If entrepreneurship tickles your taste buds, this is the event for you.
Eshaan Akbar is back doing jokes on tour! Eshaan’s previous tour, the Pretender, was described by The Times as “pretty sick” (not an actual quote) so t…
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
FKPE presents Matt Friend LiveMatthew Friend is an old soul living inside a 25-year-old comedian/actor/impressionist's body.
One Man Poe Spend the perfect Halloween night with two award-winning horror shows from a master of the genre! Renowned as the ‘Godfather of Gothic Horror’, Edgar Allan Po…
Love in Action takes key events from The Brothers Karamazov set in 19th Century Russia and re-imagines the story in Japan with some new twists and turns.
After spending years dispensing bitchy fashion commentary on their viral Instagram account Every Outfit on Sex and the City, BFFs Chelsea Fairless and Lauren Garroni rea…
The Totally Football Show returns to Leicester Square Theatre for all the football analysis you need to know - and plenty that you don't.
After sell out shows across Australia and America in 2023, Monty Franklin returns in 2024 with his biggest tour yet.
After a successful SOLD OUT show last year, Hakka the host is heading back to the stage for his live interactive show alongside some of the UK’s biggest influencer…
Takashi and Narumi are a married couple, working for a major contractor on a project to migrate humans to the Moon where a city is being established where humanity’s ideal new li…
Renowned as the ‘Godfather of Gothic Horror’, Edgar Allan Poe was a pioneer in establishing the horror genre.
Phil Wang and Pierre Novellie, award-winning stand ups and podcasters, celebrate 5 years of their podcast with another live show at Leicester Square Theatre! There …
Renowned as the ‘Godfather of Gothic Horror’, Edgar Allan Poe was a pioneer in establishing the horror genre.
Alan Gottlieb (Chris Brannick) has spent forty years on the back row of the second violins, but changes are afoot that threaten everything that gives meaning to his life.
Join Pete Wicks in conversation with Vicky Pattison for an evening of raw, unfiltered, quintessentially Pete Wicks honesty, with plenty of laughs and swearing, as we cel…
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.
Join North London’s finest casual singers for an eclectic mix of sensational songs in all manner of styles from folk to funk, all laced with heavenly harmonies.
On the first night of their two-part gig, beloved orchestral-pop group The Magnetic Fields perform from their landmark concept album 69 Love Songs.
Anger is a perfectly normal emotion, but when Rage, Anger’s bitchier sister, enters the chat, suddenly everyone becomes a Buddhist monk.
Michael Hastie, Scotland’s number one Michael Bublé tribute, with the world-record breaking big band Jon Ritchie and That Swing Sensation.
Step into the uproarious world of Pitch It Good, where laughter meets lunacy in a show unlike any other.
Come and see ABBA Odyssey – The Live Concert! This all-seated show features singers who produce the most authentic tribute to the iconic ABBA sound.
‘Raw energy and a modern young twist’ (Celtic Music Radio).
Horror! Madness! Secrets! It’s Call of Cthulhu, played live on stage.
Lights Out by Nine bring their live show back to the Jazz Bar for a sixth time, playing a variety of original soul, blues and funk tracks along with their interpretations of classi…
FKSPE presents Adam Ray LiveAdam Ray can most recently be seen recurring on Welcome To Chippendales (Hulu), the story of the founder of the legendary Chippendales strip …
Comedians lie, manipulate and backstab as they try to uncover the murderous werewolves in this fresh take on the comedy game show.
A jam-packed comedy variety show from The Humour Mill, featuring some of the best stand-up, sketch and alternative acts in Scotland.
The 2023 Brighton Fringe Award-winning show comes to Camden! Disability in society: fairytale or pigging nightmare? It seems the Big Bad Wolf’s blown your house down: with two …
The Some Laugh Podcast returns to the Fringe with Scottish comedians Marc Jennings, Stephen Buchanan and Stuart McPherson having some laugh – or at least some laughs – discussi…
In 2018, Nick Shanman hired a bunch of his idiot friends to make a ridiculous YouTube pilot.
Do you want to hear a scary story? Mac and Beth will try anything to speed up their work team bonding session.
Award-winning Dyad Productions (Lady Susan, I, Elizabeth, Female Gothic, Austen’s Women) return with a 21st century take on Virginia Woolf’s blisteringly brilliant pre-TED talk.
Believe? The Conspiracy Theory Podcast is a podcast all about the world’s craziest conspiracy theories, or are they crazy? Join us for live episode recordings as comedians Phil G…
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…
Back for their second run! An international improv team, each member from a different country, presents the premiere (and last ever performance) of a “movie” inspired by your s…
The true story of my brother’s murder so of course, it’s comedy.
Hear our innovative piano orchestra perform finger-gymnastics music for three pianists playing one piano together.
International touring comedian, writer, podcaster, musician, and actor Trevor Gertonson is bringing his stand-up special to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Kerry Ellis (Wicked, We Will Rock You, Anything Goes) and John Owen-Jones (The Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables, Sweeney Todd) will perform a much-loved selection of classic s…
Let me take you on a whistle-stop tour of Robert Burns’ life! From birth to death with stories, poems and songs.
CØLIBRI’s Electronica is like its totem animal: delicate, all finesse and hyperactive.
Inspired by a Hungarian gangster dad, a Sunday school mother, teenage years with Hell’s Angels, Emma Taylor (NewsRevue producer) takes us on an unforgettable ride.
Imagine an Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman finally in the same bar as a therapist.
The award-winning social deduction game Blood on the Clocktower returns to the Fringe as a live comedy show.
Comedians Ian Smith (Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee, The News Quiz, The Now Show) and Amy Gledhill (National Comedy Awards nominee, Would I Lie To You?, The Jonathan Ross Show) ret…
Step back into the golden age of music with The Great American Songbook Live.
Funny Women Live events showcase female and non-binary performers, whether it’s their first time on stage or they’re a more established act trying out new material! Hosting the E…
Join comedians, basic huns and horror stans Hannah Byczkowski (Winner of The Traitors) and Suzie Preece (Finalist, Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year), as they bring you the…
Muthaf**ka! Literally.
Award-winning stand-up comedian Sam Lake brings us a live version of his weekly comedy interview show, where he chats with a funny guest about something that gets them emotional ov…
Believe? The Conspiracy Theory Podcast is a podcast all about the world’s craziest conspiracy theories, or are they crazy? Join us for live episode recordings as comedians Phil G…
Join comedians Catherine Bohart and Helen Bauer for a live tour of Trusty Hogs, the show where we tell stories from our perfect lives, bicker over format points, “solve” audience p…
Jay Lafferty – ‘one of Scotland’s top stand-up comics’ (Herald) – and Amelia Bayler – ‘one-woman mission to make musical comedy cool again’ (Rolling Stone) – brin…
An evening of side-splitting stand-up comedy and impromptu silliness from Fringe veteran Chris Groves.
It’s a one-night stand for the Fannies’ ‘hilarious stream-of-consciousness double act’ (Entertainment-Focus.
1483: The young princes Edward and Richard are taken to the Tower of London by their uncle Richard in preparation for Edward’s coronation.
Emmy-nominated sketch duo BriTANicK (Brian McElhaney and Nick Kocher) have written for Saturday Night Live, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and other shows that nobody saw.
An hilarious one-hour alphabetical journey in the medium of quick fire One-Liner Jokes.
Twelve years from the 2012 Fringe Street Events, GABEZ return with their international award-winning performance Live Manga! GABEZ create non-verbal performance based on mime.
Not a one woman show.
The M8s are seven mates and one professional musician (also a mate!) who play all your favourite songs at sing-along volume and dance-along speed.
2022 and 2023 Fringe sell-out show.
Ageing violinist Alan Gottlieb is content to sit at the back desk of the seconds, coasting his way to retirement.
‘A love letter to my mother that I’ll never send.
Get ready to power up with Press Start and join us on a musical journey through your favourite video games! From the iconic themes of Super Mario and Legend of Zelda to the funky b…
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.
Russell Howard, “one of the world’s top comedians” (Sunday Times) is warming up and trying new material.
Join Nish Kumar and Coco Khan as their hit weekly political podcast hit takes to the Fringe for a live special.
Four comedians and one psychiatrist come together to solve your problems! After becoming a box office hit, selling-out major theatres in Europe the format is coming to Edinburgh.
Performance poet/musician Attila the Stockbroker has been writing and performing since 1980: 4,000 or so gigs in 25 countries so far.
Fun, joyous, raucous… absurd! Join magicians Ava Beaux, Kane & Abel for a riotous evening of wacky games and cabaret performances.
Edinburgh Live’s number one pick of the Free Fringe is back for a third year! A devilishly handsome magician trapped in a straitjacket, mind-melting magic, show-stopping laughs and…
‘I feel like an animal being led to slaughter, and I regret every single bacon sandwich I have eaten in my life’.
Come and see the Rated 18 Podcast LIVE.
In his short but eventful life, Edgar Allan's Poe name became a byword for the Gothic horror stories which continue to entice and terrify readers nearly two centuries on.
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…
Join the hilarious fun as Dr H revives the great satirical songs from the Monty Python era.
Gimme the thrills, gimme the spills, gimme a man with a microphone in his hand and careless abandon in his heart, gimme the winner of the Comedians Choice Award for Best Show, gimm…
Set on a bed in the centre of the stage, an unnamed central character explores his dreams and aspirations of traveling the world, finding love, and becoming a stand-up comedian whi…
Embark on a musical odyssey with One Acchord: That’s Life in Harmony.
Journey into Dublin, a city where pints are needed before chats can happen.
After recieving the Golden Knocker award at the 2023 Durham Fringe Festival for EVERJOY, Ben Donaghy is back with a new one-man show.
Join Dan Schreiber (co-host of podcasts No Such Thing As A Fish and The Cryptid Factor) as he takes to the stage for a show of oddities and jokes with his hit No.
A queer adaptation of Jason Robert Brown’s The Last Five Years presents an emotionally charged musical following Jamie and Cathy as they fall in and out of love over their turbul…
‘Magic is in his bones.
Shane Todd brings two previews of his brand-new show to the Fringe.
Join Rock Choir, the award-winning national phenomenon, for a spectacular concert of uplifting songs! Throughout August, more than 3,000 Rock Choir members will light up the stage …
The original late-night show returns with stellar line-ups of your favourite acts from the festival, hosted by the best MCs in the country, every single night of the Fringe.
‘A flawless blend of Broadway, games, pop and comedy bliss!’ (Fame Magazine).
To commemorate the 175th anniversary of his death, immerse yourselves in two of Edgar Allan Poe’s macabre classics.
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…
End your day at the Festival in style at our iconic Edinburgh venue with the very best in stand-up talent.
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This show draws on the talents and salesmanship of Australia’s sexiest liars.
Anger is a perfectly normal emotion, but when Rage, Anger’s bitchier sister, enters the chat, suddenly everyone becomes a Buddhist monk.
A 2017 Capital Fringe Best of the Fringe pick, One in Four is a play about four roommates: each one is an alien, and each one believes the other three to be regular degular humans.
One More Night on the Tiles is a collection of original comedy sketches from a semi-professional cast based in Abu Dhabi.
Cop-turned-comedian Alfie returns with a brand-new show ahead of recording his BBC Radio 4 comedy It’s a Fair Cop.
It’s an Edinburgh debut for viral comedian Tom Hearn! This Canadian Comedy Award winner brings his comedic prowess to the Fringe stage, with jaw-dropping musical performances and…
A palliative ward in a hospice is hardly a cheery portent for an afternoon at the Fringe.
A teacher’s magical seaside summer holiday is interrupted by an enthusiastic stowaway, Platypus.
With over 50M views on TikTok join Glesga Da (and his long-suffering boy) for an afternoon of belly laughs (and abuse).
Can one man recreate live on stage, the greatest Arnold Schwarzenegger movie ever? Laurence Tuck is that man.
America is the land of the free, home of the brave and homeland of two of the freest, bravest men to ever live: Mark Henely and Chris Warren.
The comedy panel show for goblins ‘n’ geeks.
The tales of the dragons are special for many reasons.
What goes up, must come down… but not necessary in the way that you expected.
Want all the fun and excitement of late-night Fringe comedy without having to wait till the wee small hours? Prefer being in an audience that’s still at the fun and lively stage, r…
Scotland’s Best Comedians Live in a fancy ballroom for free!* We have award winners, TV acts, radio stars, Instagram legends, every night! All shows hosted by Ross Leslie, introduc…
Alec Snook is incredibly hyper aware.
Reigning Comedian’s Comedian and human rights advocate Sid Singh (BBC, NBC, Comedy Central, iUmor) returns with a new hit show that has sold-out all over Europe and Asia for two ye…
Astute observational humour with an irreverent flair from two of Birmingham’s silliest sausages.
Russell Howard brings his smash-hit podcast Wonderbox to the Fringe! Russell chats to a special guest about the things that make life worth living in this live podcast recording.
Acclaimed immersive adaptation of Irvine Welsh’s classic novel, staged in a bespoke venue unique to the show.
‘This company truly are the best at storytelling’ ***** (ThreeWeeks).
An elastic-bodied reimagining of Hamlet, told entirely from the perspective of the Dane.
If you live to 80 years old, you will have lived for about 4,000 weeks.
The comedic prop-pun lunatic Roger Swift shoots out 200 puns in one hour! With his trademark crazy homemade props, audio cues and PowerPoint slides.
One barista, 10 seasons, 70 minutes! All 236 episodes of Friends retold through the eyes of Gunther, Central Perk’s “seventh Friend”.
Following a critically acclaimed, sell-out run at the Turbine Theatre, Luke Bayer gives a tour-de-force performance in this blood-stained love letter to Broadway – a solo musical…
Join us for a foot-stomping good time as we showcase many traditional Scottish music bands at the Whiski bar during August.
A fully packed hour of entertainment.
Multi award-winning live music sensation direct from Australia makes its Edinburgh debut with a celebration of Aussie hit-makers and songs that spurred change throughout history.
Celebrating their 10th year as the No 1 party of the Fringe, Massaoke is coming to McEwan Hall! This will be like no Massaoke show you’ve ever seen before, featuring arena-level …
A fruity apocalyptic rom-com from the razor-sharp pen of Fringe First winner David Finnigan.
Channel 4 Sean Lock Award winner Eric Rushton is a comedian with a chequered past.
Can you help me with this audition? It won’t take long.
Navigating a legal minefield with comedic flair, Flo and Joan’s One Man Musical is an incredibly and satisfyingly mischievous composition of character and musical comedy.
Jamie Denbo, writer/producer (Grey’s Anatomy), presents her alter ego Beverly (meddling mother to all) as she takes audiences on a comedic rollercoaster ride through her golden yea…
Eddy Hare (BBC New Comedy Awards Nominee) serves up his debut hour.
What does it mean to remember the Holocaust in 2024? How do you bear the legacy of trauma while forging ahead in the 21st century? Jane Elias grapples with these questions through …
Award-winning comedian and international rising star Amos Gill is back at the Fringe with another boundary-pushing hour of hilarious, challenging and sometimes caustic stand-up.
Abby awoke in hospital after a late miscarriage and, high on anaesthesia, decided to become a comedian.
Sell-out cult shows in the North East; acclaimed short films; their own web series – now Metroland debut at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Join James for an hour of pure nostalgia, stepping back in time with some joyous singalong tunes to take you back to your Primary School days.
There’s a climate emergency.
Demi Adejuyigbe has promised big things for his debut Fringe show, Demi Adejuyigbe Is Going To Do One (1) Backflip at Pleasance Courtyard: original songs, presentations, bits and …
Luke Rollason is back at the Fringe with Luke Rollason, Luke Rollason, Let Down Your Hair, and all is right in the world.
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 …
Welcome, soldiers! How often do you think about the Greek Empire? How about the Trojan War? In this production by Fishing 4 Chips, you get to step into the famous wooden horse in B…
In ONE and THE OTHER, two young men grapple with nihilistic twenty-first century hatred, hatred to which one succumbs, hatred over which one triumphs.
Here he is! Yorkshire’s biggest bastard.
Nazereth Love Jones the number one representative for Hip Hop an RnB performing live.
Set on a bed in the centre of the stage, an unnamed central character explores his dreams and aspirations of travelling the world, finding love, and becoming a stand-up comedian wh…
1999.
Dungeons and Dragons Live on Stage! Join Hearthfire Tales as they once again take to the Smock Alley Stage with a Semi-Improvised Fantasy adventure where both dice and …
After a sold-out debut tour in 2023, Blake Pavey’s plan of dying early didn’t exactly pan out… so he’s decided to hit the international waters w…
After a sold-out debut tour in 2023, Blake Pavey’s plan of dying early didn’t exactly pan out… so he’s decided to hit the international waters w…
In the lead up to Refugee Week, Refugee Action are bringing together some of the UK’s top comics for an evening of stand-up comedy, raising money to support the im…
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.
If entrepreneurship tickles your taste buds, then this is the event for you.
The Bugle, one of the known universe’s longest running and most successful podcasts, is back on the road.
The Bugle, one of the known universe’s longest running and most successful podcasts, is back on the road.
Conceived and co-directed by Tatum, Magic Mike Live is a large-scale, live production show based on the hit films Magic Mike and Magic Mike XXL, which will reopen in The Theatre at…
Everyone knows it takes more than a pinch of ruthless egotism to make it to the top of the theatrical tree, but Diva: Live From Hell takes that demonic compulsion and ratchets it u…
Brighton’s very own super-talented MRISI boldly commands the stage in his own inimitable style! Performing a high octane multi-instrumental set, he fuses South African traditiona…
Jonathan Oldfield brings an intriguing one man show to the stage: sitting in his living room watching the world go by behind his one way mirror out onto the world, safe in the know…
Returning to Brighton Fringe after a sold-out three-night run in 2022, award-winning performer Paul Diello and his 8-piece ensemble are back with an all-new version of ‘The Great 8…
Is it time to break up with our phones? Based on the critically acclaimed album by indie rock polymath Tim Arnold, ‘Super Connected LIVE’ is a Black Mirror-esque show fusin…
Due to demand The Bomb Squad Pod Live, featuring NI comedy heavyweights Colin Geddis and Aaron McCann, tours the UK this Spring with their hilarious video reactions and …
An interactive solo performance about failure, feeling like an idiot and music, by Rachel Blackman and her creative team.
The 2023 Brighton Fringe award-winning show returns! Disability in society: fairytale or pigging nightmare? It seems the Big Bad Wolf’s blown your house down: with two life-cha…
Music was his career, Bach was his passion.
Pushing the boundaries of Shakespearean performance, Richard III emerges a bold, engaging solo show.
What does non-binary sound like? A group of trans, non-binary and queer theatre-makers have made a whole show exploring what it means to be non-binary and trans in today’s world,…
Catherine, who is from Hong Kong originally and now residing in the UK, is currently suffering from homesickness.
Only Fans sensation LJ DA FUNK discovers that even when making a living showing off his hanging chads to the world, he cannot escape the conniving clutches of the capitalists.
Local Brighton alternative comedian Brad Jon Kane presents a character comedy show, where all the characters have been politely asked to ‘Please Slow Down’.
Triple Threat is a split bill divided by 3 with Monica, Aisha and Anais making jokes about their experiences living in London as hot immigrant girlies.
Solo again, Britain’s most celebrated clairvoyant medium psychic from Peter Kay’s ‘Phoenix Nights’ returns with his brand new hilarious one-man s…
Solo again, Britain’s most celebrated clairvoyant medium psychic from Peter Kay’s ‘Phoenix Nights’ returns with his brand new hilarious…
Local comedian Riggs (Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year Finalist/BBC New Comedy Award Nominated) has found his acoustic guitar and learnt all his favourite sad songs.
The comedy panel show for goblins ‘n’ geeks.
Riggs (Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year Finalist/BBC New Comedy award Nominated) brings his debut hour ‘We Have Fun’ to The Brighton Fringe.
Playing a dynamic mix of classic and contemporary soul ‘n’ funk, South Coast Soul Revue is a hi-energy eight-piece with two dynamic lead singers, a pulsating rhythm section and…
Jamie Osman and Tom Hollings are two old friends who after over thirty combined years in the music industry decided to challenge their relationships with alcohol and dru…
Jamie Osman and Tom Hollings are two old friends who after over thirty combined years in the music industry decided to challenge their relationships with alcohol and dru…
With two specials, three albums, TV appearances, millions of followers and views across all social media platforms, Morgan Jay brings his unique blend of music and …
With two specials, three albums, TV appearances, millions of followers and views across all social media platforms, Morgan Jay brings his unique blend of music and …
2024 is officially your favourite year because we’ve got THREE Julie’s Top 5 Live events in 3 different cities and we can’t wait to see you! We&rs…
Wowza! Multi Award-Winning rapping teacher, and World Book Day Ambassador, MC GRAMMAR is LIVE and in the HOUSE! Grab your caps, shades and chains and get ready…
Wowza! Multi Award-Winning rapping teacher, and World Book Day Ambassador, MC GRAMMAR is LIVE and in the HOUSE! Grab your caps, shades and chains and get ready…
Roll for Melanin.
Roll for Melanin.
The Longest Running and most listened to Glasgow Rangers podcast presents a live recording with ex Rangers Legend Paul Gascoigne in his first London Glasgow Rangers show…
The Longest Running and most listened to Glasgow Rangers podcast presents a live recording with ex Rangers Legend Paul Gascoigne in his first London Glasgow Rangers show…
The longest running Tottenham Hotspur Podcast presents a live recording with Spurs and England Legend Paul Gascoigne in his first West End show in many years.
The longest running Tottenham Hotspur Podcast presents a live recording with Spurs and England Legend Paul Gascoigne in his first West End show in many years.
You Got It, Boss! Life at #2: A Henchman's Tale Stand up, Smack down! Where comedy and wrestling collide You Got It, Boss! - Charisma CheckWhat's a goon su…
Do you ever get the feeling you’re being watched? One Way Mirror is a story about the art of people watching, built for extroverts, introverts and everyone in-between.
BEASTSA mixed-race guide to fucking up.
HUMAN // ROBOTlaugh_if_you_are_humanJust One Law .
Richard Blackwood brings his jam packed hour of pure heavyweight punchlines and anecdotes.
Reclaiming identity, finding voice, asserting strength.
Before digital TV made it a thing, “watching on catch-up” used to mean spending your Sunday afternoon in front of the EastEnders omnibus.
‘We can be us, just for one day’ Relive the day music brought the world together.
When 24 year old Bess Malone steals from the local ice cream van she doesn’t expect it to impact her life at all, and she certainly doesn’t expect to find a new friendship with…
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…
Phil Wang and Pierre Novellie, award-winning stand ups and podcasters, bring their hit podcast BudPod to the stage for a special festive show! There will be jingles…
Chris Williamson presents ‘Self Discovery’.
To some fans, he’s the Tony Award-winning revolutionary from Evita who grew into a bonafide Broadway star in Sunday in the Park with George.
In April 2005, writer Joe Nawaz and his family travelled from Belfast to the wilds of Pakistan on the trail of a mystery.
Amadeus – the dazzling story of the tortuous rivalry between world-renowned composers Mozart and Salieri – returns to the screen as part of the Royal Albert Hall’…
Glow Up Live, a fully live stage version of the hit TV show Glow Up: Britain’s Next Make-Up Star, coming for the very first time in Autumn 2023.
Following millions of views, shares and downloads across Instagram, TikTok and Youtube, Jarlath Regan is proud to announce his return to London for one very special nig…
Dannny is a Podcast host, Social Media Star, musician & comedian.
What if the Big Bad Wolf blew your house down? What if you had to start building your life all over again? Award-winning show about family disability and being an accidental carer…
A special live performance of one of the universe’s longest running and most successful podcasts, The Bugle.
One summer Birdie lost her virginity on the ninth hole of the golf course, to her boss.
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…
'Profoundly moving, bitingly brutal and laugh-out-loud funny!' - Sally CooksonThe Ugly One is a cautionary tale of identity and beauty vibrating with the energy of a pneuma…
Talk of the Devils - the world’s biggest Man United podcast - is live in London for the very first time, one night only this September.
The boys from Paypigs and Trillionaire Mindset are finally in London!
In his new work, playwright Peter Arnott takes the audience back to those pre-Brexit, pre-Covid days when Scots were on the verge of voting in the independence referendum.
Charity spectacular! Watch as an all-star line-up of comedians backstab, manipulate and fight for survival in cult game show Werewolf: Live.
Catherine McCafferty (Crush on Hulu) and Ellory Smith (3x Emmy Nominated) will perform at Edinburgh’s Free Fringe crafting two separate, equally bizarre, half hours of comedy.
Join author Dina Nayeri and cultural development specialist Fairouz Nishanova in a discussion on listening to different perspectives.
This interactive, nail-biting tail about bravery, curiosity and familial love is created by teachers to inspire young minds in creative writing.
“Actually.
“Actually.
The Brighton Fringe sell-out show is coming to Edinburgh Fringe.
International comedy superstar Jack Whitehall returns to the Fringe with his highly anticipated new live show.
With her family having worked in Faslane all her life, and her friends protesting at the gates, Jenna endeavours to understand her relationship to Trident, the wider nuclear debate…
Ageing violinist Alan Gottlieb has long been content to sit at the back desk of the seconds, coasting his way to retirement.
Essex-born Gavin Lilley, through his masterful use of sign language, has done stand-up shows all over Europe and the UK, bringing laughter to many deaf and hearing people with his …
The award-winning social deduction game Blood on the Clocktower comes to the Fringe as a live comedy show.
The rodeo is the best place in the world.
How to live a jellicle life: life lessons from the 2019 hit musical ‘cats’ is as bonkers as it sounds, whilst still adding to the philosophical debate on how to live a good lif…
All the way from Canada, Tim Kraft joins Hootenannies (Hoot 4) at The Apex for an hour of stand-up comedy live at the Edinburgh Fringe, from 17th to 20th August at 18:20.
Do you ever feel like you’re the only one struggling with the complexities of British social etiquette? Then join us for a hilarious show that celebrates all things awkwardly Briti…
Gig Pigs, Ivo Graham and Alex Kealy’s podcast comes to the Pleasance for one night only! Seated or standing? Support band or drinks? Sing along as loudly as possible or watch in re…
After a fantastic debut run at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2022, Terry Geo’s astounding show is back! Blink gives a raw and emotional insight into modern life for an interracial coupl…
After a fantastic debut run at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2022, Terry Geo’s astounding show is back! Blink gives a raw and emotional insight into modern life for an interracial coupl…
The hit news satire podcast from The Bugle, hosted by cult favourite Alice Fraser, comes to The Stand for two live shows full of topical comedy and brilliant guests.
A laugh-out-loud, immersive, comedic, heartfelt tribute to Hollywood’s most iconic blonde bombshell.
We learned together, we laughed together and now we are doing the Edinburgh Festival Fringe together.
Sharp, silly and sublime solo character comedy from Luke Manning, formerly one half of veteran Fringe sketch duo, In Cahoots, and a writer-performer for BBC Radio 4’s Sketchtopia a…
Aalex believes her basic bitch mentality gets her far in life when used to hone in on big grown-up things, like human psychology.
Join the Some Laugh Podcast live at the Fringe! Award-winning comedians Marc Jennings, Stephen Buchanan and Stuart McPherson have some laugh – or at least some laughs, discussing…
10 years after being refused entry to Edinburgh, Mustafa Algiyadi returns with a work-in-progress show.
It’s a one night stand for the Fannies (‘hilarious stream-of-consciousness double act’ (Entertainment-Focus.
Toxicity.
Hey! You free tonight? Fancy a drink? Let’s talk films, festivals, and red flags.
Hey! You free tonight? Fancy a drink? Let’s talk films, festivals, and red flags.
We invite you to watch our very raw, honest and unfiltered tragicomedy show.
Sex cults with fake feminism, pretend shamans, Burning Man, Lower East Side “nightclub photographers” and Tinder f*ck boys all make an appearance in this educational and hilari…
Toxicity.
Comedian and crisp connoisseur Adam Evans presents The Crisp Review: Live, nominated for Best Theatre and Best Newcomer at the Greater Manchester Fringe 2022! The show documents th…
The podcast where two comedians listen to the best (and worst) albums of all time.
A charming, self-obsessed criminal mastermind assembles five eccentric individuals with peculiar skills to rob a world-beloved charity toy maker.
This completely original chamber musical by Shaye Poulton Richards is a darkly charming piece of new writing.
Nosferatu is the mother of all modern vampire films, and provides rich source material for Graeme Stephen’s new composition.
Join guests from the worlds of comedy, literature, music and faith for a series of live recordings of the popular All Terrain Podcast.
Join LBC legend Iain Dale and his partner in crime, former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, for one of five unique live versions of their smash-hit political podcast For the Many.
Sander Klaus is an underage soldier in America’s Civil War.
THE STORY OF IRELAND LIVE is an abridged narrated history of the Emerald Isle through music, poetry and song with a talented cast of live actor musicians.
Amy Murray wants to break down all the taboos about womanhood, so she has now created a piece called Red Aphrodite that she will share through Edinburgh Deaf Festival.
THE STORY OF IRELAND LIVE is an abridged narrated history of the Emerald Isle through music, poetry and song with a talented cast of live actor musicians.
Join LBC legend Iain Dale and his partner in crime, former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith for one of five unique live versions of their smash-hit political podcast For the Many.
Scotland’s hottest new orchestra! Symphonix brings together 25 world-class musicians to perform the perfect blend of symphony and rock.
Fàilte Gu BSL (Welcome to BSL) is an immersive showcase of Gaelic and Scots signed-songs celebrating different aspects of traditional culture.
Revered jazz drummer Sarathy Korwar and global dance music pioneer Auntie Flo present their debut collaborative project – a bold sonic exploration of propulsive, tabla-infused rh…
Back by popular demand, Dinosaur World Live returns to Regent’s Park for another roarsome summer season! Dare to experience the dangers and delights of Dinosaur World Live in…
After four consecutive sell-outs, the M8s triumphantly return for another night of singalong, dance-yourself-daft bangers spanning six decades – all played live, loud and for the…
Join LBC legend Iain Dale and his partner in crime, former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith for one of five unique live versions of their smash-hit political podcast For the Many.
The comedy panel show for goblins ‘n’ geeks.
Following a successful debut hour, award winning Big Lew is at it again, dusting off the notebook and turning his attention to mental health, men and why we find talking to bloody …
Join LBC legend Iain Dale and his partner in crime, former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith for one of five unique live versions of their smash-hit political podcast For the Many.
Catch award-winning rhythm and blues band The Blueswater for their only performances at the Fringe this year; five raucous gigs in Edinburgh’s best live music venue, The Jazz Bar.
Following a successful debut hour, award winning Big Lew is at it again, dusting off the notebook and turning his attention to mental health, men and why we find talking to bloody …
2022 Fringe sell-out show.
Join LBC legend Iain Dale and his partner in crime, former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith for one of five unique live versions of their smash-hit political podcast For The Many.
There isn’t much that scares Kaye Adams.
Graeme’s new score for The Penalty premiered at HippFest Silent Film Festival in March 2018.
Scotland’s most authentic The Who tribute take you on an ‘Amazing Journey’ through the greatest songs of the legendary band.
‘Like an O2 concert on a budget!’ (Miss Hope Springs).
From the iconic themes of Super Mario and Legend of Zelda, to the funky beats of Sonic and Persona 5, this gig has something for everyone! With a fusion of different genres and sty…
Fun, silly, raucous… absurd! Join magician host Ava Beaux and magical team captains Kane and Abel, for an array of whacky games and cabaret acts.
Edinburgh Live’s number-one pick of the Free Fringe 2022 returns! A devilishly handsome magician trapped in a straitjacket, mind-melting magic, show-stopping laughs and unexpected …
In a world of lies, big lies and total whoppers, one way is invent your own even bigger lies.
Over 10 years, Chris Cook has brought magical, thought-provoking comedy shows to the Fringe.
Do you like comedy? do you want to be rich and drive fast in a Bugatti? Well this is the show for you.
A thrilling debut stand-up show from whimsical Australian comedian Jacob Henegan.
Do you like comedy? do you want to be rich and drive fast in a Bugatti? Well this is the show for you.
When Edinburgh’s iconic One o’Clock Gun is stolen by shady Glaswegians only our hero Morningside Malcolm, quiet resident of the douce suburbs, can prevent strife and aggro between …
Much more a comedy gig than a lecture, James Sheldrake brings the spirit of his podcast (Sheldrake on Shakespeare) to Edinburgh for an hour of anecdote, insight, performance, analy…
London bachelor Monty Button-Purse spies Gracie at his friend’s New Year Ball 1922, and is determined to woo her through the flourish of his penmanship.
An exciting new visual club experience taking you back to the 00s and 90s with singers, dancers, saxophonists, percussion, glow paint and good vibes.
An exciting new version of Miles Tredinnick’s original 1999 show.
Enjoy a 45-minute spectacular concert by award-winning national phenomenon Rock Choir, the pioneering contemporary choir of the UK.
The poignant tale of a writer and musician, Jon Lawrence, who walked 500km over five deserts on five continents to grieve for his father and raise money for a cancer charity.
A young man visits his dying father in the ICU and uncovers a shocking revelation: his father’s secret second family.
A symbol of the 80s, Dirty Dancing is etched into the memories of a generation and defined by its unforgettable scenes, the mesmerising hips of Patrick Swayze and that infamous lif…
After a string of sell out UK dates, NOHUN is back with his BRAND NEW stand up show, The Tequila Tour.
ERA Productions returns to the Fringe this year with a familiar act that sees the lively quartet of Megan (Mia Taylor), Nicole (Catherine Hutchinson), Amy (Abi Price) and Olivia (M…
The show is performed by a brilliant pair of queer, tumbling, absurdist clowns.
Lights Out By Nine bring their live show back to the Jazz Bar for a fifth time, playing a variety of original soul, blues and funk tracks along with their interpretations of classi…
From emerging talent Charles Edward Pipe comes an anthology of five dynamic, new, short plays.
The Fringe’s #1 late night show returns in all its glory with stellar lineups of your favourite acts from across the festival every night.
Queer feminist and bloody lefty Kathleen has fallen into a settled life with a nice boy who can do maths.
The only stand up comedy show at the Fringe with jokes, stories and a definitive list of my favourite smells from last year.
A lot of laughs and refreshingly comfortable seating await you at Friend (The One with Gunther), playing at the Gilded Balloon at the Museum.
Winner of the 2023 Edinburgh Untapped Award, One Way Out is a powerful exploration of the injustices suffered by the Windrush generation, through the lens of four boys from South L…
WPB are six rising comedy stars who’ve been performing in prisons across Scotland since November 2022.
‘A love letter to my mother that I’ll never send.
Enjoy an hour of the best up-and-coming, one-liner comedians on the circuit in this celebration of puns, one-liners and wordplay.
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,…
‘Down the hatch!’ yells our vicious Queen as yet another storyteller disappoints her.
How do you top Trainspotting, the defining film of the ‘90s? You top it by making it live.
The Edinburgh late-night institution and antidote to woke comedy returns.
First Dates meets Graham Norton’s Red Chair Stories in this hilarious interactive dating chat show.
Award-winning lefty comedian and human rights advocate Sid Singh takes you on a hilarious journey as he figures out how to fight the good fight… as far from home as possible! The…
24 different award-winning or nominated comedians perform their full shows, recorded for Netflix, Amazon Prime and YouTube. See FringeSpecials.com for listings.
Do you believe in ghosts? Let’s find out, in this recreated Victorian séance.
If we’re technically speaking, there is one (1) person invited to this show, but you (yes, you) are allowed (and inarguably encouraged) to come to the debut Fringe show from Canadi…
In a world where one man can be one character, Alexander Richmond dares to be twelve of them.
North-East comedian Amy Wright is going up in the world, even if technically she’s come down.
Rising stand-up star Freya Mallard is back with a hilarious work-in-progress stand-up show A Little More Conversation a Little Less Action Please, after her sold-out Edinburgh run …
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.
From humble beginnings in a downstairs bar in London, originally styling themselves as Friday I’m In Love, Massaoke have certainly ventured a substantial journey in their more th…
Original music and sharp stand-up comedy epically combust in this hour from comedian Larry Owens.
Star of Spitting Image (Britbox), Steph’s Packed Lunch (Channel 4) impressionist Luke Kempner brings his one-man British Police Drama to Edinburgh.
One hundred brave (or not so brave) Trojan Soldiers are trapped inside the infamous giant wooden horse, plotting their escape….
Brand new for 2023! Join magician and mind reader Tom Brace for a trip down memory lane that you simply won’t forget.
Paddy McDonnell is well known for his hilarious stories and viral clips from live shows and various podcast appearances and has decided to give his fans what they want, a show full…
One of the most established comedians in India, Biswa brings his trademark observational comedy to the Edinburgh Fringe for the very first time.
The sold-out NYC hit from award-winning actor Grant Lancaster comes to Fringe! Follow Grant on an outrageous journey home from the mountains of Thailand, all while handling an undi…
PLEASURE CHAPTERS: I can’t just live on a salad! Are you tired of seeing constant Instagram posts that are telling you what to EAT or NOT TO EAT? All this information is overwhelm…
Are you tired of seeing constant Instagram posts that are telling you what to EAT or NOT TO EAT? All this information is overwhelming and triggering our food and even life choices!…
Join us at the multi award-winning Whiski Bar and restaurant for a vibrant foot-stomping good time as we showcase many traditional Scottish music bands at Whiski Bar during August.
The remarkably unacclaimed Metroland Comedy are taking their online madness to the stage! Bringing you an all new sketch show that promises laughter, profanity and a generous use o…
The remarkably unaclaimed Metroland Comedy are taking their online madness to the stage! Bringing you an all new sketch show that promises laughter, profanity and a generous use of…
About the show On an ordinary night, in a quiet country village, a series of gift bags appear at carefully selected households.
London’s hottest new comedy night returns, headlined by Live at the Apollo regular and star of his own Netflix special, Phil Wang.
Two of Australia’s best stand-ups are in London for a rare double headline show at Soho Theatre on the eve of the Lord’s Test.
From the writers of the internationally successful Grumpy Old Women, award winning comedian Jenny Eclair and producer and writer Judith Holder deliver Older And Wider: L…
Join the cast of the Tifo Football Podcast for one night only at the Leicester Square Theatre.
“An exhilarating rollercoaster ride through the mind of a master” - Forbes Join the “Fox Force Five” — a group of fierce superwomen made up of five of…
7 Years after it's first tour, Luke Adamson's critically acclaimed comedy-drama about Alzheimer's is being published.
As the unending expanse of the pandemic stretched out before him, Adam Evans set out to achieve one thing: receive crisps to taste, for free, from crisp manufacturers.
January Thompson is a California-born, singer-songwriter.
January Thompson is a California-born, singer-songwriter.
As the unending expanse of the pandemic stretched out before him, Adam Evans set out to achieve one thing: receive crisps to taste, for free, from crisp manufacturers.
It’s 1956 and the Susan B.
Much more a comedy gig than a lecture, James Sheldrake brings the spirit of his podcast (Sheldrake on Shakespeare) to the stage for an hour of anecdote, insight, performance, analy…
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
Join Drag Race UK Season 2 and cabaret legend Joe Black, as he returns to Brighton Fringe festival for an evening of musical mischief, vaudevillian villainy and cabaret chaos in th…
As his career collapses to an early end, a musician finds solace in Bach – but does this lead to obsession or madness? Music was his career, Bach was his passion.
Leonard and Violet, young, restless and in love, spend their first night together knowing it may also be their last.
As his career collapses to an early end, a musician finds solace in Bach – but does this lead to obsession or madness? Music was his career, Bach was his passion.
Fresh off the back of a sell-out debut tour, Josh Berry returns with a new stand up show.
Amy Wright is going up in the world, even if technically she’s come down.
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
Amy Wright is going up in the world, even if technically she’s come down.
Hello, I am Charles Quarterman.
Live at the Palace is a two-day dance music extravaganza at the stunning grounds of Fulham Palace this May.
Kevin O’Brien in That One-Liner Bloke’s Comedy Show. A must see show for fans of one-liner jokes.
Kevin O’Brien in That One-Liner Bloke’s Comedy Show. A must see show for fans of one-liner jokes.
The no-bullshit politics podcast returns to the Leicester Square Theatre for another live crisis conference on Sunak, Starmer, Brexit, the Culture Wars and everything el…
Fresh off a sold-out North American tour, Rob Anderson is bringing his comedy show to Europe! Taking on the role of a young scientist, Rob tries to get a better understa…
As a last minute addition Brighton’s own Suspiciously Elvis performs at the fringe festival bringing his own unique take on the king of Rock and Roll in his glorious Las Vegas ye…
A fantastic 10 piece band dedicated to the Quiet Beatle’s work.
A thrilling debut hour from absurdist Australian stand up Jacob Henegan.
A fantastic 10 piece band dedicated to the Quiet Beatle’s work.
A thrilling debut hour from absurdist Australian stand up Jacob Henegan.
From the mind of Jon Griffin (21 Crows, Sairie) comes three tales of terror.
From the mind of Jon Griffin (21 Crows, Sairie) comes three tales of terror.
One-hit wonders are like love affairs – intense, but alas, all-too-brief- so join award-winning performer Paul Diello and his eight-piece ensemble as they resurrect some of the g…
“You must suffer me to go my own dark way.
“You must suffer me to go my own dark way.
Featuring writers including Nick Payne, Elinor Cook and (Oscar, Tony and Pulitzer winner) John Patrick Shanley, SHORTS celebrates the beauty and frailty within human connection, an…
Dive down the rabbit hole at Down the Hatch, Komedia’s newest off-the-wall comedy club.
Ah, Birthdays.
The author of the bestselling poetry series The Art of a Damaged Soul brings you the hard-hitting , powerful one woman show.
Ah, Birthdays.
The Big Bad Wolf’s destroyed everything.
The Big Bad Wolf’s destroyed everything.
First Dates meets Graham Norton’s Red Chair Stories in this hilarious interactive dating chat show.
First Dates meets Graham Norton’s Red Chair Stories in this hilarious interactive dating chat show.
Join Ben Carter and Joe Bunn two of the UK’s limpest forces that have been proper melted together for one hour of entertainment.
Totally True.
Tabletop Roleplaying brought to life with an Interactive twist! After multiple performances around Ireland, Hearthfire Tales bring their unique live show to Smock Alley …
Totally True.
In A Little Killing Hurts No One, Mustafa Algiyadi manoeuvres through the European way of life from the lens of an Arab, longing so badly to be part of it, yet confronted with some…
Playing a dynamic mix of classic and contemporary soul ‘n’ funk, South Coast Soul Revue is a hi-energy eight-piece with two dynamic lead singers, a pulsating rhythm section and…
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.
In “A little killing hurts no one”, Mustafa Algiyadi manoeuvres through the European way of life from the lens of a Libyan Arab, longing so bad to be part of it, yet confronted wit…
Cantilever Rights and Carrot Productions proudly present the world premiere of the animated feature film, The Amazing Maurice, with the score performed live by a full orchestra.
The Totally Football Show returns to the Leicester Square Theatre just in time for the Premier League run-in.
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.
Come and Join Mark Steel at Leicester Square Theatre as he tries to answer that age old question: What The F*** Is Going On?! With over 1.
An evening of rock’n’roll music from LIVE band ‘Cabaret Against the Machine’ with performances from internationally acclaimed Burlesque & Cabaret artists.
Phil Wang and Pierre Novellie, award-winning stand ups and podcasters, bring their hit podcast BudPod to the stage for the first time! There will be jingles, correspo…
In 2011, five fishermen on the Isle of Wight (Jamie Green, Jon Beere, Daniel Payne, Scott Birtwistle & Zoran Dresic) were sentenced to a total of 104 years for conspiracy to import…
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…
After Lloyd’s last tour was interrupted by ‘you know what’ and ended up lasting eight years or so, he’s BACK with a brand-new fresh stand-up tour…
After Lloyd’s last tour was interrupted by ‘you know what’ and ended up lasting eight years or so, he’s BACK with a brand-new fresh stand-up tour…
NYC-based comedian Modi brings his unique Jewish blend of observational comedy to London for a night of laughs! Hailed as “The Next Jackie Mason” by the New…
45 minutes of fast paced, action-packed workout madness - audience participation is inevitable, injuries are easily avoidable.
NYC-based comedian Modi brings his unique Jewish blend of observational comedy to London for a night of laughs! Hailed as “The Next Jackie Mason” by the New…
This is the story of the greatest Black Briton to have ever been forgotten.
Fourteen-year-old David has just been punched in the face by his best friend.
Flinch A play about everyday pain One Hundred Ghost Stories Based on supernatural samurai game Flinch - Rare AnticsThrough playful vignettes, three performers examine ho…
A theatrical comedy meta horror multimedia experience - this show has all the adjectives and more! A desperate actor seeks a friend to be the ‘reader’ for their self tape.
Worst Foot Forward is the comedy-trivia podcast all about failure, celebrating the worst things in the world.
Ireland's last hope: Five immigrant comedians.
This is a solo show about femininity and trauma.
The no-bullshit politics podcast returns to the Leicester Square Theatre for an evening of high quality analysis, low quality jokes, and recrimination and blame allocati…
One of You Has to DieA post-apocalyptic interactive comedy showHR_final.
Following a successful debut hour, award winning Big Lew is at it again, dusting off the notebook and turning his attention to mental health, men and why we find talking to bloody …
All Falls Down is an interactive and improvised storytelling show about a group of friends trying to make contact with civilisation, and survive in the wilderness, after a plane cr…
Teen Queen Mary Tudor takes to the mic to rehab her so-called “bloody” image.
Literally what it says on the tin: ‘Six Plays One Day’ offers a wide variety in a short space of time.
Russian Doll meets clowns in And Then the Rodeo Burned Down, a circular metaphysical piece that combines elements of dance, comedy and mystery to form a labyrinth equivalent of a s…
It certainly ain’t their first rodeo when this pair of clowns are trapped in a time-loop.
ROB NEWMAN LIVE ON STAGE Fresh from his BBC Radio 4 series Rob Newman On Air, the award-winning comedian’s new show is a stand-up epic that goes from cave pain…
ROB NEWMAN LIVE ON STAGE Fresh from his BBC Radio 4 series Rob Newman On Air, the award-winning comedian’s new show is a stand-up epic that goes from cave pain…
Renowned as The Godfather of Gothic Horror, Edgar Allan Poe has left a timeless mark on the horror genre.
Renowned as the ‘Godfather of Gothic Horror’, Edgar Allan Poe has left a timeless mark on the horror genre.
A group of friends try to reach civilisation after a plane crash in an improvised, interactive 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 …
Following sensational critical acclaim One Woman Show played sold out runs at Soho Theatre London and Traverse Theatre Edinburgh and was called “the single hottest ticket in …
Hurricane Music Company (HMC) presents Hourricane (Live Debut).
Being dead, the great maestro of late baroque composition has the hope of being raised incorruptible.
A festival celebrating the connections we make throughout our life, an ode to family, friends, and lovers alike.
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.
Using original texts from the 1840s, Stephen Smith faithfully brings Edgar Allan Poe’s words to life on stage, performing four of the most terrifying examples of gothic literature:…
This punchy, 75 minute production recaptures the passion and the controversy of the famous novel, then globally successful film, and repackages it into an immersive production &nda…
The Bugle, one of the known universe’s longest-running and most successful podcasts, celebrates its 15th anniversary with a series of live performances.
Boris who? Join the panelists from Britain’s premier rage-driven politics podcast to “welcome” our new Prime Minister – whomever he or she turns …
Are you outraged by the double standards at the UK border and in Western media’s single-minded reporting on refugees? If so, this show is for you.
The Retrophones are a full-on funk band with horn section, playing the 1970s dance classics! They have been funking out the Edinburgh music scene for over 10 years and are regulars…
The Trashfuture crew of Riley, Milo, Hussein, Nate and Alice are back at the Fringe and ready to dissect all of the absolute worst aspects of the age we live in, from nonsense star…
Two Truth and a Lie.
Charity spectacular! Watch as an all-star line-up of comedians backstab, manipulate and fight for survival in cult game show Werewolf: Live.
Join Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Mat Ewins (Harry Hill’s Clubnite, Live from the BBC) and double Edinburgh Comedy Award winner John Kearns (8 Out of 10 Cats, Guessable) as the…
Self-described musical genius James Love and his sequin-clad showgirl wife Stephanie have been married for 12 years.
The quiz with just one question! Ollie Horn challenges a different comedian friend each show to a deceptively difficult game of putting things in order.
Every family has its drama, and every wedding has its secrets.
Four students stuck in an elevator, with nothing to do except to talk to each other.
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 …
Odd couple Mark Watson (you know, from Taskmaster, and ‘an unstoppably funny superhero’ according to The Times) and Michael Chakraverty (you know, from Bake Off, and a ‘brilliant b…
Returning after three consecutive sold-out Edinburgh Fringes, The M8s is a sophisticated blend of live and performance art fusing elements of the gig-theatre medium with the theme …
Writers and comedians Stevie Martin (Breeders, Late Night Mash) and Tessa Coates (Feel Good, Starstruck) co-host their smash-hit podcast Nobody Panic live.
Quintet of sketch comedians seeking fun-loving and friendly audience, interested in a short, passionate fling, and maybe more.
Felipe Schrieberg and Paul Archibald return to the Fringe this year in an act that delivers a whisky-soaked night of tremolo and bass that walks through the annals of blues classic…
Captivate Theatre brings the smash-hit comedy to the Fringe! ‘You gotta concentrate ain’t ya, with two jobs.
For the show’s UK premiere, join Desmond Channing in the Seventh Circle - hell’s most squalid cabaret club - as he recounts the grisly events that led him there.
As the unending expanse of the pandemic stretched out before him, Adam Evans set out to achieve one thing: receive crisps to taste, for free, from crisp manufacturers.
As the unending expanse of the pandemic stretched out before him, Adam Evans set out to achieve one thing: receive crisps to taste, for free, from crisp manufacturers.
Come and hear an EdFringe podcast recorded live and listen to the backstage chat and meet the Edinburgh legend/veteran/star.
Damnation has never been so fun in Joe McNeice’s adaptation of Diva: Live from Hell.
Comedians Rachel Fairburn and Kiri Pritchard-McLean bring their smash-hit true crime podcast, All Killa no Filla, to the Edinburgh Fringe.
If all the best people are in all the best jobs, why is Britain such a f*cking bin fire? Orwell prize-winning author, BAFTA nominated broadcaster and celebrated hip-hop artist Darr…
The Guardian’s #1 Comedy Show of 2021 comes to the Fringe for a limited run.
He’s the man who put the foot into football.
Comedy-drama ‘Keep It Down’ follows Daisy - a 23 year old singleton as she stumbles between shady one night stands, failed relationships, and yet another celebration that revol…
When Amy, Megan, Nicole and Olivia decide to go on a week-long girls holiday to Magaluf, some of them are excited for sun, sex and sangria.
A Sri Lankan teenager’s quest to stage a live theatre show amidst post-AL angst, a pandemic and a country in crisis, told through a comedic, musical and dramatic multi-character …
He’s the man who put the foot into football.
A show that provides a jellicle discussion about the jellicle aspects of the jellicle cats in CATS and how you can apply them to your life in order to make it truly jellicle.
A special school assembly harking back to the grand old days of the bawdy British boarding school, hosted by drag king and self-proclaimed “Head” Master Mr Brake Down.
Comedy-drama ‘Keep It Down’ follows Daisy - a 23 year old singleton as she stumbles between shady one night stands, failed relationships, and yet another celebration that revol…
For one night only, Comic Relief Live! is back.
Join LBC legend Iain Dale and partner in crime, former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith for one of five unique live versions of their smash-hit political podcast.
The rodeo is the best place in the world.
Join LBC legend Iain Dale and his partner in crime, former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith for one of five unique live versions of their smash-hit political podcast For The Many.
Join LBC legend Iain Dale and his partner in crime, former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith for one of five unique live versions of their smash-hit political podcast For The Many.
High octane R’n’B performed in the raucous atmosphere of Edinburgh’s world-famous Jazz Bar.
This show is about identity, where to buy it, and how to cook it properly to make you stand out with your friends.
Bye bye Gatsby! It’s 1933 and Ali is throwing a party with her pals.
Join LBC legend Iain Dale and his partner in crime, former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith for one of five unique live versions of their smash-hit political podcast For The Many.
Lockdown phenomenon Gigless goes live! New material from your favourite comedians, as always, presided over by Catherine Bohart, Helen Bauer and Andrew White.
Welcome to Gämez TV, where shows are made up on the spot using suggestions from the audience — you! We improvise TV pilots to create never-before-seen TV, from game shows, roma…
Lockdown phenomenon Gigless goes live! New material from your favourite comedians, as always, presided over by Catherine Bohart, Helen Bauer and Andrew White.
Welcome to Gämez TV, where shows are made up on the spot using suggestions from the audience — you! We improvise TV pilots to create never-before-seen TV, from game shows, roma…
Join LBC legend Iain Dale and his partner in crime, former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith for one of five unique live versions of their smash-hit political podcast For The Many.
THE TWIRLYWOOS ARE BACK FOR A GREAT BIG ADVENTURE! Join Great BigHoo, Toodloo, Chickedy, Chick and their friends as they discover the wonderful world around us! Exp…
One Single Thread is a form-bending character and sketch “solo-ish” show written by NYC comedian Lauren Gamiel, featuring Slaney Rose Jordan.
Fade In: Heidi sits at her desk writing the blurb for this show.
Join us for an afternoon of free jazz every Saturday and Sunday during the Fringe at The Grand Cafe.
McLean is back with another volume of Action Figure Archive.
Triggernometry, the hit political and cultural podcast and YouTube phenomenon is in town for two nights only.
A beautiful, moving one-act play based on poetry created in a concentration camp by the Jewish children of Prague.
Join us for free music every Saturday night during the Fringe at Southpour with great acoustic artists playing great pop covers.
McLean is back with another volume of Action Figure Archive.
Join us for a huge selection of free music every Friday and Saturday night during the Fringe at The Golf Tavern with different rock/pop cover bands with a great selection of music …
Very occasionally, a performance transcends the boundaries of the form in ways previously unseen.
Having written over 200 songs during lockdown exploring some of the more comical aspects of the pandemic, Siobhan Argyle is bringing her sold-out show from Glasgow to the Edinburgh…
Pianodrome Live is back – each night of the Fringe we showcase local and international acts, sharing uniquely intimate performances with you in our bespoke, in-the-round amphithe…
In this powerful one-hour theater piece, Kimleigh Smith takes the audience through a journey that is totally uplifting, totally heartbreaking and totally powerful! Totally! is the …
‘You must suffer me to go my own dark way.
Nicole Smit returns with her sell-out show, Queens of the Blues, celebrating the women who have defined blues and popular music over the last 100 years.
Mina (Comedy Central, STOMP) returns with her acclaimed multimedia show weaving together hilarious and heartfelt stories from her New York upbringing as the daughter of an Italian-…
100,000 characters.
The smash-hit show returns, with top TV comedians – aka the Gladi-Haters – improvising rants on topics suggested by the audience.
What if Christ returned and we all missed it? From an award-winning theatrical duo, Down to Earth is the entirely untold and untrue story of Gene Christ: a veteran park ranger and …
Join us for free music every Friday night during the Fringe at The Granary with our house musician playing great acoustic pop covers.
Join the award-winning star of Breaking The News, Heart FM and One Show for a joyful new comedy chat show.
The One Between, formed from the leaders of both sides of the struggle, is the last hope of restoring balance to the world through a show of strength, spirit, essence and loyalty.
The rodeo is the best place in the world.
An epic dystopian drama about the threat of religious extremism and right-wing populism.
MC Hammersmith is the world’s leading freestyle rapper to emerge from the ghetto of middle-class West London.
LOBN are an eight-piece soul and rhythm’n’blues band featuring horns, harmonies and the Hammond organ, performing a selection of original songs plus classics from our favourite son…
Odds are you’ve seen one of Kinne’s many viral videos from his sketch comedy TV show, Kinne Tonight.
Cross over into a whole new plane of performance.
Join police sergeant-turned-comedian Alfie Moore ahead of recording Series 7 of his hit BBC Radio 4 comedy ‘It’s a Fair Cop’.
Join cult songstress Diane Chorley, and sidekick Milky, as they bring back their iconic 80s nightclub The Flick, where the dancing doesn’t stop, the band keeps playing and the Baby…
Acclaimed immersive adaptation of Irvine Welsh’s classic, staged in a bespoke venue unique to the show.
Alternative comedy extravaganza from two bizarre characters! See The Daft Duo as their solo performance personas in this double-bill.
Paul Sinha is probably best known as one of Bradley Walsh’s TV team of ‘Chasers’: a characterful crew of six champion quizzers whose aim is to stop four plucky hopefuls getti…
Since Charles Ross first brought his hilarious show to Edinburgh in 2006, it has established itself as a Fringe favourite.
For the fraction of the cost of a fixed penalty notice, pose your question to our fearless leader at this chat-show-cum-Question-Time-cum-work-event (wine/cheese/cake/wallpaper ava…
If it isn’t your old internet friend, Dr Giggles.
Join us for a huge selection of free music every night of the Fringe at Biddy’s with different rock/folk cover bands and a big selection of music right through the festival.
‘The best late-night show on the Fringe’ (Scotsman) returns in all its glory, featuring a stellar line-up of the very best acts from across the festival every night.
They’re back! After years away touring the world, the Olivier Award-winning godfathers of alternative cabaret celebrate their 30th anniversary with a triumphant return to the Fring…
‘Absolutely cracking… Great material with fantastic execution’ (The Stand).
Join Paul Mccaffrey and Seann Walsh for a live version of The UK’s Top 10 Comedy Podcast. Comedy’s two angriest friends just got angrier.
Forget everything you may know about Bloody Mary; the cocktail, the game, the queen who burned Protestants at the stake.
There’s significant anger in One of Two; a sense of injustice felt by a young man whose experience of the not-so-subtle cruelties and discrimination endured by disabled people is…
Join us for free live music every Wednesday to Sunday during the Fringe at Ghillie Dhu with different indie and rock/pop artists with a great selection of music.
Will used to think his life was a joke – but he was wrong, it’s more like 300.
“Eagles! The eagles are coming” says Pippin Took in Lord of the Rings.
This unflinching case study scrutinizes one of the most pertinent conversations of our time: women’s safety.
‘Few comics reduce their audience to the constant waves of laughter for the full hour like Britton does’ (Chortle.
Duncan Shanks finds his subject in his riverside garden in the Clyde Valley, painting the changing seasons with an emotional engagement that chronicles the constant cycle of loss a…
Every night at 11:20pm this Fringe, we bring you the very best in live podcasts, stand-up specials, cabaret and clowning, compilation shows and much more.
Join us at the multi award-winning Whiski bar and restaurant for a vibrant foot-stomping good time as we showcase many traditional Scottish music bands at the Whiski bar during Aug…
‘An x-rated musical-comedy TED talk about the end of human civilisation’.
As Lemons, artists Ole Hagen and Hannah Jowett perform material based on Ole’s 2021 poetry collection, Lemon In Orbit (Pindrop Press).
As Lemons, artists Ole Hagen and Hannah Jowett perform material based on Ole’s 2021 poetry collection, Lemon In Orbit (Pindrop Press).
Our Jubilee Bank Holiday Friday special! For the first time live on stage in Vauxhall in too many years, Eagle London is proud to present LIVE on stage, the one and only David Dale…
Welcome to Gämez TV, where shows are made up on the spot using suggestions from the audience — you! We improvise TV pilots to create never-before-seen TV, from game shows, roma…
Welcome to Gämez TV, where shows are made up on the spot using suggestions from the audience — you! We improvise TV pilots to create never-before-seen TV, from game shows, roma…
Get set for another hot performance by the legendary Brighton-based nine-piece.
Get set for another hot performance by the legendary Brighton-based nine-piece.
Acclaimed Irish comedian Tadhg Hickey, “outstanding physical and comedic performer” (The Scotsman), brings you his weird and wonderful part theatre, part stand-up comedy show, ‘I…
Acclaimed Irish comedian Tadhg Hickey, “outstanding physical and comedic performer” (The Scotsman), brings you his weird and wonderful part theatre, part stand-up comedy show, ‘I…
The Paramedics was inspired by an innovative idea by director James Burgess, who was a paramedic until five years ago.
The new digital comedy series taking social media by storm is venturing into the live show domain! This won’t be one to miss as we get to hear from Tiff and Chris, the Paramedics…
Two men who’ve been at the heart of the political world - former Downing Street Director of Communications and Strategy Alastair Campbell and cabinet minister Rory…
No One is a modern re-mix of HG Well’s The Invisible Man as a high-octane thriller.
Sometimes you see a piece of theatre that is so superb and shines so bright in every single way that it knocks you sideways.
They were the definition of cool during their Fifties and Sixties Vegas heyday – Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jnr.
Leicester Comedy shortlisted podcast bought to life.
Leicester Comedy shortlisted podcast bought to life.
Enjoy an hour of the best up-and-coming one-liner comedians on the circuit in this celebration of puns, one-liners and wordplay.
Enjoy an hour of the best up-and-coming one-liner comedians on the circuit in this celebration of puns, one-liners and wordplay.
One-hit wonders are like love affairs – intense, but alas, all-too-brief- so join award-winning performer Paul Diello and his eight-piece ensemble as they resurrect some of the g…
The newly formed Amiche Quartet are breaking down the concept of the classical concert.
The newly formed Amiche Quartet are breaking down the concept of the classical concert.
Join George Elek and Ali Maxwell from Not The Top 20 Podcast for a night celebrating the 2021/22 EFL season.
Ania Live with special guests Rapscallion is going to be one of those great live music nights full of sparkle and contrasts.
Ania Live with special guests Sy Richards and Rapscallion is going to be one of those great live music nights full of sparkle and contrasts.
Heather Alexander lit up the stage as she portrayed one of the most fearless female writers in history - Virginia Woolf.
“You must suffer me to go my own dark way.
KingFast is a Jamaican born and Belfast raised solo artist whose soulful vocals have been gathering traction around the UK.
KingFast is a Jamaican born and Belfast raised solo artist whose soulful vocals have been gathering traction around the UK.
The annual Fringe performance by one of the most exciting live bands in the South - this eight-piece soul and funk band, now in its fourteenth year, just keeps getting better.
The annual Fringe performance by one of the most exciting live bands in the South - this eight-piece soul and funk band, now in its fourteenth year, just keeps getting better.
We are Ania and we are having a bit of a launch party.
Join Drag Race UK Season 2 and cabaret legend Joe Black, as he returns to Brighton Fringe for an evening of musical mischief, vaudevillian villainy and cabaret chaos in the decaden…
Brighton Fringe 2019 People’s Choice Nominee George Sawyer returns with a bunch of stories that may or may not have happened to him or to anyone, ever.
The Victorian era’s toy theatre movement collides with digital theatre in this live performance video capture of Peter Michael Marino’s internationally-acclaimed, epic, table-top…
The Victorian era’s toy theatre movement collides with digital theatre in this live performance video capture of Peter Michael Marino’s internationally-acclaimed, epic, table-top…
Brighton Fringe 2019 People’s Choice Nominee George Sawyer returns with a bunch of stories that may or may not have happened to him or to anyone, ever.
Alice is bored and loves to daydream.
Based in Brighton, Bowiesque are one of the UK’s leading David Bowie tribute acts.
Based in Brighton, Bowiesque are one of the UK’s leading David Bowie tribute acts.
Alice is bored and loves to daydream.
Tadhg Hickey introduces you to Feargal; a downtrodden but cheery man who fulfilled his lifelong dream of becoming an alcoholic.
An impactful floating installation of a house in Ramallah, known, loved and photographed for 35 years.
MUTYA BUENA - LIVE AT THE RVTPLUS STAY ON FREE FOR OUR FRIDAY NIGHT CLUB PARTYThe brilliant Mutya Buena of the Sugababes makes a welcome return to The Royal Vauxhall Tavern followi…
Based on the 18th century Beggar’s Opera and Brecht & Weill’s Threepenny Opera, the band present their own version of this wildly entertaining story as a song cycle swarming wi…
Simon David invites YOU to the live recording of his horrible DEBUT ALBUM From tender ballads (Daddy I Wanna Dance & Shitting On A Dick) to crowd favourites (Straggot, Why…
Tremble in terror at the Tower! Sizzle at the Savoy! Give Cleopatra the needle! Be washed away at Westminster! Lose yourself in Lambeth! Get gobsmacked by the Globe! Hold onto your…
Meet Dolly: a 20-something Londoner with one hell of a temper.
Things Fell Apart Strange Tales from the Culture Wars Jon Ronson LIVE Things Fell Apart is the live version of Jon’s hit BBC Radio 4 podcast.
Basically.
It's me again, your old internet friend Dr Giggles.
It's me again, your old internet friend Dr Giggles.
Prior to the release of his new album 'It's OK, I'm still laughing!', the German singer, songwriter and troubadour Martin Praetorius will make his lo…
Viral sensation Gary Powndland (Pronounced liked the shop, but not spelt the same) is the back in London with an all new live show for 2022!In this new show he’ll …
Has he gone yet…? As the Government teeters on its foundations and the council dog warden comes for Boris “Big Dog, Honest” Johnson, the cult politica…
Live from the Landor presents a night of top notch comedians giving some new material an outing.
Full Disclosure With James O’Brien: Live James O’Brien is recording his podcast live on stage to raise money for LBC’s charity Global’s Make S…
Full Disclosure With James O’Brien: Live James O’Brien is recording his podcast live on stage to raise money for LBC’s charity Global’s Make S…
Join us!Join us for an evening of Talent at West Five Bar - You can just turn up on the night as this event is free entry! Want to be a contestant?If you wish to be a contesta…
Northern Ireland's most exciting and beloved comedian; Shane Todd returns to the Leicester Square Theatre for an hour of hilarious stand-up comedy.
Chiron: A One Centaur Show Lanky horse-boy talks funny A Beautiful Mess To-do lists aren't actually helpful.
Northern Ireland's most exciting and beloved comedian; Shane Todd returns to the Leicester Square Theatre for an hour of hilarious stand-up comedy.
The Documentary No One Asked ForThis absurdly hilarious radio play follows the investigations of a disgraced RTE journalist who has travelled to a strange island off the…
No One Is Coming is a storytelling performance about a mother and a daughter inspired by real life events and infused with Irish mythology and comedy.
For the first time ever and for one night only South African comedy aces Celeste Ntuli and Thenjiwe Moseley bring their rib cracking stand up comedy to London.
For the first time ever and for one night only South African comedy aces Celeste Ntuli and Thenjiwe Moseley bring their rib cracking stand up comedy to London.
DIVINA DE CAMPO LIVE AT THE ROYAL VAUXHALL TAVERNDivina De Campo is not only one of the UK’s most successful drag performers, she’s well on her way to be a fully fledged national t…
Totally Football Live The Totally Football Show returns to the stage, and what better place to kick start things than the Leicester Square Theatre in t…
Totally Football Live The Totally Football Show returns to the stage, and what better place to kick start things than the Leicester Square Theatre in t…
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 …
Fresh from music directing in Mandarin for Nederlander Worldwide in China, Juilliard grad Matthew Liu makes the leap from orchestra pit to the spotlight with a concert of original …
1980's era-defining comedian Ben Elton returns to the London stage to explore the modern age, bringing his hilarious perspectives with him! As the 'Godfather' of modern…
TRIGGERnometry, the hit political and cultural YouTube show with over 3 million downloads a month is launching a series of in-person events with some of your favourite g…
After two consecutive sell-out years, Carl returns with a brand new show! Expect stories, observations & audience interaction.
A man caught in the act.
Barrel Organ presents the first event in the relaunch of their highly successful programme, LIVE LDN.
"Part gig, part festival, part immersive adventure" - Lauren Laverne "Secret Cinema for live music" - London Live "Best Covid Safe Live Music Event 2020&qu…
The ultimate deep dive retro night! Re-live your youth and enjoy the hits, forgotten gems and flops from 1998! It was the year pure pop really hit the big time with B*Witched …
The Queer Gaze is a podcast presented and produced by Homotopia Associate Artist Ashleigh Owen.
TRIGGERnometry, the hit political and cultural YouTube show with over 3 million downloads a month is launching a series of in-person events with some of your favourite g…
Internationally touring cabaret and drag artist Peter Groom, presents Dietrich: Live in Liverpool a glittering, poignant and uplifting audience with icon, Marlene Dietri…
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…
Keep It Down, is a new writing piece about navigating life as a socialite whilst trying to recover from an eating disorder.
One man.
Renowned as the ‘Godfather of Gothic Horror’, Poe was a pioneer in establishing the horror genre.
A marathon of gothic horror masterpieces. One actor performs Edgar Allan Poe’s most spine-chilling classics
What’s scarier than a slice of gothic horror? Four slices, that’s what.
The ultimate deep dive retro night! Re-live your youth and enjoy the hits, forgotten gems and flops from 2001! Its been 20 years since 2001, the year that Atomic Kitten swappe…
Brand new hour of comedy from acclaimed comic Red Richardson Red is a critically acclaimed stand up comedian, writer, actor and podcaster and is now recognised as one of the most…
As times of heady redolence go, the 1990s lacks the brittle style of the 1920s, sepia-tinted upper-lips of haunted men in WWI uniforms, or groovy pereniorange of the 1960s… And y…
Unsolved mysteries meet mixology in Mystery on the Rocks, a very silly podcast hosted by award-winning comedians Sooz Kempner, Masud Milas and Chris Stokes and named as one of The …
One of the Gals is completely packed.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
Leicester Comedy shortlisted podcast bought to life.
If you hate Laura McMahon, women in general or comedy, then don’t see this show.
Cult cabaret sensations Bourgeois & Maurice descend on planet earth for two nights at Brighton Spiegeltent! “It’s hard to think of any other act delivering such clever, funny …
Bumfluffery and other silliness.
“The unmistakable voice of Karen Saunders” launches Brighton’s newest venue The Annun.
Performing songs from the critically acclaimed album Waves on Wire.
“You must suffer me to go my own dark way.
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is one of Robert Louis Stevenson's most popular novels.
This 6-piece live music band play original material interwoven with all the classic disco & funk tracks, guaranteed to get your feet moving, your hands clapping and your spirit sin…
From the brilliant mind behind SiriusXM-Kids’ ‘Harry’s Wand’ (Steve Goodie), and best-selling author of ‘Don’t Feed the Bully’ (Brad Tassell), comes the Halloween show that every…
Zany, spooky, fun! That is the way to describe Vampire's Ball Ultimate Halloween Party Live! Although it was on Zoom, and they were up against time lags on the extremely odd oc…
Tl;dr: Two female comedians debut their 30 minute solo shows on one bill.
Based in Brighton, Bowiesque are one of the UK’s leading David Bowie tribute acts.
Britain’s Got Talent Finalist, West End star and multi-award-winning magician Ben Hart is bringing his unique brand of magic to Brighton.
What a relief to be sitting in an actual theatre watching something where no one mentions the 'C word', unless it's Cornwall that is.
Conceived, written and acted by Timothy Quinlan, this short film features some of the better acting on offer at the Fringe, and like so many others, is inspired by the strange real…
Tonight I figured out how to beam a Facebook video to my TV so I could watch – amongst other things – a burlesque performer do a striptease on a unicycle.
One year after its acclaimed launch in Las Vegas, Channing Tatum is bringing a brand new production of Magic Mike Live to the Hippodrome Casino in London’s Leicester Square.
Liz Pichon is a legend in our house: she is the author adored by kids who wouldn’t otherwise pick up a book.
Is there a more intoxicating combination than blues music and good whisky? There is – blues music and multiple good whiskies.
Robert Temple is performing the only traditional hour-long hypnosis show in Edinburgh Fringe this year, so if you’re looking for a show where any number of people can volunteer t…
With its eclectic composition of scenes, monologues, choreography and voice-over, Landscape (1989) is a genuinely intriguing production full of interesting elements – although th…
If you walk into a production of The Last Five Years without any previous knowledge of the show things can get a little confusing.
This is a show for the fans.
One man, a guitar, and the most venerated love story of all time.
Georges Méliès is often described as the inventor of cinema.
The Fawlty Towers Live Themed Dinner Show is one of two similar events happening at this year's Edinburgh Fringe; both themed dinners based on the legendary iconic 1970s sitcom…
There are worse ways to start a show than with free sweets, and no better way to end it than with a singalong.
Iconic is not a strong enough word for novelist Irvine Welsh’s generation-defining masterpiece, Trainspotting.
Despite the title, it transpires that Joz Norris is not dead, but is merely busy having a bath.
Strap on your safety goggles boys and girls: BRAINIAC LIVE IS BACK!!! Due to popular demand Science’s greatest and most volatile live show is returning with a vengeance to Lon…
Tucked away in a corner of Pleasance Courtyard, Glenn Moore delights a packed crowd with an hour of non-stop puns and twisted humour.
Not many comedy fans would turn down the chance to see the legendary Whose Line Is It Anyway? gang live.
Part party, part PSHE lesson and part coming-of-age rom-com, A Womb of One’s Own is a heartfelt love letter to women’s bodies everywhere.
At first glance, The Ugly One looks somewhat clinical.
Jenny Rowe’s solo show Tiptree: No One Else’s Damn Secret But My Own is about a woman with many lives, who is best known for not being a man.
Based on the best-selling book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler Iggety ziggety zaggety zoom! Jump on board the broom with the witch and her cat in Tall Stories’ fun-f…
Jamie Lloyd must be excreting pheromones of cool right now.
Springing up from the wreckage of his famous car (a Spider), James Dean talks honestly, candidly and sometimes with discomfort about his life.
University is the best time of your life, isn’t it? So what do you do when every day is a struggle? In Seven Ways to Calm the Fuck Down, directed by Ruth Berry, 3BUGS Fringe Thea…
Man Down emerges from three years of research and hours of interviews and discussions with people in Baltimore, USA.
Like stereotypes, labels generally become meaningless upon scrutiny.
Heather-Rose Andrews skilfully acts out this minimalist stage version of cult classic Alien.
Tim Renkow insists he’s spent the last decade on the comedy circuit trying to find a social or racial group that he’s NOT able to insult, because that would mean – as a disab…
If silent Hollywood star Buster Keaton is remembered for anything, it's his emotionless, mask-like expression; so the initial shock here is that this Buster speaks and smiles.
No One is Coming to Save You is an abstract piece of theatre which eschews character development and plot narrative, in favour of exploring recurring images.
Sheeps are officially back, following previous acclaim and an underground status as one of the Fringe's finest sketch groups and then a three year sebatical.
After their five star runaway success with All We Ever Wanted Was Everything, Middle Child were always going to suffer from difficult second album syndrome and it’s a real shame …
"In theatre no-one can hear you scream" unless you head down to the Sweet Dukebox this Fringe to see One Woman Alien, billed as a one hour (standard Fringe fair) one woma…
Welcome, watchers of illusions, to a review that shall dispel your confusion.
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…
Gallery Lock-In is a makeshift gallery space tucked away in the backstreets behind the beachfront.
The apocalypse is here! No-one is sure how it started or what’s going to happen but luckily, Laurie Black has gathered us in the safe environs of La Boheme to wait out the worst …
Tribute show The Rat Pack - Live From Las Vegas lights up the West End at Theatre Royal Haymarket, transporting audiences back in time to a fictional night at the Sands Hotel hoste…
There’s little obvious theatrical artifice on show; just four actors, in casual clothes, sitting or lying on the plain black floor of an empty stage as the audience comes in.
In the early 1980s Pinter became increasingly interested in human rights abuses and in particular the torture of political prisoners in Argentina and Turkey.
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.
Musical adaptations of other works often struggle to either make themselves distinct or justify their existence.
As a child of the eighties, I dreamed of appearing on Knightmare; the high-tech fantasy adventure game where three adolescent friends used their inability to discern left from righ…
After an hour of a narcissistic one man show, we were left with the dilemma of whether to applaud the honesty of Sam, or be totally appalled by the stark exposure of his personalit…
Tucked away in one of Greenside’s smaller studios, Baby Mama is a shining diamond of a show: beautiful storytelling and intimate staging come together to create a heartbreakingly…
Confronting head-on complex ethical dilemmas that co-exist with modern Western imperialism, this new play written by Rory Horne is urgent, engaging and also deeply entertaining.
Apocalypse Now, with its 153 minute running time, multi-million dollar production costs and jungle location, might not seem like the most obvious contender for adaptation into a on…
This jump-cutting adaptation of Shelagh Stephenson’s drama following two generations of domestic abuse is a decent attempt at a school-level production.
Improv comedy at the Fringe? It’s practically become a punchline in itself but the art of making it up on the spot is big business in Edinburgh in August.
Stand-up comedian Sam Gore has been taking down celebrities and politicians with his cutting, satirical, absurdist diatribes on Facebook since 2014 and garnered over fifty thousand…
Meet Diane Chorley, legendary 80s superstar, part-time piccalilli representative and full-time diva.
In 1986, the Kendall family stood in their back-garden, staring at the Australian sky and hoping to catch a glimpse of Halley’s comet.
Flatulence, fornication and filth; Sean Patton brings his show Number One to Edinburgh armed with a New Orleans attitude and an unashamed subject matter of all things vulgar and bo…
The technical choreography from Flabbergast Theatre that delivers this consistently joyful, yet bleak, puppetry extravaganza is exceptional.
One Board Man is one of the most unique shows I have ever seen.
Children’s entertainer Jango Starr is a total clown, but that’s certainly not meant as a criticism; sans white-face, he instead relies on a pair of trousers just sufficientl…
Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough should be the new tagline for the musical which has just become the 15th longest running show in West End history.
How (not) to Live in Suburbia is Annie Siddons’ new autobiographical story of her life following her family’s decision to move to “Twickenham, Home of Rugby”.
If you’ve ever seen Ron White before, you already know what to expect.
Harold Pinter’s short play, One for the Road, concerns torture, and you can assume it’s talking about state-sanctioned torture, given Rising Phoenix Repertory’s decision to t…
Improvisation is the one word that can strike fear into the heart of any actor no matter what their experience.
It’s hard to imagine a more emotionally-gruelling hour of theatre: three women held prisoner by an abusive patriarch finally free themselves from his clutches by shooting him in …
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 …
A masked figure, all in white, carries the biggest drumstick you’ve ever seen and drops it on the biggest drum you’ve ever seen.
Starting a show with a song containing the lyrics “it’s a stupid idea and it’ll never work” feels somewhat disingenuous when the song’s fully orchestrated and lit.
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…
Now in its third year at the Fringe, I Ran With The Gang written by Liam Rudden for his company LR Stageworks returns this year to the cosy yet lavish surroundings of Le Monde in u…
An “Original Lord of the Rings Parody” One Musical to Rule them All is full of puns, mocks the bits of Lord of the Rings that we all thought were a bit ridiculous and illogical…
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…
David Ephgrave enters the room in an endearing manner, commanding the audience’s attention with music and his upbeat persona.
Just one glance at this year’s stuffed-to-bursting wedge of a programme is enough to see that there are bewildering array of performance disciplines represented at this year’s …
For many Rab Florence and Ian Connell are the unsung heroes of Scottish comedy.
Death is a funny thing when you think about it: it’s the only certain thing in this world yet the majority of us deny its existence, but as performer Liz Rothschild points out, i…
Yinka Kuitenbrouwer welcomes you into her shed, pours you a cup of tea, gives you a house-shaped biscuit, and the words come out in a torrent.
You won’t find many performers at this year’s Fringe trumpeting their lack of uniqueness.
Annie Siddon’s (almost) one-woman show, How (Not) To Live In Suburbia, is an absolute treat from Siddon’s first smile to the audience as she takes the stage, until she exits.
Intergalactic Nemesis was like being trapped in a lift that wouldn’t stop going up or down, it made me angry on so many levels.
If you’ve been living a safe, healthy lifestyle under a rock, then you might not know that the NHS has been doing less than fantastic as of late.
90s-kid’s television hero Dave Benson Phillips brings back his hit children’s game-show Get Your Own Back, but there’s a twist.
Pretend news reporter Jonathan Pie – the creation of actor Tom Walker – has risen to public attention, during the last year, thanks to a succession of videos on YouTube which a…
Between Episode IV and V of Charles Ross’s One Man Star Wars Trilogy, the writer/performer spent some time polling the audience.
‘It’s a bit weird when I talk to you, eh?’ says Tim Carlsen’s Moko, the vulnerable and homeless protagonist of this curious one-man-show from New Zealand.
It’s a pretty short drive to Stockbridge, I’ve got a full tank of gas, no cigarettes whatsoever, it’s dark.
Star of Austentacious, No Such Thing as Fish (and its television transfer - No Such Thing as the News), the QI Elf finally has his one-man-show.
Seann Walsh is a brilliant observational comic, with an ability to tease out the comicality of even the most mundane, everyday occurrence.
This is the story of two men who were very, very good at failing.
For many like me Knightmare was watched with a religious fever back in the 90s.
Australian musical trio Doug Anthony All-Stars were the anarchic kings of the alternative comedy scene in the late 80s and early 90s, achieving considerable success with such sleep…
We Live by the Sea is a feel-good tale, exploring the day-to-day life of an autistic teenager in Filey.
The Wee One starts with a scenario familiar enough from numerous television sitcoms – a couple well into middle-age who appear to be stuck with an adult child who has failed t…
Bridging a gap of 80 years between author George Orwell’s early life in Paris and a social experiment by Guardian journalist Polly Tonybee in London, Down & Out In Paris And L…
“We are in uncharted territory when we sit with death,” Liz Rothschild says in her one-woman show, Outside the Box: A Live Show About Death.
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.
There is an intrinsic roughness to this latest production from Edinburgh-based Blazing Hyena productions: performed “in the round” in a student bar within city’s Art College, th…
Beneath St George’s Church, Bloomsbury, on Remembrance Day, a man named Aatif Nawaz is performing a show about Muslims.
A technical marvel, Perceptual Landscape is an alarming watch.
Beardyman has been a regular Fringe success for several years and it’s easy to see why.
“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.
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.
This musically infused telling of Five Feet in Front (the Ballad of Little Johnnie Wylo) is a highly energised, yarn spinning hoedown of a play.
Frank Sinatra is one of those rare artists that is universally loved and respected by all.
A slick absurdist piece, PALP’s One Above is an intelligent offering from the young company.
In this fun one-woman show, a self-described bi-dyke shares with us stories of her sexual evolution, from Mormon adolescent scanning second-hand books for smut, to monogamous domes…
Even the most seasoned audience member has to concentrate to grasp every line of a Shakespeare play.
Nick Payne’s bittersweet love story One Day When We Were Young charts Leonard and Violet’s tangled relationship across five decades of love and longing.
Every serious actor wants to do his Hamlet.
Mike Wozniak’s probably best known for playing moustachioed misfit Brian in Channel 4’s sitcom Man Down.
Phone Whore is a show that is equal parts witty, sexually frank and dripping with cynicism.
Lisa Gornick’s Live Drawing Show opens with an interesting and inventive premise: using the aid of drawing in real time to tell a story.
Sunset Five puts a quirky British twist on a thrilling heist drama.
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…
The Missing Hancocks is a genuine blast from the past.
Like some much of our interaction with the wider world, it starts with a button.
As the bombastic theme tune starts playing, waves of nostalgia roll across the audience.
Strikingly staged, deftly acted and simultaneously hard-hitting and bitingly funny.
One Trick Pony is the follow up to the critically acclaimed mouthful of a fringe show, Adrienne Truscott’s Asking For It: A One-Lady Rape About Comedy Starring Her Pussy and Little…
If you’re looking for an enjoyable, happy-go-lucky hour of rhythm and blues entertainment, then look no further than this show.
There’s a whole lot going on in Derby Day.
Mistaken presents four short monologues, written and directed by Nick Myles and performed by William McGeough.
Fifty minutes of the classic Rat Pack numbers with a full swing orchestra, bringing a little bit of that onstage banter that the trio are known for, and adding in the two Burelli s…
Jason Robert Brown’s musical The Last Five Years is not an easy undertaking.
Charlie Baker blends song with stand-up, as he intersperses his versions of one hit wonders with tales from his life.
When Breaking Bad came to an end at season five, everyone thought that this would be it for the franchise.
The first day of the first ever Great Yorkshire Fringe was kicked off with a bang - or rather a “Zip! Boing! Whee!” - by Scamp Theatre, setting a high standard for the rest …
The Last Five Years, by the darling of the Contemporary musical theatre world Jason Robert Brown, is about struggling actress Cathy and successful novelist Jamie’s five year rela…
I didn’t know what to expect upon my arrival at the Dolphin Leisure Centre.
John Ruskin: leading art critic of the Victorian era, famous for his volume of essays “Modern Painters” and his endorsement of Turner and the Pre-Raphaelites.
High energy, witty and often silly, Josh’s weekly XFM radio programme hits the stage, bringing the humor and voices that you usually hear through speakers into the room.
1 or 2 Things About Us is a community production from Mixit Days, an inclusive theatre company who work with disabled people and give them a chance to perform on the stage.
Al Murray’s One Man, One Guvnor is only in its preview stages, but already it is a spectacularly funny set.
George Galloway is best known as the fiercely pro-Palestinian Respect Party MP for West Bradford.
From the critically acclaimed SU Drama company comes a double play performance that combines Brien Friel’s Afterplay and an original piece named The White Peacock.
What happens when the past collides with the present? If the philosophical is made tangible, does it still have the power to transform? And can myths ever hold any relevance to our…
What do you say about a show where the second guest comedian blatantly ignores the host and then walks out of the show after his set?.
It’s always a delight to see a Free Fringe show doing well and, on arriving at the venue for this show, the queue is stretching into the distance.
It’s four minutes in and I find myself clapping harder than ever while singing “Auld Reeke you’re so fine, you’re so fine you blow my mind.
One Man Breaking Bad is impressionist Miles Allen’s attempt to squeeze 60 Breaking Bad episodes into 60 minutes.
Flying High Theatre Company from Nottinghamshire is aptly named; that is exactly what this group of lively youngsters do throughout this performance.
Everybody, it seems, has a view on comedian Jim Davidson.
Much as if I’d been with real-life evangelists, I imagine, I left this show wondering what on earth had just happened.
Hate ‘n’ Live is a night that revels in a non-PC, outrageous and often obscene approach to comedy.
This moving piece of new writing from Vivienne Walshe follows two teenagers trapped in their own versions of hell, who find the route to escapism in each other.
Based on Our Māoris, the memoirs of Lady Mary Ann Martin, On the Upside Down of the World is a riveting period drama set during the colonization of the last place on earth.
To tell the truth, I’m a little bit scared of Dr.
Al Donegan is a terrible human being who should be alone forever.
Sunshine is a very experienced performer in the traditional Japanese art form of comic storytelling, Rakugo.
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…
It’s probably not acceptable for a review to simply take the form of OMG! This show is amazing.
If you wander the streets of the Edinburgh Fringe, you might run into Cameryn Moore.
Are you a huge fan of The Lord of the Rings? If so, look no further, this will be the highlight of your Fringe experience.
Ned Kelly look-alike Ryan Coffey arrives in the burgh with vocal looping and a Fender Stratocaster to deliver some songs about relationships.
These Blues Brothers take a cliché and put their own mark on it.
A video highlighting Tommy Rowson’s previous misdemeanours introduced the audience to this apologetic reprobate, and what follows is a self-examination into how he can refine his…
Playing Landscapes is an exciting opportunity to see a four person dance company from Macao.
The seemingly unwavering appeal of swing music has made the Rat Pack Live an irresistible draw to Fringe audiences year after year and this packed house proves that this year is no…
This is a show about poo.
It is 1997, and Princess Diana has just died, leaving the country in a state of hysteria.
Shellshock! Improv Live! features a daring band of young performers improvising sketches entirely from audience suggestion.
For fans of the original kids’ show, Knightmare Live - Level 2 is a dream come true.
David Trent enters to thunderous music and revs up the crowd with a flurry of fist pumps and screaming; only to cut it all off with a delightfully anticlimactic start to the show.
Staple/face are a young sketch group, something they don’t shy away from.
It’s heartening to see a deserving standup successfully transfer from the Free Fringe to the larger potential audience of the mega-venues.
Creator Tom Ward-Thomas has written a two-act comedy that peers into the lives of passengers commuting to Cornwall.
This one-woman show is compelling, moving and funny.
Take a 2004 Swedish vampire novel that was made into a subtitled horror film as your starting point.
In his hugely popular free show Think Big, Yianni sets out his ambition to sell-out the biggest venue at the Fringe, have Michael ‘HackIntyre’ open for him and to enter the stage ‘…
Probably the most famous British gardener around (not wishing to offend Alan Titchmarsh), Monty Don presents an hour of spoken word in which he tells the stories of his own persona…
St Andrews student Matt Gibson talks about life with Asian parents, being unable to seduce girls and those annoying things in life.
A series of skits performed by three of what have to be the maddest performers on the Fringe (any madder and theyd be locked up).
With acts like clean-mouthed comedian ‘Tommy Kittens’, this four-man comedy cabaret group could have you wiping away tears of laughter.
The mouth of a million sounds BeardyMan brings his beatboxing brilliance to Edinburgh with an extremely ambitious new project.
Somewhat of a fringe legend, Omid Djalili has graced many a theatre on his national tours over the last 20 years since he performed his very first Edinburgh Fringe show.
Playwright Idgie Beau sets out the parameters of A Hundred Minus One Day quickly and economically; 20 year old Jen, who has lived away from home for many years, has returned to her…
In the Autumn of 1853 the great Victorian critic John Ruskin delivered four lectures at the Philosophical Institution in Queen Street, Edinburgh.
Lee Nelson’s show begins with a tongue-in-cheek video montage of all his achievements: Lee Nelson has his own show, hosted Live at the Apollo and competed in Let’s Dance for Co…
In 1853, art critic John Ruskin caused a stir in polite society with a series of Edinburgh lectures lambasting the city’s architectural pretensions.
Tony Kushner’s Angels in America: Part One, Millennium Approaches is given new wings by St Andrews Mermaids Theatre.
The Deep Red Sky are Scottish five-piece ensemble which blends guitars and three-part harmonies to create a brand of alternative rock akin to Pacific Northwest bands.
This was a pretty good performance.
One of a trio of pieces that make up the Czech dance showcase at this year’s fringe, One Step Before the Fall uses a contemporary style to explore the life of Muhammad Ali.
It always seems like a good idea to take a chance on the Free Fringe, to discover your new favourite comedian before they start charging a fortune for their tickets.
Paper Birds’ On the One Hand looks and feels a lot like a John Lewis advert.
Comedy duo Dan & Dan, famous such YouTube hits as Requiem for a Wardrobe and the brilliant Daily Mail Song, have graduated to the real world of live comedy.
The tigers, lions and elephants that strut their stuff in The Nomad’s Tent are a harmless lot – their ferocity having been harnessed for decorative ends and their forms playful…
Tea at Five is a wonderfully detailed, informative and enjoyable monologue that delves into the career of the late, great Katharine Hepburn; the memorably boisterous, hard skinned …
Will Sidgwick is very new to stand up, having been on the scene for under a year and he clearly has a lot to learn about material and originality.
There, in the midst of the darkness, sits the earth, glowing eerily, surrounded by silence.
I was so ready to tear this show down.
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…
Sketch is arguably one of comedy’s hardest forms, requiring an individual to have the abilities of a writer, actor, comedian, director, and critic, all at the same time.
This show is billed as a comedian’s comedy show for comedians.
The value of art, human redemption, dead labradoodles.
In this rather indie-style, little comedy, Robin is a lonely continuity announcer with only his imagination to comfort him.
I’m sure any fringe veteran worth their salt has had the experience of seeing a famous face from their childhood appearing out of an Edinburgh side-street to bring back a flood o…
With a show that is definitely not for the easily offended, Adam Kay reels off a series of his inimitable brand of parody songs with expert comedic timing and the hilarity that onl…
Davey Connor is a charming, unimposing performer whose style washes over the audience and wins them over seemingly without effort.
Throw on your suit, kick off your shoes and do not be afraid to sing along.
The Rat Pack was a group of actors and musicians who performed on stage and in films in the early-1960s.
‘How’re yez?’ Eilish O’Carroll greets her audience as she steps out to affectionate applause, dressed all in black under her blue sequinned jacket: part theatre luvvie, part salt o…
I have a confession to make.
If you ever forget why it is that everyone has heard of the Cambridge Footlights, Dressing Down will remind you.
Advertised as a five star crowd-pleaser from Fringe’s past, this show might be expected to drum up a frenzy.
What if I told you that Adolf Hitler was going to do a reading of Mein Kampf for a small audience, offering you tea and biscuits while you sit together and discuss his ideology? No…
Halfway through this likeable but ill-conceived show, Gráinne Maguire recounts an anecdote of her short-lived stint as a primary school teacher.
Fringe favourite Alex Horne returns with his accomplished band to entertain the late-night crowds, this time in an inflatable cow.
The Austrian artist Franz West, who died last year, was eager to form partnerships with his contemporaries.
Whistlebinkies really wants you to know they have free live music.
If you find yourself staggering down the Royal Mile at 2am desperately looking for a drink, there is a string of late-night live music bars ready to keep your liver happy and suppl…
Previous visitors to the Scottish National Gallery will be familiar with Frederic Church’s Niagara Falls from the American Side, the only major work by this American artist featu…
Following a critically acclaimed, sell-out run at the Turbine Theatre, Luke Bayer gives a tour-de-force performance in this blood-stained love letter to Broadway; a solo musical ab…
It’s fair to say that you may as well put a sofa on a stage as big as the Pleasance Grand.
It might seem an absurd idea to run a musical in the West End for just a week.
The challenge with this musical has always been that, with only one actor on stage for most of the play, he or she must always be acting and can never take refuge in reacting or in…
Returning after their 2007 sell-out Fringe hit, One Night Stand are back and better than ever.
We are in the American Deep South.
With a budget that suggests they spent more in the lighting rig than most in Edinburgh spend on their whole show, the production values on Five Guys Named Moe are ridiculously high…
Naked Homo Live! is set in a members’ only gay club, with an intimate audience of around twenty people, and one naked – completely hairless – performer.
With Belle Du Jour a literary phenomenon and more and more women modelling themselves on the porn industrys feminine ideal, it is the perfect moment for a play about the lives an…
The Pauly Show – Episode One, is a brilliant idea on paper: a stand up comedian with a ramshackle sitcom pilot live on stage.
An hour long performance constructed out of the colourful and controversial life, ambitions and writings of Oscar Wilde was always going to be an evening well spent.
Live at The Electric promised some of the best sketch comedy of the Fringe hosted by the extremely likable and endearing Russell Kane.
The concept of Bite Size is a perfectly simple, yet novel one, and the clue really is in the title.
Stick Man has just gone out for an innocent jog, when suddenly he is snatched up by a dog.
‘One Touch of Venus’ is Kurt Weill’s most ‘commercial’ American score, attached to a kind of variation on the Pygmalion theme, in which an ancient statue of Venus, brough…
The Australian cheesmaster is back! Bob returns to Edinburgh after five years to the wonderful and intimate Speigeltent with an action packed, high energy toe tapping show.
‘Just had a moment of self-awareness there,’ Ryan Withers stopped halfway through a joke to announce.
The story of toys coming to life and conducting their own lives in the absence of children may sound familiar but The Hand-Me-Down People takes a far bleaker look at these discarde…
Hunger Warrior Theatre, a group of young American Theatre professionals present this tale of lust and its dangers, written Andrew J Hungerford.
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…
An actor Jack Treadwell known to his friends as Tread is giving his very last lecture/performance on dramatic method and the art of acting.
Imagine if David Starkey did a Fringe show.
In this supposedly fifty-minute show, the audience were met with twenty minutes of relatively weak material, often sitting through unjustifiably long stories for their mediocre pun…
Talented Welsh comedian Lloyd Langford has the infectious ability to find hilarity and absurdity in the banality of his everyday routine.
The plot of One Night Stand is, unsurprisingly, the repercussions of a drunken work night out for two colleagues who wake up in the same bed.
The Pajama Men are impossible to describe, or do justice do, in a review.
The focus in this studio production is on the music and on the actors voices: Jason Robert Browns jazz pop score and our double-star combo can hardly fail to please! Every son…
As the lights dimmed for the start of One Hour Only, video projections and voice-overs appeared on stage, calling the audience to attention as the characters set the scene for the …
In this highly energetic performance, dancer-actor John Macaulay welcomes the audience and ushers them in, attempting to build up a friendly rapport.
Magnus Betnér is not for the faint hearted.
Mario Morris presents his comedy magic show, the All Human One Magic Show at Zoo Southside.
Three years ago, at my first Fringe, I saw Chris Martin do a fifteen-minute free set in a basement room.
Maybe it was lack of sleep.
There are some novels so enduring, that their stories can be told again and again in any medium, whether that be written word, stage or film.
As promised in the blurb, In-Transit Dance Company deliver a fast-paced and energetic dance performance, to the degree that at times the onstage action is almost dizzying.
This show is very much a stage version of Five Go Mad In Dorset, the first Comic Strip production on Channel 4, except that much of the action is transferred to Scotland.
What is Hamlet if not a man that stands alone and, in his isolation from others, tries to discover truth where validation is impossible?If you think about it this way, perhaps the …
he headline of this review was the most prolific tweet of the night at Unravel’s ‘Only Gig You Can Control With Your Phone’ and frankly, it’s a good question.
Show Down is a contemporary dance show based upon Irving Berlins Annie Get Your Gun.
‘I still have such enthusiasm for life’ proclaims Toksvig as she bounds onto the Pleasance stage.
I liked Eyes Down For A Full Murray but the setting could have been more fortunate for Susan.
David Hasselhoff has a large and committed international following: Pleasance Grand was sold out on his opening night and at almost £20 a ticket, this is one of the more expensive…
This production is intended as a Hitchcock-esque thriller, but even with strong storytelling techniques, the level of suspense is disappointing.
I really wanted to like this show.
Free comedy is like cinema pick n’ mix.
First, a confession: I am a Lord of the Rings film fanatic, nay zealot.
Two railings of clothes, colour co-ordinated like a second hand rainbow, stand either side of Kate Craddock as she hands out raffle tickets to the audience as they enter.
Please ensure your seat is in the upright position and that your tray tables are securely stowed.
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.
From its inception this play has a lot to live up to, as there are many shows where a writer has taken an established fantasy and added a twist of reality.
There is one word that, quite deliberately, is never uttered by anyone on stage during the National Theatre of Scotland’s Let The Right One In—vampire.
Ladylike gets off to a rather standard start with an introduction to the double act’s caricatured personalities, which aren’t anything novel: Victoria Temple-Morris is arrogant…
Reflex Action is a quick-fire send-up of theatrical conventions, traditions, and techniques.
Join Bunny Galore in a cabaret set of red plush and fairy lights as she regales the audience with details of her life and career.
Graham Whistler’s show from last year’s Fringe returns, again mainly focusing on his cerebral palsy.
Comprised of two one-act plays, The Words Upon The Window-Pane (W.
British folklore is packed with some of the most iconic figures anywhere in the world.
The Unexpected Items come with great credentials: they are the team responsible for the famous ‘Gap Yah’ videos on YouTube and have a poster covered in recent reviews decrying …
Palimpsest One is a bit of an odd beast.
A one-man show is a terrifying prospect for any actor.
Jason Robert Brown’s The Last 5 Years is one of those musicals whose fanbase has crept up despite seldom being treated to professional productions, but it deserves every fan it can…
It’s a beautiful day at the Fringe and I’m sat on the top deck of a red bus in the Meadows.
The premise for Breakfast Bedlam, Live! is a rich comedy vein.
Much celebrated world-class performer Melvin Brown, better known as Movin’ Melvin Brown, gives another uninhibited, inspiring and entertaining performance at the Edinburgh Festiv…
Traversing the line between the silly and the outrageous whilst keeping a comic dignity is a difficult skill to master.
The perplexingly named One-Eyed Men are the very genial trio of Alex, Sam and Ben.
The poet Bryon was famously described by one of his countless paramours as mad, bad and dangerous to know.
Agnes, played by Abi Tedder, is hosting a wake for the father who abandoned her as a child.
RH Live is a great improv show.
It is good to be reminded of the fact that history is full of eccentrics, radicals, and pioneers who never appear in the history books - especially when they turn out to be women, …
Scott Mills assistant producer Beccy Huxtable took to the stage last night in the penultimate performance in a series of four one-man shows Radio 1 have brought to Edinburgh this…
The Last Five Years by Jason Robert Brown is one of those shows talked about by Musical aficionados across the world.
Kicking off BBC Radio 1s series of four one-off, one-man shows by Scott Mills, Nick Grimshaw and the team at this years festival, The One Who Doesnt Speak presented an eclect…
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…
The claws may not be fully out for this night of name dropping and gossip mongering with the Queen of Dynasty, but there’s certainly still a lot of fun to be had, especially if t…
Warning: this show will put you in a permanent state of happiness, fill your head with music and make you want to dance all day long.
It was toe-tapping and finger-clicking all round as the Moonlight Serenade Orchestra transported everyone back to the heyday of swing.
Four young men and women in their underwear lay in a pool of dim light.
Like a Glaswegian Louie Spence, Edward Reid bounds through an hour of anecdotes and musical numbers with enough campness and glitter to make you think you’ve accidentally stumble…
Garrett Millerick impersonates different characters from standard British life in Which One’s Fergal? Millerick only had three audience members and was performing at the back of a …
One Man Star Wars Trilogy delivers exactly what the title promises.
Two storytellers kick start the play as a fairytale, but with a difference like none other we have seen before.
With so much excellent improvisation at the Fringe, it must be difficult to compete.
I dont live here anymore examines a relationship which draws to its untimely end.
The creator of One Man Star Wars returned to the Fringe last year to put on One Man Lord of the Rings - a certain hit for all who are fans of the book, and one that clearly has had…
Rob Deering presents an exponentially better performance than the few silly guitar songs he delivered when I last saw him take to the stage.
The idea behind The One Hour Plays is that through audience involvement a script can be written, cast and performed with the appropriate costumes, props and music in under an hour.
There are certain criteria that a Free Fringe Show should fulfil when performed in a public bar.
How do you get to Sesame Street? This is a question many of us have asked throughout our lives and receiving a ticket to Sesame Street Live was, for me, like someone had suddenly h…
‘Nice breasts.
One Rogue Reporter describes its presenter Rich Peppiatt’s progression from Daily Star lackey to vehement tabloid terror.
I have to begin by saying that I am incredibly thankful to my flatmate, Adam, for taking the time to give me a brief rundown of all the Star Wars films prior to my arrival in Edinb…
Jane Bom-Bane’s house/cafe/art gallery is a legendary Brighton hangout for anyone with an interest in the different.
Jackson Voorhaar’s set details the things he loves and loathes.
The premise is simple: a group of people meet in a park.
Broadway Baby presented four more prestigious Bobby Awards at the end of this year’s Edinburgh Fringe, making a total of five.
Frodo Allan sat down with Hannah Platt to discuss her Fringe debut, putting off stag dos, and what inspires her comedy.
Casey Feigh, founder of Holy Shit Improv writes about live performance being even more important in the face of AI.
Back at the Edinburgh Fringe for her second year, Amy Matthews chats to Katerina Partolina Schwartz about her new hour, 'Commute With The Foxes' in all of its lightness and sparkel...
We ask the director and cast of Frozen at the Greenwich Theatre about their experiences of putting on this hugely demanding play.
FemFestBrighton this March celebrates its fifth anniversary.
Ditch the messy arts and crafts this half-term and entertain your little darlings with the best live family friendly performances Brighton and Hove have to offer instead.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year (apart from Brighton Fringe, of course) and there are plenty of delightful performances to entertain you this winter.
Welcome to our top 5 picks from the third year of Brighton HorrorFest, the spooktacular celebration from Sweet of all things that go bump in the night.
You've probably walked the circumference of the globe the amount of times you've been up and down the pier.
All this week we've got some fantastic offers on your favourite West End shows. Check back daily for the latest offers.
In 2005 it was revealed that author JT LeRoy was in fact a hoax – written by Laura Albert but played in person by her sister in law Savannah Knoop.
Greenwich Theatre is set to have an unprecedented profile at this year’s Brighton Fringe, with no less than eight productions heading for The Warren either co-produced or support...
With Easter on the horizon it’s time to turn attention to Brighton Fringe with a look at some shows that are likely to sell out. Book early – you have been warned.
Former Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls, sports presenter Ore Oduba and actress Lesley Joseph are the latest celebrities announced to appear on the Strictly Come Dancing Live UK Tour, wh...
One Day Moko is a devised solo show following the life of a homeless busker and the characters he meets in his daily life.
Comic Russell Hicks has seen them all, and provides some advice for audience members tempted to join in with the show how not to be 'that guy'.
Duncan Paveling makes his feature screenwriting debut with My Feral Heart, a portrait of Luke (Steven Brandon), a man with Down’s syndrome who has been the sole carer for his eld...
Groomed, a powerful play about child abuse written and performed by Patrick Sandford ex-artistic director of Southampton’s Nuffield Theatre, swept the board at the Brighton Fring...
The Sex Workers' Opera rehearses on the third floor of Theatre Delicatessen, a multi-level studio space and gutted workplace that used to serve as an office-complex for The Guardia...
Broadway Baby chews the fat with It Just Takes One - something that ought to appeal to any fans of The IT Crowd or The Office.
Comedian David Ephgrave is getting straight to the point in this wonderfully innovative comedy that aims to make powerpoints more exciting than you've ever seen them before.
The cast of Thriller Live celebrated in style last night as the show marked its 3,000th performance in the West End with a spectacular cake and an American-themed party at Planet H...
Brighton Fringe has officially launched.
It’s been nearly two years since The James Plays made their considerable impression at the 2014 Edinburgh International Festival and today audiences have the opportunity to spend...
Bananaman the Musical will mark the live action debut of the Man-of-Peel.
Christmas is the one time of year you can drag your non-theatre-going friends to the theatre.
The Fringe can be a tough place for emerging talent, struggling to be heard over the crowd.
Four-handed piano duo Worbey and Farrell (that’s two hands each, silly) have been wowing audiences with their unique blend of pianistic skill and peerless patter for nearly a dec...
Shellshock! puts you, the audience, in control. Sit back, relax, and watch the madness ensue! Broadway Baby has a little chat.
Broadway Baby and PALP have a chat about One Above.
Broadway Baby and Luca Wu have a chat about his upcoming show.
Arches LIVE, the annual festival of new performances and artwork by some of Scotland’s most exciting creative talent returns to Glasgow’s The Arches this October.
It's time once again for the EdFringe Top Ten Lists - but not just any list.