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 is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Experience the works of two late-Romantic musical titans in celebration of conductor Sir Donald Runnicles’s 70th birthday.
Treasure Planet – James Newton Howard; Mendelssohn – Concerto No.
Did football originate in Scotland? Does Argentina owe it all to the Gorbals? Was the first floodlight a searchlight? Did Scotland really ban women? Follow the Spiders, count the H…
Andrew White has been described by Joe Lycett as ‘very exciting and very funny’ and by teachers as ‘a pleasure to teach (gay)’.
You Heard Me is for anyone who has been underestimated, or told to shut up.
One performance only. Turn up early, sell-out expected.
Have a Wilde afternoon in the company of our would-be Earnests, their would-be lovers and the indomitable Lady Bracknell.
Take a picture, it’ll last longer.
Three pioneering musical languages drastically contrast in this marathon of the concerto form.
A regular sell out at Edinburgh Fringe (including 2022 and 2023), Curmudgeon are an Edinburgh-based trio who play (mostly) Scots folk songs and tune sets and are popular Fringe reg…
BEANBAG CONCERT SERIES Recline on a beanbag and lose yourself in the epic story of a loveable rogue turned chivalrous knight.
BEANBAG CONCERT SERIES Discover exactly how a live orchestra works, by taking a sneak peek behind the scenes.
This classic Victorian adventure sees the fabulously wealthy Phileas Fogg come across a cascade of eccentric characters and exotic places, all because of a wager.
A whimsical, musical exploration of social versus personal identity from the perspective of a late-identified and diagnosed non-binary autistic person.
Scottish bagpipe music played by solo musicians and groups.
It’s been a bumpy few years in UK politics, and one story is particularly comical: Liz Truss’s stint as prime minister.
Musical mayhem abounds in a show that has to be seen to be believed.
The seven stages of grief are a familiar concept to those who are grieving, have grieved or will grieve.
Having performed at private events and festivals across the Highlands over the last few years, Highland Voices look forward to their second year at the Edinburgh Fringe.
We have thrilled audiences around the world, from China to the US, but we’re particularly at home on the Fringe.
There will be playing of traditional music, melding with Chinese youth vocals, dancing and Henan opera. We will make waves of Chinese art.
From its earliest known existence pre-1700s through to the golden age of 18th-century masters Niel Gow and William Marshall, onto the 19th century and beyond, the fiddle in Scotlan…
Back by popular demand, the self-taught and self-proclaimed David Munrow of punk brings his Early Music Show to the beautiful surroundings of St Cecilia’s Hall for the third time.
Are our memories important in our day-to-day present lives? How can sociologists uncover people’s memories and why should they bother to do so? Delve deeper with Dr Sophie Athert…
Legendary Scottish TV/radio football pundit and journalist, the man who is almost as good at being Chick Young as Jonathan Watson in Only an Excuse? For the past 50 years Chick has…
Experience Queen’s legendary hits in this electrifying jukebox musical comedy.
The Dream of Being a Madame weaves a tale of two young women, disparate in their origins and desires, yet bound by their shared quest for self-definition in an unforgiving world.
With caller Ken Gourlay and ceilidh band.
Performance poet/musician Attila the Stockbroker has been writing and performing since 1980: 4,000 or so gigs in 25 countries so far.
Scotland’s other national tongue has been misunderstood and (officially) mistreated for centuries.
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.
A lush greenhouse for comedy’s finest weirdest blooms, and literal good gig, back for our thirteenth Fringe with yet more high-end foolishness, Permitted Heckles and a bountiful …
Voices of Lions perform songs from many genres, sacred and secular: pop classics, show tunes, spirituals, traditional songs and ballads.
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…
Andy D tells the story of Little Boney’s second coming.
Best of the Festival and Fringe.
Immerse yourself in the world of 007 and the legendary voices that have accompanied Bond.
What does it mean to be a man today? Robbie (44) and Alfie (10) meet on an extraordinary building site at dawn.
After five sell-out years at the Edinburgh Fringe, come join Roo and her Boogie Shoes Silent Disco Walking Party as they return for an immersive dance-walk adventure through the hi…
Scotland’s best comedians in the club that started it all.
The voices of Edinburgh’s communities shape an ever-evolving sound installation inside St Giles’ Cathedral’s magnificent interior.
Edinburgh Youth Orchestra performs an exciting programme of orchestral music conducted by Musical Director, Sian Edwards, to celebrate its summer season.
This crowd-pleasing musical is inspired by and features the songs of Elvis Presley.
A lifetime being a professional f*cking lunatic that enjoys swearing in front of people.
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.
The tales of the dragons are special for many reasons.
British comedian Rachel takes you on a stroll down Amsterdam’s cobbled streets, where bicycles rule, and everyone embraces the unconventional.
Learn about the fashion for antiquarianism in Scotland and the lure of Rosslyn Chapel, from the founding of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, to the mass publication of souve…
Join us for a foot-stomping good time as we showcase many traditional Scottish music bands at the Whiski bar during August.
Fans of The Play That Goes Wrong and Noises Off will love this.
Abby awoke in hospital after a late miscarriage and, high on anaesthesia, decided to become a comedian.
Step into the enchanting world of Cameron Young: The Scottish Magician! Immerse yourself in a modern magic show featuring mind-bending illusions, captivating mind reading, and upro…
Winner: Emerging Artist Adelaide Fringe 2024.
Improv legends Racing Minds return to Edinburgh for their 11th year of unscripted escapades! A doddery grandfather can’t quite remember his ripping yarn, but with your help, a myst…
The Guardian’s Top 50 shows to see! Jillian is back at the Fringe with her yoga mat and blender after a hit premiere at last year’s Fringe and subsequent sell-out runs in New York …
A second show has hit Paddy Young.
The Irish Youth Dance Festival (IYDF), produced by Dublin Youth Dance Company, offers a national platform to showcase young emerging dancers performing works of leading …
Kate and Mitch are regular performers at the Charles Dickens Open Mic Night.
Becky Harrison, “a wonderful a mysterious mind” (EdFringe 2023), is a typical Gen Z (zed): absolutely mortified.
Following 7 different sell out shows over the past 10 years the puppets are back for one last year at The Brunswick, to celebrate their unique brand of silliness, songs, mess, magi…
‘Chaos’ by Laura Lomas A boy brings another boy flowers.
Hosted by Hannah Brackenbury and Anna Free, this event showcases funny women doing their thing at the wonderful Cliffe Hall in Lewes.
From the team that brought you The Man in the Shed and The Eagle and the Seagull comes a brand new play by award-winning writer Tim Connery.
“What’s the worst thing that’s ever made you feel like a woman?”52 Monologues for Young Transsexuals is a raucous and unapologetic speed-drive through transfeminine experience.
Come chant with us!Venture into the mesmerizing world of Sutartinės, the ancient polyphonic vocal art, and immerse yourself in the spirit of Lithuanian folk music.
The Royal Court is a Grade II listed building, a magnificent example of one of the best theatres built in the Art Deco style.
A great family opera sung in English – Antony McDonald’s exquisite production of Humperdinck’s fairytale masterpiece returns in time for Christmas.
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…
In April 2005, writer Joe Nawaz and his family travelled from Belfast to the wilds of Pakistan on the trail of a mystery.
A curated screening of essay films exploring the theme of ‘Grow’ made by young filmmakers working in Bloomsbury, in collaboration with students from the MA Film Programming and…
Three works celebrating classical, contemporary and neo-classical dance – this programme is not to be missed.
A Festival of Elgar! Overture In the South (Alassio) opus 50.
He’s hungry.
The orchestra rehearses each Monday evening from October to April, and is well-supported by Perth and Kinross Council.
A wild and chaotic alternative extravaganza fresh from Amsterdam’s theatres, featuring a dazzling parade of hilariously smart, silly and sexy international variety acts.
Sold out at AMC 2022! Curmudgeon are an Edinburgh based trio who play (mostly) Scots songs and tune sets and are popular Fringe regulars at the AMC.
The Edinburgh Traditional Building Forum presents the 11th annual Scottish Traditional Building Festival by bringing you 12 information-packed shows for those who love, care for, o…
Brooklyn comedians Nate and Ed vent their obsession with early 2010s masculine archetypes (but also some other stuff).
The SCO’s brilliant classical cellist Su-a Lee is continually reaching beyond the classical genre.
The internationally renowned Choir of St Mary’s Cathedral sings music from coronations and royal occasions past and present.
It is the 10th anniversary of Voices of Lions, the outstanding youth male-voice choir, and singers from the past 10 years are getting together to celebrate with a look back at some…
A programme with Gypsy roots, including music by, among others, Haydn, Bartók, Sarasate, Doppler, Falla, Liszt, and Rimsky-Korsakov.
Come and enjoy our blend of Scottish traditional instruments! In decades of developing our sound we’ve brought together fiddles, concertina, clarsach, wire-strung harp, flute, smal…
Maximiliano Martin is well known to Scottish audiences, both as principal clarinet of the SCO and as a brilliant soloist.
One performance only. Turn up early, sell-out expected.
Arnold Schoenberg’s string sextet Verklärte Nacht celebrates love at its most tender.
Scottish tunes played on bagpipes, performed by groups of players and solo: marches, strathspeys, reels, hornpipes, jigs, piobaireachd, and songs.
Described as a ‘wildly enjoyable ride’ (Cherwell.
Join us for a Wilde ride in this classic farce.
Ordinary Days is the captivating story of what happens when frazzled and uptight student Deb loses the notebook that contains all her notes for her thesis somewhere on the streets …
The nation’s leading youth choir performs a poignant and poetic programme of works.
Renowned punk poet and multi-instrumentalist Attila the Stockbroker has loved early music ever since he grabbed a recorder aged about 8.
Formed in 1983 to revive and promote the playing of Scotland’s ‘other’ bagpipes, the LBPS achieved this aim.
Edinburgh Youth Orchestra performs an exciting programme of orchestral music to celebrate its summer season.
Claiming to be from Brooklyn (but possibly from another galaxy altogether), the Eggplants perform folk-and-roll songs about giant squirrels, aliens, malevolent washing machines and…
Apollo calls the poets of the nations, East and West, to assemble on the moon to consult on the meaning of modern life, teaching a universal celebration of life.
The art week lasts for three days and involves art performance sessions, art carnival sessions, and children’s literature-exchange sessions.
Join Scotland’s finest young singers and a superb jazz trio for Bob Chilcott’s Jazz Mass.
Truss created the self-evidently non-existent concept and blamed it for the fact that her “budget” cost the taxpayer £30bn.
Young Frankenstein is a hilarious take on the classic horror story, combining zany antics, a witty script, and high-energy comedic performances for one unforgettable, hilarious adv…
A crucible in which we will forge comedy’s golden future and literal good gig, back for our 12th Fringe with yet more high-end foolishness, Permitted Heckles and a ludicrous, bount…
Festival Director Nicola Benedetti and acclaimed broadcaster Tom Service present a special concert exploring the future of classical music.
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.
Join us in a collective trance state as we explore the connection between music, meditation and mental health with live orchestra, piano, tea ceremonies, bells and guided meditatio…
Critically acclaimed US artists, violist Christine Rutledge and Guggenheim Award-winning composer and pianist David Gompper, return to the Festival Fringe to present a programme of…
The most Scottish comedian in history, John ‘Obie’ O’Brien, performing twice daily at the Fringe.
A traditional dance class running from 9pm to 11pm daily, the Ceilidh is a sweaty fun-filled session in the extravagant grand hall of the Royal College of Physicians, featuring a l…
From the Producers of I, Sniper (2018) and Chaika (2010) – After her brother is unjustly arrested by the Nazis, a young German student begins a deadly game of cat and mouse with …
The most Scottish comedian in history, John ‘Obie’ O’Brien, performing twice daily at the Fringe.
Join Seann for an hour of stuff you’ve already heard… It’s a best-of show with favourite bits from over the last 15 years.
Young and Moxie is the latest magic show to hit the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Immerse yourself in the world of James Bond and the legendary voices that have accompanied six decades of the world’s most famous spy.
Brooklyn comedians Nate and Ed vent their obsession with early 2010s masculine archetypes (but also some other stuff).
Gerry Carroll – Young.
Talk about doing what it says on the tin! Here you go: simply the best comics on the contemporary Scottish circuit.
1990.
Colin MacIntyre is a multi award-winning musician, producer, author for adults and children, and playwright, who has been voted Scotland’s Top Creative Talent.
Scotland’s greatest bands/artists can often disappear under the title of UK artists.
24 different award-winning or nominated comedians perform their full shows, recorded for Netflix, Amazon Prime and YouTube. See FringeSpecials.com for listings.
Discover Scottish Women Artists and new perspectives on Scottish art with recent graduates from Scotland’s major art schools.
Remember when you were allowed to say anything you liked and got no trouble for it? Me neither.
Two biys from Cork.
Taking verbatim theatre into a new realm, 52 Monologues for Young Transsexuals is interested in how real life becomes performance and vice versa.
Raising kids is tough; add to the mix puberty, cultural differences and a complicated language, topped with questionable organisational skills and the comedy show writes itself! Aw…
After a three year hiatus, Tom Skelton, Daniel Roberts, Chris Turner and Dougie Walker return to the Edinburgh Fringe with their critically-acclaimed improv show, Aaaand Now For So…
Are you truly satisfied with how you are living, or do things feel.
The overall concept is a brilliant one.
The horrifying debut from the award-winning poof prince of puppets.
A show about the times*.
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.
He’s hungry.
Debut hour from Geordie rising star with a show all about class, chaos and coming out.
Attending John Kearns' show, The Varnishing Days, was an absolute treat that demands to be seen! Right from his entrance, he had us hooked with his distinctive and uproarious p…
Are you a little cheeky guy? Interested in the lifestyle? Come and join Freya as she navigates the struggles of trying to remain cheeky when it’s raining trauma.
Offering a fresh history of Scottish art since 1750, this exhibition spotlights key artists, all of whom are women.
Join us at the multi award-winning Whiski Bar and restaurant for a vibrant foot-stomping good time as we showcase many traditional Scottish music bands at Whiski Bar during August.
Uair den t-saoghal is beag fios a bha aig mòran dhaoine air beul-aithris na Gàidhlig taobh a-muigh na Gàidhealtachd fhèin.
About the show The world is dying.
About the show Recipients of last years FUSE International's 'Best Dance Show' award, Dillon Dance Youth returns for successive year.
Leonard and Violet, young, restless and in love, spend their first night together knowing it may also be their last.
VIEWPOINTS is an intensive 3-day physical theatre training process led by international theatre maker Erwin Maas.
VIEWPOINTS is an intensive 3-day physical theatre training process led by international theatre maker Erwin Maas.
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
Ventriloquism as you’ve never seen before.
This 5-star Brighton Company is back with a brand new comedy eco-thriller In a future where the world is running out of energy, teams are looking for new ways to create power.
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
This 5-star Brighton Company is back with a brand new comedy eco-thriller In a future where the world is running out of energy, teams are looking for new ways to create power.
The brilliant Blue Moon Youth and Adult Circus Companies are all set to thrill; as they spin, twist, dance and fly.
The brilliant Blue Moon Youth and Adult Circus Companies are all set to thrill; as they spin, twist, dance and fly. FREE Enjoy this spectacular display of aerial circus skills
The world is dying.
The world is dying.
The Importance of Being Earnest By 3 F*cking Queens And A Duck is a fun take on Oscar Wilde's classic Manners Comedy, told from the perspective of three actors (the queens) who…
The sell-out comedy hit of 2014, 2018 and 2022 Edinburgh Fringe finally descends upon Brighton in all its disrespectful glory as Australia’s award-winning Out Cast Theatre presen…
Gerry turned into a wrinkly old man.
Gerry turned into a wrinkly old man.
The Yorkshire scamp has had enough! Time to take a stand against housemates, homeowners and the North/South divide.
Caravanserai and Brighton Fringe are delighted to invite you to a Right-Royal-Rave-Up! Coronation Greet, Coronation Meet, Coronation Eat and Coronation Beat.
The Yorkshire scamp has had enough! Time to take a stand against housemates, homeowners and the North/South divide.
Caravanserai and Brighton Fringe are delighted to invite you to a Right-Royal-Rave-Up! Coronation Greet, Coronation Meet, Coronation Eat and Coronation Beat.
This stunning production is an ideal example of how to use the unique ability of dance to emphasise and refocus on different aspects of a classic drama.
Scottish Ballet’s hugely popular, award-winning production of A Streetcar Named Desire returns to Scotland for the first time since 2015, touring to Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen …
Matthew Jameson embarked on a major project ten years ago.
Political Chaos. Economic crises. War ravages Europe. Revolution erupts. In secret, another revolution begins. Welcome to Russia, 1917 as you’ve never seen it before.
How it began, where it is now and plans for Scene + Heard's Future.
The award-winning horror hit from comedy’s poof prince of puppets is back for Valentine’s Day! Lachy is a poof, and apparently a virgin.
‘I want this to be a validating experience for you.
Part enlightening verbatim theatre, part twisted cabaret, 52 Monologues for Young Transsexuals is a daring confrontation of sex, love and trans womanhood.
Remixed by Debris Stevenson Directed by Josie Daxter Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps Shakespeare’s much-loved comedy meets reality TV romance in a raucous and…
A SOCIETY (FOR THE CUTTING UP OF MEN) is a frenetic mashup of satirical texts about what the world would look like without patriarchy.
Have you ever had your heart broken? Have you ever regretted last night? Have you ever passed your lover’s husband in the street? Well, grab a glass (or a bottle) as Arran Bell t…
An hour of critical thinking on what it means to be a little cheeky guy in a world on fire.
The Royal Court is a Grade II listed building, a magnificent example of one of the best theatres built in the Art Deco style.
Iphigenia is a regular teenage girl on the verge of becoming a woman, whatever that means.
Iphigenia is a regular teenage girl on the verge of becoming a woman, whatever that means.
Liverpool’s Royal Court Studio has got the perfect gift this Christmas.
Due to the huge demand for the first run of London shows, singer, songwriter, composer and producer, Gary Barlow, has announced the final two West End shows for his critically accl…
Magic, glitter, snowflake fairies, Jack Frosts, snow wolves and innocent love winning out, what more could you want? Circus acts, Romani travellers? A revival of its 2019 productio…
A moving piece of verbatim theatre about survivors of the First World War from the Imperial War Museum’s sound archive.Five extraordinary stories, five extraordinary voices
Oscar Wilde's genius humour meets contemporary culture in a theatrical rollercoaster packed with shade, wit and plenty of gags.
It’s a sunny Sunday morning.
15 year-old Reece is roughly accosted by the police outside M&S.
1929, New York.
Acclaimed singer, songwriter, composer and producer, Gary Barlow brings his theatrical one man stage show, A Different Stage, to London’s West End at the Duke of York’s…
Three future stars, committed and passionate chamber musicians, Irène Duval, Jean-Selim Abdelmoula and Maciej Kulakowski, met at The Kronberg Academy.
Three future stars, committed and passionate chamber musicians, Irène Duval, Jean-Selim Abdelmoula and Maciej Kulakowski, met at The Kronberg Academy.
Curmudgeon are an Edinburgh-based trio who play (mostly) Scots songs and tune sets and are popular Fringe regulars at the AMC.
Fresh from Amsterdam’s theatres, a chaotic extravaganza! Your foolish Portuguese host Daniel (by night) will hand hold you through a spectacular parade of his hilarious, smart and …
In this comedy romp, audiences will meet a colourful cast of characters who are certain to tickle those funny bones.
They say a bull sees red when it loses the plot.
Remember that time you pooed yourself in public? Or when you swore at your mum for asking you to tidy your pigsty of a room? Maybe you’re still blushing over the time someone poi…
Fresh from Amsterdam’s theatres, a chaotic extravaganza! Your foolish Portuguese host Daniel (by night) will hand hold you through a spectacular parade of his hilarious, smart and …
Four young New Yorkers’ lives intertwine in unexpected ways as they try to figure out life, relationships and whether Cabernet goes with fish.
Straight from the mean, cobbled streets of Durham comes a troupe of student comics with a mission: making you laugh so hard you forget the overwhelming futility of life.
Scottish violinist Nicola Benedetti returns to Edinburgh for Bruch’s sumptuous Concerto alongside the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Maxim Emelyanychev.
Ventriloquism as you’ve never seen before.
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’…
Why do we discuss leg hair but not nipple hair? Why do we give advice to strangers in club toilets? Why do we compliment friends when their outfit doesn’t suit them? Communicatio…
Right before your very ears, comedian & actor Mike Capozzola transforms into “Loquacio - Master of Nearly a Dozen Voices,” an impersonator of an impressionist.
Right before your very ears, comedian & actor Mike Capozzola transforms into “Loquacio - Master of Nearly a Dozen Voices,” an impersonator of an impressionist.
Why do we discuss leg hair but not nipple hair? Why do we give advice to strangers in club toilets? Why do we compliment friends when their outfit doesn’t suit them? Communicatio…
Four terrible actors star in an obscure children’s theatre show that quickly intermingles with their failed careers and their profound hatred with one another, with fatal consequen…
Four terrible actors star in an obscure children’s theatre show that quickly intermingles with their failed careers and their profound hatred with one another, with fatal consequen…
Following Taiwan’s first-ever edition of WOW (Women of the World) Festival, this illuminating live/online talk considers how it was set up and delivered.
Celebrating his 40th anniversary earning his living as a poet/musician, Attila is using this year’s Fringe to launch Heart On My Sleeve, his collected works published by Cherry Red…
Slapstick Picnic would like to cordially invite you to its summer tea party, where marvellous feats of performance and culinary capers await.
Following Taiwan’s first-ever edition of WOW (Women of the World) Festival, this illuminating live/online talk considers how it was set up and delivered.
Following their five-star production of Dylan Thomas’s Under Milk Wood in 2019 and powerful staging of Sophocles’ Antigone in 2018, this ‘strong and capable ensemble’ (Edin…
‘If it weren’t for music I would probably have ended up in a life of crime’ (Frank Sinatra).
Performances of Highland bagpipes and small pipes by the Royal Scottish Pipers’ Society and guests. Featuring light music and piobaireachd.
In this comedy romp, audiences will meet a colourful cast of characters who are certain to tickle those funny bones.
100% Soul! With Voices of Virtue Gospel Choir.
Ryan Young brings new and exciting ideas to traditional Scottish music, receiving international praise for his spellbinding interpretations on the fiddle.
From wild dance tunes to solemn laments, frenzied improvisations to lush Baroque compositions, Highland strathspeys to Lowland ballads, join US National Champion fiddler Tim Macdon…
Wing It Musical Theatre, by arrangement with Nick Hern Books, presents the following amateur performances: Georgia Christou’s Bright.
One performance only. Arrive early, sell-out expected.
Royal Scottish National Orchestra and conductor Elim Chan join forces with Czech pianist Lukáš Vondráček to take on works by Dukas, Liszt and Bartók.
The international award-winning BYC makes its long-awaited return to the Edinburgh Fringe.
“What if living in a world of your imagination isn’t really all you imagined it would be? Or it’s more and you can’t stop.
“What if living in a world of your imagination isn’t really all you imagined it would be? Or it’s more and you can’t stop.
Malachy has just turned 25, and he has a few things to say about that.
Have you ever felt isolated and confused about the world? Surrounded by judgement, pressure and horrifically high beauty standards, Jess confesses her innermost thoughts to you all…
Come join us for the original free walking tour around the heart of Edinburgh’s historic Old Town.
The award-winning comedian returns with his 15th solo show.
Voices of Lions is an outstanding male voice choir of 45 young singers based in south-west London.
Take a trip with Debra (Dead Ringers, Spitting Image, The Imitation Game, Bad Girls) as she hurtles through time in a multiverse of musical icons from Billy Holliday to Billie Eili…
Take an easy walking tour to discover a little-known side of Edinburgh’s Old Town.
Completely sold out in 2014 and 2018.
Comedy with a conservation twist.
Princess Gayatri seeks to preserve her father’s legacy and the survival of her people.
In March 1952, hunched over a typewriter on a semi-circular table in the corner of a Jamaican villa, a man has finally completed his first draft of an espionage novel that would re…
Scotland’s greatest bands/artists can often disappear under the title of UK artists.
Cool with underlying passion and deceptively simple choreography by New Yorker/San Franciscan Stephen Pelton, End Without Days gets under your skin.
Gosh this is good.
Join the young musicians of Edinburgh Youth Orchestra, directed by international conductor Sian Edwards, as they perform a varied and exuberant programme of large orchestral works.
Come join the brilliant Boogie Shoes Silent Disco Walking Party as they return to their Scottish roots for an immersive dance-walk through the historic streets of Edinburgh.
Discover the best of Scottish artisanal produce: fantastic Scottish cheeses, single malt whisky, smoked salmon, an Edinburgh gin liqueur cocktail, meat or veggie haggis and a surpr…
For the past 11 years, Asian Arts Global has been bringing young students from arts-oriented schools across China to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, to highlight the country’s bri…
Bold.
Talk about doing what it says on the tin! Here you go: simply the best comics on the contemporary Scottish circuit.
Showcase of Scotland’s best comics.
People can be sensitive about how they are described.
Anxiety.
What is the scariest thing in the world? Spiders… heights… whoever wins the conservative party leadership contest? None of the above.
Anxiety.
Fifteen-year-old Reece is roughly accosted by the police outside M&S.
Cameron Young is one of the hottest names in modern magic, with appearances on national television shows such as Britain’s Got Talent, Penn & Teller: Fool Us and Tu Si Que Vales, C…
The Yorkshire scamp has had enough! Time to take a stand against housemates, homeowners and the North/South divide.
Earth’s funniest footwear are back with their latest comedy hour.
This new folk musical seeks to explore our heritage and legacy, weaving two parallel stories; one of a crofter and a wandering soldier in the 18th Century, and one of an old pensio…
Thanyia Moore was going to make her Edinburgh Fringe debut in 2020 with a heartfelt, emotional show, that was about to rock your socks off… but then 2020 happened.
Actor, impersonator and song-and-dance man Frank Moran celebrates the characters of the Marx brothers as he dexterously weaves their lives into his own.
Join us at the multi award-winning Whiski bar and restaurant for a vibrant foot-stomping good time as we showcase many traditional Scottish music bands at the Whiski bar during Aug…
What do you think is memorable? Alex is a magician who will attempt to answer this by doing as many tricks as he possibly can in the most unusual, silly, comedic, or impressive way…
Are you ready to rock? Poppy & Charlie, young acoustic brother - sister duo from the Northeast.
Are you ready to rock? Poppy & Charlie, young acoustic brother - sister duo from the Northeast.
Strange Days is a fast-paced, dark and hilarious tale of insanity.
1887, New York.
Simon Hall brings his manic energy and style to Brighton Fringe in his new show Simon Hall is Completely Fine.
The 12 finalists from more than 300 submissions have been revealed for the gala final of this year’s competition which was open to every student of musical theatre, with audition…
‘Did you grow up loving Young Adult Fantasy novels (and do you maybe still love young adult fantasy novels)? Are you a ride or die Team Edward or Team Jacob fan? Then this may be t…
‘Did you grow up loving Young Adult Fantasy novels (and do you maybe still love young adult fantasy novels)? Are you a ride or die Team Edward or Team Jacob fan? Then this may be t…
In this electric, pulsating autobiographical solo-show, Majid (Hollyoaks, War Horse) traces the origin of his own personal struggles with anger and probes the unspoken anxieties, d…
Earth’s funniest footwear are back with their latest comedy hour.
Julie Atherton’s production of Ordinary Days at the Cockpit is a work of art.
With a growing reputation for providing excellent dance education, Ceyda Tanc Dance presents a mixed bill featuring their talented youth dancers and, for the first time, guest perf…
Tuesday lunchtime concerts 1.
Tuesday lunchtime concerts 1.
With a reputation for providing excellent dance education, Ceyda Tanc Dance presents a mixed bill featuring their talented youth dancers.
Lachlan Werner is a ventriloquist with a love for theatrical horror and cheeky risqué comedy.
Young Frankenstein is a hilarious laughter generator from start to finish, directed by one of Brighton’s comic cabaret’s finest.
Ay Up Ducks! Following a sell-out run at Edinburgh Fringe, we’re bringing our stand-up show to Brighton.
Ay Up Ducks! Following a sell-out run at Edinburgh Fringe, we’re bringing our stand-up show to Brighton.
Young Frankenstein is a hilarious laughter generator from start to finish, directed by one of Brighton’s comic cabaret’s finest.
POSTPONED TO WEDNESDAY 6 APRIL.
POSTPONED TO WEDNESDAY 6 APRIL.
Patricia has a zest for life and men when she is thrust together with Sean who is languishing in a nursing home.
"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…
"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…
Malachy has just turned 25, and he has a few things to say about that.
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…
Sex, Society and Other Stupid Sh*t is the debut production of ArtsEd graduate theatre company, Fill in the Blank.
The Royal Court is a Grade II listed building, a magnificent example of one of the best theatres built in the Art Deco style.
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.
Principal Guest Conductor Elim Chan leads the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in an electrifying concert featuring cellist Sol Gabetta.
Principal Guest Conductor Elim Chan leads the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in an electrifying filmed concert featuring cellist Sol Gabetta.
Ventriloquism as you’ve never seen it! The Exorcist… with puppets!Lachlan Werner (ventriloquist, clown) presents an hour of frights, where demonic voices come from every corner…
Glitz and glamour, fun and frolics, Scottish Ballet’s Starstruck is a delight, just what we need after 18 months of closed theatres.
A new music partnership in the making in this film of Isata Kanneh-Mason and Vasily Petrenko joining forces with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
The Royal Court is a Grade II listed building, a magnificent example of one of the best theatres built in the Art Deco style.
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…
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SCOTTISH SINFONIA, Leader Michael Rigg, Conductor Neil Mantle.
In 1982, Simon Callow wrote his first book: it was called Being An Actor, and it was his reckless attempt, after not even ten years of acting, to describe the physical, psychologic…
The final orchestral concert of the Festival is a magical performance of works from Japan, France and Russia, conducted by Kazushi Ono.
The ‘absurd and excellent’ (RifeMagazine.
Two 30-minute sets of stand-up from up-and-coming comedians from the north of England, Paddy Young (as seen on ITV2, Sky, Channel 4) and Adam Flood (BBC New Comedian 2019 nominee, …
An hour of stand-up from two rising-stars in the world of comedy.
Earth’s funniest footwear are back with a new hour of songs, sketches, and Gags Sans Frontieres (with a Eurovision twist) featuring live and interactive voting.
Lunchtime lecture: Scottish Religious Art in Paint and Glass: Robert Scott Lauder’s Christ Teacheth Humility.
When a collection of colourful characters come together to perform their most recent play adaptation via Zoom, surely nothing can go wrong.
Meet Shakespeare, but not the Shakespeare you know.
Conductor Valery Gergiev and pianist Daniil Trifonov return to the International Festival with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra for a radiant concert.
The ‘absurd and excellent’ (RifeMagazine.
Principal Guest Conductor Elim Chan leads the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in an electrifying concert featuring cellist Sol Gabetta.
From appearances Mock The Week and QI and others, Eshaan Akbar comes to Edinburgh for three nights only.
Festival favourite Marin Alsop conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in a joyful concert including Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony.
Workshop : Being of InfluenceDate : Saturday 14th AugustTime : 15:00 - 18:00 UKT / 10am - 1pm ESTLocation : VirtualAudience : LGBTQ+Cost : FREE (Donations accepted) ‘Bei…
Maxim Emelyanychev conducts two dynamic pieces for piano and winds by Mozart and Thuille – one much-loved, one rarely heard.
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.
Interactive, hilarious and a ‘guaranteed great night out’ ***** (BroadwayBaby.
Moderated by Sandy Hsiu-chih Lo, curator of Green Island Human Rights Art Festival in Taiwan, this webinar will look into how the Festival enabled the artistic expression of …
“I am clean.
Come and join us online or live for the original free walking tour around the heart of Edinburgh’s Old Town.
A new musical partnership in the making sees Isata Kanneh-Mason and Vasily Petrenko join forces with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
“I am clean.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
The Scottish Gallery presents their Festival Exhibition Programme featuring a major exhibition of Joan Eardley to mark the centenary of her birth alongside further exhibitions; The…
Come join the brilliant Boogie Shoes Silent Disco Walking Disco as they return to their Scottish roots for an immersive dance-walk through the historic streets of Edinburgh.
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…
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…
An immersive journey through music and film into the magnificent and ancient landscapes of Scotland, featuring a beautiful original score for voice, piano, percussion and electroni…
Bogha-frois: Queer Voices in Folk (Scottish Gaelic for Rainbow) is a community of queer folk musicians based in Scotland and beyond.
Earth’s funniest footwear revive their classic 2015 crime show for one night only! From Scandi Noir to Dixon of Dock Green, from The Sweeney to Line Of Duty, all cops and robbers g…
A lighthearted comedy about university student Sophie, and her journey of discovering what it means to be a woman in this world.
Ronald Forbes RSA RGI festival exhibition, The Dreamweaver’s Puzzles at the Scottish Arts Club (28th July to 29th August).
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.
Join local tour guide Hannah Mackay Tait for a 3-hour walk through Scottish LGBTQ+ history.
Come and join us online or live for the original free walking tour around the heart of Edinburgh’s Old Town.
Talk about doing what it says on the tin! The Stand’s flagship contemporary Scottish comedy show returns! A Fringe institution but this time with four acts, seating, table service …
Roll up, roll up! Come and see this bright explosion of love & isolation, joy & celebration and a lot of buffering – you’ll want a ticket for this ride.
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…
Two crafty robbers, one tiny ladybird, and a whole farmyard of fun! Hefty Hugh and Lanky Len have a cunning plan to steal the farmer's fine prize cow.
With a growing reputation for providing excellent dance education, Ceyda Tanc Dance presents a mixed bill featuring their talented youth dancers.
This summer, brand new outdoor theatre company Slapstick Picnic will embark on their first UK tour with a mischievous reimagining of The Importance of Being Earnest.
‘No better, no worse, no change, no pain.
Have you ever wanted to be in an Oscar Wilde play? Even if it's just for a few minutes? With The Importance of Being.
Hold onto your handbags and hone your Wildean wit in this interactive and hilarious twist on ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’.
You remember what it was like to go to the youth club, don’t you? No.
The Greenwich Theatre reopened last week with the inspired programming of four short plays by Caryl Churchill.
Sara Segovia Rodao and Lachlan Werner are cuties by nature, cancers by astrological sign and clowns by trade.
Tl;dr: Two female comedians debut their 30 minute solo shows on one bill.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
This year, as a part of the National Lottery’s Thanks To You week, we are delighted to be hosting a talk about the heritage of our theatre.
Voices From Home is a curated selection of short audio plays, featuring the most exciting emerging writers from the South East.
Voices From Home is a curated selection of short audio plays, featuring the most exciting emerging writers from the South East.
The twin tricksters perform magic and comedy inspired by clichés surrounding twins.
The twin tricksters perform magic and comedy inspired by clichés surrounding twins.
How does it feel to grow up believing you’re different to everyone else around you? Suitable for the whole family, these LGBT+ short films explore friendship, crushes and feeling…
A 20-minute two-man version of the Oscar Wilde classic play ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’, adapted and performed by Jon Haynes and David Woods of Ridiculusmus and directed by J…
Bringing to life the poetry of Robert Lax, Circus Days and Nights is a new genre-defying circus opera by legendary contemporary composer Philip Glass - a collaboration between Swed…
Presenting the Edinburgh University Theatre Company’s latest project: The Scottish Online Student Drama Festival, in aid of Acting For Others.
This event has been rescheduled from Tue 17 November 2020.
The Scottish Play is a solo performance written by Victoria Gartner, founder and artistic director of Will & Co which produces plays about Shakespear, under the umbrella title …
This film is a socially distanced film.
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 programme features Vocalise, Piano Concerto No 4 in G (soloist Adam Davies) and Symphony No 2 in E minor.
Join Daisy Rogers, Founder of Liberally, as she discusses the place of storytelling in the fight for greater diversity and inclusion across the liberal arts, through expressive mix…
A discussion on the relationship between artists and critics in fringe and wider contexts, with insight and advice from Richard Beck and Matthew Shelley.
Magician and comedian extraordinaire, Tom Elliott makes his unmissable Edinburgh Fringe debut in 2020.
Join our expert guides for a free walk around the heart of Edinburgh’s historic Old Town.
Completely sold out in 2014 and 2018.
This exhibition of paintings by Susie Reade refers to a young woman’s diary describing her unusual journey from Scotland to work in WWII Russia.
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 …
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…
Critically acclaimed singer Andrew Young and Musical Director Paul Knight bring a new cabaret to the Museum of Comedy This show takes a journey from the early days of An…
The joint creators of the Olivier Award-winning Betroffenheit, writer and performer Jonathon Young and Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist Crystal Pite, reunite once again with P…
Tom Brown’s School Days by Thomas Hughes is the Phil Willmott’s Company’s new musical adaptation, for all ages, that sets the timeless classic of public school l…
A wintry tale of fire and ice where selfless love wins, The Snow Queen, choreographed by Christopher Hampson, is a dangerous journey encountering bandits and snow creatures.
This event will highlight examples of interesting and exciting work being done in and with theatre and performance by academics and practitioners.
Global Voices Theatre works with international playwrights based outside the UK to showcase plays in translation and from the wider English-speaking world, through uniquely curated…
Critically acclaimed singer Andrew Young and Musical Director Paul Knight bring a new cabaret to the Museum of Comedy This show takes a journey from the early days of An…
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…
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…
Youth Without God at the Coronet Theatre is heralded as ‘a dark fable about the individual conscience in a time of social uncertainty’ and the 1937 novel by Ödön von Horváth…
Come along to an inspirational evening of music making brought to you by the Voices of Hope choir, comprised of people connected with The Salvation Army Homelessness Services in Sc…
The Whistlebinkies’ rich blending of the tones and rhythms of fiddles, flute, concertina, lowland pipes, Scottish small-pipes, double bass and percussion has captivated audiences a…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
‘The most brilliant left-field Brooklyn band you’ve never heard of’ (Tom Robinson, BBC 6 Music) ‘mix brainy, funny lyrics with a fine sense of what makes pop music wonderful, and a…
The Annual General Meeting of the Fringe Society where activity is reviewed, accounts are presented and directors elected. If you’re passionate about the Fringe, come and be heard.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Come and hear some of our most talented young players perform traditional and contemporary music in a relaxed, informal atmosphere. Refreshments included.
Shakespeare: Reloaded have reworked this classic Oscar Wilde play into something almost unrecognisable.
Powerful, passionate, personal, political punk performance poetry plus punchy psongs.
The Scottish Gantry Rum Sessions will welcome you to enjoy some of the best rums in the world.
Award-winning, rising stars from QM Comedy Society and the London comedy circuit deliver an hour full of social commentary and silliness.
100% Soul: The Voices of Virtue Gospel Choir live.
Cora is at the festival to see her ex-boyfriend perform.
The Scottish Gantry Gin Sessions welcomes you to enjoy some of the best gins in the world.
Fergus McCreadie is Scotland’s next global jazz superstar.
The Scottish Gantry Whisky Sessions will welcome you to enjoy some of the best whiskies in the world.
In 1815, seventeen European states declared war on one man and committed over a million soldiers to his capture.
A vibrant mixture of jazz, Scottish folk and Indian classical music featuring Sharat Chandra Srivastava (violin), Gyan Singh (tabla), Sophie Bancroft and Gina Rae (vocals) plus Gra…
Scotland’s jazz guitar genius creates magical worlds with his loops and harmonies.
Presented by Indigenous Contemporary Scene, performance-based installation This Time Will Be Different denounces the Canadian government’s discourse on Indigenous people and takes …
How do you climb a tree without worrying about the fall? Why do you dream up the monsters in the shadows? Kirsty Law’s Young Night Thought binds Scots folklore, song, film, artwork…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Enjoy watching some of the best one-liner comedians at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe rise to the challenge of performing a total of 1,000 of their best one-liners to raise money fo…
Three of Scotland’s leading contemporary jazz groups each play a 40-minute set in one stunning concert with world-class musical guests from India and Shetland.
‘If it weren’t for music, I would’ve ended up in a life of crime.
Pupil voice is one of the hottest topics in education right now, but what do young people want from their education? Just how democratic should schools and universities be when it …
Strangely, apart from the Military Tattoo, there is not a lot of piping in Edinburgh during August.
Frank’s son Alex is facing a mental health crisis, and Frank hasn’t a clue what to do about it or how to get Alex to talk about it.
‘Welcome to the Dead Parents Society.
Raised Voices shines light on some of the reasons that people become homeless and how, when all may seem lost, they can pick themselves up and rebuild their lives.
I need to preface with this review with a disclaimer – this is either a one-star or a five-star show, depending on your sense of humour.
Ryan Young is an emerging young fiddle player bringing new and exciting ideas to traditional Scottish music.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
After multiple sell-out performances in the last two years’ Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Edinburgh Youth Orchestra returns once again with an exciting and varied programme under th…
“I’ve not seen anything like this in the 12 years I’ve been working at the Fringe,” was the observation from one of the tech guys I spoke to after seeing Ugly Youth, this y…
A new play with music by Rachel Flynn.
Therapists from our treatment rooms will show you how to stay healthy during the Fringe using herbs, with a series of free evening workshops mixing herbal teas and essential oil bl…
River Voices: Robert Powell & FriendsA lively reading by York-based poet Robert Powell and other writers - of work inspired by the Ouse and Foss, rivers, streams, ca…
River Voices: Robert Powell & FriendsA lively reading by York-based poet Robert Powell and other writers - of work inspired by the Ouse and Foss, rivers, streams, ca…
BSC Theatre joyously celebrate diversity and minority identities through this tender and thought-provoking glimpse into life on the outside.
Voices of Lions is an outstanding male voice choir of 40 young singers based in south-west London.
A unique gala of traditional Chinese folk dances, classical dance genres as well as a taste of Chinese opera.
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A hothouse bursting with dazzling new comedy blooms (metaphorical), we present a ludicrous, bountiful plenitude of guests, hosted by an ever-changing line-up of Thom Tuck, John-Luk…
An action-packed hour combining elements of storytelling, clown and cabaret, themed around coming-of-age sexual awakenings and queer adolescence.
As part of celebrations all around the world in honour of International Scottish Gin Day, we’ll be having our own celebrations in the heart of Edinburgh.
Twin tricksters Kane & Abel perform magic and comedy inspired by clichés surrounding twins.
Sean expects a quiet night alone in the pub, but Lisa catches his eye.
Five years ago, at his best friends Sarah and Emma’s engagement party, James met the love the love his life.
The Youth Choir of Shanghai Grand Theatre present a delightful programme of classical and popular material.
44 Days is the story of the workers who faced down corporate greed and changed the labour movement forever.
Join our expert guides for a free walk around the heart of Edinburgh’s historic Old Town.
Internationally-renowned, Canadian-based Autorickshaw is on the cultural cutting edge with their seamless and downright cool sounding blend of jazz, folk, pop and Indian classical …
Law impacts on people’s daily lives in numerous ways, but we can often feel remote from it.
Talk about doing what it says on the tin! Here you go: simply the best comics on the contemporary Scottish circuit.
Booking is essential for this sell-out tour.
Nights are dark and lonely at the end of the world.
Daily guest performances from one of these folk musicians: Kevin Gore (‘crafts lyrics straight from the heart and puts over his message with skill and passion’ (Black Diamond FM)),…
If Dr.
‘Too young to stay in, too old to go out!’ Nigel Osner casts a quizzical eye over life’s challenges for those that little bit older.
Voices of Bond is a spectacle like no other.
What do the widow and mistress of Scotland’s famous bard discuss over tea? After the death of Robert Burns, his wife Jean Armour and mistress Nancy Maclehose finally meet.
Rising stars Louise Young and Anja Atkinson make their Fringe debut.
Come join the brilliant Boogie Shoes Silent Disco as we return to our Scottish roots for an immersive dance-walk through the crazy throngs of the Fringe.
Xiao’s grandma suffers from Alzheimer’s.
Following two triumphant sell-out years at the Fringe, the extraordinary Oliver Harris returns as the young and beautiful Elvis Presley.
Directly from the theatres of Amsterdam, this show brings you equal parts of comedy cabaret, variety show and musical extravaganza.
In 2012 I wrote a diary on a deck of playing cards, one for each week.
Fresh from performing at the Adelaide and Melbourne Fringe festivals 2019, catch South End Comedy Festival’s Best Newcomer Winner in this revealing one-man show.
Join us at the multi award-winning WHISKI Bar and restaurant for a vibrant foot-stomping good time as we showcase many traditional Scottish music bands at WHISKI Bar during August.
12 sell-out years at the Fringe, Glasgow and Australian Comedy Festivals.
Never-before-seen nonsense on stage.
HD Management presents multi award nominee and the official face of the ITV Hub and uSwitch, Lateef Lovejoy with his solo stand-up show Life, Times and Society’s Crimes where he ex…
See That Bloke Who Does Voices where impressionist Danny Posthill tells us about how Johnny Vegas helped him get over his anxiety, the incident of Dianne Abbot blocking him on Twit…
Being Frank is a truly very special show, performed by stand up veteran Imaan Hadchiti.
Enjoy a glorious summer exhibition of paintings by Scottish Artists.
Baby Wants Candy has become almost as much a staple of the Fringe as being slapped in the face with flyers on the Royal Mile.
Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance.
Edinburgh Fringe has a number of shows that have a real cult status among festivalgoers, and up there with the cultest of them is the self-explanatory Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet…
Alpha Art is an independent contemporary gallery established in 2006.
Rising stars Louise Young and Neil Harris make their Great Yorkshire Fringe debut.
Hold onto your handbags and hone your Wildean wit! The Importance of Being… Earnest? is a brand new INTERACTIVE show inspired by Oscar Wilde’s classic.
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 returns to Sadler's Wells for their first visit of the year with a new triple bill of dance.
Shakespeare’s enduring love story is known the world over.
A pirate adventure with a twist! Living on a boat should be the ideal life for a wannabe pirate, but a storm brews up when Herbert is sent home from school and Mum calls on Uncle A…
Mercury Musical Developments and the The Stephen Sondheim Society present the 13th annual STEPHEN SONDHEIM SOCIETY STUDENT PERFORMER OF THE YEAR competitio…
Winners of the The Bath Comedy Fest Best Joke Award 2018, Socks return with a new comedy hour in a circus-esque style.
A romance on the rocks, an artist’s vision stalled, and a graduates thesis in peril lead four young New Yorkers through a series of humorous and touching musical, intersecting vign…
Feelin fat, ugly, depressed? Yh we all are, we’re Millennials! It’s gonna have coconut water, avocados, vegan sausage rolls.
Special half term afternoon of street dance and hip hop classes, showcase and battles with multi award-winning school Streetfunk and its crews hosted by Brighton dance legend JP Om…
Brighton, a townhouse.
BA Theatre Arts at GBMet.
The contemporary face of The Royal Ballet is shown in works from three of today’s leading choreographers.
Set in a dingy two-bed flat in London, ‘Have You Heard About Guy?’ is the story of Frank and George, two struggling actresses living in a pre-#MeToo world.
Wednesday 15th May, 7.
A guided walking talking 5 mile well-being journey along South Downs Way from Ditchling Beacon to Black Cap.
When BBC Slam Champion, Jess Green joined the Labour Party at university she doubled the number of members who met weekly in the Liverpool Philharmonic pub.
Combining intimate stories, comic dialogues, and - when words feel like a cage – dance, Rejoicing At Her Wondrous Vulva The Young Woman Applauded Herself is a celebratory explora…
In a world where it is North Islington, only one man stands between Camden and Holloway.
The Jewish community in Brighton has a long history.
JB Carter, American, Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year 2017 finalist, shortlisted for BBC New Comedy Award 2018, as heard on BBC Radio 4 Extra, and Northern Irishman, Phili…
Being Limitless TV: An Audience with.
One of The Guardian’s Best Shows at the Edinburgh Fringe 2018.
A fun, fabulous and flamboyant cabaret-style drag event in the heart of Brighton to celebrate the young LGBTQIAPP+ community.
In this show of songs and character vignettes, Nigel Osner casts his perceptive and somewhat mischievous gaze over the poignance and ridiculousness of clinging to the illusion of y…
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…
Half Moon presents Young Herbert’s Horrors a Justin Coe production A swashbuckling pirate adventure with a twist Young Herbert is a little…
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…
Farnham Festival 2019: Young Voices This exciting concert will include performances from pupils at the Ridgeway School, plus Surrey Arts’ Just So Singers and the A…
Thirteen Days follows the lives of three lovers, three leaders and three nations during the Cuban Missile Crisis - the closest the world has come to being wiped out by n…
Multi-award-winning composer and lyricist Alexander S.
A brand new nostalgia show, taking you back to the good old days of variety entertainment.
YOUNG PICASSO Pablo Picasso is one of the greatest artists of all time - and right up until his death in 1973 he was the most prolific of artists.
In a world, where it is North Islington, only one man stands between Camden and Holloway.
A production of Adam Gwon’s musical, Ordinary Days revised with live art. The musical tells the story of four New-Yorkers as their lives interlink in unknowing ways.
Led by some of the rising stars of the Irish urban music and spoken word scenes, this workshop will use perhaps some the most recognised cultural movements of the moment…
Yerloo UndergroundDeep dark subway.
Cervantes’s story of the bumbling knight Don Quixote has inspired countless artistic interpretations.
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 dancers of the future bring their talent to the Royal Opera House main stage for three special performances.
A HUNDRED DIFFERENT WORDS FOR LOVE by James Rowland Three years ago, James met the love of his life.
In Tchaikovsky’s intense opera of obsession and the supernatural, Gherman is caught between the woman he loves and a destructive fixation.
Earth’s funniest footwear bring you songs, sketches, socks and violence.
Award-winning musical character comedy from Sarah-Louise Young and Michael Roulston, creators of Roulston & Young, Julie Madly Deeply and Cabaret Whore.
Inside Voices blends dark comedy and magic realism in its portrayal of three Southeast Asian Muslim women challenging the bounds of freedom, feminism and faith.
£50 for a course of two sessions (ticket price is joint)Saturday 19 & 26 January2pm– 4pm £25 for one sessionSaturday 9 February2pm-4pm £50 f…
Harold Pinter’s first play, The Room, features in a triple-bill directed by Pinter’s colleague and friend, Patrick Marber.
♫On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me, some dodgy meat off the back of a lorr-ry♫ The nation’s favourite publican, Al Murray – The …
Stylish, elegant and magical, Scottish Ballet's Cinderella, choreographed by Christopher Hampson, at times takes one's breath away.
Dan was almost shot – and it's all Rupert Murdoch's fault.
In Frederick Ashton’s joyous country tale, Lise and her mother clash in a foot-stomping, cabbage-throwing, battle of wills.
Two exciting double bills.Retail Therapy & The Jailer’s Daughter@ Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre PubSugar Buddy & Snow Angel of Antarctica@ Katzpace
Curly is convinced that appearing youthful is the answer to success and he will do whatever is necessary to get 'youth'.
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…
Following James Hurn’s sell-out 2017 tour, he is back by popular demand with his stunning one-man, many voices, show, celebrating over 60 years of Hancock’s …
The Whistlebinkies’ rich blending of the tones and rhythms of fiddles, flute, concertina, clarsach, lowland pipes, Scottish smallpipes, doublebass and percussion has captivated aud…
Mahler Symphony No 4 in G major.
BBC Scottish Symphony OrchestraThomas Dausgaard Conductor Experience the classical music stars of tomorrow – the most exciting young performers from right across Europe.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Perth Youth Orchestra will perform works by Holst (The Planets Suite), Khachaturian, and Weber conducted by Mr Allan Young – with soloists Shona Rae (bassoon), Sophie Chisholm (x…
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The Annual General Meeting of the Fringe Society where activity is reviewed, accounts are presented and directors elected.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
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…
Of course, this show will be based around Attila’s powerful, poignant, personal, political performance poetry – still evolving after 37 years.
The University of St Andrews\\\' all-female a cappella group present Voices.
Scottish Chamber OrchestraRobin Ticciati Conductor Brahms Symphony No 2Brahms Symphony No 4 Mercurial, magical, constantly surprising.
Sam Amos (TrashDollys) explores solitude and man’s inability to articulate emotion in 5 Days of Falling.
Ryan Young is an emerging young fiddle player bringing new and exciting ideas to traditional Scottish music.
Experience the classical music stars of tomorrow – 18 of the most exciting young performers from right across Europe.
Scottish Chamber OrchestraRobin Ticciati Conductor Brahms Symphony No 1Brahms Symphony No 3 Revelatory performances, teeming with telling detail, inviting you to experience well-lo…
Consort of Voices return to the historic Canongate Kirk in what will be our tenth year of Fringe performances.
A programme that includes some of Bach’s earliest organ music as well as pieces that are decidedly youthful in spirit including the Prelude and Fugue in D and the Partita on Christ…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Nigel Osner takes a quizzical look at the challenges and opportunities for those no longer young.
Scottish folk singer-songwriter Karine Polwart has a knack of delivering sucker punches in the gentlest, subtlest of ways.
Graham Fellows has performed as the comic character John Shuttleworth for over 25 years on stage, TV and radio, delighting audiences throughout the UK with his songs and quirky tak…
National Youth Orchestra of CanadaJonathan Darlington ConductorMarjorie Maltais Mezzo-Soprano (Symphony No 3) John Estacio MoontidesCopland Appalachian SpringVaughan Williams Symp…
The original show, performed for the first time in 10 years.Turn up early.Sellout expected.
Free (ticketed).Sellout expected.
Strangely, apart from the Military Tattoo, there is not a lot of piping in Edinburgh during the Fringe.
The original show, performed for the first time in 10 years. Turn up early, sell-out expected.
Using nothing but their voices and innovative live looping techniques, genre-bending FreePlay takes you from the concert halls of Europe to the jazz clubs of Manhattan, the temples…
When the soldier goes to war what of those left behind? This is the question posed by InValid Voices, a new theatre piece based on interviews with women serving as and married to C…
Described by his nan as the best comedian in Birmingham, and probably the world, the award nominee and gong show-winning comedian, Liam Jeavons, premieres his new solo show.
It’s very rare that you go to ‘the theatre’ and feel as though you are witnessing a moment in history; with Riot Days, Pussy Riot successfully creates this feeling.
With snappy strathspeys to heartfelt airs, and rip-roaring reels to chripy jigs, Rachel Hair and Ron Jappy are two of Scotland’s most respected traditional musicians.
National Youth Orchestra of ScotlandPaul Daniel Conductor Debussy IbériaLili Boulanger D’un matin de printempsColes Behind the LinesDebussy La mer The International Festival’s…
From the team behind the hugely successful Bongo Club Cabaret and the UK’s premier free variety night franchise, comes this epic family-friendly variety show, a generation in the m…
Scotland! Famous for hills and of course mountains.
A contemporary musical set in the lift between Covent Garden Tube platform and street level of the piazza with a rich and complex musical score.
Voices of Lions is an outstanding male voice choir of 40 young singers based in south-west London.
National Youth Choir of ScotlandChristopher Bell Conductor Andrew McTaggart Baritone Michael Bawtree Organ Vaughan Williams Five Mystical SongsTippett Five Spirituals (Child of Ou…
These twin tricksters perform magic inspired by cliches surrounding twins.
‘Upbeat and energetic and above all, entertaining’ (Advertiser, Adelaide).
When Jess Green joined the Labour Party at university she doubled the number of members who met weekly in the Liverpool Philharmonic pub.
Welcome to our open-hearted open mic, where you can enjoy features from fantastic spoken word artists and different special guests daily, with a sumptuous cabaret vibe.
New(ish) for 2018! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
Written by Adam Gwon, Ordinary Days tells the story of four young New Yorkers struggling to connect.
After two sell-out performances in last year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Edinburgh Youth Orchestra return once again to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with an exciting and varied…
Voices of Bond is a spectacle like no other.
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…
Talk about doing what it says on the tin! Here you go, simply the best comics on the contemporary Scottish circuit.
Brothers Barnabus and Donatus of Cambusdonald Abbey are back, now five years on from the events of The Sorcerer’s Tale.
Tommy Fitchet’s exhibition of unique Scottish landscape paintings from his travels around Scotland.
Take an easy walking tour to discover a little-known side of Edinburgh’s Old Town.
Like stereotypes, labels generally become meaningless upon scrutiny.
Fringe sensations Racing Minds are back after five sell-out years! A doddery grandfather can’t quite remember his ripping yarn, but with your help a mystery stuffed with hilarious …
Feeling pressured by his success last year with The Elvis Dead, Rob Kemp returns with ten(!) shows stuck to a spinning wheel.
What do the widow and mistress of Scotland’s famous bard discuss over tea? After the death of Robert Burns, his wife Jean Armour and mistress Nancy Maclehose, finally meet.
A hothouse bursting with dazzling new comedy blooms (metaphorical).
A special performance of historic and contemporary Scottish folk songs in the atmospheric Captain’s Bar.
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…
Come join the brilliant Boogie Shoes Silent Disco on an immersive dance-walk through the crazy throngs of the Fringe.
Celebrating the enthusiasm and fresh talent of new dancers from across Scotland.
Join our expert guides for a free walk around the heart of Edinburgh’s historic Old Town.
Melbourne’s Out Cast Theatre company, using ‘bits of Mr Oscar Wilde’, as stated on the flyer, return a sort-of version of The Importance of Being Earnest to the Edinburgh Fri…
Ten sell-out years at the Edinburgh Fringe, Glasgow Comedy Fest and around the world.
Beijing Golden Sails Arts Troupe return to Edinburgh following their previous successes.
Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance.
Oliver Harris digs deeper into his journey through Elvis Presley’s great songs with a different show and an evening twist! From Love Me Tender, The Wonder of You, Are You Lonesome …
Hey, I’m Aidan, in 2012 I kept a journal on a deck of playing cards, one for every week.
Alex Hylton is unique.
The Arbikie Pipers – led by grade one piper, Pipe Major Cammie Ritchie – present a performance of Scottish traditional music with a twist.
Something’s up with Lewis Schaffer.
Winner: Best Cabaret, Melbourne Fringe 2017.
Back in the building! Following his massive success at last year’s Fringe, Oliver Harris again brings a new playlist of Elvis Presley’s great songs.
Blood, sweat, and.
Is this offbeat Romanian guy supposed to be the future of stand-up comedy? With his introspective and sometimes dark approach to comedy, keep an eye on this young whippersnapper ba…
This Welsh comedian was the first major victim of Identity Theft in the UK.
Christy Coysh (as seen on BBC Three) and Kat Sadler (selected for BBC New Comedy Award 2017) debut their first work-in-progress show.
Sock! Pow! Wham! Earth’s funniest footwear are back with their 10th new show of songs, sketches, socks and violence.
Discover the story of Scottish pop from the 1950s to the present day at this major exhibition.
Total sell-out 2015, 2016 and 2017! One of the best-known, longest-running and most celebrated improv shows in the world.
‘Yer a wifie.
Curly is convinced that appearing youthful is the answer to success and he will do whatever is necessary to get ‘youth’.
Join us at the multi award-winning Whiski Bar and Restaurant for a vibrant footstomping good time as we showcase many traditional Scottish music bands at Whiski Bar during August.
Widely considered one of the funniest plays in English, Wilde’s much loved masterpiece throws love, logic and language into the air to make one of theatre’s most dazzli…
Danny’s just got divorced.
Dublin Youth Dance Company are thrilled to present an evening of dance at the Smock Alley Theatre as part of the 18th Irish Youth Dance Festival.
Love at first dance, forbidden passions, dangerous secrets and star-crossed fate combine in this exhilarating classic ballet.
Earth’s Funniest Footwear are back for their 10th brand new show.
In his new show Nigel Osner casts a quizzical eye over life’s challenges for those, shall we say, just that little bit older.
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.
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.
Winner of South End Comedy Festival’s ‘Best Newcomer’ competition 2017, Kelsey is one of the youngest working comedians in the UK.
The Cascade Coffee Shop is at the centre of a drive to help rehabilitate and reintegrate the homeless population of Brighton through the Cascade Creative Recovery organisation.
Ceyda Tanc Dance, with three different programmes of cutting edge and dynamic contemporary dance, works with influences of Ceyda’s traditional Turkish folk dance heritage.
Mozart masterpieces performed in the wonderful acoustics and historic setting of the Chapel Royal.
Victor Pãtrãscan is Romanian, but nobody’s perfect.
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…
‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’ is an unseasonal romp through the gifts of a generous but impractical lover.
A mysterious atmosphere vibrates through the small room in Manchester Street’s Latest Music bar as two women take to the stage and where flowers lie scattered beneath their feet.
Singing nuns, cheery chimney sweepers and a metamorphosing flower-seller, Julie Andrews’ roles are iconic and hold a distinct place in many British childhoods.
The Royal Court is a Grade II listed building, a magnificent example of one of the best theatres built in the Art Deco style.
Sadler’s Wells Associate Company English National Ballet returns with a programme of works packed with the audacious attitude of American-style neo-classical ballet, featurin…
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…
Anton does his best but it’s a heartless, tough old world out there – what with the Nazis, internment, a loveless marriage and a son he can’t communicate with.
headspace hosts a riotous afternoon of laughs and entertainment starring some of Australia and the world’s hottest comedic and artistic performers.
“A howlingly funny, exquisitely performed hour of office-set slapstick from two of New Zealand’s most exciting comic talents” - The Telegraph Direct from their sell-out E…
Luke has created his latest world of fantasy and ridiculousness, keen to create pure idiocy out of nowhere.
The 2016 smash hit improv musical returns to Adelaide! Total sell-out Edinburgh Fringe 2015, 2016, 2017.
Two time Scottish Comedy Award winner.
Every year the Scottish comedian of the year winner comes to Adelaide to entertain you.
Funny, upbeat and surprisingly articulate.
Three Scotsmen walk into a bar.
Grant’s from rural Scotland and Nic’s from leafy inner-city Perth – their worlds collide to produce hilarious, all-out class warfare! Two of the fastest rising comedy talents i…
AdFringe favourite Guy Masterson brings the WW1 trenches to vivid life in a moving compendium of stories & poems from both sides of No-Mans Land, featuring exceptional verse from W…
Described as “inspired eclecticism”, FreePlay takes you from the concert halls of Europe, to the jazz clubs of Manhattan, to the temples of India, and back to their native Toro…
Inspiring, intriguing, tender and true.
The Young Folk marry traditional acoustic instrumentation, perfect harmonies and contemporary production techniques resulting in a sound which has seen them compared with Fleet Fox…
Since their initial discovery the TYF are being hailed as audience favourites and are fulling venues both at home and overseas.
This high-energy, emotionally charged cabaret challenges the perceptions that ‘mental illness’ is a dirty word.
King Leontes, possessed by a mad jealousy, believes his pregnant wife Hermione to be having an affair with his childhood friend King Polixenes.
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…
The peasant girl Giselle discovers the true identity of her lover Albrecht – and that he is promised to another.
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…
Bruntwood Prize Judge’s Award winning play of 2015 Parliament Square by James Fritz transfers to the Bush Theatre after its world premier at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Mancheste…
The Dreamweaver Quartet invite you to open up your third eye The Society is part-show and part self-help group Ten Thousand Million Love Stories is a two-person, multi-character sh…
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.
Constella OperaBallet return to the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells this November with their award-winning Sideshows.
A night of celebration – whether it’s cheering or your team or the whole of mankind! United is an improvisation show played with the energy of a sports match.
A mixed programme of new work and much loved pieces.
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 Society is part-show and part self-help group.
Multi-platinum international music sensation and 2017 Grammy® Nominee Celtic Woman, returns with their all-new tour, Voices of Angels.
BalletBoyz are back with an exciting quartet of new works playing with the concept of balance and imbalance.
Legendary filmmaker and comedian Mel Brooks brings his classic monster musical comedy Young Frankenstein to life on stage in an all-singing, all-dancing musical collaboration with …
Everyone has another face they hide behind… The National Youth Theatre REP Company invite you into the world of Victorian England, where civilised society meets seedy Soho f…
This is a mating ground.
The World Youth Designer Forum (WYDF), a cumulative accelerator and incubator discourse, explores the 2017 theme – Design Interventions: Nationalism vs Globalism.
Russian Spectacular! Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture, Nutcracker Suite, Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No 3 in D minor (Soloist Jill Morton) and Borodin Symphony No 3.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
The formal meeting where accounts are presented, activity reviewed and directors elected. If you’re passionate about the Fringe, come and be heard.
Alice is an up-and-coming reporter and she is assigned the topic of sex trafficking to research.
Peter Gill”s Certain Young Men was first performed at the Almeida Theatre in 1999.
One performance only. Turn up early, sell-out expected.
The Consort of Voices return to Canongate for the ninth successive year, presenting another varied and eclectic programme of music, this year with an emphasis on Scandinavian compo…
The story of the clarinet told from a truly global perspective by Scotland’s premier clarinet ensemble, in virtuosic performances on clarinets of all sizes.
Canadian Marc-André Hamelin is a true piano virtuoso in the mould of historical greats Liszt or Rachmaninov, combining astonishing power with a miraculous, impeccable technique �…
Kirsty Wark is one of television’s most experienced presenters and author of The Legacy of Elizabeth Pringle.
Brexit, Trump and a diagnosis of bladder cancer.
A year on from beating over 70+ entrants and winning the Brighton Fringe Best Cabaret Award, musical comedy duo Mac & Eden are still unashamedly milking it for all it’s worth and a…
Brexit, Trump and a diagnosis of bladder cancer.
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…
Wilde’s much loved masterpiece gets a 1980s revamp.
Annie is just a normal girl with normal problems.
Sangstream is an Edinburgh-based Scots folk choir led by Corrina Hewat, the well-known composer, harper and singer.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
The story is told eye to eye, mind to mind and heart to heart.
Edinburgh International Youth Orchestra performs two concerts at Greyfriars Kirk with players from the Palestine Youth Orchestra.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
They open with the surging emotions and poignant melodies of Schubert’s much-loved ‘Unfinished’ Symphony.
Vibrant Scottish early music group Ensemble Marsyas under dynamic director Peter Whelan has fast made its name with thrilling, captivating music making since its founding in 2011.
New for 2017! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
Voices of Lions is an outstanding male voice choir of 40 young singers based in south-west London, with performances broadcast on BBC Radio 3.
A keen observer may initially notice that Thom Tuck and John Luke Roberts, who host ACMS together, aren’t exactly a traditional double act.
Scots Trad Music Awards’ Up and Coming Artist of the Year, Ryan Young is an emerging young fiddle player bringing new and exciting ideas to traditional Scottish music.
Award-winning comedian Aidan Greene always wanted to meet the one, but his stammer always seemed to get in the way.
2016 Fringe award-winner Frances M Lynch returns, celebrating breakthroughs by Scottish women scientists in genetics, geology, computing, engineering, astronomy, marine biology, mo…
Welcome to our open-hearted open mic, where you can enjoy features from fantastic spoken word artists and different special guests daily, with a sumptuous cabaret vibe.
Actors from the US, UK and Germany present this theatrical tour de force by Pulitzer winner Stephen Adly Guirgis that makes a case for the redemption of history’s most famous betra…
The Arbikie Pipers – led by Grade 1 piper, Pipe Major Cammie Ritchie – present a performance of Scottish traditional music with a twist.
Watch free previews of hundreds of Fringe shows.
Talk about doing what it says on the tin! Here you go, simply the best comics on the contemporary Scottish circuit.
In A Different Way Home we hear from two estranged members of the same family as they share their sides of a complex family story with us – chiefly how they manage grief after lo…
Join an expert local guide for a historical walking tour around Edinburgh’s world-famous Old Town.
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,…
Award-winning performer Paula Valluerca, aka Madame Señorita, is committed to reconnect with the pleasure of being a totally deluded idiot.
It’s 1956.
Are you, do you know, or have you been a pessimist? Are you, have you been, or do you want to be happy? This is the stand-up comedy show for you! Matt Duwell – ‘Grand ideas, infe…
Spend an hour in the company of leading Scottish comedian Vladimir McTavish.
Luke brings his world of fantasy and ridiculousness to Edinburgh, keen to ignite pure idiocy out of nowhere.
Is it a curse to stay? What if we couldn’t travel, could never leave home and see the world? Can we still be happy? A girl looks across the ocean and longs to discover.
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…
Sam Underwood (Fear The Walking Dead, The Following) is mostly manic, and definitely depressed! Losing Days follows his hilarious and harrowing journey of losing his f*cking mind �…
Eleanor Morton’s show takes a smart, but self-deprecating look at feminism and the comedian’s own place in it, but feels full of more potential than she delivers.
Fringe sensations Racing Minds are back after four sell-out years! A doddery grandfather can’t quite remember his ripping yarn, but with your help a mystery stuffed with hilarious …
A pure and exhilarating romp of a good time.
The New York musical is so much of a trope that it could almost be its own genre.
“I’m aware there isn’t much art made about love, so I thought I’d nip in and nail the definitive article before anyone else could.
There’s certainly no shortage of solo shows about mental health at the Fringe so it takes a certain level of quality to stand out.
Brought to you by Parallax Theatre, Stephen Adly Guirgis’s The Last Days of Judas Iscariot is a riotous look at life beyond.
Anthem for Doomed Youth is the hilarious new debut hour from Ed Night.
Join us Whiski Bar for a vibrant, foot-stomping good time as we showcase many traditional Scottish music bands during August.
Short and Curly do not do things by halves.
Short and Curly do not do things by halves.
Sonder presents meaningful, playful improvised stories with humanity at their heart.
Konstantin Sergeyev’s entrancing production of Swan Lake, based on Petipa and Ivanov’s timeless masterpiece, creates a lyrical, mysterious world where Prince Siegf…
Two crafty robbers, one tiny ladybird, and a whole farmyard of fun! Hefty Hugh and Lanky Len have a cunning plan to steal the farmer’s fine prize cow.
Following the Grammy Award nominated success of INALA, a Zulu ballet performed with Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Sisters Grimm return with the tale of a water spirit from the Amazon Ri…
Bumper Blyton presents a riotous improvised spoof of the nation’s most beloved author, Ten Thousand Million Love Stories brings us a two-person show all about love, and The Socie…
Scotland’s national ballet company returns with a double bill of two radically different, but equally powerful works.
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.
Apples and Snakes and New Writing South present a spoken word poetry show for ages 6 years and up.
Following two sold out performances at the Hen and Chickens in October, Streetlights, People! Productions are transferring their production of Adam Gwon’s award-winning musical Ord…
With candid, poignant and irreverent original songs, Mac and Eden present ‘The Unbearable Pleasure of being a Woman’, a side-splitting comedy/cabaret, brain-child of singer/songwri…
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 lunchtimes.
This spectacular cluster of dance pieces not only astounded through the sheer physicality of their presentation, but to produce piece after piece of originally choreographed narrat…
The award-winning team that brought you ‘A Puppet Named Desire’ and ‘Puppetgeist’ return with mayhem, masks, and sock monsters.
Are you, have you been or do you know a pessimist? Are you, have you been, or do you want to be happy? This is the stand-up comedy show for you! Matt Duwell is happy and he is ill-…
Exhibition and public screening of digital stories created by children and young people with family members or loved ones in prison.
Earth’s funniest footwear return with their hit show of songs, sketches, socks and violence, taking on The Bard himself.
“The true mystery of the world is the visible .
Invisible Voices of Brighton & Hove and Cascade Creative Recovery continues to focus on aspects of the housing crisis in our fair city by the sea.
Brighton’s Favourite, as faded yet not jaded as a seaside pier, Ida Barr returns! This former music hall singer used to be quite the shining star, known for her two big hits, ‘Oh …
Luke brings his world of fantasy and ridiculousness to Brighton, keen to ignite pure idiocy out of nowhere.
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 Nutcracker is classical ballet at its most approachable and visually entrancing – Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without it! A young girl’s enchanted present…
Forget what you know about the traditional Brothers Grimm fairy tale; Christopher Hampson has taken this classic tale and injected it with magic and modern charm, his choreograp…
The Twelve Days of Christmas follows Miss Elizabeth Fairfax and her rather unusual Christmas of 1895.
Join Phileas Fogg and his faithful servant Passepartout in their audacious plan to navigate the globe in just 80 days.
Immerse yourself in a magical world.
Three Shakespeare-inspired ballets that begin Birmingham Royal Ballet’s celebration of the Bard's legacy.
British Youth Opera — English Eccentrics By Malcolm Williamson Libretto by Geoffrey Dunn based on the book by Edith Sitwell.
British Youth Opera: Owen Wingrave By Benjamin Britten.
Scottish Voices, directed by Graham Hair, presents a recital for four women’s voices and piano.
Experience the thrill of hearing Saint-Saens’ exciting Organ Symphony live.
Cinema screening of live performance.
Consort of Voices return to Canongate Kirk for our eighth consecutive year at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
This famous traditional music ensemble has thrilled audiences around the world, from China to the USA, with their unique blend of fiddles, smallpipes, harp, flute, concertina, doub…
Herald Angel award winners! Brooklyn’s intergalactic folk-and-rollers were additionally honoured when Tom Robinson selected an Eggplants live radio session for a Best of the BBC Ar…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
The formal meeting where accounts are presented, activity reviewed and directors elected. If you’re passionate about the Fringe, come and be heard.
One performance only. Turn up early – sell-out expected.
The Scottish Saxophone Ensemble present haunting psalms and whirling reels by contemporary Irish and Scottish composers Ian Wilson, Ross Ainslie and Eddie McGuire, and welcomes spe…
Cinema screening of live performance.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
When we’re online, most of us choose to give up our privacy for the sake of convenience.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Set in small, Irish living room - somewhere between cosy and claustrophobic - Three Days’ Time is a thoughtful domestic comedy about weird parents, leaving home and mysteriously …
Legendary radical performance poet Attila brings his acclaimed autobiography Arguments Yard (Cherry Red Books) to life on stage.
Cinema screening of live performance.
Cinema screening of live performance.
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…
Upstairs Downton and Petting Zoo (‘Improv supergroup’ TimeOut) star creates a staggering array of characters using his mouth, brain, hands and body.
Strangely, apart from the Military Tattoo there is not much piping at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Harold Pinter’s two short plays make only rare appearances nowadays and yet they are rewarding pieces.
Staged opera performances from some of Scotland’s most talented young singers.
2016 Brighton Fringe Cabaret award-winners! Don’t leave Edinburgh without witnessing this ‘unbearable’ show! Being female can be an unbearably silly business! The Unbearable Pleasu…
Fife Youth Arts is proud to showcase films made by young people from across the country.
Cinema screening of live performance.
Nine actors recreate raging typhoons, runaway trains, stampeding elephants and over 30 different characters in Mark Brown’s brilliant new stage adaptation of the Jules Verne classi…
From the University of Southampton Gone Rogue theatre company bring Adam Gwon’s 2008 musical Ordinary Days to the Fringe.
Brubeck: an incredible jazz legacy.
Written, directed and composed by three 20-year-old students, this is a brand new musical exploring the story of a man who effectively changed the course of history.
Later, considerably ruder and darker shows from internationally acclaimed, award-winning Scottish stand-up comedy meteor.
2016 is the Year of the Dad and it’s all about the difference a great dad can make to children’s well-being, confidence and educational attainment.
Cinema screening of live performance.
Free lunchtime concerts with emerging professional musicians in ensembles from our national conservatoire.
The story is told eye to eye, mind to mind and heart to heart.
The bagpipe is about as intrinsically Scottish as you can get.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Singing hits by John Legend, Coldplay, Take That, ELO and others, the international award winning Barnsley Youth Choir will take you on a musical ride through pop, classical, gospe…
Beach Party is a performance devised by 38 Buried Roses influenced by the methodologies and practices of European Theatre in the past century.
Cinema screening of live performance.
After their great success last year, Interrupt the Routine are back with a brand new episode of The Gin Chronicles.
Voices of Lions is an outstanding youth male voice choir of 40 singers from south-west London.
Some Voices is a sharp, gritty and touching play that some may recognise from a 2000 film adaptation starring Daniel Craig.
ACMS returns for its sixth Sisyphean year at the Fringe, hosted and curated by Thom Tuck, ‘an authoritative and slightly creepy blowhard’ (Scotsman), and John-Luke Roberts, ‘a leve…
A modern day analysis of the world of consumerism.
Pippa Evans returns from winning an Olivier (Showstopper! The Improvised Musical), some bits on TV (Drunk History, Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled) and a sitcom on BBC Radio 4 (Josh H…
A Royal Flush is a dark political comedy turned farce, featuring a princess stuck in a portaloo and a ransoming of The Daily Star.
Enjoy a rare glimpse into Chinese contemporary design with this exhibition featuring the best new work by graduates of Shanghai’s most innovative art and design schools, curated …
What’s in your shopping basket? Probably not the same as what’s in Steve’s.
Welcome to our open-hearted open mic, where you can enjoy features from fantastic spoken word artists and different special guests daily, all with a sumptuous cabaret vibe.
You’re invited to Joanneke’s birthday party.
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.
Following the huge success of The Scottish Cafe & Restaurant sell-out Winter Festival ceilidh, we are delighted to be hosting our summer ceilidh, featuring traditional Scottish cei…
Daisy is the hottest thing in Scottish comedy.
This informal hour long recital, starring singer Elspeth McVeigh and fiddle player Gabi Maas, features a variety of folk songs, or ‘Broadside Ballads’, from 17th to 19th centur…
Watch free previews of hundreds of Fringe shows.
Join a trained festival guide for a historical walking tour around Edinburgh’s world-famous Old Town.
Talk about doing what it says on the tin! Here you go, simply the best comics on the contemporary Scottish circuit.
A week of arts and crafts events: an interactive art event unlike any other.
Tribute to all the artists who have been murdered, tortured and exiled.
On the Conditions and Possibilities of Hillary Clinton Taking Me as Her Young Lover definitely wins the title of most intriguing show title at the Fringe, and it’s definitely wor…
Greenyonder’s most popular tour.
Returning to the city of my momma’s birth, my life’s story about everything that led me back to Edinburgh.
Ubuntu, meaning compassion and humanity, is a show that speaks about unity amongst the African continent and the world.
**** (Scotsman).
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…
Smart, funny, original songs from Michael Roulston and Sarah-Louise Young, creators of Cabaret Whore, Julie Madly Deeply and Songs for Cynics.
Bob drives his BlundaBus around Europe looking for adventures.
Honest, unflinching and delightfully dark: the award-winning American comedian tackles everything from prenatal pandas to postnatal depression in a tale about surviving the never-e…
The Gait Bar, 232 Canongate Royal Mile hosts a special Fringe Craft Beer and Food Matching event: four to six courses paired with beers from different Scottish craft breweries ever…
The Desperettes are girls dressed as boys, using techniques for picking up women to pick up men.
The Impromptunes take the first suggestion by the audience and make a musical out of it.
Incredible, hilarious, infectious, amazing.
Being Norwegian is a play that follows Sean and Lisa as they talk throughout the night, gradually getting to know each other and growing as confidants.
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…
Possibly the most ridiculous show at the Edinburgh Fringe, the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppets are in their ninth year and were greeted with a sell-out audience.
Fringe sensations Racing Minds are back after three sell-out years! A doddery grandfather can’t quite remember his ripping yarn, but with your help a mystery stuffed with hilarious…
Step back in time for a relaxed afternoon with our Scottish folk musician.
Join us at the multi award-winning WHISKI Bar and Restaurant for a vibrant footstomping good time as we showcase many traditional Scottish music bands at WHISKI Bar during August.
Spending a full day (11 hours from first curtain up to last curtain call) watching three of Chekhov’s early plays (hence the ‘Young’ of the title) may not sound like the most fun…
The Unbearable Pleasure of Being a Woman, a side-splitting comedy cabaret.
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.
Did you know a silent revolution is happening in medicine? Join us for a fun day of games and activities with Same Sky to explore how genes work.
Earth’s funniest footwear returns with a brand new show of songs, sketches, socks and violence, taking on The Bard Of Avon himself.
Are the Chinese solely to blame for the housing crisis? “I’m Just Here to Buy Soy Sauce” follows a pair of cut-throat real estate agents as they attempt to sell their latest mi…
The star of BBC’s ‘Dead Ringers’ and ‘The Impressions Show’, ITV’s ‘Newzoids’, ‘Coronation Street’ and ‘Bad Girls’ takes to the stage for an evening of comedy, music and impression…
Tuesday lunchtime concerts: 10th: Ensemble Reza - Boccherini and Beethoven String Quintets; 17th: Paul Gregory (guitar) - South American music; 24th: James Larter (percussionist) -…
A platform for Brighton’s homeless to make their voices and stories heard during Brighton Fringe.
Honest, unflinching, and delightfully dark, award-winning American stand-up comedian tackles the never-ending journey of parenthood.
Winner of the Brighton Fringe Visual Arts Award 2015, Brian Mander performs as The Dark Laureate. Drowned Voices Rise; poetry by Eliot, Auden, Yeats and others.
(previews start on Sunday; opens on April 27) The Roundabout revives Eugene O’Neill’s “play of old sorrow, written in tears and blood.
As ambitious as it is stiff and silly, Peter Mills and Cara Reichel’s new musical for Prospect Theater Company concentrates on the real-life Renaissance composer and multiple…
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…
Four Palestinian-American comedians — Amer Zahr, Said Durrah, Mona Aburmishan, and Mike Easmeil – share the bill for a night that is likely to be a mix of politic…
Pack your bags for a trip around the world in 80 days! The majestic, mysterious and fabulously wealthy Phileas Fogg wagers his life’s fortune that he can circumnavigate th…
Patrick Gardner offers a diversion from the citywide “Messiahs” with a program called “The Creative Spirit.
In the opening sequence of the Scottish Ballet’s Cinderella, a young girl plants a single pink rose at her mother’s graveside.
Audiences won’t have to have read the Dickens canon to enjoy this earnest and often evocative family musical, from New York City Children’s Theater.
Kent Tritle reprises Juraj Filas’s “Requiem,” which he also conducted as his goodbye to the musicians of the Church at St.
Strauss Don Juan; Faure Pavane; Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending (Danny Miller violin); Elgar Symphony No 1 in Ab major, Opus 55.
Glasgow-based Aurea Quartet comprises of four prize-winning graduates of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
This annual concert has built up a wide and loyal following, with listeners surprised by the beauty of melody and power of rhythm growing from the group’s blend of Scottish smallpi…
Herald Angel award winners! Brooklyn’s intergalactic folk-and-rollers were additionally honoured when Tom Robinson selected an Eggplants live radio session for a Best of the BBC Ar…
Live art every day.
Live art every day.
The formal meeting where accounts are presented, activity reviewed and directors elected.
The Dloko High School Choir from Umlazi Township, South Africa, return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, having performed sell-out shows in the Assembly Rooms in 2014, where it was…
In 2009, a crack vocal quartet was put on a diet for a crime they didn’t commit.
Older women have the comedy edge because they are less inhibited and have more stories to tell.
Melville Pipers – will be playing for three nights only.
Edinburgh’s award-winning band return to the AMC for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, with songs and stories from their latest album, Fire in the Glen and from previous recordings.
Based in Edinburgh and founded in 1991, Consort of Voices specialise in performances of a cappella music and small-scale choral repertoires from the 15th century to the present day…
Powerful music by Haydn in the beautiful setting of St Mary’s Cathedral.
The upstairs room in the historic Arthur Conan Doyle building offers the perfect setting for a relaxed evening of fiddle melodies by one of the country’s leading exponents.
A culinary conundrum.
Piano Transcriptions of Irish and Scottish Music by Mary McCarthy.
This show is reviewer proof.
Every year the Fringe is swarming with many improvised shows, with very few original ideas.
Scottish song, music and comedy at its finest.
Gask 1847.
Strangely, apart from the Military Tattoo, there is not much piping in Edinburgh during the Festival.
Supporting the progression of youth arts in Fife, FYAH are delighted to offer this varied programme of four individual performances from groups who are working in Fife creating wor…
You are cordially invited to take tea with the Mad Hatter and March Hare.
You can always tell a show is going to be good when its name takes up most of the free space on a ticket.
Beijing Student’s Golden Sail Art Troupe was founded in 1987, and comprises thousands of students from 80 primary and high schools in Beijing.
Ranging from pleasantly slow and soothing to fast and excitable and even angry, the sounds produced by the Chechelele World Music Choir were vibrant and vast.
Due to massive demand, six later, quite probably ruder, shows! Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedy half-man-half-Xbox.
Edinburgh Youth Orchestra is forming a Chamber Orchestra to return to Greyfriars Kirk on Friday 14th August.
Born sixty years ago into the grief of betrayal and abandonment and raised in the repressive chaos of alcoholism, Sheila internalised a deep-seated sense of loss and emptiness.
The story is told eye to eye, mind to mind and heart to heart.
A moving multilingual anthology of the First World War, recreated by contemporary poet and playwright, Andy Cargill.
Two-time Edinburgh Comedy award nominees and stars of BBC Three’s Badults, Pappy’s, bring their comedy club to the Edinburgh Fringe for four very special shows.
With a large cast aged between 12 and 13, Breaking Voices is an original piece that explores bullying and peer pressure at that age, especially in a school environment.
Described as a ‘backwards love story’, Waitless is an interesting twist on the genre of romance.
The Alternative Comedy Memorial Society, or ACMS, is a late-night comedy showcase.
A programme of creative dance that is physically challenging with a fresh dynamic edge from this brand new company.
Fun workshop delivered by experienced facilitators and media professionals.
Meet the most dyspraxic five-star astronavigatrix and enthusiastic sexy comedian of the future.
Voices of Lions is an outstanding male voice choir of 30 young singers based in south-west London.
It’s the early 20th Century, and dancing, drugs and violence are rife in London.
Talk about doing what it says on the tin! Here you go, simply the best comics on the contemporary Scottish circuit.
Take an easy walking tour to discover a little-known side of Edinburgh’s Old Town.
This exhibition in the stunning 17th century Parliament Hall offers insight into the life, history and traditions of Scotland’s Supreme Courts.
Watch free previews of hundreds of Fringe shows.
What better combination is there for a feel-good show than a group of men singing a cappella Britney and a book of alpaca facts? London-based singers and all-round fun guys, the Bu…
Take part in the Festival’s longest running show at no charge at all.
Voices returns, pitting the festival’s best comedy performers against a disembodied Voice who will interrogate and inspire, creating spontaneous comedy mayhem.
No, this show is not about a Cher impersonator, nor is it an ABBA or Take That tribute band.
Nick Payne’s bittersweet love story One Day When We Were Young charts Leonard and Violet’s tangled relationship across five decades of love and longing.
Serving in many ways as an exploration of grief, mental illness and the intricacies of the bond between mothers and daughters - all wrapped up in a one-woman show - 65 Days of Trac…
Around the World in 80 Days is one of Jules Verne’s famous adventure novels.
Young Curators from Fife College worked with Kirkcaldy Galleries in Fife during the Artist Rooms: Diane Arbus exhibition.
A varied evening recital programme from some of Fife’s most talented young classical performers.
Taiwan’s indigenous peoples have inhabited the island for 12,000 years, and seen many new cultures arrive and depart over the centuries.
Multi award-winning Scottish Ghanaian stand-up tells stories old and new from life and wanderings.
**** (Scotsman).
He’s back.
There’s been a murrrder! Some criminals put stockings on their heads, now Earth’s funniest Socks get their heads around crime.
FUBAR Radio and Underbelly present The Underbelly Radio Shows recorded live from 12:30pm each day at Ermintrude, Underbelly hosts a series of live radio broadcasts brought to you b…
This adaptation of Josh Kilmer-Purcell’s autobiography by writer/performer Tom Stuart is in turns sympathetic and shocking.
Aaaand Now for Something Completely Improvised spins out a fully-fledged, one hour show, firmly founded on nothing more than the performers’ wit, charm, comedic reflexes and audi…
At the Fringe last year, some members of Christian Talbot’s audience got up to leave part-way through his show, explaining that they thought he would ‘be more Irish’.
If you’re planning on making the trip to see Baby Wants Candy, get your title suggestions ready now! The audience for his fully improvised musical comedy has barely taken their s…
A rare opportunity to enjoy exclusive, after-hours access to the Scottish National Gallery’s world-class collection of masterpieces.
In this excellent piece of story-telling, Alfie White embarks upon a thrilling everyday adventure that is engaging for all ages.
A must-see cabaret show starring burly baritone turned delicious diva Robert Hofmann, who is classically trained and now outrageously unchained.
Join us at the multi award-winning WHISKI Bar and Restaurant for a vibrant footstomping good time as we showcase many traditional Scottish music bands at WHISKI Bar during August.
Using the Library’s rich collections of manuscript and printed recipe books, we explore Scotland’s changing relationship with food and drink over the centuries.
Established in 1995, and set in the historical former All Saints Parsonage, Cloisters has been a stalwart of the Edinburgh real ale scene for 20 years.
(in previews; opens on July 26) Is the director Jack Cummings III a miracle worker? He’s directing his new musical for the Transport Group, based on the life and words of Hel…
This crown jewel of British ballet was last seen in New York more than a decade ago.
(previews start on June 20; opens on June 29) For richer, for poorer.
(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…
Back for the third year as part of B.
See the best in live performance for and by young people (and open to everyone!) at Venue B, Brighton’s only dedicated venue for young people. Check our website for full details.
Now in its third year, BITE brings together the verbal talent of Brighton and Hove’s 13 - 19 year old poets and rappers, battling for the supremacy of their style of spoken word.
Some criminals put stockings on their heads, now Earth’s funniest Socks get their heads around crime.
Discover the many facets of the cello with British/French Cellist Corinne Morris accompanied by Johan De Cock.
In a Fringe edition of The Bookish Supper Society, Myriad authors Emily Bullock and Jonathan Kemp will be in conversation with Laura Lockington discussing their new novels.
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…
The consistently excellent St.
Dark clown, drag and dance combine in this joyful fairground ride as four performers don their finest to flirt with big themes and invite you to do the same.
Africa Entsha’s performance style comes from the South African a capella gospel tradition.
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…
Mr Fogg was not at all what I was expecting.
(performances start on Friday) In Nicholas Wright’s volatile two-character play, the South African psychologist Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela (played by Noma Dumezweni), who wrote …
Legendary local radical performance poet/songwriter Attila the Stockbroker presents a two-hour set of poems and songs, old and new, ranging from the fiercely political to the inten…
In Ping Chong & Company’s probing and persuasive new work of interview-based theater, five young New Yorkers — all of them children when the Sept.
Steven Fox conducts this excellent period instrument ensemble, expanded for the occasion, in Beethoven’s ‘Pastoral’ Symphony.
Karlheinz Stockhausen’s “Stimmung” has a good claim to being the most brilliantly weird piece ever composed within sight of the Long Island Sound.
The Young Concert Artists series presents chamber works by composers starting to emerge onto the classical scene.
120 years to the day after its premiere, [Bracket] Productions is proud to present Oscar Wilde’s seminal play The Importance of Being Earnest through a mixture of film and staged…
(performances start on Feb.
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…
Russian ballet exalts in bravura; American ballet trades in speed.
The versatile and fiercely accomplished Pacifica Quartet offers an unusual program with string quartets by Haydn (“Sunrise”) and Mendelssohn framing a newly commissione…
Jamie Kilstein promises a night of “smart, non-hateful” improv and stand-up based on the social and political stories from audience members.
The once imperiled dance space at 280 Broadway, recently revived by Gina Gibney, begins its inaugural series, DoublePlus.
In “The Other Room,” one of two solo musicals that make up the 2014 edition of this Premieres series, Lena (Phoebe Strole) paints while her friend, in the end stages of…
Wagner’s Flying Dutchman Overture.
This annual concert has built-up a wide and loyal following, with listeners surprised by the beauty of melody and power of rhythm growing from the group’s blend of Scottish smallpi…
Herald Angel award winners! Brooklyn’s intergalactic folk-and-rollers were additionally honoured when Tom Robinson selected an Eggplants live radio session for a Best of the BBC Ar…
Scottish Independence special.
Alastair celebrates 10 years of his trio with Euan Drysdale on guitar/piano and Iain Crawford on double bass with a concert of old and new Scots fiddle music in the wonderful Canon…
The formal meeting where accounts are presented, activity reviewed and directors elected.
Majk (pronounced Mike, for reasons which are unlikely to become clear again at the moment) presents a witty collection of finely crafted comedy folk songs on topics ranging from sc…
Different is Dangerous is a production from double team Nyla Levy and Fadia Qaraman’s group Two’s Company.
Being a teenager is not easy.
Join the illustrious, world renowned detective duo on an epic mystery adventure for all the family.
One performance only. Turn up early, sell out expected.
Scottish Independence special.
Scottish Voices presents a recital of duets by Mendelssohn and Brahms, Greek Songs by Ravel, Seiber and Skalkottos and the premiere of a new work by Graham Hair, entitled Mediterra…
Goethe’s best-known novel, The Sorrows of Young Werther, finds elegantly concentrated expression in this short one-man performance.
Though the inviting Naumburg Bandshell in Central Park is just over 90 years old, this summer is the 109th season of free classical music at that site.
Showcasing the breathtaking natural beauty of Scotland, from the Borders to the Northern Highlands; spectacular, original and contemporary images by Scottish landscape photographer…
The Dloko High School Choir from Umlazi Township, SA explode on stage with gospel, Zulu songs and dance.
This particular Earnest is a serious comedy by very young people.
Roddy swaps his designer suit and expensive shoes for waterproofs and walking boots and takes off on an unexpected and life-changing journey.
Strangely, apart from the Military Tattoo, there is not much piping in Edinburgh during the Festival.
The Yvonne Arnaud Youth Theatre’s Forever Young is a heartfelt portrayal of the damaged, tormented and stolen youths of the First World War through drama, poetry and song.
The O-Kai Singers, the outstanding indigenous a cappella chorus group and the winner of 2013 CARA, along with Amis Liyar Percussion group, who represents the most significant Amis …
From a cameo appearance at T in the Park in 2004 with The Darkness to opening the main stage in their own right in 2014, the past ten years has seen the Red Hot Chilli Pipers becom…
University theatre group Gone Rogue Productions brings us a genuinely funny hour’s entertainment with this production of a beloved classic.
A Historical Family Walk starting from Edinburgh Castle, finishing at the Sottish Parliament by travelling down the Royal Mile with a guide.
Scotland is the ‘sick man of Europe’.
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…
The Consort of Voices return to Canongate Kirk in the Royal Mile for their sixth appearance at the Fringe, and present a varied choral programme of items from both sides of the Twe…
Due to massive demand, six extra, later, and quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man/half-Xbox.
From the gospel parlors of black Florida to the racist salons of white NYC, Sevan learns that it takes more than an NKOTB t-shirt to become a white American.
Cafe Voices is held in the beautiful John Knox House, where the elegant wooden panels of the large bright room provide perfect acoustics for storytelling.
Only eight nights available for the Pommery Champagne Café Bar Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo ticket and dining packages.
A series of vocal and instrumental recitals from YMTS’s gifted performers.
The Scottish Diaspora Tapestry is a visual tribute to Scotland’s global legacy, crafted by volunteer embroiderers in 25 countries across the globe.
In this poetry workshop, led by poet and Scottish Poetry Library Programme Manager Jennifer (JL) Williams, we will read, write and discuss poems on the theme of death.
Beijing Student’s Golden Sail Art Troupe was founded in 1987, comprising thousands of students from eighty primary schools and high schools in Beijing, including choral, band and s…
Star of BBC Radio 4’s The Now Show and serial stand-up, Marcus Brigstocke, invites you to a special one-off recording from his smash-hit series, The Brig Society.
Voices of Lions is an outstanding male voice choir of 30 young singers based in south-west London.
Supported by the University of Edinburgh, offering a life affirming, joyous celebration of traditional and contemporary African music and dance.
The Story of Medieval England From 1066 to 1485 at Roughly Nine Years and Two Jokes Per Minute Incorporating The Hundred Years War as a Football Match and of Course Scottish Indepe…
To say that Alternative Comedy Memorial Society is a cult phenomenon is an understatement… and to call it a showcase night would be wildly simplifying the interactive, experiment…
Thirty-one years ago, a girl was born somewhere in suburban America.
‘A deeply-felt and virtuosic shout in the darkness’ (John Cameron Mitchell, Creator/Director, Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Shortbus).
The bickering illusionists return to Edinburgh with their own brand of magic and spectacular illusions.
The actress-playwright Laoisa Sexton — who wrote and starred in the bleak, funny and winning “For Love” at the Irish Rep last year — returns with this darkl…
A personal organizer and her client find their lives entangling in this disappointing play (1:45).
With so much improvised comedy coming to Edinburgh every year, it’s important to create a formula for a show that allows it to stand out from the crowd.
This tour is a brilliant way to explore the history of Edinburgh’s famous Royal Mile.
By turns harrowing, tender and witty, Guy Masterson’s one-man commemoration of the soldiers of the First World War is a poetry reading of first-class calibre.
‘Our tales are similar but the endings are different.
Out Cast Theatre return to the festival this year with their typically camp Carry On-style comedy.
In this outrageous, award-winning solo show, **** (Marin Independent), NEA-honoured journalist David Templeton describes his years as a teenage fundamentalist puppeteer in the 1970…
Ollie Moore and Cio Dav are two young comedians who are here. Let’s be honest you’re only going to see it if you happen to accidentally be near it when it’s on.
Discover a little-known side of Edinburgh’s Old Town in this very popular walking tour.
In coming to write this show I believed my job would be as easy as pie.
Join us at the multi-award-winning WHISKI Bar and Restaurant for a vibrant footstomping good time as we showcase many traditional Scottish music bands at WHISKI Bar during August.
Watch free previews of hundreds of Fringe shows.
SCOTY winner and Scottish Comedy Awards nominee.
Castle Fine Art, Edinburgh, situated on prestigious Multrees Walk, is proud to present an exhibition of contemporary art featuring local artists such as Alexander Millar and Stuart…
This distinct and ever-so-slightly whimsical tale follows the breakdown of a high-flying advertising executive as he becomes disillusioned with the superficial world around him a…
Kenneth Lonergan, no longer so young, has waited a long time for his Broadway debut.
Journey through the Great American Songbook, captivating jazz vocals with piano trio and anecdotes about songwriters.
‘What an a cappella choir should be.
Rooted in the past of a dystopian pre-independence future - that means a minimalist set littered with industrial remnants and a broken toilet - Scotland’s greatest heroes, Wallac…
The first impression I got of Itai Erdal was of a man far too self-absorbed, verging upon vanity instead of showmanship; a man who proclaims he has travelled far and wide to some o…
Henry is a verbal magician, creating an atmosphere of bold sincerity on stage that will force you out of your comfort zone and into his hilarious domain.
The Dead Pony Society are going nowhere; quite literally, they’re performing sketches on a stationary bus for two weeks.
**** (Scotsman) ***** (BroadwayBaby.
It is possible to do feminist comedy very, very well.
One of the best known, longest running and most celebrated improv shows in the world.
The Trouble with Being Des, according to Des Clarke, is that he has an inner demon man child inside him which makes him “weird”—not least within the context of growing u…
Aaaand Now for Something Completely Improvised is a solid hour of good fun.
Since forming in 2005 in Aberdeen, the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre have performed internationally and on television around the UK.
Taken from the Imperial War Museum’s oral testimonies of the veterans of World War One, Forgotten Voices is a series of vivid and deeply moving accounts of battle and its terribl…
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…
This orchestra of gifted youngsters itching to prove themselves takes to Carnegie Hall’s main stage under the direction of David Robertson in a vibrant program of classics, i…
If we were to use one word to describe Brendon Burns’ career it’d be “interesting”.
This admirable group presents its annual program devoted to contemporary music, “Soundscapes,” at Roulette in Brooklyn.
“Let’s Play” is the motto of this first biennial of the New York Philharmonic, but it’s also one that inspires its year-round educational activities in scho…
A celebration of children and young people in the Performing Arts featuring theatre, literature, music and movement.
The concerts of this ensemble are always inspiring.
Welcome to the cutting edge of word.
Kent Tritle leads his well-regarded chorus in Bach’s immortal “St.
Legendary radical poet/songwriter back at his hometown Fringe for one night only! Poems and songs from his new book ‘UK Gin Dependence Party’ and much more: a 90-minute show.
Premiering in the UK, ‘The Night Witches’ is an intriguing, fictionalised account of the first all-female bomber squadron.
366 Days of Kindness is the uplifting story of one woman’s journey through a leap year, doing something kind for a stranger every single day.
A dress-up sing-along celebration of everyone’s favourite musicals.
After 6 sell-out years at the Edinburgh Fringe and international tours from Aberdeen to Adelaide (Pick Of The Fringe), Manchester to Malta, and all points inbetween, Earth’s funnie…
MAY 11: Julian Trevelyan [BBC Young Musician 2014 Piano Finalist] plays Chopin, Britten, Shostakovich and Ligeti; MAY 18: Jonathan Powell [Music of Conflict: Ravel - Le Tombeau de …
An evening of delights specially curated for us by REVERE.
The Ensemble present a concert of Early Music on lute, mandolin, and three viols with their guest soprano. It also includes three new works for instruments and pre-recorded sounds.
“Once upon a time, but like, not that long ago really.
This organization, with an excellent track record of recognizing new talent, showcases three of its gifted musicians at its annual gala.
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.
A benefit of fund-raising concerts is the mingling of great performers.
This essential training ensemble for young students presents its 20th annual Discovery Concert, which will feature the winner of the organization’s 2014 Discovery Competition…
(previews start on May 21; opens on June 17) At a remote bed-and-breakfast in Washington State in 1972, Agnes offers muffins, coffee and succor to vulnerable and abused women.
This shrill, frantic musical drag parody of “The Golden Girls” — one of the best-written and -acted sitcoms of the 1980s and ’90s — is so raunchy, ove…
This estimable organization presents the cellist Cicely Parnas, accompanied by Noreen Polera, in a program featuring Debussy’s Sonata for cello and piano and works by Brahms,…
Birmingham Hippodrome Theatre: 22nd Apr 7pm.
The decadence and debauchery of turn-of-the-century Paris provided a rich setting for Baz Luhrmann’s wildly inspired 2001 film, “Moulin Rouge.
Musicians including the violinist Daniel Hope, the clarinetist Romie de Guise-Langlois and the cellist David Finckel offer a program exploring music by 20th-century composers who w…
Captain Theatres production of this rarely performed piece is stylishly designed and features some committed performances.
Elgar concert overture, In the South (Alassio), Mozart Piano Concerto No.
This annual concert has built a loyal following, with listeners surprised by the beauty and power of the blend of pipes, fiddle, harp, concertina, flute, bass and drum.
Herald Angel award winners! Brooklyn’s oddball indie folk-and-rollers ‘mix brainy, funny lyrics with a fine sense of what makes pop music wonderful’ (Dr Demento).
Herald Angel award-winners! Really fun, weird indie pop.
Perth Youth Orchestra performs at home and abroad but this is its Fringe debut.
The UWE Drama Society have taken Oscar Wilde’s most famous play The Importance of Being Earnest and perform it with one small difference; the cast are made to improvise based on …
Alastair returns to the Canongate with a varied programme of Scots fiddle music old and new.
You may have heard the global population is rising and that the world is less than 30% land, however, this show asks - how much do you really know about the other seven billion peo…
This Third Angel and mala voadora production at the Northern Stage at St.
Four genre-blending soloists (countertenor / lutenist on liuqin and zhongruan, sitarist, erhu player, percussionist) immerse themselves with each other’s traditions to share a so…
New date, time and location.
Join the banter with some of the most outspoken writers in independent Scottish publishing.
In the familiar surroundings of their hometown venue, Tommy Smith and the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra showed why they have become one of the most respected ensembles of their …
Martin Stepek, the host of this show, ended by saying ‘enjoyment might not be the word, but I hope you’ve taken something from this.
Enjoy oral storytelling, poetry by memory, music and song in the relaxed ambience of the Storytelling Cafe.
Any classic rock enthusiast will tell you that ACDC are pretty good.
Enjoy oral storytelling, poetry by memory, music and song in the relaxed ambience of the Storytelling Café.
From the tremblingly loud intro to the wild medley of an ending, the Red Hot Chilli Pipers were magnificent.
‘We’re very lucky,’ alto and soprano saxophonist Sue Mckenzie explained in her introduction to ‘Catching Sunlight’, a collection of pieces by jazz pianist/composer Dave S…
Yvonne Arnaud Youth Theatre Company brings a fresh and charming cast to the stage.
Before this show, every time I walked past the nondescript sign on Nicolson Street imploring me to give the Scientologists a try, I was tempted to stop.
Bored of the religion vs science debate, Matt Thomas attempts to resolve the conflict once and for all.
Due to massive demand six extra, later, quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man, half-Xbox.
Enliven your literary knowledge with tales young novelists are spinning.
Head of Drama at Trinity College London, John Gardyne does not lecture in the art of playwriting, yet he makes an engaging host for this one-hour workshop encouraging the craft.
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.
Centotre’s Italian food is delicious.
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.
The ACMS marches on Edinburgh in pursuit of Noble Failure and tainted glory.
With proceeds going to the Royal Scots Benevolent Fund, Anthony Mulligan and Paul Finegan’s poetry recital is an emotive account of war experience.
The Alternative Comedy Memorial Society “Genuinely alternative and properly comedic” - The G…
The British geneticist and evolutionary biologist J B S Haldane once stated his suspicion that ‘the Universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose’.
New York musical theatre entertainer/comedian Jonathan Prager brings his golden voice, heartfelt interpretation and comedic sensibility to a glorious and hilarious mix of little kn…
In Young China Shines, Beijing’s No.
International experiment sharing a story about a woman called Thyme, with local interpretations.
Most magic shows you find on the Fringe nowadays are necessarily intimate, close-up affairs – not least because of the size of the available venues, budgets and the ‘close magic’…
This all-female spoken word cabaret claims to offer ‘a veritable smorgasbord of poetry’; yet even though it is, to a certain extent, a daily-changing ‘sampler’ of numerous performa…
I’m trying to give up cake. Everything else is optional. Perhaps PBH’s final one-man show at the Fringe. Or not.
With their bold colours, fresh prints, improvisational piecing and minimalism, modern quilters are updating classic quilt designs for contemporary interiors and utilising the inter…
For the perfect escape from the hustle and bustle of the Fringe’s epicentre, Iain Donald provides a truly remarkable performance with The Voices of Lions, a choir group of studen…
Rolling into Edinburgh with a brand new barnstorming show, The Horne Section will yet again provide the festival’s best musical mayhem.
Amongst the general hubbub as the audience left the show, the snippets I overheard were ‘That was hilarious’, ‘I can’t believe he said that’, and simply ‘WtTF’.
Discover unexpected gardens and green nooks and crannies behind the historic buildings of Edinburgh’s Old Town, all with a story to tell.
The transition between leaving secondary school and heading into University, or indeed a life of work and paying one’s way, is the subject for this riveting little lunchtime play…
Discover a little-known side of Edinburgh’s Old Town.
Watch free previews of hundreds of Fringe shows.
For first-time ceilidh-goers, some tips: do not wear high heels.
Alan Anderson is one of Scotland’s most charming comperes and a very talented man.
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.
Set in a nursing home in Ireland, Dierdre Khan’s These Halcyon Days is a heart-warming play which explores both the woes and joys of old age.
A mad mish-mash of absurdism and warped nostalgia, encountering the Bob Blackman Appreciation Society felt more akin to my psyche bleeding out into the back room of an old boozer t…
Alfie Brown is one of the most thought provoking and captivating stand-up comedians of our generation.
Okay, so we’re going to take the Festival’s best stand-up and sketch comics and freak them out with the voice of God, who’ll get them improvising like you’ve never seen the…
As the name would suggest, this is great Scottish comedy at its best.
Each day at 7am artist vickiweitz will set off to run 26.
‘You can tell the bits, but can never complete the picture.
2012’s Fringe hit returns, pitting the festival’s best comedians against a disembodied Voice who will interrogate and inspire, creating spontaneous comedy mayhem.
Marking the 25th anniversary of Lockerbie, Lockerbie: Lost Voices tells the story of the infamous Pan Am flight 103 and seeks to provide a voice the those who now can’t speak.
How long does it take to write, choreograph and rehearse a musical? For most musicals it’s a long, drawn-out process.
Critics’ Pick (New York Times).
If you are attracted by the glittering diversity of shows offered by the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, then this is one for you.
Reprising their show Aaaand Now For Something Completely Improvised are Daniel Roberts, Tom Skelton, Chris Turner and Dougie Walker; together they make up Racing Minds, returning t…
The Phill Jupitus Experiment.
Born Australian, with Ghanaian heritage, Matt Okine does a great job at poking fun of racial stereotypes and racial epithets within society, drawing upon a wide range of topics for…
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…
Join us for a footstomping good time as we showcase many traditional Scottish music bands at the WHISKI Bar during August.
If most people had a time machine, it’s unlikely their first choice of destination would be Truro in 1987.
The Shore Thing Youth Theatre have a decidedly slapstick view of Wilde’s classic comedy-of-manners.
The highlight of the evening’s performance came as the inconspicuous Iain Mundy joined the orchestra to take the lead in Haydn’s Trumpet Concerto in E-flat.
This is a very traditional production, but none the worse for that.
Ill be the first to admit that whenever I see dance shows at the fringe, I expect to see groundbreaking dance from around the world, but have never expected much from Scotlands…
A bolshy Scottish schoolboy summed up the show very well immediately after the applause had died down and everyone was still in their seats: ‘I don’t get what the bit behind the …
Written and devised by the cast, Social Husbandry Inc.
The ‘last days’ of the title is used in a Milennarian sense – we are at Judas’s Judgement Day, at a trial which ostensibly will determine whether Judas should be released f…
It is easy to forget that in the tempest of the Edinburgh Festival, between the international plays and the famous comedians, there is still a strong Scottish backbone to many of t…
The concept of Bite Size is a perfectly simple, yet novel one, and the clue really is in the title.
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…
David Mulholland is a former Wall Street Journal hack and this is a show driven by the passion of a good journalist for getting the story right and a hatred of bad journalism and t…
What is a community centre for and, indeed, what makes up a community in the first place are the themes explored by Mayem Productions in their latest devised piece Better Days.
The basic premise of this play is interesting enough: three friends – a spaceman, cowboy, and disco dancer (why? Was this some kind of inside joke or bet?) – travel all the way…
With high expectations for the Scottish Comedian of the Year: Jaime Dalgleish, I eagerly awaited my night filled with side-splitting jokes and rip-roaring laughs.
This is a performance with no frills attached, it is truly a showcase of voices from around the world coming together to create beautiful music.
Where better to hear about Scottish history and the current state of affairs than the SNP Club that becomes Stand II for the duration of the festival? Scottish comedy stalwart Vlad…
Backed by ethereal, moody themes produced by the aptly titled Ragged Ragtime Band, Rex Ingram’s silent film version of The Magician was brought up from the vault to revel in the …
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Follow Phileas Fogg and his adorable madcap valet, Passepartout, as they race against time to circumnavigate the world in just 80 days.
Singing a Different Song was a cosy affair.
Is Judas Iscariot the ultimate fall-guy, unfairly damned for his necessary role in what was once called The Greatest Story Ever Told? Is his sin — of “selling out the Son of Go…
The Importance of Being Earnest is one of the most widely performed plays of all time; a likely candidate for any fringe catalogue.
What I Heard About Iraq is an adaptation of Eliot Weinbergers controversial article, published in 2005.
The bagpipes might be the butt of more jokes at the Fringe than any other subject.
A comedy reviewer’s nightmare is an atypical gig.
The notoriously foul-mouthed Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppets have toned down their act for this family friendly show.
Carl Donnelly has written his autobiography and hopes to share it with his audience, despite the fact it hasn’t been published yet.
The opulent Albert Room in Brighton’s Grand Hotel provides a perfect setting for Oscar Wilde’s celebrated play of mistaken identities.
I was unable to obtain any information or a cast list prior to this show, so apologies to the young American actors who have a brave stab at Wildes classic, thought by many to be…
The Yvonne Arnaud youth Theatre Company attempts in this production to bring home the reality of war, remembering the sacrifices that were made and the horrors that the young soldi…
With so much improvised comedy at the Fringe nowadays it’s difficult to know what to see.
Seann Walsh is young, attractive and blonde.
Fringe-veterans Scottish Dance Theatre, this year celebrating their 25th birthday, return to Zoo in fine fettle with a mixed bill of three works, two of which showcase choreography…
A show entitled 5 Steps To Being German screams of being packed with old stereotypes and heard-it-all-before jokes of Nazis and efficient trains.
Socks playing guitar.
Let’s see, how can I describe this one? There are a couple of socks that like to sing (up high, mind).
Have you ever thought about running away, changing your identity and leaving behind your current life? This is what Charlie decides to do after being caught stealing from work.
Nottingham Youth Dance was created to provide young dancers from the East Midlands with additional training and performance opportunities and to develop the level and quality of da…
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.
In a very surreal take on Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest, FramBag Theatre present a performance in which the women play the men and the men play the women.
James and Craig - the comedy duo behind Best Days of Our Lives - earn their stars as much through likeability as humour.
Nine members of the Scottish Dance Theatre company take to the stage to dance.
A10-strong cast from the Scottish Dance Theatre start off this performance with a still-life scene, a sculptural montage, in which all the characters appear in the same light.
As a firm believer that theatre is not just watched or performed but indeed experienced, the return of Green Room Productions with their second show, Ordinary Days, affirms that be…
This production condenses the entire story of Macbeth into a frantic hour, beginning with Macbeth and Banquo coming across the heath and meeting the witches, and ending with Macbe…
While call centres are certainly no stranger to the routines of stand-ups, it is a rarity to find someone from the other side of the fence.
Marcus Brigstocke presents a comic celebration of everything the Tory government has tried to achieve through their initiative of creating a Big Society where we can all just get a…
The improv group Racing Minds want to tell you a story.
It’s a beautiful day at the Fringe and I’m sat on the top deck of a red bus in the Meadows.
Leaving the production, two men were overheard saying ‘Well that was a bit mad, wasn’t it?’ winning them the prize for understatement of the year.
This show is exactly what it is.
The phrase ‘Finnish one-man play’ may not sound gripping, but ten seconds into the performance the audience is utterly absorbed in this moving and honest drama.
How can a full house of adults be entertained for an hour by a couple of grey socks in a tartan Punch & Judy tent? Ask Kev Sutherland, the writer and performer, who returns for fo…
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…
Other Voices promised much — ‘comedy, politics, naughty lyrics, free sweets… And a veritable smorgasbord of poetry antics’, but the most significant terminology on its titl…
I firmly believe Ben Woolf is one of the most originally talented writers in the world.
‘10 days earlier’, the story of a socially awkward young scientist who discovers that the zombie virus outbreak will happen in ten days, is a nice idea with flashes of genuine intr…
‘I was going to have a cucumber down my pants’ says compere Marc Smethurst, removing a cucumber from his pants, ‘but there’s a reviewer in tonight.
Schumann Adagio and Allegro Brahms Trio for clarinet, cello and piano Dohnányi Sextet Russian conductor Maxim Emelyanychev has quickly risen to international prominence with h…
Sir James MacMillan A Scotch BestiaryWoman of the Apocalypse Not only one of the world’s most revered and exceptional composers, Sir James MacMillan is also an immensely popular…
Davis Delicate TensionBerlioz Les nuits d’été Prokofiev Symphony No 5 Opening the concert is Delicate Tension by Tyson J.
Sir James MacMillan Symphony No2Symphony No 5: ‘Le grand Inconnu’ (World Premiere) The International Festival’s major five-concert celebration of Sir James MacMillan’s 60th bi…
James MacMillan Quickening Strauss Ein Heldenleben Birth, life, struggles and triumphs: two immensely powerful reflections on our existence, performed by a celebrated Internatio…
Richard Beck met up with Edward Oulton to find out about the grants he's received and his thoughts on the future of writing and regional theatre.
A coveted Bobby has been presented to five shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year.
Nell Bailey, Artistic Director of November Theatre talks about the company's new play, Pitch at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Ditch the messy arts and crafts this half-term and entertain your little darlings with the best live family friendly performances Brighton and Hove have to offer instead.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year (apart from Brighton Fringe, of course) and there are plenty of delightful performances to entertain you this winter.
Welcome to our top 5 picks from the third year of Brighton HorrorFest, the spooktacular celebration from Sweet of all things that go bump in the night.
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The Scottish Storytelling Centre is, in its own words, ‘a vibrant arts venue with a seasonal programme of live storytelling, theatre, music, exhibitions, workshops, family events...
Architect Rob can't find his Rotoring mechanical pencil.
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...
Greenwich Theatre is set to have an unprecedented profile at this year’s Brighton Fringe, with no less than eight productions heading for The Warren either co-produced or support...
With Easter on the horizon it’s time to turn attention to Brighton Fringe with a look at some shows that are likely to sell out. Book early – you have been warned.
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.
Attila the Stockbroker began performing poetry in the 1980s, and since then has toured the world.
Three AM in Edinburgh is something of a witching hour.
Spreading my wings and trying an 80 Days Daiquiri at the IBIS Southbridge. Delish!!
An exploration of modern sexual moralities, F*cking Men reimagines Arthur Schnitzler’s 1897 La Ronde in the modern world of dating apps and open marriages.
It’s the late 80s.
Catherine Wilson is an organiser for the Loud Poets collective, an award-winning collaboration of poets and the band Ekobirds.
Brighton Fringe has officially launched.
Summer Days – the UK’s newest boutique music and food festival – has unveiled a trio of post-punk legends to bolster an already incredible and eclectic line-up.
Shona McCarthy has been named as Chief Executive of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society, filling the post Kath Mainland will vacate in March.
Christmas is the one time of year you can drag your non-theatre-going friends to the theatre.
The Fringe can be a tough place for emerging talent, struggling to be heard over the crowd.
Jenny Lindsay is a poet, performer and promoter of spoken word in Scotland.