Now in its 15th year - Leicester Square Theatre’s showcase for the UK's best up & coming New Comedians.
John Mackay & Sally Homer, in association with Debi Allen/Curtis Brown present Stewart Lee vs The Man-WulfIn this brand-new show Lee shares his stage with Louie…
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Following his Biggest Award in Comedy nominated debut and subsequent hit tour, multi-award-winning comedian and junior doctor Michael Akadiri is back in London with his …
Why is half mask not seen on the West End? Why is Commedia so rarely performed in Italy today? Why do old canovacci not work? Reflecting on the rebirth of Commedia dell’Arte on the…
Through haunting original music and rich spoken word, an actor-musician band deliver a feminist retelling of Mary Queen of Scots’ story.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with in-depth interviews featuring audi…
Performance poet/musician Attila the Stockbroker has been writing and performing since 1980: 4,000 or so gigs in 25 countries so far.
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…
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After a sold-out 2023 season, your favourite Jewish Australian cancer survivor with one testicle is back with lots to say about the state of the world.
Nominated for the Best Show Award at this year’s Leicester Comedy Festival.
A teacher’s magical seaside summer holiday is interrupted by an enthusiastic stowaway, Platypus.
Michael Kunze is actor Mitch Coony in this Hollywood odyssey, where you’re only ever one hit away from a Tom Hanks sex party.
The tales of the dragons are special for many reasons.
Comedian Michael Balazo (writer, Schitt’s Creek) presents a show about family secrets, shame and.
Sobriety, sex and profound stupidity.
After a sell-out 2023 season, your favourite Jewish Australian cancer survivor with one ball returns to the Fringe.
Comedian Michael Welch returns with a new show filled with jokes, mischief and perhaps stuff he will later regret saying.
At Bet On It Youth Theatre, aspiring actors will do anything to climb the ladder of success.
Abby awoke in hospital after a late miscarriage and, high on anaesthesia, decided to become a comedian.
BAFTA award winner, star of Live at the Apollo and Dave Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Michael Odewale returns to the Fringe.
Nominated for the Best Show Award at this year’s Leicester Comedy Festival, Copernicus Now is a joyful and surreal caper in which the Renaissance-era astronomer reshapes the sola…
Speak Up! Act Out! in collaboration with Brighton Fringe Academy, are excited to announce an Introduction to Forum Theatre workshop, on May 27th.
A seagull manages to escape from an oil slick, only to lay one last egg and with her dying breath ask Zorba, a harbour cat in Hamburg, to promise that he will hatch the egg and tea…
Stand-up comedian and semi-harmless fanatic Daniel Powell (plus special guest) take a deep dive into the work of the comedian Stewart Lee.
After sell out sessions in March and April, Carmen Collective’s ‘Theatre: Making It and Doing It’ workshop is back, bigger and better than ever!Are you a theatr…
Tides.
Following critical success from Burnt Lavender, Missing Link Theatre Company has re-emerged with a thought-provoking showcase guaranteed to leave you pondering: Is this where we’…
This original post-dramatic showcase is united with trauma, twisted humour, and a cardinal sense of unease.
Join Chichester Festival Theatre as part of our Life After Fringe series, highlighting development opportunities post-Fringe.
An unnerving triple bill showcase for anyone seeking quality discomfort, full of absurdist, post-modern theatricality.
Mitchell Coony knows what people say about him.
Bank holiday 6/5 classical music with the Elegia Consort [Daria Robertson, soprano, Paul Houston, clarinet, Andrew Storey, piano] including music by Rimsky-Korsakov 12/5 Ellie Bl…
Tours of St.
London stabbings 2017.
‘Chaos’ by Laura Lomas A boy brings another boy flowers.
Black Brighton Market is a place where Black People and People of Colour have the opportunity to sell their art, goods, services and perform to the general public.
After a great session in March, Carmen Collective’s ‘Theatre: Making It and Doing It’ workshop is back, bigger and better than ever!Are you a theatre artist of an…
The award-winning The Bridge House Theatre is delighted to invite you to a Three Year Anniversary Celebration this April.
The British Theatre Challenge returns to the Jack Studio Theatre to bring you five new plays, wrapped into one very entertaining evening.
Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.
Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.
Are you a theatre artist of any discipline who wants to:turn your creative idea into a viable production?obtain funding from Arts Council England?build a sustainable career in the …
Meet Ben and Cyrus, the first gay winners of TV’s biggest reality-dating show.
A HEART FULL OF SONG, is a musical theatre concert featuring lifelong musical favourites, but mixed together with real life stories.
A HEART FULL OF SONG, is a musical theatre concert featuring lifelong musical favourites, but mixed together with real life stories.
Richard Herring returns to Leicester Square Theatre for his famous podcast, RHLSTP! Richard Herring has enjoyed phenomenal success as a writer and performer and is an …
Join us at The Hope Theatre for The Gangsta Baby University: a fundraiser for the play Gangsta Baby!The Gangsta Baby University is set up to give you an intensive-crash course on n…
Returning to Leicester Square Theatre after selling out in 2022! After a decade of ground-breaking high concept shows involving overarched interlinked narratives, massi…
Join us at The Hope Theatre for a transformative series of workshops and talks designed to unite and uplift working-class and queer individuals.
Join us at The Hope Theatre for a transformative series of workshops and talks designed to unite and uplift working-class and queer individuals.
Join us at The Hope Theatre for a transformative series of workshops and talks designed to unite and uplift working-class and queer individuals.
Returning to Leicester Square Theatre after selling out in 2022! After a decade of ground-breaking high concept shows involving overarched interlinked narratives,…
Now in its 14th year.
A Rose Original Production Next Christmas, an enchanting adventure awaits.
Having just played a career defining headline show in The National Concert Hall, David Keenan is going on the road this winter for his “Geimhreadh G…
Set in a P.
Presenting the tragicomic theatrical tale of an artist on their life-changing journey to reach Paradise, in search of inspiration for their craft and a renaissance of their spirit.
New Wave Theatre: How To Run AwayThis new play is the dirty, mucky, sweaty second-cousin of Eat, Pray, Love.
In search of their long-lost mother, two sisters embark on a perilous sea voyage when one of them begins turning into an octopus.
It’s the final weeks of Suhana’s pregnancy.
“Water, water everywhere and not a place to sleep?” Morphea’s home on the canal is being disturbed, so off she sets on a journey.
One of Australia’s most exciting new comedians is coming to Edinburgh! You might know Michael Shafar from his debut special (A)Live on Amazon Prime or be one of the 70+ million peo…
Sir Cliff Richard in conversation with Gloria Hunniford discussing his career.
Leader of the Scottish Labour Party.
Join us in the chamber of the Scottish Parliament for this special event hosted by the Festival of Politics.
After the success of Failure Studies in 2021/22, Marco Biasioli and Precarious Theatre are back with a brand new show, A Theatre Show.
After the success of Failure Studies in 2021/22, Marco Biasioli and Precarious Theatre are back with a brand new show, A Theatre Show.
The creatives behind this year’s production of Life is a Dream discuss working across different languages and cultures.
The former Labour leader and founder of the Peace & Justice Project remains committed to bringing people together for social and economic justice, peace and human rights, in Britai…
Born in 1936 in Nuneaton.
Mayor of Greater Manchester since 2017, Andy’s priorities include building a London-style integrated transport system, ending rough sleeping, transforming Greater Manchester into…
One of Australia’s most exciting new comedians is coming to Edinburgh! You might know Michael Shafar from his debut special (A)Live on Amazon Prime or be one of the 70+ million peo…
One of Scotland’s funniest and most bawdy stand-ups, whose appearance at last year’s Fringe provoked much laughter and uproar.
Andy is one of Scotland’s top swing vocalists offering a big band sound production with professional sound and light.
Chief sportswriter for BBC Radio Scotland, whose previous award-winning years in print were spent at the Sunday Times, Scotland on Sunday and The Scotsman.
Julian Clary chats about his career and life with our host, Christopher Biggins.
A writer, broadcaster, campaigner and passionate supporter of Scottish independence.
Michael and Hilary Whitehall have escaped the antics of their son Jack and are bringing their hit podcast The Wittering Whitehalls live to The Prestonfield on Saturday 19th August.
Forty years after their last album.
Dame Evelyn Glennie discusses her extraordinary musical journey and the challenges and rewards of life as a professional musician.
Shauna and Robbie are expecting.
Scotsman Michael Herd, one of the rising stars of the English comedy scene in China, spent 14 years in the People’s Republic and has returned to live in Scotland after doing most o…
An outstanding, uncanny tribute to Rod Stewart and largely considered one of the top tribute acts to Sir Rod.
First charting in 1977 with the punk-era anthem 2-4-6-8 Motorway.
Prolific writer and broadcaster whose interests include the Scots language and the historic Scots diaspora across the world.
One of Britain’s emerging, truly talented comedians, a multi award-winning stand-up who spent recent months touring with sell-out shows in Australia and New Zealand.
Experience a unique and occasionally surreal evening of laughter from Ireland’s favourite internet comedians Michael Fry and Killian Sundermann, bringing their jokes, sketches and …
Hilariously truthful – an unapologetically comic peek into the world of parenting: what comes before, during and after in this rambunctious mix of original songs and sketches fro…
In Robes of White.
The Art of Vestment.
Northbrook is excited to present Made for This! A contemporary musical theatre and dance showcase filled with gripping, comedic and upbeat numbers.
Food writer and anti-poverty campaigner.
This evening’s performance will include an eclectic mix of solo and ensemble song and dance pieces from some of the West End’s best-loved musicals.
Originally from Liverpool, coming to study at Glasgow University in 1986.
Has represented Ochil and South Perthshire as an SNP MP since 2019.
One of Australia’s most exciting new comedians is coming to Edinburgh! You might know Michael Shafar from his debut special (A)Live on Amazon Prime or be one of the 70+ million peo…
Join Portuguese theatre director and director of Festival d’Avignon Tiago Rodrigues at The Hub in conversation with Jackie Wylie, artistic director of National Theatre of Scotlan…
70-minute selection of highlights from the current touring show.
Pianist Richard Michael delves into the music of Gershwin, Porter, Bacharach and Brubeck demonstrating his virtuosic piano playing with unique insights into some of the finest song…
Labour MP for Hayes and Harlington in West London since 1997.
King’s Counsel.
Join us in the chamber of the Scottish Parliament for this special event hosted by the Festival of Politics.
One of Scotland’s leading chefs.
Writer Nat McCleary joins director Johnny McKnight for an exploration of the themes behind their play Thrown.
Prepare for a sidesplitting and heartwarming comedic adventure in the must-see Soup Group: Art Show!; an exceptional masterpiece.
MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire South.
One of Britain’s most gifted and prolific writers, whose work has garnered various awards over the past 25 years.
Emotional balladry, lyrical wizardry, and musical husbandry are the cornerstones of Men With Coconuts, at PBH's Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse.
Born in 1962, Michael Lynch has served two terms on RMT’s Executive as well as two terms as RMT Assistant General Secretary and was elected RMT General Secretary in May 2021.
Puppetry arguably reached a new level of realism and sophistication with War Horse.
Mick McNeill’s rapid climb up the Scottish comedy ladder has seen him become a weekend favourite at every comedy club in the country.
Inspired by Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus, featuring original text and music which depict the extreme cruelty resulting from retaliation.
It’s time.
Success.
Michael Porter is an incomparable comedy talent with an unmistakable Irish flair! ‘Fearless in ever sense of the word.
24 different award-winning or nominated comedians perform their full shows, recorded for Netflix, Amazon Prime and YouTube. See FringeSpecials.com for listings.
One of Australia’s most exciting new comedians is coming to Edinburgh! You might know Michael Shafar from his debut special (A)Live on Amazon Prime or be one of the 70+ million peo…
Rising stand-up star Freya Mallard is back with a hilarious work-in-progress stand-up show A Little More Conversation a Little Less Action Please, after her sold-out Edinburgh run …
Which ethnicity will he be? Come join us to see! You are invited to Michael Welch’s Ethnic Reveal Party in which he will finally answer that age-old question: ‘where are you really…
The Magic of Terry Pratchett is an absolutely smashing show that sweeps us into a captivating journey through the life and legacy of the legendary Sir Terry Pratchett, presented by…
Drew Michael's one-man show is a poignant yet probably divisive performance that promises a unique experience but will leave its audience grappling with a combination of innova…
Attending John Kearns' show, The Varnishing Days, was an absolute treat that demands to be seen! Right from his entrance, he had us hooked with his distinctive and uproarious p…
Prepare to be blown away by an evening of non-stop laughter as Mat Ewins takes the stage in his sensational show, Mr TikTok.
Come and join Steffen Peddie, Comedian, former Wrestler, Actor, Father, Husband and Late Night Radio Phone In Host as he performs an hour of comedy improvised from audience suggest…
Come and join Steffen Peddie, Comedian, former Wrestler, Actor, Father, Husband and Late Night Radio Phone In Host as he performs an hour of comedy improvised from audience suggest…
Join us for an evening celebrating songs from the musical The Phantom Of The Opera and much more! Mark Robert Petty Mark has been producing the successful concert series The Crazy…
After their great success last year with ‘Failure Studies’, Marco Biasioli and Precarious Theatre return with A Theatre Show.
Michael Brunström is a surrealist comedian based in London, a member of Weirdos Comedy Collective and winner of the Malcolm Hardee Award for Comic Originality.
“How do you look the enemy in the eye?” “She endures.
London’s hottest new comedy night returns, headlined by Live at the Apollo regular and star of his own Netflix special, Phil Wang.
About the show Each year Creative Youth’s wonderful team of young people head to Brighton Fringe to judge the best theatre and stand-up comedy shows by performers…
Buzzbox Collective presents 2 contemporary theatre double bills.
Michael McMillan’s The Front Room: Diaspora Migrant Aesthetics in the Home draws on his critically acclaimed and internationally renowned installation The Front Room, now permane…
Michael McMillan’s The Front Room: Diaspora Migrant Aesthetics in the Home draws on his critically acclaimed and internationally renowned installation The Front Room, now permane…
Buzzbox Collective presents 2 contemporary theatre double bills.
It’s the tenth bi-annual meeting of the Michael Ball Appreciation Society and Alex, their founder, has a special surprise to mark the occasion.
It’s the 10th bi-annual meeting of the Michael Ball Appreciation Society and Alex, their founder, has a special surprise to mark the occasion.
A seagull manages to escape from an oil slick, only to lay one last egg and with her dying breath asks Zorba, a harbour cat in Hamburg, to promise that he will hatch the egg and te…
VIEWPOINTS is an intensive 3-day physical theatre training process led by international theatre maker Erwin Maas.
VIEWPOINTS is an intensive 3-day physical theatre training process led by international theatre maker Erwin Maas.
Michael McMillan’s I Miss My Mum’s Cookin’ installation forms the backdrop to this unique experiential workshop which will use the handling, smelling and tasting different ingredie…
FOOD CULTURE & ORAL HISTORY WORKSHOP Michael McMillan’s I Miss My Mum’s Cookin’ installation forms the backdrop to this unique experiential workshop which will use the handling, s…
FOOD CULTURE & ORAL HISTORY WORKSHOP Michael McMillan’s I Miss My Mum’s Cookin’ installation forms the backdrop to this unique experiential workshop which will use the handling, s…
'We don’t in general take to foreigners here… unless they take to us first' With characteristic humour, passion and pathos, Inspector Sands offer a fresh take …
Saint Michael’s church was established in 1862 but then the building greatly extended some twenty years later.
Saint Michael’s church was established in 1862 but then the building greatly extended some twenty years later.
Michael Fabbri stand up comedy Work in progress show
Stand-up comedy Work in progress show.
Michael Welch is an ethnically ambiguous comedian of unknown origin, a.
In this workshop, we will focus on what the body wants to say and how it wants to express itself.
Michael Welch is an ethnically ambiguous comedian of unknown origin, a.
In this workshop, we will focus on what the body wants to say and how it wants to express itself.
Michael Welch is an ethnically ambiguous comedian of unknown origin, a.
If you’re feeling playful and curious about immersive theatre, join the Carnie-fun of Caravanserai.
If you’re feeling playful and curious about immersive theatre, join the Carnie-fun of Caravanserai.
London’s hottest new comedy night kicks off with a mega line-up, headlined by star of Live at the Apollo, Mock the Week and Matilda, Sindhu Vee.
The Many Deaths of Michael Malloy is a brand new, immersive comedy musical set in a 1930a speakeasy.
Rose Theatre and Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse Theatres in association with Swinging the Lens A Rose Original Production Following her critically-acclaimed production of Richa…
By Nigel Williams Adapted from the novel by William Golding In the midst of a raging war, a group of British school children are left stranded after surviving a devastating plane c…
The country’s biggest sketch competition is back for its seventh year.
The country’s biggest sketch competition is back for its seventh year.
Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.
Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.
6-year-old Manny is making his very first guacamole for his dad’s welcome home dinner.
Ready to get your laugh on? This March, we're bringing you Live at Leicester Square Theatre: a side-splitting lineup of some of the circuit's top comedi…
Nudity, bodies, and how to feel more comfortable in our own skin in a society which conditions us to be very critical of ourselves? A panel discussion and life drawing class with b…
Theatre of Gulags is a theatrical installation exploring the dark history of the Soviet Union labour camps, and the full-scale theatres that were built inside them.
How it began, where it is now and plans for Scene + Heard's Future.
“Light-hearted, never-to-be-seen-again fun.
Makers and past participants of Scene + Heard talk next steps, getting the show on the road, their creative process, and experience with collaborating.
Remixed by Debris Stevenson Directed by Josie Daxter Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps Shakespeare’s much-loved comedy meets reality TV romance in a raucous and…
Richard Herring returns to Leicester Square Theatre for his famous podcast, RHLSTP! Richard Herring has enjoyed phenomenal success as a writer and …
Richard Herring returns to The Leicester Square Theatre for his famous podcast, RHLSTP! Richard Herring has enjoyed phenomenal success as a writer …
The West End theatre event of the year will return for a fifth season by popular demand.
Join us Tuesday for a live conversation between Canadian artist Zachari Logan & the director of the Mead Art Museum at Amherst College Siddhartha V.
Cal McCrystal’s Mother Goose is a self-described silly, fun show with an underlying commentary of failed economic policies that live up to that promise.
Hey Duggee: The Live Theatre Show is going to be huge! Betty wants to make costumes, Happy wants to sing, Tag wants to make music, Norrie wants to dance, Roly wants jelly and they …
Now in it’s 13th year! Leicester Square Theatre’s showcase for the UK's best up & coming New Comedians The best acts from almost 40 heats com…
“A Musical Theatre Christmas” returns to The Actors’ Church, presented by Mark Robert Petty.
From Morgan Lloyd Malcolm, writer of the Olivier Award-winning Emilia, comes a brand-new retelling of Charles Dickens’ timeless classic.
It’s that time of year again when, as an Irish community committed and passionate about HIV, we celebrate World AIDS Day with the Irish Aid Annual Professor Michae…
Due to the huge demand for the first run of London shows, singer, songwriter, composer and producer, Gary Barlow, has announced the final two West End shows for his critically accl…
Have you ever sat opposite someone on a bus quietly, both on your phones, and not say a word? Perhaps you glance up for a second and smile at each other.
After a decade of ground-breaking high concept shows involving overarched interlinked narratives, massive sets and enormous comedy props, Stewart Lee enters the post-pan…
The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School (BOVTS) is pleased to present its 2022 MFA Graduate Showcase.
Experience a unique night of laughter from Ireland’s favourite internet comedians Michael Fry and Killian Sundermann, bringing their jokes, sketches and tunes live…
Following on from the success of the first event, My Kind of Musical is back with more fat, more songs, more revenge, and more spiralling over whether or not you should feed the bi…
Writer for The Times and a presenter on Times Radio, having formerly written for the Spectator, GQ and the Herald.
The Fife-born international best-selling author chats to Graham Spiers about Rebus, writing, favourite books and music and all things Edinburgh.
One of the most distinguished broadcast journalists in Britain and multi award-winning BAFTA and Emmy recipient, Alex Thomson has worked for Channel 4 for 25 years.
Emmy and two-time Olivier Award-winning actor Brian Cox arrives in Edinburgh to discuss his life and work, from Dundee Rep and Hannibal Lecktor, via cheeseburger tycoon Bob Servant…
Drawing on music hall and vaudeville traditions, Skinner & T’witch’s show combines comedy and satire with folk, flamenco and theatre-style songs.
First elected to parliament in 2015, Ian became the SNP’s Westminster Parliamentary Leader in 2017, a position he still holds.
The latest surrealist caper from Michael Brunström, award-winning comedian and creator of The Human Loire, The Hay Wain Reloaded, Parsley and The Great Fire of London.
Scotland’s First Minister chats to Graham Spiers about Scotland, politics, referenda, favourite books, and (maybe) 80s pop music, as well as the challenges of leading the country…
Mayor of Greater Manchester since 2017, Andy’s priorities include building a London-style integrated transport system, ending rough sleeping and transforming Greater Manchester i…
For over 25 years Tam Cowan has been the comedic pre-match beef-roast of a Saturday afternoon for thousands of Scottish football fans listening to BBC Radio Scotland before heading…
Born and raised in Ayr, after various early jobs Sillars joined the Royal Navy, serving in Hong Kong.
BAFTA-winning actor, comedian, singer, writer, independence campaigner, panto legend, feminist and socialist; Smith is rarely accused of lacking opinions.
Join the creator of The Room Next Door in this final run at the Edinburgh Fringe after a successful sell-out tour as he talks about making comedy under the radar and the dangers of…
Author, musician and social commentator.
A business leader, investor, TV personality and writer, Deborah is well known for her BBC Dragon’s Den appearances where she is known as a shrewd and reasonable Dragon.
Devi Sridhar is Professor and Chair of Global Public Health at The University of Edinburgh.
Dr Reverend Jimmy Goodlove, the 1980s-styled American televangelist, preaches and teaches! Life’s answers are found in the lyrics of Grammy Award-winning album Faith by George Mich…
Scottish and British Lions rugby hero Big Gav is one of the elder statesmen of Scottish rugby, having watched the game change since his heyday in the 1980s and 90s.
The Conversation explores the disparities that non-European international students have when moving to the United Kingdom for university.
Divine Dance presents John the Baptist and the Bees.
A tragicomedy combining clowning and physical theatre, Boat! follows two friends at sea as they navigate companionship, solitude and altering states of reality.
Rarely off our screens and about to embark upon a 35-date Scottish tour of his new one-man play, Time’s Plague, Scottish acting’s national treasure revisits a highlight-strewn …
The Simple Minds manager from 1978 to 1990 talks about the band, the music business from the 1960’s onward, Bruce’s Records, management, Zoom Records and his outstanding contribu…
Works by Anton Chekhov, translated and adapted by Michael Frayn.
Born in the UK to Bengali doctors, the early 1990s saw Paul qualify as a doctor and take his first steps on the stand-up comedy circuit.
Formed in 1982, Edinburgh Music Theatre will be celebrating its big birthday (40 years young!) by performing a musical revue.
Formerly General Secretary of Unite the Union for over a decade.
The former Labour leader and founder of the Peace and Justice project remains committed to bringing people together for social and economic justice, peace and human rights, in Brit…
Arguably Scotland’s greatest living historian, having written or contributed to more than 25 books covering such areas as Scottish and Irish migration, Scottish industry and soci…
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
A night of comedy featuring top acts from the Fringe, curated and programmed by London’s premier comedy venue Leicester Square Theatre.
The story follows a young prince who is accused of attempted murder and sentenced to die as a galley slave, but survives, eventually returning to his homeland, to find that his mot…
The world’s changed, Michaels confused and snowflake is a cold dessert? Is it just me? Let’s find out together.
It’s the 10th bi-annual meeting of the Michael Ball Appreciation Society and Alex, their founder, has a special surprise to mark the occasion.
It’s time for us to play.
It’s the 10th bi-annual meeting of the Michael Ball Appreciation Society and Alex, their founder, has a special surprise to mark the occasion.
‘All we have hinges on the worn thread of a memory.
It’s the 10th bi-annual meeting of the Michael Ball Appreciation Society and Alex, their founder, has a special surprise to mark the occasion.
Making its professional debut, In Stitches Theatre Company presents COMEDY IMPROV! A group of 11 improvisers born at Rose Bruford College! You can expect games, stories, questionab…
Making its professional debut, In Stitches Theatre Company presents COMEDY IMPROV! A group of 11 improvisers born at Rose Bruford College! You can expect games, stories, questionab…
Boy, you’re an alien.
Fred MacAulay, one of Scotland’s best-loved stand-ups, is back with his live chat show.
Highly anticipated debut hour from comedian and junior doctor.
In the last ever performances of this show, Stewart Lee, ‘the world’s greatest living stand-up’ (Times), looks at how the Covid-Brexit era has impacted on the culture war declare…
In this work-in-progress show, Lee enters the post-pandemic era in streamlined stand-up mode.
Kazumi is hunting a sea monster.
Nana Rabbit’s Cake-off! Join Nana Rabbit and her friends as they re-enact her most famous adventure yet; The Quest for the Whisk of Destiny! Nana, who was once named ‘The Greatest…
Astra’s people snatched their green homeland from the chaos of global eco-collapse.
Astra’s people snatched their green homeland from the chaos of global eco-collapse.
Everything begins with movement.
Everything begins with movement.
Miracle Theatre brings Carol Ann Duffy’s radical adaption of Everyman right up to date, creating a multi-sensory experience with sizzling sound score (Dom Coyote – Kneehigh), m…
When your time’s up, how will you account for your life on Earth? Everyman is riding high, works hard and plays harder.
As seen on ‘Mock The Week’ (BBC Two), ‘The Stand-Up Sketch Show’ (ITV), ‘Jonathan Ross’ Comedy Club’ (ITV) and more, Michael Odewale is taking the comedy world by storm.
As seen on ‘Mock The Week’ (BBC Two), ‘The Stand-Up Sketch Show’ (ITV), ‘Jonathan Ross’ Comedy Club’ (ITV) and more, Michael Odewale is taking the comedy world by storm.
What next? If you’re thinking about developing your show, or setting up your own company after the Fringe, but don’t know where to begin, sign up to talk to Jackie Elliman, Leg…
What next? If you’re thinking about developing your show, or setting up your own company after the Fringe, but don’t know where to begin, sign up to talk to Jackie Elliman, Leg…
It’s the tenth bi-annual meeting of the Michael Ball Appreciation Society and Alex, their founder, has a special surprise to mark the occasion.
A Life in Progress Show - Not Done Yet! After thirty years of listening to others, one day Stewart listened to himself and left his job - Now he wants you to listen to him.
Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase
Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase
This is a double bill of monologues navigating grief: Intricate Rituals by Seth Douglas and The Same Rain That Falls on Me by Logan Jones.
The country’s biggest sketch competition is back for it’s sixth year.
The country’s biggest sketch competition is back for it’s sixth year.
Richard Herring returns to The Leicester Square Theatre for his famous podcast, RHLSTP! Richard Herring has enjoyed phenomenal success as a writer and performer and…
The year is 2021, and the world still doesn’t know what to do with those of us who have decided not to reproduce.
STEWART LEESNOWFLAKE / TORNADOAfter a sell-out in 2019 / 2020 and due to popular demand Stewart Lee returns to Leicester Square Theatre.
STEWART LEESNOWFLAKE / TORNADOAfter a sell-out in 2019 / 2020 and due to popular demand Stewart Lee returns to Leicester Square Theatre.
Now in it’s 12th year.
Over 300 acts compete for the title of New Comedian of the Year in Leicester Square Theatre‘s hunt for the best new acts in the country.
Presented by West Cork Literary Festival I am the queen of two crowns, banished fifteen years, the famed and folded woman, bad-luck baleful girl, mother of three s…
Reclaiming the European Street: Speeches on Europe and the European Union President Michael D.
Join us for an evening with Professor Luke O’Neill and Tourism Ireland Marketing Director Mark Henry in conversation with Aoife Barry.
Over 300 acts compete for the title of New Comedian of the Year in Leicester Square Theatre‘s hunt for the best new acts in the country.
The Wife of Michael Cleary is the first piece of music theatre from composer and performer Maz O’Connor.
An amazing evening of dinner and live music.
For over forty years, writer and comedian Arthur Smith has been at the forefront of new and emerging comedy.
Please join us for the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School Graduating MFA Actors London Showcase where there will be a selection of monologues and duologues delivered by our …
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…
Over 300 acts compete for the title of New Comedian of the Year in Leicester Square Theatre‘s hunt for the best new acts in the country.
Richard Herring returns to The Leicester Square Theatre for his famous podcast, RHLSTP! Richard Herring has enjoyed phenomenal success as a writer and performer and…
After only about four years, Iona Fyfe is very well established as one of Scotland’s finest folk singers.
Welcome to undertaker Anna Morgan-Jones’ live Zoom webinar.
Michael Akadiri is a London born & bred, award-winning, fast-rising stand up comedian who has been seen/ heard on LadBible, Times Radio and recently recorded for ITV2s Stand Up Ske…
This panel will explore dance, theatre and performance delivered both live and digitally.
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.
Fred MacAulay, one of Scotland’s best-loved stand-ups, is back with his live chat show.
Puppetry, shadow theatre, mime and music all contribute to this charming oddity, which Caravan Theatre do indeed perform in a caravan.
Join Glasgow-born Michael Mofidian (bass-baritone) accompanied on the piano by Keval Shah as he sings a selection of songs by Jean Sibelius (1865-1957).
Described as a ‘wonderfully chaotic and colourful tragicomedy’ Theatre-19 Presents: John is a particularly silly devised piece at theSpace@Surgeons Hall from a group of Bristol…
You will need a group of 2-5 detectives, internet access on your phone, your brain and your legs! We’ll provide the specialist kit.
A referential piece of immersive digital theatre set in a flat that’s been possessed – Poltergeist style – by the ghost of pop-cultural masculinities.
A trio of new plays, presented digitally, by Edinburgh Graduate Theatre Group.
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Sara Segovia Rodao and Lachlan Werner are cuties by nature, cancers by astrological sign and clowns by trade.
Tl;dr: Two female comedians debut their 30 minute solo shows on one bill.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
This year, as a part of the National Lottery’s Thanks To You week, we are delighted to be hosting a talk about the heritage of our theatre.
Where do our missing socks go? Do they end up down the plug hole or do they go sunbathing in the Caribbean? Milo thinks that wearing odd socks is embarrassing, so his weird and w…
Where do our missing socks go? Do they end up down the plug hole or do they go sunbathing in the Caribbean? Milo thinks that wearing odd socks is embarrassing, so his weird and w…
Locally-composed Cape jazz produced at the foot of Table Mountain.
Locally-composed Cape jazz produced at the foot of Table Mountain.
Writer and poet Michael Rosen celebrates his 75th birthday at Brighton Festival, sharing stories of his life and work with Hannah Azieb PoolOne of Britain’s best loved writers an…
Traditional, Victorian ‘Old Time Music Hall’ All the songs you love to sing and the jokes you love to hear.
We open our Out of the Wings winter festivities with an evening of short extracts of translated plays from first-time and early-career theatre translators.
Award-winning genre explorers Encompass Productions return to the White Bear Theatre with Homecoming: A New Theatre Festival.
Where is the glitter and magic, our annual Christmas treat, without the Sugar Plum Fairy or the Snow Queen? With theatre doors closed during these sad times, Scottish Ballet have c…
Now in it’s 12th year.
Author of 24 crime and sci-fi novels, including Quite Ugly One Morning, All Fun And Games Until Somebody Loses An Eye and Black Widow, which won the 2016 McIlvanney Prize for Scott…
Join us for a chat with theatre-makers Helen-Marie O’Malley and Tim Marriott on their experience of using the arts to approach difficult themes.
A conversation with socio-political artist Heather Marshall, who brought The Happiness Project to Army @ The Fringe in 2019.
Uncover the long-standing relationship between the Army and artists past and present in this live online discussion.
A one hour Zoom workshop exploring poetry and creative writing in theatre.
Charlotte Green, writer of Lest We Forget, and James Robert Moore, writer of POSTERBOY, join us for a chat about the process of developing their plays and their ambitions…
A discussion on the relationship between artists and critics in fringe and wider contexts, with insight and advice from Richard Beck and Matthew Shelley.
This virtual live event explores the role of theatre and performance in military life, especially in boosting troops’ morale.
Small Truth Theatre are delighted to announce our DIGITAL CARAVAN THEATRE will be launching on Saturday 15th August 2020, with our first collection of audio plays that are all avai…
Román Baca talks about his healing journey from ballet to the Iraq War and back again.
Learn how archival material can inspire your next creative project in this live virtual event.
Join the bestselling, much-loved author and LGBTQ+ activist, Armistead Maupin, live on stage in a special one-off event, as he discusses his career with Ian McKellen.
Join Rosie Kay as she talks about working in dance and film, from 5 SOLDIERS to Sunshine on Leith.
Following successful tours of Australia, the USA and the UK, English folk-acoustic duo Skinner and T’witch return to Edinburgh with a live show of original music.
A series of four afternoon concerts, featuring soloists Chris Black (organ), Sarah Moore (soprano) and Sophie Horrocks (mezzo-soprano) and sacred choral music from Eastern Europe, …
After surviving testicular cancer, one of Australia’s fastest-rising comedians Michael Shafar debuts with his critically acclaimed show 50/50 that is equal parts raw, honest and hi…
After surviving testicular cancer, one of Australia’s fastest-rising comedians Michael Shafar performs his first ever show in London with his critically acclaimed …
In 1782, the owners of the Zong ship claimed insurance on the lives of the 130 slaves thrown overboard.
Back for it’s fifth year.
Back for it’s fifth year.
The "Podfather" (Guardian) and "King of the Internet" (Time Out) returns with the award winning Podcast in which he chats with the biggest names in c…
Comedy legend Tony Slattery is live on stage in conversation with Britain's foremost comedy historian Robert Ross.
As Lin Hwai-Min, founder of the world-renowned Taiwanese company, steps down in 2020, Cloud Gate Dance Theatre brings works from the current and new artistic directors.
Traditional, Victorian ‘Old Time Music Hall’ All the songs you love to sing and the jokes you love to hear.
When Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist Michael Keegan-Dolan covered the stage with a flurry of white feathers for his re-imagining of Swan Lake, it earned him a flock of five s…
From the producers of Searching For Sugar Man and Whitney: Can I Be Me comes this intimate new documentary into the heart and soul of the internationally renowned and enigmatic fro…
David Johnson & John Mackay in association with Debi Allen/Curtis Brown present STEWART LEE: SNOWFLAKE/TORNADO NOW ON SALE - extra dates at Southbank Centre in …
Rod Stewart is extending his 2019 UK summer tour into a winter arena tour, which will culminate in two massive shows at The O2 on Tuesday 17 and Thursday 19 December.
Now in it’s 11th year.
David Johnson & John Mackay in association with Debi Allen/Curtis Brown present STEWART LEE: SNOWFLAKE/TORNADO Double-bill of two new 60 minute sets, back to ba…
Faith - The George Michael Legacy returns with a brand-new production for 2018.
“She comes to my door and tells me she’s been diagnosed with depression and I think–not this again” My friend.
Hits & Misses with his Electric Band The “Empty Pockets” After touring for the last year in the USA with his band the Empty Pockets, Al has decided to bring this s…
The British Theatre Challenge is delighted to be returning to the Jack Studio Theatre with five new plays, wrapped into one very entertaining evening.
David Johnson & John Mackay in association with Debi Allen/Curtis Brown present SNOWFLAKE/TORNADO Work-in-Progress and DVD LAUNCH A run of work-in-progress gigs to …
Having just celebrated their 60th anniversary, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre bring with them a flood of new and exciting works alongside modern classics in three mixed program…
The Fife-born international best-selling author chats to Graham Spiers about Rebus, writing, all things Edinburgh, favourite books and music.
Co-leader of the Scottish Green Party and MSP for the Glasgow area since 2003.
Legendary singer-songwriter Donovan performs an acoustic set in this very special event showcasing the documentary film Donovan and The Beatles in India.
BAFTA-winning actor, comedian, singer, writer, independence campaigner, panto legend, feminist and socialist, Smith is rarely accused of lacking opinions.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe Participants.
Scotland’s top-selling female album artist of all time, Barbara Dickson has had a fifty-year life in music, telling stories through song and performance in the theatre, continuin…
BC Camplight is the moniker of maverick songsmith Brian Christinzio.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Britain’s queen of crime fiction with more than 30 books to her name and 16 million worldwide sales discusses her new novel How the Dead Speak.
Imagine Bandersnatch with less clothes, more STDs and an instagram filter over the screen.
Tom Devine is arguably Scotland’s greatest living historian, having written or contributed to more than 25 books covering such areas as Scottish and Irish migration, Scottish ind…
Cora is at the festival to see her ex-boyfriend perform.
Macpherson’s 50-year-plus career in broadcasting and writing shows few signs of abating.
MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Cabinet Secretary for Justice.
Kezia Dugdale has been an MSP since 2011 and was leader of the Scottish Labour Party from 2015 until 2017.
Internationally acclaimed pianist Richard Michael performs a wide-ranging programme of standards looking back on a distinguished career, whilst looking forward to new possibilities…
Scotland’s First Minister chats to Graham Spiers about Scotland, politics, gender balance, favourite books and (maybe) eighties pop music.
If humanity was on trial, who would be its lawyer? Evaluation centres around a singular condition: held captive by the perfect machine, one human must defend their species and answ…
Giant Wolf Theatre Company is a group of young artists whose goal is to devise, create and be makers of great theatre.
Speaking Out: A Conversation with John Bercow.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
[SFX: FANFARE] Michael Brunström is an Olympic athlete striving for gold medal glory.
What happens when we pair up two theatre artists from different backgrounds to co-host a discussion about what makes great theatre in 2019? Douglas Maxwell (Decky Does a Bronco, Ch…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Standard Issue, the podcast founded by Sarah Millican, returns to Edinburgh for a fourth year.
Fresh from touring The Benny Lynch Story, completing the film comedy Fisherman’s Friends, and playing Private Frazer in the remake of the lost episodes of Dad’s Army (and a few…
Join Brendan Dassey’s lawyers Laura Nirider and Steven Drizin discussing coerced and false confessions, interrogation tactics, and Brendan’s wrongful conviction whose case has ca…
Morning: coffee concert of informal music-making.
Award-winning stand-up, cultural icon, author and columnist, with countless TV and radio credits (including I’m A Celebrity.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Notes towards a new show from ‘the world’s greatest living stand-up’ (Times).
A TV and newspaper pundit whose views on Scottish football and politics have roused vast armies of both admirers and detractors.
Multi award-winning, take-no-prisoners, passionate, lyrical, totally honest Scottish comedienne, TV and radio regular, playwright, blogger, bestselling author, columnist and, er, T…
Shadow Chancellor since 2015 and MP for Hayes and Harlington since 1997, McDonnell has campaigned against the Iraq war and argued for curbs in bankers bonuses, decent pensions, fre…
Pianist and educator Richard Michael BEM celebrates his 70th birthday by appearing with family members, Paul Michael (bass), Hilary Michael (violin and sax) and Joanna Duncan (viol…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Whatever else the history books will make of UK politics in 2019, it can at least acknowledge some impressive feminist credentials, with women leading parties right, left and centr…
From debut album Raintown to follow-up When The World Knows Your Name, through to 2016’s The Believers, Deacon Blue are one of the most respected and best-loved bands of their ge…
A regular on Have I Got News For You, Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow, Just a Minute and Stop The Press.
Afternoons: organ concert by Christopher Black; Sarah Moore sings Rachmaninoff/Mozart; Roxburgh Quartet playing Barber/Schostakovich; Hadley Court Singers/SMAS choir/orchestra musi…
Sublime tribute to George Michael and last year’s Fringe sell-out show returns.
Nights are dark and lonely at the end of the world.
If a tree falls in a forest, and no one gives a flying f**k, does it really fall at all?… Inspired by Ovid’s myth, ‘Daphne and Apollo’, this ecofeminist drama recasts Daphn…
Five storytellers open a treasure chest.
From The Wind examines Scotland’s relationship with renewable energy.
When Shelly, recent grad and marketing whizz, is summoned to the secret headquarters of the world’s largest oil and gas company she thinks she’s hit the big time.
Celebrating the works of the playwright and poet, Federico García Lorca, Enebro Teatro have brought together select pieces to create an altogether unique play.
Fred MacAulay, one of Scotland’s best-loved stand-ups, is back with his live lunchtime chat show.
This show explores the story of a girl’s life, her relationship with her environment and the notion that nature can act as a support system in the same way that family and friends …
From the absurd to the moving, magical, funny and intriguing.
Tim, Harry and Ella have been sent on a mission – destroy a factory, send a message.
One of the most important voices in Britain, Akala is a BAFTA and MOBO award-winning hip-hop artist, writer and social entrepreneur.
‘The angriest man in UK comedy is back at the Fringe for another hour of spleen-venting, more misanthropic, bitter and agitated than ever’ **** (Chortle.
Michael Fabbri, star of BBC Radio 4’s Dyslexicon, has graced the global comedy circuit for many years.
Delve into the archives of Dunfermline College of Physical Education, Scottish gymnastics and influential dance pioneer Margaret Morris (1891-1980) and discover Scotland’s signif…
The star of Mock the Week, Live at the Apollo and Crackerjack embarks on a brand-new show, in this, his last tour ever! See him before he heads off.
After dropping 10 stone in weight Michael Livesley, the man described by Stephen Fry as an ‘outrageous talent’ is half the man he was but still just as funny.
Biographical performances like LipSync, produced by Cumbernauld Theatre as part of their Invited Guest project, don't always have some obvious, political point to make; they…
Olivier Award-nominated Wizard Presents brings Morpurgo’s treasured story to life, sparking imagination in both young and old.
Celebrating their final year as Europeans, island monkeys Becca and Louise got invited to the 2018 European Capital of Culture in Malta.
Michael Odewale is selfish.
Edinburgh Fringe has a number of shows that have a real cult status among festivalgoers, and up there with the cultest of them is the self-explanatory Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet…
Basal masks, puppetry and breath-taking original piano music tell a story of a little Moon Child who has to learn to adapt to the strange world of planet Earth.
It’s 2016.
‘Theatre On Tap’, is a play in a pub, made in a day.
Best loved for his unmistakable voice and incredible versatility, Rod Stewart's career has spanned over four decades, making him one of the music world's longest serving ar…
50 years on from the release of Rod’s first album, Some Guys Have All The Luck is back in theatres in 2019 with a brand new show, bringing to the stage a…
Brighton16 is a newly formed choir of 16 classically trained singers.
An energy-packed performance by the Musical Theatre Degree students at Northbrook MET.
It’s back! Horatio Productions’ Science Fiction Theatre Festival returns for a stellar second edition.
It is 1989 and about time someone brought an end to the Cold War. Enter Michael Phish with his warm front. The rest is history.
The brilliant British pianist Jonathan Powell returns in a colourful programme of works by Granados: his Goyescas and Szymanowski: his Masques, Metopes and Mazurkas.
Former Brighton & Hove Albion football manager and now club Ambassador, discusses his life and the major incidents that have helped shape a successful playing career for England, T…
BA Theatre Arts at GBMet.
Faith – The George Michael Legacy Faith - The George Michael Legacy returns with a brand-new production for 2018/19.
In 1980, Kirk Brandon formed Theatre Of Hate from the ashes of heralded punk band The Pack.
Ever since he was a kid Nick has loved Barrymore.
Maori believes that seeing a Kotuku/White Heron will bring you good fortune but what if you get kidnapped by a bad one? Hopefully your adventure turns out better than expected and …
Broadcast live from The Old Vic in London, Academy Award-winner Sally Field (Steel Magnolias, Brothers & Sisters) and Bill Pullman (The Sinner, Independence Day) sta…
For one night only, Carlos Acosta, the greatest male ballet dancer of our generation is in conversation with Mike Parkinson, youngest son of Sir Michael Parkinson.
This Brighton local gigs across the UK and all over the world, but can’t resist the yearly pull of performing a new show just a gentle stroll from his front door.
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.
Unique and personal interpretations of songs from the jazz/blues years - plus a touch of Latin! Julie’s expressive voice is complemented by Michael’s superb piano playing in an exc…
3 top professional oboists come together to play for us on the first May bank holiday Monday.
Adam is loving being Employment Minister.
It is still one of the best kept secrets in show business that Patricia Routledge trained not only as an actress but also as a singer and had considerable experience and success in…
Michael Morpurgo began writing stories in the early ‘70s, inspired by the children he taught in his primary school class in Kent.
London based violinist Benedict Cruft once again surveys all of Bach’s solo violin music and over two evenings.
Sunday 31st March, 7pm Tickets: £15 or £10 concessionsDuration: approx 2hrs including an intervalSuitable for: most ages, but probably most su…
MAD Trust in association with Pianoworks West End present SINGEASY does Musical Theatre.
Duration: Approx 2hrs Get ready for an unforgettable evening with a global superstar, as he puts the Boom Boom into your heart in the all new production, Fastlove - A tr…
From her auspicious beginnings with John Houseman's The Acting Company to the overnight sensation of her Evita on Broadway, from the birth of Les Miserables to her unforgettabl…
Join Katherine Ryan and Emily Dean - and their two dogs Raymond and Meg - for a live chat to celebrate the publication of Emily’s new heartbreaking and funny memoi…
Back for it’s fourth year.
Traditional, Victorian ‘Old Time Music Hall’ All the songs you love to sing and the jokes you love to hear.
Back for it’s fourth year.
I’m Not Running is an explosive new play by David Hare, premiering at the National Theatre and broadcast live to cinemas.
Two leading lights of the cabaret scene, Dusty Limits and Michael Roulston have been writing together for over a decade.
Extra encore performance added - Monday 4 February @ 11am - Booking Now Broadcast live from the National Theatre, Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo play Shakespeare&rsquo…
The "Podfather" (Guardian) and "King of the Internet" (Time Out) returns with the award winning Podcast in which he chats with the biggest names in c…
Mark Cortale PresentsBroadway @ Leicester Square Theatre JENNA RUSSELLwith SETH RUDETSKY as music director & hostSunday, 3rd February @ 4pm Olivier Award Winner &…
Mark Cortale PresentsBroadway @ Leicester Square Theatre JUDY KUHNwith SETH RUDETSKY as music director & hostSunday, 3rd February @ 8pm Four Time Tony Nominee Judy K…
Mark Cortale PresentsBroadway @ Leicester Square Theatre JENNA RUSSELLwith SETH RUDETSKY as music director & hostSunday, 3rd February @ 4pm Olivier Award Winner &…
Mark Cortale PresentsBroadway @ Leicester Square Theatre JUDY KUHNwith SETH RUDETSKY as music director & hostSunday, 3rd February @ 8pm Four Time Tony Nominee Judy K…
I’m Not Running is an explosive new play by David Hare, premiering at the National Theatre and broadcast live to cinemas.
Earth’s funniest footwear bring you songs, sketches, socks and violence.
Now in its 4th year Sketch Off! is a competition open to any sketch groups & character acts currently performing in the UK as we search for the country's …
Now in its 4th year Sketch Off! is a competition open to any sketch groups & character acts currently performing in the UK as we search for the country's …
Join a line-up of Standard Issue Magazine’s brilliant contributors, plus women from across comedy and the media chatting about funnies, feminism and more.
Now in its 4th year Sketch Off! is a competition open to any sketch groups & character acts currently performing in the UK as we search for the country's …
James O'Brien’s giving you the chance to join him for an exclusive stage show to raise money for LBC's charity Global's Make Some Noise - get your t…
Now in its 4th year Sketch Off! is a competition open to any sketch groups & character acts currently performing in the UK as we search for the country's …
James O'Brien’s giving you the chance to join him for an exclusive stage show to raise money for LBC's charity Global's Make Some Noise - get your t…
Join Steve Allen for an ‘In Conversation with… well, himself’.
Join Steve Allen for an ‘In Conversation with… well, himself’.
Booming surrealist storytelling comedian Will Seaward (“part Brian Blessed, part Oscar Wilde” - the Telegraph, “genuinely, terrifyingly chari…
Michael Schenker Fest will be touring the UK this coming November in celebration of their latest studio album release, Resurrection, whilst also performing an extended setlist of c…
An evening with Dame Esther Rantzen and her daughter, journalist and broadcaster Rebeca Wilcox For one night only broadcasting legend Dame Esther Rantzen and her daughte…
Since the shocking suicides of her parents, Anna, their daughter, has struggled to come to terms with their loss.
International bestselling & award winning author, Lynda La Plante, whose TV dramas from Prime Suspect to Trial & Retribution have kept viewers on the edge of the…
In Mark’s latest novel, The Killing Habit, DI Tom Thorne is tasked with catching a notorious killer of domestic cats.
From the number one bestselling author, Peter James, comes an explosive standalone thriller that will grip you and won’t let go until the very last page.
Calling all Bingsters! Bing and his friends are coming to Greenwich in the first ever Bing stage show!Join Bing, Sula, Coco and Pando as they find out how to tell stories by preten…
Direct from London's West End, the UK's finest George Michael tribute show.
From the surreal mind of Michael Brunström (“The Human Loire”, “The Golden Age of Steam”, “The Hay Wain Reloaded”, “Parsle…
Michael McIntyre WIP
Following the huge success of Michael’s previous visits to The U.
Minister for UK negotiations on Scotland’s place in Europe and MSP for Argyll and Bute.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
After graduating from RSAMD, Watson joined Glasgow Citizens’ TAG Theatre, before working with Traverse, Borderline, 7:84, Royal Lyceum, Perth Rep and Scottish Theatre Company.
Arnold Brown first came to prominence in the early 1980s at Soho’s Comedy Store and later, at the Comic Strip live show, with Alexei Sayle, Rik Mayall and French and Saunders et al…
A much-loved comedian for over 25 years, at the peak of her success Ruby bizarrely jumped ship to gain a master’s degree from Oxford in mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, then pr…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
16m subscribers.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Macpherson’s 50+ year career in broadcasting and writing shows few signs of abating.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
KT Tunstall’s enchanting and engaging songs resonate throughout pop culture.
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…
Former Scottish tennis international with 64 national title successes, Judy was appointed Scottish National coach in 1995, becoming the first woman to pass the LTA’s Performance Co…
Emily Thornberry, MP for Islington South and Finsbury, is the Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Shadow First Secretary of State.
A proud socialist and trade unionist, elected Scottish Labour Party leader in 2017 on a radical programme of change.
Scotland’s top-selling female album artist of all time, Barbara Dickson has had a fifty-year life in music, telling stories through song and performance in the theatre and continui…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Rory Bremner is the multi-talented impressionist, comedian, satirist, translator, columnist, writer, presenter and actor.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Arguably the UK’s most effective and best known political performer, winning awards for his stage shows and human rights campaigning, including the Amnesty International Freedom of…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Also known as Loki the Scottish Rapper, McGarvey is a troublemaking hip hop recording artist, community activist, an unusually scrupulous columnist and social commentator.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Join Standard Issue Podcast – the smart and witty women’s magazine for your ears – as it hosts a panel of brilliant women from the world of comedy and media in conversation abo…
One of Scotland’s most recognisable, talented and controversial figures.
Britain’s queen of crime fiction with more than 30 books to her name and 16 million worldwide sales.
One of the so-called Birmingham Six, wrongfully convicted of the Birmingham pub bombings in 1974, at that time the worst terrorist atrocity in mainland Britain.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Britain’s foremost football correspondent, having written about the game for three decades covering numerous World Cups, European Championships and Champions League campaigns.
Born in the UK to a family of Bengali doctors, the early 1990s saw Paul qualifying as a doctor and taking his first steps on the stand-up comedy circuit.
Downtown Abbey’s Marquis of Flintshire and a BAFTA-winning actor with a film and TV career spanning fifty years.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
The multi award-winning political agitators are back at the Traverse with a morning of outstanding new writing and fiery debate.
Michael Clarke has felt something.
A converted 1960s caravan hosting installations both insightful and absurd, poetry, puppets and music.
Manager of Scotland, having previously managed Motherwell, Hibs, Rangers, Birmingham City and Aston Villa among others.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Originally from Liverpool, coming to study at Glasgow University in 1986.
Elected to parliament in 2015, aged 20, for Paisley and Renfrewshire South, the Baby of the House has a first class honours degree in Politics and Public Policy from the University…
New(ish) for 2018! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
Feeling pressured by his success last year with The Elvis Dead, Rob Kemp returns with ten(!) shows stuck to a spinning wheel.
Sublime concert tribute to George Michael, starring Grant Macintosh – ‘soul sensation’ (Sun).
Fresh from last year’s Bubbles and Martini sell-out hit, this show features the forever charming Michael Bublé tribute host Michael Bubbles in conversation, taking the audience …
How did this dentist get arrested by armed police? Want to hear the story of all stories? This is it! After a sell-out world tour and release of his bestselling book Gobsmacked, Mi…
I realise I’m breaking the Greek code by saying this, but George Michael is Greek is quite possibly the most underwhelming show I’ve ever seen.
Sock! Pow! Wham! Earth’s funniest footwear are back with their 10th new show of songs, sketches, socks and violence.
Ever since he was a kid, Nick has loved Michael Barrymore.
He’s been Annie Lennox, Madonna and Cole Porter to great acclaim.
Fred MacAulay, one of Scotland’s best-loved stand-ups, is back with his live lunchtime chat show.
‘Private Peaceful at the theatre is a moving experience that not only tells the story of a young soldier’s final day in World War One, but perhaps more importantly conveys the stre…
Lizzie, her mother and an elephant from the zoo flee the Dresden firebombing in the Second World War.
Off on the adventure of a lifetime, Michael, his parents and their faithful dog Stella set sail around the world.
US comedian and host of Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update has announced his first London show in three years on 30 July at the Union Chapel in Islington.
Inspired by our sister production of Phil Porter's Blink, Squabbling House Theatre are delighted to present the company’s first collection of new writing shor…
Michael Palin CBE is a founding member of the internationally renowned Monty Python team, revelling in the fish-slapping dance, the lumberjack song, and performing the D…
Brought together by a voyeuristic relationship that teeters on the verge of stalking, introverted Sophie and eccentric Esther relive the story of how they met.
The GYF Podcast is back – Comedy historian Robert Ross with his special guest Michael Palin CBE, FRGSRobert will be in conversation with founding member of Monty P…
Magicked! – Everyone loves Harry Potter, and in tribute to the world’s favourite pubescent wizard, this summer, tonight’s show assumes the form of an improvised tribute to Ha…
Michael Bublé – a true global superstar in his only UK performance is coming to Barclaycard presents British Summer Time Hyde Park 2018! The undisputed ‘King of …
For one night only we are delighted to bring together two national treasures as broadcasting legend Dame Esther Rantzen meets the multi-award winning actress Miriam Margolyes for a…
Standup and improv comedy unite in one explosively funny night! Join us as a group of experienced improvisers weave a (dramatic! funny! exciting!) story in three acts based on the …
Choir Byrdsong sing music by Willaert, Gabrieli, Bassano, Lassus and more.
Some Guys Have All The Luck is a fantastic theatrical production celebrating the career of one of rocks greatest icons, Rod Stewart – from street busker through to…
I have an invisible condition (chronic pain), and I need to lie down (a lot).
Earth’s Funniest Footwear are back for their 10th brand new show.
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…
How can we enhance the impact of a theatre play with live music? An interactive workshop where participants are welcome to bring their own compositions to play or improvise.
An opportunity to see the culmination of three years’ work produced by The Hammond Graduate Musical Theatre Students, in a unique showcase performance for industry…
An energy packed performance by the Musical Theatre Degree students at Northbrook MET.
Traditional, Victorian ‘Old Time Music Hall’ All the songs you love to sing and the jokes you love to hear.
Ambrose Page and Friends present ‘Celebrating Haydn’ - piano and vocal items by Austrian composer Joseph Haydn, interspersed with readings from his letters and diaries.
Mr Fabbri, Star of Radio 4’s Dyslexicon, has graced the global comedy circuit for many years and is back in Brighton.
Relax and enjoy Julie’s warm, expressive voice with Michael’s superb piano interpretations.
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.
The Sussex Flutes’ flute quintet (Anne Hodgson, Victoria Hancox, Sue Gregg, Marielle Way and Nicole Le Clercq) play Vivaldi, Mendelssohn, Saint-Saens and much more.
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…
Michael Mooney hails from Glasgow but has been living in Brighton for 15 years.
Join Lord Byron, the most notorious figure from literary history, for a stiff drink.
Direct from London’s West End, the UK’s biggest George Michael tribute show.
Join a line-up of Standard Issue Magazine’s brilliant contributors, plus women from across comedy and the media chatting about funnies, feminism and more.
70 years after the Empire Windrush docked, marking the start of Caribbean migration to the UK, comes a new work from Phoenix’s artistic director Sharon Watson with a newly co…
“This summer, she comes to my door and tells me she’s been diagnosed with depression and I think to myself – not this again” My friend.
Alongside his interviewing and writing Sir Michael Parkinson has spent much of his career promoting the appreciation of the music of the Great American Songbook and encouraging t…
The "Podfather" (Guardian) and "King of the Internet" (Time Out) returns with the award winning Podcast in which he chats with the biggest names in c…
Back for its third year.
Mousetrap Theatre Projects is celebrating its 21st Anniversary on Sunday 18th March 2018 at the Prince of Wales Theatre, raising funds to give inspiring theatre experiences to ch…
Legends Band,fronted by perennial popular Adelaide vocalist,presenter and comedian,Paul Reading, present a tribute concert to three of their favourite artists, Rod Stewart,Van the …
In Room 21C Port Adelaide-based artist Michael Hocking undertakes a far-ranging investigation of underlying ties and tensions in visual art: drawing-painting, surface-content, line…
Immerse yourself in a journey mirroring the dynamic showmanship of Michael Jackson.
After sell out shows at FRINGE WORLD and Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Matt Stewart (RAW Comedy winner, ABC TV, Do Go On Podcast) is back with a brand new show.
English-born Australian singer-songwriter Glenn Shorrock is known for being a founding member of The Twilights, Axiom, and Little River Band, as well as his extensive solo career.
A HILARIOUSLY HONEST AND FAST PACED COMEDY ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH ‘A glorious, farcical conglomeration of a show made up of jokes, hilarious characters, song, science experiments a…
London Musical Theatre Orchestra presents A Christmas Carol.
Constella OperaBallet return to the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells this November with their award-winning Sideshows.
Everyone has another face they hide behind… The National Youth Theatre REP Company invite you into the world of Victorian England, where civilised society meets seedy Soho f…
This is a mating ground.
East 15 is holding auditions for these dynamic MA degrees. For more information email [email protected] with Edinburgh in the email title.
The journey from backbench MP to ‘PM-in-waiting’ has been long and eventful.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe Participants.
Polly Toynbee and David Walker join Professor Chris Carter to discuss their dream government, constructing an imaginary cabinet from politicians of the past half century.
Described by the Guardian as ‘a brick through the window of Britpop in its death throes’, 21 years of Mogwai’s post-rock power and minimalism have shaped one of the most importan…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Described by Sir Chris Hoy as a ‘genius’, Graeme is a cyclist, parent, writer and broadcaster.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
A panel discussion with Caroline Bowditch (performance artist and choreographer); Dr Ben Fletcher-Watson (University of Edinburgh); Michael Richardson (Heriot-Watt University).
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
One of BBC’s most experienced, versatile and recognisable broadcasters and the face of its snooker and golf coverage.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
One of Scotland’s great contemporary artists discusses his career.
Legendary American stand-up, political satirist, activist and child sexual abuse survivor talks frankly about his life’s emotional and intellectual journey that has had audiences…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Two huge and awful comedic talents, Michael Legge – ‘often copied, never matched’ (Time Out) – and Caroline Mabey – ‘oddball genius’ (Chortle) – fuse together and become …
Former Scottish tennis international and Scottish National Coach, Judy Murray was the first woman to pass the LTA’s Performance Coach Award.
John Prescott, returns to the Edinburgh Fringe after his sell-out performance last year.
2017’s release of Under Stars is the fourth album from one of the biggest young female Scottish artists in the world.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
One of Scotland’s favourite stand-up comedians, Fred MacAulay branches out with a new live lunchtime chat show.
Michael is live in Edinburgh for another game of On The Ball, alongside great live music and your Sunday Boasts.
In Conversation with Standard Issue: the sharp and witty women’s magazine hosts a killer line-up of funny women, including Sarah Millican*, talking about comedy, women, feminism …
Shadow Chancellor since 2015 and MP for Hayes and Harlington since 1997, McDonnell has campaigned against the Iraq war, and argued for curbs in bankers’ bonuses, decent pensions,…
Chris Mullin returns to the Business School to reflect on the great political disasters he’s known, in conversation with Professor Chris Carter.
The In Conversation series at New Town Theatre in George Street is an hour of chat with a celebrity guest each day.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Helpmann award winner Michael Griffiths is Annie Lennox.
We like to think of it as a ‘daring exposé revealing the state of contemporary masculinity in a post-feminist milieu’.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
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.
Nocturnal and intimate adventure through American golden age of music.
All the way from Austin, Texas, it’s The Cowgirl Mary Old West Puppet Theatre Show.
The real-life actions of Murphy and Pena were the inspiration for the hugely successful Netflix crime series Narcos, which tells the story of Colombia’s infamous drug cartels and…
Award-winning performer Paula Valluerca, aka Madame Señorita, is committed to reconnect with the pleasure of being a totally deluded idiot.
The star of ‘Dempsey and Makepeace’, ‘Episodes’ and ‘Jerry Springer: The Opera’, Michael Brandon gave himself two years to star in a Hollywood movie.
Michael Clarke has felt something.
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…
As seen on ITV2, Michael Stranney (NATY winner, Chortle Best Newcomer nominee, BBC New Comedy Award finalist) presents the debut hour from his character Daniel Duffy.
Michael Redmond did indeed write a joke in 1987, a good one that still gets a laugh today.
Following the untimely death of their friend Dylan, Polly and Eve are fulfilling his final wishes by travelling around the UK with his ashes in a Wizard Of Oz lunchbox.
Squeeze some culture into your lunchbreak! Grab a sandwich and join Lightbox Theatre this July for a lunchtime serving of darkly comic gems by some of theatre’s most prominent p…
Taking you beyond the sensory to the subliminal world of Oriental Aesthetics through poetry, music, dance, and visuals. £35 and £18 ticket link: bit.ly/HKSenses
Following the success of their platinum-selling album Together, which entered the UK charts at number 2 on its release last November, before going on to be the biggest selling al…
Following the success of their platinum-selling album Together, which entered the UK charts at number 2 on its release last November, before going on to be the biggest selling albu…
Following the success of their platinum-selling album Together, which entered the UK charts at number 2 on its release last November, before going on to be the biggest selling albu…
Following the success of their platinum-selling album Together, which entered the UK charts at number 2 on its release last November, before going on to be the biggest selling albu…
Following the success of their platinum-selling album Together, which entered the UK charts at number 2 on its release last November, before going on to be the biggest selling albu…
Following the success of their platinum-selling album Together, which entered the UK charts at number 2 on its release last November, before going on to be the biggest selling albu…
Following the success of their platinum-selling album Together, which entered the UK charts at number 2 on its release last November, before going on to be the biggest selling albu…
The STAC @ Northbrook Showcase featured 14 Musical Theatre Degree students, advertising their many performance talents in just over an hour of song and dance.
The debut production from exciting new improvised theatre company, Sonder.
A new relaxing lunchtime concert.
Have you been more naughty or more nice this year? Are you sure?A company of gentlemanly vagabonds introduce themselves with a reminder to relax before the “Art” starts.
Learners at St Johns College will be writing and participating in a performance of spoken word, movement and music inspired by things important to them.
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 …
In 1987, celebrated BBC weather forecaster Michael Fish stood up on national television and shrugged off reports of an oncoming hurricane.
Earth’s funniest footwear return with their hit show of songs, sketches, socks and violence, taking on The Bard himself.
“The true mystery of the world is the visible .
Guided tours of this magnificent Grade I* listed church - one of the finest Victorian churches in the country.
Join John George Haigh in his cell, the night before he is hanged in 1949.
In 1987 Michael Phish (yes, like Fish) is a household name and weather Guru, giving portentous predictions of things to come.
There’s one deliciously unique—sadly never repeatable—moment during the opening night of Allan Stewart’s Big Big Variety Show, when Stewart introduces the singer Susan B…
3pm-4pm The first show of the day will feature about as wide a variety of improvisation styles as one could ask for, with three groups that could not be more different from each o…
Michael and Anne Heseltine describe the ups and downs of their shared 40-year project to transform, bit by bit, the wild, overgrown and often dilapidated woodland at their family h…
Join Children’s Laureate past and present Michael Rosen and Chris Riddell for a sublime afternoon of poetry and illustration for the young and young-at-heart.
A chance to hear from the multi-award-winning writer with a string of hit productions across theatre and television.
Charles Dickens' classic gets the full Broadway treatment buy the Broadway team of Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast, Little Mermaid), Lynn Ahrens (Ragtime, Seussical) and Mike…
Rub shoulders with actors, directors and the winning writers of Britain’s prestigious international playwriting competition for two absorbing evenings of diverse, exciting and si…
Attic Theatre Company presents Great Expectations by Charles Dickens at Merton Arts Space between 30 Nov and 18 Dec.
From the imagination of one of Ireland’s foremost dance and theatre-makers, Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist Michael Keegan-Dolan, comes a magical new adaptation of one …
New English Ballet Theatre returns with a programme showcasing five new works from the UK’s top choreographic talents.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Rock ‘n’ roll fun alert! Celebrated music writer/musician Zoë Howe sits down with Lach to read from and discuss her upcoming debut rock ’n’ roll novel Shine On, Marquee Moon (…
Professor Chris Carter welcomes distinguished economist and highly respected parliamentarian, Rt Hon Sir Vince Cable.
Lord John Prescott discusses his career in the public eye.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
This event is an opportunity for you to apply for East 15 Acting School’s MA/MFA in Theatre Directing led by Mathew Lloyd – one of the UK’s foremost authorities on director tra…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Professor Chris Carter welcomes one of the leading journalists of our time, Sky News political editor Adam Boulton, to share his take on the leaders and major events that have prov…
Even plays were buried by the bombs of World War I.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
NT Live forms part of the NT’s Broadcast department which is also responsible for producing digital content covering all aspects of the craft of theatre-making and produces Natio…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, specifically for Fringe participants.
For those who couldn’t get down to London to watch the brilliant Tom Hiddleston boast a magnificent Coriolanus at the National Theatre, the Fringe is hosting the next best thing …
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Cinema screening of live performance.
The whole of the 20th century viewed through profound counterculture events and the whisky industry! An abridged history lesson and tutored whisky tasting, the Whisky Anorak way.
Cinema screening of live performance.
Gamers all over the world spend weeks, months and in some cases years creating in game content but is stays just that; in-game.
Upstairs Downton and Petting Zoo (‘Improv supergroup’ TimeOut) star creates a staggering array of characters using his mouth, brain, hands and body.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Reminiscent of an Irish Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Howie the Rookie is a two-hander exploring the journeys of Howie (Tom Taplin) and the Rookie (Ed Limb) as they become i…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, specifically for Fringe participants.
The sharp and witty online women’s magazine hosts a killer line-up of funny women talking about comedy, women, feminism and other topics as yet undecided.
Chinese Women’s Whispers provides an oasis of calm for weary festival goers.
When reading the marketing blurb for Luna Park, I must confess I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
The Ups & Downs Theatre Group was formed in 1995 by three school teachers and no one could have anticipated what an impact the group would have.
Cinema screening of live performance.
Cinema screening of live performance.
Later, considerably ruder and darker shows from internationally acclaimed, award-winning Scottish stand-up comedy meteor.
You couldn’t make it up if you tried! The hilarious, heartwarming true story of how The Fabulous TT came to write Robert Burns: The Musical.
Cinema screening of live performance.
Cinema screening of live performance.
A presentation followed by questions and answers about drama school training.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Imagine you’re fifteen.
Cinema screening of live performance.
Cinema screening of live performance.
Cinema screening of live performance.
Welcome to Dreamform.
Til’ Death Do Us Part tells the story of David and Alison as they struggle through pressures of married life.
Welcome to Matchbox Theatre! Would you please take a moment to check that all mobile phones and other electronic devices are switched on? Your calls are important to us! Photograph…
Cinema screening of live performance.
After four years writing and performing twelve half hours of stand up for his TV show, this is work in progress towards Stewart’s first brand new full-length live show since the aw…
Hurricane Michael is the kind of production I come to Fringe to see: a very specific, niche show, seemingly outside of my interests, that is found to be a surprisingly charming hou…
Michael Griffiths is obscenely talented.
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…
What are a couple of self-deprecating, twenty-something stand-up comediennes to do at the Fringe, if not perform a stand-up act in two halves, in a rather shockingly intimate karao…
Winner of the 2015 Malcolm Hardee Award for Comic Originality, Michael Brunström (The Human Loire, The Golden Age of Steam), presents his strangest show yet: an ambitious Suffolk …
A stand-up show for miserable grown-ups, fuelled by self-loathing, paranoia and a course of anti-psychotic medication.
“This shit definitely passes the Bechdel test,” is a statement that can be found emblazoned on the show’s marketing material.
Bob drives his BlundaBus around Europe looking for adventures.
A production without any set or props is a risky move.
Being both a chronic worrier and a huge fan of television from the 1990s, I had high hopes for Don’t Panic! It’s Challenge Anneka: a one woman show that uses the programme, Challen…
Story Pocket Theatre bring Michael Morpurgo’s novel about King Arthur to life with a solid and enjoyable production.
Mix together a dollop of Alan Partridge, a squirt of Bear Grylls and a spoonful of Stephen Toast and what do you get? Celebrity explorer, Stackard Banks! Stack is a hilarious comed…
I can count on one hand the number of plays that have sent shivers down my spine: Us/Them is one such show.
We Live by the Sea is a feel-good tale, exploring the day-to-day life of an autistic teenager in Filey.
Hit theatre festival Women Redressed is back, running for two nights at Park Theatre.
A dark satire on workplace wellness showing that often the people telling you how to live your best life are the ones who don’t know how to do it themselves.
Taught by established professional performers and University of Brighton staff, this five day course provides intensive training in physical skills and creative approaches for devi…
Imagine if you lived your life according to the values set out in the movie Terminator 2.
Earth’s funniest footwear returns with a brand new show of songs, sketches, socks and violence, taking on The Bard Of Avon himself.
Three dance theatre masterclasses hosted at the new Nelly Lewis Centre.
Enjoy the mellow voice of Julie Roberts, and the superb accompaniment of Michael Hinton on grand piano, in a relaxed programme of jazz and Latin standards.
Michael performs a new stand-up show.
Learn all about the life and work of a theatre producer! What is a producer? Who are they? What do they do? Could you be a producer? Come along and find out.
There can’t be a more perfect setting for In Conversation With An Acid Bath Murderer than the bowels of Brighton’s Town Hall, where 368 Theatre Company takes full advantage …
Acclaimed for its unique fusions of ancient and modern traditions, and its exquisite choreography inspired by the wealth of spiritual practices found throughout Asia, Cloud Gate Da…
Ms.
Tragedy and Comedy blend seamlessly together for this series of monologues performed byThe Theatre Workshop.
The comedian Ophira Eisenberg moderates a panel with Eugene Levy, Daniel Levy, Annie Murphy and Catherine O’Hara, the creators and stars of the television series “Schit…
Combining a mixture of dance theatre, audio-description and imaginative storytelling with Casson & Friends’ trademark interactivity; Night at the Theatre is a fun, family adventu…
The playwrights, directors, and actors who constitute the loose confederation that is the Village Pub Theatre once again moved in to the more upmarket, city central Traverse Thea…
The Village Pub Theatre’s second evening of short new dramas at the Traverse, in celebration of LGBT History Month, came with a wonderfully louche vibe, thanks to the easy MC-i…
Valentine’s Day may have a cheesy reputation, but the heart-filled holiday has inspired plenty of great live comedy for devoted couples, optimistic daters and determinedly si…
Only a few days before the premiere of Ms.
Mr.
The host of Comedy Central’s “The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore” discusses the first year of his inventive, acclaimed news-satire series with Mr.
Mr. Zweibel and Mr. Short, both prolific comedians and writers, will discuss their new books and reflect on their decadeslong careers.
Emerging feminist theatre company, Sheer Height, present Women Redressed - a brand new theatre festival showcasing 14 pieces of writing – new and old – that put female characte…
This saxophonist leads the world premiere of John Plant’s “Insomnia,” featuring ChoEun Lee on piano and the soprano Yungee Rhie.
Mr.
The Thirty Years Tour is a brand new stage show in which Michael Palin, aided and abetted by a rich and often rare archive of film, video, photos and recordings, looks back over th…
Ms.
The Fringe Society chats with musical theatre practitioners at the top of their game about making it in the business.
Kathy Stewart, American singer and songwriter from White Plains, New York, brings her music to the Edinburgh Festival. Backed by her band of Frequent Flyers. Pure emotion.
A mash-up of dance, music, mobile phones and you! FlashMob begins as a game of words and ends as a dance party for all participants – with audience members interacting with movem…
Theatre Uncut commissions playwrights to respond to current events, then make the resulting plays available online so that anyone can perform them.
Mediating Conversations about Conflict: The Church, the Constitution and the Climate.
A romp through the bits of the whisky industry that didn’t quite go to plan.
A unique opportunity to gain insight into how we successfully market shows at the UK’s largest working theatre and as part of the Ambassador Theatre Group.
For fans of the unusual and the alternative, Macolm Hardee Award nominee Michael Brunström (AKA The Human Loire) investigates the nature of reality and illusion through a collecti…
The Fringe Society chats with actors at the top of their game.
Join leading makers as we discuss what motivates artists to make theatre and dance for young audiences.
It’s 2015.
For those of you not lucky enough to live in Edinburgh all year round, Village Pub Theatre (VPT) is a regular “let’s put the show on here” brand of new theatre based in the f…
Dumfries and Galloway based printmaker Sarah Stewart creates fresh contemporary works inspired by patterns and typography found within her environment and found objects.
Due to massive demand, six later, quite probably ruder, shows! Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedy half-man-half-Xbox.
A look at new and original ways of presenting and producing theatre.
What is the price of free expression in theatre today? Are concerns about causing offence, security risks, or funding cuts leading to increased self-censorship? And what can the in…
The Fringe Society chats with comedians at the top of their game.
The Whisky Anorak return this year with writer and performer John Mark’s new piece of Whisky Theatre.
Explore the labyrinth of secrets lurking behind the Edinburgh Playhouse foyer doors as the custodians (past and present) of this stunning theatre lead you through the history of a …
For fans of the unusual and the alternative, Macolm Hardee Award nominee Michael Brunström (AKA The Human Loire) investigates the nature of reality and illusion through a collecti…
“Join our storytelling team as they use innovative improve [sic] techniques to craft a narrative from audience members’ true stories,” boasts the Five-a-Side flyer.
Fairy Tale Theatre: 18 and Over is a collection of original fairy tales with morals and lessons for adults (ie.
New material in preparation for the next series of BBC Two’s Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle.
Join this pair of idiots for all the bits too stupid for their “proper” shows in this ‘deeply flawed event’ (Threeweeks).
Dave Callan, Irish born Australian based comedian brings the sequel to last years must see comedy dance spectacular to Edinburgh.
Comedy’s bleak philosopher is back asking the questions nobody else will.
Micheal Legge - Prince of Bitterness, Lord of Fury - has his sights on an award.
If you’re going to see one show this year, make it Count Arthur Strong.
The nightly cabaret features a selection of the best festival entertainment with a changing line-up of international and local singers, musicians and entertainment, all in the oak-…
One of the fastest rising young comedians from across the pond, Michael Che is back in Edinburgh for a third year running with his new show Six Stars.
There’s been a murrrder! Some criminals put stockings on their heads, now Earth’s funniest Socks get their heads around crime.
FUBAR Radio and Underbelly present The Underbelly Radio Shows recorded live from 12:30pm each day at Ermintrude, Underbelly hosts a series of live radio broadcasts brought to you b…
A dynamic exhibition by highly acclaimed Canadian artist Derek Michael Besant.
Before the podcast officially begins, we’re invited to watch a clip of Yorkshire born and bred actor Mark Addy in action.
In the first Robert Ross Requests the Pleasure.
Host of This American Life Ira Glass sits down with comedian Judd Apatow, who has spent decades interviewing comedians about the craft of comedy.
(previews start on Saturday; opens on June 29) Having just brought us Moss Hart’s entrancing “Act One,” Lincoln Center offers another piece of showbiz reminiscenc…
How can I change society? Libraries, South East Dance, New Writing South and Photoworks have been working with artists and communities from across Brighton and Hove to explore this…
Michael Fish, Svengali, Weather-guru & scourge to the meteorological Sanhedrin.
An eclectic mix of songs, scenes and ensemble numbers from the world of musical theatre accompanied by a live band.
Richard Lewis’s long-form, fury-driven stand-up has influenced scores of comedians over the last 40 years.
A short festival of four fantastic plays for young people performed by young actors over three nights.
Join life-sized cranky Hildegaard Von Nettles, Prince Dandelion and wicked Belladonna in their herbal adventures.
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…
Michael Fabbri performs a comedy show about dyslexia in preparation for a Radio 4 series he’s recording later in the year.
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…
The award-winning travel writer, Robert Macfarlane, will be discussing his work with Andrew Tomlinson, Executive Producer, Media Literacy, BBC Learning.
Alice has lost her cat, but when her search leads her to the library, Alice discovers more than she could ever imagine.
Uproarious fun from Brighton’s own seafront stars of slapstick silliness. Plus extra puppet mischief, some bubbles, balloons and a museum treasure trail.
Buttery Brown Monk are a dynamic trio that deliver old-school, sketch extravagance.
SubCulture hosts two noteworthy young pianists this week.
Ms.
American film actor and comedian Bill Murray allegedly fields offers of work via a voice mailbox which, according to Wikipedia, “he checks infrequently”.
Ms.
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…
After writing for “Saturday Night Live” last season, Mr.
One of the country’s finest satirists, Mr. Borowitz joins Ms. O’Brien for a retrospective of the biggest news stories of 2014.
In a departure from its usual format, A Play, a Pie and a Pint this week plays host to (and co-commissioned) Theatre Uncut 2014, a political theatre company producing short plays…
Blackshaw Theatre Company presents Duncan Gates’ new play, Fetch, as part of ‘Halloween Tales’, a spooky 3-day theatre event at The Selkirk Pub in Tooting Broadway.
Lizz Winstead, Lewis Black and Kate Clinton meet for a night of comedy, and they’ll also chat about the intersection of humor and politics.
Scotsman Richard Michael leads his talented family on piano with his daughters Hilary Michael on violin and saxophone, Joanna Duncan on violin and xylophone, and nephew Paul Michae…
The Fringe Society chats with musical theatre practitioners at the top of their game about making it in the business.
Ever had a burning desire to see radio entertainment being made in the studio? Me neither.
The Tories have take control and Michael Gove is Prime Minister.
If you’ve been searching and waiting for a concert full of beautiful music - this is it! The show for fans of Italian composer Ludovico Einaudi and lovers of all styles of acoustic…
Part history lesson, part guided whisky-tasting, Moonshine, Medicine and the Mob offers a fascinating insight into a key period in American history: Prohibition.
This talk is ideal for theatre-makers of all kinds who create work from scratch and want to find out more about how the National Theatre develops work.
The Fringe Society chats with actors at the top of their game.
Total sell-out 2012.
World renowned Bristol Old Vic Theatre School (BOVTS) runs acting, stage management and technical theatre courses.
With an impressive variety of theatre tricks up their sleeve, Le Petite Artist recreate the classic Hans Christian Anderson tale.
The nineteenth century marked the golden age of death in art.
Due to massive demand, six extra, later, and quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man/half-Xbox.
Mary Queen of Scots was probably a visionary.
A romp through the bits of the whisky industry that didn’t quite go to plan.
Fringe Central provides a series of free seminars and workshops for fringe participants looking to learn more about the industry and further their skills.
The double Fringe First winners return with new short plays to get people thinking, talking and taking action.
A likeable, if hardly groundbreaking, hour of Scottish storytelling comes in this lightweight appraisal for our national dish, haggis.
An innovative experience premieres at the festival this year in the form of David Leddy’s political thriller, City of the Blind.
“You don’t know what heckling is!” screams Michael Legge at a woman in the first row, cutting down her contention that the Northern-Irish comedian is lovely.
Michael Fabbri delivers an evening of too much information that lives up to his title.
Suitably advertised as a punk-style voyage, this is a raucous hour of cabaret, humour and profound insights into the connotations of the word ‘queer’.
Dan Nicholas (shortlisted for the BBC New Comedy Award) hosts a chat show like no other, where he interviews you the audience.
‘Remains one of the best stand-ups in the country’ **** (Metro).
Occasionally the odd masterpiece arrives at the Free Fringe; such is the case with this gloriously atmospheric fantasy adventure tale.
Theatre company d’Animate presents this amusing look into the friendship between Hollywood actor Johnny Depp and the late Gonzo journalist, Hunter S.
Out Cast Theatre return to the festival this year with their typically camp Carry On-style comedy.
There are no actors in this show.
Any fans of the macabre would do themselves a favour by coming along to this gloriously depraved oddity tucked away at the French Institute.
The comedy troupe from York returns to the festival once again with their fun, if rather forgettable, hour of hit-and-miss improvised routines.
In a totalitarian state, a writer of controversial literature is about to be killed by an executioner, and he’s expecting him.
Gambit Theatre’s offering at the Fringe is a theatrical exploration of two real-life conmen and more specifically, identity imposters.
Ami Jones and team present a one-woman take on one of Shakespeare’s most controversial plays, The Taming of the Shrew.
It’s a habit of some shows to tell true and tragic stories in a good way.
A refreshingly creative and atmospheric adaptation of the old school television show Noggin the Nog arrives at the festival this year to provide entertainment for families.
Christina Bianco has become a bit of a YouTube sensation on our shores with her fantastic renditions of female singers.
This show has rightfully picked up a bit of a cult following over the past few years and on the night I was in the audience it was completely sold out.
A delightfully eccentric murder mystery is created within the hour as audience members choose the title, location, victim and murderer.
Character Limit is a satirical musical from the Try This At Home theatre company, taking aim at the farcical, surrealist and borderline David Lynch-esque habits of some internet …
A rather offbeat hour is presented by Finnish magician, Robert Jagerhorn.
Alone on stage, with only a uniform, an old bed and a painted sky, Andy Daniel lays out the story of sixteen-year-old soldier Thomas Peaceful, in an adaptation of Michael Morpurgo�…
Joseph Morpurgo’s epic, sprawling opus opens with a montage of a VHS recorded presentation of early ‘80s TV adverts and news reports from the city of Odessa, Texas.
Set almost entirely in one small flat, Spunk is the tale of James, a young wheelchair-bound gay man who is in desperate need of a sexual encounter.
As a rule of thumb, anything beginning with Oasis’ Wonderwall will stand it in good favour with me.
Variety is the spice of life and the Fringe certainly has a lot of it.
If you fit into the overlappy bit of a Venn diagram of people who like dance, people who like comedy and people who like men who look a bit like Vikings, this show is for you.
Comedian Jay Foreman provides a devilishly cheeky hour of songs, poems and comedy for children of all ages in this excellent mid afternoon show in the Green.
At the final moments of this stand-up, it becomes apparent that this could very well be the transitional period that a reliable Fringe stalwart gives the performance that should fi…
First of all, let’s get it out of the way, DO NOT go to this show with your mother.
Since forming in 2005 in Aberdeen, the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre have performed internationally and on television around the UK.
Jojo Sutherland has led a most extraordinary life and this set allows her to tell the story of how she has come to be standing on the stage in front of you.
They say ‘write about what you know’, so Irish comedian Michael Downey decided to write about being blue, because he’s experienced all its shades.
Riverrun is an adaptation of the final chapter of James Joyce’s controversial novel Finnegans Wake, a book that’s been cited as one of the most difficult novels of the twentiet…
Follow the adventures and mis-adventures of Sally Bowles in this raucous and risqué musical comedy, set in the seedy underworld of 1930’s Berlin.
A former member of the ’90s sketch troupe the State, Mr.
A celebration of children and young people in the Performing Arts featuring theatre, literature, music and movement.
Critics and audiences agree, NY-based writer and stand-up comedian Michael Che is a star on the rise.
Caroline Lucas, MP for Brighton Pavilion, reflects on the importance and value of music in her life with live illustrations from the Sussex Symphony Orchestra.
Ambassadors Theatre: 20th May 7pm.
A dress-up sing-along celebration of everyone’s favourite musicals.
Kasper’s Puppet Theatre presents a magical fairytale for children.
One of the leading figures in the current renaissance of performer-composers gives a recital that pays tribute to some of his composition mentors.
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.
3rd May: Shin Suzuma - piano. 10th May: Ellie Blackshaw - violin. 17th May: Sussex Flutes - Flute Quintet. 24th May: Raija Walker-Piano. 31st May: Ambrose Page - piano.
Edinburgh’s revered Traverse Theatre has, for many years, defined itself as “Scotland’s new writing theatre”, regularly giving over its stages to a variety of new voices …
(previews start on April 10; opens on May 5) The actress Jan Maxwell will invite audiences to dinner as she portrays Hester Ferris, a famed Washington hostess, in Anthony Giardina&…
Theatre Uncut is one of the few good things that has come out of the knock to public spending put in place in 2010, said to be the worst since World War II: it is from these cuts t…
This living, timeless story unfolds from the depths of a Tango song.
Ask the average punter in HMV what jazz is and they’ll describe squalling saxophones, pulsating trumpets, and the white heat of constant improvisation in a smoky bar.
To present such a talk upon the ins and outs of theatre at its bare business-driven bones is both innovative and opportune during the fracas of the Fringe, when an attentive audien…
Hannah Nicklin is a remarkably unpretentious, simple, intelligent theatre-maker.
In the style of Noises Off, the fictional Black Rubix Theatre (actually some of the students in the Queen Mary Theatre Company) attempts to put on what they think is a biting satir…
The Fringe Society chats with actors at the top of their game.
Living a homeless existence in Wei Village during the late Qing Dynasty, the poor, fumbling Ah Q is faced day after day with his own short comings.
Acclaimed show where you, the audience, provide true stories for the performers.
A unique opportunity to gain insight into how we successfully market shows at the UK’s largest working theatre and as part of the Ambassador Theatre Group.
Meet the National Theatre studio and literary department and find out more about how the National Theatre develops work.
Big Sky productions have returned to the festival with this distinctively Scottish storytelling performance for families.
WARNING: The front two rows will get wet! Thrust into the peculiar and fast-paced world of theatre, the scene is set immediately for us: a young ambitious playwright (Iftach Jeffre…
Richard Wiseman hosts an evening of ectoplasm and uncanny spectacle as we cross to the other side and communicate with the deceased. Tickets include one delightful cocktail.
If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, it’s more often than not a badly-played oboe.
Alasdair Gray, the infamous Scottish writer, is perhaps best known for his epic first novel Lanark, which was described as ‘one of the landmarks of 20th-century fiction’ by the Gua…
Due to massive demand six extra, later, quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man, half-Xbox.
Big Wooden Horse Theatre has made a successful adaptation of the popular children’s book by Claire Freedman and Ben Cort.
The Fringe Society chats with comedians at the top of their game.
A participatory workshop led by Colin Watkeys, Director of Festivals in Edinburgh (Hill Street Solo Theatre) and London (Face to Face Festival) and award-winning solo performers Cl…
Creased Productions’ Rough Theatre brings to the stage two of Beckett’s lesser known plays, Rough for Theatre I and II, in simple but effective style.
Theatre Uncut is a shoe-string operation aiming to provide immediate dramatic response to current crises.
International experiment sharing a story about a woman called Thyme, with local interpretations.
Fringe First, Herald Angel, Spirit of the Fringe award winners Theatre Uncut return with a brand new collection of short plays to get people thinking, talking and taking action on …
Explore the Traverse Theatre’s dynamic 50-year history through a series of talks by theatre practitioners and scholars, illuminating founding days and reflecting on the Traverse�…
‘Betraying the original spirit of the Fringe, Stewart Lee bans critics saying that the show, for which punters still have to pay, is merely “work in progress”’ (David Lister,…
WTF?: An acronym that perfectly sums up this completely bonkers comedic showcase.
There’s social unrest in the North, disease in the South.
Rolling into Edinburgh with a brand new barnstorming show, The Horne Section will yet again provide the festival’s best musical mayhem.
Tea at Five is a wonderfully detailed, informative and enjoyable monologue that delves into the career of the late, great Katharine Hepburn; the memorably boisterous, hard skinned …
Sign on to Sh!t Theatre’s JSA: ‘a curious though immensely likeable duo who merge stand-up with physical theatre and biting socio-political satire .
Michael Fabbri performs an hour of stand-up comedy.
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.
Jacques Brel is one of the most famous French singers of all time.
‘I invented anger’ bellows Michael Legge, as soon as he comes on stage.
I Believe in Unicorns immediately invites us into its world.
I went into Anthropoetry not sure what to expect.
Michael Che’s show Cartoon Violence offers a little fresh perspective on current issues such as racism, bullying, sex, and the recession.
This delightfully daft and silly send-up of ‘50s film noir is gleefully performed in one of the oddest venue spaces I’ve come across.
If you are attracted by the glittering diversity of shows offered by the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, then this is one for you.
Campbell’s witty set consists of taking a closer look at the stupidity of the human race and how it compares to the animal kingdom.
With so many positive and upbeat comedy shows out there, why not go against the grain? This is Michael J Dolan’s reasoning for his blatantly bleak show.
There are those of us who stand in awe and wonder at the street performers on the Mile and those of us who tut and move on, unimpressed by the same old tricks that we’ve seen per…
Once in a while, amidst the jugglers, glee clubs and stand-up routines of the festival that you dodge or indulge, you may come across a piece of theatre that instantly knocks you o…
This gig is a total surprise – just what the Fringe should be.
Valvona & Crolla is a bit of a household name in Edinburgh, and that’s putting it mildly.
There’s no better way to start a busy day at the Fringe than with coffee, a croissant, a strawberry and a host of well performed, highly amusing short plays.
Behind the cheap gloss, sexual innuendos and hyper-kinetic jazz hands there is a whiff of melancholy to this instantly likable quartet.
Doyle is certainly not a comedian to shy away from controversial matters.
Superjohn is a fast moving, visually creative show which follows the story of a young boy awaiting an operation in hospital.
There is a saying in Hollywood that the gun you see in the first scene will go off in the third.
This skilfully structured piece of theatre has clearly been a labour of love for writer/actress Christy Hall.
Ill be the first to admit that whenever I see dance shows at the fringe, I expect to see groundbreaking dance from around the world, but have never expected much from Scotlands…
This venue has just one entry in the Fringe Festival programme and this covers 11 different events.
A bit of a sleeper hit at last year’s festival, Briefs returns bigger, glitzier and filthier at the Udderbelly this summer.
The title here is very much self-explanatory.
Within the House of Shadows, there is an explanation for cultural popularity that I found rather endearing.
A fast-paced, energetic and downright hilarious show that immediately had me finding a space within my schedule to come watch again.
Franny Winters and her husband Harm Groespecker bound on stage to the music from The Avengers.
The concept of Bite Size is a perfectly simple, yet novel one, and the clue really is in the title.
Apollo/Dionysus (Parts I, II & II) is a highly thoughtful play that hurls an audience headlong into a discussion of how we should live our lives.
It’s often the simple ideas that are the best.
Revival! by Mairi Campbell and David Francis, the duo also known as ‘The Cast’, is a new companion piece to their previous Fringe outing The Red Earth.
Less a comedy show and more an inventive piece of storytelling, Michael Workman presents an immersive tale of love and freedom of speech.
Funny Women is a very respectable and enjoyable competition, highlighting the best up-and-coming female comedy acts from around the UK.
While chaos and violence unravel outside, within the safety and comfort of a hospital ward two strangers meet for a blind date.
This comedy thriller by Israeli duo Elephant and the Mouse has a plot twist so delicious that giving it away would be murder.
If your knowledge of Mongolian history is limited to Genghis Khan, or if you think that folk music is merely background music for washed-out hippies, then Anda Union are the perfec…
The big songs of stage and screen are being presented at the Laughing Horse Free Festival by the Cabaret Freaks.
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…
Paul Boyd’s big, bold and brash musical is a tour-de-force of bad taste hilarity and is probably the campest thing you will see at the festival this year.
Unlike His Ghostly Heart, another play on the Fringe which is played out in the dark, where the stage is darkened and the audience can make out the actors forms, in Don Qui…
Out with the old and in with the new.
Mark Ravenhill’s Shopping and F***ing is one of the most controversial British plays of the 90s due to its brutal sexual violence and dark humour.
Thank goodness for the British public’s ability to laugh at itself, otherwise the soggy weather might prove too much when it starts lapping at our ankles.
When it comes to unusual instruments, the harp probably is somewhere in the top 5.
This new and contemporary chamber opera from Royal Opera House composer Martin Ward and librettist Phil Porter of the RSC tells the story of Farquar Quimpugh, a world-renowned expe…
As Piers Fawcett lies ill in hospital suffering from AIDS, he receives a visit from his best friend Tom.
Michael Redmond seems like a perfectly happy chap.
They say that two heads are better than one, and two bodies certainly are in this poignant two-part interpretation of Deborah Hay’s score I Think Not performed by two different sol…
Under The Ladder is a piece of theatre that works on many levels, yet is seemingly based on a simple concept.
Caimh McDonnell’s (pronounced ‘Queeve’) opening gambit is a book of ice breaking questions, which provides the initial inspiration for his routine.
A cast of eight reinterpret The Yellow Wallpaper, Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s 19th century short story, which is a collection of journal entries written by a woman whose physician…
Stewart Lee’s 2012 show had already had quite an airing before it came to The Assembly Rooms for the Fringe.
I have a confession to make: until recently, I’d never been to the circus.
The notoriously foul-mouthed Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppets have toned down their act for this family friendly show.
Writing a show is a difficult enough task; to then both act and direct said show is worthy of a titan.
Not quite a film night and not quite a variety show, sketch comedy troupe The Beta Males play host to a feast of entertainment from some of the Fringe’s finest comedy acts while …
This is the tale of Neil (Grant Campbell) and how, as the dreaded forty grows ever closer, he decides to reform his old band in another bid for Eurovision glory.
This play promises a quick and basic guide to the development of western theatre.
Euna Park produced an excellent performance in St.
Omigod, I so can’t believe I just saw that! Mod is a brash American import exploring teenage angst amid Beatle-mania as the infamous group set out on their tour of the States.
Now I’ll be the first to admit, sometimes seeing a beautiful person performing on stage can lift your overall enjoyment of a show.
The classic tale that is Hamlet has been reborn into a contemporary musical and it tries to be a lively fun-filled show.
‘There’s some room down here if you fancy a dance,’ fiddler John McCusker encouraged vainly during last night’s one-night-only concert of traditional and new Irish music, h…
Fringe-veterans Scottish Dance Theatre, this year celebrating their 25th birthday, return to Zoo in fine fettle with a mixed bill of three works, two of which showcase choreography…
Musical comedy is a risky business.
There is definitely a reason why Simon Callow has his name at the beginning of the title of this beautifully performed monologue.
Something consistently excellent about Belt Up’s productions is their dedication to preserving the illusion.
Socks playing guitar.
The Gillis Centre, situated in the leafy Grange, is far away from the hustle and bustle of the Fringe and its blizzard of proffered leaflets.
The wacky trio from The Thistle Creek Thespian Society roll into the old saloon at Cactus Gulch, New Mexico, in 1889 to entertain Mayor Maynot and the apparently simple folk of the…
Free comedy is like cinema pick n’ mix.
The sense of apprehension in the auditorium as the audience settles is at odds with an early afternoon show, but not surprising when one considers that we are about to witness Bela…
This egg-cellent production of George Stiles and Anthony Drewe’s Olivier award-winning family musical extravaganza is certainly something to quack about.
The best often start out young.
This was a very entertaining start to a Sunday from a very experienced and polished performer.
Fringe favourites Belt Up return with their highly acclaimed The Boy James, now transferred to the entirely new venue of C Nova, where up several flights of stairs the audience is …
Ever wondered what the puppets on CBBC get up to after 7pm? This refreshingly outrageous hodgepodge of cautionary tales might just provide the answer.
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.
Say what you like about the show, the title doesn’t attempt to mislead you.
Children say the funniest things, but the words they say sound even funnier when adults speak them; that is what Monkey Bars sets out to prove.
This brilliant one man show covers the entire, short life of Tommo Peaceful, from starting school until his execution by firing squad in the First World War, at the age of around s…
This comedy a cappella troupe is fast becoming one of the biggest sellers of this year’s festival.
Nine members of the Scottish Dance Theatre company take to the stage to dance.
A10-strong cast from the Scottish Dance Theatre start off this performance with a still-life scene, a sculptural montage, in which all the characters appear in the same light.
Blues can be a difficult act to pull off.
Will Gracie’s hideously self-indulgent cabaret act is a test of patience for any audience member who sits through the entire achingly unfunny 50 minutes.
It’s only when you look back at your childhood books and films that you realise how many of them are ripe for satire.
Salem is a production that attempts to do something dangerous - to perform a piece of theatre about a historical event that has already been covered by a really well-known play.
There is a nice relaxed humour and performance style that resonates throughout this show.
A solitary woman is waiting for her husband to return from home.
This is a proper throw back.
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…
It’s a beautiful day at the Fringe and I’m sat on the top deck of a red bus in the Meadows.
Some might consider it cruel, but I’m of the opinion that children’s stories benefit from that added sprinkle of fear.
In the Gilded Balloon’s Dining Room the twinned stand up sets of Australian comics Michael Workman and Tommy Little provided some wonderfully imaginative laughs, a pleasing contr…
Dan Wright, with his highly controversial and misleading title, attempts to lure all the Whacko Jacko conspirators under one roof and, Guy Fawkes-like, burn them all down with a fi…
The idea of searching for a lost parent is particularly fertile territory.
When in the first ten minutes of the show there have already been several jokes about vaginas and a song essentially about paedophilia, it quickly dawns that few sacred cows are go…
The memories of two people, Merridy and her father, are explored in a new devised piece, but the American company lagom’s work left me feeling confused about its narrative aims a…
How can a full house of adults be entertained for an hour by a couple of grey socks in a tartan Punch & Judy tent? Ask Kev Sutherland, the writer and performer, who returns for fo…
Visiting the theatre to watch a piece advertised as ‘the unstageable play’, youre about to see either a well-thought-out staging of a lost classic or an arrogant ensemble perform…
I went into Sex Ed! a little wary.
The stunning, young, American-born mezzo-soprano opera singer Andrea Baker was joined for the first time on stage recently by her uncle Newman Taylor Baker, the percussionist and c…
Deborah Frances-White certainly has a market cornered in this year’s festival.
Multitasking can be very difficult: Gerald Ford was famously said to not be able to walk and chew gum.
DugOut Theatre’s Inheritance Blues has already proven to be a winner, picking up ISDF 2012 Festgoers’ Choice Award.
A show about shows is not the most original idea there has ever been but Dan Nightingale’s ‘what might have been?’ take on performing in this year’s Edinburgh Fringe provid…
My main memory of French lessons is struggling to remember lists of increasingly bizarre irregular verbs, a recollection many will, sadly, find familiar.
Somewhere in this show there is a turning point.
A funeral sees the coming together of three siblings for their estranged father’s send-off, but this new musical is not really about death - it is about life and the suppressed t…
A Conversation with Carmel is a dialogue of artistic fusion with a lot to say, and far too many ways of saying it.
Hill’s show is very much one of a comedian totally comfortable with his surroundings and happy enough to coast on what he does best, insulting his audience.
More and more churches are using Edinburgh’s Fringe Festival as a window for their work.
Lewis Carroll’s nonsense poem provides the inspiration for this enjoyable children’s show.
A richly textured atmosphere enlivens this bittersweet tale of a young boy who has a very unusual means of keeping his heart ticking.
While not the slickest show this side of the Royal Mile, Sh!it Theatre’s Job Seekers Anonymous was definitely something extraordinary.
Flowers are not only part and parcel of music lyrics, but also the pretty packaging on top.
‘Come in girls, sit anywhere you like.
For the first ten minutes of Ben Okri’s the Comic Destiny, I sat there entirely unsure about what was going on.
Time/Dropper, choreographed and performed by Jose Agudo, is a raw, visceral and masculine performance evoking a sense of distorted tension.
In the world of organs, the Frobenius brand is king.
The obvious, but often overlooked difficulty with one act plays is their length.
These are three astonishingly talented musicians; the acclaim surrounding them all is justified.
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of Robert Browning’s birth, and Julian Lopez-Morillas solo performance honours the occasion with a presentation depicting one of the greatest roman…
Two short plays by the same playwright Paul Richards collectively titled A Little Light Theatre had a lightness of touch that brought ordinary people facing dramatic episodes to li…
Looking at people’s holiday pictures can be a downright dull experience.
Leaving a theatre and having to critique a performance for potential visitors, despite knowing that it will never be recreated in that way again, is an undoubtedly difficult task.
The Prince and the Pauper has long been a staple of children’s bedtimes so the cast from Newman’s Art College had to satisfy not only children’s expectations but their parent…
Opening night can be a daunting time, not only for the performers and directors, but also for the technical teams.
German comedian Michael Mittermeier makes his début at the Fringe with a sell-out show, packed into an unfairly tiny venue.
Show 1 of Dance Bases 2006 Fringe performances consists of four separate pieces by Iskandar Dance Company, Karl Jay-Lewin Company, Michael Popper and the Curve Foundation respect…
This droll play follows the life of an elderly gay man and the relationship he develops with a male prostitute.
Theatre-making manifestos always make me wary, in part because I'm inherently suspicious of portentous artists in any field: "The aim is not to depict the real, but to mak…
Schubert Der TaucherMahler Selection from Des Knaben WunderhornStrauss Three Lieder from Op 87 Mahler Selection from Rückert-Lieder Powerhouse German baritone Michael Volle …
One of Australia’s most exciting new comedians is coming to Edinburgh! You might know Michael Shafar from his debut special (A)Live on Amazon Prime or be one of the 70+ million peo…
Director John Mitton tells tell us about this year's , The British Theatre Challenge, the plays and the writers.
A coveted Bobby has been presented to five shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year.
Ed Edwards gives some observations loosely connected to his new play England & Son at this year's Edinburgh Fringe
We all have a funny relationship with money, and Alison Spittle, Lane Kwederis and Mary O’Connell are no exception.
James Haddrell, Artistic Director of Greenwich Theatre, and the cast: Brandon Kimaryo, who plays Davey (Male, aged 17), and Kerrie Taylor who plays Anita (Female, aged 53) talk abo...
Does technology have a role in live performance? In 2014 The Old Market’s #TOMtech season blasted into Brighton, exclusively showcasing performances shaped by technology.
Ditch the messy arts and crafts this half-term and entertain your little darlings with the best live family friendly performances Brighton and Hove have to offer instead.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year (apart from Brighton Fringe, of course) and there are plenty of delightful performances to entertain you this winter.
Welcome to our top 5 picks from the third year of Brighton HorrorFest, the spooktacular celebration from Sweet of all things that go bump in the night.
The Rolls-Royce of English comedies, Oscar Wilde’s An Ideal Husband, brings an act of political sin into the heart of the English home.
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Barry Humphries is our masterfully seasoned emcee and cabaret diva Meow Meow our chanteuse in this risqué, sophisticated and seductive tribute to the jazz-infused music of the Wei...
Having received rave reviews for The Secret Life of Humans as well as supporting dozens of other theatre companies at the Fringe and beyond, the New Diorama Theatre has made a name...
Having made their Fringe debut last year with The Life and Times of Lionel, theatre company Forget About The Dog are back with their new show, 100 Ways to Tie a Shoelace.
Leyla Josephine is a performance artist and writer from Glasgow.
Like A Prayer is a theatrical essay about personal faith in which six nuns deliberate attitudes towards the big questions of life. We spoke to Corinne via an email Q&A.
Greenwich Theatre is set to have an unprecedented profile at this year’s Brighton Fringe, with no less than eight productions heading for The Warren either co-produced or support...
Karen and Katy Koren are thrilled to announce that Gilded Balloon will expand into the heart of Edinburgh’s New Town, as they embark upon an exciting new partnership with the Ros...
With Easter on the horizon it’s time to turn attention to Brighton Fringe with a look at some shows that are likely to sell out. Book early – you have been warned.
After the short run at the Royal Court Theatre sold out in just one day, Jez Butterworth’s epic, new play The Ferryman will transfer to the West End.
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Audiences have only six weeks left to see the critically acclaimed West End production of Sir Ronald Harwood’s The Dresser which brings together a multi award-winning cast and cr...
This week Greenwich Theatre opens its eagerly awaited new studio space with the world premiere of a new play, presented in partnership with emerging company CultureClash Theatre.
Award-winning theatre company Bucket Club are melding together playful theatre with a live techno score for Fossils, a sceptical quest for the Loch Ness Monster at the Pleasance Do...
The Many Doors of Frank Feelbad is a brave and engaging work about how children and families process and communicate grief.
Do you work well under pressure? How about life-or-death pressure? Nuclear Family gives you the chance to find out by inviting the audience to mount an enquiry about a pair of sibl...
I Got Superpowers for my Birthday by Katie Douglas is an action-packed fantasy adventure about the pains of growing up and learning you can shoot fire from your fingertips.
If you were to list Every Brilliant Thing about life, what would you include? This is the idea behind Duncan Macmillan’s critically acclaimed play, broaching the subject of menta...
Theatre Ad Infinitum have become a fixture of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, having won two Stage Awards, two Argus Angels, and a Guardian Best of EdFringe.
In the 1960s, NASA funded scientists set out to try and teach dolphins to speak.
The Tumanishvili Film Actors Theatre has been bringing Georgian theatre to Edinburgh for nearly 20 years, filling theatres and getting critical acclaim for foreign-language theatre...
Numerous award-winning companies will be joining us again at this year at Brighton Fringe in the ever astounding Dance and Physical Theatre category.
A key Brighton Fringe venue, The Marlborough is located in one of the oldest public houses in the city.
It’s the second year for the Rialto Theatre at the Brighton Fringe but it’s already gaining a reputation as a home for local talent.
Universal Arts announced this week that they are thrilled to be bringing BBC Radio 4 star Lach on board to produce and programme shows at the New Town Theatre (96 George St) for Th...
Brighton Fringe has officially launched.
Award-winning theatre director Thom Southerland has been appointed Artistic Director of London’s Charing Cross Theatre.
London Theatre Workshop has announced that after two successful years located above the Eel Brook Pub in Fulham, the company is relocating to an exciting new venue in Central Londo...
Greenwich Theatre’s spring season is being themed for the first time to promote and celebrate young female theatre makers, some at the start of their careers but others already e...
Christmas is the one time of year you can drag your non-theatre-going friends to the theatre.
L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq in Paris is one of the world's most influential theatre schools.
In their companion piece to 2013’s Fringe First Award-winning Dark Vanilla Jungle, writer Philip Ridley and director David Mercatali tell the story of Donny, a boy who has commit...
Mix ‘N’ Pick Theatre is reinventing the rooftops of Princes Mall this summer with the Boxsmall Festival, providing fun-packed interactive theatre shows for children every half ...
Greenwich Theatre has a long and successful association with the Edinburgh Fringe, but why does a London Theatre have such a keen interest in a festival hundreds of miles away from...
The UK’s largest reviewer of live arts performance, Broadway Baby, has come out in support of the Theatre Charter – a campaign for good behaviour in UK theatres.
Who isn't a sucker for a good production company name? That's right - no one.
Family-friendly Story Pocket Theatre is a new company bringing Arabian Nights to the Edinburgh Fringe. Pete Shaw grabbed a moment of their rehearsal period to ask some questions.
The Edinburgh Fringe has more than its fair share of household-name comedians and high profile actors generating many column inches in the press, but at the heart of the festival a...