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.
Enter the hypnotic world of Scott Silven, the Scottish illusionist inspired by the landscape of his childhood.
Set in the 1980s when Duran Duran were in their prime, personal computers the latest fad and Pacman and Space Invaders the games of choice.
Patrick Moore is a total Mamas’ Boy.
We love Stuff! It’s who we are and who we want to be.
One family, one condition, one hell of a hairy baby.
Park yourself behind the counter and take stock during this heartfelt devised comedy.
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…
Sarah Borges returns to Le Monde for a third year after two sell-out runs.
At 30, Nicole finally found out why she was like this (spoiler: it’s ADHD), but four years and one diagnosis later.
The award-winning musical comedy revue revealing all about musicals and the people who love them – on both sides of the curtain.
LA clown Natasha Mercado invites you to a mass that’s equal parts holy and horny – hosted by God’s sexiest son, Father Greg Orian.
The tales of the dragons are special for many reasons.
An hour too long a commitment for you? Come see the best international comics at the Fringe strutting their stuff for 20 minutes, and decide if you want more.
Platonic Sex is the debut comedy split bill from Sadbh Peters (Semi-finalist for Funny Women Stage Awards 2023) and Scott Oswald (Semi-finalist for So You Think You’re Funny and …
Abby awoke in hospital after a late miscarriage and, high on anaesthesia, decided to become a comedian.
Charlie played by the rules, married the right woman, took the right job.
Fresh off the back of his triumphant sold-out Leicester Comedy Festival show and supporting Nigel Ng (Uncle Roger) on his world tour performing at Hammersmith Apollo, Dublin’s 3Oly…
You know when you’re trying to wee on a night out, and you’re interrupted by a random girl who insists on telling you all her secrets even though you’ve never met? Imagine that, bu…
James Barr fearlessly tackles the aftermath of an abusive relationship in an hour of trailblazing stand-up.
“Shall we have a real conversation? I am ready to stop pretending if you are.
Leicester Comedy Festival Award Nominee Jon Hipkiss returns to the Brighton Fringe for the first time in five years with the show that was among one of the best audience reviewed s…
A show about getting older but not wiser.
*PART OF LAMB COMEDY’S BIG QUEER WEEKENDER* An hour of fearless stand up comedy from James Barr.
Join top magician Danny Lee Grew in his brand new show ‘24K Magic’ featuring magic, illusion, laughs, gasps and sleight of hand sorcery.
Saul Henry’s second solo stand-up show ‘Stuff Like That There’ follows the success of his 2023 show ‘Saullelujah!’ - described by David Firth (Salad Fingers creator) as “Lo…
The Stoke-on-Trent urchin has cooked up a new comedy hour of fast-paced, daft existential dread with the odd song and sound effect to try and keep you from checking your phone.
This debut show weaves together the insightful storytelling of David Sedaris and the clever stand-up of John Mulaney, welcoming you to the world of Renata, a non-native speaker bol…
The debut play from award winning comedian Anna Morris.
Join Father John in “Father John’s Evening Mess” for a night of unapologetically filthy fun that proves sometimes salvation comes with a side of sinful laughter.
Scott is a teetotal comedian from Glasgow, whose comedy and life is shaped by his porridge, smoothie and exercise addictions.
It’s New Year’s Eve and most of the party guests are in the kitchen admiring photos of their babies.
It’s New Year’s Eve and most of the party guests are in the kitchen admiring photos of their babies.
To celebrate the launch of The Charlie Kristensen Foundation, join Charlie and his West End friends for a sensational evening of gravity defying performances at the Lyric Theatre.
Dannny is a Podcast host, Social Media Star, musician & comedian.
Growing up in the shadow of a brilliant and eccentric barrister, a man whose tea-time conversation could take in music hall, adultery, evolution, the ridiculous inconvenience of se…
After a hugely successful sell-out world premiere performance at the Royal Albert Hall in 2013, and a further two performances in December 2014, Danny Elfman’s Music from the…
Liam is seventeen years old, loves Doctor Who and has recently lost his mum.
James Seabright presents I WISH MY LIFE WERE LIKE A MUSICAL by Alexander S.
Late-night, done right.
When Cynthia’s husband dies during her pregnancy, she’s expected to mourn.
Based on the book by Édouard Louis, translated by Lorin Stein.
When Cynthia’s husband dies during her pregnancy, she’s expected to mourn.
Dave’s relationship with art is not going well, in more ways than one.
The winner of Drag Race hits the Fringe as part of their debut solo tour! Join Danny as they take to the stage with their live band in a show which promises to be bigger, better an…
Aki Remally (vocals, guitar) and Fraser Urquhart (piano, keyboards) make their return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
A father approaching his 60th birthday learns to sing and dance for the first time, in a desperate attempt to create a hit single that will make enough money for his son to finally…
Doc Brown and Bust-A-Gut Productions present a unique improvisational panel show based around rhyme and rap.
Popular South African production, Baked Shakespeare, is coming to the Edinburgh Fringe! Baked Shakespeare – a group of professionally trained actors – performing Shakespeare ho…
The show was originally going to be about being diagnosed with Bell’s palsy, unfortunately he made a full recovery.
It isn’t easy representing old age on stage.
2023 finally sees the return of Danny Bhoy to the Edinburgh Fringe for the world premiere of his brand-new show.
Amy spins a sparkling web of comedy magic between the two states she finds herself caught between – stability and restlessness.
Celebrate love, transformation, and community this summer in Shakespeare’s joyous comedy, As You Like It, in the Globe Theatre this summer.
Holly Hall’s character comedy show explores our frustrating and sometimes hilarious inability to express our anger as you navigate the anxiety-ridden ups and downs of life.
Molly Martian has always been different.
Molly Martian has always been different.
Holly Hall’s character comedy show explores our frustrating and sometimes hilarious inability to express our anger as you navigate the anxiety-ridden ups and downs of life.
Dances Like a Bomb is a dance and physical theatre piece by Irish Dance Company Junk Ensemble.
Maximiliano Martin is well known to Scottish audiences, both as principal clarinet of the SCO and as a brilliant soloist.
Multi-award-winning pianist Yeol Eum Son’s tempestuous recital celebrates 19th-century keyboard virtuosos.
Scott McPherson: Life is an intimate window into the inner-workings of Scott’s mind on the often bewildering nature of modern life.
“If you like dick and hate tories this is the show for you” – Reuben Kaye 2023I was gagged from start to finish, Reuben Kaye is one of the best performers I have seen at this…
Occasionally emotional, mostly ridiculous, How to Drink Wine Like a Wanker is a delightful story involving a fabulous flight of South Australian wines and 12 months of sobering sel…
Do Rhinos Feel Their Horns or Can They Not See Them Like How We Can't See Our Noses may be in the running for the Fringe’s wackiest title and the show itself is an equally pl…
An enchanting concert of operatic highlights, performed by international operatic bass Brian Bannatyne-Scott and fabulous up-and-coming young singers, accompanied by Polish pianist…
When Cynthia’s husband dies during her pregnancy, she’s expected to mourn.
There isn’t much that scares Kaye Adams.
Holly Hall’s character comedy show explores our frustrating and sometimes hilarious inability to express our anger as you navigate the anxiety-ridden ups and downs of life.
It’s hard to imagine that any show called, in full, A Shark Ate My Penis: A History of Boys Like Me could be weirder or more fun than it sounds.
Mark Simmons’ tour support, co-host of the Jokes podcast, BT Sport personality, award-winning comedian and documentary filmmaker, Danny is the undisputed champion of the Ward! A br…
Erik Scott grew up in a fireworks warehouse deep in the cornfields of the American Midwest and now resides in New York City.
Comedian.
The poignant tale of a writer and musician, Jon Lawrence, who walked 500km over five deserts on five continents to grieve for his father and raise money for a cancer charity.
After a sell-out run at last year’s Fringe, multi award-winning Irish comedian Danny O’ Brien is back with a nostalgia-packed high-energy stand-up show bringing the big laughs to t…
Our Father unpacks the embodied, generational consequences of absent-present F/fathers being, human.
A black hole is a place where gravity pulls so much that even light can’t get out.
‘Igniting memories of a story that millions can relate to’ (Australian Stage).
Do you misplace your glasses so often that you now have six pairs so you aren’t trapped inside and half-blind? How often do you have the brilliant idea to paint your nails five min…
A two-part show exploring Natasha and Shaharah’s under-represented Indian identities, navigating diaspora, discrimination, and coming of age to find what Indian can mean and look l…
Our Father unpacks the embodied, generational consequences of absent-present F/fathers being, human.
Sarah Borges returns after her sell-out 2022 Fringe with Adele Still Someone Like Me.
24 different award-winning or nominated comedians perform their full shows, recorded for Netflix, Amazon Prime and YouTube. See FringeSpecials.com for listings.
After his execution, Walter Raleigh’s widow carried his head around in a bag for 30 years.
This is the definitive piece of musical theatre for musical theatre lovers.
‘Any nation that devours another will one day devour itself.
Amy Matthews’ I Feel Like I’m Made of Spiders is a stand-up comedy with an edge.
Everyone’s favourite sailing instructor is back, and ready to rock the boat (but only if everyone’s wearing a buoyancy aid, and comfortable getting splashed.
Written by Florian Zeller, The Father is a moving and unsettling journey through the ravages of dementia, where everything, and nothing, is as it seems.
It’s another Sunday at the sleepy parish for Father Pete, until he meets James, an oversensitive priest with a penchant for tofu.
As You Like It by The Three Inch Fools, presented at The Actors' Church as part of their Theatre in the Garden Summer Season.
Join the hosts of hit podcast, Sounds Like A Cult, for their first-ever live and in-person London show!
Scott McPherson: Life, is an intimate window into the inner workings of Scott’s mind on the often bewildering nature of modern life.
Scott McPherson: Life, is an intimate window into the inner workings of Scott’s mind on the often bewildering nature of modern life.
Egyptian/Irish Comedian, raised in Saudi.
Egyptian/Irish Comedian, raised in Saudi.
Fricative Theatre is remounting its former sold-out run of Violence and Son at the Golden Goose Theatre from 11-15 April.
The team behind Variety Lunch Club have hatched a new plan so that you can come and have an afternoon out with friends while watching some of the greatest films ever pro…
Finding love post pandemic isn’t easy.
“Black dots ebb and flow; through arteries they pump and squeeze and twist in a way that resembles a machine, or system.
Following sold-out runs at the Turbine Theatre, Edinburgh Fringe and the Garrick Theatre, Rob Madge brings their triumphant celebration of the ups and downs of raising a queer chil…
This winter journey into the Forest of Arden in William Shakespeare’s glorious romantic comedy, As You Like It.
Father Christmas is on his rounds.
It’s that time of year again when, as an Irish community committed and passionate about HIV, we celebrate World AIDS Day with the Irish Aid Annual Professor Michae…
If you have a spare hour, thirty quid, and can travel to London’s West End, I urge you to get a ticket for My Son’s a Queer (but what can you do?).
On the 100th anniversary of the classic horror film’s original release, Theatre Non Grata are bringing Nosferatu both to the stage and back from the dead.
Is it normal to be ashamed of loving? Returning home to the small, conservative town in the north of France where he grew up as a gay teenager, a son finds his dying father virtual…
On A House Like A Fire is a powerful story told through fragments and glimpses - an immersive experience about the nature of memory and the way we remember.
Following an incredible Edinburgh Fringe debut in 2019 and fresh from a 2022 Netflix special, Schalk Bezuidenhout is back with love in his heart and jokes in his pocket.
Described by the Evening Standard as ‘live comedy’s best kept secret’ Scott Bennett has been blazing a trail through the stand-up circuit for the best part of a decade.
Set under the white-hot glare of Hollywood and celebrity, Wild Son is the story of Marlon Brando’s troubled, headline-making son… in his own words.
What drives a young person who appears outwardly quite happy with his life to one day bring a gun into school? It’s a vital question because it’s a phenomenon that is unhappily bei…
This show brings the comedian who played one of Father Ted’s most loved characters Father Damien Lennon (Father Damo) to the stage with stand-up and musical comedy, interspersed …
Have you ever noticed how all female leads in historical fiction are.
An unmissable opportunity for curious foodies to get up close and personal with an Australian artist at a sumptuous feast.
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.
A lot has changed in Scott McPherson’s life in 2021 and Scott McPherson: Go Scotty, will give the audience an intimate comical window into these changes.
Just what is the Edinburgh Fringe? Some say it’s the world’s greatest uncensored platform for freedom of expression; some see it as a free market, money-driven fun-fest.
As we come into nearly eight years of rule of the UK Government by the Conservative Party – or 12 Years depending on your feelings for the Liberal Democrats – we have seen a ri…
As seen on BT Sport’s DIY Pundit, the Amused Moose Comedy Award winner Danny Ward returns to Edinburgh with his seventh solo show.
There’s nothing quite like Spaghetti Bolognese, the most dazzling bowl of pasta in all your days! Join Penny for an unforgettable dinner in this show that is fun for all the fami…
A hillbilly gothic tale of an Appalachian tobacco farmer’s love for his family and the extremes he will go to protect them.
Madeira’s own Sarah Borges expresses her own exceptional talent through the great songs of world superstar Adele.
Carr Crash is an hour’s comedy by Leslie Carr (father and Professor of computer science) and Ruby Carr (daughter and stand-up comedian) exploring the human side of Artificial Intel…
Winner, Best Cabaret Variety and Line Up Show, FringeWorld 2021.
An intimate two-hander about the messy complexities of the contemporary gay dating experience.
Screen royal, Nicole Kidman, holds an AMC audience captive while sharing some of cinema’s greatest moments.
The award-winning Irish comic has stayed busier than ever over the last two years! From making one of the highest-viewed stand-up specials in Irish television history to somehow sp…
Charming Scottish mind reader Cameron Gibson has been amazing audiences all over the world with his fun, engaging and interactive style of stage shows for several years.
Father Lee has left the confines of your TikTok For You Page and is alive and, well.
When Rob was 12, they attempted a full-blown Disney parade in their house for their grandma.
If you want to discover – or further explore – cabaret, you couldn’t do better than to start with Reuben Kaye.
From dealing with video testimonies of love from superfans to the vilest of far-right vitriol that can be spat in 280 characters and all whilst dealing with the life of a comedian,…
A lot has changed in Scott McPherson’s life in 2021 and Scott McPherson: Go Scotty will give the audience an intimate, comical window into these changes.
All little boys want their dads to be superheroes.
Oh wow, the last two years have been awful haven’t they? So what do we do now? Laugh and pretend it’s definitely fine? Or deal with the trauma of multiple lockdowns, emotional shut…
Like Edinburgh, London is not an easy city to live in.
From voice-straining high notes to limb-spraining high kicks, via on-stage smooches and offstage feuds, award-winning musical revue I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical reveals ever…
Following an incredible Edinburgh Fringe debut in 2019 and fresh from a 2022 Netflix special, Schalk Bezuidenhout is back with love in his heart and jokes in his pocket.
Watching No Place Like Home was an experience unlike any other I’ve had so far at the Fringe.
Fusing spoken word, original music, dance and video art, No Place Like Home by Alex Roberts & Co.
With a plastic fork in hand (not a preference, all part of the show), the Crains Lecture Hall of Summerhall, a former home of learning for the students of the University of Edinbur…
A robot, an alien and a human.
If the title sounds familiar you’re probably thinking of the film, In the Name of the Father, but you’d be on the right track because In the Name of the Son deals with the same…
Alexander S.
Three performers.
When well done, the biographical show is one of the purest theatrical events known to man.
The ‘New York comedy institution’ (New York Times) and host of the Beautiful/Anonymous podcast makes a much-anticipated return to Edinburgh following a six-year absence.
Six Players.
Three Performers.
A moving and unsettling journey through the ravages of dementia, where everything, and nothing, is as it seems.
There’s a world just like our own, but there isn’t a word for sand.
SUNDAY CABARET AT THE RVT WITH DANNY BEARD AND TANYA HYDESunday Cabaret at The RVT is a unique mix of world-class cabaret performers and fantastic DJs.
Bewildered comic Donna Scott (BBC New Voices Final 10; Apple Podcast Stand-Up Comedy Charts Top Ten) ponders childlessness, her Black Country roots, being an unlikely genius and he…
Bewildered comic Donna Scott (BBC New Voices Final 10; Apple Podcast Stand-Up Comedy Charts Top Ten) ponders childlessness, her Black Country roots, being an unlikely genius and he…
“This Is What The Menopause Looks Like” is an exhibition of portraits and interviews of 70 people from across the UK, funded by Arts Council England.
“This Is What The Menopause Looks Like” is an exhibition of portraits and interviews of 70 people from across the UK, funded by Arts Council England.
Mamma Mia!! The Dancing Queen ae Glasgow Southside is back at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern for a night dedicated to ABBA! Join RIPLEY as First Minister NICOLA STURGEON for a poli…
Ruby’s dad is the last of the Boomer generation, she’s the first of Gen-Z, they’re both stand-up comedians.
Ruby’s dad is the last of the Boomer generation, she’s the first of Gen-Z, they’re both stand-up comedians.
A lot has changed in Scott McPherson’s life in 2021 and Scott McPherson: Go Scotty, will give the audience an intimate comical window into these changes.
A lot has changed in Scott McPherson’s life in 2021 and Scott McPherson: Go Scotty, will give the audience an intimate comical window into these changes.
SUNDAY CABARET AT THE RVT WITH DANNY BEARD AND MARSHA MALLOWSunday Cabaret at The RVT is a unique mix of world-class cabaret performers and fantastic DJs.
SUNDAY SOCIAL AT THE RVT WITH LOLA LASAGNE AND SON OF A TUTUSunday Social at The RVT is a unique mix of world-class cabaret and fantastic DJs.
The Father of My Daughter Escaping grief by taping over your past.
DANNY RYAN A story of stunted romantic understanding.
The critically acclaimed LIKE A STURGEON show is back at The Royal Vauxhall Tavern for a Burns Night like no other!Join RIPLEY as the First Minister of Scotland, Nicola S…
SUNDAY SOCIAL AT THE RVT WITH DANNY BEARD AND TANYA HYDESunday Social at The RVT is a unique mix of world-class cabaret and fantastic DJs.
This year Halloween falls on a Sunday and we are going all spooky on your cabaret asses, it will be bats in the belfry and monsters in the mash as we welcome Pixie Poltergeist Poli…
SUNDAY SOCIAL WITH THE DAME EDNA EXPERIENCE AND SON OF A TUTUSunday Social at The RVT is a unique mix of world-class cabaret and fantastic DJs with a crowd like no other.
All Katie Tracey wanted was to be liked.
Something Funny’ comedy show with Scott McPherson.
Something Funny’ comedy show with Scott McPherson.
Something Funny’ comedy show with Scott McPherson.
Something Funny’ comedy show with Scott McPherson.
SUNDAY SOCIAL WITH DANNY BEARD AND HOLESTARThis Sunday we welcome back the incredible Danny Beard and the amazing Holestar to Sunday Social, plus DJs Simon Le Vans and guest TBC.
Biting political satire The Guardian Observer”The perfect mash-up of drag, political satire, catchy music and entertainment” - Broadway Baby The critically acclaimed LIKE A S…
**** (4-Stars) “Satisfying, enjoyable, emotive and intriguing” (Broadwaybaby.
**** (4-Stars) “Satisfying, enjoyable, emotive and intriguing” (Broadwaybaby.
SUNDAY SOCIAL WITH DANNY BEARD AND SON OF A TUTUThis Sunday we welcome back the incredible Danny Beard and the amazing Son of a Tutu to Sunday Social, plus DJs Simon Le Vans and gu…
Lunchtime lecture: Scottish Religious Art in Paint and Glass: Robert Scott Lauder’s Christ Teacheth Humility.
An interactive comedic look at why comedian Scott Adams is still as penniless as the day he was born.
Claire Barnett-Jones, BBC Cardiff Singer of the Year, winner of the Dame Joan Sutherland Audience Prize 2021, gives a 250th anniversary homage to Sir Walter Scott, the world-famous…
A live gig! Wow! I have great memories of audiences singing along.
Six people, five stories, one truck.
“What am I like?” is the hilarious and raucous solo debut from dating columnist/podcaster Anthony Gilét.
Six people, five stories, one truck.
“What am I like?” is the hilarious and raucous solo debut from dating columnist/podcaster Anthony Gilét.
Super Scott returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with his own style of comedy juggling and escapology. Maybe a bit of magic. Expect the unexpected!
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.
Smile.
In this one-off masterclass, director Scott McQuaid will introduce his approach to storytelling on stage and screen, through developing ideas and storylines, direction, characters,…
ChasingRainbows presents Looks Like We Made It.
Two girls; one kind of a lesbian, one kind of a liability, are friends.
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.
Presented by comedian and financial writer Dominic Frisby, this one-hour feature documentary also stars Jimmy Carr, Al Murray, Shazia Mirza, Henning Wehn and Arthur Smith.
Fresh from its success at London’s Arcola Theatre, this award-winning, one-woman comedy by writer/performer Roann McCloskey, is a frank and fearless ‘sexploration’ of emotional tra…
Join The Greenhouse Theatre - the UK’s first 100% zero-waste theatre - this summer for an all-singing, all-dancing, full-of-life reimagining of Shakespeare’s pastoral classic.
Shakespeare’s As You Like It runs the glorious gamut of romance and poetry, satire and slapstick.
Ever been sailing before? Ever felt the soft touch of Neoprene on your skin? The salty wind in your hair? The thrill of seagull in your eye? If you answered no but would like all t…
Physical theatre, puppetry and clowning combine in this magical under the sea eco-adventure for ages 3+ and their families.
Six people, five stories, one truck.
When Rob was 12, they attempted to stage a full-blown Disney parade in their house for their Grandma.
Sara Segovia Rodao and Lachlan Werner are cuties by nature, cancers by astrological sign and clowns by trade.
Physical theatre, puppetry and clowning combine in this magical under the sea eco-adventure for ages 3+ and their families.
In his debut Brighton Fringe show, Scott will interrogate everyday experiences with a comedy twist, including relationships, family and the current state of the UK.
In his debut Brighton Fringe show, Scott will interrogate everyday experiences with a comedy twist, including relationships, family and the current state of the UK.
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.
Lee Miller and Fashion: Hand Grenades like Cartier Clips.
Lee Miller and Fashion: Hand Grenades like Cartier Clips.
On A House Like a Fire by Michelle Read and Brian Keegan, presented by Age & Opportunity/BEALTAINE in association with Smock Alley Theatre and Droichead Arts Centre…
Scott Capurro’s skills pandemic-surviving were honed in the 80s when all his friends died from AIDS.
Tickets: £21.
Scott Capurro’s skills pandemic-surviving were honed in the 80s when all his friends died from AIDS.
McCloskey tells the true story of her English father-turned-tantric masseur, her Muslim mother who insists on open dialogue, and reveals how she has been caught in the middle since…
He’s back! It’s been a busy few years for Jason since his last smash-hit stand-up show, but fans of his Absolute Radio show will know this nationally acclaimed comedian hasn’t chan…
Join Robin Perko for an hour workshop and learn how to re-programme your mind to see the world like an artist.
Schubert’s masterpiece song cycle Winterreise (A Winter Journey) performed by Scotland’s foremost operatic bass accompanied by legendary Scottish pianist, Walter Blair.
Sugar and spice / partners in crime / he-said-she-said / not talking / can’t believe / only joking / why did I / hate you / forgive you / miss you.
PTC Productions are proud to present Girls Like That by Evan Placey; a hard-hitting, explosive play targeting gender inequality and the challenges that people now face growing up i…
Lockdown is lifting and while most are delighted, an agoraphobic woman braces herself to return to the struggle of getting out.
ChasingRainbows presents Looks Like We Made It.
This pair of renowned musicians met and regularly play in Texas.
3 performers.
What’s it like to play the flute while hanging upside down? How loud is the trombone? Jazz accordion?!? Music, theatre, and dance collide in this madcap variety show, and YOU cho…
It’s worth noting first off that My Boy Danny was never originally intended to appear as an MP3 available for streaming on YouTube, with that compromise being a happy result of l…
Christmas simply wouldn’t be Christmas without a visit to 23 Oil Drum Lane to catch up with the nation’s favourite rag-and-bone-men and indulge in some class…
Connor is on a night out and ready to be open about his sexuality.
This show was cancelled.
ZooNation’s smash-hit sensation Some Like It Hip Hop thrilled audiences and critics when it opened in 2011, prompting five-star reviews and standing ovations with its infecti…
Direct from a sold-out season at Kiln Theatre the five star, hit play, The Son, transfers to the Duke of York’s theatre for ten weeks only from 24 August.
Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch in partnership with the National Theatre present A musical adaptation of William Shakespeare’s As You Like It Adapted by Shaina Taub and Laurie Wo…
Double bill.
Scott Walker was one of popular music’s most fascinating and elusive characters.
How do we define success? Is failure ever an option? Is a teasmade an appropriate 60th birthday gift? Does anyone really know what is going on at all, ever? Expect beguiling storie…
Fraser Gibson spends his time shamelessly promoting himself about town as a way to make a living.
Danny lives happily in a gypsy caravan with his father, but his world is turned upside-down when he learns that his father poaches pheasants from the estate of the vicious, greedy …
Cora is at the festival to see her ex-boyfriend perform.
It’s Friday night.
‘A far-reaching generational story that crosses divides, ignites memories and pulls at your heart-strings’ (Stage Whispers).
Selling Like Hot Takes is the debut sketch show from newly-formed comedy duo, Finlay and Joe.
Samson and Mabel are the UKs youngest double act.
Nowhere has Adam Smith’s Invisible Hand been harder at work than at the festival itself.
For Gil Scott-Heron fans this evening at The Jazz Bar would need no extra hype.
On Sunday 4th August, a cast who have just met an hour beforehand will give a completely unrehearsed performance of As You Like It at a secret pop up location in south London!
Hell to Play is a bad-taste absurd comedy game show set in Hell.
Led by world-famous trials rider and YouTube sensation Danny MacAskill, Drop and Roll make their long-awaited Edinburgh Fringe debut with a brand-new show featuring jaw-dropping st…
Sonic might not be the best video game character in the world but moving around at the speed of sound, he has touched many hearts and none more so than Sooz Kempner who brings her …
Following a short run at The London Palladium I return to the Fringe for the 10th time.
This virtuoso duo, returning for their third year, are exploring the rich and mellow sounds of hang drums accompanied by acoustic and bass guitar.
‘Dad, you’re going to hell.
Searching For My Father is Glen’s personal journey after the loss of his father at a young age and growing up searching through the lessons learned as a child to discovering his fa…
A mixture of mythology, memory and music.
A woman reveals her daughter’s terrible secret which only surfaces as the daughter becomes a young woman.
Ellie, Liz and Tig have worked in the factory for a very long time.
A female superhero-noir comedy about the dangers of love.
What does it feel like to have been raised online? Are there any benefits to this constant connection? This gender neutral script, a debut piece from a new writer, will be performe…
Colt Cabana Is a world-famous wrestler who has wrestled around the world from Dundee to Japan and back including a short, not so successful, run in the WWE as Scotty Goldman.
As seen on Comedy Central’s Stand Up Central and The Chris Ramsey Show.
Shabbat shalom misfits, Reuben Kaye is back in town.
Georges Méliès is often described as the inventor of cinema.
Multi award-winning comedian/activist, putting up her dukes and picking her battles! Trump, terrorists and everything in between.
Making a Murderer meets Rosemary’s Baby.
A new stand-up show from David Callaghan.
In our modern world, convenience is king and Amazon wears the crown.
Charlotte MacDonald and Scott McPherson’s comedy partnership is underpinned by a no-nonsense and fun attitude to life! Experience a comedy show where you, the audience, can leave y…
The Girl Guide Promise, an oath taken by all Guides and Brownies, highlights how a girl guide member must always do their best, be true to themselves and develop their beliefs.
What happens when a touring stand-up comedian can no longer stand up? A food-obsessing cheese lover tries veganism for a month? After a near career-ending knee injury, O’Brien is t…
See That Bloke Who Does Voices where impressionist Danny Posthill tells us about how Johnny Vegas helped him get over his anxiety, the incident of Dianne Abbot blocking him on Twit…
A fully improvised show created using your favourite TV programmes.
I have a slight confession of bias.
John Robertson first premiered his maniacal game show The Dark Room back in 2012.
This one person play, written and performed by Sarah-Jane Scott, introduces us to Sorcha who is fresh from fleeing her wedding.
Kaye dazzles, a heady combination of eyelashes and rhinestones, a force to be reckoned with as he greets each of his guests on the way in and on the way out of his show.
In his new hour of stand-up, American comedian Dan Soder addresses the many questions that the mid-30s bring: should he (if given the chance) have kids? Is wanting to be liked a ba…
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.
A reserved English father turned Tantric Masseur.
One day the earth might be so devastated that we might need to leave for a distant planet.
When critiquing a musical about the difficulties of being a performer, there’s nothing to do but write a review about the difficulties of being a critic.
Good comedy doesn’t come out of a comedian being happy, right? Wrong! Suzi Ruffell proves her own point wrong when she begins her show, Dance Like Everyone’s Watching, by sayin…
In our current day and age with consuming media in whatever shape it may take, it’s not difficult to find an advert, article or commentary about the body and how we should look i…
It is common to see stand-up comedians at the Edinburgh Fringe be either unnecessarily controversial or unimaginatively bland.
Part-biographical, part-political, part-musical, part-magical.
In the past 20 to 30 years, our world has drastically changed, especially within the realm of politics and culture.
Through a series of slightly disjointed comic scenes, two actors, Pete and Kim, tell the story of three different relationships.
In this, the 60th Anniversary of one of the world’s most iconic music venues, the Ronnie Scott’s All Stars take to the road to celebrate the ‘Ronnie Sc…
Above The Stag Theatre is very excited to present multi-award winning international cabaret sensation Reuben Kaye.
Direct from London’s world-famous jazz club, The Ronnie Scott’s All Stars presents a tribute to perhaps the most significant and popular composer of all time…
Scott Walker was one of popular music's most fascinating and elusive artists.
Duration: Approx 2hrs 10mins Sounds Like The Seekers is an incredible new show that faithfully recreates the magic of 1960s super-group, The Seekers.
A brief language lesson: According to the “part-banter, part-racist” English idiom, the North, is somewhere it is said to be Grim Up.
‘Making a Murderer’ meets ‘Rosemary’s Baby’.
In 1868, a rescued 10-year-old African slave boy, Tommy, is whisked away to Brighton to a lodging house and the home comforts of Eliza and Henry Thompson who become his guardians.
‘Porcelain Doll with a Chainsaw’ was an audience reaction to an early Rebekka performance and explains her rather well.
BA Theatre Arts at GBMet.
A new stand-up show from Comedian David Callaghan.
Six improvisers take to the Brighton seaside for an hour of improvised scenes, sketches and songs, where everything is made up on the spot based on suggestions provided by you.
Come into the forest; dare to change your state of mind.
Drug law reform activist Dr Keith Scott’s wacky trip into the world of the psychoactive drugs we use and the psychotic drug laws that try to stop us using.
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.
How unusual and odd are we in Europe? For this we can blame the legacy of the British Empire, but we can’t blame anyone else for the Empire.
Following a mysterious storm, a turtle finds herself trapped on a strange island made of plastic that’s forever growing.
Addressing the loss, development, and discovery of one’s identity through an ongoing and ever changing life-long relationship, ‘Like You Hate Me’ is a deeply honest reflectio…
Duration: Approx 2hrs 40mins Hand-picked by Adele herself on Graham Norton’s BBC ADELE Special, the outstanding Katie Markham has the show-stopping voice and capti…
Florian Zeller’s The Father is a play that tells a common enough family story: an elderly father, Andre (Michael Bulman), needs increasing levels of care and his daughter Anne (L…
The Father is about Andre, a man with dementia, wrestling to control or even understand his daily life.
Her father the conservative Englishman has recently become a Tantric Masseur and Ro gets to hear all about him lubing up labia.
It’s Dublin in the 1980s.
A perfect mix of brains, banter and brilliance"- Great Scott ★★★★★ Award-winning Irish comedian Danny O' Brien went to prison.
Critically acclaimed companies Feral Foxy Ladies & Kaleido Film Collective (★★★★ ‘totally engaging’ - A Younger Theatre) return to VAULT after a sell-out run of Balancing A…
Friday 1st February, 7.
International superstar Hans, the boy wonder of Berlin, serves up an all-singing, all-tap dancing, accordion-pumping, glittering blitzkrieg of cabaret backed by his three-piece ban…
Christmas simply wouldn’t be Christmas without a visit to 26 Oil Drum Lane to catch up with the nation’s favourite rag-and-bone-men and indulge in some class…
Sweet finish this year’s well-curated Brighton HorrorFest with the interesting Father of Lies, written and originally performed by Sasha Roberts and Tom Worsley.
Ushering in the seasons of mists, Jason will be performing original horror stories from across the world: Dream Eaters from Japan, black necromantic magic from Iceland, and a reima…
Like a lot of people their age, twins Jacob and Sam went to Uni.
With Ripley Also featuring: Elle and Rose Garden “The funniest political show we’ve seen since Spitting Image” – Boyz Magazine London’s que…
Celebrating 100 years of women in Musical Theatre, four of the most iconic West End’s leading ladies of our time come together for one night only as they journey through the …
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…
Before I begin this review, I would like to clarify, as James Beagon (co-director and actor) did at the start of the show, that Aulos Productions’ Shakespeare Catalysts is a work…
Hearing a couple of priests swearing will always be amusing.
It is frightening how Orwell’s nightmarish dystopia continues to ring true, year after year.
E and V are women, or so they think.
Edinburgh-raised drag queen Ripley makes his Fringe debut this year with Like A Sturgeon.
Lisa is joined by top-class musicians covering great music from a bygone day to date. This is Lisa’s 14th year at the Fringe, she sings with sophistication and humour.
Scott Mitchell lives in Singapore.
In the beginning was the Word, but I honestly don’t know which word to begin with when trying to describe this production.
This high-energy performance features real-life mother Lucy and her 15-year-old son Raedie.
Side by Side Theatre Company, serving learning disabled performers from the West Midlands, returns to Paradise in Augustines this year with their adaptation of As You Like It, the …
Nigel (Jonny Davidson) and his wife Sarah (Ella Dorman-Gajic) are sitting down to a dinner of soup and parsnip wine when they are interrupted by a knock on the door.
The father was gone, the daughter who knew nothing about traditions had to step up to take charge of the Hong Kong -style funeral.
Music, comedy and crisis in a puppet show for grown-ups.
The UK’s number one Tommy Cooper tribute returns to the Fringe! Tommy Cooper was a true comic genius.
Fringe newcomers all the way from Canada, Yonge Guns packed their bags full of all that influences them as musicians, teachers and accountants.
Since the beginning of time, comedians have plied their trade on the comedy battlefield.
Brahms and Liszt – two great masters of German song in a luscious recital by internationally renowned bass Brian Bannatyne-Scott, rising star soprano Catherine Hooper and legenda…
We’ve all encountered the wine wankers’ insufferable diatribe.
Making a Murderer meets Rosemary’s Baby.
How do we define success? Is failure ever an option? Is a teasmade an appropriate 60th birthday gift? Does anyone really know what is going on at all, ever? Expect beguiling storie…
New(ish) for 2018! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
Making their Edinburgh Fringe debut, Aki Remally and Fraser Urquhart play a whole set of jazz, funk and soul from the songbook of the godfather of hip hop, Gil Scott-Heron.
Set in the small village of Shuttlefield, Greyhounds sees the local amateur dramatic society attempt to raise money for a Spitfire fighter aircraft by putting on a production of Sh…
Feeling pressured by his success last year with The Elvis Dead, Rob Kemp returns with ten(!) shows stuck to a spinning wheel.
Ryan North’s hilarious choose-your-own-adventure-style version of Hamlet, To Be Or Not To Be, first published in 2013, proved so successful that in 2016 Romeo and/or Juliet follo…
I Sniper, appropriately enough, starts with a bang.
‘Three years ago, while on a hunt for stationery, I opened a desk drawer in my parents’ house.
Award-winning Edinburgh homeless and mental health charity bring you an original play – new for 2018.
A naked photo goes viral.
Enjoy al fresco Shakespeare in the C south gardens.
After touring the world with internationally-received show, Getting Away Scott Free.
With the aid of a tea towel, a glass, and a stool, Sarah MacGillivray skilfully portrays a wide variety of characters in a modern re-telling of the story of Mary, Queen of Scots �…
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…
Glenn Moore from Mock the Week and Absolute Radio presents a new show full of the distinctive jokes and offbeat gags we’ve come to accept.
Award-winning Irish comedian Danny O’Brien went to prison.
After last year’s totally sold out Edinburgh run, Jon & Nath return with their unique style of hardcore sketch comedy mischief.
A rump-shaking stand-up comedy hour of phat beats, funky rhythms, ukulele and fun.
People say it’s brave to do stand-up comedy, it’s braver to let someone you love do it.
International superstar Hans, the boy wonder of Berlin, serves up an all-singing, all-tap dancing, accordion-pumping, glittering blitzkrieg of cabaret backed by his three…
Rosie Holt is not for everyone.
So what exactly IS the Trouble with Scott Capurro? Is it that this left-leaning liberal American (yes, he’s the one, apparently) seemingly talks without pausing for breath? (“Are y…
Humans are storytellers.
Celebrating poor life choices and an unconditional love of vodka, direct from New York City.
Low self-esteem doesn’t grow on trees, but it can grow funny fruit.
What do I need to do to make you like me? Just tell me so we can all just relax.
Last year, John Hastings was hit by a car and broke his arm.
Following his sell-out run in 2017, Akbar returns armed with a copy of the Qur’An in hand.
Multi-award winning vocalist and BBC Radio presenter, Clare Martin OBE, joins the acclaimed Ronnie Scott’s All Stars for a celebration of the music of Ella Fitzgerald and t…
Join Laurence as he tackles important issues, like how best to balance crutches on his son’s baby walker to make him look like a Dalek! Laurence starred in BBC One…
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…
Direct from London’s world-famous jazz club, The Ronnie Scott’s All Stars presents a tribute to the legendary Miles Davis.
New Year’s Eve.
In the mythical Forest of Arden, a world of transformation where anything is possible and anything permissible, two young people discover what it really means to be in love.
Fresh from performing to a sold-out audience at VAULT festival and the Brighton Fringe, up-and-coming comedian Jake Baker, twice nominated for the BBC New Comedy Award (…
Tipped by industry magazine Chortle as one of the acts to watch in 2018, Rob Brydon tour support, BBC News Quiz writer, Amused Moose Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominee and E…
With Ripley also featuring: Elle and Alexis StClair Can Trump take down the mainstream media? How will Theresa get herself out of the next inevitable PR disaster? And how can Nico…
Born in Essex, Scott Lavene was raised on power ballads, punk and swearing.
A girl who runs like the wind and a boy who dreams of fighting dragons.
At the crossroads between Chopin, Pink Floyd and Explosions In The Sky, We Stood Like Kings plays instrumental progressive rock tinted with neoclassical influences thanks to the ce…
Coming off the back of an international tour of Europe, Australia and New Zealand.
Winter 1982.
A stunningly simple yet immersing and thoughtful performance, My Father Held a Gun attempts to answer the question: Why do men go to war?Storytelling duo Israeli Raphael Rodan and …
Back on the road by popular demand, Someone Like You (The Adele Songbook) is an immaculate celebration of one of our generation’s finest singer-songwriters, and is…
Jon & Nath return with last year’s sell-out show, now with more slaps, more sketches and a more high-tech Groovematic 3000.
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.
Dean’s life is like Bake Off, but all the ovens are broken.
Join Zelem Saydullaev (Squawker Finalist 2015 , South Coast Comedian of the Year Semi Finalist 2016 ) and Johnny Wardlow (as heard on BBC Radio 4 & BBC Radio 2) for an hour of sens…
Mix stunning magic, baffling illusions and cheeky comedy with a young, energetic, enthusiastic magician and what do you get? ‘Miraculous Magic’ is a brand-new magical experience fo…
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…
Scott Capurro is one of nature’s great raconteurs.
I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical sets out to present everything that you could possibly want to know about being a musical theatre performer.
Award-winning comedian Scott Gibson returns with his sold-out, smash-hit Fringe show ‘Like Father, Like Son’.
The wine wanker.
Just announced! – Danny Bhoy will return to the Adelaide Fringe for a run of special gigs to work up material for his next tour.
Fresh from his successful 2017 debut solo performance at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Smells Like Teen Spirit shares the stories of 19 teenagers who are considered at risk by school counselors and the youth justice system.
Leather Lungs, aka Jason Chasland, has something of a following in his home country of New Zealand and with good reason.
Constella OperaBallet return to the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells this November with their award-winning Sideshows.
Scottish Comedian Danny Bhoy embarks on his maiden tour of his brand- new show this autumn is selected theatres throughout the UK.
“When I was young, AM was Dumplings.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Farce has a proud place in British theatre history.
This piece asks questions of belief and seeks answers within personal encounters.
Home from university for the holidays, Sam and Alice have met to fulfil the promise they made, aged 10, to spend one whole, glorious day as their superhero alter egos.
Father Christmas is back, and this time he’s had three helpings of sprouts! As he tries to deliver the presents, his tummy rumbles, gurgles and groans, but Father Christmas knows h…
Lisa is joined by top-class musicians covering great music from a bygone day to date.
I think this show is emblematic of a lot of the problems that new musicals at the Fringe tend to have.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
The winner of the 2016 Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Newcomer is back with an honest and frank insight into the men who have influenced and impacted his life.
New for 2017! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
He’s back! The Amused Moose People’s Champion returns with another hour of upbeat, fast-paced and hilarious stand-up.
Winner: Leicester Comedy Festival Best New Show 2017.
It’s just like the famous ‘bad guy’ scene in Scarface, when Tony Montana rants that iconic phrase, ‘You need people like me.
Colour coordinated galpals Emma Moran and Sarah King, explore the meaning of friendship through the mediums of poorly made hats and sketch comedy.
Super Scott returns to the Fringe with his own unique blend of comedy, juggling, magic and more. Expect the unexpected! (Recommended by his mother).
Making a Murderer meets Rosemary’s Baby.
Just Like the Movies is a cheery musical exploring the world of show business as the characters battle to make a statement in a world where success is often decided by major realit…
Most bankers walked free after the bubble burst – but not John Gabriel Borkman.
‘Smile Like You Mean It’ looks at the life of someone with bipolar disorder.
Bill Beteet, a Laugh Factory comedian from Chicago, will lead you through an existential comedic journey that will have you laugh about life, love, and your inevitable death.
For lovers of Tennessee Williams and anyone who appreciates good theatre the double bill of Ivan’s Widow and Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen makes for a very rewardin…
A tight-knit group of school friends are learning about the struggles of the Suffragette movement, but none of them are really listening.
With over a decade’s experience in the casino industry, Matthew Harrison reveals his hand on what really goes on inside a gambler’s paradise.
Like Blood From a Cheap Cigar is a personal glimpse inside the intense, damaged relationship between George, a past-his-prime bad boy and Margo, his pretty, significantly younger g…
Most bankers walked free after the bubble burst – but not John Gabriel Borkman.
John Scott Delusions.
Award-winning performer Paula Valluerca, aka Madame Señorita, is committed to reconnect with the pleasure of being a totally deluded idiot.
‘My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style’ (Maya Angelou).
Inbetweeners star Lily Lovett brings you celebrity impressions and sketches with music and audience interaction to create her fast-paced, high-energy, hilarious debut show! Come an…
Quite possibly the best/only show about blobfish you’ll ever see.
Death invited you to decide the fate of The Poet.
Canadian comedian Evan Desmarais examines what it is to be happy and to love yourself.
Fresh from a sell-out Brighton Fringe run, a mischievous new sketch comedy show from best friends who can’t stand each other – Jon Levene and Nathan Lang.
Award-winning Irish comedian Danny O’Brien returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with his most adventurous and unique solo show to date.
Zahra’s a bit like the country of Turkey, in that she’s a mix of Eastern and Western culture, and also she is a bird.
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…
01/02 is a stand up show about one particular week in a young man’s life.
From a hit season at Adelaide Fringe, Danny Condon finds a grey area between art and science and lifts the lid on some hilarious family dynamics.
A show for anyone who ever worried they weren’t normal.
From a hit season at Adelaide Fringe, Danny Condon finds a grey area between art and science and lifts the lid on some hilarious family dynamics.
Burly Glaswegian stand-up Scott Agnew has for many years joked about “blow-job knee”—wear and tear arising from too much time on his knees providing oral sex.
At the age of 36, Franz Kafka sat down to write a letter to his father that would never be sent.
Reuben Kaye is a cabaret god; he’ll tell you so himself.
The winner of the 2016 Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Newcomer is back with an honest and frank insight into the men who have influenced and impacted his life.
In 1966, Frank Sinatra performed at the Las Vegas’ Sands Hotel & Casino, accompanied by Count Basie and his orchestra.
Comedy legend Scott Adsit, known for performing at US improv institutions Second City and UCB, as well as his TV roles in 30 Rock and Veep, is joined on stage by some very special …
The Maydays present their signature brand of freewheeling black comedy and surrealism with special guest Scott Adsit (Second City, 30 Rock, Veep), plus Edinburgh sellout show Me Pl…
Sketch comedy in the year 2017.
Written by Williams in the period before his death, Fox and Hound take on two of his most difficult one act plays.
Zahra’s a bit like the country of Turkey, in that she’s a mix of Eastern and Western culture, and also she is a bird.
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 …
Winner of the Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer 2016; this show tells the story of the three weeks that changed Scott’s life forever.
Brand new sketch comedy show from Sketchfest 2016 Finalists and best friends who can’t stand each other, Jon & Nath.
‘Father God’ is a family sitcom based on the Holy Trinity in the preceding 3,000 years before Jesus came to Earth.
Adam Scott Vincent is a core writer of Channel 4’s award-winning satirical show ‘The Last Leg’.
“The true mystery of the world is the visible .
Brighton’s Favourite, as faded yet not jaded as a seaside pier, Ida Barr returns! This former music hall singer used to be quite the shining star, known for her two big hits, ‘Oh …
Evan Placey’s Girls Like That (first performed at London’s Unicorn Theatre three years ago) came to Edinburgh’s Traverse Theatre—courtesy of the neighbouring Lyceum Thea…
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…
Brand new sketch comedy show from Sketchfest 2016 finalists and best friends who can’t stand each other, Jon Levene & Nathan Lang.
There are a number of uses for the word ‘epic’ and this production of Suzan-Lori Parks’ highly stylised play clearly sets out to be defined by them all.
As You Like It is one of Shakespeare’s late plays, which celebrates love in the real world and views freedom in a vulnerable place, exposing the naked nature of desire and love a…
Beautiful, funny and completely moving, Really Good Stories’ production of The Silence at the Song’s End is one of the best pieces of theatre you’ll see this Fringe.
Quirky, vibrant and oozing with dark imagination, Dreaming of Leaves is a daring and thought-provoking piece of theatre.
St Magnus Players return to the Edinburgh Fringe this year with a gripping tale of witchcraft, faith and fear.
Upstairs Downton and Petting Zoo (‘Improv supergroup’ TimeOut) star creates a staggering array of characters using his mouth, brain, hands and body.
One-man shows are no easy thing to pull off, especially when the subject matter is like something out of Wes Anderson’s daydreams, but Keenan Hurley does just that in The Man Who…
Official programme commemorating the 400th year anniversary of the deaths of Tang Xianzu and William Shakespeare.
Later, considerably ruder and darker shows from internationally acclaimed, award-winning Scottish stand-up comedy meteor.
Grace has a fairy tale life; she has the perfect job and the perfect house in a perfect city.
Thirteen years performing at the Fringe, Lisa sings with passion and humour, bringing a modern sound with a jazz/funk feel, covering material from Burt Bacharach, Sade, Stevie Wond…
An acoustic programme of traditional and contemporary songs in French and English presented by singer Coreen Scott and friends.
Father Christmas is back on his rounds… And he still needs a wee! At every house Father Christmas eats and drinks the tasty treats that have been left for him.
Bradford on Avon’s popular poetry series Words & Ears moors up at the Fringe for one night only, with JL Williams (jlwilliamspoetry.
Paul Merton returns to the Edinburgh Fringe this year with an improvised comedy show.
Cinema screening of live performance.
The first thing you are met with when walking into Eagle House School’s Production of Burying Your Brother in the Pavement is approximately 20 young teenagers spaced out on the s…
Bones is one of the most high-energy monologues you will see this Fringe.
Buckler returns with an action-packed hour combining critically acclaimed stand-up, incredible sleight of hand and his love for all things showbiz! Expect big laughs, spontaneity, …
Nina Simone is one of the greatest music icons of the last century, producing songs as soulful as her voice.
When Danny was 10 something bad happened, he was fine.
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…
Witty, fresh and clever, Funny for a Grrrl serves a refreshing line-up of stand-up in this year’s Fringe.
Bob drives his BlundaBus around Europe looking for adventures.
A stand-up comedy show in which John promises to rip up the room for the full hour, or you can leave throughout.
Despite coming across as likeable and charming, Romina Puma’s stand-up set doesn’t provoke too many laughs.
Filled with humour and sorrow, Every Day I Wake Up Hopeful is a play about a man who is considering throwing in the towel.
Join Danny as he goes through a year that has seen him dumped by his girlfriend on the set of a BBC drama, nearly get beaten up by his dad, discover internet dating, have a health …
Scott Agnew is looking good, these days; whether that’s down to him drinking less is unclear, though it’s clearly a bit of a culture shock on the night of this review as it’s…
Incredible, hilarious, infectious, amazing.
This is Scott Gibson’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut, and he is fantastic.
Devised from the diaries of Fredrick Treves, Fringe Management and Canny Creatures Scotland present The Elephant Man.
The true account of Helie Lee’s remarkable six-month journey living as a man.
The self-empowerment of interesting American women from history is a dramatic premise that instantly arrests your attention.
Utterly stupid and equally brilliant, A Plague of Idiots is the ultimate feast of physical comedy for your inner child.
Njambi McGrath’s 1 Last Dance With My Father sells itself as a dark comedy telling the story of her Kenyan upbringing and her violent relationship with her father.
After a sell out, 5 star run at Edinburgh Fringe and Soho Theatre, Alison Thea-Skot brings her surreal, joyous and unhinged character comedy show to Brighton.
An insight into the weird worlds of three up-and-coming local comics, with three very distinct voices: Joe Foster, Graeme Collard and Dave Fensome.
Tommy Cooper, with his impeccable timing, love of slapstick and one-liners was a true comic genius.
Would Like to Meet presents an hour of real life dating stories brought into being by the melodramatic Ally, who is desperate to find love and get married; Liz who has grown bore…
Alan Felton presents part three in his World War 1 series, ‘Lions Led By Asses’, with words, poetry and popular songs of the year 1916.
There are some incredible strengths in this latest production from Edinburgh’s most inspiring new theatre company.
Zahra’s a bit like the country of Turkey, in that she’s a mix of Eastern and Western culture, and also she is a bird.
“Cook it how you like, it’s still a potato” is an Italian expression for the many words and ways we keep coming up with to describe something, without in fact changing its meaning.
A Brooklyn Art Song Society portrait concert for Mr.
(previews start on Tuesday; opens on April 14) In Florian Zeller’s tragic farce, a Parisian patriarch finds himself increasingly confused, even as he navigates the familiar s…
I’m lucky that I’ve had no first hand experience of the impact of the disease looked at in The Father so my knowledge is only general rather than personal.
A show aimed squarely at the date-night crowd that’s silly and fun, providing its mainly female audience with plenty of laughs in this charming production.
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…
Valda Setterfield has been a groundbreaker and a muse for more than half a century, notably as an early member of Merce Cunningham’s company.
Mr. Adsit, a longtime improviser, teams with Oliver Chris for a night of impromptu comedy that promises to defy its title, which refers to a beginner- level improv course.
Bend It Like Beckham is the fantastically feel-good new modern British musical.
(in previews; opens on Feb.
There’s No Place Like is a bittersweet and timely play about longing, belonging and immigration.
Panto legends Payne & Pearce bring their new, hilarious and live stage show to Clapham! Expect chaos, jesters, princesses and tons of giggles for the whole family.
Through their use of improvisation and mime, backed with a fantastic live band (The Glue Ensemble), Cariad and Paul bring to life a series of hilarious stories, based solely on one…
The description of The Amazing Sketch Show states that their sketches are ‘some of the funniest, silliest and zaniest sketches’ to be found at this year’s Fringe.
Caroline Horton enters laden with suitcases against a pastel French tricolour.
Trying to find a new Renaissance Man (or Woman) in an hour is no easy task, but it is one that The Humble Quest for Universal Genius attempts with great enthusiasm.
An entertaining pantomime-esque show that is great fun for both adults and children.
It isn’t just through watching the plays of the Bard that you can get a taste of culture here at the Fringe; the Edinburgh Renaissance Band are bards of a different sort.
Did Scotland vote the wrong way on independence? Predicting the future is hard, but if we carry on the path we’re on what becomes of our grandchildren? There is no way that every…
A group of seventeen students from Bristol University that formed in September last year, The Bristol Suspensions are fairly new to the a cappella scene, but that does nothing to d…
When two precocious, self-important students uncover a student-teacher relationship scandal at their private school, they plan to exploit it for their own gain and, in so doing, ho…
A young girl swears she will kill herself if her parents won’t let her date her boyfriend.
Twelfth year at the Fringe! From Billie Holiday to Ray Charles, Lisa sings with passion and humour, with ease and sophistication.
Due to massive demand, six later, quite probably ruder, shows! Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedy half-man-half-Xbox.
Paul works as the Scottish agent for Keddie Scott Associates Ltd, a London based agency.
A relaxed and informal programme of songs presented by Scottish singer Coreen Scott.
This is a superb student production from St Edward’s School, under the direction of Jamie Johnstone and co-director Rebecca Clark.
I have seen several performances of Richard III; Laurence Olivier and Ian McKellen on film, and Kevin Spacey at the Old Vic, but Emily Carding’s portrayal of the king who murders…
We open with a group of young Southern belles, beautifully attired in vintage-style dresses, learning how to apply make-up to please their husbands, so setting up the conservative …
This two-person dance and physical piece is performed and choreographed by Tereza Ondrová and Peter Šavel, a male-female duo who have worked successfully both separately and toge…
Live from the BBC venue in Edinburgh, Kaye Adams brings a human touch to the stories making the news, with extra coverage of the festivals.
Sometimes a production doesn’t come together and it’s not for a lack of trying.
‘He had fallen into the hands of death.
This is a play for fans of Greek tragedy and theatre nerds.
Some cabaret performers attempt to lull you into a false sense of security about what they do, but thankfully any audience finds out quickly enough what they’re going to get from…
Every Brilliant Thing is quite simply brilliant.
‘Comic monster’ (Chortle.
Four students, a full house and a series of clever sketches make for a very enjoyable hour in The Exeter Revue: Sketchup.
Taking place in the greatest of British institutions — a chip shop — on election night, Open is a devised work by the student-run Nottingham New Theatre.
Offering “a modern, alternative view to the story of Lady Macbeth”, Hell Hath No Fury certainly has an intriguing premise.
A compilation of comedic talent from across the Fringe, two shows a day, and all for free – the Laughing Horse Free Pick of the Fringe showcases some of the best comedic talent t…
This evocative dance performance is as notable for the process by which it was made as it is for the quality of the final product.
“My conscience hath a thousand several tongues, and every tongue brings in a several tale”.
‘Comic monster’ (Chortle.
When William Shakespeare is kidnapped by Oberon, the fairy king, it is up to his team of Avengers to rescue him and keep Oberon from re-writing his plays (and the sonnets.
The Quentin Dentin Show is an extraordinary and eccentric dark comedy rock musical, which sees main characters Nat and Keith’s relationship on the rocks and their lives in a rut.
A space at Summerhall has been transformed into a forest.
New writing and Shakespeare, dance and physical theatre, all accompanied by the evocative music of Laura Marling; Method in Madness is a truly mesmerising show.
When High Court Justice Sir Horace Fewbanks is found dead, Detective Inspector Chippenfield and Detective Sergeant Rolfe are on the case to find the killer.
This year is the 30th anniversary of the Battle of the Beanfield, a violent police intervention in which more than 500 travellers were arrested in a field on their way to a new-age…
It’s August 1999 and a group of Bristol teenagers have returned from a trip to Cornwall where they went to see an eclipse.
Fans of Charles Dickens will love this charming one-man show performed by Ian Pearce, which he adapted from a short story.
Rik Carranza tells us he has been doing stand up comedy for five or six years and one word that has been continually used to describe him in reviews is ‘charming’.
Micheal Legge - Prince of Bitterness, Lord of Fury - has his sights on an award.
In this fun one-woman show, a self-described bi-dyke shares with us stories of her sexual evolution, from Mormon adolescent scanning second-hand books for smut, to monogamous domes…
It wouldn’t be the Edinburgh Fringe without multiple adaptations of Hamlet all vying to make their mark, but this production by the English Repertory Theatre, directed and adapte…
Best described as cabaret with some clowning thrown in, Scarlet Shambles: It Used To Be Me is a delightful surprise.
Scott Bennett’s patter feels designed for a larger audience.
A superb one-woman show from Kate Cook, Invisible Women tells of the thrilling adventures of a repressed housewife and sometime poet turned WWII operative.
Three performers and twenty five sketches, presented in a random order each night.
Jean is sitting in a cafe enjoying a lobster bisque when a phone nearby starts to rings.
Now he’s 27, Hari’s thinking a lot about death.
Conceived and performed by stage magician Janne Raudaskoski, The Outsider is a spectacular piece of theatre illusion.
An adaptation of the classic gothic horror by Henry James, this show promises chills and thrills but didn’t send too many shivers up my spine.
The premise of 25 Stories is simple enough; Alex Watts is bored at work and so comes up with short stories to keep himself entertained.
Dissent: noun, def.
Wojtek was an extraordinary bear, and this play that tells his story is an equally extraordinary piece of theatre.
Speaking to those of us in her audience who have never seen her perform before, Tiff Stevenson says ‘You’re so lucky… I remember seeing me for the first time.
Set in an attic sewing room, Saoirse’s life is presented to us as a form of patchwork quilt.
Have you ever been surprised to receive a phonecall from a friend that you were just thinking about? How many times have you felt so in tune with a person that you knew what they w…
I am not entirely sure why comedians Ben Shannon and Mike Reed decided their set should be forty-eight minutes long, rather than a full hour, but it actually doesn’t really matte…
Vladimir McTavish’s cynical look back at Scotland’s past spans from the fourteenth century to the present day, examining the successes and failures of kings and governments,…
This show begins with the sound of drums and then a dreadful storm and so gives its audience certain expectations of what is to come but, as Russell himself exclaims, “prepare yo…
Like some much of our interaction with the wider world, it starts with a button.
In Macbeth, Act II, Scene 3, the Porter states “Drink [.
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…
Wonders at Dusk is not just a magic show; it is a magical experience.
With over twenty different instruments played by only two men, this performance of Mike Oldfield’s masterpiece Tubular Bells is an astounding, explosive, truly incredible feat.
This adaptation of Josh Kilmer-Purcell’s autobiography by writer/performer Tom Stuart is in turns sympathetic and shocking.
Slick, quick and packed with funny material, high energy comedy from 2013 Amused Moose Award winner and 2013 Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year nominee.
At the Fringe last year, some members of Christian Talbot’s audience got up to leave part-way through his show, explaining that they thought he would ‘be more Irish’.
A charming storytelling piece that fuses spoken word and music, Fable from the Flanagan Collective charts the story of ‘J’.
Mistaken presents four short monologues, written and directed by Nick Myles and performed by William McGeough.
I wasn’t supposed to be reviewing this show, but on a friend’s recommendation (“three Korean ladies doing Chekhov.
The title of Pierre Novellie’s show is somewhat misleading.
This is a story of Sarah, a lover of maps and trigonometry.
With over two million subscribers to his YouTube channel and fifty two million views and counting for his first Disney parody video After Ever After, Jon Cozart is something of a s…
I’m not entirely sure where the title of the show came from, as love handles are never mentioned or a part of any of the sketches that The Cambridge Footlights perform but, frank…
The Potter Trail, beginning opposite the Greyfriars Bobby statue, is proud to say that it is perfectly magical, thank you very much.
Direct from London’s world-famous jazz club, Ronnie Scott’s musical director and his ‘All Stars’, take to the stage to celebrate ‘The Ronnie Scott’s Story’.
With the blessing of the Cooper Estate, John Hewer takes to the stage in the guise of one of Britain’s most loved comedians.
It might be difficult for patrons in Edward Scissorhands costumes to get past security at Avery Fisher Hall.
Bach lovers owe much to Mendelssohn, who was instrumental in reviving interest in the baroque master’s music.
‘This brilliantly written and eloquently performed play is one of the highlights of this year’s Brighton festival’ (remotegoat) Althea Theatre brings their 5* reviewed show …
(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…
Stars of BBC Radio 4’s Sketchorama and New Acts of the Year finalists, The Jest are bringing their critically acclaimed debut sketch show to the Brighton Fringe.
Hanuman is half human, half monkey.
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…
Hannah has been working at the same pub for three years.
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…
VOTE FOR ME is a musicalized Presidential debate where you pick the winner.
Some of New York’s funniest performers gather to reinterpret classic award show speeches, including Eliot Glazer, Ilana Glazer, Julie Klausner, Erin Markey, Michael Musto, Be…
Come watch comedians bare their most shameful stories in hopes of being crowned the King or Queen of Shame.
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…
All contemporary artists bear the mark of those who came before them.
John Lutz and Scott Adsit, “30 Rock” alumni, reunite for an evening of long-form improv.
Brad Zimmerman’s solo show about almost three decades of working in restaurants while not becoming a famous actor and his Jewish mother’s shame is low-key, half-familia…
Any list of famous Belgians must include the trio Georges Simenon, Audrey Hepburn and Jacques Brel.
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For traditionalists, this is a heartening time for new writing in the theatre.
Rebecca West was one of the supreme journalists and travel writers of the 20th century, caustic and sharp-eyed.
In the surrounds of St Cecilia’s Hall, my view of pianist Peter Bream is through a glass case displaying a set of tartan-clad bagpipes.
Gershwin fans will enjoy this programme of carefully selected tunes as well as biographical readings, including letters between Gershwin and his brother and collaborator Ira.
After her 2013 sell-out show, Lisa Scott is ready to delight your ears and get your feet tapping with laid back grooves and classic big power numbers.
A relaxed and informal programme of songs presented by Scottish singer Coreen Scott.
Young Tam bored with life on the family farm heads for the sophistication of 30s Edinburgh.
Billed as an uplifting tale about murder, Send More Paper is entertaining and thought provoking in equal measures.
This is a play about a writer, the girl he loves and the characters in his head.
This piece from Japan seeks to present a slice of life.
This fun new adaptation of JM Barrie’s classic story begins in Priceland.
Flat Pack is a coming-of-age story.
This play, about a group of high school students attempting to adapt the Greek classic with disastrous consequences, thankfully doesn’t end in a case of life imitating art, altho…
This special tribute to Tommy Cooper is a compilation of rarely seen material from his cabaret days and the very best of Cooper’s classic gags and tricks.
The welcome recording over the PA tells us that this event is part of the Assembly Rooms’ ‘Enchanting ideas’ series for a ‘more discerning audience’, getting a chuckle …
In this solo show about an ambitious crooner, we see Frank Corelli in an interrogation room, prompted to reveal the story that got him there.
Peter Seivewright performs piano music by the English romantic composer Cyril Scott (1879-1970).
Anni Dafydd emerges onto the stage wearing layers of mismatched technicolour clothes.
Who doesn’t love a good murder? Most of Britain does apparently and this preoccupation is not a recent event.
Prepare to be offended and amazed.
Eilidh has a problem.
A top night of salsa with live music from Son Al Son.
It should be a speakeasy with small round tables and lowballs of stiff drinks on the rocks – but it ain’t.
He claims he’s now been knighted as Sir Robert Downe (you can call him Count Downe, geddit?) but that isn’t the only outlandish claim made at this fabulous frolic of a cabar…
Scotland 1040, a nation in turmoil, striving for independence.
In this abridged version of Into the Woods I wasn’t sure if the ‘junior’ part would refer to the length or the audience appropriateness of the play.
Psych nurse turned comic Danny Stinson feels like he has lived a thousand lives and he has stories to tell from all of them.
This lovely piece of devised work opens with the young cast, paint-splattered and white-faced, arranged on a row of chairs, from which they begin a choreographed series of movement…
This romp through the bygone days of grand movie theatres and classic films is brought to us by Jean (Karen Levick) and Pearl (Helen Wood).
This play explores the enduring Celtic mythology of Selkies – mythical seal-like creatures who, once ashore, can shed their skin, appear as beautiful women and have their hearts …
If this show had simply featured the songs of the Three Belles – an Andrews Sisters-inspired act with delightful voices and glorious harmonies – and some references to the 1…
The worst thing about this show is that there’s a life-size cardboard cut-out of Robert Pattinson onstage the entire time.
Writing fiction in Jane Austen’s time was deemed a frivolous thing and, with this considered, the frivolity of a musical is certainly an appropriate way to present her life.
Movin’ Melvin Brown is in town doing two different high-energy shows on alternating nights.
Due to massive demand, six extra, later, and quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man/half-Xbox.
The title for this play comes from the chromosomes that arbitrarily define gender.
Like a Virgin has an intriguing concept, promising bubble-gum pop and teen rites of passage.
Riding with Night opens with an ensemble of black-cloaked figures, their faces masked, and a voiceover providing an epilogue to the play we are about to see.
I had high expectations for this adaptation of one of my childhood favourites.
PDS Theater returns to the Fringe with a raucous take on Shakespeare’s comedy.
This original work sets out to present the history of the US state of Nevada, contending that there’s more to it than Vegas.
This adaptation by Stephen Williams follows the stories of Clever Gretel (no relation to Hansel) and Silly Kate Elizabeth.
Susie Sillett has always disliked women, she explains.
Tracing the life of Korean dancer Choi Seung-hee, this solo show is surprising and delightful.
Jack lives on an island where the community calls itself idyllic.
The premise for this clever improvised show is to poach from the best of the Fringe.
“Would you rather die by drowning or die of cancer?”Scott would rather drown.
Paper Play is the story of a boy who climbed to a great height to see what he could see.
Thirty-one years ago, a girl was born somewhere in suburban America.
Hang on.
Neil Simon’s comedy is made up of three self-contained acts in three different explorations of relationships, all of which take place in the same room at the Plaza Hotel in Manha…
Cameron knows what you’re thinking.
A slick piece of cyberpunk with noir flourishes, The Orpheus Project is an atmospheric re-imagining of Kafka’s The Trial combined with the myth of Orpheus and his quest to bring …
Hosted by the effulgent (according to her title card) Fay Roberts, this event did as promised, presenting diverse voices from a number of different spoken word artists.
From Billie Holiday to Frank Sinatra, Lisa sings with passion, humour, ease and sophistication.
In this energetic play presented as a game-show the audience is divided into two teams and sat facing one another across the playing space.
Prelude to a Number is a show about maths: more specifically, it’s about the ‘golden number’ phi, which is related to the Fibonacci sequence and is all around us, although we…
Danny Buckler is incurably absorbed in the world of fantasy.
Performed in the stately Edinburgh Elim church, Mary the Last Farewell is a historical drama about the life of the Queen of Scots.
From the corridors of a modern hotel we enter Victorian London in this immersive musical theatre piece.
Forget Justin Bieber and his legions of ‘beliebers’.
Those familiar with Shakespeare and fans of musicals will enjoy Emanuel Theatre Company’s fun romp that mashes the two genres together.
Good sketch comedy is extremely uplifting, and it’s even better when you find it at the Free Fringe in one of the innumerable odd little rooms above bars.
It’s not often you’re treated to performance poetry in a setting with as much production value as this.
In this retelling of Euripides’ tragedy, the Trojan War has ended but the women of Troy are still to discover their fates and more tragedies.
In this outrageous, award-winning solo show, **** (Marin Independent), NEA-honoured journalist David Templeton describes his years as a teenage fundamentalist puppeteer in the 1970…
“It’s the game show of all game shows!” our host tells us as we begin.
Much as if I’d been with real-life evangelists, I imagine, I left this show wondering what on earth had just happened.
Combining contemporary and African dance, four dancers put on an impressive physical display in Kaneish Dance Theatre’s Tabula Rasa.
Christian Cagigal’s Obscura is an utterly charming magic show, but it’s more than that: it’s a theatrical experience incorporating card tricks, music boxes and storytelling.
This original musical by Kingdom Theatre is a tribute to the songs of Frank Sinatra.
In the back room of the White Horse pub, Danny Mullins is taking us through what his promo material describes as interactive music magic.
First produced in 1989, Bill Gallagher’s script, which won the Sunday Times Playwriting Award, still feels relevant to the issues in contemporary culture.
Gambit Theatre’s offering at the Fringe is a theatrical exploration of two real-life conmen and more specifically, identity imposters.
Set at the fictional Celebrity Café, this cabaret features sketches, song, and the baking of mini-cupcakes.
2013 marks the point of no return for Matthew Finlayson.
In Scandimania: Gods of Ice and Fire, the stage is crammed with seven young actors, all dressed in white, who leap into action and unfold a fast-paced enactment of Norse mythology.
There’s a particular pleasure in seeing someone do their job incredibly well.
Melvin Brown has got the moves, and this suave dude who appears in a suit and gold satin shirt also has a killer voice.
Sweep Up The Stars charts the bittersweet journey of Bill/William, who is determined to become a writer when, at the age of eight, his older self appears to him through the power…
“We live in a time of magic.
Eight years since her Fringe debut, Susan Calman reflects on her Fringe journey, noting the packed 300+ room that she’s playing to during this performance is a far cry from how…
Mhari and Thomas can’t conceive.
Of 566 scientists to win the Nobel Prize, only 15 have been women.
It’s William Shakespeare’s 450th birthday and everyone’s invited! But will the celebrations go to plan.
Internationally infamous comedy concert for fun and freedom flying to the future fantastic.
Children will love this fun spectacle of bubble-blowing and even grown-ups will be impressed by the Amazing Bubble Man’s feats; not ten minutes into the show, I heard a Dad in fr…
We can all remember the name of our first crush, can’t we? That’s the question Love.
Danny Mcloughlin feels alright.
Fleeting Clouds, the Splendid Library is an original Chinese opera inspired by the Guoyunlou books, an encyclopaedic set covering 1000 years of knowledge.
The Greenville Ghost, a new script by Tom Bonnington, is a laugh-a-minute farce about two struggling hoteliers who decide to invent a fictional ghost to draw in clientele.
If you fit into the overlappy bit of a Venn diagram of people who like dance, people who like comedy and people who like men who look a bit like Vikings, this show is for you.
Kiwi comedian Cal Wilson invites us to imagine what her life would have been like if she’d made different choices (or if she’d been born a man).
The Jest feels TV-ready and in more ways than one.
This is character comedy at its best.
Infra Dig, which we learn is Latin for “beneath your dignity”, is a show about dignity but also pride and respect.
Produced by C theatre, The Snow Queen is a charming adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s classic tale by Karina Wilson.
The Jungle Referendum, by Three Mugs of Tea Theatre, invokes the classic tale of the Jungle Book to explain what’s going on with the Scottish referendum.
This exuberant, toe-tapping spectacular is a sure-fire crowd pleaser.
Byron Vincent enters the venue in pinstriped pyjamas and a pair of tatty trainers, wiping his long fringe out of his eyes.
Age hasn’t softened Scott Capurro; nor, it has to be said, has marriage.
It’s fair to say I’m acquainted with the Harry Potter series.
I’ve heard horror stories of people who went on ghostly tours in Edinburgh and were scared by actors hiding in dark places, or who felt nauseous or panicky in the fetid air, so i…
Stars of BBC Radio 4’s Sketchorama, sketch comedy quintet The Jest present an hour of dark observational sketches before they head up to the 2014 Edinburgh Fringe.
Louis is one of Canada’s most respected teachers of classical literature.
A celebration of children and young people in the Performing Arts featuring theatre, literature, music and movement.
The title of Luke Benson and David Hardcastle’s show can easily give rise to the fear that it will be a rather patronising pastiche of working class culture for the benefit of a …
A dress-up sing-along celebration of everyone’s favourite musicals.
‘The Merchant of Venice’ has always been a problematic play, with its Elizabethan anti-Semitism rubbing shoulders with almost fairy-tale elements (the three caskets) and Shakes…
‘As You Like It’ is Shakespeare’s brilliant comedy of banishment, disguise, mischief and romance set in the depths of the forest of Arden.
‘As You Like It’ is one of those Shakespeare plays that has eluded me and Sedos Theatre’s production was perhaps the best way to be introduced to this play.
We all have ‘daddy issues’ and I’ll share mine.
The Heights of the title are Washington Heights, a Dominican-American neighbourhood of New York at the top end of New York.
This year marks the point of no return for Matthew Finlayson.
‘How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying’ is the third of Frank Loesser’s trio of Broadway masterpieces, following ‘Guys and Dolls’ and ‘The Most Happy Fella…
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.
(previews start on May 28; opens on June 5) Climate change is already having substantial effects on crops and wildlife.
Harvey Fierstein, before he branched out into writing books for straight musicals, was a kind of theatrical barometer of gay life.
“Blues in the Night” is a compilation revue, a tribute to the black performers and music of Harlem in the 1920s and 30s.
Tommy Cooper was a true comic genius.
Bizet’s one-act opera ‘Le Docteur Miracle’ is a fine and fizzy confection cooked up at the age of only eighteen as an entry to a competition for a comic opera organised by …
‘Above the Stag’ (ATS) is one of the most distinctive and necessary production houses in London.
Archimedes’ Principle is a recent (2012) play from the young(ish) Catalan playwright and director Joseph Maria Miro i Coromina.
I was worrying about the cat.
There are no three words more calculated to make a critic’s heart sink than Amateur Operatic Society.
Charles Strouse and Lee Adams’ ‘It’s a Bird etc’ is something of an oddity.
“Everyone is Welcome – No Exceptions” is the motto of Rachel’s Café in Bloomington, Indiana, a university town with a liberal and artistic ambience and pretensions.
Given that Edinburgh is something of a Glastonbury equivalent for guardianistas, Steve Bell’s show seethes with lively, middle-aged enthusiasm.
Penelope is the conclusive episode of Ulysses and the first time Joyce explores the inner workings of Molly Bloom’s consciousness.
Robert Scott’s trek through the Antarctic would seem a fairly improbable subject for a comedic musical.
From Billie Holiday to Frank Sinatra, Lisa sings with passion, humour, ease and sophistication.
Charlie hopes to lift his miserable and lonely life by buying a furry companion.
Madonna told her she could have it all.
Hannah Nicklin is a remarkably unpretentious, simple, intelligent theatre-maker.
Honesty’s important in stand-up; so’s making stuff up, obviously, but audiences can generally sniff out if the person on stage doesn’t – at least for that moment – believe in …
As one of Shakespeare’s most beloved comedies, As You Like It is a typical example of a pastoral story, concerning three parties of exile who individually flee to the sanctuary o…
This play attempts to shed light on topics the company, Angry Bairds Productions, believe ‘no one wants to talk about’: Religious extremism; Islamophobia, drug addiction, suici…
Giulio is 31 and Choreographer.
Due to massive demand six extra, later, quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man, half-Xbox.
Songs from Evenin’s Fa’ with Sangsters, Amy Geddes, Sarah McFadyen.
Come on a whimsical, musical journey with Clara Bell as she battles her way through the baffling modern world.
When you’re looking for a kids’ show at the Fringe, there are a few names which ought to be a safe bet and, of these, none more so than Roald Dahl.
Theatre Uncut is a shoe-string operation aiming to provide immediate dramatic response to current crises.
Sketch comedy group Dead Secrets bring us Bulletproof Jest, 50 minutes of sketch comedy boasting excellent costumes, very funny concepts and a spot of pretty suspect dancing.
International experiment sharing a story about a woman called Thyme, with local interpretations.
What happened to rock n’ roll? What happened to ruddy passion? Theo Gibson is a perfect example of a new age of Sheeran-sheeps who sing – and rap, we can’t miss that out – …
An uncompromising voice reads out the Taliban’s manifesto and we are reminded that, from 1996-2001, women in Kabul were not allowed to seek any form of medical support when sick;…
Suicide or homicide.
Rolling into Edinburgh with a brand new barnstorming show, The Horne Section will yet again provide the festival’s best musical mayhem.
An entertaining yet highly prurient act, Martin Mor’s How Do You Like Your Blue-eyed Boy Mister Death? offers a reinvigorated, revitalised and thoroughly welcome attitude towards…
TaleGate Theatre have adapted Nicholas Allan’s beloved children’s book into a new funny and energetic musical, which ticks all the boxes for a children’s show, apart from the fact …
Unsettling, rich with seamless physicality and melancholic tableaux, the pupils from The City of London Academy certainly capture the poignancy of Sarah Kane’s final play.
Forbidden cake, a sunset remembered in gouache, and a pigeon that was really an owl.
If you’re looking to travel back through the years and witness witty portrayals of your schooldays, then this show will transport you.
A disused kitchen basement is the setting for a revival of Harold Pinter’s The Dumb Waiter, this environment instantly creating a close proximity between actor and spectator.
Could six months living in Auntie Annie’s conservatory push you over the edge? Find out in this hilarious debut from Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2013 nominee Danny War…
‘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.
A blue football rests in the middle of a chalk circle; traumatised Edward, played by Alex Austin, moves nervously around the edges of the stage; a television set flicks on and off…
John Williams isn’t just a comedian.
We learn from the outset of the play that two of the three pigs are dead.
Steven Berkoff and Jay Benedict flamboyantly meander across the minimalist stage and poetically begin to explore the theatrical world.
Exeter-based sketch comedy troupe Simply The Jest take another Fringe by storm in this hour-long sketch show, featuring clever parodies, general silliness and one very impressive f…
Norman Kreeger, played by David Calvitto, has recently published a book on 21st century extremism and appears as a guest on Issues in Focus, a late night political talk show to sha…
It seems Will Franken has set himself an impossible task.
Awkward and slight in stature, from the outset Chris Stokes doesn’t inspire confidence.
For the first few minutes of the play, written by and starring Ben Moor, it seems as if we are about to witness a melancholic reflection on a lost marriage and the quiet despair on…
There’s a point in every show when stand-up Scott Agnew drops what he calls ‘the G bomb’; that is, he mentions that he’s gay.
Mat Ewins is a passionate fan of history and of stand-up comedy, so quite naturally he brings his ardour and insider knowledge of both to create a show that is clever, silly and br…
The scene a producer’s office in that place where men sit waiting to throw money at the moon.
We all have regrets, right? This is the simple premise for Denise Scott’s show, which mainly consists of an hour of embarrassing stories at her own expense.
There is something rotten in the state of Hampstead.
I didnt know what to expect from a show with the title Naked Boys Singing.
There was a fashionable word in the 1950s for a certain type of female performer, which was ‘kooky’.
(previews start on Thursday; opens on July 11) The Forest of Arden has a new look.
The basement of this old house contains the servants quarters, which are in the process of restoration as a heritage centre.
Locally born John Scott is back at the very club where he made his start in comedy in the late 90’s, now with his second full-length Fringe show.
An aspect of the Fringe that is sometimes passed over is the indigenous shows for the local population, which, heaven knows, puts up with enough to deserve something good of its ow…
In these times of galloping Islamophobia, the Shubbak (Window) Festival, celebrating Arabic arts, is most welcome.
Located in the small but cosy performance space underneath the main café area of Captain Taylor’s Coffee House, Life or Something Like it sees Mancunian singer-songwriter Claire…
The 1985 South Bank Show interview with Francis Bacon is a television classic.
Pop-Up Opera are a (very) small-scale touring company taking opera with piano accompaniment to unusual venues in the hope of creating new audiences.
Probably our best knowledge of Victorian farce comes from WS Gilbert’s topsy-turvy world of the Savoy operas, where an absurd premise leads with impeccable logic to an even more …
Everyone loves a good scandal and this is probably why Sheridans most famous play has stood the test of the time for the last two hundred and thirty years.
Bears, in dream interpretation theory, are a symbol of renewal and rebirth.
There is a moment a third a way into Fergus Fords play when the lights dim, the comedy darkens and the plot takes a sharp and unsettling swerve into territory already occupied by…
We live in something of a golden age as far as Fringe productions of music theatre are concerned.
Tom is a modern boy living an openly gay life but unable to get it together.
Dave Baucett is a puppyish like-me-pleeease comedian in his early twenties.
It takes some chutzpah to present the Fringe premiere of a West End musical that played 2000 performances over five years and across three theatres, and only closed less than three…
After introducing himself four times Arnie Pie gave a bit about his stage name before launching into the set that can define the rest of his show in two words: racial comedy.
Pity the composer who gets there first: Auber’s opera ‘Manon Lescaut’ eclipsed by both Puccini and Mascagni; Nicolai’s ‘Merry Wives of Windsor’ by Verdi’s ‘Falstaff…
Michaelangelo Drawing Blood is a 75-minute dance piece with an arresting score by Charlie Barber.
The ‘last days’ of the title is used in a Milennarian sense – we are at Judas’s Judgement Day, at a trial which ostensibly will determine whether Judas should be released f…
Michel Tremblay is a French Canadian playwright who was an Angry Young Man in the 60s and shook the stuffy Anglophone artistic establishment by introducing Quebequois working class…
PopUp Opera – not Pop Opera, they insist – has a mission to take ‘real’ opera into new places and reach new audiences.
Annie’s Room purports to be a biographical show about jazz singer Annie Ross, but there is very little biography in this apart from a bald statement of a few facts which could ha…
Leslie Bricusse is a distinguished name in the songwriting pantheon, with a string of Oscars and Tony Awards to his name.
I caught this troop of budding young comedians last year and was mightily impressed by their ingenuity, their sense of comic timing, and the wonderfully risqué formula of getting …
On 6th March 1988 a group of SAS men ambushed three IRA members (Mairéad Farrell, Sean Savage, Daniel McCann) on a petrol station forecourt in Gibraltar and killed them.
Jamie and Matt are two young men indulging in the exchange of sexual fantasies over the internet.
I stumbled into FxP2 in Trouble out of an Edinburgh drizzle and initially thought to myself, oh well, another shower of rain, another comedy sketch show.
I have been to Walberswick and I never caught crabs, but Im glad I caught this new play by Fringe First Winner Joel Horwood.
There was a time when I was a lad when Lionel Bart was everywhere.
On paper, it looks like a dream team.
The concept of Bite Size is a perfectly simple, yet novel one, and the clue really is in the title.
‘Mydidae’, according to Wikipedia, are a group of large flies with a short lifespan and a large sting.
Luke Milford is a likeable chap who seems to like people, so much so they form a major part of his show.
‘Making Dickie Happy’ is set in March 1922.
Sophocles’ ‘Oedipus’ is probably the oldest text in the world which still retains the power to shock, excite and move us in a thoroughly modern way.
This show was difficult to review.
Danny Bevins is not a gentle comedian.
The French have a word for it, and that word is ‘chanson’.
First and foremost, this show will certainly not suit all tastes.
Port Dover, a Canadian High School, brings a simple and charming cod Arthurian fable to Church Hill.
As we walk into a rather austere hall at the French Institute, two girls are giggling and practicing a song.
‘One Touch of Venus’ is Kurt Weill’s most ‘commercial’ American score, attached to a kind of variation on the Pygmalion theme, in which an ancient statue of Venus, brough…
‘Dear World’ is one of those problem musicals, beloved by its creator Jerry Herman but, like his other sickly child ‘Mack and Mabel’, never quite taking off.
This was an intriguing and innovative portrayal of one of the bard’s best known comedies performed by an all male cast of eleven.
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…
Ivor Novello was the Andrew Lloyd-Webber of his day.
Berthold Brecht was never averse to biting the hand that fed him, as long as it didn’t harm his career prospects.
Fools Play is a young physical theatre collective reworking the Macbeth plot with a mixture of movement and script.
Gay playwright John van Druten is now almost completely forgotten except for ‘I am a Camera’, his adaptation of Isherwood’s ‘Goodbye to Berlin’, which was also the basis …
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…
To some, history is a search for reinforcement, basically about people like ourselves: theatre as a lifestyle accessory.
David Mulholland is a former Wall Street Journal hack and this is a show driven by the passion of a good journalist for getting the story right and a hatred of bad journalism and t…
Richard is the butt of school jibes and his home life is not much better in spite of his having two loyal brothers.
Where in Edinburgh can you get a three-tier stand of scones and cakes and sandwiches that would do justice to Jenners, a glass of bubbly, and a Victorian thriller all for the price…
What is it like to sustain a relationship if one of you is dead? Bath Street Productions hurl themselves into this ambitious topic, with a quirky and playful approach.
When I was a small boy, they filmed some of the outdoor scenes of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie in my grandmothers street in Edinburgh.
With only three months from concept to stage (not even enough time to make the official printed Fringe programme), and just ten days in rehearsals to put it together, Scott Mills T…
neTTheatre are an experimental Polish physical theatre company, who here produce what they describe as ‘the Clinic of Dreams’.
The BBC has a lot to answer for, not least the wiping out of great swathes of our cultural heritage from the 50s, 60s and 70s.
It is a brave company which puts on the first Fringe production of the Gershwins’ ‘Crazy for You’ so soon after the Regents Park Open Air production, which transferred succes…
Frank Loesser’s 1950 musical, ‘Guys and Dolls’, dates not a day in this charming production by SEDOS, the thespian arm of the Stock Exchange (I kid you not).
Dear Noel and Cole,Put down that celestial martini and stop fondling those cherubs.
Lisa Scott was introduced by her venue manager as having ‘been here for many, many a Fringe’, and Scott is indeed showing her age as a performer.
Six Ways is one of those small musicals that sends you out into the Edinburgh rain with a big heart.
Sue Casson’s musical adaptation if Oscar Wilde’s short story, “The Happy Prince” is billed as a family show, but it’s difficult to see children appreciating it.
Just sometimes, the best of amateur companies come up with a production which puts in the shade all those numerous Fringe productions with pretentions to ‘professionalism’ put …
Tina Macfarlane has a first in Actuarial Maths from Glasgow University - ‘A real university, not a polytechnic like Strathclyde’ - but there’s a recession on, so it’s not m…
American High School Theatre Festival is a regular in Edinburgh, and there are several reasons to check them out.
The gimmick for this showcase show is that it’s meant to be ‘Yorkshire’ comedy, whatever that may be.
Theres always a plethora of musicals on the most unlikely subjects at the Fringe.
You know when you come out of a show that its going to sell out fast.
This is consumate top-class stand-up comedy from Danny Bhoy.
No Turn Unstoned gives you no idea what to expect from Beth Vyse’s show.
An honest, telling, but ultimately flawed piece of one-man theatre, Walk Like a Black Man is an autobiographical work by writer and performer Rafiq Richard, exploring the challenge…
When Judy Garland gave her last concerts in Copenhagen in March 1969 she was 48 and a wreck.
Franz Kafka was born in Prague in 1883, after his death fourty years later his novels have become some of the most influential and extensive work of the 20th century.
We are in a strange building in an unidentified city, and not even the country is clear.
Deja Vu, according to a very quick Google search I just did, means ‘a feeling of having already experienced the present situation.
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.
Bob Kingdom is an Edinburgh institution.
A Tapestry of Many Threads is a 19-song cycle commissioned by the Dovecote Studios for its centenary from Alexander McCall Smith (words) and Tom Cunningham (music).
Riding on the success of last year’s excellent production of A Comedy of Errors, Shakespeare Napa Valley launched themselves into the deep end with an incredibly daring adaptatio…
First, a declaration of interest.
Would Like to Meet highlights in its description its daily change of acts which apparently brings ‘fresh appeal’ to the show every day.
Sporting Leo Sayer hair, tinted round-lens specs and a Cheshire Cat smile, Carl Donnelly is an eminently likeable 28-year-old blessed with the natural off-beat London wit of Noel F…
‘Shelf Life’ is an interactive, site-specific piece which makes use of the labyrinths of the old BBC Radio London studios in Marylebone.
I got pulled into this pure wee gem of a show at almost the last minute.
Get the whole summer festival experience over with in just an hour as Danny Robins takes you through all you need to know from the Dance Tent, to the Main Stage to the drugs and…
The split of a long-established duo is like a marital divorce.
St Paul’s School Theatre take a series of testimonies from former Death Row prisoners in the States and, through interweaving monologues, create a powerful story of police brutal…
Jeffrey Solomons play is a tour-de-force of skilful writing and performance.
If you saw Stephen Frears movie My Beautiful Launderette, made way back in the mercifully distant days of Thatcherite Britain, or even if youre too young to remember it (like m…
Stephen Schwartz, long before he became famous for Wicked, collaborated with fellow student John-Michael Tebelak to create a highly experimental show that combined the parables of …
We file in crocodile formation from the Pleasance, clutching a collective length of rope to keep together.
The show begins in a Greek restaurant.
Sitting on the edge of the stage, this adept duo quite literally comes down to the level of the audience.
It’s a beautiful day at the Fringe and I’m sat on the top deck of a red bus in the Meadows.
Its a perennial problem in plays where the actors are continually taking their clothes off: how do they get them back on, or off the stage cleanly between scenes? Theres a lot …
You shouldn’t always believe the flyers.
Theyre sold out until the end of time (well, the end of the run anyway) so its pretty academic if I say that this is the funniest, silliest, campest, rudest, coarsest, most pre…
‘Makar’ is a medieval Scots word for poet.
Treasure in Clay Jars is listed in the Theatre Section of the Fringe Programme.
I was just about getting weary of anything with The Musical after it when I went in to see this show by StoppedClock.
For many thousands of even seasoned Fringe-goers, the mystique and delights of the Famous Speigel Garden can frequently be passed by, with the comparatively few shows that it offer…
Take a liberal helping of Ayckbourn, add a sprinkling of Sondheimesque songs, stir well with a cupful of Joe Orton, and what do you get? A unique show which pulls the rug from unde…
If reindeer could really speak, what awful tales would we hear? My hackles rose in the lobby when I was confronted with early November shiny baubles and other such Christmas frippe…
The BBC is the Church of England of the media.
OK, lets get this out of the way; Scott Capurro is a gay man who stands on stage with the mike and goes for the jugular no target is spared and he will be offensive ab…
Miles Jupp is wound up, angry and wants to tell us what’s irking him.
I used to know a guy with a small penis.
Scott Agnew is a really nice guy who has a strong stage presence and has some very good lines.
Dickson Telfer’s solo play, in which he also appears, charts the struggle of a teacher to impose control on a rogue class in so-called Higher Education.
Emerging from the fear cupboard for the climax of Radio 1s one-man shows, Scott Mills chose to re-tell the Bourne Identity with an Abba twist in front of a packed-house last …
It takes a lot of courage to put on a tribute composed entirely of musical numbers from shows which flopped.
You can almost smell the testosterone coming off the stage in this raunchy and sexy play, an all-male take on Les Liaisons Dangereuses.
It takes some pluck to produce, write, direct and star in your own play.
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…
High-school teachers by day, DJ Danny and his glamorous assistant (the P.
Drew McOnie, the inventive deviser and choreographer of ‘Drunk’, straddles worlds.
Croft and Pearce’s sketch show was, I have to say, average.
Updating Shakespeare into modern dress may be de rigeur, but it takes a lot of nerve to do the same with restoration comedy, much of the appeal of which for modern audiences - and …
Thanks to the vagaries of Lothian Buses I missed the first number in this multi-company showcase of short dance items.
The highly acclaimed Rhod Gilbert returns to Edinburgh with an act that deserves the packed-out venues that he will be playing to for every night this month.
There is a film of the life of Lope de Vega, in English The Outlaw¸ but no film could do justice to his extraordinary life.
The set is made up of suitcases.
Florence Foster Jenkins is alive and well and living in Edinburgh.
Fuerzabruta (Brute Force) has been touring its acrobatic, surreal spectacular for nearly ten years now, which is proof of its enormous popularity.
Showstoppers have been improvising musicals for several years now and an edited version has had a series on BBC Radio 4.
Ovation has a distinguished track record for musicals at the Gatehouse.
Ed O’Meara has some of the scariest flyers on the Fringe, with a teasing tag, ‘Follow Your Nightmares’.
Alun Cochrane is the owner of a shed and a son and holds these as signs that he is growing up.
I’ve never bought into the distinction between ‘amateur’ and ‘professional’, at least on the London Fringe.
It occurred to me watching Neil LaBute’s 90-minute four-hander, that he is the nearest thing America has to George Bernard Shaw.
This cabaret of 1920s and 1930s Berlin songs is billed as an homage, a reclamation, of the female cabaret performers of the Weimar Republic.
The Jekyll and Hyde is a lousy venue to play: poor acoustics, bar noise and seating split so the audience is in two sections which can’t see or hear each other.
Imagine you have a five-year-old child.
I hated history lessons at school - all those dates and names of Kings and Queens, so long ago that they seemed totally irrelevant.
Martin Sherman’s ‘Passing By’ has an assured niche in gay history, being one of the first plays mounted by the pioneering Gay Sweatshop, and the first that seemed to have no …
Churchill is about the only politician in British history who can be referred to only by his first name.
‘Jekyll and Hyde’ is such an archetypal folk myth by now that it’s hard to believe in an imaginative world without it, or that someone actually sat down and wrote it.
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 …
James Saunders is one of the forgotten playwrights of the 60s, sandwiched between, and elbowed aside by Osborne, Pinter, Stoppard etc.
This debut show from Danny Buckler is a resounding success.
The Truth, the Half-Truth and Nothing Like the Truth promises an hour of solid stand-up.
Tales from the Sauna opens with a voiceover from a 1960s psychiatrist about how all gays are socially and sexually inadequate borderline pyschopaths.
Reviews of ‘Fleabag’, which won a Fringe First Award at Edinburgh this summer, tended to treat it as a kind of scabrous stand-up routine on the subject of Sex and the Single Gi…
Fans of Garrison Keillor will know the territory covered by this show, the semi-folksy world of Lutheran Minnesota.
‘Little Me’ is the musicalisation of a cod autobiography by Patrick Dennis.
On paper, any musicalisation of the story of the Titanic looks like sailing to disaster.
Despite being named after an album by Godspeed You! Black Emperor, a band famed for its extravagant tendencies, John Robins’ show of the same name is comforting and familiar.
When a group bills themselves as the self-proclaimed greatest improv comedy team in America, you have to question why they can find nobody to quote but themselves.
There is a moment in Sheridan’s ‘The Critic’ when Mr Puff and Mr Dangle are watching a play-within-a-play about the Spanish Armada.
A coveted Bobby has been presented to five shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year.
James Macfarlane chats with Tania Lacy about returning to the Fringe after 29 years with her show Everything's Coming Up Roses, her love of home crowds and her illustrious showbiz ...
James Macfarlane sits down with the one and only Danny Beard to discuss their debut Fringe show Danny Beard and Their Band, life since winning RuPaul's Drag Race UK and why the art...
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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Having received rave reviews for The Secret Life of Humans as well as supporting dozens of other theatre companies at the Fringe and beyond, the New Diorama Theatre has made a name...
Edinburgh is Festival City for good reason, and amongst all the theatre, comedy, books and arts there's even a Scottish Gin Festival.
Meow Meow is an international actress, singer, and dancer.
Like A Prayer is a theatrical essay about personal faith in which six nuns deliberate attitudes towards the big questions of life. We spoke to Corinne via an email Q&A.
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.
If all drugs were legal for twenty four hours, what would you do? It really happened - in Ireland, 2015.
How do you tell a story using Shakespeare’s characters and make it original? How do you tell a story about Shakespeare himself for that matter? For Catriona Scott, playwright of ...
There couldn’t be a more poignant time to retell the story of Dracula with a 21st-century twang.
Matthew Lewis (Harry Potter film series, The Syndicate) and Niamh Cusack (Heartbeat, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time) will appear in Unfaithful by Owen McCafferty...
Brighton Fringe has officially launched.
Christmas is the one time of year you can drag your non-theatre-going friends to the theatre.
Hedwig and the Angry Inch, John Cameron Mitchell’s rock opera, has passionate, protective fans.
Father Christmas has a problem! After a few mince pies, a glass or two of milk and a little eggnog he finds himself in dire need of a bathroom!
2013 Performance Poetry World Cup Champion Scott Wings, part of the Zen Zen Zo Physical Theatre Company in Brisbane, is performing his one-man spoken word/physical theatre Icarus F...