Jokes, rants, politics, play and the occasional sing song.
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…
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.
A musical play from Busy Lizzies Theatre Company and Long Way Home Productions.
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
UK Comics’ Comic 2022 - Best Act “One of the UK’s pre-eminent pun merchants…the quickest quipster in showbusiness.
Idle Women is an original musical created and performed by Busy Lizzies.
This is a story about the rivalry between the two great northern cities of Liverpool and Manchester and, the fact that they have so much in common yet… it is ofte…
On the second night of their two-part gig, beloved orchestral-pop group The Magnetic Fields perform from their landmark concept album 69 Love Songs.
Women are constantly measuring one another by ideals of thinness/beauty, “best mommy practices”, and keeping a home with a happy partner.
Join us for Arkle’s second Wester Ross radio play, combining mythical creatures, illicit whisky and the 19th century scientific survey of Scotland’s lochs, with gentle humour, …
Lullaby for Two.
The true story of my brother’s murder so of course, it’s comedy.
Winner of the Neurodiverse Review Disability Champions Award 2023, Mark brings his debut show to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
A magical and moral Victorian fairy tale, adapted by Sue Colverd from the original story by Charles Kingsley, including music and songs by David Last, about young chimney sweep Tom…
Join two of the UK’s most exciting new comedians for a hilarious hour of stand-up comedy.
Join us on a hilarious journey through Barcelona’s vibrant comedy landscape, where laughter reigns supreme.
Boom wer on! With guests, naughty and nice, Mr English will host former serial killers, gangsters, as well as facing his own demons through a spiritual journey live on stage.
Dan and Shubba, two of Scotland’s best up-and-coming comedians, gather their friends to ride the wave in an hour of wild, high-octane comedy.
Martin Atkins is the definition of entrepreneurial activity in cultural arts endeavours.
Two friends, one party, zero social skills.
Performance poet/musician Attila the Stockbroker has been writing and performing since 1980: 4,000 or so gigs in 25 countries so far.
Mark Ravenhill’s Pool (No Water) tears up the ideals of friendship and art revealing a collective jealousy when fame and success lands on one person, leaving others in the shadows.
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…
Delighting audiences with sell-out shows since 2017, we are back! Experience the fiery passion and irresistible allure of our home-grown hotties at a burlesque show like no other.
Critically acclaimed Quebec City-based circus company, Machine de Cirque, present the award-winning Maxim Laurin (Guinness World Record holder) performing a spectacular duet with G…
More jokes from the UK Comics’ Comic Best Act winner Mark Simmons (Mock The Week), whilst taking a break from his sold-out national tour.
26 boxes full of joy and fun.
Dr Silcox (self-identify as a weak man) returns for his fans to describe ‘what is a women?’ and offer an official apology on behalf of powerful men to women for all the historical …
We don’t hate you, you’re just in the way.
An argument is a lie you choose to believe and defend.
‘Alright you lot.
Best Thai red curry – the national dish of Thailand.
In the darkness of grief, a man hears something calling.
Have you ever made a mistake that completely alters the course of your life? For Joan, her greatest desire has become her greatest nightmare.
The true story of the witches.
The water you drink has been drunk before.
Our unique tour sets out to inform and entertain as we take you into both the Old and New towns, giving you a real sense of the two sides of Edinburgh; revealing some of the secret…
America is the land of the free, home of the brave and homeland of two of the freest, bravest men to ever live: Mark Henely and Chris Warren.
The tales of the dragons are special for many reasons.
Being a woman! Being over 40! Sex! Kath has found the solution to these problems.
Astute observational humour with an irreverent flair from two of Birmingham’s silliest sausages.
Two years is how long it takes me to write a proper show.
After 18 years as a teacher, Mark Row has had enough of the endless carousel of uninspiring lessons, inane questions and kids with attitudes that stink worse than their PE kits.
The award-winning, 7th highest rated comedy of the Edinburgh Fringe 2023 returns! When disaster strikes in Gary’s brain, it’s up to his brain cells to try and fix everything.
‘Incredibly powerful.
Two award-winning comics deal late-night craic in the mid-afternoon, a wild mix of dark, satirical stand-up and musical comedy.
Three queer international comedians (Ann Vaida, Annick Adelle and Mari Volar) bring their WIP shows to Edinburgh and band together to make their solo debuts less harrowing.
If you don’t know what Mark does, ask your parents.
An Irish Gay Guide to Romance.
New stand-up/musical hour from Mark Black.
Witty, touching, hilarious and unapologetic.
Chris and Seán are two sailors who are nuts! Comedians Chris Locke and Seán Cullen are on shore leave for an hour of hilarious madness! Learn about the sea! Milk a sea cow! Make …
Abby awoke in hospital after a late miscarriage and, high on anaesthesia, decided to become a comedian.
This women-created news satire stars comedian Maggie Metnick in drag as Chip Johnson, a red-blooded American male pundit on a mission to mansplain the news to women.
New Zealand’s hottest comedy pop-music duo Two Hearts are back – now with more “vow” factor.
Prepare for a wild and raunchy, adults-only night of magic and comedy with Sam, Justin and Magnus ‘Danger’ Magnus.
Presented in pseudo-fairytale style, this one-woman dramatic comedy dares to expose what lies beneath the mask of the perfect mother.
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 …
Multi award-winning comedian Mark Nelson returns with a new show exploring whether it’s really possible to become a new and improved person.
Be inspired by stories of collaboration, creativity and rebellion.
Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World is set to take the roof off The Other Palace this summer.
Actors East are pleased to present an evening of two plays written by Alexander Gallimore.
After a sold-out UK and Ireland tour, “The Good Women” returns to London for Pridemonth.
Idle Women is a musical based on the lives of women who worked on canal boats in World War Two.
Two women - Four intertwined stories about relationships, love, and life.
Welcome to the world of BGT semi-finalist Nerine Skinner.
Ten years after a horrible crime tore them apart, two lovers reunite at the worst time.
Based on three real Australian self-help books from the 1960s, Yoga for Women, Sex and Yoga and Yoga Over Forty by Nancy Phelan and Michael Volin.
A journey of evolution, from birth to consciousness.
It’s the final rehearsal before the Little Abingdon Band Competition.
Triple Threat is a split bill divided by 3 with Monica, Aisha and Anais making jokes about their experiences living in London as hot immigrant girlies.
A stellar jazz sextet performs a musical tribute jazz composer and pianist Abdullah Ibrahim.
Being a woman! Being over 40! Sex! Kath has found the solution to all three of these problems.
Step into the dystopian world of The Moral Women – a gripping tale of societal regression and feminist resilience.
To the shock of all involved, a young woman’s claim to be one of the World’s most famous missing children is verified.
Let’s tackle head-on what a younger theatre-goer may think when they see a play called Maggie and Me; “who is Maggie?” is my bet.
From some of Britain’s first women doctors to suffragettes, entrepreneurs to entertainers, artists, music-hall stars, and campaigners, Brighton and Hove has always attracted women …
Just turned 40, sober as a judge, with a new baby.
The Hove version of the Brighton tour! An animal rights champion, a rogue policewoman, a doctor who changed the way we thought about mental health are just a few of the woman who h…
Hosted by Hannah Brackenbury and Anna Free, this event showcases funny women doing their thing at the wonderful Cliffe Hall in Lewes.
Louisa May Alcott’s 1868 classic and moving ‘coming of age’ story is accepted as ‘revolutionary’ and for many years has been one of the most widely read novels.
*not in a romantic way - you’re all mingers and perves.
“Son, that girl, she’s a nice girl, but she don’t study accounting.
Time for you, coffee, cake and chat.
Set in the head office of TPL inc.
Winner of the ND Review Disability Champions Award and the Amateo Award 2022 brings his debut show to LCF.
It’s the 1960s, the world is changing.
A hopelessly romantic modern musical that'll leave you beaming throughout, Two Strangers is all you could want from a feel-good evening of musical theatre.
Witty, fierce and fearless.
Emma Rice is a genius - we know this from her stage adaptations of classic texts - but when it comes to a wholly original play written by Rice herself, how does she fare?The play i…
The ultimate showcase of new talent you have to see before they break into the mainstream.
A Dance of Two Halves A dance between bodies and souls.
Unlike Marx's great work Capital, the one thing you cannot describe this boisterous comic Opera as, is boring.
Malignant Humour A death-defying circus act A Tale Of Two Chickens A Boy's Platonic Love For Chicken Malignant Humour - Hannah GumbrielleHannah found a lump.
We live in turbulent and deranged times.
Is there anyone who hasn’t seen at least one version of this story, a version filled with gore, elaborate story lines and ostentatious special effects? This production of Jekyll …
Being a woman! Being over 40! Sex! Kath has found the solution to all three of these problems.
Nollaig na mBan or Women’s Christmas is celebrated on January 6th.
In 2019, a Women’s Health Taskforce was established by the Department of Health to improve women’s health outcomes and experiences of healthca…
Nollaig na mBan or Women’s Christmas is celebrated on January 6th.
In 2019, a Women’s Health Taskforce was established by the Department of Health to improve women’s health outcomes and experiences of healthca…
Engelbert Humperdink’s biggest hit, packed with stuff that should not fit.
A dramatic tour de force of a comedy about life and loss, identity, disconnection, self-deception, and isolation and, love.
Being a woman.
Dougal is a naive, impossibly upbeat Brit, flying to New York for his Dad’s second wedding.
As comedy vehicles go, this is a Rolls Royce.
The Working Girls of Soho, takes you on a captivating journey of discovery, meeting the women who made Soho happen.
What would you do if you were offered god-like powers? That's the final dilemma faced by Mina in this adaptation of the Dracula story by Morna Pearson.
Fleeing his family in regional Goulburn, Shane finds himself in Sydney’s Kings Cross district.
Mark Watson performs in, and curates, a day of unusual old-school Fringe activities. Full listings at ImpatientProductionsUK.com from June 1st.
Live, feature-length version of the cult interactive game born at the festival two years ago.
A father approaching his 60th birthday learns to sing and dance for the first time, in a desperate attempt to create a hit single that will make enough money for his son to finally…
Liam and Tom are two aspiring fablers who share a dream: becoming stars in the cutthroat world of medieval showbiz.
Liam and Tom are two aspiring fablers who share a dream: becoming stars in the cutthroat world of medieval showbiz.
Eilidh and Mark’s performances weave together their own compositions and songwriting alongside interesting old melodies and songs from the west coast of Scotland.
How do you fill a minute? How do you fill an hour? How do you fill a slot when you’re Two Little Dickheads? Slot Fillers is the dickheads getting loose, getting groovy and gettin…
There are many aspects to the brilliance of this show, but the greatest revelation is the singing.
Nicola Burnett Smith, together with her ensemble of actor-musicians, explores how the written word can ignite and inspire musical composition.
Horrigan & Howell return fresh from their sell-out run at Edinburgh and the Pleasance Theatre for another ‘uncompromisingly hilariously funny’ sketch show.
Horrigan & Howell return to London following last year’s sell-out show at the Pleasance Theatre for another ‘uncompromisingly hilariously funny’ sketch show (LondonPubTheatre…
Horrigan & Howell return fresh from their sell-out run at Edinburgh and the Pleasance Theatre for another ‘uncompromisingly hilariously funny’ sketch show.
As part of his nationwide tour, the Britain’s Got Talent and ITV’s The Ultimate Magician finalist hits Edinburgh with a limited Fringe run in a show full of the most awe-inspir…
An explosion of nostalgia, joy and love releases itself on the stage, in the form of a poetic love letter.
Don’t be put off by the topic - this dance show about death is far from gloomy.
This double bill is a treat of depth of talent performing across a huge range of scope – all compressed within a single hour.
“Who just sits and waits?” Nate and Quinn take residence in an abandoned warehouse to await details of their next job, just a phone and each other for company, wiling away the time…
What could I honestly put here that would encourage you to come to my show?
The Only Punk Rocker in the Village is set in North Clare in the late 1970s, where a teenager’s discovery of punk rock turns his life upside down – causing consternation, shock a…
Bare Productions return following a string of five-star, sell-out Fringe runs with the rousing and heartfelt musical, Little Women.
Mark Twain was a comic genius, the greatest American humorist of the 19th century, and (in literary terms) of all time.
Oh for God’s sake.
Journey into the metaf-arse with a plethora of maximalist characters.
Liselotte in May, written by Zsolt Pozsgai, is a bittersweet absurd comedy about a gentle, lonely heart.
Liselotte in May, written by Zsolt Pozsgai, is a bittersweet absurd comedy about a gentle, lonely heart.
The show is derived from interviews with humanitarian aid workers about the Impossible.
Join LBC legend Iain Dale and his partner in crime, former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith for one of five unique live versions of their smash-hit political podcast For the Many.
Euripides’ classic Greek tragedy is breathtakingly reimagined by 25 singers, actors and musicians in this epic production from the National Changgeuk Company of Korea.
Welcome to the world of BGT Semi-Finalist Nerine Skinner and Liv Struss (A Liz Truss Parody).
More written about than performed, this is a rare chance to see a version of Caryl Churchill’s 1997 play, This is a Chair.
How did a Jewish immigrant to London’s East End end up as a General in the Chinese army and become “Two Gun” Cohen? This incredible true story is recounted by Cohen from his cell i…
I Am Mark: A Daring New Staging of Mark’s Gospel.
It’s 1940 and Bartók goes into exile in the United States, taking with him his 44 duos for two violins, based on Hungarian, Slovakian, Serbian, Romanian or Arabian folk tunes, s…
Alafia ensemble aims to build bridges between worlds of sound.
Is this enough? ‘A fascinating, poignant and extremely entertaining study in deadpan tragicomedy’ (ExeuntMagazine.com). ‘Unlike anything else on the Fringe’ (TheReviewsHub.com).
This circus, dance and music show accepts no boundaries.
Burt Williamson, ‘hilarious at every turn’ **** (Scotsman), brings his debut hour of stand-up comedy to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in an unmissable comedic offering of offbeat o…
Delighting audiences with sell-out shows since 2017 we are back! Experience our new glitter and glamour extravaganza from Edinburgh’s only school of homegrown hotties.
Accidental enemy of Mother Teresa.
A community of actors are staging a theatre version of Lars Von Trier’s film Dogville.
New jokes from the UK Comics’ Comic Best Act 2022, Mark Simmons (Mock The Week) whilst taking a break from his sold-out national tour. If you like one-liners you’ll love this show.
This is the brand-new album from award-winning comedy songstress Kate Lucas, inspired by #PositiveVibesOnly.
As seen on Man Like Mobeen, Big Boys and Joe Lycett’s Got Your Back! Dr Silcox offer official apology on behalf of weak men to women for all the historical misconducts caused by po…
Our unique tour sets out to inform and entertain as we take you into both Old and New Town, giving you a real sense of the two sides of Edinburgh and revealing some of the secrets …
The true-crime podcast with a twist.
The best Thai red curry – the national dish of Thailand.
From the crazy mind of Sid Singh (Comic Relief, Muzlamic) comes the most diverse show on the whole Fringe! Its half comedy show and half game show as every night a brand new lineup…
It is comparatively easy to portray conflict; showing the different forms of domestic love is much more difficult.
Away from the hurly-burly of the centre of the city, one of the Sisters Hope parades the silent streets, ringing the bell to call the initiates to the ritual.
There’s been a mix-up in the weekly appointment with her Sanatorium psychiatrist.
‘Clever, funny and world-view-changing’ **** (InDaily.
Jo March really thinks she could be the voice of her generation, or at least, a voice of a generation.
Tragically weird.
Elsa McTaggart, a true folk musician and singer/songwriter in every sense of the word, has waited a long time to finally present this stunning show.
New Show! Weekly Award Best Circus 2023 Fringe World, As seen in La Soiree, Australia’s Got Talent and iUmor.
After 17 years teaching, Mark Row longs to escape the barrage of inane questions, the endless carousel of uninspiring lessons and the attitudes of kids that stinks worse than their…
24 different award-winning or nominated comedians perform their full shows, recorded for Netflix, Amazon Prime and YouTube. See FringeSpecials.com for listings.
85% of executed witches were women! Why? The brutal truth of the witch hunts in Scotland, told with humour and empathy.
Thrown – a play about backhold wrestling – surely one of the world’s more obscure sports, even to city-living Scots.
Dynamic one woman show written and presented by Theresa Cole of Yellow Poppy Theatre wants you to see some personal stories through the eyes of her different characters.
Shared hour with two absolute stars of the future.
Hello, The Hell: Othello is a dance and physical theatre presentation of Othello's and Iago’s afterlife in hell.
In a world where comedy is everything to everyone, and punching down is taboo, it’s time to punch back! The Corrupt Comedy Establishment killed Bob Hecklestein’s girlfriend, murder…
This incendiary play is described as Kafkaesque.
‘Do I like being gay or should I just get straight conversion therapy?’ is the big, bold question that Mark attempts to answer over the course of 45 minutes.
As Mark Black visits the doctors for looking for a diagnosis, he takes us through the chaos with a set written by ADHD itself.
The company Darkfield are a Fringe regular now, known for their shows housed in completely dark shipping containers.
For his entire life, performer Mark Vigeant did everything he possibly could to make everyone around him happy.
‘In London I was a gefilte fish out of water, in Hampshire I was Moses, wandering.
Mark Watson is a stalwart at the Edinburgh Fringe with his casual style and observationist humour and anecdotes that lead us down convoluted paths of thinking.
Vault Festival People’s Choice Award nominee 2023.
Two Tigers is a kaleidoscopic musical drama about New Zealand-born modernist writer Katherine Mansfield, who lived and died with the Furies at her heels and her turbulent love affa…
Multi award-winning physical comedy that’ll whisk you off your feet.
There is a large distance between the impression given in the description of this show on the EdFringe site and my experience of the performance.
The vibe is wild as I sit down for Adults Only Magic Show.
The Scottish Gallery presents Wonder Women featuring three exceptional artists who have each had outstanding careers, including a major memorial celebration to the late Dame Elizab…
In his 10th show, the multi award-winning stand-up returns with new stuff, greatest hits and bits and pieces from his decade at the Fringe.
Offering a fresh history of Scottish art since 1750, this exhibition spotlights key artists, all of whom are women.
This split-bill of comedy will showcase the best and brightest material Maddie and Serena have to offer.
This split-bill of comedy will showcase the best and brightest material Maddie and Serena have to offer.
A unique celebration of song, inspired by the two bards - William Shakespeare and Robert Burns, and performed by Jessa Liversidge.
A unique celebration of song, inspired by the two bards - William Shakespeare and Robert Burns, and performed by Jessa Liversidge.
As Seen on Mock The Week, BT Sport and ITV, ‘Master of one-liners’ MARK SIMMONS brings his brand-new show on the road.
Project Female Dance Company presents: ‘WARRIOR WOMEN: Past, Present and Future’ an exploration of how female protest shapes our world.
Project Female Dance Company presents: ‘WARRIOR WOMEN: Past, Present and Future’ an exploration of how female protest shapes our world.
A black comedy about lying together.
A black comedy about lying together.
The wild hunt raced through the sky, taking its monstrous regiment of women, led by the goddess Diana, the Lady, to terrorise the world.
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
The wild hunt raced through the sky, taking its monstrous regiment of women, led by the goddess Diana, the Lady, to terrorise the world.
A well-respected scientist in the International community, UK national treasure Mark Silcox makes his Brighton Fringe debut.
Two Jakes do not make a right, but what they DO make is a right good laugh! One Welshman and one Scouser join Jake & Jake for an hour of hilarious stand-up comedy.
Two Jakes do not make a right, but what they DO make is a right good laugh! One Welshman and one Scouser join Jake & Jake for an hour of hilarious stand-up comedy.
Award-winning Kirsty Munro is turning 40, but still loves a coupla slut drops and a chicken burger at 4am! Join her for a fun-packed show / 40th birthday party, as she chats about …
Award-winning Kirsty Munro is turning 40, but still loves a coupla slut drops and a chicken burger at 4am! Join her for a fun-packed show / 40th birthday party, as she chats about …
Come and enjoy a night of great comedy to help support women, children, mothers, and babies in some of the world’s most rural, remote communities.
Good friends David Ferguson and Phil Green present 30 minutes each of their new stand-up solo shows for your viewing pleasure.
“I wrote a piece they all want to play” Mark Glentworth composes the world-famous percussion piece ‘Blues for Gilbert’ and becomes long-time musical collaborator with celeb…
It’s the final rehearsal before the Little Abingdon Band Competition.
Good friends David Ferguson and Phil Green present 30 minutes each of their new stand-up solo shows for your viewing pleasure.
Two by Jim Cartwright.
Two by Jim Cartwright.
A stellar jazz sextet performs a musical tribute to the jazz composer and pianist, Horace Silver.
Idle Women - scenes and songs exploring the lives of women on the waterways in WWII.
Idle Women - scenes and songs exploring the lives of women on the waterways in WWII.
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…
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…
Mark Row has had enough! After 17 years of teaching, he longs to escape the barrage of inane questions, the endless carousel of uninspiring classes, and the attitude of kids that s…
Burt Williamson is a stand-up comedian, improviser and comedy producer based in Bristol.
Mark Row has had enough! After 17 years of teaching, he longs to escape the barrage of inane questions, the endless carousel of uninspiring classes, and the attitude of kids that s…
Burt Williamson is a stand-up comedian, improviser and comedy producer based in Bristol.
For our event this year the Fretful Federation will be hosting a 30 piece guitar and mandolin orchestra from Holland called Fusion.
For our event this year the Fretful Federation will be hosting a 30 piece guitar and mandolin orchestra from Holland called Fusion.
This stunning production is an ideal example of how to use the unique ability of dance to emphasise and refocus on different aspects of a classic drama.
One night, in a pub, in the North of England is the setting for Jim Cartwright’s carefully crafted dark comedy TWO.
The subtitle A Gothic Romance is added to Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty for a good reason.
There is an inherent difficulty with plays that seek to tell a well-known story and thus lack a sense of mystery and element of surprise.
Sort Sol presents their third original theatre production, created by Artistic Director, Elizabeth Huskisson.
Imagine being in a new relationship.
We find Lila alone in a hospital for the criminally insane in 1928.
What do Mother Teresa, Napoleon and Hitler have in common? Well, they all have what Hedda Gabler wants most of all.
There is something peculiar about Polly Tips.
Come and Join Mark Steel at Leicester Square Theatre as he tries to answer that age old question: What The F*** Is Going On?! With over 1.
VIRGIN-ia is a one-woman play about a sexually motivated virgin.
ToskaToska is a new piece of political physical theatre created by Elizabeth Huskisson, based on the true story of the Khachaturyan sisters who murdered their father; a case that p…
‘Laura Riseborough’s Only Friends’ is a solo character-comedy pick and mix.
With temperatures soaring, two polar bears find themselves cast adrift on an iceberg.
“This may be the biggestBut it is far from the first sacrifice I’ve made for this houseAnd I’m sure it won’t be the lastBut don’t fret.
Join us for an unforgettable evening of the music of John Lennon and Paul McCartney in this stunning concert performance.
Join us for an unforgettable evening of the music of John Lennon and Paul McCartney in this stunning concert performance.
Join us for an unforgettable evening of the music of John Lennon and Paul McCartney in this stunning concert performance.
Gary is in an accident and his condition is worsening by the minute.
It’s the 1960s, the world is changing.
Join the ONCOMM nominated Women’s Writes for three bold short plays written by female playwrights.
The ladies with their mugs of tea sitting outside a cottage with a fenced-off lawn would have grown up with the song In An English Country Garden, whose tune introduces George Savo…
Join Mark for 50 minutes of stuff, some new, most old, hopefully mostly funny.
It’s a splendid moon-filled night in Coley’s Point in 1926.
Come spend one special winters evening in East Londons favourite hole, The Glory.
On the back of their Edinburgh Festival run and double British Podcast Award nominations, the true crime podcast with a twist of lime takes to the road for its first ful…
The ONLY Elton John ShowThe ONLY Elton John Show is the UKs newest and most exciting Elton John tribute show to hit the Brighton scene.
Is an abused narrator necessarily an unreliable one? In a story of obsession and manipulated narratives, who gains our sympathy? Learn the rules of the game: imitation, control, …
Expect creative fun from one of our oldest surviving alternative comics.
As seen on Mock The Week, BT Sport and ITV "Master of one-liners" and DAVE’s Top Ten Jokes of The Edinburgh Fringe 2019, MARK S…
As Seen on Mock The Week, BT Sport and ITV, ‘Master of one-liners’ MARK SIMMONS bringshis brand-new show on the road.
Mark Watson is one of those people who you stop and listen to when they start speaking, whether it is from the middle of an audience, or from a stage.
It is not easy for two performers to keep an audience engaged and enthusiastic throughout a 90+ minute show with no interval.
Typecasting and a theatre career drove our heroine to insanity.
From the writer of the Academy Award-winning Bohemian Rhapsody, Darkest Hour and The Theory of Everything comes the play that sparked a major motion pictur…
Two Truth and a Lie.
The morning after a drunken rendezvous with an old boyfriend, a woman and her friend discuss autonomy, identity and bad sex.
You know that friend that just won’t stop sleeping with their ex? Theatre Paradok presents a new piece all about that ex.
Apradhini is a collection of stories about women who have been incarcerated for life for crimes including armed robbery, dacoity and murder.
Captivate Theatre brings the smash-hit comedy to the Fringe! ‘You gotta concentrate ain’t ya, with two jobs.
Full of laughter and tears, this is poetry as entertainment.
If all the best people are in all the best jobs, why is Britain such a f*cking bin fire? Orwell prize-winning author, BAFTA nominated broadcaster and celebrated hip-hop artist Darr…
The 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.
If you don’t like that guy who always has a funny story then this might not be for you. Mark will make you laugh, make you think and possibly ask you to give him some space.
The Riverside Theatre Company returns to Edinburgh to take on this Euripides classic.
Join us on a tour through medieval and renaissance Europe, playing period instruments of every kind: cornetts, sackbuts, serpents, viols, rebecs, fiddle, violins, shawms, curtals, …
After a sold out preview at the Etcetera Theatre, the Sea Between is coming to the Cockpit Theatre as part of the Camden Fringe Festival.
An intimate, no holds barred look at the life of an everyday couple between early adulthood and their 30s.
Women are constantly measuring one another by ideals of thinness/beauty, best mommy practices and keeping a home with a happy partner.
It’s pretty much what it sounds like! Two women using nothing but their imaginations, a skull and a couple of fancy scarves bring a fast-paced, inventive and surprisingly joyful pr…
There will be cake.
At age 35, Mark Cram has decided he’s probably never going to have or want children – but that’s not going to stop him from being an amazing parent.
The Mock The Week panelist and master of one-liners returns with another show jam-packed with cleverly crafted jokes and improvised gags.
Art27’s First Hand: Women Artists combines the work of four award-winning artists who have had residencies at Art27 scotland.
A Romantic Comedy.
A shameless ode to desolate puppy-love in all its mundane, absurdist glory, featuring toads, sperm-banks and carrots.
Broadway, here we come! The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s production of Little Women is astonishingly professional, from the high quality costumes and stage setting to the ph…
A pianist with superhuman coordination, Los Angeles-based Milen Kirov is an award-winning Bulgarian-American pianist and composer with an inimitable artistic voice and celebrated c…
This timeless and enduring classic is about the March sisters’ journey from childhood to maturity during the American Civil War.
Some of the monologues are shorter than others and vary in length and topic but all of the women have some form or variation of anger inside them.
The One Between, formed from the leaders of both sides of the struggle, is the last hope of restoring balance to the world through a show of strength, spirit, essence and loyalty.
It’s pretty much what it sounds like! Two women using nothing but their imaginations, a skull and a couple of fancy scarves bring a fast-paced, inventive and surprisingly joyful pr…
Our unique tour sets out to inform and entertain as we take you into both the Old and New towns, giving you a real sense of the two sides of Edinburgh; revealing some of the secret…
Three Women and Shakespeare’s Will is is a nice little premise for a play.
Mark’s Gospel is our most authentic portrait of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus.
The best Thai red curry – the national dish of Thailand.
Edinburgh Fringe is a hub of unique and wild shows, contrasting genres and varieties of themes crunched into a tight hour.
Between Good and Evil is a play that uses superheroes and aliens to comedically tell us the truth about ourselves.
Returning to the Fringe following a sell-out debut run in 2019, this is a true crime podcast with a twist.
Father-son stand-up comics Paul and Paul wish life was more like television and they had the power to rewrite and recast the characters in their lives.
Take a chill pill! Stay calm! Relax! I know, the exclamation marks aren’t helping! Over the last two years, Jacob somehow predicted the pandemic in his 2019 show, got hitched and w…
Chris Bush, Miranda Cooper and Jennifer Decilveo’s Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World is in one word, a celebration.
Ireland’s comedy darlings Mark O’Keeffe (Winner Show Me the Funny 2019) & Richy Sheehy (viral sensation as seen on Sky, RTE, BBC) are back with their new best hour! ‘These guys are…
The morning after.
The morning after.
Alternative comedy extravaganza from two bizarre characters! See The Daft Duo as their solo performance personas in this double-bill.
One of the (many) great things about Fringe is that new comics, who don’t yet have an hour’s worth of material, can buddy up to put on a show — Chris Hall and Mark Bittleston…
What if men could really understand what women want? Is it even possible? And if it was, would their heads implode? Join comics Kimberley Datnow and Peter Bazely this summer, as th…
Hi-de-hi darlings – welcome back.
Shinehouse Theatre returns to Summerhall with a beautiful balancing act of social issues and theatrical poetry.
The award-winning stand-up returns with his new show.
There’s significant anger in One of Two; a sense of injustice felt by a young man whose experience of the not-so-subtle cruelties and discrimination endured by disabled people is…
Two’s Company is Gillian Duffy’s take on rekindled romance and finding new direction in later life, following 55-year-old Maureen as she navigates life after her second divorce…
With a plastic fork in hand (not a preference, all part of the show), the Crains Lecture Hall of Summerhall, a former home of learning for the students of the University of Edinbur…
After an enormous UK and Australia tour and an Amazon special, the Taskmaster runner-up and accidental YouTube cult leader brings his most popular show so far back to where it bega…
Theatre has proved one of the greatest allies of those seeking to speak to truth to power throughout the ages.
As we all know, COVID was invented to stop people from enjoying live music, but now Two Hearts are here to help us recover from two years of silence.
‘Enter into a wacky world of sea monsters in high heels and angry mobs with tiny pitchforks’ (InDaily.
The year is 1914.
The vibe is wild as I sit down for Adults Only Magic Show.
Dr Silcox returns with his perfect show for the fourth time for his hardcore fans; a unique and no-nonsense approach to exposing big pharmaceutical companies who rip off their cust…
A humorous and sometimes shocking insight into the untold stories of women in Scotland and the fine line they had to walk in an ever-changing climate of politics, religion and magi…
Experience the best upcoming talent from the North of England as one cast stage two of Shakespeare’s least known plays… What comes to mind when y…
A brand new kickass-pirational pop musical bursts into life as the Fantastically Great Women take to the stage to tell their stories.
In Between Spaces centres on five characters who perambulate in a world outside of time.
In Between Spaces centres on five characters who perambulate in a world outside of time.
Come and hear about the woman who was instrumental in shaping the sound of the big band era; the woman from south London who became one of the only three women immortalised in Art …
Come and hear about the woman who was instrumental in shaping the sound of the big band era; the woman from south London who became one of the only three women immortalised in Art …
Enter through the displays of 3-D photography, cold war spy equipment, and home-brewed absinthe.
Enter through the displays of 3-D photography, cold war spy equipment, and home-brewed absinthe.
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.
Come and enjoy a night of great comedy to help support women, children, mothers, and babies in the world’s poorest communities.
Fish Out Of Water is a fresh, multi-disciplinary outdoor dance performance, which explores themes of belonging, otherness, displacement, and migrancy.
Fish Out Of Water is a fresh, multi-disciplinary outdoor dance performance, which explores themes of belonging, otherness, displacement, and migrancy.
MARK BILLY BILLINGHAM is TV's most experienced, highest ranking and most decorated SAS leader and sniper.
MARK BILLY BILLINGHAM is TV's most experienced, highest ranking and most decorated SAS leader and sniper.
Water has many practical and symbolic meanings, across cultures, geographies and identities.
Water has many practical and symbolic meanings, across cultures, geographies and identities.
What if men could really understand what women want.
What if men could really understand what women want.
Robert Hamberger and Simon Maddrell deliver armchair poetry readings and intimate discussion between two old queens with subjects ranging from fatherhood to serenity, celebration t…
Robert Hamberger and Simon Maddrell deliver armchair poetry readings and intimate discussion between two old queens with subjects ranging from fatherhood to serenity, celebration t…
From some of Britain’s first women doctors to suffragettes, entrepreneurs to entertainers, racing drivers, artists, music-hall stars, and campaigners, Brighton & Hove has always at…
From some of Britain’s first women doctors to suffragettes, entrepreneurs to entertainers, racing drivers, artists, music-hall stars, and campaigners, Brighton & Hove has always at…
Sharing funny stories from the front line of teaching, this live show will see the Two Mr P's reminiscing on their own school days and looking at the wonderful and …
Phil McIntyre Live LTD proudly presents TWO MR Ps IN A PODCAST - LIVE Mr P has been a primary school teacher for over 14 years.
Hove has been home to women who have shaken our world.
Hove has been home to women who have shaken our world.
The true stories of four real astronauts, united by a common purpose and fate many years apart, four heroes who helped change the course of human history and push the world forward…
Brecht would have felt at home watching two Palestinians go dogging at the Royal Court Theatre, Jerwood Studio.
The true stories of four real astronauts, united by a common purpose and fate many years apart, four heroes who helped change the course of human history and push the world forward…
CAN I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE?!! The world premiere of a brand new kick-asspirational pop musical bursts to life as the Fantastically Great Women take to the stage to …
Jude (Michael Lake) and Iris (Ella Muscroft) are a couple who care – both about each other and their respective careers in directing and acting.
Monday, March 28th 7:30pm The Revival: Women & The Word + Q&A Trailer1: https://www.
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.
A man seeking a gift for a dying lover confronts his impending grief and his own ageing.
Tim Walker's brand new play sees the tumultuous political events of recent years played out in a power struggle between two determined women.
Two Hundred Deer to Every Lion An (un)real history of Phoenix Park freddo bars and cigars Where do we go from here? Two Hundred Deer to Every Lion - bluehouse th…
Calling all Rebel Girls and VioletsOn Friday 4th February 2022, XS POP will be tearing up Aatma in the heart of Manchester’s Northern Quarter, to celebrate all of the best women wh…
When Ginny meets Mike, it’s fireworks.
The hit comedy podcast takes to the stage with a very special, live christmas show! Drunk Women Solving Crime is a true crime podcast with a twist…of lime.
BirminghamFriday 19th November, The Nightingale Club Were finishing this year with a bang and pleased to announced the return of MAX to the U.
Join us for an evening with Professor Luke O’Neill and Tourism Ireland Marketing Director Mark Henry in conversation with Aoife Barry.
In his new show 50 Things About Us, Mark Thomas combines his trademark mix of storytelling, standup, mischief and really, really well researched material to examine how…
‘Master of one-liners’ and DAVE’s Top Ten Jokes of The Edinburgh Fringe 2019 MARK SIMMONS, recently joined Dara O’Brian and Hugh Dennis on BBC2’s Mock The Week as…
From AWARD-WINNING comedy writers comes the hilarious, Flat & the Curves.
Juliet is about to kill herself.
There’s magic in every moment at Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, the most awarded play in history and “one of the most defining pop culture events of the decade&rdqu…
A pacey, taut double bill of two-handers make up this hidden gem of American theatre by the iconic Arthur Miller.
“SOMETIMES YOU NEED TODISCONNECT TO RECONNECT” My Mindset Retreat teaches proven mindfulness techniques that will help you improve your overall physical and emotional we…
Just May & Mark T Cox Do the NoughtiesLondon’s newest and least-known cabaret show is coming BACK, for more LIVE frolics in the simmering East End this summer.
SING SING SING We can sing.
Learn how to make a lino-cut print from start to finish in a friendly in-person workshop with LGBT+ women, trans and non-binary people, led by Wild Water Art Store’s Gemma Curtis.
THE PEPPER POT: CHAPTER TWOHosted by ANDREW PEPPER Saddle up, Clapham! Cabaret messiah ANDREW PEPPER is back! Again! For the second chapter of this new musical…
Come and enjoy a night of great comedy to help support women, children, mothers and babies in the world’s poorest communities.
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…
By James ColeBen battles to overcome his addiction while a ghost of his past seeks to destroy his future.
By James ColeBen battles to overcome his addiction while a ghost of his past seeks to destroy his future.
Starring Maisey Bawden, Anna-Jane Casey, Janie Dee, Nicole Raquel Dennis, Hiba Elchikhe, Kerry Ellis, Gabriela García, Cassidy Janson, Linda John-Pierre, Sophia Nomvete and …
The wisdom is, you should marry your best friend.
The wisdom is, you should marry your best friend.
Learn how to make a lino-cut print from start to finish in a friendly in-person workshop with LGBT+ women, trans and non-binary people, led by Wild Water Art Store’s Gemma Curtis.
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…
The third generation of York Comedy Society’s premier sketch troupe, The Dead Ducks, are alive and kicking with their new show ‘Ducks out of water’.
The third generation of York Comedy Society’s premier sketch troupe, The Dead Ducks, are alive and kicking with their new show ‘Ducks Out of Water’.
The third generation of York Comedy Society’s premier sketch troupe, The Dead Ducks, are alive and kicking with their new show ‘Ducks out of water’.
Two women on a mission is a full an engaging hour with stand up sets from both Clare Harrison McCartney and Sara Louise Aston.
Two women on a mission is a full and engaging hour with sets from both Clare and Sara.
Two women on a mission is a full an engaging hour with stand up sets from both Clare Harrison McCartney and Sara Louise Aston.
At 41, skinny national treasure Mark Watson is halfway through his days on earth according to his £1.
Lemon Squeeze Productions are presenting a new adaptation of Rossetti’s Women at the Space@Surgeons’ Hall, written and directed by Joan Greening, award-winning writer of ITV si…
Devine Tension Presents Swan Night Only at The Swan (Fuller’s Pub and Restaurant) Intimate drag extravaganza, featuring River Medway & Sophia Stardust.
Award-winning comedian.
Turning 33, Brian quit his job, packed his beard and took off on a 6-month round-the-world adventure.
A conversation about the past, present and future of women’s playwriting in Scotland.
A stand-up comedy one woman theatre piece that casts light on how society, your partner and yourself cause a lot of difficulties in your relationship.
A stand-up comedy one woman theatre piece that casts light on how society, your partner and yourself cause a lot of difficulties in your relationship.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
Oddly Ordinary Theatre Company has made a highly successful adaptation of Mark Ravenhill’s Pool (No Water) at theSpace Triplex as part of the contribution by the graduates of Que…
Children’s TV royalty Sam and Mark, as seen on CBBC’s Big Friday Wind Up, Copycats and Crackerjack are delighted to be joining the hotly anticipated line up at Underbel…
It’s time to walk the plank! With a twinkle in our eye, we pay tribute to men who wear sandals, as we celebrate the right to be yourself.
Envisioning a world of impermanence and shifting atmospheres amongst different patterns of sound, light, and movement, Spaces Between Us and Satori is an approachable, sensitive, a…
Comical, lyrical, improvised theatre from an Only Child.
‘Enter into a wacky world of sea monsters in high heels and angry mobs with tiny pitchforks’ (InDaily.
Grumms doesn’t see themselves in the Barbies or GI Joes they play with.
This revealing new online play tells the true stories of four astronauts, united by a common purpose and a common fate many years apart.
The past stalks the present in this gripping drama with the world in a state of flux.
Remember when your religion teacher taught you about ridin’? And the school nurse told you to shave your pits? Or here, discovering your clit the first time? Wait, you haven’t yet?…
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.
Comical, lyrical, improvised theatre from an Only Child.
Our unique tour sets out to inform and entertain as we take you into both the Old and New Towns, giving you a real sense of the two sides of Edinburgh; revealing some of the secret…
If Carl Knif’s Fugue in Two Voices is a joke, then it’s a dud.
Don’t miss this post-pandemic solo show from the multi-award-winning Scottish stand-up regularly hailed as the best headliner in the country.
Come and see the Drunk Women Solving Crime record their chart-topping true-crime podcast in front of an intimate audience for their new London residency at the…
Writer/Director Ben Reid has made a stunning professional debut at the Lion and Unicorn Theatre, Kentish Town, with his play Two Worlds No Family, originally written as his final y…
Juliet is about to kill herself.
Juliet is about to kill herself.
Funny Women return to Brighton Komedia with a fabulous line-up.
Sara Segovia Rodao and Lachlan Werner are cuties by nature, cancers by astrological sign and clowns by trade.
Good friends David Ferguson and Phil Green present 30 minutes each of their 2021 stand-up solo shows for your viewing pleasure.
Good friends David Ferguson and Phil Green present 30 minutes each of their 2021 stand-up solo shows for your viewing pleasure.
Tune in to enjoy Canada Water’s first online event this year.
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.
What connects ABBA and the Portuguese Revolution? Mount Everest and a supermarket in Hove? A stained wall and the genesis of a worldwide retail brand? What’s the story behind a ‘sa…
What connects ABBA and the Portuguese Revolution? Mount Everest and a supermarket in Hove? A stained wall and the genesis of a worldwide retail brand? What’s the story behind a ‘sa…
From Ladies to ladies, scientists to sportswomen, Kemptown has inspired some incredible women.
From Ladies to ladies, scientists to sportswomen, Kemptown has inspired some incredible women.
Did you know that Hove has been home to women who have shaken our world? From some of Britain’s first women doctors, to suffragettes, to social campaigners, to boundary-shifting en…
Alan and Ron are sweaty.
Did you know that Hove has been home to women who have shaken our world? From some of Britain’s first women doctors, to suffragettes, to social campaigners, to boundary-shifting en…
Alan and Ron are sweaty.
‘Out! Why, what could have taken you out on Tuesday? What did you have to do?’ ‘Nothing.
‘You do realise it’s not gonna be like England suddenly being not a shitty cold place to visit, or you know more wine tours in Scandinavia, and happier Arctic Wolves?’ Danie…
‘Women Hold Up the Sky’ tells the story of how women activists affected by mining and other forms of large-scale extractives in South Africa, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of …
Moral obligations? Masked men? Ah, the story of Edna and Sarah’s lives.
Between Two Waves by Australian playwright Ian Meadows interweaves an urgent call to recognise the world’s impending climate crisis and the troubled smaller world of a young clim…
‘Women Hold Up the Sky’ tells the story of how women activists affected by mining and other forms of large-scale extractives in South Africa, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of …
This show has been rescheduled from Sat 18 April 2020.
Is there anything more complex than the female mind? In this 21st-century world, every action is just so difficult for people to understand! They’ve liked my photo, do they fancy m…
In 2017, Watson – prone to considerable anxiety, with multiple phobias and a history of piss-poor self-esteem – was asked to go on Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls.
Just Two Guys have arrived to bring you an experience you won’t forget! Their unique blend of acoustic rock music, comedy, and food creates the most fulfilling musical performanc…
Our unique tour sets out to inform and entertain as we take you into both the Old and New Towns, giving you a real sense of the two sides of Edinburgh; revealing some of the secret…
Returning to the historic East Crosscauseway, Irene Campbell and John Nowak bring colour with a dash of monochrome in an exhibition of their paintings, prints and textiles.
Watson, at 40, is halfway through his life according to the life expectancy calculator.
Be Water is a presentation of Chen Qi’s monumental and immersive print installation, first displayed at the 58th Venice Biennale, accompanied by a stunning collection of woodblock …
Celebrating the most innovative and inspirational artists working in hip hop today, Breakin’ Convention Presents brings you b-boy world champions The Ruggeds.
Come and enjoy a night of great comedy to help support women, children, mothers and babies in the world’s poorest communities.
Ireland in the 1930s.
In his new show 50 Things About Us, Mark Thomas combines his trademark mix of storytelling, standup, mischief and really, really well researched material to examine how …
Mark uses his trademark style of storytelling, stand-up, subversion and really, really well-researched material to try and find out how the hell we ended up in the middle of this s…
Focusing on the work and lives of older women - both in front and behind the camera - this year’s line-up includes Japanese animation Mix, eco-comedy The Last Mermaid starring Jane…
Alan and Ron are sweaty.
Prepare to see 6 short plays by female identifying playwrights with none of those boring archetypal forms.
British Crooner and Radio 2 favourite Mark Kingswood has announced his first UK concert dates for 2020.
British Crooner and Radio 2 favourite Mark Kingswood has announced his first UK concert dates for 2020.
We’re back! This time with 3 new short plays by female identifying playwrights. Prepare to see plays with female driven narrative and none of those boring archetypal forms!
Mark’s podcast investigates what it is to be British.
Being in a gay relationship is not always a dance on roses (yes, that’s a Danish expression), especially if you used to be in straight relationships.
We’re kicking off this year’s Reigning Women with a huge night of live music.
Lizzy & Beth have been friends for as long as anyone can remember.
String Theatre bring a brand new production to the Puppet Theatre Barge.
One of the years most talked about and chart-topping comedy podcasts takes to the stage with a very special festive live recording, following a sell out fringe run and s…
Christian Patterson returns as the clumsy schemer Francis Henshall! Written by Richard Bean| Directed by Peter Doran| Designed by Sean Crowley This Autumn, the Torch Theatr…
Between Two Waves was premiered at Griffin Theatre Company in Sydney seven years ago.
Sex, Relationships and Everything in Between’ is a night of new writing exploring the ever present grey zone between casual sex, true love and stale settling.
After being fired from his skiffle band, Francis Henshall is skint and hungry.
We got an extension – it’s the Will of the People! After our 7pm show with James O’Brien sold out in record time, REMAINIACS is proud to present a seco…
The semi-final of the 2019 Funny Women Awards.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Football and feminism are both huge parts of our culture and everyday lives, but rarely have they been brought together and forced to get along.
‘The best artist we’ve ever had in session’ (BBC Radio Scotland).
19-year-old Connor has just signed for a Premier League team.
The Other Guys: Making Waves.
Join Funny Women for a sparkling mix of comedy featuring the brightest new, emerging and established talent at the Fringe.
Cora is at the festival to see her ex-boyfriend perform.
Funny Women One to Watch and Soho Radio presenter Kelly Ford AKA Book of Mum teams up with Max Turner finalist Naomi Wattis (BBC Two, BBC Radio 4 Extra) to talk about judgment, per…
Jessie and Bebe Cave. Sisters. Working out a new show.
Mark Knight had the honour of performing to a packed-out room, clearly up for a fun Friday night of Mind Reading and Hypnosis – any Edinburgh performer’s dream scenario.
Narrative subverted for unwholesome purposes.
A riotous romp through the history of the female body, the patriarchy and the bad science behind the titular gender myth.
Mark’s Gospel is our most authentic portrait of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus.
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.
Lilian, Catherine, Mary and Tam all have one thing in common, they risk their lives to serve their country and save the lives of others.
Fresh from touring America and the UK, Mark returns to the Festival Fringe for the fourth time and has some tales to tell.
Eilidh Steel and Mark Neal are leading lights in the Scottish traditional music scene, playing traditional music and song strongly influenced by the music from Argyll and the west …
Gerald Osborne spent three years memorising the Gospel of St Mark.
The story of Emmeline and Richard Pankhurst and the suffragette movement.
Verbatim stories of “love” in all its magnificence and monstrousness.
Following the unprecedented success of his appearance on the final of Britain’s Got Talent 2018, BBC New Comedy Award winner and star and writer of BBC Radio 4’s comedy series Abil…
Join Amy and a panel of her more famous comedian friends at the recording of a live comedy conversation show.
Cluster-bombed with yoghurt on Taskmaster, half-killed by Bear Grylls on Celebrity Island, scrawny Fringe legend Watson returns with his show about empathy: one of the top-ten best…
After the appearance of a mysterious flashing red light two clowns decide that an audience awaits them.
Is there a more intoxicating combination than blues music and good whisky? There is – blues music and multiple good whiskies.
Carole King, Amy Lee, Nina Simone, Judith Weir, Clara Schumann… Historically, it was believed women did not have the required strength to really play the piano and that it was no…
Women are constantly measuring one another by ideals of thinness, beauty, best mummy practices and keeping a happy home with a happy partner.
2018 Fringe sell-out.
There’s a water shortage in the jungle, and sadly some animals aren’t sharing.
What makes Shakespeare funny after 400 years? Theatre OCU (Bad Shakespeare, Fringe 2016 and 2018) explores, answers and celebrates the giddy mysteries of love and romance in scenes…
‘The line of the machine.
Join two of The Oxford Revue’s brightest talents as they take you through an hour of rogue, wild and laugh-out-loud comedy.
A show about knitting.
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Mark Simmons (ITV’s Out There) brings his hit podcast to Edinburgh for a series of special live recordings.
Being dumped is hard.
One of the most talked about new comedy podcasts of the last year makes its Fringe debut on the back of its sell-out London residency.
Teacher, poet, comedian and ‘internet sensation’ (Sun), Mark Grist has just seven weeks to learn how to rap.
Life Between Yes and No follows Anna, a call handler for the Department of Work and Pensions, as she answers the phone to people in crisis.
Edinburgh Fringe's premier magical twins, Kane and Abel, return for their sixth run here in their regular home as the flagship magicians of PBH's Free Fringe venue the Liqu…
An hour of gorgeous stand-up from two gorgeous comedians.
I can guarantee that you aren’t ready for For Only An Hour, the brain- and body- and life- and love- child of dancer Phil Sanger.
Our unique tour sets out to inform and entertain as we take you into both the Old and New towns, giving you a real sense of the two sides of Edinburgh; revealing some of the secret…
The Bubble Show For Adults Only starts innocently enough.
You think science is boring, think again; this is science like you have never seen it before.
Boy meets girl.
Three goddesses are summoned to Earth through an ancient ritual; instead, the heavens send the women your mother hoped you would never become.
The Two Little Dickheads are back with a fresh explosion of idiocy.
History, philosophy, musings, poems and tales of booze, horse brasses and morris dancers.
Discover a world of flavour on an expert-led guided tour at Edinburgh’s only single malt whisky distillery, the first in the capital for nearly 100 years.
What an honour to have New Zealand’s self-proclaimed ‘only popstars’ at our humble festival.
Ireland’s comedy darlings Mark O’Keeffe (Show Me the Funny 2019 winner) and Richy Sheehy (viral sensation, as seen on Sky, RTE and BBC) bring their best hour of classic club stand-…
Fringe debut for new immersive comedy by the makers of Faulty Towers the Dining Experience.
‘As David fights against Goliath, we live.
Sophisticated wit and wordplay as The Two Moronnies lampoon the lampoonable in their unique, energetic musical style.
Sketch comedy double act Mark and Haydn have been described as ‘brilliant’ by their guardian.
Please note: this is not a comedy show.
Join two of Scotland’s fastest rising comics for a fun hour of stand-up comedy.
Britain’s Got Talent approached Mark Bunyan last October to sing on their programme but two days before his London Palladium debut, the BGT lawyers decided that his song about ap…
In 2017, 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 Grylls.
The show is called Only Bones, which is confusing given that its performer, Thomas Monckton, doesn’t seem to have any.
Who’s rocking the boat and why? Join York’s creatives on-board the Arts Barge for a fascinating, eclectic insight into the current projects and passions of Y…
Mark Nelson struts on stage to banging Rammstein industrial metal, plunging headfirst into a heady rhetoric on Brexit.
Who’s rocking the boat and why? Join York’s creatives on-board the Arts Barge for a fascinating, eclectic insight into the current projects and passions of Y…
During an odd and turbulent time in recent history Will found himself questioning every poor decision he has ever made (namely everything he has ever said or done).
There are two sides to every story.
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…
Brighton16 is a newly formed choir of 16 classically trained singers.
Being dumped is hard.
One woman, Fiona Clift, presents many women.
‘Two the Power of Three’ is Theatre Handmade’s explosive new play.
Sketch comedy double act Mark & Haydn have been described as “brilliant” by their guardian.
Lee Miller witnessed with her camera events of WWII, the battles and the lives destroyed in the hope that this horror will not be forgotten.
The brilliant British pianist Jonathan Powell returns in a colourful programme of works by Granados: his Goyescas and Szymanowski: his Masques, Metopes and Mazurkas.
Friends come together to form a choir.
We’ve curated a showcase featuring some of the best new female comedy talent in the UK today.
Cluster-bombed with yoghurt on ‘Taskmaster’, half-killed on ‘Bear Grylls’ Celebrity Island’, Watson returns to what he’s best at: being indoors.
BA Theatre Arts at GBMet.
Come and enjoy a night of great comedy to help support women, children, mothers and babies in the world’s poorest communities.
Much-loved local violinist Ellie Blackshaw pairs up with London based pianist David Elwin to perform the rarely heard 1932 violin and piano sonata by Frank Bridge.
The brilliant British pianist Simon Ballard returns to play works by Schubert, Ries, Dvorak, Smetana, Ireland, Moszkowski, de Severac and Sydney Smith.
Tickets: £20Duration: 2hrs, incuding an intervalSuitable for: ages 14+.
3 top professional oboists come together to play for us on the first May bank holiday Monday.
£5010am - 4pmAge 16+ A highly experimental workshop in which you will play with mark making, pattern, colour and repetition across a variety of surfaces and with a…
In the wake of the 2017 #MeToo movement and Brexit Day, Aulos makes its London debut – two powerful plays, both timelier than ever before.
Stream: Two New Plays, is a show that explores the ebb and flow at the very core of being human.
Wednesday 27th March, 8pmTickets: £17 or £13 for concessions, including NHS workersDuration: approx 2hrs with an intervalSuitable for: ages 16…
Tuesday 26th March, 7.
The celebrated American choreographer Mark Morris, swings into town with Pepperland, his unique tribute to one of the best-selling albums of all time: The Beatles’ Sgt.
Join Mark Thomas for one night only in the Museum of Stolen Things, the first ever pop museum of the nicked.
Mark Thomas is 54, the NHS is 70, UK national average life expectancy is 84.
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…
Archaeologists from the Museum of Comedy are excited to reveal their discovery of an ancient comedy artefact: the remains of the long-thought-mythical Mark Bunyan have b…
Archaeologists from the Museum of Comedy are excited to reveal their discovery of an ancient comedy artefact: the remains of the long-thought-mythical Mark Bunyan have b…
Three wayward women are on a hunt for liturgical dance stardom.
Ballets by Founder Choreographer Frederick Ashton and Royal Ballet Artist in Residence Liam Scarlett share the stage in this mixed programme with music by Messager and Poulenc.
Music poking fun at the well-known and narcissistic celebrities.
A hilarious high-energy musical whodunit, Murder For Two is a madcap murder mystery with a twist.
Why did the gay man cross the road? For attention.
Join us For Only An Hour, a queer manifesto told through dance, song, spoken word and performance art.
Layla and Majnun is a classic love story which has been presented in many Middle Eastern and sub-continental cultures.
Made up of the world’s most exhilarating early career dancers, the brand new Rambert2 attacks works from some of the world’s most thrilling choreographers: artistic dir…
Are female writers deadlier than the male? What do they think of violence in crime fiction and how do they handle it in their books? Do crime novel have to be bloody? Ou…
In Mark’s latest novel, The Killing Habit, DI Tom Thorne is tasked with catching a notorious killer of domestic cats.
Get a 'glimpse’ into what REALLY goes on in Donald Trump’s meetings with Putin; the inside scoop into New Royal Power Couple Meghan and Kate; and what i…
Mark Kozelek is best known as the vocalist and driving force behind Sun Kil Moon and founding member of 4AD indie group Red House Painters.
It’s the show you’ve all been asking for – and it’s brought to you by the people behind the worldwide smash hit, Faulty Towers The Dining Experience.
Three nights only! 2017’s smash-hit show from Scotland’s award-winning stand-up and creator of BBC’s viral sensation News at 3 (over 130 million views!).
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…
Step into the glamorous Roaring Twenties as the inimitable Hester and Ruby bring their speakeasy spirit to Edinburgh.
Scottish duo with fiddle, guitar and vocals.
Alasdair returns with another Romantic programme.
This show is for anyone on the outside looking in, wondering how, what, where, when, why and.
Join Amy and a panel of her far more famous comedian friends in comic conversation.
A new stand-up show from David Callaghan.
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…
A verbatim play created from interviews conducted across America in late 2016, Women for Trump explores why five women were, or were not, persuaded to vote for Donald Trump.
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…
Whether you’re after a relaxing lager or fancy a reminiscent Babycham, The White Oak is the pub for you.
Given how many inhabited his life, Picasso’s Women is but a mere glimpse from one side of the bed into what they endured.
‘The more I drink in real life, the more my babies are taken away by social services in my Sims life.
Using nothing but their voices and innovative live looping techniques, genre-bending FreePlay takes you from the concert halls of Europe to the jazz clubs of Manhattan, the temples…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Oxford’s award-winning, all-female a cappella group is back to take you on a musical journey through time.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Parker has only ever dreamt of being a stand-up comedian.
Meet Liv – clever, funny, confident – everything a 15-year-old girl wants to be.
‘Grief is a guest who stays too long.
The multi award-winning political agitators are back at the Traverse with a morning of outstanding new writing and fiery debate.
Inspired by Waiting for Godot, this original piece performed by two women of colour brings new meaning to issues of violence and war, poverty, food, deserts, hopelessness and those…
Water is the essence of life.
Mark Thomas regales us with a peppy portrayal of his health-check on the NHS, in commemoration of 70 years since its inception.
‘Don’t kill yourself, Mark, by bringing a new show every year if people are not getting it.
Following last year’s Amused Moose: Best Show nomination for One-Linerer, Mark Simmons presents the hotly anticipated One-Linererer.
Canadian comedy veteran David Tsonos returns with his sequel to his solo show 2015 Walking the Cat.
One went to a south London private school, one went to a Catholic School in Glasgow’s East End.
Goldoni’s boisterous 18th-century Italian comedy collides with 21st-century American pop culture.
The Man of Mischief makes his Fringe debut with a one-man variety show! Having headlined at large theatres and performed for the BBC, Mark brings you his full evening show.
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 …
‘I think it’s high time women let themselves just be women for a change.
Mark Thompson is quite clear about what his (modestly) titled Spectacular Show isn't: "It's not a science lecture," he insists.
A high octane, 80s inspired, dark comedy sketch show! Imagine if Dynasty and Desperate Housewives met on RuPaul’s Drag Race, in the 80s! Set in the power-dressed world of Cassandra…
Sometimes life is just a toss of a coin.
Feeling pressured by his success last year with The Elvis Dead, Rob Kemp returns with ten(!) shows stuck to a spinning wheel.
A town hall meeting in Anytown, USA provides the dramatic context for a panoply of songs in a wide range of musical styles and genres, whose cleverly constructed lyrics explore an …
There’s no such thing as vanilla, boring or prudish.
Gordon Southern has successfully avoided winter for ten years, a feat only previously achieved by bees, some birds and most bears.
A tender look at the humble homo sapien and how 200,000 years of steady progress have led us to.
Typecasting and a theatre career drove our heroine to insanity.
Only Fools and 3 Courses dining invitation.
**** (TimeOut).
Uncork the champagne! Dress to kill! Party like there’s no tomorrow! Celebrating 20 diamante-decorated years, The Lady Boys of Bangkok Wonder Women Tour will take the Fringe’s nu…
On our tour we will reveal some of the secrets hidden within a city rich in culture and ancient history, and blessed with beauty.
Two lovers.
More perverted, more depressed, more jokes.
This is what happens when a cabaret clown and an improv master with a shared passion for cats spend way too much time together.
Experience catchy AF original bangers*, too much confetti and distractingly sexy dance moves as NZ’s hottest new comedy duo take on all the most ridiculous trends in the world of p…
Three wayward women on a hunt for international liturgical dance stardom.
New Zealand’s favourite showband return to the Fringe with the world premiere of a new work.
Waves is the tale of Elizabeth Moncello and how, growing up on Gabo Island (Australia) in the 1930s, by emulating fish, penguins and dolphins to learn how to swim, she came to be t…
New work-in-progress solo show from Canadian comedian Katharine Ferns is relentlessly funny with her confessional and brutally honest storytelling style of comedy.
There is only one football champion in Scotland, and its colours are maroon and khaki.
The star of Mark Steel’s in Town (BBC Radio 4) brings back his 2017 sell-out show, guaranteed to make the world seem even more mental than it still is.
Australia’s favourite feather-ruffling, rabble-rousing, cabaret anarchist and neo-punk diva, Yana Alana bares all in this bent night of blues, boobs and blame.
Cluster-bombed with yoghurt on Taskmaster, half-killed on The Island, Watson returns to what he’s best at: being indoors.
What happens to the women that men can’t write? In this showcase of strong female characters, a group of Cambridge’s finest lady and non-binary comics will endeavour to find out.
This is one of two offerings at the Fringe this year from Iulia Benze and Kurt Murray, featuring high energy physical movement, bubble art and audience interaction.
Marking the centenary of women getting the vote, this exhibition displays together for the first time records of the Scottish authorities and their dealings with the Suffragettes.
After last year’s sell-out run, Paul returns to Edinburgh with his life, seemingly, still bordering on disarray.
Power? Sex? Control? Part Two: Baby, the Barbie doll-playing prostitute, becomes more and more a doll herself.
After last year's sell-out show, Paul returns to the Great Yorkshire Fringe with his life, seemingly, still bordering on disarray.
Clueless Theatre makes a remarkable company debut with a production of Jim Cartwright’s Two.
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…
Choir Byrdsong sing music by Willaert, Gabrieli, Bassano, Lassus and more.
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…
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…
Canadian comedian Katharine Ferns is relentlessly funny with her confessional and brutally honest storytelling style of comedy.
In 2014 Mark Bittlestone came out as gay, as if being an orphan wasn’t funny enough! Which is worse? Losing both your parents in awful circumstances or being gay? Sadly, Mark Bitt…
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.
A split bill musical/absurdist stand up comedy show.
This Brighton-based forum theatre company produce thought-provoking performances using storytelling, discussion and re-enactment.
The ‘Only Fools and 3 Courses Dining’ invitation! Join us for the dinner event of the year which combines fine food and classic comedy action, as Marlene and Boycie invite you…
Eva Peel grew up in Sussex and finds this landscape beautiful.
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…
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).
For so long the history books have been written by men and about men, and Royal Pavilion guide Louise Preskett aims to correct this imbalance with a 90 minute amble through Brighto…
Sick of democracy? Well here’s the chance to vote it out! Poets Mark Grist and Tim Clare’s new show puts the power in the hands of the audience.
A new writing comedy exploring what happens when the ‘mad’ women of Shakespeare find themselves dead, together, and angry.
Ever-changing seascapes hold many contradictions: powerful yet calm, dark yet enlightening, dangerous yet enticing.
Hove has been home to women whose ideas have shaken up our world - from some of Britain’s first women doctors to suffragettes, from social campaigners to boundary shifting entert…
Poet Andrew James Brown loves pubs.
There’s something particularly British about wanting to curl up and die a little upon hearing the dreaded words ‘audience participation’.
Who are history’s most powerful women? And how can their stories empower us all today? The brilliant Professor Mary Beard shows us who and how, and the wise and witty Natalie Hay…
Brighton doesn't really need its ego stroking, but a little indulgence now and then can't hurt, which I think is the philosophy the city is built on.
Celebrating 20 diamante decorated years, the Lady boys ‘Wonder Women’ tour takes the UK’s number one cabaret show to a new level.
Think you know everything about the feminist Latin art movement of urban Puerto Rico in the 1970s?!?! Well think again as Sam Simmons turns this world inside out and upside down.
Peter Hart has nice manners and always will.
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 wit and wisdom of one of the world’s most beloved authors. In an address that covers a range of subjects, Mr. Twain will amuse you with a gentle and timeless humour.
Lauren and Alicia, hosts of Deviant Women: The Podcast, are set to take you on an eye-opening romp through the lives of two of history’s most outrageous women.
From the team behind A REGULAR LITTLE HOUDINI in 2017 comes a powerful true story of survival, loss and hope.
Two idiots.
Mark is the creator of the hit Radio 4 series Mark Steel’s In Town, a BAFTA-nominee for BBC2’s Mark Steel Lectures and a regular on BBC1’s Have I Got News For You and Radio 4…
Local artists explore the theme Preternatural with visual arts and multi-media works.
For over 10 years by luck or design Southern has only really experienced summer and autumn.
A day to celebrate and share stories of women and how we contribute to the world we live in.
“A delectable evening, fraught with the kind of debauchery and delirium that makes you want to take both your extramarital lovers” - Broadway World Hot off the heels of their m…
This exhibition at Gallery J, proudly shows the diverse nature of clay in the hands of 3 leading contemporary Australian ceramic artists.
SOLD OUT Perth Fringe World 2017 SELL OUT SHOWS Edinburgh Fringe 2017 4 Stars ‘You’ll never look at a bubble performer the same way again.
After crushing Edinburgh and Melbourne Fringe, award-winning comedian Lauren Bok (SBS Comedy) returns with her new mind-bendingly hilarious meta show about making a show.
Described as “inspired eclecticism”, FreePlay takes you from the concert halls of Europe, to the jazz clubs of Manhattan, to the temples of India, and back to their native Toro…
Awarded Broadway composer & pianist, John Bucchino, will be performing for the S.
After ripping it up at open mic’s for 5 years, Gerard McGowan brings his hour of stand up comedy to the Adelaide Fringe.
Back by popular demand after critically acclaimed smash hit 2016 and 2017 seasons, award-winning playwright Tommy Murphy's slice of Aussie life returns to the stage in the seco…
Constella OperaBallet return to the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells this November with their award-winning Sideshows.
“It is a pitch perfect performance and a beautifully-written, perfectly-paced comedy script.
Mad Women in my Attic! is a fantastic romp through showtunes, folk and cabaret songs, celebrating the mentally unstable women that populate music and theatre.
Two Aussie blokes (Daniel Holdsworth and Tom Bamford) juggle over 20 instruments in a spellbinding performance of Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells For Two - a show that is a multi-…
This show, a high spot of Watson’s notorious Edinburgh career, began as a work-in-progress at the Fringe two years ago.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Nature, love and life: a programme of 19th-century art song devised by Stephen Morrison (guitar) and Jenny Nex (soprano) who bring an impassioned immediacy to performance of works …
An exciting new play about Jungle Book author Rudyard Kipling, exploring his extraordinary life and the devastating personal consequences of WWI.
Come and hear some of our most talented young players perform traditional and contemporary music in a relaxed, informal atmosphere. Refreshments included.
Men have all the power.
The Accidentals are so excited to be back in Edinburgh performing at the Festival Fringe for their sixth consecutive year! In the past they’ve had three sell-out, five-star runs an…
This show is for anyone who’s ever looked at a stranger in the street and wondered who they are.
Chicago meets all-female A Cappella! An original work by The Accidentals, this contemporary A Cappella show brings together the Cell Block Tango and The Barden Bellas in an extrava…
Our piece reflects the external differences in society: how human beings are segregated by race, religion, gender and status, and how prejudice is a daily occurrence in the world w…
Eilidh Steel and Mark Neal are a Scottish fiddle, guitar and vocal duo.
A panel of comedians discuss everyone’s favourite topic – women.
Two huge and awful comedic talents, Michael Legge – ‘often copied, never matched’ (Time Out) – and Caroline Mabey – ‘oddball genius’ (Chortle) – fuse together and become …
Passionate international artist Martyna Kazmierczak has swiftly earned a specialist reputation for historical keyboard performance, mastering instruments from the 16th century thro…
Mark Watson asked a range of top comedians: ‘what is your bad idea? What show would you like to put on, but never dare?’ Now, one a night, they attempt these projects.
In terms of comic legends, and certainly in terms of comic writing, the name of Barry Cryer is right up there.
Life is ordinarily quite reasonable for POIROT – the Penrith Organisation for Investigating the Reasonably Ordinary T (it’s a silent T).
The life of Elvis Presley told through 17 women: some enthralled, some appalled, all obsessed! From Tupelo, Mississippi where 12-year-old Elvis wanted a BB gun instead of a guitar,…
A wordless blend of mime, clowning, dance and acrobatics, Two Little Boxes is a brand-new piece by Reallynice, exploring the construction of masculinities in young men.
A topical and popular theme for this year’s Fringe – mental health – is explored and fleshed out in this beautiful, bittersweet tale of two childhood friends that battle to f…
Erich and Ada are separated by one of history’s most famous man-made divisions: the Berlin Wall.
A devised autobiographical theatre performance (with immersive elements) exploring the themes of home and migration.
IN BETWEEN: languages, careers, sexual preferences… Stand-up comedy in English, by a French girl and her accent.
I wasn’t really in the mood for this show.
(*A real-life quote from a real-life reviewer.
SCCC will carry on the splendid programme during the second day of the event.
Mark’s sell-out show Who Do I Think I Am, revealed his natural father was world backgammon champion.
A woman returns to a hometown she no longer recognises in this haunting new play from Dalia Taha.
Part confessional monologue, part lecture and part nostalgic trip back to the days of the BBC’s Jackanory, there’s no doubt that There Were Two Brothers is a funny, personal—…
IN BETWEEN: languages, careers, sexual preferences… Stand-up comedy in English, by a French girl and her accent.
In this post-truth era, we desperately need more scientists to critically evaluate evidence for political and corporate claims; we can’t afford to keep losing many of our best wo…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
‘Filled almost to excess with cheesy-rom-com-buckets-of-feel-good, this act put a smile on every face’ (TheTab.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
New for 2017! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
Just how low can reality TV go? When sinister American cult leader Chuck pitches a gruesome dating show with death as the ultimate prize, a couple of desperate television producers…
This show is for people that like jokes.
Come and spend an hour with us if you like! Third place in the Musical Comedy Awards 2017, Matt Hutson sings intense anthems about love, loss, friendship and the extent to which he…
Energetic, disturbing and just a bit confusing, Fourth Monkey’s latest offering of physical theatre crashes onto the festival stage in this entertaining if messy and uneven reworki…
***** (FringeGuru.
“I need more light,” our protagonist Caravaggio says at one point, and it’s fair to say that the 16th century Italian’s use of light and darkness is one of his paintings’…
Making Waves was written in 2014 by Daniel Cartwright & Tom Brassington at the University of Central Lancashire.
***** (FringeGuru.
On our tour we will reveal some of the secrets hidden within a city rich in culture and ancient history and blessed with beauty.
Ever wanted to drink whisky, eat cheese, chocolate and scotch eggs while cruising along a canal? Well now you can! Scotch Egg Club brings you a Whisky tasting with a difference, wh…
Join us for the interactive dinner event of the year combining a fine 3 course meal and top comedy action served up Only Fools and Horses style.
In his Fringe debut, Berlin comedy audience favourite Santiago Angel takes us on a dark and hilarious journey through the underbelly of human desire and ego.
Mark Steel begins with a witty satire about the calamitous circus show that was the recent Tory election campaign, setting the tone for this solid left-wing stand-up show.
This show is so much more than a tale of two gays: it is a tale of success.
Award-winning performer Paula Valluerca, aka Madame Señorita, is committed to reconnect with the pleasure of being a totally deluded idiot.
Did you support the #WomensMarch? The only place to march this August is down to this female-led show! A rotating line-up of talented, award-winning, critically acclaimed guests, t…
Sadly missed after a decade pushing the daisies, Pauline Goldsmith resurrects her legendary Irish wake.
Deliciously dark re-workings, told through stand-up and live art.
Raucous, fraternal comedy from award-winning sketch trio.
‘One of the UK’s best young observationalists’ (Guardian) went viral in India this year – not in a good way.
Women at War is an interesting piece which explores the gendered dimensions of warfare through a monologue by a female American soldier serving in Afghanistan.
Wakefield’s poet son may have a self-confessed tendency for lewd social observation but Matt Abbott is also an unpretentious recorder of life in the raw, with a talent for coming…
A vibrational revolution of being, channeled by a goddess.
The Science Guy is back.
In a bustling northern English pub, a witty, bickering landlord and landlady and their twelve regulars masterfully lead you through one of Jim Cartwright’s most moving and exposing…
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.
Enjoy some sophisticated wit and word play as The Two Moronnies lampoon the lampoonable in their unique, energetic musical style.
A new satirical hour from award-winning stand-up comic and writer Keir McAllister.
To accompany Dyad’s premiere of The Time Machine, thirteen of Jane Austen’s most celebrated heroines return in Dyad’s acclaimed revisiting of some of literature’s most celebrated w…
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…
I’m really proud of this show.
Snowflake, a new play written and directed by the former Artistic Director of Edinburgh’s Royal Lyceum Theatre, Mark Thomson, feels a necessity to explain its title right from th…
Early in his Fringe show Mark Thomas reveals the impressively religious character of his upbringing.
‘Who thinks they are perfect?’ Is the question Danyah Miller poses to the audience at the onset of the performance.
Single father Mark Forward has decided the time has come for him to be appreciated as a comedian.
Bracing maritime sketch show from Eggbox Comedy.
Funny Women takes over your lunch hour with a feast of comedy, interviews and highlights from the very best of the Fringe.
Mark Nelson is an old-fashioned stand-up: disarmingly likeable, astoundingly at ease, a master of audience interaction.
The wildly successful One Man Comedy Men are from Mars Women are from Venus Live! starring Amadeo Fusca.
Rome, 1600, a city pulsating with artists, writers and powerful religious leaders. Caravaggio kills a love rival. Forced to flee, Caravaggio secures a commission from his patron
Old meets New; East meets West.
A new play by MATTHEW DUNSTER Adapted from the novel by CHARLES DICKENS “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times; it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of fool…
“Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.
A marriage isn’t just the joining of two people, or even two families—it marks the coming together of two communities.
Three idiots spoof Noel Coward in a unique and ridiculous vision of ‘Blithe Spirit’.
This internationally renowned folk-dance duo present a foot-stomping, hand-tapping adventure through dance, percussion and video.
The island is sinking.
The world’s going to hell in a handcart, with climate change, extremism and cliches like ‘going to hell in a handcart’.
This Brighton-based forum theatre company produce thought-provoking performances about social and political matters, using storytelling, discussion, and re-enactment.
‘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 …
Ships! a.
It’s a new term and welcome to the Claremont School of Life where many a member of staff has plenty to say about their working day.
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 …
Mark Cram has had enough.
Statistically, January is the month in which tickets to musicals sell best, largely due to the miserable weather and post-Christmas blues.
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A Russian twist on the poignant and compelling American drama Two for the Seesaw is performed by two of the country’s greatest actors, Chulpan Khamatova and Kirill Safonov.
“The true mystery of the world is the visible .
You are invited as Marlene and Boycie’s guests at their Gala Dinner.
It could not have been a better day to go on a stroll around Brighton.
George Egg, the stand-up comedian who cooks onstage using absurd and innovative techniques, returns.
Hove has been home to women whose ideas have shaken up our world - from some of Britain’s first women doctors to suffragettes, from social campaigners to boundary shifting entert…
A fact-filled walk celebrating our unique city.
In a garden far away, in a world a lot like this one, in a conversation that has already happened, Eddie asks Garland: “What’s it all about?” And Garland answers, “I don’t know.
Out of this World is action packed theatre from acclaimed writer and director Mark Murphy.
The second instalment this Spring of hit theatre festival, Women Redressed.
Women Redressed: Act I presents eight short plays from some of the UK’s up and coming playwrights.
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…
A new production of the award-winning National Theatre comedy play.
When Goalen, Greenland and Wilkie sweep, commandingly onto the stage of the Soho Theatre, they announce their identity as goddesses ‘who know everything’.
Gargantuan tales of old Fleet Street adventures chasing celebrities, politicians and assorted crooks from TalkSPORT’s odd couple, Parry and Graham.
Coming to Edinburgh after shows at Latitude and Machynlleth Comedy Festival, join Amy Annette in a talk show with her far more famous comedy friends; James Acaster, Lolly Adefope, …
Two presents working-class life in a northern local, a place of failed aspirations, unfulfilled lives and long-kept secrets.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Cinema screening of live performance.
Award-winning comedian Lost Voice Guy started off in a disabled Steps tribute band.
Ellen spent six months volunteering in Europe’s refugee camps.
Five woman poets, five unique performances of new writing, one Sunday in one beautiful venue. Please see bowdykitebooks.com for full details on line-up.
‘You hungry?’ A boy breaks into a London house during the Blitz and is discovered by the man living there.
The depiction of the struggle for life and unfulfilled dreams amidst Hurricane Katrina.
The music, song and dance of the Medieval and Renaissance worlds is brought to life by the city’s famous early music group.
The third biannual sports-meets-comedy smashdown returns to Edinburgh to cause even more mess, blood and hilarity.
After last year’s sell-out performances, Mark is back for a second year with his hilarious and uniquely thought-provoking storytelling.
Acclaimed violin and piano duo Sophia Bartlette and Amoret Abis celebrate women composers in an exciting, eclectic mix of genres and great works.
Shoot the Women First revolves around a mercenary company.
Upstairs Downton and Petting Zoo (‘Improv supergroup’ TimeOut) star creates a staggering array of characters using his mouth, brain, hands and body.
Ranging from the bittersweet to the rude and raunchy, Scotland’s former national poet and recent recipient of the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry weaves a spellbinding and beguiling …
What if punctuation marks were superheroes? During this show, we follow Question Mark Man as he tries to rescue his love interest Becky from the evil Captain Conundrum.
Acclaimed violin and piano duo Sophia Bartlette and Amoret Abis celebrate women composers in an exciting, eclectic mix of genres and great works.
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…
Chinese Women’s Whispers provides an oasis of calm for weary festival goers.
The Women of the Hebrides were famed for their spinning and weaving of fine linen.
AGAP Theatre’s acclaimed production from Lentfest.
Later, considerably ruder and darker shows from internationally acclaimed, award-winning Scottish stand-up comedy meteor.
Returning once again to the Pleasance stage, Mark Watson is not all there.
Into the Water promises to be a family-friendly show full of dancing and imagination.
The Tragedy of Two Tuesdays takes place in a restaurant called The Dream Cafe, wherein quiet cooks, sassy servers, a busboy and a menacing manager butt heads about nonsense and whi…
Globetrotting comedian Wool is back for a limited time with the first glimpse of his new show.
On paper, this show sounds excellent.
Lady Shona and Natalie Sweeney tend to criminally overshare.
If variety is the spice of life, then Tom, Matthew and Susie are a full rack of flavour.
In an explosion of energy, raw intensity and emotion, RashDash theatre company shatters preconceptions of the patriarchy.
Amused Moose Best Show nominee TT returns, with a devastatingly funny show.
Mark Smith (Russell Howard’s Good News) returns to Edinburgh with a new show and Lord have mercy is he excited.
Mark Thomas’ new one-man-play blends spoken word and storytelling to create a compelling, intimate and rousing performance that lifts the spirit in this pitch perfect personal an…
Wiley and The Hairy Man, based on African and Native American folklore, follows the tale of a boy in the Louisiana bayou who must conquer his fears to defeat the legendary hairy ma…
Rod Hunter and Les Sinclair, two of Scotland’s more mature stand-up comedians return for the fifth year in a row with their successful Old Men show.
We all have our price.
Leo Kearse, in his guise as Pun-Man, has a simple mission: to save the world of comedy from banal observational stand-up and self-righteous, long-winded anecdotes.
After comedy, horror is the next most difficult art form to tackle; although comedy reigns king at the fringe there is still an eager audience waiting to be scared.
Welcome to Woodburn.
Racial identity, puberty, sexuality and childhood trauma may not seem like the ideal topics for a one man camp cabaret, but here in Edinburgh anything is possible.
This tour covers both the Old Town and the New Town, and includes a wide breadth of history about Edinburgh.
He’s back with an even bigger, sillier show than last year.
This year Mark Steel aims to give a brief overview of the cities and sights of Scotland.
Science like you have never seen before.
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…
The Bubble Show your mother warned you about is here! Clothes and bubbles will fly in this cabaret styled story filled with beautiful bubble creations, stripping, slapping, stick f…
Italian comic Giacinto Palmieri, in this hour of comedy, tries to draw comparisons between himself and renowned misogynist and philosopher, Friedrich Nietzsche in their approach to…
Three top-line comics bring their fast-paced comedy showcase to the world’s most famous comedy festival.
An audience with Rodney Bewes.
“If you don’t laugh at the disabled guy, you are going to hell!” Lee Ridley begins, and immediately inspires unanimous laughter.
Bob drives his BlundaBus around Europe looking for adventures.
Gandini presents virtuoso juggling gone wild.
Mark Nelson is a down-to-earth guy.
Gideon Irving is a travelling musician looking for new friends all over the world.
Few would disagree that our world is in dire need of fixing.
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‘Terrifyingly funny’ (Times).
A Tale of Two Cities: Blood for Blood is neither the best of times, nor the worst of times, but over a ninety-minute running time it is a something of an odd construction.
Identical twins Annie McGrath and Jack Barry (as seen on ITV2’s @elevenish) return with their trademark hybrid of sketch and stand-up comedy.
The story of young Aussie Elizabeth Moncello, the unofficial inventor of the famous butterfly stroke.
An exhibition about some remarkable female pioneers who lived in Edinburgh’s West End.
Hit theatre festival Women Redressed is back, running for two nights at Park Theatre.
Shane is sixteen, cute and scared sh*tless.
Internationally-renowned folk-dance duo Up & Over It present an immersive dance adventure for the whole family.
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…
Michael Crawford plays Leo Colston, a man who can no longer hide from the memories of his past.
Everybody lies.
Funny Women’s share and gig night is perfect for comedy lovers and beginners.
Jacky Fong, piano, performs works by Brahms, Horowitz and Volodos on 20 May.
Acclaimed violin and piano duo Sophia Bartlette and Amoret Abis return for their third Brighton Fringe recital to celebrate women composers.
“You go to women? Do not forget the whip!”, wrote the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche.
Free alternative comedy from Matt Hutson (Runner-up in Preston Comedian of the Year) and David McIver (Selected for the BBC New Comedy award 2015).
A show inspired by Hetty King (an emblematic, early 20th century drag king), which embraces the possibility of women making connections across stages, in time.
A show inspired by Hetty King (an emblematic early 20th-century drag king), which embraces the possibility of women making connections across stages, in time.
Work-in-progress from multi-award-winner celebrating the kick-ass women in our families who stood the test of time despite obstacles via faith, family, culture or the time they liv…
Oh what a man! Francis Henshall is a man driven by his needs, whether its food or a good woman, he is totally consumed and motivated by his desires.
A cabaret piece about what happens when women are given just one hour a day to think about what it is to be a woman.
Broadcaster and comedian Dolan is one of the most in-demand MCs.
You are invited as Marlene and Boycie’s guests at their Gala Dinner.
Wilful princesses, Music Hall stars, headstrong courtesans, acrobats, entrepreneurs - Brighton has always attracted women who dare to do things differently.
By popular demand! Hove has been home to women whose ideas have shaken up our world - from some of Britain’s first women doctors to suffragettes; campaigners to boundary-shifting e…
A walk celebrating all that’s unique, and a little bit weird, about Brighton.
For those who patiently wait through musical theater ballads to get to the show stopping dance numbers, 92Y’s Dig Dance series presents “Broadway Takes Two,” reim…
The Baryshnikov Arts Center continues its “Words on Dance” series with a conversation between Mr.
After a sell-out run in November, Women Redressed returns.
Brighton’s only drag king competition is back and tougher than ever! It’s time for bois to become men as they battle it out over three heats to make their way to the final.
Families eh? You can’t live with them, you can’t legally murder them for feeling that you have no more in common than a bloodline.
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…
Aparna Nancherla and Josh Gondelman join forces (and faces, for a somewhat off-putting promotional poster) in this excellent stand-up show.
(previews start on Jan.
(previews start on Thursday; opens on Jan.
Cody Lindquist and Charlie Todd, both longtime improvisers, host this political roundtable with a boozy twist — all panelists will drink two beers on stage before jumping int…
An opening act for the universally beloved Brian Regan, Mr. Zimmerman is an endearing young absurdist with a clever approach to observational stand-up.
The story follows a year long pursuit of “Her” curiosity onto various internet dating apps and the 5 different “Him”(s) she meets under the oblivious influence of “The Universe”.
This show says it’s based on John Gray’s pop-culture best seller from the 1990s, and he even appears in two video segments, but it’s mostly a monologue by Peter S…
There is an intrinsic roughness to this latest production from Edinburgh-based Blazing Hyena productions: performed “in the round” in a student bar within city’s Art College, th…
The composer Tan Dun wrote his “Water Passion” as a modern-day response to Bach’s “St.
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…
Living Between Lies is a one hour comedy drama telling the story about four women living in London who all struggle with loneliness, isolation, self-deception and how women in part…
(previews start on Oct.
One album, two men, too many instruments! Two crazy barefoot Aussies wield over 20 instruments to faithfully recreate Mike Oldfield’s epic 1973 masterpiece.
What do you imagine when someone mentions they work with computers or in IT? Do you immediately think of a slightly nerdy man hunched over a keyboard in a darkened basement room, i…
Last year in Pleasance Courtyard, Flaws sold every ticket.
Crime writer Mark Billingham and country band My Darling Clementine come together for The Other Half, a blend of storytelling and music about love, loneliness and broken promises.
I went into Tim Drain’s show fully prepared for some offensive stuff.
Through their use of improvisation and mime, backed with a fantastic live band (The Glue Ensemble), Cariad and Paul bring to life a series of hilarious stories, based solely on one…
One of the songs included in Captain of the Lost Waves: Unsolved Mysteries is titled A Song No One Wants to Hear.
After reaching his £2,000 crowd funding target in less than five days, this charismatic pianist has broadcast on Classic FM, BBC Radio 2 and 3, and was named as the Independent ne…
A surprisingly funny show made up of a series of bizarre vignettes including film, speeches, dance (there is some dancing in clogs, but nowhere near as you expect from the title), …
On Sunday afternoon, myself and around fifteen other people – most of them women – perch ourselves on armchairs in a cosy room in Appletree Writers at The Whole Works, on a qu…
His show Flaws was probably the most acclaimed show of last year’s Edinburgh Fringe.
It isn’t just through watching the plays of the Bard that you can get a taste of culture here at the Fringe; the Edinburgh Renaissance Band are bards of a different sort.
Wild at Heart is unapologetically weird.
Youth Music Theatre UK have done something rather remarkable in their new production of Macbeth.
Mark Dean Quinn returns to the Edinburgh Fringe for the fifth year running attempting to win the best newcomer award.
In our fast-paced and demanding consumer culture, a production that takes time to examine and appreciate the joys and sorrows found in everyday life can be a real gem.
This roller coaster of a tale follows a married man’s transcontinental trip to screw an ex-girlfriend.
It’s 2015.
Three drag queens in a dressing room talk us through their life stories, from coming out to discovering drag.
At the heart of Dendritical, the latest performance art piece by Christy Ann Brown, lies a contradiction.
‘An invaluable body of work that traverses genres and captures untold stories of Kiwi pioneer women’ (NZ Herald, September 2014).
Comedian and activist Mark Thomas talks to Olly Double, curator of British Stand-Up Comedy Archive, about how his comedy has evolved to embrace both theatre and politics.
Is it possible for one person to journey around the solar system in the space of a human lifetime? This show is as much about the alien worlds in our planetary neighborhood as it i…
The Comedy of Errors is a challenging Shakespeare play to stage – it requires a deft touch whether you play it for laughs or more seriously.
Two Thirds charts the endlessly tangled lives of a group of university friends after graduation.
Ian Hall and Bruce Edhouse (both former Dave’s Leicester Comedy Festival award winners) present a daft but affectionate tribute to some of the great comedy double acts of our time.
A 250-year-old opera is a difficult proposition for the Edinburgh Fringe, where the emphasis is frequently placed on innovation and experimentation.
Critically acclaimed star of BBC1’s Have I Got News For You and BBC Radio 4’s Mark Steel’s in Town, Steel makes his glorious return to Edinburgh after 19 years away from the Fringe…
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.
The UK desperately needs more scientists and engineers, yet highly qualified, talented and ambitious women are still deserting science.
Eddie McGuire, former Chairman of the Musicians’ Union (Scottish Region), and classical zheng performer Dong Yi, the first and so far only musician of any Chinese instrument to g…
Award-winning vocalist Ali presents a heartfelt homage to Lady Day with a selection of both rare and familiar songs.
An hour of storytelling that will begin by transporting the audience around the British Isles through fairy stories provided by Taffy Thomas, first Laureate for Storytelling, and m…
We have all heard the saying laughter is the best medicine, and there is a valid reason behind that statement – laughing is good for you! Laughter not only makes the journey thro…
This is a play for fans of Greek tragedy and theatre nerds.
Mark Smith (Nick Helm’s Heavy Entertainment, Russell Howard’s Good News, car owner) is back with a brand new show.
Mark Stephenson (Chortle Best Newcomer nominee, second New Act of the Year) brings you his new award nominated show (Leicester Comedy Festival Best Debut 2015) about the dystopian …
Oliver Suddon, comedian and broadcaster, hosts a relaxing evening of comedy and music with a variety of selected performers from the Fringe and creates radio broadcast inserts for …
Jay Handley’s first show contained ‘.
Join this pair of idiots for all the bits too stupid for their “proper” shows in this ‘deeply flawed event’ (Threeweeks).
A young teacher hopes to be hired as a literature teacher and coach at a private school for boys.
The Water Show is a show about water.
Mark Smith (Nick Helm’s Heavy Entertainment, Russell Howard’s Good News, car owner) is back with a brand new show.
Uncover the linguistic layers of a Russian doll! Hear yourself in Nastya Rybachuk’s contemporary, provocative and witty verses.
‘Don’t judge a man until you’ve walked two moons in his moccasins.
Why go to the trouble of raising the funds and making the trip to the International Collegiate Theatre Festival, only to present plays nobody back home would want to see, much less…
In one week, Brydie fell in love twice.
Join a woman – and her multiple personalities – on a journey through the twisted corridors of her mind, where you’ll meet some of the mad and quirky women of musical theatre …
Mark Thompson, well known as a TV astronomer and author, has joined the ranks of Space Command to help recruit some new space cadets.
A thrilling double from two of Scotland’s most exciting young choreographers.
Shakespeare’s classic comedy, as you’ve never seen it before.
On our tour we will reveal some of the secrets hidden within a city rich in culture and ancient history and blessed with beauty.
Telling someone that you’re not a racist before you say something incredibly racist is not an ingenious or valid way to evade accountability for the subsequent spew to flow from …
Two Thirds of a Trio is a comedy show like.
His name might feature prominently in the title, but prolific Pre-Raphaelite painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti takes a back seat in this new production written by award-winning playwr…
No women present would allow a middle-aged supply teacher and other men who are repeatedly ignored, to weep in peace.
Act One’s Things Can Only Get Bitter takes its name (with a slight twist) from the now infamous campaign song used by New Labour in the 1997 election campaign.
Two Sore Legs is an affecting testament to the fierceness of a mother’s love and the determination of one woman in the face of oppressive societal expectations.
Learning difficulties, the truth in conspiracy theories and politics are the topics of a brave stand up.
According to Baudelaire, the greatest trick that the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn’t exist.
‘Yes, 30 may be the new 20 but no one’s told that to my south-facing tits.
In one week, Brydie fell in love twice.
Brice is back with a host of silly characters.
It’s hard these days to find comics, amongst the slick and edgy big leagues, with a genuine sense of mischief.
Let Michael Hill entertain you with his misadventures living in Japan’s capital – battling cultural differences and language barriers, braving earthquakes, teaching English poo…
Not every comic has the wherewithal to build the feedline of a joke into the title of their show.
Who Do I Think I Am? is an hour long rip roaring stand up performance.
‘I could tell you anything I want and you would have to believe it!’ yells Mark Forward about twenty minutes into his show, as an invisible falcon perches on his arm.
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…
Barnie Duncan’s alter-ego Juan Vesuvius has returned to Edinburgh with a DJing set unlike any other.
With over twenty different instruments played by only two men, this performance of Mike Oldfield’s masterpiece Tubular Bells is an astounding, explosive, truly incredible feat.
Graeae Theatre Company, according to the information sheet handed out before the start of the show, sees itself as ‘a force for change in world-class theatre – breaking down ba…
It’s hot in the Pleasance This: hot and dark and funny.
Australian comedian John Robertson has become a well-known Fringe regular with his hit interactive gameshow, The Dark Room.
Acclaimed, award-winning stand-up with some thoughts on life now that he is older than Jesus.
Walking the Tightrope was created as a response to the cancellation of three high profile cultural events last summer.
From the title, Gruesome Playground Injuries sounds like grim viewing.
“Doesn’t she look lovely?” Louise Mothersole and Rebecca Biscuit coo again and again, spitting irony.
Before the podcast officially begins, we’re invited to watch a clip of Yorkshire born and bred actor Mark Addy in action.
WAR HAS COME.
(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…
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.
‘The True Tale of the Life and Death of Billy the Kid as Told by Pat Garrett’: Billy the Kid, bushwhacker, back shooter, downright no good or honourable and misunderstood youngster…
Look how we’ve evolved! Learn about women in policing.
For everyone who wants to find out anything about end of life, death and bereavement.
It’s 1975 and Laurence Olivier begins the day in his New York hotel suite.
On 16th May, Sahajatara explores how “being here, now” opens us to nature’s beauty and our duty to protect it.
Award-winning workshops by all-female improv troupe Short & Girlie Show.
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…
“Women Who Wank” : A Fool’s attempt to untwist Herstory.
Before it was home to the Public Theater, the Blue Man Group and Indochine, Astor Place spawned the Astor Library, a precursor to the New York Public Library.
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…
Two Choirs:Two Styles Two dynamic styles of singing blended together for an evening’s journey through a capella and chamber choir under the direction of Zoe Peate.
Musical theatre that packs a punch.
Wilful princesses, music-hall stars, headstrong courtesans, acrobats and entrepreneurs.
From Ladies to ladies, scientists to sportswomen, Kemptown has inspired some incredible women.
Funny Women, the UK’s leading female comedy community, curates a weekend to give women a helping hand to find their funny.
What connects Abba and a revolution? Mt Everest and Hove? A stained wall and a worldwide brand? What’s the story behind a same-sex wedding in 1923.
Join a woman – and her multiple personalities – on an unusual journey along the twisted corridors of her mind, where you shall meet the mad women of musical theatre, and celebr…
This popular high-concept show consists of several two-person scenes: One participant is an actor who has memorized his or her lines in a classic scene; the other is an improviser …
In time for May flowers, the Mark Morris Dance Group presents the New York premiere of “Spring, Spring, Spring,” a meditation on “The Rite of Spring,” with …
(previews begin on Friday; opens on Thursday) This early Shakespeare comedy has roles for 13 actors, whose characters include outlaws, servants, musicians and one disagreeable dog.
Shaina Stigler and Natalie Wall have assembled this weekend conference in Brooklyn to address underlying sexism in the comedy industry, with panels and many excellent lineups for s…
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…
(previews start on July 10; opens on July 31) The playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis (“The Last Days of Judas Iscariot,” “The ____________ With the Hat”) lends…
Robin Montague hosts these stand-up shows featuring some of the top female talents in the business, including Sasheer Zamata, Michelle Wolf, Sara Schaefer, Emmy Blotnick, Aparna Na…
‘John and Mark’ is a new play about a musical legend and his killer that sees prisoner Mark David Chapman visited by John Lennon, the man he shot dead years earlier.
(previews begin on Nov.
Join a woman -and her multiple personalities - on an unusual journey along the twisted corridors of her mind, where you shall meet some of the mad and quirky women of musical theat…
It’s Only Words tells the story of Mrs Moore, an old woman who has locked herself in a public bathroom while she thinks about her life and the choices she has made.
The satirical women’s magazine Reductress presents this all-lady lineup, hosted by Anna Drezen.
In addition to free classes and workshops, this all-day event at the Mark Morris Dance Center features performances by members of Mr.
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.
The welcome recording over the PA tells us that this event is part of the Assembly Rooms’ ‘Enchanting ideas’ series for a ‘more discerning audience’, getting a chuckle …
A completely spontaneous improv adventure, taking one word from the audience and immersing them in a bespoke world of bizarre scenes and bold characters.
One performance only! ‘Several of the best one-liners you will hear.
Does the Fringe work for women? What images and messages do we see and hear? Are women fairly represented? Join us for a conversation about where women stand in the world’s large…
The world’s only stand-up/improv/tattoo-chat comedy show returns with host comedian Billy Kirkwood.
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…
Why are women deserting sciences in droves? Is it unconscious bias, a lack of aspiration, lack of confidence - or just lack of ability? Are we failing our daughters, or is this jus…
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…
Nick Helm’s Two Night Stand in the Grand is an epic comedy rock show worthy of its massive venue.
‘First night in here? Well, you’ll get used to us.
Updating Greek myths and tinkering with texts is a finicky process; how to maintain the spirit of the original while providing an audience with something new? Yet this new produc…
The singers are out of breath.
Due to massive demand, six extra, later, and quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man/half-Xbox.
In 2012, Mark Watson’s Edinborolympics caused controversy by having comedians throw pineapples at audience members.
1 or 2 Things About Us is a community production from Mixit Days, an inclusive theatre company who work with disabled people and give them a chance to perform on the stage.
From the critically acclaimed SU Drama company comes a double play performance that combines Brien Friel’s Afterplay and an original piece named The White Peacock.
Britannia Waves the Rules, presented by Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre, is a brilliant play.
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…
Set in Edinburgh’s Globe Bar, Mark Cooper-Jones embarks on an hour long reminder to all of us that Geography is much more than just colouring in.
Struan Logan and John Sheppard are funny, charming and handsome (on average) comedians.
(previews start on Aug.
Scotland has the highest per-head consumption of cocaine on the planet, and it damages more than just our health.
In 1938 a group of unemployed shipyard workers, trainee church ministers and their leader arrive on the island of Iona to restore the ruined medieval Abbey.
In this retelling of Euripides’ tragedy, the Trojan War has ended but the women of Troy are still to discover their fates and more tragedies.
A two-hour and fifteen minute walk through Edinburgh’s city centre, with a good coverage of the history of Edinburgh’s Old and New towns.
A joint exhibition of contemporary ceramics and traditional pottery by two Edinburgh potters with more than 60 years of pot making between them.
Nick Dixon ‘Well worth looking out for’ (Jason Manford) and Sunil Patel (BBC New Comedy Awards) perform half an hour each of finely-crafted hilarity.
To tell the truth, I’m a little bit scared of Dr.
Henry is a verbal magician, creating an atmosphere of bold sincerity on stage that will force you out of your comfort zone and into his hilarious domain.
Mark presents his first solo show packed full of inventive one-liners.
We’re in the office of a movie producer.
Mark Nelson instantly puts me at ease as he bounds onstage.
Everything seemed against this performance from the start.
New Comedy in the style of Orton and Fo.
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…
Ever wondered what it’s really like to be a comedian? Ever wondered what they get up to the rest of the time when you don’t see them on stage? Ever wondered how they come up with t…
It is possible to do feminist comedy very, very well.
Watson is back after a short hiatus from Edinburgh; a little more world-weary and adult, but in no way less hilarious.
The show opens with Dolan asking whether anybody in the audience is married.
What does it take to be remembered? What would you have to do to ensure that your name lives on forever? Three young lads have spent a few years on the music scene and have finally…
If impersonations are your thing, then the Only Way is Downton is a must-see at this year’s Fringe.
Steen Raskopoulos turns up to the Fringe in style.
Standing centre stage in a dress and a dodgy blonde wig, Mark Grist jokes that this is what two guys with Arts Council funding really look like.
Ross Leslie and Chris Griffin are joined by Gareth Mutch for an hour of solid observational stand-up as part of the Free Fringe at the Beehive Inn.
This festival enlightens audiences to the Mediterranean region’s growing contemporary arts scene.
Outrageous, shocking and disgusting that women over a certain age should even attempt to create a comedy sketch show?Not at all.
For 30 years, the Urban Bush Women have blazed a trail, combining spirited dance, probing text and a special sense of community that makes audience members feel like one of the tri…
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…
A co-hosted event between the Institute of Development Studies and Pathways of Women’s Empowerment (an international research and communications programme), What if Women Ruled t…
This Land of our Fathers was built on coal, its rivers of mingled blood and sweat have forever darkened it, relieved only by death.
A dress-up sing-along celebration of everyone’s favourite musicals.
This is one of the oddest true stories you will ever hear.
An intimate solo theatre piece about the woman who invented the butterfly stroke.
Loose moraled, skintight cabaret-comedy-performance-mash up featuring the most audacious women of Brighton Fringe.
From Ladies to ladies, scientists to sportswomen, Kemp Town has inspired some incredible women.
Two Dutch Girls and an Aussie decided to dream and become London-based stand-up comedians.
Wilful princesses, Music Hall stars, headstrong courtesans, entrepreneurs, Brighton has always attracted women who dare do things differently.
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.
What connects Abba & the Portuguese Revolution? Mount Everest and a Hove supermarket? A stained wall and the genesis of a global brand? What’s the story behind a same-sex wedding i…
This popular Off Broadway play brilliantly melds HBO’s “Girls” with Louisa May Alcott’s “Little Women.”
Menier Chocolate Factory: 3rd Apr 3pm.
After a successful run at Second Stage Uptown, this show returns to another Off Broadway space, New World Stages.
A fast-paced, brutally poignant coming of age story that explores the pain and adventure of growing up, the moment when innocence suddenly turns into experience and the fear of loo…
Al Murray brings his hilarious, bigoted alter-ego to the stage: The Only Way Is Epic is the Pub Landlord’s announcement that he is going to give you an inspirational speech.
Frances Cooper (soprano) and Anne Lewis (mezzo-soprano) guide you through the Elements of Etiquette, the courtesy and decorum of a bygone era, aided by Mozart, MacMillan and Bernst…
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.
‘Wow’ doesn’t even begin to describe the talents of these two comedians.
Tom Stade calls his show The Essential as it contains topics and themes that he believes are international and integral to many different cultures and lifestyles, thus maximising i…
These celebrated musicians give a presentation with bamboo flutes, classical flutes and Chinese zheng (zither) on the music of the two nations in comparative perspective.
The two nations represented in this one-off concert were China and Scotland, with Dong Yi and Eddie McGuire as representatives.
In a society where the older generation is generally ignored and marginalised by the media, Two Old Gits comes as a welcome change.
Immortalised in the books of authors like Kipling and Forster, British India has become a staple of our literary heritage.
Bringing their fusion of guitar and mandolin to the Fringe Festival, Steve Rutherford and Mark Barnett set out a show that promises ‘a depth of soul seeking and cerebral intensity …
Due to massive demand six extra, later, quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man, half-Xbox.
The Jess Abrams Quartet - or on this particular evening, trio - are a glorified Cat Stevens tribute band: they spend an hour covering Cat Stevens’ most prominent hits, while putt…
International experiment sharing a story about a woman called Thyme, with local interpretations.
David O’Doherty, Jenny Éclair, Joe Lycett and Pierre Nouvellie joined Mark Olver for Dancing About Architecture, a friendly live afternoon chat show where comedians talk about c…
Patricia Selonk stars as Laura - a 40 year-old-woman, grappling with a deteriorating neurological disease - in this exciting production from Armazem Theatre Company, part of this y…
Austen reconstructed! Jane Austen, a woman ahead of her time, created some of literature’s most celebrated characters and defined her era.
Time Out’s One to Watch 2013; Chortle Best Newcomer nominee; second place in Hackney Empire New Act of the Year, Mark is ‘an exhilarating new voice on the comedy circuit’ (Spoo…
Mark Thomas’ first gag was about hating young people.
The plethora of shows promising a ‘fresh take’ on a much lauded classic has reached fever pitch and it wouldn’t be surprising if a new Adaptation category was inserted into t…
Dr Professor Neal Portenza has more titles than I would give stars.
Jane Austen’s stories speak to every generation, everyone can identify with at least one of her enthralling characters.
What happens to the innocent when a war is lost? Troy has fallen, the wooden horse has unleashed its deadly cargo, the men lie slaughtered and the Greek army stands triumphant.
Rolling into Edinburgh with a brand new barnstorming show, The Horne Section will yet again provide the festival’s best musical mayhem.
There is a huge difference between having obvious musical talent and putting on an entertaining, engaging show.
Tucked away in a quiet corner of surgeons hall is a play which comes to the Fringe all the way from South Africa.
Watching Three Women is immensely frustrating.
‘Close cleaning’ might be a confusing term to those unfamiliar with the Glasgow vernacular.
Alice Mary Cooper ushers us into a tiny black room, onstage are a cup, saucer and red cork cricket ball resting on a cardboard box.
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.
Recommended as a nationwide top five pick in the Times; Jim Cartwright’s witty and thought provoking modern classic follows an evening’s events in a northern pub.
This inventive piece of devised physical theatre is the rousing story of a group of female workers in 1910 who went on strike from their jobs as chain-makers, demanding higher pay …
In the wake of Thatcher’s death, Jim Cartwright’s two-hander continues to challenge audiences, presenting the lives of the marginalised regulars from a 1980s northern pub.
Mark Restuccia’s follow-up to the five-star show, How to Succeed at Internet Dating, charting his journey as a fully-fledged serial internet dater and sharing stories from the sing…
Edinburgh is a city of beauty, history and incredible inspiration.
Accompany us to discover the organic medieval Old Town and the planned Georgian New Town.
What do you get when you combine sci-fi with time travel with the Vatican City and the movie title “Bad Popes Gone Wild”? The answer – a hilarious improvised movie containing…
When Lampaert appears on TV, he gets heckled or internet abuse.
Lady Carol returns to Edinburgh after a year of performing in places as far flung as Europe, Canada and South America.
Luke Kempner’s one man mockery of Downton Abbey, TOWIE and a host of other Friday night telly fare sees him adopt 32 different characters in pursuit of the ultimate Downton paro…
Wiping the sweat from his forehead, Aidan Roberts announced ‘And… tubular bells!’ A sudden burst of light brought the bells into view, like a heavenly apparition.
Middle-aged women: an endangered species.
Take Two Every Four Hours is a heart wrenching tale of friendship in the face of illness.
From Malmesford to Hollywood, the UK’s favourite neo-vaudeville double act reveals all.
James will never leave his hospital bed.
When an audience member throws up on stage five minutes into this particular evening of Rob Deering’s Never Mind The Buzzcocks-esque quiz show, it’s difficult to consider how t…
A public-school Ed Byrne in appearance with the patter of a middle-aged Jack Whitehall, Mark Dolan’s You’re Awesome is a gentle, beguiling hour.
Choreographers Chan and Cunningham want to show you their inner dance and say that ‘dance is more than aesthetics’.
From the moment this quirky Cornish duo burst onto set with an eclectic combination of 80s-style electronic music and energetic moves, you know you’re in for something a little d…
Mike Oldfield’s critically and commercially successful prog-rock album ‘Tubular Bells’ has been lovingly recreated by Daniel Holdsworth and Aidan Roberts as a live, two-man perform…
Mime and physical theatre can be risky aspects of a comedy show.
A young lad with a winsome demeanour entered the room and high-fived everyone in the audience.
Churches are great: not only is a marvellous acoustic found within those imposing stone walls, but visitors also feel an inherently peaceful atmosphere upon entry.
The Edinburgh Festival has some unusual venues – that is a well-known fact amongst regular Fringe-goers, as avid audience members hop from university building to converted wareho…
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.
Singer-songwriters such as James Grant are tasked with the difficult job of keeping an audience entertained with merely a voice and a guitar, but James Grant proves in this hour-pl…
We are in the American Deep South.
Paul Browde and Murray Nossel have been friends since they were young boys in South Africa.
Patience is a virtue: this proverb was particularly fitting during this afternoon of a cappella hosted by all-female a cappella group In The Pink from the University of Oxford.
Mark Restuccia cuts right to the point.
At some point in the creation of this production, somebody decided that they were better at writing than Euripides.
Since the Free Fringe is so often dominated by comedy, a little free theatre can come as a pleasant surprise, especially when it’s good.
The concept of Bite Size is a perfectly simple, yet novel one, and the clue really is in the title.
Based on the best-selling book by John Gray, this one-man educational show starring Ian Houghton is like a much funnier (and much cheaper) relationship counseling session.
An array of instruments welcomes audience members as they take their seats in this tiny, intimate venue just off Princes Street, from strings through percussion to a homemade There…
Mark Watson was running late.
This theatre/dance offering from the University of South Florida lacks subtlety and feels overly affronting in its clumsy and somewhat confused form.
Somebody’s Theatre from Sheffield offers us a piquant slice of life with this story of the tangled lives of four twenty somethings who share more than toothpaste - entirely set i…
A co-production with Vertical Line and Greenwich theatre, Take Two Every Four Hours is a work in progress by Henry Regan and Ross Stanley.
Funny Women is a very respectable and enjoyable competition, highlighting the best up-and-coming female comedy acts from around the UK.
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…
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.
Through the ages war has often been defined by physical conflict and soldiers on the battlefield, however the true impact is of course far more encompassing.
Two for None comedians Mark Simmons and Danny Ward display, between them, vastly different comedy styles.
The Two Worlds of Charlie F is a rare example of a play in which fiction and reality collide to create something very special indeed.
I have never met a more adorable fringe performer than Jack Barton.
Im pretty sure that if you decoded the earliest cave paintings they would be about the differences between men and women.
Stand-up works best in a small space.
Part of a four day festival of unique and inspiring work from young artists based in London.
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…
Give it a catchier name and the Beijing Young Dramatist Association’s production of Two Dogs could be the inspiration for another talking-animals Pixar movie.
Jack is in France, staying in a tent with the lads.
As the lights dimmed for the start of One Hour Only, video projections and voice-overs appeared on stage, calling the audience to attention as the characters set the scene for the …
Between explores a variety of dark and dramatic stories varying from teenagers discovering their sexualities for the first time to a complicated relationship between teacher and pu…
JamJar’s follow up to Following Wendy is a disappointment on the scale of Grease 2, The Matrix Reloaded and Godfather 3 combined.
One looks like a children’s TV presenter: all big beaming smiles and thumbs ups, with show tunes always just bubbling under.
The London based ex-York University graduates that make up the Blossom Street choir form a refreshingly different type of a cappella group that takes the genre back to its roots an…
Palamon and Arcite are the two noble kinsmen at the heart of this adaptation of William Shakespeare and John Fletcher’s Jacobean tragicomedy.
he headline of this review was the most prolific tweet of the night at Unravel’s ‘Only Gig You Can Control With Your Phone’ and frankly, it’s a good question.
In three short years, All the King’s Men have gone from a little-known university a cappella group to the third best collegiate group in the world, and from the simply phenomenal…
General Silliness Productions transports their audience to Venice using the sixteenth-century Italian style of Commedia dell’arte.
Just Up The Stairs at The Caves is packed to the rafters for this mid-afternoon hour of sketch comedy.
The Trojan Woman was the final part of the Eurpides Trilogy for the City Dionysia festival in 415BC in an Athens giddy on the extremes of democracy and empire shortly after she utt…
There’s a comedy show at this year’s Fringe entitled All Young People Are C*nts.
Conor Drum, the 30-year-old Irish actor cum comedian battled through the adversity of a small audience and actually put on an entertaining and amusing show with some very shrewd ob…
Mark Cooper-Jones is a Geography teacher.
Between Ten and Six is a dark comedy that draws a fine line between humour and disturbing scenes.
One man and his guitar: it’s a classic combination that, when done well, reaps its rewards.
Dim, dingy lighting barely illuminates this musty Edinburgh bar, its vague seafaring theme embodied by scale wooden models of old sailing boats, naval pencil sketches suspended fro…
Sharply clad in a waistcoat and red trousers, or as he describes himself dressing like ‘a gay snooker player,’ Max Dickens certainly looks the part.
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.
Going alone to a review a concert that promises a complimentary three-course meal with your ticket can go one of two ways: either finding yourself thoroughly stranded and friendles…
This is the story of the women of Troy, the day after the Greeks have captured the city using their Trojan horse.
Student a cappella groups are not exactly a rarity at the Fringe, so often it can be difficult to decide which of the varied assortment of groups is actually worth going to see.
There are few performers humble, subtle and versatile enough to not only survive the avalanche of churnalistic pulp – that is to say, newspaper articles ripped from press release…
Ivor Novello and Noel Coward have both been celebrated countless times in musical biopics, but this could be the first time that their respective careers and lives have been combin…
Mark Little’s career has spanned many successful years in television and theatre and he has also brought several shows to the Fringe before.
As their show title suggests The Jane Austen Argument explore the spaces in the world we live in: the spaces that exist everywhere, both physically and emotionally, the spaces that…
To base a show around the theme of evening classes is an interesting concept and one which has not been trialled very extensively anywhere, let alone at the Edinburgh Festival.
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…
Bil Fulton and Cynthia Stephens, or Bil&Cyn as they like to be called, represent two different sides of the same coin.
This show is a pleasant mix of upper-middle class safe humour combined with more crude, but successful, crafty one-liners from this truesome twosome, showing how a fully develo…
Hudson & Hackett are two young women with an established entertainment background (Hudson presents Brainiac, whilst Hackett has written for ‘Smack the Pony’), and they come togethe…
One problem that I find with comedy is making sure that everyone’s tastes are catered to.
Eric Davidson is like a showman from a bygone era, blinking behind his thick-rimmed glasses like a cynical Ronnie Corbett.
It’s a beautiful day at the Fringe and I’m sat on the top deck of a red bus in the Meadows.
Drawing inspiration from George Orwell’s eponymous 1946 essay on the perfect public house, The Moon Under The Water presents us with a dystopian view of how UK binge-drinking cul…
The first thing one notices about the White Belly is the air, which because of the damp in the disused bank tastes like the inside of a papier-mache aircraft hangar.
The poet Bryon was famously described by one of his countless paramours as mad, bad and dangerous to know.
If you are bored of current TV comedians or just want a bit of old school classic comedy then here is a show for you.
When three ex-Oxford Gargoyles return to the Fringe as part of a three-piece girl band, it’s expected of them to present a predominantly jazz-filled set and to be almost musicall…
I didn’t know where to look.
OK, this is not, repeat, not a kids show.
I am not the first and certainly won’t be the last reviewer to write about Six Women Standing Against A White Wall at this year’s Fringe.
A show about shows is not the most original idea there has ever been but Dan Nightingale’s ‘what might have been?’ take on performing in this year’s Edinburgh Fringe provid…
The Fringe for many comedians is a testing ground for new material admits Silky.
You have to hand it to this motley crew of Ottawa teenagers - feminism is a tough topic to broach in youth theatre.
Because Of Reginald D Hunters greater exposure on television, particularly on Have I Got News For You, there are large, sell-out crowds for his show at Udderbelly s Pasture.
Two storytellers kick start the play as a fairytale, but with a difference like none other we have seen before.
This one-woman comedy show takes you to the frustrated post apocalypse world where woman has inherited the Earth.
A new theatre company created in 2007, Gin in the Teas first production The Space Between My Head and My Body shows promise for the future but lacks narrative drive and clarity.
Last night’s Edinborolympics was a beautiful, glorious shambles.
There are certain criteria that a Free Fringe Show should fulfil when performed in a public bar.
Mark Thomas’ new show is certainly a departure from his usual lambasting of politicians and furious campaigning.
This comedy show is about the Israel-Palestine conflict and lasts for two hours.
Mark Dolan is probably most recognisable as the host of the Channel 4 show ‘Balls of Steel’, where he challenged fearless comedians in the ultimate hidden camera face off.
“This show is family friendly, apart from your grandma, so she can f*ck off!”Thus opens the foul-mouthed Simon Donald, donning typical private school headmaster robes and morta…
Qoya is a women’s movement practice that combines yoga, free dance and sensual movement to bring women back into their bodies, to remember our essence is wise, wild and free.
Breaking the Waves is a wrenching moral drama about a woman’s twisted bargain with God.
A coveted Bobby has been presented to five shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year.
Four women.
The Old Market are excited to announce that they have managed to raise £1,057 for Brighton Women’s Centre throughout their Reigning Women season.
This week culminates in International Women’s Day on Friday 8th March and The Old Market’s fiery mini-season, Reigning Women, has never seemed so relevant.
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.
After the glorious sunshine of the opening weekend, you might be forgiven for thinking that the fun might be over.
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Writer and actor Milly Thomas is best known in the theatre world for her 2016 play Clickbait and for writing an episode of Clique on BBC Three.
The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and The American Music Theatre Project at Northwestern University have teamed up to bring two brand-new musicals to the Fringe.
West End and Broadway sensation Rachel Tucker makes her debut at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe in two intimate concerts at the Pleasance.
Greenwich Theatre is set to have an unprecedented profile at this year’s Brighton Fringe, with no less than eight productions heading for The Warren either co-produced or support...
With Easter on the horizon it’s time to turn attention to Brighton Fringe with a look at some shows that are likely to sell out. Book early – you have been warned.
It’s been 400 years since William Shakespeare shuffled off to wherever he is now, and the Fringe guide is filled with his plays—possibly even more productions than usual, which...
He prefers getting up early, likes music and isn't adverse to a man in a kilt. We take Canuck Christopher Wilson on a first date (and we quite liked it).
Tim FitzHigham tells Broadway Baby why playing one half of Flanders and Swann for the last decade isn’t just nostalgic, it’s unbridled joy.
A comedy about German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche and his troubled relationship with women wowed audiences at the Leicester Comedy Festival.
Brighton Fringe has officially launched.
Christmas is the one time of year you can drag your non-theatre-going friends to the theatre.
Meet The Captain! A vaudevillian space detective! Broadway Baby asks why.