.
Charlie is back with a wild cabaret of musical, magical drum-smashing mayhem, accompanied by Judd (Booze for Baby) Jones, Edie Wakefield and wild frontman for an 80s rock band car…
If you are easily swayed into buying a ticket based on a show’s title, though you may be enticed into seeing the All-Nude College Girl Revue, you may be rather disappointed.
As hour-long, mountain-top, star-studded, musical comedy extravaganzas go, this was a rather low-key affair.
Page to stage adaptations are nothing new but a sixty-three year old comic strip developing into a stage musical is certainly unconventional.
The Jazz Bar is not what first comes to mind as a Fringe hotspot but this small, classy venue continues to offer the eclectic, high quality gigs it programmes throughout the year.
Due to massive demand six extra, later, quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man, half-Xbox.
International experiment sharing a story about a woman called Thyme, with local interpretations.
The idea of using rap as a linguistic art form to present a ‘playful reimagining’ of many of Shakespeare’s finest work is something young Charlie Dupré successfully pulls of…
Spoken word and rap artist Charlie Dupre comes on stage to the strains of cello and violin, an accompaniment that is perhaps a little at odds with his casual hip-hop style and deli…
Rolling into Edinburgh with a brand new barnstorming show, The Horne Section will yet again provide the festival’s best musical mayhem.
Come and see the stars who’ve appeared at Waterloo Comedy Club including radio and TV guests, award winners and Fringe favourites.
An irreverent history from Henry VIII to Bonnie Prince Charlie. ‘You will be hard-pressed to find a more engaging performer on the Fringe. Do go and see this show’ (Chortle.co.uk).
Join Ireland’s tallest comedian as he unravels the world through his unique point of view. Join Charlie on his surreal journey of devilment and hilarious stand-up.
Fred Astaire singing ‘Night and Day’ is a good way to start anything.
Having bought a house with his girlfriend the Edinburgh-born comic explores how a decision that comes from a place of love can lead to such fear and uncertainty.
The six players that make up the Milk Monitors attempt to bring to life those Jane Austen novels which history has forgotten.
Commercially, Austentatious is perhaps one of the easiest sells on the Free Fringe: a popular and intensely loved literary brand – Austen – combined with the most crowd-pleasin…
‘You can tell the bits, but can never complete the picture.
Award-winning comedian and ‘Devon’s answer to Sinatra’ (Guardian), sings the 13 biggest selling UK singles from the last 13 years.
In a new adaptation of Luigi Pirandello’s disturbing masterpiece, Cambridge ADC chop, change and miss the point entirely.
After selling out their 2018 and 2019 Brighton Fringe shows and lighting up The Warren’s Summer Season, Do the Thing are here for you in 2021.
Doubtless the lure of this event is the promise of hot chocolate to round off the day and it doesn’t disappoint.
When you’re promised with a show that “aims to cure your everyday ailments and add a little colour to a bleak looking world”, it’s easy to be optimistic.
This group of students from Oxford’s Trinity College presumably came to the conclusion that you can’t go far wrong with Noel Coward.
Superbolt’s marvelous little offering, despite being loosely plotted and having a somewhat frivolous narrative, makes up for its faults with buckets of heart.
At the risk of sounding completely unprofessional, I would like to summate that Charlie Baker’s new stand up show Freshly Baked is ‘alright.
The concept of Bite Size is a perfectly simple, yet novel one, and the clue really is in the title.
It’s pretty hard to describe this one-man show without either sounding obtuse, ignorant or both.
This theatre/dance offering from the University of South Florida lacks subtlety and feels overly affronting in its clumsy and somewhat confused form.
James Balwin’s “Peter Panic” is billed as a response piece to last year’s London riots, placing the known and loved Peter and Wendy of JM Barrie’s “Peter Pan” into a …
Anthony Lo-Guidice’s semi-autobiographical “Roma” maps the making of an individual through experience and revelation, stylishly leaping through the hoops of birth, adolescent…
The Royal Overseas League on Princes Street is well-known for showcasing up-and-coming musical talent.
The premise of Battle of Britain is very simple and one that has been done to death: which is the better half of Britain, the North or the South? For the purpose of this exercise w…
‘Just had a moment of self-awareness there,’ Ryan Withers stopped halfway through a joke to announce.
For most people, their wedding is the happiest day of their life.
Old St Paul’s Church Hall is the understated setting for this musical’s week-long run and there is no venue more appropriate for a show with no pretentions of grandeur.
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…
From the bewildering title to the closing dance number, this show is an hour of surprises, both comic and moving.
The Two Worlds of Charlie F is a rare example of a play in which fiction and reality collide to create something very special indeed.
Derevo, multi-award winning company from St.
The magnificent Merchants’ Hall on Hanover Street provides a setting too grandiose in the extreme for Best Rest Theatre Company’s production of their new play, ‘Frank and Fer…
Cecilia Nilsson (‘Wallander’) stars in this phenomenal insight into the simplicity and painstaking cleanliness of solitary life, leading us gently through what should be an ord…
In a showcase of fifties jazz music, Sarah Henderson, Loes van der Laan and Emma Turnbull, or the Fabulous D.
‘How do you come out as straight?’ Dan Student asks the early evening audience at Fingers Piano Bar.
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have Peter Pan as your friend? Have you ever questioned what made the witch in Hansel and Gretel so inconsiderate? If you have, this…
This show really intrigued me.
Stan Skinny admits that this show is a work in progress, having only started writing it a matter of weeks ago.
DDMcG Productions have hit on a winner with this piece: a combination of performance poetry, live-looping and music from two very talented strings players.
The award-winning Swamp Juice - from Bunk Puppets and Scamp Theatre - dazzles and entertains audiences of all ages.
An author, two actors and an audience member discuss Tim Crouchs last play, an unnamed and violence-filled two-person production whose effects on the actors and writer are slowly…
The Traverse Theatre Company is spending the next fortnight showing breakfast-time script-in-hand readings of pieces of specially commissioned new writing.
Three actors take to the unconventional stage space at the Assembly St.
It is a truth universally acknowledged that the personal letters of a notable literary figure can be an illuminating insight into their thoughts and give us a vivid image of their …
The GRV would be well-advised to put out some more signs advertising where this five-pound Fringe venue actually is, because when you eventually find it, there’s some real classics…
Clout Theatre have hit on something good with this dusty, grotesque and wonderfully pointless piece of physical theatre.
Young writer Tim Foley is an exceptional talent.
Now, my knowledge of philosophy is not great.
Doubling as a launch for her new book about her Norfolk-dwelling protagonist and his ferret friends and as a one-woman performance for young children, Eve Stebbing’s show is doin…
Wes Zaharuk is a man with experience.
Double Edge provides excellent entertainment here in the damp, sweaty attic of Underbelly, the ideal venue for their immersive piece set in a 1930’s Princeton speakeasy.
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.
This show is narrated by a cat.
The infectious enthusiasm of this comedy duo is apparent from the off, their chaotic get-in generating a fair few belly-laughs.
This adaptation of the short stories of Jonathan Safran Foer, whilst having moments of brilliance, ultimately comes short.
Someone should tell Danny McChrystal that having a blokish demeanour and a regional accent doesn’t make you a comedian.
There are actually plenty of comedy options at the Fringe if you want to avoid the ‘affable young bloke in jeans and a t-shirt telling jokes’ but perhaps none further removed t…
Inspired by the novel by Portuguese Nobel Prize Winner Jose Saramago, “The Blind” is a story in pictures, exploring both what it is to be blinded but also diving into the darke…
A boy finds a balloon on the streets of Paris.
A surreal hour of comic drama, The Pride is a bizarre attempt to place the more developed aspects of animalistic behaviour – guarding your territory, hospitality laws, and posses…
A large, colourful advert is projected across the stone wallin front of us, ‘these women are doing their bit - learn to make munitions’.
Pornography, we are educationally informed in this piece, means the writing of harlots.
There is something vaguely terrifying about Charlie Chuck, real name David Kear.
It’s a beautiful day at the Fringe and I’m sat on the top deck of a red bus in the Meadows.
Thick, black curtains mark the entrance to pre-war Poland, set out in the ACT studio.
Above all else, Charlie Pickering is an engaging storyteller - even if that contradicts the premise of his Edinburgh show, in which he struggles to write his autobiography.
A sizeable crowd took the brave decision to bring their 6-year-olds to the Gilded Balloon for an hour of bum jokes on Sunday morning.
Maybe it was the accidental bang on the forehead he gave himself before coming on stage, maybe it was the sparse Sunday night crowd, or maybe it was the higher than usual quota of …
Pair Dance’s piece aims to combine movement with other technology, and to create a work that embodies “multimedia” by showing that dance and projection (specifically in 3D) c…
It is either brave or it is foolish to attempt to put on such a well-worn classic as Dracula in pursuit of success at the Fringe.
Reprising their 2007 Fringe First show, Hangman, influential dance-theatre company Do-Theatre, part of Assembly’s Russian Season, must be confident of similar success five years …
The Portobello Youth Theatre is made up of schoolchildren aged 8-13 and it’s great that a youth theatre is allowed the chance to get Fringe theatre experience.
‘Sorry I dropped the knives a couple of times,’ Perico Circus Express winces.
Sticking with the name that they have made famous over the last 20 years but going for what they described as ‘more casual’ jeans and shirt attire, The Pajama Men’s Improv Sh…
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…
Pieces of metal scaffolding partially decorated the walls while the old, grand chandelier cast a soft yellow light over the surrounding stone pillars.
Elephant Man was born in Benoit Hattet’s mind some 25 years ago and his devotion to the project - he is the writer, director, designer and actor - is clear in every aspect of thi…
Belfast company At Large Theatre’s new production is good fun at times but it’s unclear - I think even to the actors - who it’s for and why they are performing it.
This is Glasgow-based pianist Sebastian Thirlway’s third Fringe appearance and he clearly enjoys being here.
Home is where Daniel Kitsons heart is.
This dance project from Taiwan is entirely improvised by its two performers in a style similar to Western contemporary dance.
Mark Thomas’ new show is certainly a departure from his usual lambasting of politicians and furious campaigning.
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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Binge Culture are a performance-art group of five that originated in Wellington, New Zealand.
Betrayal, money, power, politics and love.
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.
At the end of a remarkable year for the Northampton venue, Royal & Derngate’s Artistic Director James Dacre today announced details of Made in Northampton 2017.
Brighton Fringe has officially launched.
Christmas is the one time of year you can drag your non-theatre-going friends to the theatre.
Deputy Features Editor Grace Knight interviews two artists from opposite ends of the Jane Austen-adaptation spectrum.
BB talks to the talent behind Jane and Lizzy, a reinterpretation of Pride and Prejudice with a comical twist.