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Royal Court Stocking Fillers
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 5th - 29th Dec 2024
A show that is fast becoming a Christmas tradition, we are delighted to welcome Stocking Fillers back to the Studio! Seven brand new ten-minute festive plays to ent…
Frankie Boyle Work In Progress Shows at Leicester Square Theatre & Museum Of Comedy
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 1st Dec 2024
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Frankie Boyle Work In Progress Shows at Leicester Square Theatre & Museum Of Comedy
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 1st Dec 2024
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Frankie Boyle Work In Progress Shows at Leicester Square Theatre & Museum Of Comedy
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 1st Dec 2024
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Royal Scottish National Orchestra & Elim Chan
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh International Festival
- Usher Hall
- 18th Aug 2024
Three pioneering musical languages drastically contrast in this marathon of the concerto form.
Royal Scottish Pipers' Society and Friends
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- artSpace@StMarks
- 12th - 19th Aug 2024
Scottish bagpipe music played by solo musicians and groups.
Attila the Stockbroker: 14 Days, 14 Completely Different Shows
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bannermans
- 5th - 18th Aug 2024
Performance poet/musician Attila the Stockbroker has been writing and performing since 1980: 4,000 or so gigs in 25 countries so far.
Free Royal Mile Tours
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Edinburgh City Chambers (Meeting Point)
- 4th - 25th Aug 2024
Come and join us for the original free walking tour of Edinburgh’s historic Old Town and enjoy the stories of the many colourful characters who lived here.
One-Person Shows / Solo Shows: Daily Picks of the Fringe
- Listing Spoken Word / Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Doghouse Hotel
- 3rd - 25th Aug 2024
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…
The Phantom of the Opera
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Edinburgh Academy
- 2nd - 17th Aug 2024
Based on the novel by Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera tells the story of a masked figure who lurks beneath the catacombs of the Paris Opera House, exercising a reign of ter…
Madame Chandelier Saves Opera
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 1st - 25th Aug 2024
Opera needs a hero.
11 Lessons on Being Loud (from an American Opera Singer)
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Home Bar
- 1st - 25th Aug 2024
Knockout opera-singing stand-up comedian Steph DePrez is back with a new show about dreams, risks and how exactly Americans learn to be so… loud.
Dragon Shows for Babies
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- LifeCare Centre
- 1st - 20th Aug 2024
The tales of the dragons are special for many reasons.
1 Ball Show: 1 More Encore
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Mash House
- 1st - 25th Aug 2024
When Terence Hartnett found out that his testicular cancer had spread to his lung, he got out his notebook and started writing jokes.
House of Life
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 1st - 25th Aug 2024
One-part sermon, one-part purge, three-parts party.
Abby Wambaugh: The First 3 Minutes of 17 Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2024
Abby awoke in hospital after a late miscarriage and, high on anaesthesia, decided to become a comedian.
Eleanor Morton: Haunted House
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 31st Jul - 25th Aug 2024
Have you ever seen a ghost? Comedian Eleanor Morton hasn’t.
Guy Williams: This Glass House Makes It Easy to See All the Cowards I'm Throwing Stones At
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 31st Jul - 25th Aug 2024
Star of New Zealand Today and last-place finisher on Taskmaster NZ, Guy Williams makes his Edinburgh debut! Nominated for Best Show, Melbourne Comedy Festival 2023.
The House We Inherit
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Bridge House Theatre
- 21st May - 1st Jun 2024
In a small town in America the Wrights reside.
Drag Bingo at The Bridge House!
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Bridge House Theatre
- 20th May 2024
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!Get your dobbers out because THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 8!Get ready for a night of Bingo, live vocal…
And I'll Blow Your House Down
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Rotunda Theatre: Squeak
- 16th May - 1st Jun 2024
The 2023 Brighton Fringe award-winning show returns! Disability in society: fairytale or pigging nightmare? It seems the Big Bad Wolf’s blown your house down: with two life-cha…
A Girl is a Haunted House
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Snug
- 13th - 27th May 2024
We’re all a little haunted, aren’t we? Being a woman is complicated.
Marty and Roger in The Night House
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Snug
- 10th - 12th May 2024
Award-winning Irish comedians, Marty Gleeson and Roger O’ Sullivan (BBC New Comedy Awards nominees, Leicester Square New Comedian Finalist & Unexplained Legends Podcast) invite you…
The Opera Locos
- Listing
- West End
- Peacock Theatre London
- 8th - 11th May 2024
The greatest hits of opera in one night; this is a show for everybody – from opera buffs to those who don’t know their Aida’s from their arias.
Dawn Again: A Rap Opera
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Rotunda Theatre: Bubble
- 4th - 18th May 2024
Government special adviser Elliot has a problem: his two girlfriends are giving birth on the same day in the same hospital.
The Bridge House Theatre: Three Years and Counting
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Bridge House Theatre
- 20th Apr 2024
The award-winning The Bridge House Theatre is delighted to invite you to a Three Year Anniversary Celebration this April.
Drag Bingo at The Bridge House!
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Bridge House Theatre
- 15th Apr 2024
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!Get your dobbers out because THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 8!Get ready for a night of Bingo, live vocal…
Drag Bingo at The Bridge House!
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Bridge House Theatre
- 15th Apr 2024
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!Get your dobbers out because THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 8!Get ready for a night of Bingo, live vocal…
Drag Bingo at The Bridge House!
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Bridge House Theatre
- 18th Mar 2024
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!Get your dobbers out because THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 8!Get ready for a night of Bingo, live vocal…
West End Sessions @ Brooks Mews Wine House
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- London Fringe
- Brooks Mews Wine House
- 23rd Feb - 20th Dec 2024
West End Sessions a captivating new live music show in an intimate, cabaret style setting located in the heart of Mayfair.
Drag Bingo at The Bridge House!
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Bridge House Theatre
- 19th Feb 2024
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!Get your dobbers out because THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 8!Get ready for a night of Bingo, live vocal…
Royal Court Heritage Tour
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 15th Jan - 19th Aug 2024
The Royal Court is a Grade II listed building, a magnificent example of one of the best theatres built in the Art Deco style.
Drag Bingo at The Bridge House!
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Bridge House Theatre
- 15th Jan 2024
CHRISTMAS DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE with a FESTIVE SPECIAL!!! THAT GIRL is ready to show you her baubles!! Bingo baubles! Alright balls, fine…
Drag Bingo at The Bridge House!
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Bridge House Theatre
- 18th Dec 2023
CHRISTMAS DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE with a FESTIVE SPECIAL!!! THAT GIRL is ready to show you her baubles!! Bingo baubles! Alright balls, fine…
Hansel and Gretel - Royal Opera House
- Listing
- West End
- Royal Opera House
- 16th Dec 2023 - 7th Jan 2024
A great family opera sung in English – Antony McDonald’s exquisite production of Humperdinck’s fairytale masterpiece returns in time for Christmas.
The House with the Chicken Legs
- Review
- ★★
- Katerina Partolina Schwartz
- London Fringe
- Queen Elizabeth Hall
- 29th Dec, 2023
There’s a famous quote by Winston Churchill that says that Russia “is a riddle wrapped in a mystery wrapped in an enigma”.
Royal Court Stocking Fillers
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 7th - 30th Dec 2023
Following the success of last year’s show, Stocking Fillers is back with another seven brand new ten-minute festive plays! A merry mix of comedy and dra…
The House of Bernarda Alba
- Review
- ★★★
- Simon Ximenez
- West End
- Lyttelton Theatre
- 12th Dec, 2023
Looking out at you from the poster for the National Theatre’s latest version of Lorca’s The House of Bernarda Alba, Harriet Walter cuts an imperious figure.
The Nutcracker, A Very Adult Pantomime!
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Turbine Theatre
- 30th Nov - 23rd Dec 2023
Carly had a terrible year: her love rat ex has ghosted her, her father died ina collision with a Just Stop Oil protest and now her Mum is insistent on still throwing their annual f…
Cinderella - Brixton House
- Listing
- West End
- Brixton House
- 30th Nov - 31st Dec 2023
A Brixton House Production.
Drag Bingo at The Bridge House!
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Bridge House Theatre
- 20th Nov 2023
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 8!Get ready for a night of Bingo, live vocals, lip syncs and PRIZES! Host…
Nutcracker - The Tuff Nutt Club
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- The Tuff Nutt Club, Royal Festival Hall
- 28th Oct 2023 - 6th Jan 2024
Diving into the glittering winter wonderland head on, McOnie Company dancers perform to Tchaikovsky’s world famous score, reimagined for an onstage Jazz band by multi-award w…
House of Hysteria
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- The Vanguard, Camden
- 20th - 22nd Oct 2023
What happened last night? The girls turn up to perform their show as usual, but something is wrong.
Drag Bingo at The Bridge House!
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Bridge House Theatre
- 16th Oct 2023
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 8!Get ready for a night of Bingo, live vocals, lip syncs and PRIZES! Host…
The Threepenny Opera
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- The Cockpit
- 13th Oct, 2023
Taking on The Threepenny Opera can be a precarious business, as OVO demonstrate, without flinching from the challenge.
Peter Grimes - English National Opera
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- West End
- London Coliseum
- 21st Sep - 11th Oct 2023
Featuring some of the most powerful and evocative opera music ever written, Benjamin Britten’s Peter Grimes paints a vivid picture of a small community’s transformation…
Drag Bingo at The Bridge House!
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Bridge House Theatre
- 18th Sep 2023
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 8!Get ready for a night of Bingo, live vocals, lip syncs and PRIZES! Host…
And I’ll Blow Your House Down
- Listing Theatre
- UK Regional & Tours
- Old Fire Station
- 17th Sep 2023
What if the Big Bad Wolf blew your house down? What if you had to start building your life all over again? Award-winning show about family disability and being an accidental carer…
Drag Bingo at The Bridge House!
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Bridge House Theatre
- 21st Aug 2023
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 8!Get ready for a night of Bingo, live vocals, lip syncs and PRIZES! Host…
Supporter Event: The Threepenny Opera Backstage Tour
- Listing Supporter events
- Edinburgh International Festival
- Festival Theatre
- 19th Aug 2023
An exclusive event for members and supporters of Edinburgh International Festival.
Cathedral Choir Concert: Music for Royal Occasions
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Mary’s Cathedral
- 18th Aug 2023
The internationally renowned Choir of St Mary’s Cathedral sings music from coronations and royal occasions past and present.
The Threepenny Opera
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Mark Harding
- Edinburgh International Festival
- Festival Theatre
- 19th Aug, 2023
There are many aspects to the brilliance of this show, but the greatest revelation is the singing.
Royal Scottish Pipers' Society and Friends
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- artSpace@StMarks
- 14th - 21st Aug 2023
Scottish tunes played on bagpipes, performed by groups of players and solo: marches, strathspeys, reels, hornpipes, jigs, piobaireachd, and songs.
Another Afternoon at the Opera with Brian Bannatyne-Scott and Friends
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Andrew’s and St George’s West, George St
- 12th - 12th Aug 2023
An enchanting concert of operatic highlights, performed by international operatic bass Brian Bannatyne-Scott and fabulous up-and-coming young singers, accompanied by Polish pianist…
Free Royal Mile Tours
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Edinburgh City Chambers (Meeting Point)
- 6th - 27th Aug 2023
Come and join us for the original free walking tour, packed with the rich historical sites and tales of the many colourful characters around the heart of Edinburgh’s Old Town.
Ukrainian Songs and Opera Arias
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Andrew’s and St George’s West, George St
- 5th Aug 2023
Come and hear Andrei Kymach, the world-famous Ukrainian baritone and winner of the 2019 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World opera prize, accompanied as in Cardiff by Llyr Williams, as …
The Grand Old Opera House Hotel
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Traverse Theatre
- 4th - 27th Aug 2023
When shy Aaron joins the hotel’s ramshackle team, he encounters volatile guests, inept management and even rumours of singing ghosts stalking the corridors.
Packed House
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Kafe Kweer
- 4th - 8th Aug 2023
A cocksure and impassioned performance.
A Snake in the House Means the Family Will Never Want
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Online
- 4th Aug 2023
Opening with a voice note of the artist’s mother reflecting on overwork, xenophobia and cultural invisibility through the semiotics of the snake and the ingrained tendency of Hek…
The Opera Diva's Boudoir
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Niddry St
- 4th - 22nd Aug 2023
The Baroness narrates her eventful riches-to-rags life story with the help of opera and operetta arias, Lieder, and maybe the odd song from a musical.
International House of Vape: Redefining Theatre Experience
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 3rd - 24th Aug 2023
It’s time.
House of Life
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Isabella Thompson
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 26th Aug, 2023
In what could be crowned the most uplifting show of the Fringe, The House of Life aka Ben Welch and Laurence Cole from Sheep Soup combine preaching, live music, comedy and all roun…
24 Shows in 24 days: Live at the Big Cave
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2023
24 different award-winning or nominated comedians perform their full shows, recorded for Netflix, Amazon Prime and YouTube. See FringeSpecials.com for listings.
The Opera Comedy Show
- Listing Comedy / Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Home Bar
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2023
Wagner turned up to 11! A hilarious dive into the ridiculous world of opera and life as a Valkyrie and Rheinmaiden, peppered with hits from Puccini and Verdi from Berlin’s thrill…
Mystery House
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 2nd - 28th Aug 2023
In 1886, following the death of her husband and child, Sarah Winchester purchased an unfinished farmhouse near San Francisco.
Chatham House Rules
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Rebecca Vines
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 5th Aug, 2023
The Chatham House Rule is an agreement which allows those in power to share ideas with impunity: the discussion itself can be reported upon, but names are protected.
TONY! [The Tony Blair Rock Opera]
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Jasmine Arden-Brown
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance at EICC
- 17th Aug, 2023
At the tender age of thirty, I mostly associate Tony Blair with my very first childhood experiences of politics.
Tones: A Hip-Hop Opera
- Review
- ★★★★
- Laura Tucker
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 20th Aug, 2023
Uplifting and bold, Tones is one-man’s lyrical life story growing up in the ends, exploring black identity in a UK culture obsessed with class and race.
Shakespeare Up Late: A Right Royal Visit
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jasmine Arden-Brown
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C ARTS | C venues | C aquila
- 12th Aug, 2023
I advise you arrive early and treat yourself to a pre-show pint (or two) because it’s that kind of show!I mean this in the best possible way.
Madame Chandelier's Opera Party for Kids
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 2nd - 15th Aug 2023
Dazzling divas.
Drag Bingo at The Bridge House!
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Bridge House Theatre
- 24th Jul 2023
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 8!(These ball gags doing anything for you?)Get ready for a night of Bingo…
Drag Bingo at The Bridge House!
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Bridge House Theatre
- 19th Jun 2023
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 8!(These ball gags doing anything for you?)Get ready for a night of Bingo…
Grindr: The Opera
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Union Theatre
- 27th May - 8th Jul 2023
The award winning musical returns in a dazzling new production.
Drag Bingo at The Bridge House!
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Bridge House Theatre
- 22nd May 2023
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 8!(These ball gags doing anything for you?)Get ready for a night of Bingo…
Nora: A Doll's House
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Rotunda Theatre: Bubble
- 16th - 17th May 2023
1918.
Nora: A Doll's House
- Review
- ★★★
- Sascha Cooper
- Brighton Fringe
- The Rotunda Theatre: Bubble
- 18th May, 2023
Brighton Fringe seems to be going through an interesting trend at the moment giving characters from well known plays a voice, so they can finally have their say.
Madame Chandelier's Opera Party
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent: Bosco
- 13th - 14th May 2023
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
Madame Chandelier's Night at the Opera
- Review
- ★★★★
- Johanna Makelainen
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent: Bosco
- 14th May, 2023
If the encore of a show entails audience members chucking white tennis socks at you, would you consider it a success? You might, if the tennis socks were props for an avalanche so …
And I'll Blow Your House Down
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Rotunda Theatre: Squeak
- 11th - 14th May 2023
The Big Bad Wolf’s destroyed everything.
And I'll Blow Your House Down
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Rotunda Theatre: Squeak
- 11th - 14th May 2023
The Big Bad Wolf’s destroyed everything.
A Right-Royal-Rave-Up
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Caravanserai: Fringe City Stage
- 6th May 2023
Caravanserai and Brighton Fringe are delighted to invite you to a Right-Royal-Rave-Up! Coronation Greet, Coronation Meet, Coronation Eat and Coronation Beat.
A Right-Royal-Rave-Up
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Caravanserai: Fringe City Stage
- 6th May 2023
Caravanserai and Brighton Fringe are delighted to invite you to a Right-Royal-Rave-Up! Coronation Greet, Coronation Meet, Coronation Eat and Coronation Beat.
Alfie Ordinary's House Of Fun
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 5th May 2023
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
Alfie Ordinary's House Of Fun
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 6th May 2022 - 5th May 2023
Six time Fringe Award winner Alfie Ordinary welcomes you to the House Of Fun! Opening the iconic Brighton Spiegeltent with a conga line of the UK’s most outrageous acts, Alfie retu…
Symphony Of Sorrowful Songs - English National Opera
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- London Coliseum
- 27th Apr - 6th May 2023
A meaningful meditation on motherhood, love and loss, Symphony of Sorrowful Songs adapts texts in Polish taken from sources spanning the centuries, giving perspectives from both a …
Blue - English National Opera
- Listing Theatre
- West End
A generational rift leads to father and son at odds, with the fate of the family at risk.
Drag Bingo at The Bridge House!
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Bridge House Theatre
- 17th Apr 2023
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 8!(These ball gags doing anything for you?)Get ready for a night of Bingo…
TONY! [The Tony Blair Rock Opera]
- Review
- ★★★★
- Katerina Partolina Schwartz
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 28th Apr, 2023
Whether you remember Tony Blair becuase of the international laws he broke or the fact that he made fox-hunting illegal, TONY! is a raucous, cartoonish musical.
TONY! [The Tony Blair Rock Opera]
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 15th Apr - 21st May 2023
Nicholson Green Productions presents the Park Theatre production of TONY! [The Tony Blair Rock Opera] By Harry Hill & Steve Brown "Look a…
TONY! [The Tony Blair Rock Opera]
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 15th Apr - 21st May 2023
Nicholson Green Productions presents the Park Theatre production of TONY! [The Tony Blair Rock Opera] By Harry Hill & Steve Brown "Look anyone will tell you, I’m a p…
Auntie's House
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- King’s Head Theatre Pub
- 3rd - 9th Apr 2023
Notting Hill.
The Dry House
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Marylebone Theatre
- 31st Mar - 6th May 2023
On the Irish border town of Newry, Chrissy promises her sister Claire that after one final drink she will go to The Dry House to get sober.
The Dead City - English National Opera
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- London Coliseum
- 25th Mar - 8th Apr 2023
Recently bereaved, Paul is haunted by visions of his deceased wife Marie.
Drag Bingo at The Bridge House!
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Bridge House Theatre
- 20th Mar 2023
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 8!(These ball gags doing anything for you?)Get ready for a night of Bingo…
House of Burlesque: Divine
- Listing
- Vault Festival
- The Flair Ground
- 15th - 16th Mar 2023
Behold - It’s time for the Rise of the Feminine Divine.
The Nutcracker
- Review
- ★★★★
- Stephanie Green
- Edinburgh
- Edinburgh Playhouse
- 6th Mar, 2023
Usually The Nutcracker means it is the Christmas season but here we are in March.
Auntie's House by Paul Stone: A Muslim woman’s fight to protect her gay loved ones from persecution in 1950s London.
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Kings Head Theatre
- 3rd - 9th Mar 2023
Tamina was from Pakistan but living in London’s Notting Hill area during the 1950s, in the times before the decriminalisation of homosexuality came in 1967.
A Doll's House
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Questors Theatre
- 24th Feb - 4th Mar 2023
This striking reimaging of Ibsen’s classic play is set in Calcutta during British colonialist rule.
House of Burlesque: Glitter Ball
- Listing
- Vault Festival
- The Flair Ground Lates
- 18th Feb 2023
Come and party with the UK’s top burlesque diva’s in an epic carnival of costumes, cocktails, glitter encrusted chaos.
The Rhinegold - English National Opera
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- London Coliseum
- 18th Feb - 10th Mar 2023
When the forging of a prophesied ring of the Rhine proves more problematic than you’d possibly think, the realms of gods and men prove all the more chaotic for it.
House of Burlesque: PoliTITS
- Listing
- Vault Festival
- The Flair Ground
- 14th - 19th Feb 2023
Holding up a glitter encrusted mirror to the crazy times we are currently living in, top UK trailblaizers House of Burlesque bring you PoliTITs - a sizzling, showgirl satire of con…
Professor Slug's House of Bugs
- Listing Theatre
- Vault Festival
- Cage
- 12th Feb 2023
Professor Slug’s House of Bugs is a show all about bugs.
The House Of Naked
- Listing
- Vault Festival
- The Flair Ground Lates
- 3rd Feb 2023
In NAKEDpresents hedonistic utopia expect a cabaret that fuses drag icons, cabaret greats & circus legends into one queer spellbinding show.
Carmen - English National Opera
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- London Coliseum
- 1st - 24th Feb 2023
Carmen: a woman ablaze with passion, surrounded by men possessed by obsession and jealousy.
Drag Bingo at The Bridge House!
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Bridge House Theatre
- 16th Jan 2023
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 8!(These ball gags doing anything for you?)Get ready for a night of Bingo…
Royal Court Heritage Tour
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 12th Jan - 22nd Jun 2023
The Royal Court is a Grade II listed building, a magnificent example of one of the best theatres built in the Art Deco style.
The Nutcracker
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Royal Albert Hall
- 28th Dec 2022 - 31st Dec 2024
It’s not Christmas without The Nutcracker! And in 2022 we are overjoyed to announce the return of Birmingham Royal Ballet’s festive favourite to the Royal Albert Hall.
Drag Bingo at The Bridge House!
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Bridge House Theatre
- 19th Dec 2022
FESTIVE DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her baubles!! Bingo baubles! And they drop at 8!(I’ve tried make it festive, basically we’re pl…
Royal Court Stocking Fillers
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 14th - 30th Dec 2022
Liverpool’s Royal Court Studio has got the perfect gift this Christmas.
Gloriana - English National Opera
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- London Coliseum
- 8th Dec 2022
In celebration of Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee, we present a rarely performed gem from Benjamin Britten’s pool of works: Gloriana.
Drag Bingo at The Bridge House!
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Bridge House Theatre
- 28th Nov 2022
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 8!(These ball gags doing anything for you?)Get ready for a night of Bingo…
It's a Wonderful Life - English National Opera
- Review
- ★★
- Gareth Williams
- West End
- London Coliseum
- 27th Nov, 2022
Opening the London Coliseum festive season is the UK premier of It’s a Wonderful Life, based on the classic 1946 Frank Capra movie.
The Yeomen Of The Guard - English National Opera
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- London Coliseum
- 3rd Nov - 2nd Dec 2022
The Tower of London is the scene for a tangled web of melancholy and mirth in Gilbert & Sullivan’s beloved operetta, The Yeomen of the Guard.
Drag Bingo at The Bridge House!
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Bridge House Theatre
- 31st Oct 2022
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 7:30!(These ball gags doing anything for you?)Get ready for a night of Bi…
Stage Write Open House
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 13th Oct 2022
Are you a writer who is interested in having your work produced? Join us for Stage Write Open House where producers, writers and course participants will be giving …
Tosca - English National Opera
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- London Coliseum
- 30th Sep - 4th Nov 2022
Compromise is for the weak: and Tosca is nothing of the sort.
House of Flamenka
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Peacock Theatre London
- 27th Sep 2022 - 28th Oct 2023
House of Flamenka is lavish, extravagant and sexy.
Drag Bingo at The Bridge House!
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Bridge House Theatre
- 19th Sep 2022
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 7:30!(These ball gags doing anything for you?)Get ready for a night of Bi…
On A House Like A Fire
- Listing Theatre
- Dublin
- Smock Alley Theatre, 1662
- 5th - 6th Sep 2022
On A House Like A Fire is a powerful story told through fragments and glimpses - an immersive experience about the nature of memory and the way we remember.
Kitti + Support From Hope City House Band
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Hope City
- 25th Aug 2022
Glaswegian singer/songwriter with soaring vocals and unique lyrics.
Cathedral Concert: Music for Royal Occasions with the Choir of St Mary's Cathedral
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Mary’s Cathedral
- 19th Aug 2022
Music from across the ages marking important royal events from deaths and funerals to weddings and coronations, sung by ‘one of Scotland’s (indeed the UK’s) musical jewels’…
Cosi Fan Tutte/Love Me Out - The Opera
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Camden Fringe
- Upstairs at the Gatehouse
- 16th - 21st Aug 2022
‘100% my type on paper.
Cosi Fan Tutte/Love Me Out - The Opera
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Camden Fringe
- Upstairs at the Gatehouse
- 16th - 21st Aug 2022
‘100% my type on paper.
Drag Bingo at The Bridge House!
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Bridge House Theatre
- 15th Aug 2022
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 7:30!(These ball gags doing anything for you?)Get ready for a night of Bi…
Royal Scottish Pipers' Society Festival Fringe Performance
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- artSpace@StMarks
- 15th - 22nd Aug 2022
Performances of Highland bagpipes and small pipes by the Royal Scottish Pipers’ Society and guests. Featuring light music and piobaireachd.
Will Nuclear War Affect House Prices?
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand’s New Town Theatre
- 12th Aug 2022
In 1983 schoolboy Michael delivered a petition on a homemade cruise missile to Mrs Thatcher.
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh International Festival
- Usher Hall
- 9th Aug 2022
Royal Scottish National Orchestra and conductor Elim Chan join forces with Czech pianist Lukáš Vondráček to take on works by Dukas, Liszt and Bartók.
Neil Frost: Nan's House of Fun
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- BlundaGardens: BlundaBus
- 9th - 13th Aug 2022
What’s just happened in the corridor? A comedy inspired by childhood dreams and final goodbyes.
Escape from the House of Mercy
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Arthur Conan Doyle Centre / Stockbridge Church
- 7th - 8th Aug 2022
Escape from the House of Mercy is a dance/theatre work which looks at institutions which have compromised the rights of women in the past and the present through the buried stories…
Free Royal Mile Tours
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Edinburgh City Chambers (Meeting Point)
- 7th - 28th Aug 2022
Come join us for the original free walking tour around the heart of Edinburgh’s historic Old Town.
Bare: A Pop Opera
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- RSE Theatre
- 5th - 28th Aug 2022
At St Cecilia’s school, Peter and Jason have a hidden love affair, but what happens when this is exposed to their family and friends? A riveting piece of musical theatre brought to…
Hidden Gardens of the Royal Mile
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Outside John Knox House
- 5th - 29th Aug 2022
Take an easy walking tour to discover a little-known side of Edinburgh’s Old Town.
Gayatri: The Royal Queen Consort of the Majapahit Kingdom
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C ARTS | C venues | C digital
- 5th Aug 2022
Princess Gayatri seeks to preserve her father’s legacy and the survival of her people.
Madame Chandelier's Opera House Party
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 5th - 27th Aug 2022
Have you ever wondered where the divas go, in between getting married or getting killed, night after night at the opera house? Madame Chandelier’s Opera House Party, of course.
BOLD HOUSE Productions presents The Wasp
- Listing Theatre
- Camden Fringe
- Hen & Chickens Theatre
- 4th - 6th Aug 2022
“The dramatic tension is palpable in this intriguing narrative that cleverly underlines the old adage that money doesn’t buy happiness.
Best of Burlesque Encore
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Gardens
- 4th - 28th Aug 2022
Pushing the boundaries of the artform to the max for a late night Encore like no other.
The Tiger Lillies: One Penny Opera
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 4th - 28th Aug 2022
They’re back! After years away touring the world, the Olivier Award-winning godfathers of alternative cabaret celebrate their 30th anniversary with a triumphant return to the Fring…
BOLD HOUSE Productions presents The Wasp
- Listing Theatre
- Camden Fringe
- Hen & Chickens Theatre
- 4th - 6th Aug 2022
“The dramatic tension is palpable in this intriguing narrative that cleverly underlines the old adage that money doesn’t buy happiness.
Encore
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C ARTS | C venues | C aquila
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
A contemporary drama created by Histeria Teatro that pays homage to those rock stars who died young, and in circumstances of suicide or overdose.
Drag Bingo at The Bridge House!
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Bridge House Theatre
- 18th Jul 2022
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 7:30!(These ball gags doing anything for you?)Get ready for a night of Bi…
House Of Chavis
- Listing Theatre
- Off Off Broadway
- The Flea Theater
- 13th Jul - 6th Aug 2022
A man confronts his notions of masculinity and fatherhood as he decides to record a video message to his estranged son, who is competing in a reality TV show… for drag queens! In…
HEATWAVE HOUSE PARTY: Penge Festival Closing Event
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Bridge House Theatre
- 9th Jul 2022
Celebrate the closing of the 2022 Penge Festival with the Heatwave House Party at The Bridge House!An all day party downstairs in the pub with special live music sets in our theatr…
Drag Bingo at The Bridge House!
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Bridge House Theatre
- 27th Jun 2022
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 7:30!(These ball gags doing anything for you?)Get ready for a night of Bi…
A Doll's House, Part 2
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Donmar Warehouse
- 10th - 15th Jun 2022
By Lucas Hnath There's a knock at the door.
Blue House
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Blue Elephant Theatre
- 7th - 25th Jun 2022
“Have you ever felt so sad you thought you’d never be happy again?” Charles, Billie and Alex live in the same house but they never see each other.
Tony [The Tony Blair Rock Opera]
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- London Fringe
- Park Theatre
- 1st Jun - 9th Jul 2022
From stand-up comedian and TV legend Harry Hill and his long-time collaborator Steve Brown comes the premiere of the rock opera the world has been crying out for: a reckless reappr…
Tony! [The Tony Blair Rock Opera]
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Park Theatre
- 9th Jun - 9th Jul 2022
'Look anyone will tell you, I’m a pretty straight sort of guy.
Lunchtime Concerts at the Chapel Royal
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- The Chapel Royal
- 10th - 31st May 2022
Tuesday lunchtime concerts 1.
Lunchtime Concerts at the Chapel Royal
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- The Chapel Royal
- 10th - 31st May 2022
Tuesday lunchtime concerts 1.
Madame Chandelier's Opera House Party
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 7th - 8th May 2022
Get out of the opera house and into the ‘Opera House Party’ with Madame Chandelier! She’s got jokes, party games, and she’s invited all her favourite opera characters.
Madame Chandelier's Opera House Party
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
- 7th - 8th May 2022
Get out of the opera house and into the ‘Opera House Party’ with Madame Chandelier! She’s got jokes, party games, and she’s invited all her favourite opera characters.
Alfie Ordinary's House Of Fun
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 6th May 2022
Brighton’s award winning Drag Prince Alfie Ordinary presents a night of glittering chaos as he welcomes the silliest Spiegeltent stage.
Drag Bingo at The Bridge House!
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Bridge House Theatre
- 25th Apr 2022
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 7:30!(These ball gags doing anything for you?)Get ready for a night of Bi…
The Tiger Lillies: One Penny Opera
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- West End
- Soho Theatre
- 7th - 23rd Apr 2022
Based on the 18th century Beggar’s Opera and Brecht & Weill’s Threepenny Opera, the band present their own version of this wildly entertaining story as a song cycle swarming wi…
Abi’s House Party
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Watford Palace Theatre
- 6th - 7th Apr 2022
With mum Sue across the road at the neighbour’s 70s themed soiree, rebellious teenage daughter Abi is left to host a party of her own.
Drag Bingo at The Bridge House!
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Bridge House Theatre
- 21st Mar 2022
DRAG BINGO AT THE BRIDGE HOUSE!!THAT GIRL is ready to show you her balls!! Bingo balls! And they drop at 7:30!(These ball gags doing anything for you?)Get ready for a night of Bi…
The Royal
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 11th Mar - 9th Apr 2022
"One of the funniest things I’ve seen on stage in a long time" FOUR STARS Liverpool Echo "Brilliant, barmy and totally bonkers!" FIVE ST…
The Royal
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 11th Mar - 9th Apr 2022
"One of the funniest things I’ve seen on stage in a long time" FOUR STARS Liverpool Echo "Brilliant, barmy and totally bonkers!" FIVE ST…
The Enby Show @ Royal Vauxhall Tavern
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- Royal Vauxhall Tavern
- 18th Feb - 18th Nov 2022
As recommended by TimeOut LondonThe Enby ShowThe Enby Show brings together the best gender-benders and cis-tem offenders that the UK has to offer, in an all-star variety night popp…
Royal Court Heritage Tour
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 13th Jan - 7th Apr 2022
The Royal Court is a Grade II listed building, a magnificent example of one of the best theatres built in the Art Deco style.
Scottish Ballet’s The Nutcracker
- Review
- ★★★★
- Stephanie Green
- Scotland
- Festival Theatre
- 3rd Dec, 2021
Snow falling, Christmas baubles, glitz and magic - Scottish Ballet’s The Nutcracker to Tchaikovsky performed by the company’s live orchestra is like a box of chocolate treats.
AT HOME: Royal Scottish National Orchestra & Elim Chan
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh International Festival
- Online
- 25th Nov 2021
Principal Guest Conductor Elim Chan leads the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in an electrifying concert featuring cellist Sol Gabetta.
AT HOME: Royal Scottish National Orchestra & Elim Chan
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh International Festival
- Online
- 25th Nov 2021
Principal Guest Conductor Elim Chan leads the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in an electrifying filmed concert featuring cellist Sol Gabetta.
The Sugar House
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Finborough Theatre
- 15th Nov, 2021
Australian playwright Alana Valentine makes her UK debut at the Finborough Theatre with The Sugar House, in its first production outside of her home country, where it was nominat…
AT HOME: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh International Festival
- Online
- 7th Oct 2021
A new music partnership in the making in this film of Isata Kanneh-Mason and Vasily Petrenko joining forces with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
Royal Court Heritage Tour
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 7th Oct 2021 - 7th Apr 2022
The Royal Court is a Grade II listed building, a magnificent example of one of the best theatres built in the Art Deco style.
Madame Chandelier's Opera House Party
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- West End
- Phoenix Arts Club
- 26th Sep 2021
Whether you love opera, or need to know more so you can pretend you do, Madame Chandelier’s OPERA HOUSE PARTY is the place for you.
The Enby Show @ Royal Vauxhall Tavern
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- Royal Vauxhall Tavern
- 17th Sep 2021
As recommended by TimeOut LondonThe Enby ShowThe Enby Show brings together the best gender-benders and cis-tem offenders that the UK has to offer, in an all-star variety night popp…
Garage Vs. House - RM Events x Aquum (Pre-Pride Party)
- Listing
- London Fringe
- Aquum
- 10th Sep 2021
RM Events is proud to announce our new collaboration with Aquum Bar Clapham! Do you like house? Do you like garage? Or do you just want an excuse to party before pride?RM Even…
Queer House Party: URL/IRL ft. Bitten Peach and Nite Dykez
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- The Garage
- 10th Sep 2021
WE’RE LIVE, WE’RE HERE AND WE’RE SO READDDDDY.
Online Tickets: Queer House Party: URL/IRL ft. Bitten Peach and Nite Dykez
- Listing Events
- UK Regional & Tours
- Online Event
- 10th Sep 2021
WE’RE LIVE, WE’RE HERE AND WE’RE SO READDDDDY.
Tom Aspaul - The Revenge Body Tour - London, Royal Vauxhall Tavern
- Listing
- London Fringe
- Royal Vauxhall Tavern
- 3rd Sep 2021
Live show, with full band!TOM ASPAULFoxgluvv support Doors open 6pmALL TICKETS NOW ON SALE!Ticket link
Pop-up Opera: A Little Bit of The Pirates of Penzance
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Musselburgh Racecourse
- 21st - 22nd Aug 2021
Experience all the drama and wonder of grand opera on a miniature scale, with open-air performances brought to life by a storyteller, two singers and instrumentalists.
A Night at the Opera
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Andrew’s and St George’s West, George St
- 21st Aug 2021
A Night at the Opera: critically-acclaimed pianist Andrew Wright performs attractive arrangements by Liszt and others, taken from operas by Wagner, Mascagni, Bellini and Rossini.
Pop-up Opera: A Little Bit of HMS Pinafore
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Musselburgh Racecourse
- 21st - 22nd Aug 2021
Immerse yourself in a pint-sized version of HMS Pinafore, with an unforgettable journey through the opera’s musical and dramatic highlights – in just 30 minutes.
House of Hundred
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Player
- 20th Aug 2021
A unique take on the transition from the Ottoman Empire’s period to the Republican era through the story of an old mansion and its demolition.
Lonely House
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh International Festival
- Old College Quad
- 20th - 21st Aug 2021
Join Barrie Kosky and Katharine Mehrling in an intimate soirée and discover the songs of German composer Kurt Weill.
Royal Scottish National Orchestra & Valery Gergiev
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh International Festival
- Edinburgh Academy Junior School
- 18th - 18th Aug 2021
Conductor Valery Gergiev and pianist Daniil Trifonov return to the International Festival with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra for a radiant concert.
My House
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Hilton Carlton (Edinburgh)
- 16th - 20th Aug 2021
What secret did the Chaplins, Carole Lombard, William Powell and a host of other film stars from the last century share? Witness the mystery unravel in one of the most notorious ho…
Royal Scottish National Orchestra & Elim Chan
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh International Festival
- Edinburgh Academy Junior School
- 16th - 16th Aug 2021
Principal Guest Conductor Elim Chan leads the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in an electrifying concert featuring cellist Sol Gabetta.
Royal Scottish National Orchestra & Thomas Søndergård
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh International Festival
- Edinburgh Academy Junior School
- 11th - 11th Aug 2021
Mendelssohn’s bewitching A Midsummer Night’s Dream is performed by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra with the Edinburgh Festival Chorus, narrated by Dame Harriet Walter.
Royal Mile Tours
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Edinburgh City Chambers (Meeting Point)
- 9th - 27th Aug 2021
Come and join us online or live for the original free walking tour around the heart of Edinburgh’s Old Town.
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh International Festival
- Edinburgh Academy Junior School
- 9th - 9th Aug 2021
A new musical partnership in the making sees Isata Kanneh-Mason and Vasily Petrenko join forces with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Etcetera Theatre
- 8th - 15th Aug 2021
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
Nice Try and Clown Nipples (Two Comedy Solo Shows)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Etcetera Theatre
- 8th - 15th Aug 2021
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Etcetera Theatre
- 8th - 15th Aug 2021
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
Twisted: The Untold Story of a Royal Vizier
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Player
- 6th - 6th Aug 2021
The untold side to the story of Aladdin’s Jafar and how he went from a selfless royal advisor to a man desperate to make things right again…
Gayatri the Royal Queen Consort of the Majapahit Kingdom
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Player
- 6th - 6th Aug 2021
Follow Princess Gayatri from the Singhasari Kingdom evolve and blossom as she strives to attain her youthful dreams alongside preserving the long-time legacy of her deceased father…
Sherlock's Secret Challenge – The Puzzle Solving Game That Shows You The City
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Outside The Conan Doyle Pub
- 6th - 30th Aug 2021
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.
Royal Mile Tours
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Player
- 6th - 10th Aug 2021
Come and join us online or live for the original free walking tour around the heart of Edinburgh’s Old Town.
My House
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Player
- 6th - 6th Aug 2021
What secret did the Chaplins, Carole Lombard, William Powell and a host of other film stars from the last century share? Witness the mystery unravel in one of the most notorious ho…
Hidden Secrets of Edinburgh’s Royal Mile
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
Take an intriguing and entertaining stroll with our guide as you investigate some of the old wynds and closes on the Royal Mile, which are steeped in a sometimes violent and bloody…
Elf Lyons's House of Horrors
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The McElderry
- 5th Jul 2021
Join the bloody funny Elf Lyons for an evening of ghouls, ghosts and gruesome tales of terror as we celebrate all things terrifying, Comedians, drag artists, poets, live artists.
Shutters: A Lesbian Rock Opera
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Omnibus Theatre
- 5th Jul 2021
Shutters: A Lesbian Rock Opera explores love, lesbian spaces, and the songs that shape our lives.
Elf Lyons's House of Horrors
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The McElderry
- 20th Jun 2021
Join the bloody funny Elf Lyons for an evening of ghouls, ghosts and gruesome tales of terror as we celebrate all things terrifying, Comedians, drag artists, poets, live artists.
Alfie Ordinary's House of Fun
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 16th Jun 2021
Brighton’s award winning Drag Prince Alfie Ordinary presents an hour of glittering chaos as he welcomes the silliest Spiegeltent stage.
Alfie Ordinary's House of Fun
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 16th Jun 2021
Brighton’s award winning Drag Prince Alfie Ordinary presents an hour of glittering chaos as he welcomes the silliest Spiegeltent stage.
Sara Segovia and Lachlan Werner are making shows (WORK IN PROGRESS)
- Listing Comedy
- UK Regional & Tours
- The Miller
- 15th Jun 2021
Sara Segovia Rodao and Lachlan Werner are cuties by nature, cancers by astrological sign and clowns by trade.
Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 7th - 27th Jun 2021
Tl;dr: Two female comedians debut their 30 minute solo shows on one bill.
Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 7th - 27th Jun 2021
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
Royal Court Theatre Heritage Talk
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 7th Jun 2021
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.
The Old House
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Fringe Streaming
- 29th May - 12th Jul 2021
Memory, loss, mother-daughter relationships and the hokey-cokey.
The Old House
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Fringe Streaming
- 28th May - 27th Jun 2021
Memory, loss, mother-daughter relationships and the hokey-cokey.
There's A Ghost In My House
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet Werks 2
- 28th May - 3rd Jun 2021
TV paranormal shows are misleading at best, fake at worst.
There's A Ghost In My House
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sascha Cooper
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet Werks 2
- 31st May, 2021
Reality and fiction fuse in this interesting piece focusing on the paranormal world, as a TV editor called Sam struggles to accept where the lines of reality lie when asked to chan…
On A House Like A Fire
- Listing Theatre
- Dublin
- Smock Alley Theatre, 1662
- 21st May 2021
On A House Like a Fire by Michelle Read and Brian Keegan, presented by Age & Opportunity/BEALTAINE in association with Smock Alley Theatre and Droichead Arts Centre…
House Mother Normal
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton
- 6 Dukes Lane
- 17th - 31st May 2021
Ron, Rosetta, Ivy, Charlie, Gloria, Sarah, Sioned and George.
House Mother Normal
- Listing Theatre
- Online & Broadcast
- 6 Dukes Lane
- 6th May - 2nd Jun 2021
A digital installation inspired by BS Johnson’s celebrated novel, directed by Tim Crouch.
House Mother Normal
- Listing Theatre
- Online & Broadcast
Ron, Rosetta, Ivy, Charlie, Sioned and George.
Create your own wooden house sign
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Farnham Maltings
- 19th Mar 2021
£7510am-3pmSuitable for ages 18+This workshop is all about signage onto rustic wooden planks that will be prepared for you.
The House Never Wins
- Listing Theatre
- Online & Broadcast
- Harrow Arts Centre
- 12th - 13th Mar 2021
We could all do with a distraction.
The House Never Wins
- Listing Theatre
- Online & Broadcast
- Cambridge Junction / The Place Theatre
- 11th - 25th Mar 2021
Kill The Cat Theatre invites you to play what seems to be a simple game of blackjack in the “The House”.
Royal Opera House: Macbeth
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Farnham Maltings
- 9th - 9th Feb 2021
This event has been rescheduled from Tue 17 November 2020.
Met Opera: The Magic Flute
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Farnham Maltings
- 26th Jan 2021
Please note that Tier 2 regulations mean that only members of the same household or support bubble may meet together indoors.
NT Live Encore: Hansard
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Farnham Maltings
- 14th Jan 2021
Please note that Tier 2 regulations mean that only members of the same household or support bubble may meet together indoors.
ROYAL OPERA HOUSE: THE NUTCRACKER (ENCORE)
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Hertford Theatre
- 29th Dec 2020
This film is a socially distanced film.
Royal Court Selection Box
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 29th Dec 2020 - 30th Jan 2021
Well, 2020 has been a load of old baubles but the gang from the Court will put the smiles back on your faces with this year’s Christmas show - The Royal Court Selection Box!&…
The House Is on Fire
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 17th - 29th Aug 2020
It’s 2086.
Madame Chandelier’s Rough Guide to the Opera
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 8th - 9th Aug 2020
In proud association with Camden Fringe; Whether you love opera or need to know more so you can pretend you do, Madame Chandelier has a show for you.
Coburg House Festival Exhibition
- Listing Exhibition
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Coburg House Art Studios
- 8th - 30th Aug 2020
A showcase exhibition from the 70+ residents of the buzzing Coburg House studio complex.
Royal Mile Tours
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Edinburgh City Chambers (Meeting Point)
- 7th - 31st Aug 2020
Join our expert guides for a free walk around the heart of Edinburgh’s historic Old Town.
Hidden Gardens of the Royal Mile
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Outside John Knox House
- 7th - 31st Aug 2020
Discover a little-known side of Edinburgh’s Old Town: behind the historic buildings, find the surprising number of little gardens and green nooks and crannies, all with a story to …
The Tiger Lillies: One Penny Opera
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 5th - 30th Aug 2020
They’re back! After years away, touring the world, the Olivier Award-winning godfathers of alternative cabaret celebrate their 30th anniversary with a triumphant return to the Frin…
The House Never Wins
- Listing Theatre
- Online & Broadcast
- Electric Dreams Online Festival
- 30th Jul - 15th Aug 2020
A NEW INTERACTIVE GAME THEATRE PIECE THAT YOU CAN PLAY FROM THE COMFORT OF YOUR OWN HOME.
Birmingham Royal Ballet - Mixed Bill
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Sadler’s Wells
- 10th - 13th Jun 2020
At the heart of Carlos Acosta’s first programme as artistic director is a mixed bill of electrifying works that showcase the astounding versatility of the company, and in whi…
The House Never Wins
- Listing Theatre
- Online & Broadcast
- Online on Zoom
- 12th - 23rd May 2020
PLUMMETING INSECT NUMBERS.
Polly (The Heartbreak Opera)
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- London Fringe
- Greenwich Theatre
- 14th - 15th Feb 2020
A riotous adaptation of John Gay’s banned sequel to The Beggar’s Opera, with techno, tracksuits and palm trees.
Opera Undone
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Trafalgar Studio 2
- 5th Feb - 7th Mar 2020
The Olivier Award nominated producers of 2017's ★★★★★ smash hit La bohème present a brand new Puccini double-bill Opera Undone: Tosca & La bohème Ra…
Madame Chandelier's Rough Guide to the Opera
- Listing Comedy
- UK Regional & Tours
- Kings Arms
- 18th - 19th Jan 2020
In a camp fusion of comedy, cabaret and opera, Madame Chandelier guides you through her favourite opera plots, with jokes, drinking games, and a Nessun Dorma sing-along! Having sto…
MagicFest - Hogmanay House
- Listing Magic
- Edinburgh
- Lauriston Castle
- 2nd - 5th Jan 2020
A charming New Year’s night of music, mischief, tall tales and magic from around the country, brought to life here at Lauriston Castle.
Nutcracker - English National Ballet
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- West End
- London Coliseum
- 11th Dec 2019 - 12th Jan 2025
Over 100 dancers and musicians bring Nutcracker to life with exquisite dancing, beautiful sets and Tchaikovsky’s popular score played live.
Birmingham Royal Ballet - Giselle
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- West End
- Sadler’s Wells
- 1st - 2nd Nov 2019
True to its 19th century origins and the original steps of Marius Petipa, David Bintley and Galina Samsova’s production of Giselle is the perfect opportunity to see one of th…
Birmingham Royal Ballet - Mixed Programme
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- West End
- Sadler’s Wells
- 29th - 30th Oct 2019
In a thrilling collaboration, dancers of Birmingham Royal Ballet and Ballet Black appear on stage together in a mixed bill featuring Cathy Marston’s National Dance Award-winn…
The House of The Spirits / La Casa de Los Espíritus
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- Cervantes Theatre
- 17th Nov, 2019
The mission of the Cervantes Theatre “to showcase the best Spanish and Latin American plays in London” is strikingly realised in its closing play of the 2019 season that featur…
Luke Kempner: House of Faces
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 25th Oct 2019
Comedian and Impressionist Luke Kempner hosts an ultimate reality show where no one is off limits.
Luke Kempner: House of Faces
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 25th Oct 2019
Comedian and Impressionist Luke Kempner hosts an ultimate reality show where no one is off limits.
A Doll's House
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Lyric Hammersmith / Playhouse Theatre
- 7th Sep 2019 - 5th Sep 2020
Calcutta.
Love Me Out: The Opera
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 19th - 23rd Aug 2019
100% my type on paper.
Adventures of a Trip Advisor Seaside Guest house keeper
- Listing Theatre
- Camden Fringe
- The Water Rats
- 18th Aug 2019
A One Woman Comedy show, with a dark twist.
Questions for Quiz Shows
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 17th Aug 2019
Cora is at the festival to see her ex-boyfriend perform.
Jonathan Hipkiss – At Least We're Out the House
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom
- 15th - 26th Aug 2019
Nominated for Best New Show at this year’s Leicester Comedy Festival.
Vinyl Encore
- Review
- ★★★★
- Annabel Pribelszki
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 17th Aug, 2019
AW King and Paul Vitty have written an entertaining and poignant theatre piece, enhanced with live music, which digs under the skin of a rock star’s ego and internal drive, as tw…
Royal Scottish Pipers' Society
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- artSpace@StMarks
- 12th - 19th Aug 2019
Strangely, apart from the Military Tattoo, there is not a lot of piping in Edinburgh during August.
The Silent House
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court
- 10th - 11th Aug 2019
A man and a woman are living in a refugee camp.
Pink House
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court
- 10th - 26th Aug 2019
Peri is fifteen when her adopted mother dies.
Peking Opera: Farewell My Concubine
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Hall
- 9th - 10th Aug 2019
A historical tragedy, a hero failed in battle, his beautiful lover and the handsome warhorse accompanying him towards the end of the inevitable fall of the kingdom, a heartbroken f…
Anthony Jeannot: I Want To Buy A House (Camden Fringe)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Canal Cafe Theatre
- 5th - 7th Aug 2019
I feel ripped off, and frankly you should too.
The Perfect Opera
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in The Vault
- 3rd - 10th Aug 2019
Love! Death! And a pantomime camel! After extensive audience research, we listed the 47 things people demanded in operas and shoehorned them into this show.
Royal Mile Tours
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Edinburgh City Chambers (Meeting Point)
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2019
Join our expert guides for a free walk around the heart of Edinburgh’s historic Old Town.
Momo and the Inevitable Decay of the House in the Forest
- Review
- ★★★
- Beverly Sproats
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on North Bridge
- 6th Aug, 2019
Whether you bought a ticket for the slightly unnerving image design or for the sheer length of the title, you would be forgiven for rethinking your choice once you notice a dauntin…
Hidden Gardens of the Royal Mile
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Outside John Knox House
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2019
Booking is essential for this sell-out tour.
Ladylikes: Top Secret House Party!
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at Marlin’s Wynd
- 1st - 24th Aug 2019
Shh! If you’re reading this, then you’ve been invited to Ladylikes Top Secret House Party! With all our friends getting engaged, promoted, pregnant and the odd OBE award, we fe…
The House of Influenza: A Spooky Tale of Frighteningness
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Charteris Centre
- 1st - 25th Aug 2019
Dracula can return to his crypt.
House of Hundred
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C aquila
- 1st - 17th Aug 2019
This multimedia theatrical experience explores an old Istanbul mansion’s transition from Ottoman to modern eras, through video art and traditional Turkish music, live looping and…
Madame Chandelier's Rough Guide to the Opera
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ City Cafe
- 1st - 18th Aug 2019
Madame Chandelier guides you through her favourite opera plots, with jokes, dramatic death scenes, and a Nessun Dorma singalong! The joyfully ridiculous and self-proclaimed anti-di…
The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2019
Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance.
Birmingham Royal Ballet - Hobson's Choice
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- West End
- Sadler’s Wells
- 28th - 29th Jun 2019
Behind the scenes at a shoeshop in Edwardian Salford, headstrong Maggie manages to ditch her drunkard dad, and find success in both love and business.
Birmingham Royal Ballet - [Un]leashed
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- West End
- Sadler’s Wells
- 25th - 26th Jun 2019
Birmingham Royal Ballet returns to Sadler's Wells for their first visit of the year with a new triple bill of dance.
The Royal Ballet Live: Romeo & Juliet
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Farnham Maltings
- 18th Jun 2019
Shakespeare’s enduring love story is known the world over.
NT ENCORE: ALL MY SONS
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Hertford Theatre
- 18th Jun 2019
Tuesday 18th June, 7pmTickets: £15 or £11 for school groupsDuration: 165minsSuitable for: no age guide has been given about this screening yet…
BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Blockhouse
- 20th - 21st May 2019
BA Theatre Arts at GBMet.
The Royal Ballet Live: Mixed Triple Bill
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Farnham Maltings
- 19th May 2019
The contemporary face of The Royal Ballet is shown in works from three of today’s leading choreographers.
LADYLIKES: Top Secret House Party!
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Pipeline
- 18th - 19th May 2019
‘Top Secret House Party!’ is the debut comedy hour from LADYLIKES, the hottest new sketch duo in town.
Heroes & Heroines - Opera Gala Concert
- Review
- ★★★★
- Johanna Makelainen
- Brighton Fringe
- All Saints Church
- 20th May, 2019
In their Opera Gala Concert, the Sussex Symphony Orchestra is celebrating some of opera’s most iconic heroes and heroines and their wicked stories of lust, passion, death and betra…
Met Opera: Dialogues Des Carmélites 2019
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Farnham Maltings
- 13th May 2019
£15, (£10 under 18's) COMPOSER: Francis Poulenc Sung in French.
Met Opera 18-19: Dialogues Des Carmélites
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- London Fringe
- Watermans Art Centre
- 11th May 2019
Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads Poulenc’s masterpiece.
HSO A Night at the Opera
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Hertford Theatre
- 11th May 2019
Saturday 11th May, 7.
English National Opera presents Paul Bunyan
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- West End
- Alexandra Palace
- 9th - 13th May 2019
Following its sell-out run at Wilton’s Music Hall in 2018, Paul Bunyan will receive its first revival at Alexandra Palace Theatre this May.
Andrew Pepper: House of Pepper
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent: Bosco
- 4th - 5th May 2019
Showman, story teller and clown, London cabaret star, Andrew Pepper (“barnstorming, no-holds barred, grab the audience by the goolies and give them everything you’ve got”, Ca…
The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 4th - 6th May 2019
One of The Guardian’s Best Shows at the Edinburgh Fringe 2018.
Summer Street: The Hilarious, Aussie Soap Opera, Musical Comedy
- Review
- ★★★
- Lois Zoppi
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Blockhouse
- 9th May, 2019
New British musicals are few and far between nowadays, but the Brighton Fringe is the one place where they are bound to be found.
Madame Chandelier's Rough Guide to the Opera
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
- 3rd - 4th May 2019
Madame Chandelier’s Rough Guide to the Opera is everything you never knew was funny about opera.
The Royal Opera House Live: Faust
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Farnham Maltings
- 30th Apr 2019
There are many versions of the story of Faust, who trades his soul with the Devil for youth and power, but Gounod’s opera remains one of the most constantly enthra…
Met Opera: Die Walküre 2019
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Farnham Maltings
- 2nd Apr 2019
£15, (£10 under 18's) COMPOSER: Richard Wagner Sung in German.
Met Opera 18-19: Die Walkure
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- London Fringe
- Watermans Art Centre
- 30th Mar 2019
Featuring some of the most glorious music ever written—including, of course, the Ride of the Valkyries—Die Walküre is the second of the four operas that…
Romeo And Juliet - The Royal Ballet
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- West End
- Royal Opera House
- 26th Mar - 11th Jun 2019
The story is set against a wonderful evocation of 16th-century Verona, and includes a bustling marketplace that erupts into a violent sword fight, and a lavish ball held in an eleg…
French Impressions: The House By The Sea (12A)
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- London Fringe
- Watermans Art Centre
- 16th Mar 2019
This month Jon Davies presents the latest film by Marselle-based Robert Guédugyuabm The House By The Sea, and looks at how French cinema has celebrated France&apo…
Met Opera: La Fille Du Régiment 2019
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Farnham Maltings
- 5th Mar 2019
£15 (£10 under 18's) COMPOSER: Gaetano Donizetti Sung in French.
Met Opera 18-19: La Fille Du Régiment
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- London Fringe
- Watermans Art Centre
- 2nd Mar 2019
Full of wit and invention, Donizetti’s comic opera is a delight.
NT ENCORE: I'M NOT RUNNING (CERT TBC)
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Hertford Theatre
- 26th Feb 2019
I’m Not Running is an explosive new play by David Hare, premiering at the National Theatre and broadcast to cinemas.
The Royal Ballet Live: Don Quixote
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Farnham Maltings
- 25th Feb 2019
Cervantes’s story of the bumbling knight Don Quixote has inspired countless artistic interpretations.
Coming Clean: Life As A Naked House Cleaner
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- Secret Cosy Living (Address Revealed 24 Hours Before) / The Horse & Stables
- 23rd Feb - 9th Mar 2019
Sex! Fantasies! Voyeurism! Vacuuming!In the cosy atmosphere of London’s living rooms and untraditional spaces, Ethan is Coming Clean.
I'm Not Running (12A) - National Theatre Encore
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- London Fringe
- Watermans Art Centre
- 17th - 25th Feb 2019
I’m Not Running is an explosive new play by David Hare, premiering at the National Theatre and broadcast live to cinemas.
The Nutcracker And The Four Realms (PG) - Family Cinema
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- London Fringe
- Watermans Art Centre
- 16th Feb 2019
All Clara (Mackenzie Foy) wants is a key – a one-of-a-kind key that will unlock a box that holds a priceless gift.
Royal Court Heritage Tour
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 12th Feb - 14th Mar 2019
The Royal Court is a Grade II listed building, a magnificent example of one of the best theatres built in the Art Deco style.
The Royal Ballet School
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- West End
- Royal Opera House
- 12th - 16th Feb 2019
The dancers of the future bring their talent to the Royal Opera House main stage for three special performances.
RSC ENCORE: TROILUS & CRESSIDA
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Hertford Theatre
- 7th Feb 2019
Thursday 7th February, 7pmTickets: £15 or £11 for school groupsDuration: 2hrs, 30minsSuitable for: ages 12+ Mad Max meets Ancient Greece in Sh…
A Small House At The Edge Of The World
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 5th - 23rd Feb 2019
A Small House at the Edge of the World is the story of how one location captures and distills two lifetimes worth of love, joy and sorrow.
A Small House At The Edge Of The World
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 5th - 23rd Feb 2019
A Small House at the Edge of the World is the story of how one location captures and distills two lifetimes worth of love, joy and sorrow.
Met Opera: Carmen 2019
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Farnham Maltings
- 5th Feb 2019
£15 (£10 under 18’s) COMPOSER: Georges Bizet Sung in French.
Antony & Cleopatra (12A) - National Theatre Encore
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- London Fringe
- Watermans Art Centre
- 4th Feb 2019
Extra encore performance added - Monday 4 February @ 11am - Booking Now Broadcast live from the National Theatre, Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo play Shakespeare&rsquo…
Met Opera 18-19: Carmen
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- London Fringe
- Watermans Art Centre
- 2nd Feb 2019
Don’t miss this revival of Sir Richard Eyre’s dynamic production.
The Silent House - Dumfries Fringe 2019
- Listing Theatre
- Scotland
- Container Theatre
- 2nd Feb 2019
Something between two refugees gradually changes the shape of their relationship.
The House By The Sea (12A)
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- London Fringe
- Watermans Art Centre
- 1st - 7th Feb 2019
Nominated for César Awards, France 2018 – Best Supporting Actress Winner of two Venice Film Festival Awards 2017 By a little bay near Marseilles lies a pict…
The Royal Opera House Live: The Queen of Spades
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Farnham Maltings
- 29th Jan 2019
In Tchaikovsky’s intense opera of obsession and the supernatural, Gherman is caught between the woman he loves and a destructive fixation.
NT ENCORE: THE TRAGEDY OF KING RICHARD THE SECOND
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Hertford Theatre
- 29th Jan 2019
Tuesday 29th January, 7pmTickets: £15 or £11 for school groupsSuitable for: no age suitability has been given yet for this screeningDuration: …
NT ENCORE: ANTONY & CLEOPATRA (CERT 12A)
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Hertford Theatre
- 22nd Jan 2019
Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo play the famous fated couple.
Baroque Opera Double Bill
- Listing
- Dublin
- Smock Alley Theatre, 1662
- 19th Jan 2019
DIDO AND AENEAS (PURCELL) &IL COMBATTIMENTO DI TANCREDI E CLORINDA (MONTEVERDI) Purcell’s much-loved masterpiece, Dido and Aeneas, recounts the love of Dido, Q…
Grindr: The Opera!
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Above the Stag Theatre
- 17th Jan - 16th Feb 2019
Grindr: The Opera! puts the most notorious gay hook-up app into the exaggerated world of opera.
House of Jack Christmas Show
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Edinburgh
- The Studio
- 4th Dec 2018
House of Jack is excited to present the first House of Jack Christmas Show! This street and urban dance show is jam-packed with dynamic performances from students of House of Jack...
La Fille Mal Gardee - Birmingham Royal Ballet
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- West End
- Sadler’s Wells
- 1st - 3rd Nov 2018
In Frederick Ashton’s joyous country tale, Lise and her mother clash in a foot-stomping, cabbage-throwing, battle of wills.
Liverpool's Royal Court 80th Birthday Bash
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 30th Sep 2018
Liverpool’s Royal Court 80th Birthday Bash An evening of celebration done the Royal Court way, this is a night where we show off all (well, some) of the goo…
A Show About Shows About Show Biz
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 20th - 25th Aug 2018
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…
The Beggar's Opera
- Listing Musicals and Opera / Musicals and Opera / Musicals and Opera / Musicals and Opera / Musicals and Opera / Musicals and Opera / Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh International Festival
- King’s Theatre
- 16th - 19th Aug 2018
Swarming with highwaymen, thieves, jailors, pimps and prostitutes, John Gay’s savagely satirical and wildly entertaining ‘ballad opera’ invites you into a world of greed, cri…
Bendy House Improv
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Sweet Novotel
- 13th - 26th Aug 2018
Bendy House – an improv duo.
Royal Scottish Pipers' Society
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- artSpace@StMarks
- 13th - 20th Aug 2018
Strangely, apart from the Military Tattoo, there is not a lot of piping in Edinburgh during the Fringe.
Opera Mouse
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 6th - 17th Aug 2018
Tilly Mouse lives under an opera house, and she just loves to sing! Her dream is to perform on stage.
The Show Between Shows Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- BrewDog Lothian Rd
- 4th - 25th Aug 2018
New(ish) for 2018! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
All About Her – Feminism in Chinese Traditional Opera
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in Augustines
- 4th - 11th Aug 2018
All About Her — Feminism in Chinese Traditional Opera creatively combines traditional Chinese Opera with contemporary ideas, exploring feminism in the traditional opera repertoir…
Parliament House: The Hidden Gem
- Listing Exhibition / Exhibition
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Parliament House
- 3rd - 31st Aug 2018
Visit the magnificent Parliament Hall, once the seat of Scotland’s politics, and gain a fascinating insight into the history, traditions and ceremonies of the home of Scotland’s Su…
Cambusdonald Royal
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Mayfield Salisbury Church
- 3rd - 18th Aug 2018
Brothers Barnabus and Donatus of Cambusdonald Abbey are back, now five years on from the events of The Sorcerer’s Tale.
Hidden Gardens of the Royal Mile
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Outside John Knox House
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2018
Take an easy walking tour to discover a little-known side of Edinburgh’s Old Town.
Rob Kemp's Wheel of Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel / Monkey Barrel Comedy Club
- 3rd - 26th Aug 2018
Feeling pressured by his success last year with The Elvis Dead, Rob Kemp returns with ten(!) shows stuck to a spinning wheel.
Virgin Money Fringe on the Royal Mile
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- High Street, Cockburn Street to George IV Bridge
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2018
Your Fringe adventure starts here! For the 20th year, Edinburgh’s historic High Street is transformed into a huge open-air performance playground featuring thousands of shows of al…
The House of Edgar
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 3rd - 25th Aug 2018
Edgar Allan Poe is dead.
Royal Mile Tours
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Edinburgh City Chambers (Meeting Point)
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2018
Join our expert guides for a free walk around the heart of Edinburgh’s historic Old Town.
The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Mockingbird
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2018
Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance.
The House
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Pete Shaw
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 22nd Aug, 2018
A blissfully domestic sitting room in a nameless American suburb is the setting for Brian Parks’ riotous comedy The House.
Raymond Mearns Is in the House
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn
- 2nd - 27th Aug 2018
It’s Fringe time again and I’m back at The Beehive.
The Lampoons: House on Haunted Hill
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andrew Allen
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 9th Aug, 2018
A late night slot at the Pleasance Dome perfectly suits the latest offering from The Lampoons, a raucous, defiantly silly parody of the creaky well-loved William Castle classic, de…
Luke Kempner: House of Faces
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 1st - 27th Aug 2018
Comedian and impressionist Luke Kempner and his multiple personalities host an ultimate reality show where no one is off limits.
The Sisters of CastleKnock House
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C royale
- 1st - 27th Aug 2018
Fran, Jo and Ger live in isolation.
Squabbling House Theatre Presents: Scratch
- Listing Theatre
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- The Basement
- 29th Jul 2018
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…
Squabbling House Theatre Presents: Blink by Phil Porter
- Listing Theatre
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- The Basement
- 28th Jul 2018
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.
Lead Pencil: LOL’s House Party
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 8th Jul 2018
Imagine the love-child of Saved by the Bell and Art Attack! That’s Lead Pencil and they've made a sketch show, by literally sketching it.
Grindr: The Opera!
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Above the Stag Theatre
- 3rd Jul - 26th Aug 2018
by Erik Ransom UNRESERVED SEATING ON ALL PERFORMANCES OF GRINDR: THE OPERA Grindr: The Opera! puts the most notorious gay hook-up app into the exaggerated world of …
Chris Ramsey Live 2018: Just Happy To Get Out Of The House Tour
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 15th - 16th Jun 2018
Critically acclaimed and award winning Stand Up comedian, host of his own TV entertainment show and Stand Up show on Comedy Central, Celebrity Juice regular and the only…
Birmingham Royal Ballet - Romeo and Juliet
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- West End
- Sadler’s Wells
- 12th - 13th Jun 2018
Love at first dance, forbidden passions, dangerous secrets and star-crossed fate combine in this exhilarating classic ballet.
The Silent House
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet Werks 1
- 25th - 27th May 2018
Benjamin and Shiva have lived in a refugee camp for two years whilst they work towards completing their citizenship applications.
Never Mind the Royal Wedding - Here's Some Bollocks from Der Wunderlich Revue
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent: Bosco
- 23rd - 24th May 2018
A firm rite of the Queens, the boys from Der Wunderlich Revue have been peddling their own unique brand of chaos, smut, nudity and stupidity for ten years.
A Musical History of 24 George St, Brighton - and Other Shows
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Bom-Bane’s Music Cafe
- 18th May - 3rd Jun 2018
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.
House of Burlesque Revue
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Spiegeltent at Southbank Centre
- 12th May - 27th Sep 2018
Pop the champagne.
Amadeus comes to Lunch at the Chapel Royal
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- The Chapel Royal
- 8th - 22nd May 2018
Mozart masterpieces performed in the wonderful acoustics and historic setting of the Chapel Royal.
BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows
- Review
- ★★★★
- Carmen Dupre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 9th May, 2018
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…
Farleys House Tours
- Listing Exhibition
- Brighton Fringe
- Farleys House & Gallery
- 6th May - 3rd Jun 2018
Experience the extraordinary atmosphere of the Sussex home of Surrealists Lee Miller and Roland Penrose, whose guests included Picasso, Man Ray and Miró.
Royal Court Heritage Tour
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 19th Apr - 9th Aug 2018
The Royal Court is a Grade II listed building, a magnificent example of one of the best theatres built in the Art Deco style.
Macbeth - Royal Opera
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Royal Opera House
- 2nd - 10th Apr 2018
The warrior Macbeth fights on the side of the King of Scotland – but when a coven of witches prophesy that he shall become king himself, a ruthless ambition drives Macbeth an…
Myth - Lives & songs of Piaf, Dietrich, Monroe and other female legends - an Encore!
- Listing Music
- Adelaide Fringe
- THE GC at The German Club
- 15th - 18th Mar 2018
Sylvia Brécko presents “MYTH – the lives and songs of Dietrich, Piaf, Monroe and other female legends!” An Encore! After last year’s great success Sylvia, German TV host & …
Our House
- Listing Theatre
- Adelaide Fringe
- Gluttony
- 13th - 15th Mar 2018
Running with Scissors is the theatre company of Adelaide High School committed to the creation of returns to the Fringe after a [near] sell out season in 2017 with a brand new show…
'Fowler & Finn' - A Tribute to Crowded House
- Listing Music
- Adelaide Fringe
- The Mill
- 13th Mar 2018
Fowler sisters, Erin and Tess from local group Sitara, celebrate the Finn Brothers with a tribute to Crowded House and their catalogue of much loved songs.
Fun House
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Adelaide Fringe
- The Garden of Unearthly Delights
- 10th - 18th Mar 2018
We’re bringing all the eye popping, sugar rushing, heart racing fun to The Garden.
Doctor in the House
- Listing Comedy
- Adelaide Fringe
- The Garden of Unearthly Delights
- 9th - 18th Mar 2018
Dr Ahmed, the loveable GP, returns to Adelaide Fringe! After making a totally sold out debut in 2016, he is back with more titillating tales from the consulting room.
MATES! A struthin' Aussie Soap Opera
- Listing Comedy
- Adelaide Fringe
- Black Bull Hotel
- 8th Mar 2018
Darryl is suspected of murder.
From The House Of The Dead
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Royal Opera House
- 7th - 24th Mar 2018
From the House of the Dead is Janáček’s final work and arguably his most powerful.
Paul Dabek - Encore!
- Listing Magic
- Adelaide Fringe
- Gluttony
- 4th Mar 2018
Adelaide’s 2016 Award Winner and 5 Star performer returns to show you why he is widely regarded as one of the funniest magicians on the planet! Dressed to impress and with more th…
The Red Forge Publishing House
- Listing Theatre
- Adelaide Fringe
- Semaphore Library / The Dockside Tavern
- 22nd - 27th Feb 2018
Marla tries to get The Red Forge Publishing House team to promote the concept of Brenda’s story about Max, an information agent from the Maxden Libary, and his twin sister Charlott…
The Winter's Tale - Royal Ballet
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- West End
- Royal Opera House
- 13th Feb - 21st Mar 2018
King Leontes, possessed by a mad jealousy, believes his pregnant wife Hermione to be having an affair with his childhood friend King Polixenes.
Carmen - Royal Opera
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Royal Opera House
- 6th Feb 2018 - 20th Jul 2019
Barrie Kosky directs Bizet’s much-loved opera, with Jakub Hrůša and Christopher Willis conducting two casts led by Anna Goryachova and Gaëlle Arquez in the title…
A Doll's House
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Bridewell Theatre
- 23rd - 27th Jan 2018
Sedos presents a new production of A Doll’s House, by Henrik Ibsen with an English language version by Simon Stephens, at the Bridewell Theatre, off Fleet Street, from 23 to 27 Jan…
Giselle - Royal Ballet
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Royal Opera House
- 19th Jan - 9th Mar 2018
The peasant girl Giselle discovers the true identity of her lover Albrecht – and that he is promised to another.
Tosca - Royal Opera
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Royal Opera House
- 15th Jan 2018 - 20th Jun 2019
Three casts, led by Adrianne Pieczonka, Angela Gheorghiu and Martina Serafin and conducted by Dan Ettinger and Plácido Domingo, star in The Royal Opera’s production of…
Rigoletto - Royal Opera
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Royal Opera House
- 14th Dec 2017 - 16th Jan 2018
Rigoletto, court jester to the libertine Duke of Mantua, is cursed by the father of one of the Duke’s victims for his irreverent laughter.
The Nutcracker - English National Ballet
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- London Fringe
- London Coliseum
- 13th Dec 2017 - 30th Dec 2018
Over 100 dancers and musicians bring The Nutcracker to life with exquisite dancing, beautiful sets and Tchaikovsky’s glorious score played live.
The Nutcracker
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- West End
- Royal Opera House
- 5th Dec 2017 - 15th Jan 2019
A young girl’s enchanted present leads her on a wonderful Christmas adventure in this beautiful classical ballet, danced to Tchaikovsky’s magnificent score.
Side Shows
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Sadler’s Wells Theatre
- 25th - 26th Nov 2017
Constella OperaBallet return to the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells this November with their award-winning Sideshows.
House of Burlesque: 2.0
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- West End
- Christmas in Leicester Square
- 10th Nov 2017 - 5th Jan 2018
The revolution will be crystallised… This innovative and bold show show is like nothing you have seen before.
Birmingham Royal Ballet - Mixed Bill
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- UK Regional & Tours
- Sadler’s Wells
- 3rd Nov 2017 - 16th Jun 2018
A mixed programme of new work and much loved pieces.
Birmingham Royal Ballet - Aladdin
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- UK Regional & Tours
- Sadler’s Wells
- 31st Oct - 2nd Nov 2017
A cave of riches is waiting to be explored in David Bintley’s glittering production of the classic story of Aladdin and his adventures with the magic lamp.
The House on Poe Street
- Listing Theatre
- Off Off Broadway
- The 14th Street Y
- 27th Oct - 12th Nov 2017
When twin sisters inherit the house where Poe composed The Raven, their lives take twisted turns that affect the future of mankind.
The House by Brian Parks
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Bread & Roses Theatre
- 19th - 21st Oct 2017
A comedy verging on farce, by Brian Parks.
The Phantom of the Opera (ENO)
- Listing Film
- London Fringe
- London Coliseum
- 8th Oct 2017
The World Premiere of Roy Budd’s masterpiece score to the 1925 classic silent film.
Celebrating 60 Years of Edinburgh Grand Opera
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Brunton
- 24th Aug 2017
Celebrate 60 years of EGO with highlights from much-loved operas by Verdi, Mozart, Puccini, Tchaikovsky, Bernstein and Bizet.
Sustainable Shows: Emerging Trends
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 23rd Aug 2017
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Oresteia: This Restless House
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh International Festival
- The Lyceum
- 22nd - 27th Aug 2017
A father’s horrifying sacrifice of his daughter sets in motion a cycle of bloody revenge.
Tesco: The Opera!
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C royale
- 22nd - 26th Aug 2017
One man, a piano and an unexpected item in the bagging area… the supermarket trip is explored in musical form with a fun, frantic and family-friendly trolley dash to the conveyor…
Royal Scottish Pipers' Society
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- artSpace@StMarks
- 14th - 21st Aug 2017
Music of the Great Highland bagpipe in a variety of forms played by members of the Royal Scottish Pipers’ Society and friends, displaying the quality and enduring appeal of the ins…
Bendy House
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C royale
- 14th - 26th Aug 2017
Let Bendy House take you on a journey – maybe to a Romford kitchen sink or perhaps the weather control arm of the civil service on the planet Zarg.
US Tour Booking For Small And Independent Shows
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 10th - 21st Aug 2017
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Live Shows in an Internet Media Age
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 9th Aug 2017
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
The City – A Detective Hip Hop Opera
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Drummond Community High School
- 8th - 10th Aug 2017
A rap opera written entirely in rhyme, performed as one continuous song.
Macbeth: Fringe of Cantonese Opera
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- New Town Theatre
- 7th - 8th Aug 2017
Shakespeare’s Macbeth is one of the world most renowned plays, however this year the production will be performed in an entirely unique style, that of traditional Cantonese opera…
Sink
- Review
- ★★★★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Space Triplex / theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 6th Aug, 2017
Sink is a poignant and fascinating drama about one of China’s greatest playwrights, Lao She; a man who wrote for his country and was once honoured as an ‘Artist of the peo…
The Show Between Shows Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 52 Canoes (Grassmarket)
- 6th - 26th Aug 2017
New for 2017! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
The Boor (Peking Opera)
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Sweet Grassmarket
- 5th - 7th Aug 2017
Adapted from Anton Chekhov’s comedy.
The House Always Wins!
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Serenity Cafe
- 5th - 26th Aug 2017
Returning to the Fringe, Stephen invites you to enter the world of the hustler and enjoy an evening of card tricks, cheats and scams in this intimate and interactive show.
Paul Dabek – Encore!
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Frodo Allan
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Liquid Room Annexe
- 26th Aug, 2017
Dabek is an old-school showman; his banter is honed to a bleeding edge and you can easily imagine him holding forth on classic Saturday night TV, perhaps as a guest on The Paul Dan…
The House of Bernarda Alba
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Central Hall
- 4th - 9th Aug 2017
Finished just two months before the author’s murder on 18 August 1936 by a gang of Franco’s supporters, The House of Bernarda Alba is now accepted as Lorca’s great masterpiece of l…
The Room at the Top of the House
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Zoo
- 4th - 28th Aug 2017
Josh finds the outside world a fascinating and frightening place.
Virgin Money Fringe on the Royal Mile
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- High Street, Cockburn Street to George IV Bridge
- 4th - 28th Aug 2017
Watch free previews of hundreds of Fringe shows.
The House
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Sweet Grassmarket
- 4th - 27th Aug 2017
Following last year’s successful run of ‘Made in Cumbria’, Jane’s back to Cumbria in The House where you’re invited to meet some new characters and get involved in some sinister …
Royal Mile Tours – Free
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Edinburgh City Chambers (Meeting Point)
- 4th - 28th Aug 2017
Join an expert local guide for a historical walking tour around Edinburgh’s world-famous Old Town.
Hidden Gardens of the Royal Mile
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Outside John Knox House
- 4th - 26th Aug 2017
Take an easy walking tour to discover a little-known side of Edinburgh’s Old Town: behind the historic buildings find the surprising number of gardens and green nooks and crannies,…
The House of Bernarda Alba
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Central Hall
- 4th - 9th Aug 2017
Finished just two months before the author’s murder on 18 August 1936 by a gang of Franco’s supporters, The House of Bernarda Alba is now accepted as Lorca’s great masterpiece of l…
Chamber Pot Opera
- Review
- ★★★★
- Daisy McConnel
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Hall
- 6th Aug, 2017
This isn’t an eccentric metaphor or a pseudonym for a filthy cabaret, it is exactly what it says.
Madame Señorita: 25 Different Shows, Come Every Day!
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2017
Award-winning performer Paula Valluerca, aka Madame Señorita, is committed to reconnect with the pleasure of being a totally deluded idiot.
Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Gardens
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2017
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…
Sasquatch: The Opera
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 8th Aug, 2017
I’m not sure where to begin in dissecting Sasquatch: the Opera.
Phil Dunning: The House of Pigs
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 2nd - 27th Aug 2017
You are cordially invited to The House of Pigs.
Nath Valvo – Not In This House
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Millie Bayswater
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 16th Aug, 2017
The last stand in not-growing-up, Nath Valvo is holding the frontline for all those amongst us who are done shelling out for their brother’s baby monitor, done giving up every we…
Swan Lake: The Royal Ballet
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- London Fringe
- Royal Opera House
- 27th Jul 2017 - 21st Jun 2018
Konstantin Sergeyev’s entrancing production of Swan Lake, based on Petipa and Ivanov’s timeless masterpiece, creates a lyrical, mysterious world where Prince Siegf…
Penelope Solomon: I was a Penis at the Royal Festival Hall
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Komedia Studio
- 4th Jun 2017
Following her success of last year’s Edinburgh Fringe, Penelope brings her unique combination of stand-up, character comedy and songs in this nationwide tour of ‘I was a penis.
House of Verse
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Brighton Fringe
- Marwood Bar & Coffeehouse
- 3rd - 4th Jun 2017
One entertaining community.
Duker & Henderson: Soph Opera
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Lamb @ Nowhere Man
- 26th May - 3rd Jun 2017
Two of the UK’s best new comics, Sophie Duker (Funny Women finalist 2015) and Sophie Henderson (SYTYF? finalist 2016) ride into Brighton for an unrelentingly hilarious hour of subv…
Ushers: The Front of House Musical
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Broadway Lounge
- 25th May - 3rd Jun 2017
A preview performance of a new jukebox musical is due to take place.
Bom-Bane's Musical History of 24 George St, Brighton & Other Shows
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Bom-Bane’s Music Cafe
- 18th May - 3rd Jun 2017
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 …
Beethoven at the Lunchtime Concerts Chapel Royal
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- The Chapel Royal
- 16th - 30th May 2017
Beethoven at lunchtimes.
House of Burlesque: Straight Up
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- London Fringe
- Spiegeltent at Southbank Centre
- 13th May - 15th Sep 2017
How do you like your Burlesque – sweet, dirty or perfect? In year four of their wildly successful Wonderground residency, multi sell-out House of Burlesque are back with a do…
Jane Postlethwaite: The House
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Lamb @ Nowhere Man
- 12th May - 3rd Jun 2017
Jane Postlethwaite (Funny Women and Squawker Award finalist 2015) brings her multi-character, one-woman show, ‘The House’, to Brighton.
Coming Clean: Life As A Naked House Cleaner
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- New Steine Hotel, Bar and Bistro
- 12th - 21st May 2017
Coming Clean: Life As A Naked House Cleaner is an immersive theatre show about sexual fantasy- it’s also funny and true and asks us to look at our own vulnerabilities.
House of Alchemy
- Listing Exhibition
- Brighton Fringe
- House of Alchemy
- 9th - 15th May 2017
A week long exhibition of visionary art and imaginative Realism in central Brighton.
Tree House
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Dog
- 9th - 10th May 2017
‘Tree House’ is an original idea devised by Bloody Nora Theatre exploring the relationship between two sisters estranged after their parents’ death.
BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Studio 3
- 8th - 9th May 2017
“The true mystery of the world is the visible .
Farleys House Tours
- Listing Exhibition
- Brighton Fringe
- Farleys House and Gallery
- 7th May - 4th Jun 2017
Experience the extraordinary atmosphere of the Sussex home of Surrealists Lee Miller and Roland Penrose, whose guests included Picasso, Man Ray and Miró.
Whisper House
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- London Fringe
- St James Theatre
- 6th Apr - 27th May 2017
Tony Award-winner Duncan Sheik brings his latest musical to the newly rebranded The Other Palace – formerly the St James Theatre for a limited season.
Whisper House
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Other Palace
- 6th Apr - 27th May 2017
An eerie lighthouse stands on the sleepy East Coast of America.
The Shoreditch Improv Festival Sunday Funday Shows
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- The Water Poet
- 19th Feb 2017
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…
The House of Bernarda Alba
- Review
- ★★★★
- Paul Fisher Cockburn
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Exchange Theatre
- 20th Feb, 2017
If politics is about people—specifically the ever-fluctuating power imbalances between people in different situations—then Federico García Lorca was right to focus his “po…
The Nutcracker - Royal Opera House
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Royal Albert Hall / Royal Opera House
- 4th Jan 2017 - 31st Dec 2019
The Nutcracker is classical ballet at its most approachable and visually entrancing – Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without it! A young girl’s enchanted present…
Cinderella - Chiswick House
- Listing Pantomime
- London Fringe
- Chiswick House & Gardens / Royal Albert Hall / Trafalgar Studio 1
- 16th Dec 2016 - 12th Jan 2020
This Christmas Chiswick House plays host to a remarkable event – within a Big Top in the beautiful walled garden will be a spectacular new stage production of Cinderella.
This House
- Review
- ★★★
- Simon Ximenez
- West End
- Garrick Theatre
- 1st Dec, 2016
Taking place over the five years in the seventies that turned out to be the last Labour Government for nearly 20 years and that led to the Thatcher era, the politics being manage…
Birmingham Royal Ballet
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- London Fringe
- Sadlers Wells
- 13th - 15th Oct 2016
Immerse yourself in a magical world.
Birmingham Royal Ballet
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- London Fringe
- Sadlers Wells
- 10th - 11th Oct 2016
Three Shakespeare-inspired ballets that begin Birmingham Royal Ballet’s celebration of the Bard's legacy.
British Youth Opera
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- London Fringe
- Peacock Theatre
- 7th - 10th Sep 2016
British Youth Opera — English Eccentrics By Malcolm Williamson Libretto by Geoffrey Dunn based on the book by Edith Sitwell.
British Youth Opera
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- London Fringe
- Peacock Theatre
- 3rd - 10th Sep 2016
British Youth Opera: Owen Wingrave By Benjamin Britten.
The Royal Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms / Royal Opera House
- 27th Aug 2016 - 14th Mar 2017
Cinema screening of live performance.
House and ACE 1-2-1 Sessions
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central@Infirmary Street
- 26th Aug 2016
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Musical Theatre Workshop With the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central@Infirmary Street
- 24th Aug 2016
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Ai WeiWei at the Royal Academy
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 20th Aug 2016
Cinema screening of live performance.
ONE – The Man Chosen By the Spirit of the Japanese Drum
- Review
- ★★★★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- SpaceTriplex
- 19th Aug, 2016
A masked figure, all in white, carries the biggest drumstick you’ve ever seen and drops it on the biggest drum you’ve ever seen.
The Royal Ballet: The Winter's Tale
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 16th Aug 2016
Cinema screening of live performance.
The Royal Ballet: Swan Lake
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 16th Aug 2016
Cinema screening of live performance.
Penelope Solomon: I Was a Penis at the Royal Festival Hall
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club 5 & 6
- 16th - 28th Aug 2016
With stand-up, character comedy and a sprinkling of original songs, BBC Radio 4 TV critic Penelope (BBC’s Goodnight Sweetheart and Fist of Fun and BBC Radio 2’s Sony nominated King…
The Deer Johns: A Journey
- Review
- ★★★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on Niddry St
- 19th Aug, 2016
A three-man band from Adelaide, Australia, tell an odd and very random story of one man’s travels through spoken word and song.
Simon Lukacs Shows His Range
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Southside Social
- 15th - 23rd Aug 2016
Upstairs Downton and Petting Zoo (‘Improv supergroup’ TimeOut) star creates a staggering array of characters using his mouth, brain, hands and body.
Royal Scottish Pipers Society
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- artSpace@StMarks
- 15th - 22nd Aug 2016
Strangely, apart from the Military Tattoo there is not much piping at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Our House
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in Augustines
- 15th - 20th Aug 2016
Featuring the music of Madness.
YCA Secret Opera: Mansfield Park
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Edinburgh Academy
- 15th - 20th Aug 2016
Following a sell-out run and five star reviews for their recent production of Carmen, Edinburgh Studio Opera return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with Jonathan Dove’s Mansfiel…
Young Classical Artist Secret Opera
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Edinburgh Academy
- 15th - 20th Aug 2016
Staged opera performances from some of Scotland’s most talented young singers.
The Hummingbirds A Cappella: Love Is Not Our Forte
- Review
- ★★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- SpaceTriplex
- 18th Aug, 2016
To be fair to the Hummingbirds, I’m not really the right demographic for their show.
The Man Who Built His House to Heaven
- Review
- ★★★★
- Hayley Sophie Scott
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 19th Aug, 2016
One-man shows are no easy thing to pull off, especially when the subject matter is like something out of Wes Anderson’s daydreams, but Keenan Hurley does just that in The Man Who…
The Royal Ballet: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 14th - 23rd Aug 2016
Cinema screening of live performance.
Daniel Sloss: So? (Late Shows)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Venue150 at EICC
- 12th - 27th Aug 2016
Later, considerably ruder and darker shows from internationally acclaimed, award-winning Scottish stand-up comedy meteor.
Hurricane House
- Listing Theatre
- Off Off Broadway
- La Mama Experimental Theatre Club, First Floor Theatre
- 11th - 14th Aug 2016
A crisis-stricken Southern family within a house “in the eye of the storm” employing a semi-realist dramatic structure.
Shanghai Opera House: Thunderstorm - sponsored by MG
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- London Coliseum
- 11th - 14th Aug 2016
Thunderstorm is an award-winning modern opera about family, society and corruption in Old Shanghai.
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Ensembles
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Mary’s Metropolitan Cathedral
- 11th - 25th Aug 2016
Free lunchtime concerts with emerging professional musicians in ensembles from our national conservatoire.
The Royal Ballet: Romeo and Juliet
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 9th - 25th Aug 2016
Cinema screening of live performance.
Dive and Summerhall Present... C U Next Tuesday Cabaret
- Review
- ★★★★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 18th Aug, 2016
Sometime in between Jak Soroka cracking eggs on her naked body and Sam Reynolds dry humping someone in the audience, you realise nights at Dive’s C U Next Tuesday cabaret can get…
The House Always Wins!
- Listing Cabaret and Variety / Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Serenity Cafe
- 6th - 27th Aug 2016
Returning to the Fringe for the fourth year, Stephen invites you to enter the world of the hustler and enjoy an evening of card tricks, cheats and scams in this intimate and intera…
A Royal Flush
- Review
- ★★
- Ellie Coote
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 10th Aug, 2016
A Royal Flush is a dark political comedy turned farce, featuring a princess stuck in a portaloo and a ransoming of The Daily Star.
Opera Mouse
- Review
- ★★★★
- James Beagon
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 10th Aug, 2016
Opera Mouse is a pleasant Canadian import presented as a one-woman puppet show by Melanie Gall.
Russian Standard House of Davai presents PingTron
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 5th - 29th Aug 2016
Responding to phenomenal demand, Russian Standard are bringing PingTron, a unique and exceptional take on ping pong, to Edinburgh for the very first time.
Parliament House: A Hidden Gem
- Listing Exhibition
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Parliament House
- 5th Aug - 2nd Sep 2016
This exhibition within the magnificent Parliament Hall gives a fascinating insight into the history, traditions and ceremonies of the home of Scotland’s Supreme Courts.
The House of Edgar
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andrew Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 15th Aug, 2016
Often, the expectation brought to mind by the genre “Musical” means that successfully producing a new and original one at the Fringe Festival is no mean feat.
Virgin Money Fringe on the Royal Mile
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- High Street, Cockburn Street to George IV Bridge
- 5th - 29th Aug 2016
Watch free previews of hundreds of Fringe shows.
Royal Mile Tours – Free
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Edinburgh City Chambers (Meeting Point)
- 5th - 29th Aug 2016
Join a trained festival guide for a historical walking tour around Edinburgh’s world-famous Old Town.
Daniel
- Review
- ★★★★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Zoo
- 14th Aug, 2016
Your best friend from school has been arrested for having a collection of child pornography on his laptop.
Hidden Gardens of the Royal Mile
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Outside John Knox House
- 5th - 29th Aug 2016
Greenyonder’s most popular tour.
Blueswater Presents: Queens of the Blues
- Review
- ★★★★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- SpaceTriplex
- 19th Aug, 2016
Blueswater go from strength to strength with their all new show, Queens of the Blues, focusing entirely on the often overlooked heroines of Blues music and taking us on an incredib…
Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows
- Review
- ★★★★★
- William Heraghty
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Gardens
- 8th Aug, 2016
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…
LoveHard: The House on the Hill
- Review
- ★★★★
- Simon Fearn
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ 48 Below
- 18th Aug, 2016
Perhaps one of the most entertaining shows I have seen on the Free Fringe, Lovehard consists of comedians Jacob Lovick and Tyler Harding (see what they did there?), who in what is …
Bob Slayer: 24 Hour Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus
- 4th - 29th Aug 2016
Bob drives his BlundaBus around Europe looking for adventures.
Doctor in the House
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Spotlites
- 4th - 14th Aug 2016
Spend an intimate evening of insightful and intelligent comedy with this British doctor.
House and Amongst the Reeds
- Review
- ★★★★
- Oliver Simmonds
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Theatre
- 7th Aug, 2016
London-based Clean Break fit two plays into one show: House, a tight family drama set in a British-Nigerian household, and Amongst the Reeds, a nondescript tale of homelessness, fr…
Letters to Windsor House
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jamie P Robson
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 6th Aug, 2016
Picture the scene: two women in letterbox face paint — a pair of punkish, postmodern clowns — sit on a couple of threadbare armchairs underneath an enormous screen, sipping bee…
Swansong
- Review
- ★★★★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 16th Aug, 2016
Four strangers survive the end of the world and end up stranded in a swan pedalo.
Royal Vauxhall
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Frodo Allan
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly Med Quad
- 17th Aug, 2016
With a script and songs by Desmond O’Connor, this new musical tells the tale of the legendary night that TV superstar, Kenny Everett and rock god, Freddie Mercury dressed Lady Di…
Out of Our Father's House
- Review
- ★★
- Sarah Gough
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 8th Aug, 2016
The self-empowerment of interesting American women from history is a dramatic premise that instantly arrests your attention.
La Clique Encore!
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Famous Spiegeltent
- 3rd - 29th Aug 2016
This Edinburgh Festival phenomena, born in 2003, keeps on giving.
Ushers: The Front of House Musical
- Review
- ★★
- Hannah Lucy Baker
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C
- 9th Aug, 2016
I’m a lover of musical theatre but I’m prepared to be really honest here: the genre is crammed with suitable material for a hilarious and even brutal send-up.
I Still Believe in Miracles: Thirty Years of Inverleith House
- Listing Exhibition
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh – Inverleith House
- 2nd Aug - 4th Sep 2016
During thirty years of exhibitions programming Inverleith House has originated and presented some of the most memorable exhibitions ever staged in the UK, and achieved an internati…
Encore
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Etcetera Theatre
- 1st - 3rd Aug 2016
UCLU Runaground’s entry to the 2016 Camden Fringe - Encore; Meet Johnny, a drag Queen, the best of the best - and everyone knows it.
A Royal Wunderlich Variety Show
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent: Bosco
- 25th May 2016
Brighton’s all-male cabaret smutsters, Der Wunderlich Revue, celebrate the Queen’s 90th birthday with a night of right royal mirth, magic, music, cheerleading and madness.
Doctor in the House
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Nightingale Room
- 20th - 24th May 2016
Having left the UK for sunny Australia, Dr Ahmed returns to share the comical aspects of being a modern day GP.
The Threepenny Opera
- Review
- ★★★
- Simon Ximenez
- West End
- National Theatre
- 3rd Jul, 2016
A common preconception of Brecht’s work is that his political views, his ‘anti-theatre’ style and the didactic tag that precedes any conversation about it, creates theatre that s…
Tenors Unlimited:The Rat Pack of Opera
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Johanna Makelainen
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 17th May, 2016
The atmospheric Spiegeltent was bursting at the seams as the three tenors took the stage and the audience with their sunny, easy-going manner.
Lunchtime Concerts at the Chapel Royal
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- The Chapel Royal
- 10th - 31st May 2016
Tuesday lunchtime concerts: 10th: Ensemble Reza - Boccherini and Beethoven String Quintets; 17th: Paul Gregory (guitar) - South American music; 24th: James Larter (percussionist) -…
Farley Farm House Tours
- Listing Exhibition
- Brighton Fringe
- Farley Farm House
- 1st May - 5th Jun 2016
Experience the extraordinary atmosphere of the Sussex home of Surrealists Lee Miller and Roland Penrose, whose guests included Picasso, Man Ray and Miró.
This Restless House
- Review
- ★★★★
- Paul Fisher Cockburn
- Glasgow
- Citizens Theatre
- 3rd May, 2016
Theatrical serendipity currently means that, after some masculine brutality set during the latter stages of the ancient siege of Troy (in the Royal Lyceum’s new adaptation of H…
Heartbeat Opera
- Listing Music
- USA Regional & Tours
- Theater at St. Clement’s
- 10th - 20th Mar 2016
The adventurous Cantata Profana ensemble teams up for the second time with its innovative sister company, Heartbeat Opera, for re-imagined, contemporary productions of Donizetti…
Valentines Shows
- Listing Comedy
- USA Regional & Tours
- Littlefield / Magnet Theater / The Stand
- 9th - 14th Feb 2016
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…
Nutcracker
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- West End
- London Coliseum
- 5th Jan 2016 - 8th Jan 2017
The magical Christmas ballet for all the family.
New York City Opera
- Listing Music
- USA Regional & Tours
- Rose Theater, Frederick P. Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center
- 2nd Jan 2016
A renaissance, this company is calling it: After bankruptcy and a protracted legal battle, the name, at least, has returned.
Metropolitan Opera
- Listing Music
- USA Regional & Tours
- Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center
- 2nd Jan 2016
Two alluring sopranos making house role debuts are on the lineup this week: Nina Stemme sings with a powerful, luxuriant voice and offers an unusually nuanced portrayal of the titl…
Prototype: Opera/Theater/Now
- Listing Theatre
- Off Broadway
- various locations
- 31st Dec 2015
(performances start on Wednesday) A tuneful celebration of musical and theatrical experiment, this year’s festival features the world premiere of “Angel’s Bone,&#…
Amore Opera
- Listing Music
- USA Regional & Tours
- Sheen Center
- 18th Dec 2015 - 31st Dec 2016
This energetic small company, an offshoot of the now defunct Amato Opera, offers its production of “La Bohème” directed by Nathan Hull, conducted by Jason Tramm an…
Mannes Opera
- Listing Music
- USA Regional & Tours
- Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College
- 11th - 12th Dec 2015
The young singers of Mannes Opera have a chance to demonstrate their vocal and comic gifts in Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’amore,” presented in a fully sta…
We Grew Up in the Back of a Van
- Review
- ★★★★
- Dave House
- London Fringe
- White Bear Theatre
- 7th Dec, 2015
We Grew Up in the Back of a Van is a fun and energetic show with a big heart.
Gilgamesh
- Review
- ★★★★
- Dave House
- London Fringe
- Rich Mix
- 30th Nov, 2015
The Crick Crack Club’s Gilgamesh is a tour de force piece of storytelling.
Beauty & The Beast
- Review
- ★★★
- Dave House
- London Fringe
- Polka Theatre
- 1st Dec, 2015
Beauty & the Beast at Polka is a fun and vibrant production of a classic fairytale that boasts a beautiful set, wonderful costumes and some lovely effects delivering a visual treat…
Juilliard Opera
- Listing Music
- USA Regional & Tours
- Peter Jay Sharp Theater, Lincoln Center
- 18th - 22nd Nov 2015
In their first performances of the season, these reliable students a double bill of dark comedies: Poulenc’s “Les mamelles de Tirésias” and Viktor Ullmann…
Chelsea Opera
- Listing Music
- USA Regional & Tours
- St. Peter’s Church
- 12th - 14th Nov 2015
Chelsea Opera has been admirably committed to “Glory Denied,” the opera by the composer Tom Cipullo.
Beasty Baby
- Review
- ★★★★
- Dave House
- London Fringe
- Polka Theatre
- 23rd Oct, 2015
Beasty Baby at Polka Theatre is great fun for all the family and a fantastic show to introduce the little ones to the world of theatre.
Classically Chilled Piano
- Review
- ★★★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 28th Aug, 2015
Rich Batsford’s Classically Chilled Piano is exactly that.
Loch Ness Monster Hunter
- Review
- ★★★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Bedlam Theatre
- 26th Aug, 2015
From the creators of Vampire Hospital Waiting Room and GhostCop comes another cult pop culture theatre comedy show that once again gets its audience in hysterics.
Janis Joplin: Full Tilt
- Review
- ★★★★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Queen’s Hall
- 26th Aug, 2015
Angie Darcy returns to the fringe with her stellar tribute to and exploration of Janis Joplin.
Late Night Phantasmagoria With Jack Lukeman
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Famous Spiegeltent
- 19th Aug, 2015
The moment Jack Lukeman enters the stage, it’s clear this is going to be a fantastic show.
The Wendy House Trilogy: Edmund
- Review
- ★
- M Johnson
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 25th Aug, 2015
This is a show I really wanted to enjoy; each part of the production tries very hard to achieve an ambitious vision, but don’t quite make it.
The Wendy House Trilogy: Dorothy
- Review
- ★★
- Dixon Baskerville
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 24th Aug, 2015
Dorothy, part of the Wendy House Trilogy, is a humour-infused adaptation of The Wizard of Oz written by Greg and Joe Allen and directed by Joe Allen.
Forever House
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 17th - 29th Aug 2015
Richard is plotting his escape to art college, just as lecturer Graham settles in.
The Wendy House Trilogy: Peter
- Review
- ★★★
- Emily Blackwell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 23rd Aug, 2015
Peter is the first show in The Wendy House Trilogy produced by Jealous Whale Theatre.
Shakuntala: A Rock Opera in English
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Church Hill Theatre
- 16th - 21st Aug 2015
Shakuntala: A Rock Opera in English, is based on an ancient Indian folk tale by the famous poet Kalidasa.
Daniel Sloss: Dark: Extra Shows!
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Venue150@EICC
- 14th - 29th Aug 2015
Due to massive demand, six later, quite probably ruder, shows! Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedy half-man-half-Xbox.
BBC: The Jazz House
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- BBC@POTTERROW
- 12th Aug 2015
Stephen Duffy presents The Jazz House live from Edinburgh. Join us for two hours of jazz performances from some of the best names in Scottish jazz and beyond.
Opera Mouse
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Safari Lounge
- 12th - 31st Aug 2015
Tilly Mouse lives under an opera house, and she just loves to sing! Her dream is to perform on stage.
Hula House
- Review
- ★★★★
- Dixon Baskerville
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Zoo Southside
- 27th Aug, 2015
Hula House, created by Permanently Visible Productions, is an immersive, semi-interactive look at the life of sex workers.
Fat Shirley's: A Trailer Park Opera
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Cafe Camino
- 10th - 23rd Aug 2015
A cacophony of foot-stomping bluegrass musical numbers telling the simple story of a very simple community.
Butterfly
- Review
- ★★★★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 26th Aug, 2015
A haunting and powerful adaptation of Madame Butterfly, Ramesh Meyyappen’s silent movement piece about love, lust and loss is hauntingly powerful and will stay with you long a…
Christine Bovill’s Piaf
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Famous Spiegeltent
- 28th Aug, 2015
Christine Bovill has returned to the Fringe once again to grace us with her incredibly heartfelt renditions of some of Piaf’s greatest songs, on the centenary of the icon’s bir…
Our House
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Broughton High School
- 8th - 15th Aug 2015
Winner of the 2003 Olivier award for Best New Musical.
School House Rock Live!
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 7th - 11th Aug 2015
Based on the American Emmy Award-winning children’s series, School House uses a wide array of musical styles to teach grammar, math, science and American history while telling the …
Hidden Gardens of the Royal Mile
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Outside John Knox House
- 7th - 31st Aug 2015
Take an easy walking tour to discover a little-known side of Edinburgh’s Old Town.
Worbey and Farrell's House Party
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Sue Denham
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Assembly Rooms
- 14th Aug, 2015
Ostensibly, Worbey and Farrell’s show is a piano recital.
Simon and Garfunkel – Through the Years
- Review
- ★★★★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Symposium Hall
- 25th Aug, 2015
Dan Haynes and Pete Richards of Bookends have returned to the Fringe to once again give us their mesmerising renditions of some of Simon and Garfunkel’s most beloved songs.
Parliament House: A Hidden Gem – Free
- Listing Exhibition
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Parliament House
- 7th - 31st Aug 2015
This exhibition in the stunning 17th century Parliament Hall offers insight into the life, history and traditions of Scotland’s Supreme Courts.
Animal House
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 7th - 22nd Aug 2015
Stephen is leaving his little Steph, to go to university and refuses to give her any of his time.
Virgin Money Fringe on the Royal Mile
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- High Street, Cockburn Street to George IV Bridge
- 7th - 31st Aug 2015
Watch free previews of hundreds of Fringe shows.
Underneath
- Review
- ★★★★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Dance Base
- 27th Aug, 2015
From award-winning and internationally acclaimed Irish theatre company Fishamble: The New Play Company, comes this extravagant one-man show.
Royal Mile Tours – Free
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Edinburgh City Chambers (Meeting Point)
- 7th - 31st Aug 2015
Take part in the Festival’s longest running show at no charge at all.
Summerhall's Opening Night Party – Prosumer with House of Traps
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 7th Aug 2015
Prosumer aka Achim Brandenburg has a fever for Chicago’s Jack flavour with a vision, passion and knowledge which makes Prosumer a guardian of house music history and one of the f…
Violence of the Lambs
- Review
- ★★★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
- 25th Aug, 2015
Last year Chris Davis performed brilliantly in Drunk Lion and garnered great reviews.
Ushers: The Front of House Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Momentum Venues @ St Stephens
- 5th - 30th Aug 2015
Set in a West End theatre, the acclaimed hit new musical comes to Edinburgh! Following the lives of the stagiest people in theatre – the Front of House staff – and portraying t…
The Underbelly Radio Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly Med Quad
- 5th - 28th Aug 2015
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…
Soweto Afro Pop Opera
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C
- 5th - 31st Aug 2015
A harmony quartet offering as wide-ranging a repertoire as their name suggests, coming across like a South African Il Divo and a sleepy Ave Maria.
USHERS: The Front Of House Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Momentum Venues @ St Stephen’s Centre
- 5th - 30th Aug 2015
Set in a West End theatre, the acclaimed hit new musical comes to Edinburgh! Following the lives of the stagiest people in theatre – the Front of House staff – and portraying t…
Famous Taste of Scotland at Prestonfield House
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Prestonfield House
- 3rd - 31st Aug 2015
An unmissable evening of traditional Scottish music and performance.
DellArte Opera Ensemble
- Listing Music
- USA Regional & Tours
- Baruch Performing Arts Center, Rose Nagelberg Theater
- 2nd Aug 2015
This enterprising young group, accompanied by the Metamorphosis Chamber Orchestra, celebrates the playwright Beaumarchais with operas famous and obscure.
Apotheosis Opera
- Listing Music
- USA Regional & Tours
- El Museo del Barrio
- 31st Jul 2015 - 31st Jul 2016
Many start-up opera companies focus on baroque works, operetta or chamber operas.
How To Win Against History
- Review
- ★★★★
- Dave House
- London Fringe
- Ovalhouse Theatre
- 9th Jun, 2015
What a cracking show this is! What an utterly hilarious, ridiculous and relentlessly energetic show this is.
Orson's Shadow
- Review
- ★★★
- Dave House
- London Fringe
- Southwark Playhouse
- 8th Jul, 2015
Orson’s shadow looms heavily in Austin Pendleton’s play about the prolific director; not only over the protagonist but over the entire play which whilst fascinating and fait…
Glimmerglass Opera
- Listing Music
- USA Regional & Tours
- Glimmerglass Opera
- 1st Jul 2015
This summer the Glimmerglass Festival, which continues to thrive under the leadership of the director Francesca Zambello, offers four main stage productions, all them up and runnin…
Pride at the Bell House
- Listing Comedy
- USA Regional & Tours
- The Bell House
- 28th Jun 2015
John Early and Cole Escola team up with the author Isaac Oliver and the drag queen Hamm Samwich to host this benefit for SAGE, a group that provides care for L.
On Site Opera
- Listing Music
- USA Regional & Tours
- Fabbri Mansion, House of the Redeemer
- 9th Jun 2015
This imaginative company offers a site-specific staging of the “Barber of Seville.
The Royal Ballet
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- USA Regional & Tours
- David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Center
- 2nd Jun 2015
This crown jewel of British ballet was last seen in New York more than a decade ago.
Shows for Days
- Listing Theatre
- Off Broadway
- Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, Lincoln Center
- 31st May 2015
(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…
Greywing House
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 22nd - 24th May 2015
A guest house sits precariously on the coast keeping watch over a cruel and tumultuous sea.
Writers Allowed (encore)
- Listing Spoken Word
- Brighton Fringe
- The English Language Centre
- 20th - 22nd May 2015
A lively evening of newly-written pieces in different genres, performed fresh for Brighton Fringe.
The Improverts - Exam Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh
- Teviot Debating Hall, Teviot Row House
- 14th - 15th May 2015
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…
St. Thomas Choir and Concert Royal
- Listing Music
- USA Regional & Tours
- Saint Thomas Church
- 13th May 2015
The consistently excellent St.
A Dolls House by Ibsen
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- THE LONDON THEATRE - New Cross
- 12th - 17th May 2015
Nora has a secret that she needs to keep from her perfect family life, only one person can help her but they want something in return.
An Evening With... The Rat Pack of Opera
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 10th May 2015
An entertaining and uplifting hour of stunning vocals, luscious harmonies and witty banter from the UK’s premier classical-crossover vocal trio.
House 2
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- 24 Stephens Road
- 9th - 10th May 2015
House, location, value, location, perceptions, location.
The Colin Hoult Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 7th - 25th May 2015
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…
House
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- 45 Springfield Road
- 7th - 10th May 2015
Have you ever looked through a window into someone else’s world? The house is for sale but after the move, what is left behind? Staged by twelve actors in a Victorian town house …
Farley Farm House
- Listing Exhibition
- Brighton Fringe
- Farley Farm House
- 3rd - 31st May 2015
Experience the extraordinary atmosphere of the Sussex home of Surrealists Lee Miller and Roland Penrose, whose guests included Picasso, Man Ray and Miró.
An Opera of Daniel
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Unitarian Church
- 3rd May 2015
The biblical story of Daniel is well-known: the writing on the wall at Belshazzar’s feast, Daniel’s rise to power, his fall at the hands of conspirators - and the lions’ den.
W.A.F.E & Stray: Open House
- Listing Exhibition
- Brighton Fringe
- W.A.F.E. & Stray
- 2nd - 31st May 2015
W.
In the Fiddlers House
- Listing Music
- USA Regional & Tours
- Isaac Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall
- 31st Mar 2015 - 31st Mar 2016
The tireless star violinist Itzhak Perlman headlines the centennial gala of the National Yiddish Theater Folksbiene in a musical extravaganza that features stars from the klezmer s…
Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions Grand Finals
- Listing Music
- USA Regional & Tours
- Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center
- 22nd Mar 2015
Every year, opera lovers have a chance to hear the stars of the future during the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions Grand Finals concert.
Comfort Dogs: Live From the Pink House
- Listing Theatre
- Off Off Broadway
- Jack
- 2nd Feb 2015
Short, sweet and still sort of nebulous, William Burke’s play centers on therapy dogs and the people who find solace in their wet-nosed company.
Greywing House
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Etcetera Theatre
- 26th - 28th Jan 2015
After a near sell-out run at the London Horror Festival, award-winning performer Mary Beth Morossa returns with her second solo show, in which she intertwines dark storytelling, po…
The Improverts - London Shows
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- The Hen & Chickens Theatre Bar
- 9th - 10th Jan 2015
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…
The Royal Danish Ballet: Principals and Soloists
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- USA Regional & Tours
- Joyce Theater
- 1st Jan 2015
Russian ballet exalts in bravura; American ballet trades in speed.
The Hip Hop Nutcracker
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- USA Regional & Tours
- New Jersey Performing Arts Center / United Palace Theater
- 5th - 13th Dec 2014
The Tchaikovsky music remains but the ballet dancers are out.
The House Is Open
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- USA Regional & Tours
- Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College
- 2nd - 23rd Nov 2014
“What might happen if a performing arts center temporarily reimagined itself as an art museum?” That question is a starting point for this enticing series of installati…
Audrey Hailes and Royal Osiris Karaoke Ensemble
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- USA Regional & Tours
- Gibney Dance: Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center
- 31st Oct 2014
The once imperiled dance space at 280 Broadway, recently revived by Gina Gibney, begins its inaugural series, DoublePlus.
Greywing House
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Etcetera Theatre
- 27th - 29th Oct 2014
Award-winning performer Mary Beth Morossa presents her second solo show at the London Horror Festival, in which she intertwines dark storytelling, cabaret and theatrical performanc…
Rime
- Review
- ★★★★
- Dave House
- London Fringe
- Stratford Circus
- 2nd Oct, 2014
Most people know at least the odd line from Samuel Taylor’s epic poem from 1798, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
Voce: Rising Opera Stars in Recital
- Listing Music
- USA Regional & Tours
- Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts, Pace University
- 21st Sep 2014
This series at Pace University, started last year by the veteran impresario Matthew A.
Major Tom
- Review
- ★★★★
- Dave House
- London Fringe
- Battersea Arts Centre
- 18th Sep, 2014
Told through a journey into the comparable worlds of beauty pageants and dog shows, Victoria Melody’s Major Tom explores how easy it is to become obsessed with personal image and…
Mark Morris Dance Group Open House
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- USA Regional & Tours
- Mark Morris Dance Center
- 6th Sep 2014
In addition to free classes and workshops, this all-day event at the Mark Morris Dance Center features performances by members of Mr.
The Country House
- Listing Theatre
- Broadway
- Samuel J. Friedman Theater
- 31st Aug 2014
(previews start on Sept.
Bookshop Fringe Encore
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Heroes @ Bob & Miss Behave’s Bookshop
- 26th - 30th Aug 2014
The Fringe ain’t over yet! Bob Slayer hosts Bookshop mayhem until the end of August.
The Free Fringe and Jam House Closing Event for All Fringe Perfomers
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Jam House
- 24th Aug 2014
The Free Fringe invites all Fringe performers, wherever they’ve been performing, to its end of Fringe event. Mingle, wind down, dance, drink and reflect. Second annual event.
The Cuban Brothers
- Review
- ★★★★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon
- 22nd Aug, 2014
‘I took him to pumpin’ school, for the guys who are not so good with the chicas’ says Cuban Brothers’ frontman Miguel Mantovani of his newest and shyest member of the team,…
Russell Kane: Smallness
- Review
- ★★★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 31st Aug, 2014
He’s not Nick Grimshaw! Russell Kane is a superstar entertainer who often gets confused for the Radio 1 DJ.
Different is Dangerous
- Review
- ★★★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Jury’s Inn
- 21st Aug, 2014
Different is Dangerous is a production from double team Nyla Levy and Fadia Qaraman’s group Two’s Company.
House of Tragic She
- Review
- ★★★
- Megan Dalton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in The Vault
- 31st Aug, 2014
An incredibly ambitious production, House of Tragic She combines dance, physical theatre, song, electronic music and projection with the words of literary characters and writers.
Herlock and Swatson in the Mystery of the Royal Goose
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 19th - 23rd Aug 2014
Join the illustrious, world renowned detective duo on an epic mystery adventure for all the family.
The Pirates of Penzance
- Review
- ★★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Spotlites @ The Merchants’ Hall
- 22nd Aug, 2014
Campy am-dram with a pre-school aesthetic, Edinburgh theatre company, Cat-Like Tread’s The Pirates of Penzance is likely to have you humming the Gilbert and Sullivan Songs but …
Jeremy Hunt and Other Spelling Mistakes
- Review
- ★★★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Wee Red Bar
- 20th Aug, 2014
Jeremy Hunt and Other Spelling Mistakes is a new comedy sketch show from St.
Heavy Petting: Hammer Time
- Review
- ★★★★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Ryrie’s
- 23rd Aug, 2014
Middlesbrough sketch-pros Heavy Petting put on a wacky and fast-paced comedy sketch show complete with a weird fetish for Batman, hitting people with hammers and totally authentic …
Fury and Flirtation: Opera Scenes
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Andrew’s and St George’s West, George St
- 13th - 19th Aug 2014
Following sell-out shows and five-star reviews, Edinburgh Studio Opera returns to the Fringe once again in Fury and Flirtation: Opera Scenes.
Jenan Younis: A Masterclass in Anger Management
- Review
- ★★★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in The Vault
- 17th Aug, 2014
Jenan Younis is a surgeon with anger management issues.
Opera Alba
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- artSpace@StMarks
- 12th - 14th Aug 2014
Opera Alba’s aim is to provide luxury entertainment, accessible to all, offering a wide-ranging repertoire from opera’s greatest hits to traditional Scottish favourites in Derek Cl…
New Zealand Music Showcase
- Review
- ★★★★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 24th Aug, 2014
The New Zealand Music Showcase is a great way to see some of New Zealand’s greatest artists here at the fringe.
The Dolls of New Albion: A Steampunk Opera
- Review
- ★★★★
- Emily Dunford
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Venue45
- 14th Aug, 2014
I loved The Dolls of New Albion: A Steampunk Opera because, although the cast are by no means the best dancers, singers or actors, this production has so much charisma and passio…
In The Pink - Ten Years in Harmony
- Review
- ★★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Symposium Hall
- 14th Aug, 2014
In the Pink are a young all female 10-piece a capella group who perform variations of hit pop and hip hop.
Bridge Over Troubled Lager (Volume 2)
- Review
- ★★★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Assembly Rooms
- 26th Aug, 2014
Bridge Over Troubled Lager (Volume 2) from Rory McGrath and Philip Pope is an evening of easy listening funny tunes and mild jokes.
Napoli Mia! Dinner and Show
- Review
- ★★★★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- VinCaffe Ristorante
- 14th Aug, 2014
In Napoli Mia!, Scottish performer and Naples familiar Phillip Contini sings Italian songs from and about Naples and its people.
Family Royal Mile Walk
- Listing Tours
- Edinburgh
- Edinburgh Castle Esplanade
- 9th Aug 2014
A Historical Family Walk starting from Edinburgh Castle, finishing at the Sottish Parliament by travelling down the Royal Mile with a guide.
Songs by Three Teachers of the Royal College of Music
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Andrew’s and St George’s West, George St
- 9th Aug 2014
Songs by three teachers of the Royal College of Music (Ireland, Howells and Horowitz) and piano solos by Lambert, a student of the Royal College of Music, are contrasted with the g…
Daniel Sloss – Really...?! Extra Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Venue150@EICC
- 8th - 23rd Aug 2014
Due to massive demand, six extra, later, and quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man/half-Xbox.
Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo Ticket and Dining at Pommery Bar
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pommery Champagne Cafe Bar
- 7th - 22nd Aug 2014
Only eight nights available for the Pommery Champagne Café Bar Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo ticket and dining packages.
One Or Two Things About Us
- Review
- ★★★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- artSpace@StMarks
- 8th Aug, 2014
1 or 2 Things About Us is a community production from Mixit Days, an inclusive theatre company who work with disabled people and give them a chance to perform on the stage.
Indian Peter's Coffee House
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sue Bevan
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Valvona & Crolla
- 9th Aug, 2014
Mike Maran in a consummate storyteller; in this show he’s accompanied by the wonderful Rona Wilkie or Morag Brown on Scottish fiddle.
BBC: The Jazz House
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- BBC@POTTERROW
- 6th Aug 2014
Stephen Duffy presents The Jazz House live from the Fringe.
Cat Stevens Reconstructed
- Review
- ★★★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Jazz Bar
- 8th Aug, 2014
In Cat Stevens Reconstructed, New York vocalist Jess Abrams performs her own interpretations of Stevens’ classic songs, providing a mellow alto tone and interesting variations on…
Dean Friedman In Concert
- Review
- ★★★★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Sweet Grassmarket
- 8th Aug, 2014
Dean Friedman shot to fame in the late 70’s with the American hit Ariel in ‘77 and then Lucky Stars which made it to no.
Hot Chocolate at 10
- Review
- ★★★★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Old Saint Paul’s Church
- 9th Aug, 2014
First things first.
Alan Anderson: Whisky For Dafties
- Review
- ★★★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn
- 12th Aug, 2014
Whisky for Dafties is a mostly derisive overview of Scotch whisky history and appreciation from whisky-swigging Scottish stand up Alan Anderson, complete with whisky tasting, non…
Bare: A Pop Opera
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 4th - 15th Aug 2014
Through its pulsating rock score and emotionally charged story, Bare has thrilled and moved audiences around the world since its first staging in Los Angeles over a decade ago.
Fleeced
- Review
- ★★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Venue 13
- 4th Aug, 2014
Fleeced is an original comedy musical that tells the story of the made-up ancient Greek hero Jersephules; a simple farm boy doted on by his parents.
Gary Colman: ChUNT - The Verb to Grumble
- Review
- ★★★★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Whistlebinkies
- 5th Aug, 2014
Gary Colman (no not that one) has been a strong force at the free fringe for some time now and he certainly hasn’t dropped the ball this year round.
Nick Hall: Helmet
- Review
- ★★★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- George Next Door
- 11th Aug, 2014
Nick Hall: Helmet is a splice of easy going, bittersweet stand-up from a man in his early thirties re-evaluating his life.
The House Always Wins!
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Serenity Cafe
- 2nd - 16th Aug 2014
Stephen invites you to enter the world of the hustler and enjoy an evening of card tricks, cheats and scams in this intimate and interactive show.
Stuart Laws When's This Gonna Stop? (1hr Show)
- Review
- ★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Banshee Labyrinth
- 7th Aug, 2014
Irritating stand up from an irritating man.
Metropolitan Opera HD Series
- Listing Music
- USA Regional & Tours
- Lincoln Center Plaza
- 2nd Aug 2014
With the Metropolitan Opera and labor unions agreeing to a new contract deal, the show can go on.
New York, New York: A Toe-Tapping Journey Through the Great American Songbook
- Review
- ★★★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- SpaceCabaret @ 54
- 3rd Aug, 2014
New York, New York: A Toe-Tapping Journey through the Great American Song Book is just that; a fun night of swing and brass band favourites from Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Gle…
Jazz Bar Music
- Review
- ★★★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Jazz Bar
- 12th Aug, 2014
An afternoon of Jazz from the Jazz Bar’s very own Jazz Trio; Ed Kelly on double bass, David Patrick on piano and Bob Kyle on drums.
Late Night Dark Show
- Review
- ★★★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Cowgatehead
- 24th Aug, 2014
It’s the Late Night Dark Show - take that title as a hint.
Just the Tonic Comedy Club's Midnight Show
- Review
- ★★★★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Community Project
- 11th Aug, 2014
The Midnight Comedy Club features different comedians each night showcasing their talents.
Free Historical Walking Tours of the Royal Mile
- Review
- ★★★★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Edinburgh City Chambers (Meeting Point)
- 8th Aug, 2014
This tour is a brilliant way to explore the history of Edinburgh’s famous Royal Mile.
Hidden Gardens of the Royal Mile
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Outside John Knox House
- 1st - 25th Aug 2014
Discover a little-known side of Edinburgh’s Old Town in this very popular walking tour.
Edinburgh – A Tale of Two Towns
- Review
- ★★★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Outside Greyfriars Bobby Bar
- 2nd Aug, 2014
A two-hour and fifteen minute walk through Edinburgh’s city centre, with a good coverage of the history of Edinburgh’s Old and New towns.
Virgin Money Fringe on The Royal Mile
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- High Street, Cockburn Street to George IV Bridge
- 1st - 25th Aug 2014
Watch free previews of hundreds of Fringe shows.
The Immigration Lottery
- Review
- ★★★★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 4th Aug, 2014
It’s July 1st, 2017, precisely twenty years after China took back Hong Kong from the British.
Luisa Omielan... Am I Right Ladies?!
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 7th Aug, 2014
After the success of her previous show, What Would Beyoncé Do?! Luisa Omielan has returned to Edinburgh with a brand new stand-up act, Am I Right Ladies? It’s a loud and crude t…
Sophie Willan: Novice Detective
- Review
- ★★★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Zoo
- 24th Aug, 2014
Sophie Willian: Novice Detective is a stand up show homage to daytime TV detective programmes like Murder She Wrote and Poirot and when focused on these it’s about as good as you…
The House of Bernarda Alba
- Review
- ★★★★
- Natalia Equihua
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on Niddry St
- 14th Aug, 2014
Spain during the 1930s.
Short Stories – True Song Tales from the American Edge
- Review
- ★★★★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 14th Aug, 2014
Short Stories - True Song Tales from the American Edge is an acoustic solo show from Kiya Heartwood, an award-winning American singer-songwriter.
Dreams of Peace and Freedom
- Review
- ★★★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C south
- 5th Aug, 2014
Part choral performance, part spoken word, Dreams of Peace and Freedom charts the development of the European Convention of Human Rights, reciting passages from one of its main c…
Jim Holland: Shoegazing
- Review
- ★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 7th Aug, 2014
Jim Holland is an introvert who likes hats and two-toned shoes.
Bill Clinton Hercules
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 20th Aug, 2014
Bill Clinton was one of America’s glowing presidents, a shining democrat in the fashion of Jimmy Carter and even America’s beloved JFK.
John Conway Tonight
- Review
- ★★★★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 2nd Aug, 2014
The John Conway Tonight show is an oddball comedy night that could be called A Comedian’s Descent into Madness.
Russell Hicks: Unprepared
- Review
- ★★★★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Tron
- 7th Aug, 2014
You’ve got to have a bit of a thick skin to go to Russell Hicks: Unprepared.
Peter Straker Black Magic
- Review
- ★★★★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 3rd Aug, 2014
Peter Straker’s arrived in Edinburgh ladies and gentlemen.
Twins
- Review
- ★★★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Blind Poet
- 1st Aug, 2014
Twins Jack and Annie McGrath have put on a sketch show at the Edinburgh Fringe in a desperate bid to find their third, long lost brother.
Best of Edinburgh Showcase Show
- Review
- ★★★★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 14th Aug, 2014
The Best of Edinburgh Showcase Show at the Cabaret Bar in the Pleasance Courtyard claims to be the longest running and most successful lunchtime show at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Glen Matlock: I Was a Teenage Sex Pistol
- Review
- ★★★★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Gardens
- 2nd Aug, 2014
One of the founding members of the Sex Pistols and co-writer of most of their iconic songs, Glen Matlock has arrived at the Edinburgh Festival for one week only for an evening that…
Breakfast Baps with Witty Chaps
- Review
- ★★★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
- 5th Aug, 2014
Gooood Morning! Breakfast Baps with Witty Chaps starts at 9am.
Soweto Afro-Pop Opera
- Review
- ★★★★
- Rivkah Brown
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 19th Aug, 2014
Despite the geographical specificity of their title, the performers of the Soweto Afro-Pop Opera draw their influences as widely as the so-called ‘Rainbow Nation’ from which th…
Dan Jones: New Kid
- Review
- ★★★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 15th Aug, 2014
Dan Jones: New Kid is a character-based stand up show in which Jones’ hopeless characters try desperately to entertain and showcase their talents.
Shellshock! Improv Live!
- Review
- ★★★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C nova
- 8th Aug, 2014
Shellshock! Improv Live! features a daring band of young performers improvising sketches entirely from audience suggestion.
Tom Neenan: The Haunting at Lopham House
- Review
- ★★★
- Paul Fisher Cockburn
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 8th Aug, 2014
“What is it that frightens you?” Tom Neenan asks at the start of this one-man pastiche of an Edwardian ghost story.
Parliament House: A Hidden Gem - Free
- Listing Exhibition
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Parliament House
- 28th Jul - 29th Aug 2014
To celebrate the completion of a five year redevelopment project, this exhibition, within the splendid Parliament Hall, gives an insight into the life, history and traditions of th…
The Original Underground Tour
- Review
- ★★★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Meet outside Tron Kirk at Auld Reekie Tours Boards
- 2nd Aug, 2014
Welcome to Edinburgh’s dark and dirty side.
Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital Series
- Listing Music
- USA Regional & Tours
- Central Park SummerStage, Rumsey Playfield / Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park
- 23rd - 25th Jun 2014
In recent years, the Met has been fielding free concerts with young artists in lieu of its old series of operas in concert.
Children's Shows and Workshops
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Brighton Fringe
- Academy of Creative Training / The Old Market
- 31st May - 1st Jun 2014
A celebration of children and young people in the Performing Arts featuring theatre, literature, music and movement.
House of Tragic She
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Brighton Fringe
- Marlborough Theatre
- 30th May - 1st Jun 2014
In a blend of physical theatre and contemporary dance, four women explore the effects of loneliness on emotional wellbeing and literature’s constant re-interpretations of madness…
Gotham Chamber Opera
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- USA Regional & Tours
- Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College
- 28th May 2014 - 28th May 2015
Alessandra Ferri took a break from dancing after her 2007 retirement from American Ballet Theater, but recently she has been drawn back to the stage.
King & Country World War 1 Opera
- Review
- ★★★★
- Duncan Grindall
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Unitarian Church
- 29th May, 2014
The King and Country World War I Opera is a show presented in a rather strange format at the Brighton Fringe Festival.
Jazz at the Meeting House
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Friends’ Meeting House
- 21st May 2014
The Brighton based John Lake Trio will be performing an evening of original melodic modern jazz composed by John Lake along with some covers of modern standards from bands such as …
The Greatest Shows on Earth
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 17th May 2014
A dress-up sing-along celebration of everyone’s favourite musicals.
The House Project
- Review
- ★★★★
- Amber Gregory
- Brighton Fringe
- 45 Springfield Road
- 26th May, 2014
A house reverberating with the sounds of different generations; different times – joined together by the walls around them.
Opera Naked: Singers' Lives Laid Bare
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Johanna Makelainen
- Brighton Fringe
- The Chapel Royal
- 26th May, 2014
Warning: this operatic cabaret contains no nudity in spite of its name.
The Colin Hoult Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Burrow at The Warren
- 5th - 25th May 2014
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.
Farley Farm House
- Listing Exhibition
- Brighton Fringe
- Farley Farm House
- 4th - 25th May 2014
Experience the extraordinary atmosphere of the Sussex home of Surrealists Lee Miller and Roland Penrose, whose guests included Picasso, Man Ray and Miró.
House of Blakewell's House Party
- Review
- ★★★
- Jay Kidd
- Brighton Fringe
- Marlborough Theatre
- 5th May, 2014
Welcome to Alice and Harry’s house party.
Opera Lafayette
- Listing Music
- USA Regional & Tours
- Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall
- 2nd May 2014
This excellent group, specializing in the French Baroque, turns its attention to Rameau in honor of the 250th anniversary of his death.
Opera Feroce
- Listing Music
- USA Regional & Tours
- Middle Collegiate Church
- 15th Apr 2014
A relatively new player among New York’s shoestring opera companies, this six-member company, which focuses on Baroque repertory, offers “Magdalene’s Dilemma,R…
Royal Winnipeg Ballet
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- USA Regional & Tours
- Village East Cinema
- 8th Apr 2014
The decadence and debauchery of turn-of-the-century Paris provided a rich setting for Baz Luhrmann’s wildly inspired 2001 film, “Moulin Rouge.
The Phantom of the Opera
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Her Majesty’s Theatre
- 3rd Apr 2014 - 29th Mar 2025
Based on the 1910 novel “Le Fantome de l’Opéra”, The Phantom of the Opera was adapted into a musical sensation by Andrew Lloyd Webber and is currently showing at Her Majesty…
Ushers: The Front Of House Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jules Sanderson
- London Fringe
- The Players Theatre
- 9th Apr, 2014
“No one dreams of becoming an Usher!” Cry the desperate stars of Ushers: The Front Of House Musical, as they face up to yet another night of flogging ice creams and programmes …
The Threepenny Opera
- Listing Theatre
- Off Broadway
- Linda Gross Theater
- 1st Mar 2014
(in previews; opens on April 7) Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill’s glittering gutter-musical masterwork returns courtesy of Atlantic Theater Company in this production of Marc B…
Bookshop Comedy Encore to the End of August
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 27th - 31st Aug 2013
Fringe is not over yet! Your last chance to see the pick of the Fringe with the most outrageous fringe stories.
The Free Fringe and Jam House Closing Event for All Fringe Performers
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 25th Aug 2013
Close of Fringe event for all performers no matter what venue or organisation. Come to famous Jam House: mingle, drink, celebrate, wind down, live music. First annual event.
Royal Mile Book Fringe
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th - 23rd Aug 2013
Join the banter with some of the most outspoken writers in independent Scottish publishing.
Our Glass House
- Review
- ★★★★
- Laura Francis
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2013
Wester Hailes, a suburb of Edinburgh, is about as much of a potential tourist destination as the moon.
Daniel Sloss - Stand-Up (Extra Shows!)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th - 24th Aug 2013
Due to massive demand six extra, later, quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man, half-Xbox.
Simon Hoggart: House Of Fun - Twenty Glorious Years in Parliament
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th Aug 2013
One of the Guardian’s top sketch writers at Westminster, will give a hilarious talk about the politicians, prime ministers, poseurs, poltroons and pratfalls he has seen.
BBC: Jazz House
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug 2013
Stephen Duffy presents The Jazz House on BBC Radio Scotland.
Secret Opera Society
- Review
- ★★★
- Lily Blacksell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 8th Aug, 2013
Centotre’s Italian food is delicious.
Secret Opera Society
- Review
- ★★★★
- Laura Francis
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 20th Aug, 2012
The Secret Opera Society event at restaurant Centotre brings together music and cuisine in a stunning fusion of Italian culture with a strong Scottish sensibility and humour.
BiDiNG TiME - Various Shows
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th - 24th Aug 2013
International experiment sharing a story about a woman called Thyme, with local interpretations.
Casual Violence Presents: House of Nostril
- Review
- ★★★★
- James Macnamara
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2013
Jamie Hamilton is an energetic and inventive sketch writer, with an unusual ability to take conventions from other genres and spin them until they become surreal.
Rory and Tim: On the House
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 3rd - 24th Aug 2013
Completing a hat trick of free Fringe shows, confusingly-named trio Rory and Tim return with a new hour of sketch comedy.
Indian Peter’s Coffee House
- Review
- ★★★
- Alice Longhurst
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 11th Aug, 2013
‘The Canty Hole’ might sound a bit rude to modern ears but it’s actually the title of a Robert Fergusson poem about Edinburgh.
The Horne Section Live in a Cow - Extra Shows
- Listing Comedy / Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 3rd - 24th Aug 2013
Rolling into Edinburgh with a brand new barnstorming show, The Horne Section will yet again provide the festival’s best musical mayhem.
Hidden Gardens of the Royal Mile
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2013
Discover unexpected gardens and green nooks and crannies behind the historic buildings of Edinburgh’s Old Town, all with a story to tell.
Hidden Gardens of the Royal Mile
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2013
Discover a little-known side of Edinburgh’s Old Town.
Virgin Money Fringe on The Royal Mile
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2013
Watch free previews of hundreds of Fringe shows.
Iain Stirling: At Home - Extra Shows
- Listing Comedy / Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 1st - 23rd Aug 2013
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.
This Is Soap: The Improvised Soap Opera
- Review
- ★★★★
- Emma Obank
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 14th Aug, 2013
Year after year, a plethora of improv acts arrive in Edinburgh for the fringe.
Free History Walking Tours of the Royal Mile
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 30th Jul - 26th Aug 2013
Experienced local guides show you historic places of the Royal Mile, its buildings, narrow closes and secret gardens, describing how its people lived and died, its famous character…
The House Of Edgar
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- London Fringe
- New Wimbledon Theatre / The Playground Theatre
- 4th - 6th Jul 2018
Edgar Allan Poe is dead.
The House of Bernarda Alba
- Review
- ★★★
- Fritzie Andrade
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2006
It is one month before Federico Garcia Lorcas death and he has just completed his latest play, The House of Bernarda Alba.
Mostellaria (The Haunted House)
- Review
- ★★★
- Heather Doughty
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Aug, 2012
Part of the American High School Theatre Festival, Scarlett High School from Canada present Platus’ 200 B.
Once in a House on Fire
- Review
- ★★★
- Catherine Bryer
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2012
From Manchester’s Monkeywood Theatre comes a drama set in 1970s-80s Manchester.
Hairdresser in the House
- Review
- ★★★★
- Fritzie Andrade
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 28th Aug, 2006
I have to admit, I had no idea what to expect upon entering Barabbas production of Hairdresser in the House.
The Francis Bacon Opera
- Review
- ★★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 1st Sep, 2012
The 1985 South Bank Show interview with Francis Bacon is a television classic.
Pop-up Opera
- Review
- ★★★★
- Peter Scott-Presland
- London Fringe
- 21st Jun, 2013
Pop-Up Opera are a (very) small-scale touring company taking opera with piano accompaniment to unusual venues in the hope of creating new audiences.
Hamlet House of Horror
- Review
- ★★★★
- Ashleigh Wheeler
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 24th Aug, 2011
Forget reimaginings and modernisations - Hamlet House of Horror takes the bad Quarto in a vicelike grip and shakes it until there’s nothing left but life, noise, and fun.
The House of Shadows
- Review
- ★★★★
- Michael Tansini
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2012
Within the House of Shadows, there is an explanation for cultural popularity that I found rather endearing.
The Big Bite-Size Breakfast /Matinee Shows
- Review
- ★★★★
- Pete Shaw
- Brighton Fringe
- 3rd May, 2009
The concept of Bite Size is a perfectly simple, yet novel one, and the clue really is in the title.
House of Mirrors and Hearts
- Review
- ★★★★★
- James T. Harding
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Aug, 2010
A scream offstage and Laura enters covered in blood.
Daniel Sloss - Extra Shows!
- Review
- ★★★★
- Frankie Goodway
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2012
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…
Art House
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Damian Sandys
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 22nd Aug, 2009
In this world premiere from Rachael Coopes, Daniel Goldman’s superb direction reveals a taut piece of drama that is utterly captivating to watch.
Jerry Springer The Opera
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Rob Marks
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Aug, 2009
The most controversial musical of all time returns to its spiritual home in a production that is so vastly superior to the professional one that it is staggering.
The Summer House
- Review
- ★★★★
- Clarissa Widya
- London Fringe
- 2nd Mar, 2012
The stag night: one of the last remaining bastions of masculinity.
Moment House
- Review
- ★★★
- Beth Kahn
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 24th Aug, 2010
In this collaboration between American and Hungarian theatre companies, a poignant story unfolds about the turning points and decisive moments that can change a life forever.
Opera Shorts
- Review
- ★★★★
- Alan Chorley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2008
Opera Shorts was created in late 2007 with the objective of creating a platform for young up-and-coming composers in Scotland.
The Cactus Gulch Opry House
- Review
- ★★
- Michael Wilkinson
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 11th Aug, 2012
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…
Fairy Liquid And The Burst Bubble ... And Other Science Shows
- Review
- ★★★★
- Kathryn Mack
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Aug, 2009
Science Shows for Schools have take three of their popular science presentations for schools and turned them into a 50 minute production for children at the Zoo Aviary.
The Great British Soap Opera
- Review
- ★★★★
- Damian Sandys
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 14th Aug, 2009
The UK loves a good soap opera.
Chris Stokes: An Opera Written On Napkins
- Review
- ★★★
- Madeleine Ash
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 20th Aug, 2012
The phrase ‘When life gives you lemons, make lemonade’ is one your parents will most certainly have quoted at you at some point - no doubt when it seemed a particularly unhelpf…
The Picture House
- Review
- ★★★★
- Joseph Cunningham
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 11th Aug, 2012
Choc-a-block with catchy tunes and feel-good fun, The Picture House tells the story of Penny and Oscar, a sweet couple torn apart by the Second World War.
The Red Bus Puppet Shows
- Review
- ★★★
- Kai Sedgwick
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2012
It’s a beautiful day at the Fringe and I’m sat on the top deck of a red bus in the Meadows.
Cabaret Whore Encore! - Free
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Louisa-Claire Dunnigan
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2010
Sarah-Louise Young channels four very different, equally hilarious and rather odd women in this cabaret spectacular.
The Cider House Rules
- Review
- ★★★★
- Pete Shaw
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 1st Aug, 2005
John Irving is a unique modern storyteller who creates rich plots inhabited with vivid characters, much in the same style as Dickens.
Szambalia: Rock Opera
- Review
- ★★★★
- Ilana Hirschberg
- FUSE International
- 20th Jul, 2014
From the Red Light district in Second World War Germany to the lost tunnels under the Red Gate of Tibet, this original rock opera by the Maciej Pawlowski Musical School follows the…
Dan Nightingale: The 11 and a 1/2 Ill-conceived Edinburgh Shows of Dan Nightingale
- Review
- ★★★★
- Wayne Cleworth
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2012
A show about shows is not the most original idea there has ever been but Dan Nightingale’s ‘what might have been?’ take on performing in this year’s Edinburgh Fringe provid…
The Dead Memory House
- Review
- ★★★
- Mary Chapman
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2012
Theatre Corsair opens its doors to a space that is transformed seamlessly into an apartment where the lives of three women collide in this site-specific performance of The Dead Mem…
The Threepenny Opera
- Review
- ★★★★
- Pete Shaw
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 1st Aug, 2005
Much has been written about Brechts Threepenny Opera - after all, it was written in 1928 and plenty of critics have had a chance to dissect what has been become one of the earliest…
Crab House - A Bloody Cabaret
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tristram Fane Saunders
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 24th Aug, 2012
Musicals bring me out in a rash.
My House
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
What secret did the Chaplins, Carole Lombard, William Powell and a host of other film stars from the last century share? Witness the mystery unravel in one of the most notorious ho…
ENCORE - Songs of Stage & Screen
- Listing Music
- Adelaide Fringe
ENCORE! - THE SONGS OF STAGE & SCREEN showcases some of the most popular songs from great musicals and screen shows including Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera, Jesus Christ Sup…
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh International Festival
- Usher Hall
- 10th Aug 2019
James MacMillan Quickening Strauss Ein Heldenleben Birth, life, struggles and triumphs: two immensely powerful reflections on our existence, performed by a celebrated Internatio…
Five outstanding EdFringe shows scoop a Broadway Baby Bobby in 2023
- Feature
- Pete Shaw
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 25th Aug, 2023
A coveted Bobby has been presented to five shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year.
Wendy Weiner Brings Cursed House to Life
- Feature
- Elaine C
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 18th Jul, 2023
We take a look at the intriguing and slightly macabre story of Wendy Weiner's Mystery House at the Edinburgh Fringe.
4 Family Friendly Shows in Brighton This Half Term
- Feature
- Elanor Parker
- Brighton
- 16th Feb, 2019
Ditch the messy arts and crafts this half-term and entertain your little darlings with the best live family friendly performances Brighton and Hove have to offer instead.
5 Brighton Shows To Entertain You This Christmas
- Feature
- Elanor Parker
- Brighton
- 11th Dec, 2018
It’s the most wonderful time of the year (apart from Brighton Fringe, of course) and there are plenty of delightful performances to entertain you this winter.
5 Brighton HorrorFest Shows To Sink Your Teeth Into This October
- Feature
- Elanor Parker
- Brighton
- 17th Oct, 2018
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.
Black Friday Deals on West End Shows
- Feature
- Levi Bailey
- West End
- 23rd Nov, 2017
All this week we've got some fantastic offers on your favourite West End shows. Check back daily for the latest offers.
The Royal Court’s Elyse Dodgson on the Joy of Directors who Support Writers
- Feature
- Liam Rees
- Edinburgh International Festival
- 14th Aug, 2017
As part of the Edinburgh International Festival the Royal Court was invited to present a series of rehearsed readings by playwrights from Chile, China, Cuba, Lebanon, Palestine and...
Eight shows heading to Brighton Fringe with the support of Greenwich Theatre
- Feature
- Levi Bailey
- Brighton Fringe
- 27th Apr, 2017
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...
Brighton Fringe: 10 Shows to Book Before They Sell-Out
- Feature
- Nicholas Abrams
- Brighton Fringe
- 11th Apr, 2017
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.
The Counting House returns to the Laughing Horse’s Free Festival
- Feature
- Levi Bailey
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 1st Jan, 2017
For the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe free shows will return to The Counting House venue on West Nicolson Street, following a one year hiatus with the venue being programmed under a paid s...
Royal & Derngate announces Made in Northampton 2017 season
- Feature
- Levi Bailey
- UK Regional & Tours
- 2nd Dec, 2016
At the end of a remarkable year for the Northampton venue, Royal & Derngate’s Artistic Director James Dacre today announced details of Made in Northampton 2017.
Desmond O'Connor on Royal Vauxhall and the Magical Power of Gay Clubs
- Feature
- James T. Harding
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th Aug, 2016
It’s the late 80s.
Tearing down ivory towers with the Sex Workers' Opera
- Feature
- Henry St Leger
- Brighton Fringe
- 17th May, 2016
The Sex Workers' Opera rehearses on the third floor of Theatre Delicatessen, a multi-level studio space and gutted workplace that used to serve as an office-complex for The Guardia...
Unmissable shows at Brighton Fringe this year
- Feature
- Nicholas Abrams
- Brighton Fringe
- 7th Mar, 2016
Brighton Fringe has officially launched.
No joke. The Counting House goes Gilded Balloon [Updated]
- Feature
- Pete Shaw
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 25th Feb, 2016
One of the Free Festival’s flagship Edinburgh venues, The Counting House, will be operated by The Gilded Balloon at this year’s Fringe it was revealed today.
Five Christmas Shows You Shouldn’t Miss In London This Year
- Feature
- Pete Shaw
- London Fringe
- 20th Dec, 2015
Christmas is the one time of year you can drag your non-theatre-going friends to the theatre.
Bobby or not Bobby? Emily Carding as Richard III is Broadway Baby’s pick of the Fringe
- Feature
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 25th Aug, 2015
In Brite Theatre's production of Shakespeare’s Richard III, Emily Carding stars as Richard but all the world’s a stage and the audience literally players in it - taking on the ...
‘We just ran up and down the Royal Mile shouting at people’ - The IdeasTap Underbelly and Les Enfant Terribles Award Winners’ Panel
- Feature
- James T. Harding
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 22nd Aug, 2015
The Fringe can be a tough place for emerging talent, struggling to be heard over the crowd.
The John Conway Three Minute Interview
- Feature
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 20th Aug, 2014
John Conway is a wacky comedian all the way from Australia.
The Kiya Heartwood Three Minute Interview
- Feature
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 18th Aug, 2014
Kiya Heartwood is an award-winning American singer-songwriter who writes smart, funny and poignant songs about the famous and not-so-famous legends of America.
The Cathy SK Lam Three Minute Interview
- Feature
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2014
Cathy SK Lam is a writer, actor and director from Hong Kong.
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