The Brighton Academy (TBA) Musical Theatre Degree Showcase.
Stick a pony in your pocket – The Trotters are back and coming to a town near you! The smash hit show Only Fools and Horses The Musical - direct from a record-breaking four-y…
Now in its 15th year - Leicester Square Theatre’s showcase for the UK's best up & coming New Comedians.
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
One of Scotland’s foremost political and social commentators, whose newspaper writings, mainly in The Herald, have attracted an army of fans.
For over 25 years Tam Cowan has been the comedic pre-match beef-roast of a Saturday afternoon for thousands of Scottish football fans listening to BBC Radio Scotland before heading…
Scottish Labour and Co-op MSP for Central Scotland.
Finalists battle it out to take the crown in the climactic stage of the UK’s most prestigious comedy newcomer competition! Following months of regional showcases around the UK and …
Taiwan is a country located in Asia, and many people say that the most beautiful scenery in Taiwan is its people.
Sue is a mess; but manages to hide it with long words and a disorientating quiff.
One performance only. Turn up early, sell-out expected.
One of Scotland’s last tanner-ba’ players whose football career took him from Clyde to Chelsea, Everton, Tranmere, Kilmarnock and Motherwell, with 28 Scotland caps along the wa…
A rollercoaster ride through modern and post-modern musicals, rock opera, epics, jukebox theatre and the latest hit shows.
An ageing film producer plans to resurrect his past cinematic successes by revitalising the Carry On franchise with a brand-new film.
Variety Magazine’s Comic To Watch for 2024.
Durham University’s national musical theatre champions are bringing a show full of of iconic musical songs, characters and silliness to Edinburgh this summer! Laugh yourself silly …
A journey through the golden age of musical theatre.
With less than a day until curtains up, the techies must band together to save a show that is falling apart! Will they manage to make the Director’s dream come to life? Will Ligh…
Everyone’s favourite climate academic and comedian Dr Matt Winning tests new ideas about climate change.
In this non-stop series of wordless comedy sketches, Hank Curry embarks on a picaresque journey through the pitfalls and pratfalls of modern life by trying on several unique identi…
If you enjoy exploring the ups, downs (and sideways!) of human relationships through musical comedy, this show is for you! Characters will be built based off audience suggestions, …
When I am on stage performing stand-up comedy I feel like a wild horse galloping through the plains of Ohio, the wind running through my mane, the hot sun shining down on my sturdy…
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…
Join Delhi maestro Manmohan Dogra for a journey through soulful Hindustani classical music, featuring vocal ragas and a tabla solo in Banares style.
Work as a group to bring ensemble musical theatre numbers to life.
Following on from the phenomenal success of her debut stand up tour, award-winning comedian Sophie McCartney is back.
June Tuesday and Maria Pollard are the best unstable, hot, bi stand-up comedians to come out of Wales and possibly the world.
Workshop participants will learn the skills required to create and deliver their own content – with a focus on delivering and directing professional on-camera acting performances…
‘What is my story? Will you remember me?’ In an ancient land full of legendary heroes and the monsters they fight, how do regular folk live? Beowulf the Musical presents two mediev…
For Edinburgh Festival and Fringe legend Richard Demarco, the history of Scotland begins in the words of the great medieval poets Henryson and Dunbar, the composer Henry Carver and…
Broadcaster, TV presenter, journalist, author, Manchester music authority.
In this work-in-progress show, Baby Belle’s slightly less glamorous sibling Jax Braithwaite will unwrap the experience of Dealing with Tricky Feelings.
One of Ireland’s favourite internet comedians, Seán Burke, makes his Edinburgh debut with Burke In Progress.
Stand-Up comedian Daniel Powell tells the story of how a cat tried to kill him with its arse, destroying his health (and life) in the process.
Join us for a hilarious stand-up comedy showcase all the way from Barcelona.
Three of a Kind follows Sam as she juggles her responsibilities as a daughter in modern-day America.
They are two words that are misused far too often these days, but in the case of Andy Cameron, the description of ‘comedy legend’ is totally justified.
You know the guy.
Can an Asian with ADHD and dyscalculia pass Elon Musk’s Mars immigration test? Set in a dystopian future of space colonisation, Is There Work on Mars? rants about many things: bein…
Love Your Work is a bi-annual work-in-progress showcase dedicated to facilitating dance and mental health.
Through haunting original music and rich spoken word, an actor-musician band deliver a feminist retelling of Mary Queen of Scots’ story.
Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Show nominee 2023 Ian Smith returns with a limited work in progress run.
A hilarious musical comedy about a cherished family-run hairdressing salon in Essex.
Helen Bauer has some very messy ideas of her thoughts and feelings on pretty much everything! And boy does she have feelings! Most feelings are surrounding the rules of adult femal…
Musical mayhem abounds in a show that has to be seen to be believed.
Award winning comedian Stephen Buchanan (BBC New Comedy Award & Scottish Comedian of the Year) works out his new show about advertising, mental health and potentially cold meat…
Comedians’ Choice Award-winner Joz Norris has completed his life’s work, and he’s finally ready to unveil it to the world.
In an afterlife, Gilbert and Sullivan decide to acknowledge Helen Carte’s contribution to their legacy.
Unlike anything you’ve ever seen before, and you’ll never see it the same way again! As a viewer, you have the power to choose how the show will unfold each evening.
Shapiro is a new musical based on the early life of UK singer Helen Shapiro.
Omigod You Guys! Viva Arts are back with their usual brand of high-quality, energetic musical theatre – this time with this all-singing, all-dancing, feel-good comedy.
The Gardening Club is a new musical that takes place in 1960, Georgia, USA.
Chief sportswriter for BBC Radio Scotland, whose previous award-winning years in print were spent at the Sunday Times, Scotland on Sunday and The Scotsman.
Joined by two musicians and two dancers, Brazilian singer/songwriter Giulia Drummond takes us through a ritualistic performance exploring the 22 Major Arcana of the Tarot.
‘Life is bristling with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to cultivate one’s garden’ (Voltaire).
Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Jessica Fostekew returns to the Fringe for a limited run of her critically acclaimed new stand-up show Mettle, a show about passion, pace and purpose…
Studied Fine Art Painting at Glasgow School of Art and is regarded as one of the leading storyboard and concept artists working in the film industry.
Legendary Scottish TV/radio football pundit and journalist, the man who is almost as good at being Chick Young as Jonathan Watson in Only an Excuse? For the past 50 years Chick has…
One of Scotland’s best-known writers, broadcasters and cultural commentators, whose career has taken him everywhere from documentary-making for Channel 4 via St Johnstone FC, to …
Come join Max as he works on a brand-new show that he’ll be touring around (some of the) world at the end of this year!
Performance poet/musician Attila the Stockbroker has been writing and performing since 1980: 4,000 or so gigs in 25 countries so far.
Let’s cook to impress and master Thai cookery in a very short time.
Scottish broadcast journalist and current affairs TV royalty.
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…
Learn the skills and art of performing stand-up comedy on this two-day intensive comedy course.
An “alternative comedy” show about bras, more specifically about not being able to find the right one.
His crowdwork videos have consistently gone viral all over social media (@PhilipsComedy) so join this award-winning MC and comedian for a hilarious mix of brand-new jokes and witty…
The New Comedian of the Year finalist and co-creator of Crizards (**** (Guardian)) uncurls from his sleeping spot in the airing cupboard to ponder life’s most pressing issues: the …
Based on a little-known Grimms’ fairytale, Godfather Death is an award-winning and gleefully macabre new musical exploring mortality, healthcare and class.
British-Palestinian Associate Professor of Surgery.
Charles Edward Pipe and Co return to the Fringe following last year’s five-star (TheEdinburghReporter.
Captivate Theatre’s Matilda is back after a sell-out run in 2023.
From the creators of Big Zeus Energy (nominated for Best Debut Show 2023, Leicester Comedy Festival; sell-out five-star show, Edinburgh Fringe 2023) a new work-in-progress clown an…
‘A flawless blend of Broadway, games, pop and comedy bliss!’ (Fame Magazine).
New album: ‘Look On These Works is an incredibly engaging listen, whether it’s the monumental sounding strings that carry us through this adventure, or the war-like drums at the …
Work-in-progress show for a new tour.
1572.
Two doctors devise, with your help, a revolutionary health manifesto.
With Vladimir McTavish and friends.
BANNED is a modern-day musical that follows a group of gender misfits through the events leading up to their debut at a local performing arts festival.
After the successful debut of her comedy hour, I See Deadly People (available on YouTube), Anna is back with new jokes, a nearly there show, and you decide what stays and what goes…
Beryl & Clive, a wildly funny comedy about a fabulously unconventional couple breaking all the rules to fulfil their creative dreams.
Calling all musical lovers! Clara, an employee of furniture store, helps people establish their homes but wrestles with the idea to create a home of her own.
Ben Kassoy brings poems from his spectacularly original book to life in this wildly entertaining solo show.
Lonely musical composer Randy Thatcher has finally found the confidence to share his magnum opus (to an imaginary audience in his bedroom).
Following his critically acclaimed Radio 4 series Cost of Living, join the longest-running panellist from BBC Scotland’s Breaking the News and star of the Glesga Da Podcast as he r…
Get a sneak peek of the upcoming new musical based on the cult-classic film, featuring an original score written by Riki Lindhome (Netflix’s Wednesday).
One of the UK’s best-known celebrity entertainers over the last 40 years brings his first Fringe full run after a series of sell-out shows last year.
After running out of life story, the four-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee is after a new comedic muse.
A hilarious history tour through the seriously skanky past lurking behind the “posh” New Town facade.
A teacher’s magical seaside summer holiday is interrupted by an enthusiastic stowaway, Platypus.
Four top-quality, fowl-mouthed acts, hand-plucked from around the festival.
Award-winning David Hoare returns with another bumper show, brimming with silliness.
The award-winning musical comedy revue revealing all about musicals and the people who love them – on both sides of the curtain.
A twisted exploration of the fragile underpinnings of love, friendship, and ambition.
‘Filthy Funny Females deserves an award.
The craic is back after a sell-out run in 2023 with 60 minutes of non-stop laughs from two hilarious comics seen on RTE, BBC, and ITV – Wes Dalton (creator of sell-out show 4 Fun…
Your chance to get thrown into a hilarious head-to-head with a top comedian.
I left Israel to live in Berlin, because it is ironically safer.
The tales of the dragons are special for many reasons.
Dramatic musical comedy by Torrey Shine (Glastonbury, TEDx).
Work-in-progress stand-up comedy show from Elaine Fellows.
In Funny Bones, a clown contemplates life, death, and other laughing matters.
After losing wife Mina to a sudden accident, Gyujin suffers from memories of his wife that remain throughout the house.
Award-winning gag-merchant and three-time Joke of the Fringe winner Masai Graham delivers over 100 naughty jokes in half an hour.
Unmissable live music, mayhem and laughter! Every night is opening night as this team of top improvisers compose brand-new comedy musicals from your title suggestions.
Dating’s tough enough, but try dating when it’s also hard to walk.
The Ghost Bus Tours – the world’s only comedy-horror theatre show on wheels – Great Britain’s must do, No 1 attraction.
Two years is how long it takes me to write a proper show.
Nick Kirk (West End New Act Finalist 2023) presents his first solo show featuring one man, no hair and a cast of supporting characters unpicking what life is like when you’re hitti…
Award-winning gag merchant and three-time Joke of the Fringe winner Masai Graham delivers over 100 clean jokes in half an hour.
Return of the craic! 4 Funny Feckers, a sell-out Fringe favourite, is hosted by cheeky Irish comic Wes Dalton, an Irish charmer who has cheekiness and likeability down to a tee.
Luke Nixon and his character Jim Midge present a work in progress.
Get ready for an evening of laughter, jaw-dropping feats, and pure entertainment as Tom Short, Northwest Best Alternative Comedian Nominee 2024, brings you Succes – a clowning sh…
Rising-star comedian (Evening Standard), NHS psychiatrist and author Benji Waterstones returns from a sold-out Edinburgh run with more tales from the psych ward.
Award-winning Irish comedian Aidan Greene is back with a whole new show and he wants you to forget everything you know about stammering.
Award-winning musical comedy duo Flo & Joan present their own original one-man musical about a very renowned gentleman.
One morning, Gregor Samsa awoke to discover he’d caught the musical theatre bug.
Inspired by the true events of The Great Emu War of 1932, this new comedy musical tells the story of WW1 veterans trying to grow wheat in the Australian outback.
Finally, a musical about gene editing technology! Two struggling genetics researchers are determined to create the world’s first super-soyabean, but a rival lab will stop at noth…
Winner: Best of Fringe Toronto 2023! What does a 31-year-old theatre kid do when a DNA test reveals that his biological parents aren’t quite who he thought they were? Write a music…
Returning to Fringe for our ninth year, smash-hit production The Improv Musical is coming back to take the Fringe by storm.
Baby Wants Candy’s total 2023 sell-out hip-hop hit returns! We improvise an epic musical based on a historical figure/celebrity of your choosing (Genghis Khan, Paul Hollywood, Kim …
Chantelle Duprée always dreamed of becoming a star! From her “humble” upbringing in an American mid-western town, she decides to travel across the pond to perform a one-woman show…
Time to decide once and for all.
At Bet On It Youth Theatre, aspiring actors will do anything to climb the ladder of success.
The search for comedy’s next big star continues as contestants battle for a place in the grand final of the UK’s biggest newcomer competition! Following months of regional showcase…
I am Claire Parry (very funny stand-up).
Abby awoke in hospital after a late miscarriage and, high on anaesthesia, decided to become a comedian.
The Olivier Award–winning West End hit is back for a 15th year! Every night is opening night for the hottest new musical in town; there’s just one problem – the writer hasn’t w…
A line-up show starring the top three acts from the 2023 edition of So You Think You’re Funny? The UK’s biggest new comedy competition, with Samira Banks, Christopher Donovan and L…
SILENCE! The Musical is the unauthorised musical parody of the Academy Award-winning film The Silence of the Lambs.
Take a bunch of tuneful strangers.
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 …
Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Show nominee and one of the greatest joke writers of his generation, Glenn Moore (Live At The Apollo, Cats Does Countdown, Mock The Week, Glenn Moore’s …
Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World is set to take the roof off The Other Palace this summer.
You don’t have to go Far Far Away to find an unforgettable experience at London’s legendary Eventim Apollo; Shrek the Musical – a Shrektacular stage adaptation of the blockbu…
__Love is An Open Door With You!__ Kick off Pride in London weekend with an exhilarating night at Disney’s Frozen The Musical.
Jess Fostekew's son’s joined a cult AND her cat’s learnt to talk – but despite all that she’s fine, actually.
Jess Fostekew's son’s joined a cult AND her cat’s learnt to talk – but despite all that she’s fine, actually.
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…
This show is a love letter to her own struggles of coming to terms with being autistic, trying to make sense and cope with the world around her.
It's like "Mrs.
Juliette has performed six solo shows, When I Grow Up, Look At Me, Decision Time, Butterfly Effect and Defined, at the Edinburgh Fringe, selling out 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 & 2023.
Marie Curie is certain that she can make a name for herself and change the course of science in the progress as she arrives from her native Poland to study at Sorbonne University i…
Learn the skills and art of performing stand-up comedy on this two-day intensive comedy course.
Northern sketch lads Seldom Differ try out new ideas in this hour of multimedia character sketch comedy.
Enable Me explores the ups and downs of being a disabled dad and family life.
In 1994, Vladimir McTavish won the Strathmore Water Comedy Award on his first appearance at the Edinburgh Edinburgh.
Josh Baulf has recently appeared on Britains Got Talent, the BBC and his online sketches have amassed millions of views worldwide.
Katie Norris (Winner of the Musical Comedy Awards 2023, BBC New Comedy Award Semi-Finalist 2023) is returning to Brighton with her hotly anticipated debut hour.
What’s wrong with you? Self-described shortcomings inspire darkly hilarious and surprisingly heartfelt new musicals every show from the co-creator of five star, multiple Fringe se…
Ashley is back with his satirical eye, angry words and with caustic wit.
Grace Mulvey (BBC Galton & Simpson Comedy Winner) fresh from a sold out run at the Dublin Fringe is bringing her hotly anticipated new WIP show to Brighton.
Winner of the Amused Moose Best Debut Show, nominee for NextUp! biggest Award in Comedy and nominee for Comedians Choice Award, Louise Atkinson brings you a show about how we false…
BUILDING YOUR NETWORK & PRESENTING YOURSELF BEYOND A LOCAL CONTEXT Join this Masterclass led by Nike Jonah and Erwin Maas, the co-directors of Pan-African Creative Exchange (PACE)…
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.
A Work-In-Progress theatre production, ‘VICTIM’ is a compelling and emotionally charged one-man show that invites the audience into the world of Jason, a young man whose life takes…
Speak Up! Act Out! in collaboration with Brighton Fringe Academy, are excited to announce an Introduction to Forum Theatre workshop, on May 27th.
A seagull manages to escape from an oil slick, only to lay one last egg and with her dying breath ask Zorba, a harbour cat in Hamburg, to promise that he will hatch the egg and tea…
Acclaimed comedian Kemah Bob comes to the Fringe with their unmissable debut stand-up show.
There is 54 minutes until the end When you sit down the show will begin.
As seen on Comedy Central’s Roast Battle, Hypothetical and a number of apps on your phone.
Star of sell-out Brighton and EdFringe shows ‘Drag Queens vs Zombies’ and Drag Queens vs Vampires Crudi Dench presents a brand-new, work-in-progress, comedy stand-up/solo show expl…
‘Hamilton’ meets ‘Pitch Perfect’: spontaneously Improvised! Imagine a new kind of musical: beatboxers, rappers, actors, singers, dancers and body percussionists - coming together …
Welcome to the world of BGT semi-finalist Nerine Skinner.
In 2024, trans-girl Alex feels the most alive she’s ever felt; now she wants to make you feel alive, or die trying.
*PART OF LAMB COMEDY’S BIG QUEER WEEKENDER* Johnny is a hard-boiled detective from New York City, California, and he’s got just one more case to crack before he retires from th…
Exploring what it’s like to be a constantly aggrieved hypochondriac with more medical conditions than the BMJ, comedian Daniel Powell recounts the events that saw him run away from…
She’s loveable.
Platonic Sex is the debut comedy split bill from Sadbh Peters (Semi-finalist for Funny Women Stage Awards 2023) and Scott Oswald (Semi-finalist for So You Think You’re Funny, and…
Dawn is known for her hilariously imaginative and whimsical musings on modern dating, but this show is definitely not a show about dating.
The ‘almost sexily cerebral’ (★★★★ - Daily Telegraph) stand-up presents a work-in-progress comedy show about fear, after 2022’s ‘breakneck pace.
Greetings and salutations! Following smash hit runs in London’s West End, two record-breaking national tours and sell out seasons at London’s The Other Palace, the WhatsOnStag…
All round entertainer Christian ‘Mr Showbusiness’ Jegard is working on his debut show.
Naomi Wattis is a stand up comic from London.
Motherhood is a moment in which it is life changing for a woman.
Robin Morgan (as seen/heard on Mock The Week and The News Quiz) works up a brand new hour ahead of a nationwide tour.
Following an Edinburgh fringe sell-out season, award-winning stand-up and viral sensation Ali Woods returns with loads of new material! Nominated for Best Show at Leicester Fringe …
After sell out sessions in March and April, Carmen Collective’s ‘Theatre: Making It and Doing It’ workshop is back, bigger and better than ever!Are you a theatr…
If Ben Elton's Blackadder met Oliver Cromwell and musical theatre, then you would have a funny musical extravaganza called B*rst*rds.
Join Brighton comedy stalwart and regular host of On The Edge comedy, Dan Fardell, in his new hour of stand-up, in which he tries a new direction and brings a more personal story t…
Tides.
With a mixture of stand-up & video, comedian Lou Taylor discusses her life, relationship, childhood, and much more.
We are women.
After a critically acclaimed and award-nominated debut hour Daddy’s Home, Philipp returns to Brighton to work out jokes for his new show.
Following critical success from Burnt Lavender, Missing Link Theatre Company has re-emerged with a thought-provoking showcase guaranteed to leave you pondering: Is this where we’…
This original post-dramatic showcase is united with trauma, twisted humour, and a cardinal sense of unease.
Join Chichester Festival Theatre as part of our Life After Fringe series, highlighting development opportunities post-Fringe.
An unnerving triple bill showcase for anyone seeking quality discomfort, full of absurdist, post-modern theatricality.
Catch Kevin Bridges as he tries out new material! Plus support
See You In Hell poses the question, “What happens to the manic pixie dream teen when they grow up?”.
The show is an autobiographical adventure of anecdotes and rap music that explores grief, identity and vulnerability through Jacob’s adolescence.
Fresh from hatching a baby girl and a sold out Edinburgh run, Lily is back with a new hour of comedy and she’s FINE.
Funny Business is a queer celebration of clowny nonsense, a love letter to the absurd and only the most silly of sausages.
A highly anticipated debut from the creator of Blue Badge Bunch and joint winner of the Disabled Champion Award 2023.
Funny Women Semi-Finalist 2023, BBC3 veteran and former Commonwealth Games guest host Tej Dhutia brings her riotous debut solo show to Brighton.
Musical Mayhem Unleashed : Silent Disco, Showdance & Line Dance Extravaganza.
Hot on the heels of last year’s debut Couple’s Massage, Scottish comedian and writer Richard Cobb returns to the track with a brand new hour filled with more guilt-tripped anecdote…
Join Daniel for a Glass Of Sketch, where he will be delivering an informative talk on the ‘serious’ art form that is sketch comedy.
From the creators of Big Zeus Energy (nominated for Best Debut Show Leicester Comedy Festival 2023, sellout Edinburgh Fringe 2023) a new work in progress show that may or may not b…
Sam Dodgshon has been collecting photos.
Following his 2023 Edinburgh debut show, the three times shortlisted British Comedian of the Year is back with his work in progress show about.
Join multi award-winning double act Low Effort Sketches for an hour of silly sketch comedy! Andy and Alice desperately want to be respected, adored (and ideally paid) for their wit…
The lovable Kentish comedian returns with more absurdist, chaotic, theatrical stand-up.
Shinpads is the debut work-in-progress split bill from Abbi Cole and Ancika Mester.
Local Brighton alternative comedian Brad Jon Kane presents a character comedy show, where all the characters have been politely asked to ‘Please Slow Down’.
Watch out Brighton! The Pussy from the USSR is coming to make you laugh hysterically, bask in hysteria, and make you question everything you thought you knew to be true and real, b…
In 1810 a brave Scottish man named Sir George Steuart Mackenzie ventured all the way to Iceland with some pals.
Libyan Arab stand-up Mustafa Algiyadi longs to be part of the European way of life but is confronted with some cultural differences that make it confusing, chaotic and sometimes hi…
David has undergone changes and is happier than he looks, promise.
Following another smash-hit, sellout run at the Edinburgh Fringe and Soho Theatre, join “rising star” (Evening Standard) Chloe Petts as she starts working up new material in antici…
Leanne’s on an all-inclusive and she’s having a lovely time.
You Belong Here With Me, My Darling is a show about belonging.
“Rising star comedian” (Evening Standard), Penguin-published author and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones unlocks the doors to the psych ward for more “humorous and colourful stor…
Step into the glittering yet tyrannical world of Crown Cabaret this May with the extended premiere of Call Me Daddy - The Musical!This dark comedy musical follows the staff of a bu…
In the summer of ’99, six-year-old Vlad played a game of chess that changed his life forever.
Do you have an idea for a creative project? How can you make that idea a reality? Mark Stringer can help you.
Back in the day, the Carry On franchise was one of the biggest contraversial hits of all time.
Join Suse Steed (NATYS Finalist, CAN comedy finalist, Max Turner Finalist, Funny Women Regional Finalist) for her debut show about economics, magic, and pies.
London stabbings 2017.
Dan Harding present Fierce Potato: Being Irish, spending his childhood in Spain, and now living on the south coast of England, Harding offers a unique perspective – one which he…
Just turned 40, sober as a judge, with a new baby.
A feast of Music Bites at Depot, Lewes, under their Dalliance event.
In this show we will share the history of AI, explain AI and debunk AI.
Ben Pope (“a total delight” - Fest) performs the ancient, hallowed, mystic art of stand-up comedy with a notebook full of stories and a brain full of junk.
Stand-up comedian Farah Sharp is a mixed-race, middle child of divorce on the brink of turning thirty.
Rainy? Cloudy? Sunny? You choose in Steph’s 45 minute stand-up comedy show where she wrestles with the elements (of her mind).
One man, no hair and some supporting characters unpick what life is like when you’re hitting those awkward middle (age) years. West End New Act Finalist 2023
‘Chaos’ by Laura Lomas A boy brings another boy flowers.
Comedy from the hilariously funny, aggressively nerdy and down right adorable Sasha Ellen.
Jason Happy the most randominist comedian in this solar system.
The news has been on fire for so long now we’re probably out of petrol.
Hosted by Hannah Brackenbury and Anna Free, this event showcases funny women doing their thing at the wonderful Cliffe Hall in Lewes.
‘Too Late, Baby’ (WORK IN PROGRESS) is the second comedy hour from acclaimed Canadian stand up comedian Michelle Shaughnessy.
‘Too Late, Baby’ (WORK IN PROGRESS) is the second comedy hour from acclaimed Canadian stand up comedian Michelle Shaughnessy.
The debut play from award winning comedian Anna Morris.
Black Brighton Market is a place where Black People and People of Colour have the opportunity to sell their art, goods, services and perform to the general public.
Dare you let him come inside your mind? Magic Mike (the magician, not the stripper), Blackpool’s least favourite son and Alakazammy award winner for most innovative based animal i…
Work in progress stand-up comedy show from Elaine Fellows.
Funny Women award-winner of 2023 Kate Cheka brings her first hour work in progress to Brighton Fringe.
Acclaimed Brightonian comedian Dave Fensome has ADHD (as documented in his previous sell out show ADHDave), he’s now also a dad.
Alex Mason brings a work-in-progress version of his debut solo show, Delicate Flower, to Brighton Fringe 2024.
Brighton improv troupe Tea & Toast presents a warm and witty musical comedy, made up before your eyes.
Winner of the ND Review Disability Champions Award and the Amateo Award 2022 brings his debut show to LCF.
Practice of Zen, currently streaming as part of C ARTS’ online offering, explores the sensuality and resilience of traditional Chinese swordplay.
Scott is a teetotal comedian from Glasgow, whose comedy and life is shaped by his porridge, smoothie and exercise addictions.
Jessica Kirson is a powerhouse on stage.
Jessica Kirson is a powerhouse on stage.
After a great session in March, Carmen Collective’s ‘Theatre: Making It and Doing It’ workshop is back, bigger and better than ever!Are you a theatre artist of an…
The award-winning The Bridge House Theatre is delighted to invite you to a Three Year Anniversary Celebration this April.
The British Theatre Challenge returns to the Jack Studio Theatre to bring you five new plays, wrapped into one very entertaining evening.
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…
After 10 sold-out West End performances of ‘Death Note the Musical in Concert’, its producers are to stage the European premiere of one of the most popular romantic stories and…
Be part of the emotional journey of Zack Mayo, a fearless young officer candidate, and the captivating Paula Pokrifki, whose fiery spirit matches his own.
Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.
Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.
Continuing their monthly residency at The Courtyard Theatre Impro group Sprout are the headline act on this evening of improvised fun.
Are you a theatre artist of any discipline who wants to:turn your creative idea into a viable production?obtain funding from Arts Council England?build a sustainable career in the …
“If you want something done, ask a busy woman…” Inspired by a true story and based on the hit film, MADE IN DAGENHAM is a powerhouse musical comedy about friendship, love an…
He is one of the greatest entertainers of all time.
He is one of the greatest entertainers of all time.
A new-wave comedy musical in space!Work is normally boring for best friends Thordan and Fourdee, until a new co-worker shakes things up at Ralph’s Space Deli!Writt…
Micky Flanagan is back at Leicester Square Theatre doing work in progress, you get the chance to see him riff in an intimate venue, try out new material and possibly thr…
You might have thought that Arabs couldn’t get any funnier.
Stop Generating Tech's twist.
DeValera - Republican? Jazz loving spy! Is DeValera a Republican hero? We reveal the REAL Eamon, jazz lover, Reich spy, transformed with his Himmler glasses.
20 Minutes of Deliberate AbsurdityOne Idea And Off She Goes!Chapter 40Unearthed diaries and an unlikely reunion 20 Minutes of Deliberate Absurdity - BIRDWOMAN Musician a…
A spot-on musical done on-the-spotEver seen an improv show where everything is made up on the spot? Or a musical? NO!? Whelp, 2 birds, 1 stone, all that jazz.
Meet Ben and Cyrus, the first gay winners of TV’s biggest reality-dating show.
A HEART FULL OF SONG, is a musical theatre concert featuring lifelong musical favourites, but mixed together with real life stories.
A HEART FULL OF SONG, is a musical theatre concert featuring lifelong musical favourites, but mixed together with real life stories.
Written by the film’s screenwriter Robin Schiff Score: Gwendolyn Sanford and Brandon Jay Director: Kristin Hanggi Musical Director: Emily Marshall Based on the Touchstone fi…
Richard Herring returns to Leicester Square Theatre for his famous podcast, RHLSTP! Richard Herring has enjoyed phenomenal success as a writer and performer and is an …
Before the titular, double-Grammy-awarded opening number begins, we are exposed to a soundscape of cheesy 80s commercials for domestic products that serve to highlight some of the …
What exactly is acting your age? And who decides? These are the questions Alan Cumming has been grappling with for a very long time.
A wildly-funny musical about a very serious issue, Rehab the Musical deals with the subject of mental health, fame and addiction, with warmth, compassion, humour and heart.
From the producers of smash-hit Heathers the Musical… A must-see experience in New York and Los Angeles and following a sold-out, critically-acclaimed production in the Asse…
This musical, composed by Joel Goodman and Jan Osborne, with a script by Joan Greening is a journey through the extraordinary life of Alan Turing.
Join us at The Hope Theatre for The Gangsta Baby University: a fundraiser for the play Gangsta Baby!The Gangsta Baby University is set up to give you an intensive-crash course on n…
Join us at The Hope Theatre for a transformative series of workshops and talks designed to unite and uplift working-class and queer individuals.
Join us at The Hope Theatre for a transformative series of workshops and talks designed to unite and uplift working-class and queer individuals.
Join us at The Hope Theatre for a transformative series of workshops and talks designed to unite and uplift working-class and queer individuals.
For too long the supporting characters of Star Wars have been overshadowed by the popularity of the beloved heroes.
The West End’s number one concert series is back with another feel good, all singing, all dancing Christmas extravaganza! Brought to you by an incredible cast of West End stars, …
Now in its 14th year.
It’s Christmas Eve 2009: seven years into the world-famous boy band’s indefinite “hiatus”, *NSYNC’s Chris Kirkpatrick has until midnight to make a wish that could change his life f…
A Rose Original Production Next Christmas, an enchanting adventure awaits.
GOLDA is the remarkable true story of Jewish Ukrainian musician, Golda Amirova, who fled Ukraine following the Russian invasion.
Having just played a career defining headline show in The National Concert Hall, David Keenan is going on the road this winter for his “Geimhreadh G…
Epic and yet intimate, Titanic: The Musical captures the triumph and tragedy of the hopeful passengers on the ill-fated Ship of Dreams In the final hours of 14 April 1912 the RM…
SuperYou Musical, starring Lucie Jones, is an uplifting musical, written and composed by Lourds Lane, that centers around the transformative journey of a comic book artist who disc…
The brief descriptor of Treason the Musical as “a historic tale of division, religious persecution, and brutality” reads like a modern-day newspaper headline.
The cult classic Bat Boy: The Musical descends on the London Palladium for a Halloween concert with Jordan Luke Gage (Bonnie and Clyde, Heathers) appearing as fans have never seen …
Previewing extracts from her one-woman show coming in 2024, Jessica Regan will share some of her real-life London horror stories and lessons learned in trying to tame and finally s…
Josh Wolf is a comedian, actor and NY Times Bestselling author best known for his work as a round table guest and writer on E!’s “Chelsea Lately” and &…
Presenting the tragicomic theatrical tale of an artist on their life-changing journey to reach Paradise, in search of inspiration for their craft and a renaissance of their spirit.
New Wave Theatre: How To Run AwayThis new play is the dirty, mucky, sweaty second-cousin of Eat, Pray, Love.
Antisemitism: (((a musical))) is an outrageous new show by writer Uri Agnon in his UK theatre debut.
In search of their long-lost mother, two sisters embark on a perilous sea voyage when one of them begins turning into an octopus.
It’s the final weeks of Suhana’s pregnancy.
“Water, water everywhere and not a place to sleep?” Morphea’s home on the canal is being disturbed, so off she sets on a journey.
The story of a skinny kid from Neasden who became the most famous teenager on the planet and the ‘face of the 1960’s may seem like the stuff of fairy tales, but there i…
The Standard Short Long Drop is Rachel Garnet’s powerful new 90-minute drama filled with gallows humour.
USA, 1985: Rookie Police Cop Jimmy Johnson joined the force to protect and serve… But now Jimmy’s in deep, partnered up with a renegade Police Cop and leaned on by a r…
Based on the best-selling Japanese manga series of the same name by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata, this ground breaking musical (Winner Best Musical, Korea Musical Awards) has a s…
Bill Kenwright Ltd presents a brand-new production of the award-winning Calendar Girls the Musical, written by Gary Barlow and Tim Firth, featuring a re-imagined book and new music…
James Seabright presents I WISH MY LIFE WERE LIKE A MUSICAL by Alexander S.
The best show of 2019 according to Chortle.
Susan Harrison tries out some new characters in this fun filled, work in progress character comedy show.
Susan Harrison tries out some new characters in this fun filled, work in progress character comedy show.
Sir Cliff Richard in conversation with Gloria Hunniford discussing his career.
Leader of the Scottish Labour Party.
A work in progress character & stand up comedy show by cheeky Yorkshire comedian Stefan Harvey.
Join us in the chamber of the Scottish Parliament for this special event hosted by the Festival of Politics.
A work in progress character & stand up comedy show by cheeky Yorkshire comedian Stefan Harvey.
After the success of Failure Studies in 2021/22, Marco Biasioli and Precarious Theatre are back with a brand new show, A Theatre Show.
After the success of Failure Studies in 2021/22, Marco Biasioli and Precarious Theatre are back with a brand new show, A Theatre Show.
APPY - is a work in progress stand up comedy show from Liam Tulley about the current digital age where everyone seems to be attractive, happy and popular.
Winner of the Musical Comedy Awards 2023 Katie is a stand up comedian, actor and singer who is best known for her work as one-half of the critically-acclaimed double act Norris &…
BBC New Comedy Award-nominated Kayleigh Jones wants to tell you why she fed her dad to a pelican.
The creatives behind this year’s production of Life is a Dream discuss working across different languages and cultures.
Sarah Keyworth (Live at the Apollo, Mock the Week, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, House of Games) delivers a brand-new hour of comedy every day as they work up a new show.
The former Labour leader and founder of the Peace & Justice Project remains committed to bringing people together for social and economic justice, peace and human rights, in Britai…
APPY - is a work in progress stand up comedy show from Liam Tulley about the current digital age where everyone seems to be attractive, happy and popular.
Winner of the Musical Comedy Awards 2023 Katie is a stand up comedian, actor and singer who is best known for her work as one-half of the critically-acclaimed double act Norris &…
Winner of the Musical Comedy Awards 2023 Katie is a stand up comedian, actor and singer who is best known for her work as one-half of the critically-acclaimed double act Norris &…
Finalists battle it out to take the crown in the climactic stage of the UK’s most prestigious comedy newcomer competition! Following months of regional showcases around the UK and …
Don’t miss the world premiere of a new work from composer and bassist Endea Owens, performing with her acclaimed sextet.
It’s 20 years since the Iraq War and Jenan wants to talk about it.
An invitation to pause.
An Afternoon with Anton Du Beke and Friends, and what an afternoon; Du Beke gives a hilarious and dazzling show filled with humour, dance and song.
Born in 1936 in Nuneaton.
Join Darren Harriott and Rachel Fairburn for a very special Edinburgh Fringe edition of You Dress Funny, the event where comedy meets fashion.
Mayor of Greater Manchester since 2017, Andy’s priorities include building a London-style integrated transport system, ending rough sleeping, transforming Greater Manchester into…
Daniel is desperate to prove sketch comedy should be taken ‘seriously’, in contrast to the frivolity and silliness of his last Fringe show.
An invitation to pause.
Daniel is desperate to prove sketch comedy should be taken ‘seriously’, in contrast to the frivolity and silliness of his last Fringe show.
Bobak dances, clowns and flings himself about the stage for an hour as he tells the audience about his Iranian heritage and growing up in Bristol in the 90s where Islamophobia and …
A musical reimagining of Oscar Wilde’s beloved story, The Canterville Ghost: The Musical features an original score and soundtrack.
When our young hopefuls enter the villa looking for love, they are faced with a whirlwind journey of romance.
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s iconic Love Never Dies returns to London’s West End this August in a star-studded concert at Theatre Royal Drury Lane.
He has been away having cancer; now he’s back with a work-in-progress show.
Roger O’Sullivan (BBC New Comedy Awards Regional finalist) has had work featured on BBC One, BBC Three, RTÉ and BBC Radio 4.
Sold-out run: Edinburgh Festival Fringe (2022).
One of Scotland’s funniest and most bawdy stand-ups, whose appearance at last year’s Fringe provoked much laughter and uproar.
A work in progress from BBC New Comedy Awards finalist Hannah Platt.
A ridiculous interactive combination of musical comedy, ventriloquism and fingering.
Steelworks A Cappella group presents a murder mystery, Vocal Vengeance, which is like an musical version of Cluedo.
A show about family, relationships and happiness. Join Lee Hudson as he takes you through his experiences with his affable brand of storytelling bringing them to life.
What if I told you I had discovered a legal system for tax-free, risk-free gambling, with guaranteed profits?.
An exceptionally enthusiastic and talented youth theatre put on a revival of the 2013 version of Pippin.
WIP show from multi award-winning comedian and CEO of the Greeters Guild, Troy Hawke.
A show about family, relationships and happiness. Join Lee Hudson as he takes you through his experiences with his affable brand of storytelling bringing them to life.
What if I told you I had discovered a legal system for tax-free, risk-free gambling, with guaranteed profits?.
Chief sportswriter for BBC Radio Scotland, whose previous award-winning years in print were spent at the Sunday Times, Scotland on Sunday and The Scotsman.
An adorable work-in-progress from the world’s youngest, smallest, most normal comedian.
Julian Clary chats about his career and life with our host, Christopher Biggins.
Founded in 1947 at the Rose Street Telephone Exchange, the well-known Edinburgh Telephone Choir is still in fine voice and continues to perform in several concerts each year, raisi…
A writer, broadcaster, campaigner and passionate supporter of Scottish independence.
Ashley Manning – ‘Playfully bleak’ (Scotsman) – is an independent, sexually empowered, modern woman.
Tandava – the cosmic dance of Shiva – symbolising time; existence; non-existence and so much more.
Forty years after their last album.
Dame Evelyn Glennie discusses her extraordinary musical journey and the challenges and rewards of life as a professional musician.
An ageing film producer plans to resurrect his past cinematic successes by revitalising the Carry On franchise with a brand-new film.
Shauna and Robbie are expecting.
Sarah Keyworth (Live at the Apollo, Mock the Week, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, House of Games) delivers a brand-new hour of comedy every day as they work up a new show.
Ladies and gents, this is the moment you’ve waited for! Fringe’s ultimate musical theatre party night has arrived.
First charting in 1977 with the punk-era anthem 2-4-6-8 Motorway.
Comedian Kiri Pritchard-McLean (Live at the Apollo, Have I Got News for You) is coming to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe to do a work in progress of her 2024 tour show – yep, she’…
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…
Edinburgh Comedy Award winner Lara Ricote comes back to Edinburgh to work out her next show.
New show from that guy (@mattgreencomedy) you’ve seen on Twitter being funny about politics, featuring jokes about politics and jokes not about politics.
My Truth, that I self-harmed, considered suicide on many occasions, tried to beat the world back and faced a future of loneliness.
Prolific writer and broadcaster whose interests include the Scots language and the historic Scots diaspora across the world.
The ‘almost sexily cerebral’ (**** (Daily Telegraph)) stand-up presents a work-in-progress comedy show about fear (probably), after 2022’s ‘breakneck pace.
My Truth, that I self-harmed, considered suicide on many occasions, tried to beat the world back and faced a future of loneliness.
Edinburgh Comedy Award winner and creator of hit sitcom Starstruck (BBC/HBO) Rose Matafeo returns with an hour of work-in-progress stand-up.
Relating the most horrible experience a woman can go through portrayed in the most beautiful form, Amina Khayyam Dance Company return to the Fringe with a stage version sequel to t…
Comedian Kiri Pritchard-McLean (Live at the Apollo, Have I Got News for You) is coming to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe to do a work in progress of her 2024 tour show – yep, she’…
It’s Come Dine With Me with a twist, and that twist is murder because apparently that’s what it takes to spice up a dinner party these days.
It’s 2006, and David is preparing for the gig of a lifetime: headlining Sticky Floors, the coolest under-16s band night in the Bay Area.
One of Britain’s emerging, truly talented comedians, a multi award-winning stand-up who spent recent months touring with sell-out shows in Australia and New Zealand.
The brave corporate professionals of the world just have to accept it.
Abishek Kumar and Nirmal Pillai are back on the road with their hugely fun and interactive show that’s guaranteed to leave you cackling.
One performance only. Turn up early, sell-out expected.
2016 Edinburgh Best Show nominee.
British Writers’ Guild Award-nominee Kate-Lois Elliott tells stories that are self-deprecating and (according to a drunk man at the Fringe) unexpectedly profound.
Edinburgh Comedy Award winner Lara Ricote comes back to Edinburgh to work out her next show.
“If you like dick and hate tories this is the show for you” – Reuben Kaye 2023I was gagged from start to finish, Reuben Kaye is one of the best performers I have seen at this…
Hilariously truthful – an unapologetically comic peek into the world of parenting: what comes before, during and after in this rambunctious mix of original songs and sketches fro…
Star of 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, Live at the Apollo, Roast Battle, Hypothetical and the surveillance camera when she forgot to pay for petrol, Harriet’s at the Fringe for…
Stand-up Eleanor Morton presents new ideas as she works towards her next show.
2020 the musical follows main characters Emily Goodhand and Adam Pictor, two musical theatre performers who have faced a lot of rejection, finally get their big break in a show tha…
The Talentz Musical Theatre Company are bringing all the sparklejinglejolly magic of Elf The Musical.
After searching far and wide, Barcelona’s hottest new comedians have Found their Funny, packed it in a bag and brought it all the way to the Fringe for your amusement! Barcelona is…
Intergalactic Man of Mystery, Basil Bottler makes his Edinburgh debut in this one-off hour of jokes, songs, poems and dicking about.
Twice nominated for Young Musician of the Year, acclaimed Edinburgh singer-songwriter Adam Holmes is one of the brightest stars on the UK roots music scene.
Enjoy some adult comedy entertainment with The Seriously Funny Comedy Show as they complete their 2023 summer touring schedule at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Northbrook is excited to present Made for This! A contemporary musical theatre and dance showcase filled with gripping, comedic and upbeat numbers.
Thirteen-year-old Chrissie is a budding climate-change campaigner, but her family just don’t get it! When a huge storm hits her seaside town of Skiddle, Chrissie reluctantly gets…
BBC New Comedy Award winner, UK-based Japanese comedian.
Palindrome is Cambridge University Musical Theatres Society’s latest Edinburgh Fringe offering.
A Chorus Line - and what a chorus line! I was wowed by this performance of A Chorus Line presented by the Edinburgh University Savoy Opera Group.
Food writer and anti-poverty campaigner.
This evening’s performance will include an eclectic mix of solo and ensemble song and dance pieces from some of the West End’s best-loved musicals.
We are women.
This completely original chamber musical by Shaye Poulton Richards is a darkly charming piece of new writing.
Losing The Plot is a new queer jukebox musical comedy, jam-packed with top hits from the 70s and 80s, Originally performed in Manchester and has now come to the Fringe this year.
Originally from Liverpool, coming to study at Glasgow University in 1986.
The N205 arrives.
Phil Kay’s Funny Walks – the droll stroll.
Has represented Ochil and South Perthshire as an SNP MP since 2019.
A work-in-progress show from Nick Elleray (finalist, Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2022).
Just the Tonic bring the best line ups to our biggest venue for a late-night weekend brilliant mixed-bill show for only a tenner.
New York-based comedians and writers, Liz Goldblatt and Matthew DuBois, deliver fresh and personal takes on sexuality, language, and religion.
Social media star Paul Black returns to the Fringe this year with his new stand-up show, Nostalgia, a look back into his childhood as a gay wee boy growing up in Glasgow as the son…
The N205 arrives.
A work-in-progress show from Nick Elleray (finalist, Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2022).
In these supercharged socio-political times the challenge is more and more becoming separating what’s true and what’s real.
World’s Best Fringe Theatre Winner 2022/3 (International Fringe Encore Series, New York) returns for eight performances only.
With a mixture of stand-up & video, comedian Lou Taylor discusses her life, relationship, childhood, and much more.
Enable Me explores the ups and downs of being a disabled dad and family life.
Join Portuguese theatre director and director of Festival d’Avignon Tiago Rodrigues at The Hub in conversation with Jackie Wylie, artistic director of National Theatre of Scotlan…
Ross Wilson, aka Blue Rose Code, writes songs straight from, and to, the heart.
In a thrilling, last-minute addition, Simon Amstell will return to the Edinburgh Fringe for the first time in six years to perform a late-night show of new stand-up material for a …
Enable Me explores the ups and downs of being a disabled dad and family life.
With a mixture of stand-up & video, comedian Lou Taylor discusses her life, relationship, childhood, and much more.
Labour MP for Hayes and Harlington in West London since 1997.
King’s Counsel.
‘I catch a paper boy, but things don’t really change’ (David Bowie).
The BAFTA-nominated comedian, The Mash Report (BBC2) star, Live at the Apollo (BBC1) star and viral sensation, presents a work-in-progress hour of her signature blend of stand-up a…
Welcome to the world of BGT Semi-Finalist Nerine Skinner and Liv Struss (A Liz Truss Parody).
Edinburgh Music Theatre is delighted to present a selection of wonderful songs from newer and lesser-known musicals that have broken out and broken new ground within the last two d…
These girls are batshit crazy and I love it.
Join us in the chamber of the Scottish Parliament for this special event hosted by the Festival of Politics.
Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominee Sam Fletcher is back at his spiritual comedy home, Aces & Eights, to try out all new jokes, tricks and games.
One of Scotland’s leading chefs.
Northern sketch lads Seldom Differ try out brand new ideas in this hour of multimedia character sketch comedy.
Show Up will make up a brand new, toe tapping, hilarious improvised musical based on your suggestions.
Show Up will make up a brand new, toe tapping, hilarious improvised musical based on your suggestions.
Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominee Sam Fletcher is back at his spiritual comedy home, Aces & Eights, to try out all new jokes, tricks and games.
Welcome to the world of BGT Semi-Finalist Nerine Skinner and Liv Struss (A Liz Truss Parody).
Welcome to the world of BGT Semi-Finalist Nerine Skinner and Liv Struss (A Liz Truss Parody).
Northern sketch lads Seldom Differ try out brand new ideas in this hour of multimedia character sketch comedy.
Stephen Sondheim’s hilarious musical romp tells the bawdy story of a slave and his attempts to win his freedom by helping his young master woo the girl next door.
The online guide to musical comedy returns with its daily showcase of the best acts at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023.
Writer Nat McCleary joins director Johnny McKnight for an exploration of the themes behind their play Thrown.
Work in Progress from that guy (@mattgreencomedy) you’ve seen on Twitter being funny about politics.
Hot Concrete are set for the big time and they aren’t afraid to admit it.
‘The real deal.
Bob Marley – How Reggae Changed the World is a show that is not only thought-provoking but stirs emotion too.
Hot Concrete are set for the big time and they aren’t afraid to admit it.
Work in Progress from that guy (@mattgreencomedy) you’ve seen on Twitter being funny about politics.
MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire South.
A new dramatic musical with music by Tim Nelson and lyrics by Vincent Aniceto tells the story of a group of everyday people working on the 104th floor of the World Trade Center on …
Lewis Carroll is turning in his grave at Tim Nelson’s Alice in Wonderland.
Three-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee tries some new jokes.
Brand-new stand-up show from Edinburgh Award-nominated viral sensation Josh Pugh.
Steph is a really chill girl.
A collaborative Work-In-Progress with an exploding star of the UK musical comedy circuit and a newcomer Canadian comedian.
The ‘almost sexily cerebral’ (**** (Daily Telegraph)) stand-up presents a work-in-progress comedy show about fear (probably), after 2022’s ‘breakneck pace.
From the injustice of a ‘70s parenting smack-down to the one good reason for having children (not to mention dogging with Steve McFadden along the way) this show leaves no stone …
Following his sell out debut, BBC Newcomer Award nominated Joseph Parsons begins work on his second hour of stand up.
An adorable work in progress from the world’s youngest, smallest, most normal comedian.
A collaborative Work-In-Progress with an exploding star of the UK musical comedy circuit and a newcomer Canadian comedian.
Steph is a really chill girl.
‘The brilliantly topical Alistair Barrie, one of the UK’s sharpest comedians’ (Herald) returns to the Fringe with ‘an absolutely stunning hour of political comedy’ (Entertainment-N…
One of Britain’s most gifted and prolific writers, whose work has garnered various awards over the past 25 years.
An adorable work in progress from the world’s youngest, smallest, most normal comedian.
The ‘almost sexily cerebral’ (**** (Daily Telegraph)) stand-up presents a work-in-progress comedy show about fear (probably), after 2022’s ‘breakneck pace.
Written and composed by Bethany, Cameron and Natasha Lythgoe, Pandemonium is a biblical musical of mundane proportions built upon a confusing amalgamation and re-telling of stories…
From the injustice of a ‘70s parenting smack-down to the one good reason for having children (not to mention dogging with Steve McFadden along the way) this show leaves no stone …
Following his sell out debut, BBC Newcomer Award nominated Joseph Parsons begins work on his second hour of stand up.
Four top-quality, fowl-mouthed acts, hand-plucked from around the festival.
‘The real deal.
A song cycle inspired by the photographs of Matthew Murphy, 35MM: A Musical Exhibition is a unique concept and the perfect choice for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
After the sell-out success of her “The Invisible Mam” show in 2022, Hayley Ellis is back with a brand new show for “Hayley’s Comic” It&apo…
Accidental enemy of Mother Teresa.
When these two stud muffins met for the first time, they realised they had one mission: how do we get one audience member to say this was ‘good’ comedy.
Born in 1962, Michael Lynch has served two terms on RMT’s Executive as well as two terms as RMT Assistant General Secretary and was elected RMT General Secretary in May 2021.
This musical, composed by Joel Goodman and Jan Osborne, with a new script by Joan Greening is a journey through the extraordinary life of Alan Turing.
Los Angeles Theatre Initiative returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind!! Comedy, drama, romance, horror and more all collide in this au…
A crowd-work and stand-up comedy show with zero plans.
A memoir in song by the Earl of Caladan, trusted adviser to the Padisha Emperor and beloved troubadour-warrior, the bard Gurney Halleck.
Award-winning FCT return for their 42nd Fringe with their spooky, kooky production of The Addams Family.
She’s had it all her life and finally comedian Pauline Eyre is ready to celebrate her body.
Irreverent stand-up and sketch from an award-winning character comedian whose writing has been praised as ‘hilarious.
Hertfordshire-based choir, Classical Chorus look forward to performing a short concert in the beautiful setting of Greyfriars Kirk.
Josh Elton’s brand of barnstorming comedy is the perfect show to start the day.
His crowd-work videos have consistently gone viral all over social media, so join one of the UK’s leading circuit MCs and award-winning comedians for a hilarious mix of brand-new j…
Aristophanes’ wild fantasy, The Birds, has been reimagined as a contemporary musical comedy complete with cuckoo characters and a happy ending that soars above the footlights!
After the sell-out success of her “The Invisible Mam” show in 2022, Hayley Ellis is back with a brand new show for “Hayley’s Comic” It&apo…
The search for comedy’s next big star continues as contestants battle for a place in the Grand Final of the UK’s biggest newcomer competition! Following months of regional showcase…
Cleopatra Higgins gives a fierce performance in The Whitney Houston Story, along with her band, Higgins sings Whitney Houston’s most recognisable hits while exploring Whitney Hou…
Get to know Anita Wigl’it, star of RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under in this kooky, hilarious and tell-all, one-woman show, Funny Gurl! Over a fabulous hour, travel back in time to 198…
For too long the supporting characters of Star Wars have been overshadowed by the popularity of the beloved heroes.
Whisky and Witches sees the combination of Danish-born Christine Kammerer’s musical forte with the whimsical storytelling of Jane Ross.
Jamali Maddix is working up a brand-new hour.
An exciting new version of Miles Tredinnick’s original 1999 show.
Sultry Irish comedian Mike Rice is working through some brand-new stories and jokes about cows, the Dali Lama, insomnia and the power of the human mind.
The Addams Family, a comical feast that embraces the wackiness in every family, features an original story and it’s every father’s nightmare: Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princes…
Whilst Colleen Lavin’s Do The Robots Think I'm Funny? is an interesting experiment and indicative of our fascination with AI, it’s not a particularly well-structured or fun…
Situated in Scotland’s Inner Hebrides, the Isle of Eigg has a fascinating history of sovereignty.
On a whim, a young businessman buys the deed to a ghost town in the California desert, hoping to turn it into a tourist attraction.
Just the Tonic bring the best line ups to our biggest venue for a late-night weekend brilliant mixed-bill show for only a tenner.
Three-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee tries some new jokes.
A young man visits his dying father in the ICU and uncovers a shocking revelation: his father’s secret second family.
Multi international award-winning comedian Ray Bradshaw is back at the Fringe with a brand-new show after his hit UK 2023 tour, Deaf Com 1.
The little iceberg holds a secret.
Chicago duo, ‘true masters of improvised comedy’ (List), ‘work effortlessly in the straight man/funny woman comic pairing using their unrivaled familiarity to brilliant comedic eff…
A hilarious history tour through the seriously skanky past lurking behind the “posh” New Town façade.
Quality one-liners, puns and light-hearted jokes! UK Pun Championships winner 2022.
Set in a mythical once-upon-a-time sort of land, Shrek the Musical Jr is the story of a hulking green ogre who, after being mocked and feared his entire life by anything that cross…
It’s Lights Up! on this Fringe debut: a completely improvised musical comedy! Unforgettable characters sing, dance, rap, and harmonise their way through action-packed stories in …
A one act tragi-comedy about a man trying to come to terms with the loss of his brother.
Have you ever wanted to know every book ever? Well if Leo doesn’t read all the books in one night (entirely in song) the demon will burn everything.
Everybody Sing are delighted to present a musical journey through the decades.
Ticking Clock Theatre brings to life the grim days of the Victorian hangman at the Space Triplex Studio in The Standard Short Long Drop, a fascinating play set in the cell of two p…
Three-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee tries some new jokes.
The story of a girl dreaming of a better life and the children she inspires will have audiences rooting for the “revolting children” who are out to teach the grown-ups a lesson.
In this biographical burlesque, a confessional cabaret, Phillipe will sing and dance you through his boyhood on the Broadway stage, teenage nights in the discos of Hollywood, 20 ye…
In this biographical burlesque, a confessional cabaret, Phillipe will sing and dance you through his boyhood on the Broadway stage, teenage nights in the discos of Hollywood, 20 ye…
Nunsense is a hilarious talent show staged by the Little Sisters of Hoboken nunnery, the rest of the sisterhood having succumbed to botulism after eating vichyssoise prepared by Si…
David Baddiel presents work-in-progress revivals of his smash-hit stand-up trilogy of ‘Not the.
From emerging talent Charles Edward Pipe comes an anthology of five dynamic, new, short plays.
Alba Flamenca presents Flamenco Fiesta, a fierce dancer and amazing musicians team up to bring Spanish flare to Edinburgh’s Southside.
Inspired by Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus, featuring original text and music which depict the extreme cruelty resulting from retaliation.
With Vladimir McTavish and friends.
‘He was a traitor boy, he killed a dictator boy.
Based on one of Grimm’s lesser known fairytales, Godfather Death is a hidden gem and a must-see this Fringe.
It’s time.
McClaine Beirne in his first 45-minute Edinburgh show.
We spend a third of our lives in bed.
Ed Byrne breaks the five-star rating system to the point where multiples of stars could be added to this review and it will still not be close enough to what he deserves for this s…
Multiple award-winning gag merchant Masai Graham delivers over 100 naughty jokes in just half an hour.
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,…
After a sold-out run at London’s VAULT Festival earlier this year, Jessica Aszkenasy is bringing her show to Camden Fringe.
‘The best showcase of pure joke-writing skill on the Fringe’ (Guardian).
Jessie Cave works up a new show about the complexities of motherhood, social anxiety and heartbreak.
As seen on BBC’s Live at the Apollo, American transplant Spring Day provides dark comedy for nice people.
Club-comic Frank Lavender springs forward from the smoky concert halls of yesteryear offering modern audiences one promise; a laugh a minute or their money back.
Join this talented team of award-winning improvisers for an hour of live music and laughter! Every show is opening – and closing! – night as these top comics compose brand new …
Return of the craic! 4 Funny Feckers, a Fringe favourite, is hosted by cheeky Irish comic Wes Dalton, an Irish charmer who has cheekiness and likeability down to a tee.
Using the back catalogue of The Proclaimers, this jukebox musical follows Davy (Lewis Kerr) and Ally (Kerr McKinley) as they navigate life after serving in the army.
This absurdist trio brings you an hour of off-the-walls stand-up and sketch comedy through the Welsh, Irish, Malaysian and 30-something perspective.
2 Funny Feckers brings you 60 minutes of non-stop craic from two hilarious comics seen on RTE, BBC, and ITV – Wes Dalton and Sergi Polo (the lads behind sellout show 4 Funny Feck…
The Honourable Tom Houghton is back at the fringe hot off his starring role in The Circle (Netflix) to work through a bunch of new ideas for his upcoming tour of the UK, Europe and…
Two comedians.
24 different award-winning or nominated comedians perform their full shows, recorded for Netflix, Amazon Prime and YouTube. See FringeSpecials.com for listings.
After a sold-out run at London’s VAULT Festival earlier this year, Jessica Aszkenasy is bringing her show to Camden Fringe.
There’s a new king in town, and his name is Angus Coutts.
Award-winning gag merchant and three-time Joke of the Fringe winner, Masai Graham delivers over 100 clean jokes in half an hour.
British Writers’ Guild Award-nominated comedian Kate-Lois Elliott tells stories that are self-deprecating and (according to a drunk man at the fringe) unexpectedly profound.
British Writers’ Guild nominee Kate-Lois Elliott brings you her long-awaited debut show about finding your purpose in a world that’s a little bit on fire.
The Blundabus is absolutely packed for Amelia Bayler’s I Work in Customer Service but I’m Actually a Pop Star.
Hello.
After The Act (A Section 28 Musical) is an eye-opening performance about Section 28 a series of laws introduced to the UK in the 1980s that prohibited the “promotion of homosexua…
London-based Chinese comedian Alvin Liu’s debut show delivers distinctive cultural humour with his playful views on China and the UK.
An acrobatic spoof of the movie The Blues Brothers, with plenty of flips and stunts weaved in alongside some clowning.
Filthy.
The vibes of a Havana street party brought to McEwan Hall, this dance troupe from Havana, Cuba are simply stellar, with styles such as street dance, salsa, rumba, afro and contempo…
I gave you Politics for Bitches and What Would Beyonce Do?! Now brace yourself for my female Book of Mormon.
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 …
Stand-up comedian, social media star and ultimate try-hard Abi Clarke performs new material in an intimate venue, developing her highly anticipated debut show.
This is the definitive piece of musical theatre for musical theatre lovers.
Notes on stage? Tick! Breath-taking riff-scenarios? Tick! Bits that don’t work? Tick! Progress not perfection, people! Witness some progress from Edinburgh Comedy Award winner / fa…
Step, if you dare, through the portal of metamorphosis and into this curious kids quest! A quest, around the entire room! Together we scale the majestic bean-bag mountains.
James has been touring his storytelling theatre shows for half his adult life.
The must-see, Olivier Award-winning West End hit is back! Watch the masters of musical improv create a brand-new musical comedy from scratch at every single performance of this mul…
The Improv Musical returns to Fringe as strong as ever with a silly, fun, toe-tapping show.
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A line-up show featuring the top three acts from the 2022 edition of So You Think You’re Funny? The UK’s biggest new comedy competition, with Joshua Bethania, Pravanya Pillay and J…
Returning with a work in progress after a sell-out Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominated run in 2022.
Star of Spitting Image (Britbox), Steph’s Packed Lunch (Channel 4) impressionist Luke Kempner brings his one-man British Police Drama to Edinburgh.
Friend, fan, or foe of Gyles Brandreth, there’s probably one thing upon which all can agree: the man simply cannot stop talking.
Working-class comedian Tom Mayhew returns to the Camden Fringe with a show about dreams and endless hope.
Co-host of Off Menu, Taskmaster champion and as seen on his stand-up special Blood Sugar (Amazon Prime), join the ‘consistently eye-wateringly hilarious’ (i Newspaper) Ed Gamble fo…
‘You have to look back to see the way forward.
A Christmas Carol meets It’s A Wonderful Life meets.
A few days ago I saw a little boy slapping a wall.
The best show of 2019 according to Chortle.
Join the winner of Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s Best Show Award – Geraldine Hickey as she shares stories about acknowledging and enjoying new-found privileges, like …
Public looks like it could be the next big musical phenomenon to have passed through the Fringe.
Baby Wants Candy’s hip-hop Hamilton homage returns! Following sold-out runs in Chicago, NYC and LA.
The play 17 Minutes explores the communal and residual effects of a shooting through Andy, a man who struggles with his own complicity in the tragedy, and who seeks meaning in the …
Working-class comedian Tom Mayhew returns to the Camden Fringe with a show about dreams and endless hope.
I’ve never laughed so much at a someone else’s shortcomings in my life.
Four TikTok comedy stars try their hand at stand up comedy this year at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, hosted by Coco Sarel and stars Steven Mckell, Ayamé Ponder and Henry Rowley.
A while back, I found a video online of an animated snake crawling, made for entertaining cats.
A fly-on-the-padded-wall account of the mental health world that also busts some myths (there are no padded walls).
Comedian Mamoun Elagab will not kiss your ass.
Cam Gavinski: Bonheur has been the strangest thing I’ve seen so far at the Fringe.
USA, 1985: Rookie Police Cop Jimmy Johnson joined the force to protect and serve.
Working-class comedian Tom Mayhew returns to the Camden Fringe with a show about dreams and endless hope.
Simon David brings Dead Dad Show to the Fringe this year and it is insane, an absolute piss-take, but also very emotional.
The giddy inner workings of a comedy show in its beginnings.
Brand-new stand-up show from Edinburgh Award-nominated viral sensation Josh Pugh.
From the award-winning company behind SiX comes INVASION! An Alien Musical.
Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Tony Award-winning Evita returns to the West End this summer in an all-star concert at the iconic Theatre Royal Drury Lane, accompanied by …
From the award-winning company behind SiX, On Your Bike and The Man Who Wouldn’t be Murdered comes INVASION! An Alien Musical.
Come and join Steffen Peddie, Comedian, former Wrestler, Actor, Father, Husband and Late Night Radio Phone In Host as he performs an hour of comedy improvised from audience suggest…
Come and join Steffen Peddie, Comedian, former Wrestler, Actor, Father, Husband and Late Night Radio Phone In Host as he performs an hour of comedy improvised from audience suggest…
Adele brings all her very best new jokes, ideas and wisdom to Durham.
Adele brings all her very best new jokes, ideas and wisdom to Durham.
Xennial: Warrior Princess (Work in progress) So I’m 40 now; when does life begin? Old enough to know the link between pencils and cassette tapes, and remember having to roll do…
Who lives in a pineapple on a tour of the UK? Well it’s Nickelodeon’s The SpongeBob Musical based on the cartoon series by Stephen Hillenberg.
A lot is known of The Bards plays but what of the man ? Mister Shakespeare explores the different facets of his personality:The lover, The Husband, The Son, The Entrepreneur throug…
SpongeBob and his friends in Bikini Bottom face the total destruction of their undersea world.
A lot is known of The Bards plays but what of the man ? Mister Shakespeare explores the different facets of his personality:The lover, The Husband, The Son, The Entrepreneur throug…
Worshipped Opera Singer.
Join us for an evening celebrating songs from the musical The Phantom Of The Opera and much more! Mark Robert Petty Mark has been producing the successful concert series The Crazy…
After their great success last year with ‘Failure Studies’, Marco Biasioli and Precarious Theatre return with A Theatre Show.
Work in progress show from BBC NCA Finalist Hannah Platt.
‘Run to the Nuns’ is a new, queer musical set in a fictional, modern ‘Nunnery’.
Widely regarded as one of the hottest comedy nights among the Arab community and beyond! Arabs Are Not Funny sees comedians with roots in the Arab world attempt to prove…
About the showTHE JUNGLE COMES TO LIFE IN THIS NEW AND SENSATIONAL MUSICAL EXTRAVAGANZA!WILD (The Musical) is an award-winning Broadway-style musical set in the jungle, with story …
“How do you look the enemy in the eye?” “She endures.
London’s hottest new comedy night returns, headlined by Live at the Apollo regular and star of his own Netflix special, Phil Wang.
About the show Each year Creative Youth’s wonderful team of young people head to Brighton Fringe to judge the best theatre and stand-up comedy shows by performers…
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is one of Roald Dahl’s best known books, which is why the expectations are high for James Brining’s tour.
Escape to a world of pure imagination with ROALD DAHL’S Charlie and The Chocolate Factory – The Musical.
The Scouting movement is an established and respected institution, that hangs on the edge of our cultural understanding, even if we were never a Scout ourselves.
Welcome to the annual Scout Games! Scouts from around the world have gathered to compete but when an intruder threatens to sabotage the competition, it is up to Joe and Ayesha to p…
Five microphones and music stands, a coat rack and assorted instruments.
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
We are back to lead you in a sing-a-long of hits from all the best musical shows, with a live band of West End theatre musicians backing you.
In PRESENT/TENSE comedian Nathan D’Arcy Roberts (Horrible Histories, The Emily Atack Show, The Lenny Henry Show, winner of BBC’s prestigious Felix Dexter bursary) takes an analytic…
A smoking hot bill of stand-up from Jessica Aszkenasy and Katie Norris.
A smoking hot bill of stand-up from Jessica Aszkenasy and Katie Norris.
In PRESENT/TENSE comedian Nathan D’Arcy Roberts (Horrible Histories, The Emily Atack Show, The Lenny Henry Show, winner of BBC’s prestigious Felix Dexter bursary) takes an analytic…
Comedy is very subjective, and despite reviewing predominantly Birtish comedians who occasionally test the limits of my sensibilities, I have never felt particularly excluded by B…
Buzzbox Collective presents 2 contemporary theatre double bills.
Sam is very pleased with this title as it works on TWO levels: This show features notes from the Noughties, both handwritten and enthusiastically sung.
Sam is very pleased with this title as it works on TWO levels: This show features notes from the Noughties, both handwritten and enthusiastically sung.
Pioneers of Signdance theatre, Signdance Collective (SDC), bring their new street theatre production to Brighton Fringe.
International award-winning signdance pioneers, Signdance Collective, return to Brighton Fringe with their “creatively brilliant, inclusively cool street theatre” (AMI Awards & Int…
Buzzbox Collective presents 2 contemporary theatre double bills.
Expect a genre blending and dazzling performance by Comedian, Actor, Clown, Charlotte Fox who brings sassy, psychedelic and surreal comedy antics to the stage.
NOMINATED: BEST DEBUT SHOW at LEICESTER COMEDY FESTIVAL Masculinity is in crisis.
Brighton improv troupe Tea & Toast presents a warm and witty musical comedy, made up before your eyes.
Rahul met a girl at the Edinburgh Fringe - classic! But why is she still on his mind? Why is Rahul so unlucky in love? It’s probably because he is a Tuesday date.
Rahul met a girl at the Edinburgh Fringe - classic! But why is she still on his mind? Why is Rahul so unlucky in love? It’s probably because he is a Tuesday date.
Winner of the BBC New Comedy Award, UK-based Japanese comedian Yuriko Kotani is going to tell stories of her experiences and thoughts as a work in progress in her “second languag…
Daniel is desperate to prove sketch comedy should be taken ‘seriously’, in contrast to the frivolity and silliness of his last Fringe show.
Work in Progress from that guy (@mattgreencomedy) you’ve seen on Twitter being funny about politics.
Kevin Precious used to be a teacher.
Winner of the BBC New Comedy Award, UK-based Japanese comedian Yuriko Kotani is going to tell stories of her experiences and thoughts as a work in progress in her “second languag…
Daniel is desperate to prove sketch comedy should be taken ‘seriously’, in contrast to the frivolity and silliness of his last Fringe show.
Work in Progress from that guy (@mattgreencomedy) you’ve seen on Twitter being funny about politics.
A seagull manages to escape from an oil slick, only to lay one last egg and with her dying breath asks Zorba, a harbour cat in Hamburg, to promise that he will hatch the egg and te…
VIEWPOINTS is an intensive 3-day physical theatre training process led by international theatre maker Erwin Maas.
Building your network and presenting yourself beyond a local context Join this Masterclass led by Nike Jonah and Erwin Maas, the co-directors of Pan-African Creative Exchange (PAC…
VIEWPOINTS is an intensive 3-day physical theatre training process led by international theatre maker Erwin Maas.
Building your network and presenting yourself beyond a local context Join this Masterclass led by Nike Jonah and Erwin Maas, the co-directors of Pan-African Creative Exchange (PAC…
Kevin Precious used to be a teacher.
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
An Accumulation of Thoughts, Things and Circumstance (Work In Progress) For the first time, internationally acclaimed clown Ella The Great (‘lights up the stage’ -The Scotsman) br…
Sew Fabulous - Sustainable Community Education Join us to celebrate our work and find out more about what we do at Sew Fabulous.
“Don’t live your life girl, unless it’s just like a movie.
One-liners and light-hearted jokes from the UK Pun Championships Winner 2022 and Scottish Comedian of the Year Runner-up 2021.
A work-in-progress stand-up show from comedian and writer Rhiannon Shaw.
★★★★★ “eccentric.
Alvin and Chin are good friends but very different.
One-liners and light-hearted jokes from the ‘master of wordplay.
Sew Fabulous - Sustainable Community Education Join us to celebrate our work and find out more about what we do at Sew Fabulous.
“Don’t live your life girl, unless it’s just like a movie.
After a sold-out run at London’s VAULT Festival, Jess is bringing her show to Brighton Fringe.
Alvin and Chin are good friends but very different.
Kuan-wen is one of the few Taiwanese comedians who performs English stand-up comedy in the UK (if not the only one as of 2023).
After a sold-out run at London’s VAULT Festival, Jess is bringing her show to Brighton Fringe.
A work-in-progress stand-up show from comedian and writer Rhiannon Shaw.
Scared of commitment? Drink too much coffee? Own an NFT? Audience problems become a unique and oddly uplifting musical on the spot.
Kirsty has a secret, and this is a confession.
TV’s Paul McCaffrey “never anything short of gut-bustingly hilarious” (GQ) hosts this legendary monthly comedy club.
David McIver (Chortle Student Comedy Award Entrant 2013) celebrates a decade of crushing gigs and raising the roof off of commercial venue spaces with a new hour of mildly mannered…
Mary O’Connell is conflicted: she hates capitalism but she loves to shop.
Over 10 million views on TikTok and Instagram! A new show from the award-winning smash hit comic.
Over 10 million views on TikTok and Instagram! A new show from the award-winning smash hit comic.
David McIver (Chortle Student Comedy Award Entrant 2013) celebrates a decade of crushing gigs and raising the roof off of commercial venue spaces with a new hour of mildly mannered…
Mary O’Connell is conflicted: she hates capitalism but she loves to shop.
As seen on Live at The Apollo and star of ITV2, BBC Three, Dave, Comedy Central and Radio 4, Helen Bauer presents a work in progress show of her new thoughts and feelings on pretty…
We are women.
As seen on Live at The Apollo and star of ITV2, BBC Three, Dave, Comedy Central and Radio 4, Helen Bauer presents a work in progress show of her new thoughts and feelings on pretty…
The Genocial Liberal is back.
Kate-Lois Elliott has been rising fast on the UK comedy scene with her self-deprecating millennial meltdowns.
Witness the greatest cast ever assembled live on stage, as the world-famous Spitting Image puppets tread the boards of London’s theatreland for the first time ever in IDIOT…
The Genocial Liberal is back.
British Writers’ Guild Award-nominee and Brighton-bred comedian Kate-Lois Elliott tells stories that are self-deprecating and (according to a drunk man at the fringe) unexpectedly …
When you grow up gay in a small town in nineties-Kent, it is easy to think that your sexuality is the reason you don’t fit in.
'We don’t in general take to foreigners here… unless they take to us first' With characteristic humour, passion and pathos, Inspector Sands offer a fresh take …
When you grow up gay in a small town in nineties-Kent, it is easy to think that your sexuality is the reason you don’t fit in.
Bisexual comedian Kate Dale fingers her way through middle life as she navigates the challenges and finds the joy in being a beginner once more, while discovering, after a lifetime…
Step right up to the glamorous and chaotic world of Crown Cabaret! Although the cabaret and burlesque shows are exciting and salacious, ruling the underbelly of the exotic nightcl…
Work in progress stand-up comedy show from Elaine Fellows.
Step right up to the glamorous and chaotic world of Crown Cabaret! Although the cabaret and burlesque shows are exciting and salacious, ruling the underbelly of the exotic nightcl…
‘Ace in the Whole’ is a hilarious show by comedian Paul Connell.
Making the move from its seven-year residency at the Lyric Theatre, Showstopper! The Improvised Musical has opened at the Cambridge Theatre, its new home, where the team will be do…
Spontaneous musical comedy at its absolute finest returns to the West End.
Work in progress stand-up comedy show from Elaine Fellows.
What’s better than a night out of the house? An afternoon out of the house laughing your pelvic floor off! Don’t miss this amazing afternoon of some of the festival’s funniest com…
What’s better than a night out of the house? An afternoon out of the house laughing your pelvic floor off! Don’t miss this amazing afternoon of some of the festival’s funniest com…
This work in progress comedy show explores what life after education looks like.
This work in progress comedy show explores what life after education looks like.
My name is Abbie and I’m an Empath.
The one question Jaz Mattu, a professional software engineer, ( who looks much more serious than he actually is), constantly gets asked when he explains he wants to change careers …
The one question Jaz Mattu, a professional software engineer, ( who looks much more serious than he actually is), constantly gets asked when he explains he wants to change careers …
A work-in-progress hour of live comedy taking a leftfield look at all walks of British society from a revered scholar of hood philosophy.
A work-in-progress hour of live comedy taking a leftfield look at all walks of British society from a revered scholar of hood philosophy.
From news and sports studios, kids and cult quiz television shows to quantum mechanics, the cosmos, parallel universes and more.
From news and sports studios, kids and cult quiz television shows to quantum mechanics, the cosmos, parallel universes and more.
Do you like scary movies? Well, if you like them so much, would you survive to the end of one? Join the award-winning Heather-Rose Andrews on an exploration of horror films, the wo…
Natasha Anderson: Food Diary is a funny deep dive into culture, relationships and why food is more than just fuel.
7 people are about to have a very bad day, but which will be the last man standing? Join comedian and author Aidan Goatley in his first play - a dark absurdist satire that proves, …
7 people are about to have a very bad day, but which will be the last man standing? Join comedian and author Aidan Goatley in his first play - a dark absurdist satire that proves, …
Natasha Anderson: Food Diary is a funny deep dive into culture, relationships and why food is more than just fuel.
Multi-award-winning comedian Ian Smith (BBC Radio 4’s The News Quiz and The Now Show) returns with a work in progress of his seventh solo show.
Three of London’s fast rising, exciting new female comedy voices Marty Gleeson, Su Mi and Frances Keyton fuse together to bring you an hour of turbocharged off the wall standup a…
Please don’t come if you don’t like puns.
Gremlin is the first work-in-progress show of rising stand-up star Annabel Edmonds.
Multi-award-winning comedian Ian Smith (BBC Radio 4’s The News Quiz and The Now Show) returns with a work in progress of his seventh solo show.
“Mummy, I love your boobies.
Please don’t come if you don’t like puns.
“Mummy, I love your boobies.
Gremlin is the first work-in-progress show of rising stand-up star Annabel Edmonds.
What is confidence? Can it be obtained if you don’t have any? Is 36 too late to start being assertive? I’ve almost made my mind up, but I’m more interested in what you have to say.
Welcome to spin class, everyone! An endorphin-fuelled character comedy hour – complete with one stationary bike and the throbbing lights, saccharine sounds and relentless positiv…
Irish Stand-up comedian Ruth Hunter makes her debut at Brighton Fringe with her new Work in Progress: The Ruth is on Fire.
As seen on Live at the Apollo, Spring Day provides dark comedy for nice people.
What is confidence? Can it be obtained if you don’t have any? Is 36 too late to start being assertive? I’ve almost made my mind up, but I’m more interested in what you have to say.
A Funny Old Life is the largely fictional autobiographical story of one middle-aged man’s journey through the ups and downs of life.
Welcome to spin class, everyone! An endorphin-fuelled character comedy hour – complete with one stationary bike and the throbbing lights, saccharine sounds and relentless positiv…
Irish Stand-up comedian Ruth Hunter makes her debut at Brighton Fringe with her new Work in Progress: The Ruth is on Fire.
As seen on Live at the Apollo, Spring Day provides dark comedy for nice people.
A Funny Old Life is the largely fictional autobiographical story of one middle-aged man’s journey through the ups and downs of life.
A fun little stand-up show about being drunk, high and a pretty cool guy (insert sunglasses emoji).
The most British Italian comedian brings back to the Brighton Fringe his unique, clever and dark humour, delivered with a gentle and endearing style.
Cerys is not mean enough to be funny, apparently.
Stand up comedian and rap singer Joe Jacobs returns to Brighton Fringe to flog his wares once again.
Stand up comedian and rap singer Joe Jacobs returns to Brighton Fringe to flog his wares once again.
Cerys is not mean enough to be funny, apparently.
A fun little stand-up show about being drunk, high and a pretty cool guy (insert sunglasses emoji).
The most British Italian comedian brings back to the Brighton Fringe his unique, clever and dark humour, delivered with a gentle and endearing style.
An adorable work in progress from the world’s youngest, most normal comedian (don’t look that up).
Viggo Venn is an award-winning clown from Norway.
Viggo Venn is an award-winning clown from Norway.
An adorable work in progress from the world’s youngest, most normal comedian (don’t look that up).
Chelsea Birkby follows up on her award-winning debut (best debut show Amused Moose, nominated for best show comedians choice awards) with this work-in-progress.
‘South Coast Comedian of the Year’ Finalist James Danielewski brings his debut work-in-progress show to the Brighton Fringe; relax, enjoy and lower your expectations, as he explain…
‘South Coast Comedian of the Year’ Finalist James Danielewski brings his debut work-in-progress show to the Brighton Fringe; relax, enjoy and lower your expectations, as he explain…
Chelsea Birkby follows up on her award-winning debut (best debut show Amused Moose, nominated for best show comedians choice awards) with this work-in-progress.
Comedian Tom Mayhew (as heard on BBC Radio 4) brings a work in progress show to the Brighton Festival! There will be stuff about being working-class, being skint, how annoying the …
Adele brings all her very best new jokes, ideas and wisdom to Brighton.
Comedian Tom Mayhew (as heard on BBC Radio 4) brings a work in progress show to the Brighton Festival! There will be stuff about being working-class, being skint, how annoying the …
Adele brings all her very best new jokes, ideas and wisdom to Brighton.
This new Mudfish Work In Progress will showcase the ‘brilliant chemistry’ (Fringebiscuit) and ‘buoyant charisma’ (EdFringe Review) of Molly and Dan.
Tragedy.
Mark is convinced that he’s the only gay man doing comedy in the world so please be respectful and don’t tell him otherwise! Rapidly making a name for himself both online and o…
Tragedy.
This new Mudfish Work In Progress will showcase the ‘brilliant chemistry’ (Fringebiscuit) and ‘buoyant charisma’ (EdFringe Review) of Molly and Dan.
Stand-up comedian and social media sensation (in his own words, not in any objective description of the term) Mark Bittlestone brings a load of new and a few (or, hopefully for you…
Two comedians attempt to navigate the hell that is “existing” by performing an hour of fabulous stand-up.
Brighton comedy stalwarts Sam Savage (creator of viral hit comedy character Linda Larkin) and Dan Fardell have teamed up to bring you a double dose of their formative brand new wor…
A work-in-progress comedy show from Amused Moose Finalist and Harrogate New Comedian of the Year finalist, Louise Atkinson.
Two comedians attempt to navigate the hell that is “existing” by performing an hour of fabulous stand-up.
Brighton comedy stalwarts Sam Savage (creator of viral hit comedy character Linda Larkin) and Dan Fardell have teamed up to bring you a double dose of their formative brand new wor…
A work-in-progress comedy show from Amused Moose Finalist and Harrogate New Comedian of the Year finalist, Louise Atkinson.
My name is Ruby Carr and I am a sucker for a bargain.
Michael Welch is an ethnically ambiguous comedian of unknown origin, a.
A brand new hour of comedy from the hilariously funny, aggressively nerdy and down right adorable Sasha Ellen.
My name is Ruby Carr and I am a sucker for a bargain.
Following her sellout runs at the Edinburgh Fringe and Soho Theatre in 2022, Chloe Petts returns with a work-in-progress of her new show.
A brand new hour of comedy from the hilariously funny, aggressively nerdy and down right adorable Sasha Ellen.
If you’re feeling playful and curious about immersive theatre, join the Carnie-fun of Caravanserai.
MOJO is a split bill of stand-up comedy featuring Mohaimen and Jomi Cruz.
If you’re feeling playful and curious about immersive theatre, join the Carnie-fun of Caravanserai.
‘Hamilton’ meets ‘Pitch Perfect’: spontaneously Improvised! Imagine a new kind of musical: beatboxers, rappers, actors, singers, dancers and body percussionists, come together as …
Following her sellout runs at the Edinburgh Fringe and Soho Theatre in 2022, Chloe Petts returns with a work-in-progress of her new show.
Alex Kitson is an award-winning comedian.
Josh Baulf has recently appeared on Britains Got Talent, the BBC and his online sketches have amassed millions of views worldwide.
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has written a book! Is it really a “modern classic” or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make your minds …
A gutsy work-in-progress from an NYC-based rising star in standup.
A brand new show of ideas, jokes and stories.
Max Turner Prize finalist (2023), rising TikToker and undefeated roaster Anthony Gilét premiers his new Work In Progress where he takes a brutally honest look at getting older, an…
Alex Kitson is an award-winning comedian.
Josh Baulf has recently appeared on Britains Got Talent, the BBC and his online sketches have amassed millions of views worldwide.
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.
Max Turner Prize finalist (2023), rising TikToker and undefeated roaster Anthony Gilét premiers his new Work In Progress where he takes a brutally honest look at getting older, an…
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has written a book! Is it really a “modern classic” or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make your minds …
A brand new show of ideas, jokes and stories.
A gutsy work-in-progress from an NYC-based rising star in standup.
Rose Theatre and Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse Theatres in association with Swinging the Lens A Rose Original Production Following her critically-acclaimed production of Richa…
By Nigel Williams Adapted from the novel by William Golding In the midst of a raging war, a group of British school children are left stranded after surviving a devastating plane c…
Continuing their monthly residency at The Courtyard Theatre Join Improv group Sprout for games, scenes, and a full length play created by the skilled improvisers of Sprout – all …
Capitol Theatre Company is back with the extended version of ”Work in Progress”, adding a second act to the 20 minute one-act-play performed at Scene and Hea…
Disney's iconic Winnie the Pooh, Christopher Robin and their best friends Piglet, Eeyore, Kanga, Roo, Rabbit, and Owl (oh… and don't forget Tigger too!) have come to…
The country’s biggest sketch competition is back for its seventh year.
The country’s biggest sketch competition is back for its seventh year.
Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.
Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.
Two main questions flit through your mind as you watch SpitLip’s Operation Mincemeat - firstly ‘God it’s brilliant,’ followed quickly by, ‘how are they allowed to do that…
“I am the Jesus Christ of politics.
In the last year Shane has sold out shows across America & Canada, been tour support for Kevin Hart and enjoyed continued success with his hugely popular Tea With Me…
In the last year Shane has sold out shows across America & Canada, been tour support for Kevin Hart and enjoyed continued success with his hugely popular Tea With Me…
Usually avoid public bathrooms? Here’s one you won’t want to miss! PUBLIC is a pop/rock musical by new and exciting theatre collective, Stroud & Notes.
Funny, funny, funny sketches we haven’t written yet.
“Star of Live at the Apollo, Would I Lie to You, and Frankie Boyle’s New World Order, Sara Barron returns to throw some new ideas at the wall.
A while back I found a video online of a snake crawling, made for the purpose of entertaining cats.
“Recently handpicked by Fred Armisen to be his opener, Josh Weller is a failed musician turned comedian.
Hi.
6-year-old Manny is making his very first guacamole for his dad’s welcome home dinner.
Award-winning comedian Stevie Martin (8 out of 10 Cats, Late Night Mash, a Thorntons advert) is making a comedy show.
One mysterious day in 1900, a group of innocent school girls went missing in the Australian Bush.
Dan has been a data collector for 10 years.
Come and discover UK comedy’s best kept secret! Over many years Ed has written, directed and performed work for and with many of the UK’s most loved acts- including Milton Jones…
Ira Sylvester in his first one-man show takes to the stage to deliver an auto-biographically generated story of his journey where he tries to delve into where one of mixed-heritage…
An hour of new material from Host of The Comedian’s Comedian Podcast, Stuart Goldsmith.
Hey you, reading this.
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones shares highlights from his forthcoming book.
Charlie George Swindon’s finest queer, mixed-race, neurodiverse, working class, ex-Jehovah’s Witness comedian longs for Grace.
Heroes are boring.
A character comedy show in this world.
Work in progress show from BBC NCA Finalist Hannah Platt.
“I’m a full time employee three times over.
Ready to get your laugh on? This March, we're bringing you Live at Leicester Square Theatre: a side-splitting lineup of some of the circuit's top comedi…
Good things will happen.
In 2022, Olga Koch wrote a master’s thesis about reply guys. This is a work-in-progress of a musical based on that thesis. ★★★★ The Guardian ★★★★ The Telegraph
Ever been so angry you couldn’t breathe? Poignant, funny and uncompromising, Chat Shit, Get Hit, is a brand-new show about female rage, the pain of betrayal, and getting better …
Just back from doing her acclaimed debut hour, Sikisa is here with a new show and she is worried about words! She always thinks she’s gonna say the wrong thing at the wrong time …
Stand-up from a holy cowpat masquerading as a woman.
Five years ago, Carys nearly disappeared.
Tamar first met feminism in high school but was scared to be its friend because it wasn’t very popular.
Abseiling lesbians! Queers in classrooms! Perverts panicking parents! And an act of oppression that inspired a generational riot.
Nudity, bodies, and how to feel more comfortable in our own skin in a society which conditions us to be very critical of ourselves? A panel discussion and life drawing class with b…
The one question Jaz Mattu, a professional software engineer, ( who looks much more serious than he actually is), constantly gets asked when he explains he wants to change careers …
Theatre of Gulags is a theatrical installation exploring the dark history of the Soviet Union labour camps, and the full-scale theatres that were built inside them.
TV’s Priya Hall brings you her new WIP all about her 2021 breakdown. Expect cats, breakdowns and BIG REALISATIONS.
On 25th February 2023, a remarkable event will begin in London’s West End.
How it began, where it is now and plans for Scene + Heard's Future.
An absurd character comedy featuring the life story of the most famous woman in the world, the man who has the house we all want and GARBO! Inspired (very loosely) by Vitto Russo�…
Come sing along, for the first time ever The Really Useless Group is introducing their brand spanking new set of bangers such as The Pink Tax Tango, White Van Driven By A White Man…
Instructions on How to Cry is a new devised play exploring the science and mystery of emotional tears which appear to be solely present in Homo Sapiens.
“Light-hearted, never-to-be-seen-again fun.
Lifetime Achievement Awards come but once in a lifetime, which means Mitzi has just one shot to deliver an acceptance speech that will land her in Hollywood’s Halls of Fame.
The happiest day of your life includes robots, time travel and a decent spread on the buffet table.
Tweedy’s Musical Mayhem! TWEEDY - the comedy and slapstick legend and star of Gifford’s Circus, Cirque Berserk and the Cheltenham Everyman pantomime returns…
After taking her debut comedy hour I Miss Amy Winehouse (“vulnerable, poignant and hilarious” - Boom Chicago Comedy Festival) to Edinburgh Fringe for a full run, Suchandrika (“warm…
The planet is melting and life is spinning out of control but maybe Charlie can save it all with a nice picnic.
Tweedy’s Musical Mayhem! TWEEDY - the comedy and slapstick legend and star of Gifford’s Circus, Cirque Berserk and the Cheltenham Everyman pantomime returns…
What is love? It’s a mystery.
Makers and past participants of Scene + Heard talk next steps, getting the show on the road, their creative process, and experience with collaborating.
Come watch a working class motormouth, trapped in a hipster’s body.
WGGB-nominated comedian Kate-Lois Elliott tells stories that are self-deprecating and (according to a drunk man at Brighton Fringe) unexpectedly profound.
This is a solo show about femininity and trauma.
A WIP hour of stand up from Isabelle Farah Isabelle’s first show, Ellipsis, and second show, irresponsabelle, both had excellent runs at Edinburgh fringe and she returns with ano…
Alex MacKeith goes electric for his second musical comedy show.
Natasha Anderson: Food Diary is a funny exploration of culture, relationships and why food is more than just fuel.
In his new show, award winning comedian Alfie Brown is showing signs that he probably can’t have a healthy relationship and proceeding down the road with him would be emotionally d…
They’re here, one’s queer, and they never get over anything.
The UK’s lowest energy double act (Crizards) present a new work in progress show.
Musical comedian Orlando Gibbs (MCA Finals 2021, 2022, 2Northdown Semi-Finalist 2021) sings and chats about the little things in life.
Witty and inventive, with a sharp eye for satire and poetic lyrics to match, Isobel Rogers unmasks our shadier selves as we all navigate, or fail to navigate, relationships and our…
Micky Flanagan’s Warm Up Show at Leicester Square Theatre.
Farting at a funeral.
Alexandra Haddow isn’t quite sure what she wants yet, but that’s ok, because she’s only 18.
An adorable work in progress from the world’s youngest, most normal comedian (do not look that up).
Winner of the BBC New Comedy Award, UK-based Japanese comedian Yuriko Kotani is going to tell stories of her experiences and thoughts as a work in progress in her “second language”…
As seen on BBC’s New Comedy Awards, Raj’s work in progress explores what it’s like being a fair skinned Indian boy growing up in Britain.
As seen on ITV2 and BBC, French Kiss Tunnel (WIP) will be the first outing of the beginnings of Vidura B.R.’s new hour. It’s about love. He does songs now.
Jessie Nixon seeks to make her mark with her debut hour of stand-up in new show ‘Damsel’.
Chelsea Birkby follows up on her award-winning debut (best debut show Amused Moose, nominated for best show comedians choice awards) with this work-in-progress.
‘Do you like me? Suppose it is too early to say’.
Angie's Easy Pals, gals, pints, cans, Hozier Work in Progress Reality is overrated Angie's Easy - Biaina Ryan "Pub, gaff, good…
MANIC PIXIE DREAM REN A Film School Dissertation-Induced Meltdown Sentimental: A New Gig Musical Speaking of break-ups, the world’s ending.
Double Edinburgh Comedy Award ‘Best Show’ nominee Ahir Shah is one of the fastest-rising comedians of his generation and is known for his sharp, intellectual brand of stand-up …
Brand-new hour of comedy from the hilariously funny, aggressively nerdy and down-right adorable Sasha Ellen.
A bedazzling show from “a true original and a legend in the making” (The Guardian).
As seen on Live at The Apollo and star of ITV2, BBC Three, Dave, Comedy Central and Radio 4 Helen Bauer presents a work in progress show of her new thoughts and feelings on pretty …
With a mixture of standup & video, comedian Lou Taylor discusses her life, relationship, childhood, and much more.
A work-in-progress stand up comedy show from Amused Moose Finalist & Harrogate New Comedian of the Year finalist, Louise Atkinson.
Remixed by Debris Stevenson Directed by Josie Daxter Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps Shakespeare’s much-loved comedy meets reality TV romance in a raucous and…
Rose Johnson is 37 and all she’s got to show for it is nine chin hairs, a Love Island addiction, and a world-class talent for over-thinking (plus jokes re: all the above).
Comedian Micky Overman is back and she’s got some opinions! After spending most of her life thinking of her opinions as ‘inside thoughts’ she is now getting ready to share them w…
A work-in-progress stand-up show from comedian and writer Rhiannon Shaw.
Welcome to Topps Tiles! Your budget friendly solution to all your tiling needs! Can’t decide between Vinyl or laminate? Confused about grouting? Or perhaps you’re stuck in a re…
Brilliant confessional comedy from ‘such a funny and warm performer’ with ‘quick lines and sharp gags’ (Plays To See).
An hour of new material from Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominee Sarah Keyworth.
Three of London’s fast rising, exciting new female comedy voices Marty Gleeson, Su Mi and Frances Keyton have fused together to bring you an hour of turbo charged off the wall st…
‘LILIT’ is a wickedly funny, razor-sharp, joyous queer cabaret in the voice of Lilith, an ancient Jewish demon.
Award-nominated duo Thick ‘n’ Fast embark on a pioneering journey to conquer the Final (we mean it this time) Frontier: the Metaverse.
An hour of developing new material from Britain’s Got Talent finalist Nabil Abdulrashid.
Comedian Harry Wright develops their hour Smalltown Boy, which was due to appear at VAULT Festival last year.
Eddy Hare (BBC New Comedy Awards Nominee 2021) presents a new work-in-progress show.
In PRESENT/TENSE comedian Nathan D’Arcy Roberts (twice nominated for the BBC New Comedy Award, writer for Horrible Histories & The Emily Atack Show) takes an analytic look at his…
Patrick Spicer is the undisputed world champion of telling jokes that he has written, and this time he has exactly one hour of them.
Welsh, Brown, Gay, Gen-Z comedian Leila Navabi, (BBC New Comedy Awards) is bringing you a show about how unethical it is to artistically exploit marginalised identities for social …
Ania’s sharp, wry writing combined with her affable performance style make her a ‘glittering new talent’ (The i Paper) of the UK comedy scene.
Richard Herring returns to Leicester Square Theatre for his famous podcast, RHLSTP! Richard Herring has enjoyed phenomenal success as a writer and …
Richard Herring returns to The Leicester Square Theatre for his famous podcast, RHLSTP! Richard Herring has enjoyed phenomenal success as a writer …
“17 minutes.
Darran Griffiths is a comedian, host and podcaster who has a blend of Caribbean confidence and Essex irreverence.
A story about the unfolding of the infinite, about the tangled mess of the UK, about two brothers and one remarkable chicken burger.
Join ‘genre defining’ comedian Luisa on her latest masterpiece in action, by the time we finish together, it will be.
Janine thought she knew her family.
Continuing their monthly residency, Join Improv group Sprout for games, scenes, and a full length play created by the skilled improvisers of Sprout – all based on audience sugge…
Billed as “one of the country’s top new comedy acts” by The York Press, Tadiwa Mahlunge has performed at, among others, the Latitude, Greenman, and Greenwich Comedy Festivals -…
Continuing their monthly residency at The Courtyard Theatre.
Multi-award winning comedian Ian Smith presents a work in progress of his seventh solo show.
Award-winning comedian Ali Woods returns with his latest jokes! Half-English, half-Scottish Londoner, Woods is an exciting new stand-up comedian on the UK circuit, having won Hac…
This is an experimental work-in-progress by Georgina Thomas, a polite young lady from Hertfordshire.
An hour of critical thinking on what it means to be a little cheeky guy in a world on fire.
Why does one become obsessed with Taylor Swift at 30 when one loved Sting at 8? (years old, not AM) Can one shit on a bus and also maintain a healthy romantic relationship? WHY ARE…
Chloe Petts presents her follow up show to hit debut, Transience.
Join Mark for 50 minutes of stuff, some new, most old, hopefully mostly funny.
Tamsyn Kelly looks at how the men in her life have shaped who she is.
Maria isn’t dead yet; she’s just forty.
The show comprises of Ashish Suri sharing his weird tales and giving a view of the world through different perspectives.
The West End theatre event of the year will return for a fifth season by popular demand.
Star of Saturday night's The John Bishop Show (ITV1) and Doctor Who (BBC1), multi-award winning stand-up comedian John Bishop is road testing some new material for …
Star of Saturday nights the John Bishop Show (ITV1) and Doctor Who (BBC1), multi award-winning stand-up comedian John Bishop is road testing some new material for 4 nigh…
Join us Tuesday for a live conversation between Canadian artist Zachari Logan & the director of the Mead Art Museum at Amherst College Siddhartha V.
Bells are ringing, dreidels are spinning, the holidays are here again! Leave the remote at home and get your fix of festive film hilarity at the Karaoke Hole with Dragprov’s Nutfli…
Cal McCrystal’s Mother Goose is a self-described silly, fun show with an underlying commentary of failed economic policies that live up to that promise.
“A tantalising look at the world of Rita Hayworth” The Times Considered by many to be the most beautiful woman of her day, Fred Astaire’s all-time favourite dance…
Hey Duggee: The Live Theatre Show is going to be huge! Betty wants to make costumes, Happy wants to sing, Tag wants to make music, Norrie wants to dance, Roly wants jelly and they …
Now in it’s 13th year! Leicester Square Theatre’s showcase for the UK's best up & coming New Comedians The best acts from almost 40 heats com…
Blippi The Musical brings the curious and fun character Blippi off the screen and onto the stage with world-class production, audience engagement and amazing music.
“A Musical Theatre Christmas” returns to The Actors’ Church, presented by Mark Robert Petty.
Bugsy Malone, the 1976 film by Alan Parker charlestons into Alexandra Palace theatre with a tremendous firing of custard pies! The cult classic of the spoof gangster movie reminds …
From Morgan Lloyd Malcolm, writer of the Olivier Award-winning Emilia, comes a brand-new retelling of Charles Dickens’ timeless classic.
Presented by The People’s Players, the Liverpool’s Royal Court amateur theatre company.
Due to the huge demand for the first run of London shows, singer, songwriter, composer and producer, Gary Barlow, has announced the final two West End shows for his critically accl…
Buddy the Elf discovers he is an adopted 'human' baby from New York City and sets off on an adventure to find his biological father who has no idea of his son’s existence…
Join Sprout for games, scenes, and even a full length play created by the skilled improvisers of Sprout – all based on audience suggestions.
From hand-jiving to slicked hair, Nikolai Foster’s Grease at the Dominion Theatre is a sprint down memory lane with extra twists.
A show about sexy things (awkward), private things (oh no) and a woman trying to sit on the face of time to keep it still (hot, right?).
Ed Night - who you might have seen seen on BBC Three, ITV2 and Comedy Central - will be bringing an hour of brand-new jokes along with ‘one of the country’s top new comedy acts’, T…
If you missed Esther Manito on Live at the Apollo, this is fantastic chance to see the Lebanese-British stand up in person.
Have you ever sat opposite someone on a bus quietly, both on your phones, and not say a word? Perhaps you glance up for a second and smile at each other.
On the 100th anniversary of the classic horror film’s original release, Theatre Non Grata are bringing Nosferatu both to the stage and back from the dead.
Kirsty Taylor’s politically charged rap musical about the cost of living crisis in broken Britain opens in a recreated pawnbroker shop in Bradford.
1929, New York.
Ricky Gervais returns to Leicester Square with a night of new material.
A show about sexy things (awkward), private things (oh no) and a woman trying to sit on the face of time to keep it still (hot, right?).
The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School (BOVTS) is pleased to present its 2022 MFA Graduate Showcase.
Following on from the success of the first event, My Kind of Musical is back with more fat, more songs, more revenge, and more spiralling over whether or not you should feed the bi…
Grant Black and Murray Lachlan Young’s Rehab is an entertaining musical that is full of potential.
Discovery is an Interactive Character Clown show with elements of Theatre and Stand-Up, following one Caveman’s journey discovering all that life has to offer; the beauties, the …
Discovery is an Interactive Character Clown show with elements of Theatre and Stand-Up, following one Caveman’s journey discovering all that life has to offer; the beauties, the …
Writer for The Times and a presenter on Times Radio, having formerly written for the Spectator, GQ and the Herald.
The Fife-born international best-selling author chats to Graham Spiers about Rebus, writing, favourite books and music and all things Edinburgh.
Farting at a funeral.
Contemporary jazz from the Boston-born trumpet player and composer.
One of the most distinguished broadcast journalists in Britain and multi award-winning BAFTA and Emmy recipient, Alex Thomson has worked for Channel 4 for 25 years.
Everywhere you go people speak English.
Elizabeth Holmes claims her biotechnology will revolutionize medicine – and people believe her.
Emmy and two-time Olivier Award-winning actor Brian Cox arrives in Edinburgh to discuss his life and work, from Dundee Rep and Hannibal Lecktor, via cheeseburger tycoon Bob Servant…
Drawing on music hall and vaudeville traditions, Skinner & T’witch’s show combines comedy and satire with folk, flamenco and theatre-style songs.
First elected to parliament in 2015, Ian became the SNP’s Westminster Parliamentary Leader in 2017, a position he still holds.
Glaswegian singer/songwriter with soaring vocals and unique lyrics.
Scotland’s First Minister chats to Graham Spiers about Scotland, politics, referenda, favourite books, and (maybe) 80s pop music, as well as the challenges of leading the country…
Mayor of Greater Manchester since 2017, Andy’s priorities include building a London-style integrated transport system, ending rough sleeping and transforming Greater Manchester i…
Countercultural goons Omar&Lee workshop their way to mature masculinity.
Fiction’s greatest villains, from Hannibal Lecter to Cruella de Vil, are in court for their crimes in a rip-roaring musical comedy that will challenge everything you know about l…
Lighthouse is an upbeat Irish-American musical full of original drinking songs and step dancing numbers.
Every family has its drama, and every wedding has its secrets.
My WIP will likely include songs about buying a Pritt Stick, sleepy eyes and absolutely loads of double entendres if I have my way.
The year is 1925; the place is New York City.
Treason is the explosive new musical about the gunpowder plot, set to completely blow you away, featuring stunning music by Ricky Allan and book & lyrics by Ricky Allan & K…
Degenerate is a show about what happens when a 40 year old mother of two finds herself in the last chance saloon of midlife.
Anne, life coach for over 20 years, takes the essence of her book Stop the Bus! onto the festival stage.
For over 25 years Tam Cowan has been the comedic pre-match beef-roast of a Saturday afternoon for thousands of Scottish football fans listening to BBC Radio Scotland before heading…
A new comedy with a backstage pass to the magic and mayhem of music performance.
Ancient Greece.
Born and raised in Ayr, after various early jobs Sillars joined the Royal Navy, serving in Hong Kong.
BAFTA-winning actor, comedian, singer, writer, independence campaigner, panto legend, feminist and socialist; Smith is rarely accused of lacking opinions.
Author, musician and social commentator.
Absurdist comedy character clown Coral Bevan presents Fisherman Jon: Whats on the end of my Rod? (Work in Progress).
Absurdist comedy character clown Coral Bevan presents Fisherman Jon: Whats on the end of my Rod? (Work in Progress).
Hosted by comedian Susan Morrison, top academics explore dangerous ideas.
In PRESENT/TENSE comedian Nathan D’Arcy Roberts (written for The Emily Atack Show, The Lenny Henry Show, twice nominated for the BBC New Comedy Award) takes an analytic look at h…
In PRESENT/TENSE comedian Nathan D’Arcy Roberts (written for The Emily Atack Show, The Lenny Henry Show, twice nominated for the BBC New Comedy Award) takes an analytic look at h…
A business leader, investor, TV personality and writer, Deborah is well known for her BBC Dragon’s Den appearances where she is known as a shrewd and reasonable Dragon.
If you’re not convinced by the title I have no idea what this is going to do.
Blippi The Musical brings the curious and fun character Blippi off the screen and onto the stage with world-class production, audience engagement and amazing music.
Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer nominee Sindhu Vee returns with a new hour.
Spending well over half his life as a much-loved stand-up comic, the award-winning star of Ken Loach’s I, Daniel Blake returns to Edinburgh for one last time with the show he’s alw…
When you grow up gay in a small town in nineties-Kent, it is easy to think that your sexuality is the reason you don’t fit in.
After searching far and wide, Barcelona’s finest comedic talents have Found their Funny, packed it in a bag and brought it all the way to the Edinburgh Fringe for your amusement! B…
Robin Morgan (as seen on Mock The Week) has an hour of new jokes and stories.
Devi Sridhar is Professor and Chair of Global Public Health at The University of Edinburgh.
Worshipped opera singer.
Award-winning musical theatre company The Talentz are bringing festive sparkle to you for our eighth year at the Fringe.
A musical reimagining of one of Oscar Wilde’s most beloved stories, The Canterville Ghost: The Musical features an original score and soundtrack.
The rapidly ageing minor national treasure from Taskmaster and so on, begins building on the success of current show, This Can’t Be It by taking the first steps towards a new one.
Based on Roald Dahl’s beloved children’s novel, Matilda tells the story of a precocious five-year-old girl who loves books, hates bullies, and is revealed to have telekinetic p…
Based on the popular Scottish folk song, we follow the comic adventures of Maggie played by Jacqueline Hannan, a bus conductress in Fife in her new job.
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 rock concert in a courtroom.
Welcome to Clapham South tube station – home to the last five survivors of the climate crisis.
We live in a crazy world of fear and anxiety! But don’t worry, Dr Theatre is here to solve your problems in a show packed full of fabulous musical theatre songs with all the answ…
Ancient Greece.
Farting at a funeral.
Scottish and British Lions rugby hero Big Gav is one of the elder statesmen of Scottish rugby, having watched the game change since his heyday in the 1980s and 90s.
The Conversation explores the disparities that non-European international students have when moving to the United Kingdom for university.
Whilst wide awake one night, comedian Neil Harris found himself watching a video titled How One Man Changed the High Jump.
For one night only, Comic Relief Live! is back.
A tragicomedy combining clowning and physical theatre, Boat! follows two friends at sea as they navigate companionship, solitude and altering states of reality.
Daily hour of the best musical comedy at this year’s Fringe, produced by the Musical Comedy Guide website (check for daily listings).
Join the Trickster and Sunny the Bunny for a riot of silly stunts and crazy magic in The Funny Punny Magic Show! Four-time winner of the Scottish Children’s Entertainer of the Ye…
Rarely off our screens and about to embark upon a 35-date Scottish tour of his new one-man play, Time’s Plague, Scottish acting’s national treasure revisits a highlight-strewn …
The Simple Minds manager from 1978 to 1990 talks about the band, the music business from the 1960’s onward, Bruce’s Records, management, Zoom Records and his outstanding contribu…
‘Stop the press!’ said Mr Thomas, his hand clenching yesterday’s issue.
Circuit stand-up Kevin is creating a new show and he’s bringing it to the Fringe so you can watch it for free! ‘Shepherd is an open and honest performer.
Born in the UK to Bengali doctors, the early 1990s saw Paul qualify as a doctor and take his first steps on the stand-up comedy circuit.
Join award-winning punslinger Darren Walsh for some new jokes.
This show is about identity, where to buy it, and how to cook it properly to make you stand out with your friends.
Dare to be different.
Formed in 1982, Edinburgh Music Theatre will be celebrating its big birthday (40 years young!) by performing a musical revue.
Come traverse the world with me! No hotels to book.
A Scottish/African group presenting original songs by composer/playwright, Neo Vilakazi, based in Edinburgh.
One performance only. Arrive early, sell-out expected.
Formerly General Secretary of Unite the Union for over a decade.
Relaxing, joyful life-drawing sessions hosted by Revolting Rosy Pendlebaby starring a different Fringe artist muse every day! Are you drowning in the creative outpourings of others…
The Chap Himself returns to the Fringe armed with his beats, rhymes, manners and some small instruments for a strictly limited run of Chap-Hop recitals.
The former Labour leader and founder of the Peace and Justice project remains committed to bringing people together for social and economic justice, peace and human rights, in Brit…
Broadcaster Mark Stephen and folk singer Gill Bowman look beyond the haggis and tartan to the real Scotland: stories, secret places and iconic songs.
Following her Netflix special The Twist.
Award-winning jazz trombonist Rory Ingham joins forces with ground-breaking Scottish pianist Fergus McCreadie for a night of high-energy, encapsulating and accessible jazz, featuri…
Returning to the West End for the first time since 2019, Kinky Boots is the exhilarating true story about a struggling shoe factory that will lift you higher than any platform boot…
A comical feast that features an original story that is every father’s nightmare; Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a swee…
Based on the hit film, this award-winning musical by Gary Barlow and Tim Firth tells the story of an ordinary group of women in a Yorkshire Women’s Institute who create an artist…
Grace Mulvey is a bit fat.
Grace Mulvey is a bit fat.
Arguably Scotland’s greatest living historian, having written or contributed to more than 25 books covering such areas as Scottish and Irish migration, Scottish industry and soci…
Masculinity is in a state of flux.
Music is magic.
Liz Guterbock (2022 Union Jack Radio Ones to Watch, 2021 Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year nominee, 2020 British Comedy Guide Pro Performance Award nominee, 2019 Funny Women A…
Ali Brice is embracing life after almost losing it.
See the UK’s longest running and best comedy newcomer competition back for its 35th year.
Work in progress - a debut solo comedy show.
Rising star Mamoun wants to share with you his unfiltered, idiosyncratic and unorthodox world view – the things you think about and never say out loud.
The sequel concert to 2018’s A Really Short Introduction to Scotland’s Piano Music exploring the work of 19th and 20th-century Scottish composers.
Marriage in Progress playfully sends up lifelong commitment while celebrating it, and critiques the vanity of performance while revelling in it.
Alan Turing – A Musical Biography.
The Welsh optimist returns to the festival, and this year he’s been thinking about the future.
As I’m writing this, I think the show will be about my best friend.
Before audiences step foot into the SpaceUK’s Annexe, a tune from a nearby keyboard drifts out of the theatre and floats down the hall to greet the audience.
A night of comedy featuring top acts from the Fringe, curated and programmed by London’s premier comedy venue Leicester Square Theatre.
The story follows a young prince who is accused of attempted murder and sentenced to die as a galley slave, but survives, eventually returning to his homeland, to find that his mot…
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…
An award-winning theatrical sightseeing tour around the darker side of Europe’s most haunted city on a classic 1960s Routemaster bus.
Jacky shares her top 10 reasons why she wants to leave the planet, all through performance poetry.
We’re a troupe of four women of colour from around the world bringing to you our experiences.
Comedian Fab La Roche-Francoeur loves the feeling of being surrounded by an audience laughing at his jokes.
We’re a troupe of four women of colour from around the world bringing to you our experiences.
Is this a real knife? Is this just fantasy? Enjoy Shakespeare’s spooky tragedy like never before, as six actors deploy wittily rewritten pop classics, uproariously silly comedy and…
Love, song, dance and murder – Domitius retells the tale from an unbiased viewpoint paving the way for audiences to experience that particular reign in Ancient Rome.
Gethsemane has a wide selection of new, fresh, and contemporary music with rock, acoustic and classical themes.
British Writers’ Guild nominee Kate-Lois Elliott brings you her long-awaited debut show about finding your purpose in a world that’s a little bit on fire.
Fast-paced, bold and hilarious.
There are very few taboo subjects left these days, but the one that will eventually come to us all still leaves many people uncomfortable.
Emerging performance ensemble, Los Angeles Theatre Initiative presents a high-energy, interactive show that’s different every night.
From the company that brought you the sell-out Fringe smash, Sunshine on Leith, Captivate Theatre presents a comical feast that embraces the wackiness in every family.
It’s time for us to play.
Think it’s a Stand up solo show? Think again.
‘All we have hinges on the worn thread of a memory.
True stories, sharp gags and a big beard – Gallagher returns to Fringe following his sold-out run last time out! From growing up in Ireland, to travelling the world and everythin…
Award-winning Red Bus Bistro and acclaimed comedian Raymond Mearns have teamed up for the duration of the Fringe to offer a unique comedy tour experience travelling round the wonde…
Mutch returns to the Fringe for a special Work in Progress show.
Think it’s a Stand up solo show? Think again.
Making its professional debut, In Stitches Theatre Company presents COMEDY IMPROV! A group of 11 improvisers born at Rose Bruford College! You can expect games, stories, questionab…
Making its professional debut, In Stitches Theatre Company presents COMEDY IMPROV! A group of 11 improvisers born at Rose Bruford College! You can expect games, stories, questionab…
Eve’s eyes are green like guacamole, she has posh hair and a freckle on her chin and when she puts her hand on Elle’s arm… This heart-warming and belly-achingly funny story i…
Matt is the son of Jamaican and English parents and is an NHS doctor.
The morning after.
The morning after.
Award-winning character comedian Anna Morris (Channel 4’s Lee and Dean, BBC’s Outnumbered, The First Team, Count Arthur Strong) brings her BBC Radio 4 special to life in this debut…
Critical darlings and audience favourites Objectively Funny take time out from producing top-tier shows and providing mental health support at the Fringe to present some of the hot…
Highly rated newcomers, Runi (Hypothetical, HIGNFY) and Toussaint (Dave’s Outsiders, John Bishop tour support), have written for TV and supported some of the biggest names in comed…
Northern Irish comic Caroline McEvoy and Arab comic Farah Sharp are used to conflict.
With Vladimir McTavish and friends.
Scotland’s international comedy star is doing a run of shows to work up some new material for his next tour.
Boy, you’re an alien.
A prodigal story of true love and sacred transformation.
Return of the craic! 4 Funny Feckers, a Fringe favourite, is hosted by cheeky Irish comic Wes Dalton, an Irish charmer who has cheekiness and likeability down to a tee.
A heady mixture of ropey material and competent crowd work from one of the greats. Extra show added: as part of Just the Tonic’s Hot Ticket Lucky Dip. Tuesday 23rd at 5.45pm.
NHS junior doctor, comedian and now author (oooooh, check him) Ed Patrick returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with the makings of a new show.
Ever wondered if what you are seeing and hearing is real? Feel like your trust in the audio-visual spectrum has been shaken? Charlie explores the increasing dangers – and benefit…
A potty-mouthed romp through this bizarre-but-true story, from cult internet phenomenon and two-hit-wonder Kunt and the Gang.
Al Lubel talks about his name for fifty-six minutes and about something else for four minutes.
Fred MacAulay, one of Scotland’s best-loved stand-ups, is back with his live chat show.
LAST WEDNESDAY’S WORK SHIRT: This is the story of one man’s pointless job.
An original, comedy musical set in a 5 day self-help retreat following a group of people with all sorts of first world problems; such as Paul, a man with severe toxic masculinity, …
Sid Singh: comedian, human rights lawyer and idiot.
LAST WEDNESDAY’S WORK SHIRT: This is the story of one man’s pointless job.
An outrageous hour of comedy served to you by a selection of female comedians from across the globe.
Award-winning comedian, NHS psychiatrist and author Benji Waterstones shares highlights from his forthcoming book.
An original, comedy musical set in a 5 day self-help retreat following a group of people with all sorts of first world problems; such as Paul, a man with severe toxic masculinity, …
I’ve been fired from 14 jobs in my life – I’m starting to think that I might be the problem? I’ll tell you some of the stories and you can tell me what you think.
Sometimes you’ve just got to listen to your balls.
Fladam (Florence Poskitt and Adam Sowter) are ‘the most amazing hilarious musical comedy duo’ (Harry Whittaker, BBC Radio York).
Now in our 10th year! Smash-hit production, The Improv Musical returns to take the Fringe by storm.
Where do you start if your ultimate goal is a West End and Broadway musical? Revivals often start at Chichester and new concepts here at the Fringe.
Are you a love warrior? Turns out, I am!Hallmark movies might be cheesy and predictable, but they’re the kind of films that help people escape their lives, and during the pandemi…
A new valiant attempt to perform 30 plays in just one hour! Chaotic and courageous, gleeful and gamified, The Dirty Thirty PLUS is the live-est of live theatre exploding the conven…
Making A Murderer: The Musical is created by Phil Meaney, and tells the heart-wrenching story of the Avery family and the injustice they suffered at the hands of the American legal…
From voice-straining high notes to limb-spraining high kicks, via on-stage smooches and offstage feuds, award-winning musical revue I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical reveals ever…
Award-winning Eli Matthewson is taking you back through some huge life revelations that took place in some seriously shitty cars, from when he came out to his dad, to 10 years late…
Robin Morgan (as seen on Mock The Week) has an hour of new jokes and stories.
Robin Morgan (as seen on Mock The Week) has an hour of new jokes and stories.
A new show for 2022 bringing you the best of the winners and finalists from 2021’s So You Think You’re Funny? comedy newcomer competition.
Join this multi award-winning musical storyteller for another collection of story-songs.
Hate your job? Come work for us.
Some shows are Fringe standards, you can’t help but think that they’re like the ravens at the Tower of London; that if they weren’t here, everything would come tumbling down.
In this work-in-progress show, Lee enters the post-pandemic era in streamlined stand-up mode.
Alexander S.
One day, a magpie comes into a little girl’s house by mistake.
From the girl who brought you The Girl Who Thought She Was Irish (Edinburgh, 2011), comes Funny Girl, Sad Songs.
This new folk musical seeks to explore our heritage and legacy, weaving two parallel stories; one of a crofter and a wandering soldier in the 18th Century, and one of an old pensio…
In 2002, whilst researching a comedy, triple-Fringe First winner Henry Naylor and two-time Scottish Press Photographer of the Year Sam Maynard, went to the Afghan war zone.
This unflinching case study scrutinizes one of the most pertinent conversations of our time: women’s safety.
Kazumi is hunting a sea monster.
Join rising star Jamie D’Souza as he performs his highly anticipated debut stand-up show about the terrible teen emo band he was in and also his first school crush.
A new show about private things, public things and trying to wrap your big sexy arms around time to keep it still.
Thanyia Moore was going to make her Edinburgh Fringe debut in 2020 with a heartfelt, emotional show, that was about to rock your socks off… but then 2020 happened.
Leslie Ewing-Burgesse knows what she’s doing.
Leslie Ewing-Burgesse knows what she’s doing.
WORSHIPPED OPERA SINGER.
WORSHIPPED OPERA SINGER.
PLEASE NOTE THIS SHOW WILL BE AVAILABLE TO STREAM FROM 8th AUGUST.
Thrust into power, Nero, a young Roman Emperor, seeks life as a musician and performer, but a series of threats against his life may prove to be his final act.
With music by ABBA legends Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, and lyrics by the incomparable Sir Tim Rice, the iconic musical Chess returns to the West End for the first time …
Woods is an exciting new stand-up comedian on the UK circuit, having won Hackney Empire New Act of the Year 2020, and will be working on his debut stand-up comedy show.
Woods is an exciting new stand-up comedian on the UK circuit, having won Hackney Empire New Act of the Year 2020, and will be working on his debut stand-up comedy show.
Join this award-winning comedian for an hour of laughs as he tries to unravel the great issues of our time like: what to say to a flat-earther, how to win gold at the Olympics and …
Join this award-winning comedian for an hour of laughs as he tries to unravel the great issues of our time like: what to say to a flat-earther, how to win gold at the Olympics and …
MTS presents: The Addams Family Musical in Concert! The elite young performers of Musical Theatre Studio Ltd give you an exciting performance of The Addams Family.
‘My Kind of Musical’ is a collection of original songs and comedy on being a chunky, musical-loving hoe in a world of perfection and exclusivity.
A wonderful journey of song, celebrating some of the most iconic female singers and songwriters of the 60s-90s.
At 18, single AND pregnant, Bryan’s Mam read a book on how to raise a confident child.
A wonderful journey of song, celebrating some of the most iconic female singers and songwriters of the 60s-90s.
At 18, single AND pregnant, Bryan’s Mam read a book on how to raise a confident child.
Nana Rabbit’s Cake-off! Join Nana Rabbit and her friends as they re-enact her most famous adventure yet; The Quest for the Whisk of Destiny! Nana, who was once named ‘The Greatest…
In her Fringe debut, one of the rising stars of the UK stand-up scene shares a raw, honest and hilarious hour of tales… with just the right amount of filth.
This brand-new hour is Heidi’s most personal yet.
Frankie is doing some shows to try out some brand new jokes ahead of this year Edinburgh Festival With support the Running Time will be approximately 60-70 minutes.
Attack? I don’t know anything about an attack.
There has been much said in books and films about the life and times of Harvey Milk.
We are back to lead you in a sing-a-long of hits from all the best musical shows, with a live band of West End theatre musicians backing you.
‘Hamilton’ meets ‘Pitch Perfect’: spontaneously Improvised! Imagine a new kind of musical: beatboxers, rappers, actors, singers, dancers and body percussionists, come together as …
It is possible to spend *too much* time in the bath and end up managing the media relations around your own eventual death, actually? Esyllt has provided tour support to Elis Jame…
It is possible to spend *too much* time in the bath and end up managing the media relations around your own eventual death, actually? Esyllt has provided tour support to Elis Jame…
Aruhan wants to assure you that this is NOT a TED Talk.
Aruhan wants to assure you that this is NOT a TED Talk.
“Is this a real knife? Is this just fantasy?” Enjoy Shakespeare’s spooky tragedy like never before, as six actors deploy wittily rewritten pop classics, uproariously silly com…
Over two million views on TikTok and Instagram! A new show from the award-winning smash-hit comic, Liam Withnail.
“Is this a real knife? Is this just fantasy?” Enjoy Shakespeare’s spooky tragedy like never before, as six actors deploy wittily rewritten pop classics, uproariously silly com…
Over two million views on TikTok and Instagram! A new show from the award-winning smash-hit comic, Liam Withnail.
After doing her first live performance of her show ‘No Worries’ on Radio 4 in 2021, Heidi is now rewriting and updating it for the beautiful world of 2022, bringing her silly, surr…
After doing her first live performance of her show ‘No Worries’ on Radio 4 in 2021, Heidi is now rewriting and updating it for the beautiful world of 2022, bringing her silly, surr…
Astra’s people snatched their green homeland from the chaos of global eco-collapse.
Astra’s people snatched their green homeland from the chaos of global eco-collapse.
Divorced Sammie searches for love, laughter and divine purpose.
Pioneers of Signdance theatre, Signdance Collective (SDC), bring their new street theatre production to Brighton Fringe.
Triceratopses are revived from the dead, the monster under the bed is back, and we’re going back in time while also in space.
Triceratopses are revived from the dead, the monster under the bed is back, and we’re going back in time while also in space.
Kate-Lois Elliott is a comedian, performer and writer, whose sketches were recently nominated for the Writers’ Guild Awards 2022 for best online comedy and the Funny Women Content …
As seen on ‘The Lateish Show’ with Mo Gilligan (Channel 4), Jenny Collier is a multi-award-winning Welsh comedian who has played landmark venues across the UK and internationally, …
Former Religious Studies teacher turned stand-up comedian Kevin Precious turns his hand to examining his former profession, and takes a sideways look at the teaching and schools mo…
Former Religious Studies teacher turned stand-up comedian Kevin Precious turns his hand to examining his former profession, and takes a sideways look at the teaching and schools mo…
As seen on ‘The Lateish Show’ with Mo Gilligan (Channel 4), Jenny Collier is a multi-award-winning Welsh comedian who has played landmark venues across the UK and internationally, …
‘Did you grow up loving Young Adult Fantasy novels (and do you maybe still love young adult fantasy novels)? Are you a ride or die Team Edward or Team Jacob fan? Then this may be t…
‘Did you grow up loving Young Adult Fantasy novels (and do you maybe still love young adult fantasy novels)? Are you a ride or die Team Edward or Team Jacob fan? Then this may be t…
Award-winning (and he will prove it) internet comedy sensation Jim Daly (50+ million views online.
Award-winning (and he will prove it) internet comedy sensation Jim Daly (50+ million views online.
Everything begins with movement.
Funny Women return to Brighton Komedia with a fabulous line-up.
Now in its 20th year, Funny Women return to Brighton Komedia with a fabulous line-up.
Everything begins with movement.
Adele Cliff brings her new show about the power of knowledge and the power in refusing it to the Brighton Fringe Festival.
After performing at the Brighton Fringe Festival in 2018 and 2019, Neil has had 2 years to come up with something new for 2022.
Nominated for Best Newcomer at Edinburgh Fringe 2019, sweet angel stand-up comedian Helen Bauer presents a work in progress show of her new thoughts and feelings on pretty much eve…
Nominated for Best Newcomer at Edinburgh Fringe 2019, sweet angel stand-up comedian Helen Bauer presents a work in progress show of her new thoughts and feelings on pretty much eve…
After performing at the Brighton Fringe Festival in 2018 and 2019, Neil has had 2 years to come up with something new for 2022.
Adele Cliff brings her new show about the power of knowledge and the power in refusing it to the Brighton Fringe Festival.
‘Comic Boom’ comedy club brings a bold and exciting mix of established comedians and fresh, hand-picked, rising comedy stars to Brighton’s Komedia every month.
Two sisters move back to their home town to discover unfinished business lurking around every corner.
‘SMUT’ is the long anticipated show by newcomer Lily Phillips, that was going to be about feminism but is now going to be about her dog.
‘Smut’ is the LONGGGGG anticipated show from rising star Lily Phillips, the show that was going to be about feminism but is now going to be about her dog.
Two sisters move back to their home town to discover unfinished business lurking around every corner.
Gloria is not a gorilla, but she is stuck in the zoo’s gorilla enclosure.
Miracle Theatre brings Carol Ann Duffy’s radical adaption of Everyman right up to date, creating a multi-sensory experience with sizzling sound score (Dom Coyote – Kneehigh), m…
When your time’s up, how will you account for your life on Earth? Everyman is riding high, works hard and plays harder.
Brighton Fringe 2021 Award Winner Miss Hope Springs recently celebrated a decade of decadence as resident songstress at London’s premier cabaret room Le Crazy Coqs in Piccadilly.
Brighton Fringe 2021 Award Winner Miss Hope Springs recently celebrated a decade of decadence as resident songstress at London’s premier cabaret room Le Crazy Coqs in Piccadilly.
One decision creates two wildly different lives in this hilarious, uplifting and 100% improvised musical from top UK performers.
How much can one choice change your life? One decision creates two wildly different lives in this hilarious, uplifting and 100% improvised musical.
Daniel, a failing writer, attends his final session with his “digital therapist”, which are now all the range in a cash-strapped, tech-focused NHS.
Daniel Willis attempts to show his audience and his digital therapist that his life is absolutely, definitely fine, with a solo hour of quick, quirky comedy sketches.
Hot piece of ass Barry rises from the ashes of the pandem to heal your soul.
Winner of the BBC New Comedy Award and Time Out’s One to Watch, UK-based Japanese comedian Yuriko Kotani is going to tell stories of her experiences and thoughts as a work in pro…
After helping beat Donald Trump (ever heard of him?) in court one more time, award-winning comedian Sid Singh (BBC, NBC, Comic Relief, Comedy Central UK) is back with his brand new…
Hot piece of ass Barry rises from the ashes of the pandem to heal your soul.
After helping beat Donald Trump (ever heard of him?) in court one more time, award-winning comedian Sid Singh (BBC, NBC, Comic Relief, Comedy Central UK) is back with his brand new…
Winner of the BBC New Comedy Award and Time Out’s One to Watch, UK-based Japanese comedian Yuriko Kotani is going to tell stories of her experiences and thoughts as a work in pro…
Combining humour, performance poetry and visual moving imagery made up of my personal archive as an artist of nearly 25 years, SEE ME is a multi-media, immersive, (almost) autobiog…
Shelf are a musical comedy double act.
Growing up, Faye was an anxious bedwetter but a fighter at heart.
What is success? Can you define success successfully? Is it twice fired single parent billionaire Elon Musk, or model citizen Pete Wells who currently lives in the dining room of a…
What is success? Can you define success successfully? Is it twice fired single parent billionaire Elon Musk, or model citizen Pete Wells who currently lives in the dining room of a…
Faye Treacy doesn’t mean to blow her own trumpet, but she managed to overcome every expectation of her to become the coolest international musician in world history.
Shelf are a musical comedy double act.
Faye Treacy doesn’t mean to blow her own trumpet, but she managed to overcome every expectation of her to become the coolest international musician in world history.
Ollie Horn (“A natural” Broadway Baby) returns after all this with a brand new hour of jokes.
An award-winning musical, ‘Clean!’ is a rousing play about the women of laundry hill, Brighton.
Ollie Horn (“A natural” Broadway Baby) returns after all this with a brand new hour of jokes.
Clean! The Musical is as unique a musical as you'll find at the Fringe.
Award-winning gag merchant Masai Graham, UK Pun Championship Winner 2016, Joke of the Fringe Winner 2016 and (some guy called) DAVE Joke of the Fringe Winner 2021, delivers over 10…
Award-winning gag merchant Masai Graham, UK Pun Championships Winner 2016, Joke of the Fringe Winner 2016 and (some guy called) DAVE Joke of the Fringe Winner 2021, delivers over 1…
Award-winning gag merchant Masai Graham, UK Pun Championship Winner 2016, Joke of the Fringe Winner 2016 and (some guy called) DAVE Joke of the Fringe Winner 2021, delivers over 10…
Award-winning gag merchant Masai Graham, UK Pun Championships Winner 2016, Joke of the Fringe Winner 2016 and (some guy called) DAVE Joke of the Fringe Winner 2021, delivers over 1…
As seen on ‘Mock The Week’ (BBC Two), ‘The Stand-Up Sketch Show’ (ITV), ‘Jonathan Ross’ Comedy Club’ (ITV) and more, Michael Odewale is taking the comedy world by storm.
As seen on ‘Mock The Week’ (BBC Two), ‘The Stand-Up Sketch Show’ (ITV), ‘Jonathan Ross’ Comedy Club’ (ITV) and more, Michael Odewale is taking the comedy world by storm.
Join Lulu as she explores what it means to be a goblin, lobster and inept female specimen all at once.
A work in progress show from award-winning stand-up comedian Alasdair Beckett-King (‘Mock the Week’).
Join Lulu as she explores what it means to be a goblin, lobster and inept female specimen all at once.
A work in progress show from award-winning stand-up comedian Alasdair Beckett-King (‘Mock the Week’).
What next? If you’re thinking about developing your show, or setting up your own company after the Fringe, but don’t know where to begin, sign up to talk to Jackie Elliman, Leg…
What next? If you’re thinking about developing your show, or setting up your own company after the Fringe, but don’t know where to begin, sign up to talk to Jackie Elliman, Leg…
Sometimes, it’s hard to be loved.
“Taiwanese force of nature” as per Chortle review, Kuan-wen was seen and heard on BBC Three, BBC Radio 4 and Comedy Central.
Hysteria is a dark, twisted absurd show, featuring elements of clown, circus and bouffon.
Hysteria is a dark, twisted absurd show, featuring elements of clown, circus and bouffon.
“Taiwanese force of nature” as per Chortle review, Kuan-wen was seen and heard on BBC Three, BBC Radio 4 and Comedy Central.
“Taiwanese force of nature” as per Chortle review, Kuan-wen was seen and heard on BBC Three, BBC Radio 4 and Comedy Central.
Come and get your teeth into a refreshing approach to acting with this Stanislavski-inspired technique.
New material from the blogging comic.
Come and get your teeth into a refreshing approach to acting with this Stanislavski-inspired technique.
Leanne likes nice things like instant noodles, personal massagers and Adam Rickitt from Coronation Street.
Tom Houghton brings his new Work In Progress show to the Brighton Fringe.
Tom Houghton brings his new Work In Progress show to the Brighton Fringe.
Outrageous American comedian and Gaulier-graduate Darius Emadi debuts his solo clown work-in-progress HOT TICKET! An energetic 50 minutes of clown aimed to make you die laughing wi…
Debut work in progress show from BBC New Comedy Award nominated comedian Riggs.
Debut work in progress show from BBC New Comedy Award nominated comedian Riggs.
New material from the blogging comic.
Scared of commitment? Drink too much coffee? Own an NFT? Audience problems become a unique and oddly uplifting musical on the spot.
Comedy Award Finalist Jane Postlethwaite & Comedian Joe McCarty join forces to bring you a hilarious yet dark look into the human condition to explore what it really means to be a …
BBC New Voices winner, 291 club talent contest runner up, Amused Moose New Act finalist 2020 and 99 Comedy Club award nominee, Jenan brings you a work-in-progress show of what it m…
Join Andrea Hubert (BAFTA Rocliffe Comedy winner 2013, What’s On London Best Debut Show 2016) for just under an hour of new/terrible/amazing/unacceptable comedy ideas and half-fini…
Join Andrea Hubert (BAFTA Rocliffe Comedy winner 2013, What’s On London Best Debut Show 2016) for just under an hour of new/terrible/amazing/unacceptable comedy ideas and half-fini…
Join award-winning punslinger Darren Walsh for some new jokes and video sketches.
Join award-winning punslinger Darren Walsh for some new jokes and video sketches.
BBC New Voices winner, 291 club talent contest runner up, Amused Moose New Act finalist 2020 and 99 Comedy Club award nominee, Jenan brings you a work-in-progress show of what it m…
Mimicry, magic, and mirth aplenty - with impressionist Stephen Owen, and comedy magician Stu Turner.
Mimicry, magic, and mirth aplenty - with impressionist Stephen Owen, and comedy magician Stu Turner.
BBC New Comedy Award semi-finalist Ricky Balshaw is a former Paralympic, World Championship and European Championship dressage medallist, and sports pundit, with a penchant for dar…
Woods is an exciting new stand-up comedian on the UK circuit, having won Hackney Empire New Act of the Year 2020, and will be working on his debut stand-up comedy show.
Watch up to ten award-winning short spoofs in one place brought to you by The DAFTAS - an annual short spoof film challenge.
Quirky, Irish comedian Kevin O Connell brings his silly little comedy show to Brighton.
Quirky, Irish comedian Kevin O Connell brings his silly little comedy show to Brighton.
Fresh from Live at The Apollo, Mock The Week, and The Last Leg, Best Newcomer nominee Maisie Adam comes to the Caroline of Brunswick with a Work in Progress of her brand new show f…
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has written a book! Is it really a “modern classic” or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make your minds …
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has written a book! Is it really a “modern classic” or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make your minds …
Fresh from Live at The Apollo, Mock The Week, and The Last Leg, Best Newcomer nominee Maisie Adam comes to the Caroline of Brunswick with a Work in Progress of her brand new show f…
Join Award Winning Comedian, Thanyia Moore, as she takes you on a journey to explore why she was a bully as a child, where it came from and how it impacts her life today! A raw, …
Join Award Winning Comedian, Thanyia Moore, as she takes you on a journey to explore why she was a bully as a child, where it came from and how it impacts her life today! A raw, …
Teacher by trade Jack Harris brings his guide on how to deal with everything the classroom throws at you.
Teacher by trade Jack Harris brings his guide on how to deal with everything the classroom throws at you.
Edinburgh Comedy Awards Nominee and star of Live at the Apollo, Would I Lie to You, and Frankie Boyle’s New World Order, Sara Barron returns with a blistering hour of standup.
Edinburgh Comedy Awards Nominee and star of Live at the Apollo, Would I Lie to You, and Frankie Boyle’s New World Order, Sara Barron returns with a blistering hour of standup.
PERTH FRINGE BEST COMEDY NOMINEE, 2019, 2020 LEICESTER FESTIVAL BEST SHOW NOMINEE 2020 TOTAL SELLOUT RUN EDINBURGH 2019 TOP 40 BEST REVIEWED SHOWS EDINBURGH 2019 Join Troy Hawke a…
PERTH FRINGE BEST COMEDY NOMINEE, 2019, 2020 LEICESTER FESTIVAL BEST SHOW NOMINEE 2020 TOTAL SELLOUT RUN EDINBURGH 2019 TOP 40 BEST REVIEWED SHOWS EDINBURGH 2019 Join Troy Hawke a…
Sarah Southern presents her work in progress show, ‘Scandalous!’ Political scandal never stops but what happens when you’re the centre of it? Sarah’s gripping storytelling takes yo…
Sarah Southern presents her work in progress show, ‘Scandalous!’ Political scandal never stops but what happens when you’re the centre of it? Sarah’s gripping storytelling takes yo…
A Life in Progress Show - Not Done Yet! After thirty years of listening to others, one day Stewart listened to himself and left his job - Now he wants you to listen to him.
If Victoria Wood was alive today, she would have been charmed by Selina Mersey: Madonna/Whore, a work in progress show that explored, via the form of comedy and burlesque, the idea…
Madonna or whore.
Join rising star Jamie D’Souza as he performs his highly anticipated debut stand-up show about his first school crush.
Join rising star Jamie D’Souza as he performs his highly anticipated debut stand-up show about his first school crush.
Woods is an exciting new stand-up comedian on the UK circuit, having won Hackney Empire New Act of the Year 2020, and will be working on his debut stand-up comedy show.
This moron wearing all of his t-shirts at once has got layers, watch him peel himself like a very funny sentient onion that won’t make you cry.
This moron wearing all of his t-shirts at once has got layers, watch him peel himself like a very funny sentient onion that won’t make you cry.
Eddy Hare (BBC New Comedy Awards Nominee 2021) presents a new work in progress show.
Viggo Venn was the winner of The Brighton Fringe “Best Comedy Award” for his mad and free-flowing clowning in 2016 with ‘Zach & Viggo: Thunderflop’.
Viggo Venn was the winner of The Brighton Fringe “Best Comedy Award” for his mad and free-flowing clowning in 2016 with ‘Zach & Viggo: Thunderflop’.
On a roof webbed with fish-bone antenna, a child with a superhero blanket cape was brought to the realm of Wuxia by a leaf.
The first rule of character comedy is as follows: Be yourself! Unfortunately, young Daniel Wakeling hasn’t really figured out who he is yet.
The first rule of character comedy is as follows: Be yourself! Unfortunately, young Daniel Wakeling hasn’t really figured out who he is yet.
On a roof webbed with fish-bone antenna, a child with a superhero blanket cape was brought to the realm of Wuxia by a leaf.
After his sell-out run here last year with his debut show ‘ADHDave’, local comedian Dave Fensome returns to Caroline of Brunswick with his latest work ‘Dog Eat Dog’.
After his sell-out run here last year with his debut show ‘ADHDave’, local comedian Dave Fensome returns to Caroline of Brunswick with his latest work ‘Dog Eat Dog’.
Who dictates where you should be and what you should be doing by your mid-thirties? Thirty-five has crept up on Kate and what has she got to show for it? A hilarious trip down memo…
Who dictates where you should be and what you should be doing by your mid-thirties? Thirty-five has crept up on Kate and what has she got to show for it? A hilarious trip down memo…
Join this award-winning comedian for an hour of laughs as he tries to unravel the great issues of our time like what to say to a flat-earther, how to win gold at the Olympics and w…
Join this award-winning comedian for an hour of laughs as he tries to unravel the great issues of our time like what to say to a flat-earther, how to win gold at the Olympics and w…
If your life were a song, what would the Melody be? Join award-winning cabaret icon Aidan Sadler as they figure out the answers to questions like this along with “who polices the…
Catch Kevin Bridges as he warms up ahead of his future UK and World Tour.
Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase
Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase
High energy, fun and witty, The Bean Spillers’ Improvised Musical showcases a wide range of talent, musical knowledge and general mischief.
Widely regarded as one of the hottest comedy nights among the Arab community and beyond, Arabs are not funny! sees comedians with roots in the Arab world showcasing their talents a…
This is a double bill of monologues navigating grief: Intricate Rituals by Seth Douglas and The Same Rain That Falls on Me by Logan Jones.
The country’s biggest sketch competition is back for it’s sixth year.
The country’s biggest sketch competition is back for it’s sixth year.
As the discourse on trans people becomes more toxic in the UK comedian, trans-woman & nuisance Jen Ives is here to sort it all out, hun.
Have you always wanted to go to a presentation about ADHD that veers off into the wacky and wonderful world of Neuroscience, Julie Andrews, Cher and Dolly Parton? Well n…
Richard Herring returns to The Leicester Square Theatre for his famous podcast, RHLSTP! Richard Herring has enjoyed phenomenal success as a writer and performer and…
Work In Progress Stand Up ComedyShane Clifford performs a Work In Progress show that asks the important questions: what is class in Ireland? Why do modern dogs wear jump…
The musical gameshow sensation with Chris Hide - spin the wheel to pick a theme or win a big prize!Wednesdays from 9pmTicket link
A farmer, singing cabbages and magicHow do you teach cabbages to sing? Why is magic so dangerous? How did a group of strangers find their way onto a hidden farm? Find ou…
PLEASE COME TALK TO ME Let us not remain strangers Aidan Greene: Stutter Bug (Work In Progress)A Stuttering Comedy Show in Development PLEASE COME TALK TO ME -&nbs…
ConnemarvellousOne woman bilingual English Irish comedy! Stephen Mullan: Love is.
Space Girls You.
The year is 2021, and the world still doesn’t know what to do with those of us who have decided not to reproduce.
Laughter on the front lines!Live performance and video footage from the first professional clown to use laughter as a mental health programme in countries at war.
Now in it’s 12th year.
A man caught in the act.
Over 300 acts compete for the title of New Comedian of the Year in Leicester Square Theatre‘s hunt for the best new acts in the country.
‘Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves.
Presented by West Cork Literary Festival I am the queen of two crowns, banished fifteen years, the famed and folded woman, bad-luck baleful girl, mother of three s…
Reclaiming the European Street: Speeches on Europe and the European Union President Michael D.
Join us for an evening with Professor Luke O’Neill and Tourism Ireland Marketing Director Mark Henry in conversation with Aoife Barry.
Based on Baz Luhrmann’s epic love story, Moulin Rouge is a larger-than-life electrifying musical.
Over 300 acts compete for the title of New Comedian of the Year in Leicester Square Theatre‘s hunt for the best new acts in the country.
PICTURE IT!MANCHESTER 2021!After 5 years of award-winning, sell-out shows in London, Golden Girls: A Musical is finally on TOUR!We’ll thank you for being a friend for two nights on…
Cascade down a meta horror hole as you invite yourself into an abandoned immersive show that is begging to be stopped. You should question every fringe of reality.
SILVERTOWN - A new play by Jonny Wooster.
A delightfully funny and touching musical
"Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves.
A special fundraiser from Squeeze front-man, Glenn Tilbrook with support from emerging South East London musicians
AEG Presents Jeremy Piven Plus Special Guests Jeremy Piven is best known for his role as ARI GOLD in the hit HBO series Entourage, which aired for eight seasons; le…
Mike Bubbins, star of hit podcast The Socially Distant Sports Bar, and of BBC television comedies Mammoth, Tourist Trap and The Unexplainers, unleashes THROWBACK, his fi…
Corinthian King Sisyphus is tired of the holy powers-that-be controlling his humdrum and repetitive life.
For over forty years, writer and comedian Arthur Smith has been at the forefront of new and emerging comedy.
Welcome Back is a Romantic (Stand Up) Comedy (show).
Welcome Back is a Romantic (Stand Up) Comedy (show).
Welcome Back is a Romantic (Stand Up) Comedy (show).
Welcome Back is a Romantic (Stand Up) Comedy (show).
Out of hard times, something magical can rise.
In May this year, under the guise of making the UK the safest place in the world to go online the government passed the Online Safety Bill which removes any content deemed as havin…
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR VERY IMPORTANT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH Any age, gender, height, music taste, shoe size please apply Research will take place in Manchester.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR VERY IMPORTANT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH Any age, gender, height, music taste, shoe size please apply Research will take place in Manchester.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR VERY IMPORTANT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH Any age, gender, height, music taste, shoe size please apply Research will take place in Manchester.
Please join us for the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School Graduating MFA Actors London Showcase where there will be a selection of monologues and duologues delivered by our …
Capitalism has the city of Dollaropolis in its grasp, and only The Chosen One can extinguish its smog: Karl Kommufist, boy wonder! Can Karl, aided by his best friends Emily and Max…
PICTURE IT! BRIGHTON 2021!After 5 years of award-winning, sell-out shows in London, Golden Girls: A Musical is finally off on it’s long anticipated tour to Brighton!This September …
Capitalism has the city of Dollaropolis in its grasp, and only The Chosen One can extinguish its smog: Karl Kommufist, boy wonder! Can Karl, aided by his best friends Emily and Max…
Capitalism has the city of Dollaropolis in its grasp, and only The Chosen One can extinguish its smog: Karl Kommufist, boy wonder! Can Karl, aided by his best friends Emily and Max…
Capitalism has the city of Dollaropolis in its grasp, and only The Chosen One can extinguish its smog: Karl Kommufist, boy wonder! Can Karl, aided by his best friends Emily and Max…
This panel will explore how female filmmakers in East Asia have fought to promote equality both onscreen and behind the camera, advocating for the importance of diverse representat…
Something Funny’ comedy show with Scott McPherson.
Something Funny’ comedy show with Scott McPherson.
Over 300 acts compete for the title of New Comedian of the Year in Leicester Square Theatre‘s hunt for the best new acts in the country.
"Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves.
Something Funny’ comedy show with Scott McPherson.
Something Funny’ comedy show with Scott McPherson.
Winner of the BBC New Comedy Award and Time Out’s One to Watch, UK-based Japanese comedian Yuriko Kotani is going to tell stories of her experiences and thoug…
‘Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves.
Simon Evans’ last show, Genius 2.
PICTURE IT! LONDON 2021!Following the announcement of our Brighton shows, due to popular demand we have decided to add a one night only London Preview, exclusively at The Two Brewe…
Richard Herring returns to The Leicester Square Theatre for his famous podcast, RHLSTP! Richard Herring has enjoyed phenomenal success as a writer and performer and…
Oh, you like Josie Long? Political and personal in one sentence, angry but tender, did a brilliant and much-lauded Fringe show when we last had civilization.
Bienvenue to Chansons, the musical intercultural cabaret.
One of Scotland’s best-loved stand-ups, Fred MacAulay tries out some new jokes. ‘One of the best comedians Britain has produced’ (Richard Osman).
Winner of the BBC New Comedy Award and Time Out’s One to Watch, UK-based Japanese comedian Yuriko Kotani is going to tell stories of her experiences and thoughts as a work in progr…
BBC New Voices winner, Amused Moose New Act and 99 Comedy Club Award Finalist, Star of BBC Radio JENAN’S COMEDY HOUR, Jenan brings you a work-in-progress show of what it means to b…
BBC New Voices winner, Amused Moose New Act and 99 Comedy Club Award Finalist, Star of BBC Radio JENAN’S COMEDY HOUR, Jenan brings you a work-in-progress show of what it means to b…
Alan Cumming employs his usual charm and wit through story and song in a wickedly memorable performance.
At the beginning of 2020, Catherine Bohart was busy writing a stand-up show about moving into a new home with her long-term partner and about how life in general was going pretty w…
Join Jack Dee as he takes to the road to warm up ahead of continuing his UK tour.
‘Rising star of the British stand-up scene’ (List).
At the beginning of 2020, Catherine Bohart was busy writing a stand-up show about moving into a new home with her long-term partner and about how life in general was going pretty w…
Vix Leyton, Welsh stand up and host of the Comedy Arcade podcast lives her life as a self-styled princess of petty.
Farting at a funeral.
Hop, bounce, jump, wave and sing! Percussion, music, laughter and balloons with Verona’s Musical Balloon Band.
A musical adaptation of the masterfully satirical novel Black Snow by Mikhail Bulgakov: When Sergei Leontievich’s bid to take his own life fails, they dramatises their novel whose …
Join Tom Lucy as he tests brand-new material for an upcoming show.
A musical adaptation of the masterfully satirical novel Black Snow by Mikhail Bulgakov: When Sergei Leontievich’s bid to take his own life fails, they dramatises their novel whose …
‘Rising star of the British stand-up scene’ (List).
‘Rising star of the British stand-up scene’ (List).
Step into Piscean comedy duo, Norris & Parker’s fever dream for a surreal hour of wild, watery madness.
Hannah and Erika are two of the most exciting rising stars on the comedy scene.
Prepare to fall in love with Disney’s FROZEN all over again, as a brand-new theatrical experience arrives in London’s Theatre Royal Drury Lane this August.
Alex Bertulis-Fernandes (So You Think You’re Funny? and 2Northdown New Act semi-finalist) and Sharlin Jahan (Bath New Act runner-up and Rising Star finalist) present White Chicks 2…
Step into Piscean comedy duo, Norris & Parker’s fever dream for a surreal hour of wild, watery madness.
Mark Simmons (Mock The Week, Dave’s Top Jokes of the Fringe 2017, 2019) has been busy with his podcast Jokes With Mark over the last 18 months, interviewing the likes of Milton Jon…
A new show from Lou Sanders (as seen on QI, Travel Man, Taskmaster and your Daddy’s ding dong).
An hour of stand-up from two rising-stars in the world of comedy.
A new show from Lou Sanders (as seen on QI, Travel Man, Taskmaster and your Daddy’s ding dong).
Sara Barron: Suffer, Fools (work-in-progress) Edinburgh Comedy Awards Nominee and star of Live at the Apollo, Would I Lie to You, and Frankie Boyle’s New World Order returns wi…
Sara Barron: Suffer, Fools (work-in-progress) Edinburgh Comedy Awards Nominee and star of Live at the Apollo, Would I Lie to You, and Frankie Boyle’s New World Order returns wi…
Jake Lambert (tour support for Romesh Ranganathan and Michael McIntyre) returns with another ‘highly entertaining hour’ (One4Review.
For one week only, George Fox and Chris Thorburn are bringing their award-winning comedy off the internet and back to the Monkey Barrel stage for their work-in-progress stand-up sh…
Brand new work in progress show from working class Cornish actor and comedian Tamsyn Kelly.
Welcome to Hill Valley! Take an electrifying ride back in time as the 1985 blockbuster film and pop culture phenomenon arrives in London’s West End as a groundbreaking new musical …
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has landed a book deal! Is he sitting on a 'modern classic' or are his publishers as deluded as h…
Oh thank God Tom Ward is back.
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterhouse has got a book deal! Is he sitting on a ‘modern classic’ or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make your mi…
An hour of new material from Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominee Sarah Keyworth.
In his intimate debut hour “SILLY BOY” Rich Hardisty takes us on a journey through the highs and the lows of his unusual life.
Oh thank God Tom Ward is back.
An hour of new material from Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominee Sarah Keyworth.
Lily Phillips has been seen on BBC Three, ITV2 and All4, Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year runner-up, Funny Women finalist and Pleasance Reserve comedian Lily Phillips …
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterhouse has got a book deal! Is he sitting on a ‘modern classic’ or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make your mi…
In his intimate debut hour “SILLY BOY” Rich Hardisty takes us on a journey through the highs and the lows of his unusual life.
Ben Pope is ‘a total delight’ (Fest).
Ben Pope is ‘a total delight’ (Fest).
Welcome to undertaker Anna Morgan-Jones’ live Zoom webinar.
Multi-award-winning comedian Ian Smith (BBC Radio 4’s The News Quiz and The Now Show) presents some new ideas (and some old ones) through a mixture of theatrical techniques, such…
The Scottish-African choir present upbeat, vibrant songs from a new musical set in Scotland and Zimbabwe.
Three badass funny femmes present you with a hilariously diverse triple bill of comedy.
Nominated for Best Newcomer at Edinburgh Fringe 2019, sweet angel stand-up comedian Helen Bauer presents a work in progress show of her new thoughts and feelings on pretty much eve…
Three badass funny femmes present you with a hilariously diverse triple bill of comedy.
Nominated for Best Newcomer at Edinburgh Fringe 2019, sweet angel stand-up comedian Helen Bauer presents a work in progress show of her new thoughts and feelings on pretty much eve…
Simon Evans’ last show, Genius 2.
“Wonderfully inventive, consistently funny”- Time out.
Heather Duster presents Funny Girl: A one woman retelling of the iconic musical with a little more drag! Join Heather as she takes you on a musical journey with her one woman …
Essex boy and rising social media star Josh James brings his work-in-progress show to the Camden Fringe! Come and watch one of the circuits best up and coming Comedians in an intim…
Essex boy and rising social media star Josh James brings his work-in-progress show to the Camden Fringe! Come and watch one of the circuits best up and coming Comedians in an intim…
Michael Akadiri is a London born & bred, award-winning, fast-rising stand up comedian who has been seen/ heard on LadBible, Times Radio and recently recorded for ITV2s Stand Up Ske…
Michael Akadiri is a London born & bred, award-winning, fast-rising stand up comedian who has been seen/ heard on LadBible, Times Radio and recently recorded for ITV2s Stand Up Ske…
A new hour of stand-up from the biggest wee fanny in Scottish comedy.
SMUT is the long anticipated show by newcomer Lily Phillips, that was going to be about feminism but is now going to be about her dog.
Work in progress.
Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Larry Dean is here to try out some brand-new jokes.
SMUT is the long anticipated show by newcomer Lily Phillips, that was going to be about feminism but is now going to be about her dog.
Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Larry Dean is here to try out some brand-new jokes.
Work in progress.
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has written a book! Is it really a “modern classic” or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make your minds …
Ania is trying out some new material.
Ania is trying out some new material.
From South London, Barbadian citizen Sikisa presents her work-in-progress show about being a work in progress.
From South London, Barbadian citizen Sikisa presents her work-in-progress show about being a work in progress.
When the red-suited moustachioed plumber goes missing, the Princess realises she has to break the cycle of her role as “damsel in distress”, turn the tables and go on an advent…
This panel will explore dance, theatre and performance delivered both live and digitally.
Myra is dead; long live Myra! Realising she stands to miss out on the most attention she’ll ever receive, the ‘acid-tongued and funny to the bone’ (Time Out) Myra brings forw…
When the red-suited moustachioed plumber goes missing, the Princess realises she has to break the cycle of her role as “damsel in distress”, turn the tables and go on an advent…
Comedy IT-girl Elf Lyons floats to Camden Fringe with a horrifying comedy show inspired by Stephen King.
You’ll clock in at the beginning.
CHAPS are comedy power houses Naz Osmanoglu (Horrible Histories, formerly of Wittank) and Tom Houghton (Comedy Central Roast Battle, formally of The Noise Next Door).
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
Chloe Petts: Transience (Work-in-Progress) As seen on Dave's Hypothetical and heard on Radio 5 Live, join Petts, one of the most exciting prospects in comedy,…
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
Jazz is a story of improvisation and collaboration, race and privilege, high art and laughing stock.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
Fred MacAulay, one of Scotland’s best-loved stand-ups, is back with his live chat show.
Chloe Petts: Alpha (Work-in-Progress) As seen on Dave's Hypothetical and heard on Radio 5 Live, join Petts, one of the most exciting prospects in comedy, in her de…
Jazz is a story of improvisation and collaboration, race and privilege, high art and laughing stock.
A brand new work-in-progress stand up show from a rising comedy star and very old baby.
Raul Kohli was going to do a show about how blind faith is rational in 2020.
Award-winning gag merchant (2016 UK Pun Champion winner) Masai Graham delivers over one hundred clean jokes in just half an hour.
A brand new work-in-progress stand up show from a rising comedy star and very old baby.
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has written a book! Is it really a “modern classic” or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make your minds …
Perrier award nominee Glenn Moore works up a new hour of ‘brilliantly original’ (Chortle), ‘blissfully silly’ (The Guardian) jokes.
Master Zhao Zhifang will conduct a Chen Style Tai Chi 18 Form seminar where he will emphasise the basic foundation exercises to guide students to follow his instructions from begin…
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has landed a book deal! Is he sitting on a 'modern classic' or are his publishers as deluded as h…
Award-winning gag merchant (2016 UK Pun Champion winner) Masai Graham delivers over one hundred naughty jokes in just half an hour.
Perrier award nominee Glenn Moore works up a new hour of ‘brilliantly original’ (Chortle), ‘blissfully silly’ (The Guardian) jokes.
A brand new work-in-progress hour from former BBC Comedy staff writer and very old baby Charlie Dinkin.
Funny Women Award winner Thanyia Moore has been a bully, and she’s been bullied.
Puppetry, shadow theatre, mime and music all contribute to this charming oddity, which Caravan Theatre do indeed perform in a caravan.
Are you depressed due to the lack of d**k in your life? Katerina will take you on a journey exploring the new decade of no d**k! Please expect naughty chat up lines, lessons on how…
An alternative stand up comedy show which earnestly takes an entirely literal approach to the common comedian advice of ‘find your audience’.
Described as a ‘wonderfully chaotic and colourful tragicomedy’ Theatre-19 Presents: John is a particularly silly devised piece at theSpace@Surgeons Hall from a group of Bristol…
Join Chloe Petts (as seen on Dave’s Hypothetical and Jonathan Ross’ Comedy Club) as she presents an hour of new jokes on all manner of pertinent issues including the darts and loud…
On a roof webbed with fish-bone antenna, a child with a superhero blanket cape was brought to the realm of Wuxia by a leaf.
Brass players Ida, Ally and Clara have just a 30-minute rehearsal to fix the fallout from post-show drinks the night before.
You will need a group of 2-5 detectives, internet access on your phone, your brain and your legs! We’ll provide the specialist kit.
Are you depressed due to the lack of d**k in your life? Katerina will take you on a journey exploring the new decade of no d**k! Please expect naughty chat up lines, lessons on how…
A referential piece of immersive digital theatre set in a flat that’s been possessed – Poltergeist style – by the ghost of pop-cultural masculinities.
Hands-on experience of understanding the blending techniques and ingredients used behind the Thai kitchen with executive chef Rujira Herd, who will reveal her trade secrets.
Join Chloe Petts (as seen on Dave’s Hypothetical and Jonathan Ross’ Comedy Club) as she presents an hour of new jokes on all manner of pertinent issues including the darts and loud…
A trio of new plays, presented digitally, by Edinburgh Graduate Theatre Group.
Comedian Ryan Wingfield takes a funny look into the science of what makes us happy.
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Award winning (and he will prove it) internet sensation Jim Daly (50+million views online, seen on JOE.
At the start of 2020 Patrick was blindly working on a fun new comedy show, when he was personally attacked by something that rhymes with hamdemic.
Award winning (and he will prove it) internet sensation Jim Daly (50+million views online, seen on JOE.
At the start of 2020 Patrick was blindly working on a fun new comedy show, when he was personally attacked by something that rhymes with hamdemic.
It’s two of the coolest and cutest up-and-coming comedians DANIEL MCKEON and JASMIN GLEESON bringing an hour of premium comedy to Camden this August with a two-hander like no other…
Améliore: A New Musical is a tale for the modern age, inverting traditional Broadway stereotypes and prioritising the Black, queer, female voice.
Améliore: A New Musical is a tale for the modern age, inverting traditional Broadway stereotypes and prioritising the Black, queer, female voice.
It’s two of the coolest and cutest up-and-coming comedians DANIEL MCKEON and JASMIN GLEESON bringing an hour of premium comedy to Camden this August with a two-hander like no other…
It’s A Little Bit Funny tells the incredible story of Elton John’s rise and fall (and rise again) as one of the most successful singer/songwriters ever.
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical has been a rip-roaring success since the show started in 2008.
After selling out their 2018 and 2019 Brighton Fringe shows and lighting up The Warren’s Summer Season, Do the Thing are here for you in 2021.
From Script to Screen, six short films produced by and featuring East 15 BA Acting and Creative Producing graduates.
The Thinking Drinkers hilarious, brand new show gets the drinks in, in more ways than one, with every audience member getting 5 free drinks while competing for amazing p…
After selling out their 2018 and 2019 Brighton Fringe shows and lighting up The Warren’s Summer Season, Do the Thing are here for you in 2021.
Lisa Richards Agency Presents Frankie Boyle - Work In Progress Frankie is doing some shows to try out some brand new jokes.
Little girls are made of sugar and spice and all things NAUGHTY.
We are back to lead you in a sing-a-long of hits from all the best musical shows, with a live band of West End theatre musicians backing you.
Multiverse Musical is a show with a twist.
Shelf are a musical comedy double act.
All the best jokes I’ve ever written and also some others.
All the best jokes I’ve ever written and also some others.
Tarascas Fiasco presents: The Marching Skaletons An 8-piece day of the dead inspired band from Brighton with their celebratory musical fusion of ska, Latin and eighties pop, guara…
Farting at a funeral.
From South London, Barbadian citizen Sikisa presents her work-in-progress show about being a work in progress.
Will Hall (as seen on BBC Three and Channel 4) and Sharlin Jahan (BBC Asian Network) present a brand new work in progress split bill.
Will Hall (as seen on BBC Three and Channel 4) and Sharlin Jahan (as heard on Union Jack Radio) present a brand new work in progress split bill.
From South London, Barbadian citizen Sikisa presents her work-in-progress show about being a work in progress.
Divorced Sammie searches for love, laughter and divine purpose.
I was five when I first heard them.
A TOTAL REIMAGINING OF THE CLASSIC STORY.
“Just pat her on the bottom and send her on her way” – Boris Johnson.
Essex boy and rising social media star Josh James brings his work-in-progress show to Brighton! Come and watch one of the circuits best up and coming Comedians in an intimate space…
“Just pat her on the bottom and send her on her way” – Boris Johnson.
Catch Tom as he tries out new material.
I was five when I first heard them.
Global warming, fake news, Brexit, climate change, terrorism.
Global warming, fake news, Brexit, climate change, terrorism.
Essex boy and rising social media star Josh James brings his work-in-progress show to Brighton! Come and watch one of the circuits best up and coming Comedians in an intimate space…
Lisa Richards Agency Presents Frankie Boyle - Work In Progress Frankie is doing some shows at the to try out some brand new jokes.
‘SMUT’ is the long anticipated show by newcomer Lily Phillips, that was going to be about feminism but is now going to be about her dog.
Award-winning character comedian Anna Morris (Channel 4’s ‘Lee and Dean’) brings her BBC Radio 4 stand-up show to the stage.
Award-winning character comedian Anna Morris (Channel 4’s ‘Lee and Dean’) brings her BBC Radio 4 stand-up show to the stage.
A work in progress of the fourth hour from Robin Morgan (as seen on ‘Mock The Week’.
Sleeping tigers, Matty Hutson and Heidi Regan tread the boards once more after a year of laying dormant due to the ‘big pandemic’.
A work in progress of the fourth hour from Robin Morgan (as seen on ‘Mock The Week’.
Funny Women return to Brighton Komedia with a fabulous line-up.
A dismantling of hilarious topics, including race, identity and of course, Asian dads.
Think it’s been a weird year? Meet The Lizard King.
Sara Segovia Rodao and Lachlan Werner are cuties by nature, cancers by astrological sign and clowns by trade.
Think it’s been a weird year? Meet The Lizard King.
Sara Barron returns to Brighton Fringe with new jokes and stories about motherhood, fatherhood, therapists, fallings out, and gettings back together.
Sara Barron returns to Brighton Fringe with new jokes and stories about motherhood, fatherhood, therapists, fallings out, and gettings back together.
Storytelling meets observational humour.
Michael Akadiri is a London born & bred, award-winning, fast-rising stand up comedian who has been previously heard on Times Radio, BBC Radio Kent, and Union Jack.
Michael Akadiri is a London born & bred, award-winning, fast-rising stand up comedian who has been previously heard on Times Radio, BBC Radio Kent, and Union Jack.
Storytelling meets observational humour.
Mercury is in retrograde, a full moon in Scorpio and enough wonk to see you through the night! Journey down the rabbit hole of delicious chaos with viciously funny comic Charlotte …
Running through different eras of history, Clean - The Musical wiped the floor with its heartfelt, touching overlapping of stories of seven women who lived in Roundhill, Brighton.
Leslie Ewing-Burgesse knows what she’s doing.
Leslie Ewing-Burgesse knows what she’s doing.
In his debut Brighton Fringe show, Scott will interrogate everyday experiences with a comedy twist, including relationships, family and the current state of the UK.
In his debut Brighton Fringe show, Scott will interrogate everyday experiences with a comedy twist, including relationships, family and the current state of the UK.
Ben Pope is ‘a total delight’ (Fest).
Tl;dr: Two female comedians debut their 30 minute solo shows on one bill.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
This year, as a part of the National Lottery’s Thanks To You week, we are delighted to be hosting a talk about the heritage of our theatre.
Ben Pope is ‘a total delight’ (Fest).
Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli are back together again thanks to a sensational musical experience, Judy and Liza.
Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli are back together again thanks to a sensational musical experience, Judy and Liza.
We all lie to ourselves.
We all lie to ourselves.
The show the world needs right now.
A brand new hour of comedy from the hilariously funny, aggressively nerdy and down right adorable Sasha Ellen.
The show the world needs right now.
A brand new hour of comedy from the hilariously funny, aggressively nerdy and down right adorable Sasha Ellen.
Host of Leicester Comedy award finalist podcast ‘The Comedy Arcade’, Welsh stand up comedian Vix Leyton lives a life of French farce and chaos that she justifies as research for he…
Thursday 3 June: Funny That Comedy presents MC THOMAS GREEN fresh from a sell-out Australian festival season with NEIL DELAMERE (‘Fighting Talk’, ‘The Blame Game’, ‘The Michael Mc…
New material from the newly-40-year-old comic.
After a successful run at the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe, Nick Elleray (Old Comedian of the Year, 2017) brings a new work in progress show to Brighton.
Host of Leicester Comedy award finalist podcast ‘The Comedy Arcade’, Welsh stand up comedian Vix Leyton lives a life of French farce and chaos that she justifies as research for he…
Thursday 3 June: Funny That Comedy presents MC STEPHEN GRANT (Brighton’s own award winning compere) with CALLY BEATON (‘QI’, ‘The Apprentice You’re Fired’) NEIL DELAMERE (‘Fighti…
New material from the newly-40-year-old comic.
After a successful run at the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe, Nick Elleray (Old Comedian of the Year, 2017) brings a new work in progress show to Brighton.
New work-in-progress show from a master at making the seemingly unreliable, relatable.
New work-in-progress show from a master at making the seemingly unreliable, relatable.
Where do our missing socks go? Do they end up down the plug hole or do they go sunbathing in the Caribbean? Milo thinks that wearing odd socks is embarrassing, so his weird and w…
Former Religious Studies teacher turned stand-up comedian Kevin Precious turns his hand to examining his former profession, and takes a sideways look at teaching and schools more g…
Where do our missing socks go? Do they end up down the plug hole or do they go sunbathing in the Caribbean? Milo thinks that wearing odd socks is embarrassing, so his weird and w…
Former Religious Studies teacher turned stand-up comedian Kevin Precious turns his hand to examining his former profession, and takes a sideways look at teaching and schools more g…
Winner of the BBC New Comedy Award and Time Out’s One to Watch, UK-based Japanese comedian Yuriko Kotani is going to tell stories of her experiences and thoughts as a work in pro…
Winner of the BBC New Comedy Award and Time Out’s One to Watch, UK-based Japanese comedian Yuriko Kotani is going to tell stories of her experiences and thoughts as a work in pro…
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has landed a book deal! Is he sitting on a ‘modern classic’ or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make you…
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has landed a book deal! Is he sitting on a ‘modern classic’ or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make you…
Acerbic comedian and professional slacker Rajiv Karia assesses his millennial existence in this work in progress show.
2020 Leicester Comedy Festival best show nominee.
Acerbic comedian and professional slacker Rajiv Karia assesses his millennial existence in this work in progress show.
Adele Cliff brings her new show about the power of knowledge and the power in refusing it to the Brighton Fringe Festival.
This new comedy musical is based upon the little told story of the life of Helen Carte.
Artificial Intelligence is on the way, and it will be powerful.
After a sold-out debut season at the 2019 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, the world’s first comedy show about sleep apnea is here.
Hugs, Tears & Replacement Bus Services by Nod at The Fox is a 16-minute fully audio production complete with the dialogue fully subtitled to allow those who are hearing impaire…
The Heart Bus Wellbeing Tour is being launched in Brighton in May 2021.
‘It’s not all that glitters is gold, half the story has never been told’ - Bob Marley Lively up yourself and celebrate the story of Jamaica’s global superst…
Artificial Intelligence is on the way, and it will be powerful.
Join Chloe Petts (as seen on Dave’s Hypothetical and Jonathan Ross’ Comedy Club) as she presents an hour of new jokes on all manner of pertinent issues including the darts and loud…
After selling out their 2018 and 2019 Brighton Fringe shows and lighting up The Warren’s Summer Season, Do the Thing are here for you in 2021.
Jake Lambert (Tour support for Romesh Ranganathan and Michael McIntyre) brings his WIP show to Brighton fringe.
When looking at the train timetable, you never want to read the words “Replacement Bus Service”.
Locally-composed Cape jazz produced at the foot of Table Mountain.
Critically-acclaimed comedian Tom Mayhew brings a work in progress show to Brighton Fringe online! He is working class, political and very funny.
Jake Lambert (Tour support for Romesh Ranganathan and Michael McIntyre) brings his WIP show to Brighton fringe.
Join Chloe Petts (as seen on Dave’s Hypothetical and Jonathan Ross’ Comedy Club) as she presents an hour of new jokes on all manner of pertinent issues including the darts and loud…
‘Comic Boom’ comedy club brings a bold and exciting mix of established comedians and fresh, hand-picked, rising comedy stars to Brighton’s Komedia every month.
Based on the winner of Brighton Fringe 2019’s Best New Play, ‘Clean: The Musical’ tells the tales of women of laundry hill area, Brighton since 1870 and is a rousing celebration …
Based on the winner of Brighton Fringe 2019’s Best New Play, ‘Clean: The Musical’ tells the tales of women of laundry hill area, Brighton since 1870 and is a rousing celebration …
Following two previous Edinburgh Fringe sell-out shows, Coily Dart Theatre present another brand-new comedy musical, based upon the little told story of the life of Helen Carte.
Critically-acclaimed comedian Tom Mayhew brings a work in progress show to Brighton Fringe online! He is working class, political and very funny.
The Heart Bus Wellbeing Tour is being launched in Brighton in May 2021.
Locally-composed Cape jazz produced at the foot of Table Mountain.
After a sold-out debut season at the 2019 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, the world’s first comedy show about sleep apnea is here.
"Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves.
"Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves.
The Final Show of Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course.
"Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves.
"Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves.
‘Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves.
Traditional, Victorian ‘Old Time Music Hall’ All the songs you love to sing and the jokes you love to hear.
Maddie Campion: WIPA fun show to be enjoyed by everyone or you'll be reported to the fun police.
Maddie Campion: WIPA fun show to be enjoyed by everyone or you'll be reported to the fun police.
‘Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves.
‘Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves.
"Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves.
"Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves.
THIS EVENT IS EXCLUSIVE TO HOUNSLOW SHORT BREAKS FAMILIES.
We open our Out of the Wings winter festivities with an evening of short extracts of translated plays from first-time and early-career theatre translators.
THIS EVENT IS EXCLUSIVE TO HOUNSLOW SHORT BREAKS FAMILIES.
THIS EVENT IS EXCLUSIVE TO HOUNSLOW SHORT BREAKS FAMILIES.
THIS EVENT IS EXCLUSIVE TO HOUNSLOW SHORT BREAKS FAMILIES.
THIS EVENT IS EXCLUSIVE TO HOUNSLOW SHORT BREAKS FAMILIES.
THIS EVENT IS EXCLUSIVE TO HOUNSLOW SHORT BREAKS FAMILIES.
£130 for 2 days10am - 4pmSuitable for ages 14+A two-day course to give plenty of time to make a decent sized basket whether that be a wastepaper basket, shopper, f…
Award-winning genre explorers Encompass Productions return to the White Bear Theatre with Homecoming: A New Theatre Festival.
THIS EVENT IS EXCLUSIVE TO HOUNSLOW SHORT BREAKS FAMILIES.
THIS EVENT IS EXCLUSIVE TO HOUNSLOW SHORT BREAKS FAMILIES.
THIS EVENT IS EXCLUSIVE TO HOUNSLOW SHORT BREAKS FAMILIES The legendary Elfkins of Cologne were gnomes secretly helping craftsmen at night until they were ousted by a tailor's…
THIS EVENT IS EXCLUSIVE TO HOUNSLOW SHORT BREAKS FAMILIES.
Where is the glitter and magic, our annual Christmas treat, without the Sugar Plum Fairy or the Snow Queen? With theatre doors closed during these sad times, Scottish Ballet have c…
Deck the halls with holly because Christmas has come early as the biggest stars from London’s West End celebrate the festive season in WEST END MUSICAL CHRISTMAS – LIVE…
Now in it’s 12th year.
There’s no stopping The Showstoppers! With twelve years as an Edinburgh Festival must-see phenomenon, a critically acclaimed West End run and an Olivier Award to their name, …
‘Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves.
Jimmy’s brand new show contains jokes about all kinds of terrible things.
‘Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves.
‘Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves.
‘Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves.
Author of 24 crime and sci-fi novels, including Quite Ugly One Morning, All Fun And Games Until Somebody Loses An Eye and Black Widow, which won the 2016 McIlvanney Prize for Scott…
Join us for a chat with theatre-makers Helen-Marie O’Malley and Tim Marriott on their experience of using the arts to approach difficult themes.
A conversation with socio-political artist Heather Marshall, who brought The Happiness Project to Army @ The Fringe in 2019.
Uncover the long-standing relationship between the Army and artists past and present in this live online discussion.
He’s back! It’s been a busy few years for Jason since his last smash-hit stand-up show, but fans of his Absolute Radio show will know this nationally acclaimed comedian hasn’t chan…
In proud association with Camden Fringe; Chortle Award 2019 Nominees Short & Curly are bringing a WIP hour of high energy low-fi silliness.
A one hour Zoom workshop exploring poetry and creative writing in theatre.
Ever wondered why comedians feel the need to get up and reveal their soft underbelly to audiences that might reject them? Ever wondered why a singer seems to want to soak up all th…
Charlotte Green, writer of Lest We Forget, and James Robert Moore, writer of POSTERBOY, join us for a chat about the process of developing their plays and their ambitions…
A discussion on the relationship between artists and critics in fringe and wider contexts, with insight and advice from Richard Beck and Matthew Shelley.
This virtual live event explores the role of theatre and performance in military life, especially in boosting troops’ morale.
Charlotte will take you through the timeline of creating your own work, along with a practical element to get you started on your own play.
Embodied Theatre: explore theatre makers NMT Automatics and classicist Jon Heskers’ creation process questioning the role of ancient battle narratives in modern perceptions of wa…
Lisa Richards Agency Presents Frankie Boyle - Work In Progress Frankie is doing some shows to try out some brand new jokes.
Through song and improvisation, Bookends follows two people’s relationship as it changes over time, delving into life and the intricacies of human connection.
A powerful musical about living with dementia.
Tableaux.
When exes Claire and Niamh bump into each other for the first time in years while out with their current partners, they have no idea just what they’ve gotten themselves into.
Enthusiastically vote alongside dozens of international talent scouts for 2020’s hottest breakthrough stars in the making, who battle for glory, fame and shiny moose trophies.
Small Truth Theatre are delighted to announce our DIGITAL CARAVAN THEATRE will be launching on Saturday 15th August 2020, with our first collection of audio plays that are all avai…
It’s 1964 and brilliant young writer Dennis Potter (future author of Pennies From Heaven and The Singing Detective) becomes entangled in the life of a troubled young woman when t…
Román Baca talks about his healing journey from ballet to the Iraq War and back again.
Learn how archival material can inspire your next creative project in this live virtual event.
‘Simon Amstell has a gift for taking a social norm and gently mocking it until it seems utterly ridiculous’ (New York Times).
Join the bestselling, much-loved author and LGBTQ+ activist, Armistead Maupin, live on stage in a special one-off event, as he discusses his career with Ian McKellen.
Join Mark Rowley (The Last Kingdom) for a practical online acting workshop on tapping into instinct.
Join Rosie Kay as she talks about working in dance and film, from 5 SOLDIERS to Sunshine on Leith.
Phil Spencer will discuss the financial challenges of making a short film and how to overcome them.
Broadcaster Mark Stephen and singer/songwriter Gill Bowman look beyond the haggis and tartan to the real Scotland; stories, secret places and iconic songs.
A unique and insightful look at the journey into film hosted by former Royal Marine Phil Spencer.
Closing the first day of army@thevirtualfinge on Monday 11th of August was an online short film screening and Q&A with Phil Spencer, available to watch online in full.
Following successful tours of Australia, the USA and the UK, English folk-acoustic duo Skinner and T’witch return to Edinburgh with a live show of original music.
Edinburgh’s favourite showgirl invites you to a private viewing of her personal collection.
The Edinburgh satirical smash hit returns newly revised and updated! Election 2020.
Two fit guys discover they can earn big bucks from tickling.
This show is a musical comedy with adult themes and scantily clad men! It contains steam and lots of bubbles! Billy is a young man, looking for love.
Reginald returns to the Fringe with his off-year, set-building, work-in-progress show with working titles: The Things That I Was Wrong About, The Death of Uncle Fluffy, and The Man…
The Edinburgh must-see, Olivier Award-winning (Best Entertainment and Family Show) West End hit returns for an incredible 13th consecutive year! A brand-new musical comedy is creat…
Last year’s show, Dressing for Dinner, earned Evans some of the most ecstatic reviews of his career including an unbeaten 4.
Fresh from sell-out performances in London and Los Angeles, two of the co-creators of Fringe sell-out smash-hit Thrones! The Musical bring you a Harry Potter parody musical that is…
Join rising star Jamie D’Souza as he performs his highly anticipated debut stand-up show about his first school crush.
Academy Award winning actress Whoopi Goldberg is back as Deloris Van Cartier with BAFTA Award winner Jennifer Saunders in the role of Mother Superior as the newly adapted product…
Olivier Award-Winner Giles Terera (Hamilton) leads the cast of Sammy, the major new musical based on the life and career of legendary entertainer Sammy Davis Jr.
A big-eyed, big-haired thing in a turtleneck exposes the infidelities of your cutlery drawer.
Simon Evans’ last show, Genius 2.
Simon Evans’ last show, Genius 2.
"Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves.
"Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves.
An outstanding, quietly feminist comedy set in a Hooters-style US bar, which screened to acclaim as one of the hidden cinematic gems of 2019.
Stephen Schwartz is the multi-award winning creator of an extraordinary catalogue of songs for stage and screen.
‘Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves.
‘Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves.
In 1782, the owners of the Zong ship claimed insurance on the lives of the 130 slaves thrown overboard.
A team of top improv comedians are bringing a new monthly show to Manchester this month with The Totally Improvised Musical.
The Final Show of Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course.
Back for it’s fifth year.
Back for it’s fifth year.
Colin Hoult’s critically acclaimed alter-ego Anna Mann, Actress, Singer, Welder (got to have a back up) returns in the workings of a brand new show,…
The "Podfather" (Guardian) and "King of the Internet" (Time Out) returns with the award winning Podcast in which he chats with the biggest names in c…
As seen on Dave's Hypothetical and heard on Radio 5 Live, join Petts, one of the most exciting prospects in comedy, in her debut hour of stand-up, Alpha.
The show that was going to be about feminism, but is now going to be about her dog.
Comedy legend Tony Slattery is live on stage in conversation with Britain's foremost comedy historian Robert Ross.
Winner: Best New Writing, Buxton Fringe.
It’s 1895 and 24 year old Annie Londonderry has returned victorious to America, hailed as the first woman ever to cycle around the world.
Metropolis Music Presents: Gad Elmaleh J’ai choisi le Leicester Square Theatre pour improviser autour des thèmes de mon prochain spectacle#workinprogress Pl…
As Lin Hwai-Min, founder of the world-renowned Taiwanese company, steps down in 2020, Cloud Gate Dance Theatre brings works from the current and new artistic directors.
A comic valentine to musical theatre.
Traditional, Victorian ‘Old Time Music Hall’ All the songs you love to sing and the jokes you love to hear.
One of Hollywood’s most beloved romantic stories of all time is now coming to the West End! Pretty Woman: The Musical features direction and choreography by two-time To…
Using the world famous PsychOMeterTM this handy show will teach you how to spot your very first psychopath, and how to manage the cheeky little fellow before he eats you…
Join Instagram Star Arron as he steps out from behind the camera and onto the stage, testing new material for his 2020 UK tour along with his partner in crime, ‘Th…
Join Instagram Star Arron as he steps out from behind the camera and onto the stage, testing new material for his 2020 UK tour along with his partner in crime, ‘Th…
"Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves.
"Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves.
A WIP stand-up performance.
A WIP stand-up performance.
Join Kerry Godliman as she road-tests brand-new material ahead of her 2020 tour.
‘Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves.
‘Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves.
Jimmy’s brand new show contains jokes about all kinds of terrible things.
Now in it’s 11th year.
Don’t miss the exclusive world premiere of Sleepless, the enchanting romantic musical comedy based on the original screenplay Sleepless in Seattle.
The Three Little Pigs is a lively show that breathes new life into these well-known characters - each of the pigs has an air of mischief and naivety, while the wicked wolf has just…
Andy Zaltzman, host of the long-running worldwide hit satirical podcast The Bugle, comes to the Museum of Comedy.
Using the world famous PsychOMeterTM this handy show will teach you how to spot your very first psychopath, and how to manage the cheeky little fellow before he eats you…
Join Kerry Godliman as she road-tests brand-new material ahead of her 2020 tour.
Above The Stag Theatre yet again provides us with a beautifully handled love story, whilst sensitively exploring societal issues that LGBTQ+ individuals face.
Get into the Hallowe’en spirit and be the first to see Zombies: The Musical, a homegrown comedy in development about star-crossed lovers trying to find each other even in death.
While browsing some of the more risqué websites you may discover some titillating videos of various people trying to get each other to laugh, moan and groan simply by tickling.
In a country on the verge of doom and murderous clowns on the loose on our cinema screens, Join Awk this October and allow it to show you there’s more to life than work.
“She comes to my door and tells me she’s been diagnosed with depression and I think–not this again” My friend.
The British Theatre Challenge is delighted to be returning to the Jack Studio Theatre with five new plays, wrapped into one very entertaining evening.
Set in the shadow of Brooklyn Bridge on a shabby corner, Brooklyn The Musical is a play-within-a-play staged by a rag-tag bunch of street performers who call themselves the Ci…
The Tower Theatre Company seek to outrage and (somewhat) inspire with their recreation of Dead Funny.
David Johnson & John Mackay in association with Debi Allen/Curtis Brown present SNOWFLAKE/TORNADO Work-in-Progress and DVD LAUNCH A run of work-in-progress gigs to …
See a scratch performance about the unique bond between real life grandfathers and grandsons that explores male family relationships and the legacy that is passed down through gene…
Jon Robyns returns to the Leicester Square Theatre to celebrate the release of his new album, Musical Direction.
AUDITION combines contemporary circus, dance-theatre, fierce acrobatics and stunning visuals.
‘Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves.
The heart-warming and hilarious Broadway show based on the classic movie starring Tom Hanks, comes to The Dominion Theatre for its West End Premier.
Having just celebrated their 60th anniversary, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre bring with them a flood of new and exciting works alongside modern classics in three mixed program…
"Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves.
The Fife-born international best-selling author chats to Graham Spiers about Rebus, writing, all things Edinburgh, favourite books and music.
Critically acclaimed comedian and host of Viceland’s Hate Thy Neighbour and Channel 4’s Adventures in Futureland, Jamali Maddix has just come back from his first world tour.
Join us for a riotous celebration of the Fringe’s best musical comedians! Since 2009, the MCAs have helped to launch the likes of Abandoman, Rachel Parris, Mae Martin, Jay Foreman …
The semi-final of the 2019 Funny Women Awards.
Co-leader of the Scottish Green Party and MSP for the Glasgow area since 2003.
Be spellbound by our magical musical tour conducted by Edinburgh’s very own Capital Concert Band.
Legendary singer-songwriter Donovan performs an acoustic set in this very special event showcasing the documentary film Donovan and The Beatles in India.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
BAFTA-winning actor, comedian, singer, writer, independence campaigner, panto legend, feminist and socialist, Smith is rarely accused of lacking opinions.
Celebrating 32 years of the UK’s biggest and best comedy newcomer competition.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe Participants.
A contemporary reimagining of classic horror characters.
Ahead of his nationwide tour, Josh returns to Edinburgh for a strictly limited run of work-in-progress shows.
Join Luisa Omielan (What Would Beyonce Do?!, Am I Right Ladies?! and Politics For Bitches) as she tries out some stuff for an upcoming project.
Scotland’s top-selling female album artist of all time, Barbara Dickson has had a fifty-year life in music, telling stories through song and performance in the theatre, continuin…
BC Camplight is the moniker of maverick songsmith Brian Christinzio.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Chic Murray was the comedian’s comedian.
The Scots Musical Museum, an enormous pop-song survey produced by enterprising publisher James Johnson with Robert Burns, who, enlisted as editor, became crazed with compiling, fix…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
French-born Marianne has spent most of her adult life in the UK.
Join Nish Kumar as he hosts a line-up of the most exciting comedy talent in the country – Rose Matafeo, Phil Wang, Sara Barron, Catherine Bohart, Sarah Keyworth and Ahir Shah.
Join Funny Women for a sparkling mix of comedy featuring the brightest new, emerging and established talent at the Fringe.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Britain’s queen of crime fiction with more than 30 books to her name and 16 million worldwide sales discusses her new novel How the Dead Speak.
Joel (credits, credits, credits) is returning to Edinburgh with some new sweet ideas for you to potentially enjoy. ‘Hilarious…delightful tales’ (Scotsman).
Imagine Bandersnatch with less clothes, more STDs and an instagram filter over the screen.
Tom Devine is arguably Scotland’s greatest living historian, having written or contributed to more than 25 books covering such areas as Scottish and Irish migration, Scottish ind…
Cora is at the festival to see her ex-boyfriend perform.
Freyja Westdal and Beth Heyward join the ranks of such excellent Fringe female musical comedy acts as Fascinating Aida, Flo & Joan, and EastEnd Cabaret with a smart, funny, che…
Macpherson’s 50-year-plus career in broadcasting and writing shows few signs of abating.
Award-winning comedian Cassidy has had a crazy year.
Experience a slice of West End in Edinburgh, with a musical theatre showcase presented by Goldsmiths, University of London’s Musical Theatre Summer School students! Featuring new a…
MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Cabinet Secretary for Justice.
Dirty Harry captures the rapture of Blondie and has not only the original sound, feel, attitude, and full back catalogue of the band but a lookalike of Debbie to deliver the good s…
Jessie and Bebe Cave. Sisters. Working out a new show.
Kezia Dugdale has been an MSP since 2011 and was leader of the Scottish Labour Party from 2015 until 2017.
You see a person, she sees the colour blue.
Join everyone’s favourite dynamic duo as Wallace prepares to perform his musical masterpiece My Concerto in Ee Lad with help from his faithful canine companion Gromit.
Scotland’s First Minister chats to Graham Spiers about Scotland, politics, gender balance, favourite books and (maybe) eighties pop music.
If humanity was on trial, who would be its lawyer? Evaluation centres around a singular condition: held captive by the perfect machine, one human must defend their species and answ…
Giant Wolf Theatre Company is a group of young artists whose goal is to devise, create and be makers of great theatre.
Speaking Out: A Conversation with John Bercow.
Watson presents a show that’s no more than 50% ready for public consumption and hopes for the festival’s legendary supportive vibe to carry him through.
The podcast all about eating: live.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Coming off their sold out shows at Feinstein’s/54 Below in New York City and Rockwell Table and Stage in Los Angeles, this concert version of Dahan and D’Angelo’s emotional and exp…
A stand-up showcase featuring purveyor of one-liners and ‘Long Man’, Josh Massen, and storyteller and ‘Short Man’, Phil Green.
Enjoy watching some of the best one-liner comedians at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe rise to the challenge of performing a total of 1,000 of their best one-liners to raise money fo…
Dan Clark, star of BBC Three’s cult hit sitcom How Not To Live Your Life and host of the popular podcast Screen Talk, is dusting off his comedy cape* to perform stand-up for the fi…
Based upon an idea by David Gest and Michael Jackson, Robert Burns the Musical by Tish Tindall is the story of love, Scotland and one man’s struggle to redefine his pride of worth.
Hi guys, Ed here.
The star of BBC2’s The Mash Report, Live at the Apollo, Mock the Week and his own BBC Radio 4 special returns to the Fringe.
When you lose a bet with a mate and have to get ‘The Toddfather’ tattooed on your leg you can either have it removed with a laser, or become.
What happens when we pair up two theatre artists from different backgrounds to co-host a discussion about what makes great theatre in 2019? Douglas Maxwell (Decky Does a Bronco, Ch…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Smelling: there’s an app for that.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Talented but troubled Clio has three months to go until the biggest boxing match of her life.
Standard Issue, the podcast founded by Sarah Millican, returns to Edinburgh for a fourth year.
Fresh from touring The Benny Lynch Story, completing the film comedy Fisherman’s Friends, and playing Private Frazer in the remake of the lost episodes of Dad’s Army (and a few…
Join Brendan Dassey’s lawyers Laura Nirider and Steven Drizin discussing coerced and false confessions, interrogation tactics, and Brendan’s wrongful conviction whose case has ca…
Join us for a magical, marvellous hour of songs from your favourite movie musicals including Les Misérables, The Greatest Showman and some Disney classics.
Whitechapel, 1888.
I need to preface with this review with a disclaimer – this is either a one-star or a five-star show, depending on your sense of humour.
Award-winning stand-up, cultural icon, author and columnist, with countless TV and radio credits (including I’m A Celebrity.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Based on the classic Scottish folk song, Kelty Clippie follows the comic adventures of a bus conductress in Fife.
Notes towards a new show from ‘the world’s greatest living stand-up’ (Times).
A TV and newspaper pundit whose views on Scottish football and politics have roused vast armies of both admirers and detractors.
A fundraiser for your new favourite production company’s mental health partnership with CALM, providing and raising awareness for services to support performers at the Fringe.
Tom McNab, technical adviser on Chariots of Fire, delivers extracts from his play 1936 using extensive coverage of Riefenstahl’s Olympia film.
Multi award-winning, take-no-prisoners, passionate, lyrical, totally honest Scottish comedienne, TV and radio regular, playwright, blogger, bestselling author, columnist and, er, T…
After a sell-out Fringe, Mawaan (BBC Three, Netflix) is back to shape a new bonkers show.
Shadow Chancellor since 2015 and MP for Hayes and Harlington since 1997, McDonnell has campaigned against the Iraq war and argued for curbs in bankers bonuses, decent pensions, fre…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Whatever else the history books will make of UK politics in 2019, it can at least acknowledge some impressive feminist credentials, with women leading parties right, left and centr…
BAFTA Award-winning comedian Iain Stirling returns to the Fringe following a sell-out tour, with a load of new jokes, read off notes.
The National newspaper and ELT short playwright winners.
Broadcaster Mark Stephen and singer-songwriter Gill Bowman look beyond the haggis and tartan to the real Scotland – stories, secret places and iconic songs.
Discover how we are beating heart and circulatory diseases with a different interactive workshop every day where science meets art.
From debut album Raintown to follow-up When The World Knows Your Name, through to 2016’s The Believers, Deacon Blue are one of the most respected and best-loved bands of their ge…
Sociologist-turned-detective Caleb Rutherford steps into a hall of mirrors exposing real people through their professions while thinking he has nothing to reveal about himself.
The UK’s biggest and best comedy newcomer competition is back for its 32nd year at the Fringe! After months of regional heats, come see the funniest of the hundreds of applicants a…
A sensory experience, teaching you how to nose and taste whisky, helping to discover the perfect dram for your palate.
A regular on Have I Got News For You, Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow, Just a Minute and Stop The Press.
Comedian, author and, most recently, idiot who agreed to be tortured on I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here!, Shappi is a woman of many parts.
Russell performs his work-in-progress show testing new material.
Early Mornings – The Musical is a show about writing a show.
Backenders is a live comedy sketch parody of the BBC soap opera Eastenders.
The Welsh optimist returns to the festival – and this year, he’s been trying to escape.
In this 45-minute work-in-progress show Joseph attempts to separate the wheat from the chaff.
And other noble-minded nonsense.
Legendary festival favourite, stand-up comedian, film and television star Omid Djalili returns for eight shows only.
In this hilarious satire of musical theatre, one story becomes five delightful musicals, each written in the distinctive style of a different master of the form, from Rodgers and H…
The first man in space is back on Earth and facing new temptations.
Fresh from touring the UK and Australia, the feel-good comedy maestro.
A razor sharp and surreal exploration of mental health and modernity, through the fractured lens of a manic motivational speaker.
Come ride on a bus through the streets of Edinburgh as dancers propel themselves along the aisles and hang from the roof.
Always a source of top-quality musical theatre at the Fringe, The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, brings us perhaps one of the best ways to spend a morning at Fringe.
This is a show for the fans.
How many comedy sketches does it take to screw in a light bulb? 30? 50?! 100?! Well we’ve gone one better, literally.
The true story of how a group of Croydon kids.
Comedy actress Tami Stone presents her debut one-woman Edinburgh show.
Maggie Lalley’s one-woman musical comedy tells the true story of her demented stint as a teen witch.
We’ve selected the funniest women we could find at the Fringe and brought them together for an evening of comedy you’ll never forget! ‘An amazing evening of the most hilariou…
Nights are dark and lonely at the end of the world.
If a tree falls in a forest, and no one gives a flying f**k, does it really fall at all?… Inspired by Ovid’s myth, ‘Daphne and Apollo’, this ecofeminist drama recasts Daphn…
Five storytellers open a treasure chest.
From The Wind examines Scotland’s relationship with renewable energy.
Stanley ‘Leonardo’ Sappovitz wants to become a comic book artist.
Scathing satire and winner of three Tony Awards, Urinetown takes us to a time of permanent drought.
When Shelly, recent grad and marketing whizz, is summoned to the secret headquarters of the world’s largest oil and gas company she thinks she’s hit the big time.
There is something deeply human and inherently charming about imperfect dance.
Celebrating the works of the playwright and poet, Federico García Lorca, Enebro Teatro have brought together select pieces to create an altogether unique play.
Funny Stories About Pain is a one-hour journey through some decidedly not-funny events in the life of comedian Troy Alan, which would amount to a depressing Ted Talk if Troy couldn…
A powerful drama interspersed with original songs, looking at the lives of the main protagonists involved in the struggle for the vote between Emmeline Pankhurst’s Suffragettes a…
Showcase opportunity for artists and creatives using film and projection to express their ideas and engage socially with others in this sphere of artistic activity.
A changing line-up featuring the best winners and contestants from the biggest and best comedy newcomer competition in its 32nd year! A great night of the funniest from the Fringe,…
Fred MacAulay, one of Scotland’s best-loved stand-ups, is back with his live lunchtime chat show.
In an afterlife, Gilbert brags to Sullivan that, as fathers of the modern musical, all new musicals are basically just variations on their own plots! Sullivan challenges him to tel…
This show explores the story of a girl’s life, her relationship with her environment and the notion that nature can act as a support system in the same way that family and friends …
Looking for an engaging evening activity where you will laugh, learn and get a little spooked? You’ve come to the right place with Edinburgh’s Haunted History Bus! The Haunted Hist…
One man, a guitar, and the most venerated love story of all time.
From the absurd to the moving, magical, funny and intriguing.
Four top-quality, fowl-mouthed acts, hand-plucked from around the festival.
At Westerberg High everyone worships the Heathers, the exclusive clique, including misfit member Veronica.
Tim, Harry and Ella have been sent on a mission – destroy a factory, send a message.
One of the most important voices in Britain, Akala is a BAFTA and MOBO award-winning hip-hop artist, writer and social entrepreneur.
After a swift rise to fame with her Nobel-nominated book Diary of a Drag Queen, DENIM’s Crystal is back.
Fake news, global warming, austerity, terrorism, the car crash that is Brexit.
Free daily hour-long showcase of the best musical comedy at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe, courtesy of the Musical Comedy Guide website (check for full listings).
The Harry Potter parody show returns with a brand-new work-in-progress hour! Join us, four full-grown men, as we celebrate and recreate the absurd scenes of those magical movies.
With millennial nostalgia at its peak, there can be no better time to head to the Edinburgh Fringe and experience Cruel Intentions: The ‘90s Musical.
With his first solo show, stand-up comedian Lew Fitz (BBC New Comedy Award nominee 2018) covers a hilarious and often uncommon journey from his northern, working-class background a…
Tom Short travels all the way from glamorous Salford with his Wheel of Misfortune to the Edinburgh Fringe.
Comedy.
A stand-up comedian sees his world fall apart when his wife decides he can no longer mention her onstage.
What do you get when you blend the works of William Shakespeare, with an all singing and dancing musical extravaganza? You get the Elizabethan’s answer to Flight of the Conchords…
We all have to work.
One of London’s most popular comedy nights Funny Feckers is coming to the Fringe to showcase the best acts from Ireland and beyond.
Friendsical is billed as a ‘musical parody’ of Friends and unfortunately it fails to hit the mark on both counts.
Classically trained in musical theatre, comedian, writer and actor Jenny Bede is tired of waiting around for her perfect role.
Award-winning gag merchant and UK Pun Champion 2016, Masai Graham, delivers over 100 clean jokes in just half an hour.
Join the longest running panellist on BBC Scotland’s Breaking the News as he runs through new material for his next tour.
After attending the festival in 1994 as a young boy to watch his mother Angie Le Mar perform, Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year nominee Travis Jay is bringing his own show to …
On his birthday George looked around and decided he was too strange, he needed to make a change.
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Join Jake for a work in progress of his new stand-up show.
Horror in all its forms from the brilliant, brutal mind of one of Scotland’s most talented comics.
A theatrical sightseeing tour on-board a classic 1960s Routemaster bus, taking you on a journey around the darker side of Europe’s most haunted city.
Hench is an engaging exploration of female strength in its many forms.
‘I’m sorry.
Come join Russell for his early afternoon bonus hour.
Sun, sea and stand-up.
‘Edgy and very funny’ (Cheeky Monkey Comedy Club).
Award-winning gag merchant and UK Pun Champion 2016, Masai Graham, delivers over 100 naughty jokes in just half an hour.
Returning to the Fringe for another year Thrones! The Musical Parody is exactly what it says on the tin.
Biographical performances like LipSync, produced by Cumbernauld Theatre as part of their Invited Guest project, don't always have some obvious, political point to make; they…
Ahoy! Join John Silverman and the crew of The Maiden’s Ruin on their quest for pirate booty in a bawdy tale of love, betrayal, murder and incest! This five-star adult musical-comed…
‘There’s no humour in having so many tumours’.
Sleeping Trees are silly, funny boys.
Drawing the line between the exaggerated and the tender is no easy feat.
Celebrating their final year as Europeans, island monkeys Becca and Louise got invited to the 2018 European Capital of Culture in Malta.
Baby Wants Candy has become almost as much a staple of the Fringe as being slapped in the face with flyers on the Royal Mile.
British Comedy Award winner Nina Conti is boldly experimenting and discovering fresh ideas as she develops her next new show.
The Edinburgh must-see, Olivier Award-winning (Best Entertainment and Family Show) West End hit returns for its 12th consecutive year! A brand-new musical comedy is created from sc…
Showcase opportunity for artists and creatives using film and projection to express their ideas and engage socially with others in this sphere of artistic activity.
Edinburgh’s 2018 smash hit returns! 2020.
One island, split in two with a thundering crack: half for the fishermen and half for the farmers.
When critiquing a musical about the difficulties of being a performer, there’s nothing to do but write a review about the difficulties of being a critic.
Kiri Pritchard-McLean (Have I Got News For You, The Russell Howard Hour) is working up a new show.
Ahh, Love Island.
Edinburgh Fringe has a number of shows that have a real cult status among festivalgoers, and up there with the cultest of them is the self-explanatory Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet…
Ready to take the Edinburgh Fringe by storm for the fifth year running, hit show The Improv Musical returns! Guaranteed to leave you roaring with laughter with musical mayhem and e…
Before Voldemort was He Who Must Not Be Named, he was just Tom Riddle, another moody teen that couldn’t talk to girls.
Yorkshire’s finest Myra DuBois has tragically ‘died’ but on the upside, she’s invited you to the greatest funeral you will ever attend.
Forgiveness is a work-in-progress about the cycles of abuse that form and affect who we are; if and how we can escape them and move on.
Fat Rascal Theatre should be pleased with their Fringe so far.
EDINBURGH PREVIEW It's 1616.
Join this 'observational genius' (Guardian) for his 10th solo show! In 10 years he’s been married, divorced, happy, depressed and twice nominated for the…
This is not a musical nor is it instructions on how to beat up your dad.
Garrett Millerick is an acclaimed stand up comedian, writer and director.
What does it take to be a man these days? After #MeToo, incel attacks and man buns, Eshaan Akbar explores masculinity and his relationship with men, women, and himself.
Eleanor Tiernan is a stand up comedian, writer and actress known for her uniquely oblique world view.
After winning a place in BBC Writer’s Room Fast and Funny, Susan Riddell went on to write, create and star in several online comedy sketches for BBC Short Stuff wh…
Award-winning comedian Pierre Novellie comes to Great Yorkshire Fringe to try some new stuff out.
Best Newcomer Nominee Darren considers himself a good person.
Basal masks, puppetry and breath-taking original piano music tell a story of a little Moon Child who has to learn to adapt to the strange world of planet Earth.
Five-star sell-out show Edinburgh Fringe 2017-2018 and VAULT Festival 2017-2019 NETFLIX combines the taste profiles of 98 million users to create a perfectly ideal viewi…
Lucy is a hugely talented comedy actress and writer.
A mixture of best bits and new material for Paul's next touring show about the life-changing effect a couple of drinks can have.
Winner of the prestigious BBC New Comedy Award 2018 and the reigning Scottish Comedian of the Year, Stephen Buchanan brings his much anticipated debut hour to the Fringe…
A prequel, vivid unveiling, of the story of the Mad Hatter from the classic tale, Alice in Wonderland.
Once the most radical, now the only radical.
It’s 2016.
Grace Campbell is a comedian rapidly making a name for herself in the UK stand up scene.
Tamsyn Kelly grew up on an estate near Lands End, with a dangerous father, a disabled mother and a dream of one day moving to London to become a total bad-ass with enough money to …
Fjord- The Greatest Hit Fjord, the multi-platinum Norwegian pop duo, are back after a two year sabbatical.
Join Andy Parsons (Mock The Week) one of Britain’s finest political comedians as he tries out material ahead of his new tour ‘Healing Th…
The critically-acclaimed Edinburgh Fringe hit.
28th June, 8pm Tickets: £16 Suitable for: ages 14+.
The subversive, satirical, darkly comic story of the Victorian Music Hall with a twist of Weimar Cabaret! A wickedly fun singalong show, ‘Now Here’s A Funny Story’ reveals Music…
New material shows from the Edinburgh Comedy Award, Rose D'Or and South Bank Arts award winner Bridget Christie.
‘Theatre On Tap’, is a play in a pub, made in a day.
As part of Nomad Festival @ Greenwich pop-up Rotunda Theatre.
Move over Cats - It's time for a mole! This joyous new musical adaptation of Sue Townsend‘s best-selling book The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾ -The Music…
Join Josh Widdicombe and Romesh Ranganathan as they road test their new material ahead of their tours.
Stoph Demetriou’s Grandfather was raised on a peasant farm, left school at 11, fled a war in his home country and became an active member of the communist party be…
Steve helped his single mum find her Prince Charming all while learning his times tables.
Mange Tout, Mange Tout, my esteemed and honoured guests! For the first time ever, Trotters Independent Trading Company are unveiling their latest venture – The Cushty Pre-Sho…
Multi-award-winning comedian Ian Smith (BBC Three’s ‘Sweat the Small Stuff’, Dave’s ‘The Magic Sponge’) returns to Brighton with a work in progress of his sixth solo show.
Sophie Duker is not a goddess.
Becky Brunning: Funny Women Finalist, daredevil, Broadchurch actor, helmet owner, brings her new nigh-octane show to Brighton after her debut hour ‘Beaming’ stormed* Edinburgh Frin…
The creator of (and team captain on) ‘Dara O’Briain’s Go 8 Bit’ bangs on about video games for an hour.
Politics is boring.
Join Lulu in a (short) hour of stand up as she tries out ideas about spooning, Christmas films and how all human beings are fundamentally repulsive (yes, even you, sorry).
A stand-up showcase featuring purveyor of one-liners and ‘Long Man’, Josh Massen, and storyteller and ‘Short Man,’ Phil Green.
William Stone (BBC New Comedy Award Finalist 2018) is gathering moss, stuck somewhere between reality and dreams in the nineties.
In 2016, Blowfish Theatre made a musical about Boris Johnson and Brexit.
An energy-packed performance by the Musical Theatre Degree students at Northbrook MET.
Anna Banana can put words together that, if sung, would be so elegant, and, if rapped, would be lit! School has ruined poetry, so can she call herself a word-worker or a rhyming ri…
Dena Blizzard, the viral video sensation and creator of the Back to School Rant (125 million views), Chardonnay Go (24 million views) and Chardonnay Go, The Board Game f…
2020.
The small English village of Bakewell, Derbyshire is holding its annual baking competition.
Former Religious Studies teacher turned stand-up comedian Kevin Precious turns his hand to examining his former profession, and takes a sideways look at the teaching and schools mo…
It’s back! Horatio Productions’ Science Fiction Theatre Festival returns for a stellar second edition.
Vulvarine is the superhero movie that all teenage girls were missing when they grew up.
The “reigning queen of New York’s live storytelling scene” (Jon Ronson) and host of US live show The Moth, Sara’s debut stand up hour garnered 5* reviews and earned her a nomin…
Dr Jones Funny Bones is coming to Brighton with a show for the whole family.
Thump.
Former Brighton & Hove Albion football manager and now club Ambassador, discusses his life and the major incidents that have helped shape a successful playing career for England, T…
The third hour show from Robin Morgan (writer for BBC Two’s ‘The Mash Report’, BBC Radio 4’s ‘The News Quiz’, television warm-up for the Graham Norton Show and tour support for Ell…
We’ve curated a showcase featuring some of the best new female comedy talent in the UK today.
Patrick Spicer delivers a work in progress of his first solo show to Brighton fringe.
After the success of his debut last year at the Brighton Fringe, Jake presents his highly-anticipated second show.
Star of BBC’s the Blame Game, Fighting Talk and The News Quiz, Neil Delamere presents this work-in-progress show.
A stand-up show about being yourself.
“Stedman’s voice is sure to melt hearts.
Peter Hose is a respectable adult, and it’s tearing him apart! He doesn’t know what to do anymore, but he’s gotta do something.
TV comedy producer Izzy (Peep Show, Toast of London, Harry & Paul) has been pathologically tactful all her life.
BA Theatre Arts at GBMet.
We all have to work.
Join Psychological Magician Neb in one final bid to resurrect his past career as a musician, combining music with powerful mindreading!
Welcome inside the mind of endearing oddity Kallis Kyriacou.
Join Fiona Sagar and Vanessa Hammick for this double bill of new comedy: Fiona Sagar (Funny Women Best Show nominee 2016 and 2017, The Groundlings Comedy Theatre, LA) returns to …
Award-winning comedian, writer and co-creator of Comedy Central’s Modern Horror Stories, Daniel Audritt brings a work in progress of his debut hour, to the Brighton Fringe.
Brand new comedy ‘Motherhood’ is a hilarious exploration of life as a new parent.
Leslie Ewing-Burgesse did a show last year about being imaginary, and realised along the way that it was a massive manifestation of all her insecurities!! Hooray!! Now she’s trying…
Sun, sea and stand-up.
A work in progress show from Neil O’Rourke, Finalist of Irish Comedian of the Year, New Comedian of the Year, and So You Think You’re Funny.
In 1980, Kirk Brandon formed Theatre Of Hate from the ashes of heralded punk band The Pack.
Dende at the Spiegeltent! Come along for a night of tropical splendor, world grooves and Brazilian roots.
Wednesday 15th May, 7.
Maori believes that seeing a Kotuku/White Heron will bring you good fortune but what if you get kidnapped by a bad one? Hopefully your adventure turns out better than expected and …
Fresh from his appearance on ‘Comedy Central at the Comedy Store’, Huge Davies is preparing for his first hour.
Ultimate babe and hotly-tipped new stand-up comedian, Helen Bauer, presents a work in progress show of her new thoughts, feelings and emotions on pretty much everything.
Born and raised in Japan, Yuriko Kotani now lives in the UK.
Broadcast live from The Old Vic in London, Academy Award-winner Sally Field (Steel Magnolias, Brothers & Sisters) and Bill Pullman (The Sinner, Independence Day) sta…
Join Romesh Ranganathan as he road tests his new material ahead of his tour.
"Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves.
‘Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves.
Tom was unemployed for three years from the age of 18.
As heard on BBC Radio 4 Extra, Scottish stand-up comedian Sezar Alkassab brings his new work in progress show to Brighton Fringe.
"Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves.
Nick Elleray, “quality downbeat comedy” (Chortle), is known for his dry, bleak musings on the dark and squalid aspects of life.
‘Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves.
For one night only, Carlos Acosta, the greatest male ballet dancer of our generation is in conversation with Mike Parkinson, youngest son of Sir Michael Parkinson.
Cress wouldn’t wish her rented bedsit on anyone, narrowboats always looked so romantic and she’s ready for an off-grid adventure! Join her as she develops a stand-up comedy s…
Two warring houses.
Power Bungalow is a new show all about strength.
On 14 August 2018, Robyn Perkins ★★★★ (Voice Magazine) participated in a dating show in front of a live audience.
The follow-up to her debut Edinburgh show ‘Wisdomless’, multi award-winning comedian Maria Shehata expands on her transatlantic move for love and life after it fell apart.
Brand new hour of thoughtful and hilarious stand up from the celebrated comic.
An interactive (work in progress) experience in which the audience find themselves in the hands of three friendly faces of a horrific, demonic cult.
Heidi Regan, winner of BBC New Comedy Award 2017 and So You Think You’re Funny 2016, presents a work in progress of her new show.
At 15, Andrew and some friends had a race to see who could down their pint fastest.
Fast-rising Australian comedian and general smart-arse Brodi Snook takes a break from her career as a foot model (selling photos of her toes to foot perverts for cash) and having p…
From South London, Barbadian citizen Sikisa presents her work-in-progress show about being a work in progress.
Amused Moose National New Comic finalist and So You Think You’re Funny? semi-finalist 2018 comes to Brighton.
‘a Bit Weird’ is the brand new show by Sallyann Fellowes.
More invention.
Winner of So You Think You’re Funny? 2017 and Amused Moose National New Comic 2018, Maisie Adam presents a work in progress of her second Edinburgh show.
ArtsEd MA Acting students perform their graduate showcase - a series of short scenes from contemporary plays.
Stoph Demetriou is a comedian and actor with issues (shocker).
A brand new hour of comedy from hilarious stand-up Adele Cliff.
Days of myths and fairy tales are gone.
Adam is loving being Employment Minister.
Finalist of London’s Old Comedian of the Year 2018 and successful ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ nominee, Stylophone Maestro Stylophobia puts on a post-apocalyptic rock and pop festival fo…
In this workshop we will use the basic technique of puppetry and combine that with acting and dancing.
Pete Strong just wants to be happy.
It is still one of the best kept secrets in show business that Patricia Routledge trained not only as an actress but also as a singer and had considerable experience and success in…
Have you ever witnessed a couple’s divorce? When these people are your parents, your life turns upside down, especially if you’re 8-years-old.
Chloe Petts brings her “inexhaustibly funny mind” (Diva Magazine) and “compelling presence” (Steve Bennett, Chortle) to her work in progress show ‘Alpha’.
A collection of new musical theatre writing telling stories of love, life, adventure and, most importantly, what ‘home’ means to every one of us.
As seen on BBC Three and heard on Radio Four, Faye Treacy is back with a new work in progress show.
A presentation of visionary (ridiculous) ideas from an apocalyptic clown man.
Complete idiot Lucy Pearman will be trying out some new ideas.
Help Anna and Max satisfy the weird stipulations of their overzealous landlord to keep the party alive while ending the night with the best house party in Brighton! Fast-paced sket…
The 2018 critically-acclaimed Brighton Fringe sell-outs return! Join ‘Do the Thing’ for an unmissable high-risk, high-lunacy, highly (well, entirely) improvised musical.
The Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee and self-proclaimed Taylor Swift of the London comedy scene, Olga Koch is back! This time she’s getting more intimate, more experimental and more…
The acclaimed and award-winning comedy duo returns to Brighton with new material for their highly anticipated second show.
New British musicals are few and far between nowadays, but the Brighton Fringe is the one place where they are bound to be found.
Award-nominated stand-up Jim Campbell descends from a murderous Scottish clan and has inherited their rage.
This Anglo-Arab mum (‘So You Think You’re Funny’ finalist and published author; ‘Don’t Panic, I’m Islamic’) is raging at the endless feedback on what her identity should really…
A brand spanking new hour from 2018 Chortle Best Newcomer nominee, Micky Overman.
Switch on your phones and switch off your brains as Luke Rollason puts his mind on a spin cycle for your instant gratification.
Gethin Alderman loves Limes.
Character comedians and real-life sisters Maddy and Marina Bye are back, physically bigger and mentally smaller then ever before, presenting their sell-out 2018 show ‘Siblings: Act…
Was Thanyia Moore bullied? Or was she the bully? Join the Funny Women Award Winner 2018 as she seeks to find the answer in this hilarious account of her childhood.
A work in progress show from one of the UK comedy circuits most promising up-and-coming comedians.
Following a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2018, and off the back of a countrywide tour, musical comedy duo and sisters Flo & Joan are here to try an…
Following a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2018, and off the back of a countrywide tour, musical comedy duo and sisters Flo & Joan are here to try an…
ON SALE AT 10AM FRIDAY 28 SEPTEMEBER Join Limmy for a night of anecdotes and chit-chat as he introduces his autobiography - Surprisingly Down to Earth, and Very Funny - …
Join Limmy for a night of anecdotes and chit-chat as he introduces his autobiography - Surprisingly Down to Earth, and Very Funny - featuring the true stories of how thi…
Five-star sell-out show Edinburgh Fringe 2017-2018 and VAULT Festival 2017-2018.
Following on from their successful visits with The Nutcracker and Storyteller Storyteller, StoryPocket return with David Baddiel’s ANiMALCOLM the Musical.
Come and see the comedy powerhouse Paul Chowdhry - star of Taskmaster, Live at The Apollo and Wembley Arena Sell Out.
Come and see the stand-up comedy powerhouse & star of Taskmaster and Live at The Apollo.
Rebound Productions brings back their sell-out show FLIGHTS OF FANCY for three more nights at The Hen & Chickens Theatre.
When Noel Coward warned a certain Mrs Worthington against putting her daughter on the stage, it's highly likely that he didn't have Matilda The Musical in mind at the time.
Sunday 31st March, 7pm Tickets: £15 or £10 concessionsDuration: approx 2hrs including an intervalSuitable for: most ages, but probably most su…
Flo & Joan Musical comedy sisters Flo & Joan present a brand new half hour of dark, witty songs.
On the back of last year’s highly acclaimed production of Fame, Funky Studios return to the Palace stage this year with their next company musical, Dogfight.
It's a dismal day at the Addams family's manse, with the ever-approaching storm clouds reflecting the gloomy atmosphere that has beset the household.
Course times: 12pm until 5.
MAD Trust in association with Pianoworks West End present SINGEASY does Musical Theatre.
Join Seann Walsh at the Museum of Comedy as he runs through material.
Kerry Godliman & Jen Brister: Work In Progress Join Kerry Godliman and Jen Brister as they try out new material
Politics is boring.
From her auspicious beginnings with John Houseman's The Acting Company to the overnight sensation of her Evita on Broadway, from the birth of Les Miserables to her unforgettabl…
Have fun learning French! Set in Paris, 'Pinot! The Musical' follows the adventures of Petrov, a young Russian cyclist who dreams of winnng the Tour de France!…
Thursday 7th March, 8pmFriday 8th March, 8pmTickets: £10Duration: 2hrs including an intervalSuitable for: ages 11+Other: This show takes place …
Join Katherine Ryan and Emily Dean - and their two dogs Raymond and Meg - for a live chat to celebrate the publication of Emily’s new heartbreaking and funny memoi…
Rob Auton Award winning stand-up comedian and poet Rob Auton (Dave’s Funniest Joke Of The Fringe award winner, Glastonbury’s ‘Poet In Residence’)…
Musical comedy sisters Flo & Joan present a brand new half hour of dark, witty songs.
JESSICAIt's hard to get out Dancing QueenI'll choose happiness every damn time JESSICA - WENDY ALICE ROSE CO.
Back for it’s fourth year.
Traditional, Victorian ‘Old Time Music Hall’ All the songs you love to sing and the jokes you love to hear.
Back for it’s fourth year.
The landmark, record-breaking and top-rated television series Only Fools and Horses, written by the late, great John Sullivan becomes a brand-new, home-grown British Musical specta…
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Phil Wang has a new stand-up show to write.
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Phil Wang has a new stand-up show to write.
I’m Not Running is an explosive new play by David Hare, premiering at the National Theatre and broadcast live to cinemas.
Jo Burke is feeling a little peculiar.
The award-winning comedy duo return to Etcetera Theatre with some brand spanking new material.
The Final Show of Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course.
Extra encore performance added - Monday 4 February @ 11am - Booking Now Broadcast live from the National Theatre, Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo play Shakespeare&rsquo…
The "Podfather" (Guardian) and "King of the Internet" (Time Out) returns with the award winning Podcast in which he chats with the biggest names in c…
Mark Cortale PresentsBroadway @ Leicester Square Theatre JENNA RUSSELLwith SETH RUDETSKY as music director & hostSunday, 3rd February @ 4pm Olivier Award Winner &…
Mark Cortale PresentsBroadway @ Leicester Square Theatre JUDY KUHNwith SETH RUDETSKY as music director & hostSunday, 3rd February @ 8pm Four Time Tony Nominee Judy K…
Mark Cortale PresentsBroadway @ Leicester Square Theatre JENNA RUSSELLwith SETH RUDETSKY as music director & hostSunday, 3rd February @ 4pm Olivier Award Winner &…
Mark Cortale PresentsBroadway @ Leicester Square Theatre JUDY KUHNwith SETH RUDETSKY as music director & hostSunday, 3rd February @ 8pm Four Time Tony Nominee Judy K…
Of Course I’m Hot.
I’m Not Running is an explosive new play by David Hare, premiering at the National Theatre and broadcast live to cinemas.
A new comedy by David Hampshire.
A new comedy by David Hampshire.
Pour yourself a cup of ambition, and head on down to Dolly Parton’s rollicking West End musical!9 TO 5 THE MUSICALis clocking in to the West End - with a strictly limited West En…
Earth’s funniest footwear bring you songs, sketches, socks and violence.
A musical romp through Victorian London, starring repressed stiff Dr Jekyll (Laurence Owen) and fun-loving good-time psycho Mr Hyde (Lindsay Sharman).
A musical romp through Victorian London, starring repressed stiff Dr Jekyll (Laurence Owen) and fun-loving good-time psycho Mr Hyde (Lindsay Sharman).
‘If this is what improv can do, you wonder why anyone bothers writing anything down.
Now in its 4th year Sketch Off! is a competition open to any sketch groups & character acts currently performing in the UK as we search for the country's …
Now in its 4th year Sketch Off! is a competition open to any sketch groups & character acts currently performing in the UK as we search for the country's …
Critically acclaimed, award-winning and unbelievably humble comedy double-act, Revan and Fennell, return to the Museum of Comedy with an hour of brand spanking new mater…
From the man who pranked Theresa May, Donald Trump, Sepp Blatter, Kanye West and many more of the world’s biggest knobs; acclaimed character comedian Simon Brodkin…
‘Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves.
Join a line-up of Standard Issue Magazine’s brilliant contributors, plus women from across comedy and the media chatting about funnies, feminism and more.
Now in its 4th year Sketch Off! is a competition open to any sketch groups & character acts currently performing in the UK as we search for the country's …
James O'Brien’s giving you the chance to join him for an exclusive stage show to raise money for LBC's charity Global's Make Some Noise - get your t…
Now in its 4th year Sketch Off! is a competition open to any sketch groups & character acts currently performing in the UK as we search for the country's …
James O'Brien’s giving you the chance to join him for an exclusive stage show to raise money for LBC's charity Global's Make Some Noise - get your t…
Join Steve Allen for an ‘In Conversation with… well, himself’.
Join Steve Allen for an ‘In Conversation with… well, himself’.
International stand-up sensation Gina Yashere is back in London for Chritmas… Taking a break from travelling the globe and making a splash in the USA, Gina return…
Jo Burke is feeling a little peculiar.
Jo Burke is feeling a little peculiar.
Glenn Moore is a critically-acclaimed and prolific stand-up, writer, and sketch comedian.
From the songwriting team behind the smash-hit Tony Award-winning musical Dear Evan Hansen and the Academy Award-winning films La La Land and The Greatest Showman, - A Christmas St…
Alan Carr: Work In Progress (plus support)
Critically acclaimed, award-winning and unbelievably humble comedy double-act, Revan and Fennell, return to the Museum of Comedy with an hour of brand spanking new mater…
by Joanne Bogart and Eric Rockwell One story - five mini musicals! This affectionate and hilarious send-up tells one story in five distinctive musi…
Urinetown is a hilarious send-up of greed, love, revolution (and musicals!), in a time when water is worth its weight in gold.
Rob Beckett: Work In Progress
An evening with Dame Esther Rantzen and her daughter, journalist and broadcaster Rebeca Wilcox For one night only broadcasting legend Dame Esther Rantzen and her daughte…
Since the shocking suicides of her parents, Anna, their daughter, has struggled to come to terms with their loss.
International bestselling & award winning author, Lynda La Plante, whose TV dramas from Prime Suspect to Trial & Retribution have kept viewers on the edge of the…
In Mark’s latest novel, The Killing Habit, DI Tom Thorne is tasked with catching a notorious killer of domestic cats.
From the number one bestselling author, Peter James, comes an explosive standalone thriller that will grip you and won’t let go until the very last page.
Brass, Benjamin Till’s winner of the ‘Best Musical’ in the 2014 UK Theatre Awards, fills the stage at the Union Theatre, Southwark, in its professional London première.
A host of West End performers present the greatest songs from shows that bombed, by Stephen Sondheim, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Lionel Bart, Stephen Schwartz, Stiles & Dr…
Russell Kane: Work In Progress
TONY LAW “Form-busting and hugely enjoyable” - The Times ANDREW LAWRENCE“Anyone who gives this spikily inventive performer the time of day will realise…
A night of sparkling wit and humour featuring James Cary, Paul Kerensa and Simon Jenkins that lovingly looks at the flaws, foibles and funniest parts of faith and religi…
Calling all Bingsters! Bing and his friends are coming to Greenwich in the first ever Bing stage show!Join Bing, Sula, Coco and Pando as they find out how to tell stories by preten…
Curly is convinced that appearing youthful is the answer to success and he will do whatever is necessary to get 'youth'.
Frank Skinner presents an hour of work in progress material for one week only!
Michael McIntyre WIP
Ricky Gervais WIP
Some productions are enhanced when a director changes the contexts of a play.
“She’s my best friend.
Ricky Gervais WIP Please be aware, the show starts at 6.30pm and latecomers will not be admitted.
Minister for UK negotiations on Scotland’s place in Europe and MSP for Argyll and Bute.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
After graduating from RSAMD, Watson joined Glasgow Citizens’ TAG Theatre, before working with Traverse, Borderline, 7:84, Royal Lyceum, Perth Rep and Scottish Theatre Company.
Following the success of the Total Theatre Award-winning Palmyra and Eurohouse, Bert and Nasi present an exclusive work-in-progress showing of their latest piece.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Arnold Brown first came to prominence in the early 1980s at Soho’s Comedy Store and later, at the Comic Strip live show, with Alexei Sayle, Rik Mayall and French and Saunders et al…
For three nights only, award-winning musical comedian and star of BBC Two’s The Mash Report, Rachel Parris, presents a late-night jamboree of tunes intended to tickle, including so…
A much-loved comedian for over 25 years, at the peak of her success Ruby bizarrely jumped ship to gain a master’s degree from Oxford in mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, then pr…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Celebrating 31 years of the UK’s biggest and best comedy newcomer competition.
16m subscribers.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Macpherson’s 50+ year career in broadcasting and writing shows few signs of abating.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
KT Tunstall’s enchanting and engaging songs resonate throughout pop culture.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
This curious interactive lecture given by actress and software business advisor Zoe Cunningham offers some great advice and practical tips for anyone who wants to do acting (proper…
Join Funny Women for a sparkling mix of comedy including performances by special guests and the brightest new talent at the Fringe.
From Show Boat to Showman, there’s always Another Op’nin, Another Show about the sparkling self-obsessed world of musical theatre! And why not? Some of the best shows are all a…
Join Sara Pascoe as she hosts an exclusive stand up show, bringing with her a line-up of some of the most exciting comedy talent in the country.
Join us for the second year of the new comedy competition celebrating all things sketch! The organiser’s behind the UK’s biggest comedy newcomer competition are on the hunt for the…
The American comedian and creator of The Jeselnik Offensive comes to London two nights only with his brand new hour, Funny Games.
Former Scottish tennis international with 64 national title successes, Judy was appointed Scottish National coach in 1995, becoming the first woman to pass the LTA’s Performance Co…
Roy Chubby Brown is back and he’s as naughty as ever.
Please Stop! Please Stop! Please Stop! No this is not a command but a comedy documentary which explores the view that all cities in the UK lack identity.
Questing Voles – All’s Well That Ends As You Like It, 2017: ‘a pretty anarchic hour of fun and frolics’ (FringeReview.
Emily Thornberry, MP for Islington South and Finsbury, is the Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Shadow First Secretary of State.
Becky Brunning: Actor, comedian, daredevil, helmet owner, stunt-doer, brings her new nigh-octane show to boldly tackle the big issues: should she have children? Is equality the re…
A proud socialist and trade unionist, elected Scottish Labour Party leader in 2017 on a radical programme of change.
Rosie Jones is a comedian with a penchant for being mischievous.
This unique collaboration between two outstanding groups, Glasgow’s Brian Molley Quartet and the Asin Langa Ensemble from Jodhpur, combines music from Scotland and India to create …
Scotland’s top-selling female album artist of all time, Barbara Dickson has had a fifty-year life in music, telling stories through song and performance in the theatre and continui…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
An opportunity to apply for East 15 Acting School’s MA/MFA Acting International programme.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
COMMON: GROUND is an initiative developed by COMMON, an arts organisation who exist to support the UK theatre industry in achieving greater socio-economic diversity, delivered with…
Rory Bremner is the multi-talented impressionist, comedian, satirist, translator, columnist, writer, presenter and actor.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Arguably the UK’s most effective and best known political performer, winning awards for his stage shows and human rights campaigning, including the Amnesty International Freedom of…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Orwell That Ends Well is a comedy musical, combining characters and stories from 1984 and Animal Farm.
With recent workshops around the world, this delightful new musical by California composer Tim Nelson is now at the Fringe! Alice’s magical, musical journey with a true Broadway …
13 is a hilarious, coming-of-age musical about discovering that cool is sometimes where we least expect it.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Also known as Loki the Scottish Rapper, McGarvey is a troublemaking hip hop recording artist, community activist, an unusually scrupulous columnist and social commentator.
Last year, Mark Watson – a man prone to considerable anxiety, with multiple phobias and a history of piss-poor self-esteem – was asked to go on Celebrity Island with Bear Gryll…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
The original show, performed for the first time in 10 years.Turn up early.Sellout expected.
Free (ticketed).Sellout expected.
Phoenix Arts Club Cabaret Award Finalist Diva Regina presents her first solo cabaret show at Camden Fringe.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
The original show, performed for the first time in 10 years. Turn up early, sell-out expected.
What happens if you find the love of your life at the end of the world? This hilarious and moving new musical follows Jack who discovers that the world will end in one week.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
This epic rock comedy tells the story of a young rocker JB, from Kickapoo, journeying to find his counterpart in rock KG, and together they form the band… Tenacious D! Once forme…
World in Progress is a brand-new musical song-cycle that explores our ever-changing relationship with the earth.
A new musical by Tish Tindall based upon an idea by David Gest, Michael Jackson, and the life and works of Robert Burns.
Vote excitedly alongside dozens of international talent scouts for 2018’s hottest breakthrough stars in the making, who battle for glory, fame and the shiny moose trophy.
Simon Hall is a comedy writer, TV icon and national treasure, who finds himself arrested under suspicion of never having told a joke.
Join Standard Issue Podcast – the smart and witty women’s magazine for your ears – as it hosts a panel of brilliant women from the world of comedy and media in conversation abo…
People often get awkward, white, Northern Tom Short, and awkward, white, Northern Tom Little mixed up.
One of Scotland’s most recognisable, talented and controversial figures.
Britain’s queen of crime fiction with more than 30 books to her name and 16 million worldwide sales.
Based on the popular traditional folk song, Kelty Clippie follows the comic adventures of a bus conductress in Fife.
Do you always approach life logically, making careful decisions based on sound evidence and facts? Health warning! You may be suffering from abnormally high levels of rationality.
One of the so-called Birmingham Six, wrongfully convicted of the Birmingham pub bombings in 1974, at that time the worst terrorist atrocity in mainland Britain.
Kerry Godliman is back in Edinburgh to try out material she’s never said out loud before.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Parker has only ever dreamt of being a stand-up comedian.
Britain’s foremost football correspondent, having written about the game for three decades covering numerous World Cups, European Championships and Champions League campaigns.
RCS is holding auditions for this programme for aspiring performance makers wishing to develop their skills as innovative and socially engaged performers, directors, teachers and c…
Django Reinhardt was a musical genius and his influence on generations of guitarists has been immense.
Tom McNab, technical adviser on the film Chariots of Fire, gives a short, sharp history of the Olympic games to raise funds for the Eric Liddell Centre – a dementia care charity …
Born in the UK to a family of Bengali doctors, the early 1990s saw Paul qualifying as a doctor and taking his first steps on the stand-up comedy circuit.
Downtown Abbey’s Marquis of Flintshire and a BAFTA-winning actor with a film and TV career spanning fifty years.
Broadcaster Mark Stephen and singer-songwriter Gill Bowman look beyond the haggis and tartan to the real Scotland – stories, secret places and iconic songs.
Renowned Scottish pianist Christopher Guild offers listeners the chance to become acquainted with a burgeoning force in Scotland’s culture: its classical music.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
The multi award-winning political agitators are back at the Traverse with a morning of outstanding new writing and fiery debate.
A converted 1960s caravan hosting installations both insightful and absurd, poetry, puppets and music.
Manager of Scotland, having previously managed Motherwell, Hibs, Rangers, Birmingham City and Aston Villa among others.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Originally from Liverpool, coming to study at Glasgow University in 1986.
The UK’s biggest and best comedy newcomer competition is back for its 31st year at the Fringe! After months of regional heats, come see the funniest of the hundreds of applicants a…
Free daily hour-long showcase of the best musical comedy at this year’s Edinburgh Festival, courtesy of the Musical Comedy Guide website (check for full listings).
Three of the Oxford Revue’s best and brightest present a free hour of stand-up and musical comedy.
Find out what life is really like as a local newspaper reporter in a rural town, covering hard-hitting stories such as parish council meetings, charity bike rides and dogs winning …
Elected to parliament in 2015, aged 20, for Paisley and Renfrewshire South, the Baby of the House has a first class honours degree in Politics and Public Policy from the University…
New(ish) for 2018! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
Improviser Mara Joy (TBC Improv, The Spontaneous Players) is joined by a different special guest every day to create an entirely unique two-person show based off one word from the …
After a sell-out, five-star run in 2016, One Musical to Rule Them All returns to parody everyone’s favourite trilogy about wizards, hobbits and a quest to destroy some magical je…
Born in Scotland, Bon Scott emigrated to Australia and joined rock band AC/DC to become a legend.
Fresh from touring UK and Australia, the maestro of feel-good comedy.
Come along and enjoy a fantastic sing-along to the musical classics.
Visual comedy, dynamic emotions, innovative narrative techniques inspired by films and the never-ending pleasure of transformation .
Four top-quality fowl-mouthed acts, hand-plucked from around the festival. For the poultry sum of a bucket contribution on eggsit. Guaranteed to be clucking funny.
Join us for a riotous celebration of the Fringe’s best musical comedians! Since 2009, the MCA have helped to launch the likes of Abandoman, Rachel Parris, Mae Martin, Jay Foreman a…
Feeling pressured by his success last year with The Elvis Dead, Rob Kemp returns with ten(!) shows stuck to a spinning wheel.
Melbourne’s Out Cast Theatre company, using ‘bits of Mr Oscar Wilde’, as stated on the flyer, return a sort-of version of The Importance of Being Earnest to the Edinburgh Fri…
Funnybones is Steve McCann’s Edinburgh solo debut.
Fun and frenetic cabaret revue combining songs, sketches and observations in a hilarious celebration of the world’s biggest arts festival.
The whole world is on edge.
Life’s a journey, chauffeur driven by someone else.
Lovable Brit Ollie Horn (‘always a crowd pleaser’ (Edd Daggers, ROR Comedy)) tells fast-paced tales of life as an unlikely Japanese TV star and life on the road as he tours around …
Stand-up comic Gareth Berliner was cast in Coronation Street four years ago to play dodgy drug dealer Macca, and was told he didn’t need make-up! He’s also very funny.
A newly qualified journalist gets his first big break writing for the Maily Dail just as the biggest upset in British politics is about to occur.
Double Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee and host of The Mash Report trials new material for a national tour.
To make James Veitch better for you, he brings regular updates to improve speed and reliability.
Are you, or someone you love, pretending you’re not losing your hearing? Well at 31, Tom GK is losing his.
Currently residing in New York City, the Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer returns to the Fringe to build material.
Tony Award winner Ben Harney (Broadway's Dreamgirls), and writer Mehr Mansuri, lead this musical about an 1850s Virginia slave who ships himself to freedom in a box.
On the second floor of The Caves, in an arched, brick room with streamers cascading down either side, stands Frank.
Workers of the world: please stop! Jack Evans, lizard prince of Manchester’s alternative circuit, presents a punchy, out-there hour about work: its history, its present and a futur…
With five Edinburgh shows under his belt and nine years experience as a professional, Mickey brings his best material. No feelings, just good jokes.
Nigel Ng is from Malaysia.
Award-winning gag merchant and UK Pun Champion 2016, Masai Graham delivers over 100 naughty jokes in just half an hour.
Codependent Arising is an immersive theater experience revealing the deepest, weirdest parts of one comedian in her most vulnerable state.
Three new up-and-coming stand-up comedians perform their diverse sets.
A brand new wacky comedy musical for all ages! How do you keep life exciting when you live forever? Dracula needs to find something to do now that his arch nemesis has been defeate…
The magic of New York is effectively captured in 89 Nights, a new musical from Troubadour Stageworks.
‘Brilliant’ ***** (Sydney Morning Herald).
It’s the musical they said would never happen! After last year’s award-winning show, he’s back with stories from his life set to music.
Birds of Paradise’s new musical is a hysterical and at times incredibly thoughtful production that takes a wry and insightful poke at the state of inclusion in modern theatre and…
Sock! Pow! Wham! Earth’s funniest footwear are back with their 10th new show of songs, sketches, socks and violence.
The Edinburgh must-see, Olivier Award-winning (Best Entertainment and Family Show 2016) West End hit returns for its 11th consecutive year! A brand-new musical comedy is created fr…
Is the comedy gene something you can inherit from your parents? If so then Siblings: Acting Out sisters Maddy and Marina Bye have been blessed with it in spades.
2020: Time to make Donald Great Again! But can King Nigel Farage the First of England get his trade deal? When will Kim Jong Un stop messing about with missiles? And why has Vladim…
Music Theatre Warwick returns to the festival with their long-form, entirely improvised musical that is a rollicking good time, even if there are a few kinks that need ironing out.
Buried certainly made a splash at the Fringe last year, winning awards left, right, and centre, and deservedly so – Tom Williams and Cordelia O’Driscoll’s new musical is quir…
A Belgian pop star moves to London to steal the job of British pop stars.
Fred MacAulay, one of Scotland’s best-loved stand-ups, is back with his live lunchtime chat show.
Total sell-out in 2015, 2016 and 2017! Updated with new deaths and sexcapades from seventh series.
High-energy actors, colourful puppets, amazing characters and fantastic songs combine to create AnimAlphabet: The Musical.
A Work in Progress is just that, a work in progress.
The secret life of man’s best friend is pondered in BARK: The Musical.
Total sell-out 2015, 2016 and 2017! One of the best-known, longest-running and most celebrated improv shows in the world.
Before Voldemort was He Who Must Not Be Named, he was just Tom Riddle, another moody teen at Hogwarts.
Deciding to take on Scientology, the notoriously thin skinned and litigation happy “religion”, as the central subject matter of a comedy rock musical is certainly a brave choic…
Nominated Best Performance, Melbourne Fringe.
A solo theatrical performance by Sam Ross, which aims to convey how it feels to live with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
A theatrical sightseeing tour onboard a classic 1960s Routemaster bus, taking you on a journey around the darker side of Europe’s most haunted city.
From the creators of the sell-out hit Buzz: A New Musical.
While Henry the 8th fights for his life, his daughter Mary Tudor has a battle of her own: she wants to claim his soon-to-be-empty throne.
I sat through an hour long fever dream yesterday entitled Timpson the Musical, and to get the recommendation out of the way, I would easily go again.
Curly is convinced that appearing youthful is the answer to success and he will do whatever is necessary to get ‘youth’.
Russell Howard returns to Edinburgh for two weeks only. New ideas, New routines, Anything could happen! It’s gonna be great, and it’s only a fiver. Who’s in?
Fresh from his appearance on Conan, Ismo returns to the Leicester Square Theatre to try out material ahead of his Edinburgh Fringe Show.
Inspired by our sister production of Phil Porter's Blink, Squabbling House Theatre are delighted to present the company’s first collection of new writing shor…
Michael Palin CBE is a founding member of the internationally renowned Monty Python team, revelling in the fish-slapping dance, the lumberjack song, and performing the D…
Brought together by a voyeuristic relationship that teeters on the verge of stalking, introverted Sophie and eccentric Esther relive the story of how they met.
Rob Deering is back with his most tenacious tunes yet.
Based on the smash DreamWorks animated motion picture, Madagascar - The Musical follows all of your favourite crack-a-lackin’ friends as they escape from their home in New York’s C…
Catherine Bohart is the bisexual, OCD daughter of a Catholic Deacon and she’s got a hell of a lot to say about it.
You’ve seen her on Comedy Central, you’ve seen her on the BBC, now see Nottingham-born rising star Sarah Keyworth’s debut hour.
Ian Smith (BBC3's Sweat the Small Stuff) is a multi-award winning comedian, fuelled by 35p energy drinks.
Fifteen Minutes is the debut hour of critically acclaimed comedian Rosie Jones (8 Out Of 10 Cats, Silent Witness).
Magicked! – Everyone loves Harry Potter, and in tribute to the world’s favourite pubescent wizard, this summer, tonight’s show assumes the form of an improvised tribute to Ha…
For one night only we are delighted to bring together two national treasures as broadcasting legend Dame Esther Rantzen meets the multi-award winning actress Miriam Margolyes for a…
Written by award-winning writer Tim Firth, The Band is a beautiful story for anyone who grew up with a boyband and how those songs became the soundtrack of their lives.
Standup and improv comedy unite in one explosively funny night! Join us as a group of experienced improvisers weave a (dramatic! funny! exciting!) story in three acts based on the …
The Final Show of Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course.
Stop Giving Me Grief is a two person show about what happens to the living when people die, and whether we can ever be normal again after grief snuggles up next to us.
Born and raised in Japan, Yuriko Kotani now lives in the UK.
Andrew Lloyd Webber is the most successful composer of musicals in history and professional productions of his shows have sold more than 33o million tickets worldwide.
Nick Dixon arrives fresh from working with Will Smith on his new movie, performing his standup on Comedy Central, and supporting Europe’s biggest comedian at the S…
Homecoming is the word that comes to mind when watching this musical.
“I went to a funeral the other day.
The Nursery Presents a night of improvised theatre in conjunction with The City of London’s Women: Work And Power programme!We’re excited to present The Maydays Laydays (AKA th…
The Aid Fundraiser PresentsLaugh Till It HurtsIn Aid of MacMillan Cancer Support TERRY ALDERTON “This is a mainstream act that dares to be different, that comes fr…
The Leicester Mercury award-winning comedian is building a brand new hour of stand up.
Chortle Best Newcomer Winner 2017, Tom Ward, returns with his difficult third album.
It’s Komedia’s sell-out monthly night of exciting new comedy without the gamble.
Kevin Precious is a former Religious Studies teacher.
Join one of the UK’s top comedians as they host a special ‘Comic Relief Live’ show at the Brighton Fringe, bringing a line-up of some of the most exciting up-and-coming comedy ta…
Josh Widdicombe and Henry Paker try out new material for their upcoming stand up shows.
Ian Smith is a multi-award-winning comedian; this is a work in progress of his fifth solo show.
Located by St Ann’s Well Gardens in Hove, Park Gate is an attractive, low-density development built in 1958 by the celebrated SPAN architectural practice.
We are back to lead you in a sing-a-long of hits from all the best musical shows, with a live band of West End theatre musicians backing you.
I have an invisible condition (chronic pain), and I need to lie down (a lot).
The UK’s leading female comedy community ‘Funny Women’ host a night of fabulous female comedy talent in Brighton’s best comedy venue, Komedia Brighton, featuring a mix of establi…
Do you struggle to fit in in an ever-changing world? Does the speed of change make you feel old before your time? Then you know how Paul feels.
Black-belt grandmasters of narrative-sketch comedy take to the live stage in a whirlwind hour of new ideas and never-before-seen characters.
Earth’s Funniest Footwear are back for their 10th brand new show.
We can’t stop the future from arriving, no matter what drugs we’re on.
What's your tipple? Pint of lager and a packet of cheese and onion crisps? How about an evening being transported to the White Oak pub where you will meet an eclectic mix of ch…
Set on an island best known for its adorable marsupial inhabitants, Bus Boy is a sweet play about two very different people becoming friends.
Nigel Ng is from Malaysia.
How can we enhance the impact of a theatre play with live music? An interactive workshop where participants are welcome to bring their own compositions to play or improvise.
An opportunity to see the culmination of three years’ work produced by The Hammond Graduate Musical Theatre Students, in a unique showcase performance for industry…
An energy packed performance by the Musical Theatre Degree students at Northbrook MET.
Canadian comedian Katharine Ferns is relentlessly funny with her confessional and brutally honest storytelling style of comedy.
An hour of new material by award-winning comedian and ‘Live at the Apollo’ star, Larry Dean.
Please note, this event is now called ‘Creative Cafe Brighton’. Full details and link to book tickets here: www.brightonfringe.org/whats-on/creative-caf%C3%A9-brighton-125548/
Fiona Sagar (Funny Women Best Show Nominee 2016, The Groundlings Comedy Theatre, LA) returns to Brighton Fringe with her new character comedy show.
Traditional, Victorian ‘Old Time Music Hall’ All the songs you love to sing and the jokes you love to hear.
Romina Puma comes back and is darker than ever! It’s a show about love, or the lack of it, a show about a child longing to be cared for by her mother while having to care for her…
Come and get your teeth into a refreshing approach to acting with this Stanislavski-inspired technique.
Catherine Bohart is the bisexual, OCD daughter of a Catholic deacon and she’s got a hell of a lot to say about it.
Fresh off a UK tour supporting Simon Amstell, Mawaan Rizwan is back with a work-in-progress show.
Tom and Bunny Save the World is a folk musical.
By popular demand! Original musical journey from 400 AD Boerthelm’s Tun to present day Bom-Bane’s, with portraits of all the colourful inhabitants along the way.
Creating your own kingdom is what life’s all about – one where you can live by your own rules, make your own choices, and be the person you truly are.
Come and watch as award-winning, stand-up comedian, and much credited writer Dan Evans releases 53 minutes of his latest entertainment into the wild.
Winner of the BBC New Comedy Award 2015 and Time Out’s One to Watch, UK-based Japanese comedian Yuriko Kotani brings you wonderfully offbeat stories with her rug-pulling punchlines…
Egyptian-American comedian Maria Shehata follows up her debut show ‘Wisdomless’ with stand up and storytelling about her life in London and what happened after she whimsically move…
A new piece of devised work making its debut at this year’s Brighton Fringe.
Featured on Channel 4, Comedy Central and BBC’s New Talent Hotlist, the award-winning Swedish comedian presents a work in progress that promises to be “uncensored, unapologetic and…
When life fell apart, Rob moved into a caravan.
Join Lolly and special guest(s) in an hour of stand up & character comedy.
Winner of South End Comedy Festival’s ‘Best Newcomer’ competition 2017, Kelsey is one of the youngest working comedians in the UK.
Britain is on the brink of nuclear war - how would you spend what might be your last afternoon on Earth? Somewhere in middle-class suburbia, a small group has decided to press on …
A stand-up comedy show from a comedian that cannot stand up.
In 2014, Olga Koch’s father was stopped by authorities on the Russian border, which resulted in the most surreal year in her family’s life.
Esther Manito, a finalist on ‘So You Think You’re Funny? 2017’ and heard on BBC radio 4 Extra, is working on her first solo show.
It’s been a hell of a year for Rosco McClelland, travelling the world, getting engaged and making new friends in interesting places.
Berkoff's East is one of the most powerful examinations of the white working class culture in England.
He told a silly joke one night at a show in Australia and the events thereafter were rather confusing.
Adele Cliff, Dave’s Top 15 Funniest Jokes of the Fringe 2017 and 2016, brings her brand-new show ‘Sheep’ to Brighton! Packed with gags, anecdotes and fun, this work-in-progress sho…
A brand new show from the creator of award-winning wedding comedy ‘It’s Got to be Perfect’.
See this award-nominated (Best Comedy, Buxton Fringe 2017) Australian stand-up, now living in Bedford, who played to full houses throughout his Edinburgh Fringe run (2017).
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…
Up-and-coming comedian Jake Baker (twice nominated for the BBC New Comedy Award) brings his first solo hour to Brighton.
Bisha K Ali brings a work in progress show to Brighton Fringe.
Steve Bugeja, as seen on ‘Love Island Aftersun’, Russell Howard’s ‘Stand Up Central’, Radio 4’s ‘Fresh From The Fringe’ and BBC 3’s ‘Top 10’, presents a work-in-progress show.
From the minds behind Brighton improv titans Off the Cuff and Blanket Fort comes a full-throttle fully-improvised musical performed in full by only two men (plus one on guitar).
This is a jam-packed musical comedy performance of fun storytelling rhymes set to an original soundtrack.
Award-winning double-act, Revan and Fennell, return to Brighton Fringe with their brand of observational and character-driven sketch comedy.
Following our 2016 sell-out, smash-hit show, come with us on our next adventure: pirates, mermaids and the search for buried treasure told through original live music, poetry and s…
Heidi Regan, winner of BBC New Comedy Award 2017 and So You Think You’re Funny? 2016, explores our increasingly confusing world via the medium of shark films.
Jay Cowle is a stand-up comedian and day dreamer which is all very nice until he wants to get something done, but things are changing.
Comedian and impressionist Luke Kempner brings his 2018 work in progress show to Brighton Fringe for the first time.
Join Lord Byron, the most notorious figure from literary history, for a stiff drink.
18 months ago, Maisie Adam decided to try stand-up comedy.
Despite his best intentions, Dave Fensome is getting older.
There comes an awkward point in some friendships when going to the pub is no longer quite enough entertainment.
The ‘Mellow Thunder From Down Under’ returns to Brighton with a stand-up comedy show that’ll be thoughtful, silly, and thoughtfully silly.
A low-budget, one-man nature documentary set in a future where our worst predictions came true.
Join a line-up of Standard Issue Magazine’s brilliant contributors, plus women from across comedy and the media chatting about funnies, feminism and more.
Eddie Izzard: Work In Progress.
Nina Conti, now a household name from multiple television appearances, has done great trade tonight packing out London’s premier temporary fringe venue – The Underbelly at Sout…
70 years after the Empire Windrush docked, marking the start of Caribbean migration to the UK, comes a new work from Phoenix’s artistic director Sharon Watson with a newly co…
International Showgirl, Ivy Paige, star of ‘London Cabaret’, hostess of An Evening of a Burlesque, real life Jessica Rabbit and now the infamous singing sire…
“This summer, she comes to my door and tells me she’s been diagnosed with depression and I think to myself – not this again” My friend.
Northern club comic Frank Lavender returns to London’s Leicester Square Theatre for a run of Work In Progress Shows.
Brexit.
‘Logan Murray's courses in stand-up do more than teach comedy - his students discover themselves.
Looking at a beautifully lit and visually enticing set on a traverse stage, this production of Gauhar Jaan - The Datia Incident looks very promising.
I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical sets out to present everything that you could possibly want to know about being a musical theatre performer.
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre to try out some brand new jokes.
Paul Taylor-Mills, Artistic Director of The Other Palace, will host The Musical Marathon on Sunday 1 April 2018 at 6pm.
1965.
The "Podfather" (Guardian) and "King of the Internet" (Time Out) returns with the award winning Podcast in which he chats with the biggest names in c…
Back for its third year.
From humble beginnings in Nutbush, Tennessee, to her transformation into the global Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll, Tina Turner didn’t just break the rules, she rewrote them.
Mousetrap Theatre Projects is celebrating its 21st Anniversary on Sunday 18th March 2018 at the Prince of Wales Theatre, raising funds to give inspiring theatre experiences to ch…
MESSIAH The Rock Musical makes its Adelaide Fringe return at the iconic Vogue Theatre featuring an exciting and original score, together with stunning visual projections, to hook y…
Inside out Dance club host a series of events showcasing some of Australia’s best underground DJs and Live acts.
Claire is growing into the woman she always dreamed of.
Just announced! – Danny Bhoy will return to the Adelaide Fringe for a run of special gigs to work up material for his next tour.
HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO TO GET WHAT YOU WANT? The all-female camp KILLER cult classic finally makes its way to London following its critical acclaim off-Broadway.
The Lyric Ensemble is a group of 15 actors led by international director Anne Louise Sarks.
Girls just want to have fun! And that’s why The Adeladies are back for another year at the Fringe! Enjoy the Fringe’s premier selection of the very best in female comedy, with…
The 2016 smash hit improv musical returns to Adelaide! Total sell-out Edinburgh Fringe 2015, 2016, 2017.
‘It’s about the randomness of life … of how you’re here one minute and gone the next, and how you’d better get relationships established because there’s not much else tha…
We can all recall that one special toy which, even in adulthood, puts a smile on our face when we think of it, and ‘The Velveteen Rabbit Musical Show’ is about such a toy.
Join OLD JACK, the Aussie Gleeman, for your renewable energy – high voltage, low emissions, clean and efficient, ample storage, no blackouts (we all hope).
Often we say a lot without actually saying anything at all, but is it possible to express much in fewer words? Laconic is a selection of short films and animations for you to ex…
“Who’s Your Daddy? returns to Adelaide with an amazing line-up of both local and International comedians, both Mums & Dads, all talking Parenthood.
The Intimacy and Attraction Workshop® is an interactive set of techniques and exercises for inviting presence, connecting through the heart, and exploring the play of masculine an…
Total sell-out Edinburgh Fringe 2015, 2016, 2017! The hilarious, razor-sharp audience and critical smash hit send-up of HBO’s phenomenally successful Game of Thrones makes its A…
Following two SOLD OUT Fringe Seasons, Promise Adelaide is delighted to bring you more ‘Musical Moments’.
Rob Broderick, Abandoman’s freestyling frontman, is bringing his new solo show to the Fringe.
Writers of Abbott! The Musical, George Glass invite you to discover the inner workings of the world’s most controversial religion.
Prepare to be taken on a musical journey through time.
Come meet quiet Ivy, who has amazing ideas, and outgoing Bean, who loves to put ideas into action.
Guess who’s back? From the ashes of early 2000’s Australian politics rises Senator Hanson - one woman, one party, one nation, one dream.
Life’s a party.
Awarded Broadway composer & pianist, John Bucchino, will be performing for the S.
HEATHERS THE MUSICAL is the darkly delicious story of Veronica Sawyer, a brainy, beautiful teenage misfit who hustles her way into the most powerful and ruthless clique at Westerbe…
English-born Australian singer-songwriter Glenn Shorrock is known for being a founding member of The Twilights, Axiom, and Little River Band, as well as his extensive solo career.
WRITTEN BY MICHAEL ROSS Michael Ross’s biting satire delivers a piece very much for our times, reflecting on the dignity and many indignities of labour.
A HILARIOUSLY HONEST AND FAST PACED COMEDY ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH ‘A glorious, farcical conglomeration of a show made up of jokes, hilarious characters, song, science experiments a…
West End Actress, Musician and snazzy idiot, Katie Pritchard, is off on an adventure in this tidal wave of Sketchy, Charactery, Musical Comedy fun.
Selladoor’s touring production of Flashdance continues to shine light and pizzazz with a strong fusion of two worlds moulded into 80s’ pop glitz and grit.
Two desperately lonely people open up to each other at the end of a house warming party and eventually become a couple.
The 2016 Olivier Award-winners for Best Entertainment and Family Show return to Oxford.
The Maydays present a tale of black comedy and music, inspired by Tim Burton Sitting in a Tin Can - Two astronauts kill time in a space capsule The Deconstruction - See our players…
The Dreamweaver Quartet invite you to open up your third eye The Society is part-show and part self-help group Ten Thousand Million Love Stories is a two-person, multi-character sh…
Your favourite festive film is now a major new musical adapted for the stage by Debbie Isitt, the creator of the much-loved films.
London Musical Theatre Orchestra presents A Christmas Carol.
United - An improv show played with the energy of a sports match Phil Lunn is - Each show features a new singer, created by the audience.
Some of the UK’s finest improvisers and musicians The Dreamweaver Quartet invite you to open up your third eye From deep inside the dusty corners of the most amazing record collec…
The raucous & uproarious musical that reveals inner secrets & truths of recording audiobooks by star Sarah Naughton incorporates stand-up comedy, dance, immersive theater, and trad…
Impromptu Shakespeare create an entirely new and unique ‘Shakespeare’ play Will Luera has flown in from Boston to perform with a crack team of players United is an improvisation sh…
The Dreamweaver Quartet invite you to open up your third eye Will Luera is back in London and playing for two nights with a crack team of London improvisers The Owls Are Not What T…
Constella OperaBallet return to the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells this November with their award-winning Sideshows.
A night of celebration – whether it’s cheering or your team or the whole of mankind! United is an improvisation show played with the energy of a sports match.
Award-winning double act, Revan and Fennell, bring their unique brand of silly and observational sketch comedy to the Etcetera Theatre in Camden for one night only.
This one hour solo performance was a truly mesmerising and moving experience.
Happily Never After - Created from a single audience suggestion, The Maydays weave a playful tale, full of black comedy and haunting songs.
A trio of improv: The Owls Are Not What They Seem revisits Twin Peaks.
Acclaimed American choreographer, Meg Stuart's work is constantly shifting, developing a language and set of rules for every piece.
Chris Mead and Jules Munns are two of the UK’s most experienced improvisors.
A trio of improv: The Owls Are Not What They Seem will revisit the town of Twin Peaks.
Impromptu Shakespeare create an entirely new and unique ‘Shakespeare’ play on the spot, inspired by audience suggestion.
Loosely inspired by Twin Peaks, The Owls Are Not What They Seem will chart a brand new hidden mystery with each fully improvised performance.
Bertolt Brecht’s Mother Courage and Her Children is given a safe and very competent revival at The Southwark Playhouse.
ROLLERS THEATRE COMPANY are delighted to present Tony Award-winning Urinetown: a hilarious satire of bureaucracy, big business and musical theatre itself.
ROLLERS THEATRE COMPANY are delighted to present Tony Award-winning Urinetown: a hilarious satire of bureaucracy, big business and musical theatre itself.
Award-winning improvisers The Maydays present this skin-prickling tale full of black comedy and haunting music, inspired by Tim Burton.
Impromptu Shakespeare create an entirely new and unique ‘Shakespeare’ play on the spot, inspired by audience suggestion.
Sitting In a Tin Can (feat.
Everyone has another face they hide behind… The National Youth Theatre REP Company invite you into the world of Victorian England, where civilised society meets seedy Soho f…
This is a mating ground.
In the Science of Cringe, BBC comedy writer Maria Peters explores what cringe is, why we do it and how the world would be without it.
Given that she’s such a much-loved public entertainer, an all-too-obvious challenge in creating a musical based on the early life of the late Cilla Black—born Priscilla Mari…
9 days & 42 shows of the finest live comedians in Britain.
A night of stand-up comedy and improv featuring love stories unfolding in front of your eyes – every one new and made up on the spot!
East 15 is holding auditions for these dynamic MA degrees. For more information email [email protected] with Edinburgh in the email title.
The journey from backbench MP to ‘PM-in-waiting’ has been long and eventful.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe Participants.
Polly Toynbee and David Walker join Professor Chris Carter to discuss their dream government, constructing an imaginary cabinet from politicians of the past half century.
A brand new Work in Progress show from Dylan Moran.
Described by the Guardian as ‘a brick through the window of Britpop in its death throes’, 21 years of Mogwai’s post-rock power and minimalism have shaped one of the most importan…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Gilded Balloon’s annual comedy competition, So You Think You’re Funny.
Described by Sir Chris Hoy as a ‘genius’, Graeme is a cyclist, parent, writer and broadcaster.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
A panel discussion with Caroline Bowditch (performance artist and choreographer); Dr Ben Fletcher-Watson (University of Edinburgh); Michael Richardson (Heriot-Watt University).
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Following sell-out UK shows and a recent stint at Melbourne International Comedy Festival, disability rights activist and actor Liz Carr (BBC’s Silent Witness) brings you her TED t…
One of BBC’s most experienced, versatile and recognisable broadcasters and the face of its snooker and golf coverage.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
One performance only. Turn up early, sell-out expected.
Join John Bishop and a line-up of some of the most exciting comedy talent in the country to raise money for Comic Relief, helping people living incredibly tough lives, both in the …
Ethereal Theatre Company’s Little Shop of Horrors is a powerhouse of zany energy.
David Earl’s alter ego, Brian Gittins is an utter prat and according to the Sussex Argus, ‘The World’s Worst Comedian’.
Fresh from supporting Jack Whitehall, Rob Beckett and Shappi Khorsandi on sold-out tours, Tom brings his hotly anticipated debut show to the fringe.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Arturo Tappin returns to the Fringe bringing the Caribbean sunshine to Edinburgh through his music.
One of Scotland’s great contemporary artists discusses his career.
Come join the stand-up legend and punk poet for a daily dose of iPad-driven art fun.
‘Simon Amstell has a gift for taking a social norm and gently mocking it until it seems utterly ridiculous.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Legendary American stand-up, political satirist, activist and child sexual abuse survivor talks frankly about his life’s emotional and intellectual journey that has had audiences…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
The unique & uproarious musical returns to The PIT after a sold out run for ten upcoming performances from August 17th to September 18th.
Two cabaret favourites – Don One from Birmingham and Claire Benjamin from London – join together for this unusual musical comedy pairing to host a variety show with a twist.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Since bursting onto the Madrid DIY scene, Hinds – Ana Perrote, Carlotta Cosials, Ade Martin and Amber Grimbergen – have mastered a raw and playful sound all their own.
Former Scottish tennis international and Scottish National Coach, Judy Murray was the first woman to pass the LTA’s Performance Coach Award.
John Prescott, returns to the Edinburgh Fringe after his sell-out performance last year.
The contribution of travelling composers and performers to the music of Mediaeval and Renaissance Europe is brought to life by the city’s famous early music group in the vibrant …
The greatest assets of 13 are also the greatest pitfalls.
A brand-new string to the biggest and best comedy newcomer competition in its 30th anniversary year! To celebrate 30 years of nurturing and developing new comic talent – we’re on…
2017’s release of Under Stars is the fourth album from one of the biggest young female Scottish artists in the world.
‘Catchy riffs and rapid-fire word play’ ***** (Kryztoff.
After years in the sketch show game, Iain Connell, star and co-creator of BBC hit show Burnistoun (a sell-out at the 2016 Edinburgh Festival Fringe) is throwing caution to the wind…
East 15 is holding auditions for both these creative and challenging courses, exploring global performance and acting for overseas students.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
In August 2015 Jordan’s Nanna, Gwendoline Martha Brookes, passed away.
Peek through the comedy retro-spectoscope at medicine and dentistry in the 1970s and 80s.
A celebration of song and dance, this is an international phenomenon that has swept across the globe like a tidal wave of soaring voices and stomping feet.
Jason Manford is back and better than ever! With this work in progress show you’ll be one of the first to get a sneak peak of his brand new tour, Muddle Class.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
After spending two years in the wilderness, international treasure Nick Helm (Dave’s Best Joke 2011) crawls his way back from the depths of hell to find the world he once loved has…
The spooky and kooky Addams Family comes to life in this outrageous musical comedy.
The idea of taking a serious topic and turning it into a musical is not a new to the Fringe.
One of Scotland’s favourite stand-up comedians, Fred MacAulay branches out with a new live lunchtime chat show.
Late at night.
In a modern cabaret format, Now Here’s A Funny Story is a jaunty romp through the golden age of music hall, often delving into its dark underbelly.
A changing line-up featuring the best winners and contestants from the biggest and best comedy newcomer competition in its 30th anniversary year! A great night of the funniest from…
A reinterpretation of some of William Shakespeare’s best scenes woven together to create a new story about two young lovers.
Vote alongside international talent scouts, relishing the excitement of seeing 2017’s hottest breakthrough stars in the making.
In Conversation with Standard Issue: the sharp and witty women’s magazine hosts a killer line-up of funny women, including Sarah Millican*, talking about comedy, women, feminism …
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Shadow Chancellor since 2015 and MP for Hayes and Harlington since 1997, McDonnell has campaigned against the Iraq war, and argued for curbs in bankers’ bonuses, decent pensions,…
Come join the stand-up legend and punk poet for a daily dose of iPad-driven art fun.
Spare an hour for quality comedy that educates and entertains! Comedians are joined on stage by Edinburgh’s researchers to explore local and global issues of healthcare, gender ide…
Chris Mullin returns to the Business School to reflect on the great political disasters he’s known, in conversation with Professor Chris Carter.
The In Conversation series at New Town Theatre in George Street is an hour of chat with a celebrity guest each day.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Meticulously crafted and uplifting, ‘stellar stand-up’ (Age).
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
We like to think of it as a ‘daring exposé revealing the state of contemporary masculinity in a post-feminist milieu’.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
NATO Summit, 2014, Newport, Wales: Pippa is dazed, hungover and staging her own personal protest on the Coldra roundabout.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Vibrant Scottish early music group Ensemble Marsyas under dynamic director Peter Whelan has fast made its name with thrilling, captivating music making since its founding in 2011.
Where there is Fringe, there is Shakespeare, and Rolling In The Aisle Productions have returned to Edinburgh with a fresh faced, family friendly adaptation of Shakespeare’s Twelf…
New for 2017! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
Doig, a disgraced businessmen, has fallen into despair.
Billed as a uniquely grotesque combination of satire, horror and comedy, Bat Boy: The Musical has a small but dedicated cult following.
Suicide: The Musical is a one-man show that discusses male depression and disconnection due to social media.
Once you open the door there’s no going back… A late night band rehearsal in Aberlladd goes badly wrong with deadly consequences in this spine-tingling horror musical.
Based on the international bestseller, Pinkalicious the Musical is a delicious romp for children of all ages.
David McIver is a refreshing breath of air in every sense.
Join the former King’s singer and renowned choral director Simon Carrington and the Reformation Festival Chorus as they present an hour-long programme of inspirational choral music…
A lot can change in a year.
Speed, brevity, honesty and the denial of preconception, TML brings you on a rollicking, multi-genre journey of 30 plays in 60 minutes.
America’s gun culture is pervasive.
Barry Loves You: an ambitious claim to make, even if he already knew you.
Scottish Comedian of the Year finalist Marc Jennings talks about the struggles of life and the world from his perspective as a working class Glaswegian with an intellectual bent.
Radio 4’s Abi Roberts returns with a WIP show, flicking a V-sign, the finger and showing her arse to the consensus.
Nocturnal and intimate adventure through American golden age of music.
Sondheim’s fast-paced lyrics are hard to perform well, even for an experienced Broadway star, and it is rare that I have seen an amateur production that manages to do him justice…
Gilbert and Sullivan’s Improbable New Musical: The Fringe Lozenge has, as you might expect from the title, a very specific target audience.
A ghostwriter and his best friend work tirelessly to create the greatest book ever written.
All the way from Austin, Texas, it’s The Cowgirl Mary Old West Puppet Theatre Show.
Spare an hour for quality comedy that educates and entertains! Comedians are joined on stage by Edinburgh’s researchers to explore local and global issues of healthcare, gender ide…
Rebellious, experienced, lyrical and courageous – this amazing multi-generational programme celebrates dancers from 12-85 years of life, dreams, hopes and fears featuring new wor…
If you are hoping to find your comrades in arms and chant the internationale alongside like-minded people I regret to inform you that you will be disappointed.
Work in progress from the maestro of feel-good comedy.
Napier University Drama Society returns to the musical stage after selling out last year.
The real-life actions of Murphy and Pena were the inspiration for the hugely successful Netflix crime series Narcos, which tells the story of Colombia’s infamous drug cartels and…
Robert S J Lucas’ new show, X The Musical is set in a vaguely sketched-out dystopian future where politics are the most important thing in the world and everyone is required to v…
Award-winning performer Paula Valluerca, aka Madame Señorita, is committed to reconnect with the pleasure of being a totally deluded idiot.
Award-winning gag merchant and UK Pun Champion 2016, Masai Graham, delivers over 100 clean jokes in just half an hour.
Join double Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominee, Carl Donnelly on the top deck of a bus for his all new show about spiritual awakenings and letting go of your past.
What happens when we struggle to do anything? A series of in-development clown and theatre pieces. Themes will include difficulty, struggle, Ludwig Wittgenstein and snakes.
Named after a brand of gumboot, this terrific show is loosely linked by an old man’s memories of his days in the mines, where many men were drawn from the townships.
Raucous, fraternal comedy from award-winning sketch trio.
“A musical about two serial killers,” is how Buried: A New Musical by Colla Voce Theatre describes itself.
Daniel Audritt (BBC Radio 4 and Channel 5) and Jamie Oliphant (ITV2’s TVOD and BBC New Comedian) bring an hour of stand-up to the Free Fringe’s most popular venue – the Free Sist…
Keith Farnan (Michael Mcintyre’s Comedy Roadshow) has tried to answer some of the big questions in life in previous shows, but now seems like a good time to just be funny.
There is a lot to like about this package.
This little-known musical is tremendous fun in its own right, but the extremely talented and energetic cast of The Great American Trailer Park Musical make it engaging for a full 9…
There are comedians that are laugh out loud funny, every couple of minutes a big laugh; but the stuff in between is dead air and tumbleweed.
Michael Clarke has felt something.
One of the least thought out shows on the Fringe, possibly featuring: alternative facts corner, fake news correspondents, pest of the fest and live guests.
A “professional” seminar on how to rise to fame in the comedy world! Join our hosts as they stumble their way through a corporate lecture with anecdotes, lies and incorrect facts.
Very much in the spirit of the Fringe, Phill Jupitus steps out of his comfort zone with a show of improvisational comedy that sees him inhabit two wonderfully diverse characters th…
Martin “Bigpig” Mor.
Rob Broderick is a one of a kind performer.
In August 2015 Jordan’s Nanna, Gwendoline Martha Brookes, passed away.
Ding dong the witch is back! Multi award-winning Fringe sensation Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho returns with the most fabulous game show of all! Join the Iron Lady for songs, gam…
Award-winning gag merchant and UK Pun Champion 2016, Masai Graham, delivers over 100 naughty jokes in just half an hour.
Korean performance company GGIRIPROJECT aims to create the perfect collaboration between music and martial arts, a pursuit that has resulted in the catchily-titled Monkey Dance: Th…
Three fabulous comediennes on an amazing bill for an afternoon of comedy you’ll never forget, all hosted by the fantastic Mary Bourke.
Anna Mann is, according to herself, the greatest actress of her generation—a quote she can now legitimately edit for future Fringe posters with no fear of censor.
When you’re genetically blessed with an unthreatening physique and the voice of Frank Spencer, comedy cannot go much more in your favour.
Within the last few years, the improvised musical has become a standard of the Fringe, with at least four in Edinburgh this summer.
A pure and exhilarating romp of a good time.
Michelle returns to the Festival with her debut one-woman show, which received five-star reviews across the board on its first sell-out run.
Winner of the 2016 Eddies Award, the sell-out hit Buzz returns; a hilarious musical journey through the history of the vibrator and a brutally honest story of a singleton’s quest t…
Two cultures have thrived, one on each side of an impenetrable wall.
Funny Women takes over your lunch hour with a feast of comedy, interviews and highlights from the very best of the Fringe.
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical seems to have become synonymous with the Fringe; their billboards plastering every major walkway across Edinburgh.
Colin the Country Cockatoo is on a mission to reunite all the notes of the stave and save his friends from the dastardly plans of Calando the duck who wants to bring eternal silenc…
A theatrical sightseeing tour on-board a classic 1960s Routemaster bus, taking you on a journey around the darker side of Europe’s most haunted city.
Warning: Spoilers, swearing and a hilarious combination of incest and sex jokes.
How many times in the past year can you say that you felt genuinely sorry for Michael Gove? Or that you felt goose-bumps (the good kind!) when you heard Theresa May speak? Or perha…
Following the untimely death of their friend Dylan, Polly and Eve are fulfilling his final wishes by travelling around the UK with his ashes in a Wizard Of Oz lunchbox.
Short and Curly do not do things by halves.
Short and Curly do not do things by halves.
Sonder presents meaningful, playful improvised stories with humanity at their heart.
Prepare to have your joy levels optimised by “the finest female character comic around” (Time Out) as Pippa Evans presents Joy Provision! Plus BIG NOW and improvisers seen on B…
2016 Olivier Award Winners – Best Entertainment and Family Show With nine years as an Edinburgh Fringe must-see phenomenon, a BBC Radio 4 series, a critically acclaimed West End…
One-of-a-kind act’s debut British tour.
One-of-a-kind act’s debut British tour.
Squeeze some culture into your lunchbreak! Grab a sandwich and join Lightbox Theatre this July for a lunchtime serving of darkly comic gems by some of theatre’s most prominent p…
One-of-a-kind act’s debut British tour.
Please Stop is a comedy documentary/documentary comedy/neither of the above written and performed by Luke Helly.
One-of-a-kind act’s debut British tour.
Taking you beyond the sensory to the subliminal world of Oriental Aesthetics through poetry, music, dance, and visuals. £35 and £18 ticket link: bit.ly/HKSenses
One-of-a-kind act’s debut British tour.
Too fat? Too thin? Never exercise? Gym crazy? Addicted to diets? Hate how you look in the nude? Then this musical revue is for YOU! It’s a riotous evening of fun, flesh and f…
BEINGS takes inspiration from audience suggestions to create three improvised tales dealing with the delights and woes of various… lifeforms, while Classic Andy explores unique c…
Comedy legend Scott Adsit, known for performing at US improv institutions Second City and UCB, as well as his TV roles in 30 Rock and Veep, is joined on stage by some very special …
The Maydays present their signature brand of freewheeling black comedy and surrealism with special guest Scott Adsit (Second City, 30 Rock, Veep), plus Edinburgh sellout show Me Pl…
Following on from his innovative digital work Pattern Recognition, Sadler's Wells New Wave Associate Alexander Whitley takes on the breath-taking scale of space for his company…
“Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.
Bumper Blyton presents a riotous improvised spoof of the nation’s most beloved author, Ten Thousand Million Love Stories brings us a two-person show all about love, and The Socie…
A Gala stand-up comedy show for the comedian Jim Tavare featuring twelve top comedians Harry Hill, Stewart Lee, Milton Jones, Paul Zerdin, Alan Davies, Paul Chowdhry, Dave Johns, A…
The STAC @ Northbrook Showcase featured 14 Musical Theatre Degree students, advertising their many performance talents in just over an hour of song and dance.
Darren Harriott is one of the most exciting up-and-coming comedians on the circuit.
2016 Piccadilly Comedian of the Year, Eshaan Akbar, brings his work-in-progress show ‘Eshaan Who? Akbar!’ to Brighton Fringe.
The debut production from exciting new improvised theatre company, Sonder.
In this workshop we will use the basic technique of puppetry and combine that with acting and dancing.
A work-in-progress show from your very own Welsh-wonder, Amy Howerska.
Follow up to Eleanor’s critically acclaimed debut show.
Star of ITV and BBC, Carly Smallman makes her Brighton Fringe debut with a work-in-progress hour of comedy.
A stand-up show for children over 6, their parents and anyone who likes comedy without the rude words.
Work-in-progress. Former RE teacher; teaching RE; philosophy of religion; God-shaped hole; being a humanist… that sort of thing.
Skyfall, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, The Ghost, The Godfather, Citizen Kane, Beauty and the Beast, Notting Hill, 50 Shades Darker and Beetleju…
From behind the comic shop counter, Rob Deb will regale all you fanboys and girls about all that is Marvel from his stall.
We are back to lead you in a sing-a-long of hits from all the best musical shows, with a live band of West End theatre musicians backing you.
‘The Funny Women Awards’ are back at Brighton Fringe! ‘The Funny Women Awards’ has left a massive impression on the UK comedy map, with previous winners and finalists including …
A musical story for children where each character is a musical instrument .
On the hottest day of the year, the Warren was worlds apart from the shady alleyways of Victorian London.
It’s Komedia’s sell-out monthly night of exciting new comedy without the gamble.
A preview performance of a new jukebox musical is due to take place.
Have you been more naughty or more nice this year? Are you sure?A company of gentlemanly vagabonds introduce themselves with a reminder to relax before the “Art” starts.
A bitter-sweet tale of political awakening.
In this slightly surreal, politically-charged musical cabaret, seemingly wholesome Scottish lass Cat Loud is still on the prowl for her next big adventure.
Phil Jerrod’s third debut show isn’t written yet, but so far seems to be about how it’s still worth trying to be happy, even though everything’s blatantly terrible.
An hour of comedy from two up-and-comers, Micky Overman, “a keen comic mind” (Chortle), and Helen Bauer, “Bauer is so funny” (NPR Berlin), about life and all their feelings, which …
Voted ‘One To Watch’ at Dave’s Leicester Comedy Festival 2016 and nominated for Amused Moose Best Show 2016 at the Edinburgh Fringe, James is back with another hour of hilarious st…
An original musical & gastromonical journey from the 5th Century settlement of Boerthlelm’s Tun to Brighton in 1795, with affectionate portraits of the colourful inhabitants of 24 …
Star of ‘Live at the Apollo’, ‘Mock the Week’ and Radio 4’s ‘The Now Show’, tries out some new jokes for an hour or so.
It’s hard to attend a performance of Footloose without bringing pre-conceived notions with you.
Come and get your teeth into a refreshing approach to acting with this Stanislavski-inspired technique.
Two decades of drought result in a ban on the use of private toilets, and citizens are forced to pay through the roof to use public amenities, a privilege we currently enjoy in the…
Earth’s funniest footwear return with their hit show of songs, sketches, socks and violence, taking on The Bard himself.
Winner of the 2016 Stella Wilkie Award and the 2016 Eddies Award, BUZZ is a hilarious musical journey through the history of the vibrator and a brutally honest story of a singleton…
You don’t have to be perfect.
At thirty-six, David is still unable to function in society.
“Stories can conquer fear, you know.
Every Wednesday night is ‘Quiz Night’ at Brighton Fringe this year! An intimate, original musical portrait of two friends (with benefits) as they try to avoid discussing real life,…
Adam Scott Vincent is a core writer of Channel 4’s award-winning satirical show ‘The Last Leg’.
“The true mystery of the world is the visible .
Steve Bugeja, as seen on ‘Russell Howard’s Stand Up Central’, Radio 4’s ‘Fresh From The Fringe’ and BBC 3’s ‘Top 10’, is working on a new show and you can come watch him create it.
Winner of the BBC Radio New Comedy Award 2015 and Brighton Comedy Festival Squawker Award 2015, Yuriko Kotani (Time Out’s One to Watch) brings you a work-in-progress show.
David McIver is one of the most fun guys around these days.
A brand-new show in preview from Jessica Fostekew.
Join Andrea Hubert (BAFTA Rocliffe Comedy winner 2013, What’s On London Best Debut Show 2016) for just under an hour of new/terrible/amazing/unacceptable comedy ideas and half-fini…
It’s just like regular bingo, but instead of shouting out numbers we play songs! Each round takes on a different theme of song choices, these could be based on either a decade, g…
Ian Smith (BBC3’s ‘Sweat the Small Stuff’, BBC1’s ‘The Ark’) is an award-winning comedian.
Apparently we all get more right-wing as we grow older.
Join John George Haigh in his cell, the night before he is hanged in 1949.
Tom Ward (Comedy Central / BBC Worldwide / Radio 4 Extra) is back! After a hugely successful debut hour at Edinburgh 2016 he returns to Brighton for a work-in-progress of his follo…
Revivals always run the risk of not resonating with a contemporary audience, or relying wholly on nostalgia, but Michael Mayer’s touring production of the Fanny Brice story, m…
Who will be crowned this year's winner of the prestigious WeGotTickets Musical Comedy Awards? 'Wonderfully entertaining' (Chortle.
1942.
If you believe the stigma of mental health is slowly disappearing, then Fit for Work will question your perception of this topical subject and how it is perceived in the workplac…
The 30-strong London Musical Theatre Orchestra and a host of West End stars will take to the London Palladium stage under the baton of its first guest conductor, the show’s c…
3pm-4pm The first show of the day will feature about as wide a variety of improvisation styles as one could ask for, with three groups that could not be more different from each o…
Three fast paced, twenty minute, absurdist comedies that are completely unrelated.
Michael and Anne Heseltine describe the ups and downs of their shared 40-year project to transform, bit by bit, the wild, overgrown and often dilapidated woodland at their family h…
A chance to hear from the multi-award-winning writer with a string of hit productions across theatre and television.
Urinetown is set in a town that is desperately suffering a water shortage following a 20 year drought.
Charles Dickens' classic gets the full Broadway treatment buy the Broadway team of Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast, Little Mermaid), Lynn Ahrens (Ragtime, Seussical) and Mike…
Rub shoulders with actors, directors and the winning writers of Britain’s prestigious international playwriting competition for two absorbing evenings of diverse, exciting and si…
Attic Theatre Company presents Great Expectations by Charles Dickens at Merton Arts Space between 30 Nov and 18 Dec.
New English Ballet Theatre returns with a programme showcasing five new works from the UK’s top choreographic talents.
Eleanor wants a child.
A hilarious musical journey through the history of the vibrator and a brutally honest story of a singleton’s quest to fall back in love with herself.
Among the gifts bestowed on the world by the Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the one-hour slot, into which everything—stand-up, spoken word, circus, dance or drama—has become s…
Adam Guettel's hauntingly beautiful musical, based on a true story It’s 1925 in Kentucky and fearless cave explorer Floyd Collins dreams of finding fame and fortune de…
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Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Rock ‘n’ roll fun alert! Celebrated music writer/musician Zoë Howe sits down with Lach to read from and discuss her upcoming debut rock ’n’ roll novel Shine On, Marquee Moon (…
Funny Bones and Wisdom Teeth is a one-man comedy show written and performed by ex-doctor and dentist, and retired comedy writer and performer, Ray Lowry.
Professor Chris Carter welcomes distinguished economist and highly respected parliamentarian, Rt Hon Sir Vince Cable.
Lord John Prescott discusses his career in the public eye.
Welcome to the final of the UK’s biggest and most prestigious comedy newcomers’ competition.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
This event is an opportunity for you to apply for East 15 Acting School’s MA/MFA in Theatre Directing led by Mathew Lloyd – one of the UK’s foremost authorities on director tra…
This event is an opportunity to apply for East 15 Acting School’s MA in Acting and for the MA/MFA Acting International programme.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Professor Chris Carter welcomes one of the leading journalists of our time, Sky News political editor Adam Boulton, to share his take on the leaders and major events that have prov…
The competition to find the best new situation comedy writers and performers the country has to offer.
Even plays were buried by the bombs of World War I.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
One performance only. Turn up early – sell-out expected.
Comperes should never interrupt comedians: Jo Caulfield (Mock the Week) and Stuart Murphy (award-winning MC) disagree! What happens when the MC stops the comedian, starts a convers…
Fancy a bit of festive sparkle? Then join Buddy and our cast as we whisk you away to Christmas in New York! Featuring a live band, this promises to be a Sparklejollytwinklejingley …
NT Live forms part of the NT’s Broadcast department which is also responsible for producing digital content covering all aspects of the craft of theatre-making and produces Natio…
You’ve seen the film, now here’s the musical.
LondonTheatre1 says ★★★★★ “Appropriately camp and stagey, but warm and good-humoured, I would happily sit through all of it again.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, specifically for Fringe participants.
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 …
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Cinema screening of live performance.
The whole of the 20th century viewed through profound counterculture events and the whisky industry! An abridged history lesson and tutored whisky tasting, the Whisky Anorak way.
Scooby-Doo is the only dog that makes scary fun, loves solving a good mystery and is totally cool.
Bel Canto Voices, Fife’s premier youth choir presents The History of The Musical, featuring highlights from shows by Offenbach to Rodgers and Gershwin to Schoenberg, and showcasi…
Cinema screening of live performance.
Since its Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut back in 2001 this incredible variety show has been performed on BBC Three, BBC Radio 4, and London’s West End.
Sheep Soup in association with Nottingham’s BAFTA award-winning Television Workshop is back with a brand new sketch show.
The triple Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee, BBC Radio 4 star and cult optimist Josie Long returns to The Stand with an hour of new material and knockabout fun, as she works towards …
Ayesha Hazarika spent eight years as political adviser to Harriet Harman and Ed Miliband.
Following various elements from the classic book by C.
An explosive, brand new musical from platinum selling songwriters Guard and Rice.
Firefighter Woman Brenda Feuerle is on duty.
Upstairs Downton and Petting Zoo (‘Improv supergroup’ TimeOut) star creates a staggering array of characters using his mouth, brain, hands and body.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Following their sell-out Fringe run in 2014, Make Theatre CIC return with their brand new, original show, Stop! A lighthearted, observational musical comedy based on overheard real…
Following their sell-out Fringe run in 2014, Make Theatre CIC return with their brand new, original show, Stop! A lighthearted, observational musical comedy based on overheard real…
Ayesha Hazarika spent eight years as political adviser to Harriet Harman and Ed Miliband.
A ‘garden variety’ *** (Easingwold Advertiser) show with plenty of variety, and not much garden.
A story of ambition and love, Big Shot captivates with a blend of energy and poignance infused in its music and its characters.
Join us for a gala night of comedy featuring a myriad of the biggest names on the Fringe coming together to raise funds for the Stroke Association in Scotland.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, specifically for Fringe participants.
The sharp and witty online women’s magazine hosts a killer line-up of funny women talking about comedy, women, feminism and other topics as yet undecided.
The descriptor for this Fringe production should appeal to anyone involved in theatre.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
The Funny Women Awards have left a massive impression on the UK comedy map, with previous winners and finalists including Bridget Christie, Sara Pascoe, Katherine Ryan, Kerry Godli…
Star of Live at the Apollo, QI and The Jonathan Ross Show, the razor sharp and hilariously funny Canadian returns to the festival.
Making its European premiere, this Canadian comedy gem packs more ideas and laughs into 40 minutes than most plays triple its length.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
The children’s show on an actual bus: with a bonkers bus driver, a clueless conductor, a double-decker bus and you.
The Ups & Downs Theatre Group was formed in 1995 by three school teachers and no one could have anticipated what an impact the group would have.
Cinema screening of live performance.
Cinema screening of live performance.
Later, considerably ruder and darker shows from internationally acclaimed, award-winning Scottish stand-up comedy meteor.
Luca Villani – Guitar. Isabel Panè – Soprano. Music by Giordani, Monteverdi, Murray, Pergolesi, Piazzolla, Scarlatti, Tansman, Troup and Villani.
Music + comedy x outstanding talent = Musical Comedy Awards! Fresh from our sold-out final at the iconic Udderbelly on Southbank, ‘wonderfully entertaining’ (Chortle.
Star of Live at the Apollo, QI and The Jonathan Ross Show, the razor sharp and hilariously funny Canadian returns to the festival.
Cinema screening of live performance.
SUMMER ROCK a new musical will make its world premiere at the Davenport Black Box Theatre, playing for a limited run from August 11th through August 14th.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Cinema screening of live performance.
With live music and stunning harmonies, join some of Edinburgh’s finest vocal talent and enjoy a selection of hits from the jukebox musical.
Star of Live at the Apollo, QI and The Jonathan Ross Show, the razor sharp and hilariously funny Canadian returns to the festival.
A presentation followed by questions and answers about drama school training.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Imagine you’re fifteen.
How do we roll out digital content across new platforms? How can games and gaming work in other sectors? How do we join the digital dots? Should we be looking at new ways of utilis…
What’s a boy to do? Puddlescombe Prep, the poshest school in Britain (and therefore, or course, the world), is going to the dogs.
Cinema screening of live performance.
Following its woefully short-lived run at the Adelphi Theatre in 2015, the only opportunity to catch this upbeat musical is now in the hands of amateur theatre companies.
What would your dog say if she could talk? Furry angel philosophers Trinny and Kato share their insights on the travails and foibles of the (not always wonderful) humans they love,…
It didn’t take me long into this show to realise two things: that this as clearly a piece of community theatre and should be recognised as such and that there is clearly somethin…
Directed by Jon Campbell (White Space Film Productions), this short farce depicts a meeting between an actor, Rowan(David King) and Mr Willet (Joe Staton) a distraught husband, who…
South African sensations return.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, specifically for Fringe participants.
Welcome to the 29th year of the UK’s biggest and most prestigious comedy newcomers competition! After months of regional showcases, these guys are the funniest of the hundreds of…
Cinema screening of live performance.
For a fast-paced, fun show filled with audience interaction, A Fool’s Paradise might be for you.
Freckleface Strawberry will do anything to get rid of her freckles – from scrubbing them with soap, to caking on makeup and even wearing a ski mask to school! Will her schoolmate…
Lady Shona and Natalie Sweeney tend to criminally overshare.
Two of Newcastle’s rising stars present two separate half hours of stand up.
EIFF Short Film Challenge is a free celebration of new and emerging filmmakers from across Scotland through a screening of short films made especially for this competition.
This show tells the story of famous American jazz musician Chet Baker’s life and death, featuring storytelling by Mike Maran, and live music by Colin Steele and Fraser Urquhart.
Cinema screening of live performance.
A work in progress by a work in progress aka John Van Der Put.
St Giles’ Cathedral presents a diverse series of musical performances for all tastes, be it choral, sacred, secular, instrumental or folk.
Java Dance Theatre have somewhat sworn myself and the rest of the audience to silence after the triumph that is Back of the Bus so as not to ruin the wonderful surprises in store f…
Buzz is a new musical from writer Robyn Grant.
Musical Anthology is a performance of sacred, secular, classical, contemporary and world music with organ, trumpets and voice – Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, Purcell, Galuppi, Boëllman…
Welcome to Dreamform.
An “Original Lord of the Rings Parody” One Musical to Rule them All is full of puns, mocks the bits of Lord of the Rings that we all thought were a bit ridiculous and illogical…
Acting Alone is a thoughtful, introspective piece of solo storytelling in which actor Ava Hunt reflects on the suffering of the Palestinian people and the frustration she feels at …
A musical based on the iconic family of classic television fame.
Til’ Death Do Us Part tells the story of David and Alison as they struggle through pressures of married life.
Welcome to Matchbox Theatre! Would you please take a moment to check that all mobile phones and other electronic devices are switched on? Your calls are important to us! Photograph…
Four top quality foul-mouthed acts, hand-plucked from around the festival. For the poultry sum of a bucket contribution on eggsit. Guaranteed to be clucking funny.
Start your Fringe day with a laugh-and-learn walk through some of Edinburgh’s weirder backstory.
The King School from Stamford, Connecticut is proud to present Shrek The Musical: TYA.
Like many musical theatre fans, I have a love-hate relationship with Rent.
Cinema screening of live performance.
Could you be the director of the next Lego Movie? Bring your stories to life using our stop-motion animation software or create a Lego comic book.
A ‘garden variety’ *** (Easingwold Advertiser) show with plenty of variety, and not much garden.
Alternative comedy lovers of the world, unite! Mulhollandland is failing.
Dark stand-up comedy on learning to laugh about the visible and invisible scars from surviving abuse and mental illness plus some feminism for comic relief.
There’s an egg here to find other eggs and see if they’re OK? 30 minutes of relaxing nonsense.
South African sensations return.
US writer, actor and stand-up Joe DeRosa makes his highly anticipated UK debut.
In the latest theatrical offering of a Jane Austen themed adaptation, this piece, which is billed as a new musical by Penny Ashton, interweaves thirty-three direct passages from Au…
Each of the short – but far from woeful – tales in this half-hour collection (from Bristol University and National Youth Theatre) have concepts that could be summed up in one l…
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…
Uplifting, illuminating and meticulously crafted comedy, from a ‘stellar stand-up’ (Age).
If you find it in your heart to forgive the failings of Masai Graham’s previous show, Aaaaah! It’s 101 Clean Jokes in 30 Minutes, and stuck around for the follow-up, you�…
Musical Comedy Awards Best Newcomer 2015, Faye Treacy went to the Brit School with Adele and Jessie J and then studied the trombone at The Royal Academy of Music with no one intere…
Intelligent, alternative comedy from one of Scotland’s rising stars.
Masai Graham has assembled an act so far from risky that it is bubble wrapped in woefully predictable innuendos, presumably to retain its innocence.
Witty, fresh and clever, Funny for a Grrrl serves a refreshing line-up of stand-up in this year’s Fringe.
Robyn Perkins, **** (ThreeWeeks), is the only American to become an English Comedian of the Year finalist.
Mae Martin (BBC Radio 4, Live from the BBC, Russell Howard’s Good News) improvises a brand new hour every night as she develops her new show.
Bob drives his BlundaBus around Europe looking for adventures.
Star of Live at the Apollo, QI and The Jonathan Ross Show, the razor sharp and hilariously funny Canadian returns to the festival.
Scottish comedian and Fringe veteran McTavish has celebrated his 60th birthday this year, and has therefore adopted a more ponderous and docile approach in his set, instead of dedi…
Spoken word behemoth Fat Roland mixes deadpan comedy and surreal stories with wonderfully odd illustrations.
It’s sequel season and after last year’s highly attended and much revered two-handed show – ‘consistently amusing and solid performances’ (BroadwayBaby.
Work in progress towards something in October. It will probably feel a lot like being directly addressed by Jesus. If Jesus was working up some new material and charging a fiver.
Publican.
Beth Vyse’s show opens in a truly Fringe fashion: handing out ping pong balls to the audience, dressed in a voluminous blonde wig and a huge pair of joke-shop boobs, singing alon…
Featuring the very best winners and contestants from the biggest and best comedy newcomers’ competition.
Work in progress from the maestro of feel-good comedy.
In terms of their brand of comedy rock, Axis of Awesome fall more into the rock than comedy genre: there’s far more liberal use of a smoke machine than your average musical comed…
It’s always exciting to witness the world premiere of new writing, especially when it’s a British born production.
A theatrical sightseeing tour on board a classic 1960s Routemaster bus, taking you on a journey around the darker side of Europe’s most haunted city.
Showstoppers! have a strong reputation preceding them, made evident by the number of people in the packed auditorium murmuring excitedly before the lights go down.
The Impromptunes take the first suggestion by the audience and make a musical out of it.
Incredible, hilarious, infectious, amazing.
Russell Howard and Steve Williams return to Edinburgh to tit about for half an hour each.
‘Musical’? Check.
One of the brightest young talents on the Northern comedy scene who is beginning to make her presence known across the country.
The Improv Musical from the University of Warwick return for their third stint at the Fringe, and while providing some light and silly entertainment, fails to land any punches eith…
Be Prepared for a Disney-style musical like you’ve never seen before! We’ll take you to A Whole New World full of princesses, witches, and talking animals, starring in an improvise…
I’m a lover of musical theatre but I’m prepared to be really honest here: the genre is crammed with suitable material for a hilarious and even brutal send-up.
Stuart Laws is the guy who does all the comedy at Turtle Canyon Comedy and supported James Acaster on tour.
As a father of four, Ali is well versed in dodging difficult questions or just making up the answers.
This hilarious comedy sketch follows comic-actor duo Curly (Paul F Taylor) and Short (Rebecca Shorrocks) through a night of trying to prove they can act– Curly’s laminated CV i…
Kids! Do you need somewhere to take your adults without them getting bored and getting in a huff? Bring them to Funny Stuff for Happy People, where the adults can have just as good…
Hit theatre festival Women Redressed is back, running for two nights at Park Theatre.
Jumping from ravaged warzones to recording studios and London’s VIP clubs, Exposure: The Musical sheds a light on the limelight, dissecting the nature of fame and cost of succes…
Miles Jupp, star of Rev.
A dark satire on workplace wellness showing that often the people telling you how to live your best life are the ones who don’t know how to do it themselves.
Samantha’s a radical feminist, political activist and very funny (maybe not always for the ‘right’ reasons)! Join her for an hour of topless comedy in support of the Free the N…
Edinburgh Fringe’s Funniest Newcomers 2015 (The Guardian).
Two pieces of new British writing that have been produced by Bred in the Bone Theatre.
Taught by established professional performers and University of Brighton staff, this five day course provides intensive training in physical skills and creative approaches for devi…
Musical Comedy Awards Best Newcomer 2015 Faye Treacy.
It’s back! Once again we’re ready to lead you in a sing-along of hits from shows such as Wicked, Mamma Mia, Grease and Oliver and so much more! With a live band backing you and fun…
Izzard, Brand, Hardee - comedian Charmian’s had steaming hot cuppas with them all.
The Funny Women Awards have been scouring the UK and Ireland for the best new female comic talent! Come along and spot the next big thing, help raise funds for domestic violence…
John Hastings, your great friend, is back to work on new jokes about his moral compass and probably masturbation.
“Camp, cult and glorious” ***** (The Times).
It’s Komedia’s sell-out monthly night of exciting new comedy without the gamble.
In the heart of the Garden of England, in the small parish of Pluckley, all is not as it seems.
She fought her way into the record business as a teenager and, by the time she reached her twenties, had the husband of her dreams and a flourishing career writing hits for the big…
Paul unveils his story of having no home, no job and two children, but these being the least of his problems, in what will become his Edinburgh Fringe debut hour.
My mind and body aren’t in sync. The less in sync they are, the unhappier I become. If you feel the same way, this is the show for you.
Imagine if you lived your life according to the values set out in the movie Terminator 2.
Join Ellie Taylor (‘Mock the Week’, ‘Snog Marry Avoid’, ‘8 Out of 10 Cats’) as she prepares a brand new show.
Sistas is an uplifting musical journey, of a multi-generational African-American Family.
Earth’s funniest footwear returns with a brand new show of songs, sketches, socks and violence, taking on The Bard Of Avon himself.
Funny Women’s share and gig night is perfect for comedy lovers and beginners.
2015 Brighton Squawker award finalist Pete Strong - “walking a fine emotional line.
Fosters Comedy Awards 2015, Best Newcomer: Nominee, and Scottish Comedian Of The Year award-winner brings his new show to Brighton Fringe.
Mishka Shubaly defies easy description.
Brand new show from the former Funny Women award winner.
A work-in-progress show from the star of BBC3’s ‘Impractical Jokers’ and ‘Russell Howard’s Good News’.
We learn to lie at 3-years-old.
This is a work in progress from Winner of Laughing Horse New Act of the Year 2014, Winner of the Hobgoblin Comedy Award 2015 and Second Place New Act of The Year Show 2015.
Three dance theatre masterclasses hosted at the new Nelly Lewis Centre.
Join Curly for an evening of his classic high brow solo sketches.
“Mate, it wouldn’t surprise me to find out you’d snapped one day and gone on a killing spree.
Come and get your teeth into a refreshing approach to acting with this Stanislavski-inspired technique.
Sarah Kendall brings her sell-out Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy award nominated show to Brighton Fringe.
Robyn Perkins **** (ThreeWeeks), the only American to become an English Comedian of the Year finalist, explores her father, fatherland and what happens when you don’t think before …
Rob’s life fell apart five years ago.
Steve Bugeja, winner of the BBC New Comedy Award, presents his second solo show (in progress).
When you see the joy on a small child’s face as he’s about to press the button to call the lift, you realise that your adult life will never offer you that same level of joy ever a…
Fresh from his sell-out run in Edinburgh, comedy writer for Channel Four’s ‘The Last Leg’, Adam judges himself and the world with wanton cynicism but now wonders if this is just …
This original musical tells a fairytale about everyday life - the many voices telling us what to do and who to be.
Hilarious new surreal sketch show about how humans are.
The early rumblings of a wonderful new show about fear, love and being frazzocked.
Heritage bus tour of places of historical Jewish interest in the Brighton & Hove area in connection with the 250th Anniversary, ending with a tour of Middle Street Synagogue.
Nando Messias was beaten up on the street in an act of homophobic hatred.
Thematically loose, structurally tenuous.
Learn all about the life and work of a theatre producer! What is a producer? Who are they? What do they do? Could you be a producer? Come along and find out.
Terry Pack’s Trees is an unfeasibly large ensemble, of up to 40 local musicians, which performs exciting, groove-based, new and original jazz.
We all know the refuge that music and singing can bring.
There can’t be a more perfect setting for In Conversation With An Acid Bath Murderer than the bowels of Brighton’s Town Hall, where 368 Theatre Company takes full advantage …
A work-in-progress of the debut hour from Robin Morgan, star of ‘The Greatest Welshman You’ve Never Heard Of’ (BBC Radio), writer for ‘The News Quiz’ and Laughing Horse New Act of …
Acclaimed for its unique fusions of ancient and modern traditions, and its exquisite choreography inspired by the wealth of spiritual practices found throughout Asia, Cloud Gate Da…
In this show Rebecca Vigil and Evan Kaufman interview a couple in the audience about their relationship, then spin an impromptu musical about the couple’s love story.
Ms.
Fanny Brice’s prowess and fame were arguably due to her impeccable comic timing and clown-like performances, combined with a powerful singing voice that could both move you with …
The atmosphere on New Road was buzzing.
Tragedy and Comedy blend seamlessly together for this series of monologues performed byThe Theatre Workshop.
The true story of small-time Old West outlaw Elmer McCurdy, whose body was mummified and became a fixture on carnival sideshows, movies, road races and the TV show, “The Six Mill…
Everyone has a story about Tom, says the narrator.
Eighty new musicals will have their West End premiere this Autumn, each created on the spot by the incredible, multi award-winning musical comedians The Showstoppers.
The comedian Ophira Eisenberg moderates a panel with Eugene Levy, Daniel Levy, Annie Murphy and Catherine O’Hara, the creators and stars of the television series “Schit…
Combining a mixture of dance theatre, audio-description and imaginative storytelling with Casson & Friends’ trademark interactivity; Night at the Theatre is a fun, family adventu…
The playwrights, directors, and actors who constitute the loose confederation that is the Village Pub Theatre once again moved in to the more upmarket, city central Traverse Thea…
The Village Pub Theatre’s second evening of short new dramas at the Traverse, in celebration of LGBT History Month, came with a wonderfully louche vibe, thanks to the easy MC-i…
It began as one man’s story… became everyone’s music…and is now Broadway’s musical.
Valentine’s Day may have a cheesy reputation, but the heart-filled holiday has inspired plenty of great live comedy for devoted couples, optimistic daters and determinedly si…
Only a few days before the premiere of Ms.
FreddyG hosts this free late-night stand-up show at an up-and-coming Astoria space. Headliners include Aparna Nancherla and Mike Recine.
CLOSE TO YOU, a new musical featuring Burt Bacharach’s songbook, makes its highly anticipated West End transfer to the Criterion Theatre from 3rd October.
Carole King, the chart-topping music legend, was an ordinary girl with an extraordinary talent.
Australia is home to many curious creatures; a place where men are macho, except when they put on a frock, heels and make-up to sing along to disco classics.
The host of Comedy Central’s “The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore” discusses the first year of his inventive, acclaimed news-satire series with Mr.
Mr. Zweibel and Mr. Short, both prolific comedians and writers, will discuss their new books and reflect on their decadeslong careers.
It’s impossible to dislike the persona we think of when we think of Dawn French - her clownlike, down-to-earth warmth and sense of approachable ‘ordinariness’ make us feel that w…
Emerging feminist theatre company, Sheer Height, present Women Redressed - a brand new theatre festival showcasing 14 pieces of writing – new and old – that put female characte…
This program of seven short plays by David Ives is presented by New York Deaf Theater and employs both spoken English and American Sign Language to tell its comedic tales (2:00).
Mr.
(performances start on Oct.
Sex, scandal & showbiz 1940’s style.
Ms.
Back after a year off, Die Roten Punkte take the helm of this fundraiser for Macmillan.
Lili la Scala (AFVS) hosts this family-friendly variety show in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support.
Abi Roberts’ Musical CID is the cult comedy confessional show delving into what big names in comedy have on their iPods! Funny, raucous and revealing, for four nights only! Which f…
Welcome to the final of the 28th year of the UK’s biggest and best comedy newcomers competition.
The Fringe Society chats with musical theatre practitioners at the top of their game about making it in the business.
Join us for a gala night of comedy with a myriad of the biggest names on the Fringe coming together to raise funds for the Stroke Association in Scotland.
A mash-up of dance, music, mobile phones and you! FlashMob begins as a game of words and ends as a dance party for all participants – with audience members interacting with movem…
Theatre Uncut commissions playwrights to respond to current events, then make the resulting plays available online so that anyone can perform them.
Mediating Conversations about Conflict: The Church, the Constitution and the Climate.
An hour of hilarious true stories from an exciting young stand-up comedian/loveable idiot, James Loveridge brings his 2014 show back to the Fringe for a limited run.
Older women have the comedy edge because they are less inhibited and have more stories to tell.
Based on the script Mountains and Seas by Gao Xing-Jian, the play premiered at the National Theatre in Taipei, 2013.
Humour is essential in our everyday lives and defines our humanity.
Humour is essential in our everyday lives and defines our humanity.
Back to the National Galleries, iPad in hand, and ready to sketch, legendary stand-up, punk poet and sketchsmith Phill Jupitus invites you to join him each morning as he sketches a…
New kids on the block in Edinburgh’s bustling folk scene, Dowally make unclassifiable, thrillingly energetic music, fusing their love of traditional Scottish music with jazz harmon…
His show Flaws was probably the most acclaimed show of last year’s Edinburgh Fringe.
After a sold out run at Dave’s Leicester Comedy Festival, affable everyman Jason Neale brings a highly enjoyable hour of Proper Funny real life stories, cheeky observations and u…
Music + comedy x outstanding talent = MCA Showcase! Now in its seventh year, the MCA has provided a launch pad to superstar acts like Frisky and Mannish (2009 finalists), Abandoman…
A romp through the bits of the whisky industry that didn’t quite go to plan.
A unique opportunity to gain insight into how we successfully market shows at the UK’s largest working theatre and as part of the Ambassador Theatre Group.
This show is reviewer proof.
John Bunyan’s 1678 text The Pilgrim’s Progress is regarded as one of the most significant works of literature in the English Language.
The Fringe Society chats with actors at the top of their game.
Join leading makers as we discuss what motivates artists to make theatre and dance for young audiences.
It’s 2015.
From the campaign to oust lad comedian Dapper Laughs from his ITV2 show to the banning of feminist stand-up Kate Smurthwaite at Goldsmiths University, the comic’s right to probe, t…
Based loosely around Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Storybook Musical follows two best friends, two boys and a sadistic narrator intent on ruining their lives.
Australian idiot attempts comedy in a bus.
Low fidelity musical based on the horror-romantic comic saga by Davide Toffolo with the songs of Tre Allegri Ragazzi Morti, the popular indie band with the skull masks.
For those of you not lucky enough to live in Edinburgh all year round, Village Pub Theatre (VPT) is a regular “let’s put the show on here” brand of new theatre based in the f…
Comedic lump Key (38) plonks himself in a room for a couple of weeks and tries out some new specks of poetry.
You can always tell a show is going to be good when its name takes up most of the free space on a ticket.
EIFF Short Film Challenge is back for its second year! We will be screening the 10 best short films from around Scotland submitted to us by up-and-coming filmmakers.
Back to the National Galleries, iPad in hand, and ready to sketch, legendary stand-up, punk poet and sketchsmith Phill Jupitus invites you to join him each morning as he sketches a…
Due to massive demand, six later, quite probably ruder, shows! Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedy half-man-half-Xbox.
The Funny Women Awards have been promoting female comic talent for over a decade, and witnessed some fantastic acts who are now major names on the comedy circuit.
A look at new and original ways of presenting and producing theatre.
Back to the National Galleries, iPad in hand, and ready to sketch, legendary stand-up, punk poet and sketchsmith Phill Jupitus invites you to join him each morning as he sketches a…
Clare Harrison’s 15 Minutes of Shame is a variety show where Clare entertains you with everything she has done for fame, from a spread in a newspaper – not in a readers’ wives …
Join Just Bee Drama as they take you on a fun, emotional journey through the twists and turns of life living with alcoholism.
The common phrase ‘an apple a day, keeps the doctor away’ sounds quite sensible in promoting healthy living, doesn’t it? However, a quick internet search suggests that eating an …
What is the price of free expression in theatre today? Are concerns about causing offence, security risks, or funding cuts leading to increased self-censorship? And what can the in…
The Fringe Society chats with comedians at the top of their game.
Prize-winning performer Stephen Pass recounts short stories and monologues from his recent collection ‘Ten Shorts’, including the power of four short words ‘It’s not for me’.
First things first, a notable mention must be awarded to the sterling efforts of the two-piece band.
The Whisky Anorak return this year with writer and performer John Mark’s new piece of Whisky Theatre.
A comedy that ironically centres around two failing comedians should find humour in the ineptness of these characters.
Explore the labyrinth of secrets lurking behind the Edinburgh Playhouse foyer doors as the custodians (past and present) of this stunning theatre lead you through the history of a …
“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.
Short Com returns to Edinburgh with a brand new programme of films.
For one week only Alan will try to sift through the frazzled hollow mass of his head for new stories and jokes.
Fairy Tale Theatre: 18 and Over is a collection of original fairy tales with morals and lessons for adults (ie.
Welcome to the 28th year of the UK’s biggest and best comedy newcomers competition.
Izzard, Brand, Hardee – Charmian’s had hot steaming cuppas with them all! Tales of the notorious Tunnel Club, Frank Skinner’s avocado, Arnold Brown’s sandwiches, Glastonbur…
Word shouter Oh Standfast and Cassie Atkinson (E4’s Drifters) offer the absurd observed.
Modern man needs a positive role model, and Howard has the external genitals, a moustache and a suit.
Jay Handley’s first show contained ‘.
Dying is easy.
Tik-sho-ret (‘communication’) Theatre Company have achieved their manifesto of giving a platform to Israeli and Jewish theatre.
Musical of Musicals (The Musical!) is being presented by The Kinkaid School of Houston, Texas, as part of The American High School Theatre Festival.
Napier University Drama Society presents a musical retelling of the Trojan War as their offering to the gods this festival.
California to Scotland.
James Lovelock (Showstopper, Music Box) and his herd of musical improvisers bring you the silliest musicals ever never written, all improvised from your suggestions.
Oh, hai audience! We’ve got something for youuu! An original parody musical of the funniest disaster in cinematic history, Tommy Wiseau’s The Room, adapted by a BBC-award nomin…
After a quick introduction to the performers, a few improvisational examples, such as a Lonely Hearts Ad from a toilet and a first date at the Battle of Waterloo, we were introduce…
See the very best of previous contestants and winners from the UK’s biggest and best comedy newcomers competition.
Luc Valvona returns to the Fringe with his third full show, featuring multiple instruments and musical technology, and this time his stand-up and funny songs will be based on all t…
For actors, writers, directors, performers and creatives of every kind (all of us), this entertaining and interactive talk reveals a fresh way to spark imagination and surprise in …
This is Glasgow-based comedian Harry Garrison’s debut festival show, but with his confident, flawless delivery and natural charm, one would never know.
Total sell out Fringe 2014! Book early! As heard on BBC Radio 4 Extra, and seen on Dave Gorman’s UK/Ireland tour.
Chadwick School is proud to have been selected by Zorro Productions to be the first American school to present Zorro, The Musical.
Back to the National Galleries, iPad in hand, and ready to sketch, legendary stand-up, punk poet and sketchsmith Phill Jupitus invites you to join him each morning as he sketches a…
Deciding to paint Ukip leader Nigel Farage as a troubled “anti hero” in a cleverly sarcastic musical romp was always going to be a bit of a treat.
A fantastically funny show for all the family.
Working within the rather large shadow of the National Theatre’s verbatim triumph London Road, new Leeds-based company 203 Theatre have hopped on this particular niche musical ba…
Kids! Do you need somewhere to take your adults without them getting bored and going in a huff? Bring them to Funny Stuff for Happy People, where the adults can have just as good a…
Dave Callan, Irish born Australian based comedian brings the sequel to last years must see comedy dance spectacular to Edinburgh.
‘They’ve done it again! The champions of the parody musical genre are back!’ (TheatreBlogOnline.
Vyse is back and this time it’s personal! A bodacious and ballsy look at her battle with breast cancer.
Though Jane Austen is undoubtedly one of Britain’s most prominent literary names, Persuasion is perhaps her least widely read work.
I will be trying out new material, never done material, some good material, and maybe some outstanding material.
Even the most seasoned audience member has to concentrate to grasp every line of a Shakespeare play.
Four fantastic comediennes on one amazing show! We’ve selected the funniest women we could find at the Fringe, and brought them together for an afternoon of comedy you’ll never…
Are you happy? No, of course not.
British Exist Theatre Company admit that they sometimes embrace challenging and provocative subjects.
Award-winning gag merchant Masai Graham delivers over one hundred jokes in just half an hour.
Work in progress from the maestro of feel-good comedy.
One woman, one show, one hour ten minutes and the entire works of Jane Austen to affectionately satirise: New Zealand comedian Penny Ashton’s Promise and Promiscuity is no mean f…
Join Ryan Cull (2013 BAFTA Rocliffe New Writing Award winner) as he describes his personal life in progress, from his boyhood adventures in leg braces to becoming a man combating h…
Seventy years of film, music, art and literature come to life in this interactive exhibition of popular culture, exploring our love/hate relationship with the deadliest weapons on …
Are you happy? No, of course not.
Multi-award winning performer Gabriel Bisset-Smith will take you on a journey of intergalactic travel, strange sexual positions, bizarre dance routines, Kanye West and unhinged mur…
The nightly cabaret features a selection of the best festival entertainment with a changing line-up of international and local singers, musicians and entertainment, all in the oak-…
Award-winning gag merchant Masai Graham delivers over one hundred jokes in just half an hour.
Some people know exactly what to say, exactly what to think and exactly how to behave.
Abnormally Funny People showcases some of the best and brightest comedians living with disabilities on the circuit, oh and a token “normal”.
It’s hard these days to find comics, amongst the slick and edgy big leagues, with a genuine sense of mischief.
I am not entirely sure why comedians Ben Shannon and Mike Reed decided their set should be forty-eight minutes long, rather than a full hour, but it actually doesn’t really matte…
Like a pissed nutter at a bar chatting you up, Susie McCabe could rant for Scotland.
“Shout! The Mod Musical” has an exclamation mark in the title, which inevitably garners a certain level of expectation: you want explosive energy and a load of volume.
Set in a West End theatre, the acclaimed hit new musical comes to Edinburgh! Following the lives of the stagiest people in theatre – the Front of House staff – and portraying t…
There’s been a murrrder! Some criminals put stockings on their heads, now Earth’s funniest Socks get their heads around crime.
A brand new musical is created from scratch at every performance of this multi award-winning show.
I think I’ve found my new favourite musical, thanks to Tangram Theatre and their amazing piece on one of the 20th century’s most important scientists.
A theatrical sightseeing tour aboard a classic 1960s Routemaster bus, taking you on a journey around the darker side of Europe’s most haunted city.
This sketch show offers an hour of clean-cut and well-rehearsed comedy.
FUBAR Radio and Underbelly present The Underbelly Radio Shows recorded live from 12:30pm each day at Ermintrude, Underbelly hosts a series of live radio broadcasts brought to you b…
Western? is like watching your three little brothers playing Cowboys and Indians - with excellent band accompaniment, inventive slapstick and relentless wit.
Back for his fourth year, Chris questions whether he’s still chasing his dream, or just too lazy to get a proper job.
If you’re planning on making the trip to see Baby Wants Candy, get your title suggestions ready now! The audience for his fully improvised musical comedy has barely taken their s…
Set in a West End theatre, the acclaimed hit new musical comes to Edinburgh! Following the lives of the stagiest people in theatre – the Front of House staff – and portraying t…
Advertised as ‘A One-Woman Play With A Man In’, I had preconceptions about this show that involved transgender, cross-dressing, and insightful anecdotes about sexual orientatio…
Embracing all the great theatrical traditions of silent comedy and vaudeville, Funny Bones Trash is the best kind of children’s show.
The opening salvo of this musical Game of Thrones pastiche has such brazen, devilish promise that for a while I entertained the possibility of being blown away by it.
The Great British Bake Off – what’s not to love? Cake, puns galore and HRH Mary Berry showing her soft spot for gin.
In its second year at the Fringe, The Improv Musical is a fun, heart-warming comedy by Music Theatre Warwick, despite failing to live up to its improvised appearance.
Before the podcast officially begins, we’re invited to watch a clip of Yorkshire born and bred actor Mark Addy in action.
In the first Robert Ross Requests the Pleasure.
(closes on Saturday) Presented by the New York Neo-Futurists, this is Colin Summers’s cheerful, affecting, sometimes uncomfortable solo show about an Australian man he’…
The Room is widely acknowledged to be one of the worst movies ever made.
Back for his fourth year, Chris questions whether he’s still chasing his dream, or just too lazy to get a proper job.
This all-female stand-up show benefits ChickTech NYC, a nonprofit organization that works to increase the number of women in technology-based fields.
(performances start on July 7) Villainous ice skaters, superhero pontiffs, a purple platypus and Napoleon congregate at this summer’s incarnation of the New York Musical Thea…
Host of This American Life Ira Glass sits down with comedian Judd Apatow, who has spent decades interviewing comedians about the craft of comedy.
(previews start on Saturday; opens on June 29) Having just brought us Moss Hart’s entrancing “Act One,” Lincoln Center offers another piece of showbiz reminiscenc…
How can I change society? Libraries, South East Dance, New Writing South and Photoworks have been working with artists and communities from across Brighton and Hove to explore this…
The Funny Women Awards have been promoting female comic talent for over a decade and have witnessed some fantastic acts who are now major names on the comedy circuit.
Fresh from supporting Russell Kane on his national tour this is the highly anticipated debut show from Steve Bugeja, the winner of the BBC Radio New Comedy Award 2013.
TV regular Romesh Ranganathan (‘Live at the Apollo’, ‘Stand Up for the Week’) is your host for this legendary monthly night featuring hand-picked rising comedy stars at Brighton’…
We will discover how our individual clown works, how to accept and play with the audience, making them laugh and in turn, love us! Whether you are a performer or not, being free an…
An eclectic mix of songs, scenes and ensemble numbers from the world of musical theatre accompanied by a live band.
Join us for an hour of Boj-a-boom fun with Dave Benson-Philips! Read, make and play in this musical themed family event featuring Boj (as seen on CBeebies)!
Richard Lewis’s long-form, fury-driven stand-up has influenced scores of comedians over the last 40 years.
Join Jonny for his brand new 2015 show.
Kevin Precious is a former RE teacher.
A short festival of four fantastic plays for young people performed by young actors over three nights.
A Landlord.
Come and get your teeth into a refreshing approach to acting with this Stanislavski-inspired technique.
BBC3 and Radio 2 star, Welsh-Egyptian motormouth Omar Hamdi is “Just what the comedy scene has been crying out for” (Daily Telegraph).
Join life-sized cranky Hildegaard Von Nettles, Prince Dandelion and wicked Belladonna in their herbal adventures.
Improvised comedy by multi award-winning Short & Girlie Show.
Improvised comedy by multi award-winning Short & Girlie Show.
Multi award-winning improvised comedy for families.
Back in Brighton for their fourth year.
The Improverts are back for two Exam Specials in the Teviot Debating Hall! A different combination of players will take to the stage each night for a round of high-class, high-ener…
West End On Sea bring London’s theatre stars to Brighton.
Deux Johns Orchestra, formed two years ago by John Trelawney, is a Jazz outfit that adapts in size for varying original material and venues.
Star of ‘Derek’, ‘Being Human’ and ‘Carnival of Monsters’ returns to the Brighton Fringe with two entirely new shows: Sit on the Ledge and Jump Down to the Ground (7, 2…
Ongoing idiosyncratic nonsense from Winning.
Award-winning new comic Harriet Kemsley unveils her deepest, darkest fears.
The award-winning travel writer, Robert Macfarlane, will be discussing his work with Andrew Tomlinson, Executive Producer, Media Literacy, BBC Learning.
VOTE FOR ME is a musicalized Presidential debate where you pick the winner.
The Cinco de Mayo edition of this monthly show sees improvisers retell well-known stories in the style of the indie film director Wes Anderson.
Join “winningly self-deprecating” (Chortle.
Charm el Sheikh: Two women alone on holiday in an Egyptian resort find their worlds collide in the most unimaginable way.
The epic of Greek Mythology performed by Herbie and 7-piece band MUSIC BOX, two solo vocalists, 20-piece choir and narrator.
All aboard this dazzling double-decker of delight! Take a tour and view amazing artwork from the Godfather of British Pop Art, as the Art Bus returns to this year’s Fringe City, pr…
MUSICAL BABBLE For twelve years, MJ Paranzino, composer and director has commissioned New Choral Music for Brighton Fringe.
Alice has lost her cat, but when her search leads her to the library, Alice discovers more than she could ever imagine.
Dark, sexy gothic comic characters for a modern age, The Funny Papers deliver a surreal fast paced comedy sketch show to keep you giggling, thinking and laughing out loud for an ho…
Funny Women, the UK’s leading female comedy community, curates a weekend to give women a helping hand to find their funny.
Uproarious fun from Brighton’s own seafront stars of slapstick silliness. Plus extra puppet mischief, some bubbles, balloons and a museum treasure trail.
It is the year 2042.
James Levine conducts one of his favorite 20th-century operas, Stravinsky’s “The Rake’s Progress,” in this revival of the director Jonathan Miller’s c…
The year is 2042: Hollywood is dead, the film industry buckled under the weight of hefty blockbuster films.
Join our friendly team of eclectic instrument experts in an Aladdins cave of musical instruments! We have a whole range of FREE musical events planned throughout the month of May …
Thirty years ago there was a late-night drinking spot in Soho called The Piano Bar.
Amanda Seales celebrates the first anniversary of her regular show with a top-notch lineup of comedians from Tru TV’s “Friends of the People”: Jermaine Fowler, Li…
Buttery Brown Monk are a dynamic trio that deliver old-school, sketch extravagance.
There’s one thing I hate about musical theatre, which is especially common with “amateur” productions – there’s seemingly no way of stopping audiences full of family an…
(in previews; opens on Thursday) Hillary Rodham Clinton has yet to declare a presidential bid, but the Australian brothers Paul and Michael Hodge have announced the candidacy of th…
Keisha Zollar, one of the Upright Citizen Brigade’s finest improvisers, hosts this fund-raiser for the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, which is seeking to reform New York̵…
Ms.
Best Boy are on a mission: their best sketch made the BBC’s airwaves but wasn’t done justice.
The musical improvisers Rebecca Vigil and Evan Kaufman interview a couple in the audience about their relationship, then spin an impromptu musical about the couple’s love sto…
The Broadway and film actor Benjamin Walker continues his long-running monthly variety show, which features a mix of comedians and musicians.
American film actor and comedian Bill Murray allegedly fields offers of work via a voice mailbox which, according to Wikipedia, “he checks infrequently”.
Ms.
Lincoln Center’s popular Sunday Morning Coffee Concerts series offers rewarding, mostly younger artists in 60-minute programs starting at 11 a.
As the cast of Bat Boy: The Musical bowed and smiled at the audience, I tried to ask myself what I had just seen.
Sigmund is drowning in debt, crippled by cocaine addiction and surrounded by madness.
Always Different, Always Funny! After a sell out run at Edinburgh Fringe 14 and comedy residents during term time Edinburgh University, The Improverts are performing two shows in L…
This writer for “Saturday Night Live” performs a show of stand-up, sketch, short stories and silly experimentation.
Attending this bawdy, ridiculous, unauthorized parody of the harebrained sitcom “Saved by the Bell” is a bit like going to a midnight screening of “The Rocky Horr…
The long-ago “Star Search” champion Sam Harris proves again, in his solo show, that he’s a winner, singing and talking about showbiz, outsider angst, suicide atte…
This friendly, formulaic jukebox show about the New York-born singer-songwriter might as well be called “Brooklyn Girl,” so closely does it adhere to the template of th…
One of the country’s finest satirists, Mr. Borowitz joins Ms. O’Brien for a retrospective of the biggest news stories of 2014.
The strapping man inside the shaggy green suit is the Tony winner Shuler Hensley, and his Grinch is magnificent, a charismatic showman of a menace who will never truly frighten the…
The writers Jo Firestone, Josh Sharp and Aaron Jackson return with another quickly assembled jukebox musical for their audience to perform.
In a departure from its usual format, A Play, a Pie and a Pint this week plays host to (and co-commissioned) Theatre Uncut 2014, a political theatre company producing short plays…
This show about two drag queens aboard a cruise ship, pretending to be real women, is a little “Some Like It Hot,” a little “Anything Goes” and a lot of goo…
This on-target revue applies the time-honored principles of improv sketch comedy to the creation of instant song-and-dance shows.
Blackshaw Theatre Company presents Duncan Gates’ new play, Fetch, as part of ‘Halloween Tales’, a spooky 3-day theatre event at The Selkirk Pub in Tooting Broadway.
Alex Borstein (“Family Guy,” HBO’s “Getting On”) hosts this variety show in support of the National Hemophilia Foundation.
Starring Dean Chisnall as Shrek, Richard Blackwood as Donkey, Neil McDermott as Lord Farquaad and Carley Stenson as Princess Fiona; Shrek The Musical brings the charac…
Starring Dean Chisnall as Shrek, Richard Blackwood as Donkey, Neil McDermott as Lord Farquaad and Carley Stenson as Princess Fiona; Shrek The Musical brings the charac…
8 women, three acts, two hours.
The enterprising and excellent guitarist David Leisner is joined by the flutist Tara O’Connor and the violinist Philippe Quint for Sonic Stories, part of Mr.
Lizz Winstead, Lewis Black and Kate Clinton meet for a night of comedy, and they’ll also chat about the intersection of humor and politics.
Benjamin Walker, the Broadway heartthrob (“Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson,” “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”), hosts local stand-ups and musicians at this variety show…
(previews start on Sept.
Beyond the Veil and Amina Muslim Women’s Resource Centre host an evening of short films highlighting issues around forced marriage and violence against women.
Welcome to the 27th Final of the UK’s best stand-up comedy newcomers competition! After the Gilded Balloon has scoured the nation in search of the best new comic talent, we are dow…
Kindred Spirits is an endearing story about the trials and tribulations of two boys who pledged a lifelong friendship that takes them through into adulthood, only to be torn apart …
The Fringe Society chats with musical theatre practitioners at the top of their game about making it in the business.
One performance only. Turn up early, sell out expected.
Ever had a burning desire to see radio entertainment being made in the studio? Me neither.
Kindred Spirits is an endearing story about the trials and tribulations of two boys who pledged a lifelong friendship that takes them through into adulthood, only to be torn apart …
The National Galleries of Scotland will be letting legendary stand-up, punk poet and roving sketchsmith Phill Jupitus loose in its rooms for three weeks.
“She wasn’t abnormal.
Star of Channel 4’s Friday Night Dinner and ITV2’s Plebs, Tom Rosenthal throws shit at a wall figuratively and possibly literally.
Set in a mythical once upon a time land, Shrek the Musical is the story of a hulking green ogre who, after being mocked and feared, retreats to an ugly swamp to exist in happy isol…
The Funny Women Awards have been promoting female comics for over a decade, and we’ve seen some fantastic acts pass through our doors who are now major names on the comedy circui…
Jimmy Carr’s Funny Business will be: a) packed with jokes, b) rude and offensive*, c) a great night out, d) £18.
This smashing revue tracks five groovy gals as they come of age during those liberating days that made England swing! Join this non-stop journey through the infectious and soulful …
Barbara Allen, along with her husband Steve and friends take the audience on a musical tour that showcases Barbara’s experience as a Christian vocalist.
The true roots of fiction are often misunderstood, strangely explained and just plain lied about.
Part history lesson, part guided whisky-tasting, Moonshine, Medicine and the Mob offers a fascinating insight into a key period in American history: Prohibition.
Dead in the Water takes the odd story of Operation Mincemeat - where Welsh vagrant Glyndwr Michael’s body was dumped by MI5 off the coast of Spain, complete with documents iden…
The Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival celebrates Edinburgh’s traditional buildings and offers everyone an opportunity to learn about the skills and materials used to build an…
Short Com is a short comedy film programme and returns for a one night only at this year’s fringe with a new programme.
It was a shock just sitting down in the Stroke Association Scotland’s venue - on every seat was a leaflet telling us that one in six people in Scotland will suffer a stroke in thei…
Perfect way for under sixes to burn off energy at this fun musical and animal filled session. Bang the drums, sing the retro songs and dance the dances inside the musical zoo.
Funny Girl is based on incidents in the life of Fanny Brice before and after World War One.
Michelle McManus returns to the Festival, after her sell-out show last year which received five-star reviews across the board.
The National Galleries of Scotland will be letting legendary stand-up, punk poet and roving sketchsmith Phill Jupitus loose in its rooms for three weeks.
Roddy swaps his designer suit and expensive shoes for waterproofs and walking boots and takes off on an unexpected and life-changing journey.
This talk is ideal for theatre-makers of all kinds who create work from scratch and want to find out more about how the National Theatre develops work.
The Fringe Society chats with actors at the top of their game.
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World renowned Bristol Old Vic Theatre School (BOVTS) runs acting, stage management and technical theatre courses.
Agatha Christie has been working with critically-acclaimed improvised comedy ‘living legends’ (ThreeWeeks, 2013) in order to adapt her latest detective novel into an interactiv…
Robin Hood, revered as the people’s champion, stole from the rich to give to the poor and thwarted Nottingham’s tyrannical Sheriff.
In his Fringe debut, Richard Carnaby invites you to share a glimpse inside the lives and minds of three curious specimens, who have more in common than may first appear – or than…
The nineteenth century marked the golden age of death in art.
The acts chosen from the London competition earlier this year are as varied as they are talented, representing the old and well-loved to the new and exciting.
Laugh yourself silly as BBC Radio 4 invites you to be part of the audience for recordings of three short stories written by leading comedians.
Due to massive demand, six extra, later, and quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man/half-Xbox.
Casting director at the Royal Shakespeare Company, Annelie Powell will be giving practical help and advice for auditioning and working in theatre and TV.
The wobbly comedian performs five dates of her award-winning show to tie in with her new book, also called What the **** is Normal?! Each show will be followed by a Q&A about the b…
The National Galleries of Scotland will be letting legendary stand-up, punk poet and roving sketchsmith Phill Jupitus loose in its rooms for three weeks.
Create your very own comic strip in this unique, fun art class, led by Creative Director of Graphic Scotland, Ariadne Cass-Maran.
Bored with Berkoff? Choking on Chekhov? Fed-up with Feydeau? “Don’t sleep in the subway, darlin’, don’t stand in the pouring rain.
A romp through the bits of the whisky industry that didn’t quite go to plan.
See the very best of the previous contestants, runners up and winners from the UK’s biggest and best comedy competition.
‘London’s ultimate interactive club night’ (Time Out).
There is no time more funny, moving and awkward than high school.
Fringe Central provides a series of free seminars and workshops for fringe participants looking to learn more about the industry and further their skills.
Julia looks like she’s got it together: well groomed, with powerful eyebrows.
I’m not a particularly sentimental person when it comes to plays.
Set on a vintage red bus, this delightful dance piece oozes charm and captures the imagination.
The double Fringe First winners return with new short plays to get people thinking, talking and taking action.
The National Galleries of Scotland will be letting legendary stand-up, punk poet and roving sketchsmith Phill Jupitus loose in its rooms for three weeks.
The Story of Medieval England From 1066 to 1485 at Roughly Nine Years and Two Jokes Per Minute Incorporating The Hundred Years War as a Football Match and of Course Scottish Indepe…
There’s been a murder at the after-show party! Hammed-up accents and paisley dressing gowns at the ready, Short and Curly take us back-stage after their wildly successful show in…
Kate Smurthwaite brings a wonderful hour of comedy mixed with a lovely science lesson to the Free Fringe, and is on every day at 8:20pm until the 23rd August.
Fringe musicals are often incredibly hard to get right but with a score as sizzling as the sun on the beach and some incredibly skilled performers, Riptide: The Slasher Musical hit…
Using a fiendishly elaborate (and highly unnecessary) system of generating audience suggestion, Waiting for the Call invent an improvised musical based on ideas from the peculiar m…
The brilliant London comedy club comes to Edinburgh.
Dan Nicholas (shortlisted for the BBC New Comedy Award) hosts a chat show like no other, where he interviews you the audience.
‘Remains one of the best stand-ups in the country’ **** (Metro).
Irritating stand up from an irritating man.
If Jay Handley had spent as much time running his business as he did writing this show he wouldn’t be unemployed now and you would have one less thing to see at this year’s Fringe.
James Loveridge’s Funny Because It’s True is indeed funny and is presumably also true.
“A girl.
Kids! Do you need somewhere to take your adults without them getting bored and going in a huff? Bring them to Funny Stuff For Happy People, an hour of comedy, circus, storytelling,…
Hotly-tipped comedy starlet Abi Roberts comes in like a wrecking ball with her debut stand-up show.
Four fantastic comediennes on one amazing show! We’ve selected the funniest women we could find at the festival and brought them together for an afternoon of comedy you’ll neve…
When improvisers from critically-acclaimed hits Showstoppers and Austentatious find themselves entangled on the improv stage, only their puppet friends can unravel the tales gaggin…
Seeking to explore the idea that you are your experiences, this positive and inspiring show details how these two up-and-coming comics are not Over It.
Infinity Repertory Theatre update Shakespeare’s comedy to the 21st century as a musical with a rollicking rock’n’roll aim in mind.
Flying High Theatre Company from Nottinghamshire is aptly named; that is exactly what this group of lively youngsters do throughout this performance.
Luke Speirs’ new musical presents a love triangle between three best friends and the fallout of their relationships as a result of Tom’s (Sam Rich) unrequited love for Drew (Luke S…
There are no actors in this show.
Marcel Vol I explores the topic of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s sex scandals, portrayed in the form of an absurdist nightmare.
See the very best of the previous contestants, runners up and winners from the UK’s biggest and best comedy competition.
In a totalitarian state, a writer of controversial literature is about to be killed by an executioner, and he’s expecting him.
Ricky and Dave – Gigglelos is a Free Fringe show and hour of light humour that relaxes you into laughing in a comfortable atmosphere.
Dingos and wombats and kookaburras, oh my! The Olympics are coming to Oz! The year, 1939.
Gambit Theatre’s offering at the Fringe is a theatrical exploration of two real-life conmen and more specifically, identity imposters.
The Gilded Balloon’s So You Think You’re Funny is a comedy omnibus and competition, offering little showcase slots for Fringe veterans and newcomers.
A theatrical sightseeing tour of Edinburgh’s dark side onboard a haunted classic 1960s Routemaster bus.
Short Stories - True Song Tales from the American Edge is an acoustic solo show from Kiya Heartwood, an award-winning American singer-songwriter.
Gillian Hardie and Keddy Sutton are living proof of the versatility and sheer hilarity of female comedians.
Through drama, music and dance Magadi - The Bride Price takes the audience on a celebratory tour of the beauty of African customs.
You’ve probably seen the posters featuring a half-naked man covered in oil- exactly what Herman Hesse had in mind when he wrote his classic philosophical novel.
Work in progress from the maestro of feel-good comedy.
Kudos to any improv troupe for even attempting the month-long exercise in uphill walking and sleep-deprivation that is the Fringe.
With a strange, original and interesting production, Tomás Ford brings his Patrick Bateman of the Fringe to the Mash House to tell a one-man-musical tale of double crossing deceit…
Who needs a man when you have 50 Shades of Grey? This certainly became the chain of thought for millions of women across the UK as they sheepishly dashed out to stores to grab a…
Everything seemed against this performance from the start.
Is your family nuts like mine? Ever wondered what’s really going on in your family? Through exuberant, poignant songs and stories, New York Times and BBC featured comedian/singer…
The title of Masai Graham’s show gives the impression that it is a grand test of comedic athleticism, hinting at a Tim Vine like mania.
Last year’s cult hit is back! A director has written a musical about some snakes on a plane.
At the meagre price of four pounds per ticket, and at one of the smallest venues in town, you get what you expect from Tom Short and Will Hutchby’s Only Child Syndrome: self-cons…
Before comedy Robert did 67 jobs in seven years, went to prison for a practical joke and wrote symphonies for his sock-puppet.
This Edinburgh Fringe, Phill Jupitus truth bombs his way through an hour of laughs, daily.
Stuart Mitchell was a finalist in the NATYS competition in 2012 and is one of the most exciting new stand-up comedians performing across the UK.
Capturing the singular Richard Pryor in a staged bio-play is a challenge and this limp, rote production is nowhere near up to it (1:30).
Abi Roberts’ Musical CID is a new comedy confessional show that delves into what the biggest names in comedy have in their record collections and on their iPods.
Award-winning comedian, groundbreaking ventriloquist and Bafta nominated filmmaker Nina Conti is trying out material for her new show.
No one expects to watch a musical set in a dog parlour with a canine duel – or, more precisely, ‘The Amazing New York State Poodle Fighting Championship’ – as its climax.
If you fit into the overlappy bit of a Venn diagram of people who like dance, people who like comedy and people who like men who look a bit like Vikings, this show is for you.
One of the best known, longest running and most celebrated improv shows in the world.
Emma arrives at a new school and runs the gauntlet of finding out how friendships are made and the game of cliques is played.
I arrived at the Pleasance courtyard a little after 10am and I admit I was a little reluctant to wake up so early while on Fringe time.
Triumphantly sailing into Edinburgh come Audacious Productions with their frankly magnificent production The Odyssey: An Epic Musical Epic.
Comedian Jay Foreman provides a devilishly cheeky hour of songs, poems and comedy for children of all ages in this excellent mid afternoon show in the Green.
Linda Marlowe and Sarah Louise Young present a surreal take on the blunt reality of the night bus service.
The students from Music Theatre Warwick join a hoard of performers hoping to entertain at the Fringe with an improvised musical.
Since forming in 2005 in Aberdeen, the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre have performed internationally and on television around the UK.
Dream Girls is a masterful collection of comedy mixed with surprisingly (even for McCullough) emotional moments that had the audience in awe.
In Mr.
Jojo Sutherland has led a most extraordinary life and this set allows her to tell the story of how she has come to be standing on the stage in front of you.
Being visually impaired, Glaswegian stand-up Jamie MacDonald definitely brings a new meaning to “observational humour”.
Follow the adventures and mis-adventures of Sally Bowles in this raucous and risqué musical comedy, set in the seedy underworld of 1930’s Berlin.
Alhambra Theatre: 26th Jun 7pm.
Set in the midst of the Second World War as the planes start to fly over the skies of Britain, Leith At War brought a wave of nostalgia to the audience.
A celebration of children and young people in the Performing Arts featuring theatre, literature, music and movement.
The Funny Women Awards have been promoting female comics for over a decade, and we’ve seen some fantastic acts pass through our doors who are now major names on the comedy circui…
Komedia’s legendary night of rising comedy stars topped off by storming headliner Mike Wozniak.
TV regular Romesh Ranganathan (Live at the Apollo, Stand Up for the Week) is your host for this legendary monthly night of hand-picked rising comedy stars at Brighton’s Komedia.
Now in its third year, Jessica Delfino’s annual comedy musical festival — with 15 events and dozens of comedians — travels to a different borough each nigh…
Join ‘LetLuce’ for more surreal, anarchic joy.
Come and get your teeth into a refreshing new approach to acting training with this Stanislavski-inspired technique.
As a performer myself, I eagerly awaited this workshop, convinced that I would leave The Warren on that damp, soggy day a better actress – or at least with a few hot tips on char…
Caroline Lucas, MP for Brighton Pavilion, reflects on the importance and value of music in her life with live illustrations from the Sussex Symphony Orchestra.
Geordie Giant Luke Benson brings his best stuff about making himself better to Brighton Fringe.
Join Ellie Taylor (host of ‘Snog, Marry, Avoid’ BBC3, team captain ‘Fake Reaction’ ITV2, ‘8 out of 10 Cats’ Channel 4) as she cobbles together an hour of stuff into an actual stand…
Ambassadors Theatre: 20th May 7pm.
A dress-up sing-along celebration of everyone’s favourite musicals.
Learn stand-up comedy on this two-day course plus graduation show,with our comedian and writer tutor Jay Sodagar.
Comic Book Babylon is the candid and amusing odyssey of one comic fan’s quest to get his dream job and becoming the first British member of the DC editorial staff.
Learn stand-up comedy on this two day stand-up comedy course, which also includes a performance in a Fringe graduation show.
Kasper’s Puppet Theatre presents a magical fairytale for children.
In the past two years John moved to the United Kingdom which led him to sleeping with a married woman, making his parents proud, deciding to buy a falcon and dealing with the death…
This is one of the oddest true stories you will ever hear.
To really know a man, you must walk a mile in his shoes.
The Good, the Stag, and the Ugly.
Russell Kane’s national support act, Welsh-Egyptian Omar Hamdi is preparing for his Edinburgh debut with a mix of fresh ideas and routines that have wowed audiences at some of the …
Mike Sheer has taken his provocative and silly stand-up comedy show from Toronto to Australia, UK, US, and all over continental Europe.
The tour, led by two hapless guides, focuses on the more eccentric characters who have lived and worked in Brighton and explores the nature of eccentricity itself.
Master character comedian and star of ‘Derek’ and ‘Being Human’ performs all his critically acclaimed, sell-out, weirdly wonderful comedy shows, fresh from his hit Radio 4 series.
Anna Morris’s new show might be a work in progress but it’s already pretty brilliant.
All aboard this dazzling double-decker of delight! Take a tour and view amazing artwork from the godfather of British Pop Art, as the Art Bus returns to this year’s Fringe City, …
After a sell-out tour of London, Edinburgh & Manchester to rave reviews, these two award-winning friends return to the Brighton Paddock where it all began.
Following sell out shows, The Improv Musical returns to Warwick Arts Centre for what promises to be another fantastic performance.
(previews start on May 16; opens on June 10) On Nov.
‘Above the Stag’ (ATS) is one of the most distinctive and necessary production houses in London.
Perhaps the greatest sequel ever told, COOL RIDER, the cult musical sequel is BACK and in the West End for one week only.
Urinetown is both bleak and brilliant.
Edinburgh’s revered Traverse Theatre has, for many years, defined itself as “Scotland’s new writing theatre”, regularly giving over its stages to a variety of new voices …
The ultimate girls night out!Hot Flush! The MusicalThe outrageous new musical! or The outrageous musical returns! (if it’s been before).
Based on the much-loved Oscar-winning film, Once is an extraordinary, original and irresistibly joyous celebration of love, friendship and music.
Adapted from the ever-popular children’s book by Roald Dahl, Matilda the Musical has been a spectacular since it first opened to packed audiences at the Cambridge Theatre, London…
(previews start on April 10; opens on May 5) The actress Jan Maxwell will invite audiences to dinner as she portrays Hester Ferris, a famed Washington hostess, in Anthony Giardina&…
Des Clarke is one of the most popular comedians working in Scotland today.
Irreverent, mischievous, packed full of side‑splittingly funny songs and eye‑popping sets, I CAN’T SING! is the irrepressible new musical comedy that goes behi…
“No one dreams of becoming an Usher!” Cry the desperate stars of Ushers: The Front Of House Musical, as they face up to yet another night of flogging ice creams and programmes …
(in previews; opens on April 3) The “Avenue Q” veteran Stephanie D’Abruzzo heads the cast of this new show, written by Michael Roberts and directed by Christopher…
Kevin Murphy and Laurence O’Keefe’s rowdy guilty-pleasure musical isn’t as mordant as the 1988 cult movie that inspired it.
What can I possibly say that isn’t said by the title of this production? Here’s one thing: It’s not exactly great theater, but I’d still rather see “C…
One of the most award-winning shows on stage today, Billy Elliot the Musical has won the hearts of millions since it opened in London’s West End and has gone on to c…
When it comes to potential for satire, E.
This revue, considering its provenance (its lyricist and choreographer, Ruthe Ponturo, conceived it after being dumped by her husband), is surprisingly spry, ni…
The WeGotTickets MCA return to the Cowbarn for two showcases of the UK’s best emerging and established musical comedy acts.
The MCA promotes five acts in one evening with the intention of increasing their exposure in a lively environment, with a healthy sense of competition to aid the fun.
It’s hard to go wrong with a musical that combines time travel, romance, and two best friends seeking adventure.
Theatre Uncut is one of the few good things that has come out of the knock to public spending put in place in 2010, said to be the worst since World War II: it is from these cuts t…
Robert Scott’s trek through the Antarctic would seem a fairly improbable subject for a comedic musical.
This living, timeless story unfolds from the depths of a Tango song.
Winner of a record eight Toscar short film awards, hilarious musical parody Miserable Lesbians now comes to the stage in an expanded, outrageous version direct from New York.
As part of the American High School Theatre Festival at Church Hill Studio Theatre in Bruntsfield, Van Buren High School brought to life the colourful and well-loved characters fro…
Unfortunately, it still seems remarkable enough for a comedy show’s bill to be entirely populated by women that the Funny Women Pop-Up Fringe marketed their lineup as such.
Nick discusses plans for his funeral with a majestic PowerPoint presentation. Will also talk about sport, hobbies etc. Bring a sandwich. #lunchtime. www.freefestival.co.uk
To present such a talk upon the ins and outs of theatre at its bare business-driven bones is both innovative and opportune during the fracas of the Fringe, when an attentive audien…
Hannah Nicklin is a remarkably unpretentious, simple, intelligent theatre-maker.
Aimed at those considering Conservatoire Drama School training.
In the style of Noises Off, the fictional Black Rubix Theatre (actually some of the students in the Queen Mary Theatre Company) attempts to put on what they think is a biting satir…
Mr.
The Fringe Society chats with actors at the top of their game.
Laugh yourself silly as BBC Radio 4 invites you to be part of the audience for recordings of three short stories written by leading comedians.
The Boy with Tape on his Face - ‘Amazing’ (Scotsman), hosts pick-of-the-fringe 2011 and 2012 show.
Living a homeless existence in Wei Village during the late Qing Dynasty, the poor, fumbling Ah Q is faced day after day with his own short comings.
Hosted by Roy Walker (ITV’s Catchphrase).
Before this show, every time I walked past the nondescript sign on Nicolson Street imploring me to give the Scientologists a try, I was tempted to stop.
Acclaimed show where you, the audience, provide true stories for the performers.
Laugh yourself silly as BBC Radio 4 invites you to be part of the audience for recordings of three short stories created by leading comedians.
Care for and refresh your voice, body and imagination - led by full time East 15 staff.
A unique opportunity to gain insight into how we successfully market shows at the UK’s largest working theatre and as part of the Ambassador Theatre Group.
With an admittedly clever pun for a title, this misplaced family comedy misses the mark in its attempt to entertain, both musically and humorously.
Meet the National Theatre studio and literary department and find out more about how the National Theatre develops work.
WARNING: The front two rows will get wet! Thrust into the peculiar and fast-paced world of theatre, the scene is set immediately for us: a young ambitious playwright (Iftach Jeffre…
Richard Wiseman hosts an evening of ectoplasm and uncanny spectacle as we cross to the other side and communicate with the deceased. Tickets include one delightful cocktail.
Alasdair Gray, the infamous Scottish writer, is perhaps best known for his epic first novel Lanark, which was described as ‘one of the landmarks of 20th-century fiction’ by the Gua…
Due to massive demand six extra, later, quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man, half-Xbox.
A workshop exploring collaboration and devising in contemporary theatre, led by Tashi Gore and Jess Thorpe, Artistic Directors of Glas(s) Performance and producers of the award-wi…
Wearing a kilt, a red stripy top and a pair of gold earrings, the bearded Martin ‘Bigpig’ Mor somehow made me think of a Scottish pirate in a children’s storybook.
Danish comedian Valdemar Pustelnik creates a picture of general discontent in his first English stand-up show, delivering laughs as big as the man himself.
Daniel Rigby returns to the Fringe this year with a sketch show that certainly lives up to its name.
The Fringe Society chats with comedians at the top of their game.
When the German playright Frank Wedekind completed his expressionist play in 1891, it sparked controversy, censorship and rage.
A participatory workshop led by Colin Watkeys, Director of Festivals in Edinburgh (Hill Street Solo Theatre) and London (Face to Face Festival) and award-winning solo performers Cl…
Creased Productions’ Rough Theatre brings to the stage two of Beckett’s lesser known plays, Rough for Theatre I and II, in simple but effective style.
Theatre Uncut is a shoe-string operation aiming to provide immediate dramatic response to current crises.
American jazz with a Scottish accent? Well, why not? Go sample this strange but still palatable cultural fusion in the basement of the Valvona and Crolla café.
International experiment sharing a story about a woman called Thyme, with local interpretations.
From the first number, it’s clear that the cast of Gilbert & Sullivan The Musical are talented.
The story of Chet Baker, cool jazz pin up, laid back genius and heroin addict, told by Mike Maran with Colin Steele (trumpet) and Dave Milligan (piano).
Fringe First, Herald Angel, Spirit of the Fringe award winners Theatre Uncut return with a brand new collection of short plays to get people thinking, talking and taking action on …
This Life Chose Me: A Ninja Musical written/performed by Katie Wilbert.
Twenty-five years of the best stand-up comedy competition in the UK, we have whittled it down to the best from hundreds of entries.
Explore the Traverse Theatre’s dynamic 50-year history through a series of talks by theatre practitioners and scholars, illuminating founding days and reflecting on the Traverse�…
Welcome to the 26th year of the best stand-up comedy newcomers competition in the UK! Previous winners include Dylan Moran, Lee Mack, Peter Kay and David O’Doherty! Who will be cro…
Find Jamie MacDonald’s first solo Fringe show and hear about his ill-judged city break to London.
It’s raining outside and our host – Stuart Laws – is on a mission to entertain us.
Ever wondered what’s really going on in your family?! Through exuberant songs, sketches and stories NYTimes/BBC-featured comedian/singer/songwriter Jonathan Prager celebrates th…
The theme of moving house - especially a move that brings you into permanent residence with your partner and an opportunity to learn all their annoying habits - might strike many a…
Dr Professor Neal Portenza has more titles than I would give stars.
Phillip and Marjorie are a skilled double act whose thoroughly entertaining Marriage Preparation Course will hopefully not be taken seriously by many.
Split between two comedians, Over It aims to lift the curtain on the taboo subjects of death and anorexia through the medium of laughter - and it kind of works.
Andy Warhol once proclaimed that in the future everyone will be world-famous for fifteen minutes.
Hook up to the intensive comedy unit for revitalising laughter and life saving fun on the Free Fringe’s biggest stage.
Rolling into Edinburgh with a brand new barnstorming show, The Horne Section will yet again provide the festival’s best musical mayhem.
Comedy’s most reasonable man tells entertaining lies about the novelty teacup industry and other issues (time permitting).
Comical duo Short & Curly are back with another mind bending hour of interactive mayhem.
It’s the 1930’s and a few years have passed since Carl Dunham, the fabled showman brought King Kong from the jungle to New York.
The title of the show, Flyerman 2: This Time it’s Funny is perhaps a little misleading.
As Told By productions in collaboration with Greenwich Theatre have brought a new piece of musical theatre to Fringe this year.
Expertly treading the line between cheese and charm is this new musical from Augment Productions.
Often, the key to a good improvised comedy show is making sure that the audience forgets that what’s happening on stage is in fact improvised.
After the hit Control-Alt-Delete, Willis returns with a brand new computer comedy show.
After 20 years of trying to sing and dance, Chris finally realised how ridiculous he’d been.
TaleGate Theatre have adapted Nicholas Allan’s beloved children’s book into a new funny and energetic musical, which ticks all the boxes for a children’s show, apart from the fact …
Jump on board this unique venue-on-the-move for songs and stories for families with Peter Snow.
Sign on to Sh!t Theatre’s JSA: ‘a curious though immensely likeable duo who merge stand-up with physical theatre and biting socio-political satire .
Doctor Ray Lowry is a retired doctor and dentist, and former TV and radio comedy scriptwriter. He lets the audience see the funny side of being a doctor, a dentist and a patient.
Writing a review for Quite Nice Theatre’s Snakes the Musical is an interesting concept, as the musical hasn’t actually happened yet.
We’ve all had our fair share of embarrassing moments, and at The Brunswick Chris Mayo, complete with a projection of various photos, is happy enough to share some of his most gut…
From the moment he gets up on stage, Rod Woodward is at ease with the crowd.
A brilliant sociopolitical act at the top of his game. Truly subversive intelligent stand-up.
Having bought a house with his girlfriend the Edinburgh-born comic explores how a decision that comes from a place of love can lead to such fear and uncertainty.
At the beginning of his show Ant Dewson delivers a short warning to those who don’t appreciate overtly crude humour: leave now.
The maestro of feel-good comedy.
From the maestro of feel-good comedy.
‘Somewhere between Flight of the Conchords’ parody and Tim Minchin’s witty word-play lies home-grown talent Robert Taylor’ (Theatre Press).
The Big Man’s back.
Arguably one of Scotland’s finest comics, Susan Calman returns to the Stand with the air of a returning champion.
‘Fame is a mask that eats into the face’.
Katie Mulgrew’s debut solo Edinburgh show is a charmingly chatty walk through the comedian’s life, from the large-headed daughter of Jimmy Cricket who struggled as a child in s…
How long does it take to write, choreograph and rehearse a musical? For most musicals it’s a long, drawn-out process.
In an attempt to answer the question, ‘What is justice?’, Professor of Philosophy, John Rawls (Alexander Wickens), travels back in time to ask the great philosophers of the las…
Gavin Webster is on a mission.
It’s the morning after the fall of man.
Critics’ Pick (New York Times).
If you are attracted by the glittering diversity of shows offered by the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, then this is one for you.
The title is probably the most interesting thing about this adaptation of Lysistrata, but any potential that it implies is sadly missed by the show itself.
A dramatically slapdash but musically vibrant joy ride through the glory days of the Detroit music label founded by Berry Gordy.
After selling out their 2018 and 2019 Brighton Fringe shows and lighting up The Warren’s Summer Season, Do the Thing are here for you in 2021.
A modern Scotland where for many of today’s youth the problem of knife and drug crime is rife is the basis for this potent musical by writer/director/producer Finn Anderson which i…
(performances start on July 7) Summer will become just that much more harmonious when this festival opens its 11th season.
Heather Newton and Ernest Merrys critically acclaimed 2005 Fringe hit returns to bring you more holy milk, Hellish whores and stitch-inducing laughs.
A melting pot of youthful talent all wrestle for attention in this production, which features heavy emphasis on individual players with some standout solo performances.
A soggy Sunday afternoon spent in a cosy tent with the rain pitter-pattering on the roof felt much better than the battle of brollies it took to get there.
Returning after their 2007 sell-out Fringe hit, One Night Stand are back and better than ever.
This was the title of the only performance kindly suggested by a witty member of tonight’s audience.
When someone tells you their new musical is about the life of Kennedy’s killer, Lee Harvey Oswald, it’s practically impossible not to draw comparisons with Sondheim’s Assassins.
Openly admitting his show was a ‘work in progress’ and should not be judged on the quality of all of the material, there seemed no need for excuses as Damian Kingsley ushered u…
I entered this show tentatively.
Evil - The Musical details the lives of seven evil villains as they battle Guy Super and endeavor to become the most evil of all.
Ill be the first to admit that whenever I see dance shows at the fringe, I expect to see groundbreaking dance from around the world, but have never expected much from Scotlands…
Who am I? What price, fame? What is reality? These are just some of the inane issues dredged up to validate this otherwise empty narrative.
The 1960s hit A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is a fast-paced, rollicking farce.
Satirical portraits of Adolf Hitler have been around since Charlie Chaplin’s ‘The Great Dictator’, through ‘The Producers’, to the Mr T Experience’s ‘Even Hitler Had A Girlfriend’.
‘Funny’s funny, except when it’s not’ seems to be the general message of this compilation show.
Woody Allen’s words that “it is impossible to experience one’s death objectively and still carry a tune,” leapt into my head after Bereavement: the Musical.
Zipping through all of Greek mythology in an hour and a half is quite a lot of fun when it is presented by a company of student actors who tackle the task with enthusiasm; it is ra…
Percurso aims to emulate human emotions and relations through the movements of a river, but the water they inhabit is cluttered and murky.
A musical drama inspired by Chekhov? It’s a concept that inspires more of an ‘oh’ than an ‘oh my, where can I get a ticket?’ Visions of passionate speeches interrupted by…
When a lonely, alcoholic, substance abuser takes in an AWOL soldier into her home, and inevitably into her heart, I think everyone’s alarm bells start ringing, don’t they? This…
It’s unusual for a play to make you smile before you’ve even reached your seat.
A neighborhood boy getting killed at an intersection.
The title here is very much self-explanatory.
A fast-paced, energetic and downright hilarious show that immediately had me finding a space within my schedule to come watch again.
Franny Winters and her husband Harm Groespecker bound on stage to the music from The Avengers.
The concept of Bite Size is a perfectly simple, yet novel one, and the clue really is in the title.
Five new students arrive at university for a year of alcohol-fueled partying.
For their debut, Libertine Productions presents Diana Son’s simple yet touching story of friendship, unexpected love and a memorable first kiss, with vitality and fresh, minty br…
There could be an incredible musical story in the tragic rise and fall of Mary, Queen of Scots, leading from her ascension to the throne to her eventual abdication, imprisonment fo…
Funny Women is a very respectable and enjoyable competition, highlighting the best up-and-coming female comedy acts from around the UK.
If you are a first time visitor to this piece you may be forgiven expecting something different.
This comedy thriller by Israeli duo Elephant and the Mouse has a plot twist so delicious that giving it away would be murder.
On first reading, the show’s title may sound almost childlike, reading like the name of a children’s music book.
Jessica Fostekew is in love with words.
Hearty laughs and broad grins are the order of the day from this Chaplinesque performer.
I am about as right-brained and artsy as they come, but my favourite Free Fringe show of last year was Robin Ince’s Carl Sagan is my God, a show about science.
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…
35MM is subtitled ‘a musical exhibition’.
Budding musical thespians aim to be what is called a ‘triple-threat’, developing extreme talent in the three areas of musical theatre - acting, singing and dancing.
Shakespeare’s plays have been reinterpreted again and again throughout the years; from ballet to Bollywood, I’ve seen my fair share.
Edinburgh show titles are fascinating.
How many US Presidents does it take to run a country? Three, apparently - and in the late 90s that was Bill, Billy and Hillary Clinton.
Unlike His Ghostly Heart, another play on the Fringe which is played out in the dark, where the stage is darkened and the audience can make out the actors forms, in Don Qui…
Out with the old and in with the new.
When one of the acts announced that this shouldn’t be called The Best of So You Think You’re Funny, but instead, Which Comedian is Free on a Week Night at 11.
In 1993 Bosnia broke free from Yugoslavia during the war that raged there, destroying some of the country’s best known architecture and costing many lives.
Stand up comedian Stephen Grant hilariously analyses the problems of modern society.
When you see ‘Award-Winning’ in front of a comedy act, you tend to sit up and expect something pretty good.
Some comedy shows can be slow burners – they introduce a few seemingly unrelated jokes before linking everything together towards the climax of the show, ending on the ultimate p…
Dont let the Edinburgh Academy theatre and the audience of grandmas put you off the scent: this is a professional production of an off-Broadway show.
With only three months from concept to stage (not even enough time to make the official printed Fringe programme), and just ten days in rehearsals to put it together, Scott Mills T…
Z Theatre company are a bunch of schoolgirls who sing very nicely and try to put a new spin on the Kennedy assassination.
Another year, another series of words that shouldnt be followed by the musical: The Musical.
Caimh McDonnell’s (pronounced ‘Queeve’) opening gambit is a book of ice breaking questions, which provides the initial inspiration for his routine.
It is very hard to know how to describe Gareth Morinan’s show.
The youth of Captivate Drama’s front of house staff and their venue at the Edinburgh Academy led me to expect a school play.
Before I walk into the theatre it is quarter to six in the afternoon.
Trapped by an inability to communicate properly in the real world, the six characters of Chat seek refuge and a place to unveil their deepest secrets in the anonymous world of an i…
Half stand-up comedy gig, half naughty strip burlesque, it sounds like a recipe for disaster.
Jessica Pidsley has given herself a challenge, one that she hopes will help her audience to change their attitudes towards their body.
Remember ‘Whose Line is it Anyway’ and ‘Give Us a Clue’? Well this improvisational theatre workshop adopts that fun and spontaneous attitude to try and create different pie…
Call me strange, but watching this show twice (in English and in Japanese) has been my most fascinating theatre experience in a long time.
Following the success of The Artist in 2011, the silent movie has had a new burst of interest amongst today’s audience.
The notoriously foul-mouthed Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppets have toned down their act for this family friendly show.
Maurice Cock and Belvedere Bagg model their show as a lesson in how to act.
Andy and The Prostitutes play one dirty trick by billing their foul-mouthed ditties as a musical but Andy and co.
Hamlet! The Musical has been around for a few years now, since being first introduced to the Fringe in 2001.
You know something’s different about a show when the people in the first three rows - also known as the slosh pit - are issued with cheap Scotland-branded ponchos.
Writing a show is a difficult enough task; to then both act and direct said show is worthy of a titan.
Not quite a film night and not quite a variety show, sketch comedy troupe The Beta Males play host to a feast of entertainment from some of the Fringe’s finest comedy acts while …
This play promises a quick and basic guide to the development of western theatre.
I must confess to having felt more than a little embarrassed at turning up at a childrens show in the middle of the day; we had a heated debate in the queue on the way in as to w…
This new adaptation of Dracula plays slightly with the order of the original; the voluptuous vampire orgies of Dracula’s castle take place in the second half as opposed to the firs…
Be prepared, the caption warns, to laugh and cry, probably at the same time! This is unfairly self-deprecating; I felt both shows were well-performed, with considerable ent…
A stellar performance from an all-singing, all-dancing cast of miscreants and their formidable opponents from the local neighbourhood watch, Asbo: the Musical is the story of Darre…
Euna Park produced an excellent performance in St.
Do you remember the days of yore? Of gum detentions, boredom pure? Deep in the Smirnoff Underbelly, a group of Scottish students are putting on a play in memory of those school day…
Sordid Lives is the story of the overwhelming weirdness of small-town American life and the empowerment of its women, through the discovery of pink sequins and two-barrelled shotgu…
In the shadow of Edinburgh Castle lies a very beautiful St Cuthbert’s Parish Church.
The classic tale that is Hamlet has been reborn into a contemporary musical and it tries to be a lively fun-filled show.
What a fantastic premise for a show; based on your suggestions the cast will serve up a brand new, fresh musical in front of your eyes.
Anyone who has ever played in an orchestra in the presence of a violin diva, I guarantee that you will love this show.
At the age of seven, Sorrow (Helen George), saw her parents brutally murdered by members of the Bewley family.
The title of this particular show may lead you to expect certain things that the final product fails to deliver in every way.
Fringe-veterans Scottish Dance Theatre, this year celebrating their 25th birthday, return to Zoo in fine fettle with a mixed bill of three works, two of which showcase choreography…
Something consistently excellent about Belt Up’s productions is their dedication to preserving the illusion.
This full house was eager to be entertained by a certain caped crusader.
A strong old Broadyway warhorse,A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum originally opened with Zero Mostel in the lead followed by Frankie Howerd in the UK.
Welcome to the fabulous Glasvegas is a musical which originally debut in 1977 from the pen of legendary film composer Patrick Doyle.
Having lived in Brighton for less than a year, Hanover the musical seemed like a wildly foreign affair for an outsider to the small community above Kemp town, let alone for a relat…
This is fast-moving musical treatment of the bubonic plague of London performed by a bouyant cast of young actor/singers, but the strong and vibrant performances all round are let …
Socks playing guitar.
Becoming an established part of the Edinburgh fringe festival is no easy feat, but Tim FitzHigham secures himself immensely with his latest offering, Stop The Pigeon.
It’s impossible to review a musical about Tony Blair without acknowledging that there are two competing productions about his leadership tenure in town.
So we all know the premise for a rom com: girl meets boy, some sort of complication, girl and boy fall in love.
The sense of apprehension in the auditorium as the audience settles is at odds with an early afternoon show, but not surprising when one considers that we are about to witness Bela…
In 1966 the American government wanted to build a military base in the Indian Ocean.
The idea of performing an improvised musical is not a new one, and is always likely to enthrall a late-night audience who can never quite comprehend how skillfully their new ideas …
Five people are compelled to join a fat club due to self deprecation and the search for a sex life.
Fringe favourites Belt Up return with their highly acclaimed The Boy James, now transferred to the entirely new venue of C Nova, where up several flights of stairs the audience is …
There’s something of a dichotomy going on in Jihad The Musical, and I’m not sure whether I should be deeply offended, or laughing my socks off.
Fringe regulars may remember the moment towards the beginning of last year’s Festival, when performers, media and audiences alike slowly caught wind of the London riots, followin…
I’m one of those people.
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.
The epitome of Hollywood glamour, Grace Kelly’s perfect face beams at you from a screen as you enter the space.
Its easy to lie into a computer keyboard, isnt it? Its also frighteningly easy to tell the truth more of the truth that perhaps you should.
Once in awhile the gods in comedy heaven will align the stars and deliver us a sublime female duo to embrace.
Based on the famous 1970’s porn flick of the same name (but with less sex and more satire), small-town girl Debbie Benton dreams of making it as a cheerleader (and marine biologist…
Alarm bells sounded early with Richard Wright’s show.
Alzheimer’s The Musical is a peek into the lives of those who might be getting slightly older in body but who are most definitely young at heart.
I lowered my expectations dramatically during the opening scene of Xenu is Loose when the smoke effect obliterated the audience’s view of the action for at least a couple of minute…
Burke and Hare A Musical Play is based on the true story of Edinburghs notorious murderers William Burke and William Hare.
Nine members of the Scottish Dance Theatre company take to the stage to dance.
A10-strong cast from the Scottish Dance Theatre start off this performance with a still-life scene, a sculptural montage, in which all the characters appear in the same light.
Io Theatre’s take on the Tony Blair years is a satirical view of his leadership, set to a bitingly funny score.
There can surely be no more fitting venue for the Hanover the Musical! than the Hanover Community Centre, with community and the surrounding area the ideas at the heart of this wil…
As soon as Andrew Doyle came on stage, donning rubber gloves and attempting to do unsightly things to a cuddly toy, I had a feeling things weren’t going to go very well.
Musical Of Musicals (The Musical) is performed by the Woodlands High School Theatre, Texas, as part of the American High Schools Theatre Festival.
It’s a breath of fresh air to watch something as ambitious – perhaps too ambitious – as The Untold Theatre Company’s brand-new full-length original musical, Grim.
Felix Zschieschow and Megan Clifton return to the stage as comedy duo ‘Grandma’, and given the evening of continuously bizarre situations that the pair find themselves in, i…
Set on the private island of recently deceased music mogul Morgan Tremain, where all the people he had a grudge with in his life have been assembled for the reading of his will, Mu…
Salem is a production that attempts to do something dangerous - to perform a piece of theatre about a historical event that has already been covered by a really well-known play.
This is no ordinary cabaret.
According to the women of Greenham, sex is power, sex gives women leverage and sex makes men vulnerable.
Alison Trower would be an excellent date – never running out of topics of conversation, skipping from theme to theme with probing intriguing questions that make you think, and no…
In her white shirt, grey knee length skirt and black brogues, Sara Pascoe looks like a schoolgirl.
One problem that I find with comedy is making sure that everyone’s tastes are catered to.
It’s a beautiful day at the Fringe and I’m sat on the top deck of a red bus in the Meadows.
The show is set entirely to parodies of songs from well-known musicals and classic 80s pop hits.
This show will make you leave the theatre trembling.
I had high expectations of Bloodbath The Musical - everything from their high-profile casting to glossy programme gives the impression they’ve spent some money on this show, and th…
From the moment Mike Sheer appeared it was clear we were in for an energetic show.
This show is exactly what it is.
I was just about getting weary of anything with The Musical after it when I went in to see this show by StoppedClock.
In an increasing trend amongst the big-name comics, this is Jason Byrne’s ‘other show’, and this year involves grabbing four guest celebrities as panellists for the top table, a co…
Few talents serve a stand-up better than audience rapport and I’m happy to say that Matt Tiller has it in spades.
I wish all science lectures could be musical.
This musical does not have a linear narrative, but presents a series of scenes and songs showing events that take place during the last year of high school.
When in the first ten minutes of the show there have already been several jokes about vaginas and a song essentially about paedophilia, it quickly dawns that few sacred cows are go…
The BBC is the Church of England of the media.
How can a full house of adults be entertained for an hour by a couple of grey socks in a tartan Punch & Judy tent? Ask Kev Sutherland, the writer and performer, who returns for fo…
Ok, let’s get this out of the way at the start.
I went into Sex Ed! a little wary.
Hillbilly hilarity can prove difficult to digest at the best of times, but this musical feast, based on the cult film by South Park creator Trey Parker, offers a light-hearted appr…
Work Songs is a dance exploration of office-place machismo power struggles by The Dangerologists.
In response to the Arab Spring, Tunnel is one of four plays to come out of Sandpit Arts’ first annual playwriting competition, Bulbul.
From the start Richard Purnell (the short one) and Gary From Leeds (the horribly tall one) insist that their teaming up as ‘360 degree poetry consultants’ is not a gimmick.
Cambridge Touring Theatre’s Alice the Musical is a great example of children’s fringe theatre, with simple set designs embellished by the high enthusiasm of the actors.
Five students meet for the first time in the flat they are to share for their first year of university.
This roots harmony vocals trio are pretty much reggae royalty, although for many people today their name, The Abyssinians, would not ring a bell.
Living in Brighton you occasionally hear the Mods mentioned, in particular regarding the fights on Brighton beach with the Rockers.
DugOut Theatre’s Inheritance Blues has already proven to be a winner, picking up ISDF 2012 Festgoers’ Choice Award.
A show about shows is not the most original idea there has ever been but Dan Nightingale’s ‘what might have been?’ take on performing in this year’s Edinburgh Fringe provid…
Nine - The Musical tells the story of Guido Contini, a fictional movie director in 1960s Italy, as he goes through a mid-life crisis.
This summer’s clutch of blockbuster popcorn-bait has been dominated by the four colour heroes of the comic book.
A Conversation with Carmel is a dialogue of artistic fusion with a lot to say, and far too many ways of saying it.
Bath University’s Student Theatre Society presents the story of a struggling writer, aided by three contrary muses, desperate to create the best work of fiction ever to be perfor…
While not the slickest show this side of the Royal Mile, Sh!it Theatre’s Job Seekers Anonymous was definitely something extraordinary.
“Alice in Wonderland,” by Lewis Carroll, has the potential to be turned into a musical for all the family.
In the wonderful location of the top deck of a stationary Edinburgh bus, two comedians try to find their feet on the comedy circuit.
‘Come in girls, sit anywhere you like.
For the first ten minutes of Ben Okri’s the Comic Destiny, I sat there entirely unsure about what was going on.
Set in Glasgow, this hard-hitting play speaks out about community violence and gang mentality based on director Paddy Cunneen’s own experiences whilst working in Edinburgh.
The obvious, but often overlooked difficulty with one act plays is their length.
One of the best things about the Fringe is its ability to throw up unexpected surprises; ducking into a pub to escape the worst ravages of the Scottish summer, it’s not uncommon …
Two short plays by the same playwright Paul Richards collectively titled A Little Light Theatre had a lightness of touch that brought ordinary people facing dramatic episodes to li…
Sometimes raw, rough shows, performed on a knife-edge are the most gripping.
Leaving a theatre and having to critique a performance for potential visitors, despite knowing that it will never be recreated in that way again, is an undoubtedly difficult task.
Jessica Ransom hits the Fringe with an excellent idea that could be amazing but isn’t quite there yet.
What can a reviewer say about a musical that’s different every night? By extension, what can a reviewer say about any show, since surely no two performances are the same? If you�…
Vote excitedly alongside dozens of international talent scouts for 2018’s hottest breakthrough stars in the making, who battle for glory, fame and the shiny moose trophy.
One of the biggest comedy stars in Denmark, Simon Talbot comes to the Fringe with some work-in-progress shows.
Theatre-making manifestos always make me wary, in part because I'm inherently suspicious of portentous artists in any field: "The aim is not to depict the real, but to mak…
Comedy, circus, storytelling, poetry and stupid science.
Editor-in-Chief, Richard Beck, spoke to Playwright Nick Maynard (NM), Director Scott Le Crass (SLC) and actors Stewart Dylan-Campbell (SDC) and Aiden Kane (AK) about the play about...
Director John Mitton tells tell us about this year's , The British Theatre Challenge, the plays and the writers.
Music Theatre International (MTI) has announced a fantastic competition for secondary schools and sixth form colleges throughout the UK.
A coveted Bobby has been presented to five shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year.
With multiple shows celebrating first and last nights every night, alcohol plays a big part in creating the fun, celebratory atmosphere of the Fringe.
Isabella Thompson enjoyed meeting the cast of Bed: The Musical and chatting to them about their rehearsal process. Here are some extracts from the interview.
We invited playwright Scott Organ to tell us about 17 Minutes at the Edinburgh Fringe.
We all have a funny relationship with money, and Alison Spittle, Lane Kwederis and Mary O’Connell are no exception.
James Haddrell, Artistic Director of Greenwich Theatre, and the cast: Brandon Kimaryo, who plays Davey (Male, aged 17), and Kerrie Taylor who plays Anita (Female, aged 53) talk abo...
Does technology have a role in live performance? In 2014 The Old Market’s #TOMtech season blasted into Brighton, exclusively showcasing performances shaped by technology.
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.
The Rolls-Royce of English comedies, Oscar Wilde’s An Ideal Husband, brings an act of political sin into the heart of the English home.
All this week we've got some fantastic offers on your favourite West End shows. Check back daily for the latest offers.
Barry Humphries is our masterfully seasoned emcee and cabaret diva Meow Meow our chanteuse in this risqué, sophisticated and seductive tribute to the jazz-infused music of the Wei...
Booking for Matilda has been extended until 19th February 2019.
Tickets go on sale at 12pm today for the world premiere of TINA - The Tina Turner Musical, which opens at London's Aldwych next Spring.
Ever since their debut in 2015 with Weekend Rockstars Middle Child Theatre have been rewriting what musical theatre can be with their distinctive gig-theatre genre.
Having received rave reviews for The Secret Life of Humans as well as supporting dozens of other theatre companies at the Fringe and beyond, the New Diorama Theatre has made a name...
Having made their Fringe debut last year with The Life and Times of Lionel, theatre company Forget About The Dog are back with their new show, 100 Ways to Tie a Shoelace.
Leyla Josephine is a performance artist and writer from Glasgow.
As part of the Edinburgh International Festival the Royal Court was invited to present a series of rehearsed readings by playwrights from Chile, China, Cuba, Lebanon, Palestine and...
Like A Prayer is a theatrical essay about personal faith in which six nuns deliberate attitudes towards the big questions of life. We spoke to Corinne via an email Q&A.
Greenwich Theatre is set to have an unprecedented profile at this year’s Brighton Fringe, with no less than eight productions heading for The Warren either co-produced or support...
Karen and Katy Koren are thrilled to announce that Gilded Balloon will expand into the heart of Edinburgh’s New Town, as they embark upon an exciting new partnership with the Ros...
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.
After the short run at the Royal Court Theatre sold out in just one day, Jez Butterworth’s epic, new play The Ferryman will transfer to the West End.
Our Winter Sale promotion is now live and we have a number of amazing deals & offers.
Audiences have only six weeks left to see the critically acclaimed West End production of Sir Ronald Harwood’s The Dresser which brings together a multi award-winning cast and cr...
This week Greenwich Theatre opens its eagerly awaited new studio space with the world premiere of a new play, presented in partnership with emerging company CultureClash Theatre.
Award-winning theatre company Bucket Club are melding together playful theatre with a live techno score for Fossils, a sceptical quest for the Loch Ness Monster at the Pleasance Do...
How To Win Against History has been awarded the prestigious Bobby Award, Broadway Baby’s sixth star awarded to the very cream of Fringe performances.
The Many Doors of Frank Feelbad is a brave and engaging work about how children and families process and communicate grief.
Do you work well under pressure? How about life-or-death pressure? Nuclear Family gives you the chance to find out by inviting the audience to mount an enquiry about a pair of sibl...
Stop The Train is a new musical from Rick Guard and Phil Rice following the story of commuters plunged into a dangerous situation - and forced to talk to each other.
How to Win Against History is a new musical about Henry Cyril Paget, an eccentric, cross-dressing marquis who was written out of history by his family.
I Got Superpowers for my Birthday by Katie Douglas is an action-packed fantasy adventure about the pains of growing up and learning you can shoot fire from your fingertips.
If you were to list Every Brilliant Thing about life, what would you include? This is the idea behind Duncan Macmillan’s critically acclaimed play, broaching the subject of menta...
Theatre Ad Infinitum have become a fixture of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, having won two Stage Awards, two Argus Angels, and a Guardian Best of EdFringe.
In the 1960s, NASA funded scientists set out to try and teach dolphins to speak.
Having a Jessica Rabbit at The Whistle Stop with my mum. It's her Birthday today. She's 70!! 70!!! Look at her skin!!! She looks younger than me.
Natasha Granger and Kerrie Thompson wrote, produced and star in 90s girl-band musical 2 Become 1, a story about romance, speed dating and the ideal post-night-out meal.
The Tumanishvili Film Actors Theatre has been bringing Georgian theatre to Edinburgh for nearly 20 years, filling theatres and getting critical acclaim for foreign-language theatre...
Numerous award-winning companies will be joining us again at this year at Brighton Fringe in the ever astounding Dance and Physical Theatre category.
A key Brighton Fringe venue, The Marlborough is located in one of the oldest public houses in the city.
It’s the second year for the Rialto Theatre at the Brighton Fringe but it’s already gaining a reputation as a home for local talent.
Following their sell-out Fringe run in 2014, Make Theatre CIC return with their brand new, original show, Stop! We have a little chinwag..
Universal Arts announced this week that they are thrilled to be bringing BBC Radio 4 star Lach on board to produce and programme shows at the New Town Theatre (96 George St) for Th...
Brighton Fringe has officially launched.
Award-winning theatre director Thom Southerland has been appointed Artistic Director of London’s Charing Cross Theatre.
The night Freddie Mercury and Kenny Everett smuggled Princess Diana into an iconic gay venue is the stuff of legend.
Following Thursday’s first preview of the West End production of Motown the Musical, due to public demand, a further 200,000 tickets are released for sale taking bookings at the ...
In recent years London’s New Diorama Theatre has established itself as a home for emerging companies to develop, flourish creatively, and forge viable and sustainable careers as ...
London Theatre Workshop has announced that after two successful years located above the Eel Brook Pub in Fulham, the company is relocating to an exciting new venue in Central Londo...
Greenwich Theatre’s spring season is being themed for the first time to promote and celebrate young female theatre makers, some at the start of their careers but others already e...
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.
L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq in Paris is one of the world's most influential theatre schools.
Mix ‘N’ Pick Theatre is reinventing the rooftops of Princes Mall this summer with the Boxsmall Festival, providing fun-packed interactive theatre shows for children every half ...
Intending to improvise over 20 back-to-back on-the-spot musicals this year, Baron Sternlook's Improvised Musical returns - with an enormous cast and full ensemble! Broadway Baby ch...
Greenwich Theatre has a long and successful association with the Edinburgh Fringe, but why does a London Theatre have such a keen interest in a festival hundreds of miles away from...
LOST & Found: A Musical Revue at LOST Theatre promises to be a one-night-only mash up of gender stereotypes in musical theatre.
The UK’s largest reviewer of live arts performance, Broadway Baby, has come out in support of the Theatre Charter – a campaign for good behaviour in UK theatres.
Who isn't a sucker for a good production company name? That's right - no one.
Family-friendly Story Pocket Theatre is a new company bringing Arabian Nights to the Edinburgh Fringe. Pete Shaw grabbed a moment of their rehearsal period to ask some questions.
Jessica Sherr is returning to Edinburgh with her show Bette Davis Ain’t for Sissies.
The Edinburgh Fringe has more than its fair share of household-name comedians and high profile actors generating many column inches in the press, but at the heart of the festival a...