Now in its 15th year - Leicester Square Theatre’s showcase for the UK's best up & coming New Comedians.
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.
There’s no show like a Jason Byrne No Show.
Social media sensation Christopher Hall tells of his life, as a ‘boy who’s a bit girly really’.
Social media sensation Christopher Hall tells of his life, as a ‘boy who’s a bit girly really’.
Following the huge success of her UK Concert Tour, ‘An Open Book’, actress, author, vlogger and award-winning West End sensation Carrie Hope Fletcher returns to The London Pall…
After a successful SOLD OUT show last year, Hakka the host is heading back to the stage for his live interactive show alongside some of the UK’s biggest influencer…
London prepares to host the highly awaited premiere of "Lazgi," a ballet performance like no other, on September 14.
Celeste Ntuli Is a full-time stand-up comedian and actress, she has come a long way since she was discovered performing in a marquee in Durban more than nine years ago.
Edinburgh chamber choir Cadenza, under director Timothy Coleman, performs its ever-popular Fringe concert in the wonderful setting of Greyfriars Kirk.
Michael Hastie, Scotland’s number one Michael Bublé tribute, with the world-record breaking big band Jon Ritchie and That Swing Sensation.
‘Raw energy and a modern young twist’ (Celtic Music Radio).
Pick of the Fringe returns for a 12th year, presenting a unique and unforgettable way to entertain clients, colleagues and friends at the festival.
Don’t miss the ultimate late-night comedy extravaganza! Join us for different line-ups every night, with known faces and new acts – all broadcast LIVE on ITVX.
PBJ presents some of the best up-and-coming and established stand-up talent at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Book now to avoid disappointment!
Full of heart, this powerful new play is both about young people and by young people.
In 2018, Simon’s father performed a play about his imminent death to cancer and, to Simon’s horror, it was quite good.
The visionary behind the viral short film The Director – Work At Home (viewed in excess of a dozen times in four years) and champion of off-off-off-off-off-off Broadyway, The Dir…
John McLaughlin (hit singer/songwriter/producer of Johnny Mac & The Faithful) performs songs of his friend and genius Shane MacGowan (The Pogues and The Popes).
What makes the perfect Fringe show: comedy, theatre, magic, puppets, improv? Yes.
Show How It’s Thespian (SHIT) is an acting masterclass you should be honoured to attend.
A rollercoaster ride through modern and post-modern musicals, rock opera, epics, jukebox theatre and the latest hit shows.
Souvenirs is a story of neurodiversity, self-acceptance and service stations.
A woman embarks on an epic quest through time, travelling for hundreds of years through distant lands to discover how she came to be.
Our show brings you a Saudi-ish line-up of comedians – two Saudis and a Scot – with diverse experiences and styles of comedy.
A journey through the golden age of musical theatre.
Inspired by the style of Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads and that of traditional storytelling by a single narrator, this play weaves four humorous and moving narratives into one man…
Tim toured 10 different places last year.
Poldark, Master Stage Hypnotist: Bringing intrigue and wonder to the Festival Fringe for the first time.
Produced by Dance Base, Fringe Fragments is a new pitching platform showcasing dance talent from around the world.
If you enjoy exploring the ups, downs (and sideways!) of human relationships through musical comedy, this show is for you! Characters will be built based off audience suggestions, …
Sir Love E Dove is a grand actor of legendary status.
The Edinburgh Renaissance Band return for 2024 with a live performance of their ever-popular Viol Rackett Show, our best-loved programme of music and dance from the Middle Ages to …
Why is half mask not seen on the West End? Why is Commedia so rarely performed in Italy today? Why do old canovacci not work? Reflecting on the rebirth of Commedia dell’Arte on the…
The true story of my brother’s murder so of course, it’s comedy.
Renowned deaf comedian Gavin Lilley brings his hilarious stories about his experiences as a sign language user, traveller, and a weary father of three - his embarrassing moments th…
Mr John Winner has been found dead in his house in Morningside on the first anniversary of his huge lottery win.
After three consecutive sold-out runs, Paul Black returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with a brand-new hour.
Work as a group to bring ensemble musical theatre numbers to life.
Inspired by a Hungarian gangster dad, a Sunday school mother, teenage years with Hell’s Angels, Emma Taylor (NewsRevue producer) takes us on an unforgettable ride.
Leith Comedy Festival showcases the funniest comedians on the Fringe at the iconic Biscuit Factory in Leith.
Bored of watching comedians ask the audience questions? Then come to the show where we flip that dynamic and allow you the audience to ask the questions to the comedian on stage.
‘Love Bridge’ fully shows the characteristics of the Shanghai opera ‘singing the news we talking about’.
Moscow 2001.
Jenny is an award-winning, court-case fighting (no spoilers), Welsh stand-up comedian.
A huge gala show with all proceeds going to the Sepsis Trust, celebrating 20 years of the Laughing Horse’s Free Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
TikTok is the virtual stage of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Unearthed Dance Company bring a newly developed contemporary dance work to the stage.
A family-friendly quick-fire improvised sketch show, chock full of fast-paced performing and silly short comedy sketches.
Do you know what happens to acrobats when they hit middle age? Neither do still hungry, but they’re going to use every trick they have to try and figure it out.
Cobin Millage is f*cking sick and tired of this f*cking sh*t.
Michelin Star: two couples, three affairs, four courses.
Dr.
The Bristol Revunions are back at the Edinburgh Fringe for 2024, and we’ve got some incredible new recipes! We’ll be chopping, stirring, kneading and boiling to serve you some deli…
Malcolm Windsor is a scientist and jazz singer who explores love, loss and new thinking on the chemistry between couples through their life events, illustrated by story and song.
Vox Stars, winners of the Spirit Of The Fringe Award (2022) present a new show for 2024, celebrating aspiring singers through the music of their idols.
Love and Freindship (fear not, deliberate misspelling) is a Regency romp through the adventures of Laura, a young woman on the quest for love.
Stuart’s terrified of the climate crisis, but no-one he knows ever mentions it, so it must be fine.
Love Your Work is a bi-annual work-in-progress showcase dedicated to facilitating dance and mental health.
Reeling in the midst of a family tragedy, Cleo Harris sits in a hospital waiting room recounting the key events and core relationships in her life that led to such a lonely and aim…
Following her critically acclaimed, award nominated debut hour The Hottest Girl at Burn Camp, Krystal is back with a brand new hour of stand-up.
Musical sketch comedian Simon Hennessy has over 360k followers and 30 million likes on social media, where viral characters like Remy and Adam from Bumble filmed on his smartphone …
Through haunting original music and rich spoken word, an actor-musician band deliver a feminist retelling of Mary Queen of Scots’ story.
A hilarious musical comedy about a cherished family-run hairdressing salon in Essex.
A love story.
Shapiro is a new musical based on the early life of UK singer Helen Shapiro.
How well can you know your own family? A grandson discovers the hidden secrets behind his grandparents’ ordinary yet curious marriage.
Well, it looks like it’s time to get your ears syringed because acclaimed musical comedy duo Flo & Joan are taking to the stage, and they have some quote unquote music and/or c…
But some are useful.
Join us in the Forth Floor Brasserie of Harvey Nichols Edinburgh, to experience the best of the Fringe.
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with in-depth interviews featuring audience questions.
Not a one woman show.
Is it so crazy to imagine that ‘all we need is love’? What would a world where people felt the power of love look and feel like? A world where people could act out of love for one …
From Bach to The Beatles and beyond, South Australian cellist/songwriter William Jack presents a free (non-ticketed) multi-style cello recital in the heart of Edinburgh.
Chaos Theory specialises in sketch, character and general off-the-wall comedy.
Barbra – singer, actress, songwriter, producer, philanthropist, superstar – has a story that takes you from Brooklyn, New York City to glitzy Hollywood awards ceremonies.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featuring audience questions.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with in-depth interviews featuring audi…
A unique space hosted by Hope City Church nestled in the South Gyle Industrial Estate.
Straightforward hard-swinging string-led early jazz with a unique drummerless line-up evoking a collective spirit reminiscent of pre-war jazz.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featuring audience questions.
Back by popular demand, the self-taught and self-proclaimed David Munrow of punk brings his Early Music Show to the beautiful surroundings of St Cecilia’s Hall for the third time.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featuring audience questions.
Fresh from their residency at London’s iconic Comedy Store, Fringe favourites Paul Merton and Suki Webster, two of the UK’s leading improvisers, bring their highly anticipated bran…
Legendary artist and composer Joni Mitchell turned 80 on 7 November 2023, and Brian marked her milestone birthday by recording his second love letter volume of his favourite songs …
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
Fresh from performing across Malmo and Copenhagen during this year’s Eurovision, Liverpool’s Over the Water Show Choir bring their set of chorally innovative Eurovision classics fr…
The hits of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons performed by UK tribute act The False Seasons.
The UK’s leading Beach Boys tribute act, The Beached Boys return to the Edinburgh Fringe by popular demand for a third successive year! Hear live hits including Surfin’ USA, I Get …
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
Indulge in the ultimate musical celebration of Johnny Cash and Neil Diamond as multi-award winning Pete Storm and Pete Sinclair come together to craft an extraordinary tribute show…
Award-winning LBC radio presenter brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featuring audience questions.
Dink Rodgers has won two Emmys, three Grammys and 84 Oscars.
Take Note Choir returns to the Fringe for a second year with a performance celebrating life, love, dreams and fantasies.
Performance poet/musician Attila the Stockbroker has been writing and performing since 1980: 4,000 or so gigs in 25 countries so far.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
‘When I started this thesis, I had no idea I’d end up where I have.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featuring audience questions.
Pub Choir is low-key a big deal in Australia, but we realise that counts for nothing because it’s so far away! So here we are, flying around the world to prove our point: everybody…
Fun, joyous, raucous… absurd! Join magicians Ava Beaux, Kane & Abel for a riotous evening of wacky games and cabaret performances.
Edinburgh Live’s number one pick of the Free Fringe is back for a third year! A devilishly handsome magician trapped in a straitjacket, mind-melting magic, show-stopping laughs and…
Come and see the Rated 18 Podcast LIVE.
Winner of the Out Of Hand Media Award for Best Show in the Spirit of the Fringe 2022.
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
A Show About Tomorrow is a one-act musical set in the 90s at Bailey’s 21st birthday party, which happens to be in the middle of nowhere.
‘The brains and talent behind Half-Cocked Theatre have undoubtedly carved a niche in the world of sketch comedy with their latest offering’ **** (LiveLondonPost.
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…
How do you choose between two things you love? Particularly if one of those things is literally (fictionally) magical.
Not for the easily offended, this hilarious brand-new dating show sees the audience play naughty games, five guys compete for a date, and overall chaos.
Critically acclaimed Quebec City-based circus company, Machine de Cirque, present the award-winning Maxim Laurin (Guinness World Record holder) performing a spectacular duet with G…
Agatha Mystery’s The Rat-Trap makes its Fringe debut! But will it be curtains for the show when an actor is gruesomely murdered? Award-winning mystery maestros Highly Suspect ret…
Set on a bed in the centre of the stage, an unnamed central character explores his dreams and aspirations of traveling the world, finding love, and becoming a stand-up comedian whi…
An “alternative comedy” show about bras, more specifically about not being able to find the right one.
Holy Sh*t I Lived is a solo comedy show about life, death and the thing we all fear most: love.
26 boxes full of joy and fun.
In the last few years, poet, performer and slam champion Jonathan Kinsman has lost two grandfathers, a great aunt, a cat and his sanity.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featuring audience questions.
Candid and hilarious new stand-up hour, talking about who I am, in an era where people are really keen to hear about who you are, so long as who you are is something they want to h…
Join Alex as he makes his fourth consecutive appearance at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and finally answers the question of how he became a magician.
It’s like the Royal Variety Show of the Fringe.
‘A properly talented comic.
Following last year’s debut Topical Comedian Show at the Fringe, Peter Merrett is back with more news, in fact new news; same venue, earlier time.
Join Alex the Magician for an exciting children’s magic show, back for its fourth year at the Edinburgh Fringe.
A funeral you can’t keep your inappropriate self from laughing through: this one-person show is a love letter to the humiliating experience of becoming a grown up, and the way gr…
Join Fringe-favourite comedian Vladimir McTavish and a daily guest host for the return of the Fringe’s sell-out chat and comedy show – with big laughs about the latest Fringe and…
Astrophysicist Dr Julian Mayers asks whether studying the Universe gives us any insight into earthly matters of life, death and love.
Returning to Edinburgh for the third year in a row! Liars and Clowns is a jam session for comedians, with a revolving door showcasing the best alternative comedy from around the fe…
The Pick of the Fringe has been a hit show at the Fringe for 20 years, an annual selection of the best in stand-up comedy in Edinburgh.
The lovable Kentish comedian returns with a coming of age story told via absurdist, chaotic, theatrical stand-up.
This small yet unmissable jewellery exhibition features over 300 unique and original jewellery designs from 30 independent designers across the globe including local emerging talen…
Scotland’s Best Comedy Venue, Chortle Awards 2023 and 2024, welcomes back its Fringe showcase for 2024! A new line-up every night presenting the very best acts from the Monkey Barr…
Step into the electrifying atmosphere of the All Made Up Podcast live show, where storytelling takes centre stage! Join our charismatic hosts Harry Stachini, Ben Hart and Lewis Col…
See the best comedians selected from across the Fringe alongside hot new talent and fresh Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up daily at each show in this selection box…
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The biggest laughs from the biggest little-person-friendly comedy stars! We drove our clown car around town and picked up the funniest in family-friendly comedy to make one enormou…
A dark romantic comedy that explores the topics of death and the afterlife.
A double-bill show.
Biblical characters David and Jonathan feature quite prominently in present discussions about the Bible and same-sex relationships.
Billy Banana’s Brilliant Bingo, the interactive extravaganza event of the Fringe.
The very best comedians selected from across the Fringe with a different top-notch comedy line-up at every show.
What does it mean to be a man today? Robbie (44) and Alfie (10) meet on an extraordinary building site at dawn.
Elvis-inspired musical that will have you dancing in your seats! When a strange biker shows up in small-town USA all hell breaks loose! Brilliant show from the New York-based cast …
Veteran Canadian comic David Tsonos hates one thing: the drunk heckler.
Laughter! Excitement! Learning! Comedian Frisco Fred performs then teaches you – the audience – to juggle! It’s fun, and great for annoying your downstairs neighbours.
It’s the third year of our burlesque competition and the standard is getting higher! A competition with a brilliant prize that will satisfy the experienced as well as the novice bu…
Box of Frogs, Birmingham’s premier improv group, brings you a helping of high-octane improvised comedy nonsense, based entirely on your suggestions.
After a group of Zumba-lovers discover that it’s easier to book a Fringe venue than it is to hire out a rehearsal space in their local parish rooms, drastic measures must be taken.
Up the Antics (as heard on BBC Radio 4 Extra) bring a showcase of some of their best sketches.
Shakespeare hasn’t written anything new for an age, so we thought we would give him a hand.
A hilarious and heartfelt musical that tackles modern love in all its forms.
The world’s best late show comes to the Fringe for the first time! Altitude Comedy Festival (Winner of Best Overseas Festival) boasts previous performers that include.
Think your emotional baggage is heavy? Wait ‘til you see ours! Join us for a night where anxiety and depression duke it out, comedy style.
This crowd-pleasing musical is inspired by and features the songs of Elvis Presley.
Scottish Comedy Festival’s official Pick of the Fringe showcase returns for a 12th hilarious year with another hand-picked selection of our favourite acts from across the Fringe.
Two people, one bed and no connection.
The Best Man Show is an interactive and darkly hilarious wedding reception where comedian Mark Vigeant plays the Groom’s brother Paul, who has been asked to give the toast at an un…
One teenage girl’s dream of being a pop star was shattered by the dark realities of the music industry: scams, lies, perverts and pedophiles.
Things have gotten a little bit harder lately.
Scottish Comedy Festival’s official Pick of the Fringe showcase returns for a 12th hilarious year with another hand-picked selection of our favourite acts from across the Fringe.
Wanna feel loved? Honestly, I’m no magician.
Part stand-up, part actual pub quiz.
After last year’s sell-out run, they’re back and still the best in the business! Ian Coppinger (Dublin Comedy Improv), Stuart Murphy (Stu and Garry’s Improv Show), Stephen Frost an…
A laugh-filled journey about finding every group you belong to insufferable.
Seven dates, one night: will Sooz find the new love of her life, or will it become the worst night of her life? Booze-soaked and unlucky in love, Sooz has had enough.
A teacher’s magical seaside summer holiday is interrupted by an enthusiastic stowaway, Platypus.
We’re back! Jolly performers from Japan will take you on a journey through a dazzling world of rhythm, tap dance and comedy! Sushi Tap Show is a non-stop ride of entertainment as c…
The comedy show comedians take their kids to is back and even more stupider! Join stupid comedian and children’s author Olaf Falafel for an hour of kid’s comedy which will be the s…
This show will change your afterlife! How will the end of the world affect you? Is it nigh? Are pets allowed in heaven? Which religion guarantees unlimited free booze in the afterl…
Be the first to see two new radio sitcoms performed by a cast of top comedians and recorded live for podcast.
Your chance to get thrown into a hilarious head-to-head with a top comedian.
Who haunts our world-famous vaults? Join Mingin’ Annie from Edinburgh’s past and explore what it’s like being trapped beneath the city streets for 400 years.
What would you do with an hour? What if it was your last hour ever? For James the answer is easy: he wants to tell you a story.
Family workshop suitable for children aged 3-7 years with parents or carers, but everyone is welcome.
The ultimate international burlesque extravaganza has returned due to high demand! Sold-out run 2023.
The tales of the dragons are special for many reasons.
We are proud to present the group show of Ukrainian artists.
Join Mr Bubbles with his extraordinary soap bubbles in all shapes and sizes! Enjoy bouncy bubbles, bubbles inside bubbles, smoke bubbles, square bubbles, giant bubbles and even fir…
Last year’s sell-out show returns with more magic, more puppets and even more laughter! A great show for all the family to start your festival day! Advance booking advised! Featuri…
Big Value Comedy Show is an established showcase of the best new comedic talent.
The Late Night Party Boyz, have messed up.
Join host Rik Carranza as comedians from across the Fringe battle it out to discover which is the best franchise, Star Trek or Star Wars, the ultimate clash of fandoms.
50% game show, 50% comedy show, 100% f*cked up! A celebration of dark humor, cancellable offenses, and questionable decisions that takes everything you know about game shows and tu…
Fringe 2023’s sell-out, interactive dating chat show returns for more jaw-dropping real encounters and hilarious dating war stories.
Get ready to experience the extraordinary as Willy Wonka’s son, Andy Wonka, takes centre stage in Edinburgh for the world premiere of the Pure Imagination comedy magic show! This p…
Comedy panel show where top comics answer the daft questions you choose on our exclusive app, and take on stand-up challenges that test their comedy muscles.
The perfect way to start and end your Fringe day with late and afternoon shows consisting of a revolving line-up of the best established and up-and-coming stand-up comedians from a…
The Comedy Connection: A Stand-up Comedy Game Show.
Dive into Dragonory, the captivating family show at the Edinburgh Fringe, hosted by the charismatic George.
A friendly fun-filled afternoon show with a revolving line-up of the best children’s and family-friendly performers from around the Fringe, for all the family to enjoy together.
Dating’s tough enough, but try dating when it’s also hard to walk.
A traveller arrives at a border with a stack of battered cases.
And you can too.
Sasha doesn’t need a child to be a MILF.
This show is autobiographical, about growing up as a vicar’s daughter and being a student at Gordonstoun, where our King Charles went.
DISCOunt: The Disco Variety Show featuring disco dance numbers, comedy, drag, burlesque, music and did we mention disco?! Based on a love and deeply inaccurate knowledge of the 70s…
‘A Rollicking Roller-Coaster Ride!’ ****½ (TheWest.
Are you looking for love in all the wrong places? Toby was, until he discovered the ancient lost Gaelic secrets to love, life and the universe.
Great value lunchtime comedy showcase featuring the best and brightest of this year’s Fringe comics.
Cheryl-Lee Fast invites you on a comedic journey of hypnotic love.
An hour of wall-to-wall laughs from two of Scotland’s most exciting new comedians – Liam Jackson and Grant Barr! Liam dissects his mishaps in the job market, travels and Scottish…
Bella Humphries: Square Peg – Hotly anticipated stand-up debut about family, farmers and finding out that being yourself is really hard work! Rising star Bella Humphries ‘oozes c…
The Comedy Rooms New Act of the Year 2022 and without doubt one of best musical acts currently on the northern comedy circuit is bringing his solo show to Edinburgh for the first t…
Back in it’s fourth year.
Michael sheds light on the everyday challenges of his condition, from the struggles of memory loss and impulse control to the comical mishaps that ensue when navigating social inte…
A comedy game show where four comedians battle each other using their childhood trauma and the audience decide which one of them had the worst parents.
There’s no show like a Jason Byrne NO SHOW.
Come and experience the globe-trotting international Irish storyteller, Ronnie Neville! From Cork to Edinburgh via New York and Melbourne with a suitcase full of stories.
All the way from Northern Ireland, Martin Mor and Logy Logan take the traditional circus double act and give it a unique and modern twist.
Fifth year on the Fringe! Join our comics as they battle it out, creating comedy from any thought you have.
Join Breadlove and Poophead in a cosmic journey where your child isn’t just an audience member – they’re the hero of their own interstellar adventure! Will they save the galaxy? …
Following on from it’s success in previous years, this delightful, funny show returns with a revolving line-up of the best and up-and-coming female comedians from around Edinburgh …
Ray Fordyce is back to host a new vibrant and vivacious variety show. Featuring some of the best comedy talent from around the world. This show is a must for all Fringe-goers.
In a new show about the dark truths lurking in the dance and fitness world, Aging Ballerina finds herself tumbling down a body-dysmorphic rabbit hole at her Hollywood audition for …
When Terence Hartnett found out that his testicular cancer had spread to his lung, he got out his notebook and started writing jokes.
The sexiest comic alive (please do not factcheck!) brings her delusional new show to the Fringe.
Celya is good in a crisis but cries at flashmob videos.
An emotionally raw blend of memoir and song, Tracey Yarad’s All These Pretty Things is a phoenix rising from the ashes story, taking the audience from Australia and the fallout o…
You’re born, you’re in it, you’re dead.
Imagine a bar owned by Love itself.
Annie Lennox’s transcendent solo album DIVA stands at the centre of this sparkling story about strong, defiant women and the little gay boy who loves them.
Welcome to the camp and chaotic world of multi award-winning comedian Alex Hines.
A poetic anthology.
Get your boogie shoes ready for the official KC and the Sunshine Band musical.
Sixty minutes of hilarious fast-paced interactive science theatre for the whole family featuring real robots, AI, and laughs.
‘A must-see spectacle!’ ***** (GlamAdelaide.
Chantelle Duprée always dreamed of becoming a star! From her “humble” upbringing in an American mid-western town, she decides to travel across the pond to perform a one-woman show…
At Bet On It Youth Theatre, aspiring actors will do anything to climb the ladder of success.
Abby awoke in hospital after a late miscarriage and, high on anaesthesia, decided to become a comedian.
Social media sensation Christopher tells of his life, as a ‘boy who’s a bit girly really’.
Sell-out cult shows in the North East; acclaimed short films; their own web series – now Metroland debut at the Edinburgh Fringe.
This is a show about eyes when they are open and eyes when they are shut.
Charlie played by the rules, married the right woman, took the right job.
This women-created news satire stars comedian Maggie Metnick in drag as Chip Johnson, a red-blooded American male pundit on a mission to mansplain the news to women.
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…
This feral equine fantasia follows 11-year-old Audrey who is telepathically linked to all the other horse-girls in the world.
Star of New Zealand Today and last-place finisher on Taskmaster NZ, Guy Williams makes his Edinburgh debut! Nominated for Best Show, Melbourne Comedy Festival 2023.
What happens six months after your five minutes of fame? Cyrus and Ben are the first gay winners of TV’s biggest reality show.
Prepare for a wild and raunchy, adults-only night of magic and comedy with Sam, Justin and Magnus ‘Danger’ Magnus.
So many comedians, so little time! In this unmissable Fringe institution, 12 top comedy and variety acts perform ridiculously short sets in one furiously fast-paced showcase, hoste…
‘Most reliable sketch group in the game’ **** (EdFringeReview.
A mind-reading show from Berlin! Enter a surreal world where mind-reading is normal! This show combines handmade vintage-style visuals with the strange skills of two savants from B…
Good morning Edinburgh! We’re back bringing you brand-new, delicious, rotating “menus” of 10-15 minute comedies, eccentricities and mini-dramas - all served up with complimentary t…
The Guardian’s Top 50 shows to see! Jillian is back at the Fringe with her yoga mat and blender after a hit premiere at last year’s Fringe and subsequent sell-out runs in New York …
Nazereth Love Jones the number one representative for Hip Hop an RnB performing live.
Set on a bed in the centre of the stage, an unnamed central character explores his dreams and aspirations of travelling the world, finding love, and becoming a stand-up comedian wh…
Lift your spirits, soothe your soul with fun, laughter, storytelling, comedy and music.
Brixton House present Written by Tobi King Bakare (previously part of Housemates Festival 2023) ‘Mandem’ A collective noun for a bunch of boys or men, particularly your own …
This is a comedy show by the Japanese comedian "TONIKAKU," who made it to the finals of competed in Britain's Got Talent in 2023.
Binge on the Edinburgh Fringe without leaving London! The UK’s leading comedy website, Chortle, presents a jam-packed bill of 28 comedy and variety acts headi…
Nick Cope has been writing and recording his beautiful and totally unique songs for children and their families for over 10 years, he performs with his guitar and animat…
Nick Helm – the man with the golden larynx and greatest living all-round entertainer – is BACK! After years and years of therapy, pills, personal growth…
Nick Helm – the man with the golden larynx and greatest living all-round entertainer – is BACK! After years and years of therapy, pills, personal growth…
Inspired by the real-life experiences of Kyle Falconer (from Scottish indie-rock sensation The View) and Laura Wilde, this powerful story follows two new parents grappling with the…
Award-winning stand-up comedian Richard Pulsford (Top 10 Edinburgh Fringe jokes 2019, 2021 & 2022, UK Pun Champion 2022 and current Scottish Comedian of the Year runner-up) hosts t…
Ada & Bron present the good, the bad, and the ugly of romance, in this fever dream of weird soulmates and tragic co-dependents.
Spookily accurate (if bonkers) audience readings, songs & 70s team games.
“Out of the Box” is a Family friendly comedy show featuring world-class juggling, contagious laughs, and a show-stopping finale starring a toothbrush.
René was raised in London and returned to Germany in 1996.
Speak Up! Act Out! in collaboration with Brighton Fringe Academy, are excited to announce an Introduction to Forum Theatre workshop, on May 27th.
A seagull manages to escape from an oil slick, only to lay one last egg and with her dying breath ask Zorba, a harbour cat in Hamburg, to promise that he will hatch the egg and tea…
The year is 1916.
In a stunning twist, the Ha Ha Horror Show sees the iconic Great Mortar emerging from retirement, promising a spectacle that transcends the realms of comedy and horror.
From Sussex With Lunch takes an extended tour of growing up in Australia in the 90s, being president of the Only Dans Fanclub, dreaming of interrailing across Europe, and featuring…
Award-winning theatre troupe Improbotics presents A.
Step into the O’Donnell Moonshine Square at this year’s Brighton Fringe! O’Donnell Moonshine is taking over Jubilee Square between 25th - 27th May, showcasing the world of M…
For millennia, men have written about sex and their work has been called Great Literature.
Mark Bell (The Play That Goes Wrong) directs a trip to the beach you’ll never forget in a world premiere musical by Brandon Lambert and Martin Landry: Fun at the Beach Ro…
Step right up and prepare for pandemonium at the Kids Khaos Carnival Family Show, starring the one and only Logy Logan from Circus Sonas! Get ready to be swept away in a tornado of…
A showcase of the best new comedians performing at the 2023 Brighton Fringe.
Brighton Fringe is at a crossroads and the future is in our hands to shape it into what we both want and need it to be.
AWARD-WINNING VERSE COMEDY DOUBLE BILL! Rogue Shakespeare® present a unique double bill: 1.
An address for the World
From New York-based comedian—and former tech employee—Alexis Gay, “Unprofessional” is a comedy solo show debut about working (or, uh, not working) in tech, and one very specifi…
JoeJas is bringing his brain child Fat Llama to Brighton fringe for a fun night of genre bending! JoeJas started Fat Llama 2014 and the events portion in 2016 because he felt there…
Naomi Wattis is a stand up comic from London.
Gay culture.
Join Brighton Fringe for our first ever shorts programme, Fringe Flicks.
After sell out sessions in March and April, Carmen Collective’s ‘Theatre: Making It and Doing It’ workshop is back, bigger and better than ever!Are you a theatr…
THE CIRCUS SONAS FAMILY SHOW All the way from Northern Ireland, Martin and Logy take the traditional circus double act and give it a unique and modern twist.
Introducing Circus Sonas Shiny New Show, the latest offering from Circus Sonas that promises to dazzle audiences with even more excitement and energy! Building upon the success of …
Roll up Roll up! This May School Holidays! It’s not just a Circus; it’s not just a Game Show – it’s A Circus Sized Game Show! This One-Of-A-Kind Choose-Your-Own-Adventure spect…
Join Captain Breadbeard and Davy Scones for an alternative night of stand-up comedy with special guests.
Tides.
After a critically acclaimed and award-nominated debut hour Daddy’s Home, Philipp returns to Brighton to work out jokes for his new show.
Following critical success from Burnt Lavender, Missing Link Theatre Company has re-emerged with a thought-provoking showcase guaranteed to leave you pondering: Is this where we’…
Leicester Comedy Festival 2024 Awards Finalist and “without doubt one of best musical acts currently on the northern comedy circuit” Alex Camp is bringing his new solo show to …
Amelia is a Northern-born, Brighton-based actor, poet and theatre practitioner.
Ali Jay brings a Work In Progress show to Brighton Fringe 2024.
Pushing the boundaries of Shakespearean performance, Richard III emerges a bold, engaging solo show.
This original post-dramatic showcase is united with trauma, twisted humour, and a cardinal sense of unease.
Join Chichester Festival Theatre as part of our Life After Fringe series, highlighting development opportunities post-Fringe.
An unnerving triple bill showcase for anyone seeking quality discomfort, full of absurdist, post-modern theatricality.
Taking A Love Pill at the End of the World is a play about existing at the end.
See You In Hell poses the question, “What happens to the manic pixie dream teen when they grow up?”.
There’s no future for Igg and Tom.
Meet the Edinburgh Fringe team for coffee, biscuits and chat! Get an insight into how open-access arts festivals work in the UK and how to get involved.
A dance workshop full of sparkle and fun to make you smile, while learning easy-to-follow groovy moves to an eclectic mix of Bollywood beats and reimagined dance classics, interspe…
The lovable Kentish comedian returns with more absurdist, chaotic, theatrical stand-up.
Join the team from World Fringe and National Rural Touring Forum to find out what’s next for you post-Fringe.
International award-winning actor Benjamin Kelm brings his personal story of his time in New York to the stage.
Actor and writer Benjamin Kelm taps himself repeatedly about the face as he repeats the mantra, “You can do it, you can do it , you can do it.
Serious comic Ryan Hill and loveable idiot Ben Jones present their Sketch Show Goes Wrong play combining original material, tributes to comedy greats and much more silliness! Hill…
Come to The Ledward Centre for an hour of networking with the Brighton Fringe team, artists and participants.
Come to the North Laine pub (Wiff Waff area) for an hour of networking with the Brighton Fringe team, artists and participants.
The Black Diamonds UK present ‘Stealing the Show’.
A BDSM Comedy Show.
The Curator puts his flasks down to tell you his life-story.
Beach Box presents an exciting line up of Sauna Rituals & events, featuring special guests to expertly guide you in a thermal journey.
London stabbings 2017.
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…
Ben and Chris have discovered the internet and now they can’t stop.
Join up-and-coming tall and skinny comedian Ed Mulvey as he performs his latest routines, packed with joke-dense intelligent filth.
Original Lineups full of the best up-and-coming Brighton’s solo, duos and full bands acts.
‘Chaos’ by Laura Lomas A boy brings another boy flowers.
The Pick of the Fringe has been a hit show at Brighton Fringe for 16 years, an annual selection of the very best in stand-up comedy at Brighton Fringe.
COMEDY HYPNOSIS SHOW - Presuming Ed’s A mesmerising and hilarious Comedy Hypnosis Show where volunteers from the audience have their imaginations unlocked through the power of hypn…
Black Brighton Market is a place where Black People and People of Colour have the opportunity to sell their art, goods, services and perform to the general public.
Mr.
A revolving line-up of some of the best established and up-and-coming comedians from the Fringe and around Brighton in a late afternoon show full of fun and laughter.
A friendly fun-filled afternoon show with a revolving line-up of the best children’s and family-friendly performers from around Brighton and the Fringe.
Entangle a solo exhibition by Nina Garstang.
Duncan Poulton, Juliusz Grabianski and James Critchlow present a series of digital collages and sculptures that have been shaped by their experiences of scrolling and clicking.
Dive into The Flying Bubble Show, where dreams and reality blur in a breathtaking fusion of bubble magic and aerial flying.
Featuring the World’s Tallest Bubbleologist from Bubbles Inc.
Time for you, coffee, cake and chat.
‘The Pick of the Fringe’ returns to Brighton - an annual selection of the very best in stand-up comedy at the Brighton Fringe! This show is a succulent smorgasbord of fantastical…
Veteran Canadian comic David Tsonos hates one thing: the drunk heckler.
A selection of recitals: Friday 3rd May, 7.
Playing a dynamic mix of classic and contemporary soul ‘n’ funk, South Coast Soul Revue is a hi-energy eight-piece with two dynamic lead singers, a pulsating rhythm section and…
This festival concert is a highlight of the year.
Returning for a third year, Peckham Fringe are back for 2024! This inclusive and dynamic performing arts festival will take place at Theatre Peckham, showcasing a lineup of over 20…
Jamie Osman and Tom Hollings are two old friends who after over thirty combined years in the music industry decided to challenge their relationships with alcohol and dru…
Jamie Osman and Tom Hollings are two old friends who after over thirty combined years in the music industry decided to challenge their relationships with alcohol and dru…
Giulia would like to leave the stage and cancel the show dates.
After a great session in March, Carmen Collective’s ‘Theatre: Making It and Doing It’ workshop is back, bigger and better than ever!Are you a theatre artist of an…
Flyering regulations have changed in Brighton and Hove for 2024, join the Brighton Fringe team to learn about flyering this Fringe.
A networking opportunity to meet other Brighton Fringe artists and venues who are also taking part for the first time in 2024.
If Emily Burns’ immaculately realised Love’s Labour's Lost is anything to go by, there is a fresh new breeze whispering through the corridors of the RSC.
The only “American” tribute to the four tops touring the UK! Direct from the USA, and back by popular demand, Soul Satisfaction appear live in concert p…
The award-winning The Bridge House Theatre is delighted to invite you to a Three Year Anniversary Celebration this April.
A chaotic cavalcade of comedy featuring some of Ireland’s tip top improv groups.
Wondering how to attract press to your Brighton Fringe event? Join this panel session to learn about press releases, reviews, and more! This Fringe Academy will operate in a Q&A s…
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The British Theatre Challenge returns to the Jack Studio Theatre to bring you five new plays, wrapped into one very entertaining evening.
A West End Gala at the Adelphi Theatre will celebrate over 75 years of the NHS.
Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.
Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.
Are you a theatre artist of any discipline who wants to:turn your creative idea into a viable production?obtain funding from Arts Council England?build a sustainable career in the …
An Irish raconteur shares the most ridiculous, embarrassing, hilarious and tragic episodes of her life, showing there's a story in every stumble - and a …
The Longest Running and most listened to Glasgow Rangers podcast presents a live recording with ex Rangers Legend Paul Gascoigne in his first London Glasgow Rangers show…
The Longest Running and most listened to Glasgow Rangers podcast presents a live recording with ex Rangers Legend Paul Gascoigne in his first London Glasgow Rangers show…
The longest running Tottenham Hotspur Podcast presents a live recording with Spurs and England Legend Paul Gascoigne in his first West End show in many years.
The longest running Tottenham Hotspur Podcast presents a live recording with Spurs and England Legend Paul Gascoigne in his first West End show in many years.
‘The Greatest Play Of All Time’ tells the story of 1&2, characters in the mind of a Writer trying to create a career defining play.
Award winning comedian and Ireland's "queen of the offbeat" Áine Gallagher, is on a mission to prove that speaking Irish can be both …
SIDE SHOW comes to the London Palladium in a special, one-night-only concert spectacular on Sunday 3 March 2024.
Safety In Sequins Exploring the power of drag Platonic Love Let's show platonic love more love Safety In Sequins - Rob Murphy Productions A piece of a…
The Pretty Pill What's the real cost of beauty? Close All Tabs These are my emotional support tabs The Pretty Pill - Kate Devaney Naomi navigates fitting int…
Wide Open 2 here looking 4 one more Notice Box You're that lad from TikTok right? Wide Open - Joe MurphyConor and Alex have amazing sex.
The Lost Bride A journey through heartbreak and grief.
BEASTSA mixed-race guide to fucking up.
Come join us for a night of pure gold at Piano Smithfield! Get ready for an unforgettable event filled with music and laughter as we shine a spotlight on the Golden Age of Hollywoo…
Meet Ben and Cyrus, the first gay winners of TV’s biggest reality-dating show.
A HEART FULL OF SONG, is a musical theatre concert featuring lifelong musical favourites, but mixed together with real life stories.
A HEART FULL OF SONG, is a musical theatre concert featuring lifelong musical favourites, but mixed together with real life stories.
Richard Herring returns to Leicester Square Theatre for his famous podcast, RHLSTP! Richard Herring has enjoyed phenomenal success as a writer and performer and is an …
Join us at The Hope Theatre for The Gangsta Baby University: a fundraiser for the play Gangsta Baby!The Gangsta Baby University is set up to give you an intensive-crash course on n…
A festive improvised musical show for kids of all ages, from Olivier Award-winning West End improvisers, The Showstoppers.
Join us at The Hope Theatre for a transformative series of workshops and talks designed to unite and uplift working-class and queer individuals.
Join us at The Hope Theatre for a transformative series of workshops and talks designed to unite and uplift working-class and queer individuals.
Join us at The Hope Theatre for a transformative series of workshops and talks designed to unite and uplift working-class and queer individuals.
For too long the supporting characters of Star Wars have been overshadowed by the popularity of the beloved heroes.
Love, Conditionally, an experiential podcast foregrounding Queer Arab and British stories, made in the UK and Palestine, is now available to downloadAvailable online for free from …
Now in its 14th year.
A Rose Original Production Next Christmas, an enchanting adventure awaits.
With a modern twist on the tradition of Irish storytelling, Mary Kate takes a journey through the most ridiculous, excruciating, heart- breaking, uplifting episodes of h…
GOLDA is the remarkable true story of Jewish Ukrainian musician, Golda Amirova, who fled Ukraine following the Russian invasion.
Having just played a career defining headline show in The National Concert Hall, David Keenan is going on the road this winter for his “Geimhreadh G…
Truth, Love and Madness asks each of us to take back responsibility of our emotions; and find acceptance in the fact that we are all, in our own way: mad… off-kilter… i…
You better watch out, you better not cry, because “The Queens of Christmas” (Entertainment Weekly) are coming back to YOUR town with a brand new edition of the internat…
This hilarious new dance fuelled comedy follows burger bar employees, Natalie and Kyle, as they fall in love with Northern Soul.
As the Modern Country Music craze continues to spread across the globe, ‘Nashville At Heart’ is a show that celebrates the music of some of modern country mu…
In English and in Spanish on the same performance, with two casts and two different stagings.
Do you find yourself scrolling though dating apps looking for the perfect trade yet keep falling for the same fuckbois? Have you ever been so dick-deprived you’ve settled for…
Prepare your chuckle muscles for the tickling of a lifetime at the fourth annual Doddy Day Happiness Show! The Squire Of Knotty Ash liked nothing more than making p…
Mukul and Ghetto TigersExploring the dark inner life of one of India’s most loved Bollywood icons, Meena Kumari and how it contrasted with the glamour the public saw on the silve…
The ALBUMS SHOW is BACK.
Presenting the tragicomic theatrical tale of an artist on their life-changing journey to reach Paradise, in search of inspiration for their craft and a renaissance of their spirit.
New Wave Theatre: How To Run AwayThis new play is the dirty, mucky, sweaty second-cousin of Eat, Pray, Love.
Touring the UK in Black History Month and into November is Philip Okwedy’s The Gods Are All Here, a one-man show about the performer's distant relationship with his parents a…
In search of their long-lost mother, two sisters embark on a perilous sea voyage when one of them begins turning into an octopus.
It’s the final weeks of Suhana’s pregnancy.
“Water, water everywhere and not a place to sleep?” Morphea’s home on the canal is being disturbed, so off she sets on a journey.
A soiree of delights.
Saucy, sexy, dirty blues songs from the 1920s-40s, many of which feature the word ‘hot dog’ performed by chanteuse Suzanne Noble accompanied by ‘Gorgeous’ George Webster on the pia…
Step into the whimsical world of Tony Cantwell.
This year, ‘the most renowned sketch troupe of them all’ (Independent) will again be embarking on an exceptional world tour, performing to over 20,000 across two continents.
This year, ‘the most renowned sketch troupe of them all’ (Independent) will again be embarking on an exceptional world tour, performing to over 20,000 across two continents.
A male chef prepares, roasts and serves up a chicken.
Strategic Love Play offers a tragic and often hilarious mirror to the fears and hopes of the vast majority of us who harbour a fear of dying alone.
This year, ‘the most renowned sketch troupe of them all’ (Independent) will again be embarking on an exceptional world tour, performing to over 20,000 across two continents.
Under new director Timothy Coleman Cadenza performs music of three women composers: a new commission for choir by Janet Wheeler dedicated to our former Director Jenny Sumerling, Th…
A free, open-air celebration to close out the final weekend of the 2023 International Festival.
The cult comedy TV-show show is back for two nights only with their best bits from five years at Fringe.
After the success of Failure Studies in 2021/22, Marco Biasioli and Precarious Theatre are back with a brand new show, A Theatre Show.
Sing about the opera faces. The age of awakening. Chinese youth traditional repertoire.
After the success of Failure Studies in 2021/22, Marco Biasioli and Precarious Theatre are back with a brand new show, A Theatre Show.
Hot off the back of huge sold-out shows in Manchester, Birmingham and London, stellar comedians Rachel Fairburn and Kiri Pritchard-McLean once again bring their smash-hit true crim…
An exclusive evening that presents the best of the year’s Fringe acts together in one evening of comedy and fine dining.
Nashville-based international singer-songwriter Stephanie Staples has shared her passionate and contemplative music for over two decades, performing all over the world.
Have you heard that the three most stressful life events are bereavement, moving house and divorce? Well, funny story.
Not For Anyone returns! Please note that I might just do card tricks and say nothing for a whole hour or I might just do the usual ‘screaming fascist’ schtick. Or both. No refunds.
Four loudmouth lords vow to study for three years to win fame for denying their desires.
“Have you ever trauma dumped? TikTok says this show might do that but don’t worry we can just trauma bond.
Fast-paced comedy magic.
‘Definitely raise a shudder’ (BeyondPost.
Join comedian pals and cheerful Leicester gals,Melina Fiol (Circuit Breakers 2023) and Nayonica Ghosh (BBC Upload Festival 2021) as they craft their debut shows.
When our young hopefuls enter the villa looking for love, they are faced with a whirlwind journey of romance.
Comedian Matt Storrs (San Francisco SketchFest) makes his Edinburgh Fringe debut with his critically acclaimed solo show Portly Lutheran Know-It-All.
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s iconic Love Never Dies returns to London’s West End this August in a star-studded concert at Theatre Royal Drury Lane.
Is Exeter University emerging as the new powerhouse in student musical groups on the Edinburgh Fringe? Let’s not complicate this - the answer is simply but emphatically Yes.
Join comedian pals and cheerful Leicester gals,Melina Fiol (Circuit Breakers 2023) and Nayonica Ghosh (BBC Upload Festival 2021) as they craft their debut shows.
Love and Other Occult Phenomenons is a witty bizarre stand-up comedy show by debut comic Lizzie Anne Rose (hailing from the Royal Central School Of Speech and Drama).
Mimic, singer and dancer Sindy Fling literally unwraps the divas of pop – from Monroe to Madonna via Dolly Parton.
An unscrupulous landlord lets the same flat out to two different men: Cox who is out at work all day, and Box who is out at work all night.
Colorhythm Risa uses her hands, sponges, sometimes her entire body, to apply colour across the canvas from end-to-end.
A ridiculous interactive combination of musical comedy, ventriloquism and fingering.
Do you like to argue? Well, I disagree to whatever you just said.
The first Cantonese show at this festival is coming! 2011’s funniest person in HK, Tim’s Instagram has 50k+ followers.
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Raucous, wild and an incy bit different – this one-hour compilation show with a changing nightly lineup, gives you a fabulous cross section of Fringe mayhem in one wild bite-size…
Alice can’t find herself but she is certain she wants to help.
A comedy told by mad people, for mad people.
Box of Frogs, Birmingham’s premier improv group, brings you a helping of high-octane improvised comedy nonsense, based entirely on your suggestions.
A fashion show produced by a Shanghai-based female fashion club for women over 40, originally founded in November 2022 to enable its members to express their artistic creativity an…
The Edinburgh Renaissance Band is back for 2023 with a fresh programme of their ever-popular Viol Rackett Show, the much-loved programme of instrumental music, from the Middle Ages…
Scottish/English violinist Matt Holborn and a group of London-based musicians formed for this year’s Fringe, known internationally for their distinctive hard-swinging approach to…
A bit of a crazy, hazy time for Stu this year.
Jenny Ryan – better known as the dream-crushing brainbox The Vixen on the hit ITV quiz The Chase – breaks away from teatime telly and invites you to an evening of song, storyte…
Rave Forever is back at Edinburgh’s Liquid Rooms this August for a 5am-finish Fringe special with the man responsible for bringing Acid House to Scotland back in the late 80s, the …
Approaching her 30th birthday, after ten years of failed romances, Laura meets with the six ghosts who have broken her heart to exorcise them for good.
After their smash-hit, sell-out debut last year, legendary tennis coach Judy Murray and her son Duncan (the other Murray brother) return with another unique show featuring special …
Essex-born Gavin Lilley, through his masterful use of sign language, has done stand-up shows all over Europe and the UK, bringing laughter to many deaf and hearing people with his …
Skip to the end for the top line info* Half-Cocked are back! Following a tumultuous hiatus, full of banana bread, Call of Duty Warzone and an alarming over-use of the incognito…
A song recital of music by British and French composers – Reynaldo Hahn and Roger Quilter.
Christine and Nancy invite you to a lunchtime recital of beautiful music including the joyous Beethoven Variations on a Theme of Mozart, Cesar Franck’s passionate Sonata for pian…
Serving you up a big warm slice of comedy pie every month, the Dinner Daddies delight with their trademark wit and banter (so far, these trademarks have failed to hold water in cou…
Skip to the end for the top line info* Half-Cocked are back! Following a tumultuous hiatus, full of banana bread, Call of Duty Warzone and an alarming over-use of the incognito…
Christopher Biggins requests your pleasure for our inaugural season of cabaret and chat at this illustrious venue.
“Serving you up a big warm slice of comedy pie, the Dinner Daddies delight with their trademark wit (so far this trademark has failed to hold water in court).
Shauna and Robbie are expecting.
Book your spot at the The White Heather Club for a night of traditional Scottish dancing at Bonnie & Wild’s legendary Food Hall in the St James Quarter.
Offbeat intergenerational stand-up from two of Bristol’s most inventive new comedians, Greg Curzon (‘hilarious.
All the way from Canada, Tim Kraft joins Hootenannies (Hoot 4) at The Apex for an hour of stand-up comedy live at the Edinburgh Fringe, from 17th to 20th August at 18:20.
Dicks and Tricks is an old-school comedy and magic variety show featuring the puns and knob gags of the Pundance Kid and the magic tricks and illusions of the Flamboyant Chesney Ge…
My Truth, that I self-harmed, considered suicide on many occasions, tried to beat the world back and faced a future of loneliness.
Constantly rotating line-up of the best comics at this year’s festival.
My Truth, that I self-harmed, considered suicide on many occasions, tried to beat the world back and faced a future of loneliness.
Visual jokes and creative messing about from this absurd double act.
An explosion of nostalgia, joy and love releases itself on the stage, in the form of a poetic love letter.
Hear ye! Yonder comes yon Perrier winner from ages ago with another questionable career swerve! Tonight only, hear the entire musical oeuvre (10 songs , three nearly finished)! Gat…
Sharp, silly and sublime solo character comedy from Luke Manning, formerly one half of veteran Fringe sketch duo, In Cahoots, and a writer-performer for BBC Radio 4’s Sketchtopia a…
Chappelle’s opener.
Don’t be put off by the topic - this dance show about death is far from gloomy.
Fast-paced comedy magic.
Hilariously truthful – an unapologetically comic peek into the world of parenting: what comes before, during and after in this rambunctious mix of original songs and sketches fro…
Stand-up, writer, actor and Edinburgh native Eleanor Morton presents a brand-new one-off character show, displaying a full range of accents and coats for one night only.
Toxicity.
Hypnotist Jason Simmons returns to the Camden Fringe to take you on a magical mystery tour into the depths of your own mind in this hilarious, fast-paced, interactive experience.
The premise of Attachment: The Leech Show is very simple: it’s a play devised and performed for the sole benefit of impressing a single specific audience member; a prominent thea…
‘What would it take for you to eat a real-life human being?’ It’s dinner time in the Abbey stately home.
In Robes of White.
The Art of Vestment.
Enjoy some adult comedy entertainment with The Seriously Funny Comedy Show as they complete their 2023 summer touring schedule at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Colorhythm Risa uses her hands, sponges, sometimes her entire body, to apply colour across the canvas from end-to-end.
Northbrook is excited to present Made for This! A contemporary musical theatre and dance showcase filled with gripping, comedic and upbeat numbers.
Hypnotist Jason Simmons returns to the Camden Fringe to take you on a magical mystery tour into the depths of your own mind in this hilarious, fast-paced, interactive experience.
Sex cults with fake feminism, pretend shamans, Burning Man, Lower East Side “nightclub photographers” and Tinder f*ck boys all make an appearance in this educational and hilari…
Vox Stars, winners of the Spirit of the Fringe Award 2022, present a new show for 2023, celebrating aspiring singers through the music of their idols.
Where Friends meets Pitch Perfect! The Bristol Suspensions tell a story of friendship and scandal using chart-topping hits, familiar characters, and funky choreography… not to me…
Fast-paced comedy magic.
Toxicity.
Two clowns, Anna and Felix, set out on a quest for home.
This evening’s performance will include an eclectic mix of solo and ensemble song and dance pieces from some of the West End’s best-loved musicals.
This completely original chamber musical by Shaye Poulton Richards is a darkly charming piece of new writing.
Join guests from the worlds of comedy, literature, music and faith for a series of live recordings of the popular All Terrain Podcast.
The Edinburgh Fringe Fling will debut at the Old Dr Bells Baths at this year’s Festival Fringe.
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
From Bach to The Beatles and beyond, South Australian musician/songwriter William Jack presents a free (non-ticketed) multi-style cello recital in the heart of Edinburgh.
Come and hear from SMEG, the most poetic fridge on the fringe! 45 minutes of character comedy, silly poems and the best props you’ll ever see in your life! What’s in the fridge? Ev…
After a completely sold-out Edinburgh 2022 run and her biggest tour to date, Grace returns with her hit show, A Show About Me(n), with some brand-new material never heard before! T…
Healthy Harmonies, NHS Fife staff choir, is once again delighted to be returning to the Edinburgh Fringe – very much a highlight in the choir’s diary.
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
Renowned punk poet and multi-instrumentalist Attila the Stockbroker has loved early music ever since he grabbed a recorder aged about 8.
Poppyscotland are proud to introduce to the Fringe an inspirational group of Armed Forces veterans.
Enjoy a unique flavour of the Fringe and explore the museum after hours.
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
Behind every addict is someone traumatised by loving them.
The show that turns smack talk into an art form.
Ellie and Arshan Do a Show and Tell is a short, fun, high-energy exploration on the “stuff” that makes us all up.
Two queer Jews.
Music, games and colourful clowns collide! After touring across several elementary schools and festivals in Chicago, Bubblegum Gumdrop and her best friend, Babblebum Boopbop, have …
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
After his much younger girlfriend leaves him for a better-looking, richer, more successful friend, Searles dissolves into a gibbering, chain-smoking, suicidal insomniac! In despera…
An immersive audio-visual experience blending classic movie footage, soundtracks and insane turntable wizardry! ‘To me, movies and music go hand in hand’ (Quentin Tarantino).
John Cambo Cambridge lived with David Bowie at Haddon Hall when he had his first hit-record Space Oddity and toured Scotland with him in Junior’s Eyes.
Welcome to the world of BGT Semi-Finalist Nerine Skinner and Liv Struss (A Liz Truss Parody).
Show Up will make up a brand new, toe tapping, hilarious improvised musical based on your suggestions.
Show Up will make up a brand new, toe tapping, hilarious improvised musical based on your suggestions.
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
Welcome to the world of BGT Semi-Finalist Nerine Skinner and Liv Struss (A Liz Truss Parody).
Improvisers and comedians go to comedic war to win the Extreme Improv Championship belt! Performers compete in innovative improv challenges and will create scenes, songs and storie…
MTO Zendeh Delan’s Journey of Love, inspired by the Sufi allegory of Leyla and Majnun, is an enchanting blend of modern Sufi music and the graceful motions of Sama.
Experience the enchanting “Psychedelic Bubble Show” at London’s Courtyard Theatre.
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
The UK’s leading Beach Boys tribute act The Beached Boys returns by popular demand to the Edinburgh Fringe.
Experience the enchanting “Psychedelic Bubble Show” at London’s Courtyard Theatre.
Mimic, singer and dancer Sindy Fling literally unwraps the divas of pop – from Monroe to Madonna via Dolly Parton.
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
Improvisers and comedians go to comedic war to win the Extreme Improv Championship belt! Performers compete in innovative improv challenges and will create scenes, songs and storie…
Mimic, singer and dancer Sindy Fling literally unwraps the divas of pop – from Monroe to Madonna via Dolly Parton.
Prepare for a sidesplitting and heartwarming comedic adventure in the must-see Soup Group: Art Show!; an exceptional masterpiece.
What does it take to be cool? As a teenager of the Eighties, Rozarina had her clues from MTV Real World, Brooke Shields, Empress Masako and weirdly the series Dallas.
Colorhythm Risa uses her hands, sponges, sometimes her entire body, to apply colour across the canvas from end-to-end.
How do you summarise a whole life? Is it in the knick knacks and curios we collect? Do the objects we surround ourselves with truly represent who we are inside? And even if you lov…
Story of two friends who find themselves facing extreme climate events.
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
What does it take to be cool? As a teenager of the Eighties, Rozarina had her clues from MTV Real World, Brooke Shields, Empress Masako and weirdly the series Dallas.
UK premier magician and kids entertainer in brand-new and hilarious interactive magic and puppet show for all the family.
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
Hip words, cool jazz, hot bebop.
The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras is famous for glitz, glitter and glamour, but it started with megaphones and violence.
A split-bill stand-up comedy show featuring a daily selection of the best up and coming comedians from Ireland and the UK.
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
A girlband concert.
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
Fun, silly, raucous… absurd! Join magician host Ava Beaux and magical team captains Kane and Abel, for an array of whacky games and cabaret acts.
In Drunk Fringe, you will see some of the best comedy and variety acts after they’ve had one too many.
Four mixed-bill nights celebrating the Best of Camden Fringe! Come down to Camden Comedy Club to see your fellow festival funny people get on stage and entertain us for 10-12 min…
Edinburgh Live’s number-one pick of the Free Fringe 2022 returns! A devilishly handsome magician trapped in a straitjacket, mind-melting magic, show-stopping laughs and unexpected …
The Grumpy Magicians present: If All Else Fails, Read the Instructions.
Iain Dale’s ALL TALK political interviews have in recent years become something of a regular fixture of the Fringe circuit.
Think ‘n’ Grin is a solo comedy show featuring Chicago-style narrative improvisation.
An all-American line-up show, featuring the very best comedians from across the pond! Discover the freshest comedy talent on the Fringe as they make their Pleasance debuts this sum…
Over 10 years, Chris Cook has brought magical, thought-provoking comedy shows to the Fringe.
Griffin and Jones have decided to change the world.
Two of the hottest, freshest comics bring their best jokes to Edinburgh.
A crowd-work and stand-up comedy show with zero plans.
Join me as I put the fun back into searching for meaning in a chaotic universe, if we agree to spell universe as ‘fun-iverse’ which I believe we agreed to.
‘The first time I heard Andrea Carlson, I was in love!’ (Charlie Silvestri, UpCloseAndAcoustic.
Fringe version of the five-star hit comedy show by Leslie Gold (American) and Nick Kirk (not), with a different guest comedian each show.
Four mixed-bill late nights celebrating the Best of Camden Fringe comedy! A set of different comic performers from across Camden Fringe will be on each night at Camden Comedy Clu…
It’s like the Royal Variety Show of the Fringe.
This small-yet-unmissable jewellery exhibition features over 300 unique and original jewellery designs from 30 independent designers across the globe including local emerging talen…
Join the funalicious Alex with more than a decade of being a master magician, bringing a children’s magic show! Filled with fun, laughs and stories that entangle together in one aw…
How do you choose between two things you love? Particularly if one of those things is literally (fictionally) magical.
The very best comedians selected from across the Fringe with a different top-notch comedy line-up at every show.
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
This year the biggest stars of the UK stand-up circuit, including Iain Stirling, John Robins, Mark Simmons, Jo Caulfield and Nick Helm, return to their roots in a mixed-bill show, …
Scottish Comedy Festival’s official Pick of the Fringe showcase returns for an 11th hilarious year with another phenomenal hand-picked selection of our favourite acts from across…
For too long the supporting characters of Star Wars have been overshadowed by the popularity of the beloved heroes.
The only Fringe award entirely decided by the audience.
Scotland’s Best Comedy Venue (Chortle Awards 2023) welcomes back its Fringe showcase for 2023! A new line-up every night presenting the very best acts from the Monkey Barrel Comedy…
London bachelor Monty Button-Purse spies Gracie at his friend’s New Year Ball 1922, and is determined to woo her through the flourish of his penmanship.
The very best comedians selected from across the Fringe with a different top-notch comedy line-up at every show.
A revolving line-up of some of the best established and up-and-coming comedians from around the Fringe in a late show full of fun and laughter.
Showcasing the top spoken word talent the festival has to offer – from the laugh-out-loud funny, through the wonderfully surreal, to the thoughtful and emotional – Loud Poets c…
By the end of 1928, all three Fail sisters will be dead: expiring in reverse order, youngest to oldest, from blunt object to the head, disappearance, and finally consumption.
After last year’s sell-out run, they’re back and still the best in the business! Stephen Frost (Who’s Line Is It Anyway), Ian Coppinger (Dublin Comedy Improv), Sally Hodgkiss (Who’…
See the best comedians selected from across the Fringe alongside hot new talent and fresh Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up daily at each show in this selection box…
The Pick of the Fringe has been a hit show at the Fringe for 19 years, an annual selection of the best in stand-up comedy in Edinburgh.
Living in a box is hard.
Written and performed by award winning and critically acclaimed character and sketch comedian Sian Hutchinson, this updated revamped version of Sian’s solo show ‘Tick My Box’ achie…
Celebrate all things bitch and high-pitch! After winning Best Cabaret Weekly Awards in 2020 and 2021 at Adelaide Fringe, the queen of falsetto and stiletto is storming into Edinbur…
Join Fringe-favourite comedian Vladimir McTavish and a daily guest host for the return of the Fringe’s sell-out chat and comedy show – with big laughs about the latest Fringe and…
Everyone knows about the code-breaking genius of Alan Turing, but behind the mathematical genius lay a man of great passion.
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.
‘Consistently boasting the most interesting line-ups in the country’ (Times).
Veteran Canadian comic David Tsonos hates one thing: the drunk heckler.
JazzMain presents Blue Note Nights.
Written and performed by award winning and critically acclaimed character and sketch comedian Sian Hutchinson, this updated revamped version of Sian’s solo show ‘Tick My Box’ achie…
A one act tragi-comedy about a man trying to come to terms with the loss of his brother.
This intensely personal show is a fascinating performance with hints of a lecture about it and a suggestion that it is really an audience, in this case with Simeon Morris, as he in…
The Stand’s Pick of the Fringe – The Stand’s hand-picked selection of great comedy from across the Fringe at The Stand’s New Town Theatre every Friday and Saturday night.
Comedian Connor Ratliff (Dead Eyes, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel) appears as George Lucas, the creator of Star Wars, and interviews guests like a “normal talk show”.
WARNING This satirical semi-animated video is dangerously anarchic and non-PC: If triggered please watch with a first-aider on standby.
An exhibition of past paintings, prints and drawings refreshed by the new series, Star Stripe Skyscape, ethereal skies brought under control by the symbols of army and power.
See the best comedians selected from across the Fringe alongside hot new talent and fresh Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up daily at each show in this selection box…
The very best comedians selected from across the Fringe with a different top-notch comedy line-up at every show.
Scottish Comedy Festival’s official Pick of the Fringe showcase returns for an 11th hilarious year with another phenomenal hand-picked selection of our favourite acts from across…
Scotland’s Best Comedy Venue (Chortle Awards 2023) welcomes back its Fringe showcase for 2023! A new line-up every night presenting the very best acts from the Monkey Barrel Comedy…
The very best comedians selected from across the Fringe with a different top-notch comedy line-up at every show.
A call-center call girl struggling to make in-person connections, discovers intimacy and requited love with a mannequin man she rescues from drowning.
The very best comedians selected from across the Fringe with a different top-notch comedy line-up at every show.
Written/directed by Amanda Bothma; musical direction/piano by Germaine Gamiet; starring Daniel Anderson.
In this multi award-winning show, Kerry Hiles – accompanied by Germaine Gamiet – shines the light on Judy Garland, the undisputed queen of cabaret.
Its the second year of our burlesque competition – the standard is getting higher, the talent on display is incredible, so if burlesque is your thing or you’re new to it, then jo…
Award-winning Daniel Martinez Flamenco Company returns with the stunning flamenco music and dance they are known for.
Liars & Clowns returns to Edinburgh to showcase the best alternative comedians from around the festival.
Immerse yourself in the richness of Chinese culture with a showcase of exceptional young dancers from China, featuring both traditional and contemporary Chinese dance.
Stuck in Free Fall is a show about Nothing.
Inspired by Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus, featuring original text and music which depict the extreme cruelty resulting from retaliation.
New Show! Weekly Award Best Circus 2023 Fringe World, As seen in La Soiree, Australia’s Got Talent and iUmor.
The whole family knew he was a good dad.
Every child goes inside their own bubble! Seen on China, Romania and Bulgaria’s Got Talent.
Accompanied by a glittering live band and fresh from two sold-out London and Cambridge runs, don’t miss the Fringe premiere of Ed, charting the story of a ginger pop sensation.
A writer urges a star to come down to earth and collaborate with him on a play.
If you still chuckle at those Twilight memes making fun of Kristen Stewart’s awkward portrayal of Bella Stark, or harbour some nostalgia for the immortal (and problematic) YA ser…
A proper Bradford lass born 1959, Shelly is a firecracker.
Forth on the Fringe is the largest showcase event of Fringe entertainment available at this year’s festival.
Stand-up comedian and culinary wizard Henry Ginsberg presents a guide to all things gastronomical.
It’s time.
Woah.
A revolving line-up of the best established and up-and-coming female comedians from around the Fringe in a hilarious early evening showcase guaranteed to raise more than just a few…
A selection of Scotland’s best comedians hosted by five-time Scottish Comedian of the Year finalist, Ross Leslie.
The world’s only stand-up/improv/chat tattoo comedy show hits the Fringe to take you down the hilarious highway of human graffiti.
***** (Dircksey.
Enjoy an hour of the best up-and-coming, one-liner comedians on the circuit in this celebration of puns, one-liners and wordplay.
Enjoy an hour of the tastiest comedians at the Edinburgh Fringe this year.
Alice-India – 2Northdown New Comedian of the Year finalist, Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian finalist – is just like a regular person.
All the way from Northern Ireland, Martin and Logy take the traditional circus double act and give it a unique and modern twist.
The ultimate international burlesque extravaganza has arrived! A celebration of bodies, tradition and inclusivity by award-winning world-class artists and rising stars on the scene…
From Glass Crumpet, comes an all-new Sketch Show.
Hey kids and kidults, cool cats and dancing dogs, Jarred and Hobbit are back with an all-new action-packed hoopla! Guaranteed LOLs and interactive fun for the entire family (OK, ma…
Occult cabaret-horror stand-up show but none of the booked acts have shown up! Therefore, it falls on our host, the spectral Tom Short (2019 Chortle Student Comedian runner-up, 201…
Great value lunchtime comedy showcase featuring the best and brightest of this year’s Fringe comics.
Sameer Katz brings his seventh show to the Edinburgh Fringe! Sameer’s gotten to the age where everyone who says they love him seem to want something in return.
First Dates meets Graham Norton’s Red Chair Stories in this hilarious interactive dating chat show.
Gong Shows have launched the careers of several famous comedians.
It’s Sunday.
Michael Porter is an incomparable comedy talent with an unmistakable Irish flair! ‘Fearless in ever sense of the word.
Philipp Kostelecky brings the festival’s best acts together for a late-night extravaganza! No rules, no regulations – it’s late night so anything goes.
The incredible Oliver Harris sings the great songs from Les Misérables, Chess, Phantom of the Opera, The Lion King, We Will Rock You and many more.
24 different award-winning or nominated comedians perform their full shows, recorded for Netflix, Amazon Prime and YouTube. See FringeSpecials.com for listings.
Longest running mixed-bill, star-finding show on the Fringe.
Get ready for a night of cutting-edge humour and entertainment as Prism Comedy presents The Many Colours of Comedy: A Prism Comedy Variety Show.
The Fringe’s cult-hit stand-up comedy panel show that you influence in real time is back.
Raucous, wild and a little bit different, this one-hour compilation show with a changing daily line-up, gives you a fabulous cross-section of Fringe madness in one crazy bite-sized…
Telling five short tales from the mystical fictional world of Jianghu, Fall and Flow showcases the beauty and physicality of Hong Kong theatrical traditions in combination with Th�…
This sequel to 1 Ball Show began three months after the 2022 Fringe favourite ended it’s sold-out run, when NYC comedian Terence Hartnett (Caroline’s on Broadway) found out that hi…
Glass Crumpet presents a triple bill of brand new stand-up from comedy graduates Will Rice, Tom Roberts and James Tangye.
The Blundabus is absolutely packed for Amelia Bayler’s I Work in Customer Service but I’m Actually a Pop Star.
Good things will happen.
What happens when a philosopher and a comedian come into a bar? In this case, a long night of drinking alone.
Join Mr Bubbles with his extraordinary soap bubbles in all shapes and sizes! Enjoy bouncy bubbles, bubbles inside bubbles, smoke bubbles, square bubbles, giant bubbles and even fir…
Winner: Best Comedy, 2022 (Hollywood Fringe).
Wagner turned up to 11! A hilarious dive into the ridiculous world of opera and life as a Valkyrie and Rheinmaiden, peppered with hits from Puccini and Verdi from Berlin’s thrill…
Irish madman John Spillane is back with the return of his 100% improvised stand-up show.
Ray Fordyce is back to host a wonderfully spiffing show full of comedy and entertainment.
Comedy’s best nepo baby (and there’s a lot) returns.
A new gig-theatre show featuring songs by Kyle Falconer of The View.
Gaslighting Is My Love Language by Fielding Edlow (Bojack Horseman) is about an intimacy-avoidant woman who just wanted a boyfriend but ended up in a 13-year marriage/light hostage…
After 20 years on the circuit, Alexis Dubus, easily one of the comedians of his generation, is ready to deliver the greatest 3-star comedy experience ever staged.
He was a household name.
Phil Ellis.
Family workshop suitable for children aged 3-7 years with parents or carers, but everyone welcome.
From the sweatshops of Wuhan to the stages of Berlin, Moni Zhang is bringing you a show that’s equal parts comedic and cathartic.
Quentin Crisp! Florence Jenkins! Einstein! Patricia Highsmith! William McGonagall! Through the centuries, secret Neurodivergent or Autistic people have found respect and love in th…
A fun-filled afternoon show with a revolving line-up of the best children’s and family-friendly performers from around the Fringe.
The UK’s first permanent LGBTQ+ comedy club comes to Edinburgh Fringe and we’ve got a bunch of queer comedians who we know you’re going to love! Every night join us for an hour sho…
Robin’s first solo show was a disaster, but a disaster that ended with him punching a melon with Vernon Kay’s face drawn on it before singing Mustang Sally (still no cruise shi…
Mixing documentary footage, storytelling, and live music, The Death & Life of All of Us is a funny and poignant exploration of family secrets, shame, and embracing our imperfection…
50% Bristolian.
The Rob Auton Show is unlike any other stand-up comedy show in existence.
This is the Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut from performer, writer and creative activist Lilly Burton.
City trader, Olly, still recovering from the death of his boyfriend, Sam, has a chance encounter with homeless teenager Aaron.
For anyone who knows the first thing about the history of Edinburgh Fringe, and indeed, comedy itself, you should already be familiar with Cambridge Footlights and its roster of al…
Car-Crash Magic is a debut Edinburgh Fringe show presented by JezO, winner of the Family Entertainer of the Year Competition 2022 and member of the prestigious Magic Circle.
A show about the times*.
Kym Nash hosts 70 Minutes of some of Reckless Comedy’s favourite up and coming acts on the circuit.
Ell and Mary have been dead for three years, but now they’ve come back to life (and the stage) with one question on their minds: how do you know when it’s the end? Inspired by …
‘An excellent comedy show’ **** (BroadwayBaby.
Mr and Mrs Love is a jukebox-esque musical that would work a lot better if it relied more on the strength of its actors as singers rather than force a plot on them.
Dominique Solerno’s The Box Show is a well-conceived theatrical piece which sees this talented and versatile performer performing a plethora of different characters, all from wit…
This show is a love letter to unique families, queer self-discovery and devoted fathers.
Award-winning musical comedian and viral internet-hit-maker Anesti Danelis returns with his hit comedy concert that will change your life.
Frankie Thompson and Liv Ello’s Body show is a dystopian cacophony of farce, comedy and tragedy.
If you do meal prep and watch Ted Lasso you’re typical.
Goya Theatre’s new musical Actually, Love manages to find the sweet spot between being softly tender and incredibly rousing, as it pokes fun at and dismantles various rom-com tro…
What if Beatrice came through space and time to find her long-lost Dante? Now researching the sequel to his Inferno at the Large Hadron Collider? Dahlia Wilde – Walt Disney Writi…
The world is desperate for more one-man musical-comedy magic mind-reading shows about a break-up in your early thirties, and actor and magician Sam Lupton (Wicked, Avenue Q) is mor…
‘This is the show to see!’ ***** (Entertainment-Now.
“If you fall off the stage: leg extended, boobs up.
Can love survive when someone dies? ‘No bastard ever warned me that your love life goes down the shitter when someone dies.
Kym Nash hosts 70 Minutes of some of Reckless Comedy’s favourite up and coming acts on the circuit.
Good morning, Edinburgh! Following the hiatus since our triumphant run in 2019, we’re thrilled to be back for our 15th year! Bringing you three brand-new, delicious, rotating “menu…
Join best friends Rachel and Ruby for a kids’ comedy show that’s fun for all the family! Full of sketches, songs, pranks and silliness.
So many comedians, so little time! In this unmissable Fringe institution, 12 top comedy and variety acts perform ridiculously short sets in one furiously fast-paced showcase, hoste…
Join comedian and children’s author Olaf Falafel for an hour of kid’s comedy which is now 20% more stupider than ever before.
Comedian Mamoun Elagab will not kiss your ass.
Shakespeare hasn’t written anything new for an age, so we thought we’d give him a hand.
Simon David brings Dead Dad Show to the Fringe this year and it is insane, an absolute piss-take, but also very emotional.
The vibe is wild as I sit down for Adults Only Magic Show.
“If you fall off the stage: leg extended, boobs up.
So they’ve both swiped right.
‘I felt this pressure to be sexy from the second I got tits.
Who haunts our world-famous vaults? Join Minging Annie from Edinburgh’s past and explore what it’s like being trapped beneath the city streets for 400 years.
Approaching her 30th birthday, after ten years of failed romances, Laura meets with the six ghosts who have broken her heart to exorcise them for good.
A bit of a crazy, hazy time for Stu this year.
Approaching her 30th birthday, after ten years of failed romances, Laura meets with the six ghosts who have broken her heart to exorcise them for good.
Chappelle’s opener Texan Ashley Barnhill was hit by a car & in a coma, had 5 brain surgeries & got a new titanium skull.
Chappelle’s opener Texan Ashley Barnhill was hit by a car & in a coma, had 5 brain surgeries & got a new titanium skull.
One of America’s top comedians, Lynn T.
The whole family knew he was a good dad.
KEITH.
Hailing from the midlands, Bab is a female sketch duo comprised of Amy Spinks and Lauren Soley.
KEITH.
Join us for an evening celebrating songs from the musical The Phantom Of The Opera and much more! Mark Robert Petty Mark has been producing the successful concert series The Crazy…
After their great success last year with ‘Failure Studies’, Marco Biasioli and Precarious Theatre return with A Theatre Show.
In the weeks before her 30th birthday, Kelly is facing an ultimatum.
Nick Cope has been writing and recording his beautiful and totally unique songs for children and their families for over 10 years, he performs with his guitar and animat…
Nick Cope has been writing and recording his beautiful and totally unique songs for children and their families for over 10 years, he performs with his guitar and animat…
Binge on the Edinburgh Fringe without leaving London! Leading comedy website Chortle presents a jam-packed bill of 28 comedy and variety acts heading to the festival in …
“How do you look the enemy in the eye?” “She endures.
London’s hottest new comedy night returns, headlined by Live at the Apollo regular and star of his own Netflix special, Phil Wang.
About the show Each year Creative Youth’s wonderful team of young people head to Brighton Fringe to judge the best theatre and stand-up comedy shows by performers…
When Leo leaves for university his relationship with his long-term girlfriend falls apart.
SW London’s bold and boundary-pushing festival of arts and culture returns for 17 brilliant days, taking over Wandsworth from 9-25 June with a jam-packed, belly-laughing, awe-ins…
Following the highly successful all-male tours of H.
All That Bex is back with a third instalment of the most fantabulous cabaret event of recent times, Extravaganza – this time, with Fringe Benefits! Hosted by the sensational St…
The one and only King Tafari Love Muzic Sound System bring the Island feels with their authentic sound system.
The one and only King Tafari Love Muzic Sound System bring the Island feels with their authentic sound system.
A showcase of the best new comedians performing at the 2023 Brighton Fringe.
Buzzbox Collective presents 2 contemporary theatre double bills.
Buzzbox Collective presents 2 contemporary theatre double bills.
Join my friends and I for a short variety show, comprising of poetry, mini plays, monologues, comedy/improvisation and music.
Join my friends and I for a short variety show, comprising of poetry, mini plays, monologues, comedy/improvisation and music.
a 75-minute chaotic journey through the minds of two dudes; Jack & Jordan, who are actors - nay, artists! And professional ones at that.
Join Shelf for sketches and silliness in this high energy kids’ show! Shelf perform for kids across the UK with Comedy Club 4 Kids and Girl Guides, including appearances at Under…
A seagull manages to escape from an oil slick, only to lay one last egg and with her dying breath asks Zorba, a harbour cat in Hamburg, to promise that he will hatch the egg and te…
Ukulele interactive show with ukulele lessons, educational games, dances, bubbles, glitter cannons, parachutes, ribbon sticks and more.
Join Shelf for sketches and silliness in this high energy kids’ show! Shelf perform for kids across the UK with Comedy Club 4 Kids and Girl Guides, including appearances at Under…
VIEWPOINTS is an intensive 3-day physical theatre training process led by international theatre maker Erwin Maas.
A very special evening of music, poetry and dance performances reflecting the diverse creative talents of the late Irene Mensah.
Ukulele interactive show with ukulele lessons, educational games, dances, bubbles, glitter cannons, parachutes, ribbon sticks and more.
VIEWPOINTS is an intensive 3-day physical theatre training process led by international theatre maker Erwin Maas.
A very special evening of music and poetry performances celebrating the life and creative talents of the late Irene Mensah.
A comedy about the passing of time.
A comedy about the passing of time.
Join Fringe favourite comedians Vladimir McTavish, Jay Sodagar and (occasionally) Dave Chawner for Brighton Fringe’s hilarious chat and comedy show: The Early Late Show.
The Brighton Swing Community are back for our annual Fringe afternoons of music and dancing, in one of the festival’s most iconic venues! Our All-Stars band features musicians fro…
Join Fringe favourite comedians Vladimir McTavish, Dave Chawner and Jay Sodagar for Brighton Fringe’s brand new chat and comedy show: The Early Late Show.
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
Award-winning stand-up comedian Richard Pulsford (Top 10 Edinburgh Fringe jokes 2019, 2021 & 2022, UK Pun Champion 2022 and current Scottish Comedian of the Year runner-up) hosts t…
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
Celebrate the start of the May half term with a family friendly pick of the fringe! Enjoy 10 minute performances of Brighton Fringe shows that will be performing over half term we…
A well-respected scientist in the International community, UK national treasure Mark Silcox makes his Brighton Fringe debut.
A quick-fire improvised sketch show chock full of death-defying improv, fast-paced performing and silly short comedy sketches.
Leamprov, the premier Improvised Comedy troupe in Leamington Spa brings you ‘The Elephant in the Room’; a quick-fire improvised sketch show in the style of ‘Who’s Line is it Anyway…
In 2018, Simon’s late father performed a one man show about his imminent death to cancer.
In 2018, Simon’s late father performed a one man show about his imminent death to cancer.
Kevin O’Brien in That One-Liner Bloke’s Comedy Show. A must see show for fans of one-liner jokes.
Welcome to Drag Therapy Theater where drag artist Indie Nile plays therapist & patient in a lipsync theatre show that is part therapy session, part pop spectacle.
Kevin O’Brien in That One-Liner Bloke’s Comedy Show. A must see show for fans of one-liner jokes.
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
“If your tastes in comedy tend toward the weird, wonderful and painfully funny, The Jain Edwards Show is the one for you.
Welcome to Drag Therapy Theater where drag artist Indie Nile plays therapist & patient in a lipsync theatre show that is part therapy session, part pop spectacle.
Written and performed by award winning character and sketch comedian Sian Hutchinson, this is your chance to see the new updated revamped version of Sian’s solo show ‘Tick My Box’ …
Feast on five of the tastiest up-and-coming comedians on the circuit in this stand-up comedy showcase, including your award-winning host, Masai Graham (UK Pun Champion 2016, Joke o…
Feast on five of the tastiest up-and-coming comedians on the circuit in this stand-up comedy showcase including your award-winning host, Masai Graham (UK Pun Champion 2016, Joke of…
International award-winning actor Benjamin Kelm brings his personal story of his time in New York to the stage.
Written and performed by award winning character and sketch comedian Sian Hutchinson, this is your chance to see the new updated revamped version of Sian’s solo show ‘Tick My Box’ …
Ben and Chris have discovered the internet and now they can’t stop.
'We don’t in general take to foreigners here… unless they take to us first' With characteristic humour, passion and pathos, Inspector Sands offer a fresh take …
As a last minute addition Brighton’s own Suspiciously Elvis performs at the fringe festival bringing his own unique take on the king of Rock and Roll in his glorious Las Vegas ye…
Celebrating 50 years of Rocky Horror and one wild ride of a life.
A fantastic 10 piece band dedicated to the Quiet Beatle’s work.
Brighton Fringe is at a crossroads and the future is in our hands to shape it into what we both want and need it to be.
A fantastic 10 piece band dedicated to the Quiet Beatle’s work.
Brighton Fringe is at a crossroads and the future is in our hands to shape it into what we both want and need it to be.
69 sketches in the space of an hour? The fastest sketch show at the Fringe returns, but this time with a thief running through the production and stealing bits of the skits.
Lianna has returned one year after winning the coveted title of Britains Top Tunestar (If you missed the show Lianna will fill you in!) last year, since then she has written new so…
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
An alternative night of stand-up comedy hosted by Captain Breadbeard and Davy Scones!
Mr.
Lianna has returned one year after winning the coveted title of Britains Top Tunestar (If you missed the show Lianna will fill you in!) last year, since then she has written new so…
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
THE CIRCUS SONAS FAMILY SHOW All the way from Northern Ireland, Martin and Logy take the traditional circus double act and give it a unique and modern twist.
Join up-and-coming tall and skinny comedian Ed Mulvey as he performs his latest routines, packed with joke-dense intelligent filth.
In this year’s Eurovision, Europe didn’t give the UK much love, but do the Brits still love the EU? Apparently so, at least judging by the cheerful welcome Cabaret Continentale…
Split show from Leslie Gold (So You Think You’re Funny semi-finalist) and Nick Kirk (West End New Act semi-finalist), usually seen collaborating on the hit London comedy show Sof…
Split show from Leslie Gold (So You Think You’re Funny semi-finalist) and Nick Kirk (West End New Act semi-finalist), usually seen collaborating on the hit London comedy show Sof…
Get ready for a night of sultry jazz, swing, blues, and soul like you’ve never experienced before! Meet Suzanne Noble, a performer following in the footsteps of legendary enterta…
A work-in-progress hour of live comedy taking a leftfield look at all walks of British society from a revered scholar of hood philosophy.
Get ready for a night of sultry jazz, swing, blues, and soul like you’ve never experienced before! Meet Suzanne Noble, a performer following in the footsteps of legendary enterta…
“You must suffer me to go my own dark way.
“You must suffer me to go my own dark way.
A work-in-progress hour of live comedy taking a leftfield look at all walks of British society from a revered scholar of hood philosophy.
*TICKETS SELLING FAST* Moni Zhang is the WINNER of Berlin New Standup Award and founder of Berlin Mental Health Festival.
Moni grew up in a sweatshop in Wuhan.
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
Speakers’ Corner is like Twitter but hardcore.
Come experience the joy, the struggles, the beauty and the pain around being a woman, wanting to be one or not being one.
Join Paul Levy from FringeReview as he talks through the ins and outs of selling your show, writing press releases and how to attract an audience.
Come experience the joy, the struggles, the beauty and the pain around being a woman, wanting to be one or not being one.
Join Paul Levy from FringeReview as he talks through the ins and outs of selling your show, writing press releases and how to attract an audience.
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Your chance this season to keep the faith with Northern Soul, returning to the beautiful Brighton Spiegeltent for its sixth year! Sells out well in advance every year so don’t miss…
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MAY 13th (Saturday, 5.
Ah, Birthdays.
The author of the bestselling poetry series The Art of a Damaged Soul brings you the hard-hitting , powerful one woman show.
May 13th - THE COPPER FAMILY May 20th - THE AMITY SINGERS May 27th - BELLADONNA, Sue Mileham, Soprano, Jane Plessner, Clarinet and Nicola Grunberg, Piano
Ah, Birthdays.
The Giant Balloon Show will have the audience in stitches and in awe simultaneously.
Jody Kamali: Things we do for love 50% Bristolian.
Acid Box promotions are thrilled to be taking over Caravanserai, showcasing the best in psychedelic sounds.
Hello there! Dropping out of hyperspace, for one night only, IT’S A TRAP! The Improvised Star Wars Show comes to Brighton Fringe for the first time ever.
50% Bristolian.
Ladies and gentlemen, droids and aliens, gather round for a special Star Wars themed improv show taking us to comedic depths of a galaxy far, far away! But did Leia, Luke, Boba and…
‘Nothing in the world will ever be the same’ 34 years after having starred in the original West End production, Michael Ball returns to Andrew Lloyd Webber’s cele…
Acid Box & Abyss presents the Caravanserai Super Fuzz Weekender! Brighton’s masters of all things psychedelic bring you a line up ready to melt minds and take you to other dimensi…
Special charity showcase for Clowns Without Borders, your support spreads laughter and joy to children and families living in crisis throughout the world.
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Join fellow participants, venue managers and industry professionals every Tuesday evening 7pm-9pm at Caravanserai to network, talk about your show, and find out more about other Br…
Join fellow participants, venue managers and industry professionals every Tuesday evening 7pm-9pm at Caravanserai to network, talk about your show, and find out more about other Br…
Not sure what to see this Fringe? Our Bursary Winner Pick of the Fringe is the perfect place to start your Brighton Fringe journey.
Steve, a successful chef and bistro owner, is suddenly thrown into the maelstrom of a global pandemic.
First Dates meets Graham Norton’s Red Chair Stories in this hilarious interactive dating chat show.
First Dates meets Graham Norton’s Red Chair Stories in this hilarious interactive dating chat show.
Steve, a successful chef and bistro owner, is suddenly thrown into the maelstrom of a global pandemic.
Not sure what to see this Fringe? Our Bursary Winner Pick of the Fringe is the perfect place to start your Brighton Fringe journey.
Many of the questions that Cosmologists attempt to answer are grand, noble, big questions about the nature of the Universe itself.
Many of the questions that Cosmologists attempt to answer are grand, noble, big questions about the nature of the Universe itself.
Join Ben Carter and Joe Bunn two of the UK’s limpest forces that have been proper melted together for one hour of entertainment.
Mind-blowing liquid magic.
A revolving line-up of the best comedians from around Brighton and the Fringe in a late afternoon show filled with hilarity.
The Late Show at The Forge is THE place to be for late night laughs at Brighton Fringe.
It’s an early evening comedy bonanza! Back for a 4th year in Brighton, this stand-up comedy selection is an exciting mixed-pack of comics, with top headliners and the best up-and-…
The Late Show at The Forge is THE place to be for late night laughs at Brighton Fringe.
Original Lineups full of the best up-and-coming Brighton’s solo, duos and full bands acts.
A friendly fun-filled afternoon show with a revolving line-up of the best children’s and family-friendly performers from around Brighton and the Fringe.
Join us every weekend 11.
Original Lineups full of the best up-and-coming Brighton’s solo, duos and full bands acts.
Join us every weekend 11.
Brazen Hodgepodge: A Sketch Comedy Show The Lion & Unicorn Theatre Brazen Hodgepodge is a brand spanking new sketch comedy show! A fast-paced hour of original sketch comedy scene…
It’s an early evening comedy bonanza! Back for a 3rd year in Brighton, this stand-up comedy selection is an exciting mixed-pack of comics, with top headliners and the best up-and-…
‘The Pick of the Fringe’ has been a hit show at Brighton Fringe for 15 years, an annual selection of the very best in stand-up comedy at Brighton Fringe.
If you’re feeling playful and curious about immersive theatre, join the Carnie-fun of Caravanserai.
A revolving line-up of the best comedians from around Brighton and the Fringe in a late afternoon show filled with hilarity.
Come and hear from SMEG, the most poetic fridge on the fringe! 45 minutes of character comedy, silly poems and the best props you’ll ever see in your life! What’s in the fridge? Ev…
A friendly fun-filled afternoon performance with a revolving line-up of the best children’s and family-friendly performers from around Brighton and the Fringe.
If you’re feeling playful and curious about immersive theatre, join the Carnie-fun of Caravanserai.
Geoff Steel is bringing his premier solo show to the Brighton Fringe in 2023.
Playing a dynamic mix of classic and contemporary soul ‘n’ funk, South Coast Soul Revue is a hi-energy eight-piece with two dynamic lead singers, a pulsating rhythm section and…
Geoff Steel is bringing his premier solo show to the Brighton Fringe in 2023.
This festival concert is a highlight of the year and truly encapsulates Roedean’s community spirit and love of music.
London’s hottest new comedy night kicks off with a mega line-up, headlined by star of Live at the Apollo, Mock the Week and Matilda, Sindhu Vee.
‘The Pick of the Fringe’ returns to Brighton - an annual selection of the very best in stand-up comedy at the Brighton Fringe! This show is a succulent smorgasbord of fantastical…
Ready to thrill you with fun and naughty moments, Richard O’Brien’s legendary rock ‘n’ roll musical, The Rocky Horror Show comes to the Peacock Theatre as p…
Richard O’Brien’s legendary rock ‘n’ roll musical, The Rocky Horror Show is ready to thrill you with fun and naughty moments.
Rose Theatre and Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse Theatres in association with Swinging the Lens A Rose Original Production Following her critically-acclaimed production of Richa…
By Nigel Williams Adapted from the novel by William Golding In the midst of a raging war, a group of British school children are left stranded after surviving a devastating plane c…
Onsale Friday 14th OctoberTaylor Tomlinson exploded onto the international stage when her hour-long special, “Quarter-Life Crisis,” debuted on Netflix just a…
Onsale Friday 14th OctoberTaylor Tomlinson exploded onto the international stage when her hour-long special, “Quarter-Life Crisis,” debuted on Netflix just a…
Premiered at the Galway International Arts Festival in 2021, After Love is a powerful exploration of love and loss.
Join Hunter and Shelly as they step back 65 million years on their mission to rediscover the Lost Kingdom of the Dinosaurs.
Join Hunter and Shelly as they step back 65 million years on their mission to rediscover the Lost Kingdom of the Dinosaurs.
Named to Forbes’ 2021 class of 30 Under 30, Tomlinson exploded onto the international stage with her first-ever, hour-long special, Quarter-Life Crisis, named “Best of 2020” …
The Totally Football Show returns to the Leicester Square Theatre just in time for the Premier League run-in.
Watch German Comedy Ambassador Henning Wehn give everything a good rinse and witness him wring sense out of the nonsensical.
Watch German Comedy Ambassador Henning Wehn give everything a good rinse and witness him wring sense out of the nonsensical.
The country’s biggest sketch competition is back for its seventh year.
The country’s biggest sketch competition is back for its seventh year.
Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.
Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.
Sort Sol presents their third original theatre production, created by Artistic Director, Elizabeth Huskisson.
Áine Gallagher is proud to be Ireland’s only guerilla Irish language teacher.
The dilemma of settling for Mr Average in order to fulfill the dream of being a mother is something that so many women face.
ToskaToska is a new piece of political physical theatre created by Elizabeth Huskisson, based on the true story of the Khachaturyan sisters who murdered their father; a case that p…
6-year-old Manny is making his very first guacamole for his dad’s welcome home dinner.
Bill’s been feeling more and more like a ghost these days.
Eyes down and look in for a Royal Court comedy with a big difference.
Eyes down and look in for a Royal Court comedy with a big difference.
Following a debut sell out nationwide tour including Glasgow's Royal Concert Hall join an all star cast of Ireland’s most talented singers and performers acco…
A girl walks down a blossom-lined street, a knife clutched in her pocket.
Join Shelf for sketches and silliness in this high energy kids’ show! Shelf perform for kids across the UK with Comedy Club 4 Kids and Girl Guides, including appearances at Under…
The Enby Show brings together the best gender-benders and cis-tem offenders that the UK has to offer, in an all-star variety night popping with creme-de-la-thems.
Ready to get your laugh on? This March, we're bringing you Live at Leicester Square Theatre: a side-splitting lineup of some of the circuit's top comedi…
Good things will happen.
Billy Kidd will bring no rabbits, feather flowers or top hats to her show.
Football, politics and the labour of love.
Don’t miss a night of comedy, cabaret and music to celebrate the launch of Brighton Fringe 2023.
Nudity, bodies, and how to feel more comfortable in our own skin in a society which conditions us to be very critical of ourselves? A panel discussion and life drawing class with b…
Theatre of Gulags is a theatrical installation exploring the dark history of the Soviet Union labour camps, and the full-scale theatres that were built inside them.
“Light-hearted, never-to-be-seen-again fun.
Grace Campbell has been called a multitude of things, but after her most recent comedy set A Show About Me(n) she can add electrifying, iconic and all around spectacular to the lis…
It's a doggie-dog world out there Up Up UpIt takes us longer to figure it out.
FEET PICS AREN'T FREE! For sale: feet pics, freshly painted.
Wo/MiYou don’t even look sick.
Valentines? Palentines? Galentines? Whatever you’re celebrating on the 14th of February, join us for a feel-good evening packed with live music, songs and a whole lot of love! C…
Direct from the USA, Soul Satisfaction are live in concert performing and celebrating the sounds of the Four Tops in their American Four Tops Motown Show delivering all …
Direct from the USA, Soul Satisfaction are live in concert performing and celebrating the sounds of the Four Tops in their American Four Tops Motown Show delivering all …
if all the times i cared had names.
Lifting the Gate People, places and lives that mattered The CRISPR Show! Three enthusiastic scientists explain genetic editing.
This Valentine’s Day, celebrate the one you love at Love Songs by Candlelight in the heart of Covent Garden.
Remixed by Debris Stevenson Directed by Josie Daxter Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps Shakespeare’s much-loved comedy meets reality TV romance in a raucous and…
Join Faith, a young woman addicted to Love, on her quest into the dark heart of its enchantments - and if there’s any life worth living without them.
Finding love post pandemic isn’t easy.
Step into Love In and take your place amongst history’s revolutionary lovers: those who understood the transformative power of dedicating space and time to humanity’s simplest desi…
Richard Herring returns to Leicester Square Theatre for his famous podcast, RHLSTP! Richard Herring has enjoyed phenomenal success as a writer and …
Richard Herring returns to The Leicester Square Theatre for his famous podcast, RHLSTP! Richard Herring has enjoyed phenomenal success as a writer …
In 2018, Simon’s late father performed a one man show about his imminent death to cancer.
6 months after winning TV’s biggest reality dating show, Ben and Cyrus are fed up with fame.
All Falls Down is an interactive and improvised storytelling show about a group of friends trying to make contact with civilisation, and survive in the wilderness, after a plane cr…
Do you think the end of the world is nigh? Then safeguard your future by listening to two very smart people: Stuart & Matt are doomsday preppers and are delighted to give the audie…
You know that we are celebrating because there is a countdown.
Micky Flanagan’s Warm Up Show at Leicester Square Theatre.
The West End theatre event of the year will return for a fifth season by popular demand.
A Chinese New Year charity party that transcends language and culture.
A Chinese New Year charity party that transcends language and culture.
A group of friends try to reach civilisation after a plane crash in an improvised, interactive show.
The award-winning musical improvisers will make all your kids’ Christmas stories come to life!
Cal McCrystal’s Mother Goose is a self-described silly, fun show with an underlying commentary of failed economic policies that live up to that promise.
“A tantalising look at the world of Rita Hayworth” The Times Considered by many to be the most beautiful woman of her day, Fred Astaire’s all-time favourite dance…
Hey Duggee: The Live Theatre Show is going to be huge! Betty wants to make costumes, Happy wants to sing, Tag wants to make music, Norrie wants to dance, Roly wants jelly and they …
Following sensational critical acclaim One Woman Show played sold out runs at Soho Theatre London and Traverse Theatre Edinburgh and was called “the single hottest ticket in …
Join Hunter and Shelly as they step back 65 million years on their mission to rediscover the lost land of the dinosaurs.
Now in it’s 13th year! Leicester Square Theatre’s showcase for the UK's best up & coming New Comedians The best acts from almost 40 heats com…
“A Musical Theatre Christmas” returns to The Actors’ Church, presented by Mark Robert Petty.
From Morgan Lloyd Malcolm, writer of the Olivier Award-winning Emilia, comes a brand-new retelling of Charles Dickens’ timeless classic.
Straight off the runway and onto the West End stage, the cast of Queenz: The Show with Ballz, strut their way into the Arts Theatre for a night of gender-bending, show-stopping gla…
WE’RE BACK BABY! All You Can Eat Cabaret is back for the new year and we”re bringing you more fat joy, beauty and excellence.
Rachel Fairburn and Kiri Pritchard Mclean bring their hit true crime podcast, All Killa no Filla to the Royal Court in a special, one off small experimental show lookin…
A performed reading of new plays by Citadel Arts Group.
In this science fiction double feature, Christopher Luscombe’s adaptation of Richard O’Brien’s Rocky Horror Show is a fun, mischievous celebration of the cult classic.
Due to the huge demand for the first run of London shows, singer, songwriter, composer and producer, Gary Barlow, has announced the final two West End shows for his critically accl…
Beirt ar a dteitheadh ó Roghall, gealach bheag amach ón bpláinéad dearg Na Hasta, is ea Sál agus Ríosa.
Kick off is at 2.
Following a sold-out, critically acclaimed run in 2021, Amy Trigg‘s ‘enormously entertaining’ (The Guardian) Reasons You Should(n’t) Love Me returns to Kiln…
Need a little help becoming the CEO of your life? Kick start a new ‘healthy’ relationship with yourself with this tool kit for confidence and success.
Prepare your chuckle muscles for the tickling of a lifetime at the third annual Doddy Day Happiness Show! The Squire Of Knotty Ash liked nothing more than making pe…
‘The Crowd Show’ is a comedy/theatre/spoken word show about crowds by award-winning writer, actor and podcaster Rob Auton.
Have you ever sat opposite someone on a bus quietly, both on your phones, and not say a word? Perhaps you glance up for a second and smile at each other.
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.
All The Fraudulent Horse Girls is a premiere one-act play with surreal monologues, music, and drag for anyone who has ever been a Horse Girl, Train Boy, or weird kid defined by the…
The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School (BOVTS) is pleased to present its 2022 MFA Graduate Showcase.
Following on from the success of the first event, My Kind of Musical is back with more fat, more songs, more revenge, and more spiralling over whether or not you should feed the bi…
Cadenza performs Handel’s joyous coronation anthem Zadok the Priest and his Foundling Hospital Anthem with its famous last chorus, Lotti’s Missa Sapientiae, admired by Handel (who …
Grace Campbell is a one-woman manifesto for body, sex and mental health positivity.
Celebrating their 30th anniversary this year, The Rolling Hills Chorus under the direction of Rosalind Johnson return again to the Edinburgh Fringe as Scotland’s Premier Barbersh…
Drawing on music hall and vaudeville traditions, Skinner & T’witch’s show combines comedy and satire with folk, flamenco and theatre-style songs.
The Trashfuture crew of Riley, Milo, Hussein, Nate and Alice are back at the Fringe and ready to dissect all of the absolute worst aspects of the age we live in, from nonsense star…
An exclusive event that presents the best of the world famous Edinburgh Fringe in an evening of comedy, fine dining, networking and entertaining.
Scottish singer/songwriter Gill Bowman shares a collection of songs, mostly self-penned, looking at the many aspects of love we encounter through life and set to her unique pared-b…
See the very best comedians from across the Fringe alongside hot new talent and fresh Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up daily at each show – in this stuffed selec…
Celtic sensation Jasmine Power from West Wales takes you on an ethereal musical journey at the piano with her own magnificent cinematic pop songs.
Clare Harrison McCartney makes light of having to mask her neurological disorders in society.
Alpha’s All Stars – We live in interesting times.
One of The Guardian’s top five shows of 2021 returns for a limited run! Join The Duchess of Canvey on a hilarious journey of self-discovery as she reclaims her place in the heart…
A selection of music of all styles performed by the best musicians in Scotland.
Self-described musical genius James Love and his sequin-clad showgirl wife Stephanie have been married for 12 years.
The Dan Daw Show is a peep into the shiny and sweaty push-pull of living with shame while bursting with pride.
Clare Harrison McCartney makes light of having to mask her neurological disorders in society.
Show Me What You’re Maid Of follows a bridal party on the day of Flora’s wedding.
Last year’s hit show is back with a new variant which will once again have you laughing, crying and talking about how lockdown was for you, for your neighbour and for your friends.
Antidepressant! Ever lost your way, your mind, or your will to live? Jonathan Winfield brings his comedy show about family trauma, mental illness and depression from his lived expe…
Set to the last tour of the Tragically Hip, They’ve All Gone and We’ll Go Too explores what it means to be Canadian in an American world, how music can save your life and how the u…
Come! Welcome to the inaugural Book Festival Fringe.
The Late Shift is the one Fringe stand-up comedy show you do not want to miss! New York City is the stand-up comedy capital of the world.
Legendary tennis coach, Judy Murray and her son Duncan (the other Murray brother) present a unique, one-off show featuring special guests, Q&As and a desperate attempt from Duncan …
N’zrama presents exuberant, vibrant, energetic and lively performances of traditional and contemporary dance from several regions of West Africa’s Ivory Coast.
The Edinburgh Renaissance Band returns in 2022 with a live performance of their ever-popular Viol Rackett Show, our best-loved programme of instrumental music from the Middle Ages …
Acclaimed choreographer Kyle Abraham’s newest full-length work tells stories of love, solidarity and friendship against a rich score of R&B and soul music by D’Angelo.
From Bach to The Beatles and beyond, renowned South Australian musician/songwriter William Jack presents a free (non-ticketed) multi-style cello recital in the heart of Edinburgh.
No one asked for this combination of themes but be prepared for a lot of different perspectives.
A woman embarks on a quest through time, travelling for hundreds of years through distant lands to discover how she came to be.
Americans are fat, find out why.
A woman embarks on a quest through time, travelling for hundreds of years through distant lands to discover how she came to be.
See the very best comedians from across the Fringe alongside hot new talent and fresh Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up daily at each show – in this stuffed selec…
‘100% my type on paper.
Comedians Rachel Fairburn and Kiri Pritchard-McLean bring their smash-hit true crime podcast, All Killa no Filla, to the Edinburgh Fringe.
The Guardian’s #1 Comedy Show of 2021 comes to the Fringe for a limited run.
After searching far and wide, Barcelona’s finest comedic talents have Found their Funny, packed it in a bag and brought it all the way to the Edinburgh Fringe for your amusement! B…
France’s greatest love guru, Pierre, swam from Paris to Edinburgh in the hopes of finally finding.
Even more fast-paced comedy magic from fringe legend David Alnwick.
Even more fast-paced comedy magic from fringe legend David Alnwick.
‘100% my type on paper.
In a room of questionable hygiene.
A Sri Lankan teenager’s quest to stage a live theatre show amidst post-AL angst, a pandemic and a country in crisis, told through a comedic, musical and dramatic multi-character …
The Smell of Love is an autobiographical story about an anosmic’s search for love.
A musical and a film about Queen and not one show about The Fall? That’s bobbins! One man’s award-winning celebration of the work of the late writer, musician and working-class g…
The Smell of Love is an autobiographical story about an anosmic’s search for love.
‘Perspectives.
The Blueswater return to the Fringe with a special 10th anniversary edition of their award-winning show.
Warning: I want to be worldwide performer. I hope you do not mind but this show will pretty much just involve me going up there and being nice with it.
Hot off the heels of his critically acclaimed Netflix special, Phil’s bringing his highly infective British-Malaysian variant of comedy to the Edinburgh Fringe once more.
All About the Drama is an insight to the worrying mind of Jovis Hart.
Join Andy (AKA Radio 1’s occasional moon expert, Shawn Moondez) as he explains the intricacies around faking the 1969 moon landing to his conspiracy theorist co-host and UK Improv …
Join us on a tour through medieval and renaissance Europe, playing period instruments of every kind: cornetts, sackbuts, serpents, viols, rebecs, fiddle, violins, shawms, curtals, …
Love and Piss is both a carnival of rebellion and a celebration of queer identity.
Performances of Highland bagpipes and small pipes by the Royal Scottish Pipers’ Society and guests. Featuring light music and piobaireachd.
Almost everyone has lost someone, has loved someone.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
Growing up in the deepest darkest parts of India and then being thrown into the West with no language, culture, personality, looks or even a clue. Standup Comedy Show by Joe Bains
Divine Dance presents John the Baptist and the Bees.
A tragicomedy combining clowning and physical theatre, Boat! follows two friends at sea as they navigate companionship, solitude and altering states of reality.
Join Andy (AKA Radio 1’s occasional moon expert Shawn Moondez) as he explains various ways to value our moon to his co-host and UK Improv Smackdown 2022 winner, Rick Falcon.
Join the Trickster and Sunny the Bunny for a riot of silly stunts and crazy magic in The Funny Punny Magic Show! Four-time winner of the Scottish Children’s Entertainer of the Ye…
Free comedy showcase hosted by American stand-up comedian Leah Renee.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
A big old extravaganza from your new favourite production company.
It’s time to get your head in the game: Bristol’s best trans/non-binary/female comedy night is taking Edinburgh by storm for one night only.
Angelos is here standing in front of people for about seven days, maybe more if he can get time off at the stables.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews.
Serving you up a big warm slice of comedy pie every month, the Dinner Daddies delight with their trademark wit and banter (so far, these trademarks have failed to hold water in cou…
Vox Stars Presents Star Inspirations.
At Johnnie Walker Princes Street, we know a thing or two about creating the perfect blend.
Formed in 1982, Edinburgh Music Theatre will be celebrating its big birthday (40 years young!) by performing a musical revue.
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.
BAFTA-nominated comedian, Rachel Parris, is back with a brand-new show about big life changes.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
Award-winning LBC presenter brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with an in-depth interview featuring audience questions.
Even more fast-paced comedy magic from fringe legend David Alnwick.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
Winners of Cleveland’s Best Sketch Comedy Group in 2020 (Cleveland Comedy Awards), Flamingo City is hot off their 2022 US Midwest tour! Joe and Greg are willing to do anything sh…
Humanity is in a right old mess.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
Humanity is in a right old mess.
Clara tells the story of 19th century piano star Clara Schumann.
I never felt unwelcome at the Fringe until this performance.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
You’re only a missing person if someone misses you.
A Mighty Fall from Grace follows the life of a Bradford Bulls fan, who over several years watches his club deteriorate on and off the field and whose mental health deteriorates thr…
Join hypnotist Jason Simmons as he takes you on a journey into the depths of your mind, stripping back the layers of your reality, in this highly interactive family-friendly unforg…
Edinburgh’s favourite folk music night returns, packed with outstanding singer-songwriters, acoustic musicians and poets.
Join hypnotist Jason Simmons as he takes you on a journey into the depths of your mind, stripping back the layers of your reality, in this highly interactive family-friendly unforg…
POV: you’re a vlogger.
Jay Handley blows off steam in a show heavy on audience interaction.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
A poetic, subtle and witty dance performance on conventions, expectations and perception.
There will be cake.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
Music is magic.
Local jazz quartet JazzMain has built its reputation around the 50s and 60s Blue Note Jazz era, closely studying exceptional jazz artists like Dexter Gordon and his contemporaries …
One devilishly handsome magician trapped in a straitjacket.
Russell Howard, Miranda Hart, Tim Minchin.
Join us for an afternoon of free jazz every Saturday and Sunday during the Fringe at The Grand Cafe.
The Quote Show is the hilarious live search for the best quote of the day, featuring a mixed bill of comedy talent and industry guests.
The UK’s leading Beach Boys tribute act The Beached Boys comes to the Edinburgh Fringe.
How do you choose between two things you love? Particularly if one of those things is literally (fictionally) magical.
It’s like the Royal Variety Show of the Fringe.
The trailblazing drag extravaganza taking the UK by storm.
Join us for free music every Saturday night during the Fringe at Southpour with great acoustic artists playing great pop covers.
A perfect show to start your day! Card tricks, mind-reading, all the magic show stuff! Magician, on stage, doing magic in a magic show; what more do you want? Oh and it’s literally…
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
Edinburgh’s best-rated, award-winning comedy club welcomes back last year’s sold-out Fringe showcase for 2022! A new line-up every night showcasing the very best acts from the Monk…
Edinburgh’s best-rated, award-winning comedy club welcomes back last year’s sold-out Fringe showcase for 2022! A new line-up every night showcasing the very best acts from the Monk…
Even more fast-paced comedy magic from fringe legend David Alnwick.
This celebration of the mating game takes on the truths and myths behind that contemporary conundrum known as: ‘the relationship.
Join us for a huge selection of free music every Friday and Saturday night during the Fringe at The Golf Tavern with different rock/pop cover bands with a great selection of music …
The story of three actors who are performing a show to impress the infamous theatre critic, Bob the Leech.
A night of comedy featuring top acts from the Fringe, curated and programmed by London’s premier comedy venue Leicester Square Theatre.
A musical and a film about Queen and not one show about The Fall? That’s bobbins! One man’s award-winning celebration of the work of the late writer, musician and working-class g…
New to the Fringe, a chat show with leading sports figures from across the UK.
There are some things as regular at the Fringe as Biblical downpours and overpriced street food.
The story follows a young prince who is accused of attempted murder and sentenced to die as a galley slave, but survives, eventually returning to his homeland, to find that his mot…
Scotland’s Adult Comedy Show.
Veteran Canadian comic David Tsonos hates one thing: the drunk heckler.
Enjoying a guided flavour-forward experience, you will learn how our whisky and spirits are made, and about both the traditions and innovative new methods in craft distilling emplo…
Forth on the Fringe is the largest showcase event of Fringe entertainment available at this year’s festival.
In this powerful one-hour theater piece, Kimleigh Smith takes the audience through a journey that is totally uplifting, totally heartbreaking and totally powerful! Totally! is the …
A celebration of Queen songs performed by four of the UK’s most talented singers and dancers in a tribute to the musical We Will Rock You.
‘You must suffer me to go my own dark way.
Daffodil has seen it all before.
My show is about growing up, getting old and having an 88-year-old Jewish mother (now with no filter) who is making me ‘Jewrotic’ (neurotic and Jewish.
Come with us as we take a deep dive into the global ocean; we’ll explore dark, hidden ecosystems and see the collective efforts of hundreds of marine scientists and engineers, stri…
Every child goes inside their own bubble! Seen on China, Romania and Bulgaria’s Got Talent.
The award-winning Daniel Martinez Flamenco Company returns to the Fringe to deliver the truly authentic flamenco music and dance that they are well known for.
Mina (Comedy Central, STOMP) returns with her acclaimed multimedia show weaving together hilarious and heartfelt stories from her New York upbringing as the daughter of an Italian-…
See the very best comedians from across the Fringe alongside hot new talent and fresh Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up daily at each show – in this stuffed selec…
Scottish Comedy Festival’s official Pick of the Fringe showcase returns for a 10th hilarious year with another phenomenal hand-picked selection of our favourite acts from across …
New York comedians Wyatt Feegrado (Bettor Days on Hulu, Amazon Prime), Lukas Arnold (2 million+ followers on Tiktok) and Otter Lee (Fairview on Comedy Central) present an afternoon…
A parody Gogglebox about two slobby Pakistani brothers getting brainwashed by an evil TV.
This small yet yet unmissable jewellery exhibition features over 300 unique and original jewellery designs from 30 independent designers across the globe including local emerging t…
See the very best comedians selected from across the Fringe with a different top-notch comedy line-up at every show.
Young Scottish contemporary artist Sleek debuts an exhibition of work showcasing his street art.
Roll up, roll up! Following last year’s sold-out show, the Manchester Revue is returning to the Fringe with a brand-new show! Bringing you the best comedy The University of Manches…
See the very best comedians selected from across the Fringe with a different top-notch comedy line-up at every show.
Join us for free music every Friday night during the Fringe at The Granary with our house musician playing great acoustic pop covers.
Multi award-winning Pete Storm and Pete Sinclair return with their sell-out tribute show, bringing together on stage two legends of American music.
These are the voyages of Shellshock! improvised comedy.
Lori Hamilton's retelling of her eventful life is touching and amusing, despite the whirlwind pacing.
A dance competition that brings burlesque into the mainstream and opens up this dance genre to a whole new audience.
The night is young and three of the best stand-up comedians from Australia are ready to make you laugh, stay up late and definitely have one more drink.
Edinburgh’s best-rated, award-winning comedy club welcomes back last year’s sold-out Fringe showcase for 2022! A new line-up every night showcasing the very best acts from the Monk…
The Late Late Irish Show is a compilation show featuring Ireland’s best comedians.
The All Stars have toured the world, playing New York’s Webster Hall (with Eddie Izzard and Mike Myers), Prague, Sydney, Paris, Shanghai, Beirut and Baku.
See the very best comedians selected from across the Fringe with a different top-notch comedy line-up at every show.
Tuesday morning, 3am.
It’s time for us to play.
This year, international multi award-winning magician Elliot Bibby is supported by his faithful friend Barry the Beach Ball.
Join Faith, a young woman addicted to Love, on a quest into the dark heart of its enchantments – and if there’s any life worth living without them.
Incredible songwriter and entertainer, Neil Diamond has wooed the world with 38 singles in the top 10, and 10 number one hits! Timeless classics that are as relevant today as they …
‘All we have hinges on the worn thread of a memory.
Join The Glittering Prince of Magic for a world-class magical premiere extravaganza.
A dance competition that brings burlesque into the mainstream and opens up this dance genre to a whole new audience.
Back for its third year running and getting better every year.
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…
Scottish Comedy Festival’s official Pick of the Fringe showcase returns for a 10th hilarious year with another phenomenal hand-picked selection of our favourite acts from across …
Join Fringe-favourite comedians Vladimir McTavish and Jay Sodagar for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe’s brand new chat and comedy show.
Edinburgh Fringe is a hub of unique and wild shows, contrasting genres and varieties of themes crunched into a tight hour.
The best comedians at the Fringe do the dirtiest jokes they have in hopes that they will get cancelled. Hosted by Chicago comedian Matt Castellvi.
Showcasing the top spoken word talent the festival has to offer – from the laugh-out-loud funny, through the wonderfully surreal, to the thoughtful and emotional – Loud Poets c…
The only comedy show in town with actual consequences for bad jokes.
Making its professional debut, In Stitches Theatre Company presents COMEDY IMPROV! A group of 11 improvisers born at Rose Bruford College! You can expect games, stories, questionab…
Gary G Knightley (the “Twat out of Hell”) returns with a new passion: quizzing.
Top leaders, love bombing, results driven expectations, endless tasks – is your family a cult? Is society a cult? Is the lollipop lady the benign face of cultism? Are we all in t…
Making its professional debut, In Stitches Theatre Company presents COMEDY IMPROV! A group of 11 improvisers born at Rose Bruford College! You can expect games, stories, questionab…
Improvised Harry Potter parody from Chortle Award-winning Jericho Comedy.
Watch the German Comedy Ambassador give everything a good rinse and witness him wring sense out of the nonsensical.
‘Oy Gay! is hilarious, clever and filthy! These talented comedians charm and entertain whilst exploring faith, community and life, with some classic material that still makes me la…
Join Yorkshire double act The Halls of Ridiculous as they push the boundaries of improv, sketch and character creativity to the max with their quick thinking scenes, zany special g…
The cult hit stand-up panel show where the audience can join the fun without being picked on! Enjoy three top stand-ups answering the daft questions that have been picked using our…
New York Comedian Gabe Mollica started comedy the day after he got broken up with.
Circus Sonas are Northern Irish father and son Martin and Logy.
Yes, I know it’s the Edinburgh Fringe but this is the Edinburgh Fridge! Come along to hear poems and monologues from a fridge called Smeg, robots, spiders, goats and so much more!
Sharlin Jahan (BBC 4’s The Now Show, BBC Essex Radio) is a Bangladeshi, British, Canadian Comedian.
Moni grew up in a sweatshop in Wuhan.
Feast on five of the tastiest up-and-coming comedians on the circuit in this stand-up comedy showcase including your award-winning host, Kirsty Munro.
Written by Max Dickins (The Man on the Moor, Kin, The Trunk) and directed by five times Fringe First award-winner Hannah Eidinow, Love Them To Death explores Fabricated and Induc…
Two teams of comedians – one team depressed, one team anxious.
Murder Mystery ‘A drinks reception of all of poetic literatures greats.
A friendly fun-filled afternoon show with a revolving line-up of the best children’s and family-friendly performers from around the Fringe.
It’s four years since George Steeves brought his Magic 8 Ball show to Edinburgh, winning the heart and mind of at least this reviewer with such an honest, bold theatrical collage…
The book-themed comedy compilation hit is back! If you’ve ever: paused after reading something to take a moment and collect yourself, read naked, thought the book was way better …
The Just Us League of Javier Jarquin and Gary Tro return with an update of their whistlestop tour of the first 3 Marvel Cinematic Universe phases (somewhat contradicting their titl…
Nominated for Best Kids’ Show at this year’s Leicester Comedy Festival 2022.
A mother keeps pulling her ill son out of school.
Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2020, Eric Rushton brings his highly anticipated debut hour to the festival.
Since Charles Ross first brought his hilarious show to Edinburgh in 2006, it has established itself as a Fringe favourite.
Critical darlings and audience favourites Objectively Funny take time out from producing top-tier shows and providing mental health support at the Fringe to present some of the hot…
Ted Hill is incredibly brave for putting on his show, All The Presidents Man, which in itself is a very clever title.
Join Mr Bubbles with his extraordinary soap bubbles in all shapes and sizes! Enjoy bouncy bubbles, bubbles inside bubbles, smoke bubbles, square bubbles, giant bubbles and even fir…
Boy, you’re an alien.
A prodigal story of true love and sacred transformation.
Are you a kid? Do you like music, laughing and whack-a-doodle-noodle craziness? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then grab your pet adult and join us! Award-winning c…
Cameron Cook pushes character work to incredible new heights in his debut solo show, previously performed to sold-out audiences at Soho Theatre.
A delightful mess of a show combining the electrifying skills of award-winning comedian Jarred Christmas and the vocal genius of world-champion beatboxer Hobbit.
Join comedian and children’s author Olaf Falafel for an hour of really stupid kids’ comedy plus a drawing lesson and possibly something that involves fishing, ducks, bumbags and …
Musical comedian and viral internet songboy, Anesti Danelis, presents a comedy concert inspired by all of those stupid self-help books.
Family workshop suitable for children aged 3-7 years with parents or carers, but everyone welcome.
Not ready for the night to end? Neither are we! So head on over to The All Irish After Party, where the craic is only just beginning!! A true late night show, this show is always b…
NYC comedian Terence Hartnett (Caroline’s on Broadway) was diagnosed with testicular cancer last year and it was the first bad thing that has ever happened to him.
Wine Show is a solo clown show centered on Bailey Barrel, a charming and unorthodox wine maker who is discovering her place in the world after the death of her father.
Winner of Underbelly, New Diorama and Methuen Drama’s hit-making Untapped Award 2022.
Join us for a huge selection of free music every night of the Fringe at Biddy’s with different rock/folk cover bands and a big selection of music right through the festival.
After selling out at the Adelaide Fringe, Liars and Clowns comes to Edinburgh to showcase the best alternative, underground and weird acts from around the festival.
Dublin’s favourite comedy club is on tour.
Raucous, wild and a little bit different – this one-hour compilation show with a changing daily line-up, gives you a fabulous cross section of Fringe madness in one crazy bite-si…
Great value lunchtime comedy showcase featuring the best and brightest of this year’s Fringe comics.
Top 10 Comedy Shows of Edinburgh Fringe 2019 (Telegraph).
Constantly rotating line-up of the best comedians at this year’s festival.
Fresh, off-beat comedy from two former Cambridge Footlights.
Comedian Tom GK has decided to record the greatest album of all time and he has just 50 minutes to prove he’s up to the job.
Alex Hylton is almost absolutely certain he’s in love.
A stand-up comedy compilation show hosted by Tom Mayhew, as heard on BBC Radio 4.
Lanessa has been performing shows all her life.
One small step for man, one giant pile of rubbish left behind! Man’s dream to reach the stars leaves the world in ruins and disturbs the sleeping dinosaurs.
All of Us is an attack on welfare state reform.
Britain’s most loveable fox takes you on a journey of laughs, storytelling and song in a show for all the family, specially written for the live stage and packed with fun and excit…
It's only around halfway through Nina Conti: The Dating Show that you realise just how hard she is working.
Debut hour from one of the most exciting acts on the UK comedy circuit and one of the most pathetic cringing worms (as seen on The Mash Report (BBC2), BBC3 and Channel 4 Online.
Clare Harrison McCartney is a neurodiverse comedian.
Cameron Young is one of the hottest names in modern magic, with appearances on national television shows such as Britain’s Got Talent, Penn & Teller: Fool Us and Tu Si Que Vales, C…
Clare Harrison McCartney is a neurodiverse comedian.
‘This anarchic, multimedia show has cult in its genes’ **** (Chortle.
Love, Loss and Chianti stages two of Christopher Reid’s poetic works A Scattering and The Song of Lunch, both, as the title suggests, explore the liminal space where love and los…
Join us for free live music every Wednesday to Sunday during the Fringe at Ghillie Dhu with different indie and rock/pop artists with a great selection of music.
So many comedians, so little time! In this unmissable Edinburgh Fringe institution, 12 top comedy and variety acts perform ridiculously short sets in one furiously fast-paced showc…
Award-winning actor and cabaret artist, Keith Ramsay, blends live music and and spoken word to deconstruct the concepts of camp and queer mythology for a post-Stonewall generation.
Come and celebrate the start of this year’s Free Festival! See samples of all the top shows from this years Free Fest, the night before it begins – and party with the performers,…
Yummy Mummy (and Headmaster’s wife, just for extra grown-up points) Louise runs the school choir and helps her teenaged daughter with her homework.
Host of Radio 4 Extra’s Comedy Club and critically acclaimed podcast Spit or Swallow.
Grace, ‘one of the funniest women in Britain’ (Times), makes her eagerly awaited Fringe return following 2019’s sell-out run, with a new show about her two lifelong passions; men a…
All aboard The Cambridge Footlights International Tour Show 2022: Are We There Yet? Buckle up as we hit the road for a tour of life itself, visiting more sketch-shaped destinations…
Adapted from the beloved children’s books by Mo Willems, Leonardo! tells the story of a monster who longs to be scary and the big decisions he must make along the way.
Kazumi is hunting a sea monster.
Mama Love is a one-woman show in which Lea Blair Whitcher plays with the absurdities of the idealised and toxic images of motherhood in which she finds herself enmeshed.
The vibe is wild as I sit down for Adults Only Magic Show.
Richard Brown returns to the Fringe with a new show that promises to be as bleakly brilliant as his previous endeavours.
Dr Silcox returns with his perfect show for the fourth time for his hardcore fans; a unique and no-nonsense approach to exposing big pharmaceutical companies who rip off their cust…
‘A rollicking roller-coaster ride!’ ****½ (The West Australian).
The American stand-up, TV writer and “neurotic Jewish millennial” returns following her acclaimed 2019 debut.
The Crowd Show is a comedy/theatre/spoken word show about crowds by award-winning writer, actor and podcaster Rob Auton.
Braving the smells and humidity of the Niddry Street Hive, Alex Kealy’s The Winner Takes All explains the inner workings and purpose of Silicon Valley and tech monopolies better …
Who haunts our world-famous underground vaults? Join Minging Annie from Edinburgh’s past and explore what is it like to have been trapped beneath the city streets for 400 years.
A musical AND a film about Queen and not one show about The Fall? That’s bobbins! My show (nominated for Best Spoken Word and winner of Greater Manchester Spirit Of The Fringe, 20…
A musical AND a film about Queen and not one show about The Fall? That’s bobbins! My show (nominated for Best Spoken Word and winner of Greater Manchester Spirit Of The Fringe, 20…
How do you choose between two things you love? Particularly if one of those things is literally (fictionally) magical.
This show is all about children’s ideas and stories being brought to life before your very eyes with the help of three talented comedy improvisers - Chris Lumb, Natalie Smeaton & P…
How do you choose between two things you love? Particularly if one of those things is literally (fictionally) magical.
This show is all about children’s ideas and stories being brought to life before your very eyes with the help of three talented comedy improvisers - Chris Lumb, Natalie Smeaton & P…
Award winning late night cabaret showcase hosted by Linda, with her fellowship of freaks from participants in the festival/whoever can make it to Durham that night! Enter the dark …
Award winning late night cabaret showcase hosted by Linda, with her fellowship of freaks from participants in the festival/whoever can make it to Durham that night! Enter the dark …
Stole the Show ‘It’s criminally underrated!’ Stole the Show is a farcical comedy play inside a play about a robber who stumbles into a amateur retelling of The Legend of King Ar…
Nana Rabbit’s Cake-off! Join Nana Rabbit and her friends as they re-enact her most famous adventure yet; The Quest for the Whisk of Destiny! Nana, who was once named ‘The Greatest…
Stole the Show ‘It’s criminally underrated!’ Stole the Show is a farcical comedy play inside a play about a robber who stumbles into a amateur retelling of The Legend of King Ar…
Join Liverpool’s Royal Court Youth Theatre for an evening of great music as they showcase their stunning musical talents.
A Sketch Show - a 70-minute chaotic journey through the minds of two dudes; Jack & Jordan, who are actors - nay, artists! And professional ones at that.
Eccentric, scandalous, provocative, exuberant, and funny as ever, Jean Paul Gaultier is set to shake up London this summer when his stunning creation, Fashion Freak Show - 50 years…
Fashion Freak Show is a retrospective of Jean-Paul Gaultier’s career using a combination of catwalk, dance and theatre revue.
A rip-roaring ride through the plagues of history! From swarms of locusts to vine-destroying bugs, from the Black Death to Covid.
Tick Box Other is a collection of new short plays that take a closer look at the ups and downs of considering life without children.
Midnight Snacks is a new breed of late-night show - a chilled out hour designed to relax you before bed, featuring surreal stories, strange sketches and tall tales.
LOVE! VALOUR! COMPASSION! tells the story of 8 gay men, friends and lovers, who all gather at a country house in upstate New York over 3 long weekend.
Harun Musho’d is an Arabic name. Good news is I can’t drive. Bad news is I have a rucksack. If you don’t like that joke, don’t come to this show.
Cynthia is 23.
Award winning comic drama by Ioana Goga. If Fleabag and Bridget Jones had a baby this would be it!
Stand-up comedian Richard Pulsford (Top 10 Edinburgh Fringe Jokes 2019 & 2021, Scottish Comedian of the Year finalist 2021) hosts this show for history fans, back in Brighton for t…
Stand-up comedian Richard Pulsford (Top 10 Edinburgh Fringe Jokes 2019 & 2021, Scottish Comedian of the Year finalist 2021) hosts this show for history fans, back in Brighton for t…
On the final day of Brighton Fringe 2022, Brighton Fringe CEO Julian Caddy leads our annual awards ceremony, handing out awards to the best of the festival, as we take the time to …
A musical AND a film about Queen and not one show about The Fall? That’s bobbins! My show (winner of Greater Manchester Spirit Of The Fringe, 2021) is one man’s attempt to celeb…
A musical AND a film about Queen and not one show about The Fall? That’s bobbins! My show (winner of Greater Manchester Spirit Of The Fringe, 2021) is one man’s attempt to celeb…
Need some Euro cheer? Never fear ‘Cabaret Continentale!’ is here! Join us for three nights of sensational and sexy variety Spiegel acts from around Europe, to really make your Fri…
Comedian and silly boy Ted Hill’s debut stand-up show about every single US President, and one man’s recovery from a mental breakdown.
The acoustic gypsy violin and guitar duo are back following their excellent 2019 debut.
The acoustic gypsy violin and guitar duo are back following their excellent 2019 debut.
Comedian and silly boy Ted Hill’s debut stand-up show about every single US President, and one man’s recovery from a mental breakdown.
The Summer Shows are a culmination of our talented art, media and design students’ university journey in the form of a large-scale public exhibition.
The Summer Shows are a culmination of our talented art, media and design students’ university journey in the form of a large-scale public exhibition.
Join Fringe favourite comedians Vladimir McTavish, Dave Chawner and Jay Sodagar for Brighton Fringe’s brand new chat and comedy show: The Early Late Show.
Astra’s people snatched their green homeland from the chaos of global eco-collapse.
Astra’s people snatched their green homeland from the chaos of global eco-collapse.
Divorced Sammie searches for love, laughter and divine purpose.
A showcase of the best new comedians performing at the 2022 Brighton Fringe.
Divorced Sammie searches for love, laughter and divine purpose.
Brighton’s very own Sarah Davies brings you her new one-woman clown show, created especially for everyone’s favourite festival: Bag Lady’s Fringe.
Brighton’s very own Sarah Davies brings you her new one-woman clown show, created especially for everyone’s favourite festival: Bag Lady’s Fringe.
Brighton Fringe is at a crossroads and the future is in our hands to shape it into what we both want and need it to be.
Award-winning flamenco guitarist and composer Daniel Martinez presents an evening of truly authentic flamenco music and dance.
Award-winning flamenco guitarist and composer Daniel Martinez presents an evening of truly authentic flamenco music and dance.
Beanpig Puppets presents an adaptation of an obscure fairy tale for the enjoyment of all ages! You are invited into an enchanted forest full of surprises, and a small house where…
Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2020 Eric Rushton brings his highly-anticipated debut hour to the Brighton Fringe.
Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2020 Eric Rushton brings his highly-anticipated debut hour to the Brighton Fringe.
Beanpig Puppets presents an adaptation of an obscure fairy tale for the enjoyment of all ages! You are invited into an enchanted forest full of surprises, and a small house where…
Everything begins with movement.
Everything begins with movement.
Inspired by Beckett’s Worstward Ho and Gogol’s Diary of a Madman, this solo mask and movement performance is a unique blend of heart and politics.
Inspired by Beckett’s Worstward Ho and Gogol’s Diary of a Madman, this solo mask and movement performance is a unique blend of heart and politics.
Exhibition and performances from learners at Downsview Life Skills College.
Exhibition and performances from learners at Downsview Life Skills College.
Miracle Theatre brings Carol Ann Duffy’s radical adaption of Everyman right up to date, creating a multi-sensory experience with sizzling sound score (Dom Coyote – Kneehigh), m…
When your time’s up, how will you account for your life on Earth? Everyman is riding high, works hard and plays harder.
Brighton Fringe 2021 Award Winner Miss Hope Springs recently celebrated a decade of decadence as resident songstress at London’s premier cabaret room Le Crazy Coqs in Piccadilly.
Brighton Fringe 2021 Award Winner Miss Hope Springs recently celebrated a decade of decadence as resident songstress at London’s premier cabaret room Le Crazy Coqs in Piccadilly.
Come along to see Psychic Stu in his Phenomenal Stand Up Show! You may be lucky and get your fortune told by the man himself.
Your chance this season to keep the faith with Northern Soul, returning to the beautiful Brighton Spiegeltent for its sixth year! Sells out well in advance every year so don’t miss…
Psychic Stu takes on the world of fake mediums and not only stands up for the holistic world, but unwittingly educates others on what to look for so as not to get conned.
Enjoy an hour of the best up-and-coming one-liner comedians on the circuit in this celebration of puns, one-liners and wordplay.
Enjoy an hour of the best up-and-coming one-liner comedians on the circuit in this celebration of puns, one-liners and wordplay.
Kirsty Munro talks about naughty stuff, overshares and gets saucy.
Kirsty Munro talks about naughty stuff, overshares and gets saucy.
All You Can Beat Workshop.
The Maydays present: The Fringe Show.
Feast on five of the tastiest up-and-coming comedians on the circuit in this stand-up comedy showcase including your award-winning host, Masai Graham (UK Pun Champion 2016, Joke of…
All You Can Beat Workshop.
The Maydays present: The Fringe Show.
Out to cause absolute pandemonium, Marcus Megastar’s bringing the party to Brighton with “The Music Of The Night” ’22 Fringe Showcase.
What next? If you’re thinking about developing your show, or setting up your own company after the Fringe, but don’t know where to begin, sign up to talk to Jackie Elliman, Leg…
Out to cause absolute pandemonium, Marcus Megastar’s bringing the party to Brighton with “The Music Of The Night” ’22 Fringe Showcase.
What next? If you’re thinking about developing your show, or setting up your own company after the Fringe, but don’t know where to begin, sign up to talk to Jackie Elliman, Leg…
Are you thinking about bringing a show to the Edinburgh Fringe this year, either in person or online? Come along and virtually meet the team from the Fringe Society and find out wh…
Alex Bertulis-Fernandes is a stand-up and writer.
“You must suffer me to go my own dark way.
Alex Bertulis-Fernandes is a stand-up and writer.
Are you thinking about bringing a show to the Edinburgh Fringe this year or in the future? Maybe it’s on your bucket list, or a new year’s resolution; perhaps you’ve been bef…
The Brighton Swing Community are back for our annual Fringe afternoons of music and dancing, in one of the festival’s most iconic venues! Our All-Stars band features musicians fro…
Leamprov, the premier Improvised Comedy troupe in Leamington Spa brings you ‘The Elephant in the Room’; a quick-fire improvised sketch show in the style of ‘Who’s Line is it Anyway…
Red Sauce Theatre brings a surreal blast from the past with their zany end of the pier amusement booth and performance experience.
Red Sauce Theatre brings a surreal blast from the past with their zany end of the pier amusement booth and performance experience.
After witnessing my son’s terrible squalid journey into a craven addiction, I wanted to work with addicts and those like me, who love them, to paint them and ask: what is happening…
After witnessing my son’s terrible squalid journey into a craven addiction, I wanted to work with addicts and those like me, who love them, to paint them and ask: what is happening…
Guava Palava Arts present an award-winning comedy theatre show.
Future Jazz At The Fringe returns to Brighton Spiegeltent for 2022 .
Proper Job Is a panel show featuring the best comedians on the circuit competing to see who would fare best in the real world.
Proper Job Is a panel show featuring the best comedians on the circuit competing to see who would fare best in the real world.
Future Jazz At The Fringe returns to Brighton Spiegeltent for 2022 .
The sweet journey of an unlikely pear of lovers.
Special charity showcase for Clowns Without Borders - your support spreads laughter and joy to children and families living in crisis throughout the world.
FRINGE AT FALMER: May 8th: UNFENCED UNWRAPPED: Sally Wilson, Sam Brennan, Liz Woodhouse, Jane Peckham & Barney Guy- a musical confectionery: female voices, sophisticated piano, str…
FRINGE AT FALMER: May 8th: UNFENCED UNWRAPPED: Sally Wilson, Sam Brennan, Liz Woodhouse, Jane Peckham & Barney Guy- a musical confectionery: female voices, sophisticated piano, str…
NASH & MONKHOUSE PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS THE CARNAGE RETURNS WRITTEN BY: Kym Nash,Michael Monkhouse & Maggie LeVine
NASH & MONKHOUSE PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS THE CARNAGE RETURNS WRITTEN BY: Kym Nash,Michael Monkhouse & Maggie LeVine
Kick start your Brighton Fringe with a bank holiday weekender of free, outdoor fun at Fringe City on Jubilee Square! Join us on Friday night, Saturday and Sunday, for a three-day e…
A Life in Progress Show - Not Done Yet! After thirty years of listening to others, one day Stewart listened to himself and left his job - Now he wants you to listen to him.
Calling all picnickers; Brighton Fringe’s wildly popular family picnics are back for 2022! Join us as we take over Pavilion Gardens with more free family entertainment than you can…
Ahead of their event at Brighton Spiegeltent on 14 May and 2 June, the English Disco Lovers join us at Fringe City with their irrepressible mix of disco, humour, anti-racism, inclu…
The Giant Balloon Show will have the audience in stitches and in awe simultaneously.
Calling all picnickers; Brighton Fringe’s wildly popular family picnics are back for 2022! Join us as we take over Pavilion Gardens with more free family entertainment than you can…
Mr.
Three siblings are in isolation having had contact with a Covid victim.
Three siblings are in isolation having had contact with a Covid victim.
It’s an early evening comedy bonanza! Back for a 3rd year in Brighton, this stand-up comedy selection is an exciting mixed-pack of comics, with top headliners and the best up-and-…
‘The Pick of the Fringe’ has been a hit show at Brighton Fringe for 15 years, an annual selection of the very best in stand-up comedy at Brighton Fringe.
A revolving line-up of the best comedians from around Brighton and the Fringe in a late afternoon show filled with hilarity.
A friendly fun-filled afternoon performance with a revolving line-up of the best children’s and family-friendly performers from around Brighton and the Fringe.
Ahead of their event at Brighton Spiegeltent on 14 May and 2 June, the English Disco Lovers join us at Fringe City with their irrepressible mix of disco, humour, anti-racism, inclu…
We run comedy nights at this venue all year round but we have something special planned for the Fringe.
A late-starter comes out about her first kiss, desires, and strawberries.
In our world of fast fashion, the buy-now-pay-later mentality fed to us by banks like Klarna and the rising cost of living, Dennis Kelly’s Love and Money will truly resonate with…
This festival concert is a highlight of the year and truly encapsulates Roedean’s community spirit and love of music.
This festival concert is a highlight of the year and truly encapsulates Roedean’s community spirit and love of music.
Pick of the Fringe returns to Brighton - an annual selection of the very best in stand-up comedy at the Fringe! The show is a succulent smorgasbord of fantastically funny stand-u…
A late-starter comes out about her first kiss, desires, and strawberries.
Dennis Kelly is one of the UK’s most extraordinary and original writers working today.
Me? No Pause!From the first medical reference to menopause in the 17th century to menopause management tips with social media influencer Adriana Mole.
Comedy Zebra Show este o trupă de comedie din Republica Moldova care a impresionat prin prestaţiile lor publicul și jurații emisiunii iUmor, unde au ajun…
BASIL BRUSH’S FAMILY FUN SHOW Broken Robot Productions & So Comedy in association with Basil Brush Limited Fresh from appearances on CBBC’s Crackerja…
BASIL BRUSH’S FAMILY FUN SHOW Broken Robot Productions & So Comedy in association with Basil Brush Limited Fresh from appearances on CBBC’s Crackerja…
Join Love Ssega at the National Gallery for Love Ssega’s HOME-zero, a promenade performance exploring themes of sustainability and social housing, uplifting young voices through …
My 75 years at the Edinburgh FringeFor the 75th birthday of the Edinburgh Fringe Arthur Smith writes a love letter to this playground of his imagination and recalls some of the tri…
Book yourself a session with a member of the Brighton Fringe Box Office team who can talk you through all aspects of the reporting system, including checking your ticket sales, set…
Book yourself a session with a member of the Brighton Fringe Box Office team who can talk you through all aspects of the reporting system, including checking your ticket sales, set…
Gain insights on the benefits and opportunities of professional rural touring.
A group of university friends reunites over dinner with lots to catch up on.
Gain insights on the benefits and opportunities of professional rural touring.
Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase
POSTPONED TO WEDNESDAY 6 APRIL.
POSTPONED TO WEDNESDAY 6 APRIL.
Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase
Three rude boys ruin pop culture through dumb questions.
Come and join us for an evening of burlesque from new-on-the-scene performers.
This is a double bill of monologues navigating grief: Intricate Rituals by Seth Douglas and The Same Rain That Falls on Me by Logan Jones.
The country’s biggest sketch competition is back for it’s sixth year.
The country’s biggest sketch competition is back for it’s sixth year.
Live/Wire is The AC/DC Show.
Wilton’s Music Hall has come a long way since 1885 when Nelly Power sang The Boy I Love Is Up in the Gallery.
We’re running another batch of 1-2-1’s! Book a 1-2-1 session to go through your marketing plan with a member of the Brighton Fringe marketing team.
Find out more about marketing your Brighton Fringe event from the Brighton Fringe marketing team.
Richard Herring returns to The Leicester Square Theatre for his famous podcast, RHLSTP! Richard Herring has enjoyed phenomenal success as a writer and performer and…
ConnemarvellousOne woman bilingual English Irish comedy! Stephen Mullan: Love is.
As recommended by TimeOut LondonThe Enby ShowThe Enby Show brings together the best gender-benders and cis-tem offenders that the UK has to offer, in an all-star variety night popp…
Chiron: A One Centaur Show Lanky horse-boy talks funny A Beautiful Mess To-do lists aren't actually helpful.
The year is 2021, and the world still doesn’t know what to do with those of us who have decided not to reproduce.
THE DIANA ROSS STORY The World’s Premier show in celebration of DIANA ROSS and THE SUPREMES Theatre audiences prepare to be taken on a spellbinding journey visi…
THE DIANA ROSS STORY The World’s Premier show in celebration of DIANA ROSS and THE SUPREMES Theatre audiences prepare to be taken on a spellbinding journey visi…
Robert Batson (Brighton Fringe Development) will host this session about fundraising options and opportunities.
For the first time ever and for one night only South African comedy aces Celeste Ntuli and Thenjiwe Moseley bring their rib cracking stand up comedy to London.
For the first time ever and for one night only South African comedy aces Celeste Ntuli and Thenjiwe Moseley bring their rib cracking stand up comedy to London.
Now seen by over 350,000 fans live and watched by millions on TV Europe's No.
Unrivalled in their ability to present exciting and new international choreography as well as some of the most memorable masterpieces from the past 100 years, Rambert Dance Compa…
Totally Football Live The Totally Football Show returns to the stage, and what better place to kick start things than the Leicester Square Theatre in t…
Totally Football Live The Totally Football Show returns to the stage, and what better place to kick start things than the Leicester Square Theatre in t…
The arts and creative industries have been hit hard by the consequences of the pandemic, but Crowdfunder is here to help.
Brighton Fringe is at a crossroads and the future is in our hands to shape it into what we both want and need it to be.
Join author, campaigner and podcast host Ruairí McKiernan, Senator Lynn Ruane and special guests for what is guaranteed to be a lively and inspiring conversation …
Thinking of setting up your own performing arts company? Join Jackie Elliman, Legal and Industrial Relations Manager at ITC, for a workshop about the legal and administrative basic…
If you feel the blue in January, join us for 3 nights of fun. Thursday 13th, 20th and the 27th of January at Bar Soho!Ticket link
Theatre Relationship Managers, Anna Jefferson and Claire Soper, from Arts Council England will be holding an online advice session on Zoom to talk you through the National Lottery …
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Now in it’s 12th year.
It’s time to fall in love again with “Mr Christmas” – Andy Williams – in this family-friendly spectacular featuring Andy (Colin Savage) and legendary special guests as he…
We never get off at Sloane Square is an adaptation of Helen DeWitt’s novel, The Last Samurai – the story of a mother, Sibylla, who singlehandedly homeschools her son, Ludo, whi…
The hit comedy podcast takes to the stage with a very special, live christmas show! Drunk Women Solving Crime is a true crime podcast with a twist…of lime.
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Over 300 acts compete for the title of New Comedian of the Year in Leicester Square Theatre‘s hunt for the best new acts in the country.
In a desperate attempt to bring some spark back to their all-too-cosy married life, professional millennials Michael and Phil switch a sherry on the couch for a night on the town.
Join us for a United in Anger screening and UK launch reading of Let the Record Show along with a World Cafe style event on cabaret tables where everyone gets to mas…
Dublin, 1742.
Dublin, 1742.
Prepare your chuckle muscles for the tickling of a lifetime at the second annual Doddy Day Happiness Show! The Squire Of Knotty Ash liked nothing more than making p…
Over 300 acts compete for the title of New Comedian of the Year in Leicester Square Theatre‘s hunt for the best new acts in the country.
BOO BITCHES! It’s spooky season, and we’ve lined up a horrible concoction of shocking live shows from some of the deadliest drag around! On October 30 we bring you a spooky,…
Spirit Box is a frightful, new, paranormal horror play about identity, isolation and ghosts.
New covid-safe version of Brite Theater’s multi award-winning show! The fourth wall has been utterly obliterated, as the audience take on the roles of all the other characters at R…
As recommended by TimeOut LondonThe Enby Horror ShowThe Enby Show brings together the best gender-benders and cis-tem offenders that the UK has to offer, in an all-star variety nig…
Anything For Love – The Meat Loaf Story: It’s all about the music! Following his sell out 2019 national tour, the highly acclaimed Steve Steinman brings you …
Bafta-nominated comedian, Rachel Parris, is back with a brand-new show about big life changes.
ANTHEM - OLD SKOOL REUNION - LOVE MUSCLE CLASSICS A SPECIAL EVENT PAYING TRIBUTE TO LOVE MUSCLE DJ LEGEND MARC ANDREWSWith DJsSTEVE BENNISONANDY ALMIGHTYPlus live PA from MOTI…
Dragpunk’s I’M NOT OKAY has risen from the grave for an iconic HELLOWEEN SPECIAL! Your favourite emo party has been resurrected, for a night of classic emo bangers and alt dra…
Winner of Britain’s Got Talent 2020 Comedian and musician Jon Courtenay is the first ever Golden Buzzer act to win Britain’s Got Talent.
Winner of Britain’s Got Talent 2020 Comedian and musician Jon Courtenay is the first ever Golden Buzzer act to win Britain’s Got Talent.
Winner of Britain’s Got Talent 2020 Comedian and musician Jon Courtenay is the first ever Golden Buzzer act to win Britain’s Got…
Doll and Ted are storytellers.
Belszki and Guests: Lesbian Cabaret ShowSun 17 Oct @ The Brunswick Holland Road HoveDoors 6:45pm Show 7pm End 9pm 10 A NIGHT CURATED BY LESBIANS, FOR LESBIANS AND ALLIESEVERYO…
As recommended by TimeOut LondonThe Enby ShowThe Enby Show brings together the best gender-benders and cis-tem offenders that the UK has to offer, in an all-star variety night popp…
Belszki and Guests: Lesbian Cabaret ShowThurs 14 Oct @ Two Brewers ClaphamDoors 7pm Show 8pm 10 A NIGHT CURATED BY LESBIANS, FOR LESBIANS AND ALLIESEVERYONE WELCOME IN AUDIENC…
The incredible Topsie Redfern is back - singing from opera through to pop with her fabulous and fun show.
Join us in t’ARTopia for another night of art, words, comedy, drag and music from some of our most delicious t’ARTs.
A comedy about love, marriage and the family you choose.
Cum kids! Gather round.
THESE GROOVY WITCHES ARE BACK! The bewitching event from Coco Femme Fontaine & Daisy Puller returns to Fontaine’s Bar for a COVID considerate, magical lounge performance.
When it comes to what we deem sensual or erotic, we can be tempted to start with the performative.
A musical AND a film about Queen and not ONE show about The Fall? That’s bobbins! The Church of The Fall is one man’s attempt to do justice to Mark E.
Watch German Comedy Ambassador Henning Wehn give everything a good rinse and witness him wring sense out of the nonsensical.
Watch German Comedy Ambassador Henning Wehn give everything a good rinse and witness him wring sense out of the nonsensical.
A musical AND a film about Queen and not ONE show about The Fall? That’s bobbins! The Church of The Fall is one man’s attempt to do justice to Mark E.
A musical AND a film about Queen and not ONE show about The Fall? That’s bobbins! The Church of The Fall is one man’s attempt to do justice to Mark E.
Love, Genius and a Walk, at Theatro Technis, a venue billed as ‘one of London's best-kept secrets’, is an ambitious exploration of how artistic individuals struggle with ma…
Please join us for the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School Graduating MFA Actors London Showcase where there will be a selection of monologues and duologues delivered by our …
Clubs and shows are BACK BABY which means it’s time for VOL.
This one-day boutique event is the only UK family creation show exclusively designed for the LGBTQ+ community informing attendees about UK and International family building options…
Over 300 acts compete for the title of New Comedian of the Year in Leicester Square Theatre‘s hunt for the best new acts in the country.
*UPDATE* As a result of COVID restrictions we have had to make the difficult decision to postpone our opening event and instead invite you to join us for a closing party to ce…
As recommended by TimeOut LondonThe Enby ShowThe Enby Show brings together the best gender-benders and cis-tem offenders that the UK has to offer, in an all-star variety night popp…
The award-winning sketch group venture to Manchester with over 60 sketches in 60 minutes! “Dropped something? Don’t even think about picking it up as you’ll probably miss an entire…
The award-winning sketch group venture to Manchester with over 60 sketches in 60 minutes! “Dropped something? Don’t even think about picking it up as you’ll probably miss an entire…
The award-winning sketch group venture to Manchester with over 60 sketches in 60 minutes! “Dropped something? Don’t even think about picking it up as you’ll probably miss an entire…
The award-winning sketch group venture to Manchester with over 60 sketches in 60 minutes! “Dropped something? Don’t even think about picking it up as you’ll probably miss an entire…
By James ColeBen battles to overcome his addiction while a ghost of his past seeks to destroy his future.
By James ColeBen battles to overcome his addiction while a ghost of his past seeks to destroy his future.
James Campbell’s Accidental Show returns for a second season - zooming into family homes every Saturday morning for 10 weeks.
Chaos reigns in this brand-new farce of mistaken identities and disastrous decisions from the witty pen of star of stage and screen, Nigel Planer (The Young Ones, The Comic Strip P…
Chaos reigns in this brand-new farce of mistaken identities and disastrous decisions from the witty pen of star of stage and screen, Nigel Planer (The Young Ones, The Comic Strip P…
Chaos reigns in this brand-new farce of mistaken identities and disastrous decisions from the witty pen of star of stage and screen, Nigel Planer (The Young Ones, The Comic Strip P…
Chaos reigns in this brand-new farce of mistaken identities and disastrous decisions from the witty pen of star of stage and screen, Nigel Planer (The Young Ones, The Comic Strip P…
Its finally here, the day that should have been London Pride, and even though the paraide is limed and Soho is less full of half naked twinks, that doesn’t mean you can’t celebrate…
This Pride weekend, come down to The Phoenix Arts Club to celebrate some of the best LGBTQ+ talent that London has to offer.
PSA is a small collective of visual artists, performers and musicians formed in the wake of the pandemic to bring people together after so long apart.
Richard Herring returns to The Leicester Square Theatre for his famous podcast, RHLSTP! Richard Herring has enjoyed phenomenal success as a writer and performer and…
VISIBLE SHOWDrag artist, SemiColon, is back again with another Visible show with the iconic East London venue, The Glory.
Calling kids aged 5 to 100, join our MIGHTY gang! A sensational interactive show, where the worlds of comedy and beatboxing collide with electrifying results.
A dark dramedy, both poignant and absurd, that reflects humanity.
The whole family knew he was a good dad.
The nicest improv show this side of Toronto, creating a hilarious, spontaneous show all from audience suggestions.
The Scottish Comedy Festival’s official Pick of the Fringe showcase returns for a ninth hilarious year with another phenomenal handpicked selection of our favourite acts from acr…
The nicest improv show this side of Toronto, creating a hilarious, spontaneous show all from audience suggestions.
The nicest improv show this side of Toronto, creating a hilarious, spontaneous show all from audience suggestions.
Outstanding young Russian pianist Nikita Lukinov gives a recital of Beethoven (Sonata No.
After the year we’ve had, we all need a bit more love.
An evolving, international performance collective, centring and celebrating disabled, queer people of colour, Brownton Abbey’s kaleidoscopic events investigate and reclaim tradit…
The Coming Out team at Pride in London have teamed up with an amazing LGBTQ+ friendly venue in the heart of Brick Lane .
The Coming Out team at Pride in London have teamed up with an amazing LGBTQ+ friendly venue in the heart of Brick Lane .
Box and Cox, a celebrated 19th-century farce by Maddison Morton, puts centre stage the efforts of scheming landlady, Mrs Bouncer, to double her money by renting the same room to tw…
Come to hear hilarious stories from a Russian girl living abroad and be sure they will make you laugh! This witty show about love struggles and immigrant life by Olga Pavlova, a Ru…
HEY BABES!Hold on to your unicorns because Babeslaytion are about to take you on a FABULOUS non-stop tour of sights you can only dream of!Were SO excited to announce our first EVER…
Cameron Cook pushes character work to incredible new heights in his debut solo show, previously performed to sold-out audiences at Soho Theatre.
The All Stars have toured the world playing in Prague, New York’s Webster Hall (with Eddie Izzard and Mike Myers), Dubai, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore, Beirut and Baku, Azerbaija…
Box and Cox, a celebrated 19th-century farce by Maddison Morton, puts centre stage the efforts of scheming landlady, Mrs Bouncer, to double her money by renting the same room to tw…
One night in a dimly lit alley way Molly meets a sinister stranger with a terrifying secret called J.
A dark dramedy, both poignant and absurd, that reflects humanity.
Come to hear hilarious stories from a Russian girl living abroad and be sure they will make you laugh! This witty show about love struggles and immigrant life by Olga Pavlova, a Ru…
Love Me is one of three plays bought to the Edinburgh Fringe 2021 by York DramaSoc.
This Edinburgh Fringe, Clarissa Maycock will explain it all (briefly.
A series of quick-fire sketches riffing on ten years’ worth of observations on the bizarre quirks that make the Edinburgh Festival Fringe the collection of misfits and mishaps that…
Britain’s most loveable fox returns to Underbelly with his amazing Family Fun Show.
“Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot” - Charlie Chaplin.
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“Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot” - Charlie Chaplin.
Crouch End get ready for another great night with your favourite queen Shyanne OShea along with her extra shot of trouble Heidi Wurst.
We Do Good Disco PresentsThe All Out Dynasty Extravaganza Party!To celebrate all things Dynasty we are having a super glam party upstairs in the Carrington Lounge at Ninth Life in …
Are you ready for a fun-packed night of music, laughter and stupidity with the amazing Wilma Ballsdrop? Wilma the Welsh Warbler and giantess, has taken the London cabaret worl…
Multi award-winning dickhead and DragKing superstar of the West End: LoUis CYfer presents his own version of a Ted talk as he takes you through a musical tour of his working-class …
Euroclubbing is back!After over 18 months we are back for a proper club-night on an actual dancefloor!And what a way to celebrate our return than with a live performance from the a…
Pete loves to criticise - though perhaps it’s time he looked at himself.
The All Stars have toured the world playing in Prague, New York’s Webster Hall (with Eddie Izzard and Mike Myers), Dubai, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore, Beirut and Baku, Azerbaija…
Come to hear hilarious stories from a Russian girl living abroad and be sure they will make you laugh! This witty show about love struggles and immigrant life by Olga Pavlova, a Ru…
Singer Jessie Bates and Guitarist Haftor Medbøe perform songs by Joao Gilberto, Michel Legrand, Tommy Wolf and more in the studio at the Scottish Arts Club.
Pete loves to criticise - though perhaps it’s time he looked at himself.
Afro-fusion pan-global music and dance fever at La Belle Angele.
SECOND SHOW ADDED!!The Tartan Temptress is BACK for an intimate evening of song and chat PLUS you the gorgeous members of the general public have the chance to ask Mary you’re most…
What is love? Perhaps we can work it out together? LOVE YOU is a solo show that blends storytelling & dance written & performed by Samantha Morrish.
What is love? Perhaps we can work it out together? LOVE YOU is a solo show that blends storytelling & dance written & performed by Samantha Morrish.
So far, Paul has lived his life content in the understanding that stability and emotional happiness were lovely ideas but not really for him.
Joseph Parsons presents a fun-filled hour of stand up comedy about the joys of sport and the joys of homosexuality.
Welcome to undertaker Anna Morgan-Jones’ live Zoom webinar.
See the very best comedians selected from across the Fringe, with a different top-notch comedy line-up every night – as this show returns to Edinburgh for its 18th year.
It’s been a long time since we could go see live comedy, but it’s back! Award-winning comic Ben Clover presents a different bill of top stand-ups each evening.
Feast on five of the tastiest up-and-coming comedians on the circuit in this stand-up comedy showcase including your award-winning host, Masai Graham (UK Pun Champion 2016).
For All the Love You Lost is presented by Morosophy at theSpace@Surgeon’s Hall.
Come one, come all to this tragic affair! Stand-up comedy show featuring acts that are positively freaky.
Come to hear hilarious stories from a Russian girl living abroad and be sure they will make you laugh! This witty show about love struggles and immigrant life by Olga Pavlova, a Ru…
Something different every day! Brand new social experiments that will heal your soul.
A night of gender-bending, life-affirming fun and frolics with a bunch of boys who dance like Britney and sing like Whitney! Five vocal powerhouses armed with songs, sass and plent…
Fiddler Euan McLaughlin and Guitarist Nick Kirk play a selection of folk and traditional tunes at the Scottish Arts Club.
Inspired by the music of Leonard Cohen, this piece examines the truth behind love songs.
Inspired by the music of Leonard Cohen, this piece examines the truth behind love songs.
Did you have a birthday in the last year that was spoilt by COVID? Or an anniversary? Or a Christmas.
Come to hear hilarious stories from a Russian girl living abroad and be sure they will make you laugh! This witty show about love struggles and immigrant life by Olga Pavlova, a Ru…
This panel will explore dance, theatre and performance delivered both live and digitally.
The #1 Best All-American Comedy Show is the best (and only) comedy show of its kind (in London)! These Americans were smart enough to leave the United States and are in the UK to d…
Something different every day! Brand new social experiments that will heal your soul.
Super Scott returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with his own style of comedy juggling and escapology. Maybe a bit of magic. Expect the unexpected!
The #1 Best All-American Comedy Show is the best (and only) comedy show of its kind (in London)! These Americans were smart enough to leave the United States and are in the UK to d…
Comedian and silly boy Ted Hill's debut stand-up show covers every single US President, and one man's recovery from a mental breakdown.
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.
Comedian and silly boy Ted Hill’s debut stand-up show about every single US President, and one man’s recovery from a mental breakdown.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
Comedian and silly boy Ted Hill’s debut stand-up show about every single US President, and one man’s recovery from a mental breakdown.
This is a series of Wudang Kungfu shows and seminars along with Daoist culture and music.
We will offer a series of Tai Chi and Qigong events so audiences can take part in the events online and in-venue in Edinburgh.
Children’s TV royalty Sam and Mark, as seen on CBBC’s Big Friday Wind Up, Copycats and Crackerjack are delighted to be joining the hotly anticipated line up at Underbel…
It’s been a long time since we could go see live comedy, but it’s back! Award-winning comic Ben Clover presents a different bill of top stand-ups each evening.
Enjoy an hour of the best up-and-coming, one-liner comedians on the circuit in this celebration of puns, one-liners and wordplay.
Feast on five of the tastiest up-and-coming comedians on the circuit in this stand-up comedy showcase including your award-winning host, Masai Graham (UK Pun Champion 2016).
See the very best comedians selected from across the Fringe, with a different top-notch comedy line-up every night – as this show returns to Edinburgh for its 18th year.
Puppetry, shadow theatre, mime and music all contribute to this charming oddity, which Caravan Theatre do indeed perform in a caravan.
‘Sensational’ is how one viewer described this high-quality filmed version of Mark Wheeller’s moving play.
Following their sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2019, comedians Ellie Gibson and Helen Thorn return for an all new show – new songs, new jokes and new catsuits.
Owdyado Theatre present a darkly comic evening of mini Twisted Tales by writers from Cornwall and across the UK.
A comedy play about two veteran local radio DJs finally getting their shot at the big time: the breakfast show on national radio.
Edinburgh’s favourite topical comedy show.
Funbox are back at the Fringe.
Owdyado Theatre present a darkly comic evening of mini Twisted Tales by writers from Cornwall and across the UK.
Described as a ‘wonderfully chaotic and colourful tragicomedy’ Theatre-19 Presents: John is a particularly silly devised piece at theSpace@Surgeons Hall from a group of Bristol…
The Big Show returns to the Fringe! Monkey Barrel Comedy’s top-rated, sell-out weekend extravaganza is on every night at 22:15 (not 12th), with a top mixed-bill line-up each even…
Fiercely fabulous and fictitious Las Vegas lounge legend, Trudy Carmichael has lived (and nearly died), loved (and often lost) more than most mere mortals, but she gets through all…
You are on an island.
Lockdown has been a universal experience for everyone in this country.
Award-winning flamenco guitarist and composer Daniel Martinez and the exceptional TuFlamenco join forces to deliver the truly authentic flamenco music and dance they are well known…
In the early 90s, Australian comedian Tania Lacy was so famous she couldn’t walk down the street without being mobbed.
Lockdown Love Story is a UK-based comedy created by Alice Fforde and Charlie Dryden, highlighting the ups and downs of online dating during a pandemic.
First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes.
As Andrew Carnegie, the richest man in the world, lies on his death bed, Peterson, the embodiment of St Peter, brings John, a steelworker killed in the infamous Carnegie Steel Home…
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.
A referential piece of immersive digital theatre set in a flat that’s been possessed – Poltergeist style – by the ghost of pop-cultural masculinities.
The story of Emily: brassy, funny and forthright.
Winner of Best Ensemble at a Tucson Fringe Festival 2021.
Local jazz quartet JazzMain has built its reputation around the 1950s and 60s Blue Note jazz era by closely studying exceptional jazz artists like Dexter Gordon and his contemporar…
A circus performance delivered as an interactive home experience.
A trio of new plays, presented digitally, by Edinburgh Graduate Theatre Group.
Sylvain Émard’s Rhapsodie is a performance event for 20 dancers inspired by the ritual of dance.
Corona Cutie is a student-written-and-produced virtual musical created completely remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Scottish Comedy Festival’s official Pick of the Fringe showcase returns for a ninth hilarious year with another phenomenal handpicked selection of our favourite acts from acr…
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.
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We will offer a series of Tai Chi and Qigong events so audiences can take part in the events online and in-venue in Edinburgh.
Izzy wizzy let’s get busy! Join TV legend Sooty with his best friends Sweep and Soo in a laugh out loud show for the whole family.
At the start of 2020 Patrick was blindly working on a fun new comedy show, when he was personally attacked by something that rhymes with hamdemic.
Watch German Comedy Ambassador give everything a good rinse and witness him wring sense out of the nonsensical.
After the rip-roaring success of Twelfth Night, Troubadour Stageworks is back and bigger than ever with this summer’s outdoor tribute to the bard! All’s Well That Ends Well …
Is there a ‘right’ way to be in a gay relationship in the modern world? In this play, written by BAFTA Racliffe-winning, Offie-nominated writer Shaun Kitchener, two gay couples…
Every Tuesday, come down to Bar CMYK in Wimbledon for South London’s only weekly LGBTQIA+ comedy night.
The Showstoppers’ Kids Show takes kids’ ideas and turns them into marvellous, musical adventures from scratch, right away and in front of your very noses.
Fresh from appearances on CBBC’s Crackerjack, Britain’s most loveable fox takes you on a journey of laughs, storytelling and song in show for all the family specially written f…
As if so-called ‘Freedom Day’ had not generated enough excitement on Monday 19th July, the Arcola Theatre had its planned reopening that evening and showcased its fabulous new …
Tom ‘The Haircut’ Ward is back.
Good evening and welcome to The Nearly News Show, live from The Brighton Fringe.
Tom ‘The Haircut’ Ward is back.
Good evening and welcome to The Nearly News Show, live from The Brighton Fringe.
“Tarts and barmaids, I just took whatever came along!” West End Diva Rosemary Ashe pays tribute to national treasure and long-term Brighton resident, Dora Bryan, whose showbi…
“Tarts and barmaids, I just took whatever came along!” West End Diva Rosemary Ashe pays tribute to national treasure and long-term Brighton resident, Dora Bryan, whose showbi…
Following their sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe, comedians Ellie Gibson and Helen Thorn head to The Warren for an all new show – new songs, new jokes and new catsuits.
Pass the lemonade! Join our two lovable clowns as they weeble and wobble their way through a chaotic picnic.
Pass the lemonade! Join our two lovable clowns as they weeble and wobble their way through a chaotic picnic.
A celebration of the most exciting new jazz in the South East.
Your chance this season to keep the faith and polish up our dance floor with Northern Soul dancing, returning to the beautiful Brighton Spiegeltent for its sixth year! Sells out we…
Divorced Sammie searches for love, laughter and divine purpose.
The London Rebel Dykes merged outsider cultures in the 1980s to create a fresh feminist exploration of art, sex and activism.
The award-winning sketch group are back in Brighton with over 60 sketches in 60 minutes! “Dropped something? Don’t even think about picking it up as you’ll probably miss an entire …
The award-winning sketch group are back in Brighton with over 60 sketches in 60 minutes! “Dropped something? Don’t even think about picking it up as you’ll probably miss an entire …
Brighton Fringe is at a crossroads and the future is in our hands to shape it into what we both want and need it to be.
Brighton Fringe is at a crossroads and the future is in our hands to shape it into what we both want and need it to be.
Ben and Chris have discovered the internet and now they can’t stop.
‘Vox Stars Presents Star Inspirations-Brighton Edition’ celebrates aspiring singers as they take you on their singing journey through the music of their idols.
‘Vox Stars Presents Star Inspirations-Brighton Edition’ celebrates aspiring singers as they take you on their singing journey through the music of their idols.
“You must suffer me to go my own dark way.
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is one of Robert Louis Stevenson's most popular novels.
Shakespeare hasn’t written anything new for an age, so we thought we’d give him a hand.
Shakespeare hasn’t written anything new for an age, so we thought we’d give him a hand.
Need some Euro cheer? Never fear ‘Cabaret Continentale!’ is here! Join us for three nights of sensational and sexy variety Spiegel acts from around Europe, to really make your Fri…
Sara Segovia Rodao and Lachlan Werner are cuties by nature, cancers by astrological sign and clowns by trade.
‘Love Is The Sweetest Thing’ - A celebration of the music and life of Ray Noble.
‘Love Is The Sweetest Thing’ - A celebration of the music and life of Ray Noble.
Join ‘The After Dark’ for a glamorous evening of cabaret and burlesque right in the heart of Brighton.
How a Hammer Horror film became the biggest influence on young Charmian’s life with darkly hilarious consequences.
Gain insights on the benefits and opportunities of professional rural touring.
Join ‘The After Dark’ for a glamorous evening of cabaret and burlesque right in the heart of Brighton.
How a Hammer Horror film became the biggest influence on young Charmian’s life with darkly hilarious consequences.
Meet and hear from inspirational Fringe Directors and Producers from around the world.
Meet and hear from inspirational Fringe Directors and Producers from around the world.
After witnessing my son’s terrible squalid journey into a craven addiction, I wanted to work with addicts and those like me, who love them, to paint them and ask: what is happening…
Time has a habit of taking its revenges.
After All These Years is a trilogy of plays courtesy of Close Quarter Productions and Theatre Reviva! in association with Holofcener Ltd.
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.
This year, as a part of the National Lottery’s Thanks To You week, we are delighted to be hosting a talk about the heritage of our theatre.
June 5, 5.
June 5, 5.
Stand-up comedy compilation show hosted by Ryan Mold, introducing short sets from some of the very best comedians across Brighton Fringe.
The twin tricksters perform magic and comedy inspired by clichés surrounding twins.
The twin tricksters perform magic and comedy inspired by clichés surrounding twins.
Stand-up comedy compilation show hosted by Ryan Mold, introducing short sets from some of the very best comedians across Brighton Fringe.
Love never stops, not even during Lockdown, but it gets so much harder.
Love never stops, not even during Lockdown, but it gets so much harder.
An online event, in association with the free digital platform The Ironclad Hub ( https://ironclad-hub.
Thinking about putting on a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, or already in the process for 2021? Book a one-to-one slot with Alan Gordon (Registration Manager) and Katie Quee…
Thinking about putting on a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, or already in the process for 2021? Book a one-to-one slot with Alan Gordon (Registration Manager) and Katie Quee…
The Theatre Support Fund+, the team behind ‘The Show Must Go On!’ campaign and MZG Theatre Productions present, THE SHOW MUST GO ON! LIVE AT THE PALACE THEATRE from 2 t…
Where do our missing socks go? Do they end up down the plug hole or do they go sunbathing in the Caribbean? Milo thinks that wearing odd socks is embarrassing, so his weird and w…
Where do our missing socks go? Do they end up down the plug hole or do they go sunbathing in the Caribbean? Milo thinks that wearing odd socks is embarrassing, so his weird and w…
Are you thinking about bringing a show to the Edinburgh Fringe this year, either in person or online? Come along and virtually meet the team from the Fringe Society and find out wh…
Losers are funny! Come and laugh with the losers! Anti-heroes Arna Spek, Clive Coopman and James OD will perform stand-up routines about finding funny in the sadder end of life.
Losers are funny! Come and laugh with the losers! Anti-heroes Arna Spek, Clive Coopman and James OD will perform stand-up routines about finding funny in the sadder end of life.
Not sure what to see? Don’t fret, we’ve done the work for you and hand-picked this week’s top tips.
Continue your evening with the Fringe’s wildest late-night show.
Char Brockes and Jack O'Neill (Ava Cardo) brought the Rialto Theatre to life with their unique styles of drag and slapstick comedy, in order to explore the theme of Romantic Co…
The Giant Balloon Show will have the audience in stitches and in awe simultaneously.
The tradition of telling ghost stories reaches back many centuries and we’re keeping that custom alive with a visit from everyone’s favourite 17th-century monsterologist, Profe…
In the early 90s, Australian comedian Tania Lacy was so famous she couldn’t walk down the street without being mobbed.
Jake Thompson is a West Yorkshire based actor/writer, who’s debut play ‘A Mighty Fall from Grace’ tells a gritty, relatable story, about the demise of the Bradford Bulls rugby leag…
Not sure what to see? Don’t fret, we’ve done the work for you and hand-picked this week’s top tips.
A live clowning interactive family-friendly circus show delivered online on Zoom.
A live clowning interactive family-friendly circus show delivered online on Zoom.
Artificial Intelligence is on the way, and it will be powerful.
Artificial Intelligence is on the way, and it will be powerful.
Jake Thompson is a West Yorkshire based actor/writer, who’s debut play ‘A Mighty Fall from Grace’ tells a gritty, relatable story, about the demise of the Bradford Bulls rugby leag…
The arts and creative industries have been hit hard by the consequences of the pandemic, but Crowdfunder is here to help.
On The Edge Comedy is a Brighton institution, bringing fresh faces from the UK circuit to audiences all year round.
Locally-composed Cape jazz produced at the foot of Table Mountain.
I love Krishna is a compilation of videos of songs performed by Shashika Mooruth in which she sings about her love for Krishna, the flute player God of India.
It’s a new show in from Harriet Kemsley as seen on ‘8 Out of 10 Cats’, ‘Hypothetical’, ‘Bobby & Harriet Get Married’, ‘Comedy Central at The Comedy Store’, ‘Pants on Fire’, ‘Stand …
On The Edge Comedy is a Brighton institution, bringing fresh faces from the UK circuit to audiences all year round.
I love Krishna is a compilation of videos of songs performed by Shashika Mooruth in which she sings about her love for Krishna, the flute player God of India.
Pick of the Fringe returns to Brighton - an annual selection of the very best in stand-up comedy at the Fringe! The show is a succulent smorgasbord of fantastically funny stand-u…
Kick start your Brighton Fringe with a bank holiday weekender of free, outdoor fun at Fringe City on Jubilee Square! Join us on Friday night, Saturday and Sunday, for a three-day e…
Known by her Mum as “the child who ruined my life”, Lori Hamilton was forced to find her own way to happiness .
Known by her Mum as “the child who ruined my life”, Lori Hamilton was forced to find her own way to happiness .
Hitcher Encounters brings you a quarantine friendly show designed to be experienced from the comfort of your home and in your own time.
It’s a new show in from Harriet Kemsley as seen on ‘8 Out of 10 Cats’, ‘Hypothetical’, ‘Bobby & Harriet Get Married’, ‘Comedy Central at The Comedy Store’, ‘Pants on Fire’, ‘Stand …
In ‘SH!T SHOW’, The Bobolyne Poets play among the pigeons, get therapy with Danny Dyer and leave something nasty in the Saatchi.
Hitcher Encounters brings you a quarantine friendly show designed to be experienced from the comfort of your home and in your own time.
So, ages ago, we did a show, and it sold really well and we were super excited about doing the Fringe.
So, ages ago, we did a show, and it sold really well and we were super excited about doing the Fringe.
In ‘SH!T SHOW’, The Bobolyne Poets play among the pigeons, get therapy with Danny Dyer and leave something nasty in the Saatchi.
In the early 90s, Australian comedian Tania Lacy was so famous she couldn’t walk down the street without being mobbed.
Locally-composed Cape jazz produced at the foot of Table Mountain.
Everything about A Red Square is different.
After a sold-out season around Australia, experimental theatre company Pony Cam are bringing their award-winning new work to the UK.
Dust off the glitter balls and dig out your best outfit, your 2021 Brighton Fringe experience starts here! What better way to celebrate the return of live performance than with a s…
Dust off the glitter balls and dig out your best outfit, your 2021 Brighton Fringe experience starts here! What better way to celebrate the return of live performance than with a s…
The Late Show was a comedy night that lit up The Warren with much needed silliness, laughter and joy with the return of live shows.
The world famous (infamous?) Late Show returns to The Warren for the best in late-night laughs every Thursday, Friday and Saturday throughout the Fringe.
The Ultimate 70s Show is a totally live seven-piece tribute to the seventies, featuring Martin Metcalf ex Geordie, alongside the powerhouse vocals of Chris Peters.
Becky Stevens, Managing Director of Hybred Consultancy (www.
The Blue Hearts Variety Show in support of NHS Charities together showcases the exceptional talent of those in the performing arts and allows us to hear the experiences of the incr…
Are you aged 16- 25? Fancy getting involved in Brighton Fringe and becoming a young reviewer for Voice? Join Alice online on Monday 26th April, 2pm for this free workshop where we …
Traditional, Victorian ‘Old Time Music Hall’ All the songs you love to sing and the jokes you love to hear.
Find out how best to grab media attention from members of the press themselves! This will be a panel event hosted by Brighton Fringe with PR and media professionals.
Find out more about marketing your Brighton Fringe event from the Brighton Fringe marketing team.
Book yourself a session with a member of the Brighton Fringe Box Office team who can talk you through all aspects of the reporting system, including checking your ticket sales, set…
Find out more about how the Brighton Fringe box office works from our Box Office Manager, Ellie Brayne-Whyatt.
Comedy Zebra Show este o trupă de comedie din Republica Moldova care a impresionat prin prestaţiile lor publicul și jurații emisiunii iUmor, unde au ajun…
A two hour introductory workshop for self-producing artists and others interested in producing.
Robert Batson (Brighton Fringe Business Development Advisor) will host this session about fundraising platforms.
We open our Out of the Wings winter festivities with an evening of short extracts of translated plays from first-time and early-career theatre translators.
You are on an island.
Award-winning genre explorers Encompass Productions return to the White Bear Theatre with Homecoming: A New Theatre Festival.
On an empty stretch of road in Texas sits the Lone Star Diner, where people end up when they’re lost or unlucky.
Henry Churniavsky is a Jewish, Scouse Stand-Up Comedian.
Well, 2020 has been a load of old baubles but the gang from the Court will put the smiles back on your faces with this year’s Christmas show - The Royal Court Selection Box!&…
Where is the glitter and magic, our annual Christmas treat, without the Sugar Plum Fairy or the Snow Queen? With theatre doors closed during these sad times, Scottish Ballet have c…
Now in it’s 12th year.
The works of WS Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan are jewels in the English theatrical treasury and I, generally, have scant patience (no pun intended) with 'reimaginings'.
Love Letters first opened in New York in 1989 and was a finalist in the 1990 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
****Please note this is an online performance, you will be supplied with a zoom link to watch the show, if you wish to see Juliette in person she will be with us in Apri…
Over 300 acts compete for the title of New Comedian of the Year in Leicester Square Theatre‘s hunt for the best new acts in the country.
Weaving together Nietzsche’s sunglasses, James Bond in Toxteth, electric spiders and singing neanderthals into a hilarious tour-de-force that offers new hopes for a changing worl…
Over 300 acts compete for the title of New Comedian of the Year in Leicester Square Theatre‘s hunt for the best new acts in the country.
A newlywed couple find themselves in a caravan honeymoon in the West of Ireland.
Comedy Zebra Show este o trupă de comedie din Republica Moldova care a impresionat prin prestaţiile lor publicul și jurații emisiunii iUmor, unde au ajuns pân�…
Light a candle, turn off the light, and let us begin.
Over 300 acts compete for the title of New Comedian of the Year in Leicester Square Theatre‘s hunt for the best new acts in the country.
Live from New York, it’s comedian Lori Hamilton’s one-woman variety show.
Three short plays exploring those moments that may alter the course of love and life.
Welcome to the return of our beloved Drink & Draw Social! Or for those who joined us in lockdown- finally an IRL Make & Mingle! Join Ellie & Megan on Monday a…
In a lonely spot by the river Hamlet is challenged by his father’s ghost to avenge his death.
Scotland’s LGBT choir returns to the Fringe in support of Waverley Care, Scotland’s HIV and Hepatitis C charity.
A one hour Zoom workshop exploring poetry and creative writing in theatre.
Broadway / West End veteran Timothy Quinlan exposes the humbling truth about life in musical theatre.
A woman tries to reconcile her identity as a Canadian-born child of British parents living in the United States while she desperately tries to score a ticket to the final show of C…
Following a sold-out UK tour, the smash-hit, true crime podcast All Killa no Filla is back for a limited run of huge shows including a one-off special at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Two shows only! Fringe favourites and Olivier Award-winning improvisers, The Showstoppers, take your kids’ ideas and transform them instantly into interactive musical adventures.
This virtual live event explores the role of theatre and performance in military life, especially in boosting troops’ morale.
Bringing the knowledge, education and entertainment of African cultural heritage to the people of the world. Every dance has a meaning and an origin.
Embodied Theatre: explore theatre makers NMT Automatics and classicist Jon Heskers’ creation process questioning the role of ancient battle narratives in modern perceptions of wa…
Learn the ins and outs of the logistics behind achieving ambitious designs at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with Anna Driftmier, designer of Army @ The Fringe 2019 show Dead E…
It shouldn’t be controversial to assume that one’s ability to enjoy this particular interchange may well rest ultimately on personal politics and the level of individual anger …
Oliver Yellop, (Further Theatre) brings you a workshop on the process of making I Am Gavrilo Princip.
Find out more about bringing a show to Army @ The Fringe, what we’re looking for and our unique offering for artists.
Known for their exciting ensemble and physical theatre work, students from North London Collegiate School are delighted to return to the Fringe to perform Caryl Churchill’s 2012 ka…
Louis Prima (Sicilian-American, 1930’s-1950’s, comedy-jazzer), Keely Smith and band stormed Las Vegas.
Small Truth Theatre are delighted to announce our DIGITAL CARAVAN THEATRE will be launching on Saturday 15th August 2020, with our first collection of audio plays that are all avai…
Currently the world’s leading Daft Punk Tribute Act, having sold-out shows in Europe, China and Russia.
Join Rosie Kay as she talks about working in dance and film, from 5 SOLDIERS to Sunshine on Leith.
Join Rebecca Brown, the first female soldier to win Army Photographer of the Year 2019 for a conversation on her experiences.
Join Suba Subramaniam to explore the use of projection in dance and theatre productions.
Following successful tours of Australia, the USA and the UK, English folk-acoustic duo Skinner and T’witch return to Edinburgh with a live show of original music.
A brief story with three songs, rejoicing in new-found love during lock-down after the pain of personal bereavement.
Live from New York, it’s comedian Lori Hamilton’s one-woman variety show.
A series of four afternoon concerts, featuring soloists Chris Black (organ), Sarah Moore (soprano) and Sophie Horrocks (mezzo-soprano) and sacred choral music from Eastern Europe, …
Now in its 13th year, Forth on the Fringe is the largest showcase event of Fringe entertainment available at this year’s festival.
This small yet unmissable jewellery exhibition features over 300 unique pieces from 30 independent designers across the globe including local, emerging and established talents.
Using only a deck of cards and a very talented toy rabbit, magician Craig Stephenson has dazzled audiences around the world with his exemplary sleight of hand skills combined with …
Ever met someone with a great intuition for everyone but themselves? Meet Lori Hamilton.
Love, Loss and Cake premiered at the Fringe last year.
Join festival favourite Stephen K Amos as he chats with guests hand-picked from the worlds of theatre, comedy and music.
‘Wonderful silliness’ ***** (GlamAdelaide.
The Blueswater return to the Edinburgh Fringe with a special 10th-anniversary edition of their award-winning show, telling the stories and performing the songs of the artists that …
Enjoy a plaguey, fiery hour in this informative and interactive one-man show for history-loving kids.
A brand new hour of jokes from Alfie Brown; the country’s best non-famous comedian.
British Comedy Award winner Nina Conti is pioneering a new dating show.
Great value lunchtime comedy compilation showcase featuring the best and brightest of this year’s Fringe comics.
The very best burlesque performers at the Fringe come together for more glamour and risqué late-night entertainment.
Join Mr Bubbles with his extraordinary soap bubbles in all shapes and sizes! Enjoy bouncy bubbles, bubbles inside bubbles, smoke bubbles, square bubbles, giant bubbles and even fir…
Best in Fringe Kids 2019.
Improvised Harry Potter from Chortle Award-winning Jericho Comedy.
Are you a kid? Do you like music, laughing and whack-a-doodle-noodle craziness? Grab your pet adult and join us! Direct from a UK tour and last year’s sell-out run; we’re back …
Four of the best new acts on the circuit, selected by Just the Tonic.
Established as one of the best shows of the Fringe.
The night is young and three of the best stand-up comedians from Australia and around the world are ready to make you laugh, stay up late and definitely have one more drink.
Cameron Cook’s debut solo show, previously performed to full houses at Soho Theatre, offers up that rare and sought-after Fringe experience – you see a show, you know next to not…
Horror in all it’s forms from the brilliant, brutal mind of one of Scotland’s most talented comics.
So many comedians, so little time! Twelve top comedy and variety acts perform ridiculously short sets in one furiously fast-paced showcase.
Good morning, Edinburgh! After many successful Fringe sell-outs, we’re back for our fabulous 15th anniversary! Three new, stimulating, delicious, rotating “menus” of 10-15-minute c…
Bafta-nominated comedian, Rachel Parris, is back with a brand-new show about big life changes.
“Café Named Desire” is a musical about love, sexuality, and self discovery.
A brand new musical celebrating the very best of Essex What happens when an unposted love letter meant to be sent between a passionate young couple dating, only gets delivered ten…
BAFTA-nominated comedian, Rachel Parris, is back with a brand-new show about big life changes.
This online, live, interactive family show for kids 3-10 years old puts a wildly comedic, theatrical twist on the traditional kids’ show.
Following their smash-hit run of the Pirates of Penzance last year, the award-winning All-Male Company invites landlubbers below deck for a bold re-imagining of W.
Following the record-breaking success of his 2017 tour Round The World, Russell Howard returns with his biggest globe-spanning stand-up tour to date.
In 1782, the owners of the Zong ship claimed insurance on the lives of the 130 slaves thrown overboard.
Back for it’s fifth year.
Back for it’s fifth year.
Following on from his critically acclaimed shows about talking, hair, sleep, water, faces, the sky and the colour yellow, “the Fringe’s comedian laureate” (British Comedy Guide…
The "Podfather" (Guardian) and "King of the Internet" (Time Out) returns with the award winning Podcast in which he chats with the biggest names in c…
Performed at Soho Theatre to standing ovations, IT ALL returns to VAULT Festival for one night only.
As seen on PETER KAY’S PHOENIX NIGHTS.
As seen on PETER KAY’S PHOENIX NIGHTS.
Metropolis Music Presents: Gad Elmaleh J’ai choisi le Leicester Square Theatre pour improviser autour des thèmes de mon prochain spectacle#workinprogress Pl…
All the King's Men are a world-renowned, award-winning all-male a cappella group based in the heart of London.
All the King's Men are a world-renowned, award-winning all-male a cappella group based in the heart of London.
As Lin Hwai-Min, founder of the world-renowned Taiwanese company, steps down in 2020, Cloud Gate Dance Theatre brings works from the current and new artistic directors.
Thirty/20 Theatre, Assembly Festival and Suzanna Rosenthal Ltd presents Love, Loss & Chianti Robert Bathurst (Cold Feet, Toast Of London, Downton Abbey) and …
Paquito Forever, performed by Joan Vázquez, is an intimate, personal (and musical!) and fun account of the real-life adventures of Paquito (Paco) Alonso, a gay Catalonian growing …
Traditional, Victorian ‘Old Time Music Hall’ All the songs you love to sing and the jokes you love to hear.
Calling kids aged 5 to 100: join our mighty gang for an interactive show where the worlds of comedy and beatboxing collide – with electrifying results.
To have or not to have children – but when?! That is the question and the choice is yours.
Get yourselves down to The Girls From Oz - the most dinky-di singing Sheila’s this side of the black stump - for a bonza night of entertainment that’ll take you on a journey 16…
There will be no refunds.
There will be no refunds.
“JINGLE BELLS, JINGLE BELLS, XMAS TIME IS BEAUT! OH WHAT FUN IT IS TO RIDE IN A RUSTY HOLDEN UTE.
Now in it’s 11th year.
“We’re leaving the EU!” “OH NO, WE AREN’T.
Over 300 acts compete for the title of New Comedian of the Year in Leicester Square Theatre‘s hunt for the best new acts in the country.
Acţiunea gravitează în jurul familiei formate din Maurice (Marius Manole), Margaret (Medeea Marinescu) şi fiica lor Adele (Diana Roman).
We need your help!Three bouncy besties seeking some top notch cookie hunters! Quick thinking, team playing adventurers needed to help Amy, Zoë and James on their quest to the high…
At the Edinburgh Fringe this year, the Scotsman made this show pick of the musical comedies, declaring it a “must-see” - “beautifully crafted, cleverly…
The prospect of a two-act monologue that lasts around two and a quarter, an interval, is perhaps daunting for both the actor and aficionados of the genre alike.
And she grew to be a girl, my daughter, my Mary.
Steve Steinman brings you his brand-new production featuring Meat Loaf’s greatest hits with special guest star Lorraine Crosby, the female lead vocalist on Meat Lo…
The ALBUMS SHOW is BACK! TWO more classic Billy Joel albums performed in their entirety… in ONE sensational show.
Over 300 acts compete for the title of New Comedian of the Year in Leicester Square Theatre‘s hunt for the best new acts in the country.
The ALBUMS SHOW is BACK!TWO more classic Billy Joel albums performed in their entirety… in ONE sensational show.
Everyone hates bastards right? We agree.
Shakespeare hasn’t written anything new for an age, so we thought we would give him a hand…Using his language, your audience suggestions and our overactive imaginations, we cre…
In a country on the verge of doom and murderous clowns on the loose on our cinema screens, Join Awk this October and allow it to show you there’s more to life than work.
Black Star Riders are a recognised power force in the modern day rock world and they’ll bring plenty of the high-energy, full-throttle sound to cities on their autumn tour.
The British Theatre Challenge is delighted to be returning to the Jack Studio Theatre with five new plays, wrapped into one very entertaining evening.
Catch Jonathan Pie before he heads out on his huge national Fake News Tour.
‘Mercy’ is a dark comedy with a spiritual twist, centring on a headstrong matriarch of a Persian family and her unyielding decision to break tradition.
The unmissable, Fringe First award-winning show from Kieran Hurley and Gary McNair, featuring an original soundtrack by members of Frightened Rabbit.
Star Shaped Festival returns for its fourth year! Having become known by fans and artists of the Britpop era as the must-see event of the year, it’s back for another all-day …
The Home prides itself on being integrated within the community, so what better way to show it than with crowd favourite, The Home’s Got Talent! Come and see our residents compet…
Here at The Showstoppers’ Kids Show we take your ideas and turn them into marvellous, musical interactive adventures.
Having just celebrated their 60th anniversary, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre bring with them a flood of new and exciting works alongside modern classics in three mixed program…
The world premiere of Sadie Hasler’s Stiletto Beach has burst onto the stage at the dynamic Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch in a bold, brave, fearless and funny exploration of what…
"The new A Star is Born is a total emotional knockout…rapturous and swooning, but also delicate and intimate and luminous.
Over 300 acts compete for the title of New Comedian of the Year in Leicester Square Theatre‘s hunt for the best new acts in the country.
Following last year's sell out screening of The Greatest Showman, The Luna Cinema returns to the Open Air Theatre with the long awaited sequel to Disney’s musical ma…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Theatre legends Jon Haynes and David Woods of Ridiculusmus are back with Give Me Your Love, a funny and profound fable informed by groundbreaking research.
Keela Kraving’s Grand Show is the show you just can’t miss! Are you ready to be bewitched, bothered and bewildered? We will have a stellar line-up for this open mic nigh…
Join the star of Parks and Recreation and Fargo for an evening of deliberative talking and light dance that will compel you to chuckle whilst enjoining you to brandish a better sid…
Great AMC sell-out show in 2018! The vision of the Sound of Many Waters is to promote the rediscovery of God’s voice through music and the arts.
The Time Show is a comedy/theatre/spoken word show about time.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Puccini’s beautiful Messa di Gloria, Haydn’s joyous Te Deum and energetic Insanae et Vanae Curae with orchestral accompaniment, plus first Scottish performance of Janet Wheeler’s p…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe Participants.
Kenneth Wilson performs a solo show of dramatic poetry from his 2019 collection, The Definitions of Kitchen Verbs, abetted and illustrated with solo airs, ballads and Bach beautifu…
It’s back, the show on the fringe of the Fringe! Come join us at the Fringe’s best up-and-coming venue for an unpredictable night of music, comedy, dance, magic, poetry and circus!…
Wind down and immerse yourself in an intimate, candlelit performance in this evocative location.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
The popular From Shanghai with Love fashion show and exhibition will come back this year for the third time, bringing silk garments from China’s famous Silk Road combined with cu…
Part show, part disco, all party! Electric live performances and three channels of music to choose from on your glowing headphones.
Comedy sketches and satirical comments with an Edinburgh twist from Steve Punt, Hugh Dennis and guests.
How do you inspire the kids that just don’t want to learn? A critical pedagogy that uses real-life examples can help says Neil Speirs (University of Edinburgh), who reckons that …
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe Participants.
A must-do in the corporate calendar, Pick of the Fringe brings a hand-picked selection of top acts to one stage for an exclusive evening of comedy, entertainment and fine dining.
Strangely’s folk-punk-cabaret riot returns with new songs and shenanigans.
The Annual General Meeting of the Fringe Society where activity is reviewed, accounts are presented and directors elected. If you’re passionate about the Fringe, come and be heard.
From the management of Micky Flanagan, Mark Watson, Zoe Lyons, Gary Delaney and Hal Cruttenden, don’t miss the chance to see some of the hottest up-and-coming comedy acts of the mo…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
A small allocation of tickets available on the door, first come, first served.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Direct from Australia, John Rowe brings his sofa-based entertainment show to the Edinburgh Fringe.
A showcase of the best new and up-and-coming acts from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
100% my type on paper.
This show celebrates aspiring singers as they take you on their singing journey and development, through the music of their idols.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe Participants.
Join Funny Women for a sparkling mix of comedy featuring the brightest new, emerging and established talent at the Fringe.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
All the way from the land of sun, sea and Mexican* sombreros (*not Spanish!) these intrepid comedians have made their way to Edinburgh by sea, air and Megabus, to show the world th…
Comedian & silly boy Ted Hill’s debut stand-up show is about every single U.
The Edinburgh Renaissance Band are joined by Polyhymnia Dancers in the ever-popular Viol Rackett Show, with a fresh programme for 2019 of music, song and dance from the Middle Ages…
Imagine Bandersnatch with less clothes, more STDs and an instagram filter over the screen.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
This is your chance to bring the whole family and sing along with the fantastic and versatile Massaoke Band, guided by giant video lyrics, as they raise the curtains on your favour…
Bell Dance – Ring, ring, ring… the Tibetan boys and girls happily dance and ring their bells.
Cora is at the festival to see her ex-boyfriend perform.
Alex Hodgson’s Half Past Seven Show gives a muckle tip of his bunnet to some of Scotland’s best variety entertainers.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
AMDA will be conducting placement and scholarship auditions for its BFA and Conservatory programs in Acting, Music Theatre, Dance Theatre and Performing Arts.
For the seventh year at this wonderful venue, William Alexander again gives a recital of Chopin’s piano music and performs a selection of preludes, waltzes, nocturnes, polonaises a…
This dancing poetry is inspired by Tao Te Ching, which says that the largest square has no corners.
‘Forever in a hurry to meet expectations and cover expenses, but forgetting what is important in life.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Alan Mosca, formerly of Freddie and The Dreamers, retells stories of yesteryear with song and a touch of comedy.
Be a passenger on our cliche-free poem/song journey tonight: relationships, nature, places and much more! It’s alternative.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Love & Tigers is a one-man show exploring what it is to be a brother, a son, and a man.
Join Mr Bubbles with his extraordinary soap bubbles in all shapes and sizes! Enjoy bouncy bubbles, bubbles inside bubbles, smoke bubbles, square bubbles, giant bubbles and even fir…
If humanity was on trial, who would be its lawyer? Evaluation centres around a singular condition: held captive by the perfect machine, one human must defend their species and answ…
Giant Wolf Theatre Company is a group of young artists whose goal is to devise, create and be makers of great theatre.
I’m 55.
A poignant, bittersweet comedy about Dino, a lost soul from a small town in Sicily, and Fran, his American boss, both transplanted to the UK.
Dan Cadey and Gary Knightley’s multipurpose chicken box boasts a lunchtime set menu of succulent ‘not-so-secret recipe’ stand-up, along sides of ‘should this be in here’ musical co…
The tenor/countertenor duo of Hugo Mallet and Fritz Spengler perform famous airs and arias of the life and legacy of Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919).
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
In this alternative history show four panellists each deliver an original stand-up comedy set based around an event which happened on the same date as the show at some point in his…
New to the Fringe! A show that really takes the biscuit! A hilarious farcical radio show about Leonard Biscuit, the most put-upon man in the land and his escapades.
What happens when we pair up two theatre artists from different backgrounds to co-host a discussion about what makes great theatre in 2019? Douglas Maxwell (Decky Does a Bronco, Ch…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Joanne and Lisa were like sisters.
Best of magic, dance, comedy, singing and more.
Verbatim stories of “love” in all its magnificence and monstrousness.
A spontaneous play in the style of Caryl Churchill.
Hilarious hour of stand up comedy.
Can olives and gravy ever be mixed? The story of a working-class northern girl bringing up three middle-class children in London is told in this very funny, warm hearted and livel…
After directing ungrateful clown duo Zach & Viggo, starring in an award-winning funk opera with Thumpasaurus, and touring the world three times over, Jonny Woolley (AKA Mr X) rolls…
The Discount Comedy Checkout have been wowing crowds for over 10 years on the UK comedy circuit with 100% raw and unscripted comedy improvisation shows.
This five-star show returns to the Fringe following last year’s success.
Scotland’s LGBT choir Loud and Proud is back at the Fringe in support of Waverley Care, Scotland’s HIV and Hepatitis C charity.
Morning: coffee concert of informal music-making.
If you were into music in the late 70s and early 80s, the chances are you were into 2 Tone, the iconic Coventry based label that was home to ska revivalists like The Beat, The Sele…
The 15-strong troupe bring colourful, rhythmic, authentic local dances from Côte D’Ivoire (West Africa).
Trashfuture, the political comedy podcast about how the future is trash, is doing its first ever show at the Edinburgh Fringe, for one night only on 10th August.
It’s the smallest comedy show in the smallest venue at the Fringe.
Staying sharp as you age is easy… just eat this super berry, do five simple things or play this game to beat dementia! But what if it’s not as simple as the hype suggests? If w…
The comedy panel show NO ONE is talking about - but they should be! Two teams of two comedians compete in a series of ridiculous quiz rounds to win a very ridiculous prize.
Nowhere has Adam Smith’s Invisible Hand been harder at work than at the festival itself.
Now in it’s 12th year, Forth on the Fringe is the largest showcase of Fringe entertainment available at this year’s festival.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Cluster-bombed with yoghurt on Taskmaster, half-killed by Bear Grylls on Celebrity Island, scrawny Fringe legend Watson returns with his show about empathy: one of the top-ten best…
Fringe Fridays at the museum are a magical experience! There’s a plethora of acts which span the genres available at the festival, each act performing a 15 minute taster on a mai…
An improvised comedy show of sketches, scenes, songs, and suntans.
An army of foreign invaders, bad guys, rapists and thieves, fake news, sensationalist tweets and buckets of ice cream, Creon rules Thebes with ungoverned rage.
Rory returns to York with a brand spanking new title for a show that could, in many respects, be quite similar to the one he did last year i.
Fringe University believes that the Edinburgh Fringe makes an excellent classroom.
Rory returns to York with a brand spanking new title for a show that could, in many respects, be quite similar to the one he did last year i.
Since 1999, ROSL has brought together young classical musicians from across the Commonwealth to perform at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Luth’s on an action-packed circus adventure – but she needs your help! She’s looking for giggle-ready three to seven-year-olds to help her solve a whole host of fun physical chal…
Grief is a tricky business and can make you do irrational things.
Angus Deayton, Helen Atkinson Wood, Michael Fenton Stevens and Philip Pope return to the Fringe to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the legendary, award-winning radio comedy at th…
Fringe University invites you to meet with students, graduates, and professors to find out how you can get the most out of the Fringe.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Yes, it’s true! Those tap-dancing, juggling, pink-suited comedians from Tokyo are back at the Fringe for the sixth time! Don’t miss this hilarious, amazingly entertaining show!…
The Glang Show is the only anarcho-comedy utopia that has travelled back in time from beyond the heat death of the universe.
Meet Gina, a therapist working in a prison for super-villains - determined to turn every last one of them into a Hero.
Jeff, Heidi, Hunter, and Susan write a musical about Jeff, Heidi, Hunter, and Susan writing a musical.
Sam Rapp is The Dyslexic Poet.
A man and a woman fall in love.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Heather is allergic to politics, religion and exercise.
‘Ladies and gentlemen, the performance is about to begin, could I please ask you all to turn your mobile phones ON.
A cabaret with songs and stories about love, and loss of love (and cake crops up too).
For the romantic, the cynic, and the sick of heart – Love/Sick is a play about the kind of love you won’t find in fairy tales.
Tim Vine hears the life stories of the public while showcasing his trademark gleeful wordplay and silly songs.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
On the Brink Theatre Company return to Edinburgh, their name having a deeper relevance than ever, with their alternative take on our critically fragile environment; influences happ…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Janice Forsyth and Grant Stott present The Afternoon Show from the heart of the festivals, showcasing the best acts and talking to the biggest names in town.
I feel ripped off, and frankly you should too.
A show about knitting.
A sensory experience, teaching you how to nose and taste whisky, helping to discover the perfect dram for your palate.
This is part stand-up, part actual pub quiz.
Brought to you by the folk orchestra of Hangzhou Jiangnan Experimental School of Zhejiang.
‘Consistently boasting the most interesting line-ups in the country’ (Times). The best acts from the Fringe come and mooch about and make you laugh at midnight.
Ben likes Al, but Al says he’s straight.
Coming to The Wardrobe Theatre in Bristol in the summer holidays, The Bird Show uses live music, puppetry and lots of silly bird puns in this heart-fluttering physical comedy about…
A hilarious street cleaner sweeps you off on an outdoor journey into the unknown festival, uncovering its secrets and making an ingenious show out of rubbish with his extraordinary…
Louis Prima, Sicilian-New Orleanian, 1930s-1950s, comedy-jazzer, sung by Philip Contini: ‘his genius makes him so special’ (Scotsman).
Witness a magical extravaganza where you will marvel at The Biggest Balloon in the World and risk your dryness at the ultimate game of Water Pistol Roulette! All live on stage in f…
Join us for a huge selection of free acoustic music, duos, bands, singers and more through the day and night on this launch day of Fringe Music on the Grassmarket.
Beatboxing.
Returning for the third time after the previous full-house shows.
How do you find love if you’re too ugly for Love Island? According to Nicola’s mother you contact the Daily Mail.
Twin tricksters Kane & Abel perform magic and comedy inspired by clichés surrounding twins.
Afternoons: organ concert by Christopher Black; Sarah Moore sings Rachmaninoff/Mozart; Roxburgh Quartet playing Barber/Schostakovich; Hadley Court Singers/SMAS choir/orchestra musi…
A God who chooses to sleep.
An original play inspired by a child’s love of Christmas; with song, dance and traditional Christmas offerings.
Returning for 2019, Kids Do Forth on the Fringe presents some of the best names in children’s entertainment.
Susan Calman takes a fast-paced whistle-stop tour of Edinburgh’s comic delights.
From ‘mercurially witty’ (Spectator) creator of YouTube smash 17 Million F*ck Offs – A Song About Brexit come comic songs, stories and stand-up for people who think the governmen…
Brian (Seaton) Demento and Richard (Collins) Demento perform their outlandish, shocking and downright silly self-penned songs and rock‘n’roll parodies.
Paul Currie is bringing his sell out 2014/2015 award-winning masterpiece back to Edinburgh.
PBH reads from his book, the story of the Free Fringe from 1996 to now: how we became the Fringe’s biggest show provider and the many catastrophes and odd triumphs along the way.
Five years ago, at his best friends Sarah and Emma’s engagement party, James met the love the love his life.
Free Fringe Music.
Russell Howard, Miranda Hart, Tim Minchin.
‘It’s like the Royal Variety Show of the Fringe’.
Magician Craig Stephenson has dazzled audiences around the world with his exemplary sleight of hand skills combined with devilish psychological illusion.
Silly (adj.
Following on from our success last year, the gin-tasting show is back with comedy and songs interspersing our three free gin tastings.
The Stand Comedy Club’s hand-picked selection of great comedy at the Fringe at The Stand’s New Town Theatre almost every Friday and Saturday night.
This small yet unmissable jewellery exhibition features over 300 unique pieces from 30 independent designers across the globe, including local emerging and established talents.
Award-winning comedian and radio presenter Philipp Kostelecky brings the best acts of the Fringe together for one of the latest shows of the festival.
Discover handmade objects for you, and your home, from 41 Scotland-based makers in one unique location.
The Rise and Fall of Patti Superb.
Your Fringe adventure starts here! Now in its 21st year, Edinburgh’s historic High Street is transformed into a huge open-air performance playground featuring thousands of shows of…
Catch some world-class street performers, bag a bargain at the Half Price Hut or browse through the arts and crafts markets – all against the stunning backdrop of the National Ga…
Free Love is the latest manifestation of the Scottish experimental pop duo formerly known as Happy Meals, known for their extraordinary sensual live ceremonies.
Nights are dark and lonely at the end of the world.
If a tree falls in a forest, and no one gives a flying f**k, does it really fall at all?… Inspired by Ovid’s myth, ‘Daphne and Apollo’, this ecofeminist drama recasts Daphn…
The Bubble Show For Adults Only starts innocently enough.
Five storytellers open a treasure chest.
Direct from the Wild West, the infamous Gravel Road Show presents Oklahoma, USA!, a world-premiere cabaret featuring blood and thunder melodrama, heel-kickin’ musical theatre and…
From The Wind examines Scotland’s relationship with renewable energy.
Edinburgh’s #1 rated comedy club and three-time Scottish Comedy Award winner brings you its pick of the Fringe for the very first time! Showcasing the very best acts from the Mon…
Join festival favourite Stephen K Amos as he chats with guests hand-picked from the worlds of theatre, comedy and music.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
You think science is boring, think again; this is science like you have never seen it before.
When Shelly, recent grad and marketing whizz, is summoned to the secret headquarters of the world’s largest oil and gas company she thinks she’s hit the big time.
Is the Fringe guide too wide and confusing? We understand.
Magic for teens, tweens and hot soccer mums.
Celebrating the works of the playwright and poet, Federico García Lorca, Enebro Teatro have brought together select pieces to create an altogether unique play.
Psychologists claim answering 36 questions can make two strangers fall in love.
Star of Scot Squad, Darren Connell comes to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for one night only! Nominated for a BAFTA, Darren is best known for portraying the lovable Bobby Muir on B…
This starts off as stand-up, then becomes a pub quiz.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society will be bringing a true taste of Scotland to the Fringe, with an all-encompassing sensory feast that celebrates the best of our culture.
Based on Robert Fulghum’s best-selling books, this musical takes a funny, insightful, heart-warming look at what is profound in everyday life.
This chat show is the perfect guide to what comedy you should see at the Fringe as host Vladimir McTavish, one of Scotland’s finest stand-ups, introduces this intimate and hilariou…
Treat yourself and treat your kids to the new (even better) best magic show for adults and young teens who will cry and pout if they don’t get what they want.
This crowd-pleasing musical is inspired by and features the songs of Elvis Presley.
This comedy duo started working together over 20 years ago, touring all over the world with companies including The Lady Boys of Bangkok.
Get ready for word-bending, thought-provoking, side-splitting comedy.
Like 50 Shades Of Grey, but funny on purpose.
Love.
This show explores the story of a girl’s life, her relationship with her environment and the notion that nature can act as a support system in the same way that family and friends …
Featuring former West End singers and dancers, this combined tribute to two of the most iconic musicals of all time is simply electrifying! Have the time of your life watching Baby…
The night is young and some of the best stand-up comedians at the Fringe are ready to make you laugh, stay up late and definitely have one more drink.
Pip Utton returns with last year’s smash hit.
From the absurd to the moving, magical, funny and intriguing.
The Fawlty Towers Live Themed Dinner Show is one of two similar events happening at this year's Edinburgh Fringe; both themed dinners based on the legendary iconic 1970s sitcom…
From the West Side to the Wild Side, Leonard Bernstein to Lou Reed, join New York vocalist Jess Abrams as she sings A Love Letter to New York.
Told through an enticing striptease of revelations, this poignant and funny solo performance is a complex and deeply felt examination of life’s unplanned turns, deliberate shifts, …
Richard Duffy’s been celebrating Christmas every day since the day he was born.
A spectacular mixed bill variety show bursting with the best stand-ups, character comedians, musical acts and the most original performers at the Fringe.
The Scottish Comedy Festival’s official Pick of the Fringe showcase returns for a eighth hilarious year with another phenomenal hand-picked selection of our favourite acts from a…
See the very best comedians selected from around the Fringe, with different line-ups every day in this brand-new family friendly lunchtime stand-up showcase, from the people behind…
Tim, Harry and Ella have been sent on a mission – destroy a factory, send a message.
A year ago, the world ended.
The Edinburgh Revue returns for its 10th Fringe, bringing you 50 minutes of ‘brave, intelligent, and inventive’ (BroadwayBaby.
Sarcastic nonsense, ridiculous stories and crackpot theories.
Suren Jayemanne (Aus) has made a splash on the Australian scene, with his debut TV stand-up special featured as part of ABC’s Comedy Next Gen series.
For those who want more from their comedy than one guy standing still on a stage with a microphone.
What is love? An unknown quantity, a mesmerising spiritual gift or a song by Haddaway? Love guru Dr Lara Love heals our loveless society in one enlightening hour.
Great value, great venue and great fun! Lunchtime compilation showcasing comedians you must not miss with new line-ups every day hand-picked from across the Fringe.
The Duchess of Canvey returns with a new show and new songs! Join her on a hilarious journey of self-discovery as she reclaims her place in the heart of a divided Britain.
A revolving line-up of hilarious female comedians from around the Fringe with an hour of stand-up comedy to be enjoyed by all.
Stop right now! Thank you very much.
Calling kids aged 5 to 100, join our mighty gang! A sensational interactive show, where the worlds of comedy and beatboxing collide with electrifying results.
The Bristolian bumbling ex-darts champ is back.
Come one, come all to this tragic affair! Comedy Freak Show is an exhibition of comedic rarities.
Enjoy an hour of the best up-and-coming one-liner comedians on the circuit in this celebration of puns, one-liners and wordplay.
See the very best comedians selected from across the Fringe, with a different line-up of top comedians at every show.
Last year Bruce spent an hour telling hilarious stories about how he looked into the abyss of middle age with the maturity of a teenager.
RLS is synonymous with Edinburgh.
Godmother of Scottish comedy.
The Afterlife of a Soap Star is a semi-autobiographical one-woman show depicting the madness of the media, maddening politics and madness itself.
You never know what’ll change your life.
Welcome to the Atomic Saloon: a place where the beer is flowing and anything goes, so long as you can afford it…Madam Boozy Skunkton is our host for the evening – the straight-…
The fifth year of the world unique audience autism conversion show faces new issues.
Hooray! ‘Bob is an Architect of the hilarious.
Acclaimed stand-up (and the UK’s foremost gilet apologist) Stuart Laws reflects on the day his life changed forever when he risked everything in a Vegas poker tournament.
Amy loves it.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
The perfect end to a day at the Fringe: deep in the bowels of the best pub in Edinburgh, a raucously competitive late-night feast of trivia, festival in-jokes, physical challenges,…
Top acts dust off their most out-of-date material.
Help us to find out which ghosts haunt our famous underground vaults.
Is a variety show with a mixed bill line-up.
Freddie Folkston takes a whimsical look at three decades and the generations which helped shape a brave new world for millennials.
A no-holds-barred comedy show starring Will Mars (FOX’s Showtime at The Apollo) and Sarah Lee (Jewish Comedian of the Year finalist 2018).
We all have to work.
Feast on five of the tastiest up-and-coming comedians on the circuit in this stand-up comedy showcase, including your award-winning host Wes Dalton, featuring a different line-up e…
The world is going to sh*t! Or so it seems.
Raul Kohli grew up with many heroes.
What would you do if you could go back in time and hand-pick who you would become? One day a man encounters a strange spirit and is offered the opportunity to become someone else, …
Possibly the best musical comedy show with live piano and a Romanian performer! It is a 50-minute journey through life.
Martin and Logy are back in Edinburgh and ready to have some fun.
Uxbridge’s third hardest man: Mad Ron.
Dear reader, you may know me from such tragedies as Dead Dad (Radio 4’s Good Grief) and Dead Friend (BBC Three’s Happy Man) but this year I’m dead chuffed to perform comedy about s…
Winner of Fringe World 2019 Best Children’s Show Weekly Award! The multi award-winning, sell-out sensation of 2018, The Greatest Magic Show is coming to Edinburgh for the first tim…
Beach Comet return with a double bill of batshit, smash-hit B-musical comedy featuring never-before-seen material, a live band, nuns and the end of the world.
**** (Advertiser).
Following last year’s sell-out run, All Together Irish returns with a daily selection of Ireland’s top comics plus guests from other countries.
Join Those Big Bois for the award-submitted, The Human Show – a journey inside the mind of one confused specimen and the two voices in his head as they navigate a day in this wei…
Part safari party.
Four of the best new acts on the circuit, selected by Just the Tonic.
Horror in all its forms from the brilliant, brutal mind of one of Scotland’s most talented comics.
Angelos is up in Edinburgh to do his stuff and to stand in front of people for about 13 days, maybe more if he can get time off at the stables.
Showcasing the top spoken word talent the festival has to offer – from the laugh-out-loud funny, through the wonderfully surreal, to the thoughtful and emotional – Loud Poets c…
If you’re looking for fun and interactive quiz formats that work well as hour long Edinburgh Fringe shows, then pickings are comparatively slim.
The Fantastic Magic Show is a special and unique experience for the children and their parents.
Established as one of the best shows of the Fringe.
Offensive is the new black.
Double Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Carl Donnelly (‘Observational genius’ (Guardian)) returns with a new show about how difficult it is to be a good person in the modern age.
Seven comedians: you, the audience, decide their fate.
A parade of comedians have 90 seconds of safety to impress the crowd, before facing the gong and the wrath of special guest judges! Always fun and loose, don’t miss this fast-paced…
***** (Dircksey.
Thus far, Paul has lived his life content in the understanding that stability and emotional happiness were lovely ideas but not really for him.
Family workshop suitable for children aged 3-7 years with parents or carers, but everyone welcome, regardless of age or ability.
A fun-packed feast of traditional music, dance, song and myth with historic Prestonfield House and the magnificent setting for this nightly dinner show.
2018 Best Musical nominee (MusicalTheatreReview.
Biographical performances like LipSync, produced by Cumbernauld Theatre as part of their Invited Guest project, don't always have some obvious, political point to make; they…
Divet Show will bring glitter, glamour, fun and over 30 world-class stars like Adele, Whitney, Celine, Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, Freddie Mercury, Cher.
We live in a divided world and we want to cross that divide.
Max has done something stupid.
‘His stand-up is some of the cleverest, funniest and most unassuming comedy I’ve encountered’ ***** (AYoungerTheatre.
So many comedians, so little time! 12 top comedy and variety acts perform ridiculously short sets in one furiously fast-paced showcase.
A packed room at Gilded Balloon’s new Patter Hoose venue shows that even a rainy Friday morning can’t dampen the enthusiasm for bubbles.
Living in Kent - Maxwell tells us – he is surrounded by the sort of puce-faced, fake WWII heroes who seem to think that having once watched a film with John Mills in it automatic…
Join ‘the most renowned sketch troupe of them all’ (Independent) as they embark on another exceptional world tour, performing to over 20,000 people across two continents.
A tale of love, loss and exploration, this is an intrepid exploration of physical theatre and storytelling.
Good morning, Edinburgh! After Fringe sell-outs in 2017 and 2018, we’re moving to a lovely new venue.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter, CNN political commentator and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs to the Fringe for the first tim…
An abandoned party; a neglected bedroom; a cluttered AV desk.
Celebrating their final year as Europeans, island monkeys Becca and Louise got invited to the 2018 European Capital of Culture in Malta.
‘Their versions of the Marvel films might even be better’ ****½ (fb.
Join the quickest wits in comedy for a side-splitting, jaw-dropping, time-travelling adventure that’s fun for literally everyone.
For All I Care is, first and foremost, the story of two women.
See a selection of performers from the very best of this year’s Free Fringe Festival shows, in the big gala launch night, party and general great start to this year’s Edinburgh Fri…
Written and directed by Janet Moran.
Britain’s most loveable fox takes you on a journey of laughs, storytelling and song in a show for all the family, specially written for the live stage and packed with fun and excit…
Tucked away in a corner of Pleasance Courtyard, Glenn Moore delights a packed crowd with an hour of non-stop puns and twisted humour.
Returning for its 14th season, C’s critically acclaimed curated programme showcases silver screen shorts and contemporary filmmakers all day, every day.
This one-woman show, written and performed by Isabelle Kabban, is a tender, thoughtful and deeply moving account of a mother-daughter relationship affected by mental illness.
Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance.
Not many comedy fans would turn down the chance to see the legendary Whose Line Is It Anyway? gang live.
Ireland’s star of BBC’s Blame Game, Monumental, the General Banter Podcast and fluffer for Netflix show Flinch.
Star of BBC Radio 4’s Chinese Comedian and co-host of E4’s The Hangover Games, Ken Cheng is back with a complete treatise on racism.
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…
A show about getting lost and getting found.
Fringe favourites and Olivier Award-winning improvisers, The Showstoppers, take your kids’ ideas and transform them on the spot into interactive musical adventures.
Andy has performed at 40 Edinburgh Festivals.
An hour with Harriet Dyer is an hour of absurdism where literally anything can happen.
Leaping barriers of age, sexuality and gender, Gloria prepares to dance the can-can one last time.
Edinburgh Fringe has a number of shows that have a real cult status among festivalgoers, and up there with the cultest of them is the self-explanatory Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet…
The star of Tonight at the Palladium (ITV), Stand Up Central (Comedy Central) and Live from the BBC is back with, without doubt, his funniest show yet.
All the King’s Men are a world-renowned, award-winning all-male a cappella group based in the heart of London.
The Glang Show is the only anarcho-comedy utopia that has travelled back in time from beyond the heat death of the universe.
Harriet (BBC3, BBC Live at The Fringe, BBC Radio 4 Extra, BBC Knock Knock, BBC Ouch, Absolute Radio) loves dinosaurs.
“It’s NOT the Joshua Benson Show” is all I was ever told as a kid.
Theatre @DraperHall and Founding Fall Theatre kindly invite you to the Summer edition of their fantastic and unique scratch Theatre evening: Free FallLive music, improvisation arou…
Join the quickest whites in comedy for a side-splitting, jaw-dropping, time-travelling adventure that’s fun for literally everyone.
“It’s NOT the Joshua Benson Show” is all I was ever told as a kid.
Rahul Kohli grew up with many heroes.
Rahul Kohli grew up with many heroes.
The Great Yorkshire Fringe New Comedian of the Year is back for a fifth year.
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…
Beach Comet return with a double bill of batshit, smash-hit B-Musical comedy featuring never-before-seen material, a live band, and the end of the world.
Rahul Kohli grew up with many heroes.
What's the difference between a sign and a gesture? Carla Pol, the Italian comedian, opens up like a silly Russian doll interweaving her disconnected visual world a…
Come and join us for the York Fringe Dog Show in aid of RSPCA York.
When the Britpop band ‘Shed Seven’ disbanded in 2003, a dozen people witnessed the drummer’s only attempt at standup comedy.
Star of Radio 4’s Chinese Comedian, E4’s The Hangover Games and winner of Dave’s Joke of the Fringe, Ken returns with a love-letter to all the Twitter …
The Great Yorkshire Fringe New Comedian of the Year is back for a fifth year.
Join award-nominated comedian and one-eyed legend Georgie Morrell as she explores disability and celebrity.
For 3 nights only, the York Dungeon will open their cages to the city of York, open their arms to new audiences, and expose their smelly armpits at the Great Yorkshire F…
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…
A bunch of comedy virgins have spent the weekend with Logan Murray, the man who taught Greg Davies, Rhod Gilbert, Josh Widdecombe, Andi Osho, Luisa Omielan, Diane …
A tale of friendship, love and rivalry over thirty years from award-winning playwright Elinor Cook.
A debut show from a comedian who was born with Poland Syndrome, making him lopsided with a misshapen hand.
just JOSH & WonderPhil are proud to present their debut double act.
Time travelling magicians Morgan & West return to the Great Yorkshire Fringe with their jaw-dropping, heart-stopping, brain-busting, opinion-adjusting, death-defying…
Basal masks, puppetry and breath-taking original piano music tell a story of a little Moon Child who has to learn to adapt to the strange world of planet Earth.
Paul returns to the Great Yorkshire Fringe with a preview of his upcoming Edinburgh Festival show.
Direct from sold-out performances in Hollywood & New York and an extended run in San Francisco, Canal Café and Blue Panther Productions are proud to present American actor Steve B…
Award winning jazz vocalist and Radio 2 presenter Clare Teal and her All Stars will traverse a rich landscape of timeless and sparkling material as they celebrate the Gr…
A mixture of best bits and new material for Paul's next touring show about the life-changing effect a couple of drinks can have.
“A Comedian going places” *Join the 2017 BBC New Comedy Award finalist and wheelchair enthusiast as he tells you about how his first paid gig led to him perf…
The Great Yorkshire Fringe New Comedian of the Year is back for a fifth year.
Big Box Aliens is an alternative comedy experience like no other.
It’s 2016.
Please note: This is a youth theatre production The Mansfield Palace Intermediate Youth Theatre presents this fun, energised and fresh take on scary legend that is…
It’s about Medea, the woman who killed her children.
The Beach Boys return to London for two nights at the Royal Albert Hall in 2019.
Join comedians Rachel Fairburn and Kiri Pritchard-McLean as they explore a shared passion, serial killers.
Direct from Brooklyn’s most notorious nightclub, BLUNDERLAND is an acid trip down the rabbit hole for a variety show unlike any other.
Stand up comedy show as part of the Greater Manchester Fringe.
Tuesday 18th June, 7pmTickets: £15 or £11 for school groupsDuration: 165minsSuitable for: no age guide has been given about this screening yet…
‘Theatre On Tap’, is a play in a pub, made in a day.
Enter the darkness, take a seat and prepare as your master of ceremonies ‘Jen’ guides you through this chilling theatrical experience.
Writer/comedian David Head and singer/songwriter Matt Glover of Sincere Deceivers are proud to present their critically acclaimed story and song show “A Good Service on All Other…
As part of Nomad Festival @ Greenwich pop-up Rotunda Theatre.
As part of Nomad Festival @ Greenwich pop-up Rotunda Theatre.
After it’s sell-out debut, Stripped is back and more revealing than ever!!! Succour Punch Theatre are proud to be baring all once again for this ‘stripped back’ performance o…
After sell-out shows in 2016 and 2017, Theatre InThe Garden return with an exciting and very funny new production of this well-loved play.
All My Sonsby Arthur Millerdirected by Jeremy Herrin Broadcast live from The Old Vic in London, Academy Award-winner Sally Field (Steel Magnolias, Brothers & Sisters…
50 years on from the release of Rod’s first album, Some Guys Have All The Luck is back in theatres in 2019 with a brand new show, bringing to the stage a…
"Love (to) Bits" is a seriously comedic drama or kind of a dramatic comedy, however you choose to look at it, there will be laughter and some tears.
Set in the world of expressionist painter Otto Dix, as Julia Berber – Anita Berber’s fictional sister, Aletia Upstairs explores Weill, Brecht, and Weimar cab…
Monsteers Artistry Presents: All The Ladies Mic Night! All the Ladies Mic Night Includes Live Performances from Sarah Dorsett, Pippa Lea, Lauren Garnder, Christine Maia …
The Glang Show has arrived in Brighton! Earth’s most prestigious comedy anti-competition where the audience are given powerful orbs that grant them ultimate and arbitrary control o…
A comedy cabaret (or summin’ like that) that asks the question: Have you ever just closed your eyes and hoped that it’ll all just go away? This is a bracing, booming and brash…
Caryl Churchill’s ‘Love and Information’ is a kaleidoscopic play of short scenes addressing contemporary issues about knowledge, technology and communication, and our capacity fo…
Izzy wizzy let's get busy! Sooty is back in a brand-new show with guaranteed giggles for the whole family! Direct from their new series on itv Sooty, Swee…
An energy-packed performance by the Musical Theatre Degree students at Northbrook MET.
Duration: Approx 1hr 50mins A highly energetic tribute show that follows in the footsteps of the award-winning girl band, Little Mix.
It’s back! Horatio Productions’ Science Fiction Theatre Festival returns for a stellar second edition.
Acoustic Gypsy duo (aka Sophia and Seb) are back following their excellent 2017 debut.
“Wait, what was that whole last part about copyright? I don’t feel like I got that.
Join Mr.
The Brighton Beach Boys and Psychedelic Love Orchestra recreate The Beatles classic of 1969, ‘Abbey Road’.
Award-winning performances of Adolf, Bacon, Chaplin, Maggie and Churchill have taken Pip around the world.
Move over Oceans 8, 11, 12 and 13.
Following the inaugural season success of the ‘EdinBra Fringe Comedy’ north of the border, ‘LassTer Festival Comedy’ in the Midlands and hosted by Scotland’s Jeannie Jones, this we…
A riotously surreal concoction of clown, kitsch and nonsense from Leebo Luby (London SketchFest 2015 finalist).
Brighton’s much-loved, resident satirists with their legendary mix of bang up to date topical sketches and songs, all wrapped up in Brighton Fringe award-winner Mark Brailsford’s f…
Cluster-bombed with yoghurt on ‘Taskmaster’, half-killed on ‘Bear Grylls’ Celebrity Island’, Watson returns to what he’s best at: being indoors.
Mayor Goodman has been assassinated.
“Stedman’s voice is sure to melt hearts.
Connected and heartfelt, revolutionary and irreverent, the Improvised Play is always of its time.
BA Theatre Arts at GBMet.
We all have to work.
What happens when a 90-something year old kitschy charlatan and a post-millennial ventriloquist host a British daytime TV show?Lachlan Werner (19-year-old Gaulier graduate) seeks t…
It is the year 2030 and our hero encounters a crack in the fabric of space and time.
Bodhisattva Kadampa Meditation Centre is offering a free meditation on the beach with Buddhist monk, Gen Thekchen.
The Greatest Love of All is a critically acclaimed live concert honouring the talent, music and memory of Whitney Houston.
Ian appeared on a televised seduction course to find love.
Let us take you on a sauna journey.
In a society of screen dwellers, can we connect to more than just the wifi? Love Lab, a new dating show claims to have the answer.
Warning: Anti-depressant.
In 1980, Kirk Brandon formed Theatre Of Hate from the ashes of heralded punk band The Pack.
'Should I stay or should I go now? If I go, there will be trouble, and if I stay it will be double.
There is no greater power than love to heal our own heart of hurt and resentment from the past, vastly improve all our relationships and to bring true happiness into our world.
Maori believes that seeing a Kotuku/White Heron will bring you good fortune but what if you get kidnapped by a bad one? Hopefully your adventure turns out better than expected and …
Broadcast live from The Old Vic in London, Academy Award-winner Sally Field (Steel Magnolias, Brothers & Sisters) and Bill Pullman (The Sinner, Independence Day) sta…
After successful editions in Cyprus, Iceland and Sweden, the traditional Stockholm Fringe Festival (STOFF) style artist speed dating touch down in Brighton! Meet artistic peers, in…
London viewers will meet with one of the most unusual and popular Russian literary and theatrical projects of recent years - “Unprincipled Readings”.
See the hit Nafflix TV show LIVE on stage! Host and fashion devotee Kate Bell introduces us to her guests.
Irish comedian Keith Farnan (Michael Mcintyre’s Comedy Roadshow, Showtime’s Live from Amsterdam) brings us a stand-up show that celebrates failure and loss and incompetence and…
Lucky Dog are now quite a Brighton Fringe fixture, constantly presenting different Laurel & Hardy material every year.
Party with us all evening at this one-off ‘Fringe City Night’ extravaganza! Join the night creatures, the weird and the wonderful in a celebration showcase of the very best of Brig…
In this, the 60th Anniversary of one of the worlds most iconic music venues, the Ronnie Scotts All Stars take to the road to celebrate the Ronnie Scotts Story.
Death.
The Brighton Beach Boys turn their laser-sharp gaze towards this classic of 70s Rock.
Tickets: £20Duration: 2hrs, incuding an intervalSuitable for: ages 14+.
When BBC Slam Champion, Jess Green joined the Labour Party at university she doubled the number of members who met weekly in the Liverpool Philharmonic pub.
Join the irrepressible Brighton Ceilidh Collective for an evening of raucous nonsense and ceilidh dancing.
Intimate live music showcase featuring a selection of Brighton’s finest musicians and songwriters. Hosted and curated by BBC 6 Music featured act Warsaw Radio.
Show of Hands: 'Special Relationship' Tour with special guest Richard Shindell Show of Hands join forces with long-term friend and collaborator Richard S…
Kate is discovering what it really means to be a wife in her close-knit Christian community.
A live dating game! One woman tries out four versions of herself that battle for your love.
‘Love vs Trauma’ combines colourful, experimental shadow theatre techniques with beautiful music, a tender flying hand puppet, and rod puppets in a moving and thought-provoking sho…
Styling itself as a 'heartfelt and hilarious musical tribute' to the city of Brighton, All Things Brighton Beautiful utterly triumphs as a celebration of everything we love…
Unforgettable bank holiday fun for all the family from our own ‘Greatest Showman’, Des, as he presents some of the most talented circus performers at the Fringe.
MyMiniDisco: 6th May - ‘Star Wars’ fancy dress - DJ Soul of Man (Finger Lickin’) 27th May - ‘Superheroes’ - DJs Elle ‘J’ Small & Molly Pop (Funk the Format) Brighton’s No.
It is still one of the best kept secrets in show business that Patricia Routledge trained not only as an actress but also as a singer and had considerable experience and success in…
World premiere of this fresh, funny, fantastical story starring award-winning comedian, singer and dancer Charlie Baker (‘Harry Hill’; Sky1, ‘Dog Ate My Homework’; CBBC, ‘Doctor Wh…
A funny, poignant and uplifting account of what cosmology, and those who study it, have to say about the more earthly matters of life and love.
Skrew Loose Booking is a Brighton based live music company focused on showcasing upcoming and established talent from Brighton and further afield.
“So if Matt and I have officially had sex then why does it still hurt? I still don’t get what’s so amazing about it, how can women even come from it - when is that supposed to …
Following on from a sold-out run at Brighton Fringe 2018, The Shame Show returns with its dark game show based on the world famous, politically incorrect party game; Cards Against …
Bobby works on Woolies’ record counter.
In a galaxy far, far away.
Established over 40 years ago North Star Studios, a Fine Art Printmaking and Photography Cooperative, will once again be open to the public, exhibiting members’ work amid the tools…
Fancy a show but not sure what you’re in the mood for? Get a taste of Brighton Fringe at our Fringe City festival showcase! Expect crazy cabaret, tremendous theatre, live music, co…
One of The Guardian’s Best Shows at the Edinburgh Fringe 2018.
Born in 1972, Bitty’s earliest memories were punctuated by the music he would hear courtesy of his father’s sound system, where at the tender age of ten h…
London's finest floating comedy club aboard the Tattershall Castle.
The Maydays present: the Fringe Show.
An interactive tap dance and workout workshop, fun for all ages and levels.
We have over 80 professional comedy acts who applied to Artista Cafe & Gallery.
180! Jody Kamali is hapless Mike Daly.
All About EveBy Joseph L MankiewiczAdapted and directed for the stage by Ivo van Hove Gillian Anderson (X-Files, NT Live: A Streetcar Named Desire) and Lily James (Mamma…
You don’t realise how people can hate, Chris, they can hate so much they’ll tear the world to pieces…’ America, 1947.
Tickets: £17.
We live in a divided world, and we want to cross that divide.
Performed by The Liberties, the songs and tunes of Luke Kelly, Ronnie Drew, Barney McKenna, Ciaran Burke and John Sheehan is brought to life using the exact same instrum…
Tickets: £13.
50 years on from the release of Rod’s first album, Some Guys Have All The Luck – The Rod Stewart Story is back in theatres in 2019 with a bran…
The Jerry Hall Show' is a bizarre narrative comedy, based loosely on the life of celebrity Jerry Hall.
Here at The Showstoppers’ Kids Show we take your ideas and turn them into marvellous, musical interactive adventures.
An interactive rap musical about a Mole and a Gecko starring Simon Mole & Gecko A rapper and a singer.
What is Massaoke? The idea is simple: a brilliant live band plays well-known songs, with lyrics on a giant screen, and the whole audience sings along together.
Sunday 31st March, 7pm Tickets: £15 or £10 concessionsDuration: approx 2hrs including an intervalSuitable for: most ages, but probably most su…
The Star Seekers by The Wardrobe Ensemble Do you want to fly to outer space? Visit a space station? Become a Star Seeker? Star Seekers Alph, Betty and Gammo need your he…
A World Premiere from Curious Seed and Lung Ha Theatre Company, in association with Lyra.
Rob Auton is described as many things in addition to being a stand-up comedian – a philosopher, thinker, poet, surrealist.
Guinness, Haggis, Cider + Rock! Tour 2019/Jizzy Pearl’s Birthday Bash. He's been on the road since the 1980's!
MAD Trust in association with Pianoworks West End present SINGEASY does Musical Theatre.
The Martini Lounge has gone back to its roots! Revisiting those heady days in the beautiful basement bar of The Royal Court Theatre and once again filling the stage with…
The Wrongs & Rites of Grosvenor SquareIn old Dublin a storm is brewing FITS Seizures, heavy medication and failed relationships.
Back for it’s fourth year.
Traditional, Victorian ‘Old Time Music Hall’ All the songs you love to sing and the jokes you love to hear.
Back for it’s fourth year.
Saturday 23rd February, 2pm & 7pmTickets:Duration:Suitable for: most agesJoin the talented pupils of Niki Barbara Dance Academy for a dance spectacular, performed by…
Featuring an all-star cast, All Is True is a theatrical drama that sees Branagh portray the famous playwright, William Shakespeare in his retirement years.
Get ready to start a fancy brioche project tonight! You have never or hardly ever tried brioche but you're a confident knitter, and this fancy brioche shawl caught …
A new show for children and families from Poet Simon Mole and musician Gecko.
All Good GuysIrish Men.
A hilarious, poignant play about falling out, making up, and the joy of true friendship.
The Love ElectricTwo friends.
Director: Rob Marshall Cast: Emily Blunt, Ben Whishaw, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Meryl Streep, Angela Lansbury In Depression-era London, following a personal loss a now-grown …
In Disney’s “Mary Poppins Returns,” an all new original musical and sequel, Mary Poppins is back to help the next generation of the Banks family find t…
I’m Not Running is an explosive new play by David Hare, premiering at the National Theatre and broadcast live to cinemas.
Steve Steinman’s Vampires Rock with special guest star Sam Bailey.
Valentines Dinner + ShowAnd you thought you missed Abigail's Party .
Jeff and Hunter have a dream – and that dream is for their work to be selected for the upcoming New York Musical Theatre Festival.
All the King’s Men are a world-renowned, award-winning, all-male a cappella group based in the heart of London.
All the King’s Men are a world-renowned, award-winning, all-male a cappella group based in the heart of London.
Duration: Approx 2hrs 30mins Following a sell-out UK tour in 2017, Europe's number one country music show promises a fantastic night of toe-tapping country classics…
Our incredibly popular, long-running evening of easy listening music and comedy entertainment in the friendly atmosphere of the Cellar Bar.
Extra encore performance added - Monday 4 February @ 11am - Booking Now Broadcast live from the National Theatre, Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo play Shakespeare&rsquo…
The "Podfather" (Guardian) and "King of the Internet" (Time Out) returns with the award winning Podcast in which he chats with the biggest names in c…
Mark Cortale PresentsBroadway @ Leicester Square Theatre JENNA RUSSELLwith SETH RUDETSKY as music director & hostSunday, 3rd February @ 4pm Olivier Award Winner &…
Mark Cortale PresentsBroadway @ Leicester Square Theatre JUDY KUHNwith SETH RUDETSKY as music director & hostSunday, 3rd February @ 8pm Four Time Tony Nominee Judy K…
Mark Cortale PresentsBroadway @ Leicester Square Theatre JENNA RUSSELLwith SETH RUDETSKY as music director & hostSunday, 3rd February @ 4pm Olivier Award Winner &…
Mark Cortale PresentsBroadway @ Leicester Square Theatre JUDY KUHNwith SETH RUDETSKY as music director & hostSunday, 3rd February @ 8pm Four Time Tony Nominee Judy K…
Classic Hollywood film All About Eve comes to the West End in a new stage adaptation starring Gillian Anderson and Lily James.
Edy Hurst battles to create the world’s greatest theme park.
The peculiar tale of the bearded lady who ran away from the circus!
Something between two refugees gradually changes the shape of their relationship.
Saturday 2nd February, 1.
Don’t miss this brand knew exciting 2 hour action packed family event starting its 2019 UK tour here in Catfords Broadway Theatre, the venue ASW featured on …
A HUNDRED DIFFERENT WORDS FOR LOVE by James Rowland Three years ago, James met the love of his life.
Meet Moira; a cleaner, single mum and Falkirk's hardest woman
A close-up look at how bipolar disorder affects a couple’s relationship.
Darkly funny psychological thriller follows a circus through 1935 America.
Rosie sings about dating apps, turning 30 and marrying Batman.
Friday 1st February, 7.
One Love is a joyous exploration of friendship, what it’s like to be in love and have a learning disability.
I’m Not Running is an explosive new play by David Hare, premiering at the National Theatre and broadcast live to cinemas.
Tickets: £13.
A shepherd grows suspicious when a boy is found dead in British occupied Cyprus.
James Cary wonders what Christians think they’re trying to achieve.
Earth’s funniest footwear bring you songs, sketches, socks and violence.
Music poking fun at the well-known and narcissistic celebrities.
A “highly engrossing”, ‘pocket epic’ staging of Shakespeare’s Richard II.
Dancers reveal and express the trials and tribulations of life.
This show promises amazing magic; an incredible hour of entertainment.
Based on the real events of the Dyatlov Pass Incident – Five women go camping in a remote mountain range. None return.
An exciting, fast-paced and colourful show for all the family.
Three monologues exploring the recent Decriminalisation of Homosexuality in Ireland.
Jealousy is a terrible thing. Laura possesses an infinite amount.
Sid Singh humorously explains how billionaires are destroying his city.
Now in its 4th year Sketch Off! is a competition open to any sketch groups & character acts currently performing in the UK as we search for the country's …
Now in its 4th year Sketch Off! is a competition open to any sketch groups & character acts currently performing in the UK as we search for the country's …
Saturday 5th January, 7.
Come and explore an ecosystem of balloons: universes in miniature.
The smash hit, sell out, sketch show that squeezes a decade of the Marvel Cinema Universe into one action packed hour of comedy.
The critically acclaimed, award-winning comedian and actor Catherine Tate, will bring THE CATHERINE TATE SHOW - LIVE to London’s Wyndham’s Theatre.
Now in its 4th year Sketch Off! is a competition open to any sketch groups & character acts currently performing in the UK as we search for the country's …
Now in its 4th year Sketch Off! is a competition open to any sketch groups & character acts currently performing in the UK as we search for the country's …
Now in it’s 10th year.
A Christmas revue show parodying all things festive and topical.
A festive feast of magical entertainment for the whole family.
House of Jack is excited to present the first House of Jack Christmas Show! This street and urban dance show is jam-packed with dynamic performances from students of House of Jack...
Join comedians Rachel Fairburn and Kiri Pritchard-McLean as they explore a shared passion, serial killers.
The Box of Delights wowed audiences and critics last time round and returns to Wilton’s this Christmas, back by popular demand for a limited run of 45 performances.
TV and recording star Joe Longthorne returns to Leicester Square Theatre in 2018 as part of his 50th Anniversary Tour.
Guy and Sam.
Apollo Theatre Company in association with Spike Milligan Productions Ltd presentsThe Goon Show featuring Lance Ellington and his BandBy Spike MilliganFrom the producers…
The new hit musical - based on a true love story from WW2 Malta.
A family on the verge of a momentous decision forms the focus of Don DeLillo’s Love-Lies-Bleeding at the Print Room at the Coronet in a stark production by director Jack McNamara…
New Comedian of the Year is the new act competition produced by Leicester Square Theatre with places for over 300 acts.
Glamour? Glitz? Graveyard dust? Frances Farmer has it all.
A magical and interactive chalky adventure that follows the story of Kiko, a confused young girl struggling to understand how she feels about the strange new world she lives in.
The Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch has reconfigured it’s stage and auditorium to house writer/director Alexander Zeldin’s production of Love.
The packed audience at The Old Market leant in expectantly towards an ordinary looking closed shipping container dominating the stage, oblivious to the surprises enclosed inside.
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…
A dark and mysterious story of a balloon expedition to the North Pole.
Calling all Bingsters! Bing and his friends are coming to Greenwich in the first ever Bing stage show!Join Bing, Sula, Coco and Pando as they find out how to tell stories by preten…
Join musical maniac Katie Pritchard & a whole heap of her favourite comedy pals for a night of entertainment.
New Comedian of the Year is the new act competition produced by Leicester Square Theatre with places for over 300 acts.
Have you ever dreamed of becoming a flight attendant, traveling the world and telling passengers to f**k off? Then this is the show for you! Pam Ann, the world’s m…
Dave had been working in the NHS for 19 years as a Biomedical Scientist when in 1988 someone uttered the immortal words, “You’re really funny, you should be …
“Comedy’s own Leonard Cohen” - ★★★★★ FringePigAshley Haden is back with the eagerly-awaited final chapter of the C*nting Trilogy.
New Comedian of the Year is the new act competition produced by Leicester Square Theatre with places for over 300 acts.
Birmingham’s premiere improv group bring you a night of high-octane improvised comedy nonsense, based entirely on your suggestions.
Managing a venue at the Fringe can be a hugely rewarding experience, but is also a mammoth undertaking for all involved.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
The 38th Edinburgh Comedy Awards.
Sanspants Radio present Plumbing the Death Star Live.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
The vision of the Sound of Many Waters is to promote the rediscovery of God’s voice through music and the arts.
The Fringe of the Fringe is back! For the fourth year running, Edinburgh Festival Camping is hosting the show on The Fringe of the Fringe! An unpredictable night of performers from…
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the largest open access arts festival in the world.
Celebrating Leonard Bernstein’s 100th birthday today, culminating with his choral masterpiece, Chichester Psalms.
Join us in the stunning Playfair Library for this combined exhibition and fashion show.
Returning for the 16th year is the show that makes a difference – come along and help to raise vital funds for Macmillan Cancer Support.
If you were into music in the late 70s and early 80s, the chances are you were into 2 Tone, the iconic Coventry based label that was home to Ska revivalists like The Beat, The Sele…
Hand-picked selection of top acts from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. A perfect way to entertain guests with a unique blend of fine dining and laughter-driven entertainment!
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Perth Youth Orchestra will perform works by Holst (The Planets Suite), Khachaturian, and Weber conducted by Mr Allan Young – with soloists Shona Rae (bassoon), Sophie Chisholm (x…
16m subscribers.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Special additional show featuring former Zappa Plays Zappa vocalist/instrumentalist Ben Thomas, who will be opening the show with his own material and then joining the band for.
Re-written rap lyrics that clap back.
CKP and InterTalent present: Edinburgh Fringe Comedy Special.
Fagin and the Star City Rebels welcome you to the stargate, a portal to strange and mysterious worlds.
Award-winning, folk-punk-cabaret rioteer Strangely returns with a brand new show, full of new songs and shenanigans.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe Participants.
In a controversial move to promote classic children’s novels, publishers have released all the stories far too filthy for the page! The Infamous Five is an hour-long sketch show …
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
A has-been singer-songwriter tries to summon the spirit of Marc Almond to resurrect his career.
The Annual General Meeting of the Fringe Society where activity is reviewed, accounts are presented and directors elected.
COMMON is an arts organisation which exists to support the UK theatre industry in achieving greater socio-economic diversity, and help working-class artists build sustainable caree…
All That Remains is a moving reflection on loss and memory based on true stories from the ongoing war in Ukraine.
Not All Men wash their hands after going to the toilet, not all men brush their teeth twice daily.
Join Funny Women for a sparkling mix of comedy including performances by special guests and the brightest new talent at the Fringe.
Following his sell-out Fringe debut last year, Tomfoolery returns with his action-packed show that’s fun for all the family.
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…
Do you want to reveal yourself to the world? Does your data show more than you think? To whom? We think our personal information is private.
Performer/producer? Want to tour the world? What touring opportunities are out there? A once-a-year chance to meet and hear from fringe festival directors from around the world; al…
Part of the Fringe Central Programme for Fringe participants.
Join a couple of Aussies on this off-beat excursion of naughty and ridiculous tales and oddly familiar tunes.
Three lovers.
East meets West in this wild mash-up of comedy, electric violin, characters, spoken word and songs from legendary AmerAsian duo Slanty Eyed Mama.
Following last year’s Edinburgh Fringe sell-out and newly written for 2018, journey through the ever-changing story of magic featuring misdirection from eras past to today’s mind…
After last year’s sold-out, five-star run, Exeter University’s Spotlights Show Choir are back at the Fringe with another set of musical hits! With songs ranging from classics l…
Meet Leah and Chris: raised on Harry Potter, New Labour and a belief that one day they would be as special as their parents promised.
I’d had a conversation with Dan about ecstasy.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Ready to take your show to England’s largest arts festival? Want to showcase your work to a fresh audience? If you answered yes to these questions, this is the event for you! Lea…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Whoever you are, you’ll only know first love once.
Scotland’s LGBT choir, Loud and Proud, is back in support of Waverley Care, Scotland’s HIV and Hepatitis C charity.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
This is a show on top of Arthur’s Seat.
Hi, I’m award-winning comic, actor and writer Joz Norris (BBC Three, BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 4 Extra, ITV, ITV2, Dave, Channel 4).
Join St Andrew’s and St George’s West Choir as they perform a programme of contemporary choral music.
One man.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
The acclaimed hit podcast Book Shambles, recorded in front of a live audience! Hosted by Robin Ince who‘ll be joined by a different amazing guest each show.
Virtuoso pianist Stefan Warzycki returns to St Andrew’s and St George’s West in two recitals centred on favourite works by Bach and Chopin.
The multi award-winning MMORPG Show returns with more improvised, role-play comedy adventures.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
A mad inventor applies logic to the absurd and abstract.
The Police Sting Show in concert: Re-worked, fresh versions of all the iconic Police and Sting solo album songs in a 70-minute show featuring an acoustic Sting section.
COMMON: GROUND is an initiative developed by COMMON, an arts organisation who exist to support the UK theatre industry in achieving greater socio-economic diversity, delivered with…
Winner of the UK Perrier Jazz Vocal Award, Scottish Style Award and Spirit Of Scotland Music Medal, Niki King has released five albums and performed in leading jazz venues includin…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
After many years of coming to the Fringe, Barbara Nice knows the frustration of not being able to find the right show for you.
Janis Claxton Dance returns with this award-winning 2016 Fringe hit.
Costs are rising, while subsidies are shrinking and consumer behaviours are changing rapidly.
An Irish stand-up comedy compilation show featuring some of the best comedians from around the festival, for free.
For one day only! Live Art Bistro take on ZOO Southside, doing what they do best: presenting 12 hours of transgressive and experimental performance by world-renowned artists.
We’re all brainwashed, biased and influenced by personal experience, even scientists.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Meet Livia and Perry, two people looking for The One.
Based on the book by Claire Freedman & Ben Cort Adapted & directed by Adam Bampton-Smith Aliens love underpants Of every shape and size But there are no underpants in space…
Fringe University believes that the Edinburgh Fringe makes an excellent classroom.
The UK’s number one jive and swing band, The Jive Aces are teaming up with the all-dancing, all-singing, all-tapping pinup darlings The Satin Dollz to bring you a swingin’ vintage …
Vocal Force returns to the Fringe with an all-new line-up of songs! These young, enthusiastic performers from the USA harmonise their way through beloved hits that will inspire and…
People are going missing.
Malones Irish Bars Edinburgh hosts a large variety of live musical acts all day every day throughout the fringe. This begins at 12pm and continues until late at night!
Comedian Michael Malone (Comedy Central, FOX, Hulu) breaks down the idiotic ways we deal with life, death, love and sex in his new unforgettable and moving show, I Love You.
Big Love – Charles Mee’s adaption of Aeschylus’ The Suppliants is a modern reexamination of western norms regarding gender and sexuality.
The story of Romeo and Juliet receives medical treatment in Cepacia from Durham School and Shadow Dreams.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
The UK’s number one Tommy Cooper tribute returns to the Fringe! Tommy Cooper was a true comic genius.
What is your idea of love? There’s a very blurred line between a protective, loving relationship and one that’s abusive.
The Skits, Cornell University’s original sketch comedy troupe, has crossed the Atlantic to deliver some cold, hard jokes.
Roses are red, violets are blue, The Bristol Suspensions have a show to do – but what happens when Cupid shoots his arrow into the rehearsal room? Fresh from their US tour, join …
Fringe newcomers all the way from Canada, Yonge Guns packed their bags full of all that influences them as musicians, teachers and accountants.
Louis Prima, Sicilian-New Orleanian showman and comedy-jazzer (1930s-1950s) sung by Philip Contini.
A play in 10 short scenes.
The Edinburgh Renaissance Band are joined by Polyhymnia Dancers in the ever-popular Viol Rackett Show, our best-loved programme of music, song and dance from the Middle Ages to the…
The interactive show where Dalia Malek (CKP’s Lunchtime Special, Chortle Student Comedy Award finalist, Second City Diversity in Comedy Festival, SF Sketchfest) and rotating co-hos…
Robert Schumann’s song cycle of a woman’s life, paired with music by Clara Schumann, Fanny Mendelssohn and Alma Mahler.
After sold-out shows, rave reviews and standing ovations at Adelaide Fringe and Edinburgh Fringe, Lord of the Strings! – the ultimate one-man guitar show, first created for touri…
‘Zoe.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
A new piece devised for this year’s festival sees Aletia Upstairs, cabaretist extraordinaire, follow-up her Mata Hari Fringe success with an exploration of Weill, Brecht, and Wei…
Bill Alexander returns to the Fringe to give a piano recital of a favourite selection of rondos, nocturnes, waltzes, études and the sonata in B minor Op 58.
Trump, Putin and Kim Jong-un live on tour! King of the modern protest song Beldon Haigh and Mother Of All Bands bring a weird and wonderful live band performance.
The Edinburgh Comedy Award winner, Live at the Apollo star, the Lidl Enya, the broken Bublé… DAVID O’DOHERTY headlines.
It’s the smallest comedy show, in the smallest venue at the Fringe.
Enjoy a unique flavour of the Fringe and explore the museum after hours.
Returning for 2018, Kids Do Forth on the Fringe presents some of the best names in children’s entertainment.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Kevin Rowland – Style icon and leader of the band Dexys (formerly Dexy’s Midnight Runners) is renowned for his vast wealth of musical knowledge and a highly charged eclecticism, …
Love Chapter 2 by L-E-V, choreographed by Sharon Eyal and Gai Behar, is a twin-piece to OCD Love, both part of the Edinburgh International Festival.
This time, the art troupe will present a performance featuring lots of Chinese ethnic arts at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Discover Adelaide Fringe, Australia’s largest open access festival! The Fringe transforms Adelaide into a festival wonderland, with over 1,200 events across every art form in ove…
Mediocre magic.
The history of mental disorder is full of instances of labels of mental disorders being used to control what was deemed as unacceptable or dangerous.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
A profoundly disturbing show, OCD Love (part one of Love Cycle) is produced by Israeli L-E-V dance company with original and technically difficult choreography by Sharon Eyal in c…
Ari Shaffir and other funny people tell true and scintillating stories.
Over the years Brian has collaborated with fellow countryman Van Morrison who executively produced Brian’s iconic version of Crazy Love for the soundtrack of the Hollywood blockb…
All Change is a new bittersweet comedy about growing old.
Pushan Bose is a South Asian music composer, producer, singer and rapper who has been creating and releasing original music on digital platforms with a reach of 20 million listener…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Scotland’s own Soul Nation Rock Choir are back again with a sizzling hot show to lift you even higher and higher.
This small yet unmissable jewellery exhibition features over 300 unique and original jewellery designs from 30 independent designers across the globe including local emerging talen…
This show is an interactive science show, involving members of the public as audience, in the apparently controversial science of homeopathy.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
A brand new type of spoken word show is coming to the Edinburgh Fringe, with one half open mic and one half live spoken word show.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
The multi award-winning political agitators are back at the Traverse with a morning of outstanding new writing and fiery debate.
A converted 1960s caravan hosting installations both insightful and absurd, poetry, puppets and music.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
After sell-out shows last year, Funbox are back! Don’t miss Anya, Kevin and Gary (formerly of The Singing Kettle) as they return to the Fringe for a fun-filled hour of family singa…
Little Shakespeare Company returns once again to the Fringe with a talented group of Scottish young actors.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
A family-friendly mixed bag ranging from cabaret to comedy via spoken word and theatre.
All Killa No Filla Live.
Join Edinburgh’s secular congregation to celebrate life with pop songs to sing with the house band, talks, poems, reflections, coffee and cake! Special guest speaker and Fringe com…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
‘Consistently boasting the most interesting line-ups in the country’ (Times). The best acts from the Fringe come and muck about and make you laugh at midnight.
One woman’s embarrassing journey from child star dreams to inadequate adulthood.
In an alternate universe there lies a place where everything is juxtaposed, where cardboard is classy, where alternative facts become live entertainment while the show is a mere in…
A cross between Mastermind, Ultimate Cage Fighting, and the Royal Variety Hour in a bar off Cowgate.
Ever pundered what shows like Have I Got News For You, Mock the Week, QI or Never Mind the Buzzcocks would be like if they were just puns? Punder no longer.
Europe.
New Zealand’s foremost comedy singer-songwriter, when ranked alphabetically, presents original comedy songs.
Find out what life is really like as a local newspaper reporter in a rural town, covering hard-hitting stories such as parish council meetings, charity bike rides and dogs winning …
Returning for the ninth consecutive year, a two-time award-winning series of talks that get you thinking critically and skeptically about things you thought you were familiar with.
Experience the joy of live music at the museum as the best young contemporary music talents perform an exciting blend of Scottish pop, traditional Scottish songs and instrumental s…
These twin tricksters perform magic inspired by cliches surrounding twins.
Award-winning silliness for all the family from one of the nation’s most successful spoken word artists.
Crizards come to Edinburgh with some spicy cromedy concerning bronze, weevils and utility bills.
Watch Zillions of Comedians squeezed into just one hour.
The Edinburgh Revue – the Titanic of comedy.
When Jess Green joined the Labour Party at university she doubled the number of members who met weekly in the Liverpool Philharmonic pub.
Rosie shares Facts About Love from her own life.
Al Lubel also considered Mean Jewish Boy and Boy of Inaction as titles.
A late-night open mic cabaret night which is open to all Fringe performers: so music, comedy and performance is all on the cards.
Twelve full-house Edinburgh Fringe runs.
New(ish) for 2018! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
An hour of stand up comedy from one of Ireland’s best joke writers.
Russell Howard, Miranda Hart, Tim Minchin.
It’s like the Royal Variety Show of the Fringe.
All About Her — Feminism in Chinese Traditional Opera creatively combines traditional Chinese Opera with contemporary ideas, exploring feminism in the traditional opera repertoir…
Dissecting the reality of love in the modern world.
Posturous Productions and the writer of the critically acclaimed Glass Slippers and Silver Bullets and the sell out shows The Haunted Hunt and Build-Up And Climax pr…
Join us for a huge selection of acoustic music, duos, bands, rock, folk music, singers and more every day and night of the Fringe.
Dave Maher was almost unplugged from life support during a month-long coma.
Romina Puma comes back and is darker than ever! It’s a show about love, or the lack of it, a show about a child longing to be cared for by her mother while having to care for her…
This jukebox musical, based on Twelfth Night and Elvis music, is a fantastic, foot-tapping show.
After a sell-out, five-star run in 2016, One Musical to Rule Them All returns to parody everyone’s favourite trilogy about wizards, hobbits and a quest to destroy some magical je…
In the May 1979 issue of Sounds magazine the term ‘New Wave of British Heavy Metal’ was used to describe a second wave of heavy metal bands that emerged in the late 1970’s.
Mark Thompson is quite clear about what his (modestly) titled Spectacular Show isn't: "It's not a science lecture," he insists.
Join festival favourite Stephen K Amos as he chats with guests hand-picked from the worlds of theatre, comedy and music.
Texas Beauty Pageant Murder: The Fall of Don Swan is a devised, one-act, absurdist, film noir comedy set in the 1980s that investigates the myth of Don Juan in the current wake of …
The Scottish Comedy Festival’s official Pick of the Fringe showcase returns for a seventh hilarious year with another phenomenal handpicked selection of our favourite acts from a…
The Edinburgh Revue returns to the Fringe with a collection of its best and brightest local talents from throughout the year in this stand-up showcase.
Catch some world-class street performances, bag a bargain at the Half Price Hut or browse the arts and craft markets – all against the stunning backdrop of the National Galleries…
Three wise men followed a star to Edinburgh to bring you frankincense, myrrh and comedy gold.
Direct from the USA, the infamous Gravel Road Show presents The Cult of True Womanhood in a world-premiere cabaret that dismantles the four cardinal virtues of “true” womanhood…
Feeling pressured by his success last year with The Elvis Dead, Rob Kemp returns with ten(!) shows stuck to a spinning wheel.
This is one woman’s tale of the many heartbreaks in her life and the lessons she learned from each that allowed her to be able to love herself instead of seeking it in others.
Is the Fringe guide too wide and confusing? We understand.
‘Social barriers will dissipate as Rick Molland and Sully O’Sullivan go head-to-head in an epic stand-up comedy battle’ (TheCultureTrip.
A variety show of absurdist comedy.
The sell-out comedy tap-dance hit is back at the Fringe! Awfully addictive eccentric performances combine tap, circus and comedy for an unforgettable toe-tapping experience you hav…
We all have some evil in us: there is a Mr Hyde to our Dr Jekyll, a yin to our yang, a fig roll to our jaffa cake.
Highly interactive show that’s part stand-up, part actual pub quiz.
Your Fringe adventure starts here! For the 20th year, Edinburgh’s historic High Street is transformed into a huge open-air performance playground featuring thousands of shows of al…
The most jaw-dropping, mind-popping, eye-watering experience of this year’s Fringe! With unbridled attitude, this firecracker of a show performs death defying stunts while honoring…
‘Five stars! Infectious fun’ (FringeReview.
Join Deborah Frances-White, stand-up comedian, screenwriter and host of podcast The Guilty Feminist, to formally welcome you to Fringe Central and mark the start of the 2018 Fringe…
We’re back! The award winning magic show that’s fun for kids and parents who drink – Champagne for mums as each child is personally insulted by a fat American circus man.
November 22nd 1963.
The Stand Comedy Club celebrates its 21st anniversary at the Edinburgh Fringe with the best of 20 years visiting the stage at New Town Theatre. Different line-up nightly!
What’s the one thing you’ve always wished you told somebody? What was the perfect phrase for that moment that just passed you by? Never seen before, never to be seen again.
Dive into the horrors of history in our immersive walking tour and show.
Life is full of accidents, mishaps, frustrations and disappointments.
An entirely un-erotic journey that begins in a public toilet, then takes strange diversions via a sexy tomato plant and a clap clinic.
The second floor of White Stuff becomes a haven for design-lovers.
Treat yourself and treat your kids to the new better best magic show for adults and young teens who will cry and pout if they don’t get what they want.
All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten shows you don’t have to use a chalkboard to teach what we’ve known all along.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Our long-running improvised comedy show will have you in stitches.
Returning for it’s 10th year, Forth on the Fringe is the largest showcase event of Fringe entertainment available at this year’s festival.
Take well-known Elvis songs, some less known, mix in a boy from Tupelo’s story, add a quartet of musicians and gently shake, rattle and roll.
Since the end of the last Fringe, Andy Field has been keeping a diary full of his thoughts, feelings and silly ideas.
Funny Happy Stuff presents: Circus Sonas Family Show! A brand-new show from father and son circus performers Martin and Logy.
Now in its eleventh year, Blackwell’s Writers at the Fringe brings you, once again, the best in Scottish writing.
This chat show is the perfect way to start your Fringe day, as you spend an hour in the company of one of the finest stand-ups on the Scottish comedy circuit.
Jewish comedian’s truthful stand-up, funny stories and good jokes.
Fun and frenetic cabaret revue combining songs, sketches and observations in a hilarious celebration of the world’s biggest arts festival.
Say it Ain’t Show is a brand-new show from Evan Desmarais about trying to adult while still being a child on the inside.
Join your hosts, Ross Brierley and Joshua Sadler, as they bring the UK’s finest spoof chat show and chaotic cabaret back to the Fringe.
A desk, a pile of papers, a stack of records and a funny, thought-provoking and really quite moving tale exploring love, love songs, and how we all live lives with our own personal…
Toned.
Come one, come all to this tragic affair! Comedy Freak Show is an exhibition of comedic rarities.
Offensive is the new black.
Trump.
Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance.
Drag Superstar, Jonny Woo and Olivier Award-winning composer, Richard Thomas (Jerry Springer The Opera) bring you this sequin-spangled musical ripped straight from the headlines.
The debut season of a revolving line-up of the best established and up-and-coming female comedians from around the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
To make James Veitch better for you, he brings regular updates to improve speed and reliability.
We’re offering the finest upcoming comedians on the UK circuit at a bargain price. Hand selected from our year-round auditions, this show is quality talent in its prime.
Following the first space war of Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, a lone detective is contracted to find the love in this absurdist, avant-garde, funk opera.
Feast on five of the tastiest up-and-coming comedians on the circuit in this stand-up comedy showcase including your award-winning host, Masai Graham (UK Pun Champion 2016).
See the very best comedians selected from across the Fringe with different line-ups at every show and four performances daily.
Tony Award winner Ben Harney (Broadway's Dreamgirls), and writer Mehr Mansuri, lead this musical about an 1850s Virginia slave who ships himself to freedom in a box.
Lil’s husband is lost in Gulliver’s Travels and now she has a mission of mercy to perform.
This is a comedy/theatre/spoken word show about talking.
Enjoy an hour of the best up-and-coming one-liner comedians on the circuit in this celebration of puns, one-liners and wordplay.
Following last year’s sell-out run, All Together Irish returns with a daily selection of Ireland’s top comics plus guests from other countries.
Razor-sharp women’s satirical magazine, Succubus, brings you a mixed-bill hour of comedy championing new female comedy writers and stand-ups.
Ashley Haden is back with the eagerly awaited final chapter of the C*nting Trilogy.
World premiere of this fresh, funny, fantastical story starring award-winning comedian, singer and dancer Charlie Baker (Harry Hill’s Tea Time, Dog Ate My Homework, Doctor Who) and…
‘Everyone should spend an hour with Bob, loveably chaotic master of one unique Fringe experience after another.
Family workshop suitable for children aged three to seven years with parents or carers.
A journey through the side and under-mind.
How did this dentist get arrested by armed police? Want to hear the story of all stories? This is it! After a sell-out world tour and release of his bestselling book Gobsmacked, Mi…
The critically acclaimed Edinburgh Fringe 2017 improvised solo comedy about your crazy life returns! From the New York City comic who brought you the Edinburgh Fringe hit Desperate…
A rump-shaking stand-up comedy hour of phat beats, funky rhythms, ukulele and fun.
Writer/comedian David Head and singer/songwriter Matt Glover of Sincere Deceivers present a performance of silly love stories and melancholy folk pop.
****1/2 (PerthHappenings.
Russell Hicks returns with another free-form explosion that he deems ‘necessary medicine’ for any artist who is trying too hard to make it.
In the hotly tipped debut hour from Scottish comedian and podcaster Struan Logan, he regales his tales of 18 months living out of a backpack through Australia, New Zealand and Sout…
North London’s “finest” comedy duo bring their final show to Edinburgh’s acclaimed arts festival.
Great value lunchtime compilation showcase featuring the best and brightest of this year’s Fringe comics.
When you step into the venue for Dandy Darkly’s All Aboard, you don’t expect much.
We’re offering the finest upcoming comedians on the UK circuit at a bargain price.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Mixing get-on-the-dance-floor music, rap and spoken word, Love Songs explores the personal and political puzzles of our love lives through the autobiographical poems of a hopeless …
George loves reading.
Hailing from the Isle of Skye, the legendary Scottish trailblazers have created a glorious mixture of traditional sounds and dance floor grooves that have been embraced worldwide.
Both lovely and devastating in equal measure, City Love by Illuminate Theatre Company documents a romance that lives and dies in the bustle of London town.
‘Brilliant’ ***** (Sydney Morning Herald).
Rahul Kohli was unperturbed by the small audience on the evening this reviewer attended, likening it to ‘a Theresa May cabinet meeting’.
As a genuine YouTube sensation, TV talent show star, and with a Las Vegas residency, Tape Face is a comedy rock god but he isn’t here to play the hits; this is an hour of brand n…
After a severe case of writer’s block, Owen has thrown caution to the wind and decided to let a child write his show for him.
“Welcome to Blackpool!” Cockburn beams as her audience files into Summerhall’s Anatomy Lecture Theatre.
The Sauna is a story of an old woman.
Cluster-bombed with yoghurt on Taskmaster, half-killed on The Island, Watson returns to what he’s best at: being indoors.
The 10-time sell-out comedy sensation returns to Edinburgh with an epic new show for just about everyone.
Sock! Pow! Wham! Earth’s funniest footwear are back with their 10th new show of songs, sketches, socks and violence.
Fringe favourites and Olivier Award-winning improvisers, The Showstoppers, take your kids’ ideas and transform them on the spot into interactive musical adventures.
Returning to Edinburgh for their eighth year, All the King’s Men are the voices that are defining a genre.
See a huge selection of this year’s big names, stand-out performers and many of the best free acts in Edinburgh at this one-off launch show and party for the 2018 Free Edinburgh Fr…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
This is one of two offerings at the Fringe this year from Iulia Benze and Kurt Murray, featuring high energy physical movement, bubble art and audience interaction.
Strap in for rapid-fire jokes from the Aussie hurricane in this brand-new show.
Scottish comedy award winner Gary Meikle premieres his debut hour and lays bare his remarkable life story and how he’s defeated the odds set against him from surviving children’s h…
For anyone who isn’t already familiar with Loud Poets, you really should be.
Sex.
Every child goes inside their own bubble! Milkshake’s bubble flower cannot survive a cold winter without bubbles so she must get help from Dr Bubble – and quick! Smoke bubbles,…
As a character actor, Pip Utton is renowned for his depictions of world-famous figures, ranging from Margaret Thatcher to Charles Dickens and everything in between.
An immersive, downloadable, free, 45-minute audio tour of the Festival Fringe – featuring interviews about its history with many Fringe comedy legends as you walk through the cha…
So many comedians, so little time! Twelve top comedy and variety acts perform ridiculously short sets in one furiously fast-paced showcase.
Demi Lardner feels the need, at one point in their most recent show, to unveil a banner listing their previous accomplishments and awards they have won.
A fun-packed evening of traditional Scottish music, legend and dance set within the photo-ready setting of historic Prestonfield House – former mansion to Edinburgh’s Lord Prov…
Returning for its 13th season, C’s critically-acclaimed curated programme showcases silver screen shorts and contemporary filmmakers all day, every day.
New York’s cosmic comedian Myq (Mike) Kaplan takes you (and himself, and the universe) on a journey of kindness in his Edinburgh debut.
Direct from a standing room only season at Edinburgh Fringe last year, and a critically acclaimed tour of Australia this, the world's premier nerd-culture double-act, The Just Us …
We in the L.
Sell-out 2017.
If you like your cabaret kick-ass, feminist, patriarchy-smashing and unabashedly consensual, do not miss Glittery Clittery Fringe Wives Club.
Nominated Best Performance, Melbourne Fringe.
If silent Hollywood star Buster Keaton is remembered for anything, it's his emotionless, mask-like expression; so the initial shock here is that this Buster speaks and smiles.
Start your night with a big fat prize in your pocket! Dominic Frisby, the world’s only financial expert and comedian, is host and quizmaster in this classic game show full of fasci…
The hit show of 2016 and 2017 returns! The ultimate comedy panel show that boldly goes to a galaxy far far away.
Typical Emmy, to turn brain cancer into a game! Her husband attempts to care for her, even as the illness eats away the woman he knows and loves, and her mother holds faith with in…
John-Luke Roberts is, for a certaint quotient, one of the staples of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
What’s a ‘square go’? Noun: A rammy.
Join ‘the most renowned sketch troupe of them all’ (Independent) as they embark on another world tour.
Following the ‘audacious’ (**** (Scotsman)) and critically acclaimed Follow Suit, Silent Faces return to the Fringe with more physical political fooling in the heart-warming A …
Good morning, Edinburgh! Three funny, thought-provoking “menus” of ten-minute plays.
Three lonely men are magically transported to a mythical land through the charms of a Maori busker.
The Fantastic Magic Show is a special and unique experience for children and their parents.
See the extraordinary world of the Fringe through the eyes of schoolchildren from across Scotland at this free exhibition of entries in the 2018 Fringe Schools Poster Competition, …
If the main attraction doesn’t show up, the kids still want to see a comedy show! So Pete’s gonna make one up and have the kids (and adults) help write, direct, and design it.
Inspired by our sister production of Phil Porter's Blink, Squabbling House Theatre are delighted to present the company’s first collection of new writing shor…
Back for a fourth year, the GYF New Comedian of the Year is again on the lookout for the best up and coming comedians from Yorkshire and beyond.
Time-travelling magicians Morgan & West present a jaw-dropping, heart-stopping, brain-busting, opinion-adjusting, death-defying, mind-frying, spirit-lifting, paradigm-shiftin…
Brought together by a voyeuristic relationship that teeters on the verge of stalking, introverted Sophie and eccentric Esther relive the story of how they met.
Back for a fourth year, the GYF New Comedian of the Year is again on the lookout for the best up and coming comedians from Yorkshire and beyond.
Ian Smith is multi-award winning comedian.
Come and join us for the York Fringe Dog Show in aid of RSPCA York.
Rahul Kohli grew up with many heroes.
Trump.
Hotly tipped Scottish comedian and podcaster Struan Logan brings his debut solo show down south where he regales his tales of living out of a backpack for 18 months trav…
“I've always known that one day I would have my own niche in the annals of song.
Rahul Kohli grew up with many heroes.
Frantic sketch comedy from York University's funniest (only) double act! Join lanky sketch duo Ollie Jones and George Blackman as they fight to reclaim stolen comed…
Ashley Haden is back with the eagerly awaited final chapter of the ‘C*nting Trilogy’.
Blue Jeans Management Proudly Presents - Jarred Christmas & Hobbit: The Mighty Kids Beatbox Show Hey kids, grab your parents, parents grab your cash and come do…
‘Write what you know!’ they say.
“One can only hope there’s some life altering catastrophe around the corner for Lexx” (Broadway Baby 2015).
Back for a fourth year, the GYF New Comedian of the Year is again on the lookout for the best up and coming comedians from Yorkshire and beyond.
IT’S TIME TO GET FILTHY!!! Vinegar Strokes - Drag Superstar and star of Olivier Nominated West End Musical EVERBODY’S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE is coming back to …
After a severe case of writer's block, Owen has thrown caution to the wind and decided to let a child write his show for him.
Magicked! – Everyone loves Harry Potter, and in tribute to the world’s favourite pubescent wizard, this summer, tonight’s show assumes the form of an improvised tribute to Ha…
Star of Israel's thriving dance scene, Sharon Eyal presents the London premiere of L-E-V Dance Company, whose name nods to the Hebrew word for heart: 'lev'.
Ireland's finest hip hop musical comedian is back at Underbelly Festival for four nights only! Using his trademark blend of audience interaction and razor-sharp improvisation, …
Time travelling magicians Morgan & West present a jaw dropping, heart stopping, brain busting, opinion adjusting, death defying, mind frying, spirit lifting, paradigm shifting,…
TOMMY STEELE RETURNS TO LONDON’S COLISEUM 60 YEARS AFTER STARRING IN RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN’S CINDERELLA! As his legion of fans already know, Tommy Steele – Brit…
Standup and improv comedy unite in one explosively funny night! Join us as a group of experienced improvisers weave a (dramatic! funny! exciting!) story in three acts based on the …
The Big Fat Running show is about .
If proximity x tolerance over time = relationship then surely there’s a formula for true love? Join Rosa as she uses playground maths and poetry to explore her misadventures in m…
If ‘proximity x tolerance over time = relationship’ then surely there’s a formula for true love?Join Rosa as she uses to playground maths and poetry to explore her misadventures in…
Don your flat cap, grab your whippet and come and join us for the launch of 2018’s Great Yorkshire Fringe! Lineup to include Tony Slattery, Harry & Chris, Thin…
Don your flat cap, grab your whippet and come and join us for the launch of 2018’s Great Yorkshire Fringe! Lineup to include Paul Foot, Tony Slattery, Harry & …
Join us for our summer showcase fundraising gala at Brighton Open Air Theatre on July 3rd for an extravagant evening of everything Fringe! See all your Fringe favourites from our 2…
Led by Drama Prefect, Beatrice Swordy, and her team, Black Box devising is an improvisation work created by Year 7 - 9 students over the last two terms, drawing inspirat…
The Pin: Backstage (Edinburgh Fringe Preview) After 3 multi-award winning series on BBC Radio 4, “the next Mitchell and Webb” (Times) are going back to the F…
This time-limited devising project welcomes the return of Briony O’Callaghan, a professional director, who, working with a select number of Year 10 - 13 student…
Vibe Arts are delighted to be working with the St Dunstan's College Dance Company for their first appearance in this year’s Arts Festival.
Based in Dresden, the Semperoper Ballett has conquered the world with its now acclaimed blend of fierce ballet technique with both classical and contemporary repertoire.
In this comedy of manners, double-entendres and double-crossings, an Englishman, an Irishman, a Scotsman and a dandy, compete for the hand of a rich bachelorette – but is she all…
Is a musical comedy show with live piano.
A brand new show from Viv Groskop, star of BBC1's 'This Week' and Radio 4's 'Its Just a Joke Comrade'.
Sketch comedy hat-trick PÖJJ bring you their debut show.
Join the irrepressible Brighton Ceilidh Collective for an evening of raucous nonsense and ceilidh dancing.
Tap into health! Legendary Song and Dance Man, Movin’ Melvin Brown brings health and happiness to Brighton.
“Hello” La Voix is the brand new show from ‘Ab Fab the Movie’ star La Voix! La Voix’s new show is a feast for the senses, with a show featuring her amazing live musicians, side-s…
Ever find yourself singing along to music on the radio and then realising the lyrics are kind of messed up? Do you know the words to all of Eminem’s songs but some bits you rap j…
A light-hearted, inventive way of exploring the distinctions and limitations of thinking inside the box and thinking outside the box.
Two little cripples sitting in a tree k-i-s-s—Wait! How did two cripples get up a tree? Come see Spring Day, voted Brooklyn’s Best Comedian, tell true tales of a spastic Sid and …
Chris Woodley’s autobiographical solo show ‘The Soft Subject (A Love Story)’ invites us back into the classroom to learn about love, loss and The Little Mermaid.
With Marc Almond as your spiritual guide, what could possibly go wrong? From the team that brought you ‘Get Fit With Bruce Willis’, ‘Painted Love’ follows a washed up singer-songw…
Some Guys Have All The Luck is a fantastic theatrical production celebrating the career of one of rocks greatest icons, Rod Stewart – from street busker through to…
Fringe theatre can be some of the most exciting and rewarding work out there, but all too often it’s unpaid and can price ordinary people out of the industry.
Earth’s Funniest Footwear are back for their 10th brand new show.
Oozing Gloop, the world’s premiere autistic, green, drag-queen/queer alchemist, is here to help you survive the 21st century, champion the communist hypothesis and put on the ol’…
'Is anyone here for Square Peg?', a person dressed in a white protective boiler suit and hard hat asked.
What's your tipple? Pint of lager and a packet of cheese and onion crisps? How about an evening being transported to the White Oak pub where you will meet an eclectic mix of ch…
Jerry Hall bursts her way into Brighton Fringe, in this riot of a cabaret developed at Soho Theatre.
History; Comedy; Songs.
How can we enhance the impact of a theatre play with live music? An interactive workshop where participants are welcome to bring their own compositions to play or improvise.
An opportunity to see the culmination of three years’ work produced by The Hammond Graduate Musical Theatre Students, in a unique showcase performance for industry…
Blackadder meets Milton Jones.
A love story set in World War I follows the lives of three Irish air aces of the Royal Flying Corps against the background of great upheaval and change.
An energy packed performance by the Musical Theatre Degree students at Northbrook MET.
Traditional, Victorian ‘Old Time Music Hall’ All the songs you love to sing and the jokes you love to hear.
Romina Puma comes back and is darker than ever! It’s a show about love, or the lack of it, a show about a child longing to be cared for by her mother while having to care for her…
Your chance this season to keep the faith and polish up our dance floor with Northern Soul dancing, returning for the second time at Brighton Spiegeltent.
The Brighton Beach Boys perform The Beatles ‘White Album’.
Think you know game shows? Think again, as this new show comes to Brighton, that will make you laugh like a child.
Come stretch, unwind, strengthen and get to know your body more during a day of yoga, meditation and celebration at Brighton’s newest and most attractive studio.
RUNNING CAN BE FUN[NY].
After a severe case of writer’s block, Owen has thrown caution to the wind and decided to let a six year old child write his show for him.
Join us for our one-off Fringe City night-time special.
Ready are you? This May the force will be strong as Playastation brings you Human Sized Mario Karts V Star Wars The pedal grand prix where Jedi’s and Sith Lords compete alongside…
By popular demand! Original musical journey from 400 AD Boerthelm’s Tun to present day Bom-Bane’s, with portraits of all the colourful inhabitants along the way.
After a sell-out success at Brighton Fringe 2017, ‘The Frow Show’ returns with this superb sketch comedy show.
Post-drag, post-gender, impossible to beat, performance avalanche and avant-garde legend ‘David Hoyle’ returns for unmissable evening of high comedy, sound, vision, paint and song.
A new piece of devised work making its debut at this year’s Brighton Fringe.
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe attracts media and arts professionals from all over the globe.
Following our completely sold out Fringe 2017 season, ‘Baby Loves Disco’ returns to the funkiest bar on the beachfront with the best sea views in Brighton for 2018! Club DJs spin f…
For the first time ever in the UK…TWO classic Billy Joel albums performed in their entirety… in ONE sensational show.
An extremely funny yet entirely unerotic journey that begins in a public toilet.
Loves Songs is a little one-woman-show that explores the personal and political puzzles of our love lives through the autobiographical poems of a hopeless romantic - with some rap,…
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Come and enjoy the benefits of yoga, open to all.
‘My Apple Dumpling Girl’ is a powerful small-scale play featuring a beautiful set and puppets (evening).
A king is forced to choose between love and political expediency.
Brighton’s much-loved resident satirists with their unique brand of topical comedy, all wrapped up in Brighton Fringe award-winner Mark Brailsford’s festival package.
Unfortunately, I was only able to see the first two acts of Fringe Sessions due to time constraints, which was so disappointing as there was so much talent.
Harriet’s back in Brighton and she’s brushed her hair specially.
All aboard! Full steam ahead on SS Freedonia for the craziest show at Brighton Fringe.
Tonight was Brighton's chance to show the size of its heart – and its wallet.
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…
Come and have your mind fried, and witness David Terrence conduct the live unboxing of a comedy, mind-reading show, demonstrating all the likely ingredients of a mind-blowing show …
This is a jam-packed musical comedy performance of fun storytelling rhymes set to an original soundtrack.
Gentleman juggler and unwitting clown Tim Bat performs his impressive repertoire of amazing tricks with aplomb.
A new writing comedy exploring what happens when the ‘mad’ women of Shakespeare find themselves dead, together, and angry.
It’s the Bank Holiday weekend and the weather is scorchio! Perfect time to hit the beach.
Wired Theatre follow on from their show last year, And Love Walked In, with this new sequel, Always, With a Love That's True.
Not sure what to see? Don’t fret, we’ve done the work for you and hand-picked this week’s top tips.
Join Lord Byron, the most notorious figure from literary history, for a stiff drink.
Fringe City is a free outdoor event in the centre of Brighton taking place every weekend of Brighton Fringe 2018.
Fringe City Family Picnic is a free outdoor event taking place on the 5th and 26th May in the Pavilion Gardens, a showcase of family friendly shows, plus free fun activities for ch…
In the hotly tipped debut hour from Scottish comedian and podcaster Struan Logan, he regales his tales of 18 months living out of a backpack through Australia, New Zealand and Sout…
Is it a show? Is it a disco? Is it a party? It's all that and more! The essence of the unique club night that has swept through Britain’s party scene comes to this life i…
15 years at Brighton Fringe! MJ Paranzino’s choirs will be performing the ‘Best of the Best’ from the last 15 years at Brighton Fringe; from new choral music as well as jazz,…
‘Inside The Fringe’ shines a light on some of the artistic and cultural talents that make up Brighton Fringe.
The BB Collective presents an innovative exhibition of ethical designers and artists against a backdrop of sustainable living with a beach and beach-waste theme, and introduces way…
The Maydays invite you to tear up the Fringe in the name of comedy! You choose performances or events from the Fringe Guide and then delight as these award-winning improvisers give…
This show is the perfect way to start off your night at Brighton Fringe, as you spend an hour in the company of some top-class comedy hosts, such as Vladimir McTavish, in an early …
It’s a comedy bonanza! A brand-new stand-up comedy selection from Laughing Horse.
‘All City Movement’ is series of street paintings which indicate motion.
The Shame Show invites you to get involved in a dark game show based on the world-famous, politically-incorrect party-game, Cards Against Humanity.
A different show each day. The best of Brighton’s cabaret, opera, comedy all under Broadway Lounge. See our website for the daily schedule.
A selection of the very best in stand-up comedy at Brighton Fringe.
A sensational line-up of Fringe favourites assemble to launch Brighton Fringe 2018.
The launch of Brighton Fringe 2018 at The Warren.
The “slightly soiled bearpit of a show” (G Scene) returns.
The legendary Fringe Club returns to the Warren in 2018 with it’s own version of the legendary night out, Silent Disco.
All the King’s Men bring their five star, sellout tour to London’s West End… AtKM’s astonishing vocal colour and arresting, creative choreograp…
The Martini Lounge has gone back to its roots! Revisiting those heady days in the beautiful basement bar of The Royal Court Theatre and once again filling the stage with…
70 years after the Empire Windrush docked, marking the start of Caribbean migration to the UK, comes a new work from Phoenix’s artistic director Sharon Watson with a newly co…
Based on the book by Claire Freedman & Ben Cort Adapted & directed by Adam Bampton-Smith Aliens love underpants Of every shape and size But there are no un…
Come and join The Banana Bunch – Bex Darmody, Annalea Doyle and Emma Stroud as three bananas on the run from the boring, mundane and downright crazy world we live …
1965.
The Schlocky Horror Improv Show” is a completely improvised B-Movie! Host and director Ross Hepburn - with the help of your suggestions - brings to life a brand new, never-befor…
The "Podfather" (Guardian) and "King of the Internet" (Time Out) returns with the award winning Podcast in which he chats with the biggest names in c…
Back for its third year.
Fringe in Mount Gambier is back with another extravaganza taking over the Cave Garden with a program of world-class performers and local artistic talent.
Fringe@REC is a multi-arts presentation at Reynella East College.
Be careful who you wish for… Electric with suspense and with a shocking twist, this edge-of-your-seat, rarely seen thriller by the UK’s greatest crime writer is rediscovered i…
In ‘Little White Box’, Sara employs her vulnerable, whip-smart comedy style to confront her complicated relationship with Jesus, America, and death.
The Science of bubbles, a fun filled event full of soap bubble, smoke inside bubbles, giant bubbles, square bubbles even kids inside bubbles, pop explains to the children the scien…
Mousetrap Theatre Projects is celebrating its 21st Anniversary on Sunday 18th March 2018 at the Prince of Wales Theatre, raising funds to give inspiring theatre experiences to ch…
Cosmo The Clown Presents A Bit of Fun & Magic Roll up, roll up and let Cosmo entertain you with magic, comedy, music and dance.
Pet Slugs and Rock and Roll!!! Join the cast of the award-winning I Hate Children Children’s Show as they take your whole family on a non-stop sugar rush of live music, funny so…
Complete show-off Nath Valvo is asking the big questions.
Don’t miss Bingo Jack this Fringe.
Don’t miss this absolutely hilarious, ridiculous and joyful celebration of love and agony expressed through comedy, song, poetry, philosophy and interpretive dance.
The AMAZING DRUMMING MONKEYS are back with their ‘Ocean’ show.
The Original and still the BEST “Best of Fringe”.
After three highly successful years in Adelaide The very best in late-night Fringe Comedy is back! Four top-notch comedians are picked from venues across the Fringe especially f…
A decade since he left Berlin, armed with an accordion, some hotpants and a dream, Hans has decided it’s time to Advance Australia’s Flair! In homage to the country he now calls…
Since 2002 the locally produced, original Rhino Room Late Show has been a ‘must see’ late night Fringe event for comedy fans and Fringe artists alike.
Back by popular demand! Barry Priori - Adelaide’s Funniest Deaf guy, is showing off his oh so Naughty Hands once again for 2 more shows.
Legends Band,fronted by perennial popular Adelaide vocalist,presenter and comedian,Paul Reading, present a tribute concert to three of their favourite artists, Rod Stewart,Van the …
Dance the night away with Adelaide’s hottest party boat and live acts on the Inner Harbour of Port Adelaide.
SMASH HIT of 2017 is BACK!! Grossed Out Game Show is riotously noisy fun for kids aged 5-13 years.
The Mosaic Cat (UK) & Emma Knights Productions (SA) Celebrating the life and loves of one of the great jazz singers of the 20th century.
Switch SA is proud to announce its 2 part shows of Fringe 2018.
Mullets, single Mums, Holdens, home done tatts.
This is an ongoing womanifesto, call to arms, protest party and long hard kiss from surreal showgurl, obscene beauty queen and sex clown - Betty Grumble.
The blues exists in Adelaide in all of its glorious variations.
EVERY CHILD GOES INSIDE THEIR OWN BUBBLE A new adventure from the world’s most entertaining bubble duo.
Fronted by Ireland’s piano accordion maestro and with four critically acclaimed masters of their craft in tow, the Alan Kelly Gang sit firmly at the cutting edge of the tradition…
All I Really Want - A show dedicated to the music and lyrics of Alanis and Etheridge.
Girls just want to have fun! And that’s why The Adeladies are back for another year at the Fringe! Enjoy the Fringe’s premier selection of the very best in female comedy, with…
Can’t decide what to see? Let our tour guides take you on a magical mystery tour of the Fringe.
Who, What, Where, When? There’s so much to choose from at the Adelaide Fringe! And if you can’t decide which international comedians to see at the Fringe, then this is the show…
It’s me or the cordial! A story about break-ups and cordial: nine parts fact, one part fiction.
Brought to you by the people behind the cult hit Late Night Comedy at The Producers, The 6 O’Clock Show is an early show with a difference.
International street theatre sensation Mr.
The new Royal Adelaide Hospital has three galleries along the main Outpatients corridor, level 3, accessible to the public.
With comedy, cabaret & fun for all the family to enjoy Huggers returns to Adelaide with enough variety to entertain all ages.
We can all recall that one special toy which, even in adulthood, puts a smile on our face when we think of it, and ‘The Velveteen Rabbit Musical Show’ is about such a toy.
Join us here at the Buckingham Arms Hotel every Sunday afternoon for the Fringe Lodge Acoustic Sessions.
Direct from a standing room only season at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the world’s premier nerd double act The Just Us League present MARVELus: the sketch show that squeezes alm…
A revolving line-up of fine International and Australian comedians that are performing at shows around the Adelaide Fringe in an hour of hilarious stand-up comedy.
World record bubble-ologist Marty McBubble will blow you away with his amazing bubble creations and the incredible science that makes them possible.
The music of Johnny Cash spanned almost 50 years from the start of his career in 1955 with the legendary Sun Records, through to the now equally famous American Recordings, until h…
Australia’s biggest and most authentic Bon Jovi Tribute Show is here! This show captures the essence of what this great band is about, the passion & hunger of the early years and t…
From a creator of “Best of Fringe Variety”.
hit107’s Amos Gill remains one of Australia’s most prolific young comedians.
A variety show of absurdist comedy.
Come and enjoy food and wine on our beautiful Vardon Ave, Cafe style alfresco dining with a lovely bottle of wine and watch the show float by.
After 7 sell-out years, The Laughing Horse is back with more of the finest UK comedians to hit the Fringe.
Join us as we share the colour, the sounds and magic of the Adelaide Fringe - with the world.
Enjoy a whole weekend of events in Goolwa, a full weekend program coming soon! March 9, 10 & 11! Centenary Hall, Goolwa library, Signal Point Gallery, Jaralde Park , The Goolwa Wha…
Adelaide Fringe Comedy Showcase returns chock full of some of the best comedians from across the Fringe, both local & International.
Whether you like to dance or design, move or make, paint or play, we’ve got it all.
Tap into Health (TIH)! Legendary Song & Dance Man, Movin’ Melvin brings health and happiness to Australia! An interactive tap dance and workout workshop, huge fun for all ages and …
Inside the Infinity Box, reality expands—seemingly without limit—in all directions.
The Xtremo Show is a late night fire Fiesta of explosive proportions starring Australia’s leading edge fire entertainment company Fiesta creations.
Adelaide born globe trotting vagrant Bill Egan returns home with his uplifting, light hearted look at the darker corners of modern life.
A variety improv comedy show featuring some of the best acts in the world… and the most currently available.
Round Pegs Square Holes is a festival of new experiences set to activate Ramsay Place and Colonnades Shopping Centre by invigorating the public realm through innovative and vibrant…
The Stand Up Show is back! For the fourth year in a row the Stand Up Show will be bringing the best comedians in town together in one place.
The Skeleton Club are here to save music! Bold claim, they know! Yet, they’re sticking by it and coming at you with their new cover experience.
Winston Ruddle AKA Papa Africa, the director and founder of Cirque Africa, brings to Adelaide Fringe for the first time ever his solo comedy clown and stand up show.
Hundreds of Fringe artists fly into Adelaide every year for the Fringe. Catch them at the departures terminal for three Fridays across the Fringe!
A comedian walks into a bar.
Electra House proudly introduces the Fringe Gin Garden from 16th February - 18th March 2018.
The Scottish “Globetrotting Comedian” (Broadway Baby) returns to Perth after previously living in the country on a working holiday visa for a year and a week.
Demi Lardner is the primary source of nutrition for infant mammals before they are able to digest other types of food.
Like Morecambe and Wise smashed together with the two best Spice Girls (Sporty and Scary), Michelle Brasier and Laura Frew have created a brand-new show that easily puts to rest an…
British comedian Terry North introduces the very best in International Comedy with this rotating line-up of top-notch comedians who are visiting Adelaide.
Two men, one apartment.
The #SCCFringe ArtSpace is an opportunity for friends and family to come together in a creative and imaginative market style gathering.
“Pick” is back again! Following Edinburgh Fringe’s popular show, “Pick” presents a variety of artists performing a short “taster” of their show.
Have you ever watched a comedy show and thought to yourself, “Cathy, I hate how these theatre types are just so written and rehearsed! And when do I get to talk?!” Well then, Cathy…
Based on Robert Fulghum’s best-selling books, Kindergarten takes a funny, insightful, heartwarming look at what is profound in everyday life.
Adelaide’s #1 Clown Magician Bumbles the Clown is getting his 2018 Adelaide Fringe on with a brand new BUBBLE show! The moment Bumbles comes on stage wearing pencil glasses and a s…
Tom Smith dresses as a woman to take us on a musical journey through stories of the marginalised and eccentric.
Back for a 7th year! Catch the very best the Fringe has to offer with a huge range of exceptional acts every night in this slick, fun spectacle.
As seen on ABC’s Comedy NextGen.
The Bollywood Flashmob is back!! With SELL OUT workshops over the last 3 years, don’t miss your chance to shake those hips, twist the lightbulb and bounce your way through Bollyw…
In similar fashion to the Variety Jam shows that happen all year round, the Adelaide Fringe edition of Variety Jam brings music, comedy, magic and more.
This show is not for you.
Now in its eleventh year prepare for a program packed full of circus, comedy, music, dance, visual art and free family entertainment! With a mix of local, national and internationa…
Maybe not the best game show.
We’re bringing the Fringe to the Vale.
SOLD OUT Perth Fringe World 2017 SELL OUT SHOWS Edinburgh Fringe 2017 4 Stars ‘You’ll never look at a bubble performer the same way again.
Join us in the square for an evening of fun, entertainment, markets and great food.
So who was Hollywood’s first Australian? Bet you thought it was Errol Flynn? But no, that was not even close.
Rob Hunter (writer ‘Rosehaven’, ‘Spicks & Specks’, ‘Get Krack!n’, ‘You’re Skitting Me’, ‘Late O’clock’) presents a brand new bunch of oddball stand-up and sketches in a show guaran…
In a fast-moving world where no one stays in one place for long, Love Letters to the Public Transport System seeks to find and thank the people who transport us daily; to friends, …
Hear Fringe Society staff and participants discuss how you can be part of the largest open access arts festival in the world.
Ladies and gentlemen.
After the death of the great songstress and singer Amy Winehouse in July 2011 there was a void that was left.
An eclectic collection and exhibition of Port Community Arts Centre Members artworks - fabrics, mosaics, printmaking, drawing, woodwork, watercolour, ceramics, oils - explore our m…
Lord of the Strings! returns after sold out shows, rave reviews and standing ovations at the Adelaide Fringe Festival 2017 and Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2016.
A true-life story of hope & the power of imagination! When the writer, Jessica Clements was nine she lived in Canberra.
From the Red Right Hand and the Long Black Veil, to Delilah and Miss Otis Regrets, we have told tales of love and murder through song for centuries.
Adelaide’s Southern Outdoor Fringe Hub over two massive weekends.
The world-touring, crazy stunt people from Dislocate are back with their brand new show, 3 Speed Crunch Box Rebooted.
A family friendly event including Cool 4 Kids entertainment and shows, face painting, balloon sculpting, outdoor games plus lunch and a drink provided for every guest.
Church of the Trinity and Trinity Sessions present Fringe Church where you can be inspired by music from Adelaide’s Tara Carragher, Snooks La Vie, Courtney Robb, Cosmo Thundercat a…
Love is in the air this February! Literally.
SHAKE YOUR BOOTY 70S DISCO SHOW features a 12 piece band performing solid gold disco hits at THE GOV, including 70s Disco dance classics from The Bee Gees, Earth Wind and Fire, Hot…
Born beneath the storm clouds of Sydney’s recently introduced “lockout laws” (currently draining the magic from a once-vibrant nightlife), this continually shifting mobile street a…
‘Charolais‘ takes the age old story of female jealousy and gives it a new twist: the other woman is cow, a literal one, a purebred Charolais (French) heifer.
Equal parts historical and hysterical explore the history of gin through story and song, as we stumble and soar through tales of love and women, gin and secrets travelling through …
BILLY ‘T’ (William Snell) & his 5 piece band present the Johnny Cash Tribute Show.
Sanspants Radio present Plumbing the Death Star Live.
The hottest ticket of the Adelaide Fringe Festival is for the opening weekend Comedy Gala at The Royalty Theatre.
Hot tribute band RUMOURS perform the music of Fleetwood Mac at 2018 Fringe.
Join us in the heart of Gawler at Walker Place for the Gawler Fringe Opening Event.
With seats at the back reserved for the adults, the children are encouraged to sit on the floor right up against the stage for this lovely show that aims to educate and entertain i…
“Miles ahead of the rest” – The Clothesline “5-stars” – GlamAdelaide Sold out in 2017 and back by popular demand, this all Adelaide-based production sees a complete p…
Dance the night away with Adelaide’s hottest party boat and live acts along the Inner Harbour.
Join Lewis & Lowe with Hayley Pearson for the Nova & RCC Fringe Gala, showcasing the best of what Royal Croquet Club has to offer this Fringe.
The central metaphor running through Frank McGuinness’s 2012 monologue The Match Box is almost breath-taking in its simplicity; it’s that all of us, all of our lives, are ultim…
A hilarious and heartbreaking coming-of-age story that interweaves killer tunes, dance and rap with the autobiographical poems of a hopeless romantic.
Littlefield NYC is proud to present “Generous Laughs,” a charity comedy show benefiting the Pride Fund to End Gun Violence, featuring some of New York City’s most exciting come…
A young couple is challenged when a husband asks his wife to partake in a thrill seeking adventure to solve their marital problems.
The Laser Comedy Show is a live improvised comic book created using laser reactive technology drawn and voice acted by US performance artist Chris Fair.
Re-live the sounds of the swinging sixties, as Britain’s No.
The Showstoppers are here to make your kids’ Christmas story wishes come true! Welcome to our Christmas grotto where the The Showstoppers are here to make your kids’ Ch…
Bruntwood Prize Judge’s Award winning play of 2015 Parliament Square by James Fritz transfers to the Bush Theatre after its world premier at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Mancheste…
The Dreamweaver Quartet invite you to open up your third eye The Society is part-show and part self-help group Ten Thousand Million Love Stories is a two-person, multi-character sh…
London Musical Theatre Orchestra presents A Christmas Carol.
Selladoor Family presents Guess How Much I Love You.
The raucous & uproarious musical that reveals inner secrets & truths of recording audiobooks by star Sarah Naughton incorporates stand-up comedy, dance, immersive theater, and trad…
Constella OperaBallet return to the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells this November with their award-winning Sideshows.
A night of celebration – whether it’s cheering or your team or the whole of mankind! United is an improvisation show played with the energy of a sports match.
Comedian & hoop-dancer Mimi Fischer (from The Chris Gethard Show) is 64 years young & announcing her first solo show: A Late Bloomer.
Launching their 2017-18 concert season, the Reid Consort performs Rachmaninov’s serene All Night Vigil (Vespers) on Saturday 11 November, 7.
The Counterfeit Seventies comes to the Playhouse for the very first time this October! Having toured extensively with The Counterfeit Sixties show they now bring you their unique S…
Free Stand-Up comedy show with all donations given to Lady Parts Justice! Come join at Local 138 on Thursday, 11/2 at 8pm.
Join award-winning songwriter and musician David Gibb on a musical journey through his hilarious and often surreal imagination.
This hilarious live show of the podcast called Ghosted Stories invites guests to talk about their crappy dating situations & stories of being ghosted to make dating less frightenin…
An evening of comedy featuring some of the top comedians from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe including some of the winners and nominees of the lastminute.
“Lavender Menace”, according to Wikipedia, were “an informal group of lesbian radical feminists formed to protest the exclusion of lesbians and lesbian issues from the fem…
A much-loved and highly respected BBC journalist, Victoria Derbyshire has spent 20 years finding the human story behind the headlines.
In this hilarious solo show, one woman plays over 25 different characters from inside a kitchen cupboard.
Michael Grandage Company and Headlong present the world première of James Graham's new play LABOUR OF LOVE, starring Martin Freeman and Tamsin Greig.
Everyone has another face they hide behind… The National Youth Theatre REP Company invite you into the world of Victorian England, where civilised society meets seedy Soho f…
This is a mating ground.
A night of stand-up comedy and improv featuring love stories unfolding in front of your eyes – every one new and made up on the spot!
East 15 is holding auditions for these dynamic MA degrees. For more information email [email protected] with Edinburgh in the email title.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Sold out AMC (2016) and were accordingly awarded a coveted Fringe sell-out laurel.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Every year a sell-out! The UK’s first and premier award for live comedy.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe Participants.
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the largest open access arts festival in the world.
Brahms’ powerful Deutches Requiem, Rheinberger’s exquisite unaccompanied double-choir Mass in Eflat, Cantus Missae, and Monteverdi motets performed by one of Scotland’s foremos…
An impromptu evening of entertainment.
Join us in the stunning Playfair Library for this combined exhibition and fashion show.
Accordionist Paul Chamberlain returns to the Fringe with a programme of original works and transcriptions from Russia, France, Spain and Argentina - including pieces by Khachaturia…
Sure, Edinburgh’s pretty awesome, but Melbourne Fringe is one of the most adventurous, edgy, exciting festivals around (even if we do say so ourselves).
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
The final anarchic annual two-hour charity variety show celebrating the life and random irresponsibility of the godfather of British alternative comedy, filled with bizarre acts, e…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Returning for the 15th year is the art show where you can make a difference – come along and you’ll be raising vital funds for Macmillan Cancer Support.
Brand new, late-night game show from the award-winning, critically-acclaimed Goose.
As we mark 70 years of this phenomenal festival we want to take stock and explore the future of the Fringe.
A specialist corporate evening which brings a hand-picked selection of top acts from the Edinburgh Fringe.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
A panel discussion with Caroline Bowditch (performance artist and choreographer); Dr Ben Fletcher-Watson (University of Edinburgh); Michael Richardson (Heriot-Watt University).
Comedy sketches and satirical comments with an Edinburgh twist from Steve Punt, Hugh Dennis and guests.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
America’s Got Talent winner, ventriloquist Paul Zerdin, heads to Fringe for three nights only, fresh from headline shows in Las Vegas, with a sparkling new show featuring his all-s…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Ready to take your show to England’s largest arts festival? Want to showcase your work to a fresh audience? If you answered ‘yes’ to these questions, this is the event for yo…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
The formal meeting where accounts are presented, activity reviewed and directors elected. If you’re passionate about the Fringe, come and be heard.
Scottish singer/songwriter Natalie Clark returns from America for her first Edinburgh Fringe headline performance.
I Love you, You’re Perfect, Now Change is earnestly performed by a youthful and small cast – the reason for scraping the second star – but the uninspired script and the overa…
Join Outstanding Canadian Comedy Award winner Rachelle Elie in her boisterous, bawdy romp through the multiple manifestations of love and relationships.
This playful, innovative and interactive play follows a young engineer trying to follow her heart and fall in love for the first time, against the ever-present pressure from her st…
Men have all the power.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Sex clown, wild woman and surreal showgirl, the award-winning, head-spinning Betty Grumble returns to Edinburgh with her flesh riot of laughing love and ecosex.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
The Other Guys from the University of St Andrews return to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for the third time, with more energy and excitement than ever before.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Reactivists bring you a new show each week, based on the news of the week before.
The Other Guys return to the Fringe with their show All Night Long with more charm, energy and dulcet tones than you can shake a stanky leg at.
After five Fringe successes, celebrated vocalist James Lambeth returns with pianist Steve Hamilton.
Farce has a proud place in British theatre history.
Bringing you the best comedy the fringe has to offer, The Really Great Compilation Show presents some of the biggest names gracing Edinburgh, as well as some amazing up-and-comers.
Award-winning comedian Edy Hurst presents a debut work of comic ingenuity and imagination, plundering against forces far beyond his reach to create the world’s greatest theme par…
Scotland’s LGBT a capella singing sensation is back at the Fringe! Loud and Proud, Scotland’s LGBT choir, performs its annual Fringe concert in support of Scotland’s HIV and Hepati…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Edinburgh Fringe’s biggest and best mixed bill magic night! The best illusion, magic and cabaret acts from the Fringe have assembled for one night only at Gilded Balloon’s biggest …
A selection of favourite variations, nocturnes, fantasias, waltzes, mazurkas and polonaises played by William Alexander (piano).
Wicked musical comedy from the political parody specialists, singing truth to power for their ninth – and final – year at the Fringe, previewing new material targeting Bolshevi…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Carthy, AKA Mr Scruff, is renowned for his hugely popular eclectic mix of music which fits between soul, funk, hip-hop, jazz, reggae, Latin, African, ska, disco, house, funk.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Audience favourite Patrick Monahan brings his high energy comedy style with hilarious and engaging topical and observational material to his brand-new Game Show!
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe Participants.
‘Theatrical knock-out’ (Times).
This is the year 1929, Tom is a happy, wealthy and young broker who lives in London and whose life is about to radically change.
Three unconventional mimes show their ridiculous life of living in the world of mime.
‘The first time I heard Andrea Carlson, I was in love!’ (Charlie Silvestri, UpCloseAndAcoustic.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Adelaide Fringe is Australia’s largest open access festival, with over 1,100 events across every art form in over 400 venues.
A dirty, disused room, empty except for a box with lots of holes in it.
You’ve heard them on the radio and seen them on the television, now join William Hanson and Diana Mather, leading etiquette experts, live on stage in this tongue-in-teacup foray in…
It’s Shakespeare performed in a completely new way: a Shakespeare play condensed to the size of one woman, Emily Carding, and the way she deals with the audience.
The life of Elvis Presley told through 17 women: some enthralled, some appalled, all obsessed! From Tupelo, Mississippi where 12-year-old Elvis wanted a BB gun instead of a guitar,…
Satirical pitch-black comedy chronicling the social media-induced breakdown and homecoming of a D-list celebrity.
Period production set in India in the 1940s, staging a spiritual journey two people take as they step foot into the theatre of life.
We’re in a karaoke bar somewhere in Asia.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
A light-hearted unofficial free walking tour of the Fringe, meeting outside Burgers and Beer Grillhouse at 10:30 – ending in a 15-20 professional magic show in The Newsroom on Le…
Reactivists bring you a new show each week, based on the news of the week before.
A showcase of the best new and up-and-coming acts from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Henry’s Show Aaaah The Growing Pains of a Neurotic Jew and Joe’s The Confused Sikh Who Loves Curried Mustard.
I wasn’t really in the mood for this show.
Philip Contini sings your favourite Neapolitan songs with his Be Happy Band live on stage.
A reinterpretation of some of William Shakespeare’s best scenes woven together to create a new story about two young lovers.
(*A real-life quote from a real-life reviewer.
The title of Hegley’s show refers to his latest book, Peace, Love and Potatoes, a perfect example of the juxtaposition between the common and the conceptual found throughout his …
Michael is live in Edinburgh for another game of On The Ball, alongside great live music and your Sunday Boasts.
‘Four dangerously good singers, with a hilarious MC and pianist’ (ThreeWeeks) – All That Malarkey return to the Fringe with an all-new, outrageous music show, flaunting their…
The Scottish Godmother and multi award-winning comedian Janey Godley (acclaimed comic famous for her Trump is a c*nt protest) and her award-winning comedian daughter Ashley Storrie…
Join Aaron Ayjay as he takes a comedic and sometimes musical journey through dating, marriage, divorce, death and other life experience stuff from his point of view…
Tap into health! A rare, unmissable opportunity to dance with one of the world’s most engaging performers.
“An epic improvised comedy battle. Who wins? You decide!”
In her debut show Schaefer employs her vulnerable, whip-smart comedy style to confront her complicated relationship with Jesus, America, and death.
Enjoy a unique flavour of the Fringe and explore the museum after hours.
With the combination of classic melody and innovative performing methodology, the concert will demonstrate the charms of traditional Chinese music and dance with the spirits of the…
Returning for a fifth year, Kids Do Forth on the Fringe presents some of the best names in children’s entertainment. Hosted by Bec Hill, full line up at forthone.com
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
‘Filled almost to excess with cheesy-rom-com-buckets-of-feel-good, this act put a smile on every face’ (TheTab.
As we mark 70 years of this phenomenal festival we want to take stock and explore what the Fringe should look like in the future.
Have you ever dreamt of flying to the moon? Meeting an alien? Becoming an astronaut? Join star seekers Alph, Betty and Gammo on a journey through space where you take the steering …
For one night only Proud Camden is hosting a night of music and comedy with an all killer no filler line up: Australian comedy rock artist Huw Joseph, the incredible talent of quir…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Vocals and guitar are performed live (Phil and Dave), along with complex backing tracks to provide a full band sound experience.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
International workshop, professional development and networking event.
Lucy and Jim are on their own.
We like to think of it as a ‘daring exposé revealing the state of contemporary masculinity in a post-feminist milieu’.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Award-winning vocalist Ali presents a showcase of the most powerful songs ever written on love and loss, within blues and jazz.
Following sell-out success in 2016, Edinburgh Music Theatre will be returning with another fantastic musical production for all the family this August.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Over two recitals, Stefan Warzycki performs all Chopin’s Op 10 études as recast for the left hand by Leopold Godowsky.
Cell Block Soweto: An A Cappella Gang Show by After Freedom is a new a cappella show telling stories of five prisoners confined in one of Johannesburg’s prisons.
Shakespeare’s Macbeth is one of the world most renowned plays, however this year the production will be performed in an entirely unique style, that of traditional Cantonese opera…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe Participants.
Janice Forsyth presents her celebrated show from the BBC’s venue in Edinburgh, with up-to-date coverage, highlights and top interviews from across the Edinburgh festivals.
How long will your adult child be staying? Should you make an ultimatum? Can you steer them away from war games and into the archives? What’s the point of it all? Will the story of…
Funbox at the Fringe! Join Gary, Anya and Kevin (the former stars of The Singing Kettle) for songs and silliness that all the family can enjoy! The Funbox has everything you need i…
Join Ewan Spence and the team behind the BAFTA nominated ‘Edinburgh Fringe Radio Show And Podcast’ at this year’s daily recordings of the live show in the Rose Theatre .
New for 2017! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
Thom Peterson is The Amazing Guy! A one-man flash mob of magic and comedy.
A hypnotic, tongue-in-cheek antidote to the glittering circus world.
It’s like the Royal Variety Show of the Fringe.
Get ready to immerse yourself as Edinburgh becomes your playground thanks to GooseChase and the Adelaide Fringe! Edinburgh’s biggest scavenger hunt, The Fringe Game challenges yo…
Award-winning comedian Rahul Kohli picks up to five of the best upcoming acts on the circuit right now, for a late-night comedy extravaganza! Including some very secret special gue…
The Singing Psychic returns! Best Show, Funny Women 2016 nominee.
Experience the joy of live music at the museum as the best contemporary talents take inspiration from our Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Jacobites exhibition to perform traditional …
The sequel to last year’s full house show.
Award-winning, funny and unpredictable wordless puppet show featuring a stunning variety of innovative electro-luminous objects.
Comedian and activist Coltrane returns with another hour of uplifting, Tory-smashing comedy.
Award-winning comedian Rahul Kohli picks up to five of the best upcoming acts on the circuit right now, for a late-night comedy extravaganza! Including some very secret special gue…
Comedian and activist Coltrane returns with another hour of uplifting, Tory-smashing comedy.
City Love provides an honest and hard-hitting look at relationships, starting with a chance encounter between two young London professionals on a night bus.
Hey kids, grab your parents, parents grab your cash and get on down to the best game show in town.
Ballot Box from Tea and Tonic productions may be categorised under ‘New Writing,’ but it fails to provide an original scope on Brexit.
Super Scott returns to the Fringe with his own unique blend of comedy, juggling, magic and more. Expect the unexpected! (Recommended by his mother).
Russell Howard, Miranda Hart, Tim Minchin.
We are Edinburgh Skeptics.
Nocturnal and intimate adventure through American golden age of music.
The ambiguity and space for misunderstanding in [title of show]’s name and concept are such that it is entirely possible it could put audience members off, but the University of …
Marcel Duchamp was an artist who is famed for creating work in the cubist style and had a huge impact on the conceptual art movement, particularly Dadaism – He’s the one who fa…
The premise of Alex Love - How to win a Pub Quiz is that the audience become participants in a quiz, having been taught how to actually win it (you get the answers right!).
Gilbert and Sullivan’s Improbable New Musical: The Fringe Lozenge has, as you might expect from the title, a very specific target audience.
An adrenaline fuelled improvised comedy show where two teams battle to see who can make the audience laugh hardest in the ultimate improvised comedy battle.
From Memphis to Folsom Prison to… Glasgow? This unusual story unfolds with the familiar calm bass baritone, crooning Walk the Line.
In Shit, I’m in Love with you Again, Canadian comic Rachelle Elie relates her life story through the mediums of story, stand-up and song.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Writer Monsay Whitney’s Box Clever is one of the most important shows up at the Edinburgh Fringe this year.
Miss Candy AppleBottom, the infamous cross-dressing bearded guitar loop-playing extraordinaire, will dazzle you with an eye-watering array of burlesque, music, comedy and twisted t…
Freaks, undergarments and curiosities! From America’s Wild West to the nether regions in-between comes Eugene, Oregon’s favorite sassy oddity Josephine D’Love, joining forces…
Written by award winning playwright Elinor Cook, Out of Love is a stunning piece of new writing which conveys the absolute power of female friendship, something which is often over…
See the very best comedians from across the Fringe.
In the latest text by Mudar Alhaggi, this play is about daily life in the midst of the Syrian war, the waiting and the disappointed illusion that the next day might bring about cha…
Watch free previews of hundreds of Fringe shows.
Now in its tenth year, Forth on the Fringe is the largest showcase event of Fringe entertainment available at this year’s festival.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
See the very best comedians from across the Fringe.
‘The King of Edinburgh’ (List) and multi award-winning ‘Podfather’ (Elle) returns with the internet chat show, that all the cool kids who hang around the Omni Centre call RHEFP (RH…
All the way from Austin, Texas, it’s The Cowgirl Mary Old West Puppet Theatre Show.
Following on from his hugely successful tour in the south of England, Tomfoolery has revamped and re-toasted his action-packed Beans on Toast show for his Edinburgh Fringe debut! B…
It’s the launch day of the Free Fringe Festival music stages at Biddy Mulligan’s and the Wee Pub featuring a selection of our favourite musical maestros all day.
A thoughtful and well-realised production, this play provides a personal perspective on the debate surrounding American gun ownership.
‘I collect bags of sugar from cafes and restaurants I’m in.
It’s the launch day of the Free Fringe Festival music stages at Biddy Mulligan’s and the Wee Pub featuring a selection of our favourite musical maestros all day.
Watch spectacular street entertainment on the doorstep of the National Galleries of Scotland.
‘Social barriers will dissipate as Rick Molland and Sully O’Sullivan go head-to-head in an epic stand-up comedy battle’ (CultureTrip.
Tragic diva Glenda Campari (Nina Baldini) has travelled the world, searching for her favourite fierce females for this world premiere cabaret.
The second floor of White Stuff becomes a haven for design lovers.
Magician Paul Nathan returns to Edinburgh once more with The I Hate Children Children’s Show for an hour of interactive magic, name-calling and the occasional glass of champagne.
Join festival favourite Stephen K Amos as he chats with guests hand-picked from the worlds of theatre, comedy and music.
Founded by Avalon Rathgeb, Fall Out is tap-dancing like you’ve never seen before.
In any amateur production, the most significant moments are those where one forgets that the performers are not professional.
Back in the 1960s there were seven of these mobile cinemas made for the Ministry of Technology.
We are all Going to Die is a devised piece by Dead Person Productions.
The Scottish Comedy Festival’s official Pick of the Fringe show returns for a sixth hilarious year with another phenomenal hand-picked selection of our favourite acts from across…
The Gravel Road Show, featuring the Intoxicating Temperance Sisters, is a world-premiere cabaret that denounces the evils of alcohol consumption.
There is nothing more personal that the truth, and to present the truth of stage is an invariably brave act.
Each evening we welcome a top comedian to perform their full Edinburgh show on board Audrey, the most unique venue at the festival.
From four time Canadian Comedy Award nominee and creator of Fringe Hit ONEymoon (***** Victoria Times Colonist ).
The Edinburgh Revue returns for its eighth Fringe, bringing you an hour of ‘brave, intelligent, and inventive’ (BroadwayBaby.
Come and witness one of the greatest late-night, mixed-bill shows.
As the friend with whom I went to see the show so emphatically said, All We Ever Wanted Was Everything is ‘everything’.
An immersive audio tour of the Festival Fringe – featuring interviews about its history with many Fringe comedy legends as you walk through the chaos and fun of the 2017 Fringe.
Mae Martin (BBC Radio 4’s Mae Martin’s Guide to 21st Century Sexuality, Russell Howard’s Good News) and Australian comic Nick Coyle (Guided Meditation) improvise a variety show bas…
The summer is coming.
This is a very silly comedy about some very serious books (and poems and plays).
Today’s class is about love, heartbreak and The Little Mermaid.
After last year’s sell-out run of their debut show, Harry Baker – ‘Blistering wordplay’ ***** (ThreeWeeks) – and Chris Read – ‘Brilliant’ (Evening Standard) – bring back …
Award-winning performer Paula Valluerca, aka Madame Señorita, is committed to reconnect with the pleasure of being a totally deluded idiot.
Presented by Eva Price and co-written by Josh Koenigsberg, a writer for Netflix’s award-winning hit Orange is the New Black, comes a world premiere.
With over 10 million video views online, internet sensation Rodney delivers a one-hour extravaganza filled with silly one-liners, magic, props and music. Fun for all the family!
One dimwit comedian’s every dumb decision presented in list form.
Have a bite to eat and take a seat – you’re in for a treat.
It is a real privilege to get to spend time with Dave Johns for an hour as he recounts the rollercoaster that he has experienced since being cast as the lead part in Ken Loach’s …
Gazing at a Distant Star follows three lives individually dealing with their own losses.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Did you support the #WomensMarch? The only place to march this August is down to this female-led show! A rotating line-up of talented, award-winning, critically acclaimed guests, t…
Stronger.
All the movies in the Marvel cinematic universe in one hour.
While the world grips onto its safe space with progressively whitened knuckles, We Are Still All C*nts will be a haven where the left, the right, the old, the young, the rise of fa…
‘This great big, funny, friendly, hairy bear of an Irishman wrapped us in his irresistible mix of spontaneous humour, hilarious storytelling and total irreverence, and it was a s…
The Clan Mucmor Family Circus Show.
Daddy and Beeje, two self-absorbed, dysfunctional TV presenters, are getting ready for their live chat show.
Beta-males Nathan D’Arcy Roberts (shortlisted for BBC Radio New Comedy Award, 2016) and Ross Smith (So You Think You’re Funny? Semi-Finalist, 2015) explore identity, nostalgia …
Family workshop suitable for children aged 3-7 years with parents or carers.
With over 10 million video views online, internet sensation Rodney delivers a one-hour extravaganza filled with silly one-liners, magic, props and music. Fun for all the family!
How does one describe Betty Grumble? No really, I’m at a loss.
The 23rd year as the recognised launch pad for future legends.
A selection of five of the hottest up-and-coming comedians at the festival in this stand-up comedy showcase extravaganza, with a different line up daily featuring your headliner Ro…
Sir Michael Caine Award-winning writer and comedian’s new one-man theatre show – a perfect love story in a swimming pool.
Established as one of the best shows of the Fringe. Four comedians, different to the early show. Two hours with tomorrow’s comedy stars. ‘Top value, top comedy’ (List).
This idiot’s back.
Two world travelled comedians, Dylan Gott (Canada) and Radu Isac (Romania), perform an hour of sort of clean comedy.
Returning to Edinburgh after a sell-out run at the Fringe 2016, prepare yourself for the ultimate showdown.
Tom Ward (Chortle Award Winner 2017, BBC Worldwide, Comedy Central) returns with a picnic of broken dreams to share! And the dome-haired, exuberant loner brings forth quite a banqu…
The Science Guy is back.
Offbeat sketchlings Fish Pie! permit you to disregard political satire, a cappella groups and men noticing things then pausing for laughter in favour of compulsory mirth.
One of the least thought out shows on the Fringe, possibly featuring: alternative facts corner, fake news correspondents, pest of the fest and live guests.
Peter Michael Marino greets the audience as we arrive.
Amazing Magic Christopher presents fun at the Fringe – Family Magic Show! The show features magic, balloon modelling, Barney the Puppet Bird and lots and lots of audience partici…
‘Love is a battlefield’ (Pat Benatar).
Truman Capote regards us with a look that cannot be readily deciphered.
Heavyweight sketch maestro (WitTank) and award winning stand-up veteran, Naz, charges back to the Burgh to punch out his first solo sketch show.
Critically acclaimed one-man show from award-nominated comedian & award-winning storyteller Marcus Ryan! Sold out Perth, Scarborough and Adelaide 2015, Melbourne 2014/15 and toured…
Irish comedian Andrew Ryan brings you some of the best acts performing at the Fringe in this showcase.
Anything Can Be a Podcast! Podcast! John Hastings improvises an hour of comedy based on suggestions from the Fringe’s top comedians, his teenage blog, and his friend Paul Stanley H…
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…
Improv comedy at the Fringe? It’s practically become a punchline in itself but the art of making it up on the spot is big business in Edinburgh in August.
Enjoy an hour of the best up-and-coming one-liner comedians on the circuit in this celebration of puns, one-liners and wordplay.
The cult-favourite alternative comic humbly invites you to his brand-new, absolutely brilliant hour of extraordinary-absurdist-character-comedy-nonsense-sort-of-stand-up and hubris…
I have never played Dungeons and Dragons.
Truthful stand-up, funny stories and some good jokes.
It’s incredibly hard to place Rob Auton’s new show at the Edinburgh Fringe but then again, it’s hard to place Rob Auton.
A show about being the only remaining singleton in a world full of weddings, mortgages, children, security and a lack thereof.
One dimwit comedian’s every dumb decision presented in list form.
A daily selection of Ireland’s top comics plus guests from other countries. One of the best comedy shows at the festival, all for the low, low price of free!
Conran’s conversational stand-up tells the story of her biological clock.
Feast on five of the tastiest up-and-coming comedians on the circuit in this stand-up comedy showcase including your award-winning host, Masai Graham (UK Pun Champion 2016).
In a month where white supremacists have marched through the streets over Charlottesville in protest against the removal of a Confederate statue, there could not be a more relevant…
Sean Kelly is the ever-smiling, ever-shouting auctioneer star of Storage Hunters.
Incognito Theatre’s adaptation of All Quiet on the Western Front is a solid, if predictable, production which ticks all of the necessary First World War boxes.
The Noise Next Door’s Really, Really Good Afternoon Show is what it says on the ticket.
The cast and crew of The Big Bite-Size Breakfast Plays coax their audience into starting their day bright and early with coffee, croissants and strawberries.
The Lulu Show: Life on the Never-Never is exactly what you want from a cabaret.
Join your hosts Ross Brierley and Joshua Sadler as they take the late-night chat show to its illogical conclusion.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
First Prize winner (Gilded Balloon Sitcom Trials 2016) Kate Bowes Renna brings her new satirical comedy to the fringe.
BlundaBus infamous and intimate late-night knees-up that probably isn’t for you.
Early in his Fringe show Mark Thomas reveals the impressively religious character of his upbringing.
Matt Forde is a consummate professional, with sharp observations and confident crowd work, it’s just a shame this show lacks the biting satire expected from political comedy at t…
After six years of austerity, is it even possible to be an artist and make enough money for luxuries like bread? Show Me the Money is a funny, inspirational show by multimedia arti…
Ever wondered what your favourite pantomime characters did before they became famous? Or what they did after their tale ended? Join the irrepressible Dame Dolly and her lovable son…
So many comedians, so little time! Twelve top comedy and variety acts perform ridiculously short sets in one furiously fast-paced showcase.
Single father Mark Forward has decided the time has come for him to be appreciated as a comedian.
‘Tonight, ladies and gentlemen, I am going to show you how to change the world…’ The world’s most notorious terrorist tells his remarkable, provocative and multi award-winnin…
Gloria and Padraic are best friends whose relationship changes forever.
Be there at the launch of the massive 2017 Free Fringe Festival! See an almighty selection of performers! Mingle with the acts and VIP guests! Meet our mad Chicken mascot in person…
The dance world can sometimes take itself a little too seriously, it often seems to be too caught up in technical comparisons to just enjoy itself, however, Chicos Mambo is the opp…
Bracing maritime sketch show from Eggbox Comedy.
“I’m aware there isn’t much art made about love, so I thought I’d nip in and nail the definitive article before anyone else could.
Every child goes inside a bubble! Award-nominated (Fringe World Perth) Dr Bubble and Milkshake present a new bubble story about sharing.
No Show is perhaps the perfect show: one that claims to be nothing at all.
A one-man show about fish, forgetting and the fear of dying single.
All Genius All Idiot is a quirky and outrageous piece that explores the animalistic side of human nature using contemporary circus, performance art and live music.
It’s time to paint the rainbow and unleash the world’s first one-man gay rom-com cabaret! Hilarious and heartfelt songs meet physical comedy and candid storytelling in one man’s fi…
Perhaps you’ve heard of The Midnight Beast? Their blend of comic indie-pop-rap began on a humble Youtube channel and moved to Channel Four just a few years later.
Following her critically acclaimed 2016 sell-out international tour, The Kardashians Made Me Do It, Shazia’s new show is about lies, lies and more lies; the truth is so 1980s.
Seeing The Showstoppers’ Kids Show is like watching a new improvised episode of Horrible Histories.
When an Edinburgh Fringe virgin asks a seasoned Fringe-lover (that’s me, by the way) for show recommendations there are a number of shows I always highlight before reviews have e…
Before even starting the show, Sara Schaefer has the advantage of a unique perspective.
The monster gods of comedy and 2016’s winners of Mervyn Stutter’s Spirit of the Fringe award return to Edinburgh.
Returning to Edinburgh for a 7th year, All The King’s Men are the voices that are defining a genre.
From the moment you enter – greeted by several songs in multiple genres, all with the lyrics ‘chops not ham’ – you have already begun to tumble down the rabbit hole into th…
Following the untimely death of their friend Dylan, Polly and Eve are fulfilling his final wishes by travelling around the UK with his ashes in a Wizard Of Oz lunchbox.
See the extraordinary world of the Fringe through the eyes of schoolchildren from across Scotland at this free exhibition of entries in the 2017 Fringe Schools Poster Competition.
Mr Danger is a real-life damaged former daredevil who learnt his lesson the hard way.
Returning for its 12th season, this critically acclaimed curated programme showcases silver screen shorts and contemporary filmmakers all day, every day.
The finals of the Great Yorkshire Fringe New Comedian of the Year competition as ever throw up a talented assortment of acts.
The Slightly Fat Show harkens back to the Golden Age of variety performance, updated for a twenty-first century audience.
The Horse Show comes galloping down to the Camden Fringe festival, fresh from the lush green pastures of Manchester.
Sonder presents meaningful, playful improvised stories with humanity at their heart.
York’s legendary comedy club makes a welcome return to the Great Yorkshire with four laughter-packed shows featuring the cream of the UK’s comedy circuit.
Join your hosts Ross Brierley and Joshua Sadler as they take the late night chat show to its illogical conclusion.
Two strangers on a bridge in the dead of night, a game of dominoes & a value ready meal – this is a story of humanity, desperation & hope.
Edy Hurst loves theme parks.
Squeeze some culture into your lunchbreak! Grab a sandwich and join Lightbox Theatre this July for a lunchtime serving of darkly comic gems by some of theatre’s most prominent p…
Taking you beyond the sensory to the subliminal world of Oriental Aesthetics through poetry, music, dance, and visuals. £35 and £18 ticket link: bit.ly/HKSenses
Brutally funny storytelling show from Canadian comedian Katharine Ferns (MTV) is a comedic journey about learning to laugh at the visible and invisible scars of surviving mental il…
“Some stories didn’t make it into the history books” In 1943, young Mid-Westerner Stu serves in the army as a photographer for Yank Magazine, the journal ‘f…
Six improvisers barrel through the funnies in a special Edinburgh Fringe preview show where suggestions provided by you inspire an epic series of improvised comedy games, sketches …
Bumper Blyton presents a riotous improvised spoof of the nation’s most beloved author, Ten Thousand Million Love Stories brings us a two-person show all about love, and The Socie…
Award-winning writer and comedian Nathan Cassidy’s new one-man theatre show for 2017.
A 90s-themed night to close Brighton Fringe 2017 in style.
The STAC @ Northbrook Showcase featured 14 Musical Theatre Degree students, advertising their many performance talents in just over an hour of song and dance.
Join us for our one-off Fringe City night-time special, celebrating the Brighton Fringe finale weekend.
This semi-staged professional show is set in the same form as Christ’s Passion.
The debut production from exciting new improvised theatre company, Sonder.
Following the story of ‘The Liar’, a broken down, two-bit mentalist act who has reached the end of his tether and threatens to finish it all.
Escape the mundane and the everyday and see the world through the eyes of a magician.
Be different! Join the Meebles on their madcap adventures in a circus van, racing against time to save the children from all being made the same by Von Zalatan and his virtual o…
A musical story for children where each character is a musical instrument .
Geekeasy is a themed comedy night for nerds with stand-up, musical comedy, improv, storytelling and more.
Join us for a show-stopping night of music and dance, as we shimmy through the hits of ‘Chicago’, ‘Cabaret’ and ‘Sweet Charity’, before turning up the heat for our classic burlesqu…
Join us for some drag king cabaret by the seaside as we celebrate the bois from previous King of the Fringe competitions.
Have you been more naughty or more nice this year? Are you sure?A company of gentlemanly vagabonds introduce themselves with a reminder to relax before the “Art” starts.
Apples and Snakes and New Writing South team up to present a programme of poetry, spoken word and live literature.
The latest production by Embolon Theatre, All In is such a hybrid of genres that I am unsure on whether to refer to it as a play, a stand-up comedy show, or a mind-bendin…
Your chance this season to keep the faith and polish up our dance floor with Northern Soul dancing, returning for the third time at Brighton Spiegeltent.
“I collect bags of sugar from cafes and restaurants I’m in.
“Anyone else a massive fan of the divine Miss Vogue and her ukulele? Thought so.
Described as an esoteric St Trinian’s for the queer cabaret generation, Carnesky’s Finishing School has been helping people discover and hone their creative talent since 2010.
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 …
After 3 sell-out runs in its native town of Forest Row in East Sussex, The Frow Show comes down the M23 to take the Brighton Fringe.
Richard III.
Matt returns to Brighton for the ninth year running with a show bursting with new jokes, new ideas and absolutely no nudity.
Does the perfect man exist, and at age 83, does Lynn Ruth Miller need to find him? Her 70 minute show, autobiographical, takes us on a journey from 1943-2017 (11 years old - 83yea…
A light-hearted mind-reading show with amazing and impossible mind stunts! No dead relatives will be contacted throughout the evening, however they may be interrupted with the laug…
Old people, eh? A bunch of forgetful wasters who always have a hatchet to unbury or a cup of tea going cold.
Ever pundered what shows like ‘Mock the Week’, ‘Have I Got News For You’, ‘QI’, or ‘Never Mind the Buzzcocks’ would be like if they were just puns? Punder no longer.
What happens when your life seems to mirror that of your musical hero? Greg Moncur is convinced his obsession with Johnny Cash is influencing what happens in his life.
Earth’s funniest footwear return with their hit show of songs, sketches, socks and violence, taking on The Bard himself.
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe attracts media and arts professionals from all over the globe.
One of the UK’s longest running cabaret companies ‘Cirque Du Cabaret’ debuts in Brighton Fringe 2017 with a brand new show.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar, by author/illustrator Eric Carle has delighted generations of readers since it was first published in 1969 selling more than 43 million copies …
This show is the perfect way to start off your night at Brighton Fringe, as you spend an hour in the company of genial Scottish comedian Vladimir McTavish and guests in an early ev…
Join Dave Edwards as he gives advice concerning how to navigate the messy world of modern-day dating.
Join the irrepressible Brighton Ceilidh Collective for an evening of raucous nonsense and ceilidh dancing.
“It wasn’t a particularly spectacular night, as she sat stargazing in her room .
Following a sold out run at the Menier Chocolate Factory, Terence Rattigan’s brilliant comedy Love in Idleness transfers to the Apollo Theatre for 50 performances only.
At thirty-six, David is still unable to function in society.
Brighton meets Bristol for an evening of brassy skanks, intense grooves, conscious lyricism and wild rhythm.
Captivating harp duo, 94 Strings, is a collaboration between Sussex-based harpists Alexandra King and Fiona Hosford.
No one does satire quite like Brighton’s very own ‘The Treason Show’.
“Stories can conquer fear, you know.
A special Spiegeltent charity showcase with the very best ‘Heart of the Fringe’ performers helping kick off the season.
“Venter”-To speak.
“The true mystery of the world is the visible .
Local author and poet Thomas Wolfe presents a night of spoken word, poetry and storytelling from some of Brighton’s best poets.
Following our legendary Brighton Fringe 2016 appearance, the original family dance party returns for more day-clubbing, this time at the funkiest bar on the beachfront with the bes…
Come to the Brighton Bandstand for some inner peace.
After Muofhe’s thriving musical career in her region in the northern province of Venda in south Africa, she has decided it’s time to introduce her African rhythms to the rest of …
Gentleman juggler and unwitting clown Tim Bat performs his impressive repertoire of amazing tricks with aplomb.
‘Venter’-To speak.
Not sure what to see? Don’t fret, we’ve done the work for you and hand-picked this week’s top tips.
Guided tours of this magnificent Grade I* listed church - one of the finest Victorian churches in the country.
From National Bulgarian TV to the London stage, we present a musical sketch comedy show taking a unique look at the lives of people who are either in or starting relationships, oft…
Fringe City is a free outdoor event in the centre of Brighton taking place every weekend of Brighton Fringe 2017.
Fringe City Family Picnic is a free outdoor event taking place on the 6th of May and 27th of May in the Pavilion Gardens.
Mr Danger is a damaged former daredevil who learnt his lesson the hard way.
How many times can you fall in love? How many people can you love at the same time? These questions arise when certain uninvited guests call, disrupting the comfortable lives of an…
A selection of the very best stand-up comedy at Brighton Fringe.
‘Love a Positive Life’ is a multimedia exhibition telling the positive stories of young people living with HIV in Africa and Asia.
They move among you unseen.
Turn up, tear out and laugh lots as we give other fringe shows a unique makeover! Taking the Brighton Fringe brochure as their inspiration, The Maydays create an entirely new show …
The legendary late show returns.
Pick of the Fringe Launch Night Special, kicked off Brighton Fringe at The Warren with fragments of 7 shows.
Come and celebrate the launch of Brighton Fringe at The Warren. Help us start the 2017 Festival with a bang!
"I used to be scared of them.
All Cried Out is an intimate, interactive immersive encounter.
Start with a few cold-reading tricks, dash in some sleight of hand, add in a heavy dose of comedy on top and you’ve got the recipe to make any mind-reading show come out well.
There’s one deliciously unique—sadly never repeatable—moment during the opening night of Allan Stewart’s Big Big Variety Show, when Stewart introduces the singer Susan B…
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…
Opening the festival will be City Impro (“Incredibly Good” ****– Arts Award Voice), who make up crazy characters and silly scenes all based on suggestions provided by the aud…
For 9 weeks only, Dirty Great Love Story makes its West End debut! Two hopeful hapless romantics get drunk, get it on and then get the hell away from each other.
Gazing at a Distant Star is a melancholy reminiscence on missing people, told by those left behind.
Join Celine Dion, Adele, Barbra Streisand, Shirley Bassey, Britney Spears & more of your favorite female vocalists, on stage together in the singular form of Christina Bianco!&…
Join Celine Dion, Adele, Barbra Streisand, Shirley Bassey, Britney Spears & more of your favorite female vocalists, on stage together in the singular form of Christina Bianco!&…
Charles Dickens' classic gets the full Broadway treatment buy the Broadway team of Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast, Little Mermaid), Lynn Ahrens (Ragtime, Seussical) and Mike…
In the run up to Christmas, three families are placed into cramped temporary accommodation.
'We lose ourselves to keep our oaths.
Love's Labour's Lost is one of Shakespeare's earliest plays.
Following the critically acclaimed smash hit productions of The Dazzle, Bug and Unfaithful, Emily Dobbs Productions is excited to present Fool for Love, the thrilling final show at…
Rub shoulders with actors, directors and the winning writers of Britain’s prestigious international playwriting competition for two absorbing evenings of diverse, exciting and si…
Attic Theatre Company presents Great Expectations by Charles Dickens at Merton Arts Space between 30 Nov and 18 Dec.
New English Ballet Theatre returns with a programme showcasing five new works from the UK’s top choreographic talents.
‘Hooray For Love’ is a musical celebration of our universal quest for love.
The award-winning romantic comedy follows the story of college senior Evie and her struggles when it comes to relationships, gaming and life in the real world.
Daisy and Violet Hilton were real-life Siamese twins in Texas plucked from relative freak-show obscurity and who rose to a dazzling but fleeting stardom.
The first and only high-tech, interactive, artistic, and scientific stage production, the Gazillion Bubble Show is “nothing short of one whopping ‘wow’ after another” accor…
If you’re a student theatre company with somewhat limited resources, but still want to try your hand at a reasonably successful Broadway musical, then [title of show] is argua…
Spanning one term at Oxford University, Modern Love follows the story of two sets of best friends - Olivia and Ella, Harry and Jonah - whose lives collide when they all fall for El…
Among the gifts bestowed on the world by the Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the one-hour slot, into which everything—stand-up, spoken word, circus, dance or drama—has become s…
It’s not just the eponymous seldom heard, often bullied, fragile young girl LV who struggles to be heard in Jim Cartwright’s classic tragicomedy The Rise and Fall – finding he…
When Goalen, Greenland and Wilkie sweep, commandingly onto the stage of the Soho Theatre, they announce their identity as goddesses ‘who know everything’.
Casey and Mikey cannot escape: not from who they are, not from how their lives have moulded them and, more immediately, from the rooftop onto which they have just clambered.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Every year an absolute sell-out! The UK’s first and premier award for celebrating live comedy.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
A lack of antibiotics to treat infection could soon bring us to a post-apocalyptic era where people die from minor injuries, or following routine operations.
Beethoven’s glorious Choral Fantasy, Cherubini’s Mass in C minor, much-admired by Beethoven, Schumann and Brahms, and Schubert’s Gebet and Gott ist mein Hirt (Psalm 23) perfo…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Come along and journey through the rabbit hole on this exciting adventure! Our special closing party presents the final Edinburgh fringe performance of the one-hour spectacular Ali…
It’s the annual two-hour charity variety show filled with bizarre acts and very alternative comedy which includes the presentation of three annual Malcolm Hardee Comedy Awards.
Stand-up comedian Stella Graham brings her new show to the Camden Fringe! Stella fights to contain a gobby, aggressive inner self, watch the battle commence with hilarious conseque…
This exciting annual art show, now in its 14th year, is held in the beautiful surroundings of Bonhams auction house in the New Town.
A specialist corporate evening for companies and guests to enjoy a selection of Fringe acts over dinner, in a relaxed and enjoyable entertaining environment.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Roop has had a 20 year career as a celebrity party planner, and he has some special stories to share in his incisive one man show.
Foot-tapping, sing-along folk with music ranging from Scotland to America, traditional and contemporary, with the emphasis on tuneful harmony, social comment and a liberal sprinkli…
Live from the BBC’s venue in Edinburgh, featuring topical stories and big name guests.
Edinburgh Fringe veteran, Perrier nominee, co-founder of the Comedy Store Players, multiple BAFTA-winning Horrible Histories songwriter, inadvertent creator of the phrase ‘comedy i…
Spill: A Verbatim Show About Sex is the sex-ed class we all wish we’d had.
This event is an opportunity for you to apply for East 15 Acting School’s MA/MFA in Theatre Directing led by Mathew Lloyd – one of the UK’s foremost authorities on director tra…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
The formal meeting where accounts are presented, activity reviewed and directors elected. If you’re passionate about the Fringe, come and be heard.
Ready to take your show to England’s largest arts festival? Want to showcase your work to a fresh audience? Fancy a new Fringe experience? If you answered ‘yes’ to these ques…
Fresh from their sell-out Glasgow International Comedy Festival run, Scotland’s first all-women improv troupe Women Up are ready for their Fringe debut! With short form and long …
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Even plays were buried by the bombs of World War I.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
A unique fun-filled, vibrant and interactive riotous adult five-star afternoon variety show, packed with hilarious mime, comedy, innuendo and magic.
NT Live forms part of the NT’s Broadcast department which is also responsible for producing digital content covering all aspects of the craft of theatre-making and produces Natio…
In a world of plenty, the only currency is attention, and attention is what defines media.
West End Has Faith gathers professionals working within London’s West End and on tour who have a desire to share their journey and life experiences.
We’re All Mad in Here follows the story of Alasdair Carroll, a young gay man living in Edinburgh who comes across an elusive drag club called Curious Appetites.
Drawing from the likes of renowned theatre company DV8, All Might Seem Good mixes verbatim accounts of fate with physical theatre: mixing the highly natural with the highly stylise…
Theatre and physical theatre about the contemporary condition of women and farmed animals, created following Carol Adams’ lecture The sexual Politics of Meat.
The classics of swing jazz swung by this fabulous band.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Saudha, ‘one of the prominent Indian classical music promoters in the country’ (BBC Radio), offers a hypnotic and ‘breath-taking’ presentation (Rhapsody of Soul, Guardian) of India…
Gin on the Fringe is a boutique gin event at the Surgeon’s Hall in Edinburgh during the final two weekends in August at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the world’s largest arts …
Exclusive Scotch whisky tasting presented by member of the Keepers of the Quaich society, Ronnie Berri and whisky ambassador, Alister McDermott.
Romance, passion, joy, heartbreak – all are here in a programme of wonderful music by Liszt, Granados and Chopin, given by a ‘Master’ (EdinburghGuide.com).
Life-changing daily walking tours with Stompy (Half Naked Chef).
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, specifically for Fringe participants.
As a piece of verbatim theatre, I Love You / It’s Over gives a much more clear headed, down-to-earth view of love than you’re likely to find in a more highly wrought play.
For those who couldn’t get down to London to watch the brilliant Tom Hiddleston boast a magnificent Coriolanus at the National Theatre, the Fringe is hosting the next best thing …
Bristol’s On Show A showcase of female acts, featuring award winning comedians Amy Howerska, Angie Belcher & Kate Smurthwaite, as well as a host of Bristol’s best up-and-coming n…
Hilarious scenes made up on the spot based entirely on audience suggestions.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Cinema screening of live performance.
The whole of the 20th century viewed through profound counterculture events and the whisky industry! An abridged history lesson and tutored whisky tasting, the Whisky Anorak way.
USA-based, New Zealand pianist Charles Whitehead programmes an intriguing recital of Bach, Chopin, the grand Liszt Sonata, plus Persian-influenced music by fellow New Zealand piani…
DON GNU are decked out in hand-knit socks and worn-out sandals and on the hunt for that dang thing called self.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme.
A tribute to Half Man Half Biscuit’s 30+ years in music.
Join your guides, Todd and Molly, as they take you on a bespoke tour of Los Angeles, their City of Angels, or as they call it: LA LA Land.
Cinema screening of live performance.
Join award-winning comedian Des Clarke at the recording of a brand new stand-up TV show featuring the comedy stars of today and tomorrow.
Adelaide Fringe is Australia’s largest open-access festival, with over 1,000 events across every art form in over 300 venues.
I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change takes you through a series of hilarious vignettes that show the roller coaster ride that is relationships.
Scottish session musicians The Breeze return to perform an hour-long set featuring popular and lesser well-known songs of the late JJ Cale.
Join Sarah Millican and special guests as they celebrate the longest-running comedy festival in England.
This Australian trio packs a punch as they whirl through an hour of weird, wacky and utterly hilarious sketch comedy like nothing else you will see at the Fringe.
Here’s what happens in order: A parody of bourgeois conversation by actors in black morphsuits; a light show to the gaiety of the Ode To Joy; unembellished description of said pi…
‘The first time I heard Andrea Carlson, I was in love!’ (Charlie Silvestri, UpCloseAndAcoustic.
Upstairs Downton and Petting Zoo (‘Improv supergroup’ TimeOut) star creates a staggering array of characters using his mouth, brain, hands and body.
Ranging from the bittersweet to the rude and raunchy, Scotland’s former national poet and recent recipient of the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry weaves a spellbinding and beguiling …
Join Mervyn and a host of top talent in a glorious two hour variety show to celebrate the 25th year of the legendary Mervyn Stutter’s Pick of the Fringe showcase.
The Dean Martin Christmas Show aims to explore the warm relationship between Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra as they appear on the titular Christmas special.
Cinema screening of live performance.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
A fresh look at the love poems of Sam Shepard using dance, aerial, physical theatre and live video.
‘When it’s working, you won’t even pay attention to the time; there is no time, there is just that win.
What happens when admiration becomes obsession? When Greg Moncur discovers the music of Johnny Cash, he vows to become his biggest fan.
To be fair to the Hummingbirds, I’m not really the right demographic for their show.
The smash hit, sell out production from Hartshorn - Hook Productions returns for one night only, reuniting the stellar cast of Simon Lipkin, Julie Atherton, Gina Beck and Samuel Ho…
Steele Edge: Martial Arts Illusion Show bills itself as “a dynamic fusion of physical excitement and visual wonder” but it’s more of a bizarre fusion of vague ‘oriental’ …
The world premiere of a new musical from Ian Hammond Brown, the composer/lyricist of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Pitlochry Festival Theatre hit: Whisky Galore a Musical.
How lucky can an audience be? More Dean Martin songs and stories with Philip Contini and his Be Happy Band live on stage with a cracking show after a delicious three-course dinner.
Experience and learn mathematical magic tricks.
A modern-day musical twist on Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice with music by Joshua Salzman and book and lyrics by Ryan Cunningham.
UCLU Musical Theatre Society’s Fringe production of the Joe Dipietro’s fast paced musical comedy is an incredibly entertaining and fast paced journey into the world of dating, …
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
The children’s show on an actual bus: with a bonkers bus driver, a clueless conductor, a double-decker bus and you.
Cinema screening of film.
A showcase of the best new and up-and-coming acts from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
WHITE are a hurtling juggernaut of synth stabs, razor-sharp guitars and even sharper attire.
Award-winning comedy duo Noah & Jordan will debut their sketch show, ‘INSERT TITLE HERE’. A series of fast paced and energised sketches, each with their own caption or title.
A selection of favourite ballades, nocturnes, scherzos, waltzes, mazurkas, etudes and polonaises played by William Alexander (piano).
The Ups & Downs Theatre Group was formed in 1995 by three school teachers and no one could have anticipated what an impact the group would have.
Cinema screening of live performance.
Cinema screening of live performance.
Tap into health! A rare, unmissable opportunity to dance with one of the world’s most engaging performers.
Later, considerably ruder and darker shows from internationally acclaimed, award-winning Scottish stand-up comedy meteor.
Returning for a fourth year, Kids Do Forth on the Fringe presents some of the best names in children’s entertainment. Hosted by Bec Hill, full line-up at forthone.com/kidsdo.
Enjoy a unique flavour of the Fringe and explore the museum after hours across three exhilarating nights, each with hand-picked performers, music, comedy, bars and entry to our spe…
Enjoy an indulgently refreshing, mix of luxuriant guitar music.
Classical meets modern in a glamorous fashion show organised by Shanghai Culture Week.
Cinema screening of live performance.
Don’t miss this spellbinding show full of modern and classic songs from the house of mouse! Fun for all the family, including singalong favourites from Frozen, Mary Poppins, The …
Cinema screening of live performance.
Three-hour fast-moving, fun workshop for up to 20 children (11 to 14-year-olds) exploring how young people use their mobile phones and what happens when a teenager is left without …
A presentation followed by questions and answers about drama school training.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Beach Party is a performance devised by 38 Buried Roses influenced by the methodologies and practices of European Theatre in the past century.
This is what happens when you ask a four-year-old to name the show while he’s busy playing with an empty yoghurt pot.
Imagine you’re fifteen.
A captivating piece of storytelling that takes the audience back to 1939 and then through to 1945, telling the tale of two best friends in the army, a night club owner and three al…
Blood on the hammer, rats in the cellar and another package from the postman.
Ambitious in its intentions, At War With Love uses a selection of thirty-two of William Shakespeare’s sonnets to form a narrative set against the backdrop of the First World War.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
A twelve-year-old girl writes a poem.
It is a lovely spring day in an urban conurbation.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Cinema screening of live performance.
Elizabeth has Downs.
The Sick of the Fringe is in its second year, building conversation, collaboration and community between the arts and medical science.
This group from China’s most famous experimental school blends Chinese and European wind instruments and repertoire.
John Porter always wanted an interesting life.
Join Dracula’s arch-nemesis Professor Van Helsing in a gothic camp vamp romp of biting satire punctuated with sucky songs.
Whether it’s first love or unrequited love, with accomplished Edinburgh jazz vocalist Pam Lawson and trio (Campbell Normand on piano, Ed Kelly on bass and Dave Swanson on drums) pe…
Three people’s dreams merge in post-apocalyptic Britain.
Join Gaulier graduates Georgia Murphy and Evie Fehilly for an hour of surreal comic madness.
Lost Horizons presents some of the finest folk and acoustic music from across the UK.
Royal, calorie-laden, whipped up funk courtesy of Scotland’s premier groove band.
Harbouring secret feelings for Geoffrey Boycott? Fantasising about Edwina Currie? Join David as he deconstructs the cult of celebrity with a collection of love songs, poems and let…
Paul Wady’s unique and controversial mass autism conversion show returns for a second year.
We walk down into the stone basement of the Royal Oak; a tiny room, space for a couple of performers and a crowd of about thirty, all crammed in.
Real DJs, in real clubs playing real music, free glow sticks and transfer tattoos.
Cinema screening of live performance.
Great live music followed by some blasts from the past and current gems.
Come witness one of the greatest late-night mixed bill shows.
Hailing from Hardin-Simmons University in Texas, The Shadow Box is a reflection of the stages of grief, represented through a series of linked vignettes and monologues.
Rik Carranza leads two comedians through an epic debate to finally put to rest which is better, Star Trek or Star Wars.
Edinburgh Skeptics Society returns for the seventh year with more undiluted brilliance.
Shakespeare on Love offers a heartwarming performance given by a group of Milwaukee high school students: the brainchild of their two English teachers.
VICE contributor/NY comedian, Harmon Leon has made a career infiltrating extremist hate groups in America.
The show begins with a strikingly visual movement piece, then a discovery of the characters in the story, revealed through various musical instruments.
The show begins with a strikingly visual movement piece, then a discovery of the characters in the story, revealed through various musical instruments.
Ever pundered what shows like Have I Got News For You, Mock the Week, QI or Never Mind The Buzzcocks would be like if they were just puns? Punder no longer.
World champion slam poet Harry Baker returns to the Fringe, accompanied by his talented friend Chris Read on guitar for a spoken word/acoustic fusion set.
Big and tall sketch friends Fish Finger Fridays bring their anticipated debut to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Take a trip through vivid 3D graphic environments that pulsate to the rhythm of high energy music.
Hooray for Love follows the success of Nicky’s 2014 Edinburgh hit, Empty Nest.
Where Do All The Dead Pigeons Go? This is a production that doesn’t try to answer any of your questions - or refer to pigeons, for that matter, even as a metaphor, throughout the…
Ian Saville has just become the President of the Magic Square; his election is a surprise, and proves divisive to every faction of the magic society.
Experience the joy of live music at the museum with the best contemporary talents from Scotland, England, Ireland and Wales.
In an explosion of energy, raw intensity and emotion, RashDash theatre company shatters preconceptions of the patriarchy.
What is sleep to you? A distraction? A reward? A perversely sweet taste of that undiscovered country? Whatever it is, it’s a massive part of your life: around a third of your tim…
Cinema screening of live performance.
Words from the heart by award-winning poet, David Lee Morgan (London, UK, and BBC slam poetry champion).
The Parentheticals have one hour, almost a dozen performers, and not a single page of script.
Inspiring, innovative and international theatre masterclasses, to empower emerging artists by working with leading professionals from the theatre world.
Live music throughout the day and night at Stramash, featuring the best Edinburgh-based and visiting musicians.
Following last year’s five-star smash-hit Some Like It Thea-Skot, ‘comic monster’ (Chortle.
It’s like the Royal Variety Show of the Fringe! 25th year! Mervyn and his team carefully research the Fringe and bring you live extracts from seven top shows in a packed 90 minute …
Pitch the diaries, the journals, the travelogues.
Russell Howard, Tim Minchin, Miranda Hart.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Raucous melancholy! Human failure! A whole bunch of jokes! Strong and kind sketch group Beach Hunks are proud to present their debut hour of crushingly absurd comedy.
Now in its ninth year, Forth on the Fringe is the largest showcase event of Fringe entertainment available at this year’s festival.
Sitting into a dark room, crammed with many other eagerly awaiting strangers, Stephen K Amos enters, his booming voice announcing his talk show and diving into some sarcasm-laced m…
Watch spectacular street entertainment on the doorstep of the National Galleries of Scotland.
Inspired by the power of dreams, mythology and the collective unconscious, Alice uses textures, vivid colours, shapes and symbols to stimulate the senses, both consciously and subc…
Mavericks: A Sketch Show (of Sorts) is the product of talented comedy duo and Cambridge Footlights members Ruby Keane and Luisa Callander.
A short and sweet performance that makes use of popular romantic tracks to tackle the trials and troubles of online dating and the accompanying creeps who come with the app, Love M…
An improvised comedy show performed by a cast of puppets for adults.
Welcome to Dreamform.
An “Original Lord of the Rings Parody” One Musical to Rule them All is full of puns, mocks the bits of Lord of the Rings that we all thought were a bit ridiculous and illogical…
Enthused? Inspired? Vibing? You love the Fringe, so participate! Precocious poppy or shrinking violet, you could be on stage making mediocre scripts into something great.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
See the very best comedians from across the Fringe, with a different top-notch comedy line-up each day.
Vocal Force is making their Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut! These young, enthusiastic performers from the USA harmonize their way through the past 60 years of chart-topping hits!
Part of the PBH Free Fringe, Malones will play host to a variety of musicians from across the globe.
Watch free previews of hundreds of Fringe shows.
The world of social media is beguiling, engrossing, enriching and deeply disturbing, as was Alice’s famous adventure.
Bubble-lovers will rejoice in this fun, immersive spectacle lead by the energetic assistant Ms Squeaky Bottom and the Nutty Professor himself.
Til’ Death Do Us Part tells the story of David and Alison as they struggle through pressures of married life.
Welcome to Matchbox Theatre! Would you please take a moment to check that all mobile phones and other electronic devices are switched on? Your calls are important to us! Photograph…
Back by popular demand! Returning for its fourth year, the Craft Scotland Summer Show sets up shop in the centre of town.
Award-winning Stu Murphy and Garry Dobson perform brilliant improvised comedy all year round as Stand Comedy Club residents.
Mission accepted.
The Edinburgh Revue are back at the Fringe celebrating ten years of making the ‘comic talent of the future’ (Skinny).
Lying seems to be getting more and more fashionable.
Cinema screening of live performance.
Funny moments exist in all relationships.
These guys are fantastic improvisers.
Edinburgh-based singer-songwriter Fiona Crow presents her collection of self-penned songs accompanied by a full band, visual art and dance for a one-off Fringe production.
We begin with a boy meeting a girl.
Tired of all of the Pick of the Fringe shows? Worn out by Fringe hyperbole? This lunchtime showcase has all the great comedians who’ve had bad reviews and deserve much more! The be…
In a previous show, we witnessed Robert Newman intellectually tear down Dawkin’s view of evolution.
Shaedates is a show about finding yourself – quite literally.
Sell-out in 2012, 2013 2014 and 2015, and a big hit at Adelaide Fringe.
Often, first-time Festival goers arriving in Edinburgh can be paralysed by choice as a result of the sheer volume of shows on offer.
All Square is a collection of original photographs taken by Ewan Barry and Audrey Pinard of Téte-a-Téte Foto.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Actor Mat Ewins will make you a star in Mat Ewins: Mat Ewins Will Make You a Star.
Taking improv to the next level – we improvise the cast! ‘Belly-laugh inducing’ (Platform).
Minky [mijnki] 1.
Emily Lloyd-Saini’s debut hour of stand-up.
One of Edinburgh’s indigenous comedians presents a show with the most factually accurate title on this entire website.
Science like you have never seen before.
Beth Vyse’s sassy, leopard print clad alter ego: Olive Hands (Britain’s number 2 in the morning!), daytime TV wannabe resurrects her career on a cruise ship.
Hilarity Bites Management are one of the biggest comedy agencies in the North of England, looking after some of the biggest and brightest talent.
Character comedy improvisers Leanna and Angela present Sandy and Danni, two desperate and deluded American girls looking for fairy tale romance.
Witness the inner workings of the idiot as Omar & Lee invite you on an anarchic voyage through their minds, pushing their sanity and friendship to the limits.
Winner Best Comedy Weekly Award 2015 Adelaide Fringe.
So you like Star Wars and can’t find a date? Join the club.
Hi, Lee here.
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…
Award winners Janis Claxton (choreographer) and Pippa Murphy (composer) join forces with world-class dancers for a series of site-specific performances.
The Bubble Show your mother warned you about is here! Clothes and bubbles will fly in this cabaret styled story filled with beautiful bubble creations, stripping, slapping, stick f…
If you find it in your heart to forgive the failings of Masai Graham’s previous show, Aaaaah! It’s 101 Clean Jokes in 30 Minutes, and stuck around for the follow-up, you�…
Family workshop suitable for children aged 3-7 years with parents or carers.
Now in its ninth year, Blackwell’s Writers at the Fringe brings you once again the best in Scottish writing.
Masai Graham has assembled an act so far from risky that it is bubble wrapped in woefully predictable innuendos, presumably to retain its innocence.
This highly interactive show is part stand-up, part actual pub quiz.
As cryptic as the title of this show may seem to be, its basic premise is established very early on.
Established as one of the best shows on the Fringe.
Twenty second year as the recognised launch pad for future legends.
If you’re a real fan of comedy, Crack Comedy’s Pick of the Fringe is the place for you.
What you see is what you get with Ashley Haden’s notoriously dark humour in this aptly-named free show.
Brand new show for 2016! She’s a Princess who farts.
New York-based Irish comedian Colum Tyrrell brings his debut hour to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
The best and brightest of this year’s Fringe comics in a great value lunchtime compilation showcase, hand-picked from across the Fringe.
Enjoy an hour of the best up and coming one-liner comedians on the circuit in this celebration of puns, one-liners and wordplay.
A new stand-up and sketch show by Sarah Bennetto.
Feast on five of the tastiest up-and-coming comedians on the circuit in this stand-up comedy showcase including your award-winning host, Masai Graham.
Feast on five of the tastiest up-and-coming comedians on the circuit in this stand-up comedy showcase including your award-winning host, Masai Graham.
Despite the commanding tone of his show’s title, John Gordillo doesn’t actually come across as a fan of Capitalism as an economic and social system.
Bob drives his BlundaBus around Europe looking for adventures.
Ed Caruana and Tamar Broadbent can’t pronounce their own names (so don’t feel bad).
Conor lost another friend last year, now he’s on his own.
Just one glance at this year’s stuffed-to-bursting wedge of a programme is enough to see that there are bewildering array of performance disciplines represented at this year’s …
A gunshot on New Year’s Eve on a beach in Thailand changed musical theatre artist Nils Bergstrand’s life forever.
Publish the blurb verbatim.
Ireland’s most lovable idiots bring their mischief and mayhem on tour.
Carlotta is a romance novelist except she’s never been in love.
Hilarity Bites Comedy Club present their Pick of the Fringe, following full houses from 2013-2015.
For many Rab Florence and Ian Connell are the unsung heroes of Scottish comedy.
Life behind the scenes at the world’s largest trade show for the arts.
Ben Clover has been doing stand-up for ages now and is pretty good at it.
The Arts Theatre West End’s resident improv troupe perform their high octane brand of slick, witty, musical improvised comedy for free! (Usually costs £10, duh.
The title song, by Cole Porter, makes an appearance part way through the second half of this narrativised collection of numbers, and really speaks of the character’s ultimate sta…
Death is a funny thing when you think about it: it’s the only certain thing in this world yet the majority of us deny its existence, but as performer Liz Rothschild points out, i…
From award-winning character comedians Andrew McBurney (SYTYF finalist 2013) and Jack Kirwan, plus filmmaker Damien Hyde, comes a dark, original and very funny live show.
‘All hits, no misses: the litany of wit that was Babushka’ ***** (TheTab.
For a night of revelry and a hot mix of incredible performances, Lili La Scala’s Another F*cking Variety Show is a tough show to rival.
Through a series of devised monologues, pieces of physical theatre and slam poetry, Lies.
Ten Storey Love Song may be the greatest Fringe show I’ve ever encountered.
Time travelling Victorian magic duo Morgan & West return to unload another boxful of bafflement and impossibility.
Fresh from London, Boston, New York performances, returning to Edinburgh for a sixth year.
Lords of Strut is hands-down the most fun I’ve had at Fringe this year.
The MMORPG show is a good idea but lacks the slick execution required to fully succeed.
With a Cambridge Footlights endorsement on their flyer, this is a group already promising great things to an expectant audience.
On top of the breakfast (croissant, coffee and strawberries), there is a handful of ten-minute theatre pieces that are eccentric, funny and outrageous.
Erin McGathy (This Feels Terrible, Drunk History, Community) presents a comedy show about love, guts, despair and wearing wedding dresses covered in candy for approval.
Every night of the Festival, Edinburgh’s famous Monkey Barrel Comedy Club (Winner, Best Small Comedy Club, Scottish Comedy Awards 2016), brings you a cracking showcase of premier s…
The eight time sell-out comedy sensation returns to Edinburgh with an anarchic afternoon show for just about everyone.
Triple Entendre is directed, created and designed by Emily Cairns and is a comic musical cabaret about “Love, Life and Other Stuff”, consisting of a collection of original song…
Fast! Fun! Irreverent! Funny! This is the award-winning Fringe show that makes your children the star of an outstanding afternoon of fun, magic, music and frivolous frivolity.
The Cambridge Footlights have such a reputation that their name is practically synonymous with the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Ben Clover has been doing stand-up for ages now and is pretty good at it.
This is a show that anyone who has ever been single – and that means everyone – needs to see.
The winners of Best New Sketch Act 2015 return with their highly anticipated new show.
The woman wants to marry, the man does not.
The eight time sell-out comedy sensation returns to Edinburgh with an anarchic afternoon show for just about everyone.
On a hovercraft, no one can hear you bark.
Between Episode IV and V of Charles Ross’s One Man Star Wars Trilogy, the writer/performer spent some time polling the audience.
Be Prepared for a Disney-style musical like you’ve never seen before! We’ll take you to A Whole New World full of princesses, witches, and talking animals, starring in an improvise…
If a panto and a Sarah Kane play had an unimaginably grotesque love-child it would look a lot like this.
This is a pretty great show.
With referendum fever sweeping the country, Haggis’s face was on every TV.
Here in their very own story factory, Olivier Award-winning West End improvisers, The Showstoppers, take your kids’ ideas and transform them into marvellous, musical adventures, …
Beach Comet have secured themselves as masters of a B-movie musical genre, inviting guests aboard a doomed cruise liner for a riotous hour of exaggerated figures and fantastically …
A celebration of sex through song! Using his unique brand of satirical striptease stand-up, let Australian musical comedian Grant Busé take you on a joyous taboo-tackling explorat…
Stuart Laws is the guy who does all the comedy at Turtle Canyon Comedy and supported James Acaster on tour.
Fast! Fun! Irreverent! Funny! This is the award-winning Fringe show that makes your children the star of an outstanding afternoon of fun, magic, music and frivolous frivolity.
Returning in a new theatrical format that builds on 2015’s outdoor extravaganza, The AniMotion Show premieres Peace and War.
Moosical fun for your little one.
After ‘threatening to be the hottest gang in town’ (List), Edinburgh Best Newcomer nominees, Daphne (Phil Wang, Jason Forbes and George Fouracres) threaten Edinburgh again with new…
In the centenary year of the Battle of the Somme, Incognito theatre revives Erich Maria Remarque’s classic tale that exposes the mental and physical strain of trench warfare, All Q…
Piff the Magic Dragon is the character creation of comic magician, John van der Put.
There’s surely no better sign that mental health issues – and depression in particular – are becoming more openly discussed than for the likes of Colin Hoult to come along an…
So many comedians, so little time! Twelve top comedy and variety acts perform ridiculously short sets in one furiously fast-paced showcase.
Australian musical trio Doug Anthony All-Stars were the anarchic kings of the alternative comedy scene in the late 80s and early 90s, achieving considerable success with such sleep…
Patrick Monahan is the guy in the club that everyone becomes best friends with in one night.
Norma’s forced to hold her inaugural Keep Out of My Box meeting at work, a tiny box office, because staffing’s tight with the Fringe! Direct from New Zealand, Torum Heng delights i…
Shh, it’s a surprise.
Raymond Mearns is one of the best and most consistent performers on the UK and international comedy circuit.
Historic 17th-century Prestonfield House, adjacent to Royal Holyrood Park, is the spectacular setting for the Famous Taste of Scotland Cabaret Dinner Show.
See the vibrant world of the Fringe through the eyes of schoolchildren from across Scotland at this free exhibition of entries in the 2016 Fringe Schools Poster Competition, includ…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Come see every bubble trick imaginable.
Returning for its 12th season, the critically acclaimed curated programme showcases silver screen shorts and contemporary filmmakers all day, every day.
The Clan Mucmor Family Fun Show is family fun for all the family. This show is suitable for people of all ages and abilities.
Hit theatre festival Women Redressed is back, running for two nights at Park Theatre.
Making a musical out of poetic animal stories aimed at children is nothing new but, while Andrew Lloyd Webber opted to turn T S Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats int…
Fresh from updating our Instagram pages, popbox presents Love Letters to Asia.
The Andrews Sisters meets ‘Smack the Pony’ in this new musical comedy cabaret.
A mammoth showcase of 28 comedy and variety acts, all performing three-minute extracts of their shows heading to the Edinburgh Fringe.
A dark satire on workplace wellness showing that often the people telling you how to live your best life are the ones who don’t know how to do it themselves.
A mammoth showcase of more than 20 comedy and variety acts, all performing three-minute extracts of their shows heading to the Greater Manchester or Edinburgh Fringes.
Barry Manilow O2 Arena show on Thursday 23 June 2016 with premium seating A 5 hours experience! Barry Manilow’s going to be back in the UK for one final set of shows…
Leanna and Angela Present: The Sandy & Danni Improv Show! A completely improvised date night with games, comedy guests and buckets of silliness.
Become autistic.
Escape the mundane and see the world through the eyes of a magician.
Treason Show: Festival Special.
The Language of Television is everywhere, but the language is… 01000110001101101
It’s 3am on a Friday morning and it’s T.
Taught by established professional performers and University of Brighton staff, this five day course provides intensive training in physical skills and creative approaches for devi…
The Sandy & Danni Improv Show! A completely improvised date night with amazing comedy guests, games and buckets of silliness.
Winner, Best Children’s Show - Ireland’s most lovable idiots bring their mischief and mayhem to a show for the whole family.
Winner: Most Outstanding Comedy (Melbourne Fringe), Winner: Best Comedy Weekly Award (Adelaide Fringe).
Our Flower Festival, entitled “LOVE IS .
Time travelling Victorian magic duo Morgan & West unload another boxful of bafflement and impossibility.
Brighton Beach Boys with the Psychedelic Love Orchestra present Pet Sounds vs Sgt Pepper.
Join us for our one-off Fringe City night-time special, as part of the Fringe All-Nighter.
A tender and ridiculous show that clambers up your drainpipe with a rose between its teeth.
Tommy Cooper, with his impeccable timing, love of slapstick and one-liners was a true comic genius.
Brighton’s all-male cabaret smutsters, Der Wunderlich Revue, celebrate the Queen’s 90th birthday with a night of right royal mirth, magic, music, cheerleading and madness.
This character-driven play from Moving On Theatre had something for everyone.
Imagine if you lived your life according to the values set out in the movie Terminator 2.
Your chance this season to keep the faith and polish up our dance floor with Northern Soul dancing, returning for the second time at Brighton Spiegeltent.
Earth’s funniest footwear returns with a brand new show of songs, sketches, socks and violence, taking on The Bard Of Avon himself.
So you like Star Wars and can’t find a date? Follow dating Padawan, Aaron Ayjay, as he takes a comedic look at his relationship disasters and his passion for all things Star Wars.
Our tits sing, dance and talk about how they’re made for f**king.
Launching Edana Minghella’s new album, ‘All or Nothing’, a tribute to Billie Holiday.
The big band sound of 1960s Latin America via the back streets of New Orleans, this irresistibly swinging street music will have the crowd baying for more.
Watch a fuzzy gentlemen do his best to convince you that he’s not a brain floating in a jar, whilst working out precisely how humanity has managed to get this far without totally d…
Argus Angel award winners with brightonirish.
‘Gods Are Fallen.
The half life of love is forever - it remains toxic, poisoning life long after love is over.
Three dance theatre masterclasses hosted at the new Nelly Lewis Centre.
Join Brighton Ceilidh Collective for an evening of raucous nonsense and ceilidh dancing.
The Blues Corporation returns! New material, new show.
The Black Fields’ Circus of Lujuria is back! The Black Fields will be tearing the place down with new music from their upcoming EP.
Think Tank is a live comedy and debate show where professional comedians propose policy ideas to a panel of politicians and experts.
“We are in uncharted territory when we sit with death,” Liz Rothschild says in her one-woman show, Outside the Box: A Live Show About Death.
Following the success of their TV show ‘Little Howard’s Big Question’ (CBBC), real human Big Howard and animated six-year-old Little Howard are bringing their unique family comed…
Enthused? Inspired? Vibing? If you love Brighton Fringe why not become part of it? Loquacious Luvvie or Lounge Lizard, it could be you on stage making mediocre scripts something gr…
Exceptionally clean tricks with wickedly naughty jokes from this award-winning magician.
Experience the magic of the stunning popera quartet, Il Divo, live at London’s O2 Arena, and enjoy a pre-show Thames River Cruise! Carlos, Urs, David and Seb are delighted…
Brighton’s only drag king competition is back! It’s time for bois to become men as they battle it out to win the crown (and 100 quid)! Expect a night of bulging biceps, protruding …
Puppetry, poetry, dance and live music are interwoven in this splendid succession of stories from five zany friends.
Fascinating, touching and truly enlightening, this lesbian musical romance tells the story of forgotten Variety stars Gwen Farrar and Norah Blaney.
A choir meets to rehearse a song to make things better.
Please ensure you use the right quote: “an imaginative wit that earmarks him as one to watch” with “cracking gags that turn on a smart use of language” (Chortle).
The original family dance party returns for more afternoon dayclubbing fun.
Amazing trickery, eccentric comedy; fun and hilarity guaranteed! “Highly recommended for kids and adults alike” (The Argus), “Still the must-see children’s show in Brighton…
Get a taste for Brighton Fringe 2016 at our outdoor showcase.
Bring your picnic blankets and hamper down to Brighton’s biggest family picnic with free family friendly performances, games, crafts and activities galore.
One man takes on the concept of love in a raging battle to the death.
Storytelling feast of foolish kings, tree-climbing princesses, and one revolting woman, woven together by chief mischief-maker Damian BB Wood.
Learn all about the life and work of a theatre producer! What is a producer? Who are they? What do they do? Could you be a producer? Come along and find out.
Broadcaster and comedian Dolan is one of the most in-demand MCs.
Award-winning short films from the internationally acclaimed ‘Iris Prize Film Festival’: a collection of the winners and runners-up from the 2015 prize.
Join us at the North Laine for a weekender of art, music, performance and general fringy goodness! We’ll start on Friday evening and won’t stop until Sunday night! Expect live art,…
A selection of the best stand-up comedy at Brighton Fringe.
Award-winning comedy troupe, The Maydays, pitch ideas for a new improvised show every night, inspired by the audience.
London-based comedian Paul Laight and guests deliver a free hour of jokes, puns, observations and a song or two about the horrors of everyday life.
Fancy more Fringe? Join us for the best in laid-back, late-night entertainment at The Warren.
An intimate, audience-collaborative theatre show with projected imagery and text messaging, exploring love, desire and dating with your clothes on.
Boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy regains girl, and they live happily ever after.
During the 2008 Spring Season of “A Play, A Pie and A Pint” at Glasgow’s Òran Mór, writer and director Selma Dimitrijevic presented audiences with a delicate, poignant e…
Acclaimed for its unique fusions of ancient and modern traditions, and its exquisite choreography inspired by the wealth of spiritual practices found throughout Asia, Cloud Gate Da…
This year, Ink_d have invited every artist they have ever shown to submit one amazing artwork to make the best Ink_d show ever! Be prepared to be amazed and delighted by all your f…
A completely improvised date night with amazing comedy guests, games and buckets of silliness.
In this show Rebecca Vigil and Evan Kaufman interview a couple in the audience about their relationship, then spin an impromptu musical about the couple’s love story.
Take an extraordinary journey in the dark.
Perhaps the most influential musical of the twentieth century, Show Boat combined the talents of Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II, both of whom had felt for some time that Broa…
Muse massive O2 Arena show on 3rd, 11th & 12th April 2016 with premium seating A 5-hour experience! Devonshire rockers, Muse, are poised to bring down the house at Lon…
Ethan Beach hosts this stacked variety show, with comedy from Michelle Wolf, Brett Davis, Seaton Smith, Mary Houlihan, Mike Kelton and Harry Gensemer, as well as a musical performa…
After a near-fatal car accident in 2014, Tracy Morgan has been making a welcome return to stand-up comedy over the last six months.
Ellie Goulding Live O2 Arena show on Thursday 24 & Friday 25 March 2016 with premium seating A 5 hours experience! Head down with a friend to the O2 Arena in 2016 for an …
Tragedy and Comedy blend seamlessly together for this series of monologues performed byThe Theatre Workshop.
This excellent long-running stand-up show, hosted by Dan Licata, Joe Pera and Charles Gould, has found a new home at this Williamsburg distillery.
The Treason Show takes the news, parodies it, adds music and makes it irreverently entertaining.
Brighton’s only drag king competition is back and tougher than ever! It’s time for bois to become men as they battle it out over three heats to make their way to the final.
Britain’s Got Talent winners, Attraction, bring their production of The Box to the London Palladium, for one night only on 10 March 2016.
In one sense this latest production from Edinburgh-based Blazing Hyena Theatre Company is nothing more than a theatrical game in which writer Jack Elliot creates a succession of…
I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change is the second-longest running off Broadway musical.
Behind me a slightly overweight man in basque, suspenders and very little else is shuffling up the row to his seat to cheers from the back stalls.
The UK’s university show choir and glee competition comes to the Arts Theatre for one night only! Warwick, Cambridge, Royal Holloway, Sussex, Swansea, Kent and Portsmouth compete; …
Rudimental’s massive O2 Arena show on Thursday 3 March 2016 with premium seating A 5 hours experience! Rudimental are touring the world with their latest album &lsqu…
Modern-day deadbeat Simon (Eli Kent) would rather natter to his mum, objectify his girlfriend, and play video-games with a pothead gorilla than think about the recent death of hi…
Combining a mixture of dance theatre, audio-description and imaginative storytelling with Casson & Friends’ trademark interactivity; Night at the Theatre is a fun, family adventu…
The playwrights, directors, and actors who constitute the loose confederation that is the Village Pub Theatre once again moved in to the more upmarket, city central Traverse Thea…
The Village Pub Theatre’s second evening of short new dramas at the Traverse, in celebration of LGBT History Month, came with a wonderfully louche vibe, thanks to the easy MC-i…
Chris Duffy and Evan Kaufman host the first edition of the new weekly stand-up show “at a reasonable hour.
All Time Low and Dinner at Gordon Ramsay's Union Street Café - A 5-hour experience! Pop punk darlings All Time Low are thrilled to announce their return to the…
When a daughter comes home to care for her aging mother, the pressure starts to build on their turbulent relationship.
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…
A mixed troupe of lost souls find comfort in each other in the enjoyment of telling “silly little stories about silly little things” that are extensions and exaggerations of the…
This monthly show pairs comedians for performances that often become a mix of stand-up, improv and vaudevillian acts.
HARLEQUINADE By Terence Rattigan 24 October 2015 - 13 January 2016 In this rarely seen comic gem, a classical theatre company attempts to produce The Winter's Tale and Rom…
This event promises to be “everything you wish your company’s holiday party was but isn’t.
Jaamil Olawale Kosoko begins this festival on Monday at Judson Memorial Church, a dance venue that for him raises questions about history, memory and space.
After a one-night performance in 2014, Tap Soul Productions brings back this musical revue for four performances.
Die Doing What You Love is the first (and last) solo show from comedian Tom Holmes.
Emerging feminist theatre company, Sheer Height, present Women Redressed - a brand new theatre festival showcasing 14 pieces of writing – new and old – that put female characte…
This musical satire by Fred Sauter and Paul Leschen (“Bedbugs!!!”) commandeers three real-life stories of obsession: the German cannibal who ate his willing victim, the…
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“Juke-box musicals”, which essentially use existing songs as their musical score, may strike you as a relatively modern theatrical phenomena – think Mamma Mia! or We Will …
Elna Baker and Kevin Townley host this ever-changing variety show, with each edition based on a different idea.
(in previews; opens on Sunday) Twenty years ago Hannah and Zvi were a young married couple living in Jerusalem.
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Mark Vigeant and Yoni Lotan are hosts of this boisterous comedy show who promise to “sing, dance, give out candy and loudly shout at each other.
Every year a sell out! The UK’s first and premier award for live comedy.
A recital by Karen West, Elizabeth Woollven and George Ross, accompanied by Helen Maddox and Alan Graham, to include Schumann’s Frauen-Liebe und Leben and John Maxwell Geddes’ …
Anarchic annual two-hour charity show celebrating the late Godfather of Alternative Comedy.
Ever had therapy? Feel like a failure? Then this one’s for you! Join performance poet Little Red as she reveals why the therapy didn’t work, through laughter, tears and sexual innu…
Managing a venue at the Fringe can be a hugely rewarding experience, but is also a mammoth undertaking for all involved.
Are you The Sick of the Fringe? Commissioned by the Wellcome Trust and conceived by Brian Lobel, The Sick of the Fringe is a curated programme of events aiming to inspire collabora…
Fran Macilvey is a bestselling author.
Star of BBC3’s cult hit sitcom How Not To Live Your Life, Dan Clark, presents The Wow Wow Show! A very British take on the American late night talk show such as Letterman and Fallo…
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the largest open access arts festival in the world.
As part of Ars Nova’s ongoing Showgasm Spotlight, the comedians and real-life couple Aidy Bryant and Conner O’Malley present this “seminar” on love and sex.
Angelos Epithemiou (BBC Two’s Shooting Stars) and Barry from Watford (BBC Radio 2’s Steve Wright in the Afternoon) record their award-winning iTunes Best of 2014 podcast in front o…
Live podcast recording and variety show in aid of Peruvian Kettle Syndrome.
The Fringe Society chats with musical theatre practitioners at the top of their game about making it in the business.
For one night only, Sing in The City’s premier choir The Aw’ Blacks will be performing in this year’s Edinburgh Fringe.
For the Love of Chocolate oozes chocolate from its pores.
The formal meeting where accounts are presented, activity reviewed and directors elected.
Everything you have ever secretly thought about dating, romance, marriage, lovers, husbands, wives and in-laws, but were afraid to admit.
An opportunity to meet key organisations such as funders, arts councils, training providers and agencies.
A mash-up of dance, music, mobile phones and you! FlashMob begins as a game of words and ends as a dance party for all participants – with audience members interacting with movem…
Theatre Uncut commissions playwrights to respond to current events, then make the resulting plays available online so that anyone can perform them.
Heartfelt jazz, blues and Americana, Lorna and her musicians perform beautiful standards from the great American songbook.
Life and death, unlike knitting, doesn’t come with instructions! Hospital patient Marigold is intrigued by her new roomie.
South Africa’s National Arts Festival is Africa’s largest and most colourful multi-discipline arts event held in Grahamstown each July.
Straight from USA’s Rocky Mountains and season one of NBC’s The Sing-Off, Face creates a high-octane vocal rock phenomenon punctuated by an endearing love of performance.
Twelve Palestinian artists come to Scotland for storytelling, poetry, stand up comedy, performance art, music and dance, a short film showing, photography, and discussion.
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.
Vesper Walk describe themselves as a “quirky five to eight piece band performing art-pop music in a gothic style.
Laughing Horse New Act of the Year finalist, Mo Gilligan and BBC Radio 1Xtra’s Kae Kurd join forces for their highly anticipated Edinburgh debut.
‘Cocking a snook at learned prejudices .
Loud and Proud, Scotland’s LGBT choir, performs its annual Fringe concert in support of Scottish HIV and Hepatitis C charity, Waverley Care.
After a sell-out run in 2014 Josh and Producer Neil return with their award-winning XFM Podcast .
A raucous, fun-filled cabaret show dedicated to all the best things on the box.
Laughing Horse New Act of the Year finalist, Mo Gilligan and BBC Radio 1Xtra’s Kae Kurd join forces for their highly anticipated Edinburgh debut.
Based in Edinburgh and founded in 1991, Consort of Voices specialise in performances of a cappella music and small-scale choral repertoires from the 15th century to the present day…
An hour of pure delight.
A once-a-year chance to meet and hear from Fringe Festival directors around the world.
Critically acclaimed stand-up comedian, Celebrity Juice regular and the man who once got pizza delivered to a moving train returns to Edinburgh with a brand new show.
Ready to take your show to England’s largest arts festival? Want to showcase your work to a fresh audience? Fancy a new Fringe experience? If you answered yes to these questions,…
Mrs Tobit Tells All – Blazing Grannies return with a classic quest to claim the treasure, defeat the monster, marry the girl, and achieve health and happiness for all, aided by a…
A romp through the bits of the whisky industry that didn’t quite go to plan.
A unique opportunity to gain insight into how we successfully market shows at the UK’s largest working theatre and as part of the Ambassador Theatre Group.
A stupid show made by idiots, for idiots!* Join frustrated satirist Ben Powell and frantic artist and comedian Mike Milling for an hour of comedy, satire, art, music and awful, rel…
Actor comedienne Kate Perry performs her solo character comedy show featuring six costumes, two pairs of glasses and a rubber hat.
A stand-up comedy and beat box collaboration.
‘The first time I heard Andrea Carlson, I was in love!’ (Charlie Silvestri, UpCloseAndAcoustic.
Cutting straight to the chase, Alistair and Edd embark on an hour of joke-telling aimed solely at making you laugh.
After a sell-out run and a Herald Angel Award at the 2014 Fringe, Bowditch returns with her intimate and witty show that explores the life, loves and legacy of painter Frida Kahlo …
Sandy Nelson’s comic play examines the intriguing events of the 2010 Reykjavik Municipal elections, in which comedian and actor, Jon Gnarr, became the Mayor of Iceland’s capital, d…
Get up if you want to get down! Creamy, full-fat, calorie-laden funk from Edinburgh’s premier groove machine, JBiA.
What would you do for love? What would you do for money? In our world of pay day loans and credit on tap how easy is it to become overwhelmed? Jess’ craving for more than she can…
Scottish song, music and comedy at its finest.
Join leading makers as we discuss what motivates artists to make theatre and dance for young audiences.
A sweet, beguiling Shakespearean romance is skilfully reimagined against the backdrop of the Second World War in Youth Action Theatre (YAT)’s appealing production of All’s Well…
Free For All is a very clever verse play with a strong political slant, exploring the ideas of choice and social responsibility.
Scottish session musicians The Breeze perform a 60 minute set featuring popular and lesser known songs of the late John Walden Cale.
Manchester’s definitive entertainment band, The Jäger Maestros are an authentic German oompah band with a refreshingly modern difference.
Follow the fortunes of lovable bumpkins Billy and Eileen as they travel to Shmokey City to audition for the dastardly Pete Popalypse on his new TV talent show Xposure.
Mrs Mash loves food and she loves stories! Join her for a feast of stories, songs and joining in fun about all kinds of fabulous food.
The Graduation Show is where BWC’s Fringe Improv Intensive Workshop students strut their stuff in a showcase performance having learnt long-form improv from the finest! Find out …
Award-winning Fringe favourite musical improvisers present an evening of spontaneous music, monologues, mayhem and hilariously insane fun.
It’s 2015.
The title of [Title of Show] tells you quite a lot about what you need to know! This musical, within a musical, within a musical writes itself as it plays out.
Four people are onstage at the start of this play: Sean Campion and Scott Turnbull, the actors playing a mother/daughter pair, and a real-life mother/daughter pair.
Flickering digits.
Flow! is a revolutionary open stage event that sees dancers in close conversation with poets.
Songs of Love and War will touch on poetry and stories from wars in Iraq, Vietnam, Korea, Sri Lanka and the Boer War as well as WWI and WWII, interspersed with love songs from the …
Let Philip Contini take you back to Sorrento for songs, stories, sunshine, romance, Neapolitan food and wine.
Full Tilt Janis: The Australian Janis Joplin Tribute Show captures the sound, feel and attitude of the infamous Janis Joplin.
A young girl swears she will kill herself if her parents won’t let her date her boyfriend.
Afternoons are dead boring now, everyone knows that, even proper stupid idiots.
Supporting the progression of youth arts in Fife, FYAH are delighted to offer this varied programme of four individual performances from groups who are working in Fife creating wor…
For those of you not lucky enough to live in Edinburgh all year round, Village Pub Theatre (VPT) is a regular “let’s put the show on here” brand of new theatre based in the f…
A selection of favourite ballades, nocturnes, scherzos, waltzes, mazurkas, etudes and polonaises played by William Alexander (piano).
Will Todd’s Mass in Blue (Scottish première), Vaughan Williams’ Mass in G minor, Tippett’s Five Negro Spirituals, performed by one of Scotland’s most exciting and versatile …
Free Fringe Music all day at the famous Inn on the Mile, at the crossroads at the heart of the Fringe.
Two staves (and all the leger lines!) become one under Stefan Warzycki’s dextrous left hand, in two virtuoso piano recitals including works by Bach, Chopin (arrangement by Godowsky…
Live from Edinburgh, The Radio 2 Arts Show captures all the excitement from the Edinburgh Festivals, with guests from the world of comedy, theatre, dance, literature and music.
Returning for a third year, Kids Do Forth on the Fringe presents a morning of some of the best names in children’s entertainment.
Due to massive demand, six later, quite probably ruder, shows! Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedy half-man-half-Xbox.
Enjoy a unique flavour of the Fringe and explore our galleries after hours across three exhilarating nights, each with hand-picked performers, music, comedy, bars and entry to our …
As part of the Edinburgh Book Fringe, for an hour on Sunday afternoon theatre director and performer Morna Burdon takes the audience through a series of real-life stories and songs…
A look at new and original ways of presenting and producing theatre.
‘A mesmerising visual and aural feast’ (Scotsman).
This is a superb student production from St Edward’s School, under the direction of Jamie Johnstone and co-director Rebecca Clark.
Ever had the moment when you’ve shouted this out? Mark Ritchie’s effortlessly funny storytelling will make you laugh, cry and even make you think about God in this original and…
What is the price of free expression in theatre today? Are concerns about causing offence, security risks, or funding cuts leading to increased self-censorship? And what can the in…
A common objective for artists participating in the Fringe is to create touring opportunities for their work.
This comedic beat poetry duo have spent the last seven years successfully entertaining festival audiences across the land.
Don’t miss this fantasmagorical show full of classic and current songs from the house of mouse! A fringeful of fun for all the family including sing-a-long favourites from Frozen…
Paul Eccentric will be performing and reading excerpts from his book, ‘The Edinburgh Fringe In A Nutshell’.
Need better media coverage? Learn easy steps for generating positive publicity in print, online – everywhere! – from social media pro and arts journalist Elaine Liner.
Performed by Shanghai’s Hand in Hand Troupe, a famous young artists’ association in China.
The Whisky Anorak return this year with writer and performer John Mark’s new piece of Whisky Theatre.
Fringe University believes that the Edinburgh Fringe makes an excellent classroom.
Banter and silliness are the driving force of this Cheltenham sketch comedy troupe.
Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde, and the obsessive passion of Janacek’s Intimate letters: a lethal late night musical potion with Stephen de Pledge …
Third show from the guy who makes all the comedy with Turtle Canyon Comedy and supported James Acaster on tour.
Surreal clown, singer and Phil Kay collaborator Cammy Sinclair (38yrs) accidentally took his son Robin (3yrs) to a gig.
The Thomas Clifford Show is a theatrical spoof of a chat show resembling The Jonathan Ross Show.
Explore the labyrinth of secrets lurking behind the Edinburgh Playhouse foyer doors as the custodians (past and present) of this stunning theatre lead you through the history of a …
This dark comedy uses physical theatre to modernise the themes and settings of this famous Shakespearean play.
The Jerome Experience – Rotating Drumming Show… ‘You may call him a musician, I’d call him an artist whose medium is sound and form…’ (Andy Sweetland).
“Join our storytelling team as they use innovative improve [sic] techniques to craft a narrative from audience members’ true stories,” boasts the Five-a-Side flyer.
‘The epitome of bizarre hilarity and joyous absurdity’ ***** (Tab.
The Thomas Clifford Show is a theatrical spoof of a chat show resembling The Jonathan Ross Show.
Family workshop suitable for children aged three to seven years with parents or carers.
Fairy Tale Theatre: 18 and Over is a collection of original fairy tales with morals and lessons for adults (ie.
Producers David Hutchinson and Phillip Rowntree discuss how they grew touring company Sell a Door from a shoestring Fringe company to a large scale and West End production company.
Join Jim and Miranda for an hour of jokes, songs and good old-fashioned entertainment with their own brand of friendly silliness.
Lunchtime is perhaps not the right time for a hypnosis show for adults.
Join West Country comedian Cerys Nelmes as she entertains you and your children for 45 minutes of onesie fun! Wear your onesie, and have some funsie! There will be music, dancing, …
Join Jim and Miranda for an hour of jokes, songs and good old-fashioned entertainment with their own brand of friendly silliness.
Love, life, and the Lord.
Performance poets, a hip-hop vocalist and a jazz singer coming together with a live band to create something truly special.
When Brendon Burns announced last year that he would neither be promoting his Fringe show nor charging for tickets, a few eyebrows were raised.
This show has a bad title.
Hilarious 100% raw improvisation is on the menu as some weird and wonderful suggestions are taken from the audience while performing short-form improvisation games.
Dutch worship collective, The Psalm Project, famed for their powerful contemporary reworking of the Genevan Psalter, are joined by Scottish band, Satellite, for this worship gig ro…
Download this audio walking tour – any day, any time – and become intimate with Fringe history, even perform yourself if you choose.
Experience the joy of live music at the museum.
Where the who’s who of comedy and comedy’s new breakout stars love to perform and audiences love to be.
All spit no polish, all show no pony, Goldsmith goes back to the source.
A tale of dark deeds – with your host, magician Dave Reubens.
Forget karaoke! Join the Massaoke revolution.
Ever wanted to know what a camping trip sounds like through the medium of opera? Yes, I’m being serious, and this is just one of many bizarre performances you will see from The Dis…
Join comedians Rachel Fairburn (NATYS finalist 2015) and Kiri Pritchard-McLean (Leicester Mercury finalist 2015) as they explore a shared passion, serial killers.
Stand up poet Stan Skinny brings up his 2nd show after ‘Tesco chainstore massacre’, Love cynic Stan, tries to grapple with what love is through poems and stories.
Great live music followed by some blasts from the past and current gems.
Skeptics on the Fringe, a free show in the belly of Banshee Labyrinth, is a daily show based around the more general theme of science, rationality and logic.
Happy-go-lucky nihilism from a man in a powder blue suit. ‘Many moments of absolute brilliance’ (Scotsman). As heard on Josie Long’s Lost Treasures podcast.
Innovative and playful, the brand new two-part sketch group Beard weave joyful, bizarre and enthralling comedy.
A series of comedy sketches performed by a talented all-female cast from St Mary’s Calne Senior School.
“We are the first show… in the Edinburgh Fringe Guide” magicians Malin Nilsson and Charlie Caper crow happily, claiming this as the reason for their strangely named show.
The Water Show is a show about water.
Come and witness one of the greatest late-night mixed bill shows on offer.
Just arrived? Then here’s the showcase just for you.
Russell Howard, Miranda Hart and Tim Minchin .
Music all day at the smallest pub in Scotland or probably anywhere. Visit and enjoy.
Bristol Improv return with their hit format Bristol Improv Steals the Show! Everything on stage is completely improvised based on you, the audience! Expect to have your programmes …
The Nursery together with Freestival is bringing an improv only venue to Edinburgh - a Fringe first! Every night for three weeks, the Holyrood Suite at the Thistle Hotel will trans…
Join festival favourite Stephen K Amos as he chats with guests hand-picked from the worlds of theatre, comedy and music.
Outside a cardboard box? Then how do you think inside it? This and other conundrums solved with heartfelt storytelling, clowning, and double walled chipboard.
Come and watch three top comedians from the stand up-circuit clean up their act! Two (or more) of the circuit’s best loved comedians will be joining hosts Rob Thomas and Fran Garri…
This production portrays the tempestuous love affair of two teenagers.
A dark comedy about music, partying and political protest - a group of friends face the turbulent highs and lows of life during the 1990’s.
Hilarity Bites Comedy Club returns to the Edinburgh Fringe following two sell-out runs.
Children’s entertainment should be brimming with energy, lovable and over-the-top characters, and enchanting tricks.
Now in its eighth year, Forth on the Fringe is the largest showcase event of Fringe entertainment.
Stand-up comic Ben Clover was a local newspaper reporter for six years.
Dressed in a suit emblazoned with the sort of multicoloured exclamations that you would often find in comic books, Matty Grey’s eye-catching attire alone sets the tone for this m…
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…
Sell-out in 2012, 2013 and 2014, and a big hit at Adelaide Fringe.
Love, life, and the Lord.
Luc Valvona returns to the Fringe with his third full show, featuring multiple instruments and musical technology, and this time his stand-up and funny songs will be based on all t…
From now until August 31st, visitors can soak in the buzzing atmosphere at Edinburgh’s premiere music venue.
This is a show with an ambitious script, which shows real emotional intelligence.
In theory, Eejit of Love is a fun concept: two Irish country bumpkins find themselves swept up in the allure of reality TV, testing their relationship and their own willpower.
Back by popular demand! Returning for its third year, the Craft Scotland Summer Show sets up shop in the centre of town.
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.
Is love a many-splendored thing? History, philosophy, science, literature and popular culture all attempt to explain it: but how close do they really get? Steadfast and headstrong …
Lost Horizons returns with the finest folk/acoustic music from across the UK.
Trudelight knows the Fringe inside out.
Watch free previews of hundreds of Fringe shows.
Theorising that new episodes are possible within their own lifetime, the Maydays step into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanish.
Beautiful, Terrifying, Love written and performed by award-winning actress, director and playwright Debra De Liso.
Watch spectacular street entertainment on the doorstep of the National Galleries of Scotland.
Tired of all of the Pick of the Fringe shows? Worn-out by Fringe hyperbole? This afternoon showcase has all the great comedians that get bad reviews and deserve more! It’s the best…
Hilarious 100% raw improvisation is on the menu as some weird and wonderful suggestions are taken from the audience while performing short-form improvisation games.
With singers from throughout the UK, 200 young musicians from the National Children’s Choir of Great Britain will perform a wide variety of repertoire on their first visit to the…
An hour and a half of top-quality comedy by the best acts at the Fringe chosen by London’s famous Soho Comedy Club, rated by Time Out as one of the Top 10 Best Comedy Clubs in Lo…
Join comedians Rachel Fairburn (NATYS finalist 2015) and Kiri Pritchard-McLean (Leicester Mercury finalist 2015) as they explore a shared passion, serial killers.
Stand-up comic Ben Clover was a local newspaper reporter for six years.
Lost Horizons returns with the finest folk/acoustic music from across the UK.
Sid Singh isn’t the first guy you think of when you think ‘America’, but so what? What’re you, an expert? No? Then chill out dude.
Sometimes love comes to you and sometimes you have to make it happen.
Meet PR and media insiders: tips on everything from social networking and contacting reviewers to increasing audience numbers.
Fresh from his European Tour with the Festival International de Magie and his sell-out UK theatre tour the unique creativity, passion and talent of Michael Jordan brings together a…
In this solo show, Wild Card Kitty presents a compendium of character comedy based chicanery, transforming into different artistes from around the globe showing off their special s…
Oliver Meech is no stranger to the Edinburgh Fringe, having brought his show When Magic and Science Collide in previous years.
MCs Hjalmar Tjan and Benji Waterstones welcome you to Clown Town, as they host a daily variety show review of top national and international stand-up comedy.
After four years of consistently filling the smallest room in Edinburgh, Adam Belbin is set to return with possibly the final instalment in this quadrilogy of shows.
Like or hate Facebook, you’re guaranteed to love this all-female social media inspired comedy improv show.
Award-winning comic Keith Carter presents a stand-up situation comedy musical game show satire about how good manners and boundless optimism will triumph over life’s hardships.
In 1920s London, Gwen Farrar and Norah Blaney have an on and off stage partnership, singing popular love songs of the day to each other in West End revues and living together openl…
It’s your classic love story, really: inflatable crocodile meets mannequin head, they fall for each other but soon enough cracks show and they fall apart.
Stand-up comedians Carmen Ali and Jake Pickford have decided to put their relationship to the ultimate test by doing a show together.
Award-winning gag merchant Masai Graham delivers over one hundred jokes in just half an hour.
A starry evening with the most famous child star you’ve never heard of.
Book of Love is without a doubt a special show: Lindsay Benner is sexy, silly and completely charming.
John Hastings is back with his totally improvised stand-up comedy show that is released each day as a podcast (you know, internet radio thing).
Ireland’s most lovable idiots bring their mischief and mayhem on tour; a show for the whole family, you can even bring your granny! Brothers Famous Seamus and Sean-tastic will do…
BBC Radio 4’s smash hit – live! Hancock’s Half Hour, lovingly recreated with a stellar cast led by Kevin McNally as The Lad Himself.
Winner: Best Comedy, Melbourne Fringe.
Now in its eight year, Blackwell’s Writers at the Fringe brings you once again the best in Scottish writing.
Bobby Mair, Tim Renkow and Dylan Gott roll out some of the darkest jokes at the Fringe.
The hottest ticket of the Fringe is back! Treat yourself to a late night date with Lili la Scala and her glittering cavalcade of Cabarati.
Trudelight knows the Fringe inside out.
This unique stand-up panel show explores relationships with sex, sexuality and culture.
When Norris – one half of the outstanding comedy duo Norris and Parker (Katie Norris and Sinead Parker, directed by Lucia Fox) – learns that she was lured here labouring under …
Sid Singh isn’t the first guy you think of when you think ‘America’, but so what? What’re you, an expert? No? Then chill out dude.
Seventy years of film, music, art and literature come to life in this interactive exhibition of popular culture, exploring our love/hate relationship with the deadliest weapons on …
Okay, he doesn’t promise much - the title was his son’s butchering of the ‘one-man show’ term.
Punch and Judy has been a long running stalwart of beachside entertainment for the whole family – but whatever you do, don’t bring the kids to this live-action adaptation.
Outside a cardboard box? Then how do you think inside it? This and other conundrums solved with heartfelt storytelling, clowning, and double walled chipboard.
Despite being one of Jack London’s more obscure works, his 1915 novel The Star Rover or The Jacket is one that feels oddly contemporary.
Take a punt at lunchtime.
NYC Comic, Abigoliah Schamaun, has devised a talk show where you, the audience, are the star! Armed with a GoPro Camera atop her head, Schamaun will host an hour of games, fire tri…
Despite the fact that it’s 2015, there’s still much debate and handwringing about cross-gender casting in Shakespeare.
Taking improv to the next level – we improvise the cast! Now in its third year, the Fringe’s free daily improv jam returns for more comedy scenes and games based entirely on audi…
Winner of Best Comedy Show Brighton Fringe awards 2014.
Free trip to space.
Forget typewriters, what would happen if you gave an infinite number of monkeys a camera each? **** (BroadwayBaby.co.uk). **** (Comedy.com).
Family workshop suitable for children aged three to seven years with parents or carers.
Our 21st year as the recognised launch pad for future legends.
If you love somebody, let them go.
Scott Redmond had a fun 2014; kidnapped, arrested, threatened at gun and knife point, disowned, broken up and dealing with bereavement.
**** (Nouse.
The nightly cabaret features a selection of the best festival entertainment with a changing line-up of international and local singers, musicians and entertainment, all in the oak-…
Award-winning gag merchant Masai Graham delivers over one hundred jokes in just half an hour.
Chris Martin is trying something a little different this year by having his show underpinned with a musical soundtrack.
Feast on five of the tastiest up and coming comedians on the circuit in this stand-up comedy showcase, including your award-winning headliner Masai Graham.
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…
The best and brightest of this year’s Fringe comics in a great value lunchtime compilation showcase.
Established as one of the best shows on the Fringe. Four different comedians to the earlier show. Two hours, four acts for £10 or less. ‘Top comedy, top value’ (List).
Show your Hope is a mobile art exhibition by Dutch storyteller Mr Martin who has been travelling all over the world with a van full of paintings since 2003.
Spillikin, expertly directed and written by Jon Welch, follows two periods in the life of Sally, a charming and rebellious woman who married her unlikely childhood companion, the c…
Lisa Gornick’s Live Drawing Show opens with an interesting and inventive premise: using the aid of drawing in real time to tell a story.
Time travelling Victorian magic duo Morgan & West unload another boxful of bafflement and impossibility.
Sebastien Rambaud and Yann Coste’s Incredible Drum Show thoroughly deserves its seemingly immodest title.
There’s been a murrrder! Some criminals put stockings on their heads, now Earth’s funniest Socks get their heads around crime.
The Missing Hancocks is a genuine blast from the past.
A troupe of hopeful Fringe performers get lost in the woods, forced to deliver their starry-eyed show to the “nonexistent” audience.
The seven-time sell-out comedy sensation returns to Edinburgh with an anarchic afternoon show for just about everyone.
Direct from NYC, Gideon & Hubcap serve up their unique brand of Stove-Top Folk (on no fewer than ten instruments!), sharing tales of love, apocalypse and death-defying friendship t…
A cabaret full of birds falling in love with each other? Embrace the madness if you will, and your heart will certainly be warmed by Robert J.
This sketch show offers an hour of clean-cut and well-rehearsed comedy.
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…
A series of personal portraits of extraordinary men.
One-man sketch show Will Franken serves up another smorgasbord of multi-voiced madness.
Smooth Faced Gentlemen have subverted the original performance conditions of Shakespeare’s plays, which were all-male productions, and have tackled his bloodiest tragedy, Titus A…
Only in Edinburgh could you start your morning off having breakfast while watching some theatre.
If The Shuffle Show is anything to go by, life behind the Genius Bar requires a very specific skill-set.
Performer Paul Nathan informs his audience before they enter the space that ‘Moms and Dads get Champagne, kids get insults’.
Critically acclaimed off-Broadway and Vegas runs, two feature films, and now a long-awaited Fringe debut! An unforgettable hour of ‘dragapella’, a unique take on a cappella: stunni…
This time next year, the Assembly George Square Theatre will not be big enough to contain David O’Doherty.
Fast Fringe is a comedy showcase of comedy and variety acts from all over the fringe with a simple but entertaining premise: each performer, all selected by comedy website Chortle,…
**** (Skinny).
Tokyo Tapdoare a company of Japanese tap dancers, percussionists, circus artists.
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…
Collegiate a cappella has become a major trend in recent years at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
To do justice to any of Sarah Kane’s work, you need to not be taken in by the maniacal, despairing nature of her scripts.
Take a trip through vivid 3D graphic environments that pulsate to the rhythm of high-energy music.
See the vibrant world of the Fringe through the eyes of schoolchildren from across Scotland at this free exhibition of entries in the 2015 Fringe Schools Poster Competition, includ…
C’s Fringe Film Festival is a smorgasbord of productions shuffled neatly into one come-and-go styled theatre.
Family workshop suitable for children aged three to seven years with parents or carers.
Kevin MacLeod’s Call To Adventure is entirely appropriate as the walk-in soundtrack to Morgan and West’s Utterly Spiffing Spectacular Magic Show – For Kids.
After six successful years of the Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year in London the competition comes to York, with a brand new contest to find the best up and coming…
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’.
(previews start on Saturday; opens on Aug 24) The final show of A.
It’s your last chance to check out some of Britain’s best performers in London before they head north for Edinburgh at the new Barnes Fringe, 28 July - 1 August.
With the blessing of the Cooper Estate, John Hewer takes to the stage in the guise of one of Britain’s most loved comedians.
Mixtape preview a selection of their favourite sketches before they head to The Underbelly for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe (Thursday 6 to Sunday 30 August).
An exciting new competition has opened in the heart of the city; for one week only, every night from the 24th to the 31st July, there will be a raucous gathering of stand-up come…
This lively summer festival offers free concerts on Tuesdays on the main stage of Washington Square Park.
Love’s Labour’s Lost follows the fortunes of King Ferdinand of Navarre and his three friends, who have made a vow that they will eschew women (among other things) for three years…
Hailed by L.
McQueen Adams brings his dynamic, high-tech blend of music, impressions and stand-up to Brooklyn with this brand new 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…
One last chance this season to polish up our dance floor, Northern Soul dancing for the first time at Brighton Spiegeltent.
The official awards ceremony to mark the end of Brighton Fringe 2015, with free flowing entertainment and mercifully short acceptance speeches.
An eclectic mix of songs, scenes and ensemble numbers from the world of musical theatre accompanied by a live band.
An exploration of the history and relevance of the devil.
A short festival of four fantastic plays for young people performed by young actors over three nights.
Love, Life, and the Lord.
From 10am - Exhibition of photographs by Palestinian children.
Eclectic mix of comedy, music, sketches, improv, interaction: all-new original material.
Six women are on a journey. A comedy journey to make you laugh. Witness our responses to you and your suggestions. Be scared - we will take you anywhere. It may even involve song.
In a Fringe edition of The Bookish Supper Society, Myriad authors Emily Bullock and Jonathan Kemp will be in conversation with Laura Lockington discussing their new novels.
Nathan Willcock, Chortle Student Comedy Award Runner Up 2013, works out his debut show.
Join life-sized cranky Hildegaard Von Nettles, Prince Dandelion and wicked Belladonna in their herbal adventures.
Improvised comedy by multi award-winning Short & Girlie Show.
Improvised comedy by multi award-winning Short & Girlie Show.
Multi award-winning improvised comedy for families.
An award-winning solo character piece that uses heart-breaking comedy storytelling to evoke the life of librarian Ms Samantha Mann, giving an intricately crafted English twist to a…
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…
Looping experimental avant-pop music with a distinctive voice, Brighton’s Bunty brings us her raw talent and unique multi-tasking showmanship! An epic & dazzling audiovisual feast …
Two adorable weirdos bring you an hour of ridiculous, world-weary comedy about giants, failure, upsetting the elderly, and how dangerous moths used to be.
If you are preparing for the Edinburgh Fringe or performing in Brighton, this expert panel discussion can help with getting your show noticed by media, arts industry and audiences.
Together we will saw your mum in half, lay a golden egg, levitate a baby and make a bogey cake.
A stylish evening which takes you through the work of musical theatre geniuses from Webber to Jason Robert Brown.
Gentleman juggler and unwitting clown Tim Bat performs his impressive repertoire of amazing tricks with aplomb.
Join Laura and Jason for an inspirational evening of their live song and music, meditation and chant.
All Change is a short, minimalistic play about old age, dementia and father-daughter relationships.
‘Hombres’ is an intimate show that will take you on a magical, emotional, passionate and powerful journey through a series of colourful rhythms of flamenco dance.
Music, magic, burlesque, piñata smashing, sticker workshops, nacho hats, body-doodling, art battles, and loads more brilliant Brighton kookiness! Check www.
Drag Queens are over and the boys are back in town! Strap on a strap on, bang on a beard and join your hosts for the Drag King competition of the century! Be amazed by the figurati…
The hip-hop improv troupe North Coast celebrates six years of freestyle comedy with a special show. Guests include Rob Cantrell and the spectacular beatboxer Kaila Mullady.
It’s been a productive spring for Pepper Fajans, the founder of this new space at Cadman Congregational Church in Fort Greene.
Traumfrau’s queer disco for the unusual crowd makes its Fringe debut in style(ish) at the Spiegeltent.
An evening of polls, puns and psephology, spin, sleaze and swingometers, battling past the ballot box with a cabaret cabinet packed with a parliamentary portfolio of political ente…
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…
Not just an evening of song, but rather the story of a not particularly famous man whose words have been sung everywhere from Hong Kong to Geneva, from the National Theatre to the …
‘Tell Me You Love Me’ explores what life with an alcoholic parent can be like through the eyes of Kath’s daughter, Sam.
Brighton’s all year-round cult satire comedy sketch show, with their unique take on the General Election.
The Vikings have a reputation of having been awful people.
Alex Eberhard presents a sublime 10-piece electric orchestra.
Set in the gay community of liberal 1920s Spain, José is the central character in this all-male reworking of Bizet’s Carmen.
The Upright Citizen Brigade’s finest improvisers are raffling off the chance to improvise with various teams and performers at this show.
Time-travelling Victorian duo Morgan & West unload another boxful of bafflement and impossibility.
A tribute to pioneering performers in Music Hall, Variety and Revue.
Join us for a street party like no other! Our outdoor stage will be showcasing the best Fringe music, off-beat performance, plus there’ll be arty surprises! Choose from a selection…
Taking the Brighton Fringe brochure as their inspiration, The Maydays create an entirely new show every night.
Get a taste for Brighton Fringe 2015, summed up in our outdoor city centre showcase.
Our Family Picnic is so much fun we’re holding it twice this year.
Alice has lost her cat, but when her search leads her to the library, Alice discovers more than she could ever imagine.
Comedians, sketch-writers and affable bellends Chris Gates and Joe Kenny have created a show that will amuse, arouse, and occasionally disturb you to the very core of your soul (bu…
Uproarious fun from Brighton’s own seafront stars of slapstick silliness. Plus extra puppet mischief, some bubbles, balloons and a museum treasure trail.
Regency Square and its surroundings was developed for people who wanted to have fun! In this walk we shall look at how changing ideas of leisure created the square that we know tod…
Fancy a drink? Join us for a laidback, late-night jaunt at the beautiful Basement.
A selection of the very best in stand-up comedy at Brighton Fringe.
The Tinker Box is a small vehicle for great expression; a travelling gallery for the spoken word.
The best place to hang out this May, the Neilson Fringe Club Stage features a busy line-up of fantastic free performances this Fringe with family entertainment, followed by live mu…
An absolutely wonderful exhibition presented by Ink_d Gallery, on North Road, of Graham Carter’s “Alphamals” is family friendly and a highlight of this Fringe’s visual ar…
Adrienne Iapalucci and Luis J.
Cocoon Central Dance Team is a patently absurd comedy dance group that enlivens every show it’s on.
(previews start on Wednesday; opens on April 20) Renée Fleming and her luscious, lyric soprano will make their Broadway debuts in Joe DiPietro’s update of Garson Kanin…
Amanda Seales celebrates the first anniversary of her regular show with a top-notch lineup of comedians from Tru TV’s “Friends of the People”: Jermaine Fowler, Li…
Buttery Brown Monk are a dynamic trio that deliver old-school, sketch extravagance.
The final installment of this “epic geek comedy” trilogy follows Kapow-i GoGo (Madeleine Bundy) over the course of a decade as she must once and for all protect the wor…
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Natasha Rothwell, Alison Rich, Meredith Scardino, Claire Mulaney and Katie Rich — all writers at “Saturday Night Live” — host this Academy Awards-themed imp…
Keisha Zollar, one of the Upright Citizen Brigade’s finest improvisers, hosts this fund-raiser for the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, which is seeking to reform New York̵…
The musical improvisers Rebecca Vigil and Evan Kaufman interview a couple in the audience about their relationship, then spin an impromptu musical about the couple’s love sto…
Jon Friedman hosts this storytelling show dedicated to breakups and blues.
Sharron Paul and Calvin Cole host this monthly stand-up show, which offers free snacks as well as top-notch comedy.
American film actor and comedian Bill Murray allegedly fields offers of work via a voice mailbox which, according to Wikipedia, “he checks infrequently”.
Hooray for all Kind of Things tells the true story of Icelandic stand-up comedian Jòn Gnarr’s decision to run for office in the Reykjavík mayoral elections of 2010.
Some of the best writers for “Saturday Night Live” leave the sketches behind for a night of entirely improvised comedy.
John Cariani’s follow-up to his immensely popular “Almost, Maine” delivers nine fairly funny short plays that focus on couples meeting, breaking up or learning to…
(previews start on Feb.
(previews start on Feb.
Ms.
The first ever show to explore objectum-sexuality, an orientation where people are attracted to objects.
Nick Kroll and John Mulaney will be in character as Gil Faizon and George St.
As an ongoing celebration of –and opportunity for –new playwriting talent, A Play, a Pie and a Pint – originated at the Òran Mór in Glasgow’s West End – has decided to m…
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…
Luis J.
Mehran Khaghani kicks off his new weekly stand-up show with a powerhouse lineup, including Janeane Garofalo, Eugene Mirman, Jen Kirkman and Gary Gulman.
Brett Davis and Sally Burtnick celebrate the first birthday of their monthly comedy show (which remains unconnected to the titular actor).
John Murray and Matt Fisher, Upright Citizens Brigade veterans, welcome some of their favorite comedians to perform stand-up.
Dave Hill, a suave local favorite, hosts this top-notch night of comedy and music with a Christmas-themed show.
Mr. Wade, a 20-time winner of the storytelling juggernaut the Moth, hosts this variety show, which features a guest racounter each month.
The superb organist Paul Jacobs won acclaim early on when in 2000, at 23, he played the complete organ works of Bach in a marathon to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the compose…
Five-star, darkly funny sequel to Pinocchio: the real story behind his infamous origins.
In a departure from its usual format, A Play, a Pie and a Pint this week plays host to (and co-commissioned) Theatre Uncut 2014, a political theatre company producing short plays…
City Green, a nonprofit that promotes urban farming and gardening, celebrates its first decade with a comedy show.
Mr.
Written by first time playwright, Daniel Ward Garber, The Love Shack is a dramatically dark and tense thriller; a Tequila slammer with a slice of Tarantino, a line of the London Fr…
Connor Ratliff and Shaun Diston return with a special Halloween edition of their “Star Wars”-inspired variety show.
Blackshaw Theatre Company presents Duncan Gates’ new play, Fetch, as part of ‘Halloween Tales’, a spooky 3-day theatre event at The Selkirk Pub in Tooting Broadway.
US composer and lyricist Georgia Stitt makes a welcome return to London following her sell-out concerts at St Paul’s Church in 2007 and The Hippodrome in 2012.
Starring Dean Chisnall as Shrek, Richard Blackwood as Donkey, Neil McDermott as Lord Farquaad and Carley Stenson as Princess Fiona; Shrek The Musical brings the charac…
The Fabulous Miss Rosie Bitts mixes jazz and burlesque with raw seduction in these heart-breaking, hilarious and taboo tales of sex work, unplanned pregnancy, loss of virginity and…
Brett Davis and Sally Burtnick host a spooky Halloween edition of their monthly comedy show.
The British comedian Josie Long performs her critically-acclaimed show, “Cara Josephine,” an hour of stand-up about relationships, love and family.
8 women, three acts, two hours.
Ms. Esposito, host of the podcast “Put Your Hands Together,” celebrates the release of her new album, “Same Sex Symbol,” with a night of stand-up.
The comedians and storytellers Myq Kaplan, Nick Vatterott, Giulia Rozzi, Ophira Eisenberg, Joe List, Adam Wade, Chris Sullivan and Nick Turner perform in this show, whose title say…
(previews start on Oct.
Dan Licata, Joe Pera and Charles Gould present this reliable weekly show, with stand-up from Mark Normand, Rob Cantrell and Giulia Rozzi.
The first program of this frequently sold-out festival features, on Wednesday and Thursday, the San Francisco Ballet; the New Zealand company Black Grace; a premiere by the Mark Mo…
At the isolated house of a famous recluse a stranger arrives and a past will finally be faced.
The Fringe ain’t over yet! Bob Slayer hosts Bookshop mayhem until the end of August.
Every year a sell-out! The UK’s first and premier award for live comedy.
The Free Fringe invites all Fringe performers, wherever they’ve been performing, to its end of Fringe event. Mingle, wind down, dance, drink and reflect. Second annual event.
A marvellous collection of rare Kimonos inherited from the times of our mothers and grandmothers.
A fashion show inspired by young creative designers who want to promote their cultural dress, which can be both fashionable and fall within the acceptable realms of Asian styles.
Greyfriars Kirk was the perfect setting for this Edinburgh based choir’s return to the Fringe after sellout shows in previous years.
Loud & Proud, Scotland’s LGBT choir, performs its annual Fringe concert in support of Scottish HIV and Hepatitis C charity, Waverley Care.
It seems arbitrary, if not foolish, to award a star rating to something like the Malcolm Hardee Awards Show.
Managing a venue at the Fringe can be a hugely rewarding experience, but is also a mammoth undertaking for all involved.
Direct from London’s Hippodrome Casino, cabaret star Velma Celli presents an evening of all things fabulous and diva.
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the largest open access arts festival in the world.
China Box Arts Project (CBAP) is a China themed multimedia arts project based on Konghou, a traditional Chinese instrument similar to the harp.
It’s all about Adelaide.
The formal meeting where accounts are presented, activity reviewed and directors elected.
A quartet of fifty-something women hit the gym to tone up - but when they look in the mirror they each see what they want to see - their twenty-year-old selves.
After three previous Edinburgh shows and supporting Alun Cochrane on two UK Tours, Mike Newall performs an hour of stand up.
This is the Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut of Durham University a Cappella Choir and we couldn’t be more excited to share our show with the people of Edinburgh and beyond.
The Fringe Society chats with musical theatre practitioners at the top of their game about making it in the business.
I gave up studying all forms of science at the age of 15, so on the surface, I would not be the natural choice for Jim Al-Khalili’s Quantum – Still Crazy After All These Yea…
From Bach, Debussy and traditional songs to famous tunes from Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Casablanca the critically acclaimed harpist explores the theme of love.
We’re straight from the research field to the Fringe! Bright Club is the freshest thing in stand-up - an academic comedy cocktail synthesised for your entertainment and enlighten…
Jenna Monroe, singer/pianist, makes her debut at the Edinburgh Fringe with excerpts from her cabaret show, Love Laid Bare and Minor Obsessions.
Ever had a burning desire to see radio entertainment being made in the studio? Me neither.
An opportunity to meet key organisations such as funders, arts councils, training providers and agencies.
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.
Hobbit is an acclaimed beat boxer.
A witty piece of throwback theatre, Games of Love and Chance is quite the delight.
Japanese pianist Waka Hasegawa performs widely in concert and on radio, both as a soloist and in a duo partnership, in Europe, USA and Japan.
Moving On Theatre Piaf: Love Conquers All by Roger Peace is an inspiring roller coaster of a show around Piaf’s life, music, breakdowns and addictions.
Join festival favourite Stephen K Amos as he chats with guests hand-picked from the worlds of theatre, comedy and music.
This is your chance to meet Fringes from across the globe and find out how you can take part in their festivals.
Two comedians with quite different styles split an hour to give you a quick shot of what they are all about.
An interactive experience like no other as you take part in live mind-blowing experiments that will make you laugh, scream and gasp.
Singing in English and six other South African languages, Soweto Melodic Voices are no ordinary choir.
Theodore is meek and quiet.
Does the Fringe work for women? What images and messages do we see and hear? Are women fairly represented? Join us for a conversation about where women stand in the world’s large…
In Love With Death is a new book written by Indian philanthropist Satish Modi.
Presenting work specifically for early years audiences isn’t that common place in the Fringe.
Come and enjoy a relaxing lunchtime recital of a selection of favourite ballades, nocturnes, polonaises, waltzes, scherzos and other works by Poland’s most famous romantic compos…
Are you ready to take your show to England’s largest arts festival? Do you have a new piece of work to showcase to a fresh audience? If you answered yes to either of these, this …
A once-a-year chance to meet and hear from national and international Fringe Festival Producers.
Are you ready to take your show to England’s largest arts festival? Do you have a new piece of work to showcase to a fresh audience? If you answered yes to either of these, this …
Performer? Where should you go next? What touring opportunities are out there? A fascinating insight to other Fringe festivals from a performer’s point of view! Hear from and mee…
The world’s only stand-up/improv/tattoo-chat comedy show returns with host comedian Billy Kirkwood.
Performer? Where should you go next? What touring opportunities are out there? A fascinating insight to other Fringe festivals from a performer’s point of view! Hear from and mee…
A once-a-year chance to meet and hear from national and international Fringe Festival Producers.
Enjoy a fascinating fashion show exhibiting beautiful garments made from colourful organic cotton and ethical eri-silk fabric handwoven by vulnerable indigenous women and survivors…
A girl is trapped in a dark room.
Internationally celebrated, singer, songwriter, coach on The Voice of Ireland and lead performer with Riverdance on Broadway for nine months in an especially tailored role at the r…
We’re straight from the research field to the Fringe! Bright Club is the freshest thing in stand-up - an academic comedy cocktail synthesised for your entertainment and enlighten…
Presented with the British Council, this event is for artists and producers interested in touring their shows at an international level.
“I wasn’t cut out to be cursed,” Jill tells us at the start of The Box.
Part history lesson, part guided whisky-tasting, Moonshine, Medicine and the Mob offers a fascinating insight into a key period in American history: Prohibition.
Leah wants to rest, Goneril and Regan want to party, Cordelia’s off to France and matricide is in the air.
Caroline Bowditch, Welly O’Brien and Nicole Guarino provide a wonderful evening in a cosy little room at Dance Base: it’s not very often a full house can consist of twelve peop…
This talk is ideal for theatre-makers of all kinds who create work from scratch and want to find out more about how the National Theatre develops work.
Telly Box is a difficult show to describe: a bombardment of amusing ideas and parodies that take the form of a Sunday morning television show.
World renowned Bristol Old Vic Theatre School (BOVTS) runs acting, stage management and technical theatre courses.
In Napoli Mia!, Scottish performer and Naples familiar Phillip Contini sings Italian songs from and about Naples and its people.
The nineteenth century marked the golden age of death in art.
In Hong Kong, thousands of people – poor families, students, white-collar workers – live in dystopian-sounding “sub-divided units” that sometimes only amount to 50 square f…
Returning for a second year, Kids Do Forth on the Fringe presents a morning of some of the best names in children’s entertainment from this year’s Edinburgh Festival.
High energy, witty and often silly, Josh’s weekly XFM radio programme hits the stage, bringing the humor and voices that you usually hear through speakers into the room.
Due to massive demand, six extra, later, and quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man/half-Xbox.
Word Power Books hosts free daily events with writers and activists from around the world in Edinburgh’s only independent and radical bookshop.
The wobbly comedian performs five dates of her award-winning show to tie in with her new book, also called What the **** is Normal?! Each show will be followed by a Q&A about the b…
The Josh Smith Not What You Expected Show will carry on to reflect on the well-being of everyday life.
Learning to play an instrument? Hear a selection of repertoire from Trinity’s exciting new 2015 syllabuses for piano and other instruments, including first performances of selected…
Edinburgh Renaissance Band returns with its ever-popular Viol Rackett Show, our best-loved programme of music, song and dance from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance.
Need more media coverage? Can’t afford a publicist? (Not happy with the one you have?) Learn to generate positive publicity in print, online - everywhere! - with easy steps from me…
Local company Edinburgh Music Theatre return to the fringe for their annual production with a double offering, the first of which is Fringe Fantasmic.
A common objective for artists participating in the fringe is to create touring opportunities for their work.
A romp through the bits of the whisky industry that didn’t quite go to plan.
The Cowboy Max Show is a comedy and stunt extravaganza for the whole family.
Join playwright Clare Duffy for a practical workshop about the challenges of combining live interaction and scripted drama.
Accordionist Paul Chamberlain returns to the Fringe with a programme of original works and transcriptions including Weber’s famous Konzertstück in F Minor, along with pieces by Ra…
People know Kansas-born William Inge for his full length plays made into successful movies.
From the critically acclaimed SU Drama company comes a double play performance that combines Brien Friel’s Afterplay and an original piece named The White Peacock.
The double Fringe First winners return with new short plays to get people thinking, talking and taking action.
Shirley Lauro’s drama All Through the Night opens badly, but it gets better.
The Conditions of Love is a fanciful look at love and relationships through the lens of songs by Steven Sondheim and commentary by William Shakespeare.
The premise for this clever improvised show is to poach from the best of the Fringe.
Jason Patterson in All About The Pattersons! Jason entertains us with affable tales of growing up in a house and moving to a rough council estate, having a popular older brother, h…
Charles Adrian Gillott as Samantha Mann presents an hour of stories about the life and loves of a well-meaning spinster librarian whose best friend has left her holding the rabbit.
The poptacular London band started thirty minutes late for their three and half hour set, most likely due to technical difficulties or the arrangement of the room.
The Shit of the Fringe is a weird show to review.
From bold brass to fabulous fiddlers, soprano soloists to singer/songwriters, enjoy daily live music performances at the museum, showcasing the best contemporary talents from Scotl…
If this is what you get in Free Fringe, it makes you wonder how the paid gigs will ever pull the punters in! At the top end, financially, Fringe shows are squeezed by the big boys …
Join comedian and activist Chris Coltrane for an hour of uplifting, Tory-smashing political comedy! The world is corrupt, politicians are garbage, but we are awesome! Let Coltrane …
A celebration of human flaws.
Musical comedy meets character comedy in the debut solo show from stand up and improviser, Jacky Wood.
Warm-hearted mime taking ordinary objects to an illusionary level, coupled with mask movement that captures your emotions, with a finale of a love story from Japan that demands a l…
It’s time to bring improv comedy bang up to date.
Russell Howard, Miranda Hart and Tim Minchin .
Show 6 is Secret Theatre’s latest production of Mark Ravenhill’s new script.
Having written for BBC Radio 4, NewsRevue and the award-winning TinCanPodcast, Mike takes on the baffling history of the Westminster parliament with wit, rage and twisted logic, ju…
Rob Auton’s show has a mercurial quality, slipping somewhere between spoken word show, stand up comedy and theatrical piece.
Fans of Burns already know his distinctive style.
A very ambitious performer, Guy Combes was not content with the idea of simply telling jokes.
Family workshop suitable for children aged 3-7 years with parents or carers.
How to review a Fringe show whose cast kidnaps and threatens a theatre critic at gunpoint? Will any positive comments be interpreted as surrendering to the demands of terrorists? W…
Thirteenth year and cannot be beat, Edinburgh’s favourite late night stand-up comedy show in Edinburgh’s favourite venue, the intimate cabaret bar.
Two women run off to the Fringe in a Peugeot van with a kid in tow.
Mervyn Stutter has been sourcing and sharing his picks of the Fringe for, unbelievably, 28 years and he is clearly not waning when it comes to separating the wheat from the chaff.
Soldier Box is a new play brought to this year’s Fringe by New Celt Productions, a company that amalgamates the talents of both Queen Margaret and Napier university’s recent grad…
Skeptics on the Fringe are a non-profit branch of the Edinburgh Skeptics who are celebrating five years at the Fringe with a catalogue of guest speakers, aimed at the seasoned free…
Irritating stand up from an irritating man.
(previews start on Aug.
A domestic drama in a literal sense, 30 Bird’s abstract piece circles themes of cultural identity, sex, politics… and who does the washing up.
It’s the Late Night Dark Show - take that title as a hint.
The Midnight Comedy Club features different comedians each night showcasing their talents.
Paul Foxcroft (everyone’s imaginary friend) and Briony Redman (sitting-room dancer) are doing their hit 2013 sketch show with a couple of new bits to keep each other surprised.
Watch spectacular street entertainment on the doorstep of the National Galleries of Scotland.
Theorising that new episodes are possible within their own lifetime, the Maydays step into the Quantum Leap accelerator .
If you’re in the mood for some bawdy, laddish comedy then this is the show for you.
Starting with a childhood game, Kid explores the complex relationship between mother and child through simple lighting and sound design, extraordinary movement and unbelievable ima…
Free Fall is Luca Cupani’s first stand up show and an hour of comedy similar in its rambled, improvised form to Ross Noble’s earlier work.
Refresh: Stories of Love, Sex, and the Internet is a hilarious chronicle that spares no painful detail of actor Matthew Schott’s adolescence, colliding the pain of puberty and sexu…
Foul Play offers up the filthiest material from the most daring comics, and it really doesn’t disappoint.
Knitting and comedy intertwine for Texan writer/actor Elaine Liner’s smart five-star hit about unravelled romances, unrivalled literature and life’s knottiest dilemmas.
It really hasn’t.
See the vibrant world of the Fringe through the eyes of Scotland’s schoolchildren at this free exhibition of entries in the 2014 Fringe Schools Poster Competition, including the …
Forget Justin Bieber and his legions of ‘beliebers’.
Family workshop suitable for children aged 3-7 years with parents or carers.
Once Pathos: Can You Kill for Love? hits its stride, it is an enjoyable and moving performance.
Comedic musicians Bowjangles present their TV parody On The Box! Non-stop humour, rousing songs and energetic dance routines from this rebellious string quartet will leave you in s…
From the tropical rainforests of Cornwall come 10(ish) virile and sexually exhilarating students from Falmouth and Exeter University and their pet giant.
An hour of top quality comedy by the best acts at the Fringe bought to you by London’s famous Soho Comedy Club, rated by Time Out as one of the Top 10 Best Comedy Clubs in London…
Bits & Box tells the story of a grown man who can’t quite cope with some of the aspects of grown-up life and so resorts to playing in a giant cardboard box with his best friend i…
Gus Lymburn hosts Scotland’s Pick of The Fringe in this hour long comedy romp that is funny, witty and refreshingly original.
Joe Dipietro and Jimmy Roberts’ musical comedy, I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change has become a staple of the fringe in recent years, probably because it requires a small, …
There are no actors in this show.
The Magic Box exhibition by Calum Colvin is aptly named, his vivid digital prints and transparencies are a treasure trove of visual puns and historical references applied to the po…
Arcos describe themselves as a ‘multimedia dance company’ and they certainly deliver.
Watch free previews of hundreds of Fringe shows.
The Tulip Tree is a very intelligent piece of theatre that crams a lot of subtlety into a short period of time.
Come and watch three top comedians from the festival clean up their act! Two (or more) of the circuit’s best loved comedians will be joining hosts Tony Vino and Andy Kind in an eve…
Close-up encounters of the silly kind.
David Bowie said ‘Scotland, stay with us’.
Now in its seventh year, Forth on the Fringe is the largest showcase event of Fringe entertainment available at this year’s festival.
Tamar Broadbent’s All by my Selfie seamlessly combines quick wit with a beautiful voice.
The 1am Apeshit Show is a chance for multiple comedians to perform ten minute sets, yet as a result there was little in the way of hilarity.
Hilarity Bites, as comedy showcases at the Fringe go, is a solid choice - a mix of an experienced compere and a good range of acts promising a solid hour of entertainment.
He mostly talks.
If you’ve ever watched anything by John Robertson before you’ll know just how zany and energetic he can be, which is the perfect reason why he makes a great host for The Stand …
We Love Comedy is back at the Fringe for a full run.
Like The Mighty Boosh in a minor key, Dead Ghost Star present a weird and wonderful double act of surreal, whimsical and thoroughly endearing comedy.
Returning for its second year, the Craft Scotland Summer Show sets up shop in the centre of town.
Launching a season of outdoor performances in the courtyard at the Pear Tree with buskers, musicians, cabaret, comedy and much, much more. And it’s all free! www.freefestival.co.uk
Live and let die blares from the speakers as Marc Burrows circles the room, high-fiving everyone in sight.
Gambit Theatre’s offering at the Fringe is a theatrical exploration of two real-life conmen and more specifically, identity imposters.
Historic Prestonfield House, just moments from the Royal Mile, is the magical setting for Scotland’s most famous traditional Scottish Show and Dinner.
Big Value Comedy Show (Early) promises two hours of comedy gold with four young stars of tomorrow.
Yorkshire girl Nalika comes to London to make it but reality hits when she ends up living with a violent squirrel.
Natasia Demetriou is new to solo shows.
Come and join us for lunchtime laughs at a special Big Value bargain sized ticket price.
Rachel Fairburn is melancholy, she can’t help it.
Established as one of the most exciting shows at the Fringe, Big Value brings you the best of the breakthrough talent.
Feast on five of the tastiest up-and-coming comics in this stand-up showcase.
The award-winning sketch group, as heard on their own BBC Radio 4 series, present brand new sketches and old favourites packed into a fun-filled free-for-all show.
Anyone might be forgiven for apprehension about a literary sketch show.
Miss Behave hosts the wackiest, zaniest game show at the Fringe! You are kept on your toes, trying to outsmart the opposing team.
The God Box is a show which is well worth seeing.
Jenny moved from the Welsh mountains to the Big Smoke in 2010 and has since embarked upon a career in stand-up comedy.
If you’re looking for a variety show that is deliciously sexy, a little bit bizarre and a whole lot of unbridled, raucous fun, look no further.
A themed show of comedy and music from Graham de Banzie, Alex Cox and Ewan Park providing their own irreverent trawl through the issues of the independence debate A must-see for ev…
MommAutism is one-woman show about raising a son with autism.
Meet PR and media insiders: tips on everything from social networking and contacting reviewers to increasing audience numbers.
In 1914 George joined the war.
For half an hour in a room somewhere in the back of the Free Sisters, Adam Belbin is doing a comedy show about leaving the comedy world.
The Best of Edinburgh Showcase Show at the Cabaret Bar in the Pleasance Courtyard claims to be the longest running and most successful lunchtime show at the Edinburgh Fringe.
This year, Jason Byrne has decided to do away with racking his brain on what to name his show.
A genderless riot from a little old force to be reckoned with.
Written by Andrew Norris and Clare Samuels.
Laughing Horse Comedy presents a stand-up show featuring the very best comedians selected from across the Fringe.
Even though this isn’t Baby Wants Candy’s headline show at the Fringe, you would still expect much more from such a highly regarded group.
“Warning.
Heading to a bookshop in the middle of the fringe festival might seem an obvious choice to get a little peace and quiet.
Stars Daniel Taylor as Britain’s favourite comedian in a spectacular show featuring all your favourite gags and magic tricks.
Absurd theatre troupe Intuitive Creatures, ‘deity of comedic genius’ ***** (PerformanceReviewed.
Taking improv to the next level, we improvise the cast! A daily impro jam that absolutely anyone can take part in, whether experienced veteran or enthusiastic newcomer.
We can all remember the name of our first crush, can’t we? That’s the question Love.
Wild Card Kitty presents a showcase exploring the glamorous world of being a showgirl in show business.
Eamon is a disillusioned pink horse searching for his destiny.
Mike Belgrave is a brave man.
Gregory Akerman explores the history of war to find out once and for all if it’s good for absolutely nothing or good for very little, however there are a couple of exceptions.
Little tent.
A spectacular variety show featuring a plethora of unforgettable characters, performed and hosted by one man from Bristol.
The intimate feel of the basement studio at the Caves adds to the atmosphere of the performance of Planet Earth and All Who Sailed in Her.
We’ve all been there—the post-show discussion that goes on for too long or goes nowhere at all.
There is something about Brazilian music that can cheer you up for hours on end.
Join Sid from CBeebies live on stage in a fantastic, fun-filled adventure that will knock your socks off.
Uniquely stubborn, outright impractical and undeniably hilarious.
A Mary Poppins bag of hilarious characters from a misunderstood Rumplestiltskin, to a yoga instructor who can’t stand the sound of breathing.
The meanest magician in the world is back with more tricks, more fun, and more inexpensive booze.
Full disclosure: I came very close to tears during Hardeep is Your Love.
If a cabaret act is consciously, deliberately devoid of talent, does that excuse it from criticism? It seems reductive to point out that the mono-browed, pink-wigged Figs in Wigs…
I must immediately declare that I have always liked Robin and Partridge.
It is amazing what a coffee and a croissant can do to a bleary-eyed audience.
Every art needs its new generation of practitioners.
Stepping into some pretty big comedy shoes, Cambridge Footlights have brought a fast-paced sketch and improv show to this year’s Fringe.
The line-up of this comedy showcase changes daily, making each viewing unique.
Seriously.
After much consideration and persuasion, Tom Craine became a columnist for Cosmopolitan where he writes about love and dating.
This exuberant, toe-tapping spectacular is a sure-fire crowd pleaser.
Since forming in 2005 in Aberdeen, the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre have performed internationally and on television around the UK.
Sitting in the Comedy section of the Fringe guide, this is a quirky piece of storytelling theatre by new company Five Wits and starring last year’s So You Think You Write Funny …
One of a stampede of comedians making the London-Edinburgh journey for the festival, Feilder knows his Fringe conventions well and isn’t afraid to use them to meta-comic effect.
Familia de la Noche take the story of Pinocchio and turn it on its head, with the former puppet boy as the titular “greatest liar in the world.
Much of Ross’s childhood was spent in a galaxy far, far away, watching Star Wars videos over – and over – and over again.
Returning for its tenth season, the critically acclaimed curated programme showcases silver screen shorts and contemporary filmmakers all day, everyday.
Condemned as a racist, revered as a prophet, Enoch Powell is the most divisive figure in British politics.
Like many men of his generation, Simon Feilder talks about his insecurities about being a single man, but unlike a lot of them he spices his show up with multi-media presentation…
Follow the adventures and mis-adventures of Sally Bowles in this raucous and risqué musical comedy, set in the seedy underworld of 1930’s Berlin.
Adam Wade, who has won the Moth Story Slam 18 times, hosts this monthly variety show, which also features a special guest storyteller.
This blitz through dates, relationships, marriages, kids, divorces and funerals is a joyous and occasionally moving romp.
This weekly stand-up showcase, hosted by Dan Licata, Joe Pera, and Charles Gould, features Wyatt Cenac, Sue Smith and Matt Ruby.
Caroline Creaghead and Joe Pera host a delightful night of video comedy, with shorts from Good Cop Great Cop, Dan Opsal and John Haskell, John Early and Kate Berlant and Joe Rumril…
The up-and-coming favorites Sam Morril and Joe Machi host this weekly stand-up show, with performances from Josh Gondelman, Nick Vatterott, Anthony DeVito and Seaton Smith.
Birmingham Hippodrome Theatre: 2nd Jul 7pm.
Fresh from his triumph on Celebrity Big Brother, one of Britain’s most successful comedians tells it as he sees it.
Alhambra Theatre: 28th Jun 7pm.
The brothers Adam and Todd Stone host this monthly stand-up show, with the guests Phil Hanley, Bridey Elliott and Harrison Greenbaum.
Dave Hill and his band Valley Lodge host this impressive lineup of comedy and music, with performances from David Cross, Juliana Hatfield, Michael Che, Jean Grae, Kate Berlant, Mar…
The host of the excellent Williamsburg show “Big Terrific,” Mr. Silverstri celebrates his new stand-up album, “King Piglet.”
The Faculty of Arts Graduate Show opens to the public from 7 - 15 June at the University of Brighton, where 15,000 visitors are expected to view an inspiring showcase of work by mo…
“Impressively made and performed” **** (FringeReview).
Show the SAILOR - a new direction of circus art; it is the original perfomance, which have not analogs! Distinctive feature of the show the SAILOR is an original interpretation an…
Discover a world of street art live at the Brighton Fringe finale! A collaboration of Fringe & Youth Group performances and top named artists from artrepublic, working with Tarner …
Having never been to a Drag King pageant before I was not entirely sure what to expect from King of the Fringe.
A celebration of children and young people in the Performing Arts featuring theatre, literature, music and movement.
Impressively made and performed’.
An evening of ambient, piano and Indian vocals at St Andrews Church, Waterloo Street, Hove on the evening of 31 May 2014 at 7.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show is a 12 certificate film in the UK and so you can only attend if you are 12 or older.
‘Tell Me You Love Me’ by Teresa Husher & Emma Wingrove is a play about the words that are left unsaid.
The brilliantly funny Myq Kaplan celebrates the release on Netflix of his new special, “Small, Dork, and Handsome,” with performances from Chris Gethard, Aparna Nancher…
Josh Smith embarks on yet another show that includes the unfortunate events that happen daily and yet he shares them.
A touching one woman show about Piaf’s life, loves & loss.
Metro Chamber Orchestra presents the American premiere of Nancy Van de Vate’s 1 “All Quiet on the Western Front,” based on Erich Maria Remarque’s novel.
Ever thought about running your own Brighton Fringe venue? Then this panel discussion is for you! Hear about the practicalities, pleasures and pitfalls of running a venue from a va…
Brighton to Palestine with ♥ Love Brighton and Palestinian Artists Together فناني برايتون و فلسطين معا A sparkling evening of music and performance art b…
‘The Jurassic Joe Dinosaur Show’ is fun, interactive, educational, relevant, accessible and also great for mumosaurus and daddydactyl too.
Sherlock Holmes has been murdered, a priceless jewel has been stolen and Poirot, Clouseau and Maigret find themselves on board the Orient Express in pursuit of the villain … or a…
Actress & cabaret star Myra DuBois capitalises on the death of the Iron Lady in this bandwagon of a one-woman show.
WITH LOVE is a one-act play that tells the story of Jack, a young man who finds himself forced to confront his personal issues with religion, sexuality, bullying, and suicide while…
Simon Feilder is a comedian.
Simon Feilder is a comedian.
These two alien ambassadors have travelled millions of miles to find out if love is the drug they need to save their dying planet… but what on Earth is love? “Behind all of the…
Celebrating the launch of ‘Fringe St Lucia’ at the ‘official’ Fringe St Lucia venue.
Following a sell-out run at last years Brighton Fringe and described as “one of the highlights of The Brunswick’s Fringe programme for the 2013 Festival”, TPTPC are back with more …
Nichelle Stephens and Carolyn Castiglia celebrate the 10th anniversary of their now-defunct all-female comedy show with an impressive night of stand-up, storytelling and music.
A dress-up sing-along celebration of everyone’s favourite musicals.
Fresh from gigs at Brighton Dome and Hurst Festival, Hobina! celebrate harmony, groove and feel-good tunes all delivered with unflagging passion and precision in a night of diverse…
Peer into the secret thoughts of another or take a chance to reflect on your own love’s labour’s lost and found.
Brighton’s legendary Treason Show,now in its record breaking 12th year,is back in cabaret style at Latest Music Bar.
As a Bard-olator, I was keen to see this show.
Kasper’s Puppet Theatre presents a magical fairytale for children.
Composed of a succession of satirical sketches, this festival special of The Treason Show ridicules all the supposedly powerful members of this planet.
After a sell-out run at the 2013 Fringe, Le Flop are back with their unique brand of stupidity.
Lauren Fox, a New York native, makes her London debut at the Crazy Coqs of Brasserie Zedel.
Whether you are preparing for Edinburgh or performing in Brighton, our expert panel is here to help you get your show noticed by media and arts industry professionals.
Aaron Jackson and Josh Sharp host this night of music and comedy with performances from Sasheer Zamata, Eliot Glazer, Justin Sayre and Jason Michael Snow.
Gentleman Juggler Tim Bat clowns his whimsical way through an impressive repertoire of amazing tricks, with aplomb.
A fast, funny and exciting show for children of all ages.
The Scummy Mummies Show was sold out for its first performance, the room filled mostly with fans of their iTunes podcasts.
Enjoyed performing at Brighton Fringe and want to take your show elsewhere? Not sure where to go or how to start? Join our panel of experts to find out how far in advance tours are…
Z-Star (Sat) - rock with raw funk, sexualised soul and psychedelic blues passion.
Get advice on touring your show after the Fringe, both in the UK and internationally.
Puppet shows each followed by a treasure hunt.
The Wine and Whisky Comedy Show definitely encourages the room to drink, although wine and whisky may be the only thing that keeps the comedy alive.
What do you love about Brighton Fringe? What could be improved? How could the Brighton Fringe team help you now and in the future? Come along and talk to us!
An official partner of The Great Escape music festival, this event, now in its 2nd year, is an explosive display of colourful hand-printed gig posters by artists from all over the …
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.
String, Styrofoam, and a very large cardboard box – this is a show like no other.
Sketch group Clever Peter (BBC Radio 4) return with brand-new sketches and old favourites in a fun-packed hour of comedy.
Following a sell-out run at last years Brighton Fringe and described as “one of the highlights of The Brunswick’s Fringe programme for the 2013 Festival”, TPTPC are back with more …
May 1914.
A show about the sky and the things in it (you know, clouds, birds, weather, etc.
Need a producer? A venue? A mentor? A residency? Want to improve your work and make new contacts, but don’t know where to start? Hear from venue managers, producers and companies…
This revolving showcase of Brighton Fringe’s top comedians sees five different acts performing short sets every night throughout the festival.
A family-friendly one man variety spectacular, with magic, circus skills, comedy and a stunt bunny called Stu.
Paintings and prints of the most colourful and eccentric parts of Brighton (including illustrations for a pub series in Viva Brighton) by the 2012 Brighton Fringe Visual Arts Prize…
Join us for a street party like no other! Our outdoor stage will be showcasing the best of the Fringe’s alternative music, snippets of off-beat theatre plus there’ll be arty surpri…
Fringe City is Brighton’s free outdoor showcase of unique fringe performances and a chance to celebrate everything fringe. Taking place on New Road,every Saturday throughout May.
Connor Ratliff, an Upright Citizens Brigade regular, embodies the filmmaker George Lucas for this costume-friendly talk show, which counts down to Star Wars Day (on Sunday).
Andy Christie welcomes the storytellers Micaela Blei, Ed Gavagan, Christine Gentry and Rich Greene for a night of mostly the truth.
Experience what Brighton Fringe is all about at our free outdoor showcase.
Join us for a family picnic in Pavilion Gardens.
Continue your Brighton Fringe evening at our late-night show. Music from Brighton’s finest bands and a bar that won’t break the bank. For full listings see www.warrenvenue.com
As a child of rural Somerset, I am no stranger to folk music.
Slip through the gypsy carvan, down the haunted stairs and into the hedonistic heart of FunFair’s revolving Freak Show.
This show celebrates a decade of making audience members squirm in their seats with a night of favorites, including Mike Vecchione, Kurt Metzger, Big Jay Oakerson, Chris DiStefano …
Tommy Cooper was a true comic genius.
Peter Grosz and John Lutz, writers at “Late Night With Seth Meyers,” begin their show with several two-person scenes, and improvise the rest.
Edinburgh’s revered Traverse Theatre has, for many years, defined itself as “Scotland’s new writing theatre”, regularly giving over its stages to a variety of new voices …
Hot 97’s DJ Cipha Sounds hosts this night of hip-hop and improv, where a rap song inspires an improv show from some of the Upright Citizens Brigade’s finest performers.
The UK’s original and premier ’60s show is back once again!The Solid Silver 60s Show, now in its 24th year, brings together the unforgettable talents of The Searchers,…
This program of six short plays is both unsatisfying and perplexing in its disregard for its audience (1:15).
(previews start on April 11; opens on April 16) As the city amends its policing policies and settles lawsuits contesting the New York Police Department’s stop-and-frisk tacti…
This invigorating poperetta, conceived by David Byrne and returning to the Public Theater for an open-ended run, sets a new standard for audience participation.
Bryan Cranston makes a commanding Broadway debut as Lyndon B.
This thought-churning, deeply poignant new work by Caryl Churchill is made up of 57 — count ′em, 57 — short plays about our multifarious ways of trying to …
Playing eight different victims of a sweet-faced killer (Bryce Pinkham) in Edwardian England, Jefferson Mays sings, dances, prances and generally makes infectious merriment in this…
Close of Fringe event for all performers no matter what venue or organisation. Come to famous Jam House: mingle, drink, celebrate, wind down, live music. First annual event.
This concert from Cadenza (an amateur choir founded in 1992) at Greyfriars Kirk proved to be a beautiful evening of accomplished music from both the choir and orchestra.
Dvorak Mass in D, Rutter Gloria and Britten Rejoice in the Lamb performed by one of Scotland’s most exciting choirs.
Quizmasters Ian Gordon and Tom Ellis take to the stage in a whirlwind of energy that carries their audience through the entirety of their show.
Horses bring their frenetic quiz show to the Fringe for the first time. Join them for a mad hour of interactive silliness and win prizes!
Managing a venue at the Fringe can be a rewarding experience, but is also a mammoth undertaking.
Two hour charity variety show includes presentation of three annual Malcolm Hardee Comedy Awards.
Managing a venue at the Fringe can be hugely rewarding, but is also a mammoth undertaking.
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the largest open festival in the world.
Join festival favourite Stephen K Amos as he chats with guests hand-picked from the worlds of theatre, comedy and music.
I never expected not to ‘get’ a children’s show.
Theatre Uncut is one of the few good things that has come out of the knock to public spending put in place in 2010, said to be the worst since World War II: it is from these cuts t…
New date, time and location.
Someta Hayashiya is a Japanese comedian.
A riotous evening of laughter, live music and a magical story that may or may not be true. A real-life fairy tale followed by a right old knees up.
If you are easily swayed into buying a ticket based on a show’s title, though you may be enticed into seeing the All-Nude College Girl Revue, you may be rather disappointed.
Gretchen Frage is on a quest: to unravel the conundrum that is love in the time of capitalism.
An opportunity to interact with key organisations such as funders, arts councils, training providers and agencies.
Join the banter with some of the most outspoken writers in independent Scottish publishing.
Hottest Fringe comedy acts chat with John Fleming, ‘the Boswell of the alternative comedy scene’ (Chortle.
Matt and Ian provide an hour of laughs with their improvised show at the Sweet Venues.
Comedy improvisers Matt and Ian are sensible enough to start their show with what the unkind might describe as their get-out clause; they admit, from the start, that they ‘might …
This living, timeless story unfolds from the depths of a Tango song.
Come and find out about participating in Brighton Fringe, England’s largest arts festival.
Where to go next? Hear from, and meet, performing companies and venues who have recently experienced other Fringe festivals.
Where to go next? Make the most of your Edinburgh experience and meet performing companies and venues who have recently experienced other Fringe festivals.
Scotland’s first and foremost LGBT choir returned to the Fringe with a selection of a cappella music which stirred the soul.
Author Robert Fulghum lists lessons learned in kindergarten and explains how the world would be improved if adults adhered to the same rules as children.
A once-a-year chance to meet and hear from Fringe Festival Directors from around the world.
Allow this exciting sketch troupe to take you for a spin through a random roulette of manic sketches, including celeb comedians, a singing prime minister and an outrageous chat sho…
Meet other Fringe Festivals from across the globe and find out how you can take part.
Gentle, charming, heart-warming stories about what it means to be truly human.
Finally Josh Smith’s From Top to Bottom Show comes to Edinburgh after his recent sell-out performances! ‘Had our audience in stitches’ (Creswell Social Club).
Society has crumbled, zombies are on the loose - what do you do next? A) Search for food, B) try to find other people or C) go see some bad comedians late at night with an underwri…
Unfortunately, it still seems remarkable enough for a comedy show’s bill to be entirely populated by women that the Funny Women Pop-Up Fringe marketed their lineup as such.
Showcasing an exciting selection of the brightest and the best stand up comedians at this year’s Fringe.
An event for participants interested in touring their shows at an international level.
To present such a talk upon the ins and outs of theatre at its bare business-driven bones is both innovative and opportune during the fracas of the Fringe, when an attentive audien…
Come and enjoy a selection of popular preludes, waltzes, nocturnes, ballades, scherzos and larger scale pieces performed to delight you in this lunchtime concert.
Love Struck focuses on the story of an ordinary young girl, Claire, and how her life is turned upside down due to human trafficking.
Extraordinary fusion of traditional and modern music from across the genres.
The Emma Packer Show is audaciously bad.
Following his 2011 sell-out run, the Fringe’s favourite funnyman returns to reflect on romance in middle age. One man, one mic, five nights, 44 years. Book early! **** (Times).
Join the graduates of the Fringe Comedy Academy, a unique project supporting the development of emerging comedy talent.
In the style of Noises Off, the fictional Black Rubix Theatre (actually some of the students in the Queen Mary Theatre Company) attempts to put on what they think is a biting satir…
Stage One, the charity dedicated to developing the next generation of commercial theatre producers will be putting together an industry panel to discuss the producing profession an…
Living a homeless existence in Wei Village during the late Qing Dynasty, the poor, fumbling Ah Q is faced day after day with his own short comings.
It’s hard putting on a show.
A capella group All the King’s Men return to the Fringe for their fourth consecutive year with Knight Fever! It is a professional, well presented and well executed performance, t…
Acclaimed show where you, the audience, provide true stories for the performers.
Perhaps I’m experiencing a cappella fatigue, but the singers at this show did nothing to wow me particularly.
A unique opportunity to gain insight into how we successfully market shows at the UK’s largest working theatre and as part of the Ambassador Theatre Group.
Meet the National Theatre studio and literary department and find out more about how the National Theatre develops work.
WARNING: The front two rows will get wet! Thrust into the peculiar and fast-paced world of theatre, the scene is set immediately for us: a young ambitious playwright (Iftach Jeffre…
Organs.
Students of Baby Wants Candy’s Improv Fringe Intensive strut their stuff in this showcase performance! To find out more or register for the award-winning BWC’s 4-day Improv Intensi…
This show offers a wide variety of acts that are sure to excite and amuse all the family.
World Power Books is Scotland’s most famous radical independent bookshop, situated in the heart of Edinburgh, and host of the Edinburgh Book Fringe.
Due to massive demand six extra, later, quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man, half-Xbox.
Join writers, comedians and activists from around the world in Word Power Books, Edinburgh’s independent radical bookshop.
Meet PR and media insiders: tips on everything from social networking and contacting reviewers to increasing audience numbers, this discussion will give you invaluable advice on ma…
Develop your show after the Fringe with a focus on touring in the UK. A panel of experts will discuss the benefits, complexities and logistics of touring in the UK.
Fringe University believes that the Edinburgh Fringe makes an excellent classroom.
Big Wooden Horse Theatre has made a successful adaptation of the popular children’s book by Claire Freedman and Ben Cort.
The Fringe Society chats with comedians at the top of their game.
Local company EMT have turned to the Songbook of the Disney Company for this year’s Fringe concert.
Paul Chamberlain, professional accordionist and accomplished musician in the field of classical music, brings a fresh performance to the Fringe Festival with his accordion music, a…
A participatory workshop led by Colin Watkeys, Director of Festivals in Edinburgh (Hill Street Solo Theatre) and London (Face to Face Festival) and award-winning solo performers Cl…
From the moment they step on stage, there’s no denying that Katie Norris and Sinead Parker have talent.
Creased Productions’ Rough Theatre brings to the stage two of Beckett’s lesser known plays, Rough for Theatre I and II, in simple but effective style.
Theatre Uncut is a shoe-string operation aiming to provide immediate dramatic response to current crises.
International experiment sharing a story about a woman called Thyme, with local interpretations.
This world premiere production reinvents the classic Greek myth into a tense, violent, fast paced modern adaptation.
In hall at the top of a church on a blank proscenium arch stage, a group of Canadian high-schoolers gave me more than I bargained for: two plays for the price of one.
It is now 43 years since Love Story hit our movie screens and caused a generation to weep as one with its emotional storyline.
Campaigning MP Tom Watson talks about taking on the Murdochs and the all-powerful, corrupt media.
Fringe First, Herald Angel, Spirit of the Fringe award winners Theatre Uncut return with a brand new collection of short plays to get people thinking, talking and taking action on …
Pandora,Goddess of Yorkshire,dishes the dirt on her punters,fellow strippers and herself through stand-up comedy and hilarious parodied cabaret.
The Love Story attempts to expose the nature of the individual in our relations with one another and our ability to cope of our own accord.
The Pleasance in association with The Scotsman celebrates the Fringe First Awards with four readings, one from each decade.
Explore the Traverse Theatre’s dynamic 50-year history through a series of talks by theatre practitioners and scholars, illuminating founding days and reflecting on the Traverse�…
Tired of all the Pick of the Fringe shows? Worn-out by Fringe hyperbole? This late-night showcase has all the great comedians that have got bad reviews, and deserve more! The best …
Stu and Garry in The Catchily Titled Improv Show is an hour of absolutely roaring comedy that will have you crippled with laughter.
Ethics and morality aren’t typically seen as trendy when it comes to comedy, poetry and performance; they are often seen as unfun and old-hat.
This downloadable tour invites you into the Fringe’s histories, through intimate anecdotes from veteran performers like Arthur Smith and Simon Munnery.
Love- that enigmatic phenomenon that we’re all searching for.
Head to the magnificent Grand Gallery to celebrate the Museum’s collections through daily live music performances, from Renaissance to the best young contemporary Scottish tal…
First things first: this show is not for the faint of heart.
Forget the movie, Monkey Poet tells us that Love Hurts, Actually.
Dazzlingly versatile, All That Malarkey’s repertoire spans operatic classics to R&B, musical theatre to cheesy pop, jazz standards to their own original material and much more! A…
Just the Tonic clearly understand the demands of their audience: the only way into the Midnight Show venue is through a bar and past the toilets.
It’s the worst kept secret at this year’s Fringe that the UK debut of little-known alternative 80s comedian Baconface is in fact enormously well-known alternative comedian Stew…
In its ninth year; the best late stand-up in an intimate, wee venue.
It’s raining outside and our host – Stuart Laws – is on a mission to entertain us.
The Edinburgh Revue are an energetic bunch, never more so than during this show’s opening sketch, a whirlwind rendition of the history of Edinburgh from dinosaurs through William W…
One of a trio of pieces that make up the Czech dance showcase at this year’s fringe, One Step Before the Fall uses a contemporary style to explore the life of Muhammad Ali.
Paul F Taylor is like a puppy: he has very fluffy hair, oodles of energy and even when he slips up, we still like him.
Jessica (whose name isn’t actually Jessica but people at work have been calling her that too long to be corrected) has a theory about love.
Watching actors improvise can be the most fun thing ever.
Dr Professor Neal Portenza has more titles than I would give stars.
For its 12th year Comedy Zoo’s Late Show moves to the Cabaret Bar, providing Pleasance Courtyard with a dose of raucous late-night stand-up.
Enjoying a 22nd season with one of the most-established revue shows on the Fringe circuit, Mervyn Stutter at one point implores his audience to ‘pass the message on’ about his …
Entertainment comes in many forms during the Fringe and for those of us who value cerebral stimulation as much as funny-bone tickling, I cannot recommend the Edinburgh Skeptics eno…
The wonderfully-named Mervyn Stutter bounds to the stage, resplendent in an outrageous pink suit.
Unfortunately, this three piece act had dwindled to two by the time I saw their performance, however Jack Campbell and Robbie Ormrod were 100% funny enough to carry the show by the…
Fringe debutant Patrick Turpin takes his audience on a trip down memory lane, as he bids for their approval.
It was with boundless energy that the five-strong Revue troupe leaped onstage and it seemed that this was an energy which would not dwindle - even as the quality of the proceeding …
Like Rob Auton, I’m Yorkshire born and bred so I speak as I find.
Rolling into Edinburgh with a brand new barnstorming show, The Horne Section will yet again provide the festival’s best musical mayhem.
Russell Howard, Miranda Hart, Julian Clary.
Welcome to the Calorie Galaxy, in which Tina Sederholm’s protagonist Evie struggles under a regime of browbeating and humiliation, all in the pursuit of a narrow waist.
Late night shows throughout the Fringe are well known for being a bit raucous, a bit crazy and best enjoyed with a bevvy or two.
Popular culture often gets derided by critics because, unlike many of the so-called ‘great’ works of art (you know, the ones that allegedly make you look good when ‘appreciat…
Radio Forth on the Fringe opened its sixth annual showcase with a bang last night at Edinburgh’s Playhouse.
Wine School at the Fringe presents off the beaten rack - hidden gems for the adventurous wine explorer. Join Claire Blackler for this guided tasting tour of alternative wines.
A stand-up comedy show about the Fringe - the Edinburgh Fringe, the fringes of life, the fringes of the comedy circuit itself. Hosted by Barry Ferns. ‘Surreal genius’ (Metro).
Watch spectacular street entertainment on the doorstep of the National Galleries of Scotland.
Is this your first time? Edinburgh can be daunting for new participants, so come and meet Fringe Society staff who can support your experience.
Idle Motion is a theatre group that specialises in physical theatre.
Following her sell-out run in 2010, the Financial Times Weekend columnist is reunited with her Aga.
It’s true: All the nice girls really do like a sailor.
The real star of this show sits outside throughout the performance.
The largest showcase of Fringe entertainment at this year’s festival! Featuring a selection of some of the biggest names in music, comedy and entertainment.
With a cast featuring London-based professionals, this show-stopping production is brilliant for lovers of classic and contemporary musicals.
Cheeky late night songs! Luc Valvona sings you a selection of his funny, witty and sometimes downright filthy songs on the ukulele, guitar and mandolin, and then tries to sell you …
Watch spectacular street entertainment on the doorstep of the National Galleries of Scotland.
Four desks, each littered with character appropriate props: on the first, colourful craft ribbons, tea and biscuits; the second, a simple but elegant glass and bottle of white wine…
If you’re dealing in absolutes, you’d better make sure your show delivers.
Styling themselves as variety performers, The Drama boys - an all male company hailing from Cornwall - say on their flyers that they cover everything ‘From Shakespeare to slapsti…
In a spoken word account – I would assume non-fictional, though this is never made clear – Laurel Lockhart tells us of her time in New York as she tries to hit it big in the gr…
The story of the Fringe is a story of the periphery.
There’s no denying the pulling power of Lynley Dodd’s best-selling children’s series Hairy Maclary: with vibrant characters, charming stories and colourful settings they are popula…
Alistair Greaves ‘moments of comedy genius’ (Skinny) and Si Beckwith don’t need no heavy trips.
Ruby Heart Entertainment presents an all-star diva tribute show each night of the week, including world famous divas Adele, Leona Lewis, Mariah Carey, Lady Gaga and Jessie J.
Sign on to Sh!t Theatre’s JSA: ‘a curious though immensely likeable duo who merge stand-up with physical theatre and biting socio-political satire .
Watch free previews of hundreds of Fringe shows.
The premise behind the Decent Chat Show is a good one, but unfortunately what I experienced didn’t even come close.
A fairytale for grown-ups … don’t let truth get in the way of magic! Join commuter Sam on his unexpected quest to help The Knight find his voice and rescue The Lady.
This is late night comedy at its finest.
Chris Harcum is loud, brash, theatrical and oh so American.
***** ‘Blues and Burlesque is a thoroughly engaging show that gives burlesque a range most other shows aren’t even aware of’ (ThisIsCabaret.com).
The complex and often turbulent relationship between one of the 20th Century’s most famous couples, Liz Taylor and Richard Burton, has provided much fodder over the years for tablo…
Maureen Younger presents a solo stand-up show, as part of the Scottish Comedy Festival, which is based around her view of herself as an outsider, both on the comedy circuit and gen…
Comedy debut of a small town little Welsh lady … who isn’t everything she seems.
The Late Show attracts a lot more of a local audience than most Fringe events and there is a sense that it doesn’t necessarily mind separating itself somewhat from the hustle and b…
This powerful and intense one man show tells the story of Jacob Rubenstein, also known as Jack Ruby, the man who shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald just days after Oswald himself as…
Is this your first time? Edinburgh can be daunting for new participants, so come and meet Fringe Society staff who can support your experience.
Improvabunga, performed by the Watch This improv group, is a fast-paced show where anything can happen.
In the colourful, cosy confines of Assembly’s Bosco venue, half theatre half circus tent, the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland whisks you away for an afternoon to the weird and wo…
Smooth Faced Gentlemen have put together a production of Titus Andronicus that rather beautifully captures the double-edged nature of George Peele and William Shakespeare’s play …
I’m afraid I don’t particularly trust shows with exceptionally long titles that are self-claimed ‘spectacular’.
An in-depth and correct analysis of man and his obsessions with sex, violence, money, sex, war, breasts and sex.
It is perhaps embarrassing how long into Colin Hoult’s The Real Horror Show it took me, until I realised what I was watching.
Much like Arthur’s Seat is the bedrock of Edinburgh, comedy is the bedrock of the Edinburgh Fringe.
Scottish dancing for all the family.
Sell-out London shows.
The Greatest Liar in All the World is an extension/parallel exploration of children’s favourite Pinocchio.
The only game show in the world with one contestant. That might not be true, I mean it’s pretty stupid. But anyway…
Life is a lottery.
Gregory Akerman introduces us to Nellie Garcia, a 19th-century lady who has been forgotten.
The very best comedians selected from across the Fringe.
Feast on five of the tastiest up-and-coming comedians on the circuit including your award-winning headliner Masai Graham.
A unique concept of a musical about two guys writing a musical thats all about two guys writing a musical, [title of show] made it debut on Broadway back in 2008 but remains unkno…
Shaggy haired and stunningly bearded, Noah Torn launches the Edinburgh Revue Stand-Up Show with a bang.
Ellis and Reece (BBC, ITV, Sky1, E4, CBBC) have decided to do a show.
Once a week during the Fringe, Blackwell’s is hosting evenings dedicated to celebrating Scotland’s rich literary scene.
It’s hard to tire of variety shows such as this, particularly when they are pulling in consistently excellent acts ranging from the highly acclaimed Boy with Tape on his Face to …
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.
To spend one’s afternoon in the company of Raymond Considine is a relaxed and amusing affair.
Ricky Tin lives in a bin in the year 1920.
For his second solo show, Silky sweetly sings and softly swears.
‘I knew we should have booked a longer time slot,’ said one of the actors as another struggled to make it offstage while pretending to be a beached shark.
As we took our seats, furnished with appropriately rose-patterned cushions, and gazed on at the living room set before us, it was as if we were in someone else’s house, listening…
The very best comedians selected from across the Fringe.
The University may be out for the summer, but The Edinburgh Revue isn’t and is proud to bring you six of Edinburgh’s best up-and-coming comedians!
New Zealand comic actors Emma Newborn and Amelia Guild have brought to the Fringe a show about life on a Kiwi farm, as told through the eyes of its resident dogs.
Let’s get the obvious joke out of the way first: this show is certainly value for money.
If you love a good story, then you’ll love this.
When you get more laughs from riffing off your audience in the first five minutes then you do for the whole rest of your show, you know something’s wrong.
You can imagine how it might have happened.
In this special free Fringe show you can expect the unexpected with some of our favourite acts handpicked for each show and a different line-up every day, there is something for ev…
Sometimes, you’ll see a comedian so bad, so poor, so earth-shatteringly unfunny that you’ll ask yourself: is this supposed to happen? Fortunately for Jacob Edwards, it is part …
Wild, raucous and full of Fringe spirit.
This series of free events gives the public a chance to see, listen to and meet Scottish literary performers, from poets to crime novelists, folk musicians to a-capella singers; a …
Satisfying energetic children can be a task for even the most patient of adults, but CeilidhKids seem to have found a simple but effective solution to combine family bonding with c…
The first truly laugh-out-loud-funny show I have seen at The Fringe, The Big Value Comedy Show is definitely worth the ticket price.
Our 18th year as the recognised launchpad for future legends, featuring four top comedians.
Lili la Scala invites her favourite Fringe reprobates to entertain at this rollicking late show stuffed full of variety.
Ever wondered why animals find it easier to maintain relationships? Why a male orangutan has more success than Patrick from Newcastle? Pat Monahan and Luisa Omielan bring you tips …
Consisting of four different acts each night, Big Value Comedy Late seeks to bring its audience variety and humour in equal measure whilst also giving them a sample of some of the …
Ian Saville, a self-professed ‘socialist magician’, takes you through the history of money and communism by the medium of magic in a free show that pulls off some rather exquis…
Karli Evans and Kat Roma Greer of Australia’s Rue de La Rocket company come to the Fringe with a show which, though billed as theatre, could easily be mistaken for a sketch comed…
Thought I ought to nail down the other half of next year’s show before next year comes around. An all new half-hour of comedy from the once-promising Adam Belbin.
There are two kinds of people at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival - those who run screaming from the phrase ‘Kierkegaard Comedy Show’, and those who run shouting towards it.
The Hot Box is where you look hot. The little window between being a total slob, and being all dressed up with nowhere to go. Everyone has one. This show is about that.
Imagine, for a moment, always having to tell the truth.
The ‘office comedy’: mastered in ‘The Office’ and storming the Fringe this year in Blam!; here that well-loved genre takes on a new guise in the first theatre adaptation of Danish …
When Lampaert appears on TV, he gets heckled or internet abuse.
A famous and glamorous actress finds herself in the worst situation: acting in Fringe theatre! A tragicomedy about illusion, fantasy, and their dark sides…
Been to a load of shows already? Tired of sitting back as the passive audience member? Want to have your say? Then Britain’s Got F*ck All Talent is for you.
Falmouth and Exeter Cornwall Campus Light Entertainment Society cover aspects of the most universal of topics, love.
A contemporary reinventon of Shakespeare’s sonnets was always going to be a risk.
They may have the charm of a boy band but The Magnets are certainly all men.
After two years dominating the Fringe with critically acclaimed Translunar Paradise, Theatre Ad Infinitum are back with a brand new show.
Fun-filled romp with Unkle Paul Nathan: magician - comic - curmudgeon.
Often the sexiest stories are ones you don’t quite finish. Join the sometimes sweet girls of Sugar & Vice for songs, stories and laughs. From the writer/cast of Princess Cabaret.
Several years ago, John Osborne got a job teaching at a summer school in the seaside town of Weymouth in Dorset.
At a time when high-profile comedy seems frequently to constitute pointing out things that people do, Richard Herring’s satirical wit and eye for originality – not to mention h…
‘The King of Edinburgh’ returns to The Stand with the daily podcast all the cool kids are calling ‘RHEFP!’ Running almost every day throughout the Fringe, each show consist…
Barry Castagnola has summed up all of the most depressing things about Fringe comedy with his newest character.
Jack of All Trades is full of energy and will sometimes entertain its audience, but it doesn’t really have enough wit to qualify as comedy.
Jamie McDermott (The Irrepressibles) reinterprets Britten and Auden’s famous songs, paired with new numbers from Fringe First winners Mark Ravenhill and Conor Mitchell - a queerly …
Carl Hutchinson has a problem: his on-stage persona has been let loose and is taking over his everyday life.
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, welcome to the madness that is the I Hate Children, Children’s Show.
The image of Shakespeare’s Juliet, awakening from her sleeping draught to gaze upon her dead lover, is unforgettable.
If you are attracted by the glittering diversity of shows offered by the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, then this is one for you.
Little Howard is a computer generated six year old interactive stand up comedian.
Tim Vine returns to the Fringe this year with an hour’s worth of puns, silly songs and audience participation.
Dan Nightingale wants us to like him.
Sell-out Edinburgh 2012 and 2013 Adelaide Fringe.
‘How’re yez?’ Eilish O’Carroll greets her audience as she steps out to affectionate applause, dressed all in black under her blue sequinned jacket: part theatre luvvie, part salt o…
It is a rarity for a Fringe show to give away freebies, so being offered a coffee and a croissant at the Big Bite-Size Breakfast Show was a pleasant surprise.
As the audience enters the theatre, we are greeted by the enthusiastic performers who tell us that they want to make friends.
David Trent has labelled each of his possessions: ‘This is a screen’, ‘This is a laptop’, ‘This is a projector’, etc.
Pattie Brewster is a normal girl desperately in need of three things: friends, cat food and a crash course in Microsoft PowerPoint.
The audience are the stars of the show! Tim Vine brings his 2011 sell-out show back to the Fringe.
It is rather difficult to pinpoint exactly why Music Show, Wedding! is so enjoyable.
What if I told you that Adolf Hitler was going to do a reading of Mein Kampf for a small audience, offering you tea and biscuits while you sit together and discuss his ideology? No…
Don’t come for the breakfast.
Are you the indecisive sort who suffers a meltdown at the thought of having to decide between shows from the novel-thick Fringe guide? Are you loath to bend to the will of the more…
A show that gathers different academics, doctors, scientists and the like to intellectually entertain has real potential and if the hour had been filled with funny facts from enter…
Halfway through this likeable but ill-conceived show, Gráinne Maguire recounts an anecdote of her short-lived stint as a primary school teacher.
During the Fringe, a haven for ill equipped hastily prepared venues, it can be reassuring to witness a comedy show at a place dedicated to stand up all year round.
See the vibrant world of the Fringe through the eyes of schoolchildren from across Scotland at this free exhibition of entries in the 2013 Fringe Schools Poster Competition, includ…
My journey up the driveway of Prestonfield House involved admiring highland cattle and dodging coaches.
Returning for its ninth season, critically acclaimed curated programme showcases silver screen shorts and contemporary filmmakers all day, every day.
Tonight was an evening of two plays, one short, one less short, but the action started before the audience were seated with characters roaming into the foyer.
Flamenco dancing is perhaps not the first thing I would associate with the legend of the Minotaur and indeed neither is the idea that the conflict between the monster and Theseus h…
This bewilderingly unpleasant piece of new writing aims to explore our relationships with food, and with each other.
The setting is Paris, 1900.
Fringe venue behemoth Laughing Horse present a mixed bag of comedy upstairs at the Quadrant hosted by mentalist magician Mr.
A soggy Sunday afternoon spent in a cosy tent with the rain pitter-pattering on the roof felt much better than the battle of brollies it took to get there.
In the packed venue an announcement hushes the audience and a video projection introduces the trio: the Ginge, the Geordie and the Geek.
On the strength of All My Friends, Danny O’Brien’s first solo show at the fringe, the Irish born comedian is not one for those who like their comedy witty or sophisticated.
Louis Pearl – aka The Amazing Bubble Man - truly deserves his title.
The Marilyn Monroe Show is a new musical written by Michael Dresser and directed by Michael Alvarez.
Heres the pitch and dont run away: a Victorian-themed Shooting Stars with two insane Victorian aristocrats in the roles of Vic and Bob.
When you’re promised with a show that “aims to cure your everyday ailments and add a little colour to a bleak looking world”, it’s easy to be optimistic.
Ged Manns apocalyptic comedy has some nice ideas and a few smile-worthy gags, but the plot is obvious and its actualisation painful.
Amrik Virk looks like a laugh to be with.
The posse return to the Fringe for yet another healthy dose of good old fashioned entertainment.
Ill be the first to admit that whenever I see dance shows at the fringe, I expect to see groundbreaking dance from around the world, but have never expected much from Scotlands…
This is a show which will divide audiences, causing disputes of both an interpersonal and internal nature.
‘What goes by the name of love is banishment, with now and then a postcard from the homeland, such is my considered opinion, this evening.
‘Funny’s funny, except when it’s not’ seems to be the general message of this compilation show.
Four pupils await a class that will never start, in this new writing from Daniel Rayner, performed by Bleak Heart.
Sanderson Jones lost his mother at the age of 10 and has been thinking about death ever since.
When the matchmakers of Austens time are no more, fear not: I Love You, Youre Perfect, Now Change negotiates, with excruciatingly spot-on humour, the difficulties of the mo…
Love in The Key of Britpop is spoken word artist Emily Andersen’s performance of her self-professed ‘ode to Britpop, nightclub romance, visa marriages and anglophilic love’.
The Pauly Show – Episode One, is a brilliant idea on paper: a stand up comedian with a ramshackle sitcom pilot live on stage.
While Arthur Smith protests that he’s no longer on the sauce, the format and sheer unpredictability of this concept seem like they were conceived on some booze-addled bender.
A marathon is a metaphor for life in this interactive, multimedia promenade.
Zipping through all of Greek mythology in an hour and a half is quite a lot of fun when it is presented by a company of student actors who tackle the task with enthusiasm; it is ra…
It should be no surprise that I am not the only unaccompanied adult at Little Howard’s Big Show.
This venue has just one entry in the Fringe Festival programme and this covers 11 different events.
Chortle has long been a staple for any keen comedy fan.
Sandy Grierson will also skip, strip and teach you how to make an origami boat.
In his program notes writer Adam J A Cass remarks this one-person show is based on a boy who is out there somewhere, the out there being cyber space.
This two hander begins with both actresses acting out a dumb show to a music track.
Who doesnt want to wake up to a coffee, a croissant and five finely crafted short plays? Hangover theatre or simply one for the early-birds, The Big Bite-Size Breakfast Show is …
Off-Broadway’s longest running musical comes to the 2011 Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Waiting to go into this production of Howard Brentons short, searing exploration of the nature of justice and retribution I witnessed the front of house staff refuse entry to a f…
This is one of Shakespeares toughest plays to pull off.
Live at The Electric promised some of the best sketch comedy of the Fringe hosted by the extremely likable and endearing Russell Kane.
This is one of the most evocative and deeply moving shows I have ever seen.
Franny Winters and her husband Harm Groespecker bound on stage to the music from The Avengers.
The concept of Bite Size is a perfectly simple, yet novel one, and the clue really is in the title.
This concert proved to be a bit of a gem.
This is as good a play as Ive ever seen about the absurdity of prejudice.
The problems started right from the word go.
This is a sketch show occupying a very special niche in the imagination of the Fringe.
The idea of the comedy ‘dining experience’ is done most famously at the Fringe by the Fawlty Towers Dining Experience, the concept being that a tribute act to a famous sitcom …
The theme of this years offering is love, which Lucy equates to a mental illness.
Covering a range of singer/songwriter greats, Juliet Nisbet and Bruce Birrell, collectively known as Spirit of Love, take us on a musical journey across Scotland, Ireland, France a…
A fun, eclectic group of amateur comedians took to the stage with an endearing, though not hilarious, improvised comedy set.
Yesterday I watched a man in a yellow coat talking about his favourite colour for an hour.
There is no such thing as a show that is too silly.
The Music Box, a new play by Cambridge University’s Emma Stirling is not only bad, but bad for theatre.
A young, game troupe telling a simple tale with some inventive staging makes for an enchanting bed time story.
This comedy thriller by Israeli duo Elephant and the Mouse has a plot twist so delicious that giving it away would be murder.
While the usual argument of why comediennes are not prevalent at the Fringe has yet again reared its ugly head, another, of whether there is enough provision for children at the fe…
Stu and Garry have been working together for twenty years.
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…
Diane Spencer or ‘Lady Di’ as she is sometimes known, bounces onto stage.
This is Ian Kendalls 16th year performing magic at the Edinburgh fringe and his best show yet.
Markus Birdman’s comedy dwells on serious themes, a fact that is perhaps unsurprising considering the 40-something stand-up suffered a stroke a few years ago which caused him to …
Hitch and Mitch’s intentions were to be so bad that they were good.
This one woman sketch show features strangely sinister characters who are both entertaining and unnerving.
‘You’ve come on a weird night.
Unlike His Ghostly Heart, another play on the Fringe which is played out in the dark, where the stage is darkened and the audience can make out the actors forms, in Don Qui…
Out with the old and in with the new.
The boardroom proved a bold and equally bloody way to shake up old Macbeth in Entita Theatre’s adaptation of Fall to the Top.
The witty and charming pair Richard Marsh and Katie Bonna give us a beat poetry rom-com ballad that, while not groundbreaking, at least treads old ground with the comfort and warmt…
As you can probably infer from the band’s name, Balkan Beat Box are bending the conventions of the Eastern-European folk genre, and are bringing it bang up to date.
Matthew Crosby is a five foot five bearded man with a side parting, who wears short-sleeved checkered shirts and black, thick-framed glasses.
This piece by director/writer Ryan J-W Smith garnered fantastic reviews and awards at last years Festival.
‘Come in! Come in!’ giggled a mischievous sprite-like creature as she showed us to our seat at the beginning of Salvi and the Box of Dreams.
An entertaining hour of fairy tales drawn from Hans Christian Andersens collection.
Marga Gomez is one quirky lady.
All In The Timing is a collection of one act plays by David Ives, each lasting around ten minutes.
Stand-up works best in a small space.
Part of a four day festival of unique and inspiring work from young artists based in London.
Barry and Ian are two estranged brothers in their late middle-age.
The Shack Comedy Club is a new venue just beginning to find its feet.
Compered by Brighton’s Dave Thompson in his mighty velvet suit, The Late Show gave Fringe goers an opportunity to shelter from the crowded bars and fast food stalls in order to e…
Next to breathing and eating, lying is man’s greatest survival tactic.
I love Ontoerend Goed; whether it’s their audience-dividing masterpiece that was Audience last year or something life changing and unique like A Game Of You, I have been a massiv…
Thomas Annand and David Day have come all the way from Ireland to prove that there’s far more to African drumming than monotonous banging.
The cozy upstairs room of The Quadrant was all-abuzz with the sound of glasses clinking and chitter-chatter, preceding what I hoped would be a night of raucous laughter and merrime…
The premise of Slavery to Star Trek is a strange one.
Five years in the making and almost stopped by the Japanese earthquake earlier this year, Siro-A blitz the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with outstanding visual trickery.
Monkey Toast’s chat show is the Pleasance’s late-night forum for comics to plug their shows and there’s nothing wrong with that – in fact, publicity has rarely been so much fun.
A comedy sketch show, promising 32 new and hilarious sketches in under an hour.
‘How do you come out as straight?’ Dan Student asks the early evening audience at Fingers Piano Bar.
There is such an abundance of improvised shows around the fringe this year it’s a near impossible task to sift through them all to find the gems.
Mario Morris presents his comedy magic show, the All Human One Magic Show at Zoo Southside.
When a show is going badly, repeatedly telling the audience that they’re a tough crowd only ever exacerbates matters.
The excitement in the audience is palpable as the lights dim in St George’s West, a beautiful venue that lends itself well to theatrical transformation.
Yes! This is everything you, I, everyone wants in a musical.
Adam Larter splatters onto his stage like paint from Jackson Pollock’s paintbrush, ungainly and definitely not graceful as he crashes all over the place.
Wet Paint is made up of two magicians, Ben Hart and Neil Kelso, with ‘ideas so fresh they’re still wet’.
In an age of ever rising ticket prices and purple cow shaped venues it is nice to find something that represents good old fashioned value.
The Brighton Beach Boys gave a fairly electric rendition of some of the greatest and most celebrated musical bangers from the year 1969, as well as the Beatles’ ‘Abbey Road’.
There aren’t many taboos left in comedy.
Part of the Laughing Horse Free Festival, comedian and photographer Ian Fox delivers an hour of very amusing entertainment through a selection of photos.
The notoriously foul-mouthed Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppets have toned down their act for this family friendly show.
Comic and self-confessed ‘try-too-hard’ Gráinne Maguire visits Edinburgh this year with her latest show Where Are All the Fun Places and Are Lots of People There Having Better…
It’s clear that Florence Leon is a performer with passion, but you need a little more than that to pull off a solo show.
From the moment they step on stage, these outsize babies have the audience laughing uncontrollably.
The marketing for Auntie Myra’s Fun Show misleadingly promises something pretty outrageous.
This production is a set of four or five unconnected stories about love, enjoyed, gained, lost and destroyed.
In his own words, Tom Goodliffe is a big, friendly nerd.
Writing a show is a difficult enough task; to then both act and direct said show is worthy of a titan.
Not quite a film night and not quite a variety show, sketch comedy troupe The Beta Males play host to a feast of entertainment from some of the Fringe’s finest comedy acts while …
This play promises a quick and basic guide to the development of western theatre.
If you could tell Love what you honestly thought of it what would you say? In this fusion of poetic monologue, dance and sign language, Vintage Star Productions approaches love wit…
With its modest and pretty title, Some Small Love Story sets the tone for its performance.
Love Child is the story of two women - a mother and daughter - who have never met; the former gave the latter away at her birth, the daughter returns to seek out her lost parent.
It always helps a performance when the audience is packed, in tune with the performers and ready for a good laugh.
I Love You, Youre Perfect, Now Change is a comedy musical from the pen of Joe DiPietro and Jimmy Roberts.
Sugar & Vice are Courtney Powell and Brydie Lee-Kennedy, who get up on stage and bare all.
Show Down is a contemporary dance show based upon Irving Berlins Annie Get Your Gun.
This play tells the story of the life of its central character, Peggy, as she looks back over the unfolding events of her youth.
In three short years, All the King’s Men have gone from a little-known university a cappella group to the third best collegiate group in the world, and from the simply phenomenal…
Fringe-veterans Scottish Dance Theatre, this year celebrating their 25th birthday, return to Zoo in fine fettle with a mixed bill of three works, two of which showcase choreography…
A sterling selection of inspired nonsense.
Smile and Nod are a sunny, engaging college improv group from California, whose show California Beach Bungalow is confident, slick and imaginative.
Something consistently excellent about Belt Up’s productions is their dedication to preserving the illusion.
The lights go up on a run-down flat with a couple, Pat and Susan, that look like they’re in the middle of one hell of a row.
Shirley & Shirley sure are one hell of a team.
Richard and Max have been best friends since high school, where they bonded over their respective social flaws.
The title of the play sets up an immediate opposition between love and understanding, and once seated, we are soon presented us with characters full of love and totally lacking in …
An amnesiac is being interrogated.
Burlesque loves its staples.
Socks playing guitar.
The Oxford Belles are a small set of seven, performing upon a dauntingly massive black stage but as soon as they burst into song they fill the entire space with life.
A high-octane thundering spectacular neatly wrapped in BacoFoil.
Free comedy is like cinema pick n’ mix.
Anybody who thinks that you can perform Love’s Labour’s Lost without doing something serious to the script probably hasn’t read the play.
The sense of apprehension in the auditorium as the audience settles is at odds with an early afternoon show, but not surprising when one considers that we are about to witness Bela…
This was a very entertaining start to a Sunday from a very experienced and polished performer.
Bridge Markland performs his own version of Goethes Faust in a maverick combination of blank verse and pop song.
A Real Humane Person Who Cares And All That by Adam Brace is the best piece of new writing that I have seen on the Fringe.
Like so many fringe productions this year, the Super Serious Show looks to be one of those stand-up variety, mash-up shows that is used as a platform for many of the acts out there…
Dim, dingy lighting barely illuminates this musty Edinburgh bar, its vague seafaring theme embodied by scale wooden models of old sailing boats, naval pencil sketches suspended fro…
Fringe favourites Belt Up return with their highly acclaimed The Boy James, now transferred to the entirely new venue of C Nova, where up several flights of stairs the audience is …
I may be wrong - and do tell me if you know how it’s done - but I think I may have just seen the best, simplest, most perplexing and gob-stoppingly awesome trick I’ve ever seen.
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.
Andi Osho, the rising female comedian famous for her appearances on Mock the Week and Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow, is taking to pieces what it means to be a single lady in…
If you’re attending the Festival with some young ‘uns in tow, then I can enthusiastically recommend you drop in on Be a Star in a Juggling Show at Zoo Venues.
Jim Cartwright’s 1992 play has a script that dazzles, full of wordplay and witty one-liners.
We All Love Llamas is a great free poetry event to take your kids to while in Edinburgh.
The People Show 121 delivers an hour of captivating truly British murder mystery fun in this charming three-person show.
The stunning opening of Debussy’s ‘Prélude à L’après midi d’un faune’ set the standard for the rest of the night as the trilling flute and solemn oboe against the bac…
The Grind Show takes a look into a surreal world that tests reality.
Watch This Improv Troupe have set themselves up for quite a fall after confidently naming their act Nothing To Show.
Given the perpetual debate concerning the over-commercialisation of the Fringe that has been prominent this year, it is with a great sigh of relief that events such as the Malcolm …
Nine members of the Scottish Dance Theatre company take to the stage to dance.
A10-strong cast from the Scottish Dance Theatre start off this performance with a still-life scene, a sculptural montage, in which all the characters appear in the same light.
A magic show is fundamentally different from most other shows – because the success of the show is based on how much trickery can be covered up from the audience, rather than how…
What starts out with Shoko Ito charmingly asking the audience if they love someone with Japanese pop songs gently wafting into their ears quickly devolves into a series of dreamsca…
We’ve all had them hairdressers who give you constant patter and banter whilst you’re trapped in their chair, but Giovanni Monica - a professional barber from Wiltshire - decide…
It is a great honour for any composer to have their work cherry-picked by fans and turned into a revue.
‘I thought it was a magic show.
Love is a pyramid scheme, suggests Richard Herring, in an extended fifteen-minute segment of his strongly-themed set, in which he contemplates the devastating consequences of a lov…
Fifty minutes of pure immersion.
If one ignores the grating scene-change muzak, this was a rather good production – four short comic plays from David Ives’ All In The Timing, plus another from Mere Mortals.
When Naomi Grossmans second self-penned show, Carnival Knowledge, premiered in LA, it enjoyed a sell-out, twice-extended run, and the actress was nominated for best solo performa…
The action is set in the Emerald Shitty nightclub somewhere in Australia, hosted by drag queen Patty OFurniture.
Do you ever wonder what lies beneath the red nose and big shoes? All an Act gives the audience a peek behind the scenes of the circus to see the people behind the make-up, because …
The Fringe is often praised for its glorious variety but there are some things listed in the Fringe guide that exceed the proper constraints of a show.
The I Hate Children Children’s Show is back for another Fringe and this year, they’re meaner than ever.
Graham Whistler’s show from last year’s Fringe returns, again mainly focusing on his cerebral palsy.
Salem is a production that attempts to do something dangerous - to perform a piece of theatre about a historical event that has already been covered by a really well-known play.
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One song short of a Spice Girls Tribute band, the boys from King’s have smashed another year at the Fringe.
What a joy and a rarity it is to see a cross-generational cast of performers, ranging in age from 28-78, share the stage in dance theatre of this calibre.
‘Do you like bubbles?’ asks Louis Pearl of the audience, which was mainly comprised of families with small children.
Sarah-Louise Young’s show, Confessions of a Paralysed Porn Star, was conceived the day she Googled herself and discovered she shared her name with an adult actress.
Jonny & Joe are couple of young lads with an inventive and interesting series of sketches.
Heres a trade secret for you, readers at home: reviewing comedy is the hardest part of this job.
The Fall Of Man is a reinvention of Miltons Paradise Lost, set in a bedsit in 2006.
The poster tagline to Pinch in Love is ‘However appetising the baby may look, the answer is no to cooking it!’ It’s a sinister slogan that promises a darkly comic play full …
Medieval dramas are an odd beast and very difficult to put on.
Coming under a banner of ‘edutainment’ (please remember to shoot whoever came up with that), John and Dan are a pair of real, genuine scientists from London’s Science Museum, who a…
For those Broadway Baby readers unfamiliar with him, Tommy Sheridan is a Scottish left-wing politician who successfully sued the News of the World for suggesting that he’d taken pa…
Any sketch show that opens with the entire plot of Oliver Twist, in song, in three minutes is going to be good.
The Agitated Acupuncturist Returns To Find It is utterly bizarre.
Tim Shishodia and Pat Cahill make up The Tim and Pat Show, a comedy double act proving itself to be a real highlight of the Free Fringe.
It’s a beautiful day at the Fringe and I’m sat on the top deck of a red bus in the Meadows.
Stephen K Amos joins the chat show brigade, setting out his sofa in the Teviot Ballroom.
The Awesome Show is a creative project that has been in the making for nine months.
Many will argue that the beauty of Performance Art is that the possibilities are endless.
Oh! Youre too old! Dont let Peter see you! That was gently whispered in my ear as I entered the space for this choppy adaptation of Peter Pan.
A sizeable crowd took the brave decision to bring their 6-year-olds to the Gilded Balloon for an hour of bum jokes on Sunday morning.
This show suffers from a major conceptual problem.
The End of the World Show is an entertaining whirl through the world’s major religions and their approaches to the eponymous End-Times, written and performed by comedian Mark Spe…
In an increasing trend amongst the big-name comics, this is Jason Byrne’s ‘other show’, and this year involves grabbing four guest celebrities as panellists for the top table, a co…
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 there were a prize for shows that do exactly what they say on the tin, this one clearly would be walk off with a rosette.
How can a full house of adults be entertained for an hour by a couple of grey socks in a tartan Punch & Judy tent? Ask Kev Sutherland, the writer and performer, who returns for fo…
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I have always been of the belief that children’s shows require an element of the surreal for both the captivation of the children, and piquing the interest of the parents that pa…
In these financially straitened times, Pappys are no longer a Fun Club this year they are All Business, and the show takes the form of a corporate pitch to us, the shareholder…
Calling this show a Cabaret was the first mistake.
Scott Agnew is a really nice guy who has a strong stage presence and has some very good lines.
Sticking with the name that they have made famous over the last 20 years but going for what they described as ‘more casual’ jeans and shirt attire, The Pajama Men’s Improv Sh…
Six actors take turns playing a beachcomber while the rest watch, amused and concerned.
Even by the standards of the Fringe, the Zoo has long since been established for pushing the boundaries of modern theatre and displaying provocative, no-holds-barred action in thei…
I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change is a director’s dream.
A two man show by charismatic performers Aideen Wylde and Tadhg Hickey promises fast paced farce within the context of an 1870’s period setting, interestingly established at the …
Glee and High School Musical meet Dr Seuss.
It is good to be reminded of the fact that history is full of eccentrics, radicals, and pioneers who never appear in the history books - especially when they turn out to be women, …
Sketch comedy duo Chris O’Niell and Paul Valenti started last night with a bit of a mountain to climb.
From the moment the audience is met at the entrance by the overenthusiastic Mr Alesbottom, it becomes clear that the duo are desperate for us to like them.
Ill admit that a cappella isnt usually a genre that fills me with ebullience.
One of the top stand-ups at the Fringe, Stephen K Amos crafts a fine hour of comedy based on some deep self-contemplation.
DugOut Theatre’s Inheritance Blues has already proven to be a winner, picking up ISDF 2012 Festgoers’ Choice Award.
A show about shows is not the most original idea there has ever been but Dan Nightingale’s ‘what might have been?’ take on performing in this year’s Edinburgh Fringe provid…
When your lineup is three unheard-of comedians, and your venue is the Gilded Balloon’s tiny “Wee Room”, calling your show ‘The Big Comedy Showcase’ is actually a pretty s…
The humour of sketch troupe Sploshy can most realistically be described as lazy.
As you enter the bar you are encouraged to take a drink; do, you’ll need it.
Making their Fringe debut under a year since their foundation, All the Kings Men is comprised of twelve charming, charismatic, but, unfortunately, not musically satisfying chaps …
The Three Gaga men wear full body tights to produce a show of circus value that balances between being a little bit freakish and providing unique entertainment.
With stand up variety shows the aim is always to showcase a variation of comedic talent in order to provide ‘something for everyone’.
Professor Kaos exclaims truimphantly that he has the ‘most popular show in the Fringe!’ and with good cause.
It’s what a performer does in adversity which really shows their true colours.
This young company have taken on a huge and emotive subject here; the plight of young children who arrive in this country as refugees, unaccompanied by adults.
Two comic actors play numerous different quirky characters, as the quest to read the big, breaking news goes on.
This is Ian Kendalls 18th birthday magic show, having first shared his love of magic with Fringe audiences on the Mound back in 1992.
The story of Helena and her faithless husband, Bertram, has puzzled theatregoers for centuries.
While not the slickest show this side of the Royal Mile, Sh!it Theatre’s Job Seekers Anonymous was definitely something extraordinary.
The six-strong cast of Luca Silvestrini’s Protein Dance vividly captures the extremes of excitement and loneliness associated with mobile communication and online social media in…
With his bare feet, eternal glass of red wine and implausibly heavy accent, Marcel Lucont is not one to let his French heritage go unacknowledged.
Narrator Avis Sherman (Michael Legge) introduces the plan twelve twisted tales.
One Man Star Wars Trilogy delivers exactly what the title promises.
Christian Reilly has walked upon and calmed the boiling seas of the Royal Mile and resurrected the flogged and lifeless corpse of comedy music.
‘I Wish You Love’ traces the intense friendship between Edith Piaf and Marlene Dietrich through dialogue and their own songs.
When history looks back at the greatness of famous Tims, it will not be particularly favourable.
Josie Longs effervescent cheeriness and excitement at all this world has to offer turns geeky, untouched topics in comedy goldmines.
So, another year another thousand student companies bringing I Love You, Youre Perfect, Now Change to the Fringe.
Some Small Love Story, as the title may suggest, is a short, self-contained and in the end inconsequential story about love and loss, with some songs thrown in for good measure.
Nicely addressing the growing Fringe problem of how to keep an audience entertained during entry to a several-hundred seat mega-venue, Brendon Burns has adopted Dave Eastgate as a …
‘Come in girls, sit anywhere you like.
The old adage ‘a problem shared is a problem halved’ is not one that Hannah Ringham subscribes to.
First, allow me to vent my admiration for this show with mindless superlatives: Fantastic.
How do you solve a problem like Maria? Well take all the glitter and Lamee in the world and youve got a start.
The obvious, but often overlooked difficulty with one act plays is their length.
Up there with The Deer Hunter and The Champ, Love Story came from a decade of schmaltzy tearjerkers that kept tissue manufacturers in healthy profits.
Two short plays by the same playwright Paul Richards collectively titled A Little Light Theatre had a lightness of touch that brought ordinary people facing dramatic episodes to li…
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 …
Leaving a theatre and having to critique a performance for potential visitors, despite knowing that it will never be recreated in that way again, is an undoubtedly difficult task.
Steve Tooley has 51 minutes to live and only your laughter can save him, or so it states on the flyer for The Plan B Show.
Tales from the Sauna opens with a voiceover from a 1960s psychiatrist about how all gays are socially and sexually inadequate borderline pyschopaths.
I have to begin by saying that I am incredibly thankful to my flatmate, Adam, for taking the time to give me a brief rundown of all the Star Wars films prior to my arrival in Edinb…
The key ingredients to any successful comedy show have to be a friendly audience, a boisterous atmosphere and a packed venue, all of which the Showcase Show had.
Jackson Voorhaar’s set details the things he loves and loathes.
The Soap Kitchen have an act which will be familiar to anyone who’s seen Who’s Line Is It Anyway.
‘I was going to have a cucumber down my pants’ says compere Marc Smethurst, removing a cucumber from his pants, ‘but there’s a reviewer in tonight.
Kings Hall has been taken over by Summer Hall and transformed into the Canada Hub over the festival, showcasing a series of Canadian acts exploring the issues surrounding Canada’…
Marking the closing weekend of the Edinburgh Fringe, the legendary Kölsch is bringing his fresh new international party, IPSO, to the capital for one night only.
It’s the annual two-hour charity variety show filled with bizarre acts and very alternative comedy which includes the presentation of three annual Malcolm Hardee Comedy Awards.
A parade of comedians have 90 seconds to impress the crowd before facing the wrath of the gong, plus the special guest judges! Imagine Red Faces crossed with a roast, and you’re ne…
Theatre-making manifestos always make me wary, in part because I'm inherently suspicious of portentous artists in any field: "The aim is not to depict the real, but to mak…
“PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD JOIN HANDS, START A LOVE TRAIN” Put on your platforms, dust off the flares and experience the fabulous hits of 60s and 70s in an all singing, all d…
Spend a balmy evening with artists, musos, muses, comedians, pranksters, foodies and funksters … We are inviting you to laugh yr face off, eat yr heart out, dance yr pants off, p…
Celia Pacquola returns to the Adelaide Fringe Festival with a brand new show.
Comedy, circus, storytelling, poetry and stupid science.
Editor-in-Chief, Richard Beck, spoke to Playwright Nick Maynard (NM), Director Scott Le Crass (SLC) and actors Stewart Dylan-Campbell (SDC) and Aiden Kane (AK) about the play about...
The curtain is about to rise on another year of the Prague Fringe Festival which is entering its 23rd year. This year's line-up features about 40 different shows over 6 days
Director John Mitton tells tell us about this year's , The British Theatre Challenge, the plays and the writers.
Double Fringe First Winners, Xhloe & Natasha talk to us about the Edinburgh Fringe and what made them want to bring their Fringe First winning shows, And Then The Rodeo Burned Down...
Wandsworth Arts Fringe 2024 is now open for declarations of interest and grant application
A coveted Bobby has been presented to five shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year.
Ginny Hogan and Nick Pupo are two New-Yorkers who will be debuting their solo comedy shows Regression and Addicted at Edinburgh Fringe this year.
Mervyn Stutter talks to us about his 31st year at the Fringe, how things have changed and his show, Pick of the Fringe
We asked Charlotte Anne-Tilley to reflect upon her journey to becoming an actor/writer prior to opening with her show Almost Adult at the Edinburgh Fringe.
We've seen from shows such as Fleabag in 2013 that success at your Edinburgh debut show can lead to worldwide success.
Quebec clowns Rémi Jacques and Jean-Félix Bélanger talk about their art ahead of their show, Brotipo, opeining at the Edinburgh Fringe
Sikisa Bostwick-Barnes’ Her Me Out will be premiering at Edinburgh Festival Fringe this August - you may have seen Sikisa on the BBC or Live at The Apollo, or even received legal...
Our Editor-in-Chief, Richard Beck, talks to Dennis Elkins about his life and Trilogy at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Comedy and Scotland Editor James Macfarlane sits down with magician and mentalist Colin Cloud to discuss his new Edinburgh Fringe show After Dark, adjusting to Zoom life and why he...
James Haddrell, Artistic Director of Greenwich Theatre, and the cast: Brandon Kimaryo, who plays Davey (Male, aged 17), and Kerrie Taylor who plays Anita (Female, aged 53) talk abo...
theSpaceUK Unveils Spectacular 2023 Programme: Over 360 Exciting Shows Await Theatre Enthusiasts at the Edinburgh Fringe
With alumni including Ed Gamble, Nish Kumar and Jeremy Vine, the Durham Revue are celebrating their 50th year with sketch show comedy Death on the Mile at this year’s Durham Frin...
Literacy, lockdown and the love of music are the themes of a new play which has its world premiere in Hove on July 6.
Does technology have a role in live performance? In 2014 The Old Market’s #TOMtech season blasted into Brighton, exclusively showcasing performances shaped by technology.
The sixth pub crawl in our series takes place in Leith.
The fifth in our festival pub crawls traverses the New Town.
Unlike its sister crawl, Old Town North, Old Town South traverses more of the South Side’s bars that lie adjacent to many Fringe venues.
The third of our pub crawls, the Old Town North trail has an extensive list of both core and optional bars to choose from.
The first in our series of Fringe Festival pub crawls 2019 takes us from Morningside to the Meadows.
The second crawl in our festival pub crawls 2019 takes you through Newington.
After a year of excellent shows, picking the winner was harder than ever.
There’s been disco-dancing to Madonna in an old church, vegan based stand up in a room above a pub, incredible acrobatics, hilarious cabaret songs about near-death experiences an...
Today theSpaceUK announces its 2019 Edinburgh Fringe Season with over 400 shows and the biggest new-writing programme at the Fringe.
There have been some stellar hits and some definite misses, but with some five star performances just starting their runs it could be that your favourite show of Brighton Fringe 2...
That’s right, we’re already coming towards the halfway point of Brighton Fringe.
From dark comedies, to sci-fi authors, to an uncooked lump of dough, Brighton Fringe certainly offers surprises for everyone as we head into this second weekend.
Welcome to Brighton Fringe 2019! We’re ready to welcome back old favourites, discover new talent and generally have a jolly good time.
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.
The Warren will be relocating for Brighton Fringe 2019 to a brand new venue in the heart of the city
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.
Just like that, we approach the final weekend of Brighton Fringe.
Despite the costs many performers experience putting on a production there are plenty who use the platform provided to them to fundraise or raise awareness for a cause close to the...
May is marvellous.
We're almost mid-way through the Fringe and it seems like there are more shows than ever to pick from.
After the glorious sunshine of the opening weekend, you might be forgiven for thinking that the fun might be over.
Do you always listen out for the screeching sound of the TARDIS? Have you dreamed of captaining the Enterprise to boldly go where no one has gone before? Does other people’s lack...
It’s the bank holiday and you’re ready for the long weekend – but what to do? Read on to discover how to kick-start your weekend with comedy, beer, parties and Julie Andrews.
The Warren once again joined with Brighton Fringe to celebrate the opening of Brighton Fringe 2018 with a fantastic free firework display on Thursday 3rd May.
Know your camembert from your comté? Your seitan from your soy? If you serve your steak on a Himalayan salt block or enjoy covering your chargrilled cauliflower with chermoula the...
Broadway Baby Publisher, Pete Shaw, offers a comprehensive guide to marketing your show at a fringe festival such as Edinburgh with tips on budgets, creating a press release, socia...
Some years ago I wrote an article about the best strategies for getting Broadway Baby to review your show.
As one of the heavy hitters at Brighton Fringe, Sweet Venues have announced they doubling their number of spaces in 2018 with two new venues.
The Rolls-Royce of English comedies, Oscar Wilde’s An Ideal Husband, brings an act of political sin into the heart of the English home.
The world’s longest running American musical, the multi award-winning Chicago, returns to London’s West End after a 5½ year absence.
All this week we've got some fantastic offers on your favourite West End shows. Check back daily for the latest offers.
Barry Humphries is our masterfully seasoned emcee and cabaret diva Meow Meow our chanteuse in this risqué, sophisticated and seductive tribute to the jazz-infused music of the Wei...
Mutterings about star ratings are as much a part of the Fringe as plastic pint glasses.
Ever since their debut in 2015 with Weekend Rockstars Middle Child Theatre have been rewriting what musical theatre can be with their distinctive gig-theatre genre.
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...
The second Bobby of EdFringe 2017 has been scooped by Middle Child for All We Ever Wanted Was Everything.
Having made their Fringe debut last year with The Life and Times of Lionel, theatre company Forget About The Dog are back with their new show, 100 Ways to Tie a Shoelace.
As we celebrate 70 years of Edinburgh Fringe defiance, Fay Roberts suggests that more work is needed to make it truly open access for everyone.
Improv is as big as it’s ever been at the Fringe, with well over a hundred shows for you to choose from.
Writer and actor Milly Thomas is best known in the theatre world for her 2016 play Clickbait and for writing an episode of Clique on BBC Three.
With the second and most exhausting weekend of the Fringe nearly in the rearview mirror, it’s time to have a rest day.
Leyla Josephine is a performance artist and writer from Glasgow.
Could virtual reality and interactive media become a staple of the Fringe programme? Housed in Assembly Rooms on George Street, FuturePlay is an artist-led technology festival that...
As the Edinburgh International Festival and its Fringe celebrate their 70th anniversaries, Broadway Baby’s James T.
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.
When it was first staged in 2012, Phyllida Lloyd’s prison-set Julius Caesar was called “gimmicky, humourless and slow” by the Telegraph and “witty, liberating and inventive...
Over 3,000 separate productions will squeeze themselves into Edinburgh this August and the slightly depressing reality is that most will not achieve their objectives for the fest...
Another stellar year of entertainment at Brighton Fringe has once again made choosing the winner of the coveted Broadway Bobby incredibly difficult.
May Bank Holiday weekend can only mean one thing; Brighton Fringe is almost upon us.
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...
Karen and Katy Koren are thrilled to announce that Gilded Balloon will expand into the heart of Edinburgh’s New Town, as they embark upon an exciting new partnership with the Ros...
Renowned for its comedy, Brighton Fringe is the perfect time to discover brand new talents. Here’s our guide to stand-ups you’d be totally crazy to miss.
Last week saw 10 shows that will be selling out shortly, this week brings 10 shows that might be currently flying under the radar, but not for very much longer.
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.
Are you excited about Brighton Fringe yet? We are! And with 988 Brighton Fringe shows and events now listed on Broadway Baby you've found the right place for the best coverage of t...
Comedy from Jerry Sadowitz, mime from Trygve Wakensha and music from U.
In the last two years, improv comedy has experienced a surge of popularity around London with great new groups popping up on the scene.
Fresh from a sell-out 2016 UK Tour, Edward Fox is to return to the West End in the celebrated one-man play exploring the life and work of John Betjeman, Sand in the Sandwiches, f...
After the short run at the Royal Court Theatre sold out in just one day, Jez Butterworth’s epic, new play The Ferryman will transfer to the West End.
Romola Garai will star as Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough alongside Emma Cunniffe as the eponymous monarch in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Queen Anne.
For the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe free shows will return to The Counting House venue on West Nicolson Street, following a one year hiatus with the venue being programmed under a paid s...
Our Winter Sale promotion is now live and we have a number of amazing deals & offers.
Audiences have only six weeks left to see the critically acclaimed West End production of Sir Ronald Harwood’s The Dresser which brings together a multi award-winning cast and cr...
Alfie Boe and Katherine Jenkins will star for the first time together in the West End as Billy Bigelow and Julie Jordan in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel, the third productio...
This week Greenwich Theatre opens its eagerly awaited new studio space with the world premiere of a new play, presented in partnership with emerging company CultureClash Theatre.
Bobby Winner Ten Storey Love Song (adapted by Luke Barnes from the Richard Milward novel) is a play cum techno gig about five wretched tower-block inhabitants who deserve better fr...
Handing out flyers on the street is one of the most famously unpleasant parts of putting on a show at the Fringe.
A delicious Fringe First cocktail at Brookes Bar with the super funny and talented Naomi Petersen! Go see her show I Am Telling You I'm Not Going... and tonight she didn't!
Award-winning theatre company Bucket Club are melding together playful theatre with a live techno score for Fossils, a sceptical quest for the Loch Ness Monster at the Pleasance Do...
The Fringe is the single most exciting date in the student-theatre calendar.
A capella is something of a phenomenon at the Edinburgh Fringe.
The Many Doors of Frank Feelbad is a brave and engaging work about how children and families process and communicate grief.
You don’t know this, but somewhere inside you is a comedy genius just waiting to be unleashed - all you need is a hypnotist to help you let it out.
Do you work well under pressure? How about life-or-death pressure? Nuclear Family gives you the chance to find out by inviting the audience to mount an enquiry about a pair of sibl...
Stop The Train is a new musical from Rick Guard and Phil Rice following the story of commuters plunged into a dangerous situation - and forced to talk to each other.
Attila the Stockbroker began performing poetry in the 1980s, and since then has toured the world.
I Got Superpowers for my Birthday by Katie Douglas is an action-packed fantasy adventure about the pains of growing up and learning you can shoot fire from your fingertips.
Love for Sale a theatrical cabaret celebration of the music of Kurt Weill set in 1930s Paris.
Based on it’s performers’ real-life stand-up material, Jailmates is a love story about an unlikely couple who meet on a pen-pal website jailmates.
If you were to list Every Brilliant Thing about life, what would you include? This is the idea behind Duncan Macmillan’s critically acclaimed play, broaching the subject of menta...
The festival is a place for the taboo and James Wilson-Taylor has brought the final taboo to Edinburgh… sort of? Ginger is the New Black sets out to rebrand redheads and challeng...
Theatre Ad Infinitum have become a fixture of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, having won two Stage Awards, two Argus Angels, and a Guardian Best of EdFringe.
In the 1960s, NASA funded scientists set out to try and teach dolphins to speak.
Join Adrian Bradley for Fringe Diary, your bulletin on the news, views and schmooze at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Shruti Chauhan is a poet and performer from Leicester.
Join Adrian Bradley for Fringe Diary, your bulletin on the news, views and schmooze at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Join Adrian Bradley for Fringe Diary, your bulletin on the news, views and schmooze at the Edinburgh Fringe.
In 2012, Harry Baker became the youngest ever World Poetry Slam Champion.
Join Adrian Bradley for Fringe Diary, your bulletin on the news, views and schmooze at the Edinburgh Fringe.
The Tumanishvili Film Actors Theatre has been bringing Georgian theatre to Edinburgh for nearly 20 years, filling theatres and getting critical acclaim for foreign-language theatre...
Join Adrian Bradley for Fringe Diary, your bulletin on the news, views and schmooze at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Join Adrian Bradley for the inaugural Fringe Diary, your bulletin on the news, views and schmooze at the Edinburgh Fringe. How far will some performers go to promote their shows?
Poet Sophia Walker, former BBC Slam champion, is back! But this time she’s on the other side of the clipboard: organising and hosting the competition she once won.
Looking to catch ‘em all while in Edinburgh? Well you’re in luck. The festival is stuffed with PokeStops and Pidgeys. We run down what’s on offer at the main venues.
Experienced industry professionals are offering personal time and advice to fringe performers at a How to Market Your Show event hosted by C venues.
Thinking of getting some leg-over whilst in the Scottish capital? Funny man Patrick Turpin is here with a four-step programme to ensure you get the right release.
Kids in Love made its world premiere at the 2016 Edinburgh International Film Festival.
Let Megan guide you through the dos and dont's of online dating for Fringe 2016. Broadway Baby has a chat about her show Love Me Tinder..
Kevin Mclean is one of the organizers of Loud Poets, a poetry collective entering its third year at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Groomed, a powerful play about child abuse written and performed by Patrick Sandford ex-artistic director of Southampton’s Nuffield Theatre, swept the board at the Brighton Fring...
It’s the halfway point for Brighton Fringe and there are still hundreds of shows left to see.
Exploring humanity’s eternal fascination with the skies through the eyes of this playful and dynamic young ensemble, The Girl Who Fell in Love with the Moon is a dark, Tim Burton...
Gentleman Juggler and unwitting clown Tim Bat performs his impressive repertoire of amazing tricks with aplomb.
Our panel of judges were unanimous in voting Captain Morgan as the winner of the 2015 Broadway Baby Bobby award at the 2015 Edinburgh Fringe.
Memories of a Lullaby is a one woman show about Saras' experiences growing up in Venezuela.
Numerous award-winning companies will be joining us again at this year at Brighton Fringe in the ever astounding Dance and Physical Theatre category.
Ever wondered who works behind the scenes at Brighton Fringe? We've been talking to sound designer and technician Daniel Stevens to find out what he's been up to this festival.
After months of waiting, Brighton Fringe opened its doors last night with the launches of three major venues.
A key Brighton Fringe venue, The Marlborough is located in one of the oldest public houses in the city.
A well seasoned Brighton-Fringer, Rosie Blackwell-Sutton certianly has her hands full this year producing her own show as well as marketing three interestnig performances.
For this year’s Brighton Fringe, Broadway Baby Editor Beth Troakes has been on the hunt to for the insider information as our performers, venue mangers, programmers, press team...
With close to 300 different comedy shows at the Brighton Fringe, you might find yourself a bit over-whelmed by the choice.
It’s the second year for the Rialto Theatre at the Brighton Fringe but it’s already gaining a reputation as a home for local talent.
Hundreds of shows, thousands of performers and one unique city.
Hit musical comedy Little Shop of Horrors is back, and bringing everyone’s favourite carnivorous plant to theatres across the UK in a brand new tour for 2016, opening at Bournemo...
To celebrate the opening of its biggest ever festival, Brighton Fringe has joined forces with The Warren to kick things off with a bang by laying on its first ever fireworks displa...
The Dukebox Theatre are looking for a plethora of Open Mic Brighton based performers to grace their stage this Brighton Fringe.
Universal Arts announced this week that they are thrilled to be bringing BBC Radio 4 star Lach on board to produce and programme shows at the New Town Theatre (96 George St) for Th...
Brighton Fringe has officially launched.
Broadway Baby, the largest reviewing publication at the Edinburgh Fringe, has named Henry St Leger as the Editor for this year’s festival.
Award-winning theatre director Thom Southerland has been appointed Artistic Director of London’s Charing Cross Theatre.
Comedy from Max and Ivan, music from Cassetteboy and DJ Rubbish, cabaret from Le Gateau Chocolate and world premieres galore are among the many highlights at the 2016 Brighton Frin...
Rona Munro is an award-winning Scottish writer for theatre, television and radio.
Daniel Evans’ five star production of Show Boat will transfer from Sheffield to the West End in the spring of 2016.
The international hit musical The Bodyguard will return to the West End for a limited six month run with Beverley Knight playing the title role of Oscar-nominated superstar Rachel ...
Since its inception in 2012 VAULT has hosted over 250 productions, from outrageous comedy acts to hard-hitting political theatre and experimental new work from Britain’s most exc...
London Theatre Workshop has announced that after two successful years located above the Eel Brook Pub in Fulham, the company is relocating to an exciting new venue in Central Londo...
Following a successful run at Brighton Fringe in 2015 and two previous sold-out and critically acclaimed runs at the King's Head Theatre, 5 Guys Chillin' returns this February.
Greenwich Theatre’s spring season is being themed for the first time to promote and celebrate young female theatre makers, some at the start of their careers but others already e...
Shona McCarthy has been named as Chief Executive of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society, filling the post Kath Mainland will vacate in March.
Brighton Fringe is asking people in Sussex to give the gift of joy this Christmas by helping the Fringe put on its first ever opening night parade.
Christmas is the one time of year you can drag your non-theatre-going friends to the theatre.
If you have never dipped your toe in the Fringe waters as a performer, now is your chance to take part in England’s largest arts festival
Broadway Baby publisher Pete Shaw wraps up his Edinburgh experience via his iPhone photo stream.
In Brite Theatre's production of Shakespeare’s Richard III, Emily Carding stars as Richard but all the world’s a stage and the audience literally players in it - taking on the ...
Richard O'Brien is the author of several plays and four books of poetry.
L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq in Paris is one of the world's most influential theatre schools.
Special guest Pete Shaw, Publisher of Broadway Baby, joins James T Harding and Grace Knight for ice cream and the second episode of Broadway Baby Breakfast.
Every year performers stock up their flat fridges with sustenance for the Fringe, but what happens to their leftovers when August winds up? Comedian Simon Caine has founded the Edi...
The Falcon’s Malteser is the story of private detective Tim Diamond and his younger brother Nick becoming embroiled in a malteser-related mystery.
Four-handed piano duo Worbey and Farrell (that’s two hands each, silly) have been wowing audiences with their unique blend of pianistic skill and peerless patter for nearly a dec...
Deputy Features Editor Grace Knight interviews two artists from opposite ends of the Jane Austen-adaptation spectrum.
Pipeline Theatre’s Spillikin is the moving story of an Alzheimer’s sufferer who is kept company by a robot made and programmed by her robotics-obsessed husband.
Mix ‘N’ Pick Theatre is reinventing the rooftops of Princes Mall this summer with the Boxsmall Festival, providing fun-packed interactive theatre shows for children every half ...
Brigitte Aphrodite describes herself as a punk pop poet showgirl who was on the 2009 shortlist for the Musical Comedy awards - but she’s almost impossible to categorise.
Sophia Walker posted a message to Facebook as encouragement to her fellow Fringe performers. We liked it, and with her permission are re-publishing it here.
Knowing Smirk is an improv group from Cheltenham.
All's Well That Ends Well shows strong women winning the battle of the sexes set against the backdrop of World War II.
Greenwich Theatre has a long and successful association with the Edinburgh Fringe, but why does a London Theatre have such a keen interest in a festival hundreds of miles away from...
Broadway Baby talks to Tension Square.
The Nutty Professor and his Amazing Magic Bubble Show promises to amaze adults and kids alike! Broadway Baby finds out more.
Have a thing for iambic pentameter and ghosts of politician's past? Then this might be the show for you! Broadway Baby finds out more.
The UK’s largest reviewer of live arts performance, Broadway Baby, has come out in support of the Theatre Charter – a campaign for good behaviour in UK theatres.
Who isn't a sucker for a good production company name? That's right - no one.
Comedian David O'Doherty will host a one-off gig tomorrow to pay the temporary theatre license fee for his friend’s site-specific comedy horror show in a six-seater caravan.
Family-friendly Story Pocket Theatre is a new company bringing Arabian Nights to the Edinburgh Fringe. Pete Shaw grabbed a moment of their rehearsal period to ask some questions.
The Edinburgh Fringe has more than its fair share of household-name comedians and high profile actors generating many column inches in the press, but at the heart of the festival a...
If you're taking a show to Brighton Fringe this year you want some free advertising, don't you? Sure you do.
England's largest mixed-arts festival, the Brighton Fringe, has launched its online programme.
Broadway Baby publisher, Pete Shaw, reveals how reviewers pick the shows they're going to see, including the specific way Broadway Baby handles its selection.
Broadway Baby Publisher, Pete Shaw, offers a comprehensive guide to marketing your show at the Brighton Fringe with tips on budgets, creating a press release, social media and bran...