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Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year Final 2024

Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year Final 2024

Now in its 15th year - Leicester Square Theatre’s showcase for the UK's best up & coming New Comedians. 

Frankie Boyle Work In Progress Shows at Leicester Square Theatre & Museum Of Comedy

Frankie Boyle Work In Progress Shows at Leicester Square Theatre & Museum Of Comedy

Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes. 

Frankie Boyle Work In Progress Shows at Leicester Square Theatre & Museum Of Comedy

Frankie Boyle Work In Progress Shows at Leicester Square Theatre & Museum Of Comedy

Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes. 

Frankie Boyle Work In Progress Shows at Leicester Square Theatre & Museum Of Comedy

Frankie Boyle Work In Progress Shows at Leicester Square Theatre & Museum Of Comedy

Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes. 

Celeste Ntuli Live In Leicester Square: London Mission II

Celeste Ntuli Live In Leicester Square: London Mission II

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. 

Alison Spittle: New Stuff WIP

Alison Spittle: New Stuff WIP

At the time of blurb, this is going to be about inbuilt misogyny and trying to quantify how f***able she is compared to the green M&M. 

The Musical Theatre Story: The Magic of the Modern Age

The Musical Theatre Story: The Magic of the Modern Age

Following a successful London debut, this incredible musical theatre adventure comes to the Fringe! Featuring performers from the West End and national tours, this show takes you o… 

The Academy Trust: Under New Management!

The Academy Trust: Under New Management!

‘Should I hand in my notice?’ A question that resonates with every teacher, and Rachel is no exception. 

The Musical Theatre Story: The Golden Age of Musical Theatre

The Musical Theatre Story: The Golden Age of Musical Theatre

Following a successful London debut, this incredible musical theatre adventure comes to the Fringe! Featuring performers from the West End and national tours, this show takes you o… 

Darren Walsh: New Puns

Darren Walsh: New Puns

Join award-winning punslinger Darren Walsh fresh from his appearance on Comic Relief, as he road-tests new jokes, with some old jokes thrown in for good measure. 

Alastair Savage: Scots Fiddle Old and New

Alastair Savage: Scots Fiddle Old and New

Alastair returns to the magical Canongate Kirk for a special celebration of the Scottish fiddle tradition, featuring a stellar cast of top performers. 

Commedia and Half Mask Talk by Action Theatre (Italy)

Commedia and Half Mask Talk by Action Theatre (Italy)

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… 

Never Date a Comedian

Never Date a Comedian

Looking for love at the Edinburgh Fringe? This show is for the singles, the wannabe singles and the pretending-to-be singles. 

Musical Theatre Workshop

Musical Theatre Workshop

Work as a group to bring ensemble musical theatre numbers to life. 

Ask The Comedian – A Reverse Crowdwork Show

Ask The Comedian – A Reverse Crowdwork Show

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. 

ScotlandsFest: In Conversation – Richard Demarco

ScotlandsFest: In Conversation – Richard Demarco

For Edinburgh Festival and Fringe legend Richard Demarco, the history of Scotland begins in the words of the great medieval poets Henryson and Dunbar, the composer Henry Carver and… 

Janine Harouni: Does New Jokes (WIP)

Janine Harouni: Does New Jokes (WIP)

Two-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Janine Harouni returns to the Fringe to try some new jokes (and escape her responsibilities as a mother)! Over 100 million views online. 

Kim McVicar: Female Comedian

Kim McVicar: Female Comedian

Meet Kim McVicar, the Canadian comedian who was listed among the Top 9 Female Comedians to Watch in 2023 by Incluvie. 

Rave New World

Rave New World

Take a strobe down memory lane with the UK’s premier rave raconteur. 

Richard Duffy is Asleep: A Retrospective

Richard Duffy is Asleep: A Retrospective

We spend one third of our lives asleep. 

Three of a Kind – A New Musical

Three of a Kind – A New Musical

Three of a Kind follows Sam as she juggles her responsibilities as a daughter in modern-day America. 

Mary: A Gig Theatre Show

Mary: A Gig Theatre Show

Through haunting original music and rich spoken word, an actor-musician band deliver a feminist retelling of Mary Queen of Scots’ story. 

Gilbert and Sullivan's Improbable New Musical: ...and Helen

Gilbert and Sullivan's Improbable New Musical: ...and Helen

In an afterlife, Gilbert and Sullivan decide to acknowledge Helen Carte’s contribution to their legacy. 

The Gardening Club: A New Musical

The Gardening Club: A New Musical

The Gardening Club is a new musical that takes place in 1960, Georgia, USA. 

Bamberger Symphoniker Residency: Beyond the Score® - Dvořák’s New World Symphony

Bamberger Symphoniker Residency: Beyond the Score® - Dvořák’s New World Symphony

Take a deep dive into one of the first multicultural symphonies with the Bamberger Symphoniker, narrator Gerard McBurney and guest artists. 

Mark Black and the Ewart Bros: The Drink. The Drugs. The Scratchcairds. Podcast Live!

Mark Black and the Ewart Bros: The Drink. The Drugs. The Scratchcairds. Podcast Live!

Boom wer on! With guests, naughty and nice, Mr English will host former serial killers, gangsters, as well as facing his own demons through a spiritual journey live on stage. 

Attila the Stockbroker: 14 Days, 14 Completely Different Shows

Attila the Stockbroker: 14 Days, 14 Completely Different Shows

Performance poet/musician Attila the Stockbroker has been writing and performing since 1980: 4,000 or so gigs in 25 countries so far. 

Afterparty in New Orleans

Afterparty in New Orleans

The Slick Skillet Serenaders are a New Orleans-based band playing American blues, jazz, jug band and string band music. 

Rated 18 Podcast Live Show

Rated 18 Podcast Live Show

Come and see the Rated 18 Podcast LIVE. 

One-Person Shows / Solo Shows: Daily Picks of the Fringe

One-Person Shows / Solo Shows: Daily Picks of the Fringe

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… 

David Alnwick: Comedian Magician

David Alnwick: Comedian Magician

Upbeat, hilarious magic with heart from Fringe legend David Alnwick. 

12th Year! John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues and Swing

12th Year! John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues and Swing

‘Fantastic!’ (Jools Holland). 

Topical Comedian (2024) They Think It's All Over

Topical Comedian (2024) They Think It's All Over

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. 

Anarchy Cabaret Presents: West End New Act of the Year Showcase 2024

Anarchy Cabaret Presents: West End New Act of the Year Showcase 2024

Featuring winners of London’s premier new-act comedy competition. 

English[bird] in New York

English[bird] in New York

As seen on HBO and at Carnegie Hall, join Briony for this lively blend of music and storytelling that gripped audiences in New York. 

The 100-Year-Old Letter

The 100-Year-Old Letter

In 1916, Christabel Mennell writes a letter of apology to Katie Marsh. 

After Shakespeare – Richard III

After Shakespeare – Richard III

The tumultuous life of Richard III: not the villain of Shakespearean lore, but loyal brother to a king, devoted husband and father, and eventually reluctant monarch. 

All Made Up Podcast Live

All Made Up Podcast Live

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… 

The Italians in England by Action Theatre (Italy)

The Italians in England by Action Theatre (Italy)

1572. 

0 to 30 – Dan Boerman's Quarter Life Crisis

0 to 30 – Dan Boerman's Quarter Life Crisis

Unhinged, in the best way, and genuinely original. 

Richard Pulsford: Get Rich Quick

Richard Pulsford: Get Rich Quick

Quality one-liners, puns and light-hearted jokes! UK Pun Championships Winner 2022. 

Drop Dead Gorgeous: A New Musical (Work-in-Progress Concert Series)

Drop Dead Gorgeous: A New Musical (Work-in-Progress Concert Series)

Get a sneak peek of the upcoming new musical based on the cult-classic film, featuring an original score written by Riki Lindhome (Netflix’s Wednesday). 

2024 Greek Comedian of The Year, Greek in The Sheets – George Zacharopoulos

2024 Greek Comedian of The Year, Greek in The Sheets – George Zacharopoulos

A show about love, sex and fear of death. 

Jack Holmes: Round Man, Square Hole

Jack Holmes: Round Man, Square Hole

A laugh-filled journey about finding every group you belong to insufferable. 

Miss English's Holiday by Action Theatre (Italy)

Miss English's Holiday by Action Theatre (Italy)

A teacher’s magical seaside summer holiday is interrupted by an enthusiastic stowaway, Platypus. 

Eccentrics Assemble – Guerilla Autistics Year 10

Eccentrics Assemble – Guerilla Autistics Year 10

Are you eccentric? Take the test as Quentin Crisp introduces Emily Dickinson, Spike Milligan, Screaming Lord Sutch, Patricia Highsmith and a cast of legendary Outsiders. 

Adele Cliff Has Some New Ideas You Might Enjoy

Adele Cliff Has Some New Ideas You Might Enjoy

Leicester Comedy Award nominee, Amused Moose Award shortlist-ee and double Pegasus Comedy Award win-ee, Adele has a year of new ideas to share. 

Dr Dolittle Kills a Man (and Reads Extracts From His New Book)

Dr Dolittle Kills a Man (and Reads Extracts From His New Book)

You’ve seen him on Countryfile, Blue Peter and that episode of Springwatch that the BBC have tried to scrub (scrub!) from the internet. 

Dragon Shows for Babies

Dragon Shows for Babies

The tales of the dragons are special for many reasons. 

Viv Ford: New Kids On The Blockchain

Viv Ford: New Kids On The Blockchain

Following a sold out WIP in NYC, Viv Ford makes her Fringe debut. 

All-New Crazy Puppet Magic Show

All-New Crazy Puppet Magic Show

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… 

Richard Cobb: Running Joke

Richard Cobb: Running Joke

Following a host of sell-out shows and hot on the heels of last year’s debut, Couple’s Massage, Scottish comedian and writer Richard Cobb returns to the track with a brand-new hour… 

Bella Humphries: Square Peg

Bella Humphries: Square Peg

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 Future Is Sh*t: A Fortune-Teller and Cynical Comedian Tell It Like It Is

The Future Is Sh*t: A Fortune-Teller and Cynical Comedian Tell It Like It Is

An hour too long a commitment for you? Come see the best international comics at the Fringe strutting their stuff for 20 minutes, and decide if you want more. 

Best of the Fest: The New Class

Best of the Fest: The New Class

The best place in town to catch rising comedy stars and your Fringe favourites. 

The Emu War: A New Musical

The Emu War: A New Musical

Inspired by the true events of The Great Emu War of 1932, this new comedy musical tells the story of WW1 veterans trying to grow wheat in the Australian outback. 

The Wee Man's Comedian Rap Battles

The Wee Man's Comedian Rap Battles

The Wee Man is your MC for a night of no-rhymes-barred showdowns as some of the best comedians at the Fringe clash in banging bouts of hip-hop wits. 

Serious Theatre from Serious People

Serious Theatre from Serious People

At Bet On It Youth Theatre, aspiring actors will do anything to climb the ladder of success. 

Abby Wambaugh: The First 3 Minutes of 17 Shows

Abby Wambaugh: The First 3 Minutes of 17 Shows

Abby awoke in hospital after a late miscarriage and, high on anaesthesia, decided to become a comedian. 

John Meagher: Big Year

John Meagher: Big Year

After a sell-out run at Dublin Fringe, host of Radio 4’s The Divil’s Own John Meagher makes his debut at The Gilded Balloon with his debut show Big Year. 

Yoga with Jillian: The Guardian Top 50 Shows to See!

Yoga with Jillian: The Guardian Top 50 Shows to See!

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 … 

Stefania Licari: Trust Me, I'm a Comedian

Stefania Licari: Trust Me, I'm a Comedian

Following her hit show Medico, Stefania Licari returns with a brand-new stand-up hour. 

Table Reads: New Comedy Script Showcase

Table Reads: New Comedy Script Showcase

Watch comedy scripts come to life, live on stage! This exciting new show, from the company behind My Family, gives audiences a rare glimpse behind the TV development curtain, as or… 

The 100 Year Old Letter

The 100 Year Old Letter

In February 2023 a letter hit the world news cycle and captured imaginations across the globe. 

Boys Gone Wild: Live Podcast

Boys Gone Wild: Live Podcast

They’re finally coming out! Of their bedrooms! After an excruciating wait, the Boys Gone Wild Podcast (Horatio Gould and Andrew Kirwan) is going live again. 

The James Sinclair Podcast Live

The James Sinclair Podcast Live

If entrepreneurship tickles your taste buds, then this is the event for you. 

Richard Pulsford: Get Rich Quick

Richard Pulsford: Get Rich Quick

One-liners and light-hearted jokes from the UK Pun Championships Winner 2022 and Scottish Comedian of the Year Runner-up 2021. 

Fringe Academy: An Introduction to Forum Theatre

Fringe Academy: An Introduction to Forum Theatre

Speak Up! Act Out! in collaboration with Brighton Fringe Academy, are excited to announce an Introduction to Forum Theatre workshop, on May 27th. 

The Seagull and the Cat: Pericles Theatre Company

The Seagull and the Cat: Pericles Theatre Company

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… 

O’Donnell Moonshine Square

O’Donnell Moonshine Square

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… 

Across the Stew-niverse: A Podcast About Stewart Lee

Across the Stew-niverse: A Podcast About Stewart Lee

Stand-up comedian and semi-harmless fanatic Daniel Powell (plus special guest) take a deep dive into the work of the comedian Stewart Lee. 

Dr Dolittle Kills A Man (And Reads Extracts From His New Book)

Dr Dolittle Kills A Man (And Reads Extracts From His New Book)

You’ve seen him on Countryfile, Blue Peter and that episode of Springwatch that the BBC have tried to scrub (SCRUB!) from the internet. 

New Era, New Éire

New Era, New Éire

Set in a working-class suburb of South Dublin, the play centres around JT O’Brien and his father Stephen “Buzzer” O’Brien as they deal with the r… 

This is New Brighton #4: Transnational Exhibition Series

This is New Brighton #4: Transnational Exhibition Series

Presenting part 4 of a transnational exhibition series exploring the existence and impact of colonial references ‘hidden in plain sight’ in the built environment across neighbo… 

Theatre: Making It and Doing It Workshop

Theatre: Making It and Doing It Workshop

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… 

B*ST*RDS: A New Musical Comedy

B*ST*RDS: A New Musical Comedy

B*ST*RDS is a new two-hander musical comedy. 

Circus Sonas Shiny New Show

Circus Sonas Shiny New Show

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 … 

A Complete Idiot's Guide to New Zealand

A Complete Idiot's Guide to New Zealand

In this insider’s guide to his eccentric homeland, award-winning comedian Sully O’Sullivan answers all the questions about New Zealand you didn’t know to ask in the first pla… 

Tides (Theatre)

Tides (Theatre)

Tides. 

Missing Link Touring Theatre Showcase 3

Missing Link Touring Theatre Showcase 3

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’… 

Richard III (a one person show)

Richard III (a one person show)

Pushing the boundaries of Shakespearean performance, Richard III emerges a bold, engaging solo show. 

Stefania Licari: Trust Me, I'm a Comedian

Stefania Licari: Trust Me, I'm a Comedian

Drawing on her experience as an NHS doctor, first-generation migrant, comedian and some-time endurance runner, Stefania Licari explores the role of women in today’s world. 

Missing Link Touring Theatre Showcase 2

Missing Link Touring Theatre Showcase 2

This original post-dramatic showcase is united with trauma, twisted humour, and a cardinal sense of unease. 

Fringe Academy: Life After Fringe with Chichester Festival Theatre

Fringe Academy: Life After Fringe with Chichester Festival Theatre

Join Chichester Festival Theatre as part of our Life After Fringe series, highlighting development opportunities post-Fringe. 

Missing Link Touring Theatre Showcase 1

Missing Link Touring Theatre Showcase 1

An unnerving triple bill showcase for anyone seeking quality discomfort, full of absurdist, post-modern theatricality. 

Richard Cobb: Running Joke (Work in Progress)

Richard Cobb: Running Joke (Work in Progress)

Hot on the heels of last year’s debut Couple’s Massage, Scottish comedian and writer Richard Cobb returns to the track with a brand new hour filled with more guilt-tripped anecdote… 

RANK.

RANK.

At the end of drunken night out all that Gemma and Jane want is to jump into a taxi, get home and crash into bed. 

Richard III | Globe

Richard III | Globe

Meet Richard: the man, the myth, the monster. 

Far From Home Close To Love

Far From Home Close To Love

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. 

Richard III

Richard III

From the moment you are handed your programme at the Bridewell Theatre you are immersed in the world of SEDOS’s Richard III directed by Dan Edge. 

A Year and a Day

A Year and a Day

A curse causes Nathan to skip a year and a day into the future, every-time he falls asleep. 

Richard Herring: Can I Have My Ball Back?

Richard Herring: Can I Have My Ball Back?

In 2021 Richard Herring went to his GP to find out why his right ball seemed to be growing bigger. 

Richard Herring: Can I Have My Ball Back?

Richard Herring: Can I Have My Ball Back?

In 2021 Richard Herring went to his GP to find out why his right ball seemed to be growing bigger. 

Darren Walsh: New Jokes

Darren Walsh: New Jokes

Join award-winning punslinger Darren Walsh for some new jokes. 

Circle Mirror Transformation-Theatre for marginalised artists-

Circle Mirror Transformation-Theatre for marginalised artists-

London stabbings 2017. 

Chaos: Kaleidoscope Youth Theatre

Chaos: Kaleidoscope Youth Theatre

‘Chaos’ by Laura Lomas A boy brings another boy flowers. 

Lukey Newms' New Talent Night

Lukey Newms' New Talent Night

Lukey Newms presents a New Talent Night, headlined by one of the hottest talents on the circuit, Onojie Idemudia. 

Black Brighton Market - Actors Theatre

Black Brighton Market - Actors Theatre

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. 

40 year old yarns

40 year old yarns

Clive Copeman (BBC New Act competition runner-up) and Arna Spek (99 Comedy Club Female bursary Winner) are this year teaming up with Michalle Paker (Go New York Finalist)! All 3 … 

So That You May Go Beyond The Sea

So That You May Go Beyond The Sea

As we sit in the Camden People’s Theatre, a performance of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly is taking place at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, at least for the purposes this pl… 

A Year And A Day

A Year And A Day

Christopher Sainton-Clark, the sole actor in A Year and a Day, founded Raising Cain Productions in 2021 ‘with the aim of producing bold, innovative and cinematic small-scale thea… 

Theatre: Making It and Doing It Workshop

Theatre: Making It and Doing It Workshop

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… 

Frozen

Frozen

Bryony Lavery’s Frozen embraces difficult issues and circumstances. 

Laughing Boy

Laughing Boy

Connor Sparrowhawk died this morning. 

What The Butler Saw

What The Butler Saw

Artistic Director and Founder of London Classic Theatre, Michael Cabot opened the company’s touring production of Joe Orton’s What The Butler Saw at the Devonshire Park Theatr… 

The Bridge House Theatre: Three Years and Counting

The Bridge House Theatre: Three Years and Counting

The award-winning The Bridge House Theatre is delighted to invite you to a Three Year Anniversary Celebration this April. 

Boss New Plays

Boss New Plays

Liverpool’s Lantern Writers have been working steadily with the best of the city’s acting talent in recent years, providing an opportunity for new theatre vo… 

The British Theatre Challenge

The British Theatre Challenge

The British Theatre Challenge returns to the Jack Studio Theatre to bring you five new plays, wrapped into one very entertaining evening. 

Community Service

Community Service

Stan’s Cafe Theatre, Birmingham, is rooted in the community, so it’s no surprise that they have taken the local story of Trevor Prince, a gospel guitarist and one of the first bl… 

Besa

Besa

What an extraordinary and charming play this is, courtesy of De Insomniis Theatre. 

Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)

Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)

A hopelessly romantic modern musical that'll leave you beaming throughout, Two Strangers is all you could want from a feel-good evening of musical theatre. 

Horne's Descent

Horne's Descent

It all starts off so nicely, but it’s not long before Nina Atesh’s drawing-room drama turns into a battleground of conflicts that resurrect the past, fight for the present and … 

Brighton Academy Graduation Showcase - Musical Theatre (BA Hons) 2024

Brighton Academy Graduation Showcase - Musical Theatre (BA Hons) 2024

Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.  

Brighton Academy Graduation Showcase - Musical Theatre (BA Hons) 2024

Brighton Academy Graduation Showcase - Musical Theatre (BA Hons) 2024

Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.  

My Beautifull Laundrette

My Beautifull Laundrette

Hanif Kureishi’s adaptation of his screenplay for My Beautiful Laundrette was at the Liverpool Playhouse as part of its UK tour, courtesy of the Theatre Nation Partnerships conve… 

Theatre: Making It and Doing It workshop

Theatre: Making It and Doing It workshop

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 … 

Dr Dolittle Kills a Man (and reads extracts from his new book) (WIP)

Dr Dolittle Kills a Man (and reads extracts from his new book) (WIP)

You’ve seen him on Countryfile, Blue Peter and that episode of Springwatch that the BBC have tried to scrub (SCRUB!) from the internet. 

Les Misérables (School Edition)

Les Misérables (School Edition)

To stage Les Misérables is a massive undertaking for any theatre company, but Director Ben Jeffreys has consummately risen to the challenge with a production of the School’s Edi… 

Foam

Foam

Harry McDonald’s Foam, at the Finborough Theatre, is a chronological series of snapshots that capture events in the life of Nicky Crane (1958-1993). 

Hide and Seek

Hide and Seek

It’s refreshing to see a much-visited subject of bullying and homophobia in a world dominated by social media, given a fresh treatment that is both innovative and extraordinary, … 

Rika’s Rooms

Rika’s Rooms

Rika’s Rooms is the second in the series of four works that form the Playground Theatre’s season of plays by Gail Louw and features Emma Wilkinson Wright in the eponymous solo … 

Guys & Dolls

Guys & Dolls

Celebrating the show’s first anniversary, Nicholas Hytner’s sensational, immersive production of Guys & Dolls continues at the Bridge Theatre with a new lineup of stars, th… 

Matt Le Tissier, Richard Vobes and Clive de Carle: Solutions for Health, Life and Football

Matt Le Tissier, Richard Vobes and Clive de Carle: Solutions for Health, Life and Football

A lively, entertaining afternoon of conversation with three of our most maverick thinkers in the UK today. 

Matt Le Tissier, Richard Vobes and Clive de Carle: Solutions for Health, Life and Football

Matt Le Tissier, Richard Vobes and Clive de Carle: Solutions for Health, Life and Football

A lively, entertaining afternoon of conversation with three of our most maverick thinkers in the UK today. 

Uncle Vanya

Uncle Vanya

The Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond, has scored a major triumph in securing the services of Sir Trevor Nunn to direct his faithful adaptation of Uncle Vanya in a production that has … 

Blonde Poison

Blonde Poison

Gail Louw's best-known work, Blonde Poison, forms part of a four-play season devoted to her work at the Playground Theatre. 

The Duchess of Malfi

The Duchess of Malfi

Director Rachel Bagshaw has created a vibrant and vivid production of John Webster’s tragedy, The Duchess of Malfi, at the Sam Wanamaker Theatre that revels in the candlelight se… 

Richard Blackwood Live

Richard Blackwood Live

Richard Blackwood brings his jam packed hour of pure heavyweight punchlines and anecdotes. 

Love's A Beach - Soho Theatre

Love's A Beach - Soho Theatre

Meet Ben and Cyrus, the first gay winners of TV’s biggest reality-dating show. 

A Heart Full of Song - a musical theatre concert

A Heart Full of Song - a musical theatre concert

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 - a musical theatre concert

A Heart Full of Song - a musical theatre concert

A HEART FULL OF SONG, is a musical theatre concert featuring lifelong musical favourites, but mixed together with real life stories. 

Richard III

Richard III

Richard, Duke of Gloucester fresh from the conclusion of The Wars of The Roses remains dissatisfied and still ruthlessly ambitious, nothing and no one will stand in his way. 

Richard Herring’s Leicester Square Theatre Podcast

Richard Herring’s Leicester Square Theatre Podcast

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 … 

One Year Itch

One Year Itch

Tania has her heart set on her dream job but has she unwittingly placed a curse on her dating life? Our heroine, ably assisted by her bestie Jayne, comes face to face with the t… 

Music and the Mind: Podcast Launch

Music and the Mind: Podcast Launch

Music is something that we are all touched by. 

Music and the Mind: Podcast Launch

Music and the Mind: Podcast Launch

Music is something that we are all touched by. 

Get Loud! - creating gig-theatre, with Sam Butters

Get Loud! - creating gig-theatre, with Sam Butters

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… 

Robin Hood (that sick f**k)

Robin Hood (that sick f**k)

Baby Lamb Productions have scored another success with their latest production, Robin Hood (that sick f**k) at the Bread and Roses Theatre. 

Double Trouble: Richard Blackwood & Tommy Sandhu

Double Trouble: Richard Blackwood & Tommy Sandhu

Coming to destroy the stage! A guaranteed night of uplifting vibes and full on belly laughter! Were bringing the laughs, all you gotta do is bring your friends! Pe… 

Double Trouble : Richard Blackwood & Tommy Sandhu

Double Trouble : Richard Blackwood & Tommy Sandhu

Coming to destroy the stage! A guaranteed night of uplifting vibes and full on belly laughter! Were bringing the laughs, all you gotta do is bring your friends! Pe… 

MAKING GIG-THEATRE WORKSHOP, WITH SAM BUTTERS

MAKING GIG-THEATRE WORKSHOP, WITH SAM BUTTERS

Join us at The Hope Theatre for a transformative series of workshops and talks designed to unite and uplift working-class and queer individuals. 

WRITING FOR THEATRE AND SCREEN WORKSHOP, WITH RIKKI BEADLE-BLAIR MBE

WRITING FOR THEATRE AND SCREEN WORKSHOP, WITH RIKKI BEADLE-BLAIR MBE

Join us at The Hope Theatre for a transformative series of workshops and talks designed to unite and uplift working-class and queer individuals. 

GANGSTA BABY - HOPE THEATRE TAKEOVER

GANGSTA BABY - HOPE THEATRE TAKEOVER

Join us at The Hope Theatre for a transformative series of workshops and talks designed to unite and uplift working-class and queer individuals. 

Fairytale Of New York - Manchester

Fairytale Of New York - Manchester

And the bells are ringing out for Christmas Day! The Christmas phenomenon Fairytale of New York is back with an even bigger production in 2023. 

Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian Of The Year Final 2023

Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian Of The Year Final 2023

Now in its 14th year. 

Peter Pan - Rose Theatre

Peter Pan - Rose Theatre

A Rose Original Production Next Christmas, an enchanting adventure awaits. 

Geimhreadh Galore! The Irish Theatre Tour

Geimhreadh Galore! The Irish Theatre Tour

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… 

She Stoops to Conquer

She Stoops to Conquer

Artistic Director Tom Littler, with Francesca Ellis, scores another inspired triumph with his production of Oliver Goldsmith’s She Stoops to Conquer. 

Ghosts

Ghosts

The traditional blacked-out auditorium that marks the start of a play at the Sam Wanamaker theatre is illuminated one candle at a time, until the six candelabra and four sconces br… 

Two Strangers (carry a cake across New York)

Two Strangers (carry a cake across New York)

Dougal is a naive, impossibly upbeat Brit, flying to New York for his Dad’s second wedding. 

Treason - the Musical

Treason - the Musical

The brief descriptor of Treason the Musical as “a historic tale of division, religious persecution, and brutality” reads like a modern-day newspaper headline. 

Now Entering Ely, Nevada

Now Entering Ely, Nevada

Memory is a strange thing. 

To Have And To Hold

To Have And To Hold

The final days of a sixty-year marriage are turned into a domestic comedy in the latest offering from playwright Richard Bean, of One Man, Two Guvnors fame, in To Have and To Hold,… 

1984

1984

Playwright Adam Taub says, “In the era of Google, Amazon and Meta, when our every move is monitored and recorded, there is no more relevant story than 1984”. 

Casting the Runes

Casting the Runes

Following their hugely successful run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year Box Tale Soup are now performing Casting the Runes, based on stories by M R James, at the Pleasance… 

Manic Street Creature

Manic Street Creature

Making its London premier Maimuna Memon’s multi-award-winning Manic Street Creature is now showing at the Southwark Playhouse, Borough, following its barnstorming, sell-out world… 

Heaven Can Wait by Be Wilder Theatre

Heaven Can Wait by Be Wilder Theatre

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 Away

New Wave Theatre: How To Run Away

New Wave Theatre: How To Run AwayThis new play is the dirty, mucky, sweaty second-cousin of Eat, Pray, Love. 

The Loaf

The Loaf

Head to the Bridge House Theatre, Penge for an evening of delightful storytelling and charming performances in Alan Booty's two-hander, The Loaf. 

Trueman and the Arsonists

Trueman and the Arsonists

Writer Simon Stephens has taken Max Frisch’s 1953 Biedermann und die Brandstifter, variously translated as The Fireraisers or The Arsonists and given it a heightened absurdist in… 

The Kaspar Hauser Experiment

The Kaspar Hauser Experiment

Winston Churchill’s famous expression, “It’s a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma…” could accurately be applied to the subject of The Kaspar Hauser Experiment a… 

The Nag's Head

The Nag's Head

If you are partial to rather extraordinary pieces of theatre, that contain elements of many genres but cannot be pigeon-holed into any of them, then The Nag’s Head at the Park Th… 

New Wave Theatre: Intransigent Lines

New Wave Theatre: Intransigent Lines

In search of their long-lost mother, two sisters embark on a perilous sea voyage when one of them begins turning into an octopus. 

New Wave Theatre: Goodgirl

New Wave Theatre: Goodgirl

It’s the final weeks of Suhana’s pregnancy. 

New Wave Theatre: The Morphea

New Wave Theatre: The Morphea

“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. 

Owners

Owners

Carly Churchill looks upon Owners, now revived at Jermyn Street Theatre, as a watershed in her life. 

Iolanthe

Iolanthe

There is nothing subtle about Gilbert and Sullivan’s satirical attack on the House of Lords in Iolanthe, which premiered in both London and New York on 25th November 1882; the fi… 

Gentlemen

Gentlemen

From time to time a play comes along that ticks every box and gives a surprise treatment to a contemporary topic. 

fell

fell

The current transformation of the postage stamp stage of Barons Court Theatre, located in the cellar vaults of The Curtains Up pub, has been wrought by Designer Jane Linz Roberts, … 

The Island

The Island

There is an intriguing opening to The Island at the Cervantes Theatre. 

Am I Irish Yet

Am I Irish Yet

Described as a ‘one-woman show chronicling the life of Kate Kerrigan’ Am I Irish Yet? lays bare her problem as soon as she opens her mouth. 

The Red Lion

The Red Lion

Religious fervour and football fanaticism have much in common, so it seems entirely appropriate that Patrick Marber’s changing-room drama, The Red Lion should open to the sound o… 

The Brief Life & Mysterious Death of Boris III, King of Bulgaria

The Brief Life & Mysterious Death of Boris III, King of Bulgaria

The play’s excessively long title has a folktale ring to it and with only limited knowledge of Balkan history sounds like a work of comic fantasy. 

Lessons on Revolution

Lessons on Revolution

Billed as ‘documentary theatre’ Lessons on Revolution at the Hope Theatre is a fascinating excursion into performance and the creative process that challenges the traditional i… 

The Threepenny Opera

The Threepenny Opera

Taking on The Threepenny Opera can be a precarious business, as OVO demonstrate, without flinching from the challenge. 

Aziz Ansari: Working On New Material

Aziz Ansari: Working On New Material

Aziz Ansari and guests work on new material. 

The Old Queen's Head

The Old Queen's Head

A sincerely told story, a captivating performance and a wealth of humour make for a well-spent eighty minutes upstairs at The Lion & Unicorn Theatre with David Patterson, who makes… 

I, Daniel Blake

I, Daniel Blake

Two lives come together in an unlikely match. 

Mess Maker

Mess Maker

We’re all familiar with mess in one form or another, but for most of us dealing with it is probably not an all-consuming activity in the way that it is for writer and performer Jen… 

Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends

Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends

The contribution of Stephen Sondheim to musical theatre was commemorated in a one-off tribute show last year, following his death in 2021. 

Boys From The Blackstuff

Boys From The Blackstuff

The extent to which you appreciate James Graham’s adaptation of Boys from the Blackstuff might depend partly on how well you know Alan Bleasdale’s original television series. 

Artefact & Something Unspoken

Artefact & Something Unspoken

The ever-flexible performance space at the Playground Theatre is once more transformed with great imagination, this time to accommodate the double bill of Rena Brannan’s Artefact… 

The White Factory

The White Factory

With horrific events occurring around the world, The White Factory at The Marylebone Theatre, written by Dmitry Glukhovsky’s and directed by Maxim Didenko comes as a poignant rem… 

The Lady With a Dog

The Lady With a Dog

Publicity for Lady With a Dog, written and directed by Mark Giesser, at Upstairs at the Gatehouse, promises a version in which ‘Chekhov’s famous short story of romance and infi… 

Sorry We Didn't Die at Sea

Sorry We Didn't Die at Sea

The traditional direction of migrants seeking a better life is turned on its head in Emanuele Aldrovandi’s Sorry We Didn’t Die At Sea (translated by Marco Young) at the Park Th… 

One Under Par

One Under Par

Was she or was she not fully aware of what she was doing? He certainly was, and for that reason should he have stopped before taking Birdie’s virginity? There’s a suggestion th… 

Rebecca

Rebecca

After all the hype from it’s reception elsewhere in Europe combined with the legacy of the original film version, the intriguing yet simple plot and the clear characterisation in… 

Dead Dad Dog and Sunny Boy

Dead Dad Dog and Sunny Boy

It was a low turnout at the intimate Finborough Theatre for John McKay’s Dead Dad Dog, but we were all clearly in the mood for a fun night out. 

God of Carnage

God of Carnage

Who has not experienced a situation in which a surmountable incident escalates out of all proportion? Then, on the way to resolving it, further baggage accumulates around the subje… 

3300 Miles: New Jersey to Edinburgh – A Transatlantic Songwriters' Circle

3300 Miles: New Jersey to Edinburgh – A Transatlantic Songwriters' Circle

Songwriting performers Dan Sheehan (USA), Seán McLaughlin and Fifidiny (Scotland) perform and tell the stories behind their songs in a song-circle setup, taking turns while onstag… 

Music in Charlotte Square

Music in Charlotte Square

A free, open-air celebration to close out the final weekend of the 2023 International Festival. 

Sir Cliff Richard in Conversation With Gloria Hunniford

Sir Cliff Richard in Conversation With Gloria Hunniford

Sir Cliff Richard in conversation with Gloria Hunniford discussing his career. 

A Theatre Show

A Theatre Show

After the success of Failure Studies in 2021/22, Marco Biasioli and Precarious Theatre are back with a brand new show, A Theatre Show. 

A Theatre Show

A Theatre Show

After the success of Failure Studies in 2021/22, Marco Biasioli and Precarious Theatre are back with a brand new show, A Theatre Show. 

Oggie! Oggie! Oggie!

Oggie! Oggie! Oggie!

This show’s title summons up many associations except, perhaps, the one that forms the foundation of the play. 

Endea Owens: New Work at The Hub

Endea Owens: New Work at The Hub

Don’t miss the world premiere of a new work from composer and bassist Endea Owens, performing with her acclaimed sextet. 

Jerry Sadowitz proudly presents... Last Year's Show!

Jerry Sadowitz proudly presents... Last Year's Show!

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. 

Extreme [The New Norm]

Extreme [The New Norm]

“Reality lightened up with humour. 

BBC New Comedy Showcase

BBC New Comedy Showcase

Hosted by Mark Olver, this is a showcase of some of the best new acts on the Scottish circuit! Catch them while you can! 

Extreme [The New Norm]

Extreme [The New Norm]

“Reality lightened up with humour. 

The Emperor's New Clothes

The Emperor's New Clothes

Fashion designer extraordinaire “The Emperor” is on a ruthless rise to the top, but a disappointing Winter collection has Berlin’s fashion scene questioning whether this fashioni… 

The Alpha Podcast

The Alpha Podcast

It’s a woke, woke world – political correctness has gone mad! If only a group of strong, forthright, red-blooded males in tight t-shirts would break free from the oppressive an… 

Leicester Foxes (Melina Fiol and Nayonica Ghosh W.I.P)

Leicester Foxes (Melina Fiol and Nayonica Ghosh W.I.P)

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. 

The Emperor's New Clothes

The Emperor's New Clothes

Fashion designer extraordinaire “The Emperor” is on a ruthless rise to the top, but a disappointing Winter collection has Berlin’s fashion scene questioning whether this fashioni… 

The TUNEabomber

The TUNEabomber

Another in the seemingly endless flow of musicals about unlikely subjects that prove successful. 

Leicester Foxes (Melina Fiol and Nayonica Ghosh W.I.P)

Leicester Foxes (Melina Fiol and Nayonica Ghosh W.I.P)

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. 

Mervyn's 30th Year Charity Gala

Mervyn's 30th Year Charity Gala

Join Merv and a host of top talent in a huge Charity Variety Gala to celebrate the 30th year of the legendary Mervyn Stutter’s Pick of the Fringe showcase. 

This Time Next Year

This Time Next Year

‘This time next year at the Oscars, Cairine!’ But, what if next year never actually comes? From internationally acclaimed personal assistant and actress who has never actually acte… 

Alastair Savage: Scots Fiddle Old and New

Alastair Savage: Scots Fiddle Old and New

This year, celebrating his 50th birthday, one of Scotland’s leading fiddle exponents presents an extra-special journey of classic folk music accompanied by his closest collaborator… 

Richard Duffy is Asleep: A Retrospective

Richard Duffy is Asleep: A Retrospective

We spend one third of our lives asleep. 

Expecting by c21 Theatre Company

Expecting by c21 Theatre Company

Shauna and Robbie are expecting. 

Viggo Venn: British Comedian

Viggo Venn: British Comedian

Norwegian clown Viggo Venn has moved to London to follow his life-long dream of becoming a British Comedian. 

Scottish Traditional Music – Old and New

Scottish Traditional Music – Old and New

Come and enjoy our blend of Scottish traditional instruments! In decades of developing our sound we’ve brought together fiddles, concertina, clarsach, wire-strung harp, flute, smal… 

Ashley Barnhill: Texas Titanium (Show 'Bout Gettin' a New Skull)

Ashley Barnhill: Texas Titanium (Show 'Bout Gettin' a New Skull)

Chappelle’s opener. 

Femme Natale Theatre

Femme Natale Theatre

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… 

Richard Brown and Jin Hao Li Split an Hour

Richard Brown and Jin Hao Li Split an Hour

Stand-up comedian and writer Richard Brown (‘A ruthless and angst-fuelled set with clever, impactful writing’ (TheWeeReview. 

Songs for a New World

Songs for a New World

A stunning song cycle by Jason Robert Brown centring human relationships in all their messy beauty. 

Made for This! A Musical Theatre Showcase

Made for This! A Musical Theatre Showcase

Northbrook is excited to present Made for This! A contemporary musical theatre and dance showcase filled with gripping, comedic and upbeat numbers. 

Everything That Annoys Me, and You

Everything That Annoys Me, and You

Thomas is excited about tonight; so excited that he has called his parents and his brother with the time to look out for biggest meteor storm in 33 years that will fill the night … 

Edinburgh Renaissance Band’s New Frontiers

Edinburgh Renaissance Band’s New Frontiers

Edinburgh Renaissance Band’s New Frontiers. 

Goldsmiths University of London: Musical Theatre Summer Camp Cabaret

Goldsmiths University of London: Musical Theatre Summer Camp Cabaret

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. 

Broads Abroad: New York Stand-Up Showcase

Broads Abroad: New York Stand-Up Showcase

They say if you can make it in NYC, you can make it anywhere! Well, hello, Edinburgh! This showcase show features a line-up of NYC’s premier comics: Stef Dag (@stefdagz), Gabby Bry… 

Lies All The Way Down: A New Chamber Musical

Lies All The Way Down: A New Chamber Musical

This completely original chamber musical by Shaye Poulton Richards is a darkly charming piece of new writing. 

The All-Terrain Podcast Live

The All-Terrain Podcast Live

Join guests from the worlds of comedy, literature, music and faith for a series of live recordings of the popular All Terrain Podcast. 

Tony Law: Old Hits and New Bits

Tony Law: Old Hits and New Bits

Join Tony Law as he warms you up for 25 minutes of some recent classic routines featuring ww2 bombers and finishes the hour with brand new forays into Space, serial killers and som… 

Tony Law: Old Hits and New Bits

Tony Law: Old Hits and New Bits

Join Tony Law as he warms you up for 25 minutes of some recent classic routines featuring ww2 bombers and finishes the hour with brand new forays into Space, serial killers and som… 

Richard Michael Plays The Great American Songbook

Richard Michael Plays The Great American Songbook

Pianist Richard Michael delves into the music of Gershwin, Porter, Bacharach and Brubeck demonstrating his virtuosic piano playing with unique insights into some of the finest song… 

Anthems – New Generation Musical Hits

Anthems – New Generation Musical Hits

Edinburgh Music Theatre is delighted to present a selection of wonderful songs from newer and lesser-known musicals that have broken out and broken new ground within the last two d… 

Teacher of the Year

Teacher of the Year

Liverpool, 1989-90, a time of rising unemployment and pent-up anger against Margaret Thatcher and the Tories. 

Tom Little: The Reliably Funny Comedian You Want To See

Tom Little: The Reliably Funny Comedian You Want To See

‘The real deal. 

14-18 Cyrano de Bergerac

14-18 Cyrano de Bergerac

Students from Westcliff High School for Boys, Essex, have arrived in Edinburgh with 14-18 Cyrano de Bergerac, an exciting re-imagining of Edmund Rostand’s 1897 classic tale writt… 

New Look Waverley Local Artist Takeover

New Look Waverley Local Artist Takeover

Local artist Elle Johnston is taking over New Look Waverley’s Windows with a bespoke Festival Fringe window, designed and painted live by Elle herself! Graduating from Edinburgh Un… 

Richard Spalding: Look Who Loves Me (WIP)

Richard Spalding: Look Who Loves Me (WIP)

If someone tells you they love you, it’s rude to ask why. 

BBC New Comedy Showcase

BBC New Comedy Showcase

Hosted by Mark Olver, this is a showcase of some of the best new acts on the Scottish circuit! Catch them while you can! 

2023 Greek Comedian of the Year – George Zacharopoulos

2023 Greek Comedian of the Year – George Zacharopoulos

Award-winner George Zacharopoulos is back with a brand-new show about trying to be less of a garbage human being. 

Tom Little: The Reliably Funny Comedian You Want To See

Tom Little: The Reliably Funny Comedian You Want To See

‘The real deal. 

Obie: Scottish Comedian Extraordinaire

Obie: Scottish Comedian Extraordinaire

The most Scottish comedian in history, John ‘Obie’ O’Brien, performing twice daily at the Fringe. 

Mark Simmons: New Jokes

Mark Simmons: New Jokes

New jokes from the UK Comics’ Comic Best Act 2022, Mark Simmons (Mock The Week) whilst taking a break from his sold-out national tour. If you like one-liners you’ll love this show. 

Anarchy Cabaret Presents: West End New Act of the Year Showcase 2023

Anarchy Cabaret Presents: West End New Act of the Year Showcase 2023

Featuring winners of London’s premier new-act comedy competition. 

The Addams Family – A New Musical

The Addams Family – A New Musical

Award-winning FCT return for their 42nd Fringe with their spooky, kooky production of The Addams Family. 

Obie: Scottish Comedian Extraordinaire

Obie: Scottish Comedian Extraordinaire

The most Scottish comedian in history, John ‘Obie’ O’Brien, performing twice daily at the Fringe. 

The Birds, a New Musical Comedy!

The Birds, a New Musical Comedy!

Aristophanes’ wild fantasy, The Birds, has been reimagined as a contemporary musical comedy complete with cuckoo characters and a happy ending that soars above the footlights! 

11th Year! John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues and Swing

11th Year! John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues and Swing

‘Fantastic!’ (Jools Holland). 

Best of the Fest: The New Class

Best of the Fest: The New Class

The best place in town to catch rising comedy stars and your Fringe favourites. 

Fringe Act of the Year

Fringe Act of the Year

The only Fringe award entirely decided by the audience. 

JM Coetzee's Life & Times of Michael K

JM Coetzee's Life & Times of Michael K

Puppetry arguably reached a new level of realism and sophistication with War Horse. 

Old Dog, New Tricks

Old Dog, New Tricks

50 years on the planet. 

Mine: A New Solo Musical

Mine: A New Solo Musical

On a whim, a young businessman buys the deed to a ghost town in the California desert, hoping to turn it into a tourist attraction. 

Old Town – New Perspective

Old Town – New Perspective

The exhibition features people, street images and architectural details, all taken in the area surrounding the studio in Blackfriars Street. 

Richard Pulsford: Short Joke Teller

Richard Pulsford: Short Joke Teller

Quality one-liners, puns and light-hearted jokes! UK Pun Championships winner 2022. 

A Year and a Day

A Year and a Day

A curse causes Nathan to skip into the future whenever he falls asleep. 

Extreme (The New Norm)

Extreme (The New Norm)

Contrasting pandemic situations portrayed in a colourful collage of scenes and characters, this is a one-of-a-kind experience to witness. 

The Typewriter

The Typewriter

The 20 seater upstairs theatre at Riddles Court provides a suitably tight space for The Typewriter, a play based in a cramped office. 

Square Peg

Square Peg

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… 

A Complete Idiot's Guide to New Zealand

A Complete Idiot's Guide to New Zealand

In this insider’s guide to his eccentric homeland, award-winning Kiwi comedian Sully O’Sullivan answers all the questions about New Zealand you didn’t know to ask in the first plac… 

The Standard Short Long Drop

The Standard Short Long Drop

Ticking Clock Theatre brings to life the grim days of the Victorian hangman at the Space Triplex Studio in The Standard Short Long Drop, a fascinating play set in the cell of two p… 

Queen of the New Year

Queen of the New Year

Alan doesn’t understand Carol after they met via a dating app which was organised by bestie Karen, but now Carol has met Tony to complicate matters as she becomes the Queen Of T… 

Groovicle

Groovicle

Dancer and performer Elliot Minogue-Stone presents pop art, contemporary dance and cabaret in his brand-new mish-mash show, Groovicle at Zoo Southside. 

Be Home Soon

Be Home Soon

A chance meeting in an art gallery and a new flatmate moving in provide the simple framework for Be Home Soon, a beautifully crafted and sensitively performed debut play from By Th… 

This Time Next Year

This Time Next Year

‘This time next year at the Oscars, Cairine!’ But, what if next year never actually comes? From internationally acclaimed personal assistant and actress who has never actually acte… 

The Grandfathers

The Grandfathers

What would it be like for young people if national conscription were still part of growing up; to receive the letter giving you time and place to report for 547 days of duty and ha… 

Andronicus Synecdoche presented by Song of the Goat Theatre

Andronicus Synecdoche presented by Song of the Goat Theatre

Inspired by Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus, featuring original text and music which depict the extreme cruelty resulting from retaliation. 

Ed: The New, Totally Unofficial, Ginger-Inclusive Parody Sketch Show

Ed: The New, Totally Unofficial, Ginger-Inclusive Parody Sketch Show

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. 

International House of Vape: Redefining Theatre Experience

International House of Vape: Redefining Theatre Experience

It’s time. 

Luka Muller: Five Top Smells I Smelled Last Year (WIP)

Luka Muller: Five Top Smells I Smelled Last Year (WIP)

The only stand up comedy show at the Fringe with jokes, stories and a definitive list of my favourite smells from last year. 

An Afternoon with the Ladies of the Cliff Richard Fan Club, Sutton Coldfield, 1995

An Afternoon with the Ladies of the Cliff Richard Fan Club, Sutton Coldfield, 1995

Step back in time to 1995 and come join a hilarious taster session of the Cliff Richard Fan Club! Our group of ladies will welcome you, make you laugh (and maybe cry too) and even … 

One's a Musical Comedian and One Isn't

One's a Musical Comedian and One Isn't

Do you like musical comedy? Do you like non-musical comedy? Do you not care, as long as it’s good? Then come enjoy either the first half, the second half, or even all of this show,… 

Lee Kyle: England's Best Comedian

Lee Kyle: England's Best Comedian

Lee Kyle has been a comedian for 14 years and very good for the last few. 

Richard Stott: Dear Lord… What A Sad Little Life

Richard Stott: Dear Lord… What A Sad Little Life

If you got that reference you can be our friend… Dave’s Jokes Of The Fringe 2019 runner-up is totally fine with how things are going. 

Richard Cobb: Couple's Massage

Richard Cobb: Couple's Massage

In October 2022, Richard Cobb was on honeymoon in Cuba. 

24 Shows in 24 days: Live at the Big Cave

24 Shows in 24 days: Live at the Big Cave

24 different award-winning or nominated comedians perform their full shows, recorded for Netflix, Amazon Prime and YouTube. See FringeSpecials.com for listings. 

Jack Traynor and Daniel Petrie: Introducing Two of Scotland's Most Exciting New Stand-up Comedians

Jack Traynor and Daniel Petrie: Introducing Two of Scotland's Most Exciting New Stand-up Comedians

Shared hour with two absolute stars of the future. 

Tom Mayhew: This Time Next Year, We'll Be Millionaires!

Tom Mayhew: This Time Next Year, We'll Be Millionaires!

Working-class comedian Tom Mayhew returns to the Fringe with a show about dreams and endless hope. 

Live Podcast Hour

Live Podcast Hour

25 podcasts in 25 days! Come along for a live recording of a different podcast every day of the Fringe! Visit our site to see who is on, or just show up and be surprised. 

2nd Picture of Dorian Gray

2nd Picture of Dorian Gray

Nine bubbly teenagers all dressed in white, a reverberating baritone saxophone and an accordion fill the stage around an empty white picture frame mounted on a white easel. 

The Society for New Cuisine

The Society for New Cuisine

Are you truly satisfied with how you are living, or do things feel. 

Craig Hill: This Gets Harder Every Year!

Craig Hill: This Gets Harder Every Year!

Outrageously high-octane, cheeky and irreverent, Scotland’s much-loved kilty pleasure unleashes another corker of a show title and a fun hour of uproarious stand-up! Celebrating 24… 

Eccentrics Unite! The Guerilla Autistics and Neurodiverse Show – Year Nine

Eccentrics Unite! The Guerilla Autistics and Neurodiverse Show – Year Nine

Quentin Crisp! Florence Jenkins! Einstein! Patricia Highsmith! William McGonagall! Through the centuries, secret Neurodivergent or Autistic people have found respect and love in th… 

Crash and Burns: A New Comedy

Crash and Burns: A New Comedy

The holiday meal gone wrong is a classic sitcom episode and genre of comedy, as surprise revelations and drama abound. 

Sing, River

Sing, River

The magic and mystery of midsummer combine with things past and present in Sing, River, written and performed by Nathaniel Jones of Love Song Productions at the Pleasance Courtyard… 

Paul Chowdhry: Family-Friendly Comedian

Paul Chowdhry: Family-Friendly Comedian

Following a complete sell-out, extended national tour, star of global hit Live Innit, Taskmaster and the first British-Asian stand-up to sell-out London’s Wembley Arena returns to … 

Lash – A Pulsating New Play About Going Out Out!

Lash – A Pulsating New Play About Going Out Out!

Get on the Lash! Just in time for last orders. 

Tom Mayhew: This Time Next Year, We'll Be Millionaires! (Work in Progress)

Tom Mayhew: This Time Next Year, We'll Be Millionaires! (Work in Progress)

Working-class comedian Tom Mayhew returns to the Camden Fringe with a show about dreams and endless hope. 

Yoga with Jillian – A New Comedy

Yoga with Jillian – A New Comedy

‘Such a discovery is playwright Lia Romeo’ ***** (TheaterMania. 

Mrs President

Mrs President

A haunting celeste chime creates a sombre mood that permeates John Ransom Phillips’s Mrs President at C Aquila as Mary Lincoln (LeeAnne Hutchison) poses for photographer Mathew B… 

A Manchester Anthem
BOBBY WINNER

A Manchester Anthem

Making its Fringe debut after winning VAULT Festival ‘Show Of The Week Award’ and Pleasance ‘Pick of the VAULT Award’, Manchester Anthem has been restaged from the linear L… 

Tom Mayhew: This Time Next Year, We'll Be Millionaires! (Work in Progress)

Tom Mayhew: This Time Next Year, We'll Be Millionaires! (Work in Progress)

Working-class comedian Tom Mayhew returns to the Camden Fringe with a show about dreams and endless hope. 

Nick Wilty: Veteran Comedian

Nick Wilty: Veteran Comedian

Globetrotting comedian Nick Wilty has been touring the world for over 30 years, playing festivals, comedy clubs and appearing on TV in every continent. 

Ashley Barnhill: Texas Titanium (Show 'Bout Gettin' a New Skull)

Ashley Barnhill: Texas Titanium (Show 'Bout Gettin' a New Skull)

  • Listing
    • Comedy
  • Camden Fringe
  • Multiple Venues
  • 31st Jul - 12th Aug 2023

Chappelle’s opener Texan Ashley Barnhill was hit by a car & in a coma, had 5 brain surgeries & got a new titanium skull. 

Collar

Collar

If you think coming out as gay or announcing any change from the heteronormative might be difficult, then try telling your parents and friends that you've just been accepted on… 

Ashley Barnhill: Texas Titanium (Show bout gettin a New Skull)

Ashley Barnhill: Texas Titanium (Show bout gettin a New Skull)

  • Listing
    • Comedy
  • Camden Fringe
  • Multiple Venues
  • 31st Jul - 12th Aug 2023

Chappelle’s opener Texan Ashley Barnhill was hit by a car & in a coma, had 5 brain surgeries & got a new titanium skull. 

Adele Cliff Does Her Best and Tries New Things Out (Work-in-Progress)

Adele Cliff Does Her Best and Tries New Things Out (Work-in-Progress)

Adele brings all her very best new jokes, ideas and wisdom to Durham. 

Adele Cliff Does Her Best and Tries New Things Out (Work-in-Progress)

Adele Cliff Does Her Best and Tries New Things Out (Work-in-Progress)

Adele brings all her very best new jokes, ideas and wisdom to Durham. 

Best of Four New Plays!

Best of Four New Plays!

BEST COMEDY OF ‘Four New Plays’ curated by Rachel Stockdale & Ben Storey Four New Plays showcases local creatives and the diverse voices in the North East. 

Best of Four New Plays!

Best of Four New Plays!

BEST COMEDY OF ‘Four New Plays’ curated by Rachel Stockdale & Ben Storey Four New Plays showcases local creatives and the diverse voices in the North East. 

Masquerade… A Musical Theatre Concert Celebration

Masquerade… A Musical Theatre Concert Celebration

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… 

A Theatre Show

A Theatre Show

After their great success last year with ‘Failure Studies’, Marco Biasioli and Precarious Theatre return with A Theatre Show. 

Polite Notice: Comedian Sean Morley Has Been Banned From Penge Comedy Festival

Polite Notice: Comedian Sean Morley Has Been Banned From Penge Comedy Festival

If any staff or patrons see Comedian Sean Morley on the premises of festival grounds please go to red alert. 

Bones

Bones

In 70 action-packed minutes, Bones highlights mental health issues in sport, looking at one man’s struggle to reconcile his inner mental turmoil with the physical demands expecte… 

The Therapist at Barons Court Theatre

The Therapist at Barons Court Theatre

“How do you look the enemy in the eye?” “She endures. 

Live at Wembley Park Theatre with Phil Wang

Live at Wembley Park Theatre with Phil Wang

London’s hottest new comedy night returns, headlined by Live at the Apollo regular and star of his own Netflix special, Phil Wang. 

Best of Brighton Fringe: Theatre

Best of Brighton Fringe: Theatre

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… 

Dr Semmelweis

Dr Semmelweis

Having emerged from a period in which we were exhorted to wash our hands at every opportunity and instructed on how to carry out the ritual, it is strange to go back in time to an … 

Song From Far Away

Song From Far Away

Simon Stephens and Mark Eitzel wrote Song From Far Away in 2014 for director Ivan van Hove, who wanted ‘a monologue with song’ for the actor Eelco Smits. 

Lady Inger

Lady Inger

Ottisdotter theatre company’s production of Lady Inger provides a rare opportunity to see one of Henrik Ibsen’s earliest, least performed and less well-known works. 

Vincent River

Vincent River

Playwright Philip Ridley seems to be enjoying a resurgence at the moment; not that he has ever been out of fashion. 

Neal Brennan: Brand New Neal

Neal Brennan: Brand New Neal

Neal Brennan makes his London headline debut! As in-demand behind the camera as he is in front of it, Neal was recently a writer, creative consultant, and on-air corres… 

Behold! The Monkey Jesus - a (kind of) restoration comedy

Behold! The Monkey Jesus - a (kind of) restoration comedy

From the extraordinary story of Cecilia Giménez (Mary Tillett), writer Joe Wiltshire Smith has created a beautifully crafted play that embraces her innocence and resilience, while… 

Self Tape

Self Tape

Jonas (Michael Batten) would ideally like to be in full-time employment as an actor on stage. 

The New Moon Monologues

The New Moon Monologues

Grace O’Keefe & Erin Holland (aka the Queens of Cups) launched New Moon Monologues as a platform for emerging artists back in 2020 as a digital new writing night. 

A Year and A Day

A Year and A Day

An inexplicable curse causes Nathan to skip a year and a day into the future, every-time he falls asleep, only existing for twenty-four hours, once a year before being thrown forwa… 

A Year and a Day

A Year and a Day

A curse causes Nathan to skip a year and a day into the future, every-time he falls asleep. 

Buzzbox Collective Touring Theatre Showcase (University of Worcester)

Buzzbox Collective Touring Theatre Showcase (University of Worcester)

Buzzbox Collective presents 2 contemporary theatre double bills. 

Buzzbox Collective Touring Theatre Showcase (University of Worcester)

Buzzbox Collective Touring Theatre Showcase (University of Worcester)

Buzzbox Collective presents 2 contemporary theatre double bills. 

The Year Of Magical Thinking

The Year Of Magical Thinking

In this dramatic adaptation of her award-winning, bestselling memoir, which The New York Times called "an indelible portrait of loss and grief. 

The Seagull and the Cat: Pericles Theatre Company

The Seagull and the Cat: Pericles Theatre Company

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… 

PACE Masterclass: 'Viewpoints' Physical Theatre (3 Days)

PACE Masterclass: 'Viewpoints' Physical Theatre (3 Days)

VIEWPOINTS is an intensive 3-day physical theatre training process led by international theatre maker Erwin Maas. 

PACE Masterclass: 'Viewpoints' Physical Theatre (3 Days)

PACE Masterclass: 'Viewpoints' Physical Theatre (3 Days)

VIEWPOINTS is an intensive 3-day physical theatre training process led by international theatre maker Erwin Maas. 

Richard Pulsford: Short joke teller

Richard Pulsford: Short joke teller

One-liners and light-hearted jokes from the UK Pun Championships Winner 2022 and Scottish Comedian of the Year Runner-up 2021. 

Richard Pulsford: Short joke teller

Richard Pulsford: Short joke teller

One-liners and light-hearted jokes from the ‘master of wordplay. 

Massage Open Evening: Dip your toe into something new!

Massage Open Evening: Dip your toe into something new!

In this dynamic and interactive workshop, you will learn the art of massage, and the beauty of bodywork. 

Wuthering Heights - Rose Theatre

Wuthering Heights - Rose Theatre

'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 … 

Rose

Rose

Martin Sherman’s Rose is already an award-winning production that received widespread critical acclaim during its sell-out runs at the Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester, and the Park T… 

Massage Open Evening: Dip your toe into something new!

Massage Open Evening: Dip your toe into something new!

In this dynamic and interactive workshop, you will learn the art of massage, and the beauty of bodywork. 

Showstopper! The Improvised Musical

Showstopper! The Improvised Musical

Making the move from its seven-year residency at the Lyric Theatre, Showstopper! The Improvised Musical has opened at the Cambridge Theatre, its new home, where the team will be do… 

IMDp: Improvised Movie Director Podcast

IMDp: Improvised Movie Director Podcast

IMDp: Improvised Movie Director Podcast is an improvised comedy interview podcast. 

IMDp: Improvised Movie Director Podcast

IMDp: Improvised Movie Director Podcast

IMDp: Improvised Movie Director Podcast is an improvised comedy interview podcast. 

Paul Chowdhry: Family Friendly Comedian

Paul Chowdhry: Family Friendly Comedian

Following a complete sell-out 2021 tour and 2022 extension, star of Taskmaster and global smash hit ‘Live Innit’, Paul Chowdhry brings his hit show ‘Fa… 

The Dumb Waiter & A Slight Ache

The Dumb Waiter & A Slight Ache

Artistic Director James Haddrell has made a brave and perhaps rather surprising choice for the Greenwich Theatre’s first in-house production of 2023. 

Leaves of Glass

Leaves of Glass

Philip Ridley’s multi-layered, complex and highly acclaimed story Leaves of Glass is breathtakingly revived by director Max Harrison in collaboration with Lidless Theatre in a mi… 

New Act Night

New Act Night

The latest stand-up fledglings from Jill Edwards Stand-Up Comedy Course at Brighton’s Komedia take to the stage for their very first time in our electric atmosphere ‘New Act Nigh… 

Adele Cliff Does Her Best and Tries New Things Out (Work-in-Progress)

Adele Cliff Does Her Best and Tries New Things Out (Work-in-Progress)

Adele brings all her very best new jokes, ideas and wisdom to Brighton. 

New Note Orchestra and Hullabaloo Community Quire

New Note Orchestra and Hullabaloo Community Quire

New Note Orchestra and Hullabaloo Community Quire come together for ‘A Sense of Place’. 

New Note Orchestra and Hullabaloo Community Quire

New Note Orchestra and Hullabaloo Community Quire

New Note Orchestra and Hullabaloo Community Quire come together for ‘A Sense of Place’. 

Under Milk Wood

Under Milk Wood

For 30 years now, Guy Masterson has been successfully taking on the monumental challenge of presenting Dylan Thomas’ Under Milk Wood as a solo show; revelations from the fictional … 

Tom Mayhew: This Time Next Year, We'll Be Millionaires! (Work in Progress)

Tom Mayhew: This Time Next Year, We'll Be Millionaires! (Work in Progress)

Comedian Tom Mayhew (as heard on BBC Radio 4) brings a work in progress show to the Brighton Festival! There will be stuff about being working-class, being skint, how annoying the … 

Adele Cliff Does Her Best and Tries New Things Out (Work-in-Progress)

Adele Cliff Does Her Best and Tries New Things Out (Work-in-Progress)

Adele brings all her very best new jokes, ideas and wisdom to Brighton. 

It's me, Richard Wright, I'm the problem it's me

It's me, Richard Wright, I'm the problem it's me

Richard Wright is about to turn 40 and he’s worried that he has stopped caring. 

It's me, Richard Wright, I'm the problem it's me

It's me, Richard Wright, I'm the problem it's me

Richard Wright is about to turn 40 and he’s worried that he has stopped caring. 

Viggo Venn: Club Comedian

Viggo Venn: Club Comedian

Norwegian comedian Viggo Venn has moved to London to follow his life-long dream of becoming a British Comedian. 

Immersive Theatre Workshop

Immersive Theatre Workshop

If you’re feeling playful and curious about immersive theatre, join the Carnie-fun of Caravanserai. 

Immersive Theatre Workshop

Immersive Theatre Workshop

If you’re feeling playful and curious about immersive theatre, join the Carnie-fun of Caravanserai. 

Viggo Venn: Club Comedian

Viggo Venn: Club Comedian

Norwegian comedian Viggo Venn has moved to London to follow his life-long dream of becoming a British Comedian. 

Biscuits for Breakfast

Biscuits for Breakfast

It’s not only the title of the play; Biscuits For Breakfast is all that some people have to start the day, and that’s if they are lucky. 

(UN)SEEN at The New Steine Hotel

(UN)SEEN at The New Steine Hotel

An exhibition of new paintings by Romany Mark Bruce 2022 

Live at Wembley Park Theatre with Sindhu Vee

Live at Wembley Park Theatre with Sindhu Vee

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. 

(UN)SEEN at The New Steine Hotel

(UN)SEEN at The New Steine Hotel

An exhibition of new paintings by Romany Mark Bruce 2022 

The Circle

The Circle

The Artistic Director might have changed but the Orange Tree Theatre continues to resurrect plays from eras that many houses might shun. 

Teechers Leavers ‘22

Teechers Leavers ‘22

John Godber reinforces his campaign for the arts in education with Teechers Leavers ’22, an updated version of his original play now on its fourth UK tour courtesy of the outstan… 

Richard Parker

Richard Parker

In an 1838 book Edgar Allan Poe told the story of four men lost at sea. 

Richard III - Rose Theatre

Richard III - Rose Theatre

Rose Theatre and Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse Theatres in association with Swinging the Lens A Rose Original Production Following her critically-acclaimed production of Richa… 

Getaway / Runaway

Getaway / Runaway

Noah McCreadie has scored a triumph with his debut play Getaway/Runaway and the intimacy of the King’s Head Theatre provides the perfect setting for this intense drama from Shot … 

The Good Person of Szechwan

The Good Person of Szechwan

It was just another day in Szechwan with people going about their daily business until three wandering gods in disguise turned up in the city in need of a place to stay while they … 

F★★king Men

F★★king Men

The current production of Joe DiPietro’s F**king Men at Waterloo East Theatre is an updated version of his original 2009 script that successfully takes note of developments on th… 

Jules and Jim.

Jules and Jim.

In a rather surprising debut choice, Stella Powell-Jones has commenced her incumbency as Artistic Director of Jermyn Street Theatre with Timberlake Wertenbaker’s uninspired adapt… 

Breeding

Breeding

A fast pace and some hilarious banter about their names, how to pronounce and spell them, gets Barry McStay’s Breeding off to an immediately engaging and rip-roaring start that s… 

Lord of the Flies - Rose Theatre

Lord of the Flies - Rose Theatre

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… 

Trumpets and Raspberries

Trumpets and Raspberries

Given the vast repertoire of plays available to theatre companies one often wonders how they decide on what to perform next and why: in this case, the somewhat lesser-known work by… 

The Sun, the Mountain, and Me

The Sun, the Mountain, and Me

In an unlikely melding of three disparate stories, Jack Fairey finds common ground in his moving play The Sun, The Mountain, and Me for Bedivere Arts at the Jack Studio Theatre, in… 

TWO

TWO

One night, in a pub, in the North of England is the setting for Jim Cartwright’s carefully crafted dark comedy TWO. 

Why Would You Tell Me That?! - Live Podcast

Why Would You Tell Me That?! - Live Podcast

OUR TWO CURIOUS PODCAST HOSTS TELL EACH OTHER THE MOST INTRIGUING FACTS THEY CAN FIND, AND IN PART 2 OF EACH SHOW MEET A GENUINE EXPERT WHO CAN TELL US MORE. 

The Only White

The Only White

There is an inherent difficulty with plays that seek to tell a well-known story and thus lack a sense of mystery and element of surprise. 

Leicester Square Theatre Sketch Off!: Final 2023

Leicester Square Theatre Sketch Off!: Final 2023

The country’s biggest sketch competition is back for its seventh year. 

Leicester Square Theatre Sketch Off!: Final 2023

Leicester Square Theatre Sketch Off!: Final 2023

The country’s biggest sketch competition is back for its seventh year. 

Brighton Academy Graduation Showcase - Musical Theatre (BA Hons)

Brighton Academy Graduation Showcase - Musical Theatre (BA Hons)

Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.  

Brighton Academy Graduation Showcase - Musical Theatre (BA Hons)

Brighton Academy Graduation Showcase - Musical Theatre (BA Hons)

Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.  

Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical

Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical

Two main questions flit through your mind as you watch SpitLip’s Operation Mincemeat - firstly ‘God it’s brilliant,’ followed quickly by, ‘how are they allowed to do that… 

Berlusconi A New Musical

Berlusconi A New Musical

“I am the Jesus Christ of politics. 

Richard II

Richard II

In this Coronation year, what could be more topical than Shakespeare’s verse-told-tale of coronation, usurpation, coronation and murder? Join Westcliff Boys to experience beautiful… 

Dance of Death

Dance of Death

The Coronet Theatre is once again hosting The National Theatre of Norway, who have arrived with their take on August Strindberg’s dark matrimonial drama Dance of Death. 

Ten Days

Ten Days

Matthew Jameson embarked on a major project ten years ago. 

Accidental Death of an Anarchist

Accidental Death of an Anarchist

Hilarious, satirical, superbly staged and brilliantly performed, Accidental Death of an Anarchist has hit the Lyric, Hammersmith in an explosion of theatricality following its sens… 

Super Chefs at Theatre Peckham

Super Chefs at Theatre Peckham

6-year-old Manny is making his very first guacamole for his dad’s welcome home dinner. 

Family Tree

Family Tree

Our lives are indebted to many people. 

The Emperor's New Clothes

The Emperor's New Clothes

What a joy to see a very simple and equally silly story adapted for the stage and turned into an hour of light-hearted frivolity, full of humour and ingenuity. 

Extreme [the New Norm]

Extreme [the New Norm]

The show filled with both seriousness and humour reflects on the biggest event of the past decade, which globally influenced the life of every individual. 

Live At Leicester Sq Theatre

Live At Leicester Sq Theatre

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… 

Under the Black Rock

Under the Black Rock

Promoted as ‘a twisting and darkly comic thriller’, Under the Black Rock, at the Arcola Theatre, has each of those elements in different measures, but probably doesn’t achiev… 

The Long Run

The Long Run

There are situations and circumstances in which if you didn’t laugh you’d cry or perhaps in Katie Arnstein’s case just freeze. 

Theatre of Gulags

Theatre of Gulags

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. 

Burn

Burn

The setting for Lucy Beresford-Knox’s Burn, could hardly be better. 

In Stitches Theatre Company Presents Comedy Improv

In Stitches Theatre Company Presents Comedy Improv

“Light-hearted, never-to-be-seen-again fun. 

This Bitter Earth

This Bitter Earth

Two main strands are interwoven in Harrison David Rivers’ This Bitter Earth, currently making its UK premiere at the White Bear Theatre, Kennington. 

Happy Meal

Happy Meal

I was invited to see Tabby Lamb’s Happy Meal at Brixton House and made it quite clear that it wasn’t my sort of thing, that I would go in order to be supportive, that I almost … 

Robert Ross Presents: A Celebration Of Richard Briers

Robert Ross Presents: A Celebration Of Richard Briers

Richard Briers CBE, one of our best loved and respected actors, died on 17th February 2013. 

Robert Ross Presents: A Celebration Of Richard Briers

Robert Ross Presents: A Celebration Of Richard Briers

Richard Briers CBE, one of our best loved and respected actors, died on 17th February 2013. 

The Walworth Farce

The Walworth Farce

What could be more appropriate to mark the opening of the Southwark Playhouse Elephant than Enda Walsh’s The Walworth Farce. 

Macbeth

Macbeth

A Macbeth that features only the eponymous hero and his wife is an opportunity to define the characters and chart the shifting balance of power between them as the tragedy unfolds. 

Pigeon | New Era, New Éire

Pigeon | New Era, New Éire

Pigeon Three friends, three lives, one storyNew Era, New ÉireThe same old new stuff. 

MANIC PIXIE DREAM REN | Sentimental: A New Gig Musical

MANIC PIXIE DREAM REN | Sentimental: A New Gig Musical

MANIC PIXIE DREAM REN A Film School Dissertation-Induced Meltdown Sentimental: A New Gig Musical Speaking of break-ups, the world’s ending. 

Much Ado About Nothing - National Youth Theatre

Much Ado About Nothing - National Youth Theatre

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… 

Passion

Passion

A heteronormative upbringing fights homosexual desire on a battleground that moves from a playful and sometimes argumentative bedroom to the secluded cell of a conversion therapy u… 

Rebus: A Game Called Malice

Rebus: A Game Called Malice

The Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch has opened its Spring 2023 season with the world premiere of Ian Rankin and Simon Reade’s Rebus: A Game Called Malice. 

SMOKE

SMOKE

Too many cooks, so the saying goes, can spoil the broth. 

I Found My Horn

I Found My Horn

A man is going through almost a lifetime’s accumulation of important junk in his attic. 

A Manchester Anthem

A Manchester Anthem

A breath of theatrical fresh is often much needed at big fringe-style events and it can currently be found at the Vault Festival in A Manchester Anthem. 

Richard Herring’s Leicester Square Theatre Podcast

Richard Herring’s Leicester Square Theatre Podcast

Richard Herring returns to Leicester Square Theatre for his famous podcast, RHLSTP!  Richard Herring has enjoyed phenomenal success as a writer and … 

Richard Herring’s Leicester Square Theatre Podcast

Richard Herring’s Leicester Square Theatre Podcast

Richard Herring returns to The Leicester Square Theatre for his famous podcast, RHLSTP!  Richard Herring has enjoyed phenomenal success as a writer … 

NICE: New Interesting Comedy Event

NICE: New Interesting Comedy Event

NICE showcases fantastic up and coming comics alongside funny people you’ve probably seen on the telly! With comedy ranging from the bizarre, to the silly, to the embarrassingly pe… 

Escaped Alone & What If If Only

Escaped Alone & What If If Only

The ladies with their mugs of tea sitting outside a cottage with a fenced-off lawn would have grown up with the song In An English Country Garden, whose tune introduces George Savo… 

How Not To Drown

How Not To Drown

The debate surrounding refugees, migrants and asylum seekers has dominated the political scene both internationally and domestically for decades. 

John Travulva and Jodie Mitchell: Cis Male Comedian

John Travulva and Jodie Mitchell: Cis Male Comedian

Prince of accessible content and OFFIE Award winning ‘brilliant. 

Jen Ives: Pasta Comedian

Jen Ives: Pasta Comedian

Jen Ives : Pasta Comedian (Work in Progress) After a sell-out run in Edinburgh with her acclaimed show ‘Peak Trans’, Jen Ives is now working on a new one. 

The Lehman Trilogy

The Lehman Trilogy

The National Theatre’s production of the The Lehman Trilogy has now opened at the spacious Gillian Lynne Theatre where it looks set for another sell-out season. 

Have I None

Have I None

Described by its author as a ‘tragi-farce’, Edward Bond’s Have I None at the Golden Goose Theatre is a blunt dystopian nightmare packed into an energetically angry fifty-five… 

2:22 A Ghost Story - Lyric Theatre

2:22 A Ghost Story - Lyric Theatre

The West End theatre event of the year will return for a fifth season by popular demand. 

The Elephant Song

The Elephant Song

Although written in 2004 this production of The Elephant Song at The Park Theatre is the UK premiere of Canadian playwright Nicolas Billon’s captivating psychological thriller, o… 

The Unfriend

The Unfriend

The need to willingly suspend disbelief in order to fully enter into the spirit of a play is sometimes an essential requirement if the potential for enjoyment is not to be lost alt… 

little scratch

little scratch

If you are looking for a remarkable piece of unusual drama then the Hampstead Theatre’s production of little scratch is now being presented by New Diorama in their perfectly-suit… 

Hamlet

Hamlet

There are time when you wonder, “Why?” Lazarus Theatre Company’s Hamlet at the Southwark Playhouse, Borough, is one of those. 

On The Ropes

On The Ropes

Scheduled over twelve rounds, On the Ropes at the Park Theatre goes from 7. 

Mother Goose - Duke of York's Theatre

Mother Goose - Duke of York's Theatre

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. 

Hey Duggee - The Live Theatre Show

Hey Duggee - The Live Theatre Show

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 … 

Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year Final 2022

Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year Final 2022

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… 

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Westcliff High School for Boys’ drama club under the direction of Ben Jeffreys, who otherwise teaches history, first came to our atttention at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 20… 

Handel’s Messiah: The Live Experience

Handel’s Messiah: The Live Experience

Being dead, the great maestro of late baroque composition has the hope of being raised incorruptible. 

A Musical Theatre Christmas

A Musical Theatre Christmas

“A Musical Theatre Christmas” returns to The Actors’ Church, presented by Mark Robert Petty. 

A Christmas Carol - Rose Theatre

A Christmas Carol - Rose Theatre

From Morgan Lloyd Malcolm, writer of the Olivier Award-winning Emilia, comes a brand-new retelling of Charles Dickens’ timeless classic. 

Wickies: The Vanishing Men of Eilean Mor

Wickies: The Vanishing Men of Eilean Mor

The creative team behind Wickies: The Vanishing Men of Eilean Mor at the Park Theatre have done an outstanding job on this production. 

All You Can Eat Cabaret: New Year, Same Fat Ass

All You Can Eat Cabaret: New Year, Same Fat Ass

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. 

Keeper Of The Flame

Keeper Of The Flame

Two main strands run through Keeper of the Flame, written and performed by Rob Adams, a play that fits neatly into the confines of the delightful Bridge House Theatre. 

Wasted

Wasted

Kae Tempest’s credentials as a poet and lyricist shine through in Wasted at the Jack Studio. 

Gary Barlow A Different Stage - Savoy Theatre

Gary Barlow A Different Stage - Savoy Theatre

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… 

Straight Comedian of the Year: Heat Five

Straight Comedian of the Year: Heat Five

Let’s give straight people a chance!  The UK comedy industry is saturated with queer acts leaving many heterosexual comedians with nowhere to go besides All Bar One. 

Arms and the Man

Arms and the Man

There’s a delightful anecdote about George Bernard Shaw at one of the early performances of Arms and the Man. 

Top Hat

Top Hat

The fabulous Mill at Sonning has revived last year’s Christmas success for another run over the festive season, It’s hard to believe that a full-scale musical like Top Hat, wit… 

Here

Here

Clive Judd’s fascinating debut play HERE won the 2022 Papatango New Writing Prize from a record 1,553 submissions. 

MSND

MSND

We’ll never know what, if anything, Shakespeare was on when he wrote AMidsummer Night’s Dream, but the team at Intermission Youth Theatre have based their ‘Shakespeare Remix�… 

Cheer Up Slug

Cheer Up Slug

Jamie Patterson (Will) and Charis Murray (Bean) give delightful performances in Cheer Up Slug by Tamsin Rees, the debut production for their company, Shot in the Dark Theatre, at t… 

The Yeomen of the Guard

The Yeomen of the Guard

There was a more than usual buzz in the air at the Coliseum in anticipation of ENO’s latest foray into the world of Gilbert & Sullivan with The Yeoman of the Guard. 

Paddy goes to Petra

Paddy goes to Petra

Paddy (Brendan Dunlea) leads a traditional life in rural Ireland. 

A Butcher of Distinction

A Butcher of Distinction

When the setting for your play is the basement of a London pub, where better to perform than at Barons Court Theatre which is located in the basement of the west London pub aptly n… 

Dr Richard Shepherd

Dr Richard Shepherd

Meet the forensic pathologist, Dr Richard Shepherd. 

A Year Without Summer (WIP)

A Year Without Summer (WIP)

It’s 1816 and Mary Shelley is about to start work on Frankenstein. 

Mary

Mary

Douglas Henshall has wasted no time in returning to the stage after his years in Shetland. 

New Wave Art Competition: Winners Exhibition

New Wave Art Competition: Winners Exhibition

The Bloomsbury Festival Art Competition exhibition this year features three winners selected by our panel of judges. 

Something in the Air

Something in the Air

A note on the back cover of Peter Gill’s latest play, Something in the Air, at Jermyn Street Theatre, claims that the stories of the two old protagonists “flow like mist down t… 

The Poltergeist

The Poltergeist

The frantic moto perpetuo of Philip Glass’s Rubric fills the auditorium as an overture to Philip Ridley’s breathtaking work, The Poltergeist, at the Arcola Theatre. 

TALK by Kill The Cat Theatre

TALK by Kill The Cat Theatre

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. 

Dmitry

Dmitry

In marked contrast to the UK’s recent smooth transition from one monarch to another, the story of Dmitry (Tom Byrne), at the new Marylebone Theatre, tells a woeful tale of power-… 

Bristol Old Vic Theatre School MFA Graduate Acting Showcase 2022

Bristol Old Vic Theatre School MFA Graduate Acting Showcase 2022

The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School (BOVTS) is pleased to present its 2022 MFA Graduate Showcase. 

Oh God, What Now? Live – New PM, Same Old BS

Oh God, What Now? Live – New PM, Same Old BS

Boris who? Join the panelists from Britain’s premier rage-driven politics podcast to “welcome” our new Prime Minister – whomever he or she turns … 

My Kind of Musical : Too Fat for Theatre

My Kind of Musical : Too Fat for Theatre

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… 

Skinner & T'witch: Folk, Flamenco and Theatre-Style Songs

Skinner & T'witch: Folk, Flamenco and Theatre-Style Songs

Drawing on music hall and vaudeville traditions, Skinner & T’witch’s show combines comedy and satire with folk, flamenco and theatre-style songs. 

New Comedy Showcase

New Comedy Showcase

A quality line-up of the hottest new acts in town. 

Richard Egarr & Friends

Richard Egarr & Friends

The British harpsichordist and conductor joins brilliant Baroque performers for a journey through the riches of European 17th-century chamber music. 

Long Nights in Paradise

Long Nights in Paradise

There’s a lot packed in to Long Nights in Paradise, probably too much, but it still makes for an interesting story that explores the ups and downs of life, the building and disin… 

Alright?

Alright?

Patrick Withey gives a delightfully engaging and endearing performance as the troubled 15-year-old in Black Hound Productions’ Alright!, which has absolutely nothing to do with C… 

Trial by Jury
BOBBY WINNER

Trial by Jury

Stunning, imaginative, inspired, colourful, amusing, brilliantly performed and beautifully sung, this Trial By Jury is Gilbert and Sullivan at its very best. 

Love in the Time of Lockdown (The New Variant)

Love in the Time of Lockdown (The New Variant)

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. 

The New Rock'n'Roll

The New Rock'n'Roll

Ted Banks is a washed-up stand-up comedian desperate to get back into the big time with a comeback tour culminating in a slot at the Edinburgh Fringe. 

Gatsby: A New Musical

Gatsby: A New Musical

The year is 1925; the place is New York City. 

New Labour

New Labour

The adventures and misadventures of a group of graduates working in a North London call centre: Alice wants to be a singer, Liam wants to travel, Rob wants to make a killing and Sa… 

The Late Shift: New York City Stand-Up Comedy Show

The Late Shift: New York City Stand-Up Comedy Show

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. 

Looking for Wolverhampton's Latin Quarter

Looking for Wolverhampton's Latin Quarter

A very funny, touching and self-deprecating account of growing up in 1970s Wolverhampton. 

The Year Is Podcast Live w/ Bobby Mair and Red Richardson

The Year Is Podcast Live w/ Bobby Mair and Red Richardson

Come watch the live show of the hit comedy podcast The Year Is where every episode Red and Bobby go back to a year in history and talk about the weirdest and strangest events from … 

Richard Wright: Into The Wright-Verse

Richard Wright: Into The Wright-Verse

Every universe has an Edinburgh Fringe but the multiverse is collapsing. 

Appraisal

Appraisal

We’ve all been there! That sense of recognition permeates the room during Tim Marriott’s latest play Appraisal. 

EdFringe Podcast (Live)

EdFringe Podcast (Live)

Come and hear an EdFringe podcast recorded live and listen to the backstage chat and meet the Edinburgh legend/veteran/star. 

Ferguson, Harrington, Hawkes Podcast

Ferguson, Harrington, Hawkes Podcast

Live podcast with celebrity guests! Join Lynn (Scottish and mouthy) Neil (quiet and brooding) and the one and only Chesney Hawkes (frankly adorable) for chat, live music, temporary… 

New Stories of Homelessness

New Stories of Homelessness

An art exhibition documenting journeys out of homelessness in Scotland, which aims to change the perception of homelessness by exploring how we depict the practical and structural … 

Beefheart – New Beef Dreams!

Beefheart – New Beef Dreams!

Orange Claw Hammer return to the Fringe, resuming their mission to re-work the music of Captain Beefheart for the 21st Century, and showcasing their second CD, New Beef Dreams! Tun… 

John Bishop and Tony Pitts: Three Little Words Podcast – Presented By Amazon Music

John Bishop and Tony Pitts: Three Little Words Podcast – Presented By Amazon Music

Join John Bishop and Tony Pitts as they meet a special guest to chat about three words that mean something to them. 

Tempus Fugit: Troy and Us

Tempus Fugit: Troy and Us

The Greeks knew a lot about war and told great tales of heroism, victory and defeat. 

Horsepower

Horsepower

Not all shows have clarity of meaning or purpose yet they still retain a certain charm. 

The Collie's Shed

The Collie's Shed

There is nothing like a timely reminder from the past. 

Los Guardiola – The Comedy of Tango

Los Guardiola – The Comedy of Tango

The rhythm of the tango underpins Los Guardiola - The Comedy of Tango in this superb production from Musique et Toile, but the show is much broader than the one dance form. 

Spit Me Out

Spit Me Out

Slap ‘N’ Tickle Theatre Company, founded in 2020 by East 15 Acting School alumni, has created a fabulously entertaining piece of devised theatre that explores sensitive issues … 

Walk-Man

Walk-Man

It’s a day like any other. 

For Example Theatre present: Boat!

For Example Theatre present: Boat!

A tragicomedy combining clowning and physical theatre, Boat! follows two friends at sea as they navigate companionship, solitude and altering states of reality. 

2022 Greek Comedian of the Year – George Zacharopoulos

2022 Greek Comedian of the Year – George Zacharopoulos

Award-winning comedy from the reigning title holder since 2018. 

Alastair Savage – Scots Fiddle Old and New

Alastair Savage – Scots Fiddle Old and New

One of Scotland’s leading fiddle exponents returns to the wonderful Canongate Kirk with a spectacular line-up and new 2022 album release. 

DNA by Dennis Kelly

DNA by Dennis Kelly

The Year 12 girls from Wycombe Abbey school in High Wycombe under the direction of Phoebe Francis have created a fine production of DNA by Dennis Kelly. 

Anthems – 40 Years of Edinburgh Music Theatre

Anthems – 40 Years of Edinburgh Music Theatre

Formed in 1982, Edinburgh Music Theatre will be celebrating its big birthday (40 years young!) by performing a musical revue. 

The Rainbow – A Rehearsed Reading of a New Adaptation

The Rainbow – A Rehearsed Reading of a New Adaptation

Originally published in 1915, The Rainbow was extraordinarily ahead of its time as Lawrence explores the experiences of three generations of Polish women living in Nottinghamshire … 

The Addams Family: A New Musical

The Addams Family: A New Musical

A comical feast that features an original story that is every father’s nightmare; Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a swee… 

About New Year's Eve

About New Year's Eve

Minutes before the clock strikes 12, a group of friends rediscover themselves and their goals for the new year. 

Bits 'N' Pieces

Bits 'N' Pieces

Saltire Sky Theatre have lived up to all the expectations they raised following 1902, their smash hit of last year’s Fringe that won them the Broadway Baby Bobby Award and Off We… 

Polly Peculiar

Polly Peculiar

Polly Peculiar, at Greenside Nicholson Square, is a joy from beginning to end: the sort of play that under normal circumstances you might not be tempted to see. 

2022 Greek Comedian of the Year – George Zacharopoulos

2022 Greek Comedian of the Year – George Zacharopoulos

Award-winning comedy from the reigning title holder since 2018. 

Richard Todd: Transferable Skills

Richard Todd: Transferable Skills

With a busted knee, a burst eardrum and heroic reveries replaced by painkillers and words like ‘ouch’, ‘pardon’ and ‘I’m down here!’, Todd reckons he has one last chance to reinv… 

Viggo Venn: Club Comedian

Viggo Venn: Club Comedian

Norwegian comedian Viggo Venn has moved to London to follow his life-long dream of becoming a British comedian! ‘Viggo is Norwegian’ (EdFestMag. 

10th Year! John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues And Swing

10th Year! John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues And Swing

‘Fantastic!’ (Jools Holland). 

Huge Davies and Janine Harouni Do New Jokes (WIP)

Huge Davies and Janine Harouni Do New Jokes (WIP)

Janine filmed an Amazon Prime special. 

Tamer Kattan – An Alien from New York

Tamer Kattan – An Alien from New York

An award-winning comedian from NYC fell in love with a woman online. 

Anarchy Cabaret Presents: The West End New Act of the Year Showcase

Anarchy Cabaret Presents: The West End New Act of the Year Showcase

The West End New Act of the Year was a comedy competition held between November and March to find the funniest emerging comedy talent. 

Rebel

Rebel

Two contrasting elements combine to make Rebel into a spectacular show ideally suited to the vast tent that is Underbelly’s Circus Hub on the Meadows. 

Anarchy Cabaret Presents: The West End New Act of the Year Showcase

Anarchy Cabaret Presents: The West End New Act of the Year Showcase

The West End New Act of the Year was a comedy competition held between November and March to find the funniest emerging comedy talent. 

Andrew O'Neill – We Are Not In the Least Afraid of Ruins; We Carry a New World in Our Hearts

Andrew O'Neill – We Are Not In the Least Afraid of Ruins; We Carry a New World in Our Hearts

Andrew O’Neill, non-binary whirlwind and star of BBC Radio 4’s Damned Andrew brings back the best show they’ve ever done. 

The Richard Osman Fan Club

The Richard Osman Fan Club

After airing nearly 2,000 episodes since it was first broadcast in 2009, Pointless has become a regular family favourite and made a nationwide star out of its intelligent and amiab… 

Richard Pulsford: A Bit More Rich

Richard Pulsford: A Bit More Rich

Stand up is a challenging format at the best of times - but the one-liner comedian often seems to be the ultimate masochist in a field where self-inflicted pain is surely part of t… 

Diane Chorley's Chatting with Chorley: The Podcast

Diane Chorley's Chatting with Chorley: The Podcast

Diane Chorley brings you her chart-topping podcast Chatting with Chorley live from the glamour of her cult 1980s nightclub The Flick. 

Leicester Square Theatre All-Star Show

Leicester Square Theatre All-Star Show

A night of comedy featuring top acts from the Fringe, curated and programmed by London’s premier comedy venue Leicester Square Theatre. 

Ben Hur: The Theatre Show

Ben Hur: The Theatre Show

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… 

Unseen Shepard

Unseen Shepard

What if the characters you created in your plays were to come to life and challenge the lives and circumstances you created for them?Unseen Shepard finds Pulitzer Prize-winning pla… 

Old Town – New Perspective

Old Town – New Perspective

Old Town – New Perspective is a collection of contemporary photographs of Edinburgh taken by Ewan Barry and Audrey Pinard, founders of Tete-a-Tete Photo. 

Eddy Brimson: A Comedian

Eddy Brimson: A Comedian

A stand-up show about life as a comedian by one of the UK’s most in-demand headline acts. 

Platonic Love Triangle – A New York Stand-up Comedy Show

Platonic Love Triangle – A New York Stand-up Comedy Show

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… 

Fitry

Fitry

Fitry is an intriguing one-man show from Faso Danse Théâtre, Brussels, featuring Serge Aimé Coulibaly as the performer. 

The Funny Thing About Death

The Funny Thing About Death

There are very few taboo subjects left these days, but the one that will eventually come to us all still leaves many people uncomfortable. 

The Addams Family – A New Musical

The Addams Family – A New Musical

From the company that brought you the sell-out Fringe smash, Sunshine on Leith, Captivate Theatre presents a comical feast that embraces the wackiness in every family. 

Little West End Theatre Cabaret

Little West End Theatre Cabaret

It’s time for us to play. 

Linger, Presented by Everything Must Go Theatre Company

Linger, Presented by Everything Must Go Theatre Company

‘All we have hinges on the worn thread of a memory. 

Heroin to Hero

Heroin to Hero

There are many rags-to-riches stories around but probably not another that follows a young heroin addict’s journey from death’s door to the gates of Buckingham Palace. 

In Stitches Theatre Company presents Comedy Improv

In Stitches Theatre Company presents Comedy Improv

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… 

Henry Ginsberg: Romantic Comedian – Personal Growth, Sex and Nazis

Henry Ginsberg: Romantic Comedian – Personal Growth, Sex and Nazis

Henry Ginsberg didn’t lose his virginity, or have any romantic experiences to speak of at all until his late 20s. 

Life Drawing With a Comedian

Life Drawing With a Comedian

Life drawing meets comedy! That’s right, if our jokes don’t make you laugh our poses will. 

In Stitches Theatre Company presents Comedy Improv

In Stitches Theatre Company presents Comedy Improv

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… 

Daniel Sloss: New Work in Progress

Daniel Sloss: New Work in Progress

Scotland’s international comedy star is doing a run of shows to work up some new material for his next tour. 

Gash Theatre Needs Some Space

Gash Theatre Needs Some Space

Boy, you’re an alien. 

Alfie Packham and Luke Chilton: Hot New Talent

Alfie Packham and Luke Chilton: Hot New Talent

Tssss. 

Christian Schulte-Loh: Comeback of the 50-Foot German Comedian

Christian Schulte-Loh: Comeback of the 50-Foot German Comedian

‘German, but funny’ (Der Spiegel). 

Guerilla Autistics Year 8 – Scenes From an Undiagnosed Life

Guerilla Autistics Year 8 – Scenes From an Undiagnosed Life

For the eighth year of this universally unique, neurodiversifying, audience-participatory solo show, Paul Wady has changed the name to Guerilla Autistics and wants to take you all … 

Tom DeTrinis: I HATE NEW YORK

Tom DeTrinis: I HATE NEW YORK

I HATE NEW YORK is a gay-tastic solo debut from self-professed rage-a-holic, Tom DeTrinis, that offers up a non-stop, hilarious litany of grievances. 

Are You Being Murdered?

Are You Being Murdered?

People can be sensitive about how they are described. 

Richard David-Caine: Tall, Dark and Anxious

Richard David-Caine: Tall, Dark and Anxious

High-octane character comedy from one of the UK’s foremost TV sketch comedians, as seen in the BAFTA-winning series Horrible Histories, Class Dismissed and People Just Do Nothing… 

An Afternoon With the Ladies of the Cliff Richard Fan Club, Sutton Coldfield 1995

An Afternoon With the Ladies of the Cliff Richard Fan Club, Sutton Coldfield 1995

Sutton Coldfield, 1995. 

9 Circles

9 Circles

From House of Cards writer Bill Cain and The Shark is Broken director Guy Masterson, 9 Circles is a brilliantly performed, harrowing psychological thriller that would be shocking a… 

The Transfiguration of Mrs Lamen

The Transfiguration of Mrs Lamen

The story of the theatrical Dame has had many incarnations and they all revolve around a fairly standard trope. 

Richard Stott: Afterparty

Richard Stott: Afterparty

Richard Stott returns to the Fringe with a brand-new show filled with trademark storytelling and joyously acerbic one liners. 

Mark Nelson: “Comedian”

Mark Nelson: “Comedian”

The award-winning stand-up returns with his new show. 

Irvine Welsh's Porno

Irvine Welsh's Porno

The highly anticipated world premiere of Irvine Welsh's Porno catches up with the lives of Renton, Sickboy, Begbie & Spud, fifteen years after their appearance in TRAINSPOT… 

False Start

False Start

What happens when you train for something your whole life, only to fail at the crucial moment? This question is the stimulus behind False Start, from acclaimed French-German theatr… 

In the Name of the Son

In the Name of the Son

If the title sounds familiar you’re probably thinking of the film, In the Name of the Father, but you’d be on the right track because In the Name of the Son deals with the same… 

Fanboy

Fanboy

Fringe-first award winner Joe Sellman-Leava (Labels, Monster) is back at the Fringe with his new work Fanboy in which he explores his relationship with his past and future self. 

7 Seventeen-Year-Olds in a Screwed-Up World

7 Seventeen-Year-Olds in a Screwed-Up World

You can have too many carrots in one show. 

Viva Your Vulva: The Hole Story

Viva Your Vulva: The Hole Story

As the crescendo of complaints and controversy was rising over the comedy circuit I was persuaded to abandon the safe confines of the theatre category and go in at the deep end, so… 

In the Weeds by Joseph Wilde, Produced by An Tobar and Mull Theatre

In the Weeds by Joseph Wilde, Produced by An Tobar and Mull Theatre

Kazumi is hunting a sea monster. 

The MP, Aunty Mandy and Me

The MP, Aunty Mandy and Me

Award-winning writer and actor Rob Ward returns to the Fringe with his latest creation The MP, Aunty Mandy & Me. 

Richard Brown: Horror Show

Richard Brown: Horror Show

Richard Brown returns to the Fringe with a new show that promises to be as bleakly brilliant as his previous endeavours. 

Richard Herring: RHLSTP

Richard Herring: RHLSTP

Multi award-winning podcast returns. 

Richard Pulsford: A Bit More Rich

Richard Pulsford: A Bit More Rich

- Scottish Comedian of the Year (SCOTY) runner-up, December 2021. 

Richard Pulsford: A Bit More Rich

Richard Pulsford: A Bit More Rich

- Scottish Comedian of the Year (SCOTY) runner-up, December 2021. 

Scenic Outdoor Theatre - 'Nana Rabbits Cake-Off'

Scenic Outdoor Theatre - 'Nana Rabbits Cake-Off'

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… 

Sniff

Sniff

Have you had the experience of sitting through a play and thinking, “If I’d known that was how it was going to end I’d have paid far more attention to all the details in the … 

The Lesson

The Lesson

Director Max Lewendel has taken Theatre of the Absurd to a new level in his engrossing production of Eugène Ionesco’s The Lesson in a translation by Donald Watson at the Southwa… 

Richard Stott: Afterparty (Edinburgh Preview)

Richard Stott: Afterparty (Edinburgh Preview)

Richard Stott as seen on ITV2 Stand Up Sketch Show and runner up in Dave TV’s Jokes of 2019 is back with a new show about your mid 30s. 

Offered Up

Offered Up

Set in Chester in 1645 as England was ravaged by the Civil War, Offered Up, at the Liverpool’s Royal Court Studio Theatre is a commentary on the political and social life of the … 

The Convert

The Convert

Stunning from beginning to end The Convert is perhaps the most remarkable piece of theatre ever staged at Above The Stag in Vauxhall and that is no disrespect to the many fine prod… 

Cancelling Socrates

Cancelling Socrates

Howard Brenton’s new play Cancelling Socrates at Jermyn Street Theatre is a fascinating piece that transports us to classical Greece in a consideration of the circumstances that … 

Richard Pulsford: A Bit More Rich

Richard Pulsford: A Bit More Rich

One-liners and light-hearted jokes from the ‘master of wordplay. 

Richard Filby: Slick Tricks & Dry Wit

Richard Filby: Slick Tricks & Dry Wit

The newest show from Richard Filby promises to be his best work to date. 

Richard Filby: Slick Tricks & Dry Wit

Richard Filby: Slick Tricks & Dry Wit

The newest show from Richard Filby promises to be his best work to date. 

ASTRA: A Multimedia Theatre Production

ASTRA: A Multimedia Theatre Production

Astra’s people snatched their green homeland from the chaos of global eco-collapse. 

Starcrossed

Starcrossed

Shakespeare knew what it took to pen a romantic tragedy when he wrote Romeo and Juliet and hence carefully structured all the ingredients to meet the demands of the genre and creat… 

ASTRA: A Multimedia Theatre Production

ASTRA: A Multimedia Theatre Production

Astra’s people snatched their green homeland from the chaos of global eco-collapse. 

No Particular Order

No Particular Order

Set in an unspecified time and without a location, No Particular Order resonates across the ages, through civilisations and empires, dictatorships and democracies and more, vividly… 

Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year 2022 Competition

Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year 2022 Competition

The 12 finalists from more than 300 submissions have been revealed for the gala final of this year’s competition which was open to every student of musical theatre, with audition… 

Barry Humphries: The Man Behind the Mask

Barry Humphries: The Man Behind the Mask

The event might fall short of the hype that The Man Behind the Mask would be a ‘confessional evening – seasoned with highly personal, sometimes startling, and occasionally outr… 

Physical Theatre Workshop

Physical Theatre Workshop

Everything begins with movement. 

Physical Theatre Workshop

Physical Theatre Workshop

Everything begins with movement. 

Soho Boy

Soho Boy

Soho Boy, at the Drayton Arms Theatre, is a new musical, written and composed by Paul Emelion Daly. 

Miracle Theatre's Fleapit - Everyman

Miracle Theatre's Fleapit - Everyman

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… 

Miracle Theatre's Fleapit - Everyman

Miracle Theatre's Fleapit - Everyman

When your time’s up, how will you account for your life on Earth? Everyman is riding high, works hard and plays harder. 

Confessions of a Goddess Unhinged

Confessions of a Goddess Unhinged

Did Alissa Finn choose to perform Confessions of a Goddess Unhinged at the Water Rats in King’s Cross because the stage has a pair of ionic columns framing the stage? No, is the … 

Richard Wright: Into The Wright-Verse

Richard Wright: Into The Wright-Verse

Everything seems normal. 

IMDp: Improvised Movie Director Podcast

IMDp: Improvised Movie Director Podcast

IMDp: Improvised Movie Director Podcast is an improvised comedy interview podcast. 

The Wagon of Dreams: A New Adventure

The Wagon of Dreams: A New Adventure

Jellyfish Theatre is back with a brand new outdoor show, (“The best thing we’ve seen this year” audience feedback, Brighton Fringe 2019). 

Richard Wright: Into The Wright-Verse

Richard Wright: Into The Wright-Verse

Everything seems normal. 

The Wagon of Dreams: A New Adventure

The Wagon of Dreams: A New Adventure

Jellyfish Theatre is back with a brand new outdoor show, (“The best thing we’ve seen this year” audience feedback, Brighton Fringe 2019). 

Chloe Petts: Something Old, Something New

Chloe Petts: Something Old, Something New

Rising star, Chloe Petts presents an hour of stand-up, including old bits, new bits and stuff she probably just made up on the spot. 

Chloe Petts: Something Old, Something New

Chloe Petts: Something Old, Something New

Rising star, Chloe Petts presents an hour of stand-up, including old bits, new bits and stuff she probably just made up on the spot. 

Mr Laurel and Mr Hardy

Mr Laurel and Mr Hardy

Searchlight Theatre Company returns to the Brighton Fringe with their delightful show Mr Laurel and Mr Hardy at the Rialto Theatre. 

Fringe Academy 1-2-1: Good art thrives on good management, advice for you from the Independent Theatre Council

Fringe Academy 1-2-1: Good art thrives on good management, advice for you from the Independent Theatre Council

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… 

Fringe Academy 1-2-1: Good art thrives on good management, advice for you from the Independent Theatre Council

Fringe Academy 1-2-1: Good art thrives on good management, advice for you from the Independent Theatre Council

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… 

Richard Stott: Afterparty (WIP)

Richard Stott: Afterparty (WIP)

Welcome to the afterparty, take a seat but don’t stay forever! We all leave the party at different times but have you hung on until the sun is coming through the curtains, the mu… 

Richard Stott: Afterparty (WIP)

Richard Stott: Afterparty (WIP)

Welcome to the afterparty, take a seat but don’t stay forever! We all leave the party at different times but have you hung on until the sun is coming through the curtains, the mu… 

Taking Flight New Writing Festival

Taking Flight New Writing Festival

Red Dragonfly’s New Writing Festival and nationwide Competition is back! In the fourth season Taking Flight will help new and emerging BESEA playwrights develop their exciting id… 

New Act Night

New Act Night

The latest stand-up fledglings from Jill Edwards Stand-Up Comedy Course at Brighton’s Komedia take to the stage for their very first time in our electric atmosphere ‘New Act Nigh… 

The Dwarfs

The Dwarfs

The Dwarfs is a semi-autobiographical work and Harold Pinter's only novel. 

The Man In The Shed

The Man In The Shed

The Man In The Shed is a highly amusing and at time hilarious solo rant by actor Alex Dee, co-written as Alex Donald with Tim Connery. 

Taking Flight New Writing Festival

Taking Flight New Writing Festival

‘Taking Flight’ is Red Dragonfly Productions successful New Writing Programme, where we showcase new work by up and coming writers. 

The Recollection of Tony Ward

The Recollection of Tony Ward

Jim Spencer Broadbent is a playwright based in South-East London, so he is delighted to be presenting his play The Recollection of Tony Ward as one of twenty-seven companies contri… 

Two Mr P’s in a Podcast

Two Mr P’s in a Podcast

Sharing funny stories from the front line of teaching, this live show will see the Two Mr P's reminiscing on their own school days and looking at the wonderful and … 

My Fair Lady

My Fair Lady

Expectations can work in many ways and it’s interesting to realise the extent to which we can be influenced by what we have just seen. 

Robin Morgan: An Hour of New

Robin Morgan: An Hour of New

Robin Morgan (as seen on ‘Mock The Week’) has an hour of new jokes and stories. 

Robin Morgan: An Hour of New

Robin Morgan: An Hour of New

Robin Morgan (as seen on ‘Mock The Week’) has an hour of new jokes and stories. 

Two Mr P’s in a Podcast

Two Mr P’s in a Podcast

Phil McIntyre Live LTD proudly presents TWO MR Ps IN A PODCAST - LIVE Mr P has been a primary school teacher for over 14 years. 

Viggo Venn: Club Comedian (Work in Progress)

Viggo Venn: Club Comedian (Work in Progress)

Viggo Venn was the winner of The Brighton Fringe “Best Comedy Award” for his mad and free-flowing clowning in 2016 with ‘Zach & Viggo: Thunderflop’. 

Viggo Venn: Club Comedian (Work in Progress)

Viggo Venn: Club Comedian (Work in Progress)

Viggo Venn was the winner of The Brighton Fringe “Best Comedy Award” for his mad and free-flowing clowning in 2016 with ‘Zach & Viggo: Thunderflop’. 

...The Secret Comedy Club by Artista (Voted audience choice award best Fringe venue 2021)

...The Secret Comedy Club by Artista (Voted audience choice award best Fringe venue 2021)

We run comedy nights at this venue all year round but we have something special planned for the Fringe. 

Richard Todd: Hot Bubbly Danger (WiP)

Richard Todd: Hot Bubbly Danger (WiP)

A busted knee, a burst eardrum, a brain struggling to accept updates, heroic reveries shanghaied by harsh reality; in a bid to recapture what was, ageing bath-time fantasist Todd m… 

two Palestinians go dogging

two Palestinians go dogging

Brecht would have felt at home watching two Palestinians go dogging at the Royal Court Theatre, Jerwood Studio. 

The Breach

The Breach

Celebrated director Sarah Frankcom makes her debut at Hampstead Theatre in a spartan production of Naomi Wallace’s morality-defying play The Breach. 

Richard Todd: Hot Bubbly Danger (WiP)

Richard Todd: Hot Bubbly Danger (WiP)

A busted knee, a burst eardrum, a brain struggling to accept updates, heroic reveries shanghaied by harsh reality; in a bid to recapture what was, ageing bath-time fantasist Todd m… 

Busman's Honeymoon

Busman's Honeymoon

Both a restaurant and a theatre, The Mill at Sonning, with its beautiful river setting in the countryside near Reading, is currently host to the Busman's Honeymoon, co-written … 

Orlando

Orlando

Orlando, Virginia Woolf’s amusing challenge to the norms of society, stemmed from her own life and that of her lover Vita Sackville-West, but in her novel, the eponymous hero'… 

The End of the Night

The End of the Night

Dust-sheets cover what little furniture there is in the expansive room of Dr Felix Kersten (Michael Lumsden), trusted personal physiotherapist to Reichsfuehrer Heinrich Himmler (Ri… 

Oklahoma!

Oklahoma!

When Marisha Wallace, who plays Ado Annie, sings “I’m just a girl who cain’t say no” we are left in no doubt as to what she means and it gets the ovation it richly deserves… 

If. Destroyed. Still. True.

If. Destroyed. Still. True.

Sometimes all the elements of a production combine to form something that is stunning and deeply moving. 

Absolute Certainty?

Absolute Certainty?

Absolute Certainty? staged by Qweerdog Theatre revolves around the confused lives of two brothers and a friend. 

How It Is (Part 2)

How It Is (Part 2)

How It Is (Part 2) being Part 2 of a three-part novel of which Part 1 comes before it and Part 3 follows it after which there is no more being a novel it is not a play yet here at … 

Rabbit Hole

Rabbit Hole

After sitting through two acts of around fifty-five minutes each at the Union Theatre, quite why David Lindsey-Abaire’s Rabbit Hole received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, five To… 

Fighting Irish

Fighting Irish

If you are into boxing, and I’m not, Fighting Irish gives you something to latch onto from the outset. 

Brighton Academy Graduation Showcase – Musical Theatre (BA Hons)

Brighton Academy Graduation Showcase – Musical Theatre (BA Hons)

Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase  

Brighton Academy Graduation Showcase – Musical Theatre (BA Hons)

Brighton Academy Graduation Showcase – Musical Theatre (BA Hons)

Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase  

The Gondoliers

The Gondoliers

Gilbert & Sullivan have survived the test of time and now seem to have successfully weathered the pandemic. 

Mojo Mickybo

Mojo Mickybo

Two stunningly energetic performances keep Owen McCafferty’s Mojo Mickyboy, courtesy of Bruiser Theatre Company, rolling along at a cracking pace that provides an hour of action-… 

Elegies: Two Monologues from Ricochet Theatre

Elegies: Two Monologues from Ricochet Theatre

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. 

Diary of a Somebody

Diary of a Somebody

John Lahr’s Diary of a Somebody makes a return to the stage after an absence of 35 years, this time at Seven Dials Playhouse. 

Leicester Square Theatre Sketch Off: Final

Leicester Square Theatre Sketch Off: Final

The country’s biggest sketch competition is back for it’s sixth year. 

Leicester Square Theatre Sketch Off: Final

Leicester Square Theatre Sketch Off: Final

The country’s biggest sketch competition is back for it’s sixth year. 

The Marriage of Alice B. Toklas by Gertrude Stein

The Marriage of Alice B. Toklas by Gertrude Stein

There is deceit in the title of this play. 

Sasha Regan's All Male H.M.S. Pinafore

Sasha Regan's All Male H.M.S. Pinafore

Wilton’s Music Hall has come a long way since 1885 when Nelly Power sang The Boy I Love Is Up in the Gallery. 

Under Electric Candlelight

Under Electric Candlelight

I’ll settle for the company’s own description of Under Electric Candlelight as an ‘existential tragicomedy’, but dont worry about interpreting that. 

Abigail’s Party

Abigail’s Party

That irresistible 1970s suburban comedy, Abigail's Party, has been revived again; this time at the Watford Palace Theatre under the direction of Pravesh Kumar. 

Dev's Army

Dev's Army

Dev’s Army, by Stuart D. 

Tonight I'm Entertaining Richard Gere

Tonight I'm Entertaining Richard Gere

Blackpool chip shop heiress Teresa Toti is unlucky in love, to put it mildly. 

Bacon

Bacon

Bacon, at the Finborough Theatre, showcases the talents of two remarkable young actors in a moving exploration of teenage angst. 

Moreno

Moreno

Simple acts can often have huge repercussions. 

Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast

Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast

Richard Herring returns to The Leicester Square Theatre for his famous podcast, RHLSTP! Richard Herring has enjoyed phenomenal success as a writer and performer and… 

When We Dead Awaken

When We Dead Awaken

For aficionados of Ibsen this is a production not to be missed; nor should those who just like to wallow in the velvety richness of traditional theatre ignore this rare opportunity… 

Richard II

Richard II

Politically, it seems like a highly appropriate time to stage a production of Shakespeare’s Richard II - an exploration of the nature of leadership and egotistical entitlement. 

The Merchant of Venice - Globe 2021/22

The Merchant of Venice - Globe 2021/22

Director Abigail Graham shines candlelight on Shakespeare's complex exploration of prejudice, patriarchy and capitalism in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse. 

The Collaboration

The Collaboration

Andy Warhol once declared, 'Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art'. 

twenty-eight presented by Deus Ex Machina Productions and Theatre 503

twenty-eight presented by Deus Ex Machina Productions and Theatre 503

The year is 2021, and the world still doesn’t know what to do with those of us who have decided not to reproduce. 

Celeste Ntuli Live In Leicester Square: London Mission

Celeste Ntuli Live In Leicester Square: London Mission

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. 

Celeste Ntuli Live In Leicester Square: London Mission

Celeste Ntuli Live In Leicester Square: London Mission

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. 

The Stars Are Fire

The Stars Are Fire

The University of Cambridge did not grant degrees to women until 1948. 

Hamlet - Globe 2021/22

Hamlet - Globe 2021/22

Go inside the mind of Shakespeare’s grief stricken prince as Hamlet is performed in the intimate confines of the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse for the first time, directed by Sean Holmes… 

HOLST: The Music In The Spheres

HOLST: The Music In The Spheres

In modern parlance Gustav Holst might be regarded as something of a one-hit wonder, though aficionados could point to many other worthy works that have a more esoteric appeal and a… 

Love and Courage Podcast Live

Love and Courage Podcast Live

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 … 

Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story

Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story

Bart Lambert and Jack Reitman were joint winners of the OffWestEnd Award 2020 for Best Male Performance in a Musical for their roles in Thrill Me: The Leopold and Loeb Story at The… 

The Fir Tree - Globe 2021/22

The Fir Tree - Globe 2021/22

Written by Hannah Khalil Based on the original fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen The Globe Theatre returns to its roots for a magical re-imagining and re-wilding of Hans Christ… 

West End Does: Christmas 2021

West End Does: Christmas 2021

A fantastic mix of traditional and contemporary Christmas carols and songs sung by the best in the West End. 

Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year Final 2021

Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year Final 2021

Now in it’s 12th year. 

Carl Hutchinson – Live 2021

Carl Hutchinson – Live 2021

After two consecutive sell-out years, Carl returns with a brand new show! Expect stories, observations & audience interaction. 

We Never Got Off at Sloane Square

We Never Got Off at Sloane Square

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… 

Drunk Women Solving Crime: Christmas Show 2021

Drunk Women Solving Crime: Christmas Show 2021

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. 

Poetry Ireland Introductions 2021 : Simon Costello, Siobhán Ní Dhomhnaill, Molly Twomey, Jamie Field, Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan

Poetry Ireland Introductions 2021 : Simon Costello, Siobhán Ní Dhomhnaill, Molly Twomey, Jamie Field, Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan

Music from a special guest performer Established in 1989 by poet Theo Dorgan, Poetry Ireland’s Introductions Series offers exciting opportunities for talented, em… 

Poetry Ireland Introductions 2021 : Sacha White, Eoin Mc Evoy, Sonya Gildea, William Keohane, Laura McKenna

Poetry Ireland Introductions 2021 : Sacha White, Eoin Mc Evoy, Sonya Gildea, William Keohane, Laura McKenna

Music from Bróna Keogh  Established in 1989 by poet Theo Dorgan, Poetry Ireland’s Introductions Series offers exciting opportunities for talented, eme… 

THE CURIOUS ADVENTURES OF ALICE IN WONDERLAND 2021

THE CURIOUS ADVENTURES OF ALICE IN WONDERLAND 2021

Ladles and Gentle-spoons, Toys and Curls! ​Welcome to the rib-tickly, fun-fizzing, whack-tastic world of Wonderland!Tickets:Performances have a different pri… 

Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year 2021 Semi Finals

Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year 2021 Semi Finals

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. 

Pricked - The RVT Panto 2021

Pricked - The RVT Panto 2021

Sleeping Beauty got woke. 

Logan Murray's Stand Up Course: Mondays, November 2021

Logan Murray's Stand Up Course: Mondays, November 2021

‘Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves. 

UPRISING - Let the Record Show - A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993' UK launch

UPRISING - Let the Record Show - A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993' UK launch

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… 

Simon David: Horrible New Songs

Simon David: Horrible New Songs

Ladies, Gaydies, Theydies, straight people who can take a joke Fashionista, and musical comedian, Simon David is back at The Glory trying out some horrible new songs LIVE! Fro… 

Voila! Europe 2021

Voila! Europe 2021

This Autumn, Voila! Europe 2021 will return both online and in-person to The Cockpit with their eclectic programme of some of the most exciting and experimental artists from across… 

Dublin City Libraries Readers' Morning 2021 | In-person Tickets

Dublin City Libraries Readers' Morning 2021 | In-person Tickets

Sarah Winman, Ann Ingle, Luke Cassidy in conversation with Niall MacMonagleDr Rosaleen McDonagh in conversation with Dr Emilie Pine, with readings from Kathleen Murphy&n… 

RICHARD CRAIG | VALE

RICHARD CRAIG | VALE

Renowned Scottish flautist and new music champion, Richard Craig, closes the festival with a programme of recent works built around Richard Barrett’s “Vale&r… 

The Art of Banksy

The Art of Banksy

Banksy’s works pop up in all sorts of places, but seeing them is often a challenge. 

Juliet & Romeo

Juliet & Romeo

Reversed, deconstructed and re-imagined to create a truly remarkable piece of theatre, Juliet & Romeo is the inaugural long-run production at The Chelsea Theatre, following its… 

Measure for Measure - Globe 2021/22

Measure for Measure - Globe 2021/22

Shakespeare's powerful and darkly comic Measure for Measure comes to thrilling life in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse. 

For Queen And Country

For Queen And Country

Writer/Director Paul Stone has unearthed a gem of World War II history and transformed it into a delightful monologue, now on stage at the King’s Head Theatre, Islington. 

The Queer Gaze Podcast: Live Recording

The Queer Gaze Podcast: Live Recording

The Queer Gaze is a podcast presented and produced by Homotopia Associate Artist Ashleigh Owen. 

Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

The Tony Awards for comedy must have had a lean year in 2013 when Christopher Durang won Best Play for Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike. 

Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year 2021 Quarter Finals

Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year 2021 Quarter Finals

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. 

Boss New Plays

Boss New Plays

Liverpool's Lantern Writers have been working steadily with the best of the city's acting talent in recent years, providing an opportunity for new theatre voic… 

Footfalls & Rockaby

Footfalls & Rockaby

Some people pace up and down, others rock back and forth. 

Accidental Birth of An Anarchist

Accidental Birth of An Anarchist

Luke Oldfield’s Accidental Birth of an Anarchist at The Space on the Isle of Dogs tells of two novice activists from The People’s Movement to Protect the Planet who get jobs on… 

Dick Whittington: A New Dick in Town

Dick Whittington: A New Dick in Town

Dick Whittington: A New Dick in Town is Jon Bradfield and Martin Hooper’s 12th pantomime and the continued love for LGBTQI+ inclusive theatre can be seen oozing out of every scen… 

Pride Monster Ball 2021

Pride Monster Ball 2021

Join us for our Halloween spooktacular as we together with Jax Nightclub hold our Monster Ball on Halloween, Sunday 31st October. More details to followTicket link 

HMS Pinafore

HMS Pinafore

As W S Gilbert once observed, “Oh, wouldn't the world seem dull and flat with nothing whatever to grumble at?” Cal McCrystal provides plenty of material for that in his pro… 

Richard III (A One Person Show)

Richard III (A One Person Show)

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… 

The Dresser

The Dresser

Ronald Harwood’s The Dresser evokes memories of a bygone age in British theatre and no setting more befits it than that glorious monument to thespian achievement, the Richmond Th… 

The Sugar House

The Sugar House

Australian playwright Alana Valentine makes her UK debut at the Finborough Theatre with The Sugar House, in its first production outside of her home country, where it was nominat… 

Logan Murray's Stand Up Course: Sundays October 2021

Logan Murray's Stand Up Course: Sundays October 2021

"Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves. 

LIPSYNC1000 - Grand Final 2021 @ The Grand, Clapham

LIPSYNC1000 - Grand Final 2021 @ The Grand, Clapham

The Glory presents 2021’s Grand Final for LIPSYNC1000 Europes FIERCEST drag battle! TWENTY QUEENS will join Jonny Woo, John Sizzle plus celebrity guest judges for London’s WI… 

Joe & Ken

Joe & Ken

A stony silence filled the air at the end of act one of Joe & Ken at The Old Red Lion Theatre, Islington, the old stomping ground of the eponymous couple who lived just down th… 

Bloomsbury Festival 2021

Bloomsbury Festival 2021

Bloomsbury Festival is an annual celebration of the area’s pioneering creativity, presenting an inspiring programme of arts, science, literature, performance, discussion and refl… 

Chariots of Glitter: Aurora's 2021 London Marathon Fundraiser

Chariots of Glitter: Aurora's 2021 London Marathon Fundraiser

Chariots of Glitter: Aurora’s 2021 London Marathon FundraiserAurora Kills has just run (nay - pranced her way through) the London Marathon. 

Carl Hutchinson: Live 2021

Carl Hutchinson: Live 2021

After two consecutive sell-out years, Carl returns with a brand new show! Expect stories, observations & audience interaction. 

The Witchfinder’s Sister

The Witchfinder’s Sister

The Salem witch trials are well known, perhaps in large part due to Arthur Miller’s outstanding play The Crucible that put the Massachusetts town on the map. 

Carl Hutchinson: Live 2021

Carl Hutchinson: Live 2021

After two consecutive sell-out years, Carl returns with a brand new show! Expect stories, observations & audience interaction. 

The Gay Happiness Project Autumn 2021

The Gay Happiness Project Autumn 2021

The Gay Happiness Project is an 8-week mindfulness-based group training programme designed for gay men who want to increase happiness and life satisfaction. 

The Idea

The Idea

The Brockley Jack Theatre is currently offering the opportunity to see a rarely performed and probably almost unknown operetta by Gustav Holst. 

Foxes

Foxes

It doesn’t take long to appreciate why Foxes, at Theatre 503, was shortlisted for the Alfred Fagon Award. 

Rat King

Rat King

Rat King at The Hope Theatre, Islington, is a new production written and produced by Bram Davidovich for Kryptonite Theatre Company. 

Fringe! 2021 Programme Launch Party!

Fringe! 2021 Programme Launch Party!

Cum kids! Gather round. 

The Fizzy Sherbert Podcast

The Fizzy Sherbert Podcast

FIZZY SHERBET (fizzysherbetplays. 

Podcast Cineciento sobre la vida y obra del poeta Jaime Gil de Biedma

Podcast Cineciento sobre la vida y obra del poeta Jaime Gil de Biedma

Romancero Books con el apoyo de la Oficina de Asuntos Culturales y Cintificos de la Embajada de Espaa en Londres presenta el Festival de Literatura Queer Espaola en Londres - FLQEL… 

Detroit Comedian Mike Geeter (As seen on Comedy Central’s Hart of the City 2”)

Detroit Comedian Mike Geeter (As seen on Comedy Central’s Hart of the City 2”)

Detroit comedian Mike Geeter is coming bringing the funny to MoC! As an Ivy League dropout and community college graduate from Pontiac, MI, Mike brings a po… 

Hamlet

Hamlet

The long-awaited Hamlet, directed by Greg Hersov, is finally on stage at the Young Vic and as the young prince Cush Jumbo gives a commanding performance that keeps the whole produc… 

How to Survive an Apocalypse

How to Survive an Apocalypse

The renowned Finborough Theatre is still alive and well as witnessed by its latest production of Jordan Hall’s How To Survive An Apocalypse presented by Proud Haddock. 

Black Men Who Brunch - The Return Sept 2021

Black Men Who Brunch - The Return Sept 2021

 Where were we . 

Queer East 2021 - Film as Resistance: Queer Film Festivals in Asia

Queer East 2021 - Film as Resistance: Queer Film Festivals in Asia

At Queer East, we believe that arts and culture can contribute to positive social change. 

Scotland's New Kings On The Block @ AXM Glasgow

Scotland's New Kings On The Block @ AXM Glasgow

Shut Up & King together with the generous support of AXM Glasgow presents Scotland’s New Kings On The Block - a night of drag lip syncs, live singing, comedy and more, hosted b… 

Pride in Surrey 2021 - Godalming Town

Pride in Surrey 2021 - Godalming Town

Pride in Surrey - Saturday 25th September 2021 in Godalming Town Were back, Baby! We are thrilled to announce that our friends at Godalming Town Council and Waverley Boro… 

Queer East 2021 - Shorts: What We Want

Queer East 2021 - Shorts: What We Want

A collection of short films made by female filmmakers from across the world, capturing the different stages in womens lives as they explore newfound identities, experience sexual a… 

Queer East 2021 - The End of the Track + Melt

Queer East 2021 - The End of the Track + Melt

Filmed during the martial law period and banned by the Kuomintang regime due to its homosexual undercurrents and likely for its political overtones, The End of the Track is a landm… 

Queer East 2021 - Queer Movements: Fighting for LGBTQ+ Rights in Asia

Queer East 2021 - Queer Movements: Fighting for LGBTQ+ Rights in Asia

Over the past several decades, activists, advocates and politicians have been fighting for LGBTQ+ rights in Asia. 

BiTastic 2021

BiTastic 2021

BiTastic is back, and we’ve gone virtual this year! Every year around Bi Visibility Day on 23rd September we work together to celebrate bi+ identities at an event with a wide … 

Ida Rubinstein: The Final Act

Ida Rubinstein: The Final Act

How do you successfully relate the biography of a theatrical legend, tell the history of a remarkable period in the development of the arts, create portraits of the famous names of… 

Queer East 2021 - Shinjuku Boys + Shorts + Q&A

Queer East 2021 - Shinjuku Boys + Shorts + Q&A

A collection of documentaries that seeks to generate debate around popular conceptions of gender expression, challenging commonly-accepted standards of bodily beauty. 

Love, Genius and a Walk

Love, Genius and a Walk

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… 

Bristol Old Vic Theatre School Graduating MFA Acting Showcase

Bristol Old Vic Theatre School Graduating MFA Acting Showcase

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 … 

Queer East 2021 - Women Make Film: In Conversation with Naoko Ogigami and Zero Chou

Queer East 2021 - Women Make Film: In Conversation with Naoko Ogigami and Zero Chou

This panel will explore how female filmmakers in East Asia have fought to promote equality both onscreen and behind the camera, advocating for the importance of diverse representat… 

The Modern Family Show 2021

The Modern Family Show 2021

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… 

Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year 2021 Heats

Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year 2021 Heats

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. 

Logan Murray's Stand Up Course: Saturdays, Sept 2021

Logan Murray's Stand Up Course: Saturdays, Sept 2021

"Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves. 

Pink Glove: a Queer Pulp / Indie / New Wave / Post Punk Disco

Pink Glove: a Queer Pulp / Indie / New Wave / Post Punk Disco

WE’RE BACK!After an AMAZING first night there, your favourite queer indie disco for common people heads back to the fabulously scuzzy Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club!Join us for a… 

Queer East 2021 - Artists' Moving Image Programme

Queer East 2021 - Artists' Moving Image Programme

Four artists from across the world query the relationship between real and imagined realms. 

Queer East 2021 - Shorts: Provocations

Queer East 2021 - Shorts: Provocations

A programme of stylistically striking films about resilience and confrontation, showcasing the power of queer identity to challenge existing norms and break through boundaries. 

Queer East 2021 - The Horse Hospital Pass

Queer East 2021 - The Horse Hospital Pass

Queer East is proud to team up with Londons longest-running independent arts space, The Horse Hospital, this year to present a bold and imaginative programme, featuring artists and… 

Relatively Speaking

Relatively Speaking

Noël Coward described Relatively Speaking as ‘a beautifully constructed and very funny comedy’ and this production at the Jermyn Street Theatre demonstrates how right he was. 

Small Change

Small Change

In addition to much discussion of the play itself, Peter Gill’s Small Change at the Omnibus Theatre Clapham had the bar buzzing with anecdotes from people recalling what their mo… 

New Queens On The Scene

New Queens On The Scene

Meet Londons newest drag talent featuring 15 queens from across the city! with a few performances by your Host and Producer Tiana Biscuit!  Come see some brand new talent… 

Logan Murray's Stand Up Course: Mondays, Sept 2021

Logan Murray's Stand Up Course: Mondays, Sept 2021

‘Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves. 

Stockport Pride Quiz 2021

Stockport Pride Quiz 2021

We are holding a quiz on Sunday 12th September 2021 at Stockport Homes head office building opposite the town hall, starting at 2 pm. 

Into The Heart - Autumn 2021 Retreat for Gay, Bi and Queer Men

Into The Heart - Autumn 2021 Retreat for Gay, Bi and Queer Men

This is the fourth retreat we have run from this venue, Gayles Retreat as we all love it so much and keep coming back!It’s nestled deep in the Sussex countryside, a haven… 

Prison Games

Prison Games

Marcus Hercules, Artistic Director of Hercules Productions, is the one-man wonder behind Prison Games, currently live on-stage at The Pleasance in north London having previouslybee… 

DJ Bazzer's Year 6 Disco

DJ Bazzer's Year 6 Disco

Baz is the resident DJ of Brigdale Primary. 

Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast

Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast

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… 

PridePlus at Reading Pride 2021

PridePlus at Reading Pride 2021

We are excited to be able to announce that PridePlus is back for 2021! PridePlus is sponsored by Columbia Threadneedle, as well as being fitted out by the fabulous Cherubs!&nb… 

Beginning

Beginning

Two people are left standing on opposite sides of the room at the end of a housewarming party in Crouch End: the hostess and a guy who came as the friend of a friend, but on whom s… 

Colchester Pride 2021

Colchester Pride 2021

We are so excited to announce that Colchester Pride 2021 will be taking place on Saturday 28th August at Firstsite!Join us for a fantastic day full of celebration, education and en… 

This is Paradise

This is Paradise

This is Paradise, Michael John O'Neill’s new play at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, is a lengthy monologue in which Kate (Amy Molloy) provides a complex interweaving of the… 

A Frickin' Crazy Year

A Frickin' Crazy Year

A stolen backpack, a break-up and a global pandemic – Austria’s most famous (and only) lesbian is ready to become British. 

Éowyn Emerald & Dancers – Your Tomorrow

Éowyn Emerald & Dancers – Your Tomorrow

Éowyn Emerald & Dancers return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in a somewhat different context from previous years with their new work Your Tomorrow. 

Intricate Rituals

Intricate Rituals

Intricate Rituals by York DramaSoc at theSpace Triplex is a monologue with alternating actors. 

Miss Jill Tyrell 2021 at The RVT

Miss Jill Tyrell 2021 at The RVT

Miss Jill Tyrell 2021 - Thursday, 15th July, 2021 Cappuccino and a crown would be nice. 

Black Country, New Road

Black Country, New Road

‘Britain’s best new band’ offer a fiercely energetic sonic time capsule merging the past, the present and the future. 

Lou Sanders New Work in Progress

Lou Sanders New Work in Progress

A new show from Lou Sanders (as seen on QI, Travel Man, Taskmaster and your Daddy’s ding dong). 

Lou Sanders New Work in Progress

Lou Sanders New Work in Progress

A new show from Lou Sanders (as seen on QI, Travel Man, Taskmaster and your Daddy’s ding dong). 

Still

Still

Still by Frances Poet makes its world premiere courtesy of The Traverse Theatre Company at their theatre. 

Barry Ferns Stands Up for 2021 (On Arthur's Seat)

Barry Ferns Stands Up for 2021 (On Arthur's Seat)

Barry Ferns has been performing life-affirming comedy shows on Arthur’s Seat since 2007. 

UNORTHODOX | A Brave New World | Queer Drum & Bass

UNORTHODOX | A Brave New World | Queer Drum & Bass

We are finally back, no restrictions, just pure queer drum and bass freedom!Come down to our first non-lockdown event. 

Mayuri, or the New Human

Mayuri, or the New Human

Following an existential crisis, Mayuri leaves her human life behind, befriends the android Riza and transfers her mind into a machine. 

MAN UP! - GRAND FINAL 2021

MAN UP! - GRAND FINAL 2021

MAN UP! - The Grand Final is finally here! After 8 weeks of heats featuring over 120 of London & the UKs finest DRAG KINGS, The Glory brings the final of its ground-breaki… 

Virtual BiCon 2021

Virtual BiCon 2021

BiCon is a weekend-long educational and social gathering for Bi+ people, their friends, partners, and others with a supportive interest in bisexuality. 

High Whisk: 250 New Jokes!

High Whisk: 250 New Jokes!

An insect joke? Tick. 

Daddy Issues 2021

Daddy Issues 2021

Dirty talk and a handful of issues. 

The Art Of Drag Showcase - Summer 2021

The Art Of Drag Showcase - Summer 2021

It may be a 10 week course, but this graduation has been nearly two years in the making! The climax of The Art Of Drag Course at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern. 

Richard II: The UK Tour

Richard II: The UK Tour

Set in a near-future, post-global ecological collapse, Quandary Collective’s Richard II is a bloodthirsty outdoor exhibition. 

It's Not Rocket Science

It's Not Rocket Science

It’s Not Rocket Science at theSpace@Surgeons’ Hall is presented by Nottingham New Theatre, England’s only fully student-run theatre venue. 

Dirty Protest Theatre / Kill Me Now by Rhiannon Boyle

Dirty Protest Theatre / Kill Me Now by Rhiannon Boyle

Welcome to undertaker Anna Morgan-Jones’ live Zoom webinar. 

Rossetti's Women

Rossetti's Women

Lemon Squeeze Productions are presenting a new adaptation of Rossetti’s Women at the Space@Surgeons’ Hall, written and directed by Joan Greening, award-winning writer of ITV si… 

Madhouse

Madhouse

Madhouse by Nottingham New Theatre at theSpace@Surgeon’s Hall does what it says on the tin. 

For All The Love You Lost

For All The Love You Lost

For All the Love You Lost is presented by Morosophy at theSpace@Surgeon’s Hall. 

Being of Influence | Free Workshop | 14 Aug 2021

Being of Influence | Free Workshop | 14 Aug 2021

Workshop : Being of InfluenceDate : Saturday 14th AugustTime : 15:00 - 18:00 UKT / 10am - 1pm ESTLocation : VirtualAudience : LGBTQ+Cost : FREE  (Donations accepted) ‘Bei… 

MARGATE PRIDE AFTER PARTY 2021 / MARGATE ARTS CLUB

MARGATE PRIDE AFTER PARTY 2021 / MARGATE ARTS CLUB

JONJO JURYJACQUI POTATOJANET DISTRICT COUNCILGINROSY ROSSTED ROGERSANT CJOYLESSBONKSPECIAL GUESTS ITS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. 

Richard Dawson

Richard Dawson

The avant-garde Northumbrian folk storyteller combines an incredible singing voice, gritty subject matter and dark humour to create his unforgettable style. 

Tonight I'm Entertaining Richard Gere

Tonight I'm Entertaining Richard Gere

Blackpool chip shop heiress, Teresa Toti, dressed as cat woman , meets her dream man at a bonkers fancy dress party in Muswell Hill. 

Run

Run

Jonathan Smeed is making his Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut in Run by Stephen Laughton at Lauriston Halls, courtesy of No Frills Theatre Company. 

Richard Stott: Dog WIP

Richard Stott: Dog WIP

Richard Stott returns to the Camden Fringe with a show exploring the merits and pitfalls of loyalty. 

Tonight I'm Entertaining Richard Gere

Tonight I'm Entertaining Richard Gere

Blackpool chip shop heiress, Teresa Toti, dressed as cat woman , meets her dream man at a bonkers fancy dress party in Muswell Hill. 

Clay 2021

Clay 2021

Welcome to The Adam Pottery on the corner of Saxe-Coburg Street and Henderson Row where you will find an exciting array of ceramics on display in the sunny gallery, each piece bein… 

Taiwan Season Symposium: International Digital Theatre Roundtable 

Taiwan Season Symposium: International Digital Theatre Roundtable 

This panel will explore dance, theatre and performance delivered both live and digitally. 

Shook

Shook

Three lads have certain things in common. 

Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)

Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)

In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy. 

Nice Try and Clown Nipples (Two Comedy Solo Shows)

Nice Try and Clown Nipples (Two Comedy Solo Shows)

In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy. 

Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)

Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)

In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy. 

Pool (No Water)

Pool (No Water)

Oddly Ordinary Theatre Company has made a highly successful adaptation of Mark Ravenhill’s Pool (No Water) at theSpace Triplex as part of the contribution by the graduates of Que… 

Saving Mr Ultimate

Saving Mr Ultimate

Saving Mr Ultimate by John McEwan-Whyte at theSpace Triplex is the debut show of Extra Arca, a young theatre group within New Celts Productions, a consortium of young theatre compa… 

The Violin Orchestra: Summer Concert 2021

The Violin Orchestra: Summer Concert 2021

Join the Violin Orchestra and the violinists of ViolinSchool for a summer extravaganza of wonderful violin music, including: The Blue Danube, Largo from Xerxes (Handel), the Weller… 

Smile Like You're Happy

Smile Like You're Happy

Smile. 

Corpsing

Corpsing

For a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe entitled Corpsing you might be forgiven for thinking it’s a comedy about laughing out of place. 

Paddy the Cope

Paddy the Cope

Paddy the Cope, written and directed by Raymond Ross, makes its world premiere at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in the delightful Netherbow Theatre at the Scottish Storytelling Cen… 

Richard Pulsford: A Bit Rich

Richard Pulsford: A Bit Rich

One-liners and light-hearted jokes from the master of wordplay. 

Moonlight On Leith

Moonlight On Leith

Moonlight on Leith, by Emilie Robson and Laila Noble, at theSpaceTriplex is inspired by the ‘Save Leith Walk’ campaign; a grassroots movement seeking to preserve the historic s… 

A Weekend Away at the Hotel Decevoir

A Weekend Away at the Hotel Decevoir

Chalkhill Theatre Ltd currently has a double debut with the company’s first appearance at the Festival Fringe and the premiere of their new play. 

Swallow the Sea Caravan Theatre

Swallow the Sea Caravan Theatre

Puppetry, shadow theatre, mime and music all contribute to this charming oddity, which Caravan Theatre do indeed perform in a caravan. 

The New Scummy Mummies Show

The New Scummy Mummies Show

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. 

Sunshine on Leith

Sunshine on Leith

Captivate Theatre returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year with their production of Sunshine on Leith, at Multistory, first performed in 2014 and twice thereafter. 

Theatre-19 Presents: John

Theatre-19 Presents: John

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… 

1902
BOBBY WINNER

1902

In 1902 Hibs won the Scottish Cup. 

Sherlock's Secret Challenge – The Puzzle Solving Game That Shows You The City

Sherlock's Secret Challenge – The Puzzle Solving Game That Shows You The City

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. 

Gash Theatre Gets Ghosted

Gash Theatre Gets Ghosted

A referential piece of immersive digital theatre set in a flat that’s been possessed – Poltergeist style – by the ghost of pop-cultural masculinities. 

Plasters

Plasters

Plasters is an original play by Emma Tadmor who founded RJ Theatre Company with co-producer, Daniel Feldman. 

Square 2.1

Square 2.1

A circus performance delivered as an interactive home experience. 

Bytesize Theatre

Bytesize Theatre

A trio of new plays, presented digitally, by Edinburgh Graduate Theatre Group. 

Prelude #2 – The Square

Prelude #2 – The Square

Sylvain Émard’s Rhapsodie is a performance event for 20 dancers inspired by the ritual of dance. 

Tropicana

Tropicana

Billed as ‘the future of queer comedy cabaret’ Tropicana is Aidan Sadler’s 80’s solo show of classic queer hits at the suitably late hour of 23:15 at theSpaceTriplex. 

Myra's Story
BOBBY WINNER

Myra's Story

A ninety-minute monologue about a homeless person? Embrace it. 

Impro Theatre's Tennessee Williams UnScripted

Impro Theatre's Tennessee Williams UnScripted

L. 

Medicine

Medicine

The banner proclaims, ‘Congratulations’ as it hangs from the ceiling above the unimaginable mess left by the previous afternoon's party in which inmates and staff seemingly… 

Améliore: A New Musical

Améliore: A New Musical

Améliore: A New Musical is a tale for the modern age, inverting traditional Broadway stereotypes and prioritising the Black, queer, female voice. 

Pieces of PeeVira: A 10 Year Retrospective

Pieces of PeeVira: A 10 Year Retrospective

PeeVira (The Fringy Mime Queen) is celebrating her 10th year anniversary. 

Améliore: A New Musical

Améliore: A New Musical

Améliore: A New Musical is a tale for the modern age, inverting traditional Broadway stereotypes and prioritising the Black, queer, female voice. 

Pieces of PeeVira: A 10 Year Retrospective

Pieces of PeeVira: A 10 Year Retrospective

PeeVira (The Fringy Mime Queen) is celebrating her 10th year anniversary. 

My Night With Reg

My Night With Reg

Is there an issue with capturing plays from the second half of the twentieth century that deal with gay issues of the period? The Southwark Playhouse recently managed a production … 

every seven years

every seven years

For many it will be impossible to see writer/director Jack Fairey’s every seven years at the Brockley Jack Studio Theatre and not be reminded of the groundbreaking sociological T… 

OMID DJALILI: THE GOOD TIMES TOUR. 2021

OMID DJALILI: THE GOOD TIMES TOUR. 2021

Saturday 17th July 2021, 8pmTickets: £26. 

Be A Better MC Workshop July 2021

Be A Better MC Workshop July 2021

Perhaps the most important person on a comedy bill is the compere. 

Two Worlds No Family

Two Worlds No Family

Writer/Director Ben Reid has made a stunning professional debut at the Lion and Unicorn Theatre, Kentish Town, with his play Two Worlds No Family, originally written as his final y… 

The Game of Love and Chance

The Game of Love and Chance

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 … 

Midsummer's Dream: Bike Ride 2021

Midsummer's Dream: Bike Ride 2021

Enter a dreamlike world where the ordinary appears extraordinary. 

Scummy Mummies: The New Scummy Mummies Show

Scummy Mummies: The New Scummy Mummies Show

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. 

Helium

Helium

The Space on the Isle of Dogs continues its practice of supporting new talent with Helium, an original work by Grumble Pup Theatre, a fledgling company founded in the Black Country… 

Mr and Mrs Nobody

Mr and Mrs Nobody

A wonderfully entertaining evening of laughter and fine acting is currently to be found in Keith Waterhouse’s Mr and Mrs Nobody, staged by Gabriella Bird in her directorial debut… 

Exile

Exile

Exile at the Southwark Playhouse, by JoMac Productions Limited & Blue Heart Theatre, is an interestingly constructed piece consisting of two life-crisis monologues by individu… 

Metamorphoses - Globe 2021

Metamorphoses - Globe 2021

Metamorphoses is a playful new piece of theatre inspired by Ovid’s powerful collection of myths, written bespoke to our candlelit Sam Wanamaker Playhouse by the Globe’s… 

Audience Choice - Shakespeare's Globe 2021 Season

Audience Choice - Shakespeare's Globe 2021 Season

What’s it like to go to the theatre and not know what you’re going to see? Across the summer and for three performances only, it will be up to you to vote for which of … 

Open Studios 2021

Open Studios 2021

Visit Phoenix Art Space this June for an Open Studios event with a difference. 

Bad Nights and Odd Days

Bad Nights and Odd Days

The Greenwich Theatre reopened last week with the inspired programming of four short plays by Caryl Churchill. 

Staircase

Staircase

The Southwark Playhouse has been transformed into an authentic 1960’s barbershop for the revival of Charles Dyer’s hit play Staircase, by Two’s Company and Karl Sydow in asso… 

Warhol: Bullet Karma

Warhol: Bullet Karma

Garry Roost’s one-hander, Warhol: Bullet Karma, at the Rialto Theatre, as part of the Brighton Fringe, explores aspects of the artist’s life through encounters with various peo… 

Summer in the Garden: Make Music Day 2021 with Comfortable Classical

Summer in the Garden: Make Music Day 2021 with Comfortable Classical

Come and enjoy live, classical music in a relaxed, lunchtime performance with City of London Sinfonia. 

Brighton Big Drag Pageant 2021

Brighton Big Drag Pageant 2021

Kings, Queens, and everything in between Talent, diversity, creativity, and nerve. 

Richard Wright Is Just Happy To Be Involved

Richard Wright Is Just Happy To Be Involved

Richard is 38 years old. 

Richard Wright Is Just Happy To Be Involved

Richard Wright Is Just Happy To Be Involved

Richard is 38 years old. 

Mayhem at the Cabaret Voltaire

Mayhem at the Cabaret Voltaire

The apologetic opening to Mayhem at the Cabaret Voltaire, explaining the failure of the actors to turn up, might seem out of place in any standard piece of theatre, but then it wou… 

Shedding A Skin

Shedding A Skin

The Soho Theatre launched its post-lockdown summer season this week with Shedding A Skin, written and performed by Amanda Wilkin, the 2020 winner of the Verity Bargate Award. 

Trestle

Trestle

The Jack Studio Theatre in Brockley has opened its doors for the first time in fifteen months with a wonderfully heart-warming production of Stewart Pringle’s Trestle. 

Sara Segovia and Lachlan Werner are making shows (WORK IN PROGRESS)

Sara Segovia and Lachlan Werner are making shows (WORK IN PROGRESS)

Sara Segovia Rodao and Lachlan Werner are cuties by nature, cancers by astrological sign and clowns by trade. 

Watson: The Final Problem

Watson: The Final Problem

Following on from his success at the Brighton Fringe with Waiting for Hamlet, a two-hander with Nicholas Collett, Tim Marriott returns to the Rialto Theatre with a solo show that i… 

Diary of an Expat

Diary of an Expat

Diary of an Expat makes a striking impression even before Cecilia Gragnani enters the stage for her solo play at the Rialto Theatre, directed by Katharina Reinthaller. 

The Sensemaker

The Sensemaker

Beethoven’s Ode to Joy is anything but that when played ad nauseam on a loop while you are kept on hold by a robotic voice saying, “All our operators are currently busy. 

Make-up

Make-up

One day perhaps someone will write a play about a drag queen where, beneath the frock and below the wig, above the high heels and under the layers of slap exists a man who is happy… 

Divorced, Beheaded, Survived: An Audience with King Henry VIII

Divorced, Beheaded, Survived: An Audience with King Henry VIII

Period music greets loyal subjects as they enter the Friends Meeting House to attend Divorced, Beheaded, Survived: An Audience with King Henry VIII, written and directed by John Wh… 

Lone Flyer

Lone Flyer

The Jermyn Street Theatre continues its Footprints Festival with Lucy Betts’ acclaimed production of Ade Morris’s Lone Flyer, which was first staged at The Watermill Theatre la… 

After All These Years

After All These Years

After All These Years is a trilogy of plays courtesy of Close Quarter Productions and Theatre Reviva! in association with Holofcener Ltd. 

Henry Churniavsky: Lockdown Diaries 2020-2021... Any End?

Henry Churniavsky: Lockdown Diaries 2020-2021... Any End?

Henry Churniavsky is a Jewish, scouse, stand-up comedian. 

Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)

Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)

Tl;dr: Two female comedians debut their 30 minute solo shows on one bill. 

Henry Churniavsky: Lockdown Diaries 2020-2021... Any End?

Henry Churniavsky: Lockdown Diaries 2020-2021... Any End?

Let’s admit it – Zoom calls are not ideal for stand-up comedy. 

Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)

Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)

In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy. 

Royal Court Theatre Heritage Talk

Royal Court Theatre Heritage Talk

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. 

Chamberlain: Peace in our Time

Chamberlain: Peace in our Time

History is brought to life, and the man behind one of the most famous speeches in British history is revealed in this delightful two-hander, Chamberlain: Peace in our Time, from Se… 

Drama King

Drama King

Unless you have studied the history of theatre it's easy to imagine that performances on stage have always been very much as they are today. 

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

There seems to be a resurgence of interest in the adaptability of works by Robert Louis Stevenson for the stage, with productions popping up in many quarters. 

Why I Am an Avocado

Why I Am an Avocado

The title of the show and the name of the company drew me to this production. 

Waiting for Hamlet

Waiting for Hamlet

Waiting for Hamlet has itself been waiting for some time. 

Comedian on Art

Comedian on Art

Comedian and ex art student Graeme Collard performs a light-hearted but informative art lecture exploring the use of comedy in Modern Art. 

I Am More Than 2021

I Am More Than 2021

This project artistically explores the assumptions we make when we encounter a woman experiencing homelessness. 

I Am More Than 2021

I Am More Than 2021

This project artistically explores the assumptions we make when we encounter a woman experiencing homelessness. 

Comedian on Art

Comedian on Art

Comedian and ex art student Graeme Collard performs a light-hearted but informative art lecture exploring the use of comedy in Art. 

An Intervention

An Intervention

Juicy Lime Productions presents Mike Bartlett’s 2014 play An Intervention, as part of the Brighton Fringe at the Sweet Room, Old SteineTwo characters, identified in the script on… 

High Whisk: 250 Brand New Jokes!

High Whisk: 250 Brand New Jokes!

A tartan joke? Check. 

Where The Lost Socks Go - By Under The Bed Theatre

Where The Lost Socks Go - By Under The Bed Theatre

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… 

The Vertical Hour by David Hare

The Vertical Hour by David Hare

The burst of applause did not mark the end of the performance. 

Where The Lost Socks Go - By Under The Bed Theatre

Where The Lost Socks Go - By Under The Bed Theatre

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… 

New Parent Club

New Parent Club

New parent? In need of entertainment for grown-ups? Come to these special daytime showings of our evening programme, where you can enjoy some of our best shows with your baby in to… 

The Tragedy of Dorian Gray

The Tragedy of Dorian Gray

Blue Devil Productions closed the Rialto Theatre’s Brighton Fringe season last week with a two-act production,The Tragedy of Dorian Gray; their first full-length play. 

A Frickin' Crazy Year

A Frickin' Crazy Year

A stolen backpack, a break-up and a global pandemic: Austrian’s most famous (and only) lesbian is ready to become British. 

The Richard Filby Spectacule

The Richard Filby Spectacule

World famous Richard Filby is bringing his one-man show to Brighton Fringe in 2021. 

The Richard Filby Spectacule

The Richard Filby Spectacule

World famous Richard Filby is bringing his one-man show to Brighton Fringe in 2021. 

Gilbert and Sullivan's Improbable New Musical... and Helen

Gilbert and Sullivan's Improbable New Musical... and Helen

This new comedy musical is based upon the little told story of the life of Helen Carte. 

The Travesty of Richard III

The Travesty of Richard III

Join a cast of two, but a whole host of characters, as they boldly romp through The Bard’s chilling tale of plots, prophecies and power. 

The Travesty of Richard III

The Travesty of Richard III

Join a cast of two, but a whole host of characters, as they boldly romp through The Bard’s chilling tale of plots, prophecies and power. 

Jazz in the Theatre Featuring Muneeb Hermans

Jazz in the Theatre Featuring Muneeb Hermans

Locally-composed Cape jazz produced at the foot of Table Mountain. 

Harriet Kemsley: New Show

Harriet Kemsley: New Show

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 … 

A Frickin' Crazy Year

A Frickin' Crazy Year

A stolen backpack, a break-up and a global pandemic: Austrian’s most famous (and only) lesbian is ready to become British. 

Between Two Waves

Between Two Waves

Between Two Waves by Australian playwright Ian Meadows interweaves an urgent call to recognise the world’s impending climate crisis and the troubled smaller world of a young clim… 

Art5 Gallery: Original Art Exhibition 2021

Art5 Gallery: Original Art Exhibition 2021

5 Weeks of Exciting Artist Group Shows @ ART5 Gallery during the Brighton Fringe Festival 2021! ART5 Gallery is delighted to be hosting 5 weeks of exciting group shows as part of … 

Gilbert and Sullivan's Improbable New Musical... and Helen

Gilbert and Sullivan's Improbable New Musical... and Helen

Following two previous Edinburgh Fringe sell-out shows, Coily Dart Theatre present another brand-new comedy musical, based upon the little told story of the life of Helen Carte. 

Art5 Gallery: Original Art Exhibition 2021

Art5 Gallery: Original Art Exhibition 2021

Five spectacular Art5 Gallery artists will exhibit fabulous art pieces during Brighton Fringe 2021! ART5 Gallery is delighted to be showcasing five fabulous contemporary artists d… 

In the Void: A Year of Producing Art in Isolation

In the Void: A Year of Producing Art in Isolation

Imagine a time when four artists shared one studio in a city but never saw one another. 

Harriet Kemsley: New Show

Harriet Kemsley: New Show

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 the Void: A Year of Producing Art in Isolation

In the Void: A Year of Producing Art in Isolation

Imagine a time when four artists shared one studio in a city but never saw one another. 

Jazz in the Theatre Featuring Muneeb Hermans

Jazz in the Theatre Featuring Muneeb Hermans

Locally-composed Cape jazz produced at the foot of Table Mountain. 

A Red Square

A Red Square

Everything about A Red Square is different. 

A Red Square

A Red Square

After a sold-out season around Australia, experimental theatre company Pony Cam are bringing their award-winning new work to the UK. 

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course: Sundays May 2021

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course: Sundays May 2021

"Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves. 

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course: Saturdays, May 2021

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course: Saturdays, May 2021

"Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves. 

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course: Sunday's May 2021

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course: Sunday's May 2021

"Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves. 

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course: Sunday's May 2021

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course: Sunday's May 2021

"Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves. 

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course: Mondays, May 2021

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course: Mondays, May 2021

‘Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves. 

The Players’ Theatre: Old Time Music Hall

The Players’ Theatre: Old Time Music Hall

Traditional, Victorian ‘Old Time Music Hall’ All the songs you love to sing and the jokes you love to hear. 

THE DRIFTERS 2021

THE DRIFTERS 2021

Wednesday 15th July, 7. 

Vespertilio

Vespertilio

The greater mouse-eared bat belongs to the family Vespertilionidae of the genus Myotis. 

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course: Mondays, April 2021

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course: Mondays, April 2021

‘Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves. 

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course: Mondays, April 2021

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course: Mondays, April 2021

‘Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves. 

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course: Saturdays, April 2021

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course: Saturdays, April 2021

"Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves. 

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course: Saturdays, April 2021

Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course: Saturdays, April 2021

"Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves. 

Be A Better MC Workshop April 2021

Be A Better MC Workshop April 2021

Perhaps the most important person on a comedy bill is the compere. 

Be A Better MC Workshop April 2021

Be A Better MC Workshop April 2021

Perhaps the most important person on a comedy bill is the compere. 

Brighton Academy Showcase 2021

Brighton Academy Showcase 2021

Come and watch our 3rd year Musical Theatre & Performing Arts students perform in their graduating showcase  

Brighton Academy Showcase 2021

Brighton Academy Showcase 2021

Come and watch our 3rd year Musical Theatre & Performing Arts students perform in their graduating showcase  

RICHARD JONES: ESCAPE

RICHARD JONES: ESCAPE

£74 Family Ticket (2 Adults, 2 Children)£23 Adult £20. 

THE COMEDY STORE HERTFORD 2021

THE COMEDY STORE HERTFORD 2021

Tickets: £16Duration: approx 2hrs. 

MORGAN & WEST : UNBELIEVABLE SCIENCE 2021

MORGAN & WEST : UNBELIEVABLE SCIENCE 2021

Morgan & West present captivating chemistry, phenomenal physics, and bonkers biology in this fun for all the family science extravaganza!   Expect explosive thr… 

TWIRLYWOOS LIVE 2021

TWIRLYWOOS LIVE 2021

Tickets: All £13. 

Emergine Theatre Translators Scratch Night

Emergine Theatre Translators Scratch Night

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. 

Short Breaks: The Croods 2: A New Age

Short Breaks: The Croods 2: A New Age

THIS EVENT IS EXCLUSIVE TO HOUNSLOW SHORT BREAKS FAMILIES. 

Songs for a New World

Songs for a New World

It’s about one moment. 

ROOM ON THE BROOM 2021

ROOM ON THE BROOM 2021

Suitable for: ages 3-8yrs and their familiesDuration: 60 mins, no interval IGGETY ZIGGETY ZAGGETY ZOOM! Jump on board the broom with the witch and her cat in T… 

Homecoming: A New Theatre Festival

Homecoming: A New Theatre Festival

Award-winning genre explorers Encompass Productions return to the White Bear Theatre with Homecoming: A New Theatre Festival. 

Over 55s virtual workshop with New Adventures

Over 55s virtual workshop with New Adventures

Delve into the work of Matthew Bourne's award-winning company, New Adventures and get your bodies moving in our fun and creative online da… 

SHORTS: A Festival of New Writing

SHORTS: A Festival of New Writing

Welcome to the first season of Make It Beautiful Theatre Company’s festival of new-writing: SHORTS. 

Bard in the Yard: The Scottish Play

Bard in the Yard: The Scottish Play

The Scottish Play is a solo performance written by Victoria Gartner, founder and artistic director of Will & Co which produces plays about Shakespear, under the umbrella title … 

The Secret Theatre

The Secret Theatre

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… 

Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year Final 2020

Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year Final 2020

Now in it’s 12th year. 

Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year 2020 Semi Finals

Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year 2020 Semi Finals

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. 

Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year 2020 Quarter Finals

Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year 2020 Quarter Finals

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. 

Detroit Comedian Mike Geeter (As seen on Comedy Central’s Hart of the City 2”)

Detroit Comedian Mike Geeter (As seen on Comedy Central’s Hart of the City 2”)

Detroit comedian Mike Geeter is coming bringing the funny to MoC! As an Ivy League dropout and community college graduate from Pontiac, MI, Mike brings a pointed look at… 

Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year 2020 Heats

Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year 2020 Heats

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. 

Poetry & The Theatre With Tim Marriott, Shell Shock Media

Poetry & The Theatre With Tim Marriott, Shell Shock Media

A one hour Zoom workshop exploring poetry and creative writing in theatre. 

In Conversation With: Richard Beck (Broadway Baby) & Matthew Shelley (Scottish Festivals PR)

In Conversation With: Richard Beck (Broadway Baby) & Matthew Shelley (Scottish Festivals PR)

A discussion on the relationship between artists and critics in fringe and wider contexts, with insight and advice from Richard Beck and Matthew Shelley. 

From One Theatre To Another: Soldiers And The Stage

From One Theatre To Another: Soldiers And The Stage

This virtual live event explores the role of theatre and performance in military life, especially in boosting troops’ morale. 

Love, War, Myth And Reality: Combining Academic Research With Mask, Movement, Text and Music To Create New Work With NMT Automatics

Love, War, Myth And Reality: Combining Academic Research With Mask, Movement, Text and Music To Create New Work With NMT Automatics

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… 

Once Lost: A New Musical

Once Lost: A New Musical

A powerful musical about living with dementia. 

Sophocles' Electra — In a New Version by Frank McGuinness

Sophocles' Electra — In a New Version by Frank McGuinness

‘My life is a river. 

Amused Moose Comedy's National New Comic Award: Final

Amused Moose Comedy's National New Comic Award: Final

Enthusiastically vote alongside dozens of international talent scouts for 2020’s hottest breakthrough stars in the making, who battle for glory, fame and shiny moose trophies. 

Vampire's Ball Ultimate Halloween Party

Vampire's Ball Ultimate Halloween Party

Brad Tassell and Steve Goodie describe themselves as a pair who have been ‘all-around nutty goofballs for more than 30 years’; and it shows. 

Digital Caravan Theatre

Digital Caravan Theatre

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… 

Army @ The Virtual Fringe: Live Every Moment - Creating dance for film, tv and theatre with Rosie Kay

Army @ The Virtual Fringe: Live Every Moment - Creating dance for film, tv and theatre with Rosie Kay

Join Rosie Kay as she talks about working in dance and film, from 5 SOLDIERS to Sunshine on Leith. 

The Songcatcher: Folk, Flamenco and Theatre-Style Songs

The Songcatcher: Folk, Flamenco and Theatre-Style Songs

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. 

Lockdown Drag-out

Lockdown Drag-out

It’s either a mid-conversation pick-up or a recording error that opens Jane Martin’s monologue, Lockdown Drag-Out, in which she appears as the plummy and plumpy Audrey Stanton … 

10th Year: John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues and Swing

10th Year: John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues and Swing

‘Fantastic’ (Jools Holland). 

The Plague Thing

The Plague Thing

If you’ve been feasting on BBC iPlayer during lockdown and enjoying the delights of Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads, it’s worth taking six minutes out of your social isolation t… 

Coronavirus, Underwood's New Taskforce

Coronavirus, Underwood's New Taskforce

March 2020 and the newly formed volunteers of Underwood meet to discuss how to help the elderly residents of the village with their shopping. 

Richard Herring: RHLSTP

Richard Herring: RHLSTP

‘The King of Edinburgh’ (List) and ‘the best celeb interviewer in Britain’ (Guardian), probably best known for his role of Percy in Servants, brings his multi-award-winning podca… 

Richard Brown: Horror Show

Richard Brown: Horror Show

Horror in all it’s forms from the brilliant, brutal mind of one of Scotland’s most talented comics. 

Richard Stott: Toe the Line

Richard Stott: Toe the Line

From Dave’s Funniest Jokes 2019 runner-up comes a comedic journey of self-discovery exploring the benefits and pitfalls of both fitting in and standing out. 

Lou Sanders: Say Hello To Your New Step-Mummy

Lou Sanders: Say Hello To Your New Step-Mummy

It’s me, Loulie, AKA the face that launched a thousand dicks! In this show I’ll examine relationships (all kinds, baby), mental health (other people’s,… 

The Not So New Comedian of the Year Final 2020

The Not So New Comedian of the Year Final 2020

So you still think you’re funny?Forget youthful optimism & skinny jeans. 

Not So New Comedian of the Year 2020: Semi Finals

Not So New Comedian of the Year 2020: Semi Finals

So you still think you’re  funny? Forget cheery optimism & skinny jeans. 

Russell Howard: Respite (Leicester)

Russell Howard: Respite (Leicester)

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. 

Not So New Comedian of the Year 2020: Heats

Not So New Comedian of the Year 2020: Heats

So you still think you’re funny? Forget cheery optimism & skinny jeans. 

Phoenix Dance Theatre - Black Waters

Phoenix Dance Theatre - Black Waters

In 1782, the owners of the Zong ship claimed insurance on the lives of the 130 slaves thrown overboard. 

Leicester Square Theatre Sketch Off! Final

Leicester Square Theatre Sketch Off! Final

Back for it’s fifth year. 

Leicester Square Theatre Sketch Off! Final

Leicester Square Theatre Sketch Off! Final

Back for it’s fifth year. 

Richard Stott: Right Hand Man

Richard Stott: Right Hand Man

In this "Heart-wrenchingly moving and unquestionably funny” (Evening Standard) stand-up show Richard Stott examines body image, mental health and being disabl… 

Richard Stott – Right Hand Man

Richard Stott – Right Hand Man

In this "Heart-wrenchingly moving and unquestionably funny” (Evening Standard) stand-up show Richard Stott examines body image, mental health and being disabl… 

Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast

Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast

The "Podfather" (Guardian) and "King of the Internet" (Time Out) returns with the award winning Podcast in which he chats with the biggest names in c… 

Richard Alston Dance Company - Final Edition

Richard Alston Dance Company - Final Edition

Since forming in 1994, Richard Alston Dance Company has been extolled for their musicality and lyricism. 

Guy: A New Musical

Guy: A New Musical

Winner: Best New Writing, Buxton Fringe. 

RIDE - a new musical

RIDE - a new musical

It’s 1895 and 24 year old Annie Londonderry has returned victorious to America, hailed as the first woman ever to cycle around the world. 

Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan - 13 Tongues & Dust

Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan - 13 Tongues & Dust

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. 

The Players’ Theatre: Old Time Music Hall

The Players’ Theatre: Old Time Music Hall

Traditional, Victorian ‘Old Time Music Hall’ All the songs you love to sing and the jokes you love to hear. 

Mark Thomas Podcast Recording

Mark Thomas Podcast Recording

Mark’s podcast investigates what it is to be British. 

Sketch Off! Semi Finals

Sketch Off! Semi Finals

Now in its 5th 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 most … 

Sketch Off! Semi Finals

Sketch Off! Semi Finals

Now in its 5th 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 most … 

Lou Sanders: Say Hello To Your New Step-Mummy

Lou Sanders: Say Hello To Your New Step-Mummy

Fresh from a slot on James Corden’s Late Late Show, Lou Sanders breezes into Brighton to blow away the grubby taint of the coronavirus—and your dad. 

Sketch Off! Quarter Finals

Sketch Off! Quarter Finals

Now in its 5th 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 most … 

Sketch Off! Quarter Finals

Sketch Off! Quarter Finals

Now in its 5th 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 most … 

Lloyd Griffith Previews His New Show

Lloyd Griffith Previews His New Show

There will be no refunds. 

Lloyd Griffith Previews His New Show

Lloyd Griffith Previews His New Show

There will be no refunds. 

The NoSleep Podcast

The NoSleep Podcast

The NoSleep Podcast will be bringing its live show across the Atlantic for the first time ever in January 2020. 

The NoSleep Podcast

The NoSleep Podcast

The NoSleep Podcast will be bringing its live show across the Atlantic for the first time ever in January 2020. 

La Clique - New Year's Eve Spectacular

La Clique - New Year's Eve Spectacular

Join the cast of the multi-award winning La Clique and ring in the New Year in style. 

Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year Final 2019

Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year Final 2019

Now in it’s 11th year. 

Shirley & Shirley are MUMS GONE WRONG.The Live Podcast

Shirley & Shirley are MUMS GONE WRONG.The Live Podcast

Shirley & Shirley went forth and multiplied. 

Looking for Wolverhampton’s Latin Quarter

Looking for Wolverhampton’s Latin Quarter

A funny, touching and self-deprecating account of growing up in 1970s Wolverhampton. 

Wind of Heaven

Wind of Heaven

There is something wonderfully seasonal about Wind of Heaven at the Finborough Theatre. 

Halfcast Podcast Live

Halfcast Podcast Live

Nearly five years old and up to 200 podcasts, successful collaborations with Nike, Red Bull and Deezer, The Halfcast Podcast is hitting the centre of London for a very s… 

Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year 2019 Semi Finals

Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year 2019 Semi Finals

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. 

Samantha Hannah: How to Find Happiness (in a Year)

Samantha Hannah: How to Find Happiness (in a Year)

After a 7 year hiatus, Scottish Comedian Samantha Hannah blasted back onto the stand up scene in 2018 by trying to find a husband in a year and writing a show about it&h… 

Sydney & the Old Girl

Sydney & the Old Girl

Forget any notions of political correctness, civility or polite drawing room conversation. 

Murder in the Cathedral

Murder in the Cathedral

Performing a play in a cathedral about an archbishop assassinated in a cathedral might sound like a match made in heaven. 

The Beauty Queen of Leenane

The Beauty Queen of Leenane

Martin McDonagh’s The Beauty Queen of Leenane is an intensely Irish play set in the wilds of Connemara, premiered locally by the Druid Theatre Company in Galway in 1996. 

The Match Box

The Match Box

The prospect of a two-act monologue that lasts around two and a quarter, an interval, is perhaps daunting for both the actor and aficionados of the genre alike. 

A Kind of Loving

A Kind of Loving

The decade might be set in history as ‘Swinging’, but for many of us who lived through the ‘60’s the appellation has only a marginal connection with the realities of life. 

The House of The Spirits / La Casa de Los Espíritus

The House of The Spirits / La Casa de Los Espíritus

The mission of the Cervantes Theatre “to showcase the best Spanish and Latin American plays in London” is strikingly realised in its closing play of the 2019 season that featur… 

Gaslight

Gaslight

Gaslight has stood the test of time in the canon of British theatre. 

Not Another Dungeons & Dragons Podcast

Not Another Dungeons & Dragons Podcast

Welcome to the campaign after the campaign! Three unlikely adventurers attempt to right the wrongs caused by a party of legendary heroes who screwed up the world wh… 

Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year 2019 Quarter Finals

Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year 2019 Quarter Finals

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. 

Vassa

Vassa

In a rare proscenium-style presentation at the Almeida Theatre, director Tinuke Craig offers Maxim Gorky’s Vassa as her debut production for the venue in a new adaptation by Mike… 

Breaking The Code

Breaking The Code

It’s only two years until the face of Alan Turing appears on the new £50 note. 

Velvet

Velvet

To compile his one-man show, Velvet, Tom Ratcliffe combined personal experience and the disturbing revelations that emerged as the #MeToo movement gathered momentum. 

Sky Blue Theatre presents: The British Theatre Challenge

Sky Blue Theatre presents: The British Theatre Challenge

The British Theatre Challenge is delighted to be returning to the Jack Studio Theatre with five new plays, wrapped into one very entertaining evening. 

I Am Gavrilo Princip

I Am Gavrilo Princip

Stalin, Mussolini and Hitler all stand out in the history of the twentieth century. 

Square Go

Square Go

The unmissable, Fringe First award-winning show from Kieran Hurley and Gary McNair, featuring an original soundtrack by members of Frightened Rabbit. 

New Hat and Open Heart

New Hat and Open Heart

Old time Music Hall arrives in 2019 with an afternoon of dance and music troupes, including the over60s social group at Christchurch United Reformed Church and local performance gr… 

A Day in the Death of Joe Egg

A Day in the Death of Joe Egg

Playwright Peter Nichols died only last month at the age of 92. 

Blood Wedding

Blood Wedding

In the late 1920s Frederico García Lorca allegedly read about a bride who fled her wedding to elope with a former amor. 

Mother Of Him

Mother Of Him

Is a mother’s love unconditional, or can it be stretched beyond breaking-point? This is the consuming theme in Evan Placey’s Mother of Him at the Park Theatre, which was inspir… 

Youth Without God

Youth Without God

Youth Without God at the Coronet Theatre is heralded as ‘a dark fable about the individual conscience in a time of social uncertainty’ and the 1937 novel by Ödön von Horváth… 

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater - Programme C: New Moultrie / Members Don't Get Weary / Ella / Revelations

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater - Programme C: New Moultrie / Members Don't Get Weary / Ella / Revelations

Having just celebrated their 60th anniversary, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater bring with them a flood of new and exciting works alongside modern classics in three mixed program… 

So Here We Are

So Here We Are

Luke Norris's Southend-based play and winner of the Bruntwood Prize, So Here We Are, finally comes to Essex in a delightful production that fits perfectly into the Queen’s Th… 

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre - Programme B: EN / The Call / Juba / Revelations

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre - Programme B: EN / The Call / Juba / Revelations

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… 

Stiletto Beach

Stiletto Beach

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… 

Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year 2019 Heats

Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year 2019 Heats

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. 

Falsettos

Falsettos

Falsettos has been around since 1992, but it’s UK premier has only just opened at The Other Palace, London. 

Scottish Music Old and New

Scottish Music Old and New

The Whistlebinkies’ rich blending of the tones and rhythms of fiddles, flute, concertina, lowland pipes, Scottish small-pipes, double bass and percussion has captivated audiences a… 

Torch Song

Torch Song

The neon sign above the stage at the new Turbine Theatre, Battersea, hints at the lights of New York City, but it also reminds us of the history behind director Drew McOnie’s pro… 

Disabled Led Theatre Making

Disabled Led Theatre Making

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe Participants. 

Monsters: A New Musical

Monsters: A New Musical

A contemporary reimagining of classic horror characters. 

Advice and Discussion Forum with the Independent Theatre Council

Advice and Discussion Forum with the Independent Theatre Council

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

Everyman

Everyman

As the saying goes, "The path to hell is paved with good intentions". 

How to Become a Theatre Industry Leader

How to Become a Theatre Industry Leader

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

Inside the Comedian

Inside the Comedian

In this spoof chat show, David Reed (The Penny Dreadfuls, Comedy Store Players) interviews comedians about the career they never had. 

My Other Self: The Evolution of Shakespeare's Richard III

My Other Self: The Evolution of Shakespeare's Richard III

A bold new adaptation of three of Shakespeare’s most blood soaked plays. 

Alastair Savage, Scots Fiddle Old and New

Alastair Savage, Scots Fiddle Old and New

Alastair, together with long-time collaborators Euan Drysdale (guitar/piano) and Iain Crawford (double bass), celebrates Scotland’s proud fiddle tradition. 

Questions for Quiz Shows

Questions for Quiz Shows

Cora is at the festival to see her ex-boyfriend perform. 

Bach: A Year in the Life

Bach: A Year in the Life

Central to Bach’s output as a composer are his chorale preludes. 

3,300 Miles – New Jersey to Edinburgh: A Transatlantic Songwriters' Circle

3,300 Miles – New Jersey to Edinburgh: A Transatlantic Songwriters' Circle

UK meets USA in this song circle featuring acclaimed songwriters from New Jersey (Dan Sheehan, Andy Krikun) and Scotland (Seán McLaughlin, Annie Booth) exchanging stripped-down re… 

Largest Square Without Corners

Largest Square Without Corners

This dancing poetry is inspired by Tao Te Ching, which says that the largest square has no corners. 

Caledonian Folk and Blues at The Guildford: 25th Year

Caledonian Folk and Blues at The Guildford: 25th Year

The 25th year of the Festival’s best free music event. 

Richard Michael BEM at 70: Celebration

Richard Michael BEM at 70: Celebration

Internationally acclaimed pianist Richard Michael performs a wide-ranging programme of standards looking back on a distinguished career, whilst looking forward to new possibilities… 

I Think I Might Be... New Romantic!

I Think I Might Be... New Romantic!

Remember OMD before OMG, Phil Oakey’s fringe and onyx ashtrays? Tales of growing up before the New Romantics landed in 80s Leeds, with threads of a Catholic upbringing, Irish mot… 

Matt Forde's Political Party Podcast

Matt Forde's Political Party Podcast

Following a five-year sell-out residency in London, Matt Forde (as seen on Have I Got News For You, Mock the Week, The Royal Variety Performance and Question Time) returns to Edinb… 

BoxedIn Theatre Presents: Evaluation

BoxedIn Theatre Presents: Evaluation

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 – Playback

Giant Wolf Theatre – Playback

Giant Wolf Theatre Company is a group of young artists whose goal is to devise, create and be makers of great theatre. 

Are You Alice: A New Wonderland Tale

Are You Alice: A New Wonderland Tale

A well-loved family favourite. 

Gukak Wears a New Flow

Gukak Wears a New Flow

The performance clearly displays the musical colours of Rootmerge through their use of sanjo, a popular style of Joseon in the 18th century. 

The Hoovering Podcast Live with Jessica Fostekew

The Hoovering Podcast Live with Jessica Fostekew

The podcast all about eating: live. 

Unicorns, Almost

Unicorns, Almost

Name a Second World War poet. 

Youth Theatre on an International Stage

Youth Theatre on an International Stage

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

Starry, a New Musical in Concert

Starry, a New Musical in Concert

Coming off their sold out shows at Feinstein’s/54 Below in New York City and Rockwell Table and Stage in Los Angeles, this concert version of Dahan and D’Angelo’s emotional and exp… 

Songs for a New World

Songs for a New World

Following five-star reviews at the Fringe 2018, Gone Rogue Productions returns with Jason Robert Brown’s Songs for a New World. 

The Grade Cricketer Podcast: UK Ashes Tour

The Grade Cricketer Podcast: UK Ashes Tour

Get your rig in to shape and your salad sorted, because the Grade Cricketer lads are heading to the UK for a very special run of LIVE performances to coincide with this … 

The Tragedy Of Richard II

The Tragedy Of Richard II

Anərkē Shakespeare, a new, innovative theatre company, creates raw, fast-paced Shakespeare, bringing you the multifaceted text by a diverse, gender-blind, actor-led ensemble with… 

Identity

Identity

With a highly experienced team behind this production it is no wonder that Identity by CTC COMPANY at Greenside, Infirmary St. 

This Island's Mine

This Island's Mine

The Italia Conti Ensemble changes its membership every year as another cohort passes through the famous drama school. 

44 Inch Chest

44 Inch Chest

Rarely does the stage premiere of a work take place twenty-three years after it was written, but Out Of Bounds Theatre has claimed the honour with their gritty production of 44 Inc… 

TalkFest – Ways and Means: Theatre in 2019 and Beyond

TalkFest – Ways and Means: Theatre in 2019 and Beyond

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… 

Forgotten Regions: Developing Theatre Through Rural Creative Hubs

Forgotten Regions: Developing Theatre Through Rural Creative Hubs

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

How to Engage Working-Class Audiences When Touring Theatre

How to Engage Working-Class Audiences When Touring Theatre

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

Uppercut: A New Musical

Uppercut: A New Musical

Talented but troubled Clio has three months to go until the biggest boxing match of her life. 

EAST

EAST

Steven Berkoff’s irresistible EAST makes an inevitable return to the Festival Fringe, this time in a vibrant and energetic production by HiveMCR. 

How to Hide a Body in New York

How to Hide a Body in New York

As the surge of improv comedy takes over the Fringe, Sisterwives brings a classic sketch show that packs a wicked punch. 

Reverend Richard Coles: #SimpleCountryParson

Reverend Richard Coles: #SimpleCountryParson

Revd Richard Coles is on a fortnight’s leave from his country parish and has been excused from his co-presenting duties of Saturday Live (BBC Radio 4) to bring to Edinburgh this hi… 

Old Comedian of the Year 2018 Finalist : Rob Deb

Old Comedian of the Year 2018 Finalist : Rob Deb

Last year I weighed 24 stone and was a Finalist in Old Comedian of the Year 2018. 

New Musical Development

New Musical Development

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

Opportunities for New Musical Theatre After the Fringe

Opportunities for New Musical Theatre After the Fringe

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

Looking for Wolverhampton's Latin Quarter

Looking for Wolverhampton's Latin Quarter

A funny, touching and self-deprecating account of growing up in 1970s Wolverhampton. 

Different Stages International: Scotland’s New Writing Symposium

Different Stages International: Scotland’s New Writing Symposium

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

Richard Michael at 70: Generations

Richard Michael at 70: Generations

Pianist and educator Richard Michael BEM celebrates his 70th birthday by appearing with family members, Paul Michael (bass), Hilary Michael (violin and sax) and Joanna Duncan (viol… 

Ugly Youth

Ugly Youth

“I’ve not seen anything like this in the 12 years I’ve been working at the Fringe,” was the observation from one of the tech guys I spoke to after seeing Ugly Youth, this y… 

Real Eyes

Real Eyes

Aged just 16 and 17, Harrison Sharpe (Matt) and Archie Stevens (Mikey) make their Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut with Real Eyes, an intensely moving story of brothers growing up t… 

Multilingual Theatre: Towards a More Diverse Representation of Multilingual Works and Artists in the UK

Multilingual Theatre: Towards a More Diverse Representation of Multilingual Works and Artists in the UK

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

The Brave Anthology

The Brave Anthology

Angus gets a review that says he’s ‘watchable’. 

Drinking and Unemployment: A New Play About Work

Drinking and Unemployment: A New Play About Work

Sociologist-turned-detective Caleb Rutherford steps into a hall of mirrors exposing real people through their professions while thinking he has nothing to reveal about himself. 

BBC Introducing Radio 4 Comedy Award Semi-Finals

BBC Introducing Radio 4 Comedy Award Semi-Finals

Join us for the semi-finals of the BBC’s prestigious stand-up comedy competition which has previously helped launch the careers of comedians such as Sarah Millican and Peter Kay. 

Ali Affleck's Speakeasy Sessions – A Night in New Orleans

Ali Affleck's Speakeasy Sessions – A Night in New Orleans

Award-winning jazz vocalist, washboarder and early jazz historian Ali resurrects the original outspoken blues and jazz divas who shaped today’s music via their passionate and dange… 

So You Think You're Funny? Semi-Finals

So You Think You're Funny? Semi-Finals

The UK’s biggest and best comedy newcomer competition is back for its 32nd year at the Fringe! After months of regional heats, come see the funniest of the hundreds of applicants a… 

Dear Mother Moon

Dear Mother Moon

Dear Mother Moon is one of four works presented by CalArts this year in what has become the Institute’s Edinburgh home, Venue 13. 

Richard Wright Is Just Happy to be Involved

Richard Wright Is Just Happy to be Involved

Richard Wright is just happy to be involved. 

Jokes with Mark Simmons Podcast: Live

Jokes with Mark Simmons Podcast: Live

Mark Simmons (ITV’s Out There) brings his hit podcast to Edinburgh for a series of special live recordings. 

2019 Greek Comedian of the Year: George Zacharopoulos

2019 Greek Comedian of the Year: George Zacharopoulos

Born in Greece and living in the UK, George is a UK, Europe and Australia comedy club favourite, appearing on BBC One and Sky. 

Fight Song

Fight Song

Fight Song is part of this year’s programme of four plays by students from the celebrated CalIfornia Institute of the Arts (CalArts) at Venue 13. 

Here Comes the Tide, There Goes the Girl

Here Comes the Tide, There Goes the Girl

Here Comes the Tide, There Goes the Girl is one of four plays presented by CalArts at venue 13 this year and is steeped in their tradition of producing original material that stret… 

Well That's Oz

Well That's Oz

Absurdism runs amok in Well That’s Oz, one of four plays in this year’s programme from CalArts at Venue 13. 

Andrew O'Neill – We Are Not in the Least Afraid of Ruins; We Carry a New World in Our Hearts

Andrew O'Neill – We Are Not in the Least Afraid of Ruins; We Carry a New World in Our Hearts

After the apocalypse, hope. 

Wrath of Achilles

Wrath of Achilles

Writer Jack Fairey has taken on a huge task in adapting the substance of Homer’s Iliad into a modern story still firmly embedded in the Trojan War with a running time just short … 

Judas

Judas

Smokescreen Productions is supporting the work of Amnesty International through its new work, Judas, at Assembly Blue Room. 

(Ab)solution

(Ab)solution

(Ab)solution is the first Edinburgh Festival Fringe Play from Swindon-based Jackrill Productions, and it’s an impressive debut at Greenside, Infirmary St. 

Puppet King Richard II

Puppet King Richard II

Two used actors, recycled utensils, hand-carved Czech puppets, live music and you, the court, bring Shakespeare’s poetic drama of power and abdication to life. 

The Guilty Feminist: Live Podcast

The Guilty Feminist: Live Podcast

The Guilty Feminist podcast has become a comedy phenomenon with over 60 million downloads since it launched in early 2016. 

Are we not drawn onward to new erA – Ontroerend Goed

Are we not drawn onward to new erA – Ontroerend Goed

What’s done is done. 

BoxedIn Theatre Presents: The Voices We Hear

BoxedIn Theatre Presents: The Voices We Hear

Nights are dark and lonely at the end of the world. 

BoxedIn Theatre Presents: Daphne, or Hellfire

BoxedIn Theatre Presents: Daphne, or Hellfire

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… 

BoxedIn Theatre Presents: The Earth Untold

BoxedIn Theatre Presents: The Earth Untold

Five storytellers open a treasure chest. 

BoxedIn Theatre Presents: From the Wind

BoxedIn Theatre Presents: From the Wind

From The Wind examines Scotland’s relationship with renewable energy. 

Richard Herring: RHLSTP

Richard Herring: RHLSTP

‘The Podfather’ (Guardian) and ‘King of Edinburgh’ (List), probably best known for playing a policeman on Ant and Dec Unleashed, brings his multi award-winning podcast to Edinburgh… 

Songs for a New World

Songs for a New World

A brand-new adaptation of this rarely performed musical song cycle with fully fledged characters and setting. 

The Words Are There

The Words Are There

The Words Are There is a moving and innovative piece of physical theatre that appeals both for its approach to male domestic abuse, and for its style of performance. 

BoxedIn Theatre Presents: Shellshock!

BoxedIn Theatre Presents: Shellshock!

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. 

Bleeding Black

Bleeding Black

Christopher Watts returns to the Festival Fringe with his one-man-show, Bleeding Black, at Greenside, Nicolson Square. 

Lorca: A Theatre Beneath the Sand

Lorca: A Theatre Beneath the Sand

Celebrating the works of the playwright and poet, Federico García Lorca, Enebro Teatro have brought together select pieces to create an altogether unique play. 

Franz and Marie: Woyzeck Retold

Franz and Marie: Woyzeck Retold

For an incomplete play, Georg Büchner’s Woyzeck has nevertheless managed to secure enduring interest. 

Ken Ramage Jazz at The Guilford: 16th Year

Ken Ramage Jazz at The Guilford: 16th Year

New Orleans to Dixie to swing, ragtime and more! Dixie Six and Trio, Diplomats of Jazz and a great mix of local and international players including Leif Jorgensen and Lachlan Macco… 

The 30-Year-Old Virgo

The 30-Year-Old Virgo

Help Michelle celebrate her first time. 

The New and Improved I Hate Children Children's Show

The New and Improved I Hate Children Children's Show

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. 

Teach

Teach

Matthew Roberts’ solo show, Teach, at theSpace, Surgeons Hall is performance brimming with conviction and energy. 

Dream of a King

Dream of a King

Actor/writer Christopher Tajah of Resistance Theatre Company gives an impassioned performance in Dream Of A King at theSpace Triplex, as he reimagines the hours leading up to the a… 

Gilbert and Sullivan's Improbable New Musical: Less Miserable

Gilbert and Sullivan's Improbable New Musical: Less Miserable

In an afterlife, Gilbert brags to Sullivan that, as fathers of the modern musical, all new musicals are basically just variations on their own plots! Sullivan challenges him to tel… 

Bacon

Bacon

Francis Bacon once observed that ‘in order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present’. 

Richard Pulsford: Roll Up for the Smirking Break

Richard Pulsford: Roll Up for the Smirking Break

Stand up comedy from the master of wordplay, Richard Pulsford, in his sixth year with The Scottish Comedy Festival at The Beehive Inn. 

BoxedIn Theatre Presents: Symbiosis

BoxedIn Theatre Presents: Symbiosis

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 … 

Thief by Liam Rudden

Thief by Liam Rudden

The Edinburgh Fringe programme’s standard listing format provides a simple yet clear message about Thief at the Hill Street Theatre. 

A**Hole New World

A**Hole New World

Aged just 17, Brian forged his mother’s signature, borrowed €10k and ran away to New Zealand. 

Stanley

Stanley

There’s Stanley the man and Stanley the play. 

Swallow the Sea Caravan Theatre

Swallow the Sea Caravan Theatre

From the absurd to the moving, magical, funny and intriguing. 

A Love Letter to New York

A Love Letter to New York

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. 

Jerry Sadowitz: Comedian, Magician, Psychopath 2019

Jerry Sadowitz: Comedian, Magician, Psychopath 2019

Jerry Sadowitz, Britain’s favourite comedian, is back! Yes, the man with no visible demograph returns to make you laugh while simultaneously parting you of hard earned cash! Affect… 

BoxedIn Theatre Presents: Swallows

BoxedIn Theatre Presents: Swallows

Tim, Harry and Ella have been sent on a mission – destroy a factory, send a message. 

Conversations With Myself

Conversations With Myself

It’s fifty years since the Stonewall riots sparked off the movement that became known as gay liberation. 

Henry Ginsberg: Romantic Comedian

Henry Ginsberg: Romantic Comedian

Henry Ginsberg didn’t lose his virginity, or have any romantic experiences to speak of at all until his late 20s. 

Twonkey’s Ten Year Twitch

Twonkey’s Ten Year Twitch

It’s Twonkey’s tenth year on the Fringe and he’s here to celebrate with a show that may or may not be the most baffling yet. 

Sharma Sharma Sharma Sharma Sharma Comedian!

Sharma Sharma Sharma Sharma Sharma Comedian!

My name is Mickey Sharma and I’ve been a comic for 10 years with five Edinburgh shows. 

Letter to Boddah
BOBBY WINNER

Letter to Boddah

“Will they or won’t they go through with it?” That is the consuming question that hovers for an hour over Letter to Boddah, written and directed by Sarah Nelson and performed… 

Pat Cahill: Uncle Len Needs a New Part for His Hoover

Pat Cahill: Uncle Len Needs a New Part for His Hoover

Old new act, Pat Cahill, brings another hour of his confused neo-music hall stupidity to the Fringe. 

Guerilla Aspies Year Five – Not an Autism Puppet Show

Guerilla Aspies Year Five – Not an Autism Puppet Show

The fifth year of the world unique audience autism conversion show faces new issues. 

Best of Scottish Comedian of the Year

Best of Scottish Comedian of the Year

12 sell-out years at the Fringe, Glasgow and Australian Comedy Festivals. 

Revenge of the New World

Revenge of the New World

A motley assortment of North American comedians each deliver their polished 7-15 minute sets. 

Lou Sanders: Say Hello to Your New Step-Mummy

Lou Sanders: Say Hello to Your New Step-Mummy

Loulie, AKA the face that launched a thousand dicks, examines conduct (in the media, baby), mental health (other people’s, I’m fine) and perverts (that one is mainly me, actually). 

Anna Nicholson: Woman of the Year

Anna Nicholson: Woman of the Year

‘Character comedy at its finest’ ***** (EdFestMag. 

Richard Brown: Horror Show (Work in Progress)

Richard Brown: Horror Show (Work in Progress)

Horror in all its forms from the brilliant, brutal mind of one of Scotland’s most talented comics. 

Architecture Tour of New Town

Architecture Tour of New Town

It’s August, and we know what has lured all of you to Edinburgh—the neoclassical architecture!Whether you’re a regular tourist, Fringe-goer or resident, Cobble Tales' Arc… 

Samantha Hannah: How to Find Happiness (in a Year)

Samantha Hannah: How to Find Happiness (in a Year)

In 2018 Samantha, ‘one of the funniest ladies on the planet’ (RemoteGoat. 

The Brand-New, Full-Throated Adventures of Reginald D Hunter

The Brand-New, Full-Throated Adventures of Reginald D Hunter

Reginald D Hunter returns to the Fringe with his highly anticipated new show. 

LipSync / Cumbernauld Theatre

LipSync / Cumbernauld Theatre

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… 

Baby Reindeer by Richard Gadd

Baby Reindeer by Richard Gadd

Richard Gadd pours a free cup of tea to a stranger at a bar – she comes back. 

Square Go

Square Go

Max has done something stupid. 

Richard Fry: O Starry Night

Richard Fry: O Starry Night

Following an epiphany in the Van Gogh Museum, Fry takes a twisted wander through art history. 

You and I: A New Musical

You and I: A New Musical

Drawing the line between the exaggerated and the tender is no easy feat. 

Sh!t Theatre Drink Rum with Expats

Sh!t Theatre Drink Rum with Expats

Celebrating their final year as Europeans, island monkeys Becca and Louise got invited to the 2018 European Capital of Culture in Malta. 

Richard Stott: Right Hand Man

Richard Stott: Right Hand Man

Apparently, Richard Stott got into comedy “for all the wrong reasons”; at least, that’s what the aforementioned Richard Stott says. 

The Thinking Drinkers: Heroes of Hooch

The Thinking Drinkers: Heroes of Hooch

Award-winning drinks writers and comedy performers Ben McFarland and Tom Sandham return to Edinburgh with their latest libation, The Thinking Drinkers: Heroes of Hooch, in Underbel… 

Alun Cochrane: Brave New Alun

Alun Cochrane: Brave New Alun

Strap. 

Islander: A New Musical

Islander: A New Musical

One island, split in two with a thundering crack: half for the fishermen and half for the farmers. 

The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé

The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé

Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance. 

Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre: Roll Up!

Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre: Roll Up!

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… 

Vulvarine: A New Musical

Vulvarine: A New Musical

Fat Rascal Theatre should be pleased with their Fringe so far. 

Great Yorkshire Fringe New Comedian of the Year 2019: Final

Great Yorkshire Fringe New Comedian of the Year 2019: Final

The Great Yorkshire Fringe New Comedian of the Year is back for a fifth year. 

Classical Guitar: Richard Haslam

Classical Guitar: Richard Haslam

Richard Haslam is a Derbyshire-born classical guitarist currently based in Manchester. 

Pat Cahill: Uncle Len Needs a New Part for His Hoover £5 / PWYW

Pat Cahill: Uncle Len Needs a New Part for His Hoover £5 / PWYW

Old new act, Pat Cahill, brings another hour of his confused neo-music hall stupidity to the Fringe. 

Richard Herring: RHLSTP

Richard Herring: RHLSTP

Richard Herring has enjoyed phenomenal success as a writer and performer and is an innovator in the world of podcasts. 

Alun Cochrane: Brave New Alun

Alun Cochrane: Brave New Alun

Strap. 

Great Yorkshire Fringe New Comedian of the Year 2019: Semi-Finals

Great Yorkshire Fringe New Comedian of the Year 2019: Semi-Finals

The Great Yorkshire Fringe New Comedian of the Year is back for a fifth year. 

Richard Wright Is Just Happy To Be Involved

Richard Wright Is Just Happy To Be Involved

Welcome to a preview of the brand new show from 4x Competition Semi Finalist Richard Wright. 

Richard Stott: Right Hand Man (Ed Fringe Preview)

Richard Stott: Right Hand Man (Ed Fringe Preview)

A debut show from a comedian who was born with Poland Syndrome, making him lopsided with a misshapen hand. 

Kōtuku and Moon Child: Family Puppet Theatre

Kōtuku and Moon Child: Family Puppet Theatre

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. 

The Tempest

The Tempest

Many strange things occur in Shakespeare’s The Tempest, but in this production, by Oxford’s Creation Theatre, there are more surprises than even Prospero might have conjured up… 

Great Yorkshire Fringe New Comedian of the Year 2019: Heats

Great Yorkshire Fringe New Comedian of the Year 2019: Heats

The Great Yorkshire Fringe New Comedian of the Year is back for a fifth year. 

Blue Heart Theatre - Exile

Blue Heart Theatre - Exile

It’s 2016. 

The Hunt

The Hunt

Relax and enjoy the welcome extended to guests at the local infants’ school which Michele Austin delivers with considerable warmth and obvious delight. 

Vulvarine: A New Musical

Vulvarine: A New Musical

The critically-acclaimed Edinburgh Fringe hit. 

Theatre On Tap

Theatre On Tap

‘Theatre On Tap’, is a play in a pub, made in a day. 

Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year Award

Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year Award

Mercury Musical Developments and the The Stephen Sondheim Society present the 13th annual STEPHEN SONDHEIM SOCIETY STUDENT PERFORMER OF THE YEAR competitio… 

Taking Flight New Writing Festival

Taking Flight New Writing Festival

As part of Nomad Festival @ Greenwich pop-up Rotunda Theatre. 

Best of the British Podcast Awards

Best of the British Podcast Awards

The nominees and winners of the British Podcast Awards are always a who's who of UK podcast talent. 

MET Musical Theatre Showcase 2019

MET Musical Theatre Showcase 2019

An energy-packed performance by the Musical Theatre Degree students at Northbrook MET. 

The Bakewell Bake Off: A New Musical

The Bakewell Bake Off: A New Musical

The small English village of Bakewell, Derbyshire is holding its annual baking competition. 

Science Fiction Theatre Festival

Science Fiction Theatre Festival

It’s back! Horatio Productions’ Science Fiction Theatre Festival returns for a stellar second edition. 

Vulvarine: A New Musical

Vulvarine: A New Musical

Vulvarine is the superhero movie that all teenage girls were missing when they grew up. 

Rob Deb: Old Comedian of the Year Finalist 2018

Rob Deb: Old Comedian of the Year Finalist 2018

June 25th 2018 - weight was 22 stone. 

50% Canadian, 100% New Beginnings, Let's Laugh Again

50% Canadian, 100% New Beginnings, Let's Laugh Again

Michelle’s second solo show and sequel to ‘50% Canadian, 100% Crazy, Let’s Laugh’. 

Remainiacs: A Brexit Podcast – Live!

Remainiacs: A Brexit Podcast – Live!

The EU has reset the Brexit Doomsday Clock to October. 

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

BA Theatre Arts at GBMet. 

The Penultimate Destiny of New Londinium

The Penultimate Destiny of New Londinium

What would the past look like if the future had happened sooner? The Ministry of Unplanned Occurrences presents The Penultimate Destiny of New Londinium, a steam-powered story i… 

Carvin Goldstone: The Other South African Comedian

Carvin Goldstone: The Other South African Comedian

Carvin Goldstone is the 2018 South African comedian of the year. Coming from Durban, South Africa.  

Richard Soames: Let's Make a Movie

Richard Soames: Let's Make a Movie

One man. 

Theatre of Hate

Theatre of Hate

In 1980, Kirk Brandon formed Theatre Of Hate from the ashes of heralded punk band The Pack. 

The Not So New Comedian of the Year Final 2019

The Not So New Comedian of the Year Final 2019

So you still think you’re funny? Forget cheery optimism & skinny jeans this is a competition for comics who've been around long enough to know better… 

Kotuku and Moon Child: Family Puppet Theatre

Kotuku and Moon Child: Family Puppet Theatre

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 … 

All My Sons (12A cert tbc) - National Theatre Live

All My Sons (12A cert tbc) - National Theatre Live

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… 

Jake Donaldson: Help! I'm Trapped In The Body Of An Adequate Comedian!

Jake Donaldson: Help! I'm Trapped In The Body Of An Adequate Comedian!

Jake Donaldson presents his debut hour-long solo show! Jake mixes stand-up and storytelling in this show, which explores what really goes on inside his head. 

Richard Wheatley is Blindingly Obvious

Richard Wheatley is Blindingly Obvious

Fresh from debut runs at Edinburgh Fringe 2017 and 2018, and unveiling his new show at this year’s Leicester Comedy Festival, Richard is now looking to make his mark on the seafron… 

A Writing Workshop with Richard Skinner

A Writing Workshop with Richard Skinner

A workshop with Richard Skinner—novelist and director of the Fiction Programme at Faber Academy. 

David Ephgrave's New Bits

David Ephgrave's New Bits

The daily blogging comic presents a work in progress for his new show. 

Within the Golden Hour, New Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Flight Pattern

Within the Golden Hour, New Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Flight Pattern

Seven couples dance in shifting groups. 

Micky P Kerr: Z-List Celebrity - Life After The Britain’s Got Talent Finals

Micky P Kerr: Z-List Celebrity - Life After The Britain’s Got Talent Finals

In June 2018 musical comedian, Micky P. 

Micky P Kerr: Z-List Celebrity - Life After The Britain’s Got Talent Finals

Micky P Kerr: Z-List Celebrity - Life After The Britain’s Got Talent Finals

In June 2018 musical comedian, Micky P. 

Sunday Encounters: Dame Patricia Routledge: Facing the Music - A Life in Musical Theatre

Sunday Encounters: Dame Patricia Routledge: Facing the Music - A Life in Musical Theatre

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… 

The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé

The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé

One of The Guardian’s Best Shows at the Edinburgh Fringe 2018. 

Twonkey's Ten Year Twitch

Twonkey's Ten Year Twitch

Twonkey’s 10th show is about a grotesque cake decorating shop in the Dordogne that has been secretly making fake weather since 1982. 

The Hired Man

The Hired Man

The Hired Man has been doing the rounds since 1984 and now finds a home at the Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch. 

The Not So New Comedian of the Year 2019 Semi-Finals

The Not So New Comedian of the Year 2019 Semi-Finals

So you still think you’re funny? Forget cheery optimism & skinny jeans this is a competition for comics who've been around long enough to know better… 

Man of La Mancha

Man of La Mancha

A rousing overture, with blasting brass and pounding percussion raises hopes at the Coliseum for the first London production of Man Of La Mancha for over fifty years. 

The Dramatic Exploits of Edmund Kean

The Dramatic Exploits of Edmund Kean

Despite occasional complaints, audiences over the centuries have generally become well-behaved. 

Three Sisters

Three Sisters

An air of timelessness perversely pervades Three Sisters at the Almeida. 

Post Mortem

Post Mortem

It’s not just a dead body that can be the subject of a post mortem. 

Market Boy

Market Boy

A rollicking romp around the stalls of Romford fills the Union Theatre, Southwark, in a joyous revival of David Eldridge’s Market Boy. 

STREAM: Two New Plays

STREAM: Two New Plays

Stream: Two New Plays, is a show that explores the ebb and flow at the very core of being human. 

After The Dance

After The Dance

Terence Rattigan personifies the maxim that you can’t keep a good man down. 

The Not So New Comedian of the Year 2019

The Not So New Comedian of the Year 2019

So you still think you’re funny? Forget cheery optimism & skinny jeans this is a competition for comics who've been around long enough to know better… 

The Trials Of Oscar Wilde

The Trials Of Oscar Wilde

Court rooms can often make for high drama, but unfortunately in this case the transcript of ‘the trial of the century, proves to be less than gripping. 

Tony’s Last Tape

Tony’s Last Tape

Possibly less famous than Beckett’s Krapp’s Last Tape, Andy Barrett’s Tony’s Last Tape has much in common with it; not least the obsession each of the eponymous heroes had … 

StarStruck - Best Theatre Arts

StarStruck - Best Theatre Arts

Sunday 31st March, 7pm Tickets: £15 or £10 concessionsDuration: approx 2hrs including an intervalSuitable for: most ages, but probably most su… 

Cry Havoc

Cry Havoc

There is plenty of barking in the street during Tom Coash’s Cry Havoc at the Park Theatre. 

The Conductor

The Conductor

The tragedy of World War II is remembered in many ways, but The Conductor, at The Space, takes a highly focussed look at just one small event in Russia’s window on the west in 19… 

Othello

Othello

There are times when a production comes along that is a powerful reminder of the beauty and eloquence of Shakespeare’s writing, his clarity of exposition and ingenuity of plot, e… 

Hair

Hair

We might still be in the age of Aquarius, or we may not yet have entered it, depending on whose calculations you prefer, but it is now over fifty years since Hair opened on Broadwa… 

Fiddler on the Roof

Fiddler on the Roof

Welcome to Anatevka! The Playhouse Theatre has been transformed to create this ‘dear little village’ for Trevor Nunn’s penetrating production of Fiddler on the Roof. 

SINGEASY does Musical Theatre

SINGEASY does Musical Theatre

MAD Trust in association with Pianoworks West End present SINGEASY does Musical Theatre. 

Othello

Othello

The need for ‘a willing suspension of disbelief’ traditionally associated with an appreciation of Shakespeare’s Othello reaches a new level necessity in director Phil Willmot… 

Richard III

Richard III

The palatial ceiling aloft the shattered plaster and exposed brick walls of the newly restored Alexandra Palace Theatre are aptly suited to Headlong’s powerful production of Shak… 

The Silence of Snow: The Life of Patrick Hamilton

The Silence of Snow: The Life of Patrick Hamilton

Master of the monologue, Mark Farrelly, sits slumped forward in an upright chair shrouded in a white smock, whose back-ties make it resemble a cross between a straight jacket and a… 

Pottery & Ceramics New class

Pottery & Ceramics New class

£95 for 5 week course Thursdays 10. 

The Wrongs & Rites of Grosvenor Square | FITS

The Wrongs & Rites of Grosvenor Square | FITS

The Wrongs & Rites of Grosvenor SquareIn old Dublin a storm is brewing FITS Seizures, heavy medication and failed relationships. 

New Year's Sea | Haven

New Year's Sea | Haven

New Year's SeaA woman’s battle with the unknown HavenThe Contestant will now awaken New Year's Sea - Commons Collective in partnership with Firedoor Thea… 

Leicester Square Theatre Sketch Off! 2019: Final

Leicester Square Theatre Sketch Off! 2019: Final

Back for it’s fourth year. 

The Players’ Theatre: Old Time Music Hall

The Players’ Theatre: Old Time Music Hall

Traditional, Victorian ‘Old Time Music Hall’ All the songs you love to sing and the jokes you love to hear. 

Leicester Square Theatre Sketch Off! 2019: Final

Leicester Square Theatre Sketch Off! 2019: Final

Back for it’s fourth year. 

I'm Not Running (12A) - National Theatre Encore

I'm Not Running (12A) - National Theatre Encore

I’m Not Running is an explosive new play by David Hare, premiering at the National Theatre and broadcast live to cinemas. 

Chinese New Year Extravaganza

Chinese New Year Extravaganza

Duration: Approx 2hours 20 mins Come and join the celebration as Chinese New Year comes to Mansfield with a unique and exciting show of cultural spectacle!Touring across… 

To She Or Not To She

To She Or Not To She

"Frailty, thy name is woman!" That is probably not most women’s favourite line from Shakespeare and could not be further from the truth when applied to Emma Bentley. 

The Story's End

The Story's End

I didn’t actually see this performance; not by virtue of being absent, but rather because I had followed the request of actor and spoken word poet, Paul Daly, to blindfold myself… 

Blasphemy

Blasphemy

In the sad world of factory farming the horrors of animals trapped in cages for the duration of their painful lives is well-documented and visually familiar. 

Remainiacs: A Brexit Podcast with special guest David Schneider

Remainiacs: A Brexit Podcast with special guest David Schneider

As Brexit screeches towards a nightmare climax that not even the Prime Minister can predict, the REMAINIACS podcast crew return for an evening of high-end Brexit talk an… 

DNA

DNA

Just because you’ve committed a crime doesn’t mean you have to be caught; at least, not if you can devise a clever cover-up. 

The Tempest

The Tempest

The are more "sounds" than "sweet airs" in Lazarus Theatre Company’s production of The Tempest at the Greenwich Theatre and while some elements of the perform… 

Antony & Cleopatra (12A) - National Theatre Encore

Antony & Cleopatra (12A) - National Theatre Encore

Extra encore performance added - Monday 4 February @ 11am - Booking Now Broadcast live from the National Theatre, Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo play Shakespeare&rsquo… 

Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast

Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast

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… 

Broadway @ Leicester Square Theatre: Jenna Russell with Seth Rudetsky

Broadway @ Leicester Square Theatre: Jenna Russell with Seth Rudetsky

Mark Cortale PresentsBroadway @ Leicester Square Theatre JENNA RUSSELLwith SETH RUDETSKY as music director & hostSunday, 3rd February @ 4pm Olivier Award Winner &… 

Broadway @ Leicester Square Theatre: Judy Kuhn with Seth Rudetsky

Broadway @ Leicester Square Theatre: Judy Kuhn with Seth Rudetsky

Mark Cortale PresentsBroadway @ Leicester Square Theatre JUDY KUHNwith SETH RUDETSKY as music director & hostSunday, 3rd February @ 8pm Four Time Tony Nominee Judy K… 

Broadway @ Leicester Square Theatre: Jenna Russell with Seth Rudetsky

Broadway @ Leicester Square Theatre: Jenna Russell with Seth Rudetsky

Mark Cortale PresentsBroadway @ Leicester Square Theatre JENNA RUSSELLwith SETH RUDETSKY as music director & hostSunday, 3rd February @ 4pm Olivier Award Winner &… 

Broadway @ Leicester Square Theatre: Judy Kuhn with Seth Rudetsky

Broadway @ Leicester Square Theatre: Judy Kuhn with Seth Rudetsky

Mark Cortale PresentsBroadway @ Leicester Square Theatre JUDY KUHNwith SETH RUDETSKY as music director & hostSunday, 3rd February @ 8pm Four Time Tony Nominee Judy K… 

I'm Not Running (12A) - National Theatre Live

I'm Not Running (12A) - National Theatre Live

I’m Not Running is an explosive new play by David Hare, premiering at the National Theatre and broadcast live to cinemas. 

NT ENCORE: THE TRAGEDY OF KING RICHARD THE SECOND

NT ENCORE: THE TRAGEDY OF KING RICHARD THE SECOND

Tuesday 29th January, 7pmTickets: £15 or £11 for school groupsSuitable for: no age suitability has been given yet for this screeningDuration: … 

The Orchestra

The Orchestra

The programme notes aptly describe The Orchestra at the Omnibus Theatre, which might be regarded as one of Jean Anouilh’s more incidental pieces. 

Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre - Dumfries Fringe 2019

Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre - Dumfries Fringe 2019

Earth’s funniest footwear bring you songs, sketches, socks and violence. 

Puppet King Richard II - Dumfries Fringe 2019

Puppet King Richard II - Dumfries Fringe 2019

A “highly engrossing”, ‘pocket epic’ staging of Shakespeare’s Richard II. 

Leicester Square Theatre Sketch Off! 2019: Semi-Finals

Leicester Square Theatre Sketch Off! 2019: Semi-Finals

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 … 

Leicester Square Theatre Sketch Off! 2019: Semi-Finals

Leicester Square Theatre Sketch Off! 2019: Semi-Finals

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 … 

Tenderfoot New Writing Showcase

Tenderfoot New Writing Showcase

Tenderfoot is The Civic’s apprentice theatre programme for transition year students in South County Dublin. 

Over 55s Dance Workshops (New Adventures)

Over 55s Dance Workshops (New Adventures)

Matthew Bourne's New Adventures are pleased to offer this series of inclusive workshops for over-55s this year. 

Tina Turner Tea Lady & New Friends

Tina Turner Tea Lady & New Friends

After a sell out show last year, Tina Turner Tea Lady returns along with some new friends for another night of laughter and song. 

Tina Turner Tea Lady & New Friends

Tina Turner Tea Lady & New Friends

After a sell out show last year, Tina Turner Tea Lady returns along with some new friends for another night of laughter and song. 

Leicester Square Theatre Sketch Off! 2019: Heats

Leicester Square Theatre Sketch Off! 2019: Heats

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 … 

Leicester Square Theatre Sketch Off! 2019: Heats

Leicester Square Theatre Sketch Off! 2019: Heats

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 … 

Matt Forde’s Political Party Podcast Xmas Special

Matt Forde’s Political Party Podcast Xmas Special

Guests to be confirmed Following sell-out Christmas Special’s in 2016 and 2017 which featured Ed Balls, Alastair Campbell, Nick Clegg and Anna Soubrey. 

Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year 2018: Final

Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year 2018: Final

Now in it’s 10th year. 

Angelos and Barry: Live Podcast

Angelos and Barry: Live Podcast

Angelos and Barry record another of their legendary award winning improvised podcasts in front of a live London audience. 

New Model Army

New Model Army

New Model Army are a remarkable band, as hungry and focused as they were in the 90s, they’ve become revitalised and even more creative in recent years. 

A Well Known Comedian and Some Colleagues Doing Their Comedy for a Great Cause

A Well Known Comedian and Some Colleagues Doing Their Comedy for a Great Cause

An evening of stand-up comedy with stars of many of the funniest shows on TV helping to raise awareness of neurofibromatosis, an incurable genetic condition affecting 1 … 

Summer and Smoke

Summer and Smoke

The Almeida Theatre’s highly acclaimed production of Tennessee Williams’ Summer and Smoke, boldly and sensitively directed by Rebecca Frecknall, is now playing at the Duke of Y… 

Love-Lies-Bleeding

Love-Lies-Bleeding

A family on the verge of a momentous decision forms the focus of Don DeLillo’s Love-Lies-Bleeding at the Print Room at the Coronet in a stark production by director Jack McNamara… 

The Recruiting Officer

The Recruiting Officer

In her article for the British Library on Restorations Comedy Diane Maybankobserves that “little can be gained from removing the plays from their historical settings”. 

Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year 2018: Semi Finals

Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year 2018: Semi Finals

New Comedian of the Year is the new act competition produced by Leicester Square Theatre with places for  over 300 acts. 

Indebted To Chance.

Indebted To Chance.

Actor/scriptwriter Charlie Ryall leads an entertaining troupe of actors from Mercurius Theatre Company in her play Indebted to Chance at the Old Red Lion Theatre. 

Haunting Julia

Haunting Julia

After Alan Ayckbourn had seen The Woman in Black and the film The Haunting he was inspired to depart from his usual comedic tales of middle class life and try his hand at a ghost s… 

BRASS, an Award-winning Musical by Benjamin Till

BRASS, an Award-winning Musical by Benjamin Till

Brass, Benjamin Till’s winner of the ‘Best Musical’ in the 2014 UK Theatre Awards, fills the stage at the Union Theatre, Southwark, in its professional London première. 

Dealing with Clair

Dealing with Clair

The Orange Tree Theatre in a co-production with English Touring Theatre could hardly have expected that renewed police investigations into the mysterious disappearance of estate ag… 

The Giant Killers

The Giant Killers

Darwen is probably not the most well-known town in England, but it holds a very special place in the history of football. 

ear for eye

ear for eye

There are several peaks and notable features in debbie tucker green’s ear for eye that rise above the lengthy exposition of her themes that otherwise dominate this new work. 

New Voices

New Voices

Two exciting double bills.Retail Therapy & The Jailer’s Daughter@ Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre PubSugar Buddy & Snow Angel of Antarctica@ Katzpace 

LOVE

LOVE

The Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch has reconfigured it’s stage and auditorium to house writer/director Alexander Zeldin’s production of Love. 

Bing Live! Bing Goes To The Theatre

Bing Live! Bing Goes To The Theatre

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… 

The Wild Duck

The Wild Duck

A brightly lit auditorium and bare stage, with its exposed brick walls, look all set for a rehearsal. 

Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year 2018: Quarter Finals

Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year 2018: Quarter Finals

New Comedian of the Year is the new act competition produced by Leicester Square Theatre with places for  over 300 acts. 

The Paradise Circus

The Paradise Circus

A little-known theatre hosts a lesser-known play and the result is a theatrical triumph. 

Parents’ Evening

Parents’ Evening

The Rebels’ Season continues at the Jermyn Street Theatre with Bathsheba Doran’s Parents’ Evening. 

To Have To Shoot Irishmen

To Have To Shoot Irishmen

To Have To Shoot Irishmen opens the Irish Theatre Season at the Omnibus Theatre, Clapham. 

Quietly

Quietly

Quietly is set in a pub in Belfast. 

ONCE

ONCE

“It’s only people up there with guitars and other instruments telling and singing their way through an everyday love story. 

New Adelphi Comedy Night

New Adelphi Comedy Night

CSzUK in collaboration with Salford University present a night of Improv, Sketch and Stand Up. 

Little Fools

Little Fools

The autumn/winter season at the Space on the Isle of Dogs got off to a punchy start this week with Little Fools. 

Kids Play

Kids Play

Kids Play is now running in London following its triumph at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where it received multiple five star reviews. 

No Help Sent

No Help Sent

Gordon Brown once observed how Aneurin Bevan’s vision of a National Health Service was unimaginable in its day, yet it has withstood the test of time. 

Revelation 1:18

Revelation 1:18

"I was dead, and now look, I am alive for ever and ever!" Although never spoken in Revelation 1:18 these words from the last book in the bible capture the aspirational i… 

Wine

Wine

Wine makes a return to the Tristan Bates Theatre following its successful run earlier in the year. 

Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year 2018: Heats

Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year 2018: Heats

New Comedian of the Year is the new act competition produced by Leicester Square Theatre with places for  over 300 acts. 

The Outsider (L’Étranger)

The Outsider (L’Étranger)

Albert Camus’ The Outsider (L’Étranger), is starkly brought to the stage in an adaptation by Ben Okri, Winner of the Man Booker Prize, commissioned by The Print Room at The C… 

Losing Venice

Losing Venice

Shakespeare created ‘the vastly fields of France’ in a cramped ‘cockpit’ and crammed within his ‘wooden O the very casques that did affright the air at Agincourt’ all c… 

Prairie Flower

Prairie Flower

Perhaps as a five-part radio serial Prairie Flower might provide some particular interest to crime enthusiasts, but as a two-hour monologue in the Upstairs at the Gatehouse, even w… 

Remainiacs: A Brexit Podcast

Remainiacs: A Brexit Podcast

It’s chapter two of Remainiacs Live! The cast of Britain’s biggest independent Brexit podcast take the stage for an evening of no-bullshit Brexit talk, bad B… 

Abi

Abi

Despite its title, we know very little of what actually happened at Abigail’s party. 

One for the Road / New World Order / Mountain Language / Ashes to Ashes

One for the Road / New World Order / Mountain Language / Ashes to Ashes

Jamie Lloyd must be excreting pheromones of cool right now. 

About Leo

About Leo

About Leo is the first offering in The Rebels Season at Jermyn Street Theatre; an autumn programme that focuses on ‘people who dared to be different’. 

Once a Year on Blackpool Sands

Once a Year on Blackpool Sands

Set in Blackpool England 1953 Not long After the queen Elizabeth’s Coronation, This Real-Life Story is packed with Gritty Northern Comedy coupled with a Heart Breaking Emotional … 

Abigail's Party

Abigail's Party

It’s a mark of how well a play is rooted in a particular era that the mere mention of Estée Lauder’s Youth Dew perfume can send ripples of mirth throughout the auditorium to a… 

Scottish Music Old and New

Scottish Music Old and New

The Whistlebinkies’ rich blending of the tones and rhythms of fiddles, flute, concertina, clarsach, lowland pipes, Scottish smallpipes, doublebass and percussion has captivated aud… 

Richard Rodgers – A Song in My Heart

Richard Rodgers – A Song in My Heart

Appearing for the 28th successive year in the magnificent setting of St Andrew’s and St George’s West, Fife vocal concert group Ensemble (www. 

The Network Ensemble: Finding Your Voice in Theatre

The Network Ensemble: Finding Your Voice in Theatre

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

Amnesty International UK and the Guilty Feminist Presents The Secret Policeman's Podcast

Amnesty International UK and the Guilty Feminist Presents The Secret Policeman's Podcast

The Guilty Feminist joins forces with Amnesty International UK to bring The Secret Policeman back to life for 2018! Following the magnificent Secret Policeman’s tradition of presen… 

Being a Female Leader in Theatre

Being a Female Leader in Theatre

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

LRC Youth Theatre Present Empra's New Threads

LRC Youth Theatre Present Empra's New Threads

  16m subscribers. 

A New ERA

A New ERA

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

1-2-1 with the Independent Theatre Council

1-2-1 with the Independent Theatre Council

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

Opportunities for New Musical Theatre After the Fringe

Opportunities for New Musical Theatre After the Fringe

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

National Touring With Black Theatre Live

National Touring With Black Theatre Live

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

A Show About Shows About Show Biz

A Show About Shows About Show Biz

From Show Boat to Showman, there’s always Another Op’nin, Another Show about the sparkling self-obsessed world of musical theatre! And why not? Some of the best shows are all a… 

In Your Own Sweet Way

In Your Own Sweet Way

Hoghead Theatre Company Returns to the Fringe with their devised piece In Your Own Sweet Way. 

Richard Plays Richard Rogers

Richard Plays Richard Rogers

Celebrated pianist, composer and broadcaster Richard Michael BEM pays homage to the song-writing talents of another Richard in a programme of his best known tunes – song-writing … 

Richard III

Richard III

Old bones ache before a storm. 

Eurovision Young Musicians 2018: The Semi-finals

Eurovision Young Musicians 2018: The Semi-finals

Experience the classical music stars of tomorrow – 18 of the most exciting young performers from right across Europe. 

Joz Norris Has No Show This Year, but Mr Fruit Salad Does

Joz Norris Has No Show This Year, but Mr Fruit Salad Does

Hi, I’m award-winning comic, actor and writer Joz Norris (BBC Three, BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 4 Extra, ITV, ITV2, Dave, Channel 4). 

In Conversation With... Richard Leonard

In Conversation With... Richard Leonard

A proud socialist and trade unionist, elected Scottish Labour Party leader in 2017 on a radical programme of change. 

Auld Hat – New Heids

Auld Hat – New Heids

Sell-out AMC2017! Bringing back the wonderfully singable songs of yesteryear and rekindling the atmosphere of those folksong clubs. 

Caledonian Folk and Blues at the Guildford: 24th Year

Caledonian Folk and Blues at the Guildford: 24th Year

The festival’s best free music event hosted by Yard Of Ale and Sandy Tweeddale featuring guests Bedford Falls, FCUKulele, On The Wagon, Mad Ferret Band, Edgehill, Kevin Gore and … 

Adventures of the Singing Acupuncturist 6: Big O Makes It in New York... or, Does She? – Free

Adventures of the Singing Acupuncturist 6: Big O Makes It in New York... or, Does She? – Free

Do you not fit into a box? Olivia (Big O) knows all too well about not fitting in: when kimchi, AKA fire-breathing garlic dragon breath, is your culture’s most famous export, how… 

Cezary Goes to War

Cezary Goes to War

The Regional Medical Draft Board has strict guidelines for the classification of recruits and their suitability for deployment. 

Shining a Light on the Gender Gap in Technical Theatre

Shining a Light on the Gender Gap in Technical Theatre

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

Pie Equals Square

Pie Equals Square

A mad inventor applies logic to the absurd and abstract. 

Visual Theatre Meet-up

Visual Theatre Meet-up

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

Goodbye Rosetta

Goodbye Rosetta

Goodbye Rosetta abounds with youthful enthusiasm and passion. 

Ali Affleck's Speakeasy Sessions – One Night in New Orleans

Ali Affleck's Speakeasy Sessions – One Night in New Orleans

Award-winning vocalist Ali transports you to the underground prohibition era with her gorgeously characterful and distinctive voice and a stunning five-piece band of outrageous mus… 

Site Specific Theatre Practice

Site Specific Theatre Practice

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

Death is the New Porn

Death is the New Porn

‘It doesn’t matter how we do it, we’re always going to end up with the same result. 

Reverend Richard Coles: Confessions

Reverend Richard Coles: Confessions

Join former 80s pop star turned vicar and broadcaster Reverend Richard Coles – co-host of BBC Radio 4’s Saturday Live and BBC One’s The Big Painting Challenge, star of Strictly C… 

HMS Pinafore

HMS Pinafore

The University of St Andrews Gilbert and Sullivan Society makes their regular contribution to the Festival Fringe, this year with HMS Pinafore. 

Kids Play
BOBBY WINNER

Kids Play

Glen Chandler, Edinburgh’s theatrical detective story-writing son, returns to the Festival Fringe this year with yet another ingenious triumph. 

Brand-New Jew, a DNA Comedy

Brand-New Jew, a DNA Comedy

What happens when a DNA test gives an adoptee a brand-new view… of herself? Playwright and performer Monica Bauer (The Year I Was Gifted) takes on her own unexpected results, alo… 

A Romantic's Guide to the Apocalypse: A New Musical

A Romantic's Guide to the Apocalypse: A New Musical

What happens if you find the love of your life at the end of the world? This hilarious and moving new musical follows Jack who discovers that the world will end in one week. 

Picasso's Women

Picasso's Women

Given how many inhabited his life, Picasso’s Women is but a mere glimpse from one side of the bed into what they endured. 

Reigen

Reigen

Some plays lend themselves to radical reinterpretations and stagings while others need handling with more care. 

Waiting for Ofsted

Waiting for Ofsted

Oh how easily this ambitious project could have fallen flat on its face and oh how wonderfully it sustains itself. 

Bilingualism(s) in Theatre: Creating Artistic Languages

Bilingualism(s) in Theatre: Creating Artistic Languages

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

Vox: A Fairy Tale for a New Age

Vox: A Fairy Tale for a New Age

Vox: A Fairy Tale for a New Age is a new work inspired by real-life occurrences in the life of Rowlett High School students. 

Amused Moose Comedy’s National New Comic Award: Final

Amused Moose Comedy’s National New Comic Award: Final

Vote excitedly alongside dozens of international talent scouts for 2018’s hottest breakthrough stars in the making, who battle for glory, fame and the shiny moose trophy. 

Forget Me Nots

Forget Me Nots

Forget Me Nots is a new piece of ‘queer theatre’ from Rokkur Friggjar, a collective of theatre makers based in Iceland and the UK, who are contributors to this year’s Army@Su… 

Alastair Savage, Scots Fiddle Old and New

Alastair Savage, Scots Fiddle Old and New

Alastair celebrates Scotland’s magical fiddle tradition in the glorious Canongate Kirk acoustic. 

Shell Shock

Shell Shock

"A British soldier never runs away from a fight", Tommy Atkins proudly proclaims. 

The Troth

The Troth

Based on Chandradhar Sharma Guleri’s iconic Hindi short story Usne Kaha Tha, The Troth is about one soldier, Sardar Lehna Singh, and the sacrifice he makes to keep his secret pro… 

InValid Voices

InValid Voices

When the soldier goes to war what of those left behind? This is the question posed by InValid Voices, a new theatre piece based on interviews with women serving as and married to C… 

Richard Walker: Sings Adequately, Mediocre Magic and Passably Humorous - The Show!

Richard Walker: Sings Adequately, Mediocre Magic and Passably Humorous - The Show!

Mediocre magic. 

Abstracting the New Town

Abstracting the New Town

Lucy Jones, established Edinburgh artist, captures the spirit of Edinburgh in her mixed media paintings and collages of the classical Georgian architecture. 

The Future Voice of Theatre Critics

The Future Voice of Theatre Critics

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

Matt Forde's Political Party Podcast

Matt Forde's Political Party Podcast

Following five years of sell-out London shows, Matt Forde’s Political Party returns to Edinburgh for two live shows! Previous guests include: Tony Blair, Nigel Farage, Michael Port… 

Kono: Song Cycle of a New Town

Kono: Song Cycle of a New Town

From prehistory to 1877, you choose which version of Scotsman JT Stewart’s Palmerston will be told through music by one of New Zealand’s celebrated Maori instrument makers and his … 

The Gin Chronicles in New York

The Gin Chronicles in New York

The Gin Chronicles in New York is the latest saga in this well-established series that by now has something of a following. 

The Dame

The Dame

Peter Duncan’s The Dame is hosted at The Dome, one of Edinburgh’s glitziest and most glamorous buildings. 

The New Electric Ballroom

The New Electric Ballroom

In a remote fishing village, three sisters, Breda, Clara and Ada endlessly obsess and re-live their memories of love, snatched from their hands and never seen since. 

What Did You Say You Do? You're a Comedian?

What Did You Say You Do? You're a Comedian?

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

Immersive Theatre: History and Inspiration

Immersive Theatre: History and Inspiration

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

Theatre Uncut: Women on Power

Theatre Uncut: Women on Power

The multi award-winning political agitators are back at the Traverse with a morning of outstanding new writing and fiery debate. 

Swallow The Sea Caravan Theatre

Swallow The Sea Caravan Theatre

A converted 1960s caravan hosting installations both insightful and absurd, poetry, puppets and music. 

Devising Theatre for Social Change with Caitlin Skinner

Devising Theatre for Social Change with Caitlin Skinner

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

Aidan Goatley’s 10 Films With... Podcast

Aidan Goatley’s 10 Films With... Podcast

Guests for this popular podcast include Romesh Ranganathan, Angela Barnes and Mark Thomas, who join Aidan Goatley for a lovely chat about the films they love. 

The Dolls of New Albion

The Dolls of New Albion

A desperate inventor. 

1895-1927 in New Orleans: The Red Hot Roots of Jazz

1895-1927 in New Orleans: The Red Hot Roots of Jazz

Explore the roots of jazz, from ragtime through the jazz age, in the speakeasy atmosphere of this world-famous venue. 

Bucket Men

Bucket Men

Bucket Men takes place in a small basement studio at C Royale where two men coincidentally have jobs in a small basement of a faceless government building. 

So You Think You're Funny? Semi-Finals

So You Think You're Funny? Semi-Finals

The UK’s biggest and best comedy newcomer competition is back for its 31st year at the Fringe! After months of regional heats, come see the funniest of the hundreds of applicants a… 

Cam Spence and Jodie Mitchell: The New Babes

Cam Spence and Jodie Mitchell: The New Babes

Join two rising stars of comedy on their journey to the top in an easy-going lunch-time show. 

John Hegley: New and Selected

John Hegley: New and Selected

He came to our home with my Grandmother. 

You Are Frogs

You Are Frogs

If some of what you are about to read sounds completely bonkers then you are well on the way to an appreciation of You Are Frogs. 

Man Down

Man Down

Man Down emerges from three years of research and hours of interviews and discussions with people in Baltimore, USA. 

Dominic Holland – The Glory Year

Dominic Holland – The Glory Year

Complete sell-out 2017. 

The Show Between Shows Show

The Show Between Shows Show

New(ish) for 2018! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly. 

Red and Boiling

Red and Boiling

Red and Boiling is an entertaining cabaret-style show with some serious undertones. 

Elsa Jean McTaggart: Sing, Strings and New Things

Elsa Jean McTaggart: Sing, Strings and New Things

Take songs that stop conversations, a voice that could stop wars and a fiddle that stops at nothing, and you have the icon Elsa McTaggart. 

Year Without Summer

Year Without Summer

Cast Iron Theatre have rocked a minimalist set – an intimate three chairs and floor space surrounded by a ring of audience members – and have stretched it expertly to the peak … 

My Name Is Dorothy

My Name Is Dorothy

The first point to make clear is that My Name is Dorothy has nothing to do with The Wizard of Oz. 

Rob Kemp's Wheel of Shows

Rob Kemp's Wheel of Shows

Feeling pressured by his success last year with The Elvis Dead, Rob Kemp returns with ten(!) shows stuck to a spinning wheel. 

Richard Pulsford: Uns-Pun

Richard Pulsford: Uns-Pun

Master of wordplay Richard Pulsford brings his fifth solo show to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. 

Ken Ramage Jazz at the Guildford: 15th Year

Ken Ramage Jazz at the Guildford: 15th Year

New Orleans to Dixie to swing, ragtime and more! Ken Ramage Dixie Six and Trio, Diplomats of Jazz, and the great Roy Williams – Europe’s top jazz trombonist. 

Virgin

Virgin

Simon David bursts onto the stage in a bout of eccentricity that boldly asserts his dominance over the evening. 

A New Political Comedy Show

A New Political Comedy Show

‘Social barriers will dissipate as Rick Molland and Sully O’Sullivan go head-to-head in an epic stand-up comedy battle’ (TheCultureTrip. 

Old Town – New Perspective 2018

Old Town – New Perspective 2018

Original photographs of the people, streets and architecture of Edinburgh’s Old Town taken by Ewan Barry and Audrey Pinard. 

A Year of Scotland in a Meal

A Year of Scotland in a Meal

Experience all that is great in Scotland. 

Yes, That Nick Page, Apparently. Winner of English Comedian 2017

Yes, That Nick Page, Apparently. Winner of English Comedian 2017

Nick Page has had an interesting year, he won English Comedian of the year after coming second the previous year and being really grumpy about it. 

Shackleton's Stowaway

Shackleton's Stowaway

Making their debut at the Festival Fringe, Stolen Elephant Theatre bring to life one of the great voyages of the Heroic Age of Antarctic exploration in Shackleton’s Stowaway. 

The New I Hate Children Children's Show

The New I Hate Children Children's Show

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. 

Éowyn Emerald and Dancers

Éowyn Emerald and Dancers

A young man waited outside the Greenside Royal Terrace Venue for Éowyn Emerald & Dancers to appear after their performance. 

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

Curious Pheasant Theatre reinvents the Bard’s most famous tale of ‘star-cross’d’ lovers in a bare-bones, twisted production that will have purists running for shelter and a… 

African in New York – Almost Famous by Njambi McGrath

African in New York – Almost Famous by Njambi McGrath

When the naive straight-out-of-Africa student Njambi McGrath was invited to a Thanksgiving meal by her new college friend, she could hardly have known that some areas in America ar… 

Comedy Boxing: New Challengers

Comedy Boxing: New Challengers

Comedy Boxing triumphantly returns to Edinburgh now with different competitors each show! Comedians will compete over four hilarious rounds of stand-up, improvisation, heckling and… 

Best of Scottish Comedian of the Year

Best of Scottish Comedian of the Year

Ten sell-out years at the Edinburgh Fringe, Glasgow Comedy Fest and around the world. 

Anna Nicholson: Woman of the Year

Anna Nicholson: Woman of the Year

Meet the nominees for Woman of the Year in Anna Nicholson’s debut character-comedy show. 

Nathaniel Metcalfe: Chameleon, Comedian, Corinthian and Caricature

Nathaniel Metcalfe: Chameleon, Comedian, Corinthian and Caricature

Mildly anticipated new show from the ‘delightfully silly’ (Time Out), Josh Widdicombe’s XFM Show regular, who has also been heard on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 4 Extra. 

The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé

The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé

Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance. 

Jake Donaldson: Help! I'm Trapped in the Body of an Adequate Comedian!

Jake Donaldson: Help! I'm Trapped in the Body of an Adequate Comedian!

Jake Donaldson returns to the Fringe with his debut hour-long solo show! Jake mixes stand-up and storytelling in his new show which explores what it’s really like to try to follo… 

Best of English Comedian of the Year

Best of English Comedian of the Year

As discovered at Murrayfield, Wimbledon and Russia, the English aren’t used to winning. 

Revenge of the New World

Revenge of the New World

Our parents are fine. 

Richard Brown: You Are Not My Audience

Richard Brown: You Are Not My Audience

Richard Brown is too angry to kill himself. 

Best of Irish Comedian of the Year

Best of Irish Comedian of the Year

Totally sold-out shows across the globe. 

Richard Hanrahan Is Doing This

Richard Hanrahan Is Doing This

Ursine stand-up Richard Hanrahan finally gets his act together, or at least tries to. 

To Have Done With the Judgement of God

To Have Done With the Judgement of God

Leaving the theatre with no idea what you have just seen but having enjoyed it immensely is perhaps an appropriate response to a production of Antonin Artaud’s To Have Done With … 

Luke McQueen: Monster (The Person Behind the Comedian)

Luke McQueen: Monster (The Person Behind the Comedian)

For this year’s Fringe, I’ve invented a crap new chat show format. 

That's My Story Podcast

That's My Story Podcast

Comedians Bronston Jones (USA) and Martin Mor (IRE) are joined each day by a different guest. 

Juliet Meyers: Year of the Dog

Juliet Meyers: Year of the Dog

Juliet Myers and Homer, the rescue podenco, deliver their second Fringe comedy run in which we are regaled with tales of life with an anxious dog. 

Steve Bennett: Irish Comedian of Last Year

Steve Bennett: Irish Comedian of Last Year

Steve Bennett is the happiest man on the planet. 

Scott Bennett: Leap Year

Scott Bennett: Leap Year

People say it’s brave to do stand-up comedy, it’s braver to let someone you love do it. 

Richard Wright: Virgin

Richard Wright: Virgin

Richard Wright is a virgin. 

Leo Kearse: Right-Wing Comedian

Leo Kearse: Right-Wing Comedian

Scottish Comedian of the Year, Leo Kearse returns with the follow up to I Can Make You Tory. 

Guerilla Aspies Year Four – Autism. Amusement. Conversion.

Guerilla Aspies Year Four – Autism. Amusement. Conversion.

The show that the greater media cannot entirely accept as real. 

Anesti Danelis: Songs for a New World Order

Anesti Danelis: Songs for a New World Order

‘Anesti Danelis delivers the funny with a hefty side of heart. 

Owen Roberts: I Let a Six-Year-Old Write My Show

Owen Roberts: I Let a Six-Year-Old Write My Show

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. 

Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre: Superheroes

Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre: Superheroes

Sock! Pow! Wham! Earth’s funniest footwear are back with their 10th new show of songs, sketches, socks and violence. 

Richard Soames: Let's Make a Movie

Richard Soames: Let's Make a Movie

One man. 

Richard Wheatley: Jokes and Tales of a Second-Year Gap Student

Richard Wheatley: Jokes and Tales of a Second-Year Gap Student

Richard is Britain’s leading blind theoretical physicist turned stand-up comedian with a Blue Peter badge… well, definitely in the top three. 

Richard Todd: We Need the Eggs

Richard Todd: We Need the Eggs

An artist draws the same image repeatedly with indomitable zeal. 

Buried: A New Musical

Buried: A New Musical

Buried certainly made a splash at the Fringe last year, winning awards left, right, and centre, and deservedly so – Tom Williams and Cordelia O’Driscoll’s new musical is quir… 

Egg: Richard Pictures

Egg: Richard Pictures

Brand-new sketch show from stars of award-winning Fringe favourites BattleActs (BBC Radio 1). 

Daniel Cainer: Old Dog, New Shtick!

Daniel Cainer: Old Dog, New Shtick!

More stories-in-song from this multi award-winning Jewish songwriter and Fringe favourite. 

Vulvarine: A New Musical

Vulvarine: A New Musical

From the creators of the sell-out hit Buzz: A New Musical. 

Eli Matthewson: The Year of Magical F*cking

Eli Matthewson: The Year of Magical F*cking

The news is out – millennials are having less sex than our parents. 

Square Go

Square Go

What’s a ‘square go’? Noun: A rammy. 

Evening of New Writing: Our Fears

Evening of New Writing: Our Fears

Come support some brave new writers while they investigate our fears!The list of our fears is rather long, and some of these accounts are actually based in true events b… 

Squabbling House Theatre Presents: Scratch

Squabbling House Theatre Presents: Scratch

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… 

Great Yorkshire Fringe New Comedian of the Year: Final

Great Yorkshire Fringe New Comedian of the Year: Final

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. 

Squabbling House Theatre Presents: Blink by Phil Porter

Squabbling House Theatre Presents: Blink by Phil Porter

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. 

The GYF Podcast – Robert Ross with special guest Michael Palin

The GYF Podcast – Robert Ross with special guest Michael Palin

The GYF Podcast is back – Comedy historian Robert Ross with his special guest Michael Palin CBE, FRGSRobert will be in conversation with founding member of Monty P… 

Great Yorkshire Fringe New Comedian of the Year: Semi-Finals

Great Yorkshire Fringe New Comedian of the Year: Semi-Finals

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. 

Hymn to Love

Hymn to Love

“I've always known that one day I would have my own niche in the annals of song. 

Iolanthe

Iolanthe

Prime Minister Clement Attlee once observed that ‘the House of Lords is like a glass of champagne that has stood for five days’. 

Fred and Ginger

Fred and Ginger

Love is a many-splendored thing, or so the soundtrack maintains as it heralds a fifty-minute romp through teenage troubles, acting aspirations and romantic realities. 

The Final Journey of Edward Wilson

The Final Journey of Edward Wilson

Recent years have witnessed mounting criticism of mumbling actors, mostly on television but also in the the theatre. 

Great Yorkshire Fringe New Comedian of the Year: Heats

Great Yorkshire Fringe New Comedian of the Year: Heats

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. 

Owen Roberts: I Let A Six Year Old Write My Show

Owen Roberts: I Let A Six Year Old Write My Show

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. 

The Nursery Theatre presents... Saturday Night Improv

The Nursery Theatre presents... Saturday Night Improv

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… 

Anna Nicholson: Woman of the Year (Edinburgh Preview)

Anna Nicholson: Woman of the Year (Edinburgh Preview)

Meet the nominees for Woman of the Year. 

Barry Humphries Weimar Cabaret

Barry Humphries Weimar Cabaret

Ernst Krenek, Erich Korngold, Frank Schreker, Erwin Schulhoff and Mischa Spoliansky were not household names in the late 1940s when a young Barry Humphries in Melbourne, Australia … 

The Band: Take That's New Musical

The Band: Take That's New Musical

Written by award-winning writer Tim Firth, The Band is a beautiful story for anyone who grew up with a boyband and how those songs became the soundtrack of their lives. 

Earthquakes in London

Earthquakes in London

In a lengthy whirlwind of staccato scenes with lento, adagio and presto interludes, Mike Bartlett’s Earthquakes in London combines political intrigue, corporate corruption, perso… 

The Nursery Theatre presents... Friday Night Improv

The Nursery Theatre presents... Friday Night Improv

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 … 

Scott Bennett – Leap Year (Preview)

Scott Bennett – Leap Year (Preview)

Tipped by industry magazine Chortle as one of the acts to watch in 2018, Rob Brydon tour support, BBC News Quiz writer, Amused Moose Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominee and E… 

Ed Patrick: Comedian\'s Surgery

Ed Patrick: Comedian\'s Surgery

Welcome to the Comedians’ Surgery! Take your seat - we’ll be with you shortly. 

Knights of the Rose

Knights of the Rose

"Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon" (II Samuel 1:20) is a line that does not appear in Knights of the Rose. 

The Play About My Dad

The Play About My Dad

According to its author, Loo Killebrew, The Play About My Dad “should feel quick-moving, and hopefully have a rhythm that is similar to the rhythm of a storm. 

Richard Wright: Literally A Virgin

Richard Wright: Literally A Virgin

Richard Wright is a 35 year old, obese, balding, geeky, adult virgin who still lives at home with his parents. 

Two by Jim Cartwright

Two by Jim Cartwright

Clueless Theatre makes a remarkable company debut with a production of Jim Cartwright’s Two. 

Mike Birbiglia: The New One

Mike Birbiglia: The New One

Neil Genzlinger of The New York Times called Mike Birbiglia’s recent show 'Thank God For Jokes' “the best night I’ve spent in a theatre in a… 

The End of History

The End of History

The End of History is billed as “a moving and funny site-responsive play with music which uses a chance encounter to explore the impact of gentrification on two radically differe… 

Old Comedian of the Year 2018 - Final

Old Comedian of the Year 2018 - Final

Forget cheery optimism & skinny jeans. 

The DredgeLand Podcast Spectacular

The DredgeLand Podcast Spectacular

Lunatic comedy double act John Dredge and Andy Harland present a manic hour of radio comedy weirdness, to be broadcast in simulcast with local radio titans Hove FM 95. 

"Hello la voix" New Show, New Shoes, Old Earrings

“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… 

Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre: The New Show

Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre: The New Show

Earth’s Funniest Footwear are back for their 10th brand new show. 

Square Peg

Square Peg

'Is anyone here for Square Peg?', a person dressed in a white protective boiler suit and hard hat asked. 

Clueless Theatre Presents: Two by Jim Cartwright

Clueless Theatre Presents: Two by Jim Cartwright

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… 

Live Music in Theatre: Creating and Playing Music for a Theatre Piece

Live Music in Theatre: Creating and Playing Music for a Theatre Piece

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. 

Hammond Graduate BA Musical Theatre Showcase

Hammond Graduate BA Musical Theatre Showcase

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… 

The MET Musical Theatre Showcase 2018

The MET Musical Theatre Showcase 2018

An energy packed performance by the Musical Theatre Degree students at Northbrook MET. 

Year Without Summer

Year Without Summer

May 1816. 

The Players’ Theatre: Old Time Music Hall

The Players’ Theatre: Old Time Music Hall

Traditional, Victorian ‘Old Time Music Hall’ All the songs you love to sing and the jokes you love to hear. 

Owen Roberts: I let a six year old write my show

Owen Roberts: I let a six year old write my show

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. 

The Story Beast & Richard Soames

The Story Beast & Richard Soames

The Foster’s Edinburgh Best Newcomer award-nominated ‘Story Beast’, “a bearded force of nature” (The Guardian) and critically-acclaimed “charming storyteller” (Chortle), … 

A Musical History of 24 George St, Brighton - and Other Shows

A Musical History of 24 George St, Brighton - and Other Shows

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. 

Dominic Holland: The Glory Year

Dominic Holland: The Glory Year

A veteran stand-up with countless TV appearances to his name Dominic Holland is a 50 year old everyman making hilarity from his life which reflects the lives of his audience, becau… 

An Dhá: Folk Traditions Old & New

An Dhá: Folk Traditions Old & New

Folk tunes, stories and song inspired by the Scottish, Irish and English folk music traditions come alive with the immaculate fiddle and cello mastery of An Dhá. 

Hofesh Shechter - Clowns and New Creation

Hofesh Shechter - Clowns and New Creation

Shechter’s blackly comic portrayal of a group of anarchic clowns was rapturously received at Nederlands Dans Theater in 2016, and he now creates a brand new companion piece t… 

Harriet Kemsley's New Show

Harriet Kemsley's New Show

Harriet’s back in Brighton and she’s brushed her hair specially. 

Made of Human Podcast: Live

Made of Human Podcast: Live

Sofie Hagen brings her successful podcast ‘Made of Human’ to Brighton to record live episodes in front of an audience. 

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

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… 

New Act Night

New Act Night

Come and cheer on our latest stand-up fledglings from Jill Edwards Comedy Workshops at Brighton’s Komedia. 

Woyzeck

Woyzeck

Having spent three months eating only peas, it comes as no surprise that the eponymous central character in Woyzeck appears in a state of both physical frailty and mental instabili… 

Old Comedian of the Year 2018 - Semi Finals

Old Comedian of the Year 2018 - Semi Finals

Forget cheery optimism & skinny jeans. 

Richard Todd: Toddymandias, Todd of Todds

Richard Todd: Toddymandias, Todd of Todds

A living statue watches as a vandal tags her. 

Proteus Theatre Company: Mad, Bad, and Dangerous To Know

Proteus Theatre Company: Mad, Bad, and Dangerous To Know

Join Lord Byron, the most notorious figure from literary history, for a stiff drink. 

Rope

Rope

Nietzsche’s notion of the Übermensch receives one scant mention towards the end of Patrick Hamilton's Rope, yet it is the driving force that underpins the play. 

Richard Stainbank: The Wilderness Years

Richard Stainbank: The Wilderness Years

Single, jobless and living at home, life isn’t treating Richard Stainbank well. 

Bourgeois & Maurice: Style Over Substance - A 10-Year Retro Speculative

Bourgeois & Maurice: Style Over Substance - A 10-Year Retro Speculative

If you like cabaret which is sprinkled with a liberal dusting of political satire, the Bourgeois and Maurice Retro Speculative could be the show for you. 

Phoenix Dance Theatre Triple Bill

Phoenix Dance Theatre Triple Bill

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… 

Quentin Crisp: Naked Hope

Quentin Crisp: Naked Hope

“I come from a time and country where I was treated like a wrong hushed up. 

Quarter Life Crisis

Quarter Life Crisis

Previously seen at the BT with On The Edge of Me, Quarter Life Crisis continues Yolanda’s humorous exploration of the world young people find themselves in, using her trademark m… 

York Theatre Royal Template

York Theatre Royal Template

 

Old Comedian of the Year 2018 - Heats

Old Comedian of the Year 2018 - Heats

Forget cheery optimism & skinny jeans. 

More Heat Than Light

More Heat Than Light

In a well-paced, one-hour monologue, eighteen-year-old Alex talks about the generations of family who have had a significant impact upon his life. 

Will

Will

The happy band of players that performs Will or Eight Lost Years of Young William Shakespeare’s Life is reminiscent of the troupes that wandered the country when the Bard was ali… 

Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast

Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast

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… 

Leicester Square Theatre Sketch Off: Final

Leicester Square Theatre Sketch Off: Final

Back for its third year. 

Mo Gilligan AKA Mo the Comedian: Coupla Cans Tour

Mo Gilligan AKA Mo the Comedian: Coupla Cans Tour

After selling out the 2017 leg of his smash hit Coupla Cans Tour in a matter of minutes, online sensation Mo Gilligan is adding a string of new shows for 2018 by massive… 

Richard Alston Dance Company - Mid Century Modern

Richard Alston Dance Company - Mid Century Modern

Richard Alston choreographed his very first dance in 1968 – 50 years later Mid Century Modern celebrates this landmark with new and old work from Alston, a fitting celebrat… 

Mousetrap Theatre Projects 21st Anniversary Gala

Mousetrap Theatre Projects 21st Anniversary Gala

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… 

New Wayne McGregory / The Age of Anxiety / New Christopher Wheeldon

New Wayne McGregory / The Age of Anxiety / New Christopher Wheeldon

The Royal Ballet celebrates the centenary of Leonard Bernstein’s birth with an all-Bernstein programme from the Company’s three associate choreographers, Wayne McGregor… 

Irish Comedian of the Year WINNER

Irish Comedian of the Year WINNER

Each year 200 Irish comedians battle it out to come to Adelaide & entertain you. 

Spankin' New!

Spankin' New!

Join the seniors from our award winning youth theatre as they share a glimpse into the hearts and minds of their generation through story and song. 

New Alchemists

New Alchemists

New Alchemists explores a diverse suite of works by Australian and International artists exploring ideas of futuristic biologies and post-human engagements within the broad interse… 

Epic Darren Motorcycle Comedian

Epic Darren Motorcycle Comedian

Turning the world of motorcycle stunt shows on it’s head, it’s Australia’s funniest show on two wheels. 

Scottish Comedian of the Year WINNER

Scottish Comedian of the Year WINNER

Every year the Scottish comedian of the year winner comes to Adelaide to entertain you. 

Round Pegs Square Holes

Round Pegs Square Holes

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… 

New Candys (Italy) with The Baudelaires (Melbourne)

New Candys (Italy) with The Baudelaires (Melbourne)

Venice, Italy based alternative rock band New Candys announce their upcoming LP Bleeding Magenta due out in October 2017 via Fuzz Club Records. 

Martin Mor ADVENTURE COMEDIAN

Martin Mor ADVENTURE COMEDIAN

Irishman Martin Mor is one of the world’s most travelled, and adventurous comedians. 

Salisbury Secret Garden - Sounds in the Square

Salisbury Secret Garden - Sounds in the Square

Join us in the square for an evening of fun, entertainment, markets and great food. 

Luke Joseph Ryan - Reintroducing 2012 Cleo Bachelor of the Year Nominee

Luke Joseph Ryan - Reintroducing 2012 Cleo Bachelor of the Year Nominee

Luke Joseph Ryan was one of the Top 50 Cleo Bachelors. 

Matt Sheens & New York Jazz Ensemble

Matt Sheens & New York Jazz Ensemble

Downbeat Student Award and APRA/ AMCOS PDA winning pianist/ composer Matthew Sheens, along with his Jazz Ensemble - direct from New York, will perform exclusively in Adelaide at St… 

It's Only Life - A New Musical Revue featuring John Bucchino

It's Only Life - A New Musical Revue featuring John Bucchino

Awarded Broadway composer & pianist, John Bucchino, will be performing for the S. 

Nick Page: English Comedian of the Year

Nick Page: English Comedian of the Year

Nick Page is a seemingly indestructible, larger than life, award winning English comic whose life is a series of disasters somehow turning into unlikely triumphs. 

The Guilty Feminist Podcast

The Guilty Feminist Podcast

Ever felt like you should be better at feminism? For the first time in Adelaide, comedian Deborah Frances-White and guest discuss topics ‘all 21st century feminists agree on’ w… 

The Freakeasy 2 year Special Showcase

The Freakeasy 2 year Special Showcase

Ladies and Gentlemen. 

Parliament Square

Parliament Square

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… 

London Musical Theatre Orchestra presents A Christmas Carol

London Musical Theatre Orchestra presents A Christmas Carol

London Musical Theatre Orchestra presents A Christmas Carol. 

Side Shows

Side Shows

Constella OperaBallet return to the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells this November with their award-winning Sideshows. 

Bomb Happy

Bomb Happy

Bomb Happy is a verbatim victory. 

Barbarians V New Zealand

Barbarians V New Zealand

The Barbarians will take on the New Zealand All Blacks at Twickenham Stadium on Saturday 4th November in celebration of the NZRU's 125th anniversary. 

Richard III

Richard III

Critically acclaimed Front Foot Theatre presents Shakespeare’s most charismatic, tour de force villain, Richard III. 

The Overcoat

The Overcoat

Scandal and Gallows theatre company shines as a remarkably talented team in this production of The Overcoat by rising star scriptwriter George Johnston, who has imaginatively tra… 

Jekyll & Hyde - National Youth Theatre

Jekyll & Hyde - National Youth Theatre

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… 

Othello - National Youth Theatre

Othello - National Youth Theatre

This is a mating ground. 

Auditions and Interviews – MA Acting and MA Theatre Directing

Auditions and Interviews – MA Acting and MA Theatre Directing

East 15 is holding auditions for these dynamic MA degrees. For more information email [email protected] with Edinburgh in the email title. 

Vikki Stone – Concerto for Comedian and Orchestra

Vikki Stone – Concerto for Comedian and Orchestra

For one night only, award-winning comedian/composer Vikki Stone will perform her brand-new orchestral work Concerto for Comedian and Orchestra, alongside one of Scotland’s finest y… 

Bilingualism in Theatre - Discussion

Bilingualism in Theatre - Discussion

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants. 

Bilingualism in Theatre - Workshop

Bilingualism in Theatre - Workshop

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe Participants. 

Tara Theatre and Touring to London

Tara Theatre and Touring to London

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants. 

Sustainable Shows: Emerging Trends

Sustainable Shows: Emerging Trends

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants. 

The Outcast in Theatre

The Outcast in Theatre

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants. 

Richard Carpenter is Close to You

Richard Carpenter is Close to You

Richard from The Carpenters used to be on top of the world looking down on creation, to the left of (and slightly behind) Karen. 

Wired

Wired

Wired is one of several productions with a military theme being performed at the Army Reserve Centre, Summerhall’s new venue, army@Fringe. 

The Future of Inclusive Theatre

The Future of Inclusive Theatre

A panel discussion with Caroline Bowditch (performance artist and choreographer); Dr Ben Fletcher-Watson (University of Edinburgh); Michael Richardson (Heriot-Watt University). 

1-2-1 with the Independent Theatre Council

1-2-1 with the Independent Theatre Council

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants. 

Amateur Theatre Meet Up

Amateur Theatre Meet Up

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants. 

Training for Technical Theatre and Acting

Training for Technical Theatre and Acting

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants. 

When the Sky Falls In

When the Sky Falls In

When The Sky Falls In is written and presented by Janet Gershlick. 

Year Zero

Year Zero

A tale of two countries. 

Certain Young Men

Certain Young Men

Peter Gill”s Certain Young Men was first performed at the Almeida Theatre in 1999. 

Black Theatre Live: Making the Most of Touring Opportunities

Black Theatre Live: Making the Most of Touring Opportunities

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants. 

Contracts: The What, Why and How Independent Theatre Council

Contracts: The What, Why and How Independent Theatre Council

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants. 

Songs for a New World

Songs for a New World

‘It’s about one moment. 

One for the Road...

One for the Road...

In the early 1980s Pinter became increasingly interested in human rights abuses and in particular the torture of political prisoners in Argentina and Turkey. 

Adrienne Truscott's a One-Trick Pony (Or Andy Kaufmann is a Feminist Performance Artist and I'm a Comedian)

Adrienne Truscott's a One-Trick Pony (Or Andy Kaufmann is a Feminist Performance Artist and I'm a Comedian)

Truscott wrestles with: standing up while telling jokes, second shows, stealing material and bad reviews – back in the town where she got ‘em! All while paying homage to her fa… 

Martin Mor: Adventure Comedian

Martin Mor: Adventure Comedian

Martin is one of the world’s most travelled and adventurous comedians. 

The Future Voice of Theatre Critics

The Future Voice of Theatre Critics

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants. 

Richard Gadd: Monkey See Monkey Do

Richard Gadd: Monkey See Monkey Do

The Edinburgh Comedy Award-winning show that ‘defined comedy in 2016’ (**** Guardian) and earned a Total Theatre Award nomination for Innovation returns for 10 days only. 

New Contemporary Arab Dance Performances

New Contemporary Arab Dance Performances

New Contemporary Arab Dance Performances is part of Arab Art Focus, a showcase of new theatre and performance from the Arab region and diaspora. 

Caledonian Folk and Blues at the Guildford: 23rd Year

Caledonian Folk and Blues at the Guildford: 23rd Year

The festival’s best free music event hosted by Sandy Tweeddale Band and Yard of Ale featuring guests Bedford Falls, Mike Whellans, Delacroix, Coaltown Daisies, Hot Tin Roof, On the… 

Opportunities for new Musical Theatre after the Fringe

Opportunities for new Musical Theatre after the Fringe

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants. 

Richard Egarr

Richard Egarr

Renowned keyboard player and conductor Richard Egarr is one of the UK’s most compelling musicians – and, as music director of the Academy of Ancient Music, also one of the coun… 

The Bugle Live Podcast

The Bugle Live Podcast

The first Edinburgh Fringe live performance of the global smash hit podcast. 

Feminism in Theatre

Feminism in Theatre

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants. 

ISPA Series at the Fringe – Art and Power: Creating New Models

ISPA Series at the Fringe – Art and Power: Creating New Models

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe Participants. 

Mary, Queen of Scots

Mary, Queen of Scots

“All I knew was the playground song Mary Queen of Scots got her head chopped off,” says opera singer Louise Macdonald, “until I started learning Schumann’s Maria Stuart Lie… 

Matt Forde's Political Party Podcast

Matt Forde's Political Party Podcast

Following four years of sell-out London shows, Matt Forde’s political interview returns to Edinburgh for one show only with special guest, Alistair Darling. 

Somethings Old, Somethings New

Somethings Old, Somethings New

A selection of favourites, old and new, from those (ouch) fifty years of performance poetry, theatre pieces and bittersweet, polemical, comical, in-character monologues by the form… 

Careers in Theatre Production

Careers in Theatre Production

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants. 

Richard III (A One-Woman Show)

Richard III (A One-Woman Show)

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. 

Alastair Savage: Scots Fiddle Old and New

Alastair Savage: Scots Fiddle Old and New

Alastair presents his annual celebration of the Scots fiddle tradition in the Canongate Kirk’s vibrant acoustic. 

Semi-Toned: Stay Tuned

Semi-Toned: Stay Tuned

If the boys of Semi-Toned ever tire of a cappella they could always take up comedy. 

The Dolls of New Albion

The Dolls of New Albion

Paul Shapera’s steampunk opera The Dolls of New Albion is a macabre four acts featuring four generations in a small town where the dead can come back to life as human-sized, unwo… 

The Addams Family: A New Musical

The Addams Family: A New Musical

The spooky and kooky Addams Family comes to life in this outrageous musical comedy. 

Jerry Sadowitz: Comedian, Magician, Psychopath!

Jerry Sadowitz: Comedian, Magician, Psychopath!

Jerry Sadowitz - comedian, magician, and all round scary man is back! With his unique combination of comedy, absolute hatred, and card tricks, every moment is guaranteed to make yo… 

Amused Moose Comedy’s National New Comic Award: Grand Final

Amused Moose Comedy’s National New Comic Award: Grand Final

Vote alongside international talent scouts, relishing the excitement of seeing 2017’s hottest breakthrough stars in the making. 

BBC: BBC New Comedy Award Final

BBC: BBC New Comedy Award Final

Join us for the live final of the BBC’s prestigious stand-up comedy competition. Previous winners of this coveted award include Rhod Gilbert, Lucy Beaumont and Alan Carr. 

Janey Godley's Podcast Live at the Fringe

Janey Godley's Podcast Live at the Fringe

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… 

Golfing Comedian of the Year

Golfing Comedian of the Year

Join some of the funniest comedians at the festival as they hit the golf course. Balls and banter will be flying as they battle to be crowned champion and earn a cash prize. 

New European Songbook

New European Songbook

Unique collaborations between established European musicians and artists recently arrived in the continent bring you the newest sounds of Europe today. 

Beyond Enigma – Judith Gardner Jones Sings Elgar, With Pianist Richard J Lewis

Beyond Enigma – Judith Gardner Jones Sings Elgar, With Pianist Richard J Lewis

Elgar songs for solo and trio featuring Judith Gardner Jones and pianist Richard J Lewis, with Madeleine Trépanier, and Alicia Pettit.  

US Tour Booking For Small And Independent Shows

US Tour Booking For Small And Independent Shows

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants. 

Live Shows in an Internet Media Age

Live Shows in an Internet Media Age

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants. 

Why do we need Amateur Theatre?

Why do we need Amateur Theatre?

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants. 

Ali Affleck's Speakeasy Sessions – One Night in New Orleans...

Ali Affleck's Speakeasy Sessions – One Night in New Orleans...

Award-winning vocalist Ali transports you to the underground prohibition era. 

Slash Theatre: The Room in the Elephant

Slash Theatre: The Room in the Elephant

We like to think of it as a ‘daring exposé revealing the state of contemporary masculinity in a post-feminist milieu’. 

Theatre Production: Pathways and Possibilities

Theatre Production: Pathways and Possibilities

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants. 

Ewan Spence's Edinburgh Fringe Radio Show and Podcast

Ewan Spence's Edinburgh Fringe Radio Show and Podcast

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 City, New Sound

New City, New Sound

New City, New Sound is an ensemble piece to highlight the musical and cultural talents emanating from the Chinese city of Shenzhen. 

The Show Between Shows Show

The Show Between Shows Show

New for 2017! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly. 

The Carl Donnelly and Chris Martin Podcast Live!

The Carl Donnelly and Chris Martin Podcast Live!

Join Carl Donnelly and Chris Martin for a nightly live podcast with guests, chat, stand-up, and all round fun and games. 

Gunshot Medley

Gunshot Medley

“Black lives matter!” Hold it there and let that well-known refrain ring in your head, along with the image it conjures up in your mind. 

About a Goth

About a Goth

Life as a Goth is not easy. 

The New Maths Magic Show

The New Maths Magic Show

The sequel to last year’s full house show. 

A Year of Minutes

A Year of Minutes

A lot can change in a year. 

BBC: BBC New Comedy Award Semi-Finals

BBC: BBC New Comedy Award Semi-Finals

Join us for the semi-finals of the BBC’s prestigious stand-up comedy competition, which has previously helped launch the careers of comedians such as Sarah Millican and Peter Kay… 

Autopsy. The Soul of Richard Nixon

Autopsy. The Soul of Richard Nixon

The soul of Richard Nixon attempts to justify his actions while the audience act as the jury. 

Richard Brown: Hold Tightly to the Walls

Richard Brown: Hold Tightly to the Walls

For some Fringe performers, their tech gremlins are the cute ones from the movie franchise. 

Jazz Theatre - After Midnight

Jazz Theatre - After Midnight

Nocturnal and intimate adventure through American golden age of music. 

Gilbert and Sullivan's Improbable New Musical: The Fringe Lozenge

Gilbert and Sullivan's Improbable New Musical: The Fringe Lozenge

Gilbert and Sullivan’s Improbable New Musical: The Fringe Lozenge has, as you might expect from the title, a very specific target audience. 

Old Town – New Perspective

Old Town – New Perspective

Old Town – New Perspective is a collection of contemporary photographs taken by Ewan Barry and Audrey Pinard. 

Sharma Sharma Sharma Sharma Sharma... Comedian!

Sharma Sharma Sharma Sharma Sharma... Comedian!

Watch the evolution of Mickey Sharma from an Indian teenager into a British comic. 

Christian Schulte-Loh: Rise of the 50 Foot German Comedian

Christian Schulte-Loh: Rise of the 50 Foot German Comedian

He’s back! The German giant returns. 

Lord Dismiss Us

Lord Dismiss Us

Scottish award-winning playwright and novelist Glenn Chandler’s best-known work might be television detective series Taggart, but he also has a string of successful plays and pro… 

Fox and Hound Presents Tennessee Williams' Ivan's Widow and Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen

Fox and Hound Presents Tennessee Williams' Ivan's Widow and Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen

For lovers of Tennessee Williams and anyone who appreciates good theatre the double bill of Ivan’s Widow and Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen makes for a very rewardin… 

Richard Herring’s Edinburgh Fringe Podcast

Richard Herring’s Edinburgh Fringe Podcast

‘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… 

The Cowgirl Mary Old West Puppet Theatre Show

The Cowgirl Mary Old West Puppet Theatre Show

All the way from Austin, Texas, it’s The Cowgirl Mary Old West Puppet Theatre Show. 

Richard Pulsford: Phrases Ready

Richard Pulsford: Phrases Ready

Master of wordplay Richard Pulsford has his choice Phrases Ready, with wordplay, jokes and puns aplenty. 

The New Town's 250th Birthday Tour

The New Town's 250th Birthday Tour

2017 is the 250th anniversary of the adoption of James Craig’s plan for a planned, elite suburb which would eventually separate Edinburgh into ‘Old’ and ‘New’ Towns. 

David Ephgrave: Now Who's a Comedian?

David Ephgrave: Now Who's a Comedian?

At 36, David is still unable to function in society. 

Madame Señorita: 25 Different Shows, Come Every Day!

Madame Señorita: 25 Different Shows, Come Every Day!

Award-winning performer Paula Valluerca, aka Madame Señorita, is committed to reconnect with the pleasure of being a totally deluded idiot. 

Aaah Sure, It's the Irish Comedian of the Year!

Aaah Sure, It's the Irish Comedian of the Year!

A show about finding the funny in failure. 

Ivan Brackenbury's 10 Year Anniversary Party with Tom Binns, Ian D Montfort and Friends

Ivan Brackenbury's 10 Year Anniversary Party with Tom Binns, Ian D Montfort and Friends

One year late, because he got the maths wrong, Ivan celebrates 11 years actually on the Fringe with guest appearances from other creations of Tom Binns, who have recently featured … 

Bleach

Bleach

There are downsides to most jobs and many come with dangers, hidden or otherwise, but there are usually compensatory factors as well. 

Popular Comedian Rob Mulholland

Popular Comedian Rob Mulholland

Rob Mulholland assures us that he’s a popular comedian and then launches into a tirade against the so-called middle class comedians who sell out at the Fringe. 

Buried: A New Musical

Buried: A New Musical

“A musical about two serial killers,” is how Buried: A New Musical by Colla Voce Theatre describes itself. 

Kevin James Doyle: 30 Year Old Virgin

Kevin James Doyle: 30 Year Old Virgin

Raised a devout Christian, Kevin knew sex was meant for marriage only. 

Guerilla Aspies - Third Autism and Aspergers Converting Year

Guerilla Aspies - Third Autism and Aspergers Converting Year

Revised by audience feedback throughout, your chance to contribute to the interactive audience autism conversion phenomenon has returned. 

A Nice Cup of Tea and a Chat With a Scottish Comedian and Friends

A Nice Cup of Tea and a Chat With a Scottish Comedian and Friends

Spend an hour in the company of leading Scottish comedian Vladimir McTavish. 

Richard Todd: Monsters

Richard Todd: Monsters

Like a piece of forgotten sellotape stuck on a wall, neurotic ditherer Richard Todd clings to nothing but his place on the earth; may his grip hold for an hour of art therapy, inne… 

Quarter Life Crisis

Quarter Life Crisis

If you are looking for an unpretentious, heart-warming comedy show at the festival, Quarter Life Crisis is where you will find it. 

Anything Can Be a Podcast Returns Again for the Third Time! With John Hastings

Anything Can Be a Podcast Returns Again for the Third Time! With John Hastings

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… 

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows

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… 

Thrill Me: The Leopold and Loeb Story

Thrill Me: The Leopold and Loeb Story

Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story won the first Broadway Baby Bobby Award in 2014 as one of the most outstanding productions of that year’s Festival Fringe. 

Venus and Adonis

Venus and Adonis

It is a rare treat to hear a dramatised performance of Shakespeare’s first published work, Venus and Adonis. 

Ken Cheng: Chinese Comedian

Ken Cheng: Chinese Comedian

Cambridge University drop-out and now professional poker player, Ken applies his unique analytical brain to his debut stand-up hour. 

Richard Carpenter is Close to You

Richard Carpenter is Close to You

Richard from The Carpenters used to be on top of the world looking down on creation, to the left of (and slightly behind) Karen. 

Princes of Main: New Year's Eve

Princes of Main: New Year's Eve

A sketch show based on an end of 2017 new year’s eve party, Princes of Main: New Year’s Eve might miss the mark occasionally, but if you stick with it until the bells, it will … 

Richard Herring: Oh Frig, I'm 50!

Richard Herring: Oh Frig, I'm 50!

The King is back, long live the King. 

Buzz: A New Musical

Buzz: A New Musical

Winner of the 2016 Eddies Award, the sell-out hit Buzz returns; a hilarious musical journey through the history of the vibrator and a brutally honest story of a singleton’s quest t… 

Wall! A Thinly Veiled Metaphor for Our Current Political Landscape Disguised as a New American Musical

Wall! A Thinly Veiled Metaphor for Our Current Political Landscape Disguised as a New American Musical

Two cultures have thrived, one on each side of an impenetrable wall. 

A Strange New Space

A Strange New Space

Amira is obsessed with space and dreams of becoming an astronaut. 

Wall 2.0! A Thinly Veiled Manifesto for How to Mend Our Broken World Disguised as a New American Musical

Wall 2.0! A Thinly Veiled Manifesto for How to Mend Our Broken World Disguised as a New American Musical

Wall 2. 

A Thousand Doorways

A Thousand Doorways

A finely-woven, patterned rug hangs from the ceiling, its design typical of the region. 

Deadpan Theatre: Third Wheel

Deadpan Theatre: Third Wheel

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. 

Coming Clean

Coming Clean

It’s 35 years since Kevin Elyot’s first play, Coming Clean, premiered at the Bush Theatre and 50 years since the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in the UK. 

New Edition

New Edition

Curated by Sarah Lowndes, New Edition is a group exhibition displaying newly commissioned printed works by Museums Press, Poster Club and Emer Tumilty. 

The Great Yorkshire Fringe New Comedian of the Year Final 2017

The Great Yorkshire Fringe New Comedian of the Year Final 2017

The finals of the Great Yorkshire Fringe New Comedian of the Year competition as ever throw up a talented assortment of acts. 

Richard Carpenter is Close to You

Richard Carpenter is Close to You

There is a tongue planted firmly in cheek with this affectionate tribute to the music of the Carpenters and in particular the legacy of Richard, forever doomed to be the “other�… 

Jerry Sadowitz: Comedian, Magician, Psychopath!

Jerry Sadowitz: Comedian, Magician, Psychopath!

I’ll be brief. 

A Boy Named Sue

A Boy Named Sue

Sid, struggling to become Sue, proclaims, “The great barrier between myself and the outside world is my appearance”. 

Lunchbox Theatre: Everyday People

Lunchbox Theatre: Everyday People

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… 

Beyond the Senses – Atmospheric Music Theatre by Law Wing-fai

Beyond the Senses – Atmospheric Music Theatre by Law Wing-fai

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 

Tremors

Tremors

An ‘incident in a hotel room’ becomes a life-changing event for Tom Crowe, a rising star of the Labour Party whose past, present and future form the basis of Tremors. 

Queers

Queers

Queers comes with no explanation, but the title alone is enough preparation for an hour of material that is amusing and sad, historical and contemporary. 

Richard Alston-Triple Bill

Richard Alston-Triple Bill

Richard Alston’s newest creation comes to Sadler’s Wells as part of a triple bill. 

Thirty Three

Thirty Three

Saska (Corinne Furlong) decides to hold what which she hopes will be a cosy dinner party for a select group of her closest friends. 

Ken Cheng: Chinese Comedian

Ken Cheng: Chinese Comedian

Ken has never lived a conventional life. 

STAC @ Northbrook Musical Theatre Showcase 2017

STAC @ Northbrook Musical Theatre Showcase 2017

The STAC @ Northbrook Showcase featured 14 Musical Theatre Degree students, advertising their many performance talents in just over an hour of song and dance. 

Sweet Charity

Sweet Charity

The Brighton Academy of Performing Arts uses its Preston Park studio theatre to showcase the talents of its students. 

Brawn

Brawn

Ryan was a bright lad at school. 

Sonder Theatre Company Presents: NeverFolk

Sonder Theatre Company Presents: NeverFolk

The debut production from exciting new improvised theatre company, Sonder. 

Comedian's Cinema Club: Beauty and the Beast

Comedian's Cinema Club: Beauty and the Beast

Film and comedy lovers alike will appreciate this increasingly popular show, led by an impressive group of comedians that changes every performance, along with the film they choo… 

The Fool, The Champ and The Bandito

The Fool, The Champ and The Bandito

The Fool, The Champ and The Bandito is “presented by BA(Hons) Acting and Creative Performance students, from the University Centre Colchester” who “in their final year of study p… 

Collapse

Collapse

In under thirty minutes Collapse presents a hauntingly hypnotic exploration of Cassandra’ agony as she prophetically laments the collapse of her city. 

The Stroop Effect

The Stroop Effect

The disparity between the promotional material put out by theatre groups and the reality of what they present to audiences is often quite staggering. 

Goggles

Goggles

Pets come in many forms. 

New Version of Me

New Version of Me

Harry Harrington leads an ordinary life; family, friends and a good education. 

Tennessee Williams' 27 Wagons Full of Cotton

Tennessee Williams' 27 Wagons Full of Cotton

Summer in the south is aggressively hot and stiflingly humid. 

Peter Antoniou: 'Psychic' Comedian

Peter Antoniou: 'Psychic' Comedian

If you could ask a psychic a question what would it be? Fresh off his sell-out international tour, and with sell-out runs in London’s West End, let ‘Psychic’ comedian Peter Ant… 

Blink by Phil Porter

Blink by Phil Porter

Described as “unconventional, quirky, and voyeuristic”, Peppered Wit’s production of Blink by Phil Porter fulfills each of those descriptions. 

The Beta Males Go Solo: The Story Beast & Richard Soames

The Beta Males Go Solo: The Story Beast & Richard Soames

The Foster’s Edinburgh Best Newcomer Award-nominated ‘Story Beast’ (“a bearded force of nature” (Guardian)) and critically-acclaimed “charming storyteller” (Chortle), Ric… 

A Ship Of Fools Theatre Company: Welcome to Paradise

A Ship Of Fools Theatre Company: Welcome to Paradise

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. 

Kings Cross (Remix)

Kings Cross (Remix)

I’m always interested in the extent to which the publicity for a performance matches the reality of the production; how the promise materialises on the stage. 

Bom-Bane's Musical History of 24 George St, Brighton & Other Shows

Bom-Bane's Musical History of 24 George St, Brighton & Other Shows

An original musical & gastromonical journey from the 5th Century settlement of Boerthlelm’s Tun to Brighton in 1795, with affectionate portraits of the colourful inhabitants of 24 … 

Richard III (a one-woman show)

Richard III (a one-woman show)

Richard III. 

Matt Green: New Show

Matt Green: New Show

Matt returns to Brighton for the ninth year running with a show bursting with new jokes, new ideas and absolutely no nudity. 

New York Stories

New York Stories

I wasn’t sure what I was expecting to see when I arrived at the Rialto Theatre. 

Strode's College Evening of New Performance

Strode's College Evening of New Performance

An evening of new and exciting work from students nearing the end of their acting training at Strode’s College. 

A Comedian's Guide to Sigmund Freud

A Comedian's Guide to Sigmund Freud

Do you struggle to tell the difference between your ego and superego? University lecturer turned stand-up comedian Alex Sergeant has the answer. 

New Note Orchestra and Guests

New Note Orchestra and Guests

New Note Orchestra and Guests. 

Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre Do Shakespeare

Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre Do Shakespeare

Earth’s funniest footwear return with their hit show of songs, sketches, socks and violence, taking on The Bard himself. 

Buzz: A New Musical

Buzz: A New Musical

Winner of the 2016 Stella Wilkie Award and the 2016 Eddies Award, BUZZ is a hilarious musical journey through the history of the vibrator and a brutally honest story of a singleton… 

New Act Night

New Act Night

The latest fledglings from Jill Edwards Comedy Workshops at Brighton’s Komedia take the stage in our electric ‘New Act Night’. 

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

“The true mystery of the world is the visible . 

Garrett Millerick: New Car Smell

Garrett Millerick: New Car Smell

I’m coming down to Brighton to do a couple of work-in-progress shows*. 

Colour Me Choral: A Choral Concert of Gospel, Classics & New Music

Colour Me Choral: A Choral Concert of Gospel, Classics & New Music

Did you know that every sound has a colour? What are your true colours? And what happens when all those colours blend together in a choir? Come and discover an amazing choral rain… 

The Life & Death of Puppet King Richard II

The Life & Death of Puppet King Richard II

This is Richard II as you’ve never seen him before, in a purple shell-suit wielding power over his puppet kingdom with subjects that range from beautiful two foot high hand carve… 

Richard Carpenter's Close to You

Richard Carpenter's Close to You

Richard Carpenter is, for those that remember him at all, a somewhat complicated character. 

Mixed Ballet: The Human Seasons, After the Rain and New Crystal Pite

Mixed Ballet: The Human Seasons, After the Rain and New Crystal Pite

The Royal Ballet celebrates contemporary ballet with a programme that includes a world premiere from Crystal Pite and works by Christopher Wheeldon and David Dawson. 

The Shoreditch Improv Festival Sunday Funday Shows

The Shoreditch Improv Festival Sunday Funday Shows

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… 

New York Jazz Academy

New York Jazz Academy

New York Jazz Academy, a music school based in New York City, is the only place that welcomes artists of all ages and skill levels to become fully engrossed in the study and perfor… 

Blackshaw's Showcase Shortlist New Writing Night

Blackshaw's Showcase Shortlist New Writing Night

Come and see the short pieces we’ve selected to shortlist for our Showcase competition at The Hen & Chickens, 30th January at 7pm. 

Rigoletto NEW YORK

Rigoletto NEW YORK

Baritone Simon Keenlyside steps into the pinnacle role of the Italian baritone repertory in Michael Mayer’s electrifying production set in 1960 in a Las Vegas casino. 

A Christmas Carol with London Musical Theatre Orchestra

A Christmas Carol with London Musical Theatre Orchestra

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… 

5th Annual British Theatre Challenge - The Masters

5th Annual British Theatre Challenge - The Masters

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… 

Great Expectations presented by Attic Theatre Company

Great Expectations presented by Attic Theatre Company

Attic Theatre Company presents Great Expectations by Charles Dickens at Merton Arts Space between 30 Nov and 18 Dec. 

Santa's New Sleigh

Santa's New Sleigh

Christmas is fast approaching and Santa’s Sleigh is nowhere to be found. 

Peter Pan - A New Adventure

Peter Pan - A New Adventure

More than a century after Wendy was having an awfully big adventure with Peter Pan and the Lost Boys, her Great-Great-Granddaughter – also called Wendy (Louise Young) – is … 

New English Ballet Theatre

New English Ballet Theatre

New English Ballet Theatre returns with a programme showcasing five new works from the UK’s top choreographic talents. 

Orwell's '1984' - New York Premiere

Orwell's '1984' - New York Premiere

MidCity Productions returns to the stage after a one-year hiatus with the New York debut of George Orwell’s internationally renowned tale of one man’s struggle with freedom in … 

Thrive

Thrive

Post Traumatic Stress from a variety of sources is a familiar phenomenon in modern times. 

BUZZ: A New Musical

BUZZ: A New Musical

A hilarious musical journey through the history of the vibrator and a brutally honest story of a singleton’s quest to fall back in love with herself. 

The Gazillion Bubble Show NEW YORK

The Gazillion Bubble Show NEW YORK

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… 

The Tempest

The Tempest

Welcome to The Tempest as Shakespeare and probably most other people never imagined it could be. 

If We Got Some More Cocaine I Could Show You How I Love You

If We Got Some More Cocaine I Could Show You How I Love You

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. 

Creating Autobiographical Theatre in The Deaf & Hearing Ensemble

Creating Autobiographical Theatre in The Deaf & Hearing Ensemble

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

The Gin Whore Tour

The Gin Whore Tour

Much has been said and written about gin but Dorothy Parker probably uttered the most appropriate for this event. 

Scottish Music – Old and New

Scottish Music – Old and New

This famous traditional music ensemble has thrilled audiences around the world, from China to the USA, with their unique blend of fiddles, smallpipes, harp, flute, concertina, doub… 

Vincent Van Gogh: A New Way of Seeing

Vincent Van Gogh: A New Way of Seeing

Cinema screening of live performance. 

Richard III and Soundwall

Richard III and Soundwall

A condensed version of Shakespeare’s infamous Richard III, one of the playwright’s earliest yet most revered works, which charts its tyrannical protagonist’s rise to the English th… 

Musical Theatre Workshop With the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

Musical Theatre Workshop With the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants. 

Auld Hat New Heids

Auld Hat New Heids

Four of Scotland’s most experienced folk performers singing and playing Scottish folk songs which were popular in the early days of the folk revival of the 1960s and 70s, but are… 

MA/MFA in Theatre Directing

MA/MFA in Theatre Directing

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… 

1-2-1 with the Independent Theatre Council

1-2-1 with the Independent Theatre Council

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants. 

A New Case of Jekyll and Hyde

A New Case of Jekyll and Hyde

A New Case of Jekyll and Hyde follows Elizabeth Jekyll struggling to come to terms with her husband suffering with post-traumatic stress disorder. 

Bearpit Podcast (Podcast): 100 Year Anniversary

Bearpit Podcast (Podcast): 100 Year Anniversary

To commemorate the 100th year of the Bearpit Podcast (Podcast) the gang have invited back some of the best loved guests from the back catalogue, and some new faces, to help celebra… 

The Handmaidens of Death – WWI Theatre of Its Time

The Handmaidens of Death – WWI Theatre of Its Time

Even plays were buried by the bombs of World War I. 

Creating Autobiographical Theatre in The Deaf & Hearing Ensemble

Creating Autobiographical Theatre in The Deaf & Hearing Ensemble

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

Twix

Twix

Jamie’s comical lack of good fortune is beautifully summed up in the last two lines of this play, where the parallel monologues of Twix finally come together. 

No Exit (Huis Clos)

No Exit (Huis Clos)

No Exit (Huis Clos) is an existentialist drama, adapted from Jean-Paul Sartre’s classic by Charlie Rogers. 

Attempts on Her Life

Attempts on Her Life

Take a play with no plot, an unspecified number of players, no defined characters, pages of intense prose and lines that can be spoken by any performer and what do you have? Unmis… 

Decade

Decade

9/11, as it now succinctly known, is one of those ‘where were you on the day?’ events. 

Krapp's Last Tape

Krapp's Last Tape

Krapp stands frozen staring into the distance, barely living in the present, heading to an unknown future and transfixed on the past. 

The Rose and Crown

The Rose and Crown

There’s always a good smattering of obscure, seldom-performed or minor plays at the Festival Fringe. 

National Theatre Live: From Stage to Screen

National Theatre Live: From Stage to Screen

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… 

The Tempest: A New Kind of Wonder

The Tempest: A New Kind of Wonder

The Royal Shakespeare Company and Intel are collaborating to use the latest digital technology to bring to life Shakespeare’s The Tempest for a new generation. 

The Wall

The Wall

The Wall is a wonderfully refreshing play from Corby Productions. 

The Telemachy

The Telemachy

It’s rare to come across a wandering poet these days and it’s probably not the most effective way to get your message across to the public. 

The HandleBards: Richard III

The HandleBards: Richard III

The Handlebards are a unique group, reinventing the concept of the company of travelling players. 

Grey Matter

Grey Matter

Adrian Raine’s pioneering work in neurocriminology can be seen as a reaction to the supremacy of nurture over nature in the debate about the causes of criminal behaviour. 

Comedian's Guide to Autism

Comedian's Guide to Autism

Kirk Smith is the author of Rice Krispies with Ketchup, and his podcast Autastic is ranked number four on the iTunes self-help charts. 

New Focus Quartet

New Focus Quartet

Album launch of award-winning jazz group, featuring Euan Stevenson on piano and Konrad Wiszniewski on saxophones. 

Black Theatre Live Information Session

Black Theatre Live Information Session

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, specifically for Fringe participants. 

National Theatre Live: Coriolanus

National Theatre Live: Coriolanus

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 … 

Physical Theatre: In Conversation With...

Physical Theatre: In Conversation With...

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants. 

National Theatre Live: Frankenstein

National Theatre Live: Frankenstein

Cinema screening of live performance. 

Art of Reduction and Distillation of Humanity: Whisky Theatre

Art of Reduction and Distillation of Humanity: Whisky Theatre

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. 

Caledonian Folk and Blues at The Guildford 22nd Year

Caledonian Folk and Blues at The Guildford 22nd Year

Festival’s best free music event hosted by Sandy Tweeddale Band and FCUKulele featuring guests like Hot Tin Roof, Mike Whellans, Heidrum, Mud in Your Ear, Coaltown Daises, Chilli D… 

NEHH Presents... Richard Dawson & Nev Clay

NEHH Presents... Richard Dawson & Nev Clay

Richard Dawson brings his wonderfully shambling exterior, tales of pineapples and underpants, ghosts of family members and cats to Summerhall’s Dissection Room. 

Matt Forde's Political Party Podcast

Matt Forde's Political Party Podcast

Following three years of sell-out London shows Matt Forde’s Political Party returns to Edinburgh for a one-off special! Previous guests include: Tony Blair, Nigel Farage, Michael P… 

National Theatre Live: Man and Superman

National Theatre Live: Man and Superman

Cinema screening of live performance. 

West Side Story

West Side Story

This tragic romance has always been about the individual consequences of divisions in society. 

The Age of (Distr)action

The Age of (Distr)action

In Edinburgh as members of Group 64, the cast of The Age of (Distr)action are an inclusive young people’s theatre company from Putney who have created, written and performed this… 

The New State of Storytelling: The Importance of Empathy in VR Narratives

The New State of Storytelling: The Importance of Empathy in VR Narratives

Virtual Reality allows us to view the world through the eyes of a stranger. 

Posh

Posh

Theresa May went to Oxford, but unlike Messrs Cameron, Osborne and Johnson, she could never have been invited to become a member of the infamous Bullingdon Club, to which Laura Wad… 

Leicester Comedy Festival Presents Best of That Other Fest With Sarah Millican & Special Guests

Leicester Comedy Festival Presents Best of That Other Fest With Sarah Millican & Special Guests

Join Sarah Millican and special guests as they celebrate the longest-running comedy festival in England. 

Bildraum

Bildraum

Bildraum is part of the ‘Big in Belgium’ series, featuring six of the country’s many outstanding theatre and performance companies. 

Aunty Donna: New Show

Aunty Donna: New Show

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. 

Spool

Spool

Suppose, just suppose, that your mind and body lived separately from each other. 

Simon Lukacs Shows His Range

Simon Lukacs Shows His Range

Upstairs Downton and Petting Zoo (‘Improv supergroup’ TimeOut) star creates a staggering array of characters using his mouth, brain, hands and body. 

A Show of Two Halves (Somethings Old, Somethings New)

A Show of Two Halves (Somethings Old, Somethings New)

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 … 

Felix Holt: The Radical

Felix Holt: The Radical

‘Wholesome’ is how a lady I spoke to after the performance described Felix Holt: The Radical. 

Three Jumpers

Three Jumpers

The tweeting of the birds portends a beautiful day, but the view from the bridge is spoiled by an ominous thick mist. 

Julia Sutherland: The 40-Year-Old Version

Julia Sutherland: The 40-Year-Old Version

Delighted to turn 40, Julia is having a breakthrough, not a breakdown! Typically a time to reflect, re-assess. 

Critics v Creatives – Writing About Theatre Design

Critics v Creatives – Writing About Theatre Design

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants. 

Jumping the Barriers

Jumping the Barriers

There are many symbols of class division and expressions of social stratification in this country. 

Family Voices and Victoria Station

Family Voices and Victoria Station

Harold Pinter’s two short plays make only rare appearances nowadays and yet they are rewarding pieces. 

Road

Road

It’s Road, but not as we know it. 

The Mikado

The Mikado

St Andrews Gilbert and Sullivan Society with Mermaids Performing Arts return to the Festival Fringe with their typically entertaining style of presenting Gilbert & Sullivan, this t… 

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

The Italia Conti Ensemble returns to the Festival Fringe with their second-year students again split into two groups, each with its own choice of play. 

Year Ten

Year Ten

Never judge a play by its title. 

BBC: BBC Radio New Comedy Award Final

BBC: BBC Radio New Comedy Award Final

Join us for the live final of BBC Radio’s prestigious stand-up comedy competition. Previous winners of this coveted award include Rhod Gilbert, Lucy Beaumont and Alan Carr. 

Frankenstein: A New Play

Frankenstein: A New Play

An expedition to the North Pole. 

Alastair Savage, Scots Fiddle Old and New

Alastair Savage, Scots Fiddle Old and New

Alastair presents a concert of music from Scotland’s proud fiddle tradition in the wonderful ambience of the Canongate Kirk. 

Your Life in Theatre

Your Life in Theatre

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants. 

Ups & Downs Theatre Group

Ups & Downs Theatre Group

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. 

National Theatre Live: A View From the Bridge

National Theatre Live: A View From the Bridge

Cinema screening of live performance. 

National Theatre Live: Frankenstein

National Theatre Live: Frankenstein

Cinema screening of live performance. 

Daniel Sloss: So? (Late Shows)

Daniel Sloss: So? (Late Shows)

Later, considerably ruder and darker shows from internationally acclaimed, award-winning Scottish stand-up comedy meteor. 

Ali Affleck and the New Orleans Speakeasy Sessions – A Masterclass in Real Grassroots Jazz

Ali Affleck and the New Orleans Speakeasy Sessions – A Masterclass in Real Grassroots Jazz

Following outstanding sell-out shows in 2014 and 2015, stunningly expressive vocalist Ali is back to perform gems from early New Orleans jazz and blues with two award-winning bands… 

National Theatre Live: As You Like It

National Theatre Live: As You Like It

Cinema screening of live performance. 

Summer Rock a new musical

Summer Rock a new musical

SUMMER ROCK a new musical will make its world premiere at the Davenport Black Box Theatre, playing for a limited run from August 11th through August 14th. 

National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses

National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses

Cinema screening of live performance. 

Technical Theatre and Actor Training

Technical Theatre and Actor Training

A presentation followed by questions and answers about drama school training. 

Spaced: Whisky Theatre

Spaced: Whisky Theatre

Imagine you’re fifteen. 

National Theatre Live: The Beaux' Stratagem

National Theatre Live: The Beaux' Stratagem

Cinema screening of live performance. 

A Double Bill of New Writing

A Double Bill of New Writing

Dark comedy and dynamic verbatim theatre. 

National Theatre Live: Hangmen

National Theatre Live: Hangmen

Cinema screening of live performance. 

RSC Live: Richard II

RSC Live: Richard II

Cinema screening of live performance. 

Marjolein Robertson: UK's 2nd Most Northerly Comedian

Marjolein Robertson: UK's 2nd Most Northerly Comedian

Marjolein Robertson: single, twenty-something, once professional, female, who lives with her Mam, Dad, Sister, Brother-In-Law and Niece under one roof in Shetland. 

Richard Gadd: Monkey See Monkey Do

Richard Gadd: Monkey See Monkey Do

The underground comedian returns, following in the footsteps of the ‘undisputed buzz comedy of last year’ **** (Guardian), Waiting for Gaddot, which received rave reviews, sell… 

Revolution in the Magic Square

Revolution in the Magic Square

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. 

Dieser Ort

Dieser Ort

A bell tolls. 

Confetti

Confetti

There’s no confetti in Confetti, but there is a complex mix of language and movement that makes it intriguing. 

National Theatre Live: Hamlet

National Theatre Live: Hamlet

Cinema screening of live performance. 

BBC: BBC Radio New Comedy Award Semi-Finals

BBC: BBC Radio New Comedy Award Semi-Finals

Join us for the semi-finals of BBC Radio’s prestigious stand-up comedy competition, which has previously helped launch the careers of comedians such as Sarah Millican and Peter K… 

Chapel Street

Chapel Street

If ever the strength of a story lay in its telling, Chapel Street would be a perfect example. 

Ken Ramage Jazz at the Guildford 13th Year

Ken Ramage Jazz at the Guildford 13th Year

New Orleans to Dixie to swing, ragtime and more! Ken Ramage Dixie 6 and Trio, Diplomats of Jazz and the great Roy Williams, Europe’s top jazz trombonist. 

Éowyn Emerald & Dancers

Éowyn Emerald & Dancers

Éowyn Emerald and Dancers, make a welcome return to Edinburgh in their usual Greenside, Royal Terrace location. 

On Ego by Mick Gordon

On Ego by Mick Gordon

Many theatre companies oversell their wares with outrageous hyperbole. 

Oliver!

Oliver!

The Spiegeltent is a far cry from the workhouse and rarely can a setting have been better used than in this stunning production of Lionel Bart’s Oliver! by Captivate Theatre. 

Welcome to the Latin Quarter

Welcome to the Latin Quarter

A programmed carnival showcase of Latin music, dancers and fiesta at El Barrio, every night of the Fringe until 5am! 

2 By 5

2 By 5

International Collegiate Theatre Festival has put together a delightful programme of both well-known and less familiar works to create this production of 2 By 5. 

Ali Affleck and the New Orleans Speakeasy Sessions – A Masterclass in Real Grassroots Jazz

Ali Affleck and the New Orleans Speakeasy Sessions – A Masterclass in Real Grassroots Jazz

Following outstanding sell-out shows in 2014 and 2015, stunningly expressive vocalist Ali is back to perform gems from early New Orleans jazz and blues with two award-winning bands… 

Partial Nudity

Partial Nudity

This might only be Partial Nudity, but it’s a full-on piece from writer/director Emily Layton and actors Kate Franz and Joe Layton. 

Buzz: A New Musical

Buzz: A New Musical

Buzz is a new musical from writer Robyn Grant. 

Spring Awakening

Spring Awakening

Spring Awakening won an impressive list of Tony, Grammy and Olivier Awards. 

Daisy Earl: Scottish Comedian of the Year Winner 2015

Daisy Earl: Scottish Comedian of the Year Winner 2015

Daisy is the hottest thing in Scottish comedy. 

Alba Flamenca

Alba Flamenca

If you missed this show all is not lost. 

Dreamform: Improvised Theatre

Dreamform: Improvised Theatre

Welcome to Dreamform. 

Call Mr Robeson

Call Mr Robeson

Call Mr Robeson is Tayo Aluko’s tribute to one of the twentieth century’s most recognisable singers in terms of looks and voice. 

Dig the New Breed

Dig the New Breed

Just the Tonic Comedy Club showcases the best of the new talent from the Edinburgh Fringe. 

Three for Two by Phil Booth

Three for Two by Phil Booth

We all have our price. 

5 Out of 10 Men...

5 Out of 10 Men...

Top ratings aren’t always just about putting on a remarkable production, although 5 Out of 10 Men is that. 

The HandleBards: Richard III

The HandleBards: Richard III

After cycling 1,500 miles from London to Edinburgh, the four-strong all-male HandleBards present Shakespeare’s play as you’ve never seen it before – fast-paced, irreverent and bi… 

The Addams Family – A New Musical Comedy

The Addams Family – A New Musical Comedy

A musical based on the iconic family of classic television fame. 

An Evening of Original Theatre

An Evening of Original Theatre

Til’ Death Do Us Part tells the story of David and Alison as they struggle through pressures of married life. 

Lïnger

Lïnger

Breandán de Gallaí, the celebrated ex-Riverdance principal, has devised a biographical series of dances to create Lïnger, which is performed in the generously spacious main thea… 

Matchbox Theatre

Matchbox Theatre

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… 

Spiders by Night: A Double Bill of Exciting New Monologues

Spiders by Night: A Double Bill of Exciting New Monologues

Spiders by Night is one of the more intimate Fringe shows: two monologues about spiders and mental health difficulties. 

Are We Stronger Than Winston?

Are We Stronger Than Winston?

The British might be renowned for talking and complaining about the weather, but if you come from Fiji there are more heightened concerns than just cold rainy days. 

A Dream of Dying

A Dream of Dying

It seems almost almost impossible that a man could go through his life and when his naked body is washed up on a shore in Ireland no one knows who he is. 

I Keep a Woman in My Flat Chained to a Radiator

I Keep a Woman in My Flat Chained to a Radiator

I Keep a Woman in My Flat Chained to a Radiator. 

National Theatre Live: The Audience

National Theatre Live: The Audience

Cinema screening of live performance. 

Red

Red

The redness of Red is not visible. 

The End

The End

Celebrated Scottish choreographer Jack Webb has brought his latest, typically idiosyncratic work, The End, for performance at this year’s Festival Fringe as part of the extensive… 

Troika

Troika

Great composers sometimes create a theme that is so captivating or remarkable that other great composers write variations on it. 

The White Crow

The White Crow

Adolph Eichmann never personally killed anyone, but he was hanged in 1962, having been found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity. 

Richard Pulsford: Phrases Ready

Richard Pulsford: Phrases Ready

UK Pun Championships 2016 runner-up Richard Pulsford has phrases ready. 

All Square

All Square

All Square is a collection of original photographs taken by Ewan Barry and Audrey Pinard of Téte-a-Téte Foto. 

Sharma Sharma Sharma Sharma... Comedian!

Sharma Sharma Sharma Sharma... Comedian!

Mickey Sharma is back with Sharma Sharma. 

Bash

Bash

Neil LaBute sets out to upset and disturb audiences and he made a spectacular start with his first play Bash: Latterday Plays. 

Promise and Promiscuity: A New Musical by Jane Austen and Penny Ashton

Promise and Promiscuity: A New Musical by Jane Austen and Penny Ashton

In the latest theatrical offering of a Jane Austen themed adaptation, this piece, which is billed as a new musical by Penny Ashton, interweaves thirty-three direct passages from Au… 

Best of Scottish Comedian of the Year

Best of Scottish Comedian of the Year

**** (Scotsman). 

Growing Pains

Growing Pains

Standing ovations are rare, but the house rose as one at the at the end of Tom Gill’s Growing Pains in tribute to a remarkable performer and a stunning show. 

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows

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… 

Richard Brown: Stop, Children, What's That Sound? Everybody Look, It's Richard Brown!

Richard Brown: Stop, Children, What's That Sound? Everybody Look, It's Richard Brown!

Intelligent, alternative comedy from one of Scotland’s rising stars. 

Saturday Night Forever

Saturday Night Forever

I’ve left theatres in all sorts of states from elation to depression, anger to jubilation, in tears and totally numb. 

Heidi O'Loughlin: Cult Comedian

Heidi O'Loughlin: Cult Comedian

Join New Zealand’s North Island provincial leader and stand-up comedian Heidi O’Loughlin in an insightful and no obligation orientation into the wonderful yet commanding power of t… 

Richard Todd

Richard Todd

‘How much happier the man who believes his native town to be the world than he who aspires to be greater than his nature will allow. 

Bob Slayer: 24 Hour Shows

Bob Slayer: 24 Hour Shows

Bob drives his BlundaBus around Europe looking for adventures. 

Oh Hello!

Oh Hello!

“Charles Hawtrey 1914 -1988 – Film, Theatre, Radio and Television Actor Lived Here. 

James Wilson-Taylor: Ginger is the New Black

James Wilson-Taylor: Ginger is the New Black

James Wilson-Taylor has been discriminated against and enough is enough. 

Chef: Come Dine With Us!

Chef: Come Dine With Us!

Chef: Come Dine With Us! should not in a way be confused with the TV series Come Dine With Me. 

The Alleycats: Gap Year!

The Alleycats: Gap Year!

This contemporary a cappella group returns with a musical this year about stories of gap year. 

5 Guys Chillin'

5 Guys Chillin'

If your idea of chillin’ is sitting in the armchair with a cup of cocoa and a novel, you probably won’t feel at ease with this play. 

Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally

Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally

If you’re expecting a cosy drawing-room comedy about an aging female relative then you have clearly not read the publicity and are in for a big surprise. 

Care Takers

Care Takers

Seeing Care Takers is like watching all the episodes of a fabulous five-part drama series in one sitting. 

Fresher

Fresher

There are two very good reasons for going to see Fresher: it is an outstanding play that ingeniously tackles contemporary issues, and the production is also raising money for Young… 

Bucket List

Bucket List

What do you do when your mother is murdered for protesting corporate and governmental corruption? In the case of Milagros, you fight for the justice your mother was denied and see… 

Squirm

Squirm

The toilet, which dominates the floor space of this production, is essential to the performance of Squirm. 

Adam & Eve and Steve

Adam & Eve and Steve

In the beginning it all seemed so straightforward. 

Dropped

Dropped

There’s a lot of camouflage in Dropped. 

Wank Bank Masterclass

Wank Bank Masterclass

The Aussies have a certain way with words and in the case Adam Seymour with his hands also. 

Katie Brennan's Quarter-Life Crisis

Katie Brennan's Quarter-Life Crisis

Are you crippled by student debt? Working an unpaid internship? Trying to find prince charming on Tinder? Welcome to the life of a modern day twenty-something! Join Katie for a new… 

Hamlet in Bed

Hamlet in Bed

Hamlet in Bed is an exploration of one man’s obsession with Shakespeare’s tragic masterpiece ‘The play’s the thing’ that forms the subject of the production and also the m… 

Denton and Me

Denton and Me

Never underestimate the power or repercussions of a gift. 

The Dwelling Place

The Dwelling Place

Two large basement rooms in Summerhall have been transformed into a remarkable installation and immersive theatre, musical, video, sound, and light performance area. 

Damián Ortega

Damián Ortega

The Fruitmarket Gallery boasts “World class contemporary art at the heart of the city”. 

Women Redressed: Theatre Festival

Women Redressed: Theatre Festival

Hit theatre festival Women Redressed is back, running for two nights at Park Theatre. 

A Year From Now

A Year From Now

A Year From Now Where will you be a year from now? RedBellyBlack sets out to answer this simple question with honesty, empathy and visual dexterity. 

The Dingleberry Theatre Foundation Presents: Mandatory Seminar

The Dingleberry Theatre Foundation Presents: Mandatory Seminar

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. 

RICHARD III

RICHARD III

Who better to convey the darkness & danger of Shakespeare’s most compelling villain and his scheming entourage than armed forces veterans-turned-actors? Set in a modern military … 

Acting Funny: UoB's Short Course on Comic Theatre Practice

Acting Funny: UoB's Short Course on Comic Theatre Practice

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… 

Year Without Summer

Year Without Summer

May 1816. 

The Merchant of New York

The Merchant of New York

“In christening shalt thou have two godfathers. 

Stomp NEW YORK

Stomp NEW YORK

Stomp is a high-energy, percussive symphony, coupled with dance, played entirely on non-traditional instruments, such as garbage can lids, buckets, brooms and sticks. 

Beautiful: The Carole King Musical NEW YORK

Beautiful: The Carole King Musical NEW YORK

She fought her way into the record business as a teenager and, by the time she reached her twenties, had the husband of her dreams and a flourishing career writing hits for the big… 

Blue Man Group NEW YORK

Blue Man Group NEW YORK

Blue Man Group features three enigmatic bald and blue characters who take the audience through a multi-sensory experience that combines theatre, percussive music, art, science and … 

Bootworks Theatre presents: Now Listen To Me Very Carefully

Bootworks Theatre presents: Now Listen To Me Very Carefully

Imagine if you lived your life according to the values set out in the movie Terminator 2. 

Sistas: The Musical NEW YORK

Sistas: The Musical NEW YORK

Sistas is an uplifting musical journey, of a multi-generational African-American Family. 

Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre Do Shakespeare

Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre Do Shakespeare

Earth’s funniest footwear returns with a brand new show of songs, sketches, socks and violence, taking on The Bard Of Avon himself. 

Something Rotten! NEW YORK

Something Rotten! NEW YORK

Hear Ye, Broadway! From the co-director of The Book of Mormon and the producer of Avenue Q comes something original… something fresh. 

The King and I NEW YORK

The King and I NEW YORK

Winner! 4 Tony Awards including Best Revival of a Musical! Tony Award® winner Kelli O’Hara (The Light in the Piazza, South Pacific) and Jose Llana (Here Lies Love) star in a magni… 

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time NEW YORK

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time NEW YORK

The acclaimed theatrical phenomenon is Broadway’s Tony®-winning best play. 

Tom Goodliffe is Full of Beans: A Comedian's Guide to Coffee

Tom Goodliffe is Full of Beans: A Comedian's Guide to Coffee

An award-winning comedian and writer for BBC Radio 4’s The News Quiz, Tom brews up his brand new show all about coffee. 

Finding Neverland NEW YORK

Finding Neverland NEW YORK

The magical and heartfelt new musical Finding Neverland will soar to Broadway this spring. 

Dance Theatre Masterclasses

Dance Theatre Masterclasses

Three dance theatre masterclasses hosted at the new Nelly Lewis Centre. 

Pilgrimage: A New British Tradition of Walking with Soul

Pilgrimage: A New British Tradition of Walking with Soul

Singing minstrels Guy Hayward and Will Parsons of the British Pilgrimage Trust, lead us in an evening about the re-introduction of pilgrimage to 21st century Britain. 

Zrazy: New Album Tour

Zrazy: New Album Tour

The award-winning Irish duo of original soul/jazz/pop are back with their new album ‘The Art of Happy Accidents’. 

New Act Night

New Act Night

It’s time to spot future stars, as the latest fledglings from Jill Edwards’ comedy workshops at Komedia take the stage for their first time. 

Brighton Rocks! Power Sucks? Creating a New Democracy for Brighton & Hove

Brighton Rocks! Power Sucks? Creating a New Democracy for Brighton & Hove

Inspired by the new democratic movements at home and abroad, this is a day of creative engagement aiming to develop a vision on how democracy can be extended, enriched and made fit… 

One Man, Two Guvnors by Richard Bean

One Man, Two Guvnors by Richard Bean

Oh what a man! Francis Henshall is a man driven by his needs, whether its food or a good woman, he is totally consumed and motivated by his desires. 

Richard Wright: Proper Grown Up!

Richard Wright: Proper Grown Up!

Hello people of Brighton! I’m bringing my show to you as part of Brighton Fringe. 

How to: Be a Theatre Producer

How to: Be a Theatre Producer

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. 

Musical Refuge: A Choral Concert of Gospel, Classics & New Music

Musical Refuge: A Choral Concert of Gospel, Classics & New Music

We all know the refuge that music and singing can bring. 

New Writing South presents...

New Writing South presents...

A selection of spoken word, poetry and short fiction, shining a light on brilliant new writing. 

Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan

Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan

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… 

Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail NEW YORK

Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail NEW YORK

Met Music Director James Levine returns to a work he has long cherished, Mozart’s delightful comic gem of wily captives in a harem. 

Otello NEW YORK

Otello NEW YORK

The Met season opens with Verdi’s masterful Otello, inspired by Shakespeare’s play and matching it in tragic intensity. 

Elektra NEW YORK

Elektra NEW YORK

The genius director Patrice Chéreau (From the House of the Dead) didn’t live to see his great Elektra production, previously presented in Aix and Milan, make it to the stage of … 

Simon Boccanegra NEW YORK

Simon Boccanegra NEW YORK

The legendary pair of James Levine and Plácido Domingo have defined Verdi’s art for more than four decades. 

Roberto Devereux NEW YORK

Roberto Devereux NEW YORK

Soprano Sondra Radvanovsky takes on the extraordinary challenge of singing all three of Donizetti’s Tudor queens in the course of a single season, a rare feat made famous by Beve… 

The Theatre Workshop Presents...Monologue Jam!

The Theatre Workshop Presents...Monologue Jam!

Tragedy and Comedy blend seamlessly together for this series of monologues performed byThe Theatre Workshop. 

Richard Herring: Happy Now?

Richard Herring: Happy Now?

His 20’s were a fist of fun, his 30’s spent deciphering the intricacies of Big Cook and Little Cook’s business partnership, and then, oh fuck!, he was 40. 

L'Elisir d'Amore NEW YORK

L'Elisir d'Amore NEW YORK

Everyone in the village loves the spry Adina and the slow-but-likeable Nemorino—but when will they admit their love for each other? Soprano Aleksandra Kurzak and tenor Vittorio G… 

Don Pasquale NEW YORK

Don Pasquale NEW YORK

Donizetti’s lighthearted farce stars celebrated debutante soprano Eleonora Buratto, tenor Javier Camarena, a new king of the high Cs, and bass Ambrogio Maestri, the recent and un… 

Good King Richard

Good King Richard

Drawing on contemporary sources, unsullied by Tudor propaganda, ‘Good King Richard’ dramatises for the very first time, the true events which propelled Richard III onto the thr… 

Rimbaud in New York

Rimbaud in New York

(performances start on Tuesday) The drunken boat of the poet Arthur Rimbaud alights at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in the latest work by the Civilians. 

Night at the Theatre

Night at the Theatre

  • Listing
    • Children’s Shows
  • Vault Festival
  • Multiple Venues
  • 27th Feb - 24th Apr 2016

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… 

Crossed Wires: A New Play

Crossed Wires: A New Play

Meet Tony Smith loving husband, doting father, murder? Set in the heartlands of urban Yorkshire, Crossed Wires is a domestic drama following the lives of the Smith family and thei… 

Miro Magloire, New Chamber Ballet

Miro Magloire, New Chamber Ballet

In February, the Austrian composer Friedrich Cerha turned 90. 

Le Nozze di Figaro NEW YORK

Le Nozze di Figaro NEW YORK

Richard Eyre’s stylish 2014 production, set in 1930s Seville, returns with both new and familiar stars. 

NEW@Graham

NEW@Graham

While celebrating its 90th anniversary this year, the Martha Graham Dance Company is also thinking about its digital future. 

Village Pub Theatre LGBT Innovators 1

Village Pub Theatre LGBT Innovators 1

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… 

Village Pub Theatre LGBT Innovators 2

Village Pub Theatre LGBT Innovators 2

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… 

Madama Butterfly NEW YORK

Madama Butterfly NEW YORK

Anthony Minghella’s breathtaking production has thrilled audiences ever since its premiere in 2006. 

New Works 2016

New Works 2016

Theatre company STAG’s annual festival celebrating the best new and original theatrical writings within Glasgow Uni. 

Manon Lescaut NEW YORK

Manon Lescaut NEW YORK

The Met stage ignites when soprano Kristine Opolais and tenor Jonas Kaufmann join forces in Puccini’s obsessive love story. 

Valentines Shows

Valentines Shows

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… 

She Loves Me NEW YORK

She Loves Me NEW YORK

Tony Award® winner Laura Benanti (Gypsy) and television star Josh Radnor (“How I Met Your Mother”) star in She Loves Me, which returns to Broadway for the first time since it … 

New York Virtuoso Singers and Riverside Symphony

New York Virtuoso Singers and Riverside Symphony

Two groups team up for “Trial and Triumph,” a program that’s a credit to both organizations: Aaron Copland’s “In the beginning” (with the vocali… 

Il Trovatore NEW YORK

Il Trovatore NEW YORK

Soprano Anna Netrebko’s dramatic and vocal skills are on full display in her next new role at the Met—Leonora, the Verdi heroine who sacrifices her own life for the love of the… 

Maria Stuarda NEW YORK

Maria Stuarda NEW YORK

The second chapter of soprano Sondra Radvanovksy’s quest to sing all three Donizetti Tudor queens in the same season has her playing the doomed Mary, Queen of Scots. 

Hamilton NEW YORK

Hamilton NEW YORK

From the creative team behind the Tony Award-winning In The Heights comes a wildly inventive new musical about the scrappy young immigrant who forever changed America: Alexander Ha… 

New Release Day With Christian Finnegan

New Release Day With Christian Finnegan

Mr. 

Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci NEW YORK

Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci NEW YORK

Opera’s most enduring tragic double bill returns in an evocative new production from Sir David McVicar (Giulio Cesare, Maria Stuarda, Il Trovatore), who sets the verismo action a… 

Ruby Wax: Sane New World

Ruby Wax: Sane New World

Ruby Wax - comedian, writer, mental health campaigner - brings her one-woman show to the West End following a sell-out UK tour. 

Turandot NEW YORK

Turandot NEW YORK

Christine Goerke, Lise Lindstrom, and Nina Stemme, three of opera’s greatest dramatic sopranos, take turns in the title role of the proud princess of legendary China. 

Les Pecheurs de Perles NEW YORK

Les Pecheurs de Perles NEW YORK

Bizet’s gorgeous opera of lust and longing set in the Far East returns to the Met stage for the first time in 100 years. 

Die Fledermaus NEW YORK

Die Fledermaus NEW YORK

James Levine brings his incomparable musicianship to Johann Strauss, Jr. 

China Doll NEW YORK

China Doll NEW YORK

Oscar and Tony Award® winner Al Pacino returns to Broadway in China Doll, a new play about big money, fast planes, a beautiful young woman, and other objects of desire. 

La Boheme NEW YORK

La Boheme NEW YORK

Puccini’s unforgettable tale of love, youth, and tragic loss returns in Franco Zeffirelli’s classic production, perhaps his most beloved staging of all. 

Fuerza Bruta NEW YORK

Fuerza Bruta NEW YORK

Fuerzabruta, presents his new material and revisits previous material, giving a new dimension and nature. 

Avenue Q NEW YORK

Avenue Q NEW YORK

Winner of the TONY® “TRIPLE CROWN” for BEST MUSICAL, BEST SCORE and BEST BOOK, AVENUE Q is part flesh, part felt and packed with heart. 

Sylvia NEW YORK

Sylvia NEW YORK

Has your pet changed your life? Have you ever wondered what she’s thinking when she stares up at you and tilts her head? Could she have the secret to understanding the world at l… 

The Book of Mormon NEW YORK

The Book of Mormon NEW YORK

WINNER OF 9 TONY AWARDS® INCLUDING BEST MUSICAL! From Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the creators of South Park, and Bobby Lopez, co-creator of Avenue Q, comes a new Broadway musica… 

The Color Purple NEW YORK

The Color Purple NEW YORK

Oscar, Golden Globe and Grammy winner JENNIFER HUDSON (Dreamgirls), has dazzled the world with her matchless talent. 

On Your Feet! The Story of Emilio and Gloria Estefan NEW YORK

On Your Feet! The Story of Emilio and Gloria Estefan NEW YORK

ON YOUR FEET! is the new Broadway musical about two people who believed in their talent, their music and each other and became an international sensation. 

Misery NEW YORK

Misery NEW YORK

Two-time Emmy Award® winner and Golden Globe Award® winner Bruce Willis makes his Broadway debut alongside three-time Emmy Award® winner Laurie Metcalf this fall in Misery, the … 

Jersey Boys NEW YORK

Jersey Boys NEW YORK

THE BEHIND-THE-SCENES BROADWAY MUSICAL ABOUT FRANKIE VALLI & THE FOUR SEASONS Now a Major Motion Picture! They were just four guys from Jersey, until they sang their very first not… 

Fiddler on the Roof NEW YORK

Fiddler on the Roof NEW YORK

Miracle of miracles! A Broadway tradition returns: Fiddler on the Roof. 

Dames at Sea NEW YORK

Dames at Sea NEW YORK

DAZZLING DANCES! SPECTACULAR SONGS! DELIGHTFUL DAMES! DAMES AT SEA is a tap-happy celebration of the golden era of movie musicals with a heart as big as the ocean! Directed and cho… 

Allegiance NEW YORK

Allegiance NEW YORK

Beloved television star and popular social media icon George Takei (Star Trek, Heroes) stars in this unforgettable new musical alongside Telly Leung (Godspell, “Glee”) and Tony Awa… 

An American in Paris NEW YORK

An American in Paris NEW YORK

The romantic story of a young American soldier, a beautiful French girl & an indomitable European city, each yearning for a new beginning in the aftermath of war, is the stuff of B… 

Anna Bolena NEW YORK

Anna Bolena NEW YORK

Soprano Sondra Radvanovsky embarks on her quest to vocally conquer all three of Donizetti’s historic Tudor queen operas in the same season, here as a young royal grasping at powe… 

Chicago NEW YORK

Chicago NEW YORK

THE #1 LONGEST-RUNNING AMERICAN MUSICAL IN BROADWAY HISTORY - Now in Its 18th Year on Broadway WINNER OF SIX 1997 TONY AWARDS INCLUDING BEST MUSICAL REVIVALA true New York City ins… 

New York City Opera

New York City Opera

A renaissance, this company is calling it: After bankruptcy and a protracted legal battle, the name, at least, has returned. 

Heres What I Would Say with Jenn & Jay: New Years Eve Spectacular

Heres What I Would Say with Jenn & Jay: New Years Eve Spectacular

To ring in the new year, Jenn Welch and Jay Malsky host this “evening of comedy, song and unsolicited advice,” featuring live performances, a dance party, prizes and an… 

Hard, Lonely & Vicious : New Years Eve!

Hard, Lonely & Vicious : New Years Eve!

The special New Year’s Eve edition of Peggy O’Leary and Lucas Connolly’s regular show, which mixes drinking games and stand-up, includes performances by Nick Turn… 

New Years Eve with Rainbow Dancers

New Years Eve with Rainbow Dancers

One the eve of New Year’s Eve, the comedian Jo Firestone and a crew of amateur dancers will paint their faces in the colors of the rainbow and improvise synchronized dances t… 

Felines of New York

Felines of New York

Jim Tews celebrates the release of his new blog-turned-book “Felines of New York” with a night of cat-related humor from Todd Hanson, Maeve Higgins, Mike Polk, Doogie H… 

Jeremy Denk, Stefan Jackiw and New York Polyphony

Jeremy Denk, Stefan Jackiw and New York Polyphony

The unfailingly interesting pianist Jeremy Denk and the rising violinist Stefan Jackiw offer a rare chance to hear all four of Ives’s sonatas for violin and piano. 

NYs Funniest Finals

NYs Funniest Finals

Carolines on Broadway hosts this annual competition, with the final round featuring 10 up-and-coming comedians vying for the title of New York’s Funniest. 

New York Comedy Festival: Comics to Watch

New York Comedy Festival: Comics to Watch

Comedy Central hosts this annual event, which showcases some of the finest up-and-coming stand-up talent in the country. 

Women Redressed : Theatre Festival

Women Redressed : Theatre Festival

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… 

New York Arab-American Comedy Festival

New York Arab-American Comedy Festival

This annual event — now in its 12th year — showcases the talents of Arab-American comedians, actors, playwrights and filmmakers. 

New York Animals

New York Animals

 (previews start on Saturday; opens on Nov. 

Richard Tucker Music Foundation Gala

Richard Tucker Music Foundation Gala

Since 1975, the Richard Tucker Music Foundation has been fostering the careers of emerging singers. 

I Dont Get It New York Super Week Edition

I Dont Get It New York Super Week Edition

This bi-monthly stand-up show presents a special performance in honor of New York Super Week and New York Comic Con. 

Kettle Corn New Music

Kettle Corn New Music

This enterprising series, dedicated to the pairing of invigorating contemporary music with comfort snacks, presents New Morse Code, a duo made up of the cellist Hannah Collins and … 

Seth Herzogs “Sweet” 11-Year Anniversary Show

Seth Herzogs “Sweet” 11-Year Anniversary Show

Mr. 

Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The National Lampoon in New York City 1970-1988

Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The National Lampoon in New York City 1970-1988

In anticipation of Douglas Tirola’s documentary “Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon” (to be released on Sept. 

Scottish Traditional Music Old and New

Scottish Traditional Music Old and New

This annual concert has built up a wide and loyal following, with listeners surprised by the beauty of melody and power of rhythm growing from the group’s blend of Scottish smallpi… 

Celebrating Edinburgh's Traditional Buildings: Georgian Edinburgh Before the New Town

Celebrating Edinburgh's Traditional Buildings: Georgian Edinburgh Before the New Town

Old Edinburgh was a very different place to the contemporary city of today. John Lowrey of Edinburgh University provides an enlightening talk on the physical fabric of that city. 

The Angelos and Barry Show: Live Podcast

The Angelos and Barry Show: Live Podcast

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… 

Bearpit Podcast (Podcast) Gala Show

Bearpit Podcast (Podcast) Gala Show

Live podcast recording and variety show in aid of Peruvian Kettle Syndrome. 

Musical Theatre: In Conversation With…

Musical Theatre: In Conversation With…

The Fringe Society chats with musical theatre practitioners at the top of their game about making it in the business. 

H.M.S. Pinafore

H.M.S. Pinafore

While it is laudable to have an open policy for membership of an amateur operatic society the knock-on effects can be dire as demonstrated in Cat-Like Tread’s production of H. 

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men could be seen as a dark comedy or as just dark. 

Piaf

Piaf

Piaf opens with a spectacular tableau of the entire cast. 

Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist

Italia Conti Ensemble score an absolute triumph with Neil Bartlett’s Oliver Twist. 

Theatre Engine: FlashMob

Theatre Engine: FlashMob

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

Theatre Uncut

Theatre Uncut commissions playwrights to respond to current events, then make the resulting plays available online so that anyone can perform them. 

Why Didn't We Have This Conversation a Year Ago?

Why Didn't We Have This Conversation a Year Ago?

Mediating Conversations about Conflict: The Church, the Constitution and the Climate. 

For Queen and Country

For Queen and Country

For Queen and Country. 

Party

Party

Party isn’t that sort of party; well, it sort of is, and maybe it should be, but overall it isn’t – though it might be after it’s finished. 

Tension Square

Tension Square

Life and death, unlike knitting, doesn’t come with instructions! Hospital patient Marigold is intrigued by her new roomie. 

Richard III

Richard III

Richard III is one of the most fascinating Shakespeare plays I know, and it is always interesting to see new interpretations by different companies. 

I Am

I Am

I Am is the sequel to LCP Dance Theatre’s Am I. 

I Loved You and I Loved You

I Loved You and I Loved You

If Morfydd Owen had lived three weeks longer she would have been immortalised in the 27 Club. 

Last Man Standing

Last Man Standing

For those who like their dance without frills, Last Man Standing provides an hour of unrelenting raw movement. 

YAMA

YAMA

There is dance and there is Scottish Dance Theatre. 

Savage

Savage

Aimee has an ironically funny line in Savage when she refers to John as “a boring old queen”. 

Jerry Sadowitz: Comedian, Magician, Bawbag!

Jerry Sadowitz: Comedian, Magician, Bawbag!

The nightmare continues. 

Caledonian Folk and Blues at The Guildford 21st Year

Caledonian Folk and Blues at The Guildford 21st Year

The festival’s best free music event hosted by Yard Of Ale, Scotland’s favourite folk’n’fun band and guests: Sandy Tweeddale, Bedford Falls, FCUKulele, Maria Barham, and On The Wag… 

The Sun Ra Arkestra with Richard Youngs

The Sun Ra Arkestra with Richard Youngs

Summerhall is proud to present the Sun Ra Arkestra, live in the Dissection Room. 

Bad Boys: Whisky Theatre

Bad Boys: Whisky Theatre

A romp through the bits of the whisky industry that didn’t quite go to plan. 

Large Scale Theatre Marketing Workshop

Large Scale Theatre Marketing Workshop

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. 

Relaxed Performance: New Ways to Engage Children With Autism

Relaxed Performance: New Ways to Engage Children With Autism

Relaxed Performances now take place around the world. 

Alastair Savage, Scots Fiddle Old and New

Alastair Savage, Scots Fiddle Old and New

Alastair returns to the wonderful surroundings of the Canongate Kirk for his annual celebration of the Scottish fiddle tradition. 

Oliver!

Oliver!

With a cast of nearly fifty, there’s no shortage of oom-pah-pah in this dazzling production of Lionel Bart’s Oliver! by Stage 84, The Yorkshire School of Performing Arts. 

A Little Respect

A Little Respect

Here we go again. 

What is the Point of Children’s Theatre?

What is the Point of Children’s Theatre?

Join leading makers as we discuss what motivates artists to make theatre and dance for young audiences. 

The State of Concrete

The State of Concrete

The Britwell estate, built in 1957, was created to rehouse people from the slum clearance areas of London and Essex. 

Odd Shaped Balls

Odd Shaped Balls

‘The last 12 months have been very difficult for me. 

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

A Daily Mirror awaits us on our seats announcing the death of a ‘pair of “star-crossed” lovers … in the wake of increasingly violent clashes in the streets’. 

Sexmaniac. Anarchist Theatre Only for the Mentally Unhinged

Sexmaniac. Anarchist Theatre Only for the Mentally Unhinged

It’s 2015. 

Faust

Faust

In sixteenth-century Germany it was not regarded as irreverant to perform comic puppet shows featuring characters and scenes from the legend of Faust. 

Matt Forde's Political Party Podcast

Matt Forde's Political Party Podcast

Matt Forde’s Political Party comes to Edinburgh for one night only, following a complete sell-out London run with guests including; Alastair Campbell, Nigel Farage, Michael Porti… 

Richard Wiseman: How to be Happy, Healthy, Wealthy and Wise

Richard Wiseman: How to be Happy, Healthy, Wealthy and Wise

Richard Wiseman, psychologist and bestselling author of several popular psychology books, returns to the Fringe to talk for an hour about the psychology of perception, touching on … 

Undermined

Undermined

Undermined was going to be called Shafted, but a guy named Godber had already beaten Danny Mellor to it. 

The Comedian's Comedian Podcast Live

The Comedian's Comedian Podcast Live

The thinking person’s late night alternative! Triple award-nominated podcast reveals your favourite comics’ creative secrets. 

Female Personality of the Year

Female Personality of the Year

A new satirical comedy that asks what it really means to be a female and have a personality. 

Village Pub Theatre

Village Pub Theatre

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… 

Daniel Sloss: Dark: Extra Shows!

Daniel Sloss: Dark: Extra Shows!

Due to massive demand, six later, quite probably ruder, shows! Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedy half-man-half-Xbox. 

Theatre: In All Its Forms!

Theatre: In All Its Forms!

A look at new and original ways of presenting and producing theatre. 

Ali Affleck's Speakeasy Sessions, New Orleans Jazz and Blues, Moody Moonshine

Ali Affleck's Speakeasy Sessions, New Orleans Jazz and Blues, Moody Moonshine

Following sell-out shows in 2014, stunningly expressive award-winning vintage vocalist Ali is back to perform early New Orleans jazz and blues with a cheeky mix of renowned local m… 

A Quarter Century of Song

A Quarter Century of Song

Irish singer/songwriter, novelist, coach on The Voice of Ireland. 

Richard III
BOBBY WINNER

Richard III

I have seen several performances of Richard III; Laurence Olivier and Ian McKellen on film, and Kevin Spacey at the Old Vic, but Emily Carding’s portrayal of the king who murders… 

Theatre Censorship Now

Theatre Censorship Now

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… 

The Art of Reduction and the Distillation of Humanity: Whisky Theatre

The Art of Reduction and the Distillation of Humanity: Whisky Theatre

The Whisky Anorak return this year with writer and performer John Mark’s new piece of Whisky Theatre. 

Backstage Pass to the UK’s Biggest Theatre!

Backstage Pass to the UK’s Biggest Theatre!

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 … 

Posh

Posh

With this year’s general election behind us and members now in office the return of Posh to the Festival Fringe is timely. 

Antigone: An Arabian Tragedy

Antigone: An Arabian Tragedy

Antigone: An Arabian Tragedy started out as two plays in a year-long project by One World Actors Centre (Kuwait) to produce Jean Anouilh’s Antigone in both English and Arabic. 

Five-a-Side Theatre

Five-a-Side Theatre

“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. 

Roaring Boys

Roaring Boys

Roaring Boys makes a welcome and very successful return to the Festival Fringe this year adding a further chapter to its interesting history. 

Carl Donnelly and Chris Martin Comedy Podcast: Live!

Carl Donnelly and Chris Martin Comedy Podcast: Live!

Join Chris and Carl, plus special guests, for an hour of unedited nonsense in this live version of what the Guardian listed as one of the Top 10 Podcasts on the Web. 

Fairy Tale Theatre: 18 & Over

Fairy Tale Theatre: 18 & Over

Fairy Tale Theatre: 18 and Over is a collection of original fairy tales with morals and lessons for adults (ie. 

The Pirates of Penzance

The Pirates of Penzance

“In Pirates, there are gems from the first to the last minute. 

Mambalsa – One Man's Quest to Launch a New Partner Dance

Mambalsa – One Man's Quest to Launch a New Partner Dance

For 20 years Alastair has taught salsa dance. 

Bayou Blues

Bayou Blues

Bayou Blues is beautiful. 

Richard Brown: Art is Easy

Richard Brown: Art is Easy

The follow up to his debut show, This is Not for You (**** Scotsman), this is an alternative comedy show about hopelessness. 

My Name is...

My Name is...

When Gaby disappeared from her Scottish home in 2006, it was assumed that her Pakistani father had kidnapped her. 

Ollie and Susie's New Year's Shindig

Ollie and Susie's New Year's Shindig

Join two of the hottest new acts on the comedy circuit as they take back New Year’s from the belligerent drunks and celebrate it on their own terms. 

Aidan Goatley: Year of the Goat

Aidan Goatley: Year of the Goat

Aidan Goatley strikes me as an organised, practical and variably fearless fellow. 

Reconciling

Reconciling

Fractals are frequently found in discussions within the realms of science, maths, art and nature. 

Tamar Broadbent: Brave New Girl

Tamar Broadbent: Brave New Girl

Tamar may look like a life-size Polly Pocket. 

Five Drinks

Five Drinks

It might be a good idea to take five drinks into the auditorium, to see you through a play that has moments of wit and humour but contains nothing profound. 

IamI

IamI

Yet again CalArts pushes forward the frontiers of theatre with an extraordinary, fascinating and labyrinthine work. 

Richard Gadd: Waiting for Gaddot

Richard Gadd: Waiting for Gaddot

The troubled comedian returns to the festival for the third year running (Cheese and Crack Whores, 2013; Breaking Gadd, 2014) having received rave reviews, sell-out crowds, critica… 

Wonderland

Wonderland

Wonderland is the story of Alice’s encounters in the tale of the Red Queen. 

Oh It's That Guy! Comedian Matt Henry

Oh It's That Guy! Comedian Matt Henry

The good times are here! The Canadian Rasta is back in Edinburgh once again. Settle in for some serious laughs.  

BED

BED

Eddie, Imogen and Lena share a flat. 

The Ascension of Mrs Leech

The Ascension of Mrs Leech

This hilarious beginners guide to theology is the funniest presentation of religious concepts imaginable. 

The American Soldier

The American Soldier

We must be nearly at saturation point with plays and particularly monologues about war veterans. 

Thirteen (13)

Thirteen (13)

The storyline is shallow, the message insubstantial and the script contrived, so you don’t have anything deep to think about. 

Two From Texas: New Plays in Performance

Two From Texas: New Plays in Performance

Why go to the trouble of raising the funds and making the trip to the International Collegiate Theatre Festival, only to present plays nobody back home would want to see, much less… 

Ozymandias

Ozymandias

Interviewed by Broadway Baby, Hugh Train explained how Ozymandias was generated through free writing around the words of Shelley’s poem until eventually the “nonsensical rambl… 

Bones

Bones

Bones is an intimate and tragic tale of growing up in a bruised family and having to take responsibility not only for yourself but also for those who who should be caring for you. 

The Amazing World of MC Escher

The Amazing World of MC Escher

Given our familiarity with Escher’s unmistakable style it’s hard to believe that this is the first major exhibition of his work in the UK and that there is only one print of … 

After Freedom: New Rhythms of Soweto

After Freedom: New Rhythms of Soweto

Told through the story of a young male character, Sphiwe, this musical takes the audience through the ups and downs of youth life in Soweto. 

Rent

Rent

Fans of Rent will love this full length presentation and for those who have never seen it, this is a great opportunity to watch a rip-roaring production. 

The Hendrick's Emporium of Sensorial Submersion

The Hendrick's Emporium of Sensorial Submersion

The Hendrick’s Emporium of Sensorial Submersion is yet another triumph for the phantasmagorically fertile imaginations of the genial geniuses of gin. 

Styx

Styx

For once, we are given a programme description that is completely accurate and delivers what it promises: ‘a tragicomic thriller about love and accidental murder…. 

Ali Affleck's Speakeasy Sessions, New Orleans Jazz and Blues, Moody Moonshine

Ali Affleck's Speakeasy Sessions, New Orleans Jazz and Blues, Moody Moonshine

Following sell-out shows in 2014, stunningly expressive award-winning vintage vocalist Ali is back to perform early New Orleans jazz and blues with a cheeky mix of renowned local m… 

Homme | Animal

Homme | Animal

‘How can I know who I am …feeling with pure energy, / With my heart, my mind, my body, my soul, / This is who and what I am. 

A Face That Fits

A Face That Fits

Moon Fly Theatre Company was created this year with the aim of affording opportunities to new and promising writers, actors and directors. 

Christian Schulte-Loh: Return of the 50 Foot German Comedian

Christian Schulte-Loh: Return of the 50 Foot German Comedian

I don’t know exactly how many German comics there are on the circuit but, as Christian Schulte-Loh points out, such is their rarity that he has managed to secure both the germanc… 

Tamar Broadbent: Brave New Girl

Tamar Broadbent: Brave New Girl

Tamar may look like a life-size Polly Pocket. 

Old Town – New Perspective

Old Town – New Perspective

Old Town – New Perspective, is a collection of contemporary photographs taken by Ewan Barry and Audrey Pinard. 

Untold Wars: A New Verbatim Musical

Untold Wars: A New Verbatim Musical

Working within the rather large shadow of the National Theatre’s verbatim triumph London Road, new Leeds-based company 203 Theatre have hopped on this particular niche musical ba… 

Ken Ramage Jazz at The Guildford 12th Year

Ken Ramage Jazz at The Guildford 12th Year

New Orleans to Dixie to swing, ragtime and more! Ken Ramage Dixie 6 and trio, Diplomats of Jazz and the great Roy Williams Europe’s top jazz trombonist. 

The Unknown Soldier

The Unknown Soldier

The Unknown Soldier finds an interesting perspective on the lives of men who fought in the First World War. 

Sharma Sharma Sharma Sharma Sharma Comedian!

Sharma Sharma Sharma Sharma Sharma Comedian!

Mickey is an Indian, that was born in Pakistan (it’s true). 

Jane Austen's Persuasion: A New Musical Drama

Jane Austen's Persuasion: A New Musical Drama

Though Jane Austen is undoubtedly one of Britain’s most prominent literary names, Persuasion is perhaps her least widely read work. 

Edinburgh Gin O'Clock

Edinburgh Gin O'Clock

The Edinburgh Gin Company has left its distillery behind and moved to The Boards in the Edinburgh Playhouse to tell a brief history of the city’s alcohol and gin heritage along w… 

Next Year's Show (50% Abridged Version)

Next Year's Show (50% Abridged Version)

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. 

Comfort Slaves

Comfort Slaves

Suitability: 16+ (Restriction). 

RAZ by Jim Cartwright

RAZ by Jim Cartwright

It’s a deceptively simple bag of ingredients that Jim Cartwright lists in the script for his new play Raz, which has had its premiere at this year’s Festival Fringe. 

Anything Can Be a Podcast Podcast Returns!

Anything Can Be a Podcast Podcast Returns!

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). 

Promise and Promiscuity: A New Musical by Jane Austen and Penny Ashton

Promise and Promiscuity: A New Musical by Jane Austen and Penny Ashton

One woman, one show, one hour ten minutes and the entire works of Jane Austen to affectionately satirise: New Zealand comedian Penny Ashton’s Promise and Promiscuity is no mean f… 

Ivor Dembina: New Jewish Jokes

Ivor Dembina: New Jewish Jokes

New show. 

Return of the Danish Bagpipe Comedian

Return of the Danish Bagpipe Comedian

Claus is still the funniest bagpipe comedian in Europe – and the only one. 

Bruce Fummey: Scottish Comedian of the Year Winner 2014

Bruce Fummey: Scottish Comedian of the Year Winner 2014

Multi award-winning Scottish Ghanaian stand-up tells stories old and new from life and wanderings. 

New Town Theatre Cabaret

New Town Theatre Cabaret

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-… 

The Trials of Galileo

The Trials of Galileo

Galileo lived in age when the church reigned supreme, faith was more important than fact and dogma denied discovery. 

International Stud

International Stud

Originally a one-act play consisting of five scenes, The International Stud premiered Off-Off-Broadway in 1978 and later became the first part of Harvey Fierstein’s landmark work, … 

Best of Scottish Comedian of the Year

Best of Scottish Comedian of the Year

**** (Scotsman). 

Richard Melvin Presents… Live at The Stand Podcast

Richard Melvin Presents… Live at The Stand Podcast

Live at the Stand is an opportunity to attend the recording of the podcast of the same name, featuring a rotating lineup of comics performing sets and taking part in games and inte… 

Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre – Minging Detectives

Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre – Minging Detectives

There’s been a murrrder! Some criminals put stockings on their heads, now Earth’s funniest Socks get their heads around crime. 

The Year of The Hare

The Year of The Hare

I would like to preface this review by saying that I think this production could be fantastic. 

Richard Soames Does the Right Thing

Richard Soames Does the Right Thing

Morally upstanding stand-up and sketches from star of Fringe favourites The Beta Males (Radio 4, Chortle Award nominees). 

The Underbelly Radio Shows

The Underbelly Radio Shows

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… 

K'rd Strip: A Place to Stand

K'rd Strip: A Place to Stand

K’Rd Strip: A Place to Stand is a bizarre yet beautiful blend of Māori culture, contemporary dance, vocals and music, drag and real life stories. 

As Is

As Is

New York, 1985. 

S.E.N

S.E.N

You can find the characters Taylor and Aalia in every comprehensive school in the country. 

Labels

Labels

Labels are easy to create: they can even be fun. 

Danza del Caribe: Itara

Danza del Caribe: Itara

Welcome to a world in which West Africa meets Jamaica, meets Cuba: A world of burning desire, or as they say in Yoruba, Itara. 

Some Thing New

Some Thing New

Delivered as an interactive art workshop, with a narrative line slowly emerging, Some Thing New is a great idea with an unsatisfying execution. 

Richard Parker

Richard Parker

What I remember most strongly from Richard Parker, a 2011 dark comedy from playwright Owen Thomas, was the heat. 

Loot

Loot

There’s a huge difference between comedy and black comedy that seems to have eluded the Lincoln Company in their production of Joe Ortons’s Loot. 

La Ronde

La Ronde

In keeping with its history, this latest production of La Ronde by Zebronkeyis controversial. 

The Bakewell Bake Off: A New Musical

The Bakewell Bake Off: A New Musical

The Great British Bake Off – what’s not to love? Cake, puns galore and HRH Mary Berry showing her soft spot for gin. 

The New Morality

The New Morality

(previews start on Saturday; opens on Sept. 

The Great Yorkshire Fringe New Comedian: Final

The Great Yorkshire Fringe New Comedian: Final

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… 

The GYF Yorkshire Day Podcast with Robert Ross in Conversation with Mark Addy

The GYF Yorkshire Day Podcast with Robert Ross in Conversation with Mark Addy

Before the podcast officially begins, we’re invited to watch a clip of Yorkshire born and bred actor Mark Addy in action. 

The GYF Yorkshire Day Podcast with Tim Brooke-Taylor in conversation with Robert Ross

The GYF Yorkshire Day Podcast with Tim Brooke-Taylor in conversation with Robert Ross

In the first Robert Ross Requests the Pleasure. 

The Great Yorkshire Fringe New Comedian of the Year – Heats

The Great Yorkshire Fringe New Comedian of the Year – Heats

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… 

Richard II

Richard II

Shakespeare’s popular play Richard II recounts the fate of the famously decadent king as he spends his father’s fortune, places punitive taxes onto the poor, and spends his no… 

Washington Square Music Festival

Washington Square Music Festival

This lively summer festival offers free concerts on Tuesdays on the main stage of Washington Square Park. 

Colin Quinn: The New York Story

Colin Quinn: The New York Story

(previews start on July 9; opens on July 23) Colin Quinn recently complained that his boyhood neighborhood, Park Slope, had subsided into “Whole Food lesbian baby carriage st… 

The New York Musical Theater Festival

The New York Musical Theater Festival

(performances start on July 7) Villainous ice skaters, superhero pontiffs, a purple platypus and Napoleon congregate at this summer’s incarnation of the New York Musical Thea… 

New Jersey Symphony

New Jersey Symphony

The dizzyingly virtuosic pianist Marc-André Hamelin stars as the soloist of the “Emperor” piano concerto in an all-Beethoven program that also includes the “… 

Shows for Days

Shows for Days

(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… 

Musical Theatre Showcase

Musical Theatre Showcase

An eclectic mix of songs, scenes and ensemble numbers from the world of musical theatre accompanied by a live band. 

Richard Lewis in Conversation with JB Smoove

Richard Lewis in Conversation with JB Smoove

Richard Lewis’s long-form, fury-driven stand-up has influenced scores of comedians over the last 40 years. 

AhhGee Podcast Live

AhhGee Podcast Live

Ever wanted to find out how a quality podcast is made? We can help you with that. 

ACT Kids Theatre Festival

ACT Kids Theatre Festival

A short festival of four fantastic plays for young people performed by young actors over three nights. 

New York New Music Ensemble

New York New Music Ensemble

This adventurous group celebrates the music of Mathew Rosenblum and Lee Hyla, an American composer who died last year and whose scores mesh elements of classical, rock and jazz. 

Nettle Knickers: Puppet Theatre

Nettle Knickers: Puppet Theatre

Join life-sized cranky Hildegaard Von Nettles, Prince Dandelion and wicked Belladonna in their herbal adventures. 

The Beta Males Go Solo: Adam, Richard & The Story Beast

The Beta Males Go Solo: Adam, Richard & The Story Beast

Join Adam Blampied “Delightful” (British Theatre Guide), Richard Soames “Excellent” (Sunday Times) and The Story Beast “Bearded force of nature” (Guardian) as The Beta Males finall… 

The Improverts - Exam Shows

The Improverts - Exam Shows

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… 

New Fashions

New Fashions

European early music with voice, lute, mandolin and viols contrasts with Haydn. 

North Coast Six-Year Anniversary Show

North Coast Six-Year Anniversary Show

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. 

The Colin Hoult Shows

The Colin Hoult Shows

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… 

New Act Night

New Act Night

The latest fledglings from Jill Edwards Comedy Workshops at Brighton’s Komedia take the stage in our electric New Act Night. 

John Hegley: New & Selected Potatoes

John Hegley: New & Selected Potatoes

Poet, comic, singer, songwriter and glasses-wearer, John Hegley has captivated and devastated audiences all over the country, in theatres and festivals, at gigs at the Edinburgh Fe… 

The Cecilia Chorus of New York

The Cecilia Chorus of New York

Mark Shapiro leads this respected ensemble in an all Beethoven program including the “Choral Fantasy,” the Mass in C, and the finale from “Fidelio. 

Musical Babble: a Choral Concert of Gospel, Classics & New Music

Musical Babble: a Choral Concert of Gospel, Classics & New Music

MUSICAL BABBLE For twelve years, MJ Paranzino, composer and director has commissioned New Choral Music for Brighton Fringe. 

Blackshaw Theatre presents Alice in Wonderland

Blackshaw Theatre presents Alice in Wonderland

Alice has lost her cat, but when her search leads her to the library, Alice discovers more than she could ever imagine. 

The Performers Podcast

The Performers Podcast

Join Hayden as he chats with comedians, musicians & performers from across the Fringe. 

Punch & Judy's Grand Theatre of Varieties

Punch & Judy's Grand Theatre of Varieties

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 - The Pleasure of Leisure

Regency Square - The Pleasure of Leisure

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… 

Point & Shoot: a new musical

Point & Shoot: a new musical

It is the year 2042. 

New Country

New Country

(previews start on Saturday; opens on Wednesday) You can write a great country song about a girl, a gun, a drink, a dog. 

Point and Shoot: A New Musical

Point and Shoot: A New Musical

The year is 2042: Hollywood is dead, the film industry buckled under the weight of hefty blockbuster films. 

New York Festival of Song: Letters From Spain: A World of Song in Spanish Poetry

New York Festival of Song: Letters From Spain: A World of Song in Spanish Poetry

Spanish verse is the inspiration for this program, which features music by Shostakovich, Schumann, William Bolcom, Taneyev, Wolf, Peter Lieberson, Xavier Montsalvage and Granados, … 

New World Symphony

New World Symphony

Dreamlike music, some of it dark and haunting, is the focus of this lovely program, conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas and featuring the superstar violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter in B… 

New York Virtuoso Singers: Distinguished Queens College Composers

New York Virtuoso Singers: Distinguished Queens College Composers

Harold Rosenbaum conducts the New York Virtuoso Singers, a champion of contemporary American music, in a program featuring works by composers associated with Queens College. 

Buttery Brown Monk at the Leicester Square Theatre

Buttery Brown Monk at the Leicester Square Theatre

Buttery Brown Monk are a dynamic trio that deliver old-school, sketch extravagance. 

Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions Grand Finals

Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions Grand Finals

Every year, opera lovers have a chance to hear the stars of the future during the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions Grand Finals concert. 

??HANK Comedy One Year Anniversary

??HANK Comedy One Year Anniversary

HANK, the mostly online comedy duo of Dan Fox and Betsy Kenney, celebrates its one-year milestone with this live show, featuring new videos and stand-up from Jo Firestone, Carmen C… 

Early Music New York

Early Music New York

(Saturday) The clarity and grace of Mozart and his contemporaries is the focus of a concert by this organization’s classical orchestra. 

Push and Citizen Puppet: New Double Bill

Push and Citizen Puppet: New Double Bill

Double Bill: A world-premiere stage adaptation of Sapphire’s novel PUSH, best known from Oscar Winning Film Precious, will pair with Blind Summit’s advanced glimpse of their ne… 

Remote New York

Remote New York

This is a remarkably efficient exercise in crowd control from the German arts collective Rimini Protokoll, which assembles a throng of paying participants and then sends them onto … 

New York Spring Spectacular

New York Spring Spectacular

(previews start on March 12; opens on March 26) You could hop aboard the Circle Line, step onto a double-decker bus or set out on foot. 

Richard Goode and Friends

Richard Goode and Friends

It’s always a treat to hear the pianist Richard Goode, here in partnership with young artists he has mentored at the Marlboro Music Festival. 

Steve Wrigley: New Zealand vs. America

Steve Wrigley: New Zealand vs. America

Mr. Wrigley, a New Zealand comedian recently transplanted to New York, presents the results of his “in-depth investigation into which one of us is more awesome.” 

Village Pub Theatre: Bill Murray Night

Village Pub Theatre: Bill Murray Night

American film actor and comedian Bill Murray allegedly fields offers of work via a voice mailbox which, according to Wikipedia, “he checks infrequently”. 

The Improverts - London Shows

The Improverts - London Shows

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… 

New York String Orchestra

New York String Orchestra

Wall-to-wall coverage of Handel’s “Messiah” makes way for Mozart with this performance by the young members of the New York String Orchestra, who will be led by t… 

The Macaulay Culkin One-Year Anniversary Show

The Macaulay Culkin One-Year Anniversary Show

Brett Davis and Sally Burtnick celebrate the first birthday of their monthly comedy show (which remains unconnected to the titular actor). 

Theatre Uncut

Theatre Uncut

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… 

New York Festival of Song

New York Festival of Song

This popular festival opens its season with an intriguing program,  “Art Song on the Couch: Lieder in Freud’s Vienna. 

New York Comedy Festival: Paula Poundstone

New York Comedy Festival: Paula Poundstone

A favorite of the NPR crowd for her regular appearances on “Wait, Wait … Don’t Tell Me,” Ms. 

New York Comedy Festival: New Yorks Funniest Finals

New York Comedy Festival: New Yorks Funniest Finals

Carolines again hosts this competition of young local comedians. 

New York Comedy Festival: Eric Andre

New York Comedy Festival: Eric Andre

This host of Adult Swim’s “The Eric Andre Show” is a fearless, energetic performer known for his unpredictable antics and surreal bits. 

New York Comedy Festival: Bill Cosby

New York Comedy Festival: Bill Cosby

At 77, Mr. Cosby continues to perform stand-up, and his clean-cut storytelling is dominated by tales of married and family life. 

New York Comedy Festival: Maria Bamford

New York Comedy Festival: Maria Bamford

This rare gem of a comedian is beloved within the comedy community for her heart-wrenchingly honest stand-up and precise, carefully constructed bits. 

New York Comedy Festival: Emily Heller

New York Comedy Festival: Emily Heller

A bright young comedian seen regularly on TBS’s “Ground Floor,” Ms. Heller was named one of Comedy Central’s Comics to Watch in 2011. 

New York Comedy Festival: Brent Morin

New York Comedy Festival: Brent Morin

Mr. Morin, known to some for his turn on the NBC summer sitcom “Undateable,” is a rising star in the Los Angeles comedy scene and an always charming stand-up. 

New York Comedy Festival: Kathleen Madigan

New York Comedy Festival: Kathleen Madigan

(Friday) A 25-year veteran of the stand-up scene, Ms. 

New York Comedy Festival: Uncivil Union

New York Comedy Festival: Uncivil Union

This comedy and music extravaganza is a fund-raiser for the Ally Coalition and New Alternatives, which works to protect and support L. 

New York Comedy Festival: Josh Rabinowitz

New York Comedy Festival: Josh Rabinowitz

One of the cleverest young comedians in New York, Mr. Rabinowitz performs an hour of material at Stand Up NY. 

New York Comedy Festival: Tig Notaro

New York Comedy Festival: Tig Notaro

Ms. Notaro, whose strikingly candid and piercingly funny “Live” album was nominated for a Grammy, performs her new show, “Boyish Girl Interrupted.” 

New York Comedy Festival: Nate Bargatze

New York Comedy Festival: Nate Bargatze

After supporting Jimmy Fallon on his “Clean Cut Comedy Tour,” Mr. 

New York Comedy Festival: Monroe Martins Six Foot Nothing Show

New York Comedy Festival: Monroe Martins Six Foot Nothing Show

Mr. 

New York Comedy Festival: This Is Not Happening

New York Comedy Festival: This Is Not Happening

Ari Shaffir hosts this popular storytelling show, which is set to debut on Comedy Central next year. 

New York Comedy Festival: Time Out New York Women of Comedy 2014

New York Comedy Festival: Time Out New York Women of Comedy 2014

Robin Montague hosts these stand-up shows featuring some of the top female talents in the business, including Sasheer Zamata, Michelle Wolf, Sara Schaefer, Emmy Blotnick, Aparna Na… 

New York Comedy Festival: Shtick or Treat

New York Comedy Festival: Shtick or Treat

An annual tradition in the New York comedy world, this show, hosted by Matt Ruby and Mark Normand, invites dozens of comedians to perform (in costume) as their favorite comics, fro… 

New York Comedy Festival: Stand Up for Heroes

New York Comedy Festival: Stand Up for Heroes

Now in its eighth year, this megastar comedy and music show benefits the Bob Woodruff Foundation, which supports wounded veterans and their families. 

New York Comedy Festival: Friends of the People

New York Comedy Festival: Friends of the People

Kevin Barnett, Jen Bartels, Lil Rel Howery and Josh Rabinowitz, stars of the new TruTV sketch show of the same name, perform a night of sketch and improv. 

New York Comedy Festival: HERsterical

New York Comedy Festival: HERsterical

Cristina Cote hosts this variety show, a fund-raiser for the cancer support charity Gilda’s Club. 

Fabulous! the Queen of New Musical Comedies

Fabulous! the Queen of New Musical Comedies

This show about two drag queens aboard a cruise ship, pretending to be real women, is a little “Some Like It Hot,” a little “Anything Goes” and a lot of goo… 

Blackshaw Theatre presents Halloween Tales

Blackshaw Theatre presents Halloween Tales

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. 

The Experiment Comedy presents Manifesto!: A One-Year Extravaganza

The Experiment Comedy presents Manifesto!: A One-Year Extravaganza

Mo Fathelbab and Tim Ellis go all out to celebrate the first anniversary of their weekly comedy show. 

Yale in New York

Yale in New York

The day before his 1991 work, “The Death of Klinghoffer,” opens at the Metropolitan Opera, John Adams leads the Yale Philharmonia and the Brentano String Quartet in his… 

2014 Richard Tucker Gala

2014 Richard Tucker Gala

Since 1975, when the great Brooklyn-born tenor Richard Tucker died, the foundation initiated in his name has fostered the careers of emerging American singers and brought opera to … 

New Jersey Symphony Orchestra

New Jersey Symphony Orchestra

Jacques Lacombe, the insightful music director of this powerful, polished orchestra, opens the season with Orff’s “Carmina Burana,” a standard often trotted out f… 

Muscovado: a new play about slavery in Barbados, for Black History Month

Muscovado: a new play about slavery in Barbados, for Black History Month

New play about the Caribbean slave trade to be performed in William Wilberforce’s church as part of Black History Month ‘It takes sixteen months for the sugarcane to ripen…Aft… 

Hurricane Hill by Chris Leicester

Hurricane Hill by Chris Leicester

 At the isolated house of a famous recluse a stranger arrives and a past will finally be faced. 

New Jersey Tap Dance Ensemble

New Jersey Tap Dance Ensemble

For two decades this troupe has been entertaining audiences with its spirited interpretations of classical tap. 

New Juilliard Ensemble

New Juilliard Ensemble

Joel Sachs conducts his band of gifted young Juilliard players in a program featuring a typically eclectic array of contemporary composers, including Bernd Franke, Harrison Birtwis… 

New York Philharmonic: Charlie Chaplins Modern Times

New York Philharmonic: Charlie Chaplins Modern Times

How much Charlie Chaplin really wrote the score for “Modern Times” is debatable, but the genius of his 1936 reflection on industry and the Depression is not. 

New York Philharmonic: La Dolce Vita: The Music of Italian Cinema

New York Philharmonic: La Dolce Vita: The Music of Italian Cinema

Once again the Philharmonic begins a new season with the Art of the Score film series. 

New York Chamber Music Festival

New York Chamber Music Festival

During what is usually a slow week in the classical music season, the New York Chamber Music Festival has been stepping up for several years with an ambitious series of programs. 

' “I Just Have to Do This.” A Night of New Material with Jen Kirkman

' “I Just Have to Do This.” A Night of New Material with Jen Kirkman

Jen Kirkman, a performer based in Los Angeles, brings a show of brand new stories and jokes to Brooklyn. 

Ben and Steve: World Famous in… New York

Ben and Steve: World Famous in… New York

Their TV and stage shows were hits in their native New Zealand. Now Ben Hurley and Steve Wrigley bring their act to New York City. 

Richard Lewis

Richard Lewis

This renowned comedian, often considered an heir to Lenny Bruce, is a master of long-form storytelling who turns his endless neurotic energy into brilliant comedy. 

Queer New York International Arts Festival

Queer New York International Arts Festival

“Queer” has gained mainstream momentum as an umbrella to capture the ever-shifting terrain of gender identity and sexuality. 

Richard Thompson in Concert

Richard Thompson in Concert

Critically acclaimed prolific songwriter, Ivor Novello Award winner, recipient of BBC’s Lifetime Achievement Award and named one of Rolling Stone Magazine’s Top 20 Guitarists of Al… 

Simon Singh: The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets

Simon Singh: The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets

Simon Singh has a very easy style and voice which belies the genius within. 

Scottish Music Traditional and New

Scottish Music Traditional and New

This annual concert has built-up a wide and loyal following, with listeners surprised by the beauty of melody and power of rhythm growing from the group’s blend of Scottish smallpi… 

An Evening with Richard Michael and Family

An Evening with Richard Michael and Family

Scotsman Richard Michael leads his talented family on piano with his daughters Hilary Michael on violin and saxophone, Joanna Duncan on violin and xylophone, and nephew Paul Michae… 

TAKE a coMEdian OUT!

TAKE a coMEdian OUT!

A fun, flirtatious dating gameshow whereby four lucky single girls are given the opportunity to win a date with one of 20 stand-up comedians! Each comic is armed with a light; if o… 

BBC: BBC Radio New Comedy Award 2014

BBC: BBC Radio New Comedy Award 2014

See the first two heats of the competition that features a selection of the very best in handpicked new acts. 

Musical Theatre: In Conversation With…

Musical Theatre: In Conversation With…

The Fringe Society chats with musical theatre practitioners at the top of their game about making it in the business. 

Confusions

Confusions

One of the confusions in this production, although not without precedent, is the running order of the five interrelated plays that make up the complete work. 

Compulsion

Compulsion

Declan Cooke is a physically big guy with a powerful presence: if you saw him standing at the bar you would imagine him to be full of confidence and completely in control of his li… 

Best New Sketch Act 2014: The Final

Best New Sketch Act 2014: The Final

The Grand Final of the Gilded Balloon and Sketch Club’s exciting new competition for sketch and character performers. 

James Bannon: Running with the Firm

James Bannon: Running with the Firm

James Bannon’s story has all the ingredients of a good novel: a down-to-earth setting; some very shady characters, some good guys and some dumb ones; a developing plot; plenty of… 

Wireless Theatre Presents: Couples Who Changed the World

Wireless Theatre Presents: Couples Who Changed the World

Ever had a burning desire to see radio entertainment being made in the studio? Me neither. 

BBC: Richard Bacon

BBC: Richard Bacon

Your chance to see Richard Bacon present his lively and entertaining BBC Radio 5live show from the Edinburgh Festivals with celebrity guests. 

Auditions for the New York Film Academy

Auditions for the New York Film Academy

The New York Film Academy is auditioning students for the New York Film Academy’s BFA, AFA, MFA and Conservatory programs in Acting for Film and Musical Theatre. 

Now We Are Pope: Frederick Rolfe in Venice

Now We Are Pope: Frederick Rolfe in Venice

Frederick William Rolfe (1860-1913) was a minor English writer, artist and photographer and serious eccentric. 

Who's Afraid of Michael Gove?

Who's Afraid of Michael Gove?

The Tories have take control and Michael Gove is Prime Minister. 

Nature's Heart

Nature's Heart

Koji Takeuchi was born in Japan and began his search for truth in his teens. 

Footloose

Footloose

“Footloose may be a hit, but it’s trash - high powered fodder for the teen market. 

Richard Wiseman: Night School

Richard Wiseman: Night School

Night School is an odd ‘show’ that seems to hover somewhere between an entertaining lecture and a TED talk. 

Caledonian Folk and Blues at the Guildford 20th Year

Caledonian Folk and Blues at the Guildford 20th Year

The festival’s best free music event, 20th year hosted by Yard Of Ale, Scotland’s favourite folk ‘n’ fun band and guests - Sandy Tweeddale, FCUkulele, Bedford Falls, Gallo Rojo, an… 

The New Wave

The New Wave

Showcasing a medley of bright young things from the Invisible Dot’s impressive roster of talent, The New Wave, hosted by Fringe stalwart David O’Doherty, gave us an exciting … 

Transmission – A Meditation for the New Age

Transmission – A Meditation for the New Age

Do you want to help the world and build a stronger connection with your own spiritual nature? Here is a simple form of group meditation providing both a dynamic service to the worl… 

Dorian

Dorian

In a 1990 interview on Japanese television, Berkoff said, “I believe that you don’t need anything more than just utter simplicity and that everything in my art must be created … 

Moonshine, Medicine and The Mob: Whisky Theatre

Moonshine, Medicine and The Mob: Whisky Theatre

Part history lesson, part guided whisky-tasting, Moonshine, Medicine and the Mob offers a fascinating insight into a key period in American history: Prohibition. 

Nando's New Comedian of the Year 2014

Nando's New Comedian of the Year 2014

Nando’s and Big Comedy UK have joined forces to scour the land in search of the freshest and most original comedy talent. 

Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival - Georgian Edinburgh Before the New Town

Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival - Georgian Edinburgh Before the New Town

The Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival celebrates Edinburgh’s traditional buildings, offering everyone an opportunity to learn about the skills and materials used to build and… 

Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival - Maintaining Sash and Case Windows

Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival - Maintaining Sash and Case Windows

If you think the Fringe is just about theatrical performances then think again. 

Winter of Our Discotheque

Winter of Our Discotheque

Autistic, severely depressed and with inadequate provision for her, Tess Humphrey left school at the age of thirteen. 

Woodbine Willie

Woodbine Willie

Chain smoker and chaplain, poet and padre, furnisher of faith and fags, Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy dispensed Woodbines and the word of God on the Western Front during the First Worl… 

Falling in love with Frida

Falling in love with Frida

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… 

AhhGee Podcast Live

AhhGee Podcast Live

AhhGee presents the #AhhGeePodcastLive. 

O is for Ofsted

O is for Ofsted

Ofsted inspections are generally not much fun. 

New Zealand Music Showcase

New Zealand Music Showcase

The New Zealand Music Showcase is a great way to see some of New Zealand’s greatest artists here at the fringe. 

Alba - A New Scottish Musical

Alba - A New Scottish Musical

Roddy swaps his designer suit and expensive shoes for waterproofs and walking boots and takes off on an unexpected and life-changing journey. 

Violetta's Last Tango

Violetta's Last Tango

The stunning Grand Auditorium of the Ghillie Dhu provides a spectacular setting for Violetta’s Last Tango and raises high hopes for a marvellous milonga and an evening of songs f… 

Meet the National Theatre Literary Department and Studio

Meet the National Theatre Literary Department and Studio

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. 

The Dolls of New Albion: A Steampunk Opera

The Dolls of New Albion: A Steampunk Opera

I loved The Dolls of New Albion: A Steampunk Opera because, although the cast are by no means the best dancers, singers or actors, this production has so much charisma and passio… 

6 - a new musical

6 - a new musical

6 people. 

MacBheatha

MacBheatha

Summerhall’s steeply tiered Demonstration Room gives off the air of an amphitheatre, but its back wall houses very modern projections. 

Acting and Technical Theatre Careers Talk

Acting and Technical Theatre Careers Talk

World renowned Bristol Old Vic Theatre School (BOVTS) runs acting, stage management and technical theatre courses. 

The Hacienda Tales

The Hacienda Tales

Canterbury may have one of the world’s most famous cathedrals, but Manchester had the Hacienda. 

The Comedian's Comedian Podcast with Stuart Goldsmith

The Comedian's Comedian Podcast with Stuart Goldsmith

The Comedian’s Comedian Podcast is a chat show that revels in the niche. 

The Theatre of Dissection

The Theatre of Dissection

The nineteenth century marked the golden age of death in art. 

My Luxurious 50 Square Feet Life

My Luxurious 50 Square Feet Life

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… 

Daniel Sloss – Really...?! Extra Shows

Daniel Sloss – Really...?! Extra Shows

Due to massive demand, six extra, later, and quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man/half-Xbox. 

Miann

Miann

Soiled bodies writhe across across a primordial swamp in earthbound exploration, rising from time to time in contorted gestures. 

Cafe Voices

Cafe Voices

Cafe Voices is held in the beautiful John Knox House, where the elegant wooden panels of the large bright room provide perfect acoustics for storytelling. 

The New Mendicants

The New Mendicants

The New Mendicants are a Canadian-based indie rock supergroup, consisting of singer-songwriters Joe Pernice and Norman Blake on acoustic guitar and vocals. 

Hendrick's Parlour Bar

Hendrick's Parlour Bar

“Immersive theatre productions tend to operate in dynamically fluid settings, allowing the audience a more active, voyeuristic, and central role, while also individualizing their… 

SHOUT! The Mod Musical

SHOUT! The Mod Musical

Bored with Berkoff? Choking on Chekhov? Fed-up with Feydeau? “Don’t sleep in the subway, darlin’, don’t stand in the pouring rain. 

Russell Kane: The Kaneing Podcast

Russell Kane: The Kaneing Podcast

Russell Kane sparks back into action with a new format, anchoring a podcast about various news stories from the last few days. 

Bad Boys: Whisky Theatre

Bad Boys: Whisky Theatre

A romp through the bits of the whisky industry that didn’t quite go to plan. 

Rock Trial

Rock Trial

Forget the defendant, it is the cast of this excruciating production who should be in the dock. 

Playtime: New Adventures in Music

Playtime: New Adventures in Music

Billing their series of gigs as Playtime, some of Edinburgh’s finest Jazzers are creating very interesting and enjoyable music in the intimate space of The Outhouse’s attic. 

Theatre Uncut 2014

Theatre Uncut 2014

The double Fringe First winners return with new short plays to get people thinking, talking and taking action. 

A Year with Frog and Toad

A Year with Frog and Toad

From spring waking to winter hibernation, Frog and Toad share friendship and adventures and learn life lessons along the way. 

Nunsense

Nunsense

“I always had a good experience with nuns,” said Dan Coggins, who wrote the book, music and lyrics we all know as Nunsense to show us what nuns are “really like. 

Death is the New Porn

Death is the New Porn

Authentic, thrilling and (overly) ambitious, Death is the New Porn is a fine piece of theatre. 

Richard Tyrone Jones: Crap Time Lord

Richard Tyrone Jones: Crap Time Lord

Proudly the only performance poet on the Fringe circuit with two hearts, the “Ginger Nigel Havers of spoken word” Richard Tyrone Jones presents an hour of witty, candid and spe… 

Things from Before Pt. 4

Things from Before Pt. 4

“Do we not all spend the greater part of our lives under the shadow of an event that has not yet come to pass?” Maurice Maeterlinck published his play in this intriguing perspe… 

Richard Tyrone Jones: What the F*ck is This?

Richard Tyrone Jones: What the F*ck is This?

In the bowels of Banshee Labyrinth lurk the most unlikely of creatures, and none more terrifying nor outlandish as Richard Tyrone. 

Richard Brown: This Is Not for You

Richard Brown: This Is Not for You

Richard Brown, ‘tall, bearded’ (Fresh Air Radio), presents his debut hour. 

The Caddington Affair

The Caddington Affair

The boys of Tiffin School are in town and look set to make a huge impact with The Caddington Affair, one of two devised pieces presented by different groups of year 12 A Level st… 

The Noctambulist

The Noctambulist

This is a rock-solid, totally refreshing naturalist drama performed by outstanding actors. 

Dick Lee's Swingtet Featuring Jazz Vocalist of the Year Alison Affleck

Dick Lee's Swingtet Featuring Jazz Vocalist of the Year Alison Affleck

Classic swing: Goodman, Ellington, Miller et al. 

New York, New York: A Toe-Tapping Journey Through the Great American Songbook

New York, New York: A Toe-Tapping Journey Through the Great American Songbook

New York, New York: A Toe-Tapping Journey through the Great American Song Book is just that; a fun night of swing and brass band favourites from Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Gle… 

Tea Time Story

Tea Time Story

How many kilos of flour does it take to tell a good story? In the case of Heather Lai, over fifty during the course of her Fringe run and every gramme is put to excellent use. 

Surname and Surname: Last Year's Show (But Better)

Surname and Surname: Last Year's Show (But Better)

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. 

Ruby Wax: Sane New World

Ruby Wax: Sane New World

Only Ruby Wax would have the tenacity to walk on stage, hardly acknowledge the audience and make herself a cup of tea before beginning to even think about starting her show. 

An Extraordinary Light

An Extraordinary Light

“The Nobel prize, by canonising individuals, disguises the truth that they are all, in Newton’s famous phrase, standing ‘on giants’ shoulders’ and on each other’s as well. 

Edinburgh Jews

Edinburgh Jews

Edinburgh Jews is an exhibition originally compiled by two students at the University of Edinburgh’s School of Divinity. 

Evil

Evil

Jesper Arin, who performs this one-man play, stood at the exit to the theatre as the audience left. 

Ken Ramage Jazz at the Guildford 11th Year

Ken Ramage Jazz at the Guildford 11th Year

New Orleans to Dixie to swing, ragtime and more! Ken Ramage Dixie 6 and trio, Diplomats of Jazz and the great Roy Williams, Europe’s top jazz trombonist, plus the best local tale… 

Robert Newman's New Theory of Evolution

Robert Newman's New Theory of Evolution

As a comedian, Robert Newman seems somewhat unqualified to espouse a new theory of evolution, especially a theory that is rejected by most scientists. 

Forty-Five Minutes

Forty-Five Minutes

Flying High Theatre Company from Nottinghamshire is aptly named; that is exactly what this group of lively youngsters do throughout this performance. 

Faith

Faith

Faith is based on the story of Imber, a village which had the misfortune to be located too near to a military base on Salisbury Plain. 

Error 404

Error 404

“Instagram is a fast, beautiful and fun way to share your life with friends and family. 

Theatre on a Long Thin Wire

Theatre on a Long Thin Wire

There are no actors in this show. 

Éowyn Emerald and Dancers

Éowyn Emerald and Dancers

Éowyn Emerald and Dancers made a successful debut at last year’s Fringe and are back again this year with another varied programme of short dances. 

Larry Dean: Scottish Comedian of the Year 2013

Larry Dean: Scottish Comedian of the Year 2013

SCOTY winner and Scottish Comedy Awards nominee. 

Richard Gadd: Breaking Gadd

Richard Gadd: Breaking Gadd

Richard Gadd is a deeply disturbed young man. 

Edinburgh's New Town and Its Gardens

Edinburgh's New Town and Its Gardens

Discover the grandeur of Georgian Edinburgh through buildings and gardens designed to impress. 

Olaudah Equiano: The Enslaved African

Olaudah Equiano: The Enslaved African

The spoken content of this play, written and directed by Adam Tulloch, is minimal; the direction is bold and brave. 

The Bearpit Podcast Podcast

The Bearpit Podcast Podcast

Imagine local talk radio teamed up with Inside the Actors Studio. 

Comedian Matt Henry and Friends: A State of the Art Comedy Event

Comedian Matt Henry and Friends: A State of the Art Comedy Event

We got your late night funny covered! Come and witness a fresh batch of Festival Fringe comedians every night. 

The Outback Games: A New Musical

The Outback Games: A New Musical

Dingos and wombats and kookaburras, oh my! The Olympics are coming to Oz! The year, 1939. 

Gambit Theatre Presents: Contrast

Gambit Theatre Presents: Contrast

Gambit Theatre’s offering at the Fringe is a theatrical exploration of two real-life conmen and more specifically, identity imposters. 

Man Enough

Man Enough

Chris is 18 years old, gay, and in search of fun and attention. 

Sharma Sharma Sharma Sharma Sharma Comedian!

Sharma Sharma Sharma Sharma Sharma Comedian!

Mickey Sharma has had a unique life: an Indian born in Pakistan (it’s true!) he then moved to Beijing and Hong Kong, before ending up in the exotic climes of Birmingham aged 19. 

The Comedian and His Future Wife

The Comedian and His Future Wife

I’ll never trust a woman who carries Imodium in her purse. 

The Beta Males Sessions: Richard and The Storybeast

The Beta Males Sessions: Richard and The Storybeast

In addition to their main show at the Pleasance, the writer-performer foursome known as the Beta Males have split into pairs to do something a bit different in the afternoon. 

A Virgin's Guide To... Rocky Horror

A Virgin's Guide To... Rocky Horror

“This is not The Rocky Horror Show stage production” - a significant point of clarification in the Fringe programme lest anyone might think that this is the real thing. 

Goose (An Odd New One-Man Comedy Whodunit)

Goose (An Odd New One-Man Comedy Whodunit)

How do you go about describing Goose (An Odd One-Man Comedy Whodunnit)? It’s one of those shows that you just have to see with your own eyes to understand it’s sheer awesomenes… 

Pennyroyal

Pennyroyal

This is one for all the lads who have ever had girlfriends problems, all the lassies who have had to put up with boyfriends, and anyone who likes tea. 

Adam Belbin: The Third Half of Next Year's Show

Adam Belbin: The Third Half of Next Year's Show

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. 

Donald Robertson Is Not a Stand-Up Comedian

Donald Robertson Is Not a Stand-Up Comedian

What would you do if everyone in the world hated you? Would you run? Would you fight? Or would you try to make them laugh? Donald Robertson has got no mates and he isn’t funny. 

Ronnie Golden - New Age Pensioner

Ronnie Golden - New Age Pensioner

Ronnie Golden - New Age Pensioner: 30 years on the Fringe 1984-2014. 

Anything Can Be a Podcast! Podcast!

Anything Can Be a Podcast! Podcast!

There is a pleasant buzz in the largest Free Fringe venue, the Three Sisters. 

Liz Lochhead: Somethings Old, Somethings New

Liz Lochhead: Somethings Old, Somethings New

Liz Lochhead’s solo spoken word show at Assembly Rooms opens with songs from Joni Mitchell’s delicately moody album ‘Blue’ on the sound system; appropriate not only for her… 

Best of Scottish Comedian of the Year

Best of Scottish Comedian of the Year

**** (Scotsman) ***** (BroadwayBaby. 

Richard Herring: Lord of the Dance Settee

Richard Herring: Lord of the Dance Settee

Lord of the Dance Settee marks Richard Herring’s 23rd Fringe show, an accumulated Edinburgh residency of just under two years; enough, as he himself points out, to make him mor… 

Hancock’s Last Half Hour by Heathcote Williams

Hancock’s Last Half Hour by Heathcote Williams

“Ladies and gentlemen, I shall now bid you all good day. 

Maff Brown: Born Again Comedian

Maff Brown: Born Again Comedian

From the writer of Shooting Stars and Mock the Week comes a brand new show with some of the sharpest one-liners you’re likely to hear! Like the ‘true or false’ section from Sho… 

Gordon Southern: Your New Favourite Comedian

Gordon Southern: Your New Favourite Comedian

Gordon Southern is eager for his tenth solo show to take off with a bang and he certainly gets off to a great start. 

Dan Jones: New Kid

Dan Jones: New Kid

Dan Jones: New Kid is a character-based stand up show in which Jones’ hopeless characters try desperately to entertain and showcase their talents. 

MenSWEAR Collection: Three, Two, F*ck

MenSWEAR Collection: Three, Two, F*ck

What does it take to be remembered? What would you have to do to ensure that your name lives on forever? Three young lads have spent a few years on the music scene and have finally… 

Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre - And So Am I

Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre - And So Am I

Since forming in 2005 in Aberdeen, the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre have performed internationally and on television around the UK. 

Andy de la Tour Stand-Up or Die in New York

Andy de la Tour Stand-Up or Die in New York

Only two human activities happen in front of a brick wall. 

American Impressionism: A New Vision

American Impressionism: A New Vision

American Impressionism: A New Vision runs throughout the entirety of the fringe and can provide a blissful escape from the flyering and madness of the Royal Mile. 

City Academy Musical Theatre Company Present Cabaret

City Academy Musical Theatre Company Present Cabaret

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 From New Hampshire Show

Adam Wade From New Hampshire Show

Adam Wade, who has won the Moth Story Slam 18 times, hosts this monthly variety show, which also features a special guest storyteller. 

New York Philharmonic Concerts in the Parks

New York Philharmonic Concerts in the Parks

Alan Gilbert, the orchestra’s music director, shows a continued commitment to its popular free parks concerts, conducting a program of Strauss, Smetana and Tchaikovsky at Pro… 

New York Philharmonic: Summertime Classics

New York Philharmonic: Summertime Classics

After the new-music intensity of the Biennial and the rigor of the Beethoven piano concertos, the Philharmonic lightens up with this popular series, directed and narrated by Bramwe… 

Im New Here

Im New Here

The comedian Maeve Higgins and the writer Jon Ronson, recent transplants to New York City, host this monthly night of stand-up, storytelling and interviews with some of their favor… 

New York International Piano Competition

New York International Piano Competition

This contest, organized by the Stecher and Horowitz Foundation, prides itself on its reasonable, ethical rules: there is no elimination until the final round, and jurors are not al… 

New York Philharmonic: Beethoven Piano Concertos

New York Philharmonic: Beethoven Piano Concertos

There is a lot going on here, in the orchestra’s last subscription concerts of the season. 

Richard III

Richard III

There may be questions surrounding his historical accuracy, but there can be no denying that Shakespeare’s Richard III is one of the most fascinating and entertaining of Englis… 

New Zealand vs. America

New Zealand vs. America

Steve Wrigley, a New Zealand comedian recently transplanted to New York, presents the results of his “in-depth investigation into which one of us is more awesome.” 

New York Composers Circle

New York Composers Circle

A rich helping of new chamber music, including “Two Poems” by Eric Segerstrom, is on offer from this valuable group. 

NY Phil Biennial: American Composers Orchestra New Music Readings

NY Phil Biennial: American Composers Orchestra New Music Readings

The NY Phil Biennial is meant as a forum for new music, but 11 days is not enough time to explore all the recent works worthy of attention. 

New York Philharmonic Biennial: Christopher Rouse Premiere

New York Philharmonic Biennial: Christopher Rouse Premiere

Alan Gilbert conducts the Philharmonic, accompanied by the violinist Midori, in this new work by Mr. 

Children's Shows and Workshops

Children's Shows and Workshops

A celebration of children and young people in the Performing Arts featuring theatre, literature, music and movement. 

John Hegley: New and Selected Potatoes

John Hegley: New and Selected Potatoes

Poet, comic, singer, songwriter and glasses-wearer, John Hegley has captivated and devastated audiences all over the country, in theatres and festivals, at gigs at the Edinburgh F… 

Chamber Orchestra of New York

Chamber Orchestra of New York

English composers are in the spotlight here. 

New York Youth Symphony

New York Youth Symphony

The concerts of this ensemble are always inspiring. 

Tectonics Festival New York

Tectonics Festival New York

This new-music festival founded in Iceland in 2012 has since spread internationally. 

New Amsterdam Singers

New Amsterdam Singers

The New Amsterdam Singers have won a loyal following for programs, devised by Clara Longstreth, the ensemble’s longtime conductor, that combine new, old and unusual works in … 

Oratorio Society of New York

Oratorio Society of New York

Kent Tritle leads his well-regarded chorus in Bach’s immortal “St. 

The Greatest Shows on Earth

The Greatest Shows on Earth

A dress-up sing-along celebration of everyone’s favourite musicals. 

Kasper's Puppet Theatre

Kasper's Puppet Theatre

Kasper’s Puppet Theatre presents a magical fairytale for children. 

Tribeca New Music Festival

Tribeca New Music Festival

Always rich in young composers, this series has taken on venerable status by this, its 13th season. 

Queens New Music Festival

Queens New Music Festival

The composers’ collective Random Access Music presents a vibrant offering of new music. 

Harriet Walter in New Play

Harriet Walter in New Play

Harriet Walter & Guy Paul in a reading of Jessica Duchen’s new play ‘A Walk Through the End of Time’ exploring the astonishing history of Olivier Messiaen’s masterpiece compo… 

New Act Night

New Act Night

The latest new comics from Jill Edwards Comedy Workshops at Komedia take to the stage. 

New Act Night

New Act Night

The latest fledglings from Jill Edwards Comedy Workshops at Brighton’s Komedia take the stage in our electric New Act Night. 

The Colin Hoult Shows

The Colin Hoult Shows

Master character comedian and star of ‘Derek’ and ‘Being Human’ performs all his critically acclaimed, sell-out, weirdly wonderful comedy shows, fresh from his hit Radio 4 series. 

The New Ten Commandments

The New Ten Commandments

Have you ever wanted to play God? The New Ten Commandments is probably the closest you’ll ever get. 

Our New Girl

Our New Girl

(previews start on Wednesday; opens on June 10) It’s unlikely that even Mary Poppins could sort out a home as unhappy as the one at the center of Nancy Harris’s drama. 

New York Theater Ballet

New York Theater Ballet

This chamber ballet company offers two separate programs. 

Fly by Night: A New Musical

Fly by Night: A New Musical

(previews start on May 16; opens on June 10) On Nov. 

Richard Goode

Richard Goode

This superlative pianist is an insightful interpreter of a range of repertory. 

A New Fun Way to Discover Brighton

A New Fun Way to Discover Brighton

Our guided tours take you to all the best places that Brighton has to offer. 

Cecilia Chorus of New York

Cecilia Chorus of New York

This 150-voice ensemble presents four works that explore the theme of transcendence: Brahms’s “Nänie,” Bruckner’s “Te Deum,” Vaughan Willia… 

The Cringe Humor 10 Year Anniversary Show

The Cringe Humor 10 Year Anniversary 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 … 

Cutting Edge Concerts New Music Festival

Cutting Edge Concerts New Music Festival

This adventurous series, organized by the composer Victoria Bond, continues with the New York debut of the Blue Streak Ensemble, a chamber group founded by the composer Margaret Br… 

2 Square

2 Square

Peter Grosz and John Lutz, writers at “Late Night With Seth Meyers,” begin their show with several two-person scenes, and improvise the rest. 

The Best of Village Pub Theatre

The Best of Village Pub Theatre

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 … 

Once - A New Musical

Once - A New Musical

Based on the much-loved Oscar-winning film, Once is an extraordinary, original and irresistibly joyous celebration of love, friendship and music. 

New York City Ballet

New York City Ballet

City Ballet is delving into its spring season with a celebration of new growth in ballet. 

Paul Sinha is a Stand-up Comedian

Paul Sinha is a Stand-up Comedian

Paul Sinha is a stand-up comedian, but you might know him as ‘The Sinnerman’, from ITV’s tea-time quiz, The Chase. 

New York Philharmonic

New York Philharmonic

Gustavo Dudamel, who was to have conducted the New York Philharmonic this week in Vivier’s “Orion” and Bruckner’s Ninth Symphony, has the flu and has been r… 

Richard III

Richard III

It was once thought that school productions of Shakespeare plays were for the enjoyment of supportive parents and few others. 

Chinese Music Traditional and New

Chinese Music Traditional and New

Enjoy Fong Liu’s entrancing voice, Chinese traditional instruments (including Hooi Ling Eng’s percussion and zheng, Xian Shan’s accordion, Yulu Wang’s zheng and Eddie McGuire’s bam… 

Scottish Music Traditional and New

Scottish Music Traditional and New

This annual concert has built a loyal following, with listeners surprised by the beauty and power of the blend of pipes, fiddle, harp, concertina, flute, bass and drum. 

Nosferatu- With New Live Soundtrack

Nosferatu- With New Live Soundtrack

Multi award-winning guitarist Graeme Stephen performs his new score to the classic silent film Nosferatu with Mercury Prize nominee cellist Ben Davis. 

Theatre Uncut: Dalgety & Fragile by David Greig

Theatre Uncut: Dalgety & Fragile by David Greig

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… 

The New Age Labrador

The New Age Labrador

Singer-songwriter Shaun Shears sort of fancies himself as a 21st Century reincarnation of the medieval Troubadour, travelling the country performing his songs about life, love and … 

Brand New Ancients

Brand New Ancients

It’s not hard to be cynical. 

Best New Sketch Act 2013: The Final

Best New Sketch Act 2013: The Final

A reliable vein of new talent since its inception in 1988, the So You Think You’re Funny? comedy awards have provided a steady stream of ingenious new acts. 

BBC: The Richard Bacon Programme

BBC: The Richard Bacon Programme

BBC 5 Live’s Richard Bacon presents his show from the BBC’s venue at the Edinburgh Festivals. Join him for big name guests and topical debate. 

Tango Theatre: Woman of Shadow, Woman of Light

Tango Theatre: Woman of Shadow, Woman of Light

This living, timeless story unfolds from the depths of a Tango song. 

Songs for a New World

Songs for a New World

A collection of songs all connected by a central theme. It’s about one moment. It’s about hitting the wall and having to make a choice, or take a stand, or turn around and go back. 

A Career in Theatre Management

A Career in Theatre Management

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… 

WeGotTickets New Talent Showcase

WeGotTickets New Talent Showcase

WeGotTickets 2013 Award Winners Showcase. 

Black Rubix Theatre Presents: Freddie Starr Ate My Hamster

Black Rubix Theatre Presents: Freddie Starr Ate My Hamster

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… 

Medea

Medea

Many readers will be familiar with the experience of almost falling asleep in a lecture theatre; it is probably less common for the urge to arise while a Greek tragedy is in full s… 

Tony Benn and Richard Holloway: Two Old Gits

Tony Benn and Richard Holloway: Two Old Gits

In a society where the older generation is generally ignored and marginalised by the media, Two Old Gits comes as a welcome change. 

Songs for a New World

Songs for a New World

Songs For A New World was Jason Robert Brown’s first produced show. 

Barry From Watford: Shooting from The (new) Hip

Barry From Watford: Shooting from The (new) Hip

The whirr of a granny-mobile jolts into action and within seconds Barry from Watford zooms onto stage, bleating a tuneless song to the utter (and somewhat surprising) delight of th… 

The True Story of Ah Q (Physical Theatre)

The True Story of Ah Q (Physical Theatre)

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. 

Songs for a New World

Songs for a New World

This brave attempt at the musical by Jason Robert Brown renowned for being tricky by Straight Line Theatre company was not an inspiring first encounter with the show. 

An Afternoon of Playback Theatre

An Afternoon of Playback Theatre

Acclaimed show where you, the audience, provide true stories for the performers. 

Wing It, Dusty

Wing It, Dusty

As Deidre and Veronica awake on their wedding day, the action of this show takes place in a bedroom with conversation ranging from Deirdre’s love of Julie Andrews to Veronica’s ins… 

Large Scale Theatre Marketing Workshop

Large Scale Theatre Marketing Workshop

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

Meet the National Theatre Studio and Literary Department

Meet the National Theatre studio and literary department and find out more about how the National Theatre develops work. 

Head2Head: New Jazz!

Head2Head: New Jazz!

‘Head2Head is a jazz-rock group with a fantastic sound . 

Repertory Theatre

Repertory Theatre

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… 

Daniel Sloss - Stand-Up (Extra Shows!)

Daniel Sloss - Stand-Up (Extra Shows!)

Due to massive demand six extra, later, quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man, half-Xbox. 

The New Wave

The New Wave

There are quite a few variety nights kicking about this comedy festival, but this one proved to offer the most unique and high quality selection that I’ve encountered so far. 

Hamelin: The Last Child

Hamelin: The Last Child

On the 26 June 1284, 130 children mysteriously vanished from the town of Hamelin, Germany, for which the Pied Piper has been blamed in legend. 

Introduction to Solo Theatre Performance

Introduction to Solo Theatre Performance

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… 

Rough Theatre

Rough Theatre

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

Theatre Uncut

Theatre Uncut is a shoe-string operation aiming to provide immediate dramatic response to current crises. 

BiDiNG TiME - Various Shows

BiDiNG TiME - Various Shows

International experiment sharing a story about a woman called Thyme, with local interpretations. 

Theatre Uncut

Theatre Uncut

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 … 

Auditions for the New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts

Auditions for the New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts

Hundreds of aspiring actors audition for an exclusive place in the Conservatory’s comprehensive and demanding training programmes. 

Richard Wiseman: Psychobabble

Richard Wiseman: Psychobabble

Richard Wiseman’s Psychobabble feels like an assembly. 

Traverse Through Time: 50 Years of the Traverse Theatre

Traverse Through Time: 50 Years of the Traverse Theatre

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�… 

Auditions for the New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts

Auditions for the New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts

Aspiring actors audition for an exclusive place in the Conservatory’s comprehensive and demanding training programmes. 

Richard Wiseman - Psychobabble

Richard Wiseman - Psychobabble

Best-selling author, psychologist and magician Richard Wiseman rummages around in your mind. 

Captain Morgan and the Sands of Time

Captain Morgan and the Sands of Time

Watching this show is like experiencing fallout from an imagination bomb. 

Christian Schulte-Loh: Attack of the 50 Foot German Comedian

Christian Schulte-Loh: Attack of the 50 Foot German Comedian

‘Very funny’ **** (BroadwayBaby. 

The Oxford Revue Presents - Free

The Oxford Revue Presents - Free

From Oxford University come the Butless Chaps, a sketch group brimming with talent and clever ideas. 

Another New World

Another New World

Disaster in the Arctic. 

Comedian? No. Just Italian

Comedian? No. Just Italian

Although Italy’s economy and political system have of late appeared to be on the verge of total collapse, at least her sixty-odd million citizens can take solace in the fact that t… 

The Bear Pit Comedy Podcast podcast

The Bear Pit Comedy Podcast podcast

The Bear Pit Comedy Podcast podcast is made up to bring you its legendary lunchtime chat show podcast featuring the most fantastic and incredible acts from this year’s Fringe. 

Richard Gadd: Cheese and Crack Whores

Richard Gadd: Cheese and Crack Whores

Wonderfully dark and disturbing, Richard Gadd has come to Edinburgh’s Free Fringe not only to make his audience cry with laughter, but also to push the boundaries of physical com… 

Boredom

Boredom

Two girls dressed in leopard print belong in what must be the most boring world possible and for one whole hour let us in on how they pass the time. 

The Horne Section Live in a Cow - Extra Shows

The Horne Section Live in a Cow - Extra Shows

Rolling into Edinburgh with a brand new barnstorming show, The Horne Section will yet again provide the festival’s best musical mayhem. 

Chaos By Design

Chaos By Design

Rape is a crime against humanity, especially when used as a weapon of war. 

Grated Expectations

Grated Expectations

For those who are not experts in Dickensian literature, Grated Expectations might well prove hard to understand. 

The Principle of Uncertainty

The Principle of Uncertainty

In The Principle of Uncertainty we have a physics lecture on Quantum Mechanics containing live music with the premise that the only certainty is that nothing in the universe is cer… 

Norman Lovett - Old and New

Norman Lovett - Old and New

Stand-up legend and Red Dwarf star returns to continue The Sugababes debate plus much more. 

Times Square Tourist

Times Square Tourist

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… 

Amnesty's Secret Comedy Podcast

Amnesty's Secret Comedy Podcast

From the producers of the Secret Policeman’s Ball, Amnesty’s acclaimed comedy podcasts are back. 

Edinburgh's New Town and Its Gardens

Edinburgh's New Town and Its Gardens

Discover the grandeur of Georgian Edinburgh through buildings and gardens designed to impress. 

Sh!t Theatre's JSA (Job Seekers Anonymous) 2013

Sh!t Theatre's JSA (Job Seekers Anonymous) 2013

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 . 

Hound Dog

Hound Dog

Although far from perfect, this is a pleasant and, at times, touching comedy about the stresses and strains of family life. 

The Year I Was Gifted

The Year I Was Gifted

The anthemic song ‘We’ve Gotta Get Out Of This Place’ by The Animals sets the scene for this one-woman, biographical monologue by the writer and performer Monica Bauer. 

Three Women

Three Women

Watching Three Women is immensely frustrating. 

New (Dis)Order

New (Dis)Order

Held at Scotland’s National Centre for Dance, Dance Base, I was expecting a thoroughly engaging performance that would push the boundaries of conventional dance styles. 

Pip Utton: Churchill

Pip Utton: Churchill

Thirteen-O’Clock, Parliament Square, London. 

The Comedian's Comedian Live With Stuart Goldsmith

The Comedian's Comedian Live With Stuart Goldsmith

Ever wanted to get inside the mind of a comedian? Stuart Goldsmith puts on his interviewer hat in this live version of the critically acclaimed comedy podcast which, as he explains… 

Best of Scottish Comedian of the Year

Best of Scottish Comedian of the Year

Alan Anderson is one of Scotland’s most charming comperes and a very talented man. 

The Comedian's Comedian Live with Stuart Goldsmith

The Comedian's Comedian Live with Stuart Goldsmith

This show is billed as a comedian’s comedy show for comedians. 

Iain Stirling: At Home - Extra Shows

Iain Stirling: At Home - Extra Shows

Having bought a house with his girlfriend the Edinburgh-born comic explores how a decision that comes from a place of love can lead to such fear and uncertainty. 

The Wireless Podcast - Free

The Wireless Podcast - Free

No wires - no script! A completely improvised 50s radio-play adventure, unique every day. 

Sweater Curse: A Yarn About Love

Sweater Curse: A Yarn About Love

If you love a good story, then you’ll love this. 

Richard Digance

Richard Digance

For fans of Richard Digance, his twenty-two show run at the Fringe is long overdue. 

Lewis Schaffer Is Free Until Famous - 20th Year

Lewis Schaffer Is Free Until Famous - 20th Year

Character comedy is slowly but surely leeching into stand-up. 

A Danish Bagpipe Comedian

A Danish Bagpipe Comedian

A show about the rock’n’roll life of Claus Reiss, a full-time bagpiper. 

Romeo/Juliet

Romeo/Juliet

Rarely has there been a version of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo. 

Adam Belbin - The Other Half of Next Year's Show

Adam Belbin - The Other Half of Next Year's Show

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. 

Best of Scottish Comedian of the Year

Best of Scottish Comedian of the Year

As the name would suggest, this is great Scottish comedy at its best. 

Obie: A Comedian's Guide to Improving Your Memory.

Obie: A Comedian's Guide to Improving Your Memory.

As well as being one of Scotland’s headline comedians Obie also runs memory training workshops. 

Mammoth

Mammoth

From Eastern Finland comes Mammoth which is most definitely an acquired taste. 

Richard Herring - We're All Going to Die!

Richard Herring - We're All Going to Die!

At a time when high-profile comedy seems frequently to constitute pointing out things that people do, Richard Herring’s satirical wit and eye for originality – not to mention h… 

Richard Herring's Edinburgh Fringe Podcast

Richard Herring's Edinburgh Fringe Podcast

‘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… 

God Bless Liz Lochhead

God Bless Liz Lochhead

God Bless Liz Lochhead follows three failing actors who attempt to stage an adaptation of Tartuffe, 25 years after a disastrous tour of that production brought chaos to all their l… 

Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre - In Space

Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre - In Space

If you are attracted by the glittering diversity of shows offered by the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, then this is one for you. 

Rhys Nicholson: Dawn of a New Error

Rhys Nicholson: Dawn of a New Error

This is not a show for the faint-hearted. 

New Art Club: Feel About Your Body

New Art Club: Feel About Your Body

Dynamic, physical, moving (literally), touching (even more literally) and hilarious; this is the New Art Club, Tom Roden and Pete Shenton, two men who are on a mission to make you … 

Nish Kumar - Nish Kumar is a Comedian

Nish Kumar - Nish Kumar is a Comedian

Nish Kumar is in the throes of an identity crisis, only in this instance it is other people being confused about him, rather than him about himself. 

Executed for Sodomy: the Life Story of Caterina Linck

Executed for Sodomy: the Life Story of Caterina Linck

Life must be hard if you want to be a different gender. 

Richard Herring's Edinburgh Fringe Podcast

Richard Herring's Edinburgh Fringe Podcast

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. 

New York Musical Theater Festival

New York Musical Theater Festival

(performances start on July 7) Summer will become just that much more harmonious when this festival opens its 11th season. 

David Trent - Spontaneous Comedian

David Trent - Spontaneous Comedian

David Trent calls live comedy ‘the only true spontaneous art form’. 

HELLUVA TOWN: A New York Soundtrack

HELLUVA TOWN: A New York Soundtrack

Eric Comstock and Barbara Fasano are an adorable husband and duo, a pair of very talented musicians who have flown from New York to perform Helluva Town, their Ipod shuffle soundt… 

The Ginge, the Geordie and the Geek - All New Show

The Ginge, the Geordie and the Geek - All New Show

In the packed venue an announcement hushes the audience and a video projection introduces the trio: the Ginge, the Geordie and the Geek. 

Richard Herring: Talking C*ck - The Second Coming

Richard Herring: Talking C*ck - The Second Coming

Every man in the audience stiffened as a pulsating phallus inflated on the screen in front of us at the start of the show. 

Isy Suttie: Pearl and Dave

Isy Suttie: Pearl and Dave

Some suggest that you have to like a performer to be able to laugh at their work. 

Damion Larkin: Cuddly Loser

Damion Larkin: Cuddly Loser

Early in his set Cuddly Loser Damion Larkin describes himself as ‘five foot seven and made of pies. 

Give Up! Start Over! (In the darkest of times I look to Richard Nixon for hope)

Give Up! Start Over! (In the darkest of times I look to Richard Nixon for hope)

Jessica Almasy is compulsive viewing, much like the material she delivers in her solo performance, Give Up! Start Over! (In the darkest of times I look to Richard Nixon for hope). 

Logic for a 5 Year Old

Logic for a 5 Year Old

Stand-up comedy can be awkward when the audience is small. 

New Art Club: Quiet Act of Destruction

New Art Club: Quiet Act of Destruction

New Art Club are certainly as good as their word, and over an hour they they recount an elaborate tale which centres around a fierce rivalry between two small, dull villages in Cam… 

German Comedian

German Comedian

Christian Schulte-Loh is a German comedian. 

Henning Wehn No Surrender

Henning Wehn No Surrender

This is the second year running that I have seen a Fringe set by Henning Wehn – and although the man is a brilliant stand-up, the common threads running through his material are … 

Scottish Dance Theatre

Scottish Dance Theatre

I’ll 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 Scotland’s… 

Hitler! The Musical

Hitler! The Musical

Satirical portraits of Adolf Hitler have been around since Charlie Chaplin’s ‘The Great Dictator’, through ‘The Producers’, to the Mr T Experience’s ‘Even Hitler Had A Girlfriend’. 

Alfie Brown - The Love You Take

Alfie Brown - The Love You Take

This is a show which will divide audiences, causing disputes of both an interpersonal and internal nature. 

New Gondoliers Play Mediterranean Homesick Blues

New Gondoliers Play Mediterranean Homesick Blues

What do you get if you mix Gogol Bordello with Bob Dylan, but without Dylan’s lyrical genius? The New Gondoliers. 

Wondrous Flitting

Wondrous Flitting

The title of Wondrous Flitting is a double reference: it stands for both the miraculous appearance in 24-year-old waster Sam’s house of the Holy House of Loreto, a medieval site of… 

Three Balls and a New Suit

Three Balls and a New Suit

I sit here, chastised, after trying to prove to myself that I could still juggle using eggs filled with jelly beans. 

Richard Herring - Christ on a Bike: The Second Coming

Richard Herring - Christ on a Bike: The Second Coming

This year, Richard Herring is resurrecting his first ever one-man Fringe show, ‘Christ On A Bike’, which he performed in 2001. 

Fever Chart: Three Visions of the Middle East

Fever Chart: Three Visions of the Middle East

War! What is it good for? Well, in this case, it’s good for about half of this Warwick University student production of Naomi Wallace’s The Fever Chart: Three Visions of the Middle… 

Songs For a New World

Songs For a New World

Songs For a New World is a perennially popular Fringe favourite, a revue of cabaret numbers by Jason Robert Brown loosely themed around the American experience. 

Night Heron

Night Heron

If you’ve ever been anywhere near the Fens you’ll probably have realised that they’re fucking mental, but if unlike me you haven’t visited Spalding’s Springfields Centre for a fun … 

Scientist Turned Comedian: Tim Lee

Scientist Turned Comedian: Tim Lee

Tim Lee’s stand-up show is based around the premise that he was about to become a scientist but then, after receiving his PhD, decided to become a comedian. 

Festival Folk @ The Oak/The Wee Folk Club

Festival Folk @ The Oak/The Wee Folk Club

Byrne’s material tonight takes in a range of styles and moods, but is mostly taken from poetry written in Scots dialect traditions, and there were clearly a number of jokes that I … 

Richard III

Richard III

Entering the theatre in the midst of a party it was clear that this was going to be an energetic play. 

Grainne Maguire - We Need to Talk About Bonnets

Grainne Maguire - We Need to Talk About Bonnets

There are about ten people in a dank attic room for what Grainne Maguire repeatedly describes as a ‘late night bonnet show’, meaning that for the majority of her set she doesn’t ev… 

Theatre of Sex

Theatre of Sex

Franny Winters and her husband Harm Groespecker bound on stage to the music from The Avengers. 

The Big Bite-Size Breakfast /Matinee Shows

The Big Bite-Size Breakfast /Matinee Shows

The concept of Bite Size is a perfectly simple, yet novel one, and the clue really is in the title. 

Fee Fie Foe Fum

Fee Fie Foe Fum

Kids are a notoriously tough crowd. 

The Table - New and Improved!

The Table - New and Improved!

Our protagonist, Moses the cardboard puppet, describes himself as a ‘funny little puppet dancing on the table’, but this piece is so much more than that. 

Ali McGregor's Something Old, Something New

Ali McGregor's Something Old, Something New

With her phenomenal voice and subtle and sexy ambiance, Ali McGregor knows how to make an entrance. 

Stitching

Stitching

Various media have opted for sex as the defining theme of this year’s Fringe, and a number of the shows I’ve been able to see are characterised by a clear-eyed recognition of the d… 

Ed Byrne: Crowd Pleaser

Ed Byrne: Crowd Pleaser

It’s hard to fault this set by Ed Byrne, although it’s very tempting to do so. 

Wednesday

Wednesday

Brutality is hard to sustain onstage. 

Repertory Theatre

Repertory Theatre

This comedy thriller by Israeli duo Elephant and the Mouse has a plot twist so delicious that giving it away would be murder. 

Jessica Fostekew: Brave New Word

Jessica Fostekew: Brave New Word

Jessica Fostekew is in love with words. 

Daniel Sloss - Extra Shows!

Daniel Sloss - Extra Shows!

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… 

Jack Barry and Patrick Turpin: Your New Mild Friends

Jack Barry and Patrick Turpin: Your New Mild Friends

This pair of independent comedians is sure to evoke a titter from even the stoniest of critics. 

Belgrave and Manera's Music Club

Belgrave and Manera's Music Club

Over the last few years at the Latitude festival Robin Ince’s Book Club has been a runaway success. 

Spent

Spent

Have you ever seen a man sweat through the back of a business suit? If that’s an experience in which your life is lacking, it’s one of many reasons why you might be interested in s… 

Richard Tyrone Jones's Big Heart

Richard Tyrone Jones's Big Heart

Two years ago Richard Tyrone Jones a healthy, gym-going, performance poet was diagnosed with chronic heart failure on the eve of his thirtieth birthday. 

My Romantic History

My Romantic History

‘Isn’t memory funny?’, comments Amy, one of the two main characters of DC Jackson’s My Romantic History. 

Scottish Comedian of the Year 2011 - Jamie Dalgleish

Scottish Comedian of the Year 2011 - Jamie Dalgleish

With high expectations for the Scottish Comedian of the Year: Jaime Dalgleish, I eagerly awaited my night filled with side-splitting jokes and rip-roaring laughs. 

Bec Hill Didn't Want to Play Your Stupid Game Anyway

Bec Hill Didn't Want to Play Your Stupid Game Anyway

It’s easy to see where Australian comic Bec Hill is coming from in this set about refusing to conform to the pressures of adulthood. 

Don Quixote - Theatre of the Blind

Don Quixote - Theatre of the Blind

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… 

A Life In The Theatre

A Life In The Theatre

Out with the old and in with the new. 

Luke Wright - Your New Favourite Poet

Luke Wright - Your New Favourite Poet

Luke Wright doesn’t invite audiences to buy a printed anthology of his work after he performs: he invites them to buy his CD. 

My Name is Richard

My Name is Richard

Richard is the butt of school jibes and his home life is not much better in spite of his having two loyal brothers. 

Bashir Lazhar

Bashir Lazhar

French-Canadian drama Bashir Lazhar draws its tension from the point at which two forms of loneliness intersect – that of an Algerian immigrant trying to make his way in a new wo… 

Award-Winning Comedian Nik Coppin

Award-Winning Comedian Nik Coppin

When you see ‘Award-Winning’ in front of a comedy act, you tend to sit up and expect something pretty good. 

Songs For A New World

Songs For A New World

Jason Robert Brown’s American song-cycle is a Fringe favourite with student companies. 

Henning Wehn - My Struggle

Henning Wehn - My Struggle

Henning Wehn might be the most bizarre stand-up comedian I have ever seen, but I think that’s intentional. 

Dana Alexander: New Arrival

Dana Alexander: New Arrival

Dana Alexander arrives on this side of the Atlantic with a significant reputation, but the venue chosen for Alexander can only be described as ambitiously large for a comic at her … 

The Ginge, the Geordie and the Geek- All New Show 2012

The Ginge, the Geordie and the Geek- All New Show 2012

A comedy sketch show, promising 32 new and hilarious sketches in under an hour. 

Last Easter

Last Easter

Bryony Lavery’s Last Easter is a one-act comedy about cancer, euthanasia and the vestigial presence of religious imagery in our hopeless, secular lives. 

Spring Awakening (A New Musical)

Spring Awakening (A New Musical)

The youth of Captivate Drama’s front of house staff and their venue at the Edinburgh Academy led me to expect a school play. 

Mr Kolpert

Mr Kolpert

Adapted from a 1990s German play by David Geiselmann, this student production is a thrilling race through the cruelty and aggression underlying social etiquette. 

Songs for a New World

Songs for a New World

Fresh from the American High School Theatre Festival, this talented group of students give a simple, classy performance of the Jason Robert Brown song cycle. 

Project Adorno's Top Ten of Popular Culture

Project Adorno's Top Ten of Popular Culture

Do you like Art Brut? Half Man Half Biscuit? Have you ever heard of Ian Sinclair? If the answer to any of these questions is ‘no’ then you may be bemused, vexed and possibly appall… 

Scottish Music Traditional and New

Scottish Music Traditional and New

The bagpipes might be the butt of more jokes at the Fringe than any other subject. 

Adam Larter: Happy New Year - A Free Comedy Show

Adam Larter: Happy New Year - A Free Comedy Show

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. 

Chris Martin: No. Not That One

Chris Martin: No. Not That One

Three years ago, at my first Fringe, I saw Chris Martin do a fifteen-minute free set in a basement room. 

Chris Addison

Chris Addison

Picture Chris Addison in your mind for a minute. 

The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre - Chunky Woollen Nits

The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre - Chunky Woollen Nits

The notoriously foul-mouthed Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppets have toned down their act for this family friendly show. 

Richard Thompson in Concert

Richard Thompson in Concert

There are 21 Richard Thompsons listed in Wikipedia, including a Conservative baronet, a racing driver and a Warner Bros animator. 

Richard Herring – ménage à un

Richard Herring – ménage à un

Richard Herring returns to Edinburgh with his 21st show in 15 years. 

Pork

Pork

David Egan’s Pork is an interesting stab at an interesting topic; set in a future dystopia where pigs live side by side with feral humans in a sinister charitable enclave known onl… 

Lach: The Day I Went Insane

Lach: The Day I Went Insane

Previous reviewers have compared Lach to Woody Allen and Woody Guthrie, and while these two are good reference points I’d like to start by pointing out just how much he looks, and … 

The Emperor’s New Clothes

The Emperor’s New Clothes

This show is loosely based on the story by Hans Christian Anderson. 

National Theatre of Scotland Presents Love Letters to the Public Transport System By Molly Taylor

National Theatre of Scotland Presents Love Letters to the Public Transport System By Molly Taylor

Writing a show is a difficult enough task; to then both act and direct said show is worthy of a titan. 

The Beta Males' Midnight Movie Theatre

The Beta Males' Midnight Movie Theatre

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 … 

Slacker's Guide to Western Theatre

Slacker's Guide to Western Theatre

This play promises a quick and basic guide to the development of western theatre. 

Caligula

Caligula

Although his writing is poetry as much as philosophy, there is a danger that any performance of a work by Albert Camus might neglect the more intriguingly human aspects of his lite… 

Sherica

Sherica

Last year, Wednesday by Ian Winterton was one of my picks of the Fringe. 

Scottish Dance Theatre – Matters of the Heart

Scottish Dance Theatre – Matters of the Heart

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… 

Bridget Christie: Housewife Surrealist

Bridget Christie: Housewife Surrealist

When Bridget Christie bounds onto the stage in a bishop’s vestments and mitre, running around the audience distributing crackers and squeezes of water, and then a couple of minutes… 

New Rope String Band

New Rope String Band

Musical comedy is a risky business. 

Belt Up Theatre's Outland

Belt Up Theatre's Outland

Something consistently excellent about Belt Up’s productions is their dedication to preserving the illusion. 

Square Eye Pair

Square Eye Pair

Richard and Max have been best friends since high school, where they bonded over their respective social flaws. 

Body of Water

Body of Water

There’s a comedy show at this year’s Fringe entitled All Young People Are C*nts. 

The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre - Boo Lingerie

The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre - Boo Lingerie

Socks playing guitar. 

Karma Comedian - Stella Graham - Free

Karma Comedian - Stella Graham - Free

Stella Graham’s routine is fun and original: she recounts amusing anecdotes of good and bad things she has done and the audience have to decide if she should go to heaven or hell. 

The Enchanted Lovers – A New Dido

The Enchanted Lovers – A New Dido

This is a cut-down, updated version of Purcell’s Dido & Aeneas, created by Howard Goodall in 1986 for the South Bank Show. 

Belarus Free Theatre

Belarus Free Theatre

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… 

Ciaran O'Driscoll Launching His Novel: A Year's Midnight

Ciaran O'Driscoll Launching His Novel: A Year's Midnight

Word Power Books on West Nicholson St played host to Ciaran O’Driscoll, an Irish poet and prose writer of distinction, as part of their Edinburgh Book Fringe programme. 

Chinese Music Traditional and New

Chinese Music Traditional and New

The connection between traditional Scottish music and Chinese music is something I had given no thought to until this concert, but the Harmony Ensemble changed all that with their … 

Belt Up Theatre's The Boy James

Belt Up Theatre's The Boy James

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 … 

'Dream Man' by James Carroll Pickett

'Dream Man' by James Carroll Pickett

A word of warning: if an hour of explicit homosexual phone sex is the sort of thing that sends you running to complain to Mary Whitehouse, then look away now. 

Double Edge's Flames Over New Jersey

Double Edge's Flames Over New Jersey

Double Edge provides excellent entertainment here in the damp, sweaty attic of Underbelly, the ideal venue for their immersive piece set in a 1930’s Princeton speakeasy. 

Fairy Liquid And The Burst Bubble ... And Other Science Shows

Fairy Liquid And The Burst Bubble ... And Other Science Shows

Science Shows for Schools have take three of their popular science presentations for schools and turned them into a 50 minute production for children at the Zoo Aviary. 

Richard O'Brien's Mephistopheles Smith

Richard O'Brien's Mephistopheles Smith

Having seen the Janus Theatre Company productions of Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens, perhaps my expectations were simply too high for Mephistopheles … 

By Grace: A New Musical

By Grace: A New Musical

The epitome of Hollywood glamour, Grace Kelly’s perfect face beams at you from a screen as you enter the space. 

Scottish Dance Theatre - Luxuria

Scottish Dance Theatre - Luxuria

Nine members of the Scottish Dance Theatre company take to the stage to dance. 

Scottish Dance Theatre - A Visitation

Scottish Dance Theatre - A Visitation

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. 

Carnivale

Carnivale

If you’ve ever seen or read JB Priestley’s An Inspector Calls you’ll be broadly familiar with the message of UnWish Theatre’s Carnivale, a dinner party with a difference where the … 

Random History of Rock'n'Roll in Middle English, by Geoff Chaucer Junior

Random History of Rock'n'Roll in Middle English, by Geoff Chaucer Junior

This is the weirdest thing I have ever seen. 

Jim Campbell: Nine-Year-Old Man

Jim Campbell: Nine-Year-Old Man

You could be forgiven for thinking that Jim Campbell was Mark Watson’s twin brother. 

Josie Long: Be Honourable!

Josie Long: Be Honourable!

Josie Long’s Be Honourable! is on some level about being nice – not the easiest subject for laughs, but one with which she succeeds partly by being such a shining example. 

New York International Fringe Festival

New York International Fringe Festival

(performances start on Aug. 

Apples

Apples

Adapted from Richard Milward’s 2006 novel, Apples is a slice of teen life in all its grottiness, expanded to cartoonish proportions from a starting point of Northern reality. 

Richard Herring: What is Love Anyway?

Richard Herring: What is Love Anyway?

Love is a pyramid scheme, suggests Richard Herring, in an extended fifteen-minute segment of his strongly-themed set, in which he contemplates the devastating consequences of a lov… 

Don't Call Us We'll Call You

Don't Call Us We'll Call You

Ring-ring! Ring ring! What’s that sound? It’s the sound of ten students from London trying to get to grips with an un-winable war. 

The Meeting

The Meeting

Reuben Johnson’s The Meeting commands a strong central performance by Reuben Johnson, speaking the lines of Reuben Johnson under the keen directorial eye of Reuben Johnson. 

The Gilded Red Cage

The Gilded Red Cage

I actually feel guilty about disliking this play so much. 

Grim: A New Musical

Grim: A New Musical

It’s a breath of fresh air to watch something as ambitious – perhaps too ambitious – as The Untold Theatre Company’s brand-new full-length original musical, Grim. 

Tim Turnbull's Tales of Terror - Free

Tim Turnbull's Tales of Terror - Free

It ought to be mentioned from the beginning that Tim’s Turnbull’s Tales of Terror aren’t particularly terrifying, but it soon becomes apparent that actual thrills and chills aren’t… 

Livewire Theatre's Salem

Livewire Theatre's Salem

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. 

Phillipa and Will Are Now in a Relationship

Phillipa and Will Are Now in a Relationship

‘I wuv you with the intensity of a thousand suns,’ yells Will (Jack Swain) in Misshapen Theatre’s Phillipa And Will Are Now In A Relationship, a romantic comedy told entirely throu… 

Richard Parker

Richard Parker

Welsh-born playwright Owen Thomas’ newest play, Richard Parker, explores coincidence – is our life really a series of coincidences, or are they just products of us over-analysi… 

Nick Mohammed Is A Character Comedian

Nick Mohammed Is A Character Comedian

Man of a thousand voices, Nick Mohammed certainly delivers on his promise of both characters and comedy in this well-written sketch show at the Pleasance. 

Barely Legal: The 18-Year-Old Democracy

Barely Legal: The 18-Year-Old Democracy

Dave Levinsohn and Loyiso Gola are billed as South Africa’s premier comedians, and Barely Legal does not disappoint as a platform to bring both these talented men together. 

Richard III

Richard III

There are places which have unquestionable resonance. 

Pink Noise by FORK

Pink Noise by FORK

There’s not a lot of pink in this show – the four Scandinavian singers who make up FORK spend most of it clad either in dazzling white or figure-hugging black leather – but the… 

Another New World

Another New World

This was not quite the show I was expecting. 

Threshold

Threshold

Some would say the journey is more important than the destination, but this rule doesn’t apply to 19;29’s Threshold, a choose-your-own-adventure psychodrama presenting the implosio… 

Gary Delaney: Purist

Gary Delaney: Purist

Most comedy shows, like most reviews, come with some kind of inbuilt narrative, some trajectory from A to B that allows the performer to hook on their best jokes, anecdotes and obs… 

Andy Zaltzman: Armchair Revolutionary

Andy Zaltzman: Armchair Revolutionary

If you only see one stand-up comedy set at this year’s Fringe, it should probably be Andy Zaltzman. 

The Red Bus Puppet Shows

The Red Bus Puppet Shows

It’s a beautiful day at the Fringe and I’m sat on the top deck of a red bus in the Meadows. 

Jerry Sadowitz - Comedian, Magician, Psychopath

Jerry Sadowitz - Comedian, Magician, Psychopath

Scotland’s answer to, well just about every other magician you’ve ever seen, sets the tone of the show from the opening line of “Good evening, you’re all a bunch of c***s”, and i… 

Make Music New York

Make Music New York

The streets, plazas, parks and waterfronts of the five boroughs will be alive with music during this free, outdoor extravaganza, which features over 1,300 concerts from dawn to dus… 

The National

The National

There’s something a little unusual about The National’s rise to power as a festival-filling headline band; their sound is so hushed, so intimate, so suited to a guttering candle an… 

Frisky and Mannish: The College Years

Frisky and Mannish: The College Years

I’m a newcomer to the Frisky and Mannish experience – a fresher, as they address me at one point – I came into this show lacking any point of comparison with last year’s smash hi… 

Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre - On The Telly

Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre - On The Telly

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… 

The New Conway Dimension

The New Conway Dimension

Your walk home from this late night show will be overwhelmingly consumed with the dilemma, ‘Was that utterly brilliant or completely terrible?’ The New Conway Dimension defies … 

Man Who Was Thursday

Man Who Was Thursday

There are few good things about international terrorism, but this show is one of them. 

Withered Hand

Withered Hand

‘I’m Withered Hand, and these are my friends’, announces Dan Willson as his three-piece backing band join him on the stage of the Electric Circus. 

Tom Wrigglesworth's Open Return Letter To Richard Branson

Tom Wrigglesworth's Open Return Letter To Richard Branson

The title of this show hides nothing about its content, as bubbly Northerner Tom Wrigglesworth recounts his tales of woe and confusion on the 10. 

The Degenerates

The Degenerates

In a dystopian future society where all homosexuals are ‘rehabilitated’ by being forced to have straight sex in a sinister hostel, one man and one woman do a lot of shouting in Rib… 

Mandrake

Mandrake

The Mandrake charts familiar territory for a Renaissance city comedy – cuckoldry, trickery, and professional stereotypes – but as might be expected from a play by Machiavelli, th… 

DugOut Theatre's Inheritance Blues

DugOut Theatre's Inheritance Blues

DugOut Theatre’s Inheritance Blues has already proven to be a winner, picking up ISDF 2012 Festgoers’ Choice Award. 

Dan Nightingale: The 11 and a 1/2 Ill-conceived Edinburgh Shows of Dan Nightingale

Dan Nightingale: The 11 and a 1/2 Ill-conceived Edinburgh Shows of Dan Nightingale

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… 

Gap Year

Gap Year

Chloe Ward is wonderfully charming and likeable actress, with a strong presence that drew me in from the beginning. 

Mrs. Mayfields Fifth-Grade Class of 93 20-Year Reunion

Mrs. Mayfields Fifth-Grade Class of 93 20-Year Reunion

This site-specific, immersive performance, which takes place in a tiny fifth-floor tenement apartment, casts its audience as fellow reunion guests. 

The Tempest

The Tempest

Aces High promise a radical, multimedia, re-gendered re-imagination of The Tempest, but deliver a bit of a damp squib, something more like a light drizzle or a power shower when th… 

Allsopp and Henderson's The Jinglists

Allsopp and Henderson's The Jinglists

Comedy is subjective – a cliché the truth of which I’d never truly experienced before seeing Allsopp and Henderson’s The Jinglists. 

Sh!t Theatre Present: Sh!t Theatre's JSA (Job Seekers Anonymous)

Sh!t Theatre Present: Sh!t Theatre's JSA (Job Seekers Anonymous)

While not the slickest show this side of the Royal Mile, Sh!it Theatre’s Job Seekers Anonymous was definitely something extraordinary. 

Why We Ate Cliff Richard

Why We Ate Cliff Richard

Fandom turns dark in this comic tale of a pop idol, his fervent fans, and the quest for survival. 

Songs For A New World

Songs For A New World

The artistic mode known as the musical usually rests on the foundation of a dramatic plot, with passionate music marking the profound and emotive elements of the production’s story… 

Belt Up Theatre's A Little Princess

Belt Up Theatre's A Little Princess

‘Come in girls, sit anywhere you like. 

Guilt & Shame

Guilt & Shame

Guilt and Shame is a sketch show about the failure of a sketch show, or more specifically its utter breakdown. 

Lewis Schaffer is Free Until Famous 18th Year

Lewis Schaffer is Free Until Famous 18th Year

Lewis Schaffer’s show is called Free Until Famous. 

Theatre Tasters - Free

Theatre Tasters - Free

The obvious, but often overlooked difficulty with one act plays is their length. 

Three Balls and a New Suit

Three Balls and a New Suit

The Voodoo Rooms provide old-school trendy surroundings for a comedy variety show. 

A Little Light Theatre

A Little Light Theatre

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… 

Instant Theatre

Instant Theatre

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. 

In This Lonely Town

In This Lonely Town

Andrianna Smela and her accompanist Maria Dessena are classically trained musicians playing cabaret music, and my main gripe with this programme of the songs of Kurt Weill and othe… 

Comedian Dies in the Middle of Joke

Comedian Dies in the Middle of Joke

Clues that Comedian Dies In The Middle of Joke would not be a typical show appeared early. 

An Evening With David Sedaris

An Evening With David Sedaris

While undoubtedly a good show by anyone’s standards - apart from someone who doesn’t like American men with high, nasal voices reading comic but ultimately touching stories, presum… 

Mr Braithwaite Has a New Boy

Mr Braithwaite Has a New Boy

This droll play follows the life of an elderly gay man and the relationship he develops with a male prostitute. 

Tiff Stevenson: Tiny Revolutions Podcast Live

Tiff Stevenson: Tiny Revolutions Podcast Live

Tiny Revolutions, the podcast that asks whether comedy can be a force for social change, comes to Edinburgh for a Fringe special. 

Amused Moose Comedy's National New Comic Award: Final

Amused Moose Comedy's National New Comic Award: Final

Vote excitedly alongside dozens of international talent scouts for 2018’s hottest breakthrough stars in the making, who battle for glory, fame and the shiny moose trophy. 

It's Me, Richard Wright, I'm the Problem It's Me

It's Me, Richard Wright, I'm the Problem It's Me

Richard Wright is about to turn 40 and he’s worried that he has stopped caring. 

La Reprise Histoire(s) du theatre (I)

La Reprise Histoire(s) du theatre (I)

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… 

Emma Hack - New Works

Emma Hack - New Works

EMMA HACK is an Australian artist working in the unique medium of body paint installation and photography. 

Frozen: Where Right and Wrong Melt Into One

Frozen: Where Right and Wrong Melt Into One

We ask the director and cast of Frozen at the Greenwich Theatre about their experiences of putting on this hugely demanding play. 

Edward​ Oulton: Young, Northern and Hopeful with £45,000

Edward​ Oulton: Young, Northern and Hopeful with £45,000

Richard Beck met up with Edward​ Oulton to find out about the grants he's received and his thoughts on the future of writing and regional theatre. 

The British Theatre Challenge 2024

The British Theatre Challenge 2024

Director John Mitton tells tell us about this year's , The British Theatre Challenge, the plays and the writers. 

BYMT and Ellie Jones take on Animal Farm

BYMT and Ellie Jones take on Animal Farm

We talk to Ellie Jones and some of the cast about her production of Animal Farm for BYMT. 

Barry McStay: My Story of Breeding

Barry McStay: My Story of Breeding

Barry McStay tells us about his experience of writing and revising his play, Breeding 

Comedian Lama Alfard - Self-Confessed Total Badass Who Truly Stands Out

Comedian Lama Alfard - Self-Confessed Total Badass Who Truly Stands Out

We talk to Lama Alfard about her career in comedy. 

FemFestBrighton Celebrates Five Fabulous Years

FemFestBrighton Celebrates Five Fabulous Years

FemFestBrighton this March celebrates its fifth anniversary. 

Merging Metatheatre, Autofiction and Necrophilia

Merging Metatheatre, Autofiction and Necrophilia

We interview the director and cast of ​Sergio Blanco's When You Pass Over My Tomb at the Arcola Theatre. 

EdFringe 2024 Registration Opens

EdFringe 2024 Registration Opens

EdFringe 2024 Registration Opens 

From Lady to Gentleman - That's Shalott

From Lady to Gentleman - That's Shalott

We interview Gareth Watkins about his exciting new play The Gentleman of Shallot. 

Greenside Vacates Old Town Infirmary Street in Move to New Town George Street

Greenside Vacates Old Town Infirmary Street in Move to New Town George Street

​Greenside makes a dramatic move to The Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) on George Street for 2024 Fringe. 

VAULT Announces New London Venue and Return of VAULT Festival for 2024

VAULT Announces New London Venue and Return of VAULT Festival for 2024

VAULT, the creators of VAULT Festival have found their new London home which will open in Spring 2024 with VAULT Festival returning in the Autumn. 

Cocktails, Concerts and Carols at St Martin-in-the-Fields

Cocktails, Concerts and Carols at St Martin-in-the-Fields

St Martin's-in-the-Fields announces it Christmas celebrations. 

Malevo: From La Pampa To The Peacock

Malevo: From La Pampa To The Peacock

Argentine dance sensation Malevo perform at the Peacock Thatre. 

What Price A Slice of Bread?

What Price A Slice of Bread?

This week The Loaf by Alan Booty opens at The Bridge House Theatre in Penge, SE20. We spoke to him about his background, the play and its development. 

Plays and Panto in Penge

Plays and Panto in Penge

The Bridge House Theatre, Penge announces its autumn/winter programme. 

Wandsworth Announces Fringe Funding

Wandsworth Announces Fringe Funding

Wandsworth Arts Fringe 2024 is now open for declarations of interest and grant application  

VAULT Not Opening

VAULT Not Opening

VAULT Festival 2024 will not go ahead. 

Five outstanding EdFringe shows scoop a Broadway Baby Bobby in 2023

Five outstanding EdFringe shows scoop a Broadway Baby Bobby in 2023

A coveted Bobby has been presented to five shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year. 

Seeing Cinderella in a Whole New Light

Seeing Cinderella in a Whole New Light

If you thought Cinderella was just for panto season, as the team behind Greenwich Theatre’s new production tells Simon Ximenez, “Oh no it’s not.”  

Breaking the Sterotype

Breaking the Sterotype

We reunited Lithuanian writer, Gintare Parulyte and Croatian-American performer Kristin Winters to talk online about the one-woman show, Lovefool, they have created and are now bri... 

Georgie Carroll Nurses Her Debut

Georgie Carroll Nurses Her Debut

Georgie Carroll talks to us about her debut show, Nurse Georgie Carroll: Sista Flo 2.0, at the Edinburgh Fringe. 

Claire Woolner: Pee Power

Claire Woolner: Pee Power

Claire Woolner, the LA-based absurdist comedian, performance artist and surrealist clown, talks about performing at the Edinburgh Fringe 

Kerry Ipema and KK Apple: Risk Peeing Your Pants

Kerry Ipema and KK Apple: Risk Peeing Your Pants

We talk to Kerry Ipema and KK Apple present about their UK premiere of Six Chick Flicks. 

Pitch: Being Queer and Loving the Beautiful Game

Pitch: Being Queer and Loving the Beautiful Game

Nell Bailey, Artistic Director of November Theatre talks about the company's new play, Pitch at the Edinburgh Fringe. 

17 Minutes- The Afermath of a Shooting

17 Minutes- The Afermath of a Shooting

We invited playwright Scott Organ to tell us about 17 Minutes at the Edinburgh Fringe. 

​​Mervyn Stutter: Fun and Choas Outside a Phone Box

​​Mervyn Stutter: Fun and Choas Outside a Phone Box

​​Mervyn Stutter talks to us about his 31st year at the Fringe, how things have changed and his show, Pick of the Fringe 

Emma Taylor: Making a Revue from the News

Emma Taylor: Making a Revue from the News

We asked Emma Taylor, producer of Newsrevue, the world’s longest-running live comedy show, now in its ​ 43rd year, about its background and success 

The Empowerment of Edinburgh Fringe

The Empowerment of Edinburgh 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. 

Clare Cockburn Blossoms With Her Rose

Clare Cockburn Blossoms With Her Rose

​We talked to Clare Cockburn, who, at the age of 54, is presenting her debut play Tennessee, Rose at this year's Edinburgh Fringe.  

Ed Edwards: Assassinating Michael Gove

Ed Edwards: Assassinating Michael Gove

Ed Edwards gives some observations loosely connected to his new play England & Son at this year's Edinburgh Fringe 

​Chris Grace Performs a Trilogy

​Chris Grace Performs a Trilogy

​Chris Grace is performing in three shows this Fringe: Chris Grace As Scarlett Johannson; Shamilton and Baby Wants Candy all at Assembly George Square. 

Paige Wilhide: Break Up and Empower Yourself

Paige Wilhide: Break Up and Empower Yourself

Paige Wilhide performs for the first time outside of the USA with her show ​Breakup Addict ​at the Edinburgh Fringe. 

Jenny Foulds: Dancing on Sticky Floors

Jenny Foulds: Dancing on Sticky Floors

Established spoken word performer Jenny Foulds talks about her show, ​Life Learnings of a Nonsensical Human ​​at the Edinburgh Fringe nd her life so far. 

Cast and Crew Set to Crash and Burn

Cast and Crew Set to Crash and Burn

I met up with Playwright/Actor Will Leckie, Director Zoë Morris and the cast to talk about their play, Crash and Burn at this year's Edinburgh Fringe. 

Liz Toonkel: Vegan Magic with a Mission

Liz Toonkel: Vegan Magic with a Mission

We talked with Liz Toonkel about her show, Magic for Animals, at the Edinburgh Fringe. 

Falling In Love Again - With Clowns

Falling In Love Again - With Clowns

Quebec clowns Rémi Jacques and Jean-Félix Bélanger talk about their art ahead of their show, Brotipo, opeining at the Edinburgh Fringe 

Anu Vaidyanathan: Butter Chicken Is A Conspiracy

Anu Vaidyanathan: Butter Chicken Is A Conspiracy

Anu Vaidyanathan talks about her show, Blimp, at the Edinburgh Fringe and the many influences on her life and achievements. 

Phil Green: Four Weddings & A Breakdown

Phil Green: Four Weddings & A Breakdown

We talked to Phil Green about his background and his show, Four Weddings & A Breakdown at the Edinburgh Fringe. 

Lily Wolff Gives Mary Lincoln a Voice

Lily Wolff Gives Mary Lincoln a Voice

Editor-in-Chief, Richard Beck, talks with director Lily Wolff, who is bringing Mrs President to this year’s Edinburgh Fringe. 

Rebecca McGlynn: Toxic Masculinity, Gender Identity & Singing Penises

Rebecca McGlynn: Toxic Masculinity, Gender Identity & Singing Penises

Transgender artist Rebecca McGlynn talks about the background to their show, Asexuality! at the Edinburgh Fringe. 

Lisa Verlo: Making Up For Lost Time

Lisa Verlo: Making Up For Lost Time

Lisa Verlo talks about how her Hollywood experience gave rise to her show Hollywoodn't, in another of our meetings with artists from the USA.  

Catherine DuBord Takes On The Last Flapper

Catherine DuBord Takes On The Last Flapper

Catherine DuBord provides some insights into the lives of Zelda and Scott F Fitzgerald, the subject of her show, The Last Flapper at the Edinburgh Fringe 

Chopped Liver and Unions -The London Matchgirls' Strike

Chopped Liver and Unions -The London Matchgirls' Strike

Richard Beck speaks to Lottie Walker about her Edinburgh Fringe play Chopped Liver and Unions, celebrating one of the early pioneers of women union leaders, the Ukranian Jewish... 

Sikisa Wants You To Hear Her Out At Fringe This Year

Sikisa Wants You To Hear Her Out At Fringe This Year

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... 

Kevin Quantum: The Magic of Momentum

Kevin Quantum: The Magic of Momentum

Kevin Quantum talks about the science and magic that combine to make his show, Momentum. 

Ted Kaczynski: Parole Board Performance

Ted Kaczynski: Parole Board Performance

John Lampe talks about turning eco-terrorist Ted Kaczynski into the subject his musical The TUNEabomber that premiers at the Edinburgh Fringe. 

Dennis Elkins - Life in a Cardboard Box

Dennis Elkins - Life in a Cardboard Box

Our Editor-in-Chief, Richard Beck, talks to Dennis Elkins about his life and Trilogy at the Edinburgh Fringe. 

Maggie Widdoes - Explosive Piece of Ass

Maggie Widdoes - Explosive Piece of Ass

Our Editor-in-Chief, Richard Beck, interviews ​US comedian Maggie Widdoes about her Tweets and forthcoming show Stay Big & Go Get 'Em at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.  

Bordesley Balances the Brummie Budget - Bearly

Bordesley Balances the Brummie Budget - Bearly

Our Editor-in-Chief, Richard Beck, heads to Birmingham to meet, football mascot Bordesley (pictured), the newly-elected Leader of the Council and the team who created him for Stan'... 

No Weird Brain, Just Matt Hale.

No Weird Brain, Just Matt Hale.

Matt Hale talks about his career and his debut show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, TOP FUN! 80s Hypnosis Spectacular. 

Cogs set Wheel in Motion for Noah McCreadie

Cogs set Wheel in Motion for Noah McCreadie

Editor-in-Chief, Richard Beck, interviews Noah McCreadie, director of Getaway/Runaway. 

Romeo & Juliet Tours East-End Parks

Romeo & Juliet Tours East-End Parks

The East London Shakespeare Festival (16 June - 13 Aug) promises a ‘summer of partying and love’ and a production of Romeo and Juliet that is ‘riotous and atmospheric’.  

Cast and Director on Vincent River at Greenwich Theatre

Cast and Director on Vincent River at Greenwich Theatre

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... 

Celebrating its 50th year, the Durham Revue are headliners at the 2023 Durham Fringe Festival

Celebrating its 50th year, the Durham Revue are headliners at the 2023 Durham Fringe Festival

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... 

“Did I just hear that?” - Julian Starr.

“Did I just hear that?” - Julian Starr.

Sound Designer and Composer Julian Starr talks to Broadway Baby's Editor-in-Chief, Richard Beck 

Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year 2023

Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year 2023

In its 15th anniversary, the Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year (SSSSPOTY) returns to the Sondheim Theatre where 12 finalists and 2 reserves from drama schools ... 

Technology in the Theatre: How #TOMtech is bringing it to light

Technology in the Theatre: How #TOMtech is bringing it to light

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. 

Fringe Festival Pub Crawl 5: New Town

Fringe Festival Pub Crawl 5: New Town

The fifth in our festival pub crawls traverses the New Town.  

Slaughtered at The Army: Kate Copstick Podcast Episode 3

Slaughtered at The Army: Kate Copstick Podcast Episode 3

Kate meets the folks behind the Army@TheFringe and finds out more about this unique venue. 

4 Family Friendly Shows in Brighton This Half Term

4 Family Friendly Shows in Brighton This Half Term

Ditch the messy arts and crafts this half-term and entertain your little darlings with the best live family friendly performances Brighton and Hove have to offer instead. 

5 Brighton Shows To Entertain You This Christmas

5 Brighton Shows To Entertain You This Christmas

It’s the most wonderful time of the year (apart from Brighton Fringe, of course) and there are plenty of delightful performances to entertain you this winter. 

5 Brighton HorrorFest Shows To Sink Your Teeth Into This October

5 Brighton HorrorFest Shows To Sink Your Teeth Into This October

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.  

An Ideal Husband at the Vaudeville Theatre

An Ideal Husband at the Vaudeville Theatre

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. 

Black Friday Deals on West End Shows

Black Friday Deals on West End Shows

All this week we've got some fantastic offers on your favourite West End shows. Check back daily for the latest offers. 

Barry Humphries' Weimar Cabaret at The Barbican Theatre

Barry Humphries' Weimar Cabaret at The Barbican Theatre

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... 

Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Sam Leishman

Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Sam Leishman

The final day! Richard's alcohol-fueled quest to find Edinburgh's best bar staff ends up at WestRoom, where he found Sam Leishman, a 20 year old Guinness drinker with a passion for... 

‘Edinburgh is kind of like tapas’ – New Diorama Theatre’s David Byrne

‘Edinburgh is kind of like tapas’ – New Diorama Theatre’s David Byrne

Having received rave reviews for The Secret Life of Humans as well as supporting dozens of other theatre companies at the Fringe and beyond, the New Diorama Theatre has made a name... 

Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Gavin Robertson

Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Gavin Robertson

Richard didn't stumble far from yesterday's bar, Foundry 39, as just a few yards up Charlotte Lane he fell into Sygn, a trendy retro-style cocktail bar & diner where Edinburgh Bars... 

Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Sarah Brown

Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Sarah Brown

Tucked on the corner of Queensferry Street and Charlotte Lane you'll find the ultra-hip bar and eatery, Foundry 39. 

Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Nathan Hinze

Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Nathan Hinze

Warm and welcoming, and always entertaining, 99 Hanover Street is at the heart of Edinburgh's bar scene. 

Summerhall’s army@TheFringe: An Affront to the Arts or an Ambitious Alliance?

Summerhall’s army@TheFringe: An Affront to the Arts or an Ambitious Alliance?

The Army has set up camp for the first time at the Fringe and is stationed with Summerhall in its own premises. 

100 Ways to Tie a Shoelace on Sensitive Issues in Theatre

100 Ways to Tie a Shoelace on Sensitive Issues in Theatre

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. 

Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Dale Welstead

Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Dale Welstead

In the heart of the Old Town, Cabaret Voltaire is a legendary live music venue in the vaults beneath North Bridge. 

The Edinburgh Cocktail Festival is this Year’s New Kid on the Block

The Edinburgh Cocktail Festival is this Year’s New Kid on the Block

Back in 1947 the founders of the Edinburgh International Festival could hardly have imagined what their legacy would be. 

Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Lainey Corroon

Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Lainey Corroon

The Three Sisters – renamed the Free Sisters during the Fringe – has long been a festival hub and a jewel in the crown of the Free Festival. 

Comedian Sarah Kendall on the Power of Storytelling, Silence and Cartwheels 

Comedian Sarah Kendall on the Power of Storytelling, Silence and Cartwheels 

In Sarah Kendall: One-Seventeen, Fringe stalwart Sarah Kendall breaks down what we mean when we talk about good and bad luck. 

Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Erik Stenersen

Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Erik Stenersen

Just around the corner from the iconic Greyfriar's Bobby you'll find the Oz Bar, and that's also where Richard found today's Edinburgh Barstar, Erik Stenersen. 

Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Danny Smith

Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Danny Smith

Edinburgh is Festival City for good reason, and amongst all the theatre, comedy, books and arts there's even a Scottish Gin Festival. 

The Scottish Story Telling Centre: A Venue for Voices

The Scottish Story Telling Centre: A Venue for Voices

The Scottish Storytelling Centre is, in its own words, ‘a vibrant arts venue with a seasonal programme of live storytelling, theatre, music, exhibitions, workshops, family events... 

Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Denise Garland

Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Denise Garland

Formerly a parsonage, Cloisters Bar is a uniquely traditional Edinburgh pub. 

Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Maurice Penny

Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Maurice Penny

Just off the Royal Mile and Cowgate you'll find a craft beer shop and bar called the Salt Horse. 

Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Tomas Germanavicius

Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Tomas Germanavicius

The Heads & Tales bar is the home of Edinburgh Gin, and it's also where Richard found today's Edinburgh Barstar, Tomas Germanavicius, a Lithuanian who's a dab hand at mixing up a c... 

Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Jay Weeks

Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Jay Weeks

Richard's headed over to Leith to the eclectic bar that is The Mousetrap where he finds today's Edinburgh Barstar, Jay Weeks. 

Leyla Josephine’s Collision of Theatre and Spoken-word Poetry

Leyla Josephine’s Collision of Theatre and Spoken-word Poetry

Leyla Josephine is a performance artist and writer from Glasgow. 

Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Molly McCluskey

Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Molly McCluskey

Richard is exploring Edinburgh's East End today to discover the Barstar of the Day at The Newsroom, where Glaswegian Molly McCluskey is making plans on photography while sipping a ... 

Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Montse Pearce

Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Montse Pearce

Richard's headed south to Clerk Street where at the unique Dog House bar he's discovered today's Edinburgh Barstar, Montse Pearce, a Spanish-born artist with good taste in whisky. 

Atlantic: Two New Musicals from RCS set Either Side of the Pond

Atlantic: Two New Musicals from RCS set Either Side of the Pond

The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and The American Music Theatre Project at Northwestern University have teamed up to bring two brand-new musicals to the Fringe. 

Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Sophie Malone

Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Sophie Malone

Just off George Street you'll find the Thistle Street Bar (the TSB as it's affectionally known). 

Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Donald McGhie

Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Donald McGhie

An authentic Tiki bar in the New Town? Richard popped on his hula skirt and hotfooted over to the Auld Reekie Tiki Bar to meet today's Edinburgh Barstar - Donald McGhie, former ban... 

Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Briar Russell

Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Briar Russell

Hidden away in the Old Town on Advocates Close you'll find The Devil's Advocate, and if you're lucky today's Edinburgh Barstar will also be on shift. 

Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Alan Mulvihill

Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Alan Mulvihill

It's only open from July to the end of September, but Richard's sought out pop-up bar Whisky Or Death to find today's Edinburgh Barstar Of The Day, Alan Mulvihill. 

Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Ross Bryant

Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Ross Bryant

Richard's in one of Edinburgh's most unique bars today to meet Ross Bryant, co-owner of Bryant & Mack Private Detectives on Rose Street North Lane. 

Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Robbie Johnston

Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Robbie Johnston

Richard is still in New Town, but with great bar staff like Robbie Johnston at Nightcap - why would you want to leave? Nightcap might be a relatively new addition to the Edinburgh... 

Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Kyle Jamieson

Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Kyle Jamieson

Richard's in New Town today to meet our Edinburgh Barstar of the Day, the fabulously hirsute Kyle Jamieson who takes care of his punters at Panda and Sons on Queen Street. 

Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Sarah Urwin

Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Sarah Urwin

Richard takes us just a few steps from Princes Street today for the discovery of Hoot The Redeemer and the wonderful Sarah Urwin serving cocktails. 

Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Cordelia Toennies

Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Cordelia Toennies

Richard ventures over to Broughton Street Lane to the Outhouse where today's EdFringe Barstar is Cordelia Toennies from Germany, who studied drama in Scotland and wants to move to ... 

Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Ben Howard

Edinburgh Barstar of the Day: Ben Howard

In a sea of celebrities, we chat to the people who really matter - the people serving us a drink. Today we find out a little more about Ben Howard at the Abattoir Bar. 

Comedian Kae Kurd on Growing Up Kurdish and the Responsibility of Representation

Comedian Kae Kurd on Growing Up Kurdish and the Responsibility of Representation

Kae Kurd isn’t intimidated by the prospect of debuting his first hour-long stand-up show, Kurd Your Enthusiasm, in a full run at the Edinburgh Fringe. 

#EdFringe17 Theatre Q&A: Corinne Maier from Like A Prayer

#EdFringe17 Theatre Q&A: Corinne Maier from Like A Prayer

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. 

Eight shows heading to Brighton Fringe with the support of Greenwich Theatre

Eight shows heading to Brighton Fringe with the support of Greenwich Theatre

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... 

Gilded Balloon launches New Town festival hub at Rose Theatre

Gilded Balloon launches New Town festival hub at Rose Theatre

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... 

Brighton Fringe: 10 Shows to Book Before They Sell-Out

Brighton Fringe: 10 Shows to Book Before They Sell-Out

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. 

Real-Life Man Who Behaved Badly Features in New Greenwich Comedy

Real-Life Man Who Behaved Badly Features in New Greenwich Comedy

Celebrated actor, Ian Lindsay (Men Behaving Badly, Benidorm) directs the world première of his play Chinese Whispers at the Greenwich Theatre from July 13th-23rd based on the... 

The Ferryman to transfer to the Gielgud Theatre in June

The Ferryman to transfer to the Gielgud Theatre in June

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. 

Winter Theatre Seat Sale - Amazing deals & offers this Christmas

Winter Theatre Seat Sale - Amazing deals & offers this Christmas

Our Winter Sale promotion is now live and we have a number of amazing deals & offers. 

Last chance to see The Dresser from just a tenner at the Duke of York’s Theatre

Last chance to see The Dresser from just a tenner at the Duke of York’s Theatre

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... 

New production photography released for UK premiere of Dreamgirls

New production photography released for UK premiere of Dreamgirls

Sonia Friedman Productions has today released brand new production photography for the long-awaited UK premiere of Dreamgirls. 

A New Play, A New Studio Theatre, And A Bright Future For Greenwich

A New Play, A New Studio Theatre, And A Bright Future For Greenwich

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. 

Fossils’ Nel Crouch: “Theatre is alive and well at the Fringe!”

Fossils’ Nel Crouch: “Theatre is alive and well at the Fringe!”

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... 

Student New Writing at the Fringe: Oxford, Warwick and St Andrews Students Compare Notes

Student New Writing at the Fringe: Oxford, Warwick and St Andrews Students Compare Notes

The Fringe is the single most exciting date in the student-theatre calendar. 

Andrew Roberts & Josh Mathieson are Dealing with Death in Children's Theatre

Andrew Roberts & Josh Mathieson are Dealing with Death in Children's Theatre

The Many Doors of Frank Feelbad is a brave and engaging work about how children and families process and communicate grief. 

The Nuclear Family Team on Creating Interactive Theatre Formats

The Nuclear Family Team on Creating Interactive Theatre Formats

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's Rick Guard on the Magic of New Musicals at the Fringe

Stop The Train's Rick Guard on the Magic of New Musicals at the Fringe

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. 

​Milk Playwright Ross Dunsmore on Bravery in New Writing

​Milk Playwright Ross Dunsmore on Bravery in New Writing

What do we need to nourish ourselves? Is love enough? Can we definitively say that Nandos are the kings of fast food? Such questions and more are explored in the invigorating new p... 

​Paines Plough’s James Grieve & Remy Beasley on the Magic of Theatre for Teens

​Paines Plough’s James Grieve & Remy Beasley on the Magic of Theatre for Teens

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. 

​Riverdance’s Suzanne Cleary & Peter Harding on Creating New Dance Traditions

​Riverdance’s Suzanne Cleary & Peter Harding on Creating New Dance Traditions

Into the Water is a fantastical folk-dance adventure set in a magical wasteland. 

Paines Plough’s George Perrin on Directing Interactive Theatre

Paines Plough’s George Perrin on Directing Interactive Theatre

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... 

​Bedlam Producer Cordelia Grierson on Staging New Writing in Peoples’ Homes

​Bedlam Producer Cordelia Grierson on Staging New Writing in Peoples’ Homes

Three AM in Edinburgh is something of a witching hour. 

James Wilson-Taylor's First Show About Himself: Ginger is the New Black

James Wilson-Taylor's First Show About Himself: Ginger is the New Black

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’s Nir Paldi on The Bucket List

Theatre Ad Infinitum’s Nir Paldi on The Bucket List

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. 

Breach Theatre on Teaching Dolphins how to Speak - Tank at Pleasance

Breach Theatre on Teaching Dolphins how to Speak - Tank at Pleasance


In the 1960s, NASA funded scientists set out to try and teach dolphins to speak. 

Georgian Director Keti Dolidze calls for more International Theatre at the Fringe

Georgian Director Keti Dolidze calls for more International Theatre at the 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... 

​Brighton Insider - Dance and Physical Theatre

​Brighton Insider - Dance and Physical Theatre

Numerous award-winning companies will be joining us again at this year at Brighton Fringe in the ever astounding Dance and Physical Theatre category. 

Road to the Fringe - The Marlborough Theatre

Road to the Fringe - The Marlborough Theatre

A key Brighton Fringe venue, The Marlborough is located in one of the oldest public houses in the city. 

Brighton Insider: The Rialto Theatre

Brighton Insider: The Rialto Theatre

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. 

Rhydian to star as the Dentist in new UK tour of Little Shop of Horrors

Rhydian to star as the Dentist in new UK tour of Little Shop of Horrors

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... 

C Venues launches new flagship venue at St Stephen’s Stockbridge

C Venues launches new flagship venue at St Stephen’s Stockbridge

Edinburgh venue St Stephen’s Stockbridge returns in 2016 as the latest addition to the C venues stable. 

New festival launched in Brighton

New festival launched in Brighton

Expectantly waiting for the Brighton Fringe? Then we’ve got the perfect antidote. 

Lach named Associate Producer with UA and New Town Theatre for EdFringe 2016

Lach named Associate Producer with UA and New Town Theatre for EdFringe 2016

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... 

Unmissable shows at Brighton Fringe this year

Unmissable shows at Brighton Fringe this year

Brighton Fringe has officially launched. 

Thom Southerland appointed Artistic Director of Charing Cross Theatre

Thom Southerland appointed Artistic Director of Charing Cross Theatre

Award-winning theatre director Thom Southerland has been appointed Artistic Director of London’s Charing Cross Theatre. 

The night Princess Diana went to a gay bar. New musical opens tonight.

The night Princess Diana went to a gay bar. New musical opens tonight.

The night Freddie Mercury and Kenny Everett smuggled Princess Diana into an iconic gay venue is the stuff of legend. 

New Diorama offers financial support for Theatremakers

New Diorama offers financial support for Theatremakers

In recent years London’s New Diorama Theatre has established itself as a home for emerging companies to develop, flourish creatively, and forge viable and sustainable careers as ... 

London Theatre Workshop relocates to Central London site

London Theatre Workshop relocates to Central London site

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... 

Greenwich's New Season To Celebrate Female Theatre Makers

Greenwich's New Season To Celebrate Female Theatre Makers

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... 

Brave new venture for Underbelly in Hong Kong

Brave new venture for Underbelly in Hong Kong

The iconic purple cow makes its first trip overseas and has taken up residency at the harbour front in Hong Kong. 

Five Christmas Shows You Shouldn’t Miss In London This Year

Five Christmas Shows You Shouldn’t Miss In London This Year

Christmas is the one time of year you can drag your non-theatre-going friends to the theatre. 

New bursary to help Fringe virgins get to Brighton

New bursary to help Fringe virgins get to Brighton

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 

Bobby or not Bobby? Emily Carding as Richard III is Broadway Baby’s pick of the Fringe

Bobby or not Bobby? Emily Carding as Richard III is Broadway Baby’s pick of the Fringe

In Brite Theatre's production of Shakespeare’s Richard III, Emily Carding stars as Richard but all the world’s a stage and the audience literally players in it - taking on the ... 

'Wreaking havoc on the interactive whiteboard' - Richard O'Brien's Free For All

'Wreaking havoc on the interactive whiteboard' - Richard O'Brien's Free For All

Richard O'Brien is the author of several plays and four books of poetry. 

Clout Theatre, Superbolt Theatre and Tooth+Nail: The Lecoq Theatre Panel

Clout Theatre, Superbolt Theatre and Tooth+Nail: The Lecoq Theatre Panel

L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq in Paris is one of the world's most influential theatre schools. 

​Mad Scientist Academy: Interactive Children’s Theatre at Boxsmall Festival

​Mad Scientist Academy: Interactive Children’s Theatre at Boxsmall Festival

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 ... 

Prepare to encounter New York's own 21st century vaudevillian duo!

Prepare to encounter New York's own 21st century vaudevillian duo!

Gideon and Hubcap have toured over 300 of America's living rooms with this, their homemade home-show, and now welcome you into their world of belly laughs, outrageous stories and... 

The Fringe Incubator: Why Greenwich Theatre Supports EdFest.

The Fringe Incubator: Why Greenwich Theatre Supports EdFest.

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... 

Going To Space: Tension Square

Going To Space: Tension Square

Broadway Baby talks to Tension Square. 

Broadway Baby adopts the principles of the Theatre Charter

Broadway Baby adopts the principles of the Theatre Charter

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. 

The Richard Alger and Tina Kronis Extended Interview

The Richard Alger and Tina Kronis Extended Interview

Award-winning company Theatre Movement Bazaar, (Anton’s Uncles, Track 3), returns to this year’s Fringe with their new show Hot Cat, an inspired take on Tennessee Williams’ C... 

The 17 Zaniest Names for Theatre Production Companies at #EdFringe 2014

The 17 Zaniest Names for Theatre Production Companies at #EdFringe 2014

Who isn't a sucker for a good production company name? That's right - no one. 

The Story Pocket Theatre Three Minute Interview

The Story Pocket Theatre Three Minute Interview

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 Green Stag Theatre Company Three Minute Interview

The Green Stag Theatre Company Three Minute Interview

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... 

Broadway Baby claims new Twitter home

Broadway Baby claims new Twitter home

Broadway Baby's Twitter account has moved to the shorter, more appropriate home of @broadwaybaby - if you were already following us, you don't need to re-follow as you'll auto... 

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