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.
Current star of the West End’s *Mamma Mia!* and the voice of so many iconic musical roles, Mazz Murray will put her powerhouse vocals behind the songs of Dusty Springfield this N…
THE ONLY UK TOURING SHOW DEDICATED TO THE MAESTRO AND LEGEND- BARRY WHITE! Direct from the USA, a critically- acclaimed revue featuring the incredible vocalist Will…
The only UK touring show dedicated to the maestro and legend - Barry White! Direct from the USA, a critically- acclaimed revue featuring the incredible vocalist Wil…
Charismatic virtuoso musician, pianist and composer Kirill Richter returns to the UK to make his debut at The Coliseum for the premiere of this unique, dazzling and deeply immersiv…
On the first night of their two-part gig, beloved orchestral-pop group The Magnetic Fields perform from their landmark concept album 69 Love Songs.
Michael Hastie, Scotland’s number one Michael Bublé tribute, with the world-record breaking big band Jon Ritchie and That Swing Sensation.
Join Duo Malvina for an afternoon of beautiful classical guitar music for two. Featuring premieres of pieces that have never been heard in public.
There are two sides to every story.
Alan Reid, one of the most influential Scottish folk artists of his generation, and founding member of Battlefield Band, joins Smithsonian Folkways recording artist Larry Kaplan fo…
Entrancing concert of Vivaldi and Handel’s sublime music exploring love and redemption.
At the time of blurb, this is going to be about inbuilt misogyny and trying to quantify how f***able she is compared to the green M&M.
A Prime Minister with troubles in Europe and within his own party.
Every song a classic! Hailed by critics and fans alike as one of the finest songwriters of his generation, Friedman has achieved legendary, pop-icon status for chart-topping hits A…
Following on from last year’s acclaimed show Debut, Stu returns with the raw beginnings of his sophomore presentation.
Camilla is obsessed with stories, great stories, the greatest stories ever told.
The funniest dad on Instagram has racked up hundreds of millions of views online.
Award-winning Dyad Productions (Lady Susan, I, Elizabeth, Female Gothic, Austen’s Women) return with a 21st century take on Virginia Woolf’s blisteringly brilliant pre-TED talk.
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…
A programme exploring guitar music in Europe in the early 19th century, presented by Italian guitarist Luca Soattin.
Back for their second run! An international improv team, each member from a different country, presents the premiere (and last ever performance) of a “movie” inspired by your s…
The true story of my brother’s murder so of course, it’s comedy.
Hear our innovative piano orchestra perform finger-gymnastics music for three pianists playing one piano together.
Programme includes the Partita O Gott, du frommer Gott, Prelude and Fugue in G (BWV 535), and a selection of Chorale Preludes, on the world-famous Frobenius organ in the fabulous a…
Immerse yourself in the timeless music of Glenn Miller and the music of the fabulous 40s with record-breaking big band Jon Ritchie and That Swing Sensation.
Ave Maria: Centuries of Prayer and Praise.
Inspired by a Hungarian gangster dad, a Sunday school mother, teenage years with Hell’s Angels, Emma Taylor (NewsRevue producer) takes us on an unforgettable ride.
Join Hatty Ashdown, writer of Comedy Central’s Give Out Girls, star of BBC Radio 4 and host of the Funny Mummies Podcast, as she invites the audience to a brand-new game show: Chat…
The Lord is my Shepherd: Sacred song of the English musical renaissance.
A lively, foot-tapping concert of Welsh, Irish and Scottish harp music from one of Europe’s finest exponents of the Celtic harp.
Composing Sacred Music: The Next Generation.
Faure’s Requiem and Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms – The Howe Street Singers, directed by Les Shankland, perform Faure’s much loved Requiem and equally beautiful Cantique de Jea…
Two-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Janine Harouni returns to the Fringe to try some new jokes (and escape her responsibilities as a mother)! Over 100 million views online.
‘Beautifully crafted melodies… telling stories behind each tune… light-hearted and humorous… lively interactions with the audience’ (BroadwayBaby.com).
Come along for a big old helping of high-energy queer comedy from award-winning Kate Martin, as she rampages through tales of mistaken identity, being a double school dropout and b…
Everyone has baggage, Lee Hudson has quite a bit.
We love Stuff! It’s who we are and who we want to be.
One family, one condition, one hell of a hairy baby.
Tired of looking at bad screen? Come and look at good screen! Join regular host Fearghas Kelly as he presents some of the festival’s best acts in this unique and exciting new multi…
The latest chapter in the theatrical saga of ex-detective Richard P Cooper, who now finds himself sucked into a time-bending sci-fi caper! In an impromptu trip to the future, Richa…
Get ready for the wildest acting seminar you’ve ever attended! In her 42 years in showbiz, Mitzi Fitz has seen and done it all.
At some point in every woman’s life, she realises she’s madder than all hell.
Sikisa brings her new work in progress show to the Fringe, exploring the things we do to escape.
Following her critically acclaimed, award nominated debut hour The Hottest Girl at Burn Camp, Krystal is back with a brand new hour of stand-up.
Swing with the Spirit! In this innovative performance of sacred Jazz Schola Cantorum, the Catholic Cathedral’s celebrated choir directed by Michael Ferguson, is joined by Scottish …
Sharing his beautiful guitar playing once again, Jonathan brings another dazzlingly varied programme from around the world, including Tarrega’s Spanish Capricho Arabe, the beauti…
Presented by Rockology Productions Australia, this is a rockumentary showcasing Janice Smithers fronting a world-class band performing the hits of superstar Janis Joplin whilst gui…
An evening of side-splitting stand-up comedy and impromptu silliness from Fringe veteran Chris Groves.
Comedians’ Choice Award-winner Joz Norris has completed his life’s work, and he’s finally ready to unveil it to the world.
Join Angela Barnes (Mock The Week, Live At The Apollo, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, The News Quiz) as she tries out some new ideas she’s working on for her upcoming tour.
It’s a one-night stand for the Fannies’ ‘hilarious stream-of-consciousness double act’ (Entertainment-Focus.
Returning to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Czech fusion guitarist and composer Honza Kourimsky blends the music of Eric Clapton with high-energy jazz, funk and soul.
An hilarious one-hour alphabetical journey in the medium of quick fire One-Liner Jokes.
Not a one woman show.
In this concert you will hear a variety of piobaireachd, the classical music of the great Highland bagpipe, Scotland’s national instrument.
Prière.
Join Stewart Kelly for a journey around the world as you listen to the classical guitar repertoire. Featuring music from Spain, Poland, Scotland, America, Brazil and more.
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.
The Spatz Trio return with part two of their award-winning tribute. Hit songs, and the wonderful stories behind them. Musically polished, fascinating, nostalgic.
The music of Ella Fitzgerald and Joe Pass is both beautifully simple and yet complex to convey.
Piano wizard Brian and clarinet ace Dick combine to pay tribute to the King of Swing. ‘Fine playing, with some deliciously liquorice-toned clarinet’ (Scotsman).
Performance poet/musician Attila the Stockbroker has been writing and performing since 1980: 4,000 or so gigs in 25 countries so far.
Comedy and therapy for PTSD have a lot in common: both deal with the absurd and rely on authenticity to be good.
You find a door.
Edinburgh Live’s number one pick of the Free Fringe is back for a third year! A devilishly handsome magician trapped in a straitjacket, mind-melting magic, show-stopping laughs and…
A marathon of the macabre.
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…
A series of free concerts at 2.30pm on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays throughout the festival from up-and-coming young musicians. See website for details.
Fiona Ridgewell, winner of the Edinburgh Comedy-ish Award 2023 with her show No-Nonsense and nominee for Best Debut Show at LCF 2020 with her show Contender, brings new jokes to th…
Last year in Edinburgh rocked, so we’re back, baby! Awkward Question Time is the hit show that takes a different panel of comedians and performers from across the Fringe each day…
Gimme the thrills, gimme the spills, gimme a man with a microphone in his hand and careless abandon in his heart, gimme the winner of the Comedians Choice Award for Best Show, gimm…
Set on a bed in the centre of the stage, an unnamed central character explores his dreams and aspirations of traveling the world, finding love, and becoming a stand-up comedian whi…
An “alternative comedy” show about bras, more specifically about not being able to find the right one.
Midlife gets a dose of music and magic in this transformational take on Oz.
Embark on a musical odyssey with One Acchord: That’s Life in Harmony.
A perfectly crafted hour of perfectly work-in-progress stand-up comedy from Patrick Spicer (as seen on Channel 4, BBC Two, 60k+ followers online).
We’re delighted to be back with a new show featuring some of the greatest music from the big band era.
To commemorate the 175th anniversary of his death, immerse yourselves in two of Edgar Allan Poe’s macabre classics.
To hell with anger management! Malvolio was done notorious wrong.
The story of one of country music’s most iconic voices: June Carter Cash.
Virginia Woolf, Ophelia and ADHD.
The Pigeons are up against the clock! Running Out of Time! is The Milky Pigeons’ debut full-length sketch-comedy show.
Heartfelt homage to one of music’s most-awarded females.
In his brand new, thought-provoking show, magician and mind illusionist Sean Alexander reflects on the defining moments in time that shape each and every one of us.
Treasure, treachery, mutiny and mayhem all await young Jim Hawkins as he leaves the Admiral Benbow inn behind and embarks on a thrilling and dangerous voyage to recover Captain Fli…
A 2017 Capital Fringe Best of the Fringe pick, One in Four is a play about four roommates: each one is an alien, and each one believes the other three to be regular degular humans.
Almost a nepo baby and a BBC child star of the noughties, Jess Carrivick’s career peaked at aged 10, but Hollywood never rang.
They’ve performed with the world’s finest orchestras, soundtracked Hollywood and produced multi platinum-selling records for the likes of Alfie Boe and Luke Evans, but now Juli…
On an endless summer night, love’s joys and complications play out in triple-time.
Following in the footsteps of the great time travellers of the past, present and future, the woman with the purple hat, the painted boots and the little wheelie suitcase invites yo…
Walk on the wild side and go off the beaten track with a witty guided tour packed full of stories from Edinburgh’s past and present music scenes.
Morag’s death left a silence in her place.
A heart-warming, poignant and, at times funny play about palliative nurse and ex-singer/songwriter Bronwyn, who is commissioned by her patient (Henry) to write an album of music ba…
Following sell-out runs worldwide, this award-winning show returns to take you on a moving journey through the career of a modern legend.
Deage Paxton returns this year with a follow up to his critically acclaimed debut show.
Can one man recreate live on stage, the greatest Arnold Schwarzenegger movie ever? Laurence Tuck is that man.
Oi Oi! Kit Loyd brings you 50 minutes of one-man physical sketch comedy.
America is the land of the free, home of the brave and homeland of two of the freest, bravest men to ever live: Mark Henely and Chris Warren.
Join Essex’s cheekiest chap for his debut hour of stand-up.
The tales of the dragons are special for many reasons.
Piggy Time is a mixed-bill show featuring the funniest and weirdest comedy acts of the Fringe.
A groundbreaking one-woman immersive musical written and performed by Daisy Boulton.
Jeremy McClain (Pose on BBC/FX) stars in Rat Tails, a new one-man show directed by Matt McBrier.
He has over 150 million views on social media.
Vinney, a Comedian/DJ, uses a sampler to travel through time, raising the hairs on your neck.
Keyworth returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with a joyous new show about family, acceptance and a pair of big (well, not super-big) losses.
Alex doesn’t want to be a scientist anymore.
Dive into Dragonory, the captivating family show at the Edinburgh Fringe, hosted by the charismatic George.
Reigning Comedian’s Comedian and human rights advocate Sid Singh (BBC, NBC, Comedy Central, iUmor) returns with a new hit show that has sold-out all over Europe and Asia for two ye…
Astute observational humour with an irreverent flair from two of Birmingham’s silliest sausages.
From one of the creators of Big Zeus Energy (nominated for Best Debut Show Leicester Comedy Festival 2023, sell-out Edinburgh Fringe 2023) and Nightwatchman (sell-out Edinburgh Fri…
‘This company truly are the best at storytelling’ ***** (ThreeWeeks).
An elastic-bodied reimagining of Hamlet, told entirely from the perspective of the Dane.
If you live to 80 years old, you will have lived for about 4,000 weeks.
The comedic prop-pun lunatic Roger Swift shoots out 200 puns in one hour! With his trademark crazy homemade props, audio cues and PowerPoint slides.
Deadpan Brummie scumbag Tal Davies (Funny Women finalist, British Comedian of the Year semi-finalist, as seen on BBC Three) presents a WIP of her debut solo show filled with embarr…
One barista, 10 seasons, 70 minutes! All 236 episodes of Friends retold through the eyes of Gunther, Central Perk’s “seventh Friend”.
An hour too long a commitment for you? Come see the best international comics at the Fringe strutting their stuff for 20 minutes, and decide if you want more.
Join us for a foot-stomping good time as we showcase many traditional Scottish music bands at the Whiski bar during August.
A fully packed hour of entertainment.
This time you’ve really crossed the line.
Two award-winning comics deal late-night craic in the mid-afternoon, a wild mix of dark, satirical stand-up and musical comedy.
A fruity apocalyptic rom-com from the razor-sharp pen of Fringe First winner David Finnigan.
Award-winning Irish comedian Aidan Greene is back with a whole new show and he wants you to forget everything you know about stammering.
Channel 4 Sean Lock Award winner Eric Rushton is a comedian with a chequered past.
Can you help me with this audition? It won’t take long.
Award-winning musical comedy duo Flo & Joan present their own original one-man musical about a very renowned gentleman.
Late-night delights from sultry songstress Sarah McGuiness.
Jive along to jazz, party to punk rock, cavort to classics and experience electropop with our cherry-picked musical assortment.
The Stand 4 Arena.
Humans have started developing a genetically modified onion that doesn’t make you cry when you cut it.
Eddy Hare (BBC New Comedy Awards Nominee) serves up his debut hour.
Begins with the history of dating from dance halls and slow sets to modern ‘apps’.
What does it mean to remember the Holocaust in 2024? How do you bear the legacy of trauma while forging ahead in the 21st century? Jane Elias grapples with these questions through …
Abby awoke in hospital after a late miscarriage and, high on anaesthesia, decided to become a comedian.
Maddy is worried that no one is having fun at her party.
Demi Adejuyigbe is a writer, comedian, filmmaker, and, inexplicably, a musician, known for his podcasts Punch Up The Jam and Gilmore Guys, his popular September 21st video series, …
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 …
Apparently caterpillars completely break down into goo before they become butterflies.
Set on a bed in the centre of the stage, an unnamed central character explores his dreams and aspirations of travelling the world, finding love, and becoming a stand-up comedian wh…
Lift your spirits, soothe your soul with fun, laughter, storytelling, comedy and music.
What if you could see music? Award-winning concert pianist and inventor Larkhall takes us on a virtuoso multi-sensory journey.
Nick Helm – the man with the golden larynx and greatest living all-round entertainer – is BACK! After years and years of therapy, pills, personal growth…
Nick Helm – the man with the golden larynx and greatest living all-round entertainer – is BACK! After years and years of therapy, pills, personal growth…
Brand new thoughts, ideas, stories and jokes from award winning, working class, queer comedian, Sian Davies.
This time you’ve really crossed the line.
Jonathan Oldfield brings an intriguing one man show to the stage: sitting in his living room watching the world go by behind his one way mirror out onto the world, safe in the know…
Returning to Brighton Fringe after a sold-out three-night run in 2022, award-winning performer Paul Diello and his 8-piece ensemble are back with an all-new version of ‘The Great 8…
Ever wanted to tell your story but don’t know where to start? Explore how to tell the tales of your own life in a fun, relaxed environment with award-winning storyteller and th…
An interactive solo performance about failure, feeling like an idiot and music, by Rachel Blackman and her creative team.
Join Geoff Robb, winner of the Brighton Fringe Live Music Award, for an evening of magical storytelling and virtuoso guitar that promises to transport you out into the woods.
Music was his career, Bach was his passion.
Pushing the boundaries of Shakespearean performance, Richard III emerges a bold, engaging solo show.
Comedian Dave Fensome and Krister Greer, the team behind the chart topping podcast Pop, Collaborate & Listen, bring you a panel-based 90s music quiz where the audience can play alo…
Time travel has always been in the public consciousness, with early influences such as HG Well's The Time Machine.
Sam Dodgshon has been collecting photos.
Kate Daniels has a beautiful voice perfectly suited to the elegance of Gershwin, as well as an enchanting way of dropping nuggets of biographical detail.
Triple Threat is a split bill divided by 3 with Monica, Aisha and Anais making jokes about their experiences living in London as hot immigrant girlies.
In 1810 a brave Scottish man named Sir George Steuart Mackenzie ventured all the way to Iceland with some pals.
When life feels like a test you didn’t study for, and you’re feeling as useful as an understocked mobile library, climb aboard Tanya’s dilapidated ‘fun’ bus as she navigate…
Lunchtime concerts on the fine organ at St.
Bank holiday 6/5 classical music with the Elegia Consort [Daria Robertson, soprano, Paul Houston, clarinet, Andrew Storey, piano] including music by Rimsky-Korsakov 12/5 Ellie Bl…
A feast of Music Bites at Depot, Lewes, under their Dalliance event.
Wowza! Multi Award-Winning rapping teacher, and World Book Day Ambassador, MC GRAMMAR is LIVE and in the HOUSE! Grab your caps, shades and chains and get ready…
Wowza! Multi Award-Winning rapping teacher, and World Book Day Ambassador, MC GRAMMAR is LIVE and in the HOUSE! Grab your caps, shades and chains and get ready…
You’ve seen him on Countryfile, Blue Peter and that episode of Springwatch that the BBC have tried to scrub (SCRUB!) from the internet.
A notionally more polished update of Ivo’s 45 minute navel gaze from last year’s Fringe.
‘The Greatest Play Of All Time’ tells the story of 1&2, characters in the mind of a Writer trying to create a career defining play.
Kate-Lois Elliott’s family were brought up in a secretive cult until her mum escaped as a teenager any questions? One generation later in a completely unrelated set of events a …
Ham Sandwiches and Discipline For club and county! Don't tell Dad about Diana If Dad knew, we’d be dead.
Get ready for the premier of In the Time of Dragons, an action packed, funny and ultimately heartwarming new musical from the creators of Spinach.
Do you ever get the feeling you’re being watched? One Way Mirror is a story about the art of people watching, built for extroverts, introverts and everyone in-between.
BEASTSA mixed-race guide to fucking up.
HUMAN // ROBOTlaugh_if_you_are_humanJust One Law .
‘We can be us, just for one day’ Relive the day music brought the world together.
When 24 year old Bess Malone steals from the local ice cream van she doesn’t expect it to impact her life at all, and she certainly doesn’t expect to find a new friendship with…
Tania has her heart set on her dream job but has she unwittingly placed a curse on her dating life? Our heroine, ably assisted by her bestie Jayne, comes face to face with the t…
Music is something that we are all touched by.
Music is something that we are all touched by.
Follow Jim Hawkins on his adventures with the dastardly Long John Silver on a treasure hunt that will change their lives.
The must-see comedy of 2023 hits London this Christmas.
Time travel as a sci-fi trope is fascinating and presents us with endless possibilities and frontiers.
Pitched as “Pirates of the Caribbean meets Fishermen’s Friends”, this highly enjoyable production of Treasure Island at the Barn Theatre, Cirencester, turns out to be a swash…
A cabaret-style event mixing poetry, music and contemporary dance, with Sage Dance Company, a ballet-based dance company for ages 55+, and Rack Press Poetry, an independent poetry …
Aïda Lahlou presents Stand-Up Comedy Meets Classical Piano.
Based on Audrey Niffenegger’s internationally best-selling novel, this new British musical is thrillingly brought to life with original songs from Grammy Award winners Joss S…
After a hugely successful sell-out world premiere performance at the Royal Albert Hall in 2013, and a further two performances in December 2014, Danny Elfman’s Music from the…
Experience exhilarating live jazz in the incredibly atmospheric setting of a Grade II Listed Music Hall from the 1800s!! Discover one of London’s best kept secrets and join us a…
When you think reggae, there is only one name that comes to mind.
One summer Birdie lost her virginity on the ninth hole of the golf course, to her boss.
Was she or was she not fully aware of what she was doing? He certainly was, and for that reason should he have stopped before taking Birdie’s virginity? There’s a suggestion th…
'Profoundly moving, bitingly brutal and laugh-out-loud funny!' - Sally CooksonThe Ugly One is a cautionary tale of identity and beauty vibrating with the energy of a pneuma…
Irish classical guitarist Darren Loughran presents a programme of classical guitar music spanning from the 16th century to the present day.
My First Time was in a Car Park tells the story of Mira who lives by the sea with her mum and loses her virginity to her teacher.
'Because the world revolves around me and all I see is what I see.
A free, open-air celebration to close out the final weekend of the 2023 International Festival.
The Defectors present the next chapter in the theatrical saga of eccentric ex-detective Richard P.
An Americana-soul acoustic group from California, Linda Stonestreet – a honeyed voice full of grace and fire – lends beautiful melodies with intelligent heartfelt lyrics and is…
The Defectors present the next chapter in the theatrical saga of eccentric ex-detective Richard P.
Sold out at VAULT Festival 2023! Writer for Have I Got News For You & Radio 4! As seen on NextUp Comedy! As heard on BBC Sounds! Former journalist and professional doomscroller, S…
Sold out at VAULT Festival 2023! Writer for Have I Got News For You & Radio 4! As seen on NextUp Comedy! As heard on BBC Sounds! Former journalist and professional doomscroll…
Sarah Keyworth (Live at the Apollo, Mock the Week, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, House of Games) delivers a brand-new hour of comedy every day as they work up a new show.
Sold out at VAULT Festival 2023! Writer for Have I Got News For You & Radio 4! As seen on NextUp Comedy! As heard on BBC Sounds! Former journalist and professional doomscroller, S…
Natalie Palamides and Lucy Pearman are two very normal girls who will share an hour.
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.
Work in Progress from Isabelle Farah.
Ho ho ho ho! Come celebrate that special time of the year with Santa (Ray Badran) and his Elf (Josh Glanc).
Join author Dina Nayeri and cultural development specialist Fairouz Nishanova in a discussion on listening to different perspectives.
Maddie Carpenter, a pop Americana artist deeply inspired by the sun-soaked landscapes of California, brings her own enchanting songwriting to the forefront alongside a tribute to f…
‘This time next year at the Oscars, Cairine!’ But, what if next year never actually comes? From internationally acclaimed personal assistant and actress who has never actually acte…
Born and raised in China, Chin Wang left her homeland for the UK at the tender age of 18.
A rare chance to hear the music of two of jazz’s great innovators.
2023 finally sees the return of Danny Bhoy to the Edinburgh Fringe for the world premiere of his brand-new show.
“Actually.
“Actually.
The Brighton Fringe sell-out show is coming to Edinburgh Fringe.
Sir Andrew Davis conducts the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and the Edinburgh Festival Chorus in this profound exploration of human nature and our collective search for light i…
An adorable work-in-progress from the world’s youngest, smallest, most normal comedian.
Brooklyn-based comedian Zach Zimmerman (The Late Late Show, The New Yorker) returns to the Fringe for one week only with an hour full of whip-smart gags, jokes and plenty of naught…
Hot Dub Time Machine is the World’s First Time Travelling DJ, a global festival smash-hit and the best party ever! Hot Dub has broken dance floors at sold-out shows all over the …
Ageing violinist Alan Gottlieb has long been content to sit at the back desk of the seconds, coasting his way to retirement.
Duruflé Requiem: Life and Death in Music with Poetry.
The Diary of Anne Frank: Her Journey in Music by British Composer Girish Paul is a dramatic concert by the multi-instrumentalist and his virtual orchestra.
The internationally renowned Choir of St Mary’s Cathedral sings music from coronations and royal occasions past and present.
Christine and Nancy invite you to a lunchtime recital of beautiful music including the joyous Beethoven Variations on a Theme of Mozart, Cesar Franck’s passionate Sonata for pian…
Nicola Burnett Smith, together with her ensemble of actor-musicians, explores how the written word can ignite and inspire musical composition.
Join Rachel (“Very much the rock’n’roll star of British comedy”- Rolling Stone) (“Mouth Almighty” – Her Friends) as she tries out new material for her upcoming tour! …
Join Rachel (“Very much the rock’n’roll star of British comedy”- Rolling Stone) (“Mouth Almighty” – Her Friends) as she tries out new material for her upcoming tour! …
Arbroath-born Morris Pert (1947-2010) was best known for his session work with Kate Bush, Mike Oldfield and many others.
God’s Craftsmen.
Sarah Keyworth (Live at the Apollo, Mock the Week, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, House of Games) delivers a brand-new hour of comedy every day as they work up a new show.
An unhinged variety show all the way from Los Angeles.
Principal musicians from the London Symphony Orchestra perform this 20th-century masterpiece.
Straight from the 2022 Pleasance Reserve, Dee Allum (BBC New Comedian Finalist, Chortle Best Newcomer Nominee) and Katie Green (Funny Women finalist, tour support for Jonathan Van …
Michael Dillon, Mary Read, Bayard Rustin, Vesta Tilley, Hatshepsut.
Michael Dillon, Mary Read, Bayard Rustin, Vesta Tilley, Hatshepsut.
Bryony’s done with clowning.
World-class entertainer Brown returns from his five-star musical A Man, A Magic, A Music presenting a dazzling journey through Sam Cooke’s life: The King of Soul Music.
Composing Sacred Music: A New Generation.
Jacob Hawley is a SILVER ARIA Winner, has been recommended by the British Comedy Guide for producing ‘an impeccable hour of man and mic stand up’, has been awarded 4 stars by T…
Having negotiated quite the challenging childhood – from being a spoilt kid in a private school, to his parents losing it all – Nathan knows nothing about stability.
Jacob Hawley is a SILVER ARIA Winner, has been recommended by the British Comedy Guide for producing ‘an impeccable hour of man and mic stand up’, has been awarded 4 stars by T…
Jacob Hawley is a SILVER ARIA Winner, has been recommended by the British Comedy Guide for producing ‘an impeccable hour of man and mic stand up’, has been awarded 4 stars by T…
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…
After a fantastic debut run at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2022, Terry Geo’s astounding show is back! Blink gives a raw and emotional insight into modern life for an interracial coupl…
Imagine you had a time machine so you could travel back to the past to fix your mistakes.
After a fantastic debut run at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2022, Terry Geo’s astounding show is back! Blink gives a raw and emotional insight into modern life for an interracial coupl…
A laugh-out-loud, immersive, comedic, heartfelt tribute to Hollywood’s most iconic blonde bombshell.
Sharp, silly and sublime solo character comedy from Luke Manning, formerly one half of veteran Fringe sketch duo, In Cahoots, and a writer-performer for BBC Radio 4’s Sketchtopia a…
Andrea Burke-Bottom is a former alpha wife and boss babe, who took the pledge to become a traditional wife to avoid upsetting her husband’s floundering masculinity.
Chris Cantrill (half of twice Edinburgh Comedy Award nominated double act, The Delightful Sausage) returns with a work-in-progress show about his rude son, upsetting pensioners on …
10 years after being refused entry to Edinburgh, Mustafa Algiyadi returns with a work-in-progress show.
Patel.
Andrea Burke-Bottom is a former alpha-wife and wannabe trad-wife.
Following double Fringe First winners (The Believers Are But Brothers; Rich Kids – A History of Shopping Malls In Tehran), the final piece of Javaad Alipoor’s trilogy is an inves…
Rising to the Life Immortal: Organ Music for Easter and Ascension.
Patel.
It’s a one night stand for the Fannies (‘hilarious stream-of-consciousness double act’ (Entertainment-Focus.
Toxicity.
Tiff Stevenson: WIP.
Following up her award-winning debut (Amused Moose Best Debut, Comedian’s Choice Best Show) with this work-in-progress.
Hey! You free tonight? Fancy a drink? Let’s talk films, festivals, and red flags.
Deep dive into the weird and wonderful world of eBay! Ruby will lead you down the rabbit hole and introduce you to some of the bizarre eBay subcultures.
Where there is charity and love: Schola Cantorum sings the music of Paul Mealor.
In Robes of White.
Hey! You free tonight? Fancy a drink? Let’s talk films, festivals, and red flags.
Sex cults with fake feminism, pretend shamans, Burning Man, Lower East Side “nightclub photographers” and Tinder f*ck boys all make an appearance in this educational and hilari…
Ed Gaughan has written, directed and performed work for and with the UK’s most-loved acts – including Milton Jones, Josie Long, Barry Cryer and Pappy’s.
We are a group of very funny female/non-binary show-offs who originate from across Europe and cover four decades, so while we share a common home we bring six very different perspe…
Toxicity.
Chris Cantrill (half of twice Edinburgh Comedy Award nominated double act, The Delightful Sausage) returns with a work-in-progress show about his rude son, upsetting pensioners on …
Our show will take you on an exciting journey through the world of Broadway showtunes all the way to some of your favourite pop song classics.
Every song a classic! Hailed by critics and fans alike as a one of the finest songwriters of his generation, Friedman has achieved legendary pop icon status for chart-topping hits …
From his years as the visionary in Simon and Garfunkel through to his many solo hits, journey through one of the greatest back catalogues of all time.
Songs of Displacement.
Sander Klaus is an underage soldier in America’s Civil War.
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Renowned punk poet and multi-instrumentalist Attila the Stockbroker has loved early music ever since he grabbed a recorder aged about 8.
Thank you for the Music takes you on a comic and quizzical journey through tough times.
Piano Music of Erik Satie by Peter Bream.
Professor Jeremy Dibble (Durham University), authority on British music from the 19th century, reflects on the life of Sir John Stainer and his most famous work, The Crucifixion.
Join Charlie Jackson, the improvising clown, on his first foray into written solo comedy with a show that promises to take you on a strange and wonderful journey into the mind of T…
Join Charlie Jackson, the improvising clown, on his first foray into written solo comedy with a show that promises to take you on a strange and wonderful journey into the mind of T…
Ellie and Arshan Do a Show and Tell is a short, fun, high-energy exploration on the “stuff” that makes us all up.
What makes a Japanese woman with four degrees, including a PhD, an unlikely loser? Better Never Than Late is a hilarious one-woman show by Nobumi Kobayashi (Nobby).
What makes a Japanese woman with four degrees, including a PhD, an unlikely loser? Better Never Than Late is a hilarious one-woman show by Nobumi Kobayashi (Nobby).
An improv show of infinite possibilities but probably the worst ones.
Charlie Dinkin is a WGGB Award-winning writer, comedian and star of cult hit sketch podcast SeanceCast.
David Baddiel presents work-in-progress revivals of his smash-hit stand-up trilogy of ‘Not the.
An improv show of infinite possibilities but probably the worst ones.
Charlie Dinkin is a WGGB Award-winning writer, comedian and star of cult hit sketch podcast SeanceCast.
Alasdair Hutton, the narrator of the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo for 30 years, and Brian Taylor, former Political Editor of BBC Scotland, give readings from Scott’s works on th…
This year, Jonathan begins and ends with two of Spain’s greatest composers, Albeniz and Granados, and, in between, a majestic Bach Prelude and Allemande, followed by traditional mu…
Asian Arts Award 2014 - Best Production (for Brush); ***** (ThreeWeeks for The Tiniest Frog Prince in the World, 2016.
“Blurring the lines between music and artistic performance, John’s use of visuals and costumes [pushes] the set to another level.
“Blurring the lines between music and artistic performance, John’s use of visuals and costumes [pushes] the set to another level.
Following his sell out debut, BBC Newcomer Award nominated Joseph Parsons begins work on his second hour of stand up.
The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras is famous for glitz, glitter and glamour, but it started with megaphones and violence.
In this concert you will hear a variety of piobaireachd, the classical music of the great Highland bagpipe, Scotland’s national instrument.
If someone tells you they love you, it’s rude to ask why.
From the iconic themes of Super Mario and Legend of Zelda, to the funky beats of Sonic and Persona 5, this gig has something for everyone! With a fusion of different genres and sty…
We’re delighted to be back with a new show featuring some of the greatest music from the big-band era.
An adorable work in progress from the world’s youngest, smallest, most normal comedian.
An adorable work in progress from the world’s youngest, smallest, most normal comedian.
Following his sell out debut, BBC Newcomer Award nominated Joseph Parsons begins work on his second hour of stand up.
The ‘almost sexily cerebral’ (**** (Daily Telegraph)) stand-up presents a work-in-progress comedy show about fear (probably), after 2022’s ‘breakneck pace.
Join us for this joyful celebration of Scotland’s homegrown music scene in Princes Street Gardens.
Edinburgh Live’s number-one pick of the Free Fringe 2022 returns! A devilishly handsome magician trapped in a straitjacket, mind-melting magic, show-stopping laughs and unexpected …
She’s a bad-ass rule breaker and has got one hell of a story as a result – just don’t tell her family.
The pianist and composer, winner of several national and international competitions, will play an exciting program including pieces by Beethoven and Rachmaninov, as well as her own…
Hertfordshire-based choir, Classical Chorus look forward to performing a short concert in the beautiful setting of Greyfriars Kirk.
The hit streaming show and podcast are live for the first time in Edinburgh.
A series of free afternoon concerts at 2:30pm on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays throughout the festival from up-and-coming young musicians.
When Edinburgh’s iconic One o’Clock Gun is stolen by shady Glaswegians only our hero Morningside Malcolm, quiet resident of the douce suburbs, can prevent strife and aggro between …
Scottish singer-songwriter and leading acoustic fingerstyle guitarist Simon Kempston has toured the world performing his highly original, contemporary acoustic songs and music.
An exciting new version of Miles Tredinnick’s original 1999 show.
Join the longest-running panellist from BBC Scotland’s Breaking The News as he runs through brand-new material following the incredible announcement that BBC Radio 4 have commissio…
Wake up to the World Premiere of this raw, funny, and poignant solo show from narcoleptic comedian Sarah Albritton, host of the podcast Sleeping with Sarah.
Think guineafowl.
Following consecutive sold-out performances and subsequent international critical acclaim, Back To Black returns to Edinburgh Festival Fringe to take you on a moving and energizing…
Childhood tales of flying boats inspired Brian to travel the world.
The poignant tale of a writer and musician, Jon Lawrence, who walked 500km over five deserts on five continents to grieve for his father and raise money for a cancer charity.
A young man visits his dying father in the ICU and uncovers a shocking revelation: his father’s secret second family.
Thank You for the Music, a new American musical revue, celebrates the greatest hits from radio, stage and screen.
A new (WIP) show of high-energy stand-up from one of the warmest, wildest, nicest guys in comedy today.
Three hilarious comedians, three different nationalities (Israel, Ireland and Germany), three different types of humor.
ERA Productions returns to the Fringe this year with a familiar act that sees the lively quartet of Megan (Mia Taylor), Nicole (Catherine Hutchinson), Amy (Abi Price) and Olivia (M…
It’s a Boy? is from the wildly creative comic mind of Ben Hodge, Liverpool Echo’s Top 30 under 30 and winner of Into Film Documentary of the Year 2020.
Wake up to the World Premiere of this raw, funny, and poignant solo show from narcoleptic comedian Sarah Albritton, host of the podcast Sleeping with Sarah.
David Baddiel presents work-in-progress revivals of his smash-hit stand-up trilogy of ‘Not the.
Get off the tourist trail and explore Edinburgh’s music scene with irreverent stories of the performers who have stayed, played and made music in Scotland’s capital city.
‘This time next year at the Oscars, Cairine!’ But, what if next year never actually comes? From internationally acclaimed personal assistant and actress who has never actually acte…
Música Verde (Green Music) is a live looping concert where Mexican singer/songwriter Amanda Tovalin shares her views about nature in the cities with her sonic experimentation.
Scotland’s greatest bands/artists can often disappear under the title of UK artists.
Queer feminist and bloody lefty Kathleen has fallen into a settled life with a nice boy who can do maths.
The only stand up comedy show at the Fringe with jokes, stories and a definitive list of my favourite smells from last year.
A lot of laughs and refreshingly comfortable seating await you at Friend (The One with Gunther), playing at the Gilded Balloon at the Museum.
Winner of the 2023 Edinburgh Untapped Award, One Way Out is a powerful exploration of the injustices suffered by the Windrush generation, through the lens of four boys from South L…
Ed Byrne breaks the five-star rating system to the point where multiples of stars could be added to this review and it will still not be close enough to what he deserves for this s…
‘A love letter to my mother that I’ll never send.
Enjoy an hour of the best up-and-coming, one-liner comedians on the circuit in this celebration of puns, one-liners and wordplay.
Do you like musical comedy? Do you like non-musical comedy? Do you not care, as long as it’s good? Then come enjoy either the first half, the second half, or even all of this show,…
It’s the year 1991; the Soviet Union has collapsed and everyone is ready for a new start.
How is anyone supposed to deal with the death of a loved one? Isaac Kean’s answer is to write a “woe is me” tragicomedy.
Andy’s been a stand up comedian for over 10 years now and he’s always made an effort to not be negative or combative, to amplify silliness and be lighthearted Recently however, he…
Craig Wilson is a nice boy.
Part-time naked butler, full-time Ariana Grande super fan Sam Williams has quickly become British comedy’s brightest ‘good-looking chap’ (Chortle.
Award-winning lefty comedian and human rights advocate Sid Singh takes you on a hilarious journey as he figures out how to fight the good fight… as far from home as possible! The…
24 different award-winning or nominated comedians perform their full shows, recorded for Netflix, Amazon Prime and YouTube. See FringeSpecials.com for listings.
In the mid-80s, at 6 months old, my grandparents became my legal guardians.
Jon Lawrence has entertained thousands of children all over the world over the last ten years with his collection of silly songs which encourage the children to sing, dance, laugh …
Working-class comedian Tom Mayhew returns to the Fringe with a show about dreams and endless hope.
If we’re technically speaking, there is one (1) person invited to this show, but you (yes, you) are allowed (and inarguably encouraged) to come to the debut Fringe show from Canadi…
Andy’s been a stand up comedian for over 10 years now and he’s always made an effort to not be negative or combative, to amplify silliness and be lighthearted Recently however, he…
In a world where one man can be one character, Alexander Richmond dares to be twelve of them.
Back In Time for Tea is a concept imagined to challenge the notion of musical genre.
Alex Kitson is an award-winning comedian.
Star of Spitting Image (Britbox), Steph’s Packed Lunch (Channel 4) impressionist Luke Kempner brings his one-man British Police Drama to Edinburgh.
From the makers of the sell-out success Sherlock’s Secret Challenge comes a new game that allows you to become a pirate for a day.
Jive along to jazz, party to punk rock, cavort to classics and experience electropop with our cherry-picked musical assortment.
Working-class comedian Tom Mayhew returns to the Camden Fringe with a show about dreams and endless hope.
Dave is house band / receptionist at streaming service Stripefy, but he wants more: he dreams of going full-time on reception.
Working-class comedian Tom Mayhew returns to the Camden Fringe with a show about dreams and endless hope.
The sold-out NYC hit from award-winning actor Grant Lancaster comes to Fringe! Follow Grant on an outrageous journey home from the mountains of Thailand, all while handling an undi…
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.
Leslie has always toed the line in her comedy between silly and existential, but after a particularly eventful 2022 full of character growth (how big does a person need to be?) she…
Leslie has always toed the line in her comedy between silly and existential, but after a particularly eventful 2022 full of character growth (how big does a person need to be?) she…
Part-time naked butler/full-time Ariana Grande superfan Sam Williams has quickly become British comedy’s brightest ‘good looking chap’ (Chortle).
Kirsty has a secret, and this is a confession.
A girl washes up aboard a ship in the middle of a vast void.
Kirsty has a secret, and this is a confession.
Amazing tales, elegantly told.
Star of Mock the Week, QI and Frankie Boyle’s New World Order, Olga Koch, got a master’s degree and she won’t shut up about it.
An absurdist menagerie of clown, characters and non- sequiturs.
About the show On an ordinary night, in a quiet country village, a series of gift bags appear at carefully selected households.
A meditation on motherhood, Hendon’s writing is first class in this surprising, shocking and heart wrenching monologue, brought to life theatrically by director Paula Chitty and …
Mark Robert Petty presents Don’t Tell The Bishops! The After-Pride Concert at The Actors’ Church on Sunday 2nd July at 7.
7 Years after it's first tour, Luke Adamson's critically acclaimed comedy-drama about Alzheimer's is being published.
You are invited to gather as One Tribe to bring hearts and minds together in a dynamic, creative, healing circle for change and transformation.
THE PARTY DISGUISED AS A QUIZ.
You are invited to gather as One Tribe to bring hearts and minds together in a dynamic, creative, healing circle for change and transformation.
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
Maz Pantz is a solo comedy sketch show which uses mime, slapstick and multi role to take you, the audience, on a bonkers, dark humoured and frankly insane journey.
As his career collapses to an early end, a musician finds solace in Bach – but does this lead to obsession or madness? Music was his career, Bach was his passion.
Leonard and Violet, young, restless and in love, spend their first night together knowing it may also be their last.
Join Suse for a stand up comedy show about economics, magic, and making things disappear.
A very fresh WIP from musical comedy double act Shelf, with anecdotes, songs, and jokes about performing comedy for children, Instagram’s toxic algorithm, and more.
A very fresh WIP from musical comedy double act Shelf, with anecdotes, songs, and jokes about performing comedy for children, Instagram’s toxic algorithm, and more.
Some time ago, Suse Steed was an economist.
As his career collapses to an early end, a musician finds solace in Bach – but does this lead to obsession or madness? Music was his career, Bach was his passion.
Yosi will be playing an exciting programme of classical music to herald the start of summer including Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata ,Partita no.
Yosi will be playing an exciting programme of classical music to herald the start of summer including Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata ,Partita no.
Yosi will be playing an exciting programme of classical music to herald the start of summer including Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata ,Partita no.
“Miss Googiepants is a lovely performer, dressed as a 1950s prom girl and surrounded by a variety of props and toys.
Local comedian and rising star of the stand-up-circuit Alex Mason is bringing a work-in-progress version of his debut solo show, Delicate Flower, to Brighton Fringe.
Part-time naked butler, full-time Ariana Grande superfan, Sam Williams has quickly become British comedy’s brightest ‘good looking chap’ (Chortle).
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
“Miss Googiepants is a lovely performer, dressed as a 1950s prom girl and surrounded by a variety of props and toys.
Hello, I am Charles Quarterman.
Local comedian and rising star of the stand-up-circuit Alex Mason is bringing a work-in-progress version of his debut solo show, Delicate Flower, to Brighton Fringe.
Kevin O’Brien in That One-Liner Bloke’s Comedy Show. A must see show for fans of one-liner jokes.
Kevin O’Brien in That One-Liner Bloke’s Comedy Show. A must see show for fans of one-liner jokes.
Kirsty has a secret, and this is a confession.
3 comedians, 1 show! Hannah Lloyd-Davies: A one-liner comedian who is too honest for her own good! Connor Yeates: A slick, sharp narcissist, who really wants you to know that he’…
Has the British Justice System failed women? Two new and powerful playlets uncover the true stories of Ruth Ellis and Edith Thompson hanged and executed for murder and looks at the…
Burnham meets Boosh.
Has the British Justice System failed women? Two new and powerful playlets uncover the true stories of Ruth Ellis and Edith Thompson hanged and executed for murder and looks at the…
Andrea Burke-Bottom is a former alpha-wife and wannabe trad-wife.
Andrea Burke-Bottom is a former alpha-wife and wannabe trad-wife.
They’ve performed with the world’s finest orchestras on the world’s greatest stages, they’ve soundtracked Hollywood and produced multi-platinum-selling records, but now Julie…
A fantastic 10 piece band dedicated to the Quiet Beatle’s work.
Eddy MacKenzie and his tiny guitar, have come to play songs so bold and bizarre! A short round man with a big loud voice who wants to make you boogie! Holidays, Dinosaurs, and MD2…
A fantastic 10 piece band dedicated to the Quiet Beatle’s work.
They’ve performed with the world’s finest orchestras on the world’s greatest stages, they’ve soundtracked Hollywood and produced multi-platinum-selling records, but now Julie…
Eddy MacKenzie and his tiny guitar, have come to play songs so bold and bizarre! A short round man with a big loud voice who wants to make you boogie! Holidays, Dinosaurs, and MD2…
Everyone’s welcome to come and play our Treasure Hunt at Caravanserai. It’s free and you can win prizes!
Join us for a wonderful evening of festive & triumphal music with the Sussex Symphony Orchestra starting with Shostakovich’s dynamic Festival Overture, followed by a world premier …
Join us for a wonderful evening of festive & triumphal music with the Sussex Symphony Orchestra starting with Shostakovich’s dynamic Festival Overture, followed by a world premier …
One-hit wonders are like love affairs – intense, but alas, all-too-brief- so join award-winning performer Paul Diello and his eight-piece ensemble as they resurrect some of the g…
Who hasn’t sung along to “Hey, Big Spender?” Now, there’s a unique opportunity to hear the songs of Dorothy Fields - “I Can’t give you Anything but Love,” “A Fine Romance,” an…
Who hasn’t sung along to “Hey, Big Spender?” Now, there’s a unique opportunity to hear the songs of Dorothy Fields - “I Can’t give you Anything but Love,” “A Fine Romance,” an…
“You must suffer me to go my own dark way.
“You must suffer me to go my own dark way.
World-class acclaimed entertainer Movin’ Melvin Brown is back in Brighton with his smash hit soulful Musical ‘Me and Otis’.
Featuring writers including Nick Payne, Elinor Cook and (Oscar, Tony and Pulitzer winner) John Patrick Shanley, SHORTS celebrates the beauty and frailty within human connection, an…
“If you want to put your brain in the blender, have a listen - it’s a bit like if Aphex Twin wrote British music hall songs.
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
Amy Winehouse captured the world with her unique vocal stylings and unapologetic lyrics combined with a sassy, yet dark brooding personality.
As one of the most iconic members of the 27 club, Amy Winehouse left an indelible impression, not just on popular music, but on popular culture as a whole.
Ellie Blackshaw, solo violin.
Ah, Birthdays.
The author of the bestselling poetry series The Art of a Damaged Soul brings you the hard-hitting , powerful one woman show.
Remembering Benedict Cruft: a recorded music event featuring excerpts from Ben’s Bach CD, along with a chance for audience members to share some of their memories of Ben.
Ah, Birthdays.
An adorable work in progress from the world’s youngest, most normal comedian (don’t look that up).
A dark comedy set in a prison.
An adorable work in progress from the world’s youngest, most normal comedian (don’t look that up).
Lunchtime recitals on Tuesdays by distinguished local organists on the the fine organ at St.
Comedian Tom Mayhew (as heard on BBC Radio 4) brings a work in progress show to the Brighton Festival! There will be stuff about being working-class, being skint, how annoying the …
An hour of stand-up comedy with up and coming comedian Cressida Wetton.
An hour of stand-up comedy with up and coming comedian Cressida Wetton.
Lunchtime recitals on Tuesdays by distinguished local organists on the the fine organ at St.
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Join Ben Carter and Joe Bunn two of the UK’s limpest forces that have been proper melted together for one hour of entertainment.
Amazing tales, elegantly told.
In A Little Killing Hurts No One, Mustafa Algiyadi manoeuvres through the European way of life from the lens of an Arab, longing so badly to be part of it, yet confronted with some…
“Because the world revolves around me and all I see is what I see.
“we’re all human beings.
Do you suffer from allergies, anaemia, asthma, bronchitis, cough, fatigue, hypo-/hyper-glycemia, emphysema, COPD, digestive disorders, headaches, high/low blood pressure, insomnia …
Do you suffer from allergies, anaemia, asthma, bronchitis, cough, fatigue, hypo-/hyper-glycemia, emphysema, COPD, digestive disorders, headaches, high/low blood pressure, insomnia …
In “A little killing hurts no one”, Mustafa Algiyadi manoeuvres through the European way of life from the lens of a Libyan Arab, longing so bad to be part of it, yet confronted wit…
“we’re all human beings.
“Because the world revolves around me and all I see is what I see.
Once Upon a Time is a fairy tale like no other.
OUR TWO CURIOUS PODCAST HOSTS TELL EACH OTHER THE MOST INTRIGUING FACTS THEY CAN FIND, AND IN PART 2 OF EACH SHOW MEET A GENUINE EXPERT WHO CAN TELL US MORE.
Jo Griffin ★★★★ CHORTLE and Yuriko Kotani ★★★★ THE SCOTSMAN split a juicy hour to answer all the big / medium-sized / teeny tiny life questions.
Come and discover UK comedy’s best kept secret! Over many years Ed has written, directed and performed work for and with many of the UK’s most loved acts- including Milton Jones…
TIME is the story of a middle-aged female cliché, who uses her post-menopausal superpower to visit her successful friends from her past and reinvent her life.
A friendly stranger is just another way of saying a new friend you haven’t met yet.
After Lloyd’s last tour was interrupted by ‘you know what’ and ended up lasting eight years or so, he’s BACK with a brand-new fresh stand-up tour…
After Lloyd’s last tour was interrupted by ‘you know what’ and ended up lasting eight years or so, he’s BACK with a brand-new fresh stand-up tour…
Fourteen-year-old David has just been punched in the face by his best friend.
Holly has had quite a year - trying to deal with being left out of the Royal Family.
Back-stabbing, betrayal and improv comedy.
The Buzztones are back! Following smash-hit shows in 2019 and 2020, the pop-comedy maestros return to VAULT with a brand new, feel-good set of tracks and nonsense.
The blurb is: hahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahaha hihihi hahahahahahahaha hoho hahahhahahaha hehe hahahahahahahahahaha ‘’Ha’’ - The Guardian From the award-winning clown b…
A Bard is a Failed Poet Stories about poems without rhyme The Lead Pipe Pigeon Brigade Pigeon.
Flinch A play about everyday pain One Hundred Ghost Stories Based on supernatural samurai game Flinch - Rare AnticsThrough playful vignettes, three performers examine ho…
A theatrical comedy meta horror multimedia experience - this show has all the adjectives and more! A desperate actor seeks a friend to be the ‘reader’ for their self tape.
Part Time Freaks trawls the depths of the hosts’ lives for all their freakiest moments and experiences.
Wo/MiYou don’t even look sick.
“Taiwanese force of nature” (Chortle) Kuan-wen traded his beloved island for the rainy British isles, for “Taiwanese” symbolises generations of migration and shifting identities.
WINNER of Queerovision 2022 , Rising Star finalist 2022 , Hastings Newcomer award Finalist 2022, Semi-finalist for the Comedy Max Turner prize 2022 , Semi- finalist for Get Up stan…
if all the times i cared had names.
One of You Has to DieA post-apocalyptic interactive comedy showHR_final.
An adorable work in progress from the world’s youngest, most normal comedian (do not look that up).
An hour of new material from Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominee Sarah Keyworth.
Where are you from? Vlad: I’d tell you but I’d make a mistake - my country has changed names twice since I was born! Why are you here? Vlad: Everyone says the West is great.
You know that we are celebrating because there is a countdown.
Literally what it says on the tin: ‘Six Plays One Day’ offers a wide variety in a short space of time.
Renowned as The Godfather of Gothic Horror, Edgar Allan Poe has left a timeless mark on the horror genre.
Renowned as the ‘Godfather of Gothic Horror’, Edgar Allan Poe has left a timeless mark on the horror genre.
Following sensational critical acclaim One Woman Show played sold out runs at Soho Theatre London and Traverse Theatre Edinburgh and was called “the single hottest ticket in …
A festival celebrating the connections we make throughout our life, an ode to family, friends, and lovers alike.
Using original texts from the 1840s, Stephen Smith faithfully brings Edgar Allan Poe’s words to life on stage, performing four of the most terrifying examples of gothic literature:…
It’s 1816 and Mary Shelley is about to start work on Frankenstein.
Thank You for The Music - The ultimate tribute to ABBA This international smash-hit tribute show brings all of ABBA’s number one hits to the stage in a production …
ONE NIGHT OF QUEEN Performed by GARY MULLEN AND THE WORKS In 2000, Gary Mullen won ITV’s “Stars In Their Eyes” Live Grand Final, with the larges…
One Night at The Disco Get ready to recreate the Magical 70’s and let us take you on a musical journey straight to the heart of Disco! Relive some of the greates…
On the 100th anniversary of the classic horror film’s original release, Theatre Non Grata are bringing Nosferatu both to the stage and back from the dead.
Micky Flanagan’s Work in Progress at Leicester Square Theatre.
Bringing you the very best music from global stars to local heroes, from grassroots to international, we are building a festival for you to discover and enjoy.
Newtongrange Silver Band is a traditional mining village brass band from the outskirts of Edinburgh, but their repertoire is far from traditional.
Building on his award-winning London debut, the new extended show Music of the Night is a feast for the eyes, ears and soul.
Bringing you the very best music from global stars to local heroes, from grassroots to international, we are building a festival for you to discover and enjoy.
Bringing you the very best music from global stars to local heroes, from grassroots to international, we are building a festival for you to discover and enjoy.
Three future stars, committed and passionate chamber musicians, Irène Duval, Jean-Selim Abdelmoula and Maciej Kulakowski, met at The Kronberg Academy.
Share a password with our agent to break into our 1940s Military Bar and embrace your secret wartime character.
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.
Programme marking the 85th anniversary of Philip Glass, three of his compositions are performed at the Wells Kennedy organ by Arbroath-based musician Mark Spalding: Music in Fifths…
Join Geoff Robb, winner of the 2018 Brighton Fringe Live Music Award, for an evening of magical storytelling and guitar mastery that promises to transport you into the forest.
A man walks into a train station to find two strangers waiting on the same platform.
The quiz with just one question! Ollie Horn challenges a different comedian friend each show to a deceptively difficult game of putting things in order.
Last year’s hit show is back with a new variant which will once again have you laughing, crying and talking about how lockdown was for you, for your neighbour and for your friends.
Musicians Jonathan and Dom Prag with sparkling arrangements of songs from Greece, Catalonia, Eastern Europe and Scotland.
Every family has its drama, and every wedding has its secrets.
The four-hour modular music creation workshop, designed and led by Raphael Mak based in Stockholm, Sweden, leads participants through a unique creative process by exploring and cre…
Degenerate is a show about what happens when a 40 year old mother of two finds herself in the last chance saloon of midlife.
Our show will take you on an exciting journey through the world of Broadway showtunes all the way to some of your favourite pop song classics.
In this concert you will hear a variety of piobaireachd, the classical music of the great Highland bagpipe, Scotland’s national instrument.
David Hayman returns as everyman Bob Cunninghame.
Scottish street-funk brass band Brass Gumbo take a magical musical tour through the back catalogue of The Beatles, infusing instrumental jazz and funk (and plenty of New Orleans se…
Basically Bond a musical celebration of 60 years of thrilling movie magic.
The Scottish Reformation: a time of conflict and transformation.
A concert of original and traditional acoustic music from these indefatigable Fringe and AMC regulars.
In Every Corner Sing: The Choir of Old St Paul’s with Director of Music John Kitchen MBE, Edinburgh City Organist.
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’…
YOU’RE INVITED TO THE BIG TOP BIRTHDAY! Join Sarah and her best friend Duck as they plan the ultimate circus soiree to help Scarf Lady celebrate her birthday.
Henry Purcell’s Sacred and Secular.
Captivate Theatre brings the smash-hit comedy to the Fringe! ‘You gotta concentrate ain’t ya, with two jobs.
Journey into the unknown with musical pioneer Jordi Savall, his Hespèrion XXI ensemble and guests, in a concert inspired by the 14th-century Islamic scholar Ibn Battuta.
The word Latchepen is an exclamation of happiness in the Romani language.
Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time for clarinet, violin, cello and piano was written when Messiaen was a prisoner of war in German captivity and first performed in 19…
A selection of music by Ludovico Einaudi, performed by talented pianist Ailsa Aitkenhead. Contemplative and beautiful classical piano in a gorgeous ambience.
It’s time to celebrate nature.
The Guardian’s #1 Comedy Show of 2021 comes to the Fringe for a limited run.
Join John Bishop and Tony Pitts as they meet a special guest to chat about three words that mean something to them.
When Amy, Megan, Nicole and Olivia decide to go on a week-long girls holiday to Magaluf, some of them are excited for sun, sex and sangria.
A Sri Lankan teenager’s quest to stage a live theatre show amidst post-AL angst, a pandemic and a country in crisis, told through a comedic, musical and dramatic multi-character …
The rapidly ageing minor national treasure from Taskmaster and so on, begins building on the success of current show, This Can’t Be It by taking the first steps towards a new one.
Schola Cantorum sings MacMillan.
A musical coming-of-age journey.
Jonathan’s gorgeous programme starts with two beautiful Villa-Lobos preludes, then dances through a Bach Bourree and Gigue.
New show about getting married, being middle of the road and accidentally going viral for the most embarrassing moment in your life.
After the debut in 2019 of Duo Corde InCanto, the versatile soprano Silvia Mirarchi and refined guitarist Luca Villani return with a new recital spanning five centuries of music fo…
Internationally renowned a cappella sensation Semi-Toned return to Edinburgh, following four consecutive sell-out runs at the Fringe! This time, the boys in burgundy want to attemp…
Children’s Classic Ballet for Dance Teachers offer a workshop on how to teach children’s classical ballet, split between a theoretical lecture and a practical demonstration.
Hailing all the way from the bright lights of New York, Sarah Sherman’s self-described horror comedy show - with the emphasis on the horror - is incredibly ghastly and overly gra…
Tatty Macleod has gained a huge online following thanks to her French vs English sketches (37 million views across Instagram and TikTok).
In a world where everything often seems miserable, it’s an act of rebellion to be hopeful.
In a world where everything often seems miserable, it’s an act of rebellion to be hopeful.
High energy.
High energy.
This show is about identity, where to buy it, and how to cook it properly to make you stand out with your friends.
Formed in 1982, Edinburgh Music Theatre will be celebrating its big birthday (40 years young!) by performing a musical revue.
New York-raised, London based comedian Mike Capozzola’s live multimedia show about the unexpected consequences of irresponsible time-travel and ways to outsmart historical adversar…
New York-raised, London based comedian Mike Capozzola’s live multimedia show about the unexpected consequences of irresponsible time-travel and ways to outsmart historical adversar…
Time to relax and listen to classical music in this beautiful historic church.
Programme marking the 85th anniversary of Philip Glass, Arbroath-based musician Mark Spalding returns with a programme of compositions from six decades performed at the piano.
One Single Thread is a form-bending character and sketch “solo-ish” show written by NYC comedian Lauren Gamiel, featuring Slaney Rose Jordan.
Clara tells the story of 19th century piano star Clara Schumann.
Veteran singer/songwriter/keyboardist Charlie Wood takes you on a live listening tour through the rich musical history of his hometown, performing songs by WC Handy, BB King, Otis …
Presented by the Barsanti Ensemble and the University of Edinburgh Musical Instrument Collection, this concert highlights a manuscript collection of music in Edinburgh University L…
Masculinity is in a state of flux.
Making its debut at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, up-and-coming Czech jazz fusion guitarist Honza Kourimsky blends the music of Eric Clapton with high-energy psychedelic jazz.
Come and enjoy a free afternoon concert from quality performers for your delight lasting approximately an hour.
Join us for an afternoon of free jazz every Saturday and Sunday during the Fringe at The Grand Cafe.
The sequel concert to 2018’s A Really Short Introduction to Scotland’s Piano Music exploring the work of 19th and 20th-century Scottish composers.
Janine filmed an Amazon Prime special.
A beautiful, moving one-act play based on poetry created in a concentration camp by the Jewish children of Prague.
Join us for free music every Saturday night during the Fringe at Southpour with great acoustic artists playing great pop covers.
Few things are guaranteed: death, taxes and Joseph getting ID’d! After amassing over 3 million views on TikTok, taking the runner-up spot at the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the…
A rare chance to hear the music of two of jazz’s great innovators.
Mary O’Connell is conflicted: she hates capitalism but she loves to shop.
Debut show from Sarah Southern who pulls the curtain back on gossip and political scandal.
Join us for a huge selection of free music every Friday and Saturday night during the Fringe at The Golf Tavern with different rock/pop cover bands with a great selection of music …
Very occasionally, a performance transcends the boundaries of the form in ways previously unseen.
Take an easy walking tour to discover a little-known side of Edinburgh’s Old Town.
I think I’ve fallen in love.
In this powerful one-hour theater piece, Kimleigh Smith takes the audience through a journey that is totally uplifting, totally heartbreaking and totally powerful! Totally! is the …
Let the ensemble take you on a journey of sound and motion through a modern artistic portrayal of this 1,400 year-old spiritual practice.
Living legend, world-class entertainer returns with Broadway version of a five-star journey through Black music and his incredible life, with songs, tap dance, stories, comedy.
‘You must suffer me to go my own dark way.
Mina (Comedy Central, STOMP) returns with her acclaimed multimedia show weaving together hilarious and heartfelt stories from her New York upbringing as the daughter of an Italian-…
A mysterious broadcast from the future causes 85% of the world to abandon their friends and family forever.
100,000 characters.
BBC New Comedy Award winner and the Scottish Comedian of the Year 2018 workshops his unique brand of sketches and characters for the very first time.
Join us for free music every Friday night during the Fringe at The Granary with our house musician playing great acoustic pop covers.
Join the award-winning star of Breaking The News, Heart FM and One Show for a joyful new comedy chat show.
After its sensational debut in 2019 and subsequent international critical acclaim, Back to Black returns, taking you on a moving and energising journey through a modern legend’s ca…
Scotland’s greatest bands/artists can often disappear under the title of UK artists.
The One Between, formed from the leaders of both sides of the struggle, is the last hope of restoring balance to the world through a show of strength, spirit, essence and loyalty.
An epic dystopian drama about the threat of religious extremism and right-wing populism.
Think it’s a Stand up solo show? Think again.
MC Hammersmith is the world’s leading freestyle rapper to emerge from the ghetto of middle-class West London.
In 2020, Fuji-Q Highland amusement park in Japan reopened, asking patrons on the rollercoasters to Scream Inside Your Heart.
Mutch returns to the Fringe for a special Work in Progress show.
‘Absurdly talented’ (FringeBiscuit.
In 2020, Fuji-Q Highland amusement park in Japan reopened, asking patrons on the rollercoasters to Scream Inside Your Heart.
A split bill stand-up hour with a cherry on top.
Do you ski? The social media sensation comes to Edinburgh off the back of his first sold-out national tour with a limited run of Work In Progress.
In the mid-80s, at 6 months old, my grandparents become my legal guardians.
‘Russell’s mum believes the whole pandemic is one huge elaborate excuse to get Bradley Walsh more airtime on British TV and Russell is just grateful for a chance to catch up on the…
Alternative comedy extravaganza from two bizarre characters! See The Daft Duo as their solo performance personas in this double-bill.
Paul Sinha is probably best known as one of Bradley Walsh’s TV team of ‘Chasers’: a characterful crew of six champion quizzers whose aim is to stop four plucky hopefuls getti…
Since Charles Ross first brought his hilarious show to Edinburgh in 2006, it has established itself as a Fringe favourite.
In 1810 a brave Scottish man named Sir George Steuart Mackenzie ventured all the way to Iceland with some pals.
Inspired by tales of Sir Lancelot and Robin Hood, plucky heroine Will Tell disguises herself as a knight and rides off on a chivalric quest to rescue her freedom-fighting dad from …
Discover new artists from around the world! Come and enjoy the warmth of the world through a hand-picked selection of of bands, singers and instrumentalists, and soak up their soun…
After his highly acclaimed debut show in 2019, star of The Comedy Underground (BBC Scotland) Robin Grainger is back with more hilarious observations as he tries to put an end to pu…
If it isn’t your old internet friend, Dr Giggles.
Join us for a huge selection of free music every night of the Fringe at Biddy’s with different rock/folk cover bands and a big selection of music right through the festival.
They’re back! After years away touring the world, the Olivier Award-winning godfathers of alternative cabaret celebrate their 30th anniversary with a triumphant return to the Fring…
A new work in progress from the host of The Comedian’s Comedian podcast.
You’ll always find him in the corner at parties, but is it time for Chris to put himself in the middle of things? If not, a trip to the buffet table or maybe the toilet would be id…
Comedian Tom GK has decided to record the greatest album of all time and he has just 50 minutes to prove he’s up to the job.
Award-winning comedian, NHS psychiatrist and author Benji Waterstones shares highlights from his forthcoming book.
Multi award-nominated comedian, Adam Greene takes his debut hour to Edinburgh talking quick fixes for self-improvement, clean living and long-term mental well-being.
Sarah Keyworth’s Lost Boy is very difficult to fully describe.
There’s significant anger in One of Two; a sense of injustice felt by a young man whose experience of the not-so-subtle cruelties and discrimination endured by disabled people is…
The happiest show in Edinburgh! Those of you familiar with the noble Baron and his far-fetched tales of daring do (riding half a horse, flying to the moon on a cannon ball etc) wil…
Join us for free live music every Wednesday to Sunday during the Fringe at Ghillie Dhu with different indie and rock/pop artists with a great selection of music.
‘The only reason for time is so that everything doesn’t happen at once’ (Albert Einstein).
Best Debut show Leicester Comedy Festival 2020 and Funny Women runner-up.
Will used to think his life was a joke – but he was wrong, it’s more like 300.
The most iconic film soundtracks (Pirates of the Caribbeans, Star Wars, Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, The Lord of the Rings, Interstellar and many more) played live in a unique, e…
The best film soundtracks (Pirates of the Caribbeans, Harry Potter, Star Wars, Game of Thrones and more) played live in a unique classical-electronic performance featuring violin, …
Why does time often feel so oppressive? And did it always have to be this way? Part history lesson, part cabaret show and part heart-rending personal quest, this theatrical, musica…
As we all know, COVID was invented to stop people from enjoying live music, but now Two Hearts are here to help us recover from two years of silence.
Funny and touching tribute to this much-loved national treasure.
‘Few comics reduce their audience to the constant waves of laughter for the full hour like Britton does’ (Chortle.
If Jen Brister has learned anything in the past 18 months, it’s that she’s no good in a crisis.
If Jen Brister has learned anything in the past 18 months, it’s that she’s no good in a crisis.
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…
Amazing tales, elegantly told.
A split bill stand-up comedy show featuring two of the country’s most attention seeking stand up comedians.
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.
Acclaimed stand ups Sarah Keyworth (as seen on Live at the Apollo, Mock the Week and 8 Out of Ten Cats) and Dan Cook (as seen on Absolutely Fabulous, Toast of London and Man v Bee)…
Join Liverpool’s Royal Court Youth Theatre for an evening of great music as they showcase their stunning musical talents.
Esther ManitoEsther has just filmed her Live At The Apollo debut and now brings you her award winning brand-new stand-up hour ‘#NotAllMen’ at Soho Theatre, after a suc…
Fringe favourites Theatre Fideri Fidera are back with a hilarious comic reimagining of the tale of Wilhelm Tell.
Sarah Southern pulls the curtain back on gossip and political scandal.
Comedy IT-girl Elf Lyons floats to Penge with a WIP of her new horrifying comedy show inspired by Stephen King.
Highly-anticipated debut stand-up hour from the Hackney Empire New Comedian of the Year Winner, tackling all the big topics; Scottish mothers, sex parties, karate teachers, and men…
William Thompson (BBC New Comedy Awards Finalist 2021) is a stand-up comedian and rising star from Belfast.
William Thompson (BBC New Comedy Awards Finalist 2021) is a stand-up comedian and rising star from Belfast.
Older & Wiser is a show about life and everything it can throw at you, from the perspective of two different comics.
Ahoy Shipmates! All aboard for a night of singing, dancing and sea shanties at a show like ye’ve never been to before! Old Time Sailors is an immersive, audience participation, …
Ahoy Shipmates! All aboard for a night of singing, dancing and sea shanties at a show like ye’ve never been to before! Old Time Sailors is an immersive, audience participation, …
Amazing tales, elegantly told.
Acclaimed Irish comedian Tadhg Hickey, “outstanding physical and comedic performer” (The Scotsman), brings you his weird and wonderful part theatre, part stand-up comedy show, ‘I…
Acclaimed Irish comedian Tadhg Hickey, “outstanding physical and comedic performer” (The Scotsman), brings you his weird and wonderful part theatre, part stand-up comedy show, ‘I…
No One is a modern re-mix of HG Well’s The Invisible Man as a high-octane thriller.
Sometimes you see a piece of theatre that is so superb and shines so bright in every single way that it knocks you sideways.
Join us for a night of live music to uplift your soul! Featuring original music from Standing Phase (formerly The Woodville) bringing their unique blend of soul, with funky underto…
Join Geoff Robb, winner of the 2018 Brighton Fringe Live Music Award, for an evening of magical storytelling and virtuoso guitar that promises to transport you out into the forest.
Enjoy an hour of the best up-and-coming one-liner comedians on the circuit in this celebration of puns, one-liners and wordplay.
Enjoy an hour of the best up-and-coming one-liner comedians on the circuit in this celebration of puns, one-liners and wordplay.
Join us for a night of live music to uplift your soul! Featuring original music from Standing Phase (formerly The Woodville) bringing their unique blend of soul, with funky underto…
Winner of the 2018 Brighton Fringe Live Music Award, Geoff Robb is back with new stories inspired by trees.
One-hit wonders are like love affairs – intense, but alas, all-too-brief- so join award-winning performer Paul Diello and his eight-piece ensemble as they resurrect some of the g…
Sensational Brighton swingers The Soultastics are returning to Brighton Fringe 2022 with a brand new show celebrating the icon musician Louis Prima and his sidekick Keely Smith.
Sensational Brighton swingers The Soultastics are returning to Brighton Fringe 2022 with a brand new show celebrating the icon musician Louis Prima and his sidekick Keely Smith.
The newly formed Amiche Quartet are breaking down the concept of the classical concert.
The newly formed Amiche Quartet are breaking down the concept of the classical concert.
Premiering at Brighton Fringe 2021, ‘Tell Me Why’, a performance by the gender-neutral, avant garde collective NoAgEnDeR.
“Tell me why” A musical stage show that celebrates our cast’s right to live as their authentic selves without apology or judgement.
Out to cause absolute pandemonium, Marcus Megastar’s bringing the party to Brighton with “The Music Of The Night” ’22 Fringe Showcase.
Out to cause absolute pandemonium, Marcus Megastar’s bringing the party to Brighton with “The Music Of The Night” ’22 Fringe Showcase.
Heather Alexander lit up the stage as she portrayed one of the most fearless female writers in history - Virginia Woolf.
(In addition to this online show, John Callaghan will be performing LIVE at the Spiegeltent on 14th June 2021!) https://www.
“You must suffer me to go my own dark way.
69 sketches in the space of an hour! Hyperactive comedy group Biscuit Barrel return to Brighton Fringe! A quickfire sketch show with a mechanical murderer on-the-loose - no charact…
Biscuit Barrel: No Time to Digestive is a whistlestop sketch show that ate and left no crumbs.
Harriet takes a long hard squint at the beauty industry through her two remaining fake eyelashes.
Harriet takes a long hard squint at the beauty industry through her two remaining fake eyelashes.
BBC New Comedy Award semi-finalist Ricky Balshaw is a former Paralympic, World Championship and European Championship dressage medallist, and sports pundit, with a penchant for dar…
Welcome to the afterparty, take a seat but don’t stay forever! We all leave the party at different times but have you hung on until the sun is coming through the curtains, the mu…
Welcome to the afterparty, take a seat but don’t stay forever! We all leave the party at different times but have you hung on until the sun is coming through the curtains, the mu…
Recitals on Tuesdays by distinguished local organists on the fine organ at St.
RECITALS ON TUESDAYS BY DISTINGUISHED LOCAL ORGANISTS ON THE FINE ORGAN AT ST.
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has written a book! Is it really a “modern classic” or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make your minds …
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has written a book! Is it really a “modern classic” or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make your minds …
Sounds Familiar Music Quiz is the biggest, best, most raucous music quiz in the UK! Beware serious quizzers.
Sarah Southern presents her work in progress show, ‘Scandalous!’ Political scandal never stops but what happens when you’re the centre of it? Sarah’s gripping storytelling takes yo…
Sarah Southern presents her work in progress show, ‘Scandalous!’ Political scandal never stops but what happens when you’re the centre of it? Sarah’s gripping storytelling takes yo…
A victorian inventor is flung into the distant future where he discovers a seemingly peaceful society; But when his precious Time Machine is stolen the fraught Traveller must place…
'Hello! What time do you call this?' A friendly voice called out to the audience as we entered the Rotunda performance space.
A busted knee, a burst eardrum, a brain struggling to accept updates, heroic reveries shanghaied by harsh reality; in a bid to recapture what was, ageing bath-time fantasist Todd m…
Treasure This Place is a site-specific, city-wide immersive poetry installation.
Treasure This Place is a site-specific, city-wide immersive poetry installation.
Alice is bored and loves to daydream.
Alice is bored and loves to daydream.
A busted knee, a burst eardrum, a brain struggling to accept updates, heroic reveries shanghaied by harsh reality; in a bid to recapture what was, ageing bath-time fantasist Todd m…
Tadhg Hickey introduces you to Feargal; a downtrodden but cheery man who fulfilled his lifelong dream of becoming an alcoholic.
Based on the 18th century Beggar’s Opera and Brecht & Weill’s Threepenny Opera, the band present their own version of this wildly entertaining story as a song cycle swarming wi…
A group of university friends reunites over dinner with lots to catch up on.
A group of friends take on Corona O Virus in a battle during “The Strangest Time”Blue Diamond is a third-level drama training academy for people with intell…
Meet Dolly: a 20-something Londoner with one hell of a temper.
In Ruby’s Pop-Up record and vintage clothes shop magical things are happening, people are falling in love, finding themselves, sorting their lives and restyli…
In Ruby’s Pop-Up record and vintage clothes shop magical things are happening, people are falling in love, finding themselves, sorting their lives and restyli…
It's me again, your old internet friend Dr Giggles.
It's me again, your old internet friend Dr Giggles.
You pull the strings.
Chiron: A One Centaur Show Lanky horse-boy talks funny A Beautiful Mess To-do lists aren't actually helpful.
The Documentary No One Asked ForThis absurdly hilarious radio play follows the investigations of a disgraced RTE journalist who has travelled to a strange island off the…
No One Is Coming is a storytelling performance about a mother and a daughter inspired by real life events and infused with Irish mythology and comedy.
In modern parlance Gustav Holst might be regarded as something of a one-hit wonder, though aficionados could point to many other worthy works that have a more esoteric appeal and a…
If you feel the blue in January, join us for 3 nights of fun. Thursday 13th, 20th and the 27th of January at Bar Soho!Ticket link
"Part gig, part festival, part immersive adventure" - Lauren Laverne "Secret Cinema for live music" - London Live "Best Covid Safe Live Music Event 2020&qu…
The ultimate deep dive retro night! Re-live your youth and enjoy the hits, forgotten gems and flops from 1998! It was the year pure pop really hit the big time with B*Witched …
There are few things worth travelling the length of the Jubilee Line for on a cold and wet rush-hour on a December night.
The official Homotopia Festival laid-back vibes closing party.
White Wine Question Time, the fun and conversational podcast based around three thought-provoking questions over three glasses of wine, has seen over 2 million listeners…
White Wine Question Time, the fun and conversational podcast based around three thought-provoking questions over three glasses of wine, has seen over 2 million listeners…
Sam Delaney and Andy Dawson have converted their nonsense podcast into a grand theatrical experience once again, with some of the most popular characters and features fr…
In this concert the seven composers and five soloists involved in this project reveal the results of their extended in-depth collaborations, and present seven new works …
New covid-safe version of Brite Theater’s multi award-winning show! The fourth wall has been utterly obliterated, as the audience take on the roles of all the other characters at R…
One man.
‘Master of one-liners’ and DAVE’s Top Ten Jokes of The Edinburgh Fringe 2019 MARK SIMMONS, recently joined Dara O’Brian and Hugh Dennis on BBC2’s Mock The Week as…
Get ready for an evening of midnight-movie gore and bombastic bad taste in the killer new show from drag monstrosity Baby Lame.
The debut event at the new BOLD Elephant venue, What They Forgot To Tell Us (and other stories) is an immersive promenade theatre experience about the power of stories.
Renowned as the ‘Godfather of Gothic Horror’, Poe was a pioneer in establishing the horror genre.
A marathon of gothic horror masterpieces. One actor performs Edgar Allan Poe’s most spine-chilling classics
There’s magic in every moment at Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, the most awarded play in history and “one of the most defining pop culture events of the decade&rdqu…
Mira loses her virginity in the car park at her school.
Live music makes its first steps back to the Space Theatre! Three solo artists share their unique perspective and take on guitar-based rock music, from grungy existentialism to …
White Wine Question Time, the fun and conversational podcast based around three thought-provoking questions over three glasses of wine, has seen over 2 million listeners…
When Darren and Kathleen meet as grieving strangers on the tube, Darren finds that by giving her purpose to live, he manages to silence his own demons- but for how long?Playful, th…
What’s scarier than a slice of gothic horror? Four slices, that’s what.
A musical AND a film about Queen and not ONE show about The Fall? That’s bobbins! The Church of The Fall is one man’s attempt to do justice to Mark E.
A musical AND a film about Queen and not ONE show about The Fall? That’s bobbins! The Church of The Fall is one man’s attempt to do justice to Mark E.
A musical AND a film about Queen and not ONE show about The Fall? That’s bobbins! The Church of The Fall is one man’s attempt to do justice to Mark E.
“ I can’t tell if I am being ghosted or that person is practising social distancing very well” Watch Irish comedian Anna Clifford's work in p…
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR VERY IMPORTANT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH Any age, gender, height, music taste, shoe size please apply Research will take place in Manchester.
The ultimate deep dive retro night! Re-live your youth and enjoy the hits, forgotten gems and flops from 2001! Its been 20 years since 2001, the year that Atomic Kitten swappe…
White Wine Question Time, the fun and conversational podcast based around three thought-provoking questions over three glasses of wine, has seen over 2 million listeners…
London Pride is NOT cancelled!Yes Sadiq said we can’t have our annual parade BUT no one can stop us having fun and celebrating our right to be proud.
Known for his brilliant riffing and playful crowd interaction, American comedian Ray Harrington makes his Fringe debut with an unpredictable mix of material, riffing and crowd work…
Known for his brilliant riffing and playful crowd interaction, American comedian Ray Harrington makes his Fringe debut with an unpredictable mix of material, riffing and crowd work…
Classical dance genres performed by Dr Radha Krishnan, Arabhi Krishnan and students of Dr Radha Krishnan showcasing their talent.
People of Edinburgh, I have dearly missed you.
Join Jim Parkyn – professional plasticine player, expert Aardman Animator and the mysterious man behind The Amazing Scene Machine.
The world’s angriest optimist returns for another bash at sorting out life’s inexplicable complications.
The world’s angriest optimist returns for another bash at sorting out life’s inexplicable complications.
These neat little monologues are a sort of fan fiction inspired by various works of Shakespeare (The Tempest, Romeo & Juliet, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hamlet, Macbeth, Twelf…
‘If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses’ - Henry Ford.
‘If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses’ - Henry Ford.
Rich Wilson is fast becoming one of the most in-demand comedians in the land with his award-winning shows, podcasts and radio shows.
Mark Simmons (Mock The Week, Dave’s Top Jokes of the Fringe 2017, 2019) has been busy with his podcast Jokes With Mark over the last 18 months, interviewing the likes of Milton Jon…
Hello audiences, I have dearly missed you.
A work-in-progress show from a rising cult comic on the state of the world.
Why does time so often feel so oppressive? And did it always have to be this way? Part history lesson, part cabaret show, and part heart-rending personal quest, ‘A Matter of Time’ …
Why does time so often feel so oppressive? And did it always have to be this way? Part history lesson, part cabaret show, and part heart-rending personal quest, ‘A Matter of Time’ …
Stephen Buchanan (BBC New Comedy Award, Scottish Comedian of the Year) and Liam Withnail (Amused Moose Winner for Outstanding Show, Scottish Compere of the Year) are back and rarin…
Brand new work in progress show from working class Cornish actor and comedian Tamsyn Kelly.
Pete loves to criticise - though perhaps it’s time he looked at himself.
A work-in-progress show from a man that’s had more jobs than years lived and more near death experiences than meaningful relationships - find out what he’s learnt from all this, if…
A work-in-progress show from a man that’s had more jobs than years lived and more near death experiences than meaningful relationships - find out what he’s learnt from all this, if…
Emperor clown Christian Brighty presents an absurd love letter to play, romance and stupidity.
Pete loves to criticise - though perhaps it’s time he looked at himself.
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has landed a book deal! Is he sitting on a 'modern classic' or are his publishers as deluded as h…
An hour of new material from Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominee Sarah Keyworth.
An hour of new material from Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominee Sarah Keyworth.
Stefan Warzycki presents a programme of piano music for the left hand including Godowsky’s studies on Chopin’s Op 10 Études, Scenes of Iceland by Thordur Magnusson and Scriabin’s …
There was a comment made in an article in the Edinburgh Evening News just before the Fringe began about how, after the amount of time comedians have had to prepare for the 2021 Fri…
A 45-minute experiment in silliness depths.
A brand new collection of fun and silly ideas loosely arranged into the form of a show by award winning comedian Andy Field.
A brand new collection of fun and silly ideas loosely arranged into the form of a show by award winning comedian Andy Field As seen/heard on BBC One, Radio …
In her work-in-progress show, In the Dark, Adele ponders the power of knowledge, the power in refusing it, and all things that go on when the lights go off.
No Refunds.
A brand new collection of fun and silly ideas loosely arranged into the form of a show by award winning comedian Andy Field.
Meet Sarah and her best friend Duck! Join us for a magical adventure live on stage with a whole host of your favourite friends including The Ribbon Sisters, The Sha…
Adam Rowe – Imperious (WIP).
Lunchtime recital: Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time.
Including Peter Maxwell Davies’s Farewell to Stromness, a rousing Paco Peña flamenco, a Bach Prelude and Fugue, a beautiful traditional Russian melody, telling a tragic love story…
A ‘gut-bustingly funny’ (**** (List)) thing in a turtleneck gives you a makeover for the interior design of your mind.
Does emotion help us make moral judgements? Alfie Brown is performing a work-in-progress show (which are often a lot more fun) that will attempt to answer this question.
As times of heady redolence go, the 1990s lacks the brittle style of the 1920s, sepia-tinted upper-lips of haunted men in WWI uniforms, or groovy pereniorange of the 1960s… And y…
Come on a musical journey through time as we perform tracks across the years using only our voices! The University of Birmingham A Cappella Society is back for their fifth time at …
Tad is one of comedy’s most exciting new acts; already scoring a multitude of award including winning the London and Manchester King Gong, The Frog and Bucket’s Beat The Frog, The …
Jazz is a story of rhythm and improvisation, race and privilege, high art and laughing stock.
This is a brand-new show from Rachel.
Three badass funny femmes present you with a hilariously diverse triple bill of comedy.
Three badass funny femmes present you with a hilariously diverse triple bill of comedy.
Tad is one of comedy’s most exciting new acts; already scoring a multitude of award including winning the London and Manchester King Gong, The Frog and Bucket’s Beat The Frog, The …
The show comprises of Ashish Suri and a different *friend sharing their weird tales and giving a view of the world through different perspectives.
It’s pirate ships and salty old sea dogs in this swashbuckling adaptation.
The show comprises of Ashish Suri and a different *friend sharing their weird tales and giving a view of the world through different perspectives.
Fed up with being told how to look and behave since she was a teenager, Harriet is taking a long hard squint at the beauty industry through her two remaining false eye lashes.
Two award-winning comedians premier their latest routines after a year inside.
After almost two years off duty, award-winning stand-up Pierre Novellie is back at the Fringe and ready to perform to whoever else is willing to leave the house.
Cockroach is an hour of dark, gut-wrenching stand-up from one of the best comedians in the country.
One of the Gals is completely packed.
Richard Stott returns to the Camden Fringe with a show exploring the merits and pitfalls of loyalty.
Join rising comedy talent and naive suburbanite Jake Farrell as he musters up the bottle and the jokes required to perform a debut hour about fear, the future and Stevenage.
In her work-in-progress show, In the Dark, Adele ponders the power of knowledge, the power in refusing it, and all things that go on when the lights go off.
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has written a book! Is it really a “modern classic” or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make your minds …
To do list: house, get partner, career, smokin’ body and family.
Laura Smyth and Suzie Preece present their split bill show "I'll Tell You What", an hour of stand-up comedy by two of the funniest women coming up on the …
Laura Smyth and Suzie Preece present their split bill show “I’ll Tell You What”, an hour of stand-up comedy by two of the funniest women coming up on the circuit.
Ah, the 90s! The decade that Shaparak was in her twenties and ‘ladette’ culture ruled the school.
Laura Smyth and Suzie Preece present their split bill show “I’ll Tell You What”, an hour of stand-up comedy by two of the funniest women coming up on the circuit.
After two sell-out Edinburgh runs, one third of Massive Dad (‘Hilarious’ **** (Guardian)) returns to Edinburgh, armed with her useless degree in Anthropology, for a show about how …
Professional slacker and sensitive friend Rajiv Karia (BBC Audio Contract Writer, 2021) presents a work-in-progress show of acerbic observations about his life so far, and the jour…
Music, Poetry & Silence for Healing: We have planned a series of events that both reflect on the atmosphere of live music and of quietness and reflection – a time for sharing our…
Katie Mitchell will do EVERYTHING to become your best friend tonight other than let go of the thousands of little things she likes and thinks you should like to.
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 world’s angriest optimist returns for another bash at sorting out life’s inexplicable complications.
Pianodrome presents four stunning performances from exceptional musical acts who are passionate about bringing their deep understanding of classical chamber music to a contemporary…
It’s a Fringe 1st.
Harriet Kemsley: Secrets (WIP) Harriet takes a long hard squint at the beauty industry through her remaining fake eyelashes.
Harriet Kemsley: Secrets (WIP) Harriet takes a long hard squint at the beauty industry through her remaining fake eyelashes.
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has written a book! Is it really a “modern classic” or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make your minds …
Enjoy an hour of the best up-and-coming, one-liner comedians on the circuit in this celebration of puns, one-liners and wordplay.
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has landed a book deal! Is he sitting on a 'modern classic' or are his publishers as deluded as h…
Sportsperson is a work in progress show written and performed by comedian Cerys Bradley (Soho Theatre Young Company, Amused Moose Semi-finalist 2020, as seen on BBC Sesh, “Slick …
He’s back with a brand new comedy show for 2021! Mask off, mic on, laughs had! Four-time Scottish Comedian of the Year finalist.
You will need a team of two to four, internet access on your phone, your eyes and legs! We’ll provide the kit and instructions.
Fiercely fabulous and fictitious Las Vegas lounge legend, Trudy Carmichael has lived (and nearly died), loved (and often lost) more than most mere mortals, but she gets through all…
Lockdown has been a universal experience for everyone in this country.
In association with Smock Alley Theatre, acclaimed Irish comedian Tadhg Hickey brings you his weird and wonderful part-theatre, part-stand-up comedy show, In One Eye, Out the Other…
Gather your team of 2-5 sailors and get to the shores of Calton Island.
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.
Sportsperson is a work in progress show written and performed by comedian Cerys Bradley (Soho Theatre Young Company, Amused Moose Semi-finalist 2020, as seen on BBC Sesh, “Slick …
Treasure Hunt for the Imagination.
‘Laugh-out-loud funny, bold, fascinating, whip-smart’ **** (Everything-Theatre.
Pianodrome presents four stunning performances from exceptional musical acts who are passionate about bringing their deep understanding of classical chamber music to a contemporary…
Like Fresh Skin.
It’s 1881 and the manuscript for Robert Louis Stevenson’s new novel has just been stolen.
A hypnotic dreamscape.
Doctor Who: Time Fracture, a ground-breaking Immersive Theatrical Adventure, plunges you into the incredible Universe of Doctor Who.
“Rising star of the British stand-up scene” (The List) Alex Kealy presents a stand-up hour about Silicon Valley, advertising, addiction and monopolies.
Ah, the 90s! The decade that Shaparak was in her twenties and ‘ladette’ culture ruled the school.
Join us in the fabulous atmosphere of Assembly George Square Gardens for some of the best in local, Scottish and festival music on our new, open-air stage! Featuring your favourite…
An unpredictable debut from the chaotic mind of self-proclaimed loser Adam Willis (Willis & Vere).
I Miss Amy Winehouse is the first solo hour from new comedian Suchandrika Chakrabarti (Funny Women Stage Awards semi-finalist 2020, British Comedy Guide Pro Performance Awards fina…
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…
Over a decade ago Amused Moose Winner 2020 and BBC New Comedy Award Nominated comedian Lew Fitz ran away from home and hasn’t been back since.
If you hate Laura McMahon, women in general or comedy, then don’t see this show.
What does it mean to belong and where is home? With her new passport in hand, this new WIP will see Olga Koch try to figure out who the hell she is as an immigrant and certified te…
Two of the most medicated comedians on the circuit bring you a night of pure self-indulgence.
When Darren and Kathleen meet as grieving strangers on the tube, Darren finds that by giving her purpose to live, he manages to silence his own demons, but for how long? Playful,…
Over a decade ago Amused Moose Winner 2020 and BBC New Comedy Award Nominated comedian Lew Fitz ran away from home and hasn’t been back since.
Two of the most medicated comedians on the circuit bring you a night of pure self-indulgence.
If you hate Laura McMahon or women in general or comedy this isn’t the show for you.
If you hate Laura McMahon, women in general or comedy, then don’t see this show.
What does it mean to belong and where is home? With her new passport in hand, this new WIP will see Olga Koch try to figure out who the hell she is as an immigrant and certified te…
When Darren and Kathleen meet as grieving strangers on the tube, Darren finds that by giving her purpose to live, he manages to silence his own demons, but for how long? Playful,…
A string of questionable relationships leaves one painfully optimistic girl grappling with the realisation that she doesn’t know how to be both happy and alone.
A string of questionable relationships leaves one painfully optimistic girl grappling with the realisation that she doesn’t know how to be both happy and alone.
Shelf are a musical comedy double act.
Having enjoyed sell out runs at Edinburgh and Adelaide Fringes, Back To Black returns to Brighton to take you on an electrifying journey through the career of a modern legend who s…
Having enjoyed sell out runs at Edinburgh and Adelaide Fringes, Back To Black returns to Brighton to take you on an electrifying journey through the career of a modern legend who s…
The show that was going to be about feminism, but is now going to be about her dog.
William Blake said that everything is an attempt to be human.
Electric Cabaret Company are back by popular demand after two years of hilarious sell-out shows! As a V.
Bumfluffery and other silliness.
Join us for a night of celebration! Featuring music from The Woodville, with their blend of soul/funk and gospel influences, playing songs from their forthcoming album.
Electric Cabaret Company are back by popular demand after two years of hilarious sell-out shows! As a V.
Join us for a night of celebration! Featuring music from The Woodville, with their blend of soul/R&B playing songs from their forthcoming album - guest artist Mark Edwards on piano…
Using a sampler to travel through time, DJ and funny man Vinney White takes us from bone flute to drum loop.
Throughout lockdown, many of us have enjoyed reconnecting with the natural world.
The History Bois: Adventures in Time & Gender residency, 23-26 June, @ ONCA Barge.
Come and enjoy live, classical music in a relaxed, lunchtime performance with City of London Sinfonia.
Four local ‘Sing Out’ community choirs are singing together to celebrate Make Music Day 2021. As part of the Albany’s Summer in the Garden.
“You must suffer me to go my own dark way.
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is one of Robert Louis Stevenson's most popular novels.
This 6-piece live music band play original material interwoven with all the classic disco & funk tracks, guaranteed to get your feet moving, your hands clapping and your spirit sin…
This 6-piece live music band play original material interwoven with all the classic disco & funk tracks, guaranteed to get your feet moving, your hands clapping and your spirit sin…
Sara Segovia Rodao and Lachlan Werner are cuties by nature, cancers by astrological sign and clowns by trade.
‘Love Is The Sweetest Thing’ - A celebration of the music and life of Ray Noble.
‘Love Is The Sweetest Thing’ - A celebration of the music and life of Ray Noble.
A personal performance of a woman’s struggle growing up in a man-made world.
It’s 10 years since Amy Winehouse died.
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.
History is brought to life, and the man behind one of the most famous speeches in British history is revealed in this delightful two-hander, Chamberlain: Peace in our Time, from Se…
Chamberlain in the run-up to his declaration of war includes popular songs of WW2.
Love never stops, not even during Lockdown, but it gets so much harder.
Love never stops, not even during Lockdown, but it gets so much harder.
A brief journey into the careers, friendship and playful rivalry of Noel Coward and Cole Porter, two theatrical giants of the 20th Century, mainly focusing on their passion for tra…
RECITALS ON TUESDAYS BY DISTINGUISHED LOCAL ORGANISTS ON THE FINE ORGAN AT ST.
A brief journey into the careers, friendship and playful rivalry of Noel Coward and Cole Porter, two theatrical giants of the 20th Century, mainly focusing on their passion for tra…
Why does time so often feel so oppressive? And did it always have to be this way? Part history lesson, part cabaret show, and part heart-rending personal quest, ‘A Matter of Time’ …
Anjali Singh has created a show that is a fusion of a Ted Talk, comedy and musical theatre, to depict how much time changes in the blink of an eye.
Sounds Familiar Music Quiz is the biggest, best, most raucous music quiz in the UK! Beware serious quizzers.
If you had a house fire what single item would you save? Treasure reveals the surprising and often touching stories that people have about the one thing they would hate to lose.
Jake Lambert (Tour support for Romesh Ranganathan and Michael McIntyre) brings his WIP show to Brighton fringe.
Join the People’s Music Collective for the launch of their debut EP - ‘UnLocked’! The PMC is a Soundcastle band based in Worthing, which celebrates the creativity, resilience and …
Spiegeltent regular John Callaghan has performed his thoughtful and spiky electronica for record labels like Warp and as one half of comedy duo Eccentronic.
Join the People’s Music Collective for the launch of their debut EP - ‘UnLocked’! The PMC is a Soundcastle band based in Worthing, which celebrates the creativity, resilience and …
What is life like if you are a woman affected by homelessness in West Sussex? The exhibition you’re about to view sets out to give you a glimpse into this world.
Premiering at Brighton Fringe 2021, ‘Tell Me Why’, a performance by the gender-neutral, avant garde collective NoAgEnDeR.
If you had a house fire what single item would you save? Treasure reveals the surprising and often touching stories that people have about the one thing they would hate to lose.
Following his recent appearances with Lionel Richie himself on ITV’s ‘Sunday Night At The Palladium’ and the ‘Graham Norton Show’ for the B…
Traditional, Victorian ‘Old Time Music Hall’ All the songs you love to sing and the jokes you love to hear.
Comedy ventriloquist Steve Hewlett brings his own style of comedy to the Ventriloquist world and his stuffed friends tag along for hilarious situations and improvisation…
Comedy ventriloquist Steve Hewlett brings his own style of comedy to the Ventriloquist world and his stuffed friends tag along for hilarious situations and improvisation…
A two hour introductory workshop for self-producing artists and others interested in producing.
The award-nominated sell out show will be available to stream online! Some people are inherently unlikeable.
“It’s what we do.
Hounslow’s Hidden Heroes by Laura Edralin is currently on display at Salisbury Cafe.
The phrase "Every Time a Bell Rings" is well known and resonates especially at Christmas time: straight away we expect a link to the classic It’s a Wonderful Life, and …
Westcliff High School for Boys’s troupe of players from all year groups brings the late 19th century tradition of Music Hall back to life with some wonderful old songs, glorious …
Before “It’s a Wonderful Life” the angels were still at work.
Comedy ventriloquist Steve Hewlett brings his own style of comedy to the Ventriloquist world and his stuffed friends tag along for hilarious situations and improvisation…
OffWestEnd commended Conflicted Theatre are delighted to return to Omnibus Theatre following their success with Fiji, reuniting once more with Pedro Leandro.
Mama G is out of lockdown and on her way to Brighton with an array of fabulous frocks and stories about being who you are and loving who you want! There’ll be singing, laughter,…
Renowned UK singer/pianist Jeremy Sassoon presents and performs his history of Jewish songwriters from the piano, supported by his trio.
Get started with writing that story you’ve always dreamed of telling in this interactive one-hour workshop.
Following a sell-out run at Edinburgh Fringe, the show premieres at Brighton to take you on a moving yet energising journey through the career of a modern legend.
This virtual live event explores the role of theatre and performance in military life, especially in boosting troops’ morale.
Embodied Theatre: explore theatre makers NMT Automatics and classicist Jon Heskers’ creation process questioning the role of ancient battle narratives in modern perceptions of wa…
Guitarist Geoff Robb was the winner of the 2018 Brighton Fringe Live Music Award and since then he has been writing music inspired by trees.
Orlando, an attractive, swashbuckling, time-travelling nobleman, favourite of Queen Elizabeth and lover of Princess Sasha, lives over 500 years.
Following sell-out runs in 2016, 2018 and 2019, mind reader Mason King returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with his unique brand of entertainment! Having been a fan of time-th…
Every song a classic! Hailed by critics and fans alike as one of the finest songwriters of his generation, Friedman has achieved legendary, pop-icon status for chart-topping hits, …
Phil Spencer will discuss the financial challenges of making a short film and how to overcome them.
Captain Ben Mason (Director of Music Band of the Grenadier Guards) and Lance Sergeant Ian Shepherd (Band of the Grenadier Guards) lead a session on creating atmosphere through musi…
Brighton resident and local legend Al Start is heading to the beach this Summer with an array of stories and songs for kids and their grown-ups.
Led by local historian and actor Colin Brown, Rebustours run throughout the Fringe, starting and finishing at The Royal Oak pub on Infirmary Street.
Discover the stories of the musicians who have stayed, played and made music in Scotland’s capital city with these entertaining, guided walking tours.
Mama G is out of lockdown and on her way to Brighton with an array of fabulous frocks and stories about being who you are and loving who you want! There’ll be singing, laughter,…
One traveler is catapulted on a journey through space-time, only to find himself on a desperate hunt to reconnect with those he left back home.
Sometimes we all feel different but not everyone has that confirmed by a professional.
Following a sell-out run at Fringe 2019, Back To Black returns to take you on a moving yet energising journey through the career of a modern legend.
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 …
Perhaps Pinter’s most political theatrical statement rings terrifyingly true as we enter our new decade.
Chris Dugdale, the only act ever to win the Edfest Bouquet four times! Total sell-out 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019.
They’re back! After years away, touring the world, the Olivier Award-winning godfathers of alternative cabaret celebrate their 30th anniversary with a triumphant return to the Frin…
Lil’ Keys, big jokes.
The remarkably funny and true story of actor Nigel Miles-Thomas putting on the first-ever Pantomime in Los Angeles in 1991.
McFly are confirmed for a night of explosive pop on Sat 11 July.
Eight-time Grammy award winning Ms.
Searching for meaning in the art of flamenco, María Pagés beautifully blends art and life in her in-depth explorations of the genre itself.
Artist of the moment, Scottish singer-songwriter Lewis Capaldi scored the biggest selling album and single of 2019.
Continuing the classic theme is Olivier and Tony Award-winner, Lea Salonga.
Sarah Brightman, international singing superstar and world’s best selling soprano, is confirmed to open Greenwich Music Time on Mon 6 July.
First hour of stand up from Maddie Campion; a show about career choices, billionaires, and the hustle.
Truth and taboo collide in this intimate visit with a phone sex operator.
The lockdown goes on and theatre will likely not return anytime soon.
Following on from his critically acclaimed shows about talking, hair, sleep, water, faces, the sky and the colour yellow, “the Fringe’s comedian laureate” (British Comedy Guide…
Jesse is paranoid and he's frightened and it's messing up his relationship, his job, his daughter and his life… In a bittersweet comedy fuelled by anti-Semitis…
A comedy show by Andrea Hubert, in which she’ll mostly bitch about the people in her group therapy, while attempting to make a point about ageing and being Jewish …
Claire Lenahan is your bog standard obnoxious American comedian / magician/ escapologist / identity thief.
Q The Music Show James Bond Concert Spectacular has been a huge success all around the world with its energetic and exciting performance by some of the UK’s leading musicians.
Following a successful debut tour culminating at The Leicester Square Theatre and a recording of a sold out hometown show.
Tell all the truth, but tell it slant.
Paquito Forever, performed by Joan Vázquez, is an intimate, personal (and musical!) and fun account of the real-life adventures of Paquito (Paco) Alonso, a gay Catalonian growing …
Traditional, Victorian ‘Old Time Music Hall’ All the songs you love to sing and the jokes you love to hear.
Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic is brought to life on stage in a brand new adaptation, premiering at The Hawth.
Threedumb Theatre returns to the Tristan Bates Theatre for another whole day of one-act plays, showcasing a wide variety of new writing.
Harry and Chris (Guardian Pick of the Fringe 2018) are at the top of their field, having invented the field of comedy-rap-jazz.
In August 2013, Shane Warne, Australian cricketing legend drove Orlando Gibbs, English generic person to Wales.
London is one of the most diverse cities in the world, a place where people of different generations class, ethnicity, faith and sexual orientation co-exist.
In 2039, a successful Black writer lives a perfect life in a future where racism has ceased to exist.
“The precision and sophistication of the writing and playing blows me away.
Christian Patterson returns as the clumsy schemer Francis Henshall! Written by Richard Bean| Directed by Peter Doran| Designed by Sean Crowley This Autumn, the Torch Theatr…
In fringe theatre, no one can hear you scream: one hour, one woman, one cult movie.
Sarah Southern had her political awakening very early: at three she was dressing up as Maggie! She worked at the heart of the political machine and her story of election…
DRACULA: ONE BLOODY FANG AFTER ANOTHERWritten and Performed by John Hewer Whitby, England, 1897.
From the producers of the West End hit shows 'Seven Drunken Nights - The Story of The Dubliners' and 'Walk Right Back - The Everly Brothers Story', t…
From the producers of the West End hit shows 'Seven Drunken Nights - The Story of The Dubliners' and 'Walk Right Back - The Everly Brothers Story', t…
After being fired from his skiffle band, Francis Henshall is skint and hungry.
Explore the effects of dementia on speech, memory and family life.
As Time Goes By is a fast paced, high energy musical marathon through the ages, featuring toe tapping tunes and the blissful close harmony of the UK's finest vintag…
Written, created and performed by Isabella Bliss, international star of both screen and stage.
Andy Dawson and Sam Delaney’s highly-acclaimed podcast is finally reimagined as a theatrical experience.
Join Chapterhouse Theatre Company for this brand-new adaptation of everyone’s favourite swashbuckling pirate adventure: Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island.
GWC Trad Band is a nine-piece band playing Scottish and traditional music with a vibrant, modern twist.
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…
The Time Show is a comedy/theatre/spoken word show about time.
Internationally acclaimed choir The Sixteen, led by Harry Christophers CBE, present an exclusive programme of Elizabethan and Jacobean choral works, spanning the life of Richard Bu…
Val McDermid, best known for her Wire in the Blood series which was adapted for television, published Broken Ground, 5th in the Karen Pirie series earlier this year.
One is the final part in Bert and Nasi’s trilogy on contemporary questions, following Eurohouse and the Total Theatre Award-winning Palmyra.
Acknowledged as ‘a forerunner in the new generation of classical guitarists’ (BBC Radio 3) and a graduate of the Royal College of Music, Michael Christian Durrant presents a progra…
In equal parts, a piano recital, a one-man play and a surrealist film, amalgamated into a unique theatrical experience.
Sarah McGuinness welcomes you Back to Blacks, the eclectic live music and chat show streaming regularly from Blacks Club, Soho.
Geoff Palmer, born in Jamaica immigrated to London in 1955.
A remarkably vivid picture of one merciless family and three desperate lives.
‘The best artist we’ve ever had in session’ (BBC Radio Scotland).
After sell-out shows in 2017 and 2018, Durham University’s award-winning Northern Lights return with their most ambitious and best show yet.
Louise Welsh appeared on the literary scene with her debut novel The Cutting Room.
Imagine you can travel through time.
Award-winning writer and stand-up Katie Mulgrew used to be a card-carrying God botherer.
Hello, I am Charles Quarterman.
Scottish jazz/funk brass band Brass Gumbo take a magical musical tour through the back catalogue of The Beatles, infusing instrumental jazz and funk (and plenty of New Orleans seas…
The multi-stylistic, unconventional cellist and singer Johanna Stein returns to the Fringe.
Discover the secrets of the universe.
Notes 3; Prélude de la Porte Héroïque du Ciel; Dances gothiques; Croquis et agaceries d’un gros bonhomme en bois; 6 Gnossiennes.
Cora is at the festival to see her ex-boyfriend perform.
Funny Women One to Watch and Soho Radio presenter Kelly Ford AKA Book of Mum teams up with Max Turner finalist Naomi Wattis (BBC Two, BBC Radio 4 Extra) to talk about judgment, per…
Come and join Bessy and friends in their new lunchtime chamber music concerts for children! Bring along your own picnic and munch your lunch as Bessy and friends serenade you in ou…
Award-winning PipaRimba is an innovative and masterful pipa/marimba duo.
The Importance of Being Earnest meets A Mid Summer Night’s Dream in this original classical comedy.
The award-winning Fiona Henderson School of Dance returns to the Edinburgh Fringe after their sell-out debut in 2017 with a unique creative dance composition created and rehearsed …
The RCS is holding auditions for this innovative programme for actors and directors, with some experience, who want to become more reflective, aspirational practitioners.
Narrative subverted for unwholesome purposes.
If you were invited to a 50th birthday party in Ibiza, would you go? Are you a party animal? Can you get a sitter for the kids? Can you get the time off work? Have you got £1k for…
Presented by Indigenous Contemporary Scene, performance-based installation This Time Will Be Different denounces the Canadian government’s discourse on Indigenous people and takes …
Miss Sophie has invited her four closest friends to celebrate her 90th birthday.
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…
Internationally acclaimed writer John Philip Newell works with some of the most talented young artists of Scotland to tell the story of an enchanted Hebridean world that was lost b…
In an unassuming French restaurant, an American news anchor meets with a man who reveals to her that the 1969 moon landing was faked and this time there’s proof.
Forty singers including Barbara Dickson, Karine Polwart, Archie Fisher, Adam McNaughtan, Dick Gaughan, Arthur Johnstone, Ian McCalman and Canadian Iain Rankin, singing the great so…
Beth Vyse returns as Olive Hands in this work in progress show: The Hands Have It! where she finds herself running for leader of the Western world.
‘Bold, subversive and dominant’ (ObjectivelyFunny.
In this concert you will hear a wide variety of piobaireachd (pronounced approximately ‘pee-broch’), the classical music of the great Highland bagpipe, Scotland’s national in…
‘Your children are not your children.
Join farmers David and Sam, as they share with you their untold adventures, full of mishaps and misfortunes.
Morning: coffee concert of informal music-making.
Their iconic songs and swing instrumentals are performed by Roy Mac (Spatz Showband), Dick Lee (Dick Lee’s Sextet), Malcolm MacFarlane (Scottish Guitar Quintet) and Ed Kelly (bass)…
Since 1999, ROSL has brought together young classical musicians from across the Commonwealth to perform at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Everybody knows Mallorca, Menorca and Ibiza, our beaches and landscapes, but the Balearics are not only sand and sun.
A night of Romanian traditional music with songs from Maria Tanase, Ileana Sararoiu, Liviu Vasilica, Surorile Osoianu and many more.
Music from the Heart with Andrew Leslie and Stephen Roberts is a concert for lovers of acoustic music featuring compositions by Andrew Leslie played on acoustic guitars and double …
Time to relax and listen to classical music in this beautiful historic church just off the Royal Mile.
Join our curators, conservator and volunteers on special highlight tours of St Cecilia’s Hall, Scotland’s oldest concert hall and home of the University of Edinburgh’s world renown…
Geoff Robb was the winner of the 2018 Brighton Fringe Live Music Award and since then he has been writing music inspired by trees.
Join us on the red carpet for the big premiere of this concert featuring hit songs from the silver screen, including The Greatest Showman, Mamma Mia, James Bond, La La Land and mor…
The Brunton’s series of classical lunchtime concerts.
Queen are in Edinburgh and they’re here to rock in a brand-new show guaranteed to blow your mind.
Interactive story telling, plus an all day Riddling Competition! Mums, dads, teenagers, juniors and little ones over 5.
The Mother Music Daughter Dance is a lively, funny, bittersweet theatrical duet between a real-life mother and daughter.
Venture into a magic land of epicness with this film music concert.
Following their run of sell-out lunchtime acoustic blues shows in Fringe 2018, Whisky Road are back with their lunchtime acoustic blues show.
Crichton Kirk welcomes internationally renowned ensemble The Marian Consort, whose dynamic, fresh approach to Portuguese polyphony entranced audiences in 2017.
Join us for a huge selection of free acoustic music, duos, bands, singers and more through the day and night on this launch day of Fringe Music on the Grassmarket.
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Sarah Southern had her political awakening very early: at three she was dressing up as Maggie! She worked at the heart of the political machine and her story of elections, campaign…
Described last year as the best-kept secret of the Fringe, one of Ireland’s best comedy writers returns with another brand-new show.
Experience the dark and hidden atmosphere of the Detective Inspector John Rebus books which are written by best-selling crime writer Ian Rankin.
And other noble-minded nonsense.
Ruby is having her birthday party and all of Edinburgh is invited.
Free Fringe Music.
Lose yourself in Pink Floyd’s classic album Wish You Were Here, this full-dome music and light show interprets the acclaimed rock album through mesmerising HD graphics.
A thought-provoking show about haircuts and heartache.
‘The writing is fabulously blackly comic and timed to perfection’ (Deirdre O’Halloran, Literary Associate Soho Theatre).
After a baffling 2018 run (The Wee Review Fringe Experience Award: ‘most memorable experience – be it good.
Surrealist comedian, author, illustrator and Fringe favourite Olaf Falafel presents his latest book It’s One Giant Leek For Mankind.
Join us down at The Shore for live music every Friday and Saturday evening, and Sunday afternoon during the Fringe.
The Byrd International Singers, directed by Markdavin Obenza, participates in an annual Renaissance course offered by the Byrd Ensemble (US).
Amazing tales, elegantly told.
Entertaining and informative guided walking tours that tell the stories of the musicians who have stayed, played and made music in Edinburgh.
Paul Nathan is a name often associated with the I Hate Children Children’s Show, a firm Festival favourite for years amongst little ones, but he is back this year with a brand ne…
Booking is essential for this sell-out tour.
Back again at St Columba’s By The Castle, with its excellent acoustics, Jonathan presents an invigorating programme taking the audience on a musical promenade beginning with trad…
Back To Black premiers at the Fringe to take you on an electrifying journey through the career of a modern legend who shattered records and moved millions.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Inspired by the music of Pink Floyd, this dome spectacular features the 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon in explosive surround sound.
One man, a guitar, and the most venerated love story of all time.
Edinburgh Fringe sell-out show 2018! ‘Absolutely phenomenal, sensitively portrayed with painstaking accuracy’ (BroadwayBaby.
Ten strangers visit the same park bench on the same day.
Not a show, but the undercoat, base coat or petticoat of what may one day be a show.
There are worse ways to start a show than with free sweets, and no better way to end it than with a singalong.
A new stand-up show from David Callaghan.
A mix of comedy, storytelling and even a poem or two.
Irish-born Phyllis was one of only two New Zealand women ever to have been honoured with France’s highest decoration, the Légion d’Honneur, for extreme bravery in WWII.
Enjoy an hour of the best up-and-coming one-liner comedians on the circuit in this celebration of puns, one-liners and wordplay.
The Ghillie Dhu’s very own local artists performing every night of the week with a mixture of traditional and popular classics. Come and join us for drams, jigs and reels!
If you’ve been unlucky in love, nothing makes you feel better about yourself than laughing at someone else.
A half-hour from half a man (her father was a man).
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.
After last year’s sell-out smash hit Mum’s Going to Ibiza, Sarah returned home to her two wonderful children and noticed they were losing the art of play due to excessive technolog…
Occasionally you will see a TV star wandering the Festival crowds during August in Edinburgh, but at A Pig in Japan you can see real-life Japanese TV star, Ollie Horn perform his d…
A split bill comedy show featuring Thanyia Moore (Funny Women Award winner 2018) and Sian Davies (Hilarity Bites New Act winner 2018).
Ockham’s Razor, winners of the Total Theatre and Jacksons Lane Award for Circus 2016 for their hit show Tipping Point, return with their new aerial theatre show, This Time.
Jive along to jazz, party to punk rock, emote to electronica, caper to classical, wave to world music and tuck into techno with our cherry-picked musical assortment! A powerhouse o…
If you’re looking for fun and interactive quiz formats that work well as hour long Edinburgh Fringe shows, then pickings are comparatively slim.
Chris Dugdale: Down to One.
Join us for a prime selection of acoustic music every Thursday, Friday and Saturday night with different musicians and duos specially chosen for the Fringe; performing each night i…
Carol Cates sits on a tall stool strumming away on her ukulele and chatting with the audience as they arrive.
This one person play, written and performed by Sarah-Jane Scott, introduces us to Sorcha who is fresh from fleeing her wedding.
This is definitely not the first time I have seen a play about being gay or about the AIDS epidemic, but it is the first time I have seen an eclectic and moving look at life post H…
Sarah Jane Morris with her unique and powerful voice celebrates John Martyn illuminating his life and art in her new show Sweet Little Mystery.
Doug Crossley’s solo show brings together songs, comedy and the heartache of trying to understand a friend’s suicide.
Join the quickest wits in comedy for a side-splitting, jaw-dropping, time-travelling adventure that’s fun for literally everyone.
Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee and self-dubbed ‘Lie-in King’, Seann Walsh returns to Edinburgh.
London’s best comedy Dungeons & Dragons show is rolling into Edinburgh to ask the funniest people on the Fringe if they have what it takes to be heroes.
Multi award-winning comedian Sarah Kendall returns to Edinburgh with a spellbinding hour of storytelling.
As seen on ABC, The Comedy Channel and Channel 11 which featured their one hour comedy special.
Keyworth has become something of an internet sensation in the last year, and her performance showcases a very confident and comfortable performer, owning her space and her audience…
Last spotted leaving BBC’s River City in a limo with Claire from Steps – Gary is back at the Fringe following smash-hit runs in 2016/17.
Join young Jim Hawkins as he embarks onto the Hispaniola, setting sail across the salty seas with its crew of ruthless buccaneers in search of Captain Flint’s mysterious bounty.
Part party, part PSHE lesson and part coming-of-age rom-com, A Womb of One’s Own is a heartfelt love letter to women’s bodies everywhere.
Silly, surreal show about time travel, love and time travel.
One Duck Down.
Join the quickest whites in comedy for a side-splitting, jaw-dropping, time-travelling adventure that’s fun for literally everyone.
Richard Haslam is a Derbyshire-born classical guitarist currently based in Manchester.
When the Britpop band ‘Shed Seven’ disbanded in 2003, a dozen people witnessed the drummer’s only attempt at standup comedy.
Fresh from "the sort of perfectly structured Edinburgh debut you always hope for and rarely get to see" (The Times, ★★★★), Catherine Bohart has some ne…
Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee for Best Newcomer and winner of the Herald Angel Award returns with a brand-new hour of comedy about the little things, the smallest detai…
Hot on the heels of his Radio 4 success and sell out Edinburgh show, Alexei returns to the Museum of Comedy with new material.
Rare Groove Legends RAMP announce an exclusive European Concert.
At first glance, The Ugly One looks somewhat clinical.
Agatha Christie’s The Rats - one of her perplexing shorter plays in all its intrigue and deceit.
The popular Q The Music Show is coming to Lighthouse and they will be bringing the fabulous and iconic music of James Bond to you in a stunning concert.
COMPERED BY MADELAINE SMITH - LIVE AND LET DIE The spectacular Q The Music was launched in 2004 by the incredibly talented Warren Ringham.
The first British tribute band performing the classic songs of Don Williams.
You may know him as “comedy legend Lee Nelson” (The Sun) or “some unfunny pillock” (The Deputy Prime Minister) who gave Theresa May a P45, but yo…
1983, Gravesend.
Amazing tales elegantly told.
Dena Blizzard, the viral video sensation and creator of the Back to School Rant (125 million views), Chardonnay Go (24 million views) and Chardonnay Go, The Board Game f…
“A renaissance man in a suitcase.
Sounds Familiar Music Quiz is the biggest, best, most raucous music quiz in the UK! Beware serious quizzers.
An invitation to take part in this unique evening featuring uplifting and meditative musical performances from the Indian spiritual tradition.
The spirit of French sculptress Camille Claudel has been awakened by an influx of interest in her work.
Presented by Root Experience, Hidden Stories is back in its hometown of Brighton for an informative and uplifting day at the Jubilee Library.
David and Sam know every story ever told.
You’ve seen her on Comedy Central, you’ve seen her on the BBC.
Another triumphant show from Ciadhra McGuire and Erik Igelström or, as they’re better known on stage, Earnest and Wilde.
Dropped on the wrong planet in 1994, Alice-India dissects the crisis that took over her life by letting it run riot in public.
BA Theatre Arts at GBMet.
What’s happening on the French live music scene Right Now? Come and check out a selection of fine French bands playing a rich mix of originals and covers.
A new stand-up show from Comedian David Callaghan.
Majk Stokes is a singer-songwriter, poet, environmentalist, Quaker and self-confessed caffeine-addict.
Welcome inside the mind of endearing oddity Kallis Kyriacou.
Join Brighton’s award-winning Music Mike in an action-packed musical adventure.
A stellar jazz sextet performs a musical tribute to the jazz composer and pianist, Thelonious Monk.
Musicians appearing in the 8th Lewes Chamber Music Festival in June 2019 will perform chamber music by Mozart, Faure and the little-known Lekeu in this special Festival Launch conc…
In Fringe theatre, no one can hear you scream: one hour, one woman, one cult movie! The sell-out Edinburgh Fringe show returns to Brighton, celebrating 40 years of the horror cla…
“I’m sick to death of this particular self.
A four piece Japanese rock band who formed in 2005.
Heidi Regan, winner of BBC New Comedy Award 2017 and So You Think You’re Funny 2016, presents a work in progress of her new show.
Geoff Robb was the winner of the 2018 Brighton Fringe Live Music Award for his solo show.
Lunchtime recitals on Tuesdays by distinguished local organists on the fine organ at St Bartholomew’s Church.
Jenny Rowe’s solo show Tiptree: No One Else’s Damn Secret But My Own is about a woman with many lives, who is best known for not being a man.
Sarah Mann (BBC New Comedian finalist 2018, So You Think You’re Funny runner-up 2017) and Anna Dominey (Bath New Act semi-finalist 2018) are the opposite of party people.
It is still one of the best kept secrets in show business that Patricia Routledge trained not only as an actress but also as a singer and had considerable experience and success in…
World premiere of this fresh, funny, fantastical story starring award-winning comedian, singer and dancer Charlie Baker (‘Harry Hill’; Sky1, ‘Dog Ate My Homework’; CBBC, ‘Doctor Wh…
The Ballad of Sarah Callaghan Award-winning comedian Sarah Callaghan, fresh from hugely successful tours of Australia and New Zealand, returns to Brighton with a powerhouse mash-u…
Sound Sculpture and Giant Percussion Workshops This fun music workshop is divided up into two sections.
A fun space to connect with music and dance! DJs playing vinyl only, hosted by Nin Warrior guesting local legends.
Kaviraj Singh - Santoor & Voice and Upneet Singh - Tabla Combining musicality with complex rhythm, Kaviraj Singh is emerging as a unique and celebrated talent of the new generatio…
It’s Mary Flanigan and Robbie McShane! One’s a comedian, one’s a robot pretending to be a comedian.
Fresh from his sell-out Edinburgh Fringe run at the Pleasance Courtyard, Tom Brace brings a jam-packed hour of laughs and magic that you simply won’t believe! Expect the unexpected…
Through her own brilliant interpretive vocal talents, Sarah Jane will be illuminating the work of John Martyn in her new show Sweet Little Mystery, accompanied by her regular colla…
Farnham Maltings, in association with Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, present another concert in a popular series of lunchtime recitals from young perfor…
In his debut hour, character comedian Raphael Wakefield charts the rise and fall of his idol, Arsene Wenger, and asks what it means to become successful.
Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee and the self-dubbed “Lie-In King”, Seann Walsh is “unquestionably the best observational comic of his generation" (…
The Time Machine From the creators of Orlando, Jane Eyre: An Autobiography, Austen’s Women, Christmas Gothic, Dalloway, I, Elizabeth, The Unremarkable Death of Mar…
Andrew Bird is the funniest comedian you’ve never heard of.
Andrew Bird is the funniest comedian you’ve never heard of.
West End and Broadway star Kerry Ellis chats to broadcaster Gaby Roslin about her 20 years in show business and performs songs with her band from throughout her illustrious career.
Less tribute and more homage, Nearly Dan is saviour to the growing legions of Dan fans, desperate to hear the meticulously crafted grooves and allusive lyrical style of&n…
Hot on the heels of his Radio 4 success and sell out Edinburgh show, Alexei returns to the Museum of Comedy with new material.
Farnham Maltings, in association with Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, present another concert in a popular series of lunchtime recitals from young perfor…
The curious little owl is back, and this time she’s ready to discover the wonders of night-time, from the big, bright moon to the bats in the sky and the foxes dee…
“The music I listened to between the ages of 11 and 21 probably affected by life more than pretty much anything else.
No One is ComingMy Mam's different to yours.
Traditional, Victorian ‘Old Time Music Hall’ All the songs you love to sing and the jokes you love to hear.
Farnham Maltings, in association with Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, presents another popular series of lunchtime recitals from young performers at the …
3 Years, 1 Week and a Lemon Drizzle pieces together Alexandra and Kate Donnachie’s sometimes heartbreaking but often hilarious memories of growing up together and managing their cl…
One Love is a joyous exploration of friendship, what it’s like to be in love and have a learning disability.
Babygirl is eighteen, a student, and has just discovered SEX – in spite of her strict Catholic upbringing by two crotchety old women.
An actress nervously awaits a life-changing audition.
Farnham Maltings, in association with Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, presents another popular series of lunchtime recitals from young performers at the …
by Jon Bradfield & Martin Hooper songs by Jon Bradfield directed by Andrew Beckett designed by David Shields Celebrating 10 years of Above The Stag Theatre&ap…
A scathing and bitterly amusing attack on the increasingly powerful and narcissistic super-rich, set against the backdrop of terrifying state oppression, the highly pertinent Party…
The hilarious improvised Doctor Who parody returns! Featuring a live radiophonic workshop and a crew of hysterical performers, join us for a brand new adventure anywhere…
A toothless punk wakes one morning and asks herself the all-important question: why are we here? Expect cod philosophy, serious attitude and a chicken going on.
Z E I T is an Irish electronic music synth collective borne out of a common passion for synthesizers and the pioneering electronic music era of the 1970s and 1980s.
Join us for a soaring celebration of love through the ages as we open London's first ever purpose-built immersive theatre venue with an evening of romance, dance and decadence.
Fresh from their sold-out, five-star run at the Edinburgh Fringe, join multi-award-winning duo, Zak Ghazi-Torbati & Toby Marlow (co-writer of SIX), for the cabaret comedy extra…
Book now for next year's fabulously filthy adult panto at Above The Stag Theatre.
Mikhail Lermentov’s novel A Hero of Our Time has been newly adapted for the stage by Oliver Bennett, who also plays the lead - Pechorin, and Vladimir Shcherban.
Fresh from his SELL OUT Edinburgh Fringe run, Tom Brace brings a jam-packed hour of laughs and magic that you simply won’t believe.
When we can have sex whenever we want, with whomever we want, why settle for a normal relationship?
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 …
This stunning cabaret stars Gregory Hazel, whose dazzling vocals, wit and charm will take you through a celebration of Musical Theatre’s most iconic women.
Jamie Lloyd must be excreting pheromones of cool right now.
The captivating sound-world of medieval music, featuring Scottish chant from Inchcolm Abbey, music by Hildegard of Bingen and Thomas, Jewel of Canterbury – an eight-part work by …
The Whistlebinkies’ rich blending of the tones and rhythms of fiddles, flute, concertina, clarsach, lowland pipes, Scottish smallpipes, doublebass and percussion has captivated aud…
Ronnie and Maggie have been a regular feature around the Midlothian folk scene for a number of years.
Piano music of Erik Satie.
Tenth anniversary tour celebrating a decade of Big Girls Don’t Cry featuring The East Coast Boys.
Aberdeen-based ensemble marks 90th anniversary of composer Karlheinz Stockhausen and 50th anniversary of his Intuitive Music by performing selected compositions from his Aus den Si…
The tale of Jim Hawkins and his encounter with the formidable pirate Long John Silver and the hunt for treasure, featuring pirates, sea shanties, swashbuckling fights and a parrot!…
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…
Scottish street-funk brass band Brass Gumbo take a magical musical tour through the back catalogue of The Beatles, mixing instrumental jazz and funk (and plenty of New Orleans seas…
Having only been in existence for three years, both Academy and Pitch Fight have already shaken up the UK a cappella scene.
East meets West in this wild mash-up of comedy, electric violin, characters, spoken word and songs from legendary AmerAsian duo Slanty Eyed Mama.
One Woman, One Cello and 500 Years of Music.
Edinburgh-raised drag queen Ripley makes his Fringe debut this year with Like A Sturgeon.
Pechorin is a superfluous man.
Last year Judah’s 84-minute stand-up comedy performance film, America Is the Greatest Country In the United States, debuted on Netflix to rave reviews from across the globe.
To be well or not to be well, that is the question.
Matt Griffo from Chicago is an internationally touring musical comedian, combining music with comedic lyrics.
One is a comedian doing relatable stand-up, the other is a robot programmed to do relatable stand-up.
Music by 17th-century composer John Dowland for lute, soprano and viol.
After receiving her sell-out garland in 2017, Bessy returns to the Fringe with a brand-new show.
The acclaimed Hacienda Classical with Graeme Park, Mike Pickering and Manchester Camerata Orchestra makes its Edinburgh debut having opened Glastonbury’s Pyramid Stage last year wi…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Following on from last summer’s smash-hit Touch, Vicky Jones returns with her award-winning debut play.
Internationally acclaimed 10-string guitarist Matthew Fagan combines musical passion and virtuosity to celebrate el Vito – the Spirit of Spain.
‘You’ll have to go a long way to hear finer choral singing than this’ (International Record Review).
Featuring musicians from the internationally acclaimed Complete Songs of Robert Burns (Linn Records). ‘Great voices, great songs… Who could ask for more?’ (fRoots).
Be transported back to early 90s Los Angeles; the seedy underworld of gangsters, drugs, danger, and a mysterious briefcase.
A quintet of Scotland’s foremost jazz musicians pays joyous tribute to the bebop/soul music of Cannonball and Nat Adderley.
Russell Arathoon presents his debut hour.
A new stand-up show from David Callaghan.
Award-winning vocalist Ali transports you to the underground prohibition era with her gorgeously characterful and distinctive voice and a stunning five-piece band of outrageous mus…
A showcase of the finest piano and chamber music from Royal Conservatoire Scotland and St Mary’s Music School rising stars, featuring great composers such as Bach, Rachmaninov an…
Edinburgh multi-arts festival Hidden Door was instrumental in getting the long out-of-action Leith Theatre open to the public again, after years of being used as a council storage …
Every year I have to write a 100 word blurb for a new show and basically I’ve now been doing this long enough to know that none of this bullsh*t makes any difference.
Fresh from his tour of Australia earlier this year, comedy singer-songwriter Majk Stokes presents a new collection of witty and whimsical songs and poems covering two of his bigges…
Linking Old and New Towns, Princes Street Gardens are truly amazing in their unique geology, disputed history, diverse planting and the myriad ways that ordinary folk have used and…
A man and a woman wait in a flat in Camden for a phone call from a colleague.
Vocal Force returns to the Fringe with an all-new line-up of songs! These young, enthusiastic performers from the USA harmonise their way through beloved hits that will inspire and…
The Time Traveller dedicates his life to creating a time machine in an attempt to alter the moment of his greatest loss.
Schalk Bezuidenhout steps out dressed like an East London hipster, all bright, quirky knits, socks printed with bananas and a distinguishable moustache and hairstyle.
Multi award-winning MATE Productions (Best of Liverpool Theatres 2012 and 2014, ***** (MadeUp.
Join us for an evening of chilled jazz as new Scottish quintet The Misinformed Quintet makes their Edinburgh Festival Fringe and AMC debut with One Note at a Time, a one-time perf…
With the theme ‘the starting point of love, silk road and art’, our festival has a variety of performances and art from countries on the One Belt One Road.
This is a chance to hear some of the finest exponents of classical pipe music, or piobaireachd (pronounced peebroch).
After sold-out shows, rave reviews and standing ovations at Adelaide Fringe and Edinburgh Fringe, Lord of the Strings! – the ultimate one-man guitar show, first created for touri…
Hyde Panaser’s debut show about living a multicultural life with and without a beard.
One of London’s hottest improv teams returns to the Fringe to bring you an hour of comedy inspired by music.
The Edinburgh Comedy Award winner, Live at the Apollo star, the Lidl Enya, the broken Bublé… DAVID O’DOHERTY headlines.
Cuerdas features professional musicians, Lindsay Martindale (cello) and Sophie Askew (harp) who show their amazing versatility and artistry with performances which include works by…
Join multi award-winning Amersham A Cappella as they celebrate their Fringe debut.
‘Leeson in the title role is absolutely phenomenal.
Bernard MacLaverty was born in Northern Ireland and brought his family to Scotland in 1975.
The RCS is holding auditions for this innovative programme for actors and directors, with some experience, who want to become more reflective, aspirational practitioners.
One of the BBC’s best-known journalists and presenters, James Naughtie is now is now special correspondent for BBC News.
The talented vocalists of Edinburgh Music Theatre return with another fantastic musical extravaganza for all the family this August.
Renowned Scottish pianist Christopher Guild offers listeners the chance to become acquainted with a burgeoning force in Scotland’s culture: its classical music.
Meet Liv – clever, funny, confident – everything a 15-year-old girl wants to be.
The story follows Jim Hawkins on her journey to find adventure away from her mundane existence.
A journey through chamber music gems with the Edinburgh Quartet – featuring works by Mozart, Bruckner, Beethoven, Schubert, Dvorak and Gesualdo over three performances.
Inclusive theatre group The Theatre Shed will explore end of life and organ donation in a unique and inspiring way.
These entertaining and informative guided walking tours tell the story of the musicians who have stayed, played and made music in Edinburgh.
Edinburgh’s iconic Jazz Bar showcases some of their favourite resident bands and the very best of Edinburgh’s local talent with late night funk, blues and soul, as well as special …
Shetland comedian Marjolein Robertson weaves through time with jokes, anecdotes and storytelling.
Experience the joy of live music at the museum as the best young contemporary music talents perform an exciting blend of Scottish pop, traditional Scottish songs and instrumental s…
This summer, four of West End’s leading ladies take residence in McEwan Hall – Janie Dee, Danielle Hope, Ria Jones and Claire Sweeney.
Watch Zillions of Comedians squeezed into just one hour.
Up ‘til now, I had only ever seen Tom Crosbie perform short spots at Fringe cabaret shows where his skill with a Rubik’s Cube and his awkward, amiable persona intrigued me.
Wip It! A split hour of stand-up, storytelling, characters, raps and musical comedy.
An evening celebrating the legendary partnership of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II.
Join Meg and her band of misfits on a voyage through time and space.
Following last year’s Amused Moose: Best Show nomination for One-Linerer, Mark Simmons presents the hotly anticipated One-Linererer.
A nice, relaxed way to spend an hour of your Edinburgh Fringe with conversational-style delivery from ‘one of the best comedy writers in Ireland’ (Aidan Bishop, The International C…
Experience the dark and hidden atmosphere of the Detective Inspector John Rebus books, which are written by bestselling crime writer Ian Rankin.
New(ish) for 2018! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
Improviser Mara Joy (TBC Improv, The Spontaneous Players) is joined by a different special guest every day to create an entirely unique two-person show based off one word from the …
Full of joy and love following the royal wedding, the Wedding Guest Extraordinaire has brought her obsession with love matches to Edinburgh and wants to share her tales with you.
Join us for a huge selection of acoustic music, duos, bands, rock, folk music, singers and more every day and night of the Fringe.
After a sell-out, five-star run in 2016, One Musical to Rule Them All returns to parody everyone’s favourite trilogy about wizards, hobbits and a quest to destroy some magical je…
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…
After last year’s sell-out show, Pete Sinclair returns with his cool crooners and a new mix of hits from The Great American Songbook: numbers like Can’t Take My Eyes Off You, S…
“Who are we, now that we don’t have kids?” Matthew Roberts performs as three key characters in this touching one-man performance: as two fathers, David and Tom, that lose the…
Take an easy walking tour to discover a little-known side of Edinburgh’s Old Town.
Inspired by the music of Pink Floyd’s album The Wall. Travel back in time to 1979 with this progressive rock album enhanced with spectacular wrap-around immersive dome visuals.
London’s best comedy Dungeons & Dragons show is rolling into Edinburgh to ask the funniest people on the Fringe if they have what it takes to be heroes.
Feeling pressured by his success last year with The Elvis Dead, Rob Kemp returns with ten(!) shows stuck to a spinning wheel.
June has ambitions of going into space.
Jo Caulfield strides on stage with all the self-assuredness of the seasoned performer that she is.
Visit St Giles’ Cathedral and enjoy a relaxed musical concert from performers from all over the world in a unique and beautiful historical setting.
Heather-Rose Andrews skilfully acts out this minimalist stage version of cult classic Alien.
On average, victims of domestic violence experience 35 assaults before calling the police.
When Edinburgh’s famous One O’Clock Gun goes missing the city is outraged.
Enjoy a rotating line-up of bands featuring a host of top local musicians doing a collection of familiar and unique covers, a great night to sing along and get your toes tapping at…
The Last One is the end of all things, and still needing more.
The hilarious improvised Doctor Who parody returns! Featuring a live radiophonic workshop and a crew of hysterical performers, join us for an entirely new adventure every day based…
Steve Chang takes you on an introspective journey to find meaning in life by means of ayahuasca, hookers and gay conversion camp.
Inspired by the music of Pink Floyd, this dome spectacular features the 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon in explosive surround sound.
Excitement! Drama! Romance! And… knitting? A scintillating cabaret, featuring the lost knitting songs of WWI and WWII from Canada, Britain, America and France.
**** (TimeOut).
Lose yourself in Pink Floyd’s classic album Wish You Were Here, this new full-dome music and light show interprets the acclaimed rock album through mesmerising HD graphics.
Enjoy a showcase of the best comedy talent to kick-start your day with our hand-picked selection – and watch what you should be seeing more of from around the city.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
If you were invited to a 50th birthday party in Ibiza, would you go? To help you decide, Sarah takes you on her journey and it’s one you’ll never forget.
After winning the Edinburgh Panel Prize in 2014 with Funz and Gamez, Phil’s ready to bring his unique, anarchic and unreliable comedy to the masses.
The Ballad of Sarah Callaghan.
Caught between Berlin and New York, Daniel Louis Vezza explores and takes on the differences between these two cities and the lifestyles that come with them, in an hour of observat…
Sofía & Marcelo are an innovative Mexican duo who combine different musical elements to achieve an experience in the spectator.
Prag’s programme is chosen from the pieces that inspired him in his early days: including a Bach Prelude and Fugue, masterpieces by Barrios and Albeniz, and lyrical contemporary …
Stand-up comic Gareth Berliner was cast in Coronation Street four years ago to play dodgy drug dealer Macca, and was told he didn’t need make-up! He’s also very funny.
Inspired by real events: in 1969, in a segregated city in the American Midwest bursting with racial tension, a 14-year-old black girl, Vivian, was shot by a white cop, igniting one…
After their multi award-winning debut at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe, the hot gays are back.
Join us on a thrilling journey to a future age where things are not as they seem.
Twice featured on BBC Radio 4’s Pick of the Week.
Enjoy an hour of the best up-and-coming one-liner comedians on the circuit in this celebration of puns, one-liners and wordplay.
Tom and Ollie are ‘creative, witty, sketchsmiths’ with ‘a sackful of promise’ (Chortle.
Step aside Ricky and Bianca, there’s a new duo in town.
An interactive technological comedy adventure with comedian David Callaghan.
World premiere of this fresh, funny, fantastical story starring award-winning comedian, singer and dancer Charlie Baker (Harry Hill’s Tea Time, Dog Ate My Homework, Doctor Who) and…
Amazing tales, elegantly told.
A fun stand-up show where comedian Sarah Iles invites you to her life of trying to date after 12 years out of the game (she was married, not in prison – insert a hack witty comme…
Following sell-out shows on the Brighton and Edinburgh Fringes for Never Mind the Cossacks – ‘brilliantly conceived’ (FringeGuru.
Puns! Lots of puns! Spoken puns, visual puns, musical puns, contrived puns and a lot of props.
New work-in-progress solo show from Canadian comedian Katharine Ferns is relentlessly funny with her confessional and brutally honest storytelling style of comedy.
FoxDog Studios are back – and they are as witty, quick and entertaining as previous years.
Join Phil in a lighthearted romp through the the world of collective delusions.
Four years ago Samantha lost everything, including her marbles.
It is a truth universally acknowledged that an actor in possession of a woman’s story must be in want of a wife – to help him adapt it.
Join us for a prime selection of acoustic music every Thursday, Friday and Saturday night with different musicians and duos specially chosen for the Fringe, performing each night i…
Australian comedian Ross Voss’s show in the form of a basketball game! Four quarters of 12 minutes of comedy! Each quarter is different, from more about me to storytelling, longe…
“Arf, Arf, Arffff.
Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2017, Alasdair Beckett-King returns to this timeline with an inter-dimensional work-in-progress stand-up comedy show.
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This Welsh comedian was the first major victim of Identity Theft in the UK.
Winner of the Birmingham Breaking Talent Award 2017, Kai Samra is on a mission to subvert lazy stereotypes based on his personal experience of life as a working-class British-Asian…
If you break my heart, I’ll break yours too.
Hold on to your raincoats! Tom Brace brings a jam-packed hour of laughs and magic that you simply won’t believe! Expect the unexpected in this mind-boggling variety show.
Jerry and Jacks want to be Big Time, but at what cost? They take on a job that they hope will shoot them up the ladder in the organisation.
Power? Sex? Control? Part One: Meet Baby, a prostitute willing to entertain you with Barbie dolls… Experience a bizarre underworld of desire and oppression.
Alma: A Human Voice is a one-person performance focused on portraying and contrasting two characters from the early 1900s.
There are a lot of innovative and unique venues at this year’s Festival, but Wrecked might be just one of the most original and weirdest, as this entire performance takes place i…
Charles ‘One-Man Star Wars’ Ross and Canadian Fringe legend, TJ Dawe, parody the Netflix smash series, Stranger Things.
No One is Coming to Save You is an abstract piece of theatre which eschews character development and plot narrative, in favour of exploring recurring images.
Parody on love, friendship and shoes.
“Have you ever fantasised about someone like me?” Katy Dye asks the audience, not as an adult woman, not as a performance artist, but as a 15-year-old school girl.
One is found buried in a culmination of emotions when life takes an unexpected turn.
Here is something special and unusual: the life and death of Franz Ferdinand, Archduke and heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, remixed into a cabaret history lecture b…
When you think of Russians, funny and comedian are probably not two words that instantly spring to mind; but in time, Olga Koch will change that.
After their five star runaway success with All We Ever Wanted Was Everything, Middle Child were always going to suffer from difficult second album syndrome and it’s a real shame …
Dark Horse covers lots of ground and it is evidently the result of Keyworth tirelessly exploring multiple comic avenues.
There’s a line in How to Keep Time that sat very deeply in my heart: “All my memories have been rewritten for who you are now.
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.
Gripping World Premier drama of Cowgate fire.
An interactive technological comedy adventure with comedian David Callaghan.
June has ambitions of going into space.
The Welsh singing legend, who is known for hits such as Delilah and What New Pussycat is.
The hilarious improvised Doctor Who parody returns! Featuring a live radiophonic workshop and a crew of hysterical performers, join us for an entirely new adventure base…
Direct from London’s world-famous jazz club, The Ronnie Scott’s All Stars, led by the club’s musical director, take to the stage to celebrate two giants of jazz…
When a balding, chubby, pie-eating northerner and a lithe, posh, child-faced nerd form a comedy duo; the north-south divide gets a little funnier.
You’ve seen her on Comedy Central, you’ve seen her on the BBC, now see Nottingham-born rising star Sarah Keyworth’s debut hour.
The Welsh singing legend, who is known for hits such as Delilah and What New Pussycat is.
Award-winning UK comedian Sarah Callaghan, fresh from hugely successful tours of Australia and New Zealand, returns to the Fringe with a powerhouse mash-up of comedy and poetry abo…
Who says stand-up and poetry don’t go together? Sarah Callaghan was told it wouldn’t work, that it just wasn’t, well, fun enough.
A play promising to be the first of its kind premieres in July at Landor Space, Clapham, inviting audiences to take control of a show where every night really is different.
Michael Bublé – a true global superstar in his only UK performance is coming to Barclaycard presents British Summer Time Hyde Park 2018! The undisputed ‘King of …
The Welsh singing legend, who is known for hits such as Delilah and What New Pussycat is.
The Welsh singing legend, who is known for hits such as Delilah and What New Pussycat is.
The Welsh singing legend, who is known for hits such as Delilah and What New Pussycat is.
Pop superstars Steps are the first headline act to be announced for Greenwich Music Time 2018.
Tom and Ollie are ‘creative, witty, sketchsmiths’ with a ‘sackful of promise’ (Chortle).
A rare concert performance of Samuel Beckett’s radio play Words and Music with American composer, Morton Feldman’s score.
Energetic, playful stand-up comedy from Manchester-born comedian Russell Arathoon.
Sketch Off 2018 runners up Bread & Geller bring you their sell-out debut hour, a hot mix of character comedy, observational sketch and musical parody.
Adele Cliff, Funny Women Regional Finalist 2018, Dave's Funniest Jokes of the Fringe 2017 & 2016, Huffington Post's Ten Must See New Acts 2016.
Neil Genzlinger of The New York Times called Mike Birbiglia’s recent show 'Thank God For Jokes' “the best night I’ve spent in a theatre in a…
Join us in the Victorian setting of Brighton’s Old Courtroom for a special screening of this classic film.
An hour of maximum warp, work in progress, nonsense from a deeply troubled idiot.
A renaissance man in a suitcase.
Everyone had a favourite subject at school taught by their favourite teacher.
Fraser hates writing blurbs.
A unique blend of meditation and music performance to enlighten the soul and lift your spirit! Come and experience a mix of live Eastern and Western vibrational music to help brin…
How can we enhance the impact of a theatre play with live music? An interactive workshop where participants are welcome to bring their own compositions to play or improvise.
Hot on the heels of his Radio 4 success and sell out Edinburgh show, Alexei returns to the Museum of Comedy with new material.
Comedian David Callaghan brings his newest interactive technological comedy adventure.
"In theatre no-one can hear you scream" unless you head down to the Sweet Dukebox this Fringe to see One Woman Alien, billed as a one hour (standard Fringe fair) one woma…
Canadian comedian Katharine Ferns is relentlessly funny with her confessional and brutally honest storytelling style of comedy.
Traditional, Victorian ‘Old Time Music Hall’ All the songs you love to sing and the jokes you love to hear.
Ambrose Page and Friends present ‘Celebrating Haydn’ - piano and vocal items by Austrian composer Joseph Haydn, interspersed with readings from his letters and diaries.
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.
Rouge your knees, shine your shoes and prepare to enter a razzling dazzling world of Swing! From the decadent 20s Jazz age, the glamourous 30s, the spirit of the 40s, to the rebels…
Come and hear the acclaimed ‘Duo’, Ellie Blackshaw, violin, and Esther Ward-Caddle, cello, delight in playing beautifully-crafted melodies from the Austrian classical composer, Jos…
Grab a bunch of mates and hit the dance floor with Australian party machine Tomas Ford for Brighton Fringe’s most ridiculous party.
Esther Manito, a finalist on ‘So You Think You’re Funny? 2017’ and heard on BBC radio 4 Extra, is working on her first solo show.
Radu started comedy in 2006 in Bucharest and was known as Romania’s comedian’s comedian.
Stand-up comedy from Manchester-born comedian, Russell Arathoon.
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…
A panicked run to Canada.
Lunchtime recitals on Tuesdays by distinguished local organists on the fine organ at St.
Rising star Sarah Keyworth, tour support for Stewart Francis and Kerry Godliman, brings an hour of brand new stand-up that shines a light on the relationship between a little girl …
With the release of ‘Compared to What’, Sarah Jane Morris teams up with the guitar artistry of world-renowned Antonio Forcione, producing a compelling, unique and haunting album.
Following our 2016 sell-out, smash-hit show, come with us on our next adventure: pirates, mermaids and the search for buried treasure told through original live music, poetry and s…
Singer/songwriter, Jon McLeod, brings his original acoustic compositions to Artista Cafe & Gallery.
The human heart.
The game show where celebrities compete to become UN Goodwill Ambassadors.
Violinist Benedict Cruft and J.
Born from the desire to bring visionary art into greater awareness, the ‘Psychedelic Dream Temple’ is not just a showcase of some of the worlds most talented artists but also a pla…
Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2017 Alasdair Beckett-King returns to this timeline with an inter-dimensional, work in progress stand-up comedy show.
Fresh from their five-star, sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe and winners of the Brighton Fringe Award for Excellence 2017, ‘Hot Gay Time Machine’ cover all the most important m…
Gallery Lock-In is a makeshift gallery space tucked away in the backstreets behind the beachfront.
Alongside his interviewing and writing Sir Michael Parkinson has spent much of his career promoting the appreciation of the music of the Great American Songbook and encouraging t…
Following five-star rave reviews across UK and international tours where it was seen by more than 19,000 people, One Small Step returns to the BT for a fast, furious and full throt…
Best Children’s Show Award 2016! Buckle up and take a trip in a giant time machine to get up close and personal with a life sized T-Rex! Incorporating science with circus, pu…
The Fame Train gang star in this awesome show that sees the kids travel through the ages from the prehistoric times, to the swinging 60’s, all the way to the modern day! Cool chara…
After the sell-out success of their 2017 Fringe performance, the all-star cast of musicians that are ‘Eclipse’ are coming together once again to perform one show only for the 2…
Three hilarious one-act comedies - plus a few other bits and pieces that will guarantee a great evening out!!.
“Time and Machines - gymnastics in motion” has it’s premiere in SA and introduces acrobats, gymnasts, dancers, aerialists and circus performers to Adelaide audiences.
ONE HIT WONDERLAND will be a magical night of unforgettable songs.
THE DEER JOHNS get the party going as they take you on a trip through your favourite eras, playing a song-per-year chronological musical history.
Cafe Boite Presents 3 Friday events presenting a variety of music and dance from SA’s newest communities, Afghan, Persian, Syrian, South Asian and African.
Grab your mates and hit the dance floor with hyperactive party machine Tomás Ford for the Fringe’s most ridiculous night.
Following the success of last year’s Fringe season St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral is opening its doors again for our lunch-time organ recitals.
Escape Room Treasure Hunt returns for its 3rd year, with a brand new room: You and your team work in a 1920s prohibition-era speakeasy - but the cops will be raiding it! You have 4…
Adelaide based singer/songwriter Tara Carragher makes a long awaited return to this years Adelaide Fringe for ‘Righteously - The music of Lucinda Williams’.
Rich acapella singing opens this show as Melvin Brown takes to the stage.
Australia’s biggest and most authentic Bon Jovi Tribute Show is here! This show captures the essence of what this great band is about, the passion & hunger of the early years and t…
A wonderful program of three concerts featuring voice and organ that make the most of the gorgeous acoustic of this space.
Come and experience Music with Motion.
Alice is becoming more and more forgetful.
An international gross of $1.
The play revolves around Sarah, a photo journalist who has just returned from covering the war in Syria after being severely injured.
Fame, Fortune & Lies : the Life and Music of Eileen Joyce is a window into the life of Eileen Joyce; an Australian concert pianist, recording artist, radio performer, fashionista a…
2018 is Etsuko Kawaguchi’s 10th year in the Adelaide Fringe.
Armed with an extraterrestrial keyboard, Sarah sets out to battle her inner darkness the only way she knows how: THE POWER OF MUSIC AND THEATRE!.
UK-based singer-songwriter, poet, musician, environmentalist and caffeine addict Majk Stokes comes to Adelaide for the first time to present a show built around two of his greatest…
In a fiery display of wit, comedy and anecdotes dressed up with glamour and style, Joanne Kam (Comedy Central Asia) will have you crying with laughter as she shares her views on li…
Andrew Lloyd Webber and Don Black’s classic TELL ME ON A SUNDAY! A one-woman show that charts the course of a young free-spirited English woman newly arrived in New York through …
After his fall from grace, lawyer Kane returns to the family sheep station for the first time in ten years.
Winner – Best Comedy at 2016 Sydney Fringe Festival ★★★★ - Herald Sun ★★★★ Theatre People ★★★★ The Australia Times Rose Callaghan (ABC, triple j, Nova…
Staged within the famous Buckingham Arms dining room with their traditional “All you can eat” menu whilst being entertained by “Skullduggery” one of Adelaide’s great dynamic and di…
Love passion deceit betrayal and some of the most iconic songs ever written formed a soundscape that touched every listener of popular music in the 70’s and 80’s.
English-born Australian singer-songwriter Glenn Shorrock is known for being a founding member of The Twilights, Axiom, and Little River Band, as well as his extensive solo career.
Adelaide’s premier Open Mic night returns! EVERY MONDAY catch 10 different comedians from across the Fringe PLUS a special guest headline act.
While not even Herbert George Wells’s own first dalliance with the concept of time travel, his 1895 novella The Time Machine has nevertheless become pretty much the definitive te…
Celebrating the rich contribution to the world’s culture of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, this performance brings together leading contemporary SA artists Corey T…
The Old Married Couple may be married but they’re certainly not old.
Ever wanted to experience your own Doctor Who adventure? Our team of time lords will whisk you round the universe and home in time for tea in this hilarious improvised parody! ★�…
Based on a true story, is about two women, working side by side in a school infirmary who discover a startling truth about one another.
The Sound of Music is a beautiful, uncomplicated musical about courage, love and doing the right thing, and this production is a beautiful, uncomplicated rendition that stays true …
An actress nervously awaits a life-changing audition.
Constella OperaBallet return to the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells this November with their award-winning Sideshows.
They are the most beloved and recognisable big and small screen creations of all time – let alone just in the world of the Fantasy genre – and now, for the first time, …
An extremely flamboyant, ‘riotous but subtly moving’ (The List) extravaGAYnza, fresh from its sold-out, award-winning run at Edinburgh.
Join award-winning songwriter and musician David Gibb on a musical journey through his hilarious and often surreal imagination.
Bread & Geller are back! Join the world’s first comedy trio with only two members as they return with their sell-out exploration of all* things time.
There’s little obvious theatrical artifice on show; just four actors, in casual clothes, sitting or lying on the plain black floor of an empty stage as the audience comes in.
Nominated twice for the Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Show and total Fringe sell-out 2015 and 2016, Sarah Kendall returns with her brand-new show One-Seventeen.
After an exciting run at the 70th Edinburgh Fringe Festival the companies of three musicals (Porn, X and Suicide) come together to perform musical highlights from the shows in what…
Songerie vers Jack.
Accordionist Paul Chamberlain returns to the Fringe with a programme of original works and transcriptions from Russia, France, Spain and Argentina - including pieces by Khachaturia…
David O’Doherty – the Ryanair Enya, the Aldi Bublé – returns to the Fringe with last year’s hit show Big Time, an hour of talking and songs in a haunted hall on a hill fille…
O’Doherty is back with his mini-keyboard, flopping hair, and uninhibited attitude, but this time in one of the most prestigious venues that the Edinburgh Fringe Festival has to o…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Russell Arathoon brings his previous sold out debut stand up show to London.
Superb duo: Catriona McKay (Clarsach) and Chris Stout (Shetland fiddle/viola).
HG Wells’s sci-fi masterpiece is reborn as a brand new musical adventure.
Sarah Jane Morris and Antonio Forcione are promoting their collaborative album Compared to What.
In the early 1980s Pinter became increasingly interested in human rights abuses and in particular the torture of political prisoners in Argentina and Turkey.
Delve into an hour of real Locker Room Talk, a term made infamous by Donald Trump, and allow yourself to be immersed into the murky and dark world of everyday sexism that society d…
The type of anger that you can’t normally show, but also the power we have to overcome things. Gary Thomas’s debut play transfers from Theatre N16.
Jacques Tati once said ‘funniness starts in the feet’.
On One Condition draws on stories from Dan Daw’s lived experiences, asking us to question our own perceptions of normal while offering a stripped back look at the world we live in.
As the industrial world collides with agricultural life, China’s traditional folk arts are in decline.
Truscott wrestles with: standing up while telling jokes, second shows, stealing material and bad reviews – back in the town where she got ‘em! All while paying homage to her fa…
As a white Irish person, reviewing a person of colour’s experience of their treatment in the UK feels disingenuous.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Whimsical, surreal, truly inspirational: psychedelic pioneers The Incredible String Band entranced listeners in the late 1960s and early 1970s with their visionary, dream-like so…
Two cabaret favourites – Don One from Birmingham and Claire Benjamin from London – join together for this unusual musical comedy pairing to host a variety show with a twist.
A quintet of Scotland’s foremost jazz musicians pays joyous tribute to the bebop/soul music of Cannonball and Nat Adderley.
Geraldyne are a team of improvisers that grew up mishearing song lyrics.
‘Theatrical knock-out’ (Times).
This is the year 1929, Tom is a happy, wealthy and young broker who lives in London and whose life is about to radically change.
Hanane Hajj Ali is a Lebanese performer with French citizenship who jogs daily to prevent osteoporosis, depression and obesity.
Jump aboard the Chattanooga Choo-Choo and join Scotland’s top jazz musicians Brian Kellock (piano), Colin Steele (trumpet), Roy Percy (bass) and Tom Gordon (drums) to celebrate t…
It’s Shakespeare performed in a completely new way: a Shakespeare play condensed to the size of one woman, Emily Carding, and the way she deals with the audience.
Alyona Ageeva’s PosleSlov Physical Theatre Company presents the UK premier of this contemporary physical theatre performance.
A topical and popular theme for this year’s Fringe – mental health – is explored and fleshed out in this beautiful, bittersweet tale of two childhood friends that battle to f…
Musical adaptations of other works often struggle to either make themselves distinct or justify their existence.
Alyona Ageeva’s PosleSlov Physical Theatre Company brings the UK premiere of On This Side of Time from Russia to this year’s Edinburgh Fringe.
We’ve all had the question.
You are asked to explain a purpose, statement of intention and concept.
An ear-opening recital of music for Horn and Piano – including an Elgar first – by leading Edinburgh musicians, Neil and Gill Mantle.
SCCC is proud to present splendid programme for audiences.
A woman returns to a hometown she no longer recognises in this haunting new play from Dalia Taha.
The Rising: the UK’s number one Springsteen tribute brings the energy and precision of the E Street band to the Festival Fringe once more.
Scottish early guitar/lute specialist and composer Gordon Ferries plays solos by the great 19th-century guitarist/composer Mauro Giuliani including Le Bouquet Emblematique (where e…
Ami and Tami is a reimagined Hansel & Gretel for the modern day.
Showcasing the finest piano and chamber music from RCS and St Mary’s Music School students.
One Hundred Miles is a physical theatre performance structured around the experiences of a woman traveling through India in a bid to discover a different culture and way of life.
The music of Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers.
Hot Dub Time Machine is the world’s first time travelling dance party, taking festivals, theatres, rooftops and venues all over the world on a transcendent dance through pop musi…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
London’s Critical Hit comedy Dungeons & Dragons show is rolling into Edinburgh for one night only, five times! Join your host, Paul Foxcroft (Cariad & Paul, Marcus Brigstocke’s Una…
Powerful like a dragon, supple like a dancer.
A Scottish Documentary Institute production for the Edinburgh International Festival directed by Anne Milne and produced by Noe Mendelle.
If you don’t know your Grandmaster Flash from Public Enemy, then Hip Hop Time Machine is going to seem less like a nostalgic reminder of your childhood and more like you’ve act…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Inaugurating the Friends of St Cecilia’s 2017 Fringe season in the stunningly refurbished concert hall on Niddry Street, John Kitchen and David Gerrard will demonstrate the flamboy…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Award-winning vocalist Ali transports you to the underground prohibition era.
Experience the dark, hidden world of the best-selling Detective Rebus books.
Five hours is a long time for everyone – it’s a long time for a viewer, it’s a long time for an actor, and it’s a long time to have an excruciating conversation about your …
Returning from Australia after a successful Edinburgh Fringe debut in 2016, A Case of You is a poignant, imaginative and dynamic homage to one of the greatest songwriters of the Wo…
Glasgow Central is a play based on true events, written and directed by Lauren Dowie.
New for 2017! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
Doig, a disgraced businessmen, has fallen into despair.
Internationally acclaimed British/Syrian musicians Waseem Kotoub (piano) and Ayman Jarjour (guitar) in concert, accompanied by a visual display of Syria before and after the war.
Grieving is a universal human experience, and The Other Half Lives is a play which analyses grief in the years after someone’s passing.
Hot, new(ish) comedy trio are back in Edinburgh with a playful new sketch show.
Though common in film and literature, it is rare to see a play which fits the bill of psychological thriller.
Rising comedy star Sarah Keyworth, a Funny Women finalist 2015 and tour support for Stewart Francis and Kerry Godliman, examines what it means to be a child raised believing you co…
Experience the joy of live music at the museum as the best contemporary talents take inspiration from our Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Jacobites exhibition to perform traditional …
This show is for people that like jokes.
Edinburgh’s famous multi award-winning venue stages its own extensive programme of evening jazz and late-night funk every night of the Fringe.
The future is brought to you from the past in this musical adaptation of H.
Escaping his war poetry homework, a schoolboy re-enacts the movie 300 to the spirit of Wilfred Owen.
Miranda Kane’s show, 07800 834030: Thank You For Waiting returns to the Edinburgh Fringe for more secrets, confessions and answers – the dirtier the better.
A good dose of local acoustic talent, join us for a selection of music treats from some of Edinburgh’s finest musicians.
The RCS is holding auditions for this innovative programme for actors and directors, with some experience, who want to become more reflective, aspirational practitioners.
The Medea of Euripides is a story of love, of life, of murder and of how all three interlink.
I remember when Doctor Who was a practically forgotten, long cancelled show that was only the domain of nerds (like me).
Manwatching is a monologue written by an anonymous woman to be performed by a famous comedian.
Part of Summerhall’s Big in Belgium season, Working Method is an interactive piece which explores the process of making art.
The key to a happy life is avoiding all forms of useless and unproductive time – Leere Zeit – as propagated by the Institute of Positive Lifestyles.
Six award-winning clowns, characters, and comedians all show off, separately.
Written by award winning playwright Elinor Cook, Out of Love is a stunning piece of new writing which conveys the absolute power of female friendship, something which is often over…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Tucked away in one of Greenside’s smaller studios, Baby Mama is a shining diamond of a show: beautiful storytelling and intimate staging come together to create a heartbreakingly…
The gameshow where celebrities compete to end world poverty.
It’s the launch day of the Free Fringe Festival music stages at Biddy Mulligan’s and the Wee Pub featuring a selection of our favourite musical maestros all day.
It’s the launch day of the Free Fringe Festival music stages at Biddy Mulligan’s and the Wee Pub featuring a selection of our favourite musical maestros all day.
Stuck in a lift, Ruth waits to escape in order to visit her husband who has recently been diagnosed with cancer.
Almost 50 years after George Romero launched the zombie film genre on a shoestring budget, Night of the Living Dead holds a dear spot in the hearts of horror film fans.
Chamberlain has been relegated to history as one of life’s wishful thinkers.
If Shakespeare’s greatest characters could talk, what would they say? Would they be happy about their storylines and demise, and how would they feel about all of the… “modern…
Grab your mates and hit the dance floor with hyperactive Australian party machine Tomás Ford for the Fringe’s most ridiculous party.
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,…
Artist, musician and Turner Prize-winner Martin Creed invites you to a delightfully nonconformist evening of words, music and more, as he takes up residence for the 2017 Internatio…
Visit St Giles’ Cathedral and enjoy a relaxed musical concert from performers from all over the world in a unique and beautiful historical setting.
Emotive, impassioned and poetic, Evocation uses puppetry and poetry to tell the story of Marie-Anne, a young girl in fin de siècle Brighton.
Cockamamy is an adjective meaning ludicrous or nonsensical.
Created, written, directed and performed by author Angela Jackson, The Darling Monologues is a series of three darkly comic monologues which interweave the lives of three women: Li…
A toothless punk wakes one morning and asks herself the all-important question: why are we here? Expect cod philosophy, serious attitude and a chicken going on.
Award-winning performer Paula Valluerca, aka Madame Señorita, is committed to reconnect with the pleasure of being a totally deluded idiot.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
One dimwit comedian’s every dumb decision presented in list form.
They say fame is a fickle friend, and the St Andrews Revue have been lonely for years.
Everyone has a crazy family.
Hi Anne, just put: ‘Low mileage, one careful owner, four new tires and MOT till June 2017’. Don’t mix this Auto Trader ad up with edfringe programme entry please.
When the headline act fails to show up, Jango, a bumbling theatre caretaker, is suddenly thrust into the limelight and embarks on a hilarious journey of highly crafted and heartfel…
‘One of the UK’s best young observationalists’ (Guardian) went viral in India this year – not in a good way.
“Manuel, please sit the guests down,” from the very first sentence, you know this is not going to be any ordinary evening meal – and I’m already clutching my glass of wine,…
One in One Out spans Davina’s journey from losing a parent and partner to gaining an enormous new nephew and several new partners.
“A musical about two serial killers,” is how Buried: A New Musical by Colla Voce Theatre describes itself.
We lie to our friends, family, lovers and bosses because it’s easier than telling the truth – we have no idea what we’re doing, and we might have genital warts.
Chris Washington is an ordinary guy; he explains this to us from the very beginning.
You don’t need to be a hippo expert to help Dr Zieffal and Dr Ziegal catch a hippo in Edinburgh – all you need are the right tools and to keep your eyes peeled! The Hippo that …
Puns.
Apocalypse Now, with its 153 minute running time, multi-million dollar production costs and jungle location, might not seem like the most obvious contender for adaptation into a on…
Award-winning comedian Sarah Callaghan, fresh from two hugely successful shows and tours of Australia, returns with a show inspired by an incredibly lucky escape, forcing her to re…
Strange physical theatre with soul-lined theatrics and odd feats.
Many will be familiar with the big budget movies inspired by the works of HG Wells (The War of the Worlds and The Invisible Man) for example, but fewer might have actually read the…
Anything Can Be a Podcast! Podcast! John Hastings improvises an hour of comedy based on suggestions from the Fringe’s top comedians, his teenage blog, and his friend Paul Stanley H…
Jason Byrne is no stranger to festival stand-up, or festival audiences, and he has returned once again to Scotland’s capital with his new tour, The Man with Three Brains (althoug…
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…
Enjoy an hour of the best up-and-coming one-liner comedians on the circuit in this celebration of puns, one-liners and wordplay.
One dimwit comedian’s every dumb decision presented in list form.
Movement and grace: a Dowland galliard, rousing Bach gavottes, a rippling Russian polka, the compelling rhythms of Cuba and South America.
Vicki is done with degrading retail jobs, fed up of waiting around for Mr Wrong and ultimately ready to get out of bed.
The Unmarried is an original piece of writing making its Fringe debut.
The cast and crew of The Big Bite-Size Breakfast Plays coax their audience into starting their day bright and early with coffee, croissants and strawberries.
In 1986, the Kendall family stood in their back-garden, staring at the Australian sky and hoping to catch a glimpse of Halley’s comet.
A sketch show based on an end of 2017 new year’s eve party, Princes of Main: New Year’s Eve might miss the mark occasionally, but if you stick with it until the bells, it will …
Flatulence, fornication and filth; Sean Patton brings his show Number One to Edinburgh armed with a New Orleans attitude and an unashamed subject matter of all things vulgar and bo…
‘Tonight, ladies and gentlemen, I am going to show you how to change the world…’ The world’s most notorious terrorist tells his remarkable, provocative and multi award-winnin…
Amazing tales elegantly told.
I’m guilty of being a magic sceptic.
Poignant and humorous, this is a semi-autobiographical piece of writing which roots itself in Co-coism director Hung Chien-Han’s upbringing.
This is Aunty Donna’s fourth Edinburgh Fringe, they have a huge following and return as popular as ever.
This ‘highly energetic laugh-a-minute show’ (TheTab.
DIGS, devised by newly formed company Theatre with Legs, offers insight into how the millennials of ‘Generation Rent’ think about community and belonging.
When an Edinburgh Fringe virgin asks a seasoned Fringe-lover (that’s me, by the way) for show recommendations there are a number of shows I always highlight before reviews have e…
The technical choreography from Flabbergast Theatre that delivers this consistently joyful, yet bleak, puppetry extravaganza is exceptional.
Uplifting, fast-paced and heart-warming, Todd & God tells the tale of how God selected an atheist as her chosen one.
Can I get an Amen?! Is the subtitle of Aussie Comic Kaitlyn Rogers’ show and I do feel like yelling ‘Amen’ by the end of the show, because I’d been praying for it to be over.
The greatest comeback concert ever! Featuring all your favorite groups you’ve never heard of from the 80s to the present day, including Familiar County, Simon Never Said and The …
Chris Turner has moved to the good old US of A and he’s back in Edinburgh to tell the festival audiences about it.
That’s Life on Lisgar is a story of family fissures and the intimate workings of life as a daughter of a Portuguese family in Canada.
How many times in the past year can you say that you felt genuinely sorry for Michael Gove? Or that you felt goose-bumps (the good kind!) when you heard Theresa May speak? Or perha…
This extremely famous one-handed actor shares his hilarious encounters with the world.
“Ah yes.
Originally opened in 1763, St Cecilia’s Hall is the oldest purpose-built concert hall in Scotland.
Join us Whiski Bar for a vibrant, foot-stomping good time as we showcase many traditional Scottish music bands during August.
The most fantastic improvised parody in all of space & time is back! Brand new episodes of Doctor Who created with your suggestions and a live radiophonic workshop.
Great Scott! Time-travelling magicians Morgan & West bring a magical extravaganza to a millennium near you! Not content with their lot as the nineteenth century’s greatest magic …
Taking you beyond the sensory to the subliminal world of Oriental Aesthetics through poetry, music, dance, and visuals. £35 and £18 ticket link: bit.ly/HKSenses
Put classical, jazz, and pop music under the microscope and watch it metamorphose in Music Lab. Full Price £10 to £18; Concessions £8 to £16 Ticket link: bit.ly/HKMusicLab
Old meets New; East meets West.
Signing their first record deal in 1967, the group (with the late Michael Jackson) made history in 1970 as the first recording act whose first four singles reached No.
Alexander O'Neal, who came to prominence in the late 80s thanks to a string of chart-topping singles including Criticize, If You Were Here Tonight and Never Knew Love Like This…
The Maydays present their signature brand of freewheeling black comedy and surrealism with special guest Scott Adsit (Second City, 30 Rock, Veep), plus Edinburgh sellout show Me Pl…
Stand up comedy at the Trafalgar tavern, a place that has seen William Gladstone and Charles Dickens dining side-by-side.
A cheesy caricature of itself, Dirty Dancing is full of moments that will make you physically cringe but, if you’re after a literal movie-to-stage adaptation of the so-bad-it�…
Join us for the first program of Orchestra of St.
A concert of words and music focusing on the relationship between Felix Mendelssohn and his sister Fanny.
Sarah Callaghan brings you a brand new hour of comedy .
Stevenage.
Opening with the ever-familar chord progression of Stand by Me this tribute to Ben E King and the Drifters by Othello Music had the audience in the palm of their hand from …
Award-winning comedian Samantha Baines (‘The Crown’, ‘Sunny D’, BBC Radio) is exploring the lost women of science.
Three idiots spoof Noel Coward in a unique and ridiculous vision of ‘Blithe Spirit’.
Renowned American pianist and conductor Joel Sachs (Juilliard School, New York) performs piano music by three of America’s greatest composers: Charles Ives’ First Piano Sonata, pio…
Comedy’s daft nihilist is back with a new hour of his trademark comedic stylings.
“Blurring the lines between music and artistic performance, John’s use of visuals and costumes pushing the set to another level.
5-star sketch comedy duo Goodbear are back, with a show that’ll leave you questioning everything you’ve ever known.
Music can nurture us, music can uplift us.
A dog is man’s best friend, and is for life.
Taking a much loved pop culture reference point is always a sure fire way to fill seats.
Join Classical Folk for a lunchtime concert of beautiful and fun music - Classical, Folk (English and around the world) and gypsy - with a seasoning of parlour songs.
‘Time Please’ is a darkly-comic play, set in a run-down pub in a deprived neighbourhood.
One Board Man is one of the most unique shows I have ever seen.
In the beautiful, atmospheric church of St Nicholas, dating back to 1091, Duo Maddalena recreate the soundscape of medieval France, England and Spain.
Italian Photographer Andrea Pucci is based in London and his photographs combine long exposures with accelerating rhythms of bright reflections.
In her mind Diana is a glamorous singer-raconteuse at a Petrograd nightclub, and Leon her accompanist.
A newly-devised piece exploring issues of mental health.
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 …
“Keep going,” actor Andy Clark says repeatedly to the musicians behind the glass screen in the unsubtly-named Limbo Studio created on stage, ensuring that we find our seats …
Richard III.
It’s the Swinging Sixties.
Mark Cram has had enough.
“Ilyas has a slickness more reminiscent of US comics, and the gags to back it up, though his most prized asset could yet be his bold, subversive streak” (The Guardian).
Exhibition and public screening of digital stories created by children and young people with family members or loved ones in prison.
Soaring soprano and passionate cello lines intermingle with sumptuous piano writing in a recital programme featuring Esther Ward-Caddle (cello)and Nicole Panizza (piano) performing…
Blending many influences, The Shakespeare Heptet’s distinct sound is alluring and wholly contemporary, providing a stunning soundtrack to the sonnets.
Lunchtime recitals on Tuesdays by distinguished local organists on the fine organ at St. Bartholomew’s Church.
A new hour of stand-up from comedians Amy Gledhill and David Callaghan as heard on BBC Radio’s ‘Jesting About’, **** (The Scotsman), **** (Edinburgh Festivals Magazine), **** (Th…
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Fans of rock and roll won’t be left disappointed by the musical numbers in teenage romance production, Dreamboats and Petticoats.
“The true mystery of the world is the visible .
Welcome to Crossbones Graveyard: last resting place of The Winchester Geese.
We welcome violinist Benedict Cruft along with his fine Cruft-Robertson-Pleeth String Trio and guest guitarist, Paul Gregory.
“Traditionally, unmarried girls were sent into the veg garden to choose the ‘perfect’ cabbage.
Did you know that every sound has a colour? What are your true colours? And what happens when all those colours blend together in a choir? Come and discover an amazing choral rain…
Everyone has a crazy family.
Twelve years ago, Tobias and Alexander came together to form a spiritualist commune based on their shared visions of a peaceful and harmonious community.
Revivals always run the risk of not resonating with a contemporary audience, or relying wholly on nostalgia, but Michael Mayer’s touring production of the Fanny Brice story, m…
Children’s entertainer Jango Starr is a total clown, but that’s certainly not meant as a criticism; sans white-face, he instead relies on a pair of trousers just sufficientl…
Live gameshow and comedy night.
Nostalgia is big business.
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…
you thought Gleb was sizzling in the Master Chef kitchen and Kristina was stunning on Strictly then imagine how spicy it will be when you see the…
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…
A new production of the award-winning National Theatre comedy play.
Join us for the legendary gameshow and comedy night. Take part in hilarious challenges to win prizes and enjoy comedy from some of the funniest alternative comedians in the UK.
A new writing night for alternative comedies.
Please! Come in and browse.
Andrew Hunter Murray, star of Fringe smash-hit Austentatious ***** (Times), QI podcast No Such Thing as a Fish and No Such Thing as the News (BBC Two), presents his debut solo hour…
The music of old and new Scotland – misty isles, enchanting glens, awe-inspiring mountains, history, passion and ambition.
Peter Rabbit knows very well that he is not to go into Mr McGregor’s garden, especially as it was there that his father met his untimely end! But he cannot resist, and after severa…
Mediterraneo is bringing Africa, Cuba and southern Italy to Summerhall for a huge festival edition of their world music concert.
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…
Two piano students from Edinburgh Napier University perform a 45 minute recital of lesser known masterpieces by Franz Schubert, Alban Berg and Claude Debussy.
Arbroath-based musician Mark Spalding follows on from last year’s warmly received recital marking 40 years of Stockhausen’s Tierkreis, with a programme honouring veteran Hungarian …
The award-winning trio with a big band sound, Barrule elevates the Isle of Man’s native music to a new level of performance and musicianship; a knockout live act performing Manx …
Live from the BBC’s venue in Edinburgh, featuring topical stories and big name guests.
Edinburgh Fringe veteran, Perrier nominee, co-founder of the Comedy Store Players, multiple BAFTA-winning Horrible Histories songwriter, inadvertent creator of the phrase ‘comedy i…
Harold Pinter’s short play, One for the Road, concerns torture, and you can assume it’s talking about state-sanctioned torture, given Rising Phoenix Repertory’s decision to t…
Sarah Jane Morris and Antonio Forcione come together in a worldwide tour to promote the launch of their collaborative album Compared to What.
Sophie Williams (violin), Hugh Mackay (cello), Anna Michels (piano) and Emilia De Geer (piano) perform Smetana Piano Trio in G minor and music by Ravel and Debussy.
Even plays were buried by the bombs of World War I.
Looking for peace and tranquillity? You are welcome to join us for an hour’s quiet time and enjoy some stillness, scripture, music, poetry and prayer appropriate for the Year of Me…
You’ll Never Get This Time Back is a zany, absurd and irreverent hour of fun that casts a comic eye over the darker regions of the human soul.
Two friends get together to write a comedy musical.
‘You hungry?’ A boy breaks into a London house during the Blitz and is discovered by the man living there.
For those of you not yet converted, Sing-a-Long-a Sound of Music is a screening of the classic Julie Andrews film musical in glorious, full-screen technicolor, with subtitles – s…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
In this performance, three talented musicians play some of Glenn Miller’s greatest hits.
A masked figure, all in white, carries the biggest drumstick you’ve ever seen and drops it on the biggest drum you’ve ever seen.
Starting a show with a song containing the lyrics “it’s a stupid idea and it’ll never work” feels somewhat disingenuous when the song’s fully orchestrated and lit.
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 …
The Edinburgh Contemporary Music Ensemble perform the best of the city’s new chamber music with works by Peter Nelson, Harry Whalley, Kostas Rekleitis, Stuart Taylor, Julien Loncha…
As hilarious as it is poignant, Lost in Blue is an individual and gripping story from one of the UK’s top storytellers.
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Join Sarah Millican and special guests as they celebrate the longest-running comedy festival in England.
On October third, 1849, Edgar Allen Poe was found delirious on the streets of Baltimore, Maryland.
When it comes to music, virtual reality will change the industry.
In her mind Diana is a glamorous singer-raconteuse, and Leon her pianist.
Upstairs Downton and Petting Zoo (‘Improv supergroup’ TimeOut) star creates a staggering array of characters using his mouth, brain, hands and body.
In this innovative and original piece of immersive, improvised theatre, we are invited to step inside The Mindspace to talk to the personified projections of the human mind.
The Doctor’s back and combating rogue aliens at the Fringe! Directed by one of the makers of Adventures of the Improvised Sherlock Holmes, we take you on a transcendental journey…
Fans of The Office and The IT Crowd, we’ve found the answer to the gaping sitcom shaped hole in your life: an office where the graduate dream has died.
Staged opera performances from some of Scotland’s most talented young singers.
Breezing in as part of the Made In Adelaide initiative after a sold out run there, I had high expectations of this presentation.
Current affairs can be baffling, and we have all been overcome with the need to turn off the news and pretend that horrific acts of terrorism around the world aren’t happening.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Two late night showings of Murnau’s classic 1922 German expressionist film Nosferatu – A Symphony of Horror, with live music provided by the ensemble Gladstone’s Bag.
Hamlet is a woman, she is living the play from the lovers’ point of view, going into the depths of humanity.
Stories to Tell in the Middle of the Night is both exactly what it says it whilst also proving to something rather different altogether.
Later, considerably ruder and darker shows from internationally acclaimed, award-winning Scottish stand-up comedy meteor.
Returning once again to the Pleasance stage, Mark Watson is not all there.
Fringe’s best party ever is back! Hot Dub Time Machine returns for its fifth year.
Showcasing the finest piano and chamber music from RCS and St Mary’s Music School students.
Escape into the Renaissance for an hour with music from Octavoce in the beautiful surroundings of the Robin Chapel, Edinburgh.
For over twenty years Chechelele have been delighting audiences with songs about love, freedom, slavery and everyday life: music with stories and meaning performed with energy and …
Folk music is the treasure of the splendid Chinese civilization, with its elegance, charm, neatness and harmony and the beauty of Oriental Art in the folk music melody, we will bui…
Come join Bessy Bass and share in her adventures as she leaves her Scottish, coastal home to embark on a journey to visit musical friends and family in several European destination…
Into the Water promises to be a family-friendly show full of dancing and imagination.
Cinema screening of live performance.
Triveni, the Indian classical trio, returns to Edinburgh after a successful year in 2015! Prabhat Rao is one of the leading Indian classical vocalists of the younger generation in …
Countertenor James Laing, theorbo player James Akers and bass violist Susanna Pell’s hour long feast of Dowland was one of the most spectacular concerts I have attended in a whil…
The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s MA Classical and Contemporary Text programme is holding auditions for its 2017-2018 academic year.
A captivating piece of storytelling that takes the audience back to 1939 and then through to 1945, telling the tale of two best friends in the army, a night club owner and three al…
The music of Egberto Gismonti is like a microcosm of his native Brazil – diverse, joyful and unique.
Transforum Theatre’s adaptation of Alice in Wonderland sets the Lewis Carroll classic in a mental hospital.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
You don a white mask and read a list of instructions upon entering The Space at Jury’s Inn.
Prière; 3 Gymnopédies; 3 Embryons Dessèchés; 6 Pièces Froides: 3 Airs à Faire Fuir; 3 Danses de Travers.
Join Dracula’s arch-nemesis Professor Van Helsing in a gothic camp vamp romp of biting satire punctuated with sucky songs.
Really? Music tricks are the only resource for this group of orphans? They’re losing hope.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Ayman Jarjour is an internationally renowned Syrian classical guitarist and graduate of The Juilliard School in New York.
In a darkly comic, brutally honest and extremely current piece of new writing, Martin Murphy depicts the life of one woman who is striving to make a difference in the world.
Two of Newcastle’s rising stars present two separate half hours of stand up.
“All the Australians in the room put your hands up,” a splattering of us raise our hands, and little do we realise that Dan Willis will heavily rely on us to make up a good pro…
Experience the joy of live music at the museum with the best contemporary talents from Scotland, England, Ireland and Wales.
In an explosion of energy, raw intensity and emotion, RashDash theatre company shatters preconceptions of the patriarchy.
In the setting of voice, bass and guitar, Sophie Bancroft and Tom Lyne create a dynamic, entertaining and intimate interpretation of beautiful songs.
Let’s just appreciate that title for a moment.
Genre-defying Nu Nordic pioneers Auvo Quartet, the stage-melting powerhouse duo Ross Couper and Tom Oakes and his many forays into cinematic, classical and improvised material.
Live music throughout the day and night at Stramash, featuring the best Edinburgh-based and visiting musicians.
Grab your mates, request a crap song and hit the dance floor for a ridiculously fun night! Tomás Ford, (Craptacular!) is proudly the worst DJ in the world, returning with his idio…
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.
As well as a full daily schedule of incoming Fringe shows, Edinburgh’s famous multiple award-winning venue stages its own programme of jazz and late-night funk every night, with 5a…
Sitting into a dark room, crammed with many other eagerly awaiting strangers, Stephen K Amos enters, his booming voice announcing his talk show and diving into some sarcasm-laced m…
Breathe deeply and appreciate the moment.
An “Original Lord of the Rings Parody” One Musical to Rule them All is full of puns, mocks the bits of Lord of the Rings that we all thought were a bit ridiculous and illogical…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Vocal Force is making their Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut! These young, enthusiastic performers from the USA harmonize their way through the past 60 years of chart-topping hits!
Bursting with musical variety and talent, razor-sharp lyrics and incredible chemistry, Sarah-Louise Young and Michael Roulston return to this year’s Fringe with Cabaret Whore Pre…
In this thought-provoking, inventive and touching piece of new writing, we hear about the lives of ten individuals, linked only by their mode of transportation.
After another successful European tour, Frank Sanazi’s comedy-cabaret war machine rolls into Edinburgh, accompanied by his psychopathic daughter Nancy Sanazi, Saddami Davis Jnr, De…
You’d be forgiven for thinking this was a generic literary tour, because of the way it had been marketed in the Fringe programme.
Welcome to Woodburn.
Pete Sinclair returns with a brand new show titled after an Andy Williams hit.
One soldier’s patriotism, as he battles both for his country and with himself, is pushed to the breaking point in this clever and current piece of new writing.
Greenyonder’s most popular tour.
A fun-packed hour of stand-up where Saskia Preston and Sarah Iles bring along their comedy chums to have you laughing your bellies off.
An episode of Doctor Who improvised before your eyes! From a fantastic team, including five-star directors, producers, actors and comedians, (Nouse, 2015).
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…
Part stand-up show, part planetarium experience.
Charlotte Jones’ debut play, Airswimming, is a poignant, one-act portrayal of the lives of two women in St Dymphna’s Hospital for the Criminally Insane.
Three top-line comics bring their fast-paced comedy showcase to the world’s most famous comedy festival.
Brought to you by Northumbria Drama Society, Just a Quick One by Hannah Sowerby, is a mockumentary-style comedy that follows a day at Blackpool’s most controversial cafe: coffee sh…
Enjoy an hour of the best up and coming one-liner comedians on the circuit in this celebration of puns, one-liners and wordplay.
A new stand-up and sketch show by Sarah Bennetto.
“If you don’t laugh at the disabled guy, you are going to hell!” Lee Ridley begins, and immediately inspires unanimous laughter.
Doris Day is one of the most loved singers and actresses of the 1950s and 60s.
Who is that strange Frenchman signalling from the island? What’s in Aunt Fanny’s famous fish pie? Has anyone actually seen Timmy? The Famous Five are back! Shedload presents Robert…
Bob drives his BlundaBus around Europe looking for adventures.
Just one glance at this year’s stuffed-to-bursting wedge of a programme is enough to see that there are bewildering array of performance disciplines represented at this year’s …
A gunshot on New Year’s Eve on a beach in Thailand changed musical theatre artist Nils Bergstrand’s life forever.
Based on a gauge adapted from his previous call-centre telemarketing experience, David O’Doherty rates being a professional stand-up as an eight out of ten, with two points dropp…
A selling exhibition of kitchenalia old and new, exploring the culinary traditions of India, the Middle East and Southeast Asia.
Through raw emotion, compelling stories and snippets of reality, we learn the story of Holly, a woman living on the streets in Edinburgh.
In the future, mimes are no longer physical theatre practitioners and have become the sole operators of the world’s time machines.
Meet Luke (the uptight one), Joshan (the cool one) and Archie (the third one) as they take you forth into a calamitous hour of high-energy skits.
Set at some point in a dystopian, not so distant future, one Scottish man is trying to go about his day to day life, living each moment as it comes, not in search of anything that …
Through a series of devised monologues, pieces of physical theatre and slam poetry, Lies.
Though Shakespeare is something which has been revisited and reproduced time and time again, it is rare that one of the minor characters is given a starring role.
If you are a millennial/Gen-Y/Gen-X-er you need to see Neel Kolhatkar.
This child-friendly adaptation is a very funny, high energy, big, bold and bright show that features colourful costumes, crazy characters and a large interactive screen so that nob…
Yinka Kuitenbrouwer welcomes you into her shed, pours you a cup of tea, gives you a house-shaped biscuit, and the words come out in a torrent.
I like Sarah Callaghan.
You are immediately struck by Alice Fraser’s triumphant gentility as she graces the stage.
Carl Donnelly has reached peak age, he’s a vegan, he recently took up yoga, and he’s content with his life – I know it doesn’t sound like a good recipe for stand-up but som…
A cross between the mass appeal of Amy Schumer and the niche quirkiness of Jenna Marbles, Loren O’Brien is trying to work out her own identity.
En Folkefiende, in English, translates as An Enemy of the People, and in this clever and modernised adaptation of Ibsen’s classic tale, Brad Birch has written a scandalous piece …
You won’t find many performers at this year’s Fringe trumpeting their lack of uniqueness.
Joining the ranks of slightly nerdy comedians who primarily joke about their non-existent sex lives, So You Think You’re Funny finalist Alex Kealy is a safe bet for some well-tho…
Both touching and humorous, It Folds is an experimental exploration of grief, death and the human condition.
It’s a struggle to review Holly Burn.
The beauty of a new play, from a new company, is that expectations are at rock bottom.
Between Episode IV and V of Charles Ross’s One Man Star Wars Trilogy, the writer/performer spent some time polling the audience.
‘It’s a bit weird when I talk to you, eh?’ says Tim Carlsen’s Moko, the vulnerable and homeless protagonist of this curious one-man-show from New Zealand.
The self-empowerment of interesting American women from history is a dramatic premise that instantly arrests your attention.
Do you remember the warmth and magic you felt being told stories before bed as a kid? That elation you feel when you’re totally engrossed in a book? A Pocketful of Grimms brings …
Sarah Kendall’s stand-up routine has a different format to most: it’s all centred around a single tale, and it’s in the hands of someone who really knows their way around sto…
Star of Austentacious, No Such Thing as Fish (and its television transfer - No Such Thing as the News), the QI Elf finally has his one-man-show.
This child-friendly adaptation is a very funny, high energy, big, bold and bright show that features colourful costumes, crazy characters and a large interactive screen so that nob…
Ed Gamble used to be a fat.
Seann Walsh is a brilliant observational comic, with an ability to tease out the comicality of even the most mundane, everyday occurrence.
This is the story of two men who were very, very good at failing.
Fifteen-year-old David Ralfe knows that with “warmth, guidance, and gentle nudging”, Kate, his anorexic girlfriend, can be guided towards a healthier existence.
Attacking her material with a mixture of nervous energy and enthusiasm Juliette Burton launches into her act by describing her difficulties in making decisions, then tracing the bi…
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.
A Moment in Time, new works by Tom White and associates from Clifton Fine Art, Bristol and Chroma, paintings by Jackie Higgs and Alan Chapman and jewellery by Eleanor Symms.
Following the lives of Marie, John and their thirty-something son Danny, The Wee One is a heart-warming original comedy about the true-to-life challenges of a modern day family in …
The Wee One starts with a scenario familiar enough from numerous television sitcoms – a couple well into middle-age who appear to be stuck with an adult child who has failed t…
A selection of pieces dealing with current day issues.
Join Classical Folk for another evening of Schubert, Paganini, Massenet, Boccherini; gipsy and folk songs; tales of composers.
Award-winning comedy songwriter Tamar returns with a brand new show about walks of shame, the hangover blues and forever blaming everything on the Backstreet Boys.
Does anyone ever read these blurbs? Here’s an experiment: if you are actually reading this right now, text your favourite animal to Alex at 07450 846 211.
From the creators of ‘Three Excellent Little Pigs’ and ‘Gorrid the Horrid’ comes another spell-binding musical puppet show.
Internationally-acclaimed proponent of the steel pan (steel drum) Rachel Hayward returns to the Fringe with a solo recital in the beautiful setting of Brighton’s oldest building, p…
Pianist, rapper and producer Mrisi has performed his unique mix of hip hop, jazz, African, reggae and other genres as part of the Glasgow Commonwealth Games and all over the UK, su…
Laurene Hope, who amazed as Piaf, is now ‘La Divina’ Callas - from unwanted child to opera Goddess and her obsession with Onassis.
Pianist, rapper and producer Mrisi has performed at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games and all over the UK, supporting the likes of Omar, Prince Fatty and Rizzle Kicks.
Award-winning docu-comedian Juliette Burton must make a BIG decision.
Sarah Jane Morris and Antonio Forcione come together in a worldwide tour to promote the launch of their collaborative album, ‘Compared to What’, which includes some wry comedy, lov…
Quirky, wistful, witty, jubilant songs; dynamic performance; unique arrangements; ingenious costumes.
Funny Women’s share and gig night is perfect for comedy lovers and beginners.
Virtuoso solo violinist Michalis Kouloumis performs traditional music from the Balkans, Cyprus, Greece and Turkey.
The acclaimed theatrical phenomenon is Broadway’s Tony®-winning best play.
Experience the fire of Scottish traditional music, the delicacy of classical perfection, the spirit of jazz and the life of the city from Urban Folk duo, An Dhá.
Sublime popular classics by celebrated British composers, featuring professional soloists and instrumentalists, amidst stunning surroundings of St Bartholomew’s Church.
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Hastings-based Oudolin will be bringing you authentic music from a range of Mediterranean and Middle Eastern countries including Egypt, Syria, Greece, Lebanon, Turkey and Moorish S…
Sarah Kendall brings her sell-out Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy award nominated show to Brighton Fringe.
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…
An adventure set on the high seas that is story-telling at its very finest.
Captain Morgan and First Mate Hammond quest for the secrets of time-travel in a rip-roaring comedy adventure.
Martha Tilston has carved her unique niche in the modern English folk scene with sharp, original songs that dissect the modern world.
Every Christmas, comedians Andy Thomas (‘Crimes Against Humanities Teachers’) and Sarah Charsley (‘Ghost Sex’) meet to mime a rant, then do it for real.
Strange things happen on a Walke About.
Oh what a man! Francis Henshall is a man driven by his needs, whether its food or a good woman, he is totally consumed and motivated by his desires.
Join us on a journey through the magical forest where three fairy tales are imaginatively brought to life.
We all know the refuge that music and singing can bring.
Inspired by a phrase from Virginia Woolf to describe dusk, Owl Time is a gentle production that provides political punch.
Dressed only from the waist up and ankles down, Truscott undoes the rules and rhetoric about rape, comedy and the awkward laughs in between.
Recitals on Tuesdays by distinguished local organists on the fine organ at St.
“A fascinating stroll through the city’s association with the occult, packed with detail and entertainingly dodgy conjecture” **** (The Argus).
Composer Frank Loesser has become a Broadway giant, and it takes a brave man to revive what is, arguably, his best known work.
Everyone has a story about Tom, says the narrator.
The 13th iteration of this festival celebrating all things flamenco brings a bright lineup of music and dance to locations throughout the city.
Following the Sept.
All Time Low and Dinner at Gordon Ramsay's Union Street Café - A 5-hour experience! Pop punk darlings All Time Low are thrilled to announce their return to the…
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…
Like the first, the final play in Rona Munro’s James Plays is part family saga, part love story.
Day of the Innocents takes place on the same set as the first James play, but it feels somewhat different thanks to subtle changes of dressing and lighting.
There’s the feel of a gladiatorial arena to the staging of Rona Munro’s trilogy of James Plays, not least because some audience members seated on a raised area above the sta…
On Saturday, in this series blending sight and sound, the Brentano Quartet plays Bach’s “The Art of Fugue” in a performance installation thought out by Gabriel Ca…
Mr. Adsit, a longtime improviser, teams with Oliver Chris for a night of impromptu comedy that promises to defy its title, which refers to a beginner- level improv course.
Aparna Nancherla and Josh Gondelman join forces (and faces, for a somewhat off-putting promotional poster) in this excellent stand-up show.
Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II didn’t shirk from social issues within their musical theatre productions: racism (South Pacific), transient/absent fatherhood (Carouse…
Christopher, fifteen years old, stands beside Mrs Shears' dead dog.
Australia is home to many curious creatures; a place where men are macho, except when they put on a frock, heels and make-up to sing along to disco classics.
An opening act for the universally beloved Brian Regan, Mr. Zimmerman is an endearing young absurdist with a clever approach to observational stand-up.
For its first New York show, this Pittsburgh-based new music series offers Burr Van Nostrand’s “Fantasy Manual for Urban Survival,” performed by the cellist Dave …
There is an intrinsic roughness to this latest production from Edinburgh-based Blazing Hyena productions: performed “in the round” in a student bar within city’s Art College, th…
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In support of the comedian Erik Bergstrom, a master of dry one-liners who was recently diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma, 100 comedians will perform their favorite gags to ra…
Since 1975, the Richard Tucker Music Foundation has been fostering the careers of emerging singers.
If you grew up in the 1970s it was almost compulsory to know the music of Burt Bacharach and lyrics of Hal David - Alfie, Anyone Who Had a Heart, Look of Love and What the World N…
One of the strengths of the Royal Lyceum Theatre Company during the last half-century has been its ongoing commitment to providing quality drama education and performance opport…
Some lives are touched by war.
This enterprising series, dedicated to the pairing of invigorating contemporary music with comfort snacks, presents New Morse Code, a duo made up of the cellist Hannah Collins and …
The latest edition of this now happily long-running series comes on the Noguchi Museum’s Community Day, when admission is free.
Having won the Comics’ Choice Award at the Melbourne Comedy Festival, multi award-winning comedian Sarah Kendall is back with a hilarious new hour of storytelling.
Prélude de la Porte Héroïque du Ciel, 6 Gnossiennes, 3 Sarabandes, Dances Gothiques.
BBC Radio Nan Gàidheal host an evening of the best new music from Rapal radio.
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…
Taking festivals, theatres and rooftops all over the world by storm, Hot Dub Time Machine returns for five nights only, bigger and better than ever! Join DJ Tom Loud on a transcend…
Senior players from St Mary’s Music School perform Schubert’s final chamber work, the sublime String Quintet in C major and a new work by Tom David Wilson.
The popular Scottish composer presents highlights from his chamber music, musicals and operas.
Beardman production Time At The Bar was written and directed by Kieran Mellish and follows the story of The Duck’s Beak pub, whose future is uncertain.
Waste of Time takes the audience both back and forwards in time from the grounds of an abandoned scrap heap.
Through a series of surreal, nostalgic and captivating scenarios, the piece draws on personal experiences of the artist Sarah Vaughan-Jones in order to investigate how we measure a…
Award-winning New York-based saxophonist and composer Ben Bryden brings the songs of eccentric poet/songwriter genius Ivor Cutler into the jazz canon, with his indie-rock-infused j…
There’s something infectious about certain ad jingles.
Featuring singer/songwriter Euan Drysdale on vocals, guitar and piano and Alastair Savage on fiddle.
Edinburgh’s very own established 40-strong Capital Concert Band plays stirring Scottish themes in an hour’s tour of iconic music, including Highland Cathedral, Braveheart, A Scotti…
Jump aboard the Chattanooga Choo-Choo and have fun as top jazz players Brian Kellock (piano), Colin Steele (trumpet) and John Rae (drums) celebrate the greatest American dance band…
An hour of pure delight.
Song for The Bowdoin, Old Zeb, and Song for Gale – examples from a writer considered a leading voice in the American folk tradition.
Enjoy a showcase of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s finest piano students in this exciting nine concert series.
Classical Music Concert @ connected - musical miscellany with the Rasaratnams. Enjoy a relaxing evening in an intimate venue with a selection of solo and chamber works.
Three of Scotland’s most exciting young professional musicians unite to perform ravishing repertoire for voice, viola and piano, including Brahms, Poulenc, Rubbra, Falla and Loeffl…
Piano Transcriptions of Irish and Scottish Music by Mary McCarthy.
How would you feel if you were paralysed or had blackouts, only to be told you were imagining it, hysterical, or making it up? This is still the experience of some patients with Fu…
Written by Ireland Professor of Poetry, Paula Meehan, Music for Dogs is a story of survival, set during Ireland’s Celtic Tiger years, and takes place on Dublin’s Burrow beach.
Exciting, young French pianist Louise Cournarie will give a recital on the Cathedral’s Steinway, including music by Handel, Schubert and Mendelssohn.
Scottish song, music and comedy at its finest.
Ian Munro leads the Edinburgh Festival Ensemble in music for strings including Beethoven’s Grosse Fugue.
Eight Tibetan monks present an exciting performance of sacred masked dance from their New Year festival, interspersed with the mesmerising chant and music of the Buddhist monastic …
Before the lights go down and the show begins, a voiceover warns us to expect ‘scenes of extreme horror’ as this retelling of Edgar Allan Poe’s gothic tale begins.
Make Some Noize is Edinburgh’s most anticipated all day music festival featuring some of the world’s biggest music artists.
After a sell-out show in 2014, Fischy Music return to connected@the Fringe.
Free Fringe Music all day at the famous Inn on the Mile, at the crossroads at the heart of the Fringe.
Charlotte Rowan is recognized for her compelling, commanding performances, delivered with dazzling virtuosity and technical assurance.
Dumfries and Galloway based printmaker Sarah Stewart creates fresh contemporary works inspired by patterns and typography found within her environment and found objects.
Two staves (and all the leger lines!) become one under Stefan Warzycki’s dextrous left hand, in two virtuoso piano recitals including works by Bach, Chopin (arrangement by Godowsky…
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.
Last show ever – will sell out.
Site specific theatre is a great way to immerse an audience into the world that the piece creates.
Eddie McGuire, former Chairman of the Musicians’ Union (Scottish Region), and classical zheng performer Dong Yi, the first and so far only musician of any Chinese instrument to g…
Beardyman has been a regular Fringe success for several years and it’s easy to see why.
The British soul, jazz and r’n’b singer who topped the UK pop charts with The Communards in 1986 with ‘Don’t Leave Me This Way’.
There’s niche and then there’s the niche of the niche.
Sketch Club 7 has six members.
Fusion Theatre return to Greenside with a Poe-faced and incoherent piece of physical theatre that often makes even less sense than its overwrought title.
As you walked by that parked car, have you ever wondered just what were the two people inside talking about? What do you imagine they might be telling each other? Random Acts bring…
St Patrick’s parishioners invite you to spend some time reflecting on the mysteries of Christian faith, and so be renewed in body and soul for our day to day activities in this wor…
Enjoy a showcase of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s finest piano students in this exciting nine concert series.
‘He had fallen into the hands of death.
Time is the only thing we can’t control, but this is my time so it can be whatever I desire. The 229 is never on time … and there’s nothing worse than being late right?
Producers David Hutchinson and Phillip Rowntree discuss how they grew touring company Sell a Door from a shoestring Fringe company to a large scale and West End production company.
Stephanie Laing is Chesney Hawkes’ number one fan.
Join CSWO as they celebrate their 20th anniversary of music making in the East Midlands.
The New Liszt Ferenc Chamber Choir was established on 1 February 2010 from the members of the Liszt Academy’s Alma Mater Choir and from the freshly graduated students of the Lisz…
Explore the dark, hidden side of best-selling author Ian Rankin’s Edinburgh.
For 20 years Alastair has taught salsa dance.
Join West Country comedian Cerys Nelmes as she entertains you and your children for 45 minutes of onesie fun! Wear your onesie, and have some funsie! There will be music, dancing, …
Jazz Bar Music is an event which shows off the musical skills of several different performers, making each night different.
Oliver Suddon, comedian and broadcaster, hosts a relaxing evening of comedy and music with a variety of selected performers from the Fringe and creates radio broadcast inserts for …
Experience the joy of live music at the museum.
If Dan Willis is targeting the annoying Australian Uncle demographic with his show Australia: A Whinging Pom’s Guide, he’s got it completely spot on.
A host of cabaret stars turn out to support charity including London’s original Drag Race.
Music all day at the smallest pub in Scotland or probably anywhere. Visit and enjoy.
Join CSWO as they celebrate their 20th anniversary of music making in the East Midlands.
Irish comic and professional procrastinator Matthew Collins (BBC’s Great Unanswered Questions) brings his Favourite Waste of Time back to the Fringe.
Take an easy walking tour to discover a little-known side of Edinburgh’s Old Town.
From now until August 31st, visitors can soak in the buzzing atmosphere at Edinburgh’s premiere music venue.
This exhibition in the stunning 17th century Parliament Hall offers insight into the life, history and traditions of Scotland’s Supreme Courts.
Frank Sinatra is one of those rare artists that is universally loved and respected by all.
A slick absurdist piece, PALP’s One Above is an intelligent offering from the young company.
The anarchic late night DJ party is back! Request any song you want, so long as it’s crap.
Irish comic and professional procrastinator Matthew Collins (BBC’s Great Unanswered Questions) brings his Favourite Waste of Time back to the Fringe.
In this play, the North/South divide is a reality.
Alice Fraser’s kindness immediately hits you like a warm hug: as her audience filter in she’s chatting, pointing out the air conditioning (a small fan that she’s bought herse…
Sometimes love comes to you and sometimes you have to make it happen.
Micheal Legge - Prince of Bitterness, Lord of Fury - has his sights on an award.
In this fun one-woman show, a self-described bi-dyke shares with us stories of her sexual evolution, from Mormon adolescent scanning second-hand books for smut, to monogamous domes…
Like or hate Facebook, you’re guaranteed to love this all-female social media inspired comedy improv show.
Even the most seasoned audience member has to concentrate to grasp every line of a Shakespeare play.
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.
Join Sarah Keyworth (Amused Moose Semi-Finalist) and Alex Hylton, (Macmillan Comedian of the Year Runner-up) as they take on love, sexuality and dating in this debut show.
The Beau Zeaux are impressive in their intensity.
Broadway performer and YouTube sensation Christina Bianco takes you on a hilarious musical comedy journey, showing you what led her to become a multi-faceted, multi-voiced party of…
Every serious actor wants to do his Hamlet.
Doris Day is one of the most loved singers and actresses of the 1950s and 60s.
A new stand-up and character solo show by the London-based Melbourne comedian and host of Storytellers’ Club.
One of Korea’s most celebrated contemporary dance companies, who have toured to over 30 countries, make their UK debut with a double bill of two of their most acclaimed works.
A dirty afternoon party hosted by the king of alternative cabaret, Tomás Ford.
If you like classical guitar and want to escape the bustling madness that is the Mile at 1pm in the middle of the Fringe, then you are going to enjoy Jonathan Prag’s hour long re…
Award-winning brass ensemble Buzz presents The History of Music, a fabulous theatrical odyssey that travels through space and time at a thrilling tempo to explore the music of the …
‘A raconteur extraordinaire! One of a kind! Sunshine is star!’ (Japan Times).
Die-hard fans of classic BBC Sitcom Dad’s Army will particularly enjoy this panel discussion, Q&A and selection of nostalgic clips from Ian Lavender, aka Private Pike, and fellow…
A varied evening recital programme from some of Fife’s most talented young classical performers.
Attention customers: the store will be closing in five minutes.
Mike Wozniak’s probably best known for playing moustachioed misfit Brian in Channel 4’s sitcom Man Down.
Phone Whore is a show that is equal parts witty, sexually frank and dripping with cynicism.
The first solo show from David Callaghan (BBC New Comedy Awards 2012 and 2013).
A Day in October centres around Kendall’s teenage years at a rough high-school in Newcastle, Australia.
Twenty-three-year-old Sarah Callaghan lives at home with her mum – and for this hour we are transported to her three-by-five-metre bedroom in her home in working-class London.
Sixty episodes.
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…
We are welcomed into the Stand 2 by a red-headed young woman in the guise of an older man.
Tania Edwards opens by criticising the elderly.
It all begins with a suicide threat.
You cannot criticise Rhys Nicholson for a lack of clarity.
According to Andrew Ryan, he is a failure.
One Trick Pony is the follow up to the critically acclaimed mouthful of a fringe show, Adrienne Truscott’s Asking For It: A One-Lady Rape About Comedy Starring Her Pussy and Little…
Mistaken presents four short monologues, written and directed by Nick Myles and performed by William McGeough.
The show you’ve been waiting for! One man fights his involuntary mechanism for telling jokes at the worst times possible and tells them during this show which is the best time poss…
Post-coitus: it’s that intimate moment of openness, where people say weird, wonderful and often brutally honest things.
Charlie Baker blends song with stand-up, as he intersperses his versions of one hit wonders with tales from his life.
‘I know why you’re here’, James Acaster begins, ‘for the celebrity gossip’.
Tokyo Tapdoare a company of Japanese tap dancers, percussionists, circus artists.
If you think that swashbuckling adventures are only for children, think again.
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.
When Breaking Bad came to an end at season five, everyone thought that this would be it for the franchise.
A man walks slowly onto the stage with his back to the audience, he holds himself in a wide stance and begins to strike the taiko drum.
Over 20 plays, some well known pieces, some new writing, some one person plays, some with a massive cast but all performed in 1 hour or less by numerous theatre companies
This lively summer festival offers free concerts on Tuesdays on the main stage of Washington Square Park.
It might be difficult for patrons in Edward Scissorhands costumes to get past security at Avery Fisher Hall.
We have the best of the Edinburgh Fringe Under One Roof in South London for one special week 6th - 11th July.
With ever more sophisticated technology at their fingertips, composers of electronic music are producing a dizzying array of works that often draw on video and performance art, too…
As part of the Pop Up Concerts series at the Miller Theater, the adventurous American Contemporary Music Ensemble offers a program of works by the pianist and composer Timo Andres,…
(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…
‘Mighty fine comic’ (The Guardian) Tom Deacon is one of the hottest young stand-ups on the circuit.
Join Classical Folk for an evening of folk and classical musical fusion.
As heard on BBC Radio 4’s The Now Show.
Winner of the 2014 Brighton Digital Festival education award, this sell-out show is back.
The Victorian Music Hall, vulgar, jingoistic, patriotic, slightly naughty to downright rude, with a mix of songs still sung and loved today.
Saturday May 23rd All Saints Church, Hove, 7:30pm.
Poet Charles Antony is well known in Sussex for his performances which bring his poetic stories to life.
Hit the dancefloor for party monster Tomás Ford’s late night rave.
This critically acclaimed recording-artist performs popular hits, Ariel, Lucky Stars, Lydia, and more.
Work in progress.
Soak up the swing.
Built in 1766 as a glamourous Georgian Ballroom in the Old Steine, it was the place to be seen for Brighton’s fashionable crowd! The building later became the Chapel to the Royal P…
Join us in the magical forest where three fairy tales are imaginatively brought to life.
Three Brighton-based performance poets grab hold of the microphone at Over Broadway in order to shout at you on the subject of politics, sexuality and death.
This adventurous group celebrates the music of Mathew Rosenblum and Lee Hyla, an American composer who died last year and whose scores mesh elements of classical, rock and jazz.
Please join us for a unique evening combining a short guided meditational experience with a variety of live music and spoken word performances.
Rob Coleman doesn’t know his aft from his ebb tide, but despite two failed attempts has an unquenchable desire to cross the Atlantic in a small boat.
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…
Delve into the world of a depressed bulimic, it might surprise you.
Clark is an outsider.
Movies always have a soundtrack… why can’t a stand-up show? “20-something tall comedian” (Online Review) Chris Martin (Milton Jones tour support 2013, Guardian’s Top 10 Comedy …
Sublime classics by some of the world’s most celebrated composers performed with professional soloists and orchestra within the wonderful setting of St Bartholomew’s Church.
Deux Johns Orchestra, formed two years ago by John Trelawney, is a Jazz outfit that adapts in size for varying original material and venues.
Ria returns to Brighton with her fourth solo show on the back of being nominated for the Amused Moose Laughter Award 2014 and writing one of Dave TV’s Top 10 Jokes at the Edinburgh…
French-Mexican acoustic guitar duo JP & Leonardo bring you their unique and haunting sounds: a fusion of Arabic, Spanish and Gypsy music.
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…
‘Tell Me You Love Me’ explores what life with an alcoholic parent can be like through the eyes of Kath’s daughter, Sam.
Insanely talented newcomer Nick Dixon presents a preview of his hilarious and ridiculously honest debut show.
Famed for her association with the ‘Communards’ in the mid-80s (the fabulous hit ‘Don’t Leave Me This Way’ is still requested at every party!) and infamous for a banned rendi…
The world is not quite right, so she decided to listen to the voices in her head.
Martyna Majok’s stealthily devastating “John, Who’s Here From Cambridge,” an indelibly acted portrait of intimacy and entitlement, makes this a must-see.
Though the music is catchy, the band is terrific, and the cast is strong, this jazz musical by Nancy Harrow and Will Pomerantz hasn’t reconciled its improbable source materia…
Elephant - impossible to overlook and the biggest brain of any land mammal.
Discover what the Illuminati do not want you to know.
MUSICAL BABBLE For twelve years, MJ Paranzino, composer and director has commissioned New Choral Music for Brighton Fringe.
(previews start on Wednesday; opens on May 18) Let’s hope local playwrights have been running wind sprints and agility drills, because Ensemble Studio Theater’s Maratho…
Ensemble Studio Theater’s evening of one acts races between decades, places, genres and forms.
This adaptation of Anthony Burgess’s 1961 comic novel, part of Brits Off Broadway, is moderately amusing but is more interesting for the perspective.
This velvet-voiced, effortlessly communicative mezzo-soprano is joined by the pianist Joseph Middleton in an exquisite program: Schubert’s three “Ellens Gesang” (…
The erotically charged music of Monteverdi’s “L’Incoronazione di Poppea” and glittering arias by Handel are the focus of this concert presented by this cele…
Jean-Luc Lagarce’s beautiful, incantatory play is about a company of three performers who cling to art and shredded dignity as they hoof from stage to ever more pathetic stag…
HANK, the mostly online comedy duo of Dan Fox and Betsy Kenney, celebrates its one-year milestone with this live show, featuring new videos and stand-up from Jo Firestone, Carmen C…
(Saturday) The clarity and grace of Mozart and his contemporaries is the focus of a concert by this organization’s classical orchestra.
Steven Fox conducts this excellent period instrument ensemble, expanded for the occasion, in Beethoven’s ‘Pastoral’ Symphony.
A highlight of the Ecstatic Music Festival is Bang on a Can’s annual People’s Commissioning Fund Concert, which highlights imaginative new works by a range of composers…
Billed as “a story of women’s courage, of sisterhood and pride”, A Bench on the Road is a work in progress based on the true experiences of Italian immigrants, Scottish-bo…
The Boston ensemble Blue Heron delves into richly expressive secular and religious vocal music from the 15th century by composers including Johannes Ockeghem, Gilles Binchois and G…
Juilliard’s “Focus!” festival of Japanese music has concluded, but Asia Society’s series is still going strong.
With the death of the last surviving veterans a few years back, the so-called Great War of 1914-18 slipped from living memory, but some records remain preserved none-the-less, n…
In honor of the composer Terry Riley’s 80th birthday, this poetic pianist hosts a “piano party” that will feature solo works written in Mr.
In the 19th century, the painter Paul Cézanne bragged, “I will astonish Paris with an apple!” He did so by painting hundreds of them, from every angle, in extraord…
Always Different, Always Funny! After a sell out run at Edinburgh Fringe 14 and comedy residents during term time Edinburgh University, The Improverts are performing two shows in L…
(previews start on Jan.
Brett Davis and Sally Burtnick celebrate the first birthday of their monthly comedy show (which remains unconnected to the titular actor).
Dave Hill, a suave local favorite, hosts this top-notch night of comedy and music with a Christmas-themed show.
Unjustly, Rossini’s radiant final opera of political ideals and fatherly love is known today almost solely for its overture.
A collaboration between the composer Steven Stucky and the writer-pianist Jeremy Denk based on Charles Rosen’s book of the same name, this daffily absurd opera buffa (“…
Edinburgh’s Royal Lyceum Theatre always has a Christmassy feel to it, with its gilded pillars and Arabian Nights ceiling, and this enchanting adaptation feels like an early Ch…
(previews start on Sept.
Following the last year’s sell out, it’s back!
The versatile and fiercely accomplished Pacifica Quartet offers an unusual program with string quartets by Haydn (“Sunrise”) and Mendelssohn framing a newly commissione…
Robin Montague hosts these stand-up shows featuring some of the top female talents in the business, including Sasheer Zamata, Michelle Wolf, Sara Schaefer, Emmy Blotnick, Aparna Na…
Sound and image mingle in illuminating ways in this production by the composer Philip Miller and the artist William Kentridge, two South Africans and longtime collaborators.
Mo Fathelbab and Tim Ellis go all out to celebrate the first anniversary of their weekly comedy show.
The organist K.
Once again the Philharmonic begins a new season with the Art of the Score film series.
The harpsichordist Avi Stein directs this festival, which features some of New York’s top period instrument players.
During what is usually a slow week in the classical music season, the New York Chamber Music Festival has been stepping up for several years with an ambitious series of programs.
This new opera by Laura Kaminsky, with a libretto by Mark Campbell and Kimberly Reed, stars the baritone Kelly Markgraf and the mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke, husband and wife in real …
Directed by Luke Sheppard, Associate Director of Matilda in the West End and Broadway, Soul Music is written by stand-up comedian Andrew Doyle with music by resident composer of th…
Come and hear accomplished music scholars from Fettes College, Edinburgh give a lunchtime recital of vocal and instrumental music in the magnificent surroundings of St Cuthbert’s P…
In the surrounds of St Cecilia’s Hall, my view of pianist Peter Bream is through a glass case displaying a set of tartan-clad bagpipes.
Enjoy a showcase of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s finest piano students and staff in this exciting nine concert series.
This well-known, local band simply enjoy entertaining their audiences.
Enjoy a relaxing evening in an intimate venue with a selection of solo and chamber works ranging from Vivaldi to Shostakovich.
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…
Richard Lewis, Edinburgh’s Convener for Culture, and international mezzo-soprano Andrea Baker look at how Scotland has inspired other nations.
Inspired by the public performances of Charles Dickens and Mark Twain, the less decorated but more alive writer and actor B.
The Man, the Music, the Panj is a conversational songwriting showcase by wheelchair bound singer/songwriter Shaun Shears and the stories that have created his work.
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Peter Seivewright performs piano music by the English romantic composer Cyril Scott (1879-1970).
One performance only! ‘Several of the best one-liners you will hear.
Inspired by the extraordinary tenth century Aberdeenshire gospel book, Richard Ingham leads an evening of plainsong, reels and electronic soundscapes.
Life on the One Wheel experiments with everyday experience and elements of popular culture to explore the fragile simplicity of human emotion.
Fischy Music play fun and thoughtful songs to primary school-aged children, but the adults will love it too.
Middlesbrough sketch-pros Heavy Petting put on a wacky and fast-paced comedy sketch show complete with a weird fetish for Batman, hitting people with hammers and totally authentic …
The world’s only stand-up/improv/tattoo-chat comedy show returns with host comedian Billy Kirkwood.
Travelling at the speed of thought in his brand new music production spaceship, the world class multi-award-winning musician and comedian, transcends mere mimicry to produce studio…
Katharine Heller records an episode of her storytelling podcasts, with stories from the comedians Jamie Kilstein and Chris Gethard, and an appearance by the actor Matty Blake.
What impact has streaming had on the music industry? What are the pros and cons? A panelled discussion focusing on the key details involved in streaming music and the future of mus…
Sixty Episodes in 60 Minutes.
Radio nan Gaidheal hosts an evening of the best new music from Rapal radio.
This is not for everyone.
Her daughter has been taken, she sends in three dodgy nurses who enlist the disaffected youth and his somewhat feather obsessed friend.
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.
Star of Live At The Apollo and Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow, Kerry recently appeared as Hannah in Ricky Gervais’ sitcom Derek and played Lacey Turner’s mum in Our Girl.
How would you feel if you were paralysed or had blackouts, only to be told you were imagining it or, worse still, making it up? This is still the experience of some patients with F…
The New Zealand Music Showcase is a great way to see some of New Zealand’s greatest artists here at the fringe.
Tyrannical Nurse Ratched rules her ward in a British mental hospital with a strict, unbending routine.
Jyotsna Srikanth, an exciting and amazing South Indian carnatic violinist presents Carnatic Nomad, a traditional South Indian offering with classical, folk and contemporary South I…
A misfit with a dangerous grudge.
Following their sell-out Summerhall shows at last year’s Made In Scotland showcase, this genre-defying quartet take a break from performing with Scottish Dance Theatre to perform…
After a phenomenal run at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe, The Accidentals are back with ‘99 Problems But a Pitch Ain’t One’.
Combining an interesting program with an intimate setting and impressive technique, this concert of classical guitar music will be of interest to specialists and those who will enj…
This show is a little different from what the rest of the Festival has to offer.
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…
Due to massive demand, six extra, later, and quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man/half-Xbox.
“Schubert and His World” is the most ambitious undertaking of the Bard Music Festival in its 25th anniversary summer season.
1 or 2 Things About Us is a community production from Mixit Days, an inclusive theatre company who work with disabled people and give them a chance to perform on the stage.
A programme of Italian baroque mandolin music accompanied by harpsichord and interspersed with readings from Frances Taylor’s evocative memoir, The Mandolin Lesson.
Al Murray’s One Man, One Guvnor is only in its preview stages, but already it is a spectacularly funny set.
Eight shows only! Winner Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Award 2013.
Biding Time (Remix) holds some interesting ideas and memorable visuals, but it’s often hard to decipher what the aim of the company’s design and concept really is.
Enjoy a showcase of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s finest piano students and staff in this exciting nine concert series.
A Moment in Time is an immersive piece of theatre, which explores our relationship with the word investment, both from an audience and performer perspective whilst remaining at its…
The return of Liam McEneaney’s long-running variety show, with performances from the comedians Gilbert Gottfried and Amanda Melson, the musicians Mike Doughty and Kaki King, …
Accordionist Paul Chamberlain returns to the Fringe with a programme of original works and transcriptions including Weber’s famous Konzertstück in F Minor, along with pieces by Ra…
Join the gang as they sweep you down to the grand old days of London, packed full of extreme patriotism and purpose, The Music Hall Menagerie promises singing, dancing, comic caper…
Billing their series of gigs as Playtime, some of Edinburgh’s finest Jazzers are creating very interesting and enjoyable music in the intimate space of The Outhouse’s attic.
From the critically acclaimed SU Drama company comes a double play performance that combines Brien Friel’s Afterplay and an original piece named The White Peacock.
Explore the dark, hidden side of best-selling author Ian Rankin’s Edinburgh.
Stop all the clocks.
Sunday evening live piano with Robert Harrison in Edinburgh’s newest Royal Mile venue by Victor & Carina Contini.
An anarchic late night DJ party where you can request anything you want.
From bold brass to fabulous fiddlers, soprano soloists to singer/songwriters, enjoy daily live music performances at the museum, showcasing the best contemporary talents from Scotl…
Have you been mis-sold PPI? Me neither.
Proudly the only performance poet on the Fringe circuit with two hearts, the “Ginger Nigel Havers of spoken word” Richard Tyrone Jones presents an hour of witty, candid and spe…
A new hour of stand-up from Amy Gledhill and David Callaghan.
After 13.
It’s time to bring improv comedy bang up to date.
The first weekend of the festival kicks off with the pianist Joyce Yang performing in Schumann’s Piano Quartet for a benefit concert on Saturday.
The world’s first time travelling dance party is back, bigger than ever, and still powered by your dancing.
Multimedia theatrical comedy that spans millennia.
Medical student music group One Dissection from St George’s, University of London escape the dissecting room and break into a different kind of theatre to present a medical a cappe…
PHB’s Free Fringe often uses some odd venues and this one, in the small disco downstairs at The Street, is cramped with awkwardly-shaped seating making it difficult for the whole…
Last year I bought myself a ukulele but I have to confess that most of the time it looks really cute hanging on my wall.
Vide sopra! Alasdair returned to Scotland after 14 years in Europe to be hailed as ‘a master’ (EdinburghGuide.
Perrier/Chortle award-winning musical comedian makes sense of your universe.
An afternoon of Jazz from the Jazz Bar’s very own Jazz Trio; Ed Kelly on double bass, David Patrick on piano and Bob Kyle on drums.
Now that Freddie is a family man he is trying his best to be responsible.
How many kilos of flour does it take to tell a good story? In the case of Heather Lai, over fifty during the course of her Fringe run and every gramme is put to excellent use.
One Man Breaking Bad is impressionist Miles Allen’s attempt to squeeze 60 Breaking Bad episodes into 60 minutes.
This is the debut show by one of the UK’s finest comedians.
Its the worst thing you can do at work, but we all do it, clock watch.
Paolo Scheriani, Italian theatre author, winner of several prizes, performs I am Sarah Kane - An Almost Perfect Life.
Ben Fairey brings you the grooviest, new one-man line-up.
The tiny venue was packed so tight for the opening performance of Burton no one in the audience dared breathe.
Discover a little-known side of Edinburgh’s Old Town in this very popular walking tour.
This is a traditional staging of The Who’s rock opera, first performed in 1973.
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.
Much as if I’d been with real-life evangelists, I imagine, I left this show wondering what on earth had just happened.
The ubermeister of dark comedy cabaret’s war machine rolls into Edinburgh.
Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic tale is given a family-friendly and wonderfully whimsical adaptation in this new production by Fourth Monkey.
A sturdy tweed jacket hangs on a coat hanger, overlooking the sparse stage.
Live and let die blares from the speakers as Marc Burrows circles the room, high-fiving everyone in sight.
Yorkshire girl Nalika comes to London to make it but reality hits when she ends up living with a violent squirrel.
Irish comedian and computer nerd Matthew Collins, Puzzled 2013, **** (ThreeWeeks) and BBC’s Great Unanswered Questions, returns with a handpicked selection of comedy pals.
Blues and Burlesque, featuring sexy Scarlett Belle, sassy and silly Vicious Delicious and their smooth accompanist, Pete Saunders, is a good value 50 minutes of raunchy entertainme…
Some Fringe clichés exist for a reason.
To tell the truth, I’m a little bit scared of Dr.
Sarah Callaghan wants to tell us a secret in her first one hour Fringe show.
Self-proclaimed adversity avoidance advocate Paul Swoops links together a show that manages to trap members of The Tourists in a surreal sketch landscape of their own devising.
The Matchmaker is a light-hearted show about Dicky Mick Dicky O’Connor, a self-made cupid for rural Ireland’s slightly-more-than-middle-aged singletons.
How do you go about describing Goose (An Odd One-Man Comedy Whodunnit)? It’s one of those shows that you just have to see with your own eyes to understand it’s sheer awesomenes…
Jenny moved from the Welsh mountains to the Big Smoke in 2010 and has since embarked upon a career in stand-up comedy.
If you wander the streets of the Edinburgh Fringe, you might run into Cameryn Moore.
After his highly successful and critically-acclaimed debut run at last year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe, YouTube viral sensation Declan Zapala returns with his exciting and unique …
“This is the time for you to win.
Inviting us into an office adorned with a giant map of Australia and piles of unfinished scripts and screenplays, Clare Pickering embarks on the energetic and meandering story of h…
Are you a huge fan of The Lord of the Rings? If so, look no further, this will be the highlight of your Fringe experience.
Music, Speech and the Sound of a Wheelbarrow. The static crackle prior to a record starting, how we learn language and various celebrities losing their heads! Funny.
At the meagre price of four pounds per ticket, and at one of the smallest venues in town, you get what you expect from Tom Short and Will Hutchby’s Only Child Syndrome: self-cons…
Comedians can be a cynical bunch.
Is it really 20 years since the publication of Irvine Welsh’s novel Trainspotting? This immersive stage version adapts Danny Boyle’s celluloid presentation of the novel brings…
British comedian Gareth Berliner and Australian comedy actress, Kiruna Stamell present a dynamic, funny, edgy, fresh, new double-act comedy show, One of Us Will Die.
A spectacular variety show featuring a plethora of unforgettable characters, performed and hosted by one man from Bristol.
Join the One-Eyed Men’s new cult today! They’ve dedicated their lives to the worship of the great prophet Barry Ashworth, inventor of long-life milk! It’s just a matter of time unt…
Bud wants to leave home, but when doing so breaks the tradition of four generations of farmers in rural West Wales, it is a tough decision for the aspiring artist.
Mothers always know best – as frustrating as it can sometimes be; but surely not so frustrating when it forms the foundations of your next stand up show.
Get down to The Stand for a brand-new psychological, philosophical and largely nonsensical comedy panel show.
A visceral performance, The Time of Our Lies benefits greatly from the impassioned commitment of its five-strong cast.
Five years of IVF and love going down the tubes and a sex life reduced to cold rooms with plastic cups.
How Chelsea overcame a supportive middle class upbringing becoming the disturbed woman she is today! A Canadian Comedy Award winner (Best Solo Show), Chelsea sings sweet songs with…
Through the 60’s and 70’s BBC television went through a golden period for producing some of the best situation comedy, amongst which was the great Dad’s Army.
Saucy hostesses Hope and Gloria are back with Titty Bar Ha Ha: Hard Time, following on from their show at last year’s Fringe.
Much of Ross’s childhood was spent in a galaxy far, far away, watching Star Wars videos over – and over – and over again.
A few years ago I took my children to a circus.
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…
A Moment in Time is an immersive piece of theatre, which explores our relationship with the word investment, both from an audience and performer perspective whilst remaining at its…
A one-woman cabaret show presenting the life of Anita Boult, a jobbing musical actress trying to cope with life in New York city.
Creator Tom Ward-Thomas has written a two-act comedy that peers into the lives of passengers commuting to Cornwall.
Rising stars perform with prominent musicians at this prestigious festival, directed by Richard Goode and Mitsuko Uchida, who will perform in Brahms’s Piano Quartet in G mino…
This international music festival at the bucolic Caramoor Center opens with a gala program featuring, as so many gala festival do, the violinist Joshua Bell, who is appearing with …
Dave Hill and his band Valley Lodge host this impressive lineup of comedy and music, with performances from David Cross, Juliana Hatfield, Michael Che, Jean Grae, Kate Berlant, Mar…
Great Scott! Victorian magic duo Morgan & West travel 100 years into the future presenting baffling magic, unparalleled precognitive powers and a totally genuine ability to travel …
This long-running festival kicks off its summer season with a gala performance by the Emerson String Quartet.
The NY Phil Biennial is meant as a forum for new music, but 11 days is not enough time to explore all the recent works worthy of attention.
This ensemble presents a program of works written in or for Prague in the late 18th century.
Jolle Greenleaf and Donald Meineke are at the helm of the inaugural Early Music Festival: NYC, which will present 16 concerts featuring first-rate soloists and ensembles at churche…
Brazil and bratwurst, Bach and potatoes are among the unlikely pairings in this festival, which sparkles with invention.
A celebration of children and young people in the Performing Arts featuring theatre, literature, music and movement.
‘Tell Me You Love Me’ by Teresa Husher & Emma Wingrove is a play about the words that are left unsaid.
The brilliantly funny Myq Kaplan celebrates the release on Netflix of his new special, “Small, Dork, and Handsome,” with performances from Chris Gethard, Aparna Nancher…
Sitting in the pews of Brighton’s Unitarian Church and readying myself for an evening of devotional music largely centred on Hindu and Sufi traditions, I felt slightly dubious.
Caroline Lucas, MP for Brighton Pavilion, reflects on the importance and value of music in her life with live illustrations from the Sussex Symphony Orchestra.
As part of his season as artist-in-residence with the New York Philharmonic, the brilliant pianist Yefim Bronfman plays a chamber music program with top players from the orchestra.
Two adventures, one man, no idea.
Taking place in the dark and historic Old Police Cells Museum, These Precious Hidden Things is a cleverly written and produced piece by The Barefoot Players.
Ever get the feeling you were born in the wrong time? Justin Panks does, a lot.
Play your part in creating a modern musical response to a First World War poem.
Join John McDonnell MP, Mark Serwotka (PCS), Maria Exall (CWU) & Janine Booth (RMT) to discuss if we should stop outsourcing public services, bring council services back inhouse, a…
A jamboree of performances from second-year performing arts students of Varndean College.
Prof Buteyko discovered in the ‘50s that people who develop chronic symptoms breathe more than the physiological optimal norm of 3-4 litres per minute.
I greatly admire Union Music Store’s mission to bring their home-grown acts to the masses – a labour of love and angst warding off cynics like me, to be sure.
A dress-up sing-along celebration of everyone’s favourite musicals.
A concert of British music to mark the 2014 centenary of the Great War and the impact of the conflict on heritage and culture.
Paul F Taylor and Nick Hodder test out material.
Acoustic guitar duo JP & Xochitl bring you their unique and haunting sounds: a fusion of Arabic, Spanish and Gypsy music.
Always rich in young composers, this series has taken on venerable status by this, its 13th season.
The composers’ collective Random Access Music presents a vibrant offering of new music.
Join the One-Eyed Men’s new cult today! They’ve dedicated their lives to the worship of the great prophet Barry Ashworth, inventor of long-life milk! It’s just a matter of time unt…
A dark, atmospheric production by A Band Called Quinn & Ben Harrison.
Emma Kirkby, Gavin Henderson, BREMF Singers, Orchestra and Brass Ensemble, Conducted by John Hancorn.
‘Space and Time’ is an exhibition of unexpected landscape photographs.
Chamber Music had a small turn out in beautiful St Nicholas’ Church.
Touted as the next big thing in comedy, Leicester Square New Comedian Finalist and One to Watch Winner 2013, Sarah asks you for at least one more year of anonymity by keeping this …
This festival continues with James Conlon conducting the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and the Cincinnati May Festival Chorus in a program that opens with John Adams’s exhila…
The second concert of the Spring for Music series features this ensemble and the dynamic conductor Ludovic Morlot, who has galvanized the group and excited Seattle audiences since …
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.
“Music at the Heart of the City”.
A dance party for kids and social event for adults too.
The ‘Russell Howard’s Good News’ writer and Radio 4-featured stand-up finds out whether the world is basically fine or whether everything’s going to shit.
Brighton’s most imaginative tour.
‘Time = Money’ is a 1-2-1 participative poetry performance art event which explores the notion of the relative exchange values of time, money and poetry.
Directed by MJ Paranzino.
I love a bit of late night showbiz.
French-American acoustic guitar duo JP & Xochitl bring you their unique and haunting sounds: a fusion of Arabic, Spanish and Gypsy music.
This adventurous series, organized by the composer Victoria Bond, continues with the New York debut of the Blue Streak Ensemble, a chamber group founded by the composer Margaret Br…
The storied festival offers a tantalizing program of teasers from its two-month season, including appearances by the soprano Dawn Upshaw and the conductor-pianist Robert Spano, in …
A major American conductor, Leonard Slatkin, takes the podium for a concert at Carnegie Hall with the orchestra of the renowned Manhattan School of Music.
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…
A double bill of landmark 20th-century choral writing provides a showcase for the conservatory’s symphonic chorus and chamber choir.
Menier Chocolate Factory: 3rd Apr 3pm.
Take a 2004 Swedish vampire novel that was made into a subtitled horror film as your starting point.
This drama by Beau Willimon, the man behind the Netflix series “House of Cards,” begins with two guys in an office, exchanging unremarkable banter until it becomes evid…
(in previews; opens on April 17) Moss Hart’s classic autobiography becomes a play courtesy of James Lapine, who also directs this Lincoln Center Theater premiere.
Come and hear accomplished music scholars from Fettes College, Edinburgh give a lunchtime recital of vocal and instrumental music in the magnificent surroundings of St Cuthbert…
A unique opportunity to hear these extraordinary works prior to their outing at the BBC Proms.
Eric Satie: 3 Sarabandes, 3 Gnossiennes, 3 Danses de travers, 3 Gymnopedies. www.peterbream.com
Tony Law presents a deeply hidden, powerfully meaningful show for night-time freaks.
In his hugely popular free show Think Big, Yianni sets out his ambition to sell-out the biggest venue at the Fringe, have Michael ‘HackIntyre’ open for him and to enter the stage ‘…
It has always amazed me how classical musicians are able to perform a twenty-minute long sonata without a note of music in front of them.
Enjoy Fong Liu’s entrancing voice, Chinese traditional instruments (including Hooi Ling Eng’s percussion and zheng, Xian Shan’s accordion, Yulu Wang’s zheng and Eddie McGuire’s bam…
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.
Don’t be put off by the title: this is a completely fresh reworking of the 19th century story by the Brothers Grimm.
American song and dance man Movin’ Melvin Brown is not content to have just one show at the Fringe (The Ray Charles Experience), or two (an interactive workshop Tap into Health -…
Each time a mountain rescue is reported in the media, it is difficult not to think ‘Why would they climb that alone/in that weather/at that time of year?’ But the truth for som…
Kershaw has had a lot of bad press over the last decade for his personal life but he’s back on track and promoting his autobiography No Off Switch at the Auditorium, Ghillie Dhu …
Fresh from YouTube and Top 40 success, St Andrews’ The Other Guys bring their hilarious parodies, exquisite musicality and suspect dance moves for one night only in a show that won…
As part of the American High School Theatre Festival at Church Hill Studio Theatre in Bruntsfield, Van Buren High School brought to life the colourful and well-loved characters fro…
The Edinburgh Academy makes for a spacious yet slightly odd choice of venue for music and comedy due Kit Hesketh-Harvey and James McConnel.
The mouth of a million sounds BeardyMan brings his beatboxing brilliance to Edinburgh with an extremely ambitious new project.
These celebrated musicians give a presentation with bamboo flutes, classical flutes and Chinese zheng (zither) on the music of the two nations in comparative perspective.
Like other communities in Europe that have historically suffered political repression the Celtic peoples of the British Isles have for centuries expressed their culture through mus…
Comprised of 9 silent short films with musical accompaniments from Dmytro Morykit, Music in Manufacture seeks to bring together two different mediums to create something entirely n…
The two nations represented in this one-off concert were China and Scotland, with Dong Yi and Eddie McGuire as representatives.
In a society where the older generation is generally ignored and marginalised by the media, Two Old Gits comes as a welcome change.
This tense drama, nominated for two best new play awards in 2010, centers around the lives of seven young people as they sit their mock ‘A’ Levels at a public school.
Playwright Idgie Beau sets out the parameters of A Hundred Minus One Day quickly and economically; 20 year old Jen, who has lived away from home for many years, has returned to her…
TTMOOTV Theatre & Film Company’s Journos is the new play by producer/actor Jamie Alexander Eastlake and co-writer/actor Adam Donaldson who did rather well at last year’s Fringe…
Last year I regretted not taking my junior reviewers to see the Three Half Pints.
A celebration of Scottish Highland music featuring the great Highland bagpipe, the clarsach (harp), and traditional singing.
Tony Kushner’s Angels in America: Part One, Millennium Approaches is given new wings by St Andrews Mermaids Theatre.
As a writer I am always keen to find out how other writers tap into their creative process, and the opportunity to delve into the mind of such a prolific writer as Val McDermid in …
An exploration of our life’s journey through original song in multiple genres, enhanced by visual imagery, that tells a story of finding our way in the choices we make through st…
About as far down the opposite end of the spectrum from disappointing as you could get, McCabe’s set is an insight into her coming out at the age of 17 (her dad asked, ‘Susie, …
Sold out Fringe 2012! This lovely show returns with the critically acclaimed From a Garden of Songs, RLS’s own songs, poems from a Child’s Garden of Verses and a performance of Ste…
Youth string ensemble South West Camerata, a JUTP Music ensemble perform Vivaldi Four Seasons with poetry recitations at St Giles’ Cathedral on Friday 9th August at 12.15pm.
Due to massive demand six extra, later, quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man, half-Xbox.
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.
Vanessa Knight is the most glamorous thing to come out of Birmingham since Duran Duran.
A haunting glimpse into one family’s past, Last One Out is a bittersweet tale of loss, memory and grief.
How do you stop people from getting scared by the word ‘feminism’? Why do we live in a world that presents the size zero as the bodily ideal, and any normal, curvaceous figure …
Despite being described in the Fringe brochure as a ‘walk and talk exhibition’, the audience of the Arthur Conan Doyle Experience was sat in a lecture room upon arrival and a s…
Dean Friedman is a personable guy.
Playwrights’ Studio Scotland is an independent development organisation for playwrights, working with them across the country, including through its talent development programme.
Music from a Piece of Leaf.
Paul Chamberlain, professional accordionist and accomplished musician in the field of classical music, brings a fresh performance to the Fringe Festival with his accordion music, a…
The Water Reflection Dance Ensemble delivers a very strong performance that’s extremely visually pleasing.
Alexandra Devon’s play promises an exciting musing on terrorism, questioning violence and injustice and exploring the reasoning behind them.
How much do you know about the history of the Traverse Theatre? If the answer is ‘very little’, don’t expect to leave enlightened.
International experiment sharing a story about a woman called Thyme, with local interpretations.
A host of eclectic characters emerge in this electrifying play / poem.
Explore the Traverse Theatre’s dynamic 50-year history through a series of talks by theatre practitioners and scholars, illuminating founding days and reflecting on the Traverse�…
Experience Mass settings within their original church context.
Head to the magnificent Grand Gallery to celebrate the Museum’s collections through daily live music performances, from Renaissance to the best young contemporary Scottish tal…
Watching this show is like experiencing fallout from an imagination bomb.
Paul McDaniel and David Callaghan’s free show hits the Fringe in a less than impressive style with a low quality humour that does little in the way of entertainment.
Wave your hands in the air like you don’t feel self-conscious! First world agony from the Russell Howard’s Good News writer.
This tour is absolutely one of the best literary walking tours Edinburgh has to offer.
Ellie and Oscar want to show you themselves this year.
One of a trio of pieces that make up the Czech dance showcase at this year’s fringe, One Step Before the Fall uses a contemporary style to explore the life of Muhammad Ali.
From being a Nazi war criminal’s daughter and only girl in boys school to snogging politician Chris Huhne and a bishop.
An event to bring Christian gospel music from the church to our streets.
Comedian Robin Cairns is famous throughout Scotland.
“In Da Club came out in 2003, not 2005!” I found myself shouting across the dance floor at around half past two this morning.
Paper Birds’ On the One Hand looks and feels a lot like a John Lewis advert.
Close-up card magic with a true English gentleman. Hear tall tales of a magician learning his craft and be confounded by events which are not easily explained.
Life-long coward, Sarah Hendrickx, travels back in time to her past in a bid to become brave and fearless.
Rolling into Edinburgh with a brand new barnstorming show, The Horne Section will yet again provide the festival’s best musical mayhem.
Sam Brady ushers us into his gig and then darts behind the curtain to announce his own entrance.
The title of the show, Flyerman 2: This Time it’s Funny is perhaps a little misleading.
‘A tour de force on the Fringe’, ***** (RemoteGoat.
Is this your first time? Edinburgh can be daunting for new participants, so come and meet Fringe Society staff who can support your experience.
Discover unexpected gardens and green nooks and crannies behind the historic buildings of Edinburgh’s Old Town, all with a story to tell.
A beautiful way to start your Fringe! Three of Scotland’s most critically acclaimed new artists, Turning Plates, Jo Mango and The State Broadcasters, perform an intimate seated eve…
Discover a little-known side of Edinburgh’s Old Town.
It’s true: All the nice girls really do like a sailor.
Edinburgh’s famous quadruple award-winning music venue hosts Fringe shows daily and also promotes its own superb jazz and funk programme.
Four comedians.
The rise in popularity of Burlesque at the Edinburgh Fringe means there is sometimes no telling what is tacky and what is classy.
There, in the midst of the darkness, sits the earth, glowing eerily, surrounded by silence.
Edinburgh’s famous, multiple award-winning atmospheric music venue hosts all kinds of shows all day from 1pm, and stages its own fantastic programme of high-quality modern jazz, la…
Is this your first time? Edinburgh can be daunting for new participants, so come and meet Fringe Society staff who can support your experience.
I was so ready to tear this show down.
British Comedy Award winner Sarah Millican is settling down (taking her bra off), she has a cat (furry baby) and even a tree (she has lots of mugs).
A small show in a small space for a small group.
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.
Jonathan Prag has been delighting Edinburgh Fringe audiences with his guitar recitals for many years.
Truth and taboo collide in this intimate visit with a phone sex operator.
In this rather indie-style, little comedy, Robin is a lonely continuity announcer with only his imagination to comfort him.
This series of free events gives the public a chance to see, listen to and meet Scottish literary performers, from poets to crime novelists, folk musicians to a-capella singers; a …
The critically acclaimed Airborne theatre company have hit the Fringe once again, this time with a new play, Tell Me A Secret.
Any single live performance can be affected by many things; a cold venue, a small audience, a slightly fidgety child in the second row (BBR8, sorry!), but when a performer is bille…
It’s a stand-up comedy show. At half 11 in the morning. In a tent. Two comedians. We’re not seeing anything else at that time. It’s a yurt tent apparently. Let’s definitely go.
They may have the charm of a boy band but The Magnets are certainly all men.
The Wee Room is a rather hot and sweaty venue, perfect for Bath Time; Ruaraidh Murray’s one man show is intense, febrile and gritty.
With a show that is definitely not for the easily offended, Adam Kay reels off a series of his inimitable brand of parody songs with expert comedic timing and the hilarity that onl…
Gary Delaney gets straight to the point of this one-man performance, declaring ‘I’ve just written some new jokes - this isn’t a ‘my dad’s dead’ kind of show.
Jamie McDermott (The Irrepressibles) reinterprets Britten and Auden’s famous songs, paired with new numbers from Fringe First winners Mark Ravenhill and Conor Mitchell - a queerly …
Nick Helm has endured pain and suffering to become the greatest living example of not giving up the world has ever known and he will entertain you until it kills him.
Dan Nightingale wants us to like him.
Mat Ewins is a passionate fan of history and of stand-up comedy, so quite naturally he brings his ardour and insider knowledge of both to create a show that is clever, silly and br…
From the moment this quirky Cornish duo burst onto set with an eclectic combination of 80s-style electronic music and energetic moves, you know you’re in for something a little d…
My favourite part of the Fringe is getting the chance to find that one unexpected show which really blows you away.
It is rather difficult to pinpoint exactly why Music Show, Wedding! is so enjoyable.
What if I told you that Adolf Hitler was going to do a reading of Mein Kampf for a small audience, offering you tea and biscuits while you sit together and discuss his ideology? No…
Halfway through this likeable but ill-conceived show, Gráinne Maguire recounts an anecdote of her short-lived stint as a primary school teacher.
Join us for a footstomping good time as we showcase many traditional Scottish music bands at the WHISKI Bar during August.
Situated on the historic Royal Mile, open from 9am – 3am every day.
Whistlebinkies really wants you to know they have free live music.
If you find yourself staggering down the Royal Mile at 2am desperately looking for a drink, there is a string of late-night live music bars ready to keep your liver happy and suppl…
Given that the original award-winning novel by Mark Haddon is told from the very singular, focused perspective of a 15-year-old boy on the autistic spectrum, it’s surprising that…
Andy Day, of Cbeebies fame, and Mike James deserve a standing ovation for their efforts to save parents from having to entertain their children on a rainy Sunday morning in Edinbur…
A soggy Sunday afternoon spent in a cosy tent with the rain pitter-pattering on the roof felt much better than the battle of brollies it took to get there.
I was thrilled to experience a piece of theatre performed in its traditional style but with a fair number of contemporary tweaks to keep the audience on its toes.
Returning after their 2007 sell-out Fringe hit, One Night Stand are back and better than ever.
This show is really fun: three performers in some barebones theatre - ultimate Fringe style, nothing but a black box - telling a comic version of Treasure Island.
On entering the venue, Tom Wrigglesworth perches on a stool playing melodious chords on the guitar, whilst passing a running commentary on the audience members as they enter the sp…
The posse return to the Fringe for yet another healthy dose of good old fashioned entertainment.
We are invited to a party.
Tudur Owen has a story to tell, and he is determined to share it.
The inevitable has happened, a comedy show dedicated to the social network site that is Facebook.
Dave Baucett is a puppyish like-me-pleeease comedian in his early twenties.
The Pauly Show – Episode One, is a brilliant idea on paper: a stand up comedian with a ramshackle sitcom pilot live on stage.
An evening dedicated to songs and music inspired by Stevenson and his writings, this one-off performance of the critically acclaimed CD ‘From a Garden of Songs’ was a rare trea…
This venue has just one entry in the Fringe Festival programme and this covers 11 different events.
If there’s one near-forgotten art form due for a revival – along with storytelling and morris dancing – it’s surely ventriloquism.
An hour long performance constructed out of the colourful and controversial life, ambitions and writings of Oscar Wilde was always going to be an evening well spent.
Harp and poetry isnt the coolest gig in town and on a cold blustery Sunday night during the busy festival period the tragically poor turn out could testify to that.
From the very first ‘Argh’, this show was filled with so much enthusiasm it was almost scary.
The concept of Bite Size is a perfectly simple, yet novel one, and the clue really is in the title.
We are given a window into a mental asylum as this absurdist tale of tragic delusion unfolds before us.
Dominic Allen’s adaptation of this old pirate classic is fast paced and good fun.
‘One Touch of Venus’ is Kurt Weill’s most ‘commercial’ American score, attached to a kind of variation on the Pygmalion theme, in which an ancient statue of Venus, brough…
Covering a range of singer/songwriter greats, Juliet Nisbet and Bruce Birrell, collectively known as Spirit of Love, take us on a musical journey across Scotland, Ireland, France a…
‘Just had a moment of self-awareness there,’ Ryan Withers stopped halfway through a joke to announce.
The last time I ‘did Greek’ was the NTS’s production of The Bacchae with Alan Cumming.
Frying Nemo, billed as a barely credible tale of adventure on the high seas and performed around a rather large shark tank, full of real sharks was always going to be a fishy tale.
The Music Box, a new play by Cambridge University’s Emma Stirling is not only bad, but bad for theatre.
Looking for emotional charge? If so, this new musical blows everything else out of the water.
Hunger Warrior Theatre, a group of young American Theatre professionals present this tale of lust and its dangers, written Andrew J Hungerford.
In an unspecified location, a group of society’s elite mix and mingle discussing everything and nothing.
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…
Over the last few years at the Latitude festival Robin Ince’s Book Club has been a runaway success.
Visiting Time opens dramatically in a hospital room.
Five stars only go to a show that is to all intents perfect, that wakens something inside you and keeps you utterly captivated for an entire hour.
Treasure Island is a classic tale, and with Robert Louis Stevenson one of Edinburghs most enduring literary sons, one that is sure to draw Fringe crowds looking for family entert…
An ambient evening of harp music and vocals which was enjoyable, but not exceptional.
Billed as storytelling, I didnt actually believe that after I was sitting comfortably a story would begin.
Imagine if David Starkey did a Fringe show.
There’s a definite buzz on George Street.
Lashmela might sound like any ordinary girl.
Can such an everyday thing like playing the Beatles Rock Band game on the Xbox really give rise to a new comedy musical? Well this is the Fringe where anything is possible, and boy…
Thomas Annand and David Day have come all the way from Ireland to prove that there’s far more to African drumming than monotonous banging.
As Piers Fawcett lies ill in hospital suffering from AIDS, he receives a visit from his best friend Tom.
Elis James bounds onto the stage with wonderful energy and a poetic way with language; there is something wonderfully friendly about this Welshman that gives you the feeling that r…
Talented Welsh comedian Lloyd Langford has the infectious ability to find hilarity and absurdity in the banality of his everyday routine.
This was the first of a series of 6 evening concerts They are free, though a retiring collection is requested.
The plot of One Night Stand is, unsurprisingly, the repercussions of a drunken work night out for two colleagues who wake up in the same bed.
The Pajama Men are impossible to describe, or do justice do, in a review.
As the lights dimmed for the start of One Hour Only, video projections and voice-overs appeared on stage, calling the audience to attention as the characters set the scene for the …
In this highly energetic performance, dancer-actor John Macaulay welcomes the audience and ushers them in, attempting to build up a friendly rapport.
‘Accident’ isn’t a word normally associated with The Zodiac Trio.
Mario Morris presents his comedy magic show, the All Human One Magic Show at Zoo Southside.
The bagpipes might be the butt of more jokes at the Fringe than any other subject.
Bundle up for the cold-weather version of the annual summer Make Music New York festival.
I’ve never been a huge fan of improvisational comedy for its sheer clever-dick-ness and the prospect of spending an hour with five testosterone-fueled young guns filled my heart …
What was it Margaret from The Apprentice said about Edinburgh University this year? ‘Perhaps it’s not what it used to be.
Three years ago, at my first Fringe, I saw Chris Martin do a fifteen-minute free set in a basement room.
‘Improv Comedy’, for a genre whose very definition implies limitless scope, seems to be becoming an increasingly tired medium.
There are some novels so enduring, that their stories can be told again and again in any medium, whether that be written word, stage or film.
Join rising stars Ant Craven, ‘Wonderfully funny’ (BritishComedyGuide.
As promised in the blurb, In-Transit Dance Company deliver a fast-paced and energetic dance performance, to the degree that at times the onstage action is almost dizzying.
In his own words, Tom Goodliffe is a big, friendly nerd.
Make sure you are on time for this show: youll get enough exercise during this hour-long musical romp without sprinting down Nicholson Street beforehand.
An evening of music, song and dance from the early Middle Ages to the Renaissance period is probably unlikely to set the pulse racing for most and yet while not exhilarating, the e…
What is Hamlet if not a man that stands alone and, in his isolation from others, tries to discover truth where validation is impossible?If you think about it this way, perhaps the …
Henry Adam’s Petrol Jesus Nightmare is set in a military hideout against the backdrop of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
It promised to be a fun show.
This production is intended as a Hitchcock-esque thriller, but even with strong storytelling techniques, the level of suspense is disappointing.
Mil’s Trills, starring a very bubbly Amelia Robinson on the ukulele, has travelled all the way from New York City to introduce the little ones of this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fri…
Free comedy is like cinema pick n’ mix.
Two women, one food queue and one unlikely friendship.
The best often start out young.
Based on the true story of a man who emerges from the sea in a suit with amnesia, who then draws a picture of a piano and proves he can play as a virtuoso, Piano Man is a play abou…
The connection between traditional Scottish music and Chinese music is something I had given no thought to until this concert, but the Harmony Ensemble changed all that with their …
‘You’re a funny crowd tonight aren’t you? For the first ten minutes I was sure this gig had bombed’.
First, a confession: I am a Lord of the Rings film fanatic, nay zealot.
The brilliance of the Edinburgh Fringe is that you can see things which blow you away in the most unexpected of places, and things which are awful in the most anticipated.
Music Bugs is a company which provides music classes for ‘babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers’, an age group whose three primary occupations seem to be screaming, laughing and f…
Please ensure your seat is in the upright position and that your tray tables are securely stowed.
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.
To say that the audience was full of women of a certain age at Colours of Tango would be slightly unfair.
Despite being Nathan Caton’s first solo show at the Edinburgh Fringe, he talks with such authority and ease that you could easily mistake him for a Fringe veteran.
Nick Sun’s latest show, Potty Time!, is truly bizarre.
In the cold hard light of day we all know stand-up is a tough gig - the Fringe is a buyers’ market and we’re all on the look out for the next best thing.
The Pathhead Halls on the corner of Commercial Street and Broad Wynd, Kirkcaldy, Fife were built in 1882, originally as a theatre and music hall although one room was later used fo…
It will come as no surprise that this is a controversial play.
There is one word that, quite deliberately, is never uttered by anyone on stage during the National Theatre of Scotland’s Let The Right One In—vampire.
A magic show is fundamentally different from most other shows – because the success of the show is based on how much trickery can be covered up from the audience, rather than how…
After winning Best Newcomer at last year’s If.
Graham Macpherson, aka Suggs, has produced a show with a clue in the title.
Comprised of two one-act plays, The Words Upon The Window-Pane (W.
What seemed to be an amateur dance troupe clad in black soon became a moving sculpture of body art, with hands morphing into waves, words, trains, cars and faces - all timed precis…
British folklore is packed with some of the most iconic figures anywhere in the world.
Edoardo Okamoto has played this piece for seven years now and it has become part of his identity.
Andy Zaltzman will be best know to most audiences for his political comedy, podcast and radio appearances.
Palimpsest One is a bit of an odd beast.
A one-man show is a terrifying prospect for any actor.
Character comedy is one of the most difficult types to do well.
St Mark’s is an excellent space for chamber music, and I suspect, many other types of music.
It’s a beautiful day at the Fringe and I’m sat on the top deck of a red bus in the Meadows.
Treasure in Clay Jars is listed in the Theatre Section of the Fringe Programme.
Jason Byrne is a lucky man when it comes to unearthing material before his very eyes.
Much celebrated world-class performer Melvin Brown, better known as Movin’ Melvin Brown, gives another uninhibited, inspiring and entertaining performance at the Edinburgh Festiv…
The streets, plazas, parks and waterfronts of the five boroughs will be alive with music during this free, outdoor extravaganza, which features over 1,300 concerts from dawn to dus…
Simon Egerton is already playing the electric piano when we enter the bar.
Traversing the line between the silly and the outrageous whilst keeping a comic dignity is a difficult skill to master.
The perplexingly named One-Eyed Men are the very genial trio of Alex, Sam and Ben.
The poet Bryon was famously described by one of his countless paramours as mad, bad and dangerous to know.
Agnes, played by Abi Tedder, is hosting a wake for the father who abandoned her as a child.
Dysart Productions return to the Fringe with an updated version of their 2011 show and really wows the crowds with their peerless vocal performances of some of the great songs from…
Tickets to see Scottish-grown chamber orchestra Ludus Baroque at Canongate Kirk are now bought by many as a matter of ritual, so strong is the group’s popularity and reputation f…
Les Misérables fans will be disappointed to discover that this show not in fact a musical revue of the West End hit.
With its poetic language and truthful performances, Night Time is one of the most professionally done Fringe shows I’ve seen in some time.
Kicking off BBC Radio 1s series of four one-off, one-man shows by Scott Mills, Nick Grimshaw and the team at this years festival, The One Who Doesnt Speak presented an eclect…
Although Sarah Millican tackles such familiar themes as bras, knickers, her boyfriend, her parents, her vagina (which is no castle) and eating, she invests them with enough South S…
Reduced to one hour, Deadkat productions version of Macbeth galloped through Shakespeares tragedy using light projections and puppetry to enhance their interpretation of the Sc…
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…
High-school teachers by day, DJ Danny and his glamorous assistant (the P.
Playing songs about the goriest aspects of the Victorian era, Steampunk band Men Who Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing, deliver an hour of music and comedy.
After about ten minutes where I was convinced I was in the wrong place and the wrong time, I stumbled onto the top deck of the Comedy Bus in The Free Sisters’ courtyard for some …
Cancer Time is a special piece of theatre.
The claws may not be fully out for this night of name dropping and gossip mongering with the Queen of Dynasty, but there’s certainly still a lot of fun to be had, especially if t…
Shadow puppetry has delighted people for about 1,000 years and little has changed.
More and more churches are using Edinburgh’s Fringe Festival as a window for their work.
A Little Night Music is one of Sondheim’s most exquisitely written shows- somewhere between Wilde’s comedies of manners and Chekhov and Ibsen’s simpering naturalism.
Four young men and women in their underwear lay in a pool of dim light.
Like a Glaswegian Louie Spence, Edward Reid bounds through an hour of anecdotes and musical numbers with enough campness and glitter to make you think you’ve accidentally stumble…
The shows title gives little away, so when an electronic voice counts up the percentage complete, this looks likely to go geeky.
It was an evening to be remembered for up-tempo tunes mixing Irish, Bluegrass, Country and Folk.
Harriet Kemsley and Sarah Callaghan may be just starting out, but at least they have each other.
Garrett Millerick impersonates different characters from standard British life in Which One’s Fergal? Millerick only had three audience members and was performing at the back of a …
One Man Star Wars Trilogy delivers exactly what the title promises.
There’s a familiar traditional-northern-comic style about Kevin Dewsbury as he welcomes the audience to the room above the Meadows Bar, mixed with a bit of laddish banter.
Hamlet is such a murky, obstinate text that so refuses definitive interpretation that a point is sometimes made that Shakespeare probably created a play greater than himself.
The name alone conjures up nostalgia, decadence, style and class and this show delivers.
Florence Foster Jenkins is alive and well and living in Edinburgh.
Two storytellers kick start the play as a fairytale, but with a difference like none other we have seen before.
With so much excellent improvisation at the Fringe, it must be difficult to compete.
The thoughtful touch at this venue was two rows of weenie seats at the front that my petit companion Olivia (4) announced she was going to sit in, next to the girl at the front.
Given that I am Welsh and probably genetically hardwired to love close-harmony singing, I do not normally go out of my way to find it.
The creator of One Man Star Wars returned to the Fringe last year to put on One Man Lord of the Rings - a certain hit for all who are fans of the book, and one that clearly has had…
Rob Deering presents an exponentially better performance than the few silly guitar songs he delivered when I last saw him take to the stage.
The idea behind The One Hour Plays is that through audience involvement a script can be written, cast and performed with the appropriate costumes, props and music in under an hour.
Time/Dropper, choreographed and performed by Jose Agudo, is a raw, visceral and masculine performance evoking a sense of distorted tension.
How do you solve a problem like Maria? Well take all the glitter and Lamee in the world and youve got a start.
Nick Cope is the children’s singer-songwriter who brings acoustic, folky indie rock to the under-fives.
There are certain criteria that a Free Fringe Show should fulfil when performed in a public bar.
Two short plays by the same playwright Paul Richards collectively titled A Little Light Theatre had a lightness of touch that brought ordinary people facing dramatic episodes to li…
How do you get to Sesame Street? This is a question many of us have asked throughout our lives and receiving a ticket to Sesame Street Live was, for me, like someone had suddenly h…
If I were an anthropologist or a linguist I could write a thesis on non-verbal communication through shared laughter.
One Rogue Reporter describes its presenter Rich Peppiatt’s progression from Daily Star lackey to vehement tabloid terror.
Johansson is master of the classic ‘making the audience think I’m just going off on a spontaneous tangent before the show proper starts but actually this is just my show’ man…
I have to begin by saying that I am incredibly thankful to my flatmate, Adam, for taking the time to give me a brief rundown of all the Star Wars films prior to my arrival in Edinb…
The host for this chat show is Mark Olver, a stand up who has supported Russell Howard on tour and is the warm-up for such television favourites as Deal or No Deal and Vicar of Dib…
A Little Night Music promised a delightful evening of choice piano pieces associated with the night-time.
They say the art of comedy is timing; it is therefore ironic that in a show about time we aren’t given enough of it to enjoy the jokes.
Jackson Voorhaar’s set details the things he loves and loathes.
If the world was ending in an hour’s time, what would you do? This is the central premise of this new play as two teenage boys sit and talk about everything and nothing while the l…
The premise is simple: a group of people meet in a park.
Stand-up comedy and storytellin’ with Brandon Burke.
Director and singer/songwriter Sarah McGuinness presents Back To Blacks, the eclectic live music and chat show streaming regularly from Blacks Club in Soho.
The world-famous Hip Hop Time Machine lands in Edinburgh for a special one-off Fringe show! Prepare to be transported in a complete audio/visual, interactive journey through the gr…
Returning after bringing all of the noise in 2018, David’s had time to reflect on one heck of a year.
Eddie Izzard invites you to his brand-new work-in-progress reading/performance of Charles Dickens’ classic epic Great Expectations.
What is life like if you are a woman affected by homelessness in West Sussex? The exhibition you’re about to view sets out to give you a glimpse into this world.
We ask the director and cast of Frozen at the Greenwich Theatre about their experiences of putting on this hugely demanding play.
A coveted Bobby has been presented to five shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year.
James Macfarlane sits down with André De Freitas to discuss his Edinburgh debut What If, some of the best advice he's received from his peers and the unexpected moment that got hi...
Part animation, part-visualisation technology, a live camera and a toy train, Everything That’s Me is Falling Apart promises to be a unique comedy show at Edinburgh this year.
Four women.
Lisa Verlo talks about how her Hollywood experience gave rise to her show Hollywoodn't, in another of our meetings with artists from the USA.
James Haddrell, Artistic Director of Greenwich Theatre, and the cast: Brandon Kimaryo, who plays Davey (Male, aged 17), and Kerrie Taylor who plays Anita (Female, aged 53) talk abo...
Literacy, lockdown and the love of music are the themes of a new play which has its world premiere in Hove on July 6.
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.
All this week we've got some fantastic offers on your favourite West End shows. Check back daily for the latest offers.
Australian comedians Michelle Brasier and Laura Frew made their duo debut at this year’s Fringe as Double Denim, having previously performed as part of Backpack Anorak.
Binge Culture are a performance-art group of five that originated in Wellington, New Zealand.
Tucked on the corner of Queensferry Street and Charlotte Lane you'll find the ultra-hip bar and eatery, Foundry 39.
In Sarah Kendall: One-Seventeen, Fringe stalwart Sarah Kendall breaks down what we mean when we talk about good and bad luck.
Richard takes us just a few steps from Princes Street today for the discovery of Hoot The Redeemer and the wonderful Sarah Urwin serving cocktails.
Sarah Callaghan returns to the Edinburgh Fringe, with the show, 'The Pigeon Dying Under The Bush'.
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...
Last week saw 10 shows that will be selling out shortly, this week brings 10 shows that might be currently flying under the radar, but not for very much longer.
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.
Celebrated actor, Ian Lindsay (Men Behaving Badly, Benidorm) directs the world première of his play Chinese Whispers at the Greenwich Theatre from July 13th-23rd based on the...
This week Greenwich Theatre opens its eagerly awaited new studio space with the world premiere of a new play, presented in partnership with emerging company CultureClash Theatre.
At the largest arts festival in the world, it's easy to forget that theatre wasn't always welcome in Britain.
Agent of Influence: The Secret Life of Pamela More is the story of a high-society fashion journalist recruited by MI5 to facilitate the abdication of King Edward VIII.
One Day Moko is a devised solo show following the life of a homeless busker and the characters he meets in his daily life.
Groomed, a powerful play about child abuse written and performed by Patrick Sandford ex-artistic director of Southampton’s Nuffield Theatre, swept the board at the Brighton Fring...
Today we're chatting to A Case of You: The Musical of Joni Mitchell, a contemporary interpretation of the hits that made Joni an icon of the 70's.
Our panel of judges were unanimous in voting Captain Morgan as the winner of the 2015 Broadway Baby Bobby award at the 2015 Edinburgh Fringe.
Broadway Baby chews the fat with It Just Takes One - something that ought to appeal to any fans of The IT Crowd or The Office.
A theatre company nominated for an Olivier Award will open the ninth annual Greenwich Children’s Theatre Festival at Greenwich Theatre on Good Friday, March 26.
Brighton Fringe has officially launched.
It’s been nearly two years since The James Plays made their considerable impression at the 2014 Edinburgh International Festival and today audiences have the opportunity to spend...
Greenwich Theatre’s spring season is being themed for the first time to promote and celebrate young female theatre makers, some at the start of their careers but others already e...
Christmas is the one time of year you can drag your non-theatre-going friends to the theatre.
Congratulations to Tap Tap Theatre's Captain Morgan series, which has bagged our second Bobby Award of 2015.
Four-handed piano duo Worbey and Farrell (that’s two hands each, silly) have been wowing audiences with their unique blend of pianistic skill and peerless patter for nearly a dec...
Greenwich Theatre has a long and successful association with the Edinburgh Fringe, but why does a London Theatre have such a keen interest in a festival hundreds of miles away from...
Broadway Baby and PALP have a chat about One Above.