Completing the Trilogy that begun with Genius 2.
Russell Hicks heads out on his first tour, but not his first rodeo.
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.
Connor Masich, best known as Connor Wood or @fibulaa across his socials, is a 28-year-old comedian based in Venice, CA.
Against all odds and filled with heaps of chemo Janey Godley returns this autumn.
Against all odds and filled with heaps of chemo Janey Godley returns this autumn.
Described as ‘the funniest dad on Instagram’, stand-up comedian George Lewis has racked up hundreds of millions of views for his hilarious online sketches ab…
Online sensations and stars of hit podcast Sports Horn, The Exploding Heads, bring their characters to life on stage for the first time in their debut national tour comi…
Olivier nominated Rachel Tucker is famed for her powerhouse performance that “leaves no roof intact!” Her Irish charm will immediately put you at ease as she…
A show that joyfully celebrates the achievements of musicians who are disabled and/or neurodivergent.
Scotland’s queen of comedy, Fern Brady (Taskmaster, Live at the Apollo, Roast Battle, Russell Howard, The Last Leg), is back on tour with a brand-new show.
Finalists battle it out to take the crown in the climactic stage of the UK’s most prestigious comedy newcomer competition! Following months of regional showcases around the UK and …
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.
Don’t miss the ultimate late-night comedy extravaganza! Join us for different line-ups every night, with known faces and new acts – all broadcast LIVE on ITVX.
PBJ presents some of the best up-and-coming and established stand-up talent at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Book now to avoid disappointment!
To live longer we should avoid smoking and fast food.
Sue is a mess; but manages to hide it with long words and a disorientating quiff.
You Heard Me is for anyone who has been underestimated, or told to shut up.
Variety Magazine’s Comic To Watch for 2024.
Blind Mirth returns to Edinburgh Fringe once again in a blaze of glory and parental disdain.
Following on from last year’s acclaimed show Debut, Stu returns with the raw beginnings of his sophomore presentation.
August 1815.
You’re only as good as your worst day.
Camilla is obsessed with stories, great stories, the greatest stories ever told.
Everyone’s favourite climate academic and comedian Dr Matt Winning tests new ideas about climate change.
After being fired by his captain, Sharkbait Mulligan finds himself with just the clothes on his back and the rum on his back.
If you enjoy exploring the ups, downs (and sideways!) of human relationships through musical comedy, this show is for you! Characters will be built based off audience suggestions, …
16 year-old Sean Parker has never known his Dad and wants to change that.
The funniest dad on Instagram has racked up hundreds of millions of views online.
When I am on stage performing stand-up comedy I feel like a wild horse galloping through the plains of Ohio, the wind running through my mane, the hot sun shining down on my sturdy…
What makes a word into a slur? How can two inoffensive words put together make an offensive phrase? And why are competitive Scrabble players so upset about being denied the chance …
Grubby Little Mitts presents a new material night dedicated exclusively to sketch comedy! Join the Grubbs with your favourite sketch comedians as they present a scrapbook of madnes…
Following on from the phenomenal success of her debut stand up tour, award-winning comedian Sophie McCartney is back.
‘They come over here.
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…
Leith Comedy Festival showcases the funniest comedians on the Fringe at the iconic Biscuit Factory in Leith.
Join Scottish supermodel Eunice Olumide MBE as she discusses everything you want to know about the fashion industry – do’s and don’ts, sustainability, greenwashing, brands gone r…
Are intrusive thoughts funny? No… but also, yes.
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.
An hour of mind-bending semi-improvised physically inflected comedy from dancer/comedian Lewys Holt.
In this work-in-progress show, Baby Belle’s slightly less glamorous sibling Jax Braithwaite will unwrap the experience of Dealing with Tricky Feelings.
TikTok is the virtual stage of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Winner of the Neurodiverse Review Disability Champions Award 2023, Mark brings his debut show to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
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.
Unearthed Dance Company bring a newly developed contemporary dance work to the stage.
We love Stuff! It’s who we are and who we want to be.
One family, one condition, one hell of a hairy baby.
Two performers armed with a single scene – a customer orders a drink from a waiter.
Stand-Up comedian Daniel Powell tells the story of how a cat tried to kill him with its arse, destroying his health (and life) in the process.
TS Eliot’s poem Ash Wednesday is widely regarded as a work of great spiritual depth.
The Bristol Revunions are back at the Edinburgh Fringe for 2024, and we’ve got some incredible new recipes! We’ll be chopping, stirring, kneading and boiling to serve you some deli…
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.
Sell-out event with a new line-up! On the outskirts of Edinburgh, hidden away at the end of a winding driveway, lies one of Edinburgh’s secret treasures – Lauriston Castle.
At some point in every woman’s life, she realises she’s madder than all hell.
Vox Stars, winners of the Spirit Of The Fringe Award (2022) present a new show for 2024, celebrating aspiring singers through the music of their idols.
You know the guy.
Can an Asian with ADHD and dyscalculia pass Elon Musk’s Mars immigration test? Set in a dystopian future of space colonisation, Is There Work on Mars? rants about many things: bein…
In I Don’t Have a Maths GCSE, Mia Borthwick takes us on a laugh-out-loud musical comedy journey through her own insecurities and low self-esteem after being diagnosed with Dyscalcu…
Sikisa brings her new work in progress show to the Fringe, exploring the things we do to escape.
Love Your Work is a bi-annual work-in-progress showcase dedicated to facilitating dance and mental health.
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.
Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Show nominee 2023 Ian Smith returns with a limited work in progress run.
It’s Tibby’s 25th birthday and she is throwing a big party: after years, her friends from uni are coming together — and they are all doing better than her.
Helen Bauer has some very messy ideas of her thoughts and feelings on pretty much everything! And boy does she have feelings! Most feelings are surrounding the rules of adult femal…
Award winning comedian Stephen Buchanan (BBC New Comedy Award & Scottish Comedian of the Year) works out his new show about advertising, mental health and potentially cold meat…
‘How can people on the brink of death experience happiness, write love poems…?’ In 2017, Lenka discovered two notebooks of poems written by her grandmother, then a prisoner in a …
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.
Unlike anything you’ve ever seen before, and you’ll never see it the same way again! As a viewer, you have the power to choose how the show will unfold each evening.
Park yourself behind the counter and take stock during this heartfelt devised comedy.
Edward (never Ted) has delivered his talk on speed awareness 2,191 times over the last 10 years.
From Hillsborough to Grenfell, the Anti-Apartheid Movement to the Miners’ Strike, hear the inspiring tales of 30 years of social justice campaigns.
Wet Mess Wet Messifies the messiness of life; exploring transitions, testosterone, edges of drag, blur between performance and reality, magical in the mundane.
Roll up for a brand-new series of shows: it’s election year in the UK and US.
Relive the golden age of Hollywood as our cinema pianist improvises a film score to Charlie Chaplin’s best silent films including The Gold Rush (1925) – live! During the silent f…
Philip Contini is back with his acclaimed singing show celebrating Dean Martin: Italian-American singer, actor, comedian, recording artist, television star, King of Cool.
You can’t search Google for poetry: it’s true! Every word you search for on Google is auctioned to the highest bidder, but it’s the commercial rather than poetic value of the…
Great songs of the 70s from James Taylor, Carole King, John Denver, Don McLean and many more from the singer/songwriter era.
One in five adults in the UK have hearing loss, which can result in difficulty following conversations and social withdrawal.
Experience Queen’s legendary hits in this electrifying jukebox musical comedy.
On New Year’s Eve on Sydney Harbour the lives of Claire and Elisabeth collide.
We’ll take you on a one-of-a-kind, astronomer-led, immersive planetarium journey from our planet to the farthest reaches of the Solar System.
With caller Ken Gourlay and ceilidh band.
Come join Max as he works on a brand-new show that he’ll be touring around (some of the) world at the end of this year!
Performance poet/musician Attila the Stockbroker has been writing and performing since 1980: 4,000 or so gigs in 25 countries so far.
You find a door.
Outstanding Performance of a Solo Show (NY Innovative Theatre Award Nomination).
Scotland’s other national tongue has been misunderstood and (officially) mistreated for centuries.
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…
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…
Six affluent socialites convene for a night of excess in a luxurious Edinburgh penthouse.
The Grumpy Magicians present: Now You See It, Now You Don’t.
They say that history repeats itself.
An “alternative comedy” show about bras, more specifically about not being able to find the right one.
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).
You’re at risk of identity theft! Unless you come to this very informative, interactive, luxury seminar in which I, Bernadette (Agnes Carrington), invite you to experience the extr…
When a 30-something actress is suddenly aged-out of the industry, she undergoes a wildly unconventional spa treatment to get her old life back.
Featuring winners of London’s premier new-act comedy competition.
A funeral you can’t keep your inappropriate self from laughing through: this one-person show is a love letter to the humiliating experience of becoming a grown up, and the way gr…
From the creators of Big Zeus Energy (nominated for Best Debut Show 2023, Leicester Comedy Festival; sell-out five-star show, Edinburgh Fringe 2023) a new work-in-progress clown an…
Work-in-progress show for a new tour.
Alex Kitson is an award-winning comedian with a secret.
Naomi Paul’s (mostly) Jewish show! From the Baltic to Birmingham, from shamash to shellfish, to Hendon and beyond.
After the successful debut of her comedy hour, I See Deadly People (available on YouTube), Anna is back with new jokes, a nearly there show, and you decide what stays and what goes…
Alfred North Whitehead characterised the European philosophical tradition as ‘a series of footnotes to Plato’.
A story of empowerment through vulnerability.
‘Dying is scary.
Comedian Andrew Mayer talks about his all-time best and worst dates (both with the same woman), and a third date with her many years later.
Almost a nepo baby and a BBC child star of the noughties, Jess Carrivick’s career peaked at aged 10, but Hollywood never rang.
The Momma Drama presents the hilarious and heartfelt show: Stretchmarks! An original play written by mums for mums, about the adventure of a lifetime: motherhood.
‘Who is this who is coming?’ When the rational and skeptical scholar Professor Parkins takes a trip from home, he stumbles upon a mysterious whistle.
A hilarious and heartfelt musical that tackles modern love in all its forms.
Following his critically acclaimed Radio 4 series Cost of Living, join the longest-running panellist from BBC Scotland’s Breaking the News and star of the Glesga Da Podcast as he r…
Get a sneak peek of the upcoming new musical based on the cult-classic film, featuring an original score written by Riki Lindhome (Netflix’s Wednesday).
One of the UK’s best-known celebrity entertainers over the last 40 years brings his first Fringe full run after a series of sell-out shows last year.
Morag’s death left a silence in her place.
Things have gotten a little bit harder lately.
Singh’ing in the Rain – Mandeep Singh brings a feel-good comedy hour about cracking on regardless of the circumstances.
After running out of life story, the four-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee is after a new comedic muse.
Deage Paxton returns this year with a follow up to his critically acclaimed debut show.
‘It was my nemesis, I hated Croydon with a real vengeance.
Oi Oi! Kit Loyd brings you 50 minutes of one-man physical sketch comedy.
Leicester Comedy Award nominee, Amused Moose Award shortlist-ee and double Pegasus Comedy Award win-ee, Adele has a year of new ideas to share.
Nominated for Best Production at Dublin Fringe Festival 2023, You’re Needy (sounds frustrating) is a site-specific piece for one audience member about a woman’s retreat from everyd…
I left Israel to live in Berlin, because it is ironically safer.
‘Highly original’ **** (StageRaw.
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.
Work-in-progress stand-up comedy show from Elaine Fellows.
What goes up, must come down… but not necessary in the way that you expected.
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.
Join host Rik Carranza as comedians from across the Fringe battle it out to discover which is the best franchise, Star Trek or Star Wars, the ultimate clash of fandoms.
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.
Comedy panel show where top comics answer the daft questions you choose on our exclusive app, and take on stand-up challenges that test their comedy muscles.
After losing wife Mina to a sudden accident, Gyujin suffers from memories of his wife that remain throughout the house.
Welcome to the dark side of laughter, where our comics don’t give a damn about your comfort zone.
Which is the true home of heroes – Marvel or DC? In this interactive show, kids battle it out on behalf of their heroes in games and challenges to decide which franchise has the …
‘Choosing sperm is weird.
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…
Crosswords is exactly what is says. Top comedians angry about the news, and top comedians and the audience doing the crossword. Get angry, get the clues and get laughs.
Masai Graham, does his first-ever solo show, with tales about how he got into comedy, the clean jokes that won him multiple awards and (more importantly) the naughty jokes that got…
Half-Brit comedian Jane Mumford was born and raised in Switzerland.
Two years is how long it takes me to write a proper show.
Are you looking for love in all the wrong places? Toby was, until he discovered the ancient lost Gaelic secrets to love, life and the universe.
You are cordially invited.
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…
Returning again to the Fringe, and as always featuring students from the University of Salford.
For over 30 years Hegley has brought a show to the Fringe with a spattering of favourites, alongside new work, to present to festival-goers.
Join us for a drink and another hour of non-stop inebriated laughter! The same spirited show hosted by Kyle Legacy but with all-new faces sharing their best drunken comedic tales! …
Luke Nixon and his character Jim Midge present a work in progress.
When Rob was 12, they attempted a full-blown Disney parade in their house for their Grandma.
This time you’ve really crossed the line.
Fifth year on the Fringe! Join our comics as they battle it out, creating comedy from any thought you have.
Rising-star comedian (Evening Standard), NHS psychiatrist and author Benji Waterstones returns from a sold-out Edinburgh run with more tales from the psych ward.
Join Uxbridge’s third-hardest man, Mad Ron (Reginald D Hunter tour support) and special guests for an hour of character-comedy stand-up.
US comedian Kyle Ayers (Conan, Comedy Central) tries to make light of having Trigeminal Neuralgia, a rare nerve disorder known as Suicide Disease.
Join Mad Ron (Reginald D Hunter tour support) and Jerry Bakewell (as seen on Britain’s Got Talent) for a madcap hour of surreal game show and stand-up entertainment.
Can you help me with this audition? It won’t take long.
Comedian Michael Welch returns with a new show filled with jokes, mischief and perhaps stuff he will later regret saying.
Jake and Liv deserve the world.
‘Being President of a footy club is pretty straightforward, right? Sign the best players, sell more beer, and try not to burn it all to the ground!’ A loud, obnoxious and darkly h…
55 years; a lonely speck, time off in lieu and a weekend in Tuscany.
A one-woman show about grief, self-discovery, a cow named Madonna and Delta Goodrem.
Winner: Best of Fringe Toronto 2023! What does a 31-year-old theatre kid do when a DNA test reveals that his biological parents aren’t quite who he thought they were? Write a music…
After two smash-hit, sell-out runs, Chloe Petts returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with a brand-new show… and this time she’s getting personal.
You learn it young.
Following her sell-out run Growing Old Disgracefully, Jojo’s back older and more disgraceful, now ridiculing and rejoicing the role of motherhood.
The search for comedy’s next big star continues as contestants battle for a place in the grand final of the UK’s biggest newcomer competition! Following months of regional showcase…
Abby awoke in hospital after a late miscarriage and, high on anaesthesia, decided to become a comedian.
Irishman Andrew Ryan is finally living the life he always thought he would.
Charlie played by the rules, married the right woman, took the right job.
Being of service can be a wonderful thing.
A line-up show starring the top three acts from the 2023 edition of So You Think You’re Funny? The UK’s biggest new comedy competition, with Samira Banks, Christopher Donovan and L…
Here.
Confronted with her fear of being unlovable and forever misunderstood an overly self-aware comedian puts together the biggest show of her life.
Mumbai-based global stand-up star Rahul Subramanian makes his Edinburgh debut.
The Guardian’s Top 50 shows to see! Jillian is back at the Fringe with her yoga mat and blender after a hit premiere at last year’s Fringe and subsequent sell-out runs in New York …
A second show has hit Paddy Young.
Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Show nominee and one of the greatest joke writers of his generation, Glenn Moore (Live At The Apollo, Cats Does Countdown, Mock The Week, Glenn Moore’s …
The “most dangerous man in comedy” is back at the Fringe with some games and more multimedia nonsense.
Apparently caterpillars completely break down into goo before they become butterflies.
Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee, Sara Barron (Would I Lie to You?; Live at the Apollo) has a new show that’s fierce, savage and other adjectives from RuPaul’s Drag Race.
Direct from its critically acclaimed sold-out New York premiere, this sharp new comedy reminds us that with great obsession comes great heartache.
What if you could see music? Award-winning concert pianist and inventor Larkhall takes us on a virtuoso multi-sensory journey.
‘Mary would always say that what happened at that moment was almost magic.
The Theatrical Guild presents an intimate insight into the life and work of Worldwide Superstar Brian Cox (“Succession” & “Long Day’s Journey…
Brand new thoughts, ideas, stories and jokes from award winning, working class, queer comedian, Sian Davies.
Brothers from other mothers, Hamza and Jake discover characters, scenes and story-lines on the spot, without the faintest idea what might happen next.
Juliette has performed six solo shows, When I Grow Up, Look At Me, Decision Time, Butterfly Effect and Defined, at the Edinburgh Fringe, selling out 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 & 2023.
Northern sketch lads Seldom Differ try out new ideas in this hour of multimedia character sketch comedy.
Enable Me explores the ups and downs of being a disabled dad and family life.
In 1994, Vladimir McTavish won the Strathmore Water Comedy Award on his first appearance at the Edinburgh Edinburgh.
Josh Baulf has recently appeared on Britains Got Talent, the BBC and his online sketches have amassed millions of views worldwide.
Katie Norris (Winner of the Musical Comedy Awards 2023, BBC New Comedy Award Semi-Finalist 2023) is returning to Brighton with her hotly anticipated debut hour.
Ashley is back with his satirical eye, angry words and with caustic wit.
Grace Mulvey (BBC Galton & Simpson Comedy Winner) fresh from a sold out run at the Dublin Fringe is bringing her hotly anticipated new WIP show to Brighton.
The High Seas, 1705.
Join AFLO.
Winner of the Amused Moose Best Debut Show, nominee for NextUp! biggest Award in Comedy and nominee for Comedians Choice Award, Louise Atkinson brings you a show about how we false…
BUILDING YOUR NETWORK & PRESENTING YOURSELF BEYOND A LOCAL CONTEXT Join this Masterclass led by Nike Jonah and Erwin Maas, the co-directors of Pan-African Creative Exchange (PACE)…
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.
A Work-In-Progress theatre production, ‘VICTIM’ is a compelling and emotionally charged one-man show that invites the audience into the world of Jason, a young man whose life takes…
Acclaimed comedian Kemah Bob comes to the Fringe with their unmissable debut stand-up show.
Leicester Comedy Festival Award Nominee Jon Hipkiss returns to the Brighton Fringe for the first time in five years with the show that was among one of the best audience reviewed s…
This time you’ve really crossed the line.
As seen on Comedy Central’s Roast Battle, Hypothetical and a number of apps on your phone.
Star of sell-out Brighton and EdFringe shows ‘Drag Queens vs Zombies’ and Drag Queens vs Vampires Crudi Dench presents a brand-new, work-in-progress, comedy stand-up/solo show expl…
Welcome to the world of BGT semi-finalist Nerine Skinner.
In 2024, trans-girl Alex feels the most alive she’s ever felt; now she wants to make you feel alive, or die trying.
*PART OF LAMB COMEDY’S BIG QUEER WEEKENDER* Johnny is a hard-boiled detective from New York City, California, and he’s got just one more case to crack before he retires from th…
Exploring what it’s like to be a constantly aggrieved hypochondriac with more medical conditions than the BMJ, comedian Daniel Powell recounts the events that saw him run away from…
She’s loveable.
Platonic Sex is the debut comedy split bill from Sadbh Peters (Semi-finalist for Funny Women Stage Awards 2023) and Scott Oswald (Semi-finalist for So You Think You’re Funny, and…
Dawn is known for her hilariously imaginative and whimsical musings on modern dating, but this show is definitely not a show about dating.
The ‘almost sexily cerebral’ (★★★★ - Daily Telegraph) stand-up presents a work-in-progress comedy show about fear, after 2022’s ‘breakneck pace.
All round entertainer Christian ‘Mr Showbusiness’ Jegard is working on his debut show.
Vanley Burke is a professional photographer known for his profound ability to capture the essence of diverse communities through his lens.
Naomi Wattis is a stand up comic from London.
Robin Morgan (as seen/heard on Mock The Week and The News Quiz) works up a brand new hour ahead of a nationwide tour.
Following an Edinburgh fringe sell-out season, award-winning stand-up and viral sensation Ali Woods returns with loads of new material! Nominated for Best Show at Leicester Fringe …
A Summer of Love-style Dada Happening blurring the boundary between audience and performers featuring live music, art, dance, performance poetry and an improvised album driven by c…
Join Brighton comedy stalwart and regular host of On The Edge comedy, Dan Fardell, in his new hour of stand-up, in which he tries a new direction and brings a more personal story t…
With a mixture of stand-up & video, comedian Lou Taylor discusses her life, relationship, childhood, and much more.
An interactive solo performance about failure, feeling like an idiot and music, by Rachel Blackman and her creative team.
Get ready for an electrifying night of entertainment with the Dirty Tattooed Circus Bastards! Martin Mor and Logy Logan, Ireland’s most daring circus duo, bring you an adult cabare…
After a critically acclaimed and award-nominated debut hour Daddy’s Home, Philipp returns to Brighton to work out jokes for his new show.
Catch Kevin Bridges as he tries out new material! Plus support
See You In Hell poses the question, “What happens to the manic pixie dream teen when they grow up?”.
Fresh from hatching a baby girl and a sold out Edinburgh run, Lily is back with a new hour of comedy and she’s FINE.
A highly anticipated debut from the creator of Blue Badge Bunch and joint winner of the Disabled Champion Award 2023.
Funny Women Semi-Finalist 2023, BBC3 veteran and former Commonwealth Games guest host Tej Dhutia brings her riotous debut solo show to Brighton.
For over a decade, KLH Dance has been nurturing the talents of youth dancers in Brighton, and now, our Elite and Junior squad dancers, along with some of our KLH alumni, are taking…
Sam Dodgshon has been collecting photos.
Hot on the heels of last year’s debut Couple’s Massage, Scottish comedian and writer Richard Cobb returns to the track with a brand new hour filled with more guilt-tripped anecdote…
My name’s Bernadette, and let me start by saying you are under siege: it’s high time you started taking Identity Theft seriously.
Join Daniel for a Glass Of Sketch, where he will be delivering an informative talk on the ‘serious’ art form that is sketch comedy.
From the creators of Big Zeus Energy (nominated for Best Debut Show Leicester Comedy Festival 2023, sellout Edinburgh Fringe 2023) a new work in progress show that may or may not b…
Sam Dodgshon has been collecting photos.
Following his 2023 Edinburgh debut show, the three times shortlisted British Comedian of the Year is back with his work in progress show about.
Join multi award-winning double act Low Effort Sketches for an hour of silly sketch comedy! Andy and Alice desperately want to be respected, adored (and ideally paid) for their wit…
The lovable Kentish comedian returns with more absurdist, chaotic, theatrical stand-up.
Shinpads is the debut work-in-progress split bill from Abbi Cole and Ancika Mester.
Local Brighton alternative comedian Brad Jon Kane presents a character comedy show, where all the characters have been politely asked to ‘Please Slow Down’.
Watch out Brighton! The Pussy from the USSR is coming to make you laugh hysterically, bask in hysteria, and make you question everything you thought you knew to be true and real, b…
In 1810 a brave Scottish man named Sir George Steuart Mackenzie ventured all the way to Iceland with some pals.
Libyan Arab stand-up Mustafa Algiyadi longs to be part of the European way of life but is confronted with some cultural differences that make it confusing, chaotic and sometimes hi…
Come and be surprised, disturbed, and intrigued by an untold story from the history of science and psychology.
“Nighty Night meets Benidorm” in this dark, satirical one-queen show.
David has undergone changes and is happier than he looks, promise.
The three of us met whilst plying our trade on the comedy circuit.
In 2021 Richard Herring went to his GP to find out why his right ball seemed to be growing bigger.
Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee and host of the cult-hit podcast, They Like to Watch, Sara Barron has a new show that’s fierce, savage and other adjectives from RuPaul’s Drag Race.
You Can Call It Confirmation Bias is a performance about how fortune-telling miracle fish and trees that look like women’s legs helped us to predict the future.
In 2021 Richard Herring went to his GP to find out why his right ball seemed to be growing bigger.
Following another smash-hit, sellout run at the Edinburgh Fringe and Soho Theatre, join “rising star” (Evening Standard) Chloe Petts as she starts working up new material in antici…
Leanne’s on an all-inclusive and she’s having a lovely time.
You Belong Here With Me, My Darling is a show about belonging.
“Rising star comedian” (Evening Standard), Penguin-published author and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones unlocks the doors to the psych ward for more “humorous and colourful stor…
The Black Diamonds UK present ‘Stealing the Show’.
The sell-out poetry night, Off The Chest, makes its Brighton premiere at Komedia on 7th May.
In the summer of ’99, six-year-old Vlad played a game of chess that changed his life forever.
Discover Middle Earth as you’ve never seen it before as drag and cabaret superstars put their own unique take on some of the most beloved characters from Tolkein’s epic fantasy fra…
Join Suse Steed (NATYS Finalist, CAN comedy finalist, Max Turner Finalist, Funny Women Regional Finalist) for her debut show about economics, magic, and pies.
Dan Harding present Fierce Potato: Being Irish, spending his childhood in Spain, and now living on the south coast of England, Harding offers a unique perspective – one which he…
Figment Arts will be sharing the folklore, heritage and history of Sussex this May in association with Artist Open Houses.
Just turned 40, sober as a judge, with a new baby.
This debut show weaves together the insightful storytelling of David Sedaris and the clever stand-up of John Mulaney, welcoming you to the world of Renata, a non-native speaker bol…
Join up-and-coming tall and skinny comedian Ed Mulvey as he performs his latest routines, packed with joke-dense intelligent filth.
Ben Pope (“a total delight” - Fest) performs the ancient, hallowed, mystic art of stand-up comedy with a notebook full of stories and a brain full of junk.
Stand-up comedian Farah Sharp is a mixed-race, middle child of divorce on the brink of turning thirty.
Rainy? Cloudy? Sunny? You choose in Steph’s 45 minute stand-up comedy show where she wrestles with the elements (of her mind).
Comedy from the hilariously funny, aggressively nerdy and down right adorable Sasha Ellen.
Jason Happy the most randominist comedian in this solar system.
The news has been on fire for so long now we’re probably out of petrol.
‘Too Late, Baby’ (WORK IN PROGRESS) is the second comedy hour from acclaimed Canadian stand up comedian Michelle Shaughnessy.
‘Too Late, Baby’ (WORK IN PROGRESS) is the second comedy hour from acclaimed Canadian stand up comedian Michelle Shaughnessy.
The debut play from award winning comedian Anna Morris.
This is your opportunity to surround yourself with the mystery of magic, cleverly fused with wondrous and miraculous feats of science.
Work in progress stand-up comedy show from Elaine Fellows.
Funny Women award-winner of 2023 Kate Cheka brings her first hour work in progress to Brighton Fringe.
This is your opportunity to surround yourself with the mystery of magic, cleverly fused with wondrous and miraculous feats of science.
Acclaimed Brightonian comedian Dave Fensome has ADHD (as documented in his previous sell out show ADHDave), he’s now also a dad.
Alex Mason brings a work-in-progress version of his debut solo show, Delicate Flower, to Brighton Fringe 2024.
Winner of the ND Review Disability Champions Award and the Amateo Award 2022 brings his debut show to LCF.
In a world where 200 million women and girls alive today have undergone FGM and where labiaplasty is the fastest growing form of cosmetic surgery in the UK, most people don’t rec…
Online viral comedian, takes to the stage for his new show of stories from a life of a dreamer with odd ways of handling what life had to throw and an obscure view of the world tha…
Scott is a teetotal comedian from Glasgow, whose comedy and life is shaped by his porridge, smoothie and exercise addictions.
Welcome to The Secret Comedy Club’s “Best of the Fest” shows throughout Brighton Fringe Festival 2023! Get ready to laugh until your sides hurt as we bring you a hilarious lineup o…
As we sit in the Camden People’s Theatre, a performance of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly is taking place at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, at least for the purposes this pl…
Giulia would like to leave the stage and cancel the show dates.
Growing up in 1980’s rural Wiltshire requires more than a little patience, especially when you’re gay and trying to be a good Christian, with a love for George Michael.
The Potter parody show is back with a brand-new show, now celebrating the ridiculousness of the second Potter film.
In the dim confines of a vast subterranean facility, human beings survive in tiny, windowless ‘pods’ - constantly haunted by the murky and terrifying dangers beyond the…
Taste, smell, touch and sight are invoked in a sensory dance theatre show served in an intimate cabaret-style setting.
WILD ABOUT YOU, a New Musical in Concert with music and lyrics by Broadway star, Chilina Kennedy (Paradise Square, Beautiful the Carole King Musical), is coming to the West End.
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.
Witty, fierce and fearless.
The Queen is Mad is a musical psychodrama inspired by the true story of Joanna la Loca.
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 …
Micky Flanagan is back at Leicester Square Theatre doing work in progress, you get the chance to see him riff in an intimate venue, try out new material and possibly thr…
Ryan Calais Cameron’s For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy, is now in its fourth run and second West End transfer with a brand new cast, and it …
SHELF A music infused journey of metamorphosis.
Prepare to be swept away as We’ll Have Nun of It emerges as a poignant, genre-defying coming-of-age musical that fearlessly tackles the profound struggles of Irish emigration, sexu…
You Got It, Boss! Life at #2: A Henchman's Tale Stand up, Smack down! Where comedy and wrestling collide You Got It, Boss! - Charisma CheckWhat's a goon su…
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The Lost Bride A journey through heartbreak and grief.
The SpidersOld is the Web we WeaveCornucopia Jones Wants You to Succeed!Even You Could Have It All All The Spiders - Dermot Doyle The Spiders is a musical about large …
Three ghosts meet in a theatre.
Men Eating Dinner Take, eat; this is my body.
Viral sensation and all round great guy Vittorio Angelone is one of comedy’s fastest-rising stars.
Viral sensation and all round great guy Vittorio Angelone is one of comedy’s fastest-rising stars.
Step into the dazzling world of dance as the Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour sashays its way across the UK in January and February! Get ready for an electrifying spectacle full of …
You know you’re in for a wild night at the Arcola Theatre when one of the content warnings is ‘Mentions of necrophilia’.
Step into the dazzling world of dance as the Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour sashays its way across the UK in January and February! Get ready for an electrifying spectacle full of …
Step into the dazzling world of dance as the Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour sashays its way across the UK in January and February! Get ready for an electrifying spectacle full of …
Step into the dazzling world of dance as the Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour sashays its way across the UK in January and February! Get ready for an electrifying spectacle full of …
Step into the dazzling world of dance as the Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour sashays its way across the UK in January and February! Get ready for an electrifying spectacle full of …
Step into the dazzling world of dance as the Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour sashays its way across the UK in January and February! Get ready for an electrifying spectacle full of …
Step into the dazzling world of dance as the Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour sashays its way across the UK in January and February! Get ready for an electrifying spectacle full of …
Exploring the idea of what it means to grow up, let go, and discover your own identity, Now & Then: I Think of You follows two women as they sort through memories of what once was.
Based on conversations with activists, academics and diplomats, theatre maker Chris Thorpe’s new show focuses on the human story of the struggle of nuclear disarmament, and the g…
ChoirCo is the UK’s biggest a cappella choir.
Step into the enchanting world of The Secret Garden and let your imagination bloom! Young Mary Lennox, a spirited and curious orphan, is sent away to her Uncle Archibald’s estat…
You Belong To Me is a savage new comedy by Rory Nolan about the rules we make, the laws we break and what falls between the cracks in an unflinching look at two people w…
‘Do You Remember That This Is The Play I Was Telling You About’ returning to The Hen & Chickens Theatre, playing from Thursday 30th November until Saturday 2nd December at 19:30.
Politics as you have never seen it before.
This hilarious new dance fuelled comedy follows burger bar employees, Natalie and Kyle, as they fall in love with Northern Soul.
The Collaborations Agency presents Ali Fox Ali Fox is obsessed with the past.
An experiential ghost story, unlike anything you have ever experienced before.
Previewing extracts from her one-woman show coming in 2024, Jessica Regan will share some of her real-life London horror stories and lessons learned in trying to tame and finally s…
Josh Wolf is a comedian, actor and NY Times Bestselling author best known for his work as a round table guest and writer on E!’s “Chelsea Lately” and &…
Former double Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee, as seen on BBC1’s ‘Live at the Apollo’, Andrew Lawrence, now famed for his bitingly satirical YouTube cha…
The final days of a sixty-year marriage are turned into a domestic comedy in the latest offering from playwright Richard Bean, of One Man, Two Guvnors fame, in To Have and To Hold,…
“He talks about going to Switzerland, to that place where you pay them to kill you… And I say “go! It’ll do you good.
Touring the UK in Black History Month and into November is Philip Okwedy’s The Gods Are All Here, a one-man show about the performer's distant relationship with his parents a…
Saucy, sexy, dirty blues songs from the 1920s-40s, many of which feature the word ‘hot dog’ performed by chanteuse Suzanne Noble accompanied by ‘Gorgeous’ George Webster on the pia…
A thought-provoking new play exploring the roles we play, for ourselves and for others.
From his Cats Does Countdown clips that quickly went viral to Hollywood TV hits like Ted Lasso and Intelligence, Nick Mohammed is known for his silly-yet-scientific comedy, broad a…
The foul-mouthed prophet of Australian comedy is back in Edinburgh with a new show and a newer tracksuit.
Wish You Were Here is an informal postcard addressed to friends, lovers and past selves.
Wish You Were Here is an informal postcard addressed to friends, lovers and past selves.
The best show of 2019 according to Chortle.
Get ready for an electrifying night of absolute bangers as we welcome the incredibly talented LEVS DJ duo to The Liquid Room, Edinburgh.
Susan Harrison tries out some new characters in this fun filled, work in progress character comedy show.
Susan Harrison tries out some new characters in this fun filled, work in progress character comedy show.
A work in progress character & stand up comedy show by cheeky Yorkshire comedian Stefan Harvey.
Fresh from her smash-hit Edinburgh Fringe and Soho Theatre sell-out debut, Chloe Petts returns with her follow-up hour.
A work in progress character & stand up comedy show by cheeky Yorkshire comedian Stefan Harvey.
Enter the depths of the Haus Obscura basement and discover a world unseen.
Join the Haus Obscura as we present our Dark Stars! Returning performers from the deepest, darkest, dankest pits of drag and cabaret in our abhorrent Haus Obscura basement.
Edinburgh-based cult-indie songwriter Withered Hand (Dan Willson) is back with his first new album in nine years.
APPY - is a work in progress stand up comedy show from Liam Tulley about the current digital age where everyone seems to be attractive, happy and popular.
Winner of the Musical Comedy Awards 2023 Katie is a stand up comedian, actor and singer who is best known for her work as one-half of the critically-acclaimed double act Norris &…
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…
Perthshire farmer and comedian Jim Smith dons the checked shirt again as he returns with his 2022 smash-hit stand-up show telling tales of Scottish rural life.
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…
BBC New Comedy Award-nominated Kayleigh Jones wants to tell you why she fed her dad to a pelican.
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…
APPY - is a work in progress stand up comedy show from Liam Tulley about the current digital age where everyone seems to be attractive, happy and popular.
Winner of the Musical Comedy Awards 2023 Katie is a stand up comedian, actor and singer who is best known for her work as one-half of the critically-acclaimed double act Norris &…
Natalie Palamides and Lucy Pearman are two very normal girls who will share an hour.
Winner of the Musical Comedy Awards 2023 Katie is a stand up comedian, actor and singer who is best known for her work as one-half of the critically-acclaimed double act Norris &…
Finalists battle it out to take the crown in the climactic stage of the UK’s most prestigious comedy newcomer competition! Following months of regional showcases around the UK and …
Don’t miss the world premiere of a new work from composer and bassist Endea Owens, performing with her acclaimed sextet.
It’s 20 years since the Iraq War and Jenan wants to talk about it.
Work in Progress from Isabelle Farah.
Rozarina Larsen presents: White Fishing – a work-in-progress comedy about finding your authenticity.
Not For Anyone returns! Please note that I might just do card tricks and say nothing for a whole hour or I might just do the usual ‘screaming fascist’ schtick. Or both. No refunds.
Glory dreams of singing at the world’s most prestigious festival, the only thing standing her way is a mysterious pyramid.
Join Darren Harriott and Rachel Fairburn for a very special Edinburgh Fringe edition of You Dress Funny, the event where comedy meets fashion.
When Cynthia’s husband dies during her pregnancy, she’s expected to mourn.
Daniel is desperate to prove sketch comedy should be taken ‘seriously’, in contrast to the frivolity and silliness of his last Fringe show.
Daniel is desperate to prove sketch comedy should be taken ‘seriously’, in contrast to the frivolity and silliness of his last Fringe show.
Fast-paced comedy magic.
When Cynthia’s husband dies during her pregnancy, she’s expected to mourn.
Join four friends weighed down by their past and frightened of their future as they take a trip around a natural history museum and explore the big bang, loving difficult parents, …
Dave’s relationship with art is not going well, in more ways than one.
Soul Penny Circus is honored to present Dreams of a Clown, an original circus experience.
He has been away having cancer; now he’s back with a work-in-progress show.
Roger O’Sullivan (BBC New Comedy Awards Regional finalist) has had work featured on BBC One, BBC Three, RTÉ and BBC Radio 4.
Sold-out run: Edinburgh Festival Fringe (2022).
Pam Ford Stand-Up Comedian has worked in a care home before and after the pandemic and has met many amazing “oldies” with amazing life stories to tell.
A work in progress from BBC New Comedy Awards finalist Hannah Platt.
The University of St Andrews’ funniest, sexiest and incidentally only improvised comedy troupe returns to the Fringe and this year, it’s back to school.
Popular South African production, Baked Shakespeare, is coming to the Edinburgh Fringe! Baked Shakespeare – a group of professionally trained actors – performing Shakespeare ho…
Born and raised in China, Chin Wang left her homeland for the UK at the tender age of 18.
Alice can’t find herself but she is certain she wants to help.
A comedy told by mad people, for mad people.
A show about family, relationships and happiness. Join Lee Hudson as he takes you through his experiences with his affable brand of storytelling bringing them to life.
What if I told you I had discovered a legal system for tax-free, risk-free gambling, with guaranteed profits?.
Enjoy this gift of a show by Alfie Packham, who’s here to unwrap love, death, and less thematic stuff like football, shoplifting, and milk.
WIP show from multi award-winning comedian and CEO of the Greeters Guild, Troy Hawke.
A show about family, relationships and happiness. Join Lee Hudson as he takes you through his experiences with his affable brand of storytelling bringing them to life.
What if I told you I had discovered a legal system for tax-free, risk-free gambling, with guaranteed profits?.
Glaswegian musician, producer, DJ and curator Rebecca Vasmant, leads a live ensemble featuring some of the movers and shakers of the new Scottish jazz scene.
Enjoy this gift of a show by Alfie Packham, who’s here to unwrap love, death, and less thematic stuff like football, shoplifting, and milk.
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With her family having worked in Faslane all her life, and her friends protesting at the gates, Jenna endeavours to understand her relationship to Trident, the wider nuclear debate…
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…
Every show starts by asking the audience: Why can’t we have nice things? What are the little everyday niggles that irritate you? Does your flatmate squeeze the toothpaste from th…
Essex-born Gavin Lilley, through his masterful use of sign language, has done stand-up shows all over Europe and the UK, bringing laughter to many deaf and hearing people with his …
Ashley Manning – ‘Playfully bleak’ (Scotsman) – is an independent, sexually empowered, modern woman.
Join Suse for a stand up show about economics, magic, and making things disappear.
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! …
Are you ready to groove your stuff to motown, a little Northern soul with a sprinkling of disco? Then hold on to your Detroit vinyl, as this band are right up your alley.
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! …
Celebrate love, transformation, and community this summer in Shakespeare’s joyous comedy, As You Like It, in the Globe Theatre this summer.
What do you get when you mix rap battles cabaret, and an open mic, and then throw in the title of Cabaret God with an audience vote? Top Fringe cabaret stars try out their new mate…
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.
Ladies and gents, this is the moment you’ve waited for! Fringe’s ultimate musical theatre party night has arrived.
An unhinged variety show all the way from Los Angeles.
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 …
Francis Daulerio is a poet and teacher from Blue Bell, Pennsylvania.
Fimbo Butures (Maya Williams and Lizzy Tan) bring For you: wicked to the Fringe after a world premiere at VAULT Festival 2023.
Returning after two sell-out runs at Soho Theatre, global sensation Jazz Emu is back with his virtuoso musical spectacular.
Last year’s critically acclaimed show is back for a limited run.
Comedian Kiri Pritchard-McLean (Live at the Apollo, Have I Got News for You) is coming to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe to do a work in progress of her 2024 tour show – yep, she’…
Edinburgh Comedy Award winner Lara Ricote comes back to Edinburgh to work out her next show.
Holly Hall’s character comedy show explores our frustrating and sometimes hilarious inability to express our anger as you navigate the anxiety-ridden ups and downs of life.
New show from that guy (@mattgreencomedy) you’ve seen on Twitter being funny about politics, featuring jokes about politics and jokes not about politics.
Bryony’s done with clowning.
This is a story about love.
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.
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…
The ‘almost sexily cerebral’ (**** (Daily Telegraph)) stand-up presents a work-in-progress comedy show about fear (probably), after 2022’s ‘breakneck pace.
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.
Back again after sell-out shows in 2019, swing jazz sensations Out of the Blue Jazz will be performing the ever-popular Great American Songbook, a classic mix of great lyrics, grea…
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…
Edinburgh Comedy Award winner and creator of hit sitcom Starstruck (BBC/HBO) Rose Matafeo returns with an hour of work-in-progress stand-up.
Holly Hall’s character comedy show explores our frustrating and sometimes hilarious inability to express our anger as you navigate the anxiety-ridden ups and downs of life.
This is a story about love.
For one night only, double Emmy Award nominee and star of Ted Lasso Nick Mohammed brings Mr Swallow back to the Edinburgh Fringe.
Comedian Kiri Pritchard-McLean (Live at the Apollo, Have I Got News for You) is coming to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe to do a work in progress of her 2024 tour show – yep, she’…
It’s 2006, and David is preparing for the gig of a lifetime: headlining Sticky Floors, the coolest under-16s band night in the Bay Area.
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.
The brave corporate professionals of the world just have to accept it.
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 …
Abishek Kumar and Nirmal Pillai are back on the road with their hugely fun and interactive show that’s guaranteed to leave you cackling.
2016 Edinburgh Best Show nominee.
10 years after being refused entry to Edinburgh, Mustafa Algiyadi returns with a work-in-progress show.
Fast-paced comedy magic.
British Writers’ Guild Award-nominee Kate-Lois Elliott tells stories that are self-deprecating and (according to a drunk man at the Fringe) unexpectedly profound.
Edinburgh Comedy Award winner Lara Ricote comes back to Edinburgh to work out her next show.
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Andrea Burke-Bottom is a former alpha-wife and wannabe trad-wife.
The Bristol Revunions are back at the Fringe with a brand-new sketch show, Ready to Board! Get your passports out and get ready for the flight of your life! The Bristol Revunions a…
Dancing Mice is a critically-acclaimed Edinburgh phenomenon, a cult success.
Patel.
Star of 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, Live at the Apollo, Roast Battle, Hypothetical and the surveillance camera when she forgot to pay for petrol, Harriet’s at the Fringe for…
Stand-up Eleanor Morton presents new ideas as she works towards her next show.
Tiff Stevenson: WIP.
Following up her award-winning debut (Amused Moose Best Debut, Comedian’s Choice Best Show) with this work-in-progress.
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.
Creating an effective vehicle for performers, be it musical, play, comedy set or improv format, is arguably the most challenging task a creative artist can undertake.
A cappella sensation Semi-Toned are back for their ninth run at the Fringe.
Thomas is excited about tonight; so excited that he has called his parents and his brother with the time to look out for biggest meteor storm in 33 years that will fill the night …
BBC New Comedy Award winner, UK-based Japanese comedian.
Vox Stars, winners of the Spirit of the Fringe Award 2022, present a new show for 2023, celebrating aspiring singers through the music of their idols.
Reconnected with each other at a funeral, Charlotte and Hope question what the meaning of life is.
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…
Fast-paced comedy magic.
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 …
After being betrayed by his captain, Sharkbait Mulligan finds himself with just the clothes on his chest and the rum on his chest.
In the last full year before the general election the legendary show returns with all the latest political dramas, characters, questions and unreliable predictions.
SAY Award winner, Kathryn Joseph returns to Summerhall’s Dissection Room playing songs from her new album, For You Who Are the Wronged.
A work-in-progress show from Nick Elleray (finalist, Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2022).
Amy Murray wants to break down all the taboos about womanhood, so she has now created a piece called Red Aphrodite that she will share through Edinburgh Deaf Festival.
A work-in-progress show from Nick Elleray (finalist, Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2022).
Fàilte Gu BSL (Welcome to BSL) is an immersive showcase of Gaelic and Scots signed-songs celebrating different aspects of traditional culture.
Revered jazz drummer Sarathy Korwar and global dance music pioneer Auntie Flo present their debut collaborative project – a bold sonic exploration of propulsive, tabla-infused rh…
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In these supercharged socio-political times the challenge is more and more becoming separating what’s true and what’s real.
An ‘imaginative and emotional’ storytelling and poetry show with ‘several laugh-out-loud routines’ by ‘fabulous performer of spoken word’ **** (NorthWestEnd.
With a mixture of stand-up & video, comedian Lou Taylor discusses her life, relationship, childhood, and much more.
Thank you for the Music takes you on a comic and quizzical journey through tough times.
Enable Me explores the ups and downs of being a disabled dad and family life.
‘Do You Remember That This Is The Play I Was Telling You About’ is the leading question in the run up to this visceral production of a show where we take a unique journey into the …
In a thrilling, last-minute addition, Simon Amstell will return to the Edinburgh Fringe for the first time in six years to perform a late-night show of new stand-up material for a …
Two Plays for the price of one.
‘Do You Remember That This Is The Play I Was Telling You About’ is the leading question in the run up to this visceral production of a show where we take a unique journey into the …
A double bill, both 30 minutes long.
Enable Me explores the ups and downs of being a disabled dad and family life.
Two Plays for the price of one.
With a mixture of stand-up & video, comedian Lou Taylor discusses her life, relationship, childhood, and much more.
Following a successful debut hour, award winning Big Lew is at it again, dusting off the notebook and turning his attention to mental health, men and why we find talking to bloody …
One night only! Leith Comedy Festival showcases the funniest comedians at the legendary Biscuit Factory in Leith.
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…
Home is where the heart is.
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…
Catch award-winning rhythm and blues band The Blueswater for their only performances at the Fringe this year; five raucous gigs in Edinburgh’s best live music venue, The Jazz Bar.
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).
Home is where the heart is.
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).
Following a successful debut hour, award winning Big Lew is at it again, dusting off the notebook and turning his attention to mental health, men and why we find talking to bloody …
Home is where the heart is.
‘I catch a paper boy, but things don’t really change’ (David Bowie).
You’re invited to so much more than dinner.
The BAFTA-nominated comedian, The Mash Report (BBC2) star, Live at the Apollo (BBC1) star and viral sensation, presents a work-in-progress hour of her signature blend of stand-up a…
Welcome to the world of BGT Semi-Finalist Nerine Skinner and Liv Struss (A Liz Truss Parody).
Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominee Sam Fletcher is back at his spiritual comedy home, Aces & Eights, to try out all new jokes, tricks and games.
David Baddiel presents work-in-progress revivals of his smash-hit stand-up trilogy of ‘Not the.
Northern sketch lads Seldom Differ try out brand new ideas in this hour of multimedia character sketch comedy.
Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominee Sam Fletcher is back at his spiritual comedy home, Aces & Eights, to try out all new jokes, tricks and games.
Welcome to the world of BGT Semi-Finalist Nerine Skinner and Liv Struss (A Liz Truss Parody).
Dancing Queens: The ABBA Drag Party! Join two of Scotland’s most fabulous Queens for the ultimate ABBA Drag experience! Sing, dance, come and have the time of your life all night l…
Welcome to the world of BGT Semi-Finalist Nerine Skinner and Liv Struss (A Liz Truss Parody).
Northern sketch lads Seldom Differ try out brand new ideas in this hour of multimedia character sketch comedy.
Holly Hall’s character comedy show explores our frustrating and sometimes hilarious inability to express our anger as you navigate the anxiety-ridden ups and downs of life.
Philip Contini sings your favourite, unforgettable, classic songs of Cole Porter, one of the greatest composer-lyricists of the 20th century, accompanied by the sensational 6-piece…
We bring you some of our favourite comedians to our sessions with a different line-up each show.
Work in Progress from that guy (@mattgreencomedy) you’ve seen on Twitter being funny about politics.
Hot Concrete are set for the big time and they aren’t afraid to admit it.
‘The real deal.
Hot Concrete are set for the big time and they aren’t afraid to admit it.
Work in Progress from that guy (@mattgreencomedy) you’ve seen on Twitter being funny about politics.
This is a heartfelt piece, in which a group of intrepid teens set out to discover monsters… and discover them in the last place they thought to look.
Celebrated indie favourites We Were Promised Jetpacks formed in Edinburgh back in 2003 whilst still at school.
What does it take to be cool? As a teenager of the Eighties, Rozarina had her clues from MTV Real World, Brooke Shields, Empress Masako and weirdly the series Dallas.
A show all about the tales of the disabled.
Edinburgh’s home-grown queer cabaret is back at the Fringe with a high altitude, scripted comedy! Take your seats on board a real, replica aircraft and enjoy some in-flight enterta…
Three-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee tries some new jokes.
What does it take to be cool? As a teenager of the Eighties, Rozarina had her clues from MTV Real World, Brooke Shields, Empress Masako and weirdly the series Dallas.
Brand-new stand-up show from Edinburgh Award-nominated viral sensation Josh Pugh.
Steph is a really chill girl.
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.
From the injustice of a ‘70s parenting smack-down to the one good reason for having children (not to mention dogging with Steve McFadden along the way) this show leaves no stone …
The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras is famous for glitz, glitter and glamour, but it started with megaphones and violence.
Following his sell out debut, BBC Newcomer Award nominated Joseph Parsons begins work on his second hour of stand up.
If someone tells you they love you, it’s rude to ask why.
An adorable work in progress from the world’s youngest, smallest, most normal comedian.
Steph is a really chill girl.
An adorable work in progress from the world’s youngest, smallest, most normal comedian.
The ‘almost sexily cerebral’ (**** (Daily Telegraph)) stand-up presents a work-in-progress comedy show about fear (probably), after 2022’s ‘breakneck pace.
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.
From the injustice of a ‘70s parenting smack-down to the one good reason for having children (not to mention dogging with Steve McFadden along the way) this show leaves no stone …
Following his sell out debut, BBC Newcomer Award nominated Joseph Parsons begins work on his second hour of stand up.
After being betrayed by his captain, Sharkbait Mulligan finds himself with just the clothes on his chest and the rum on his chest.
The Pink Cactus Collective Presents PESTILENCE: WOW! Written by Savannah Reich Directed by Brandon Boruch 5th, 6th, 8th August at 6:00 pm 7th August at 7:30 pm London, 1348:…
Impro Poet Presents: What If History? They say that history repeats itself.
‘The real deal.
After being betrayed by his captain, Sharkbait Mulligan finds himself with just the clothes on his chest and the rum on his chest.
Los Angeles Theatre Initiative returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind!! Comedy, drama, romance, horror and more all collide in this au…
Classical singer Ciara brings the magic of the silver screen to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with her concert Cinema Paradiso.
Aloft Circus Arts of Chicago (USA) burst onto the Fringe scene with their hit Brave Space last year.
A crowd-work and stand-up comedy show with zero plans.
Having led a bit of nomadic existence since the closure of The Electric Circus in 2017, the club famed for its spinning wheel of musical categories returns to Summerhall.
A traditional dance class running from 9pm to 11pm daily, the Ceilidh is a sweaty fun-filled session in the extravagant grand hall of the Royal College of Physicians, featuring a l…
What happens when the young Viola finds herself shipwrecked and decides to disguise herself as her twin brother Sebastian? What doesn’t happen?! This contemporary version of Shakes…
Featuring winners of London’s premier new-act comedy competition.
She’s had it all her life and finally comedian Pauline Eyre is ready to celebrate her body.
Irreverent stand-up and sketch from an award-winning character comedian whose writing has been praised as ‘hilarious.
The Pink Cactus Collective Presents PESTILENCE: WOW! Written by Savannah Reich Directed by Brandon Boruch 5th, 6th, 8th August at 6:00 pm 7th August at 7:30 pm London, 1348:…
An inspired performance that looks to the farthest reaches of the universe to see deeper into ourselves.
The search for comedy’s next big star continues as contestants battle for a place in the Grand Final of the UK’s biggest newcomer competition! Following months of regional showcase…
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 …
A fun cabaret, stories and songs intertwined about the romance, or not, of travel.
The London Astrobeat Orchestra have ignited a movement where cult western band repertoires are blended with African influences.
This unique (probably) show allows mere mortals like us to experience the world of the TV actor.
Whisky and Witches sees the combination of Danish-born Christine Kammerer’s musical forte with the whimsical storytelling of Jane Ross.
Jamali Maddix is working up a brand-new hour.
Oracle is a jaw-dropping, thought-reading experience that has audiences grinning ear to ear, scratching heads in bafflement, and wondering if they’ve just seen a glimpse of their p…
Scottish singer-songwriter and leading acoustic fingerstyle guitarist Simon Kempston has toured the world performing his highly original, contemporary acoustic songs and music.
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…
Society has collapsed and the Ravens rule.
Sultry Irish comedian Mike Rice is working through some brand-new stories and jokes about cows, the Dali Lama, insomnia and the power of the human mind.
Selkie (Laura Booth) is learning about the stars.
Think guineafowl.
A show all about the tales of the disabled.
Three-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee tries some new jokes.
Multi international award-winning comedian Ray Bradshaw is back at the Fringe with a brand-new show after his hit UK 2023 tour, Deaf Com 1.
The Wheel of Misfortune returns to the Fringe with new stories and new quirky tales full of funnies and frights, all presented by the Games Master.
A symbol of the 80s, Dirty Dancing is etched into the memories of a generation and defined by its unforgettable scenes, the mesmerising hips of Patrick Swayze and that infamous lif…
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.
Another year older but still none the wiser, Gary returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with stories and jokes that have earned him his reputation as one of Scotland’s top comed…
Ever fancied telling the crew in the House of Commons a thing or two, or giving the gang in the Scottish Parliament a piece of your mind? This is your best-ever opportunity to play…
Three hilarious comedians, three different nationalities (Israel, Ireland and Germany), three different types of humor.
2023 sees the debut of wannabe comedian Perrin Pang, as he performs his first written stand-up comedy musical bullshit that is nowhere as good as the top comedians in the field.
Right Here, Right Now.
James Allen and Annabelle Devey invite you to an hour of exhilarating and chucklesome stand-up; fresh from the North West comedy circuit.
Janitor/Manager: Inspired by the expression ‘If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere’, Sean Conrad booked a one-way flight to NYC to become a stand-up comedian and quickl…
Three-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee tries some new jokes.
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.
Buy that Meno-Porsche, bungee-jump with your second family, or dare to try Marmite again! Whatever your age, it’s a great time for a midlife crisis! We’ll share how to ditch pa…
In this biographical burlesque, a confessional cabaret, Phillipe will sing and dance you through his boyhood on the Broadway stage, teenage nights in the discos of Hollywood, 20 ye…
In this biographical burlesque, a confessional cabaret, Phillipe will sing and dance you through his boyhood on the Broadway stage, teenage nights in the discos of Hollywood, 20 ye…
One lucky audience member will see their dreams analysed onstage, thanks to October Brian’s patented Sleep-to-Sketch Technology.
Colin MacIntyre is a multi award-winning musician, producer, author for adults and children, and playwright, who has been voted Scotland’s Top Creative Talent.
David Baddiel presents work-in-progress revivals of his smash-hit stand-up trilogy of ‘Not the.
The Sauchiehall Comedy Club is proud to present their first full run at the Fringe, with a series of compilation shows, featuring the finest up-and-coming comedians, plus guest app…
It’s Naomi Paul’s (mostly) Jewish show! From the Baltic to Birmingham, from shamash to shellfish, from Hendon and beyond.
Writer and solo performer, Zoë Kim, leads the play, oscillating between Mother and Daughter, unraveling a candid semi-autobiographical story about our love languages and how we of…
Queer feminist and bloody lefty Kathleen has fallen into a settled life with a nice boy who can do maths.
An hour too long a commitment for you? Come see the best international comics in Edinburgh fringe do 15 minutes of their best stuff and decide if you want more, think of it like fu…
The duo of JD Twitch and JG Wilkes return to Summerhall’s Dissection Room with another one of their eclectic and euphoric sessions which has made them legends in the Glasgow and in…
The only stand up comedy show at the Fringe with jokes, stories and a definitive list of my favourite smells from last year.
Following their sell-out show in 2022, former Cambridge Footlights Emily, Robbie and Maddie are now also former housemates.
The hit show Clash of Fandoms returns! The ultimate geek comedy debate show! Hosted by Pure Radio Scotland’s Rik Carranza and featuring a rotating line-up of guests representing ea…
The Oxford Revue is turning 70 years old! From Monty Python to Mr Bean to Love Actually, the alumni of Oxford’s premier comedy troupe have been polluting the UK cultural landscape …
Enjoy this gift of a show by Alfie Packham, who’s here to unwrap love, death and less thematic stuff like shoplifting, football and milk.
After a sold-out run at London’s VAULT Festival earlier this year, Jessica Aszkenasy is bringing her show to Camden Fringe.
The foul-mouthed prophet of Australian comedy is back in Edinburgh with a new show and a newer tracksuit.
In Greek mythology, the Muses were the daughters of Mnemosyne, goddess of memory, by her nephew, Zeus.
Wwyditwy? Is a comedy game show in which contestants are judged on their creativity and ability to improvise when presented with absurd, morally dubious situations.
Dark jokes only! An irreverent comedy show where comedians push boundaries, slice and dice edgy topics and are not afraid of taking the risk.
‘The best showcase of pure joke-writing skill on the Fringe’ (Guardian).
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.
Jessie Cave works up a new show about the complexities of motherhood, social anxiety and heartbreak.
As seen on BBC’s Live at the Apollo, American transplant Spring Day provides dark comedy for nice people.
‘The best showcase of pure joke-writing skill on the Fringe’ **** (Guardian).
Ian is the world’s only rational skeptic psychic comedian.
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.
This absurdist trio brings you an hour of off-the-walls stand-up and sketch comedy through the Welsh, Irish, Malaysian and 30-something perspective.
Part-time naked butler, full-time Ariana Grande super fan Sam Williams has quickly become British comedy’s brightest ‘good-looking chap’ (Chortle.
Join us for a drink and another hour of non-stop inebriated laughter! Same spirited show but hosted by Kyle Legacy and with all new faces performing stand-up and sharing their best…
The Honourable Tom Houghton is back at the fringe hot off his starring role in The Circle (Netflix) to work through a bunch of new ideas for his upcoming tour of the UK, Europe and…
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.
A performance grounded in friendship and a desire for objects to predict the future.
Remember when you were allowed to say anything you liked and got no trouble for it? Me neither.
After a sold-out run at London’s VAULT Festival earlier this year, Jessica Aszkenasy is bringing her show to Camden Fringe.
Conway is a vivacious performer who does not shy away from the grotesque.
“The primary school teacher vibes don’t end here,” Sasha Ellen jokes lightheartedly at the start of When Life Gives You Ellens, Make Ellenade.
British Writers’ Guild Award-nominated comedian Kate-Lois Elliott tells stories that are self-deprecating and (according to a drunk man at the fringe) unexpectedly profound.
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…
The Fringe’s cult-hit stand-up comedy panel show that you influence in real time is back.
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…
British Writers’ Guild nominee Kate-Lois Elliott brings you her long-awaited debut show about finding your purpose in a world that’s a little bit on fire.
The Blundabus is absolutely packed for Amelia Bayler’s I Work in Customer Service but I’m Actually a Pop Star.
London-based Chinese comedian Alvin Liu’s debut show delivers distinctive cultural humour with his playful views on China and the UK.
Best friends Hamza and Jake discover characters, scenes and storylines on the spot, without the faintest idea what might happen next.
Alex Kitson is an award-winning comedian.
A unique new musical with a fully actor-muso cast, this Charlie Hartill Award finalist blends contemporary pop, soul, and folk music in a dynamic story of convent school life.
In a world where comedy is everything to everyone, and punching down is taboo, it’s time to punch back! The Corrupt Comedy Establishment killed Bob Hecklestein’s girlfriend, murder…
If Motörhead had sex with Cirque du Soleil and Dita Von Teese this is what you’d get! From the team that brought you the highly acclaimed Dirty Tattooed Circus Bastards Show –…
Take a gonzo dive into a world of sex dungeons, meth and so much more with NYC comedian Katharyn Henson.
Stand-up comedian, social media star and ultimate try-hard Abi Clarke performs new material in an intimate venue, developing her highly anticipated debut show.
With the brash vocals of an Australian zookeeper addressing an unruly tour group, Davis commands the room, immediately taking charge with her distinct brand of offbeat comedy.
Best friends Hamza and Jake discover characters, scenes and storylines on the spot, without the faintest idea what might happen next.
Notes on stage? Tick! Breath-taking riff-scenarios? Tick! Bits that don’t work? Tick! Progress not perfection, people! Witness some progress from Edinburgh Comedy Award winner / fa…
Uma Gahd, everyone’s favourite unofficial auntie, brings you her one-woman drag comedy.
Blossoming (You Undo Me) is a straightforward one-person musical about a young Chinese man growing into his queerness and yet it weaves several narrative threads and theatrical for…
James has been touring his storytelling theatre shows for half his adult life.
This is a refreshingly new and interesting take on death through the medium of a musical.
Man meets man.
For his entire life, performer Mark Vigeant did everything he possibly could to make everyone around him happy.
A line-up show featuring the top three acts from the 2022 edition of So You Think You’re Funny? The UK’s biggest new comedy competition, with Joshua Bethania, Pravanya Pillay and J…
Chloe Petts’ latest hour If You Can’t Say Anything Nice is teeming with insults and slander as she scrutinises rudeness, rage, and her own relationship with anger.
Returning with a work in progress after a sell-out Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominated run in 2022.
Cheap Date bring a crash landing of music, dance, theatre, film and comedy without holding back, in this visual duologue.
William Thompson (BBC New Comedy Awards finalist 2021, as seen and heard on Dave, Channel 4 and BBC Scotland) is a rising star from Belfast.
Leicester Comedy Festival nomination for Best Show 2023.
Tired of explaining his nationality to a crowd, Pierre Novellie has filled his new hour Why Are You Laughing? with a discussion on topics as distinct and unconnected as British dri…
I have collected, for your enjoyment, an anthology of all the weird things I have done in my life to try and make friends.
Working-class comedian Tom Mayhew returns to the Camden Fringe with a show about dreams and endless hope.
Following a sold-out Edinburgh Festival Fringe run in 2022, Scottish Comedian of the Year winner and Some Laugh podcast host Marc Jennings returns with his most personal show to da…
Co-host of Off Menu, Taskmaster champion and as seen on his stand-up special Blood Sugar (Amazon Prime), join the ‘consistently eye-wateringly hilarious’ (i Newspaper) Ed Gamble fo…
A few days ago I saw a little boy slapping a wall.
The best show of 2019 according to Chortle.
Who amongst us hasn’t uttered the phrase, “I can’t believe you’ve done this!?” whilst laughing with a friend over a particularly embarrassing story.
Working-class comedian Tom Mayhew returns to the Camden Fringe with a show about dreams and endless hope.
Fresh from Off-Broadway, the sold-out, smash-hit comedy finally comes to Edinburgh.
Monster vs Hero, TV Camera vs Reporter, Husband vs Husband: their battles and rituals.
Can love survive when someone dies? ‘No bastard ever warned me that your love life goes down the shitter when someone dies.
A while back, I found a video online of an animated snake crawling, made for entertaining cats.
Indonesia’s leading English language stand-up comedians visit Edinburgh for the first time! The Indonesian stand-up comedy scene exploded 15 years ago and since then many performer…
CHOO CHOO! (Or.
Adam Scott-Rowley, creator of the award-winning ***** (Independent) THIS IS NOT CULTURALLY SIGNIFICANT presents, YOU ARE GOING TO DIE.
Following a sold-out Edinburgh Festival Fringe run in 2022, Scottish Comedian of the Year winner and Some Laugh podcast host Marc Jennings returns with his most personal show to da…
A fly-on-the-padded-wall account of the mental health world that also busts some myths (there are no padded walls).
Where does beauty go when the beholder has no eye? Comedian Richard Wheatley returns to the Fringe with his new show, as he ridicules the perplexing paradoxes of a blind man in the…
What makes a footballer a hero? What makes a hero a legend? Locality? Loyalty? Skill? Players like Bobby Walker appear once in a generation.
Working-class comedian Tom Mayhew returns to the Camden Fringe with a show about dreams and endless hope.
The giddy inner workings of a comedy show in its beginnings.
Brand-new stand-up show from Edinburgh Award-nominated viral sensation Josh Pugh.
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…
You’re Alright is a new comedy dance show from award-winning choreographer, Sam Burkett.
The guy is back in Vittorio Angelone’s Who Am I? I Am!; an in depth exploration of self-identity and perception, whilst being cautiously celebratory in its ownership.
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…
You’re Alright is a new comedy dance show from award-winning choreographer, Sam Burkett.
Part-time naked butler/full-time Ariana Grande superfan Sam Williams has quickly become British comedy’s brightest ‘good looking chap’ (Chortle).
Adele brings all her very best new jokes, ideas and wisdom to Durham.
Kirsty has a secret, and this is a confession.
Adele brings all her very best new jokes, ideas and wisdom to Durham.
Kirsty has a secret, and this is a confession.
Xennial: Warrior Princess (Work in progress) So I’m 40 now; when does life begin? Old enough to know the link between pencils and cassette tapes, and remember having to roll do…
Ever been in that room where they make you redundant? Ever wished that you fought back? Well, here’s how I did.
A lot is known of The Bards plays but what of the man ? Mister Shakespeare explores the different facets of his personality:The lover, The Husband, The Son, The Entrepreneur throug…
Calling all T-Birds and Pink Ladies: it’s time to immerse yourself in the world of Grease like never before! Step back in time to the 1950s and experience those summer nights…
Ever been in that room where they make you redundant? Ever wished that you fought back? Well, here’s how I did.
A lot is known of The Bards plays but what of the man ? Mister Shakespeare explores the different facets of his personality:The lover, The Husband, The Son, The Entrepreneur throug…
Loud eaters.
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.
What is confidence? Can it be obtained if you don't have any? Is 36 too late to start being assertive? I've almost made my mind up, but I'm more interested in what you …
An absurdist menagerie of clown, characters and non- sequiturs.
Work in progress show from BBC NCA Finalist Hannah Platt.
An interactive, immersive journey where you play a newly conscious octopus on a quest to find your missing mother.
Pitlochry has the perfect show for all the family this summer with a new stage adaptation of The Secret Garden written by its own artistic director, Elizabeth Newman.
About the show Recipients of last years FUSE International's 'Best Dance Show' award, Dillon Dance Youth returns for successive year.
After 21 years and 224 days Hal's back being single.
This revival of Ken Ludwig’s celebration of George and Ira Gershwin’s music takes us on a full-throttle ride through American classics and culture, brightening up the stage …
Directed and choreographed by multi-Tony and Olivier award winner Susan Stroman, this spectacular production transfers from a sell-out season at the Chichester Festival Theatre.
AboutYou might think about mindfulness and meditation when you think of healing and you might even think it’s quite boring to just sit there with your eyes closed.
Direct from its sold-out smash-hit run at VAULT Festival 2023, where it won the Origins Award for Outstanding New Work, I F*cked You in My Spaceship is a ‘wickedly funny’ and r…
It’s another Sunday at the sleepy parish for Father Pete, until he meets James, an oversensitive priest with a penchant for tofu.
In PRESENT/TENSE comedian Nathan D’Arcy Roberts (Horrible Histories, The Emily Atack Show, The Lenny Henry Show, winner of BBC’s prestigious Felix Dexter bursary) takes an analytic…
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.
In PRESENT/TENSE comedian Nathan D’Arcy Roberts (Horrible Histories, The Emily Atack Show, The Lenny Henry Show, winner of BBC’s prestigious Felix Dexter bursary) takes an analytic…
21 years since it all began… the world’s favourite rock theatrical returns home! The worldwide smash-hit We Will Rock You by Queen and Ben Elton returns to London, nex…
Sam is very pleased with this title as it works on TWO levels: This show features notes from the Noughties, both handwritten and enthusiastically sung.
Sam is very pleased with this title as it works on TWO levels: This show features notes from the Noughties, both handwritten and enthusiastically sung.
Stick It On returns for the first time in almost a decade to give anyone the chance to get behind the decks and spin 15 minutes of their favourite tunes to rock the dance floor.
Stick It On returns for the first time in almost a decade to give anyone the chance to get behind the decks and spin 15 minutes of their favourite tunes to rock the dance floor.
Expect a genre blending and dazzling performance by Comedian, Actor, Clown, Charlotte Fox who brings sassy, psychedelic and surreal comedy antics to the stage.
NOMINATED: BEST DEBUT SHOW at LEICESTER COMEDY FESTIVAL Masculinity is in crisis.
Rahul met a girl at the Edinburgh Fringe - classic! But why is she still on his mind? Why is Rahul so unlucky in love? It’s probably because he is a Tuesday date.
Rahul met a girl at the Edinburgh Fringe - classic! But why is she still on his mind? Why is Rahul so unlucky in love? It’s probably because he is a Tuesday date.
Winner of the BBC New Comedy Award, UK-based Japanese comedian Yuriko Kotani is going to tell stories of her experiences and thoughts as a work in progress in her “second languag…
Join Suse for a stand up comedy show about economics, magic, and making things disappear.
Daniel is desperate to prove sketch comedy should be taken ‘seriously’, in contrast to the frivolity and silliness of his last Fringe show.
Work in Progress from that guy (@mattgreencomedy) you’ve seen on Twitter being funny about politics.
Kevin Precious used to be a teacher.
Winner of the BBC New Comedy Award, UK-based Japanese comedian Yuriko Kotani is going to tell stories of her experiences and thoughts as a work in progress in her “second languag…
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.
Daniel is desperate to prove sketch comedy should be taken ‘seriously’, in contrast to the frivolity and silliness of his last Fringe show.
Work in Progress from that guy (@mattgreencomedy) you’ve seen on Twitter being funny about politics.
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.
Building your network and presenting yourself beyond a local context Join this Masterclass led by Nike Jonah and Erwin Maas, the co-directors of Pan-African Creative Exchange (PAC…
Building your network and presenting yourself beyond a local context Join this Masterclass led by Nike Jonah and Erwin Maas, the co-directors of Pan-African Creative Exchange (PAC…
Some time ago, Suse Steed was an economist.
Kevin Precious used to be a teacher.
Take a gonzo dive into a world of sex dungeons, meth, and so much more with New York City comedian, Katharyn Henson.
Take a gonzo dive into a world of sex dungeons, meth, and so much more with New York City comedian, Katharyn Henson.
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
As You Like It by The Three Inch Fools, presented at The Actors' Church as part of their Theatre in the Garden Summer Season.
An Accumulation of Thoughts, Things and Circumstance (Work In Progress) For the first time, internationally acclaimed clown Ella The Great (‘lights up the stage’ -The Scotsman) br…
Sew Fabulous - Sustainable Community Education Join us to celebrate our work and find out more about what we do at Sew Fabulous.
“Don’t live your life girl, unless it’s just like a movie.
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.
A work-in-progress stand-up show from comedian and writer Rhiannon Shaw.
★★★★★ “eccentric.
Part-time naked butler, full-time Ariana Grande superfan, Sam Williams has quickly become British comedy’s brightest ‘good looking chap’ (Chortle).
Alvin and Chin are good friends but very different.
Sew Fabulous - Sustainable Community Education Join us to celebrate our work and find out more about what we do at Sew Fabulous.
“Don’t live your life girl, unless it’s just like a movie.
After a sold-out run at London’s VAULT Festival, Jess is bringing her show to Brighton Fringe.
Alvin and Chin are good friends but very different.
Kuan-wen is one of the few Taiwanese comedians who performs English stand-up comedy in the UK (if not the only one as of 2023).
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.
After a sold-out run at London’s VAULT Festival, Jess is bringing her show to Brighton Fringe.
A work-in-progress stand-up show from comedian and writer Rhiannon Shaw.
Kirsty has a secret, and this is a confession.
Kirsty has a secret, and this is a confession.
David McIver (Chortle Student Comedy Award Entrant 2013) celebrates a decade of crushing gigs and raising the roof off of commercial venue spaces with a new hour of mildly mannered…
Mary O’Connell is conflicted: she hates capitalism but she loves to shop.
Over 10 million views on TikTok and Instagram! A new show from the award-winning smash hit comic.
Over 10 million views on TikTok and Instagram! A new show from the award-winning smash hit comic.
David McIver (Chortle Student Comedy Award Entrant 2013) celebrates a decade of crushing gigs and raising the roof off of commercial venue spaces with a new hour of mildly mannered…
Mary O’Connell is conflicted: she hates capitalism but she loves to shop.
As seen on Live at The Apollo and star of ITV2, BBC Three, Dave, Comedy Central and Radio 4, Helen Bauer presents a work in progress show of her new thoughts and feelings on pretty…
As seen on Live at The Apollo and star of ITV2, BBC Three, Dave, Comedy Central and Radio 4, Helen Bauer presents a work in progress show of her new thoughts and feelings on pretty…
The Genocial Liberal is back.
Andrea Burke-Bottom is a former alpha-wife and wannabe trad-wife.
Kate-Lois Elliott has been rising fast on the UK comedy scene with her self-deprecating millennial meltdowns.
The Genocial Liberal is back.
British Writers’ Guild Award-nominee and Brighton-bred comedian Kate-Lois Elliott tells stories that are self-deprecating and (according to a drunk man at the fringe) unexpectedly …
Andrea Burke-Bottom is a former alpha-wife and wannabe trad-wife.
When you grow up gay in a small town in nineties-Kent, it is easy to think that your sexuality is the reason you don’t fit in.
When you grow up gay in a small town in nineties-Kent, it is easy to think that your sexuality is the reason you don’t fit in.
Bisexual comedian Kate Dale fingers her way through middle life as she navigates the challenges and finds the joy in being a beginner once more, while discovering, after a lifetime…
Work in progress stand-up comedy show from Elaine Fellows.
Work in progress stand-up comedy show from Elaine Fellows.
This work in progress comedy show explores what life after education looks like.
Since 2005, the Comedy Club 4 Kids has been getting the best stand-ups and sketch acts from the international circuit to do their thing for an audience of children (aged 6+) and th…
This work in progress comedy show explores what life after education looks like.
Since 2005, the Comedy Club 4 Kids has been getting the best stand-ups and sketch acts from the international circuit to do their thing for an audience of children (aged 6+) and th…
Join up-and-coming tall and skinny comedian Ed Mulvey as he performs his latest routines, packed with joke-dense intelligent filth.
My name is Abbie and I’m an Empath.
The one question Jaz Mattu, a professional software engineer, ( who looks much more serious than he actually is), constantly gets asked when he explains he wants to change careers …
The one question Jaz Mattu, a professional software engineer, ( who looks much more serious than he actually is), constantly gets asked when he explains he wants to change careers …
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
Fail Better Presents: Bigger is Better - Spiegeltent Takeover! Brighton’s very own Latin/Ska pioneers ‘Town of Cats’ and the Klezmer-Punk lunatics ‘Buffo’s Wake Big Band’ will be …
Want to know your future? ‘Cause we already do.
Get ready for a night of sultry jazz, swing, blues, and soul like you’ve never experienced before! Meet Suzanne Noble, a performer following in the footsteps of legendary enterta…
A work-in-progress hour of live comedy taking a leftfield look at all walks of British society from a revered scholar of hood philosophy.
With a combination of physical theatre and vivid storytelling, BHASVIC players presents a unique take on Federico García Lorca’s classic tale ‘Blood Wedding.
Get ready for a night of sultry jazz, swing, blues, and soul like you’ve never experienced before! Meet Suzanne Noble, a performer following in the footsteps of legendary enterta…
With a combination of physical theatre and vivid storytelling, BHASVIC players presents a unique take on Federico García Lorca’s classic tale ‘Blood Wedding.
A work-in-progress hour of live comedy taking a leftfield look at all walks of British society from a revered scholar of hood philosophy.
Want to know your future? ‘Cause we already do.
World-class acclaimed entertainer Movin’ Melvin Brown is back in Brighton with his smash hit soulful Musical ‘Me and Otis’.
World-class acclaimed entertainer Movin’ Melvin Brown is back in Brighton with his smash hit soulful Musical ‘Me and Otis’.
Do you like scary movies? Well, if you like them so much, would you survive to the end of one? Join the award-winning Heather-Rose Andrews on an exploration of horror films, the wo…
Natasha Anderson: Food Diary is a funny deep dive into culture, relationships and why food is more than just fuel.
7 people are about to have a very bad day, but which will be the last man standing? Join comedian and author Aidan Goatley in his first play - a dark absurdist satire that proves, …
7 people are about to have a very bad day, but which will be the last man standing? Join comedian and author Aidan Goatley in his first play - a dark absurdist satire that proves, …
Natasha Anderson: Food Diary is a funny deep dive into culture, relationships and why food is more than just fuel.
Multi-award-winning comedian Ian Smith (BBC Radio 4’s The News Quiz and The Now Show) returns with a work in progress of his seventh solo show.
Three of London’s fast rising, exciting new female comedy voices Marty Gleeson, Su Mi and Frances Keyton fuse together to bring you an hour of turbocharged off the wall standup a…
Please don’t come if you don’t like puns.
Gremlin is the first work-in-progress show of rising stand-up star Annabel Edmonds.
Multi-award-winning comedian Ian Smith (BBC Radio 4’s The News Quiz and The Now Show) returns with a work in progress of his seventh solo show.
Please don’t come if you don’t like puns.
Gremlin is the first work-in-progress show of rising stand-up star Annabel Edmonds.
What is confidence? Can it be obtained if you don’t have any? Is 36 too late to start being assertive? I’ve almost made my mind up, but I’m more interested in what you have to say.
Welcome to spin class, everyone! An endorphin-fuelled character comedy hour – complete with one stationary bike and the throbbing lights, saccharine sounds and relentless positiv…
Irish Stand-up comedian Ruth Hunter makes her debut at Brighton Fringe with her new Work in Progress: The Ruth is on Fire.
As seen on Live at the Apollo, Spring Day provides dark comedy for nice people.
What is confidence? Can it be obtained if you don’t have any? Is 36 too late to start being assertive? I’ve almost made my mind up, but I’m more interested in what you have to say.
Welcome to spin class, everyone! An endorphin-fuelled character comedy hour – complete with one stationary bike and the throbbing lights, saccharine sounds and relentless positiv…
Irish Stand-up comedian Ruth Hunter makes her debut at Brighton Fringe with her new Work in Progress: The Ruth is on Fire.
As seen on Live at the Apollo, Spring Day provides dark comedy for nice people.
A fun little stand-up show about being drunk, high and a pretty cool guy (insert sunglasses emoji).
The most British Italian comedian brings back to the Brighton Fringe his unique, clever and dark humour, delivered with a gentle and endearing style.
Cerys is not mean enough to be funny, apparently.
Stand up comedian and rap singer Joe Jacobs returns to Brighton Fringe to flog his wares once again.
Stand up comedian and rap singer Joe Jacobs returns to Brighton Fringe to flog his wares once again.
Cerys is not mean enough to be funny, apparently.
A fun little stand-up show about being drunk, high and a pretty cool guy (insert sunglasses emoji).
The most British Italian comedian brings back to the Brighton Fringe his unique, clever and dark humour, delivered with a gentle and endearing style.
An adorable work in progress from the world’s youngest, most normal comedian (don’t look that up).
Viggo Venn is an award-winning clown from Norway.
Brighton Morris welcomes you to our North Laine dance out for 2023! We will be brandishing our bells, cracking our sticks and flashing our hankies as we tour through the North Lain…
There are two things that get better with age - Cheese and Carnival Collective.
Viggo Venn is an award-winning clown from Norway.
Brighton Morris welcomes you to our North Laine dance out for 2023! We will be brandishing our bells, cracking our sticks and flashing our hankies as we tour through the North Lain…
An adorable work in progress from the world’s youngest, most normal comedian (don’t look that up).
There are two things that get better with age - Cheese and Carnival Collective.
Chelsea Birkby follows up on her award-winning debut (best debut show Amused Moose, nominated for best show comedians choice awards) with this work-in-progress.
‘South Coast Comedian of the Year’ Finalist James Danielewski brings his debut work-in-progress show to the Brighton Fringe; relax, enjoy and lower your expectations, as he explain…
‘South Coast Comedian of the Year’ Finalist James Danielewski brings his debut work-in-progress show to the Brighton Fringe; relax, enjoy and lower your expectations, as he explain…
Chelsea Birkby follows up on her award-winning debut (best debut show Amused Moose, nominated for best show comedians choice awards) with this work-in-progress.
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 …
Adele brings all her very best new jokes, ideas and wisdom to Brighton.
In Schalk Bezuidenhout’s I’ll Make Laugh To You, the fun and games start before the show does, introducing us to his subtley pointed sarcasm before launching in a self-deprecat…
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 …
Adele brings all her very best new jokes, ideas and wisdom to Brighton.
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.
This new Mudfish Work In Progress will showcase the ‘brilliant chemistry’ (Fringebiscuit) and ‘buoyant charisma’ (EdFringe Review) of Molly and Dan.
Tragedy.
Mark is convinced that he’s the only gay man doing comedy in the world so please be respectful and don’t tell him otherwise! Rapidly making a name for himself both online and o…
Tragedy.
This new Mudfish Work In Progress will showcase the ‘brilliant chemistry’ (Fringebiscuit) and ‘buoyant charisma’ (EdFringe Review) of Molly and Dan.
Stand-up comedian and social media sensation (in his own words, not in any objective description of the term) Mark Bittlestone brings a load of new and a few (or, hopefully for you…
Two comedians attempt to navigate the hell that is “existing” by performing an hour of fabulous stand-up.
Perceived through a lens of fear and censorship.
Fiery and vibrant Klezmer, Balkan, Serbian, Greek & Roma world-music! 2 accessible, child friendly matinee concerts from 2 of the brightest lights in the world-music scene current…
Brighton comedy stalwarts Sam Savage (creator of viral hit comedy character Linda Larkin) and Dan Fardell have teamed up to bring you a double dose of their formative brand new wor…
A work-in-progress comedy show from Amused Moose Finalist and Harrogate New Comedian of the Year finalist, Louise Atkinson.
Two comedians attempt to navigate the hell that is “existing” by performing an hour of fabulous stand-up.
Festival of Europe presents: Vocal Explosion & Friends Featuring the Ukrainian Voices Brighton Choir and award winning guitarist Geoff Robb! An afternoon of music and song to lif…
Brighton comedy stalwarts Sam Savage (creator of viral hit comedy character Linda Larkin) and Dan Fardell have teamed up to bring you a double dose of their formative brand new wor…
A work-in-progress comedy show from Amused Moose Finalist and Harrogate New Comedian of the Year finalist, Louise Atkinson.
Festival of Europe presents: Vocal Explosion & Friends Featuring the Ukrainian Voices Brighton Choir and award winning guitarist Geoff Robb! An afternoon of music and song to lif…
Fiery and vibrant Klezmer, Balkan, Serbian, Greek & Roma world-music! 2 accessible, child friendly matinee concerts from 2 of the brightest lights in the world-music scene current…
My name is Ruby Carr and I am a sucker for a bargain.
Michael Welch is an ethnically ambiguous comedian of unknown origin, a.
A brand new hour of comedy from the hilariously funny, aggressively nerdy and down right adorable Sasha Ellen.
The Yorkshire scamp has had enough! Time to take a stand against housemates, homeowners and the North/South divide.
Bet’s Back! Kathy Diamond plays Bet Lynch in this one woman performance of monologues and music.
My name is Ruby Carr and I am a sucker for a bargain.
Bet’s Back! Kathy Diamond plays Bet Lynch in this one woman performance of monologues and music.
Following her sellout runs at the Edinburgh Fringe and Soho Theatre in 2022, Chloe Petts returns with a work-in-progress of her new show.
A brand new hour of comedy from the hilariously funny, aggressively nerdy and down right adorable Sasha Ellen.
MOJO is a split bill of stand-up comedy featuring Mohaimen and Jomi Cruz.
The Yorkshire scamp has had enough! Time to take a stand against housemates, homeowners and the North/South divide.
Following her sellout runs at the Edinburgh Fringe and Soho Theatre in 2022, Chloe Petts returns with a work-in-progress of her new show.
Dorothy has made millions off her novelised adventures in the Land of Oz.
Following her first US tour and millions of views over lockdown for her blunt takes on dating and being a child free badass, this award-winning stand-up is back with a sex positive…
Alex Kitson is an award-winning comedian.
Josh Baulf has recently appeared on Britains Got Talent, the BBC and his online sketches have amassed millions of views worldwide.
A child-free badass on the search for orgasm equality.
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 …
A gutsy work-in-progress from an NYC-based rising star in standup.
A brand new show of ideas, jokes and stories.
Max Turner Prize finalist (2023), rising TikToker and undefeated roaster Anthony Gilét premiers his new Work In Progress where he takes a brutally honest look at getting older, an…
Let’s face it, we’re all nuts.
Alex Kitson is an award-winning comedian.
Josh Baulf has recently appeared on Britains Got Talent, the BBC and his online sketches have amassed millions of views worldwide.
Dorothy has made millions off her novelised adventures in the Land of Oz.
Max Turner Prize finalist (2023), rising TikToker and undefeated roaster Anthony Gilét premiers his new Work In Progress where he takes a brutally honest look at getting older, an…
Let’s face it, we’re all nuts.
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 …
A brand new show of ideas, jokes and stories.
A gutsy work-in-progress from an NYC-based rising star in standup.
Tommy Cannon is one of Britain's greatest ever straight men.
Tommy Cannon is one of Britain's greatest ever straight men.
Onsale Friday 14th OctoberTaylor Tomlinson exploded onto the international stage when her hour-long special, “Quarter-Life Crisis,” debuted on Netflix just a…
Onsale Friday 14th OctoberTaylor Tomlinson exploded onto the international stage when her hour-long special, “Quarter-Life Crisis,” debuted on Netflix just a…
Capitol Theatre Company is back with the extended version of ”Work in Progress”, adding a second act to the 20 minute one-act-play performed at Scene and Hea…
Dancing at Lughnasa is easily Brian Friel’s most widely known play thanks to the 1998 film version that starred Meryl Streep.
Named to Forbes’ 2021 class of 30 Under 30, Tomlinson exploded onto the international stage with her first-ever, hour-long special, Quarter-Life Crisis, named “Best of 2020” …
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.
'I found a king in me and now I love you I found a king in you and now I love me' Father figures and fashion tips.
Sort Sol presents their third original theatre production, created by Artistic Director, Elizabeth Huskisson.
What do Mother Teresa, Napoleon and Hitler have in common? Well, they all have what Hedda Gabler wants most of all.
In the last year Shane has sold out shows across America & Canada, been tour support for Kevin Hart and enjoyed continued success with his hugely popular Tea With Me…
In the last year Shane has sold out shows across America & Canada, been tour support for Kevin Hart and enjoyed continued success with his hugely popular Tea With Me…
Black magic, tricks & treats from your worst nightmare - with gothic magician & hypnotist Dr JohnTicket price includes a reserved seat.
ToskaToska is a new piece of political physical theatre created by Elizabeth Huskisson, based on the true story of the Khachaturyan sisters who murdered their father; a case that p…
Funny, funny, funny sketches we haven’t written yet.
“Star of Live at the Apollo, Would I Lie to You, and Frankie Boyle’s New World Order, Sara Barron returns to throw some new ideas at the wall.
Jo Griffin ★★★★ CHORTLE and Yuriko Kotani ★★★★ THE SCOTSMAN split a juicy hour to answer all the big / medium-sized / teeny tiny life questions.
A while back I found a video online of a snake crawling, made for the purpose of entertaining cats.
“Recently handpicked by Fred Armisen to be his opener, Josh Weller is a failed musician turned comedian.
Adam Scott-Rowley (creator of the award-winning ★★★★★ THIS IS NOT CULTURALLY SIGNIFICANT) presents YOU ARE GOING TO DIE.
Hi.
Award-winning comedian Stevie Martin (8 out of 10 Cats, Late Night Mash, a Thorntons advert) is making a comedy show.
One mysterious day in 1900, a group of innocent school girls went missing in the Australian Bush.
Glenn Moore presents one of the best reviewed shows of the 2022 Edinburgh Fringe, firmly establishing himself as one of the greatest joke-writers of his generation.
Dan has been a data collector for 10 years.
Are you ready to Twerk Out with your Dollars Out?! JuiceBox Presents London’s Award-Winning Womxn-Led LGBTQ+ Strxptease Experience.
Glenn Moore presents one of the best reviewed shows of the 2022 Edinburgh Fringe, firmly establishing himself as one of the greatest joke-writers of his generation.
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…
Ira Sylvester in his first one-man show takes to the stage to deliver an auto-biographically generated story of his journey where he tries to delve into where one of mixed-heritage…
An hour of new material from Host of The Comedian’s Comedian Podcast, Stuart Goldsmith.
Hey you, reading this.
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones shares highlights from his forthcoming book.
Charlie George Swindon’s finest queer, mixed-race, neurodiverse, working class, ex-Jehovah’s Witness comedian longs for Grace.
Now Rhys is 18, he can deal with a father that he can’t talk to, a mother he refuses to visit and a precarious future as a boxer while earning money in a dead-end job.
Heroes are boring.
A character comedy show in this world.
Work in progress show from BBC NCA Finalist Hannah Platt.
“I’m a full time employee three times over.
A friendly stranger is just another way of saying a new friend you haven’t met yet.
Been crying into ya SAD lamp and on the bakerloo line just to feel ya toes? Well worry no more lads, lasses, ENBY’s and beyond, cos LoUis, and his talented pals will give you the f…
Good things will happen.
In 2022, Olga Koch wrote a master’s thesis about reply guys. This is a work-in-progress of a musical based on that thesis. ★★★★ The Guardian ★★★★ The Telegraph
Ever been so angry you couldn’t breathe? Poignant, funny and uncompromising, Chat Shit, Get Hit, is a brand-new show about female rage, the pain of betrayal, and getting better …
Just back from doing her acclaimed debut hour, Sikisa is here with a new show and she is worried about words! She always thinks she’s gonna say the wrong thing at the wrong time …
Stand-up from a holy cowpat masquerading as a woman.
What does it mean to be ‘Not Safe For Work’? Drawing from experiences in camming, life modeling, stripping and formal dance training, ‘For you: wicked’ is a reflection of s…
Five years ago, Carys nearly disappeared.
Fourteen-year-old David has just been punched in the face by his best friend.
Tamar first met feminism in high school but was scared to be its friend because it wasn’t very popular.
The one question Jaz Mattu, a professional software engineer, ( who looks much more serious than he actually is), constantly gets asked when he explains he wants to change careers …
Holly has had quite a year - trying to deal with being left out of the Royal Family.
TV’s Priya Hall brings you her new WIP all about her 2021 breakdown. Expect cats, breakdowns and BIG REALISATIONS.
An absurd character comedy featuring the life story of the most famous woman in the world, the man who has the house we all want and GARBO! Inspired (very loosely) by Vitto Russo�…
Come sing along, for the first time ever The Really Useless Group is introducing their brand spanking new set of bangers such as The Pink Tax Tango, White Van Driven By A White Man…
Instructions on How to Cry is a new devised play exploring the science and mystery of emotional tears which appear to be solely present in Homo Sapiens.
“Light-hearted, never-to-be-seen-again fun.
The blurb is: hahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahaha hihihi hahahahahahahaha hoho hahahhahahaha hehe hahahahahahahahahaha ‘’Ha’’ - The Guardian From the award-winning clown b…
Lifetime Achievement Awards come but once in a lifetime, which means Mitzi has just one shot to deliver an acceptance speech that will land her in Hollywood’s Halls of Fame.
The happiest day of your life includes robots, time travel and a decent spread on the buffet table.
After taking her debut comedy hour I Miss Amy Winehouse (“vulnerable, poignant and hilarious” - Boom Chicago Comedy Festival) to Edinburgh Fringe for a full run, Suchandrika (“warm…
The planet is melting and life is spinning out of control but maybe Charlie can save it all with a nice picnic.
In this riotous show, commanding and lightning-quick Drag King Brent takes a deep dive into the fascinating and often confusing world of human behaviour.
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.
Richard Briers CBE, one of our best loved and respected actors, died on 17th February 2013.
Richard Briers CBE, one of our best loved and respected actors, died on 17th February 2013.
What is love? It’s a mystery.
Come watch a working class motormouth, trapped in a hipster’s body.
WGGB-nominated comedian Kate-Lois Elliott tells stories that are self-deprecating and (according to a drunk man at Brighton Fringe) unexpectedly profound.
This is a solo show about femininity and trauma.
A WIP hour of stand up from Isabelle Farah Isabelle’s first show, Ellipsis, and second show, irresponsabelle, both had excellent runs at Edinburgh fringe and she returns with ano…
“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.
Alex MacKeith goes electric for his second musical comedy show.
Natasha Anderson: Food Diary is a funny exploration of culture, relationships and why food is more than just fuel.
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…
In his new show, award winning comedian Alfie Brown is showing signs that he probably can’t have a healthy relationship and proceeding down the road with him would be emotionally d…
They’re here, one’s queer, and they never get over anything.
The UK’s lowest energy double act (Crizards) present a new work in progress show.
The Greatest Story Ever CastThe Devil is in the detail You Who!Knock knock: who's really there? The Greatest Story Ever Cast - Frank Notions Mary is auditionin…
Musical comedian Orlando Gibbs (MCA Finals 2021, 2022, 2Northdown Semi-Finalist 2021) sings and chats about the little things in life.
Witty and inventive, with a sharp eye for satire and poetic lyrics to match, Isobel Rogers unmasks our shadier selves as we all navigate, or fail to navigate, relationships and our…
Micky Flanagan’s Warm Up Show at Leicester Square Theatre.
“I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here” Is an intense durational performance focused on desire, gaze, and hysteria.
if all the times i cared had names.
MAD a verbal movement story of healing Oreste The nausea of life MAD - Dagogo Hart A theatrical performance, a spoken word show, a physical exo…
One of You Has to DieA post-apocalyptic interactive comedy showHR_final.
Alexandra Haddow isn’t quite sure what she wants yet, but that’s ok, because she’s only 18.
An adorable work in progress from the world’s youngest, most normal comedian (do not look that up).
Winner of the BBC New Comedy Award, UK-based Japanese comedian Yuriko Kotani is going to tell stories of her experiences and thoughts as a work in progress in her “second language”…
As seen on BBC’s New Comedy Awards, Raj’s work in progress explores what it’s like being a fair skinned Indian boy growing up in Britain.
Bonjour, bitch! Gorgeous girlie and monolingual comedian Simon David (“A hoot” - The Guardian) hosts a joyful 5 hour, cabaret spectacular featuring the best burlesque, drag, D…
As seen on ITV2 and BBC, French Kiss Tunnel (WIP) will be the first outing of the beginnings of Vidura B.R.’s new hour. It’s about love. He does songs now.
Jessie Nixon seeks to make her mark with her debut hour of stand-up in new show ‘Damsel’.
Chelsea Birkby follows up on her award-winning debut (best debut show Amused Moose, nominated for best show comedians choice awards) with this work-in-progress.
‘Do you like me? Suppose it is too early to say’.
Angie's Easy Pals, gals, pints, cans, Hozier Work in Progress Reality is overrated Angie's Easy - Biaina Ryan "Pub, gaff, good…
Double Edinburgh Comedy Award ‘Best Show’ nominee Ahir Shah is one of the fastest-rising comedians of his generation and is known for his sharp, intellectual brand of stand-up …
The Last Incel A woman has entered the chat Imagine If You Will.
Brand-new hour of comedy from the hilariously funny, aggressively nerdy and down-right adorable Sasha Ellen.
A bedazzling show from “a true original and a legend in the making” (The Guardian).
As seen on Live at The Apollo and star of ITV2, BBC Three, Dave, Comedy Central and Radio 4 Helen Bauer presents a work in progress show of her new thoughts and feelings on pretty …
With a mixture of standup & video, comedian Lou Taylor discusses her life, relationship, childhood, and much more.
A work-in-progress stand up comedy show from Amused Moose Finalist & Harrogate New Comedian of the Year finalist, Louise Atkinson.
The wonderful Zoe Ball takes a quick break from her BBC Radio Two Morning slot, to chat with her dear old Dad, Johnny Ball.
Rose Johnson is 37 and all she’s got to show for it is nine chin hairs, a Love Island addiction, and a world-class talent for over-thinking (plus jokes re: all the above).
Comedian Micky Overman is back and she’s got some opinions! After spending most of her life thinking of her opinions as ‘inside thoughts’ she is now getting ready to share them w…
We all feel underappreciated at work, and Death is no exception.
Two couples launch an extraterrestrial game of shifting relationship dynamics threatened by invasion, alienation, and abduction, when they invite a stranger into their homes with h…
“If you don’t want it, I mean, it’s a bit fucking weird, isn’t it? You’re just a guy in an alien costume.
A work-in-progress stand-up show from comedian and writer Rhiannon Shaw.
The wonderful Zoe Ball takes a quick break from her BBC Radio Two Morning slot, to chat with her dear old Dad, Johnny Ball.
Welcome to Topps Tiles! Your budget friendly solution to all your tiling needs! Can’t decide between Vinyl or laminate? Confused about grouting? Or perhaps you’re stuck in a re…
Brilliant confessional comedy from ‘such a funny and warm performer’ with ‘quick lines and sharp gags’ (Plays To See).
Brixton’s creative and wellbeing hub, Raw Material features our in-house band, Raw VIBRATION! alongside other members of our Raw Sounds creative mental-health and wellbeing program…
Following a successful debut hour, award winning Big Lew is at it again, dusting off the notebook and turning his attention to mental health, men and why we find talking to bloody …
Newly announced Drag Race UK S4’s JustMay will be sashaying to Manchester and you’re invited! This show will include: 4 hour interactive experience with drag queens Glas…
An hour of new material from Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominee Sarah Keyworth.
Three of London’s fast rising, exciting new female comedy voices Marty Gleeson, Su Mi and Frances Keyton have fused together to bring you an hour of turbo charged off the wall st…
‘LILIT’ is a wickedly funny, razor-sharp, joyous queer cabaret in the voice of Lilith, an ancient Jewish demon.
Award-nominated duo Thick ‘n’ Fast embark on a pioneering journey to conquer the Final (we mean it this time) Frontier: the Metaverse.
An hour of developing new material from Britain’s Got Talent finalist Nabil Abdulrashid.
Comedian Harry Wright develops their hour Smalltown Boy, which was due to appear at VAULT Festival last year.
Eddy Hare (BBC New Comedy Awards Nominee 2021) presents a new work-in-progress show.
In PRESENT/TENSE comedian Nathan D’Arcy Roberts (twice nominated for the BBC New Comedy Award, writer for Horrible Histories & The Emily Atack Show) takes an analytic look at his…
Patrick Spicer is the undisputed world champion of telling jokes that he has written, and this time he has exactly one hour of them.
A man wakes up drunk, scared and alone, with no idea where he is or how he got there.
Welsh, Brown, Gay, Gen-Z comedian Leila Navabi, (BBC New Comedy Awards) is bringing you a show about how unethical it is to artistically exploit marginalised identities for social …
Ania’s sharp, wry writing combined with her affable performance style make her a ‘glittering new talent’ (The i Paper) of the UK comedy scene.
Darran Griffiths is a comedian, host and podcaster who has a blend of Caribbean confidence and Essex irreverence.
A story about the unfolding of the infinite, about the tangled mess of the UK, about two brothers and one remarkable chicken burger.
Join ‘genre defining’ comedian Luisa on her latest masterpiece in action, by the time we finish together, it will be.
Throw off your winter coat as you head in to the depths of the iconic VAULTS for The Secret Dance Floor: one night filled to the brim with flooring filing and top spinning Internat…
After a sold-out run at London’s Vault Festival, Irish stand-up Comedian Mairead Doyle-Heffernan is back with stories from her hilariously colourful journey to a white wedding.
Janine thought she knew her family.
Billed as “one of the country’s top new comedy acts” by The York Press, Tadiwa Mahlunge has performed at, among others, the Latitude, Greenman, and Greenwich Comedy Festivals -…
Multi-award winning comedian Ian Smith presents a work in progress of his seventh solo show.
Award-winning comedian Ali Woods returns with his latest jokes! Half-English, half-Scottish Londoner, Woods is an exciting new stand-up comedian on the UK circuit, having won Hac…
This is an experimental work-in-progress by Georgina Thomas, a polite young lady from Hertfordshire.
An hour of critical thinking on what it means to be a little cheeky guy in a world on fire.
In April 2015, four (hopeless) hopefuls met in the basement of a theatre for a comedy course.
Following sold-out runs at the Turbine Theatre, Edinburgh Fringe and the Garrick Theatre, Rob Madge brings their triumphant celebration of the ups and downs of raising a queer chil…
Why does one become obsessed with Taylor Swift at 30 when one loved Sting at 8? (years old, not AM) Can one shit on a bus and also maintain a healthy romantic relationship? WHY ARE…
Chloe Petts presents her follow up show to hit debut, Transience.
Join Mark for 50 minutes of stuff, some new, most old, hopefully mostly funny.
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.
Described by its author as a ‘tragi-farce’, Edward Bond’s Have I None at the Golden Goose Theatre is a blunt dystopian nightmare packed into an energetically angry fifty-five…
Tamsyn Kelly looks at how the men in her life have shaped who she is.
Maria isn’t dead yet; she’s just forty.
Discover Middle Earth as you’ve never seen it before as drag and cabaret superstars put their own unique take on some of the most beloved characters from Tolkein’s epic fantasy fra…
The show comprises of Ashish Suri sharing his weird tales and giving a view of the world through different perspectives.
Over a decade after winning RTE’s ‘Fame the Musical’ TV Show, West End stars Ben Morris and Jessica Cervi are returning to Dublin with a brand new show…
Over a decade after winning RTE’s ‘Fame the Musical’ TV Show, West End stars Ben Morris and Jessica Cervi are returning to Dublin with a brand new show…
The Mill at Sonning is a quaint venue that provides all the amenities for a great theatre trip.
You Can’t Understand is a cheeky coming-of-age story about a young woman named Keika, aka Keika Freika, aka genius, aka quirky babe.
A cheeky coming-of-age story about a young woman named Keika, aka Keika Freika, aka genius, aka quirky babe.
A dark comedy drama about a heavily populated society which has been pushed to take extreme measures.
A dark comedy drama about an overpopulated society pushed to take extreme measures.
Star of Saturday night's The John Bishop Show (ITV1) and Doctor Who (BBC1), multi-award winning stand-up comedian John Bishop is road testing some new material for …
Star of Saturday nights the John Bishop Show (ITV1) and Doctor Who (BBC1), multi award-winning stand-up comedian John Bishop is road testing some new material for 4 nigh…
SESSION TIMES: 19.
MYRA DUBOIS: WE WISH YOU A MYRA CHRISTMASMYRA DUBOIS presents her cracker of a seasonal spectacular for one tinsel-strewn night yule never forget!Myras now legendary Christmas show…
This winter journey into the Forest of Arden in William Shakespeare’s glorious romantic comedy, As You Like It.
Catherine Bohart loves control, hates change and is a serial planner.
WE’RE BACK BABY! All You Can Eat Cabaret is back for the new year and we”re bringing you more fat joy, beauty and excellence.
Dennis and Gina Woodman, a long-married couple, reflect on their lives together in two interwoven monologues.
Fresh off their Netflix worldwide debut and a SOLD-OUT Australian tour, SUPERWOG are heading to the UK for the very first time with their Mad Dogs Tour.
FunnyBoyz Liverpool presents the ultimate tribute night with Cher! About this event SESSION TIMES: 19.
Clive Judd’s fascinating debut play HERE won the 2022 Papatango New Writing Prize from a record 1,553 submissions.
S is dying.
Following a sold-out, critically acclaimed run in 2021, Amy Trigg‘s ‘enormously entertaining’ (The Guardian) Reasons You Should(n’t) Love Me returns to Kiln…
Plosive Live presents… Nick Helm: What Have We Become? As the survivors of a global pandemic crawl from their fortified boltholes and begin to rebu…
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 …
Whilst the boys of G Company may be experiencing monotony in Hawaii, this word cannot be applied to the long-anticipated revival of Tim Rice’s and Stuart Brayson’s From Here to…
If you have a spare hour, thirty quid, and can travel to London’s West End, I urge you to get a ticket for My Son’s a Queer (but what can you do?).
Following a sell-out Edinburgh Fringe run, the hit sketch show performed by three Cambridge Footlights comes to London! Join the trio for an absurdist spin on day-to-day domestics …
A solo show exploring the formative years of Phil Lynott.
Alice is drowning under misguided medical advice, chirpy Insta-announcements and yet another fucking miscarriage.
Mirror, semen, manoeuvre… HAM THEATRE bring their award winning play to The Bridge House Theatre - a fast paced comedy with bits of physical theatre, music and singing, set …
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.
This story follows the journey of two sisters – Peggy and Janet – in their search for happiness.
Meet Keika, an uncertified entrepreneur in bad gyal business.
Micky Flanagan’s Work in Progress at Leicester Square Theatre.
Typecasting and a theatre career drove our heroine to insanity.
Ricky Gervais returns to Leicester Square with a night of new material.
In front of a live audience, James and guests will be exploring the spectrum of food and the stories that blossom from culinary experiences, from filthy-delicious takeaw…
Hal is going back on the road with a brand-new show, doing what he does best - reminding us of how much we love stand-up comedy, and God do we need it! Not as much…
Join the ‘best wild night out at the Fringe’ (Scotland on Sunday), Spank!, as they celebrate 20 years at The Fringe, and bow out disgracefully with this show-stopping one-night-onl…
Discovery is an Interactive Character Clown show with elements of Theatre and Stand-Up, following one Caveman’s journey discovering all that life has to offer; the beauties, the …
Discovery is an Interactive Character Clown show with elements of Theatre and Stand-Up, following one Caveman’s journey discovering all that life has to offer; the beauties, the …
This stunning masterpiece and Tony award-winning musical, based on the 1911 novel of the same name, returns to the West End for a one-night-only concert celebration.
Enjoy a livestreamed concert from The Philadelphia Orchestra in the picturesque Princes Street Gardens, as we celebrate our 75th anniversary and thank all those who’ve supported us…
Skin is strange and wonderful.
Lisa O’Hare’s debut show at the Greater Manchester Fringe in 2019 was described as ‘a perfect little package of fringe theatre.
Lisa O’Hare’s debut show at the Greater Manchester Fringe in 2019 was described as ‘a perfect little package of fringe theatre.
Join The Philadelphia Orchestra for a special free concert to celebrate our 75th anniversary and thank all those who’ve supported us and our community.
Ground-breaking, chart-topping, genre-bending, globetrotting, instantly enthralling.
Elizabeth Holmes claims her biotechnology will revolutionize medicine – and people believe her.
Emmy and two-time Olivier Award-winning actor Brian Cox arrives in Edinburgh to discuss his life and work, from Dundee Rep and Hannibal Lecktor, via cheeseburger tycoon Bob Servant…
Mediterraneo brings South America, Southern Italy and Greece crashing into Summerhall for a huge 2022 festival edition of their live world music concert series.
Playwright Sergio Blanco explores his relationship with death in this moving, autobiographical work.
Estranged mother and daughter Ruth and Laura haven’t spoken in years.
Estranged mother and daughter Ruth and Laura haven’t spoken in years.
For over twenty years, Efterklang have been pushing the barriers of experimental, electronic, emotional chamber-pop.
From 2009 to 2018, Tune-Yards (Merrill and her partner and collaborator Nate Brenner) released four critically acclaimed albums on 4AD, travelled the world relentlessly to play liv…
A cast of actors use music, dance and video to tell their stories in this uplifting exploration of living with Down syndrome.
The latest surrealist caper from Michael Brunström, award-winning comedian and creator of The Human Loire, The Hay Wain Reloaded, Parsley and The Great Fire of London.
Debuting at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival before journeying to London, Blink and You’ll Miss It is the incredible, one-man show from Terry Geo, writer and director of Blink of an E…
A concert of new music for solo piano.
Countercultural goons Omar&Lee workshop their way to mature masculinity.
Kakatsitsi are a group of traditional drummers, dancers and singers from Ghana.
Debuting at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival before journeying to London, Blink and You’ll Miss It is the incredible, one-man show from Terry Geo, writer and director of Blink of an E…
Show Me What You’re Maid Of follows a bridal party on the day of Flora’s wedding.
The morning after a drunken rendezvous with an old boyfriend, a woman and her friend discuss autonomy, identity and bad sex.
Ubiquitous fitness, health and dating apps ask us some very personal questions.
My WIP will likely include songs about buying a Pritt Stick, sleepy eyes and absolutely loads of double entendres if I have my way.
Degenerate is a show about what happens when a 40 year old mother of two finds herself in the last chance saloon of midlife.
St Andrews’ oldest, funniest and – incidentally – only improv comedy troupe are back at the Fringe and they’ve officially given up.
Degenerate is a show about what happens when a 40 year old mother of two finds herself in the last chance saloon of midlife.
A chance meeting changes Annika’s life forever.
Straight from the mean, cobbled streets of Durham comes a troupe of student comics with a mission: making you laugh so hard you forget the overwhelming futility of life.
11 generations, 11 songs, but only one winner in The 11th Hour.
Scotland’s music industry social night, Born To Be Wide, presents a celebration of Edinburgh’s scene, past and present.
Dirty Harry captures the rapture of Blondie and has not only the original sound, feel, attitude and full back catalogue of the band but a look-a-like of Debbie to deliver the good …
Do you want to be desirable? Do pretty people have better friends? Let’s look at research on attraction and inspect the Carl Rogers’ famous quote, ‘What is most personal is most ge…
Secret Jazz Diaries is an award-winning comedy show hosted by fictional jazz trumpeter, Louis Horne, a former child prodigy whose early years were tainted by the lure of fame.
Secret Jazz Diaries is an award-winning comedy show hosted by fictional jazz trumpeter, Louis Horne, a former child prodigy whose early years were tainted by the lure of fame.
Des is back with the latest version of his one man Ghostbusters tribute show, STILL READY TO BELIEVE YOU.
House of Jack presents Rock What You Got, an event packed full of all-style two vs two battles featuring some of the best dancers from around the UK.
Following an incredible Edinburgh Fringe debut in 2019 and fresh from a 2022 Netflix special, Schalk Bezuidenhout is back with love in his heart and jokes in his pocket.
The hit show Star Trek vs Star Wars evolves and returns in a new form! This is the ultimate geek comedy debate show! Hosted by Rik Carranza and featuring a rotating line-up of gues…
Founded in 1947 at the Rose Street Telephone Exchange, the well-known Edinburgh Telephone Choir is still in fine voice and continues to perform in several concerts each year, raisi…
Having run a series of successful nights in 2021 and 2022, dynamic duo Petfood and Harley Beentjes present their Fringe edition of Revolt; non-stop techno and high-octane beats on …
Creative people have always made incredible things that inspire, provoke and excite, so how do they create when data is one of their raw materials? Over the last four years creativ…
It’s the summer of 2017.
It’s the summer of 2017.
Whether you’re a brother or whether you’re a mother, when the feeling’s gone and you can’t go on, for the night out you have been waiting for, celebrate the songs of music roya…
Quintet of sketch comedians seeking fun-loving and friendly audience, interested in a short, passionate fling, and maybe more.
Intranet sensation Amy Gledhill (1/3 of cult double act The Delightful Sausage) makes her Fringe debut with a show about resilience and dancing.
James Yorkston is a singer/songwriter and author from the East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.
Absurdist comedy character clown Coral Bevan presents Fisherman Jon: Whats on the end of my Rod? (Work in Progress).
Absurdist comedy character clown Coral Bevan presents Fisherman Jon: Whats on the end of my Rod? (Work in Progress).
Norwegian musician and novelist Jenny Hval unveils her new, critically acclaimed album Classic Objects, focusing on things Hval missed throughout lockdown; imagined, future places,…
In PRESENT/TENSE comedian Nathan D’Arcy Roberts (written for The Emily Atack Show, The Lenny Henry Show, twice nominated for the BBC New Comedy Award) takes an analytic look at h…
In PRESENT/TENSE comedian Nathan D’Arcy Roberts (written for The Emily Atack Show, The Lenny Henry Show, twice nominated for the BBC New Comedy Award) takes an analytic look at h…
Malcolm is a resident of Morningside, Edinburgh’s douce suburb.
Following her first US tour and millions of views over lockdown for her blunt takes on dating and being a child-free badass, this award-winning stand-up is back with a sex-positive…
It’s time to celebrate nature.
Cate Le Bon is a celebrated musician and producer who since 2009 has been a singular voice in the UK’s musical community.
Join service persons from the Armed Forces as they discuss how the poetry of Robert Burns is a source of continuing inspiration to them and their colleagues.
Korea’s TOB Group presents a double bill of contemporary dance shows exploring the bystander effect and mass consumerism.
Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer nominee Sindhu Vee returns with a new hour.
When you grow up gay in a small town in nineties-Kent, it is easy to think that your sexuality is the reason you don’t fit in.
Robin Morgan (as seen on Mock The Week) has an hour of new jokes and stories.
Frighthouse presents – The Wheel of Misfortune.
Even more fast-paced comedy magic from fringe legend David Alnwick.
Even more fast-paced comedy magic from fringe legend David Alnwick.
Algorithms are art.
Mr Swallow returns with a mix of new, old, very old and previously unusable material before hitting the road.
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.
Real, Mad World is a brilliant piece of new writing following the joys and heartbreaks of trans life.
‘Perspectives.
A collaborative, devised piece that celebrates clubbing and what it means to young people.
The Blueswater return to the Fringe with a special 10th anniversary edition of their award-winning show.
A one-woman show about Leda, an actor struggling to make it.
A musical coming-of-age journey.
Debuting at the Fringe this year, Foot Notes is one of Durham University’s much loved a cappella groups.
When 18-year-old Eliza doesn’t come home one night, her family and friends are forced to confront their own issues and insecurities in an attempt to find out what has happened to…
New show about getting married, being middle of the road and accidentally going viral for the most embarrassing moment in your life.
A special school assembly harking back to the grand old days of the bawdy British boarding school, hosted by drag king and self-proclaimed “Head” Master Mr Brake Down.
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…
The legendary behind the scenes guide to all the epic political dramas and characters… plus unreliable predictions and questions.
Gavin Lilley is a deaf comedian who’s performed his signed shows to audiences across Europe.
A group of Scotland’s leading young musicians perform a selection of albums from Start to End.
Tatty Macleod has gained a huge online following thanks to her French vs English sketches (37 million views across Instagram and TikTok).
Award-winning comedian Elf Lyons invites you for an hour of revelry, raconteuring and comedy, which your great-grandad would consider indecent for a lady to listen to.
A work-in-progress for a brand new future-cult musical that is not called ‘Don’t Look Over Here, Andrew Lloyd Webber’ but for legal reasons is currently called ‘Don’t Loo…
A work-in-progress for a brand new future-cult musical that is not called ‘Don’t Look Over Here, Andrew Lloyd Webber’ but for legal reasons is currently called ‘Don’t Loo…
Brian d’Souza is an award-winning sound artist, DJ, producer and performer ‘taking world music into the future’ (Guardian).
Circuit stand-up Kevin is creating a new show and he’s bringing it to the Fringe so you can watch it for free! ‘Shepherd is an open and honest performer.
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.
Angelos is here standing in front of people for about seven days, maybe more if he can get time off at the stables.
High octane R’n’B performed in the raucous atmosphere of Edinburgh’s world-famous Jazz Bar.
High energy.
Join award-winning punslinger Darren Walsh for some new jokes.
Gavin Lilley is a deaf comedian who’s performed his signed shows to audiences across Europe.
Vox Stars Presents Star Inspirations.
Withered Hand is Edinburgh based singer-songwriter Dan Willson, who started writing songs and singing in his thirties following the birth of his first child and the death of a clos…
After his last sell-out tour, Perthshire farmer and comedian Jim Smith returns with a brand-new show telling tales of Scottish rural life.
Taking inspiration from dark and cloudy 90s indie rock luminaries like PJ Harvey, Sonic Youth, and Throwing Muses, Honeyblood is the project of Scottish singer/songwriter Stina Twe…
Welcome to Gämez TV, where shows are made up on the spot using suggestions from the audience — you! We improvise TV pilots to create never-before-seen TV, from game shows, roma…
Welcome to Gämez TV, where shows are made up on the spot using suggestions from the audience — you! We improvise TV pilots to create never-before-seen TV, from game shows, roma…
Rura, an award-winning act are one of Scotland’s most popular folk-based bands.
Even more fast-paced comedy magic from fringe legend David Alnwick.
Catherine Bohart loves control, hates change and is a serial planner.
Following her Netflix special The Twist.
Have you ever considered how much easier it would be to stop trying to be a nice person and just be a dick to everyone? You will after watching this show.
Masculinity is in a state of flux.
Grace Mulvey is a bit fat.
Grace Mulvey is a bit fat.
London’s premier hip-hop improv group Track 96 present “The RAPture”, where members of the audience will help determine whether the human race survives or is consigned to obl…
Masculinity is in a state of flux.
Liz Guterbock (2022 Union Jack Radio Ones to Watch, 2021 Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year nominee, 2020 British Comedy Guide Pro Performance Award nominee, 2019 Funny Women A…
Sacred Paws don’t take things too seriously.
Crazy Coqs’ iconic Saturday night residency show, The Black Cat Cabaret presents an evening of old school Hollywood glamour meets underground London nightlife, performed…
Ali Brice is embracing life after almost losing it.
See the UK’s longest running and best comedy newcomer competition back for its 35th year.
Work in progress - a debut solo comedy show.
Rising star Mamoun wants to share with you his unfiltered, idiosyncratic and unorthodox world view – the things you think about and never say out loud.
Celebrate the return of the Fringe at Summerhall with the legendary wheel of musical chance! Every 30 minutes at Magic Nostalgic, we’ll invite someone from the crowd to come up ont…
Janine filmed an Amazon Prime special.
Loosely based on Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, What You Will is set on Long Island’s Gold Coast in the 1920s and follows the antics of Vi Candor as she circumvents a man’s world in …
The West End New Act of the Year was a comedy competition held between November and March to find the funniest emerging comedy talent.
After a sold-out run at London’s Vault Festival, Irish stand-up Comedian Mairead Doyle-Heffernan makes her Camden Fringe debut with stories from her hilariously colourful journey…
As seen on BT Sport’s DIY Pundit, the Amused Moose Comedy Award winner Danny Ward returns to Edinburgh with his seventh solo show.
After a sold-out run at London’s Vault Festival, Irish stand-up Comedian Mairead Doyle-Heffernan makes her Camden Fringe debut with stories from her hilariously colourful journey…
As I’m writing this, I think the show will be about my best friend.
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…
Mary O’Connell is conflicted: she hates capitalism but she loves to shop.
The West End New Act of the Year was a comedy competition held between November and March to find the funniest emerging comedy talent.
Even more fast-paced comedy magic from fringe legend David Alnwick.
This celebration of the mating game takes on the truths and myths behind that contemporary conundrum known as: ‘the relationship.
Paper.
Christian Löffler’s art is heavily inspired by his environment.
Come with us on a dramatic journey to the very edge of our solar system and back! In real time we’ll be seeing the boundaries of human exploration and following in the footsteps of…
All families have secrets.
Having written over 200 songs during lockdown exploring some of the more comical aspects of the pandemic, Siobhan Argyle is bringing her sold-out show from Glasgow to the Edinburgh…
Just one of the many questions the producer of QI, Blackadder, Spitting Image, The News Quiz, Not the Nine O’Clock News is hoping to answer over eleven harrowing teatimes.
Comedy award winner 2021.
A celebration of Queen songs performed by four of the UK’s most talented singers and dancers in a tribute to the musical We Will Rock You.
Nicole Smit returns with her sell-out show, Queens of the Blues, celebrating the women who have defined blues and popular music over the last 100 years.
After observing young children in parks, streets and squares, five diverse and talented performers identically reproduce the natural movements generated by the pure, intense and de…
Blink and You’ll Miss It is the incredible, one-man show from Terry Geo, writer and director of Blink of an Eye.
A man wakes up drunk, scared and alone, with no idea where he is or how he got there.
A college student offers a scattered recollection of her childhood, her perceived trauma and the chaos leading up to her mother’s recent disappearance.
‘Unsettling yet captivating’ (Alt A Review).
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.
Sammy, an artist with a love of music, has a dark secret.
A jaw-dropping mind-reading show that will have you grinning from ear to ear, scratching your head in bafflement, and wondering if you might just have seen a glimpse of the future.
British Writers’ Guild nominee Kate-Lois Elliott brings you her long-awaited debut show about finding your purpose in a world that’s a little bit on fire.
See You is must see.
Emerging performance ensemble, Los Angeles Theatre Initiative presents a high-energy, interactive show that’s different every night.
Think it’s a Stand up solo show? Think again.
An intimate two-hander about the messy complexities of the contemporary gay dating experience.
Think it’s a Stand up solo show? Think again.
The Great Baldini (Emperor of Illusion/Maharajah of Mystery) is a magical legend, a relict of the music halls, a performer of the old school.
At twenty-six years old, New York comedian Brandon Barrera understands that the best way to ‘find the funny’ is by doing everything for the story.
In 2020, Fuji-Q Highland amusement park in Japan reopened, asking patrons on the rollercoasters to Scream Inside Your Heart.
Bold.
Cambridge Footlights Robbie, Emily and Maddie have been living together in harmony… well, almost.
Mutch returns to the Fringe for a special Work in Progress show.
Think it’s a Stand up solo show? Think again.
In 2020, Fuji-Q Highland amusement park in Japan reopened, asking patrons on the rollercoasters to Scream Inside Your Heart.
A play about love transcending separation.
Making its professional debut, In Stitches Theatre Company presents COMEDY IMPROV! A group of 11 improvisers born at Rose Bruford College! You can expect games, stories, questionab…
“The dramatic tension is palpable in this intriguing narrative that cleverly underlines the old adage that money doesn’t buy happiness.
Making its professional debut, In Stitches Theatre Company presents COMEDY IMPROV! A group of 11 improvisers born at Rose Bruford College! You can expect games, stories, questionab…
What does sex means to you? It’s the question that Mihai asked himself in his debut solo show, Dirty Anxious Vampire.
The cult hit stand-up panel show where the audience can join the fun without being picked on! Enjoy three top stand-ups answering the daft questions that have been picked using our…
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.
Direct from their UK tour, Martin Mor and Logy Logan bring their unique brand of comedy and circus back to the Edinburgh Fringe.
Matt is the son of Jamaican and English parents and is an NHS doctor.
When Rob was 12, they attempted a full-blown Disney parade in their house for their grandma.
Two teams of comedians – one team depressed, one team anxious.
In the mid-80s, at 6 months old, my grandparents become my legal guardians.
Award-winning character comedian Anna Morris (Channel 4’s Lee and Dean, BBC’s Outnumbered, The First Team, Count Arthur Strong) brings her BBC Radio 4 special to life in this debut…
Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2020, Eric Rushton brings his highly anticipated debut hour to the festival.
“Excuse me sir, would you mind if I gave this gentleman the free seat beside you?” says a keen and kind Aliya Kanani before the beginning of her sold-out show.
Maureen Langan doesn’t want to hate people; they make her hate them.
Scotland’s international comedy star is doing a run of shows to work up some new material for his next tour.
Intranet sensation Amy Gledhill (1/3 of cult double act The Delightful Sausage) makes her Fringe debut with a show about resilience and dancing.
A prodigal story of true love and sacred transformation.
Jon Pearson – crowned Best MC in the Midlands, 2022 – presents his unscripted, unfiltered and unplanned award-winning Leicester Comedy Festival performance plus his brand-new S…
A heady mixture of ropey material and competent crowd work from one of the greats. Extra show added: as part of Just the Tonic’s Hot Ticket Lucky Dip. Tuesday 23rd at 5.45pm.
Uxbridge’s third-hardest man shares his views on the modern world with a few tips and tricks thrown in.
NHS junior doctor, comedian and now author (oooooh, check him) Ed Patrick returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with the makings of a new show.
Join us for a drink and another hour of non-stop inebriated laughter! Same spirited show but with all new faces performing stand-up and sharing their best drunken comedic tales! If…
Ever wondered if what you are seeing and hearing is real? Feel like your trust in the audio-visual spectrum has been shaken? Charlie explores the increasing dangers – and benefit…
No Limits – an irreverent stand-up comedy show where comedians push boundaries, slice and dice edgy topics and are not afraid of taking the risk.
After a sold-out run at London’s Vault Festival, Irish stand-up Comedian Mairead Doyle-Heffernan makes her Fringe debut with stories from her hilariously colourful journey to a w…
Following her first US tour and millions of views over lockdown for her blunt takes on dating and being a child-free badass, this award-winning stand-up is back with a sex-positive…
A strong female lead (detective) faces the toughest case of her career in this comedy crime show by Tamar Broadbent (BBC Radio 4, Boom Chicago).
Shetland comedian Marjolein is back with her brand-new hour.
Whilst other comedians fret and fuss about finding a theme for their shows, award-winning international comedian Rich Wilson puts all of his focus on one thing and that’s being r…
People can be sensitive about how they are described.
LAST WEDNESDAY’S WORK SHIRT: This is the story of one man’s pointless job.
A new work in progress from the host of The Comedian’s Comedian podcast.
In her first solo show, Swiss Comedy Talent Award finalist Michelle Kalt tackles the aftermath of an embarrassingly peaceful break-up, covering everything from bad dates (or whatev…
Hey everyblobby! Come along and see what hastily cobbled together pile of shite I’ve managed to pull out my arse this year! There’ll be a start, some stuff in the middle and anothe…
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…
LAST WEDNESDAY’S WORK SHIRT: This is the story of one man’s pointless job.
Award-winning comedian, NHS psychiatrist and author Benji Waterstones shares highlights from his forthcoming book.
Join Paul Mccaffrey and Seann Walsh for a live version of The UK’s Top 10 Comedy Podcast. Comedy’s two angriest friends just got angrier.
Despite what Catherine Bohart tells us in This Isn’t For You, she is more emotionally articulate than she gives herself credit for.
I’ve been fired from 14 jobs in my life – I’m starting to think that I might be the problem? I’ll tell you some of the stories and you can tell me what you think.
“The dramatic tension is palpable in this intriguing narrative that cleverly underlines the old adage that money doesn’t buy happiness.
A stand-up comedy compilation show hosted by Tom Mayhew, as heard on BBC Radio 4.
This popular show returns for its fifth run. Four circuit comedians from the UK and Berlin will make you laugh until you wet yourself, in this fast-paced club-style hour.
As the survivors of a global pandemic crawl from their fortified boltholes and begin to rebuild society, what is left of them and who amongst them dares to lead them to the light? …
After two sell-out Fringes, Tessa Coates is beside herself with excitement to be back with a brand-new show.
A melancholy artist and a mute architect take a road trip of the soul.
A new valiant attempt to perform 30 plays in just one hour! Chaotic and courageous, gleeful and gamified, The Dirty Thirty PLUS is the live-est of live theatre exploding the conven…
Cameron Young is one of the hottest names in modern magic, with appearances on national television shows such as Britain’s Got Talent, Penn & Teller: Fool Us and Tu Si Que Vales, C…
A worldwide sensation from Montreal to Beijing, Fills Monkey return with an exhilarating new show.
Award-winning Irish comedian Aidan Greene has stammered since he was four years old.
Following an incredible Edinburgh Fringe debut in 2019 and fresh from a 2022 Netflix special, Schalk Bezuidenhout is back with love in his heart and jokes in his pocket.
Robin Morgan (as seen on Mock The Week) has an hour of new jokes and stories.
You can be ashamed of many things.
The Yorkshire scamp has had enough! Time to take a stand against housemates, homeowners and the North/South divide.
Robin Morgan (as seen on Mock The Week) has an hour of new jokes and stories.
A new show for 2022 bringing you the best of the winners and finalists from 2021’s So You Think You’re Funny? comedy newcomer competition.
99 problems.
A robot, an alien and a human.
Clara Darcy is fit! She’s also (almost) carefree, (kind of) happily single and joyously dancing through life but, little does she know, her world is about to be turned upside down …
Son of a climate scientist, Australian theatre maker David Finnigan has always made work about climate change – then his country caught fire.
Ten years (well, now twelve…) after losing most of his sight, ‘deliciously talented’ (Guardian) Tom looks back, sees the funny side and wonders what might’ve been.
Hate your job? Come work for us.
There’s not really any way to describe how much I enjoyed Glenn Moore’s show other than to say that by the halfway point, I had put my notepad away and was just enjoying the ri…
In this work-in-progress show, Lee enters the post-pandemic era in streamlined stand-up mode.
It’s the late night comedy gameshow that put’s the ‘dick’ in dictionary.
In the last hours of 2019, David Finnigan’s best friend prepared to make a break for home with his family before fires cut off the highway.
Adapted from the beloved children’s books by Mo Willems, Leonardo! tells the story of a monster who longs to be scary and the big decisions he must make along the way.
Official Selection: New York Times Great Performers List (2020).
Change is always hard and what better person to lead the men selflessly by the hand into the new world than TV’s Jayde Adams in her brand-new show.
After 21 years and 224 days Hal’s back being single.
Leslie Ewing-Burgesse knows what she’s doing.
Leslie Ewing-Burgesse knows what she’s doing.
John Hastings has had to deal with the shit life has thrown at him since 2019… He got a divorce during Covid, his best friend got a terminal diagnosis, he got bed bugs, he nearly…
Every night at 11:20pm this Fringe, we bring you the very best in live podcasts, stand-up specials, cabaret and clowning, compilation shows and much more.
Please note, your ticket will be for the immersive experience ONLY, to include the film, please go to SECRET CINEMA X MARVEL STUDIOS' GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY + FILM Taking the …
Taking the most-loved stories to life through immersive experience of epic proportions, Secret Cinema presents Marvel's Guardians Of The Galaxy this summer.
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.
Explore Edinburgh Sherlock style! A succession of clues and puzzles will lead you to find the truth about Sherlock Holmes and his connection to the city of Edinburgh.
They’re in Hackney; a vibrant, unheard of original setting.
They’re in Hackney; a vibrant, unheard of original setting.
Woods is an exciting new stand-up comedian on the UK circuit, having won Hackney Empire New Act of the Year 2020, and will be working on his debut stand-up comedy show.
Woods is an exciting new stand-up comedian on the UK circuit, having won Hackney Empire New Act of the Year 2020, and will be working on his debut stand-up comedy show.
Join this award-winning comedian for an hour of laughs as he tries to unravel the great issues of our time like: what to say to a flat-earther, how to win gold at the Olympics and …
Join this award-winning comedian for an hour of laughs as he tries to unravel the great issues of our time like: what to say to a flat-earther, how to win gold at the Olympics and …
At 18, single AND pregnant, Bryan’s Mam read a book on how to raise a confident child.
At 18, single AND pregnant, Bryan’s Mam read a book on how to raise a confident child.
This powerful and experimental piece of theatre explores the challenge for the disabled community to be heard in the face of broad stroke Daily Mail prejudice and aggressive, insti…
In her Fringe debut, one of the rising stars of the UK stand-up scene shares a raw, honest and hilarious hour of tales… with just the right amount of filth.
This brand-new hour is Heidi’s most personal yet.
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…
Frankie is doing some shows to try out some brand new jokes ahead of this year Edinburgh Festival With support the Running Time will be approximately 60-70 minutes.
The return of a play about memory, poetry, hypnosis, and redemption.
In this genre-defying performance we witness a spellbinding combination of theatre, music, hypnosis, dream, sound collage, film and text as we share the last night of a persecuted …
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…
I Can’t Hear You by Natasha Brotherdale Smith is a queer, female led two hander.
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.
It is possible to spend *too much* time in the bath and end up managing the media relations around your own eventual death, actually? Esyllt has provided tour support to Elis Jame…
It is possible to spend *too much* time in the bath and end up managing the media relations around your own eventual death, actually? Esyllt has provided tour support to Elis Jame…
Aruhan wants to assure you that this is NOT a TED Talk.
Aruhan wants to assure you that this is NOT a TED Talk.
In Between Spaces centres on five characters who perambulate in a world outside of time.
In Between Spaces centres on five characters who perambulate in a world outside of time.
Over two million views on TikTok and Instagram! A new show from the award-winning smash-hit comic, Liam Withnail.
Over two million views on TikTok and Instagram! A new show from the award-winning smash-hit comic, Liam Withnail.
After doing her first live performance of her show ‘No Worries’ on Radio 4 in 2021, Heidi is now rewriting and updating it for the beautiful world of 2022, bringing her silly, surr…
After doing her first live performance of her show ‘No Worries’ on Radio 4 in 2021, Heidi is now rewriting and updating it for the beautiful world of 2022, bringing her silly, surr…
Divorced Sammie searches for love, laughter and divine purpose.
Triceratopses are revived from the dead, the monster under the bed is back, and we’re going back in time while also in space.
Triceratopses are revived from the dead, the monster under the bed is back, and we’re going back in time while also in space.
Kate-Lois Elliott is a comedian, performer and writer, whose sketches were recently nominated for the Writers’ Guild Awards 2022 for best online comedy and the Funny Women Content …
As seen on ‘The Lateish Show’ with Mo Gilligan (Channel 4), Jenny Collier is a multi-award-winning Welsh comedian who has played landmark venues across the UK and internationally, …
Former Religious Studies teacher turned stand-up comedian Kevin Precious turns his hand to examining his former profession, and takes a sideways look at the teaching and schools mo…
Former Religious Studies teacher turned stand-up comedian Kevin Precious turns his hand to examining his former profession, and takes a sideways look at the teaching and schools mo…
As seen on ‘The Lateish Show’ with Mo Gilligan (Channel 4), Jenny Collier is a multi-award-winning Welsh comedian who has played landmark venues across the UK and internationally, …
A MINI FESTIVAL IN SUPPORT OF DEMOCRACY AND PEACE chaired by Caroline Lucas.
Award-winning (and he will prove it) internet comedy sensation Jim Daly (50+ million views online.
Award-winning (and he will prove it) internet comedy sensation Jim Daly (50+ million views online.
A MINI FESTIVAL IN SUPPORT OF DEMOCRACY AND PEACE chaired by Caroline Lucas at 3pm at Unitarian Church, New Road, Brighton, BN1 1UF Featuring live music, debate, and poetry on the…
Welcome to Gämez TV, where shows are made up on the spot using suggestions from the audience — you! We improvise TV pilots to create never-before-seen TV, from game shows, roma…
Welcome to Gämez TV, where shows are made up on the spot using suggestions from the audience — you! We improvise TV pilots to create never-before-seen TV, from game shows, roma…
Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2020 Eric Rushton brings his highly-anticipated debut hour to the Brighton Fringe.
Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2020 Eric Rushton brings his highly-anticipated debut hour to the Brighton Fringe.
Adele Cliff brings her new show about the power of knowledge and the power in refusing it to the Brighton Fringe Festival.
After performing at the Brighton Fringe Festival in 2018 and 2019, Neil has had 2 years to come up with something new for 2022.
Nominated for Best Newcomer at Edinburgh Fringe 2019, sweet angel stand-up comedian Helen Bauer presents a work in progress show of her new thoughts and feelings on pretty much eve…
Nominated for Best Newcomer at Edinburgh Fringe 2019, sweet angel stand-up comedian Helen Bauer presents a work in progress show of her new thoughts and feelings on pretty much eve…
After performing at the Brighton Fringe Festival in 2018 and 2019, Neil has had 2 years to come up with something new for 2022.
Adele Cliff brings her new show about the power of knowledge and the power in refusing it to the Brighton Fringe Festival.
Two sisters move back to their home town to discover unfinished business lurking around every corner.
‘SMUT’ is the long anticipated show by newcomer Lily Phillips, that was going to be about feminism but is now going to be about her dog.
‘Smut’ is the LONGGGGG anticipated show from rising star Lily Phillips, the show that was going to be about feminism but is now going to be about her dog.
Two sisters move back to their home town to discover unfinished business lurking around every corner.
Gloria is not a gorilla, but she is stuck in the zoo’s gorilla enclosure.
A mixed bill show featuring stand-up and sketch from the people who brought you wacky conversations on the comedy driven life, here comes an hour of stand up and sketch from Toby a…
A mixed bill show featuring stand-up and sketch from the people who brought you wacky conversations on the comedy driven life, here comes an hour of stand up and sketch from Toby a…
Daniel, a failing writer, attends his final session with his “digital therapist”, which are now all the range in a cash-strapped, tech-focused NHS.
Daniel Willis attempts to show his audience and his digital therapist that his life is absolutely, definitely fine, with a solo hour of quick, quirky comedy sketches.
Hot piece of ass Barry rises from the ashes of the pandem to heal your soul.
Hot piece of ass Barry rises from the ashes of the pandem to heal your soul.
Combining humour, performance poetry and visual moving imagery made up of my personal archive as an artist of nearly 25 years, SEE ME is a multi-media, immersive, (almost) autobiog…
Shelf are a musical comedy double act.
Growing up, Faye was an anxious bedwetter but a fighter at heart.
What is success? Can you define success successfully? Is it twice fired single parent billionaire Elon Musk, or model citizen Pete Wells who currently lives in the dining room of a…
What is success? Can you define success successfully? Is it twice fired single parent billionaire Elon Musk, or model citizen Pete Wells who currently lives in the dining room of a…
Faye Treacy doesn’t mean to blow her own trumpet, but she managed to overcome every expectation of her to become the coolest international musician in world history.
Shelf are a musical comedy double act.
Faye Treacy doesn’t mean to blow her own trumpet, but she managed to overcome every expectation of her to become the coolest international musician in world history.
Ollie Horn (“A natural” Broadway Baby) returns after all this with a brand new hour of jokes.
Ollie Horn (“A natural” Broadway Baby) returns after all this with a brand new hour of jokes.
All You Can Beat Workshop.
All You Can Beat Workshop.
As seen on ‘Mock The Week’ (BBC Two), ‘The Stand-Up Sketch Show’ (ITV), ‘Jonathan Ross’ Comedy Club’ (ITV) and more, Michael Odewale is taking the comedy world by storm.
As seen on ‘Mock The Week’ (BBC Two), ‘The Stand-Up Sketch Show’ (ITV), ‘Jonathan Ross’ Comedy Club’ (ITV) and more, Michael Odewale is taking the comedy world by storm.
Shakespeare like you’ve never seen Four actors.
Join Lulu as she explores what it means to be a goblin, lobster and inept female specimen all at once.
A work in progress show from award-winning stand-up comedian Alasdair Beckett-King (‘Mock the Week’).
Join Lulu as she explores what it means to be a goblin, lobster and inept female specimen all at once.
A work in progress show from award-winning stand-up comedian Alasdair Beckett-King (‘Mock the Week’).
Shakespeare like you’ve never seen Four actors.
Enjoy the digitally remastered hit film like never before on a full-size cinema screen, with a live band and singers performing the film’s iconic songs.
What next? If you’re thinking about developing your show, or setting up your own company after the Fringe, but don’t know where to begin, sign up to talk to Jackie Elliman, Leg…
What next? If you’re thinking about developing your show, or setting up your own company after the Fringe, but don’t know where to begin, sign up to talk to Jackie Elliman, Leg…
Sometimes, it’s hard to be loved.
Join artists Martha and Chess for a fun, insightful and creative dance workshop! The workshop will lead dancers on a creative journey that draws from the creative process in the ma…
“Taiwanese force of nature” as per Chortle review, Kuan-wen was seen and heard on BBC Three, BBC Radio 4 and Comedy Central.
Hysteria is a dark, twisted absurd show, featuring elements of clown, circus and bouffon.
Hysteria is a dark, twisted absurd show, featuring elements of clown, circus and bouffon.
“Taiwanese force of nature” as per Chortle review, Kuan-wen was seen and heard on BBC Three, BBC Radio 4 and Comedy Central.
“Taiwanese force of nature” as per Chortle review, Kuan-wen was seen and heard on BBC Three, BBC Radio 4 and Comedy Central.
Join artists Martha and Chess for a fun, insightful and creative dance workshop! The workshop will lead dancers on a creative journey that draws from the creative process in the ma…
New material from the blogging comic.
Leanne likes nice things like instant noodles, personal massagers and Adam Rickitt from Coronation Street.
Tom Houghton brings his new Work In Progress show to the Brighton Fringe.
Tom Houghton brings his new Work In Progress show to the Brighton Fringe.
Outrageous American comedian and Gaulier-graduate Darius Emadi debuts his solo clown work-in-progress HOT TICKET! An energetic 50 minutes of clown aimed to make you die laughing wi…
Debut work in progress show from BBC New Comedy Award nominated comedian Riggs.
Debut work in progress show from BBC New Comedy Award nominated comedian Riggs.
New material from the blogging comic.
Comedy Award Finalist Jane Postlethwaite & Comedian Joe McCarty join forces to bring you a hilarious yet dark look into the human condition to explore what it really means to be a …
BBC New Voices winner, 291 club talent contest runner up, Amused Moose New Act finalist 2020 and 99 Comedy Club award nominee, Jenan brings you a work-in-progress show of what it m…
Join Andrea Hubert (BAFTA Rocliffe Comedy winner 2013, What’s On London Best Debut Show 2016) for just under an hour of new/terrible/amazing/unacceptable comedy ideas and half-fini…
Join Andrea Hubert (BAFTA Rocliffe Comedy winner 2013, What’s On London Best Debut Show 2016) for just under an hour of new/terrible/amazing/unacceptable comedy ideas and half-fini…
Join award-winning punslinger Darren Walsh for some new jokes and video sketches.
Join award-winning punslinger Darren Walsh for some new jokes and video sketches.
BBC New Voices winner, 291 club talent contest runner up, Amused Moose New Act finalist 2020 and 99 Comedy Club award nominee, Jenan brings you a work-in-progress show of what it m…
FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY! What’s Hot! is a brand new variety show to fill the void that Pick of the Fringe has left behind! Unsure what you want to see at Brighton Fringe Festival this y…
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.
FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY! What’s Hot! is a brand new variety show to fill the void that Pick of the Fringe has left behind! Unsure what you want to see at Brighton Fringe Festival this y…
* * * * * SUPPORTED BY THE 2022 ENCORE INSURE BRIGHTON FRINGE BURSARY! * * * * * Mirror, semen, manoeuvre.
* * * * * SUPPORTED BY THE 2022 ENCORE INSURE BRIGHTON FRINGE BURSARY! * * * * * Mirror, semen, manoeuvre.
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…
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…
Getting To Know You (“an outward expression of internal sounds” - audience member 2021) is a highly physical solo dance work exploring the journey into self-inquiry.
One of the best things about theatre, and art in general, is the space it creates for difficult conversations and analysis.
Woods is an exciting new stand-up comedian on the UK circuit, having won Hackney Empire New Act of the Year 2020, and will be working on his debut stand-up comedy show.
Getting To Know You (“an outward expression of internal sounds” - audience member 2021) is a highly physical solo dance work exploring the journey into self-inquiry.
Quirky, Irish comedian Kevin O Connell brings his silly little comedy show to Brighton.
Quirky, Irish comedian Kevin O Connell brings his silly little comedy show to Brighton.
Fresh from Live at The Apollo, Mock The Week, and The Last Leg, Best Newcomer nominee Maisie Adam comes to the Caroline of Brunswick with a Work in Progress of her brand new show f…
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 …
Fresh from Live at The Apollo, Mock The Week, and The Last Leg, Best Newcomer nominee Maisie Adam comes to the Caroline of Brunswick with a Work in Progress of her brand new show f…
Join Award Winning Comedian, Thanyia Moore, as she takes you on a journey to explore why she was a bully as a child, where it came from and how it impacts her life today! A raw, …
Join Award Winning Comedian, Thanyia Moore, as she takes you on a journey to explore why she was a bully as a child, where it came from and how it impacts her life today! A raw, …
Teacher by trade Jack Harris brings his guide on how to deal with everything the classroom throws at you.
Teacher by trade Jack Harris brings his guide on how to deal with everything the classroom throws at you.
Edinburgh Comedy Awards Nominee and star of Live at the Apollo, Would I Lie to You, and Frankie Boyle’s New World Order, Sara Barron returns with a blistering hour of standup.
Edinburgh Comedy Awards Nominee and star of Live at the Apollo, Would I Lie to You, and Frankie Boyle’s New World Order, Sara Barron returns with a blistering hour of standup.
PERTH FRINGE BEST COMEDY NOMINEE, 2019, 2020 LEICESTER FESTIVAL BEST SHOW NOMINEE 2020 TOTAL SELLOUT RUN EDINBURGH 2019 TOP 40 BEST REVIEWED SHOWS EDINBURGH 2019 Join Troy Hawke a…
PERTH FRINGE BEST COMEDY NOMINEE, 2019, 2020 LEICESTER FESTIVAL BEST SHOW NOMINEE 2020 TOTAL SELLOUT RUN EDINBURGH 2019 TOP 40 BEST REVIEWED SHOWS EDINBURGH 2019 Join Troy Hawke a…
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…
If Victoria Wood was alive today, she would have been charmed by Selina Mersey: Madonna/Whore, a work in progress show that explored, via the form of comedy and burlesque, the idea…
A character comedy extravaganza with comedy legends: President Obonjo, Julie Jepson as Shannon Crabsticks, Bunny Hopkyns, Alpha Wolf, Kitty Cassis, Michael Buttersworth, Ella the G…
A character comedy extravaganza with comedy legends: President Obonjo, Julie Jepson as Shannon Crabsticks, Bunny Hopkyns, Alpha Wolf, Kitty Cassis, Michael Buttersworth, Ella the G…
Madonna or whore.
Join rising star Jamie D’Souza as he performs his highly anticipated debut stand-up show about his first school crush.
Join rising star Jamie D’Souza as he performs his highly anticipated debut stand-up show about his first school crush.
Woods is an exciting new stand-up comedian on the UK circuit, having won Hackney Empire New Act of the Year 2020, and will be working on his debut stand-up comedy show.
Eddy Hare (BBC New Comedy Awards Nominee 2021) presents a new work in progress show.
Viggo Venn was the winner of The Brighton Fringe “Best Comedy Award” for his mad and free-flowing clowning in 2016 with ‘Zach & Viggo: Thunderflop’.
Viggo Venn was the winner of The Brighton Fringe “Best Comedy Award” for his mad and free-flowing clowning in 2016 with ‘Zach & Viggo: Thunderflop’.
We run comedy nights at this venue all year round but we have something special planned for the Fringe.
C ÷ M From Where? to Here.
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…
Eleanor Conway is a woman on a mission.
The first rule of character comedy is as follows: Be yourself! Unfortunately, young Daniel Wakeling hasn’t really figured out who he is yet.
Let’s face it, we’re all nuts.
6, 7, 8 May: Eliza Skelton: “haunting & melodically beautiful” Sunday Times, plays songs from her wonderful new album ‘The Lookerer’ 10, 11 May: Local wordsmith Sophie Reid with d…
The first rule of character comedy is as follows: Be yourself! Unfortunately, young Daniel Wakeling hasn’t really figured out who he is yet.
6, 7, 8 May: Eliza Skelton: “haunting & melodically beautiful” Sunday Times, plays songs from her wonderful new album ‘The Lookerer’ 10, 11 May: Local wordsmith Sophie Reid with d…
Take a gonzo dive into a world of sex dungeons, meth, and so much more with New York City comedian, Katharyn Henson.
Mad Ron – Uxbridge’s third hardest man introduces a handpicked selection of character comedians - each show will feature short sets by some of the best up and coming character …
After his sell-out run here last year with his debut show ‘ADHDave’, local comedian Dave Fensome returns to Caroline of Brunswick with his latest work ‘Dog Eat Dog’.
** ALL TICKETS FOR FRIDAY 9 JULY ARE NOW 2-4-1, this will be applied automatically at checkout ** Don’t know who to watch this Fringe? Why not let us curate a comedy show for you!…
After his sell-out run here last year with his debut show ‘ADHDave’, local comedian Dave Fensome returns to Caroline of Brunswick with his latest work ‘Dog Eat Dog’.
Who dictates where you should be and what you should be doing by your mid-thirties? Thirty-five has crept up on Kate and what has she got to show for it? A hilarious trip down memo…
Who dictates where you should be and what you should be doing by your mid-thirties? Thirty-five has crept up on Kate and what has she got to show for it? A hilarious trip down memo…
Mad Ron – Uxbridge’s third hardest man introduces a handpicked selection of character comedians - each show will feature short sets by some of the best up and coming character …
Join this award-winning comedian for an hour of laughs as he tries to unravel the great issues of our time like what to say to a flat-earther, how to win gold at the Olympics and w…
Join this award-winning comedian for an hour of laughs as he tries to unravel the great issues of our time like what to say to a flat-earther, how to win gold at the Olympics and w…
C ÷ M From Where? to Here.
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…
Despite the prevalence of queer artists in the theatre industry, we’ve noticed there’s still a lack of queer representation within musical theatre stories.
If your life were a song, what would the Melody be? Join award-winning cabaret icon Aidan Sadler as they figure out the answers to questions like this along with “who polices the…
Catch Kevin Bridges as he warms up ahead of his future UK and World Tour.
As the discourse on trans people becomes more toxic in the UK comedian, trans-woman & nuisance Jen Ives is here to sort it all out, hun.
Join us for a night of celebration with the Gay Liberation Front for its 50th anniversary! The event will feature a spectacular panel led by: Dan Glass, author of United …
Have you always wanted to go to a presentation about ADHD that veers off into the wacky and wonderful world of Neuroscience, Julie Andrews, Cher and Dolly Parton? Well n…
Work In Progress Stand Up ComedyShane Clifford performs a Work In Progress show that asks the important questions: what is class in Ireland? Why do modern dogs wear jump…
You Should Not Be Watching MeA musician overshares WARNING! Edgy MaterialYou'll be in stiches.
An absurdity of love and laughterEmbracing the natural comedic elements of our friendship, we have curated an evening of music and magic.
PLEASE COME TALK TO ME Let us not remain strangers Aidan Greene: Stutter Bug (Work In Progress)A Stuttering Comedy Show in Development PLEASE COME TALK TO ME -&nbs…
ConnemarvellousOne woman bilingual English Irish comedy! Stephen Mullan: Love is.
Thank you, next The life of an auditioning actor Three Queens Stuck in Dublin City We’re all born naked, but the rest is shade! Thank you, next - Megan O&ap…
You pull the strings.
Can you recognise love, or catastrophe? Arthur coerces, charms, conspires.
Hal is going back on the road with a brand-new show, doing what he does best - reminding us of how much we love stand-up comedy, and God do we need it! Not as much…
An Existential comedy for the Age of Anxiety:Simon wants a better world.
Hi-De-Hi, David Croft and Jimmy Perry's spirited love letter to the declining days of the British holiday camp, was first broadcast in the January of 1980 and prove…
This UK premiere, presented by The Dark Times Theatre Company, is genre-defying performance, witness a spellbinding combination of theatre, music, hypnosis, sound collage, dream, f…
FUNNYBOYZ LONDON presentsLorraine Bowen ( ages 18+ )CITY OF QUEBECFriday 10th December 2021 Britain’s Got Talent star Lorraine Bowen, known for her song ” Crumble ” is coming …
Local legend, icon and star, Ivy Alexxander presents Lip Service, Sheffield’s biggest drag lip-sync battle! Join Ivy as she brings local drag artists together to battle it out for …
Based on the film of the same name, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels tells the story of two very different con men, the debonair Lawrence Jameson and the vulgar Freddy Benson.
FUNNYBOYZ LIVERPOOL presentsKylie Vs Madonna ( ages 18+ )BLUNDELLS SUPPER CLUBFriday 12th November 2021 Beth McCann as Madonna will join Heather Marie as Kylie Minogue and giv…
After the success of all our sell out House of Allure burlesque shows, we are happy to invite you to Dominus Von Vexo presents GLITZ! GLAM! HOT DAMN! Piano’s playing, trumpets…
Kinitiras Studio is one of Greece’s leading dance centres, supporting a professional company, a residency space, community dance workshops, and a young physical th…
It is the True Crime Convention at the Museum of Comedy and fans have gathered to see their favourite True-Crime stars, get autographs and watch live podcast recordings …
FunnyBoyz London presents Drag Race UK S3 Elektra Fence About this event SESSION TIME: 19.
SILVERTOWN - A new play by Jonny Wooster.
Returning to the UK for his first full length tour in six years, Australian (and adopted Brit) comedy legend Steve Hughes is known the world over for his hard hitting, t…
PopHorror presentsSlash Vegas! Buckle up for the most outrageously entertaining Halloween event of the season.
DIVAS introduce this sensational new fine dining experience with drag queens SESSION TIME: 18.
A Map to You tells the vibrant life stories shared with playwrights by individuals and their families living with dementia .
Get ready for an evening of midnight-movie gore and bombastic bad taste in the killer new show from drag monstrosity Baby Lame.
Juliet is about to kill herself.
FUNNYBOYZ MANCHESTER presentsSCARLETT HARLETT ( ages 18+ )NEW YORK NEW YORK BARSaturday 16th October 2021 Drag Race UK Season 3 Scarlett Harlett is coming to Manchester this O…
How does a nation tell its history? We are used to traditional, accepted narratives but what happens when you ask the woman in the street -Where did your family come from? What was…
Mike Bubbins, star of hit podcast The Socially Distant Sports Bar, and of BBC television comedies Mammoth, Tourist Trap and The Unexplainers, unleashes THROWBACK, his fi…
WELCOME MY TREATS! To the new instalment of the KHANDI SHOP! Its halloween time treats! And this theme is all about the witchcraft! KAULDRON! with a line up that you wont forg…
Party in the Attic brings an evening of jaw-dropping performances, diva anthems, exquisite drag and the best of London’s Cabaret to our stage over the crazy streets of Soho.
FUNNYBOYZ LONDON presentsFizz & Frocks ( ages 18+ )ZODIAC BAR Italian Live Singer SISSY LEA is bringing the FunnyBoyz team to Zodiac for a night full of entertainmen…
Welcome Back is a Romantic (Stand Up) Comedy (show).
Welcome Back is a Romantic (Stand Up) Comedy (show).
Welcome Back is a Romantic (Stand Up) Comedy (show).
Welcome Back is a Romantic (Stand Up) Comedy (show).
Joanna Neary – Wife On Earth, The Tour Brief Encounter-inspired Fantasist-housewife Celia (‘A pitch-perfect impersonation’ Observer) and friends take their Cosmic Shambles N…
Joanna Neary – Wife On Earth, The Tour Brief Encounter-inspired Fantasist-housewife Celia (‘A pitch-perfect impersonation’ Observer) and friends take their Cosmic Shambles N…
Joanna Neary – Wife On Earth, The Tour Brief Encounter-inspired Fantasist-housewife Celia (‘A pitch-perfect impersonation’ Observer) and friends take their Cosmic Shambles N…
Joanna Neary – Wife On Earth, The Tour Brief Encounter-inspired Fantasist-housewife Celia (‘A pitch-perfect impersonation’ Observer) and friends take their Cosmic Shambles N…
SESSION TIME: 19.
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.
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…
In May this year, under the guise of making the UK the safest place in the world to go online the government passed the Online Safety Bill which removes any content deemed as havin…
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR VERY IMPORTANT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH Any age, gender, height, music taste, shoe size please apply Research will take place in Manchester.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR VERY IMPORTANT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH Any age, gender, height, music taste, shoe size please apply Research will take place in Manchester.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR VERY IMPORTANT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH Any age, gender, height, music taste, shoe size please apply Research will take place in Manchester.
What follows is a window into how a couple find the strength to move forward, the will to stay together, and the determination to keep the memory of their child alive.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR VERY IMPORTANT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH Any age, gender, height, music taste, shoe size please apply Research will take place in Manchester.
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Clubs and shows are BACK BABY which means it’s time for VOL.
C ÷ M From Where? to Here.
C ÷ M From Where? to Here.
C ÷ M From Where? to Here.
Evelyn Carnate Presents FILTHY IN PINK Featuring a cabaret dreamhouse of DIRTY BURLESQUE, FILTHY FANTASIES & HOT n HILARIOUS NIGHTMARES Plus a Filthy in Pink PARTY…
Winner of the BBC New Comedy Award and Time Out’s One to Watch, UK-based Japanese comedian Yuriko Kotani is going to tell stories of her experiences and thoug…
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Simon Evans’ last show, Genius 2.
Arch Clapham + Fetch presents:PRIDE FEDERATION: United In LoveA day + night of Pride celebration.
After the success of all 7 sell out House of Allure burlesque shows, we are happy to invite you to Dominus Von Vexo presents GLITZ! GLAM! HOT DAMN!Saddle up and give a YEEEHAWWW! J…
FUNNYBOYZ LIVERPOOL presentsDolly Parton ( ages 18+ )BLUNDELLS SUPPER CLUBFriday 10th September 2021 Beth McAnn as Dolly Parton is coming to London this September! This s…
PSA is a small collective of visual artists, performers and musicians formed in the wake of the pandemic to bring people together after so long apart.
Pussycat dahlsIn a world where the queer and drag and cabaret scene loves to put people to creat me super groups and commercialise .
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…
Oh, you like Josie Long? Political and personal in one sentence, angry but tender, did a brilliant and much-lauded Fringe show when we last had civilization.
Spirit of the Fringe, multi-award-winning, Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominated comedian, author and explorer Tim FitzHigham is here for one solo show only.
Oh Queer Cupid! Have you always wanted to go to a queer speed dating night? Where you can meet like-minded LGBTQ+ people, to make friends, get connected and maybe find a sexy roman…
Dirty Harry not only has the original sound, feel, attitude, and full back catalogue of the band, but a look-a-like of Debbie to deliver the good stuff.
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…
One of Scotland’s best-loved stand-ups, Fred MacAulay tries out some new jokes. ‘One of the best comedians Britain has produced’ (Richard Osman).
Andrew Wasylyk is a Scottish composer and producer who has conceived and contributed to over 25 albums.
A rip-roaring improvised comedy show where teams battle it out in a high-octane, high-energy and high-stakes competition.
Winner of the BBC New Comedy Award and Time Out’s One to Watch, UK-based Japanese comedian Yuriko Kotani is going to tell stories of her experiences and thoughts as a work in progr…
BBC New Voices winner, Amused Moose New Act and 99 Comedy Club Award Finalist, Star of BBC Radio JENAN’S COMEDY HOUR, Jenan brings you a work-in-progress show of what it means to b…
BBC New Voices winner, Amused Moose New Act and 99 Comedy Club Award Finalist, Star of BBC Radio JENAN’S COMEDY HOUR, Jenan brings you a work-in-progress show of what it means to b…
People of Edinburgh, I have dearly missed you.
A rip-roaring improvised comedy show where teams battle it out in a high-octane, high-energy and high-stakes competition.
Withered Hand is the songwriting output of Edinburgh-based Dan Willson.
Award winning comedians Hannah Fairweather and Freya Mallard have decided that most people are trying too hard to see positivity in the world.
At the beginning of 2020, Catherine Bohart was busy writing a stand-up show about moving into a new home with her long-term partner and about how life in general was going pretty w…
Join Jack Dee as he takes to the road to warm up ahead of continuing his UK tour.
‘Rising star of the British stand-up scene’ (List).
At the beginning of 2020, Catherine Bohart was busy writing a stand-up show about moving into a new home with her long-term partner and about how life in general was going pretty w…
Award winning comedians Hannah Fairweather and Freya Mallard have decided that most people are trying too hard to see positivity in the world.
Take a gonzo dive into a world of sex dungeons, meth and so much more with New York City comedian, Katharyn Henson.
The world’s angriest optimist returns for another bash at sorting out life’s inexplicable complications.
Monkey Barrel Comedy’s alternative comedy night, Project X presents, all the way from Tennessee (US of America), The Chuck Wagon Chuckle with Dusty Rambusky! Join Dusty and his ban…
Vix Leyton, Welsh stand up and host of the Comedy Arcade podcast lives her life as a self-styled princess of petty.
Singer, multi-instrumentalist, composer, songwriter, library music producer, Siobhan Wilson was born in Elgin, Scotland, UK.
Join Tom Lucy as he tests brand-new material for an upcoming show.
‘Rising star of the British stand-up scene’ (List).
The world’s angriest optimist returns for another bash at sorting out life’s inexplicable complications.
The ‘absurd and excellent’ (RifeMagazine.
The kids have moved out and it’s the dawn of a new era! Tom’s embracing change with his usual spirit and vigour; he can draw lessons from the past but he’ll be damned if he …
‘If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses’ - Henry Ford.
‘Rising star of the British stand-up scene’ (List).
‘If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses’ - Henry Ford.
Mixing gaming and 3D technology, this experimental production fuses original music, virtual performances and a new script exploring migrant experiences; from the poorest Chinese sa…
Step into Piscean comedy duo, Norris & Parker’s fever dream for a surreal hour of wild, watery madness.
Allison Miller is on trial pleading not guilty to all charges held against her.
Hannah and Erika are two of the most exciting rising stars on the comedy scene.
Alex Bertulis-Fernandes (So You Think You’re Funny? and 2Northdown New Act semi-finalist) and Sharlin Jahan (Bath New Act runner-up and Rising Star finalist) present White Chicks 2…
Step into Piscean comedy duo, Norris & Parker’s fever dream for a surreal hour of wild, watery madness.
After six years together, one of which was particularly crazy, an American says goodbye to Scotland with the help of a song and a puppet and tries to figure out why she’s leaving.
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…
A new show from Lou Sanders (as seen on QI, Travel Man, Taskmaster and your Daddy’s ding dong).
WELCOME to Killer Queens Presents: Choke In The Big Smoke! This is the first London outing of our award winning sell out drag murder mystery shows, and in true Killer Queens fashio…
An hour of stand-up from two rising-stars in the world of comedy.
A new show from Lou Sanders (as seen on QI, Travel Man, Taskmaster and your Daddy’s ding dong).
Two dangerous Irishmen doing dangerous things for a laugh.
Hello audiences, I have dearly missed you.
Sara Barron: Suffer, Fools (work-in-progress) Edinburgh Comedy Awards Nominee and star of Live at the Apollo, Would I Lie to You, and Frankie Boyle’s New World Order returns wi…
A work-in-progress show from a rising cult comic on the state of the world.
Sara Barron: Suffer, Fools (work-in-progress) Edinburgh Comedy Awards Nominee and star of Live at the Apollo, Would I Lie to You, and Frankie Boyle’s New World Order returns wi…
Admiral Fallow released their much-beloved debut album, Boots Met My Face, in 2011 and its widely acclaimed successor, Tree Bursts In Snow, the following year.
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…
Rio de Janeiro-based choreographer Alice Ripoll’s celebratory film about the lives of her company’s dancers.
Beirut-based choreographer and dancer Omar Rajeh’s film presents a micro to macro view of his home city.
Choreographer Gregory Maqoma’s explorative and transformative film Retrace-Retract explores life in Soweto.
Choreographer Janice Parker’s reflective filmic series Small Acts of Hope and Lament, shot in Edinburgh on her iPhone 6.
Jake Lambert (tour support for Romesh Ranganathan and Michael McIntyre) returns with another ‘highly entertaining hour’ (One4Review.
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…
For one week only, George Fox and Chris Thorburn are bringing their award-winning comedy off the internet and back to the Monkey Barrel stage for their work-in-progress stand-up sh…
Choreographer Gregory Maqoma presents his explorative and transformative film Retrace-Retract on life in Soweto alongside poet Jefferson Tshabalala.
Brand new work in progress show from working class Cornish actor and comedian Tamsyn Kelly.
Beirut-based choreographer and dancer Omar Rajeh presents a micro to macro view of his home city, featuring a solo dance performance.
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.
Rio de Janeiro-based choreographer Alice Ripoll presents her celebratory film about the lives of her company’s dancers.
Choreographer Janice Parker presents her reflective filmic series Small Acts of Hope and Lament, shot in Edinburgh on her iPhone 6.
James Yorkston is a singer-songwriter and author from the East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.
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…
Oh thank God Tom Ward is back.
Take a gonzo dive into a world of sex dungeons, meth and so much more with New York City comedian, Katharyn Henson.
LET US RAZE YOU - Artist ShowcaseA night of Queer Cabaret Debuts! New talent, New ideas & New perspectives.
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterhouse has got a book deal! Is he sitting on a ‘modern classic’ or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make your mi…
An hour of new material from Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominee Sarah Keyworth.
Take a gonzo dive into a world of sex dungeons, meth and so much more with New York City comedian, Katharyn Henson.
In his intimate debut hour “SILLY BOY” Rich Hardisty takes us on a journey through the highs and the lows of his unusual life.
Oh thank God Tom Ward is back.
An hour of new material from Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominee Sarah Keyworth.
Lily Phillips has been seen on BBC Three, ITV2 and All4, Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year runner-up, Funny Women finalist and Pleasance Reserve comedian Lily Phillips …
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterhouse has got a book deal! Is he sitting on a ‘modern classic’ or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make your mi…
In his intimate debut hour “SILLY BOY” Rich Hardisty takes us on a journey through the highs and the lows of his unusual life.
Carla J Easton is an award nominated singer-songwriter, releasing four critically acclaimed albums.
What is love? Perhaps we can work it out together? LOVE YOU is a solo show that blends storytelling & dance written & performed by Samantha Morrish.
Ben Pope is ‘a total delight’ (Fest).
What is love? Perhaps we can work it out together? LOVE YOU is a solo show that blends storytelling & dance written & performed by Samantha Morrish.
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.
Ben Pope is ‘a total delight’ (Fest).
Hamish Hawk is an Edinburgh-based songwriter.
From writer Ahlam and director Katie Posner, this film presents the award-winning You Bury Me as a poignant snapshot of post-Arab-Spring Cairo.
Welcome to undertaker Anna Morgan-Jones’ live Zoom webinar.
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.
Adam Rowe – Imperious (WIP).
Multi-award-winning comedian Ian Smith (BBC Radio 4’s The News Quiz and The Now Show) presents some new ideas (and some old ones) through a mixture of theatrical techniques, such…
Set in the wonderfully open, socially-distanced and drinks-to-your-seats Garden Theatre of theSpaceuk’s Symposium Hall, the a capella group Semi-Toned return to the Fringe with f…
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.
The ‘absurd and excellent’ (RifeMagazine.
For All the Love You Lost is presented by Morosophy at theSpace@Surgeon’s Hall.
From appearances Mock The Week and QI and others, Eshaan Akbar comes to Edinburgh for three nights only.
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 …
Kapil Seshasayee is a polymath, and a true original talent, both as a songwriter and as a soundsmith, a one-man combination of Scott Walker, Blood Orange, Arca and Richard Dawson.
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.
Nominated for Best Newcomer at Edinburgh Fringe 2019, sweet angel stand-up comedian Helen Bauer presents a work in progress show of her new thoughts and feelings on pretty much eve…
Three badass funny femmes present you with a hilariously diverse triple bill of comedy.
Nominated for Best Newcomer at Edinburgh Fringe 2019, sweet angel stand-up comedian Helen Bauer presents a work in progress show of her new thoughts and feelings on pretty much eve…
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 …
Simon Evans’ last show, Genius 2.
KOSMOSHello Khandi treats and welcome back to the third instalment of the Khandi shop, a night to showcase some of the tastiest talents in the queerosquere.
After their successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe, the stars of The Football Show on Yahoo Sport, Jim Daly (50+million views online, “Very, very funny” - Kevin Day) and Dave Bib…
The show comprises of Ashish Suri and a different *friend sharing their weird tales and giving a view of the world through different perspectives.
Stanley Odd make music for people that get tongue-tied talking to girls; clumsy people that dance awkwardly in their bedrooms; people that are generally uncomfortable in social sit…
After their successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe, the stars of The Football Show on Yahoo Sport, Jim Daly (50+million views online, “Very, very funny” - Kevin Day) and Dave Bib…
“Wonderfully inventive, consistently funny”- Time out.
Stars of The Football Show on YahooSport, Jim Daly (50+million views online, "Very, very funny” - Kevin Day) and Dave Bibby (Comedy Central, BBC Radio 4, &ldq…
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.
Heather Duster presents Funny Girl: A one woman retelling of the iconic musical with a little more drag! Join Heather as she takes you on a musical journey with her one woman …
Two award-winning comedians premier their latest routines after a year inside.
Classic Them, a London improv duo, bring their (pre-pandemic) monthly night to the Camden Fringe.
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.
Essex boy and rising social media star Josh James brings his work-in-progress show to the Camden Fringe! Come and watch one of the circuits best up and coming Comedians in an intim…
The Great Baldini is the head of the shadowy and sinister Illusionati - a group of elite magicians controlling the world through the magical dark arts.
Essex boy and rising social media star Josh James brings his work-in-progress show to the Camden Fringe! Come and watch one of the circuits best up and coming Comedians in an intim…
Classic Them, a London improv duo, bring their (pre-pandemic) monthly night to the Camden Fringe.
Sacred Paws don’t take things too seriously.
Michael Akadiri is a London born & bred, award-winning, fast-rising stand up comedian who has been seen/ heard on LadBible, Times Radio and recently recorded for ITV2s Stand Up Ske…
Boisterous tear up the stage in a revamped production of the John Godber award- winning classic about a team of Bouncers, now known as Door Supervisors.
Writer Ahlam and director Katie Posner present the award-winning You Bury Me as a poignant snapshot of post-Arab-Spring Cairo.
Michael Akadiri is a London born & bred, award-winning, fast-rising stand up comedian who has been seen/ heard on LadBible, Times Radio and recently recorded for ITV2s Stand Up Ske…
A new hour of stand-up from the biggest wee fanny in Scottish comedy.
The Great Baldini sets the stage excellently for his show, greeting each audience member at the door, and asking their name, which he will repeat when he invites them to volunteer …
Cockroach is an hour of dark, gut-wrenching stand-up from one of the best comedians in the country.
Richard Stott returns to the Camden Fringe with a show exploring the merits and pitfalls of loyalty.
This show was going to be titled “I Used to Eat Dog Food” but that would have meant leaving out all material about the sex dungeon, the legendary yeast infection, and everything el…
SMUT is the long anticipated show by newcomer Lily Phillips, that was going to be about feminism but is now going to be about her dog.
Work in progress.
Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Larry Dean is here to try out some brand-new jokes.
This show was going to be titled “I Used to Eat Dog Food” but that would have meant leaving out all material about the sex dungeon, the legendary yeast infection, and everything el…
SMUT is the long anticipated show by newcomer Lily Phillips, that was going to be about feminism but is now going to be about her dog.
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.
Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Larry Dean is here to try out some brand-new jokes.
Work in progress.
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 …
Ania is trying out some new material.
Six people, five stories, one truck.
Ania is trying out some new material.
Six people, five stories, one truck.
Hal’s back doing what he does best – performing live comedy, for five nights only! ‘Reminded me how much I love stand up’ (Times).
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.
From South London, Barbadian citizen Sikisa presents her work-in-progress show about being a work in progress.
Ah, the 90s! The decade that Shaparak was in her twenties and ‘ladette’ culture ruled the school.
He and She, both called Max, are boxfresh on the London queer scene.
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.
From South London, Barbadian citizen Sikisa presents her work-in-progress show about being a work in progress.
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…
Love, work and the passage of time.
“What would happen if you answered the front door, and the person standing there was you?” Exploring what makes you, you, and not someone else? What would you do faced with you? Wo…
Love, work and the passage of time.
“What would happen if you answered the front door, and the person standing there was you?” Exploring what makes you, you, and not someone else? What would you do faced with you? Wo…
Comedy IT-girl Elf Lyons floats to Camden Fringe with a horrifying comedy show inspired by Stephen King.
You’ll clock in at the beginning.
CHAPS are comedy power houses Naz Osmanoglu (Horrible Histories, formerly of Wittank) and Tom Houghton (Comedy Central Roast Battle, formally of The Noise Next Door).
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.
Chloe Petts: Transience (Work-in-Progress) As seen on Dave's Hypothetical and heard on Radio 5 Live, join Petts, one of the most exciting prospects in comedy,…
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
Jazz is a story of improvisation and collaboration, race and privilege, high art and laughing stock.
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.
Chloe Petts: Alpha (Work-in-Progress) As seen on Dave's Hypothetical and heard on Radio 5 Live, join Petts, one of the most exciting prospects in comedy, in her de…
Jazz is a story of improvisation and collaboration, race and privilege, high art and laughing stock.
Smile.
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.
Raul Kohli was going to do a show about how blind faith is rational in 2020.
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 …
Perrier award nominee Glenn Moore works up a new hour of ‘brilliantly original’ (Chortle), ‘blissfully silly’ (The Guardian) jokes.
Playing for the first time since ‘you-know-what’, Neil Pennycook and band take to the stage to perform material spanning Meursault’s entire back catalogue, as well as a few sly nod…
Ciara Harvie is a classical crossover singer from Edinburgh.
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…
Perrier award nominee Glenn Moore works up a new hour of ‘brilliantly original’ (Chortle), ‘blissfully silly’ (The Guardian) jokes.
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 …
Funny Women Award winner Thanyia Moore has been a bully, and she’s been bullied.
We all have struggles, problems, and fears - let me show you some of mine.
‘Sensational’ is how one viewer described this high-quality filmed version of Mark Wheeller’s moving play.
A theatrical film about the impact of the pandemic through the eyes of clowns.
Combining childlike wonder, adult cynicism, and Shakespearean gravitas in his impressively compelling story, master storyteller Dennis Elkins poses increasingly difficult questions…
Are you depressed due to the lack of d**k in your life? Katerina will take you on a journey exploring the new decade of no d**k! Please expect naughty chat up lines, lessons on how…
Bogha-frois: Queer Voices in Folk (Scottish Gaelic for Rainbow) is a community of queer folk musicians based in Scotland and beyond.
If You Find This is about a young woman working as a carer, who finds herself on the brink of life and death.
An alternative stand up comedy show which earnestly takes an entirely literal approach to the common comedian advice of ‘find your audience’.
Described as a ‘wonderfully chaotic and colourful tragicomedy’ Theatre-19 Presents: John is a particularly silly devised piece at theSpace@Surgeons Hall from a group of Bristol…
Join Chloe Petts (as seen on Dave’s Hypothetical and Jonathan Ross’ Comedy Club) as she presents an hour of new jokes on all manner of pertinent issues including the darts and loud…
An immersive feel-good experience that comprises personal storytelling and comedy to tell a story about growing up and making a home in the world.
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…
Elaine Liner’s unapologetically satirical play takes liberties for laughs, with the biographies of famous political rivals Donald Trump and Hilary Clinton.
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.
Are you depressed due to the lack of d**k in your life? Katerina will take you on a journey exploring the new decade of no d**k! Please expect naughty chat up lines, lessons on how…
St Andrews’ oldest, funniest and – incidentally – only improv comedy troupe are back at the Fringe with their unique mix of sparky, spontaneous and side-splittingly funny short…
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 …
Boiler suits, beanies and a barrow! That’s what was waiting for this musical duo when lockdown hit! A truly mesmerising twinning of music and storytelling of how a global communi…
Join Chloe Petts (as seen on Dave’s Hypothetical and Jonathan Ross’ Comedy Club) as she presents an hour of new jokes on all manner of pertinent issues including the darts and loud…
Safely stowed in a sewing box and found utterly by accident, join the cast of Miss Linsday’s Secret in the reading and exploration of love letters that have been hidden for over …
Award winning (and he will prove it) internet sensation Jim Daly (50+million views online, seen on JOE.
“Rising star of the British stand-up scene” (The List) Alex Kealy presents a stand-up hour about Silicon Valley, advertising, addiction and monopolies.
At the start of 2020 Patrick was blindly working on a fun new comedy show, when he was personally attacked by something that rhymes with hamdemic.
Award winning (and he will prove it) internet sensation Jim Daly (50+million views online, seen on JOE.
At the start of 2020 Patrick was blindly working on a fun new comedy show, when he was personally attacked by something that rhymes with hamdemic.
Ah, the 90s! The decade that Shaparak was in her twenties and ‘ladette’ culture ruled the school.
A young woman working as a carer finds herself on the brink of life and death.
A young woman working as a carer finds herself on the brink of life and death.
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…
Based on the brilliant book by Pippa Goodhart and Nick Sharratt, Nonsense Room Productions (Shark in the Park and Hairy Maclary Shows) bring you a brand-new interactive musical sho…
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.
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.
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.
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…
Award-winning comedian Adam Kay shares entries from his diaries as a junior doctor in this “electrifying” (Guardian) evening of stand-up and music.
Tomorrow’s Warriors are proud to present the return of Romarna Campbell in our in-person gigs series, Live at the Albany.
Join The Greenhouse Theatre - the UK’s first 100% zero-waste theatre - this summer for an all-singing, all-dancing, full-of-life reimagining of Shakespeare’s pastoral classic.
The Thinking Drinkers hilarious, brand new show gets the drinks in, in more ways than one, with every audience member getting 5 free drinks while competing for amazing p…
Secret Cinema Presents DIRTY DANCING The year is 1963 and Kellerman's Resort is back for another summer of love! Step into the world of Dirty Dancing in this 4+ hour immersive …
Hi-De-Hi, David Croft and Jimmy Perry's spirited love letter to the declining days of the British holiday camp, was first broadcast in the January of 1980 and prove…
Hi-De-Hi, David Croft and Jimmy Perry's spirited love letter to the declining days of the British holiday camp, was first broadcast in the January of 1980 and pr…
Lisa Richards Agency Presents Frankie Boyle - Work In Progress Frankie is doing some shows to try out some brand new jokes.
Someone has seen a wolf.
Little girls are made of sugar and spice and all things NAUGHTY.
Shelf are a musical comedy double act.
The show that was going to be about feminism, but is now going to be about her dog.
Shakespeare’s As You Like It runs the glorious gamut of romance and poetry, satire and slapstick.
From South London, Barbadian citizen Sikisa presents her work-in-progress show about being a work in progress.
Will Hall (as seen on BBC Three and Channel 4) and Sharlin Jahan (BBC Asian Network) present a brand new work in progress split bill.
Will Hall (as seen on BBC Three and Channel 4) and Sharlin Jahan (as heard on Union Jack Radio) present a brand new work in progress split bill.
William Blake said that everything is an attempt to be human.
SOLD OUT! Join us for the 8pm show live stream on YouTube for free: https://youtu.
From South London, Barbadian citizen Sikisa presents her work-in-progress show about being a work in progress.
Musician and sound activist Charles Hayward presents a wild mix of genre fluid music from the London underground and beyond.
Divorced Sammie searches for love, laughter and divine purpose.
Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus members present a show of solos and duets under the direction of Joe Paxton.
“Just pat her on the bottom and send her on her way” – Boris Johnson.
Essex boy and rising social media star Josh James brings his work-in-progress show to Brighton! Come and watch one of the circuits best up and coming Comedians in an intimate space…
“Just pat her on the bottom and send her on her way” – Boris Johnson.
Catch Tom as he tries out new material.
Dance and digital worlds collide on this journey exploring choice and control.
Essex boy and rising social media star Josh James brings his work-in-progress show to Brighton! Come and watch one of the circuits best up and coming Comedians in an intimate space…
Lisa Richards Agency Presents Frankie Boyle - Work In Progress Frankie is doing some shows at the to try out some brand new jokes.
‘SMUT’ is the long anticipated show by newcomer Lily Phillips, that was going to be about feminism but is now going to be about her dog.
Six people, five stories, one truck.
Now in her mid-forties, Kathleen sits anxiously waiting for the arrival of the man whom she gave up for adoption thirty years before.
‘Vox Stars Presents Star Inspirations-Brighton Edition’ celebrates aspiring singers as they take you on their singing journey through the music of their idols.
Now in her mid-forties, Kathleen sits anxiously waiting for the arrival of the man whom she gave up for adoption thirty years before.
Award-winning character comedian Anna Morris (Channel 4’s ‘Lee and Dean’) brings her BBC Radio 4 stand-up show to the stage.
‘Vox Stars Presents Star Inspirations-Brighton Edition’ celebrates aspiring singers as they take you on their singing journey through the music of their idols.
Juliet is about to kill herself.
Juliet is about to kill herself.
Award-winning character comedian Anna Morris (Channel 4’s ‘Lee and Dean’) brings her BBC Radio 4 stand-up show to the stage.
In the first of our in-person gigs in the Live at the Albany series, Tomorrow’s Warriors are proud to present Xhosa Cole.
A work in progress of the fourth hour from Robin Morgan (as seen on ‘Mock The Week’.
Sleeping tigers, Matty Hutson and Heidi Regan tread the boards once more after a year of laying dormant due to the ‘big pandemic’.
A rip-roaring improvised comedy show where teams battle it out in a high-octane, high-energy and high-stakes competition.
A rip-roaring improvised comedy show where teams battle it out in a high-octane, high-energy and high-stakes competition.
A work in progress of the fourth hour from Robin Morgan (as seen on ‘Mock The Week’.
A dismantling of hilarious topics, including race, identity and of course, Asian dads.
When Rob was 12, they attempted to stage a full-blown Disney parade in their house for their Grandma.
Think it’s been a weird year? Meet The Lizard King.
Sara Segovia Rodao and Lachlan Werner are cuties by nature, cancers by astrological sign and clowns by trade.
Think it’s been a weird year? Meet The Lizard King.
Sara Barron returns to Brighton Fringe with new jokes and stories about motherhood, fatherhood, therapists, fallings out, and gettings back together.
Sara Barron returns to Brighton Fringe with new jokes and stories about motherhood, fatherhood, therapists, fallings out, and gettings back together.
Storytelling meets observational humour.
Michael Akadiri is a London born & bred, award-winning, fast-rising stand up comedian who has been previously heard on Times Radio, BBC Radio Kent, and Union Jack.
Michael Akadiri is a London born & bred, award-winning, fast-rising stand up comedian who has been previously heard on Times Radio, BBC Radio Kent, and Union Jack.
Storytelling meets observational humour.
A personal performance of a woman’s struggle growing up in a man-made world.
Eleanor suspects she may have intimacy issues.
Eleanor suspects she may have intimacy issues.
Mercury is in retrograde, a full moon in Scorpio and enough wonk to see you through the night! Journey down the rabbit hole of delicious chaos with viciously funny comic Charlotte …
Leslie Ewing-Burgesse knows what she’s doing.
Leslie Ewing-Burgesse knows what she’s doing.
It’s 10 years since Amy Winehouse died.
The dandy kings of cabaret Joe Morose, Dusty Limits & Des O’Connor invite you to Theatreland’s former lavatory & Oscar Wilde’s forgotten cottage for a royal flush of vaudev…
Ben Pope is ‘a total delight’ (Fest).
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.
Ben Pope is ‘a total delight’ (Fest).
We all lie to ourselves.
We all lie to ourselves.
The Great Baldini is the head of the shadowy and sinister Illusionati - a group of elite magicians controlling the world through the magical dark arts.
The Great Baldini is the head of the shadowy and sinister Illusionati - a group of elite magicians controlling the world through the magical dark arts.
The show the world needs right now.
A brand new hour of comedy from the hilariously funny, aggressively nerdy and down right adorable Sasha Ellen.
The show the world needs right now.
A brand new hour of comedy from the hilariously funny, aggressively nerdy and down right adorable Sasha Ellen.
Host of Leicester Comedy award finalist podcast ‘The Comedy Arcade’, Welsh stand up comedian Vix Leyton lives a life of French farce and chaos that she justifies as research for he…
Well I never expected that! Cancer of any sort is a difficult thing to manage physically.
New material from the newly-40-year-old comic.
After a successful run at the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe, Nick Elleray (Old Comedian of the Year, 2017) brings a new work in progress show to Brighton.
Host of Leicester Comedy award finalist podcast ‘The Comedy Arcade’, Welsh stand up comedian Vix Leyton lives a life of French farce and chaos that she justifies as research for he…
New material from the newly-40-year-old comic.
After a successful run at the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe, Nick Elleray (Old Comedian of the Year, 2017) brings a new work in progress show to Brighton.
Well I never expected that! Cancer of any sort is a difficult thing to manage physically.
New work-in-progress show from a master at making the seemingly unreliable, relatable.
New work-in-progress show from a master at making the seemingly unreliable, relatable.
Former Religious Studies teacher turned stand-up comedian Kevin Precious turns his hand to examining his former profession, and takes a sideways look at teaching and schools more g…
Former Religious Studies teacher turned stand-up comedian Kevin Precious turns his hand to examining his former profession, and takes a sideways look at teaching and schools more g…
Winner of the BBC New Comedy Award and Time Out’s One to Watch, UK-based Japanese comedian Yuriko Kotani is going to tell stories of her experiences and thoughts as a work in pro…
Winner of the BBC New Comedy Award and Time Out’s One to Watch, UK-based Japanese comedian Yuriko Kotani is going to tell stories of her experiences and thoughts as a work in pro…
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 his patients? Make you…
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 his patients? Make you…
Acerbic comedian and professional slacker Rajiv Karia assesses his millennial existence in this work in progress show.
2020 Leicester Comedy Festival best show nominee.
Tickets: £24 Duration: approx.
Acerbic comedian and professional slacker Rajiv Karia assesses his millennial existence in this work in progress show.
Adele Cliff brings her new show about the power of knowledge and the power in refusing it to the Brighton Fringe Festival.
The play takes liberties, for laughs, with the biographies of the famous political rivals.
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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.
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In the midst of a global pandemic, Stacey has reluctantly agreed to chat with her ex, Curtis, after six months apart.
Join Chloe Petts (as seen on Dave’s Hypothetical and Jonathan Ross’ Comedy Club) as she presents an hour of new jokes on all manner of pertinent issues including the darts and loud…
Jake Lambert (Tour support for Romesh Ranganathan and Michael McIntyre) brings his WIP show to Brighton fringe.
Critically-acclaimed comedian Tom Mayhew brings a work in progress show to Brighton Fringe online! He is working class, political and very funny.
Jake Lambert (Tour support for Romesh Ranganathan and Michael McIntyre) brings his WIP show to Brighton fringe.
In the midst of a global pandemic, Stacey has reluctantly agreed to chat with her ex, Curtis, after six months apart.
This is not your ordinary tour: dress up (preferably) and join us for an hour of fun, laughter, and craziness.
A sensational TRIPLE-BILL of full-scale productions staged with unparalleled panache by the graduating Musical Theatre Triple Threat students of one of the country’s leading Cons…
Join Chloe Petts (as seen on Dave’s Hypothetical and Jonathan Ross’ Comedy Club) as she presents an hour of new jokes on all manner of pertinent issues including the darts and loud…
Jake Lambert (Tour support for Romesh Ranganathan and Michael McIntyre) brings his WIP show to Brighton fringe.
Critically-acclaimed comedian Tom Mayhew brings a work in progress show to Brighton Fringe online! He is working class, political and very funny.
Hitcher Encounters brings you a quarantine friendly show designed to be experienced from the comfort of your home and in your own time.
Hitcher Encounters brings you a quarantine friendly show designed to be experienced from the comfort of your home and in your own time.
A sensational DOUBLE-BILL of full-scale productions staged with unparalleled panache by the graduating Musical Theatre Triple Threat students of one of the country’s leading Cons…
This is not your ordinary tour: dress up (preferably) and join us for an hour of fun, laughter, and craziness.
Our air-hostesses, Perl and Merlot are delighted to invite you onboard Flight 2012 to Ibiza.
‘Land If You Can!’ is a role-playing play.
The play takes liberties, for laughs, with the biographies of the famous political rivals.
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.
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Here Come The Boys features four superstar ‘Kings of Dance’ in a dazzling new production that includes special guest star, Strictly’s stunning Nadiya Bychkova.
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Don’t know who to watch this Fringe? Why not let us curate a comedy show for you! Performances on 6 days per week, 4 to 6 times per day, from 17:30 until 23:00 on weekdays and 14:3…
Enjoy the atmosphere of the live music experience with this special online stream of with vocalist Loucin presented in partnership with renowned talent development organisation, To…
Maddie Campion: WIPA fun show to be enjoyed by everyone or you'll be reported to the fun police.
Maddie Campion: WIPA fun show to be enjoyed by everyone or you'll be reported to the fun police.
Following his last smash-hit UK tour and direct from this year’s Edinburgh festival, Tom is back on the road with a brand-new show.
Are You OK? reflects on a world turned upside down and inside out by the pandemic in two different countries.
Following a sold-out UK national tour, Here Come The Boys, featuring the four superstar ‘Kings of Dance’, is set to transfer to the West End in a dazzling new productio…
This the second in a series of screenings and talks exploring gems of Polish cinema, hosted by Polish cinema expert Michael Brooke.
Where is the glitter and magic, our annual Christmas treat, without the Sugar Plum Fairy or the Snow Queen? With theatre doors closed during these sad times, Scottish Ballet have c…
Get ready for a Musical Theatre extravaganza that will have you dancing in your seats.
Dirty Harry has not only the original sound, feel, attitude and full back catalogue of Blondie, but a lookalike of Debbie to deliver the good stuff.
He’s back! It’s been a busy few years for Jason since his last smash-hit stand-up show, but fans of his Absolute Radio show will know this nationally acclaimed comedian hasn’t chan…
Listen to the music of the greatest composers in jazz played by one of Scotland’s best Jazz Quintets.
Set in the early 90s and spanning 10 years, this play explores relationships and the toll these relationships take on the six principle characters.
A story told through movement and voice, To Have and to Hold explores how one makes decisions, forms relationships and chooses to live based on the notion of influence.
In 2017, Watson – prone to considerable anxiety, with multiple phobias and a history of piss-poor self-esteem – was asked to go on Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls.
Multi-million bestselling author back at the Fringe for two nights only.
Charlotte will take you through the timeline of creating your own work, along with a practical element to get you started on your own play.
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…
Oliver Yellop, (Further Theatre) brings you a workshop on the process of making I Am Gavrilo Princip.
Lisa Richards Agency Presents Frankie Boyle - Work In Progress Frankie is doing some shows to try out some brand new jokes.
Steelworks present their debut Edinburgh Fringe show, Silver Linings, an exploration of the boundless possibilities of a cappella.
A wild political landscape opens up – election-winning Boris is not as mighty as he seems; Brexit not done, a new Labour leader, SNP storms: epic dramas for a brand new show.
Dirty Harry has not only the original sound, feel, attitude, and full back catalogue of the band, but a lookalike of Debbie to deliver the good stuff.
‘Simon Amstell has a gift for taking a social norm and gently mocking it until it seems utterly ridiculous’ (New York Times).
Back from sell-out shows in 2019, this band are swing jazz sensations, Out of the Blue Jazz, who will be performing the ever-popular Great American Songbook in the style of iconic …
Edinburgh’s favourite showgirl invites you to a private viewing of her personal collection.
Dirty Dancing is firmly etched into the memories of the 80s generation, a symbol of 80s culture defined by its unforgettable scenes featuring watermelons, that infamous lift and th…
After a sell-out run in 2019, Elsa Jean McTaggart returns with Hebridean Fire.
The Blueswater return to the Edinburgh Fringe with a special 10th-anniversary edition of their award-winning show, telling the stories and performing the songs of the artists that …
Acclaimed vocalist Nicole Smit returns to the Fringe with her sell-out show Queens of the Blues, a musical celebration of the women who have shaped blues and popular music as we kn…
Come see 30 plays in 60 minutes! Created by Greg Allen of the Neo-Futurists Theatre and performed by students from The Bishop’s School in La Jolla, California.
Unless you want it to be.
Reginald returns to the Fringe with his off-year, set-building, work-in-progress show with working titles: The Things That I Was Wrong About, The Death of Uncle Fluffy, and The Man…
What do we make with our lives? An artist worries his work has lost its way.
Olivier Award-nominated Wizard Presents has created an entertaining, interactive and imaginative production based on this timeless classic.
Last year’s show, Dressing for Dinner, earned Evans some of the most ecstatic reviews of his career including an unbeaten 4.
Cork comedian Chris Kent is back with more kids, stories and a keep cup to compensate for his guilt about overpopulation.
Award-winning Irish comedian Aidan Greene has stammered since he was four years old.
Celebrating the most innovative and inspirational artists working in hip hop today, Breakin’ Convention Presents brings you b-boy world champions The Ruggeds.
First hour of stand up from Maddie Campion; a show about career choices, billionaires, and the hustle.
Returning to the UK for his first full length tour in six years, Australian (and adopted Brit) comedy legend Steve Hughes is known the world over for his hard hitting, t…
Returning to the UK for his first full length tour in six years, Australian (and adopted Brit) comedy legend Steve Hughes is known the world over for his hard hitting, t…
A big-eyed, big-haired thing in a turtleneck exposes the infidelities of your cutlery drawer.
Following his last smash-hit UK tour and direct from this year’s Edinburgh festival, Tom is back on the road with a brand-new show.
Following his last smash-hit UK tour and direct from this year’s Edinburgh festival, Tom is back on the road with a brand-new show.
Simon Evans’ last show, Genius 2.
Simon Evans’ last show, Genius 2.
When The Secret Garden first premiered on Broadway, it was met with rave reviews, international success and multiple Tony Awards.
Stephen Schwartz is the multi-award winning creator of an extraordinary catalogue of songs for stage and screen.
Hi-De-Hi, David Croft and Jimmy Perry's spirited love letter to the declining days of the British holiday camp, was first broadcast in the January of 1980 and prove…
The Golden Age of Television was blessed with some of the best-loved of comedians, but why are Eric & Ernie and Tommy Cooper and Frankie Howerd so fondly r…
Colin Hoult’s critically acclaimed alter-ego Anna Mann, Actress, Singer, Welder (got to have a back up) returns in the workings of a brand new show,…
Bath has always been famed for its healing waters, beautiful Georgian architecture and wholesome countryside surroundings, but it’s hiding a past that is riddled with tales of deba…
A dream odyssey into the world of the woman who waited 20 years for her bloke to return.
As seen on Dave's Hypothetical and heard on Radio 5 Live, join Petts, one of the most exciting prospects in comedy, in her debut hour of stand-up, Alpha.
The show that was going to be about feminism, but is now going to be about her dog.
The heritage of comedy is a troubled one - littered with the shells of those whose genius is inextricably linked with struggles with mental health.
Comedy legend Tony Slattery is live on stage in conversation with Britain's foremost comedy historian Robert Ross.
Claire Lenahan is your bog standard obnoxious American comedian / magician/ escapologist / identity thief.
North Coast, New York City’s premier hip-hop improv team, has long been known for their seamless melding of freestyle rapping and long form improv comedy.
Following a successful debut tour culminating at The Leicester Square Theatre and a recording of a sold out hometown show.
Bringing to life Philip Osment’s final play, Can I Help You? is a magical realist examination of the role race and gender have to play in mental health and suicide.
Metropolis Music Presents: Gad Elmaleh J’ai choisi le Leicester Square Theatre pour improviser autour des thèmes de mon prochain spectacle#workinprogress Pl…
Matt Hoss is a man on a mission.
Emilia does dating!Emilia does… not know what she’s doing.
Love is never easy.
Using the world famous PsychOMeterTM this handy show will teach you how to spot your very first psychopath, and how to manage the cheeky little fellow before he eats you…
Join Instagram Star Arron as he steps out from behind the camera and onto the stage, testing new material for his 2020 UK tour along with his partner in crime, ‘Th…
Join Instagram Star Arron as he steps out from behind the camera and onto the stage, testing new material for his 2020 UK tour along with his partner in crime, ‘Th…
A WIP stand-up performance.
A WIP stand-up performance.
Join Kerry Godliman as she road-tests brand-new material ahead of her 2020 tour.
Clear the floor and whip out your score cards, because the Strictly Come Dancing The Live Tour is back for 2020 and will waltz its way around the country from January next year for…
Join the fun as we conjure up a magic show from thin air! Thrilling illusions, spooky mind reading, stunning sleight-of-hand, and death-defying escapes.
Miss Kiddy and the Cads - the UK’s hottest vintage show, for one night only presents 'A Vintage Christmas’.
Andy Zaltzman, host of the long-running worldwide hit satirical podcast The Bugle, comes to the Museum of Comedy.
Hit Edinburgh Fringe show returns to Brighton for its final shows of the year.
Using the world famous PsychOMeterTM this handy show will teach you how to spot your very first psychopath, and how to manage the cheeky little fellow before he eats you…
In August 2013, Shane Warne, Australian cricketing legend drove Orlando Gibbs, English generic person to Wales.
Join Kerry Godliman as she road-tests brand-new material ahead of her 2020 tour.
It's 2050 and in a galaxy not too far from our own, Planet Trash is the most dangerous place in the solar system - the dumping ground for the universe.
Sketchley Park is the home of the weirdest and most wonderful new sketch writing from members of the London Comedy Writers group.
Winner of the 2019 Edinburgh fringe funniest joke, Olaf Falafel is back once again like a renegade master.
In 2039, a successful Black writer lives a perfect life in a future where racism has ceased to exist.
Are we good people or just arseholes who are good at lying to ourselves? Ashley Haden once again looks to tackle our own privilege in an hour of, at times, uncomfortable…
In a country on the verge of doom and murderous clowns on the loose on our cinema screens, Join Awk this October and allow it to show you there’s more to life than work.
The British Theatre Challenge is delighted to be returning to the Jack Studio Theatre with five new plays, wrapped into one very entertaining evening.
Inspired and informed by women who have lived through the criminal justice system, Somalia Seaton’s latest play is a tender exploration of motherhood in a world that is closing i…
David Johnson & John Mackay in association with Debi Allen/Curtis Brown present SNOWFLAKE/TORNADO Work-in-Progress and DVD LAUNCH A run of work-in-progress gigs to …
See a scratch performance about the unique bond between real life grandfathers and grandsons that explores male family relationships and the legacy that is passed down through gene…
AUDITION combines contemporary circus, dance-theatre, fierce acrobatics and stunning visuals.
Celebrating its 40th anniversary, Monty Python’s Life of Brian is back on the big screen.
Luke Norris's Southend-based play and winner of the Bruntwood Prize, So Here We Are, finally comes to Essex in a delightful production that fits perfectly into the Queen’s Th…
"The new A Star is Born is a total emotional knockout…rapturous and swooning, but also delicate and intimate and luminous.
The world famous Jazz Bar Edinburgh proudly hosts the JazzMain quartet, performing the music of Dexter Gordon.
Following last year's sell out screening of The Greatest Showman, The Luna Cinema returns to the Open Air Theatre with the long awaited sequel to Disney’s musical ma…
Dirty Harry captures the rapture of Blondie and not only has the original sound, feel, attitude and full back catalogue of the band but a lookalike of Debbie.
Critically acclaimed comedian and host of Viceland’s Hate Thy Neighbour and Channel 4’s Adventures in Futureland, Jamali Maddix has just come back from his first world tour.
Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch in partnership with the National Theatre present A musical adaptation of William Shakespeare’s As You Like It Adapted by Shaina Taub and Laurie Wo…
In cahoots with Deborah Frances-White (Guilty Feminist), Amnesty International’s revered Secret Policeman’s Tour comes to Edinburgh.
Legendary singer-songwriter Donovan performs an acoustic set in this very special event showcasing the documentary film Donovan and The Beatles in India.
The creator of Freaks and Geeks and director of Bridesmaids brings his perspective on the global television and film landscape in this special one-off event.
Celebrating 32 years of the UK’s biggest and best comedy newcomer competition.
Who likes bears? Everyone likes bears! Well, not quite everyone.
Ahead of his nationwide tour, Josh returns to Edinburgh for a strictly limited run of work-in-progress shows.
Join us for a hedonistic hour of weird, funny and confusing entertainment direct from the seething capital of culture and queerness, Berlin.
Our world is getting colder – emotionally.
What would you think of if I told you this was a play about radicalisation? Who would you picture? What did they look like? Where were they from – here, or there?
In 2018, David Finnigan met with 30 scientists and asked each of them a question: ‘What’s the biggest change happening in the world today?’ What they told him was a fascinating mix…
Russell T Davies is the man behind classic and acclaimed TV series Doctor Who, Queer As Folk, Torchwood and Cucumber, among many others.
Join Luisa Omielan (What Would Beyonce Do?!, Am I Right Ladies?! and Politics For Bitches) as she tries out some stuff for an upcoming project.
Edinburgh-based promoter The Soundhouse Organisation presents Three Times Five, featuring Moishe’s Bagel, Kinnaris Quintet and John Goldie and the High Plains.
I’m Still Here is a triple bill of new dance works from female choreographers, featuring two solos and a duet curated and created by GBworks – an international movement collectiv…
Wait.
Award-winning writer and stand-up Katie Mulgrew used to be a card-carrying God botherer.
What happens when eccentricity meets electricity? What connects the invention of the lightbulb to the Berlin techno scene? Take a tour with Hypnotique (Britain’s third best there…
An immersive, interactive experience that takes you on a journey full of whimsy and wonder, brought to you by critically-acclaimed veterans of the Los Angeles immersive theatre sce…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Ever been called a bitch? Want to escape reality? Or simply want to have a motherf*cking good time? Welcome to the Bitch Ball.
You’re getting ready to go out but your depression has other ideas.
There are quite a few variations on the Romeo & Juliet theme at this year’s Fringe, but few have as many puns as AcadePitch Presents - Romeo and Juliet: An A Capella Tragedy.
This show celebrates aspiring singers as they take you on their singing journey and development, through the music of their idols.
London, 1946.
Our show tells the story of two women.
One of the best acoustic guitarists in the world right now, John Goldie, is joined by his brand-new backing band, the High Plains.
Soundhouse presents one of Scotland’s hottest new folk bands.
What is Caledonian Soul? Ross Wilson (AKA Blue Rose Code) will, with help from some very special guests, attempt to answer this question by offering his unique take on generations …
For one night only, the Chortle Award-winning ladies and gentlemen of Austentatious swap their bonnets and breeches to raise money for Waverley Care! Join them as they improvise a …
Problems are like whirlpools; they suck you in.
Million-copy bestseller Adam Kay returns to the Fringe for two nights only, sharing entries from his diaries as a junior doctor in this ‘electrifying’ (Guardian) evening of stand-u…
Joel (credits, credits, credits) is returning to Edinburgh with some new sweet ideas for you to potentially enjoy. ‘Hilarious…delightful tales’ (Scotsman).
Imagine Bandersnatch with less clothes, more STDs and an instagram filter over the screen.
Cora is at the festival to see her ex-boyfriend perform.
Freyja Westdal and Beth Heyward join the ranks of such excellent Fringe female musical comedy acts as Fascinating Aida, Flo & Joan, and EastEnd Cabaret with a smart, funny, che…
Award-winning comedian Cassidy has had a crazy year.
Come and hear a lunchtime recital with music written by strong women as well as arias about the power of women.
Brand-new show from the award-winning, five-star Glaswegian chanteuse.
Spoof of Enid Blyton’s famous adventure book series The Secret Seven.
Soundhouse favourites Moishe’s Bagel return with their thrillingly original, cutting-edge klezmer and folk music.
Dirty Harry captures the rapture of Blondie and has not only the original sound, feel, attitude, and full back catalogue of the band but a lookalike of Debbie to deliver the good s…
Jessie and Bebe Cave. Sisters. Working out a new show.
Funny, intimate, political, a bit livid, powerful, powerless and patient.
Victoria and Lucy have grown up dreaming of London from the tropical island of Puerto Rico.
If humanity was on trial, who would be its lawyer? Evaluation centres around a singular condition: held captive by the perfect machine, one human must defend their species and answ…
A well-loved family favourite.
Why would a poet have LinkedIn? And why does Ross’s say he’s ‘an ideas man’? When asked this in an interview, he panics, but somehow he gets the job.
Watson presents a show that’s no more than 50% ready for public consumption and hopes for the festival’s legendary supportive vibe to carry him through.
Dan Clark, star of BBC Three’s cult hit sitcom How Not To Live Your Life and host of the popular podcast Screen Talk, is dusting off his comedy cape* to perform stand-up for the fi…
‘The reigning queen of character comedy’ (Evening Standard), Alison Thea-Skot, returns to the Fringe for two nights with her five-star smash-hit show.
After playing to packed houses at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe with a return to his greatest triumph Whose Line Is It Anyway?, Tony Slattery is back with a no-holds-barred reflecti…
On a pale horse: in 1547, King Henry VIII is dead, and his court is reeling from the news.
Part I: fool me once.
Hi guys, Ed here.
The star of BBC2’s The Mash Report, Live at the Apollo, Mock the Week and his own BBC Radio 4 special returns to the Fringe.
When you lose a bet with a mate and have to get ‘The Toddfather’ tattooed on your leg you can either have it removed with a laser, or become.
Screening the best quick-fire sketches and shorts by the next big undiscovered talents.
‘Can we just say we’re completely pro sex’ – Pig.
Fabulous swing jazz band.
A brand new behind the scenes guide to the latest epic political dramas.
Samson and Mabel are the UKs youngest double act.
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.
How do you read? Drowning in never-ending email? Rapidly devouring whodunnits, then immediately forgetting them? Perhaps you are seduced by clickbait or read the news and get depre…
Two girls take on the world of app store dating.
What happens when we bring era-defining characters back to life? A thought-provoking avant-garde history-play, exploring the self through the epic, Paradise Lost.
Internationally renowned a cappella sensation Semi-Toned return to Edinburgh, following two consecutive sell-out runs at the Fringe.
Broccolini’s creation is a darkly raw absurdist comedy about Red Lady, a symbol and exploration of the female identity.
Join us in the stunning Brewhemia beer palace at 8.
House of Jack presents Rock What You Got, an event packed full of all-style two vs two battles featuring some of the best dancers from around the UK.
An evening with the man himself, Bez. Hear tales of the Hacienda, the rise and fall, then rise and fall again of The Happy Mondays, winning Celebrity Big Brother and more.
‘Bold, subversive and dominant’ (ObjectivelyFunny.
Sell-out event with a new line-up! On the outskirts of Edinburgh, hidden away at the end of a winding driveway, lies one of Edinburgh’s secret treasures – Lauriston Castle.
Staying sharp as you age is easy… just eat this super berry, do five simple things or play this game to beat dementia! But what if it’s not as simple as the hype suggests? If w…
Nowhere has Adam Smith’s Invisible Hand been harder at work than at the festival itself.
The hit stage show starring dinosaur aficionado Dr Ben Garrod.
Grief is a tricky business and can make you do irrational things.
In this special one-off event, Plastic Elvis will thrill you with an evening of full throttle charisma, unstoppable rock’n’roll and jaw-dropping excitement.
Edinburgh-born Italian crooner Philip Contini sings a selection of Cole Porter’s best-loved repertoire with anecdotes from the colourfully flamboyant life of one of the world’s gre…
Live comedy podcast about daddy issues, queerness, trauma and dinosaurs by comedian and (now) author Sofie Hagen and comedian and drag king Jodie Mitchell.
American violist Christine Rutledge returns to the Fringe with her new multimedia program combining music by Bach with newly commissioned works by poets from Detroit, Rutledge’s fi…
BAFTA Award-winning comedian Iain Stirling returns to the Fringe following a sell-out tour, with a load of new jokes, read off notes.
Discover how we are beating heart and circulatory diseases with a different interactive workshop every day where science meets art.
The circus has come to town, a circus that is quite unlike any other.
Performing Arts Studio Scotland: Dance at Edinburgh College present an eclectic mix of original choreographic work created by the staff, students and recent graduates of PASS Dance…
Sociologist-turned-detective Caleb Rutherford steps into a hall of mirrors exposing real people through their professions while thinking he has nothing to reveal about himself.
Queer, political theatre that tells a tale of feminist self-empowerment and delivers a powerful manifesto of self-realisation, erotic positivity and physical fulfilment.
On Sunday 4th August, a cast who have just met an hour beforehand will give a completely unrehearsed performance of As You Like It at a secret pop up location in south London!
The UK’s biggest and best comedy newcomer competition is back for its 32nd year at the Fringe! After months of regional heats, come see the funniest of the hundreds of applicants a…
Cinema Arts presents a rare screening of the last silent film ever made by Charlie Chaplin.
Following 2018’s sold-out run, Scottish virtuoso Andy Gunn’s back with his homage to the greats of electric blues guitar with a multimedia experience featuring projected films, nar…
An English lawyer, a German IT guy, and an Israeli TV writer throw away their life to entertain you.
Research has got to the point that researchers like Stephen Lawrie (University of Edinburgh) can predict who will get some major mental illnesses years before they develop.
An evening that ‘bubbles with wit and good humour’, celebrating the timeless Savoy operas of the Victorian masters, WS Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan.
Lubna explores her identity as a Scottish Pakistani muslim women living in a world dominated by fat, blonde, white men.
Mr Fibbers is back and funnier than ever with Back in Tune: a show packed with jokes, games and comedy songs that kids just love.
Award-winning spoken word artist Melanie Branton performs poetry and songs about her roots and plays the recorder (the ultimate punk instrument) badly.
Russell performs his work-in-progress show testing new material.
Have you ever wondered what your favourite fairy tale characters are up to off-duty? Well, there’s a good chance they’re just like you and me in the break room – simply tryin…
Dynamite! is the regular showcase of the University of Bristol’s improvised comedy society, Bristol Improv.
As part of celebrations all around the world in honour of International Scottish Gin Day, we’ll be having our own celebrations in the heart of Edinburgh.
Writer, theatre-maker and creator of cult Edinburgh hit John Peel’s Shed, John Osborne has a new storytelling show about music and dementia.
Bea’s vagina can narrate, DJ, and dance, but she can’t have sex.
Edinburgh’s leading independent music venue showcases the very best local talent with nightly danceable funk, blues and special jazz performances (including The Jazz Bar’s 17-piece…
The Welsh optimist returns to the festival – and this year, he’s been trying to escape.
In this 45-minute work-in-progress show Joseph attempts to separate the wheat from the chaff.
Stars of The Football Show on YahooSport, Jim and Dave perform a comedy show about the beautiful game.
From 2018 audience reviews: ‘He milked me.
Here Comes the Tide, There Goes the Girl is one of four plays presented by CalArts at venue 13 this year and is steeped in their tradition of producing original material that stret…
Legendary festival favourite, stand-up comedian, film and television star Omid Djalili returns for eight shows only.
Ruby is having her birthday party and all of Edinburgh is invited.
Magic.
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.
Following on from their success in London, Blazers Comedy brings you an outstanding mixed bill from a plethora of hot-to-trot, up-and-coming, award-winning stand-up comedians, seen…
Candy’s stories, musicality and legs will take you on a journey of her/his adventures through time.
Fresh from touring the UK and Australia, the feel-good comedy maestro.
Led by acclaimed vocalist Nicole Smit, Queens of the Blues presents a musical celebration of the women who have shaped blues and popular music as we know it, and have gone largely …
Get your tipping dollars out and leave your inhibitions at the door as you step into the Fringe’s shadiest nightspot.
Blind Mirth – St Andrews’ first, best and, incidentally, only improvised comedy troupe – are back for their eighth consecutive year at the Fringe, with their own particular b…
At age seven, Phil was sent to Dublin by his single mother, Philomena, to be raised by her parents so she could earn enough money to survive.
After a baffling 2018 run (The Wee Review Fringe Experience Award: ‘most memorable experience – be it good.
Are you an overthinker? Then this is the comedy show for you.
The Weegie boys are back again after two consecutive sellout runs at the fringe! They can’t wait to go mental in the capital with an even bigger and bamier show than the last! From…
Thom Bee and Andrew Marsh don’t know what to do now their 20s are over.
Madame Komondor Will See You Now is a wildly interactive solo comedy show that probes everything from excessive male masturbation to enhancing a woman’s pleasure.
Hailing from Scottish seaside town St Andrews is the award-winning a cappella group Bells.
Six actors.
The Strut Club Cabaret presents.
Max has just been sectioned and she doesn’t know why.
When you watch a show, you only see half the action.
William Mastrosimone’s one-act play, Bang, Bang, You’re Dead, is a powerful response to the wave of school killings that have erupted in recent times.
The Strut Club Cabaret presents.
Nights are dark and lonely at the end of the world.
If a tree falls in a forest, and no one gives a flying f**k, does it really fall at all?… Inspired by Ovid’s myth, ‘Daphne and Apollo’, this ecofeminist drama recasts Daphn…
Five storytellers open a treasure chest.
Direct from the Wild West, the infamous Gravel Road Show presents Oklahoma, USA!, a world-premiere cabaret featuring blood and thunder melodrama, heel-kickin’ musical theatre and…
From The Wind examines Scotland’s relationship with renewable energy.
Friday Night Sinner! is a one-woman, horror-comedy musical about a Jewish, sexually repressed, newly married maniac (stick to what you know).
The Strut Club Cabaret presents.
Edinburgh’s only dedicated comedy open mic and best kept comedy secret – Mirth Meltdown – comes to the Fringe and we are after hours! Come see the finest comedians of the Fring…
The McTaggart sisters Elsa Jean McTaggart and her youngest sister Miss Irenie Rose present a rare opportunity to hear these two highly acclaimed singers/songwriters/multi-instrumen…
When Shelly, recent grad and marketing whizz, is summoned to the secret headquarters of the world’s largest oil and gas company she thinks she’s hit the big time.
This funny show is for anyone who ever listens to dreadfully dull presentations, cringe-worthy wedding speeches or rambling nonsense from “experts” and thinks, ‘there must be a b…
Are you aware of the devastation that is possible by just one negative thought.
In 1698 Thomas d’Urfey published the smash-hit book of comic songs, Wit and Mirth.
Eleanor Conway's vagina has a name (Jenny), and this is important to know.
Returning for their ninth year, the award-winning Blueswater tell the stories and perform the songs of the artists that defined popular music around the world.
A changing line-up featuring the best winners and contestants from the biggest and best comedy newcomer competition in its 32nd year! A great night of the funniest from the Fringe,…
In the house on the corner of our street lived an old man.
Nathan Hurd: Colour Blind is a show not to miss.
This show explores the story of a girl’s life, her relationship with her environment and the notion that nature can act as a support system in the same way that family and friends …
Fresh from his recent roles in Channel 4’s comedy Ministry of Justice and numerous BBC Three Quickies, loveable Cockney geezer Lenny Sherman brings his barrel of laughs to the Edin…
Direct from great success in Australia, A Stand-Up for the Mystery Hour is a show like no other.
Darcie has been described as one of the most exciting new comedians on the circuit.
Featuring former West End singers and dancers, this combined tribute to two of the most iconic musicals of all time is simply electrifying! Have the time of your life watching Baby…
Pip Utton returns with last year’s smash hit.
You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown! 1946: Charlie Brown is born in the mind of his creator, Charles Schulz.
Not a show, but the undercoat, base coat or petticoat of what may one day be a show.
Six actors.
Tim, Harry and Ella have been sent on a mission – destroy a factory, send a message.
A Songwriters’ Circle returns to the Fringe in a slightly different format for 2019, presenting two of Scotland’s finest songwriters playing a one-off show as a duo.
After a swift rise to fame with her Nobel-nominated book Diary of a Drag Queen, DENIM’s Crystal is back.
A comedy show about definitely not wanting kids.
Suren Jayemanne (Aus) has made a splash on the Australian scene, with his debut TV stand-up special featured as part of ABC’s Comedy Next Gen series.
Nominated for Best Comedy at Fringe World 2016 and sold out all 23 Edinburgh shows in 2016-18.
As a teenager, Calum asked a famous comedian how to get into comedy.
A one-man variety mash-up of story, song and stupidity.
The Harry Potter parody show returns with a brand-new work-in-progress hour! Join us, four full-grown men, as we celebrate and recreate the absurd scenes of those magical movies.
Sketch You Up! bills itself as “Catherine Tate meets Little Britain”, and mostly manages to replicate the character-driven performances that made Tate, Walliams and Lucas house…
A ‘master of craze ceremony’ **** (Guardian).
Got a burning problem? Got an itching question? Time to visit the clinic.
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.
With his first solo show, stand-up comedian Lew Fitz (BBC New Comedy Award nominee 2018) covers a hilarious and often uncommon journey from his northern, working-class background a…
Last year Bruce spent an hour telling hilarious stories about how he looked into the abyss of middle age with the maturity of a teenager.
Shh! If you’re reading this, then you’ve been invited to Ladylikes Top Secret House Party! With all our friends getting engaged, promoted, pregnant and the odd OBE award, we fe…
John Hastings is back at the Fringe and has moved out of his regular haunt, the Pleasance Courtyard, to a more homely Monkey Barrel.
Hooray! ‘Bob is an Architect of the hilarious.
What happens when two circus performers are sent to prison? They come up with a new Fringe show of course.
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.
2019 eh? Why is politics? When is religion? Who is gender? Where is race? Confused? So is Sam.
With an all-new line-up and fresh material, the St Andrews Revue are back at the Fringe.
‘One of the best roasters in Los Angeles’ (Jeff Ross).
We all have to work.
Sunjai Arif can show you the world as he shares his memories of nostalgic pop culture all while attempting not to be sued by Disney.
Retired children’s TV pioneer Peter Fleming needs your help.
In 1961, Hannah’s mum, Angela, was in the Australian premiere production of The Sound of Music.
Critically acclaimed idiot Olaf Falafel is back once again like a renegade master.
A light-hearted musical trip through the big issues du jour: addiction, narcissism and compulsive snacking.
Uxbridge’s third hardest man: Mad Ron.
Join the longest running panellist on BBC Scotland’s Breaking the News as he runs through new material for his next tour.
If you have never smoked meth, worked in a sex dungeon, or eaten dog food, don’t worry, because Katharyn Henson did it so you didn’t have to! In her Fringe debut, New York City com…
**** (Advertiser).
Here Comes Your Man is a lovely hour of storytelling from a bright new talent Matt Hoss.
Join Jake for a work in progress of his new stand-up show.
Horror in all its forms from the brilliant, brutal mind of one of Scotland’s most talented comics.
Angelos is up in Edinburgh to do his stuff and to stand in front of people for about 13 days, maybe more if he can get time off at the stables.
A fully improvised show created using your favourite TV programmes.
‘I reiterate my request for a full refund and look forward to your theatre’s explanation [for] why you chose to market this show as suitable for 16-year-olds’ (Audience review).
Come join Russell for his early afternoon bonus hour.
Are we good people or just arseholes who are good at lying to ourselves? Ashley Haden once again looks to tackle our own privilege in an hour of, at times, uncomfortable and, at ti…
We are living through a renaissance of plays in verse, and if you need proof I can furnish few better than Fires Our Shoes Have Made by Fringe newcomers Pound of Flesh Theatre.
Vauxhall Comedy presents two of the brightest up-and-coming comedians on the UK circuit: Tom Elwes and Ali Woods (as heard on BBC Radio 4).
‘Edgy and very funny’ (Cheeky Monkey Comedy Club).
It’s 1981 and ska music pulses.
Anuvab Pal is trying to understand a thousand years of this bewildering British Isle through his Indian lens, deploying respectable tools he’s mastered like corruption, deceit and …
In 2017, Mark Watson – a man prone to considerable anxiety, with multiple phobias and a history of piss-poor self-esteem – was asked to go on Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls.
Nath Valvo can really get a room worked up.
Walking up the stairs of the Assembly Roxy is akin to creeping up the creaking steps of Frankenstein’s tower.
He was exhausted by life.
Drawing the line between the exaggerated and the tender is no easy feat.
British Comedy Award winner Nina Conti is boldly experimenting and discovering fresh ideas as she develops her next new show.
Tucked away in a corner of Pleasance Courtyard, Glenn Moore delights a packed crowd with an hour of non-stop puns and twisted humour.
All new material from prolific Canadian superstar.
Life is short.
Love, loss and creation merge in unexpected ways in this thrilling classic gothic tale conceived by Manual Cinema.
Kiri Pritchard-McLean (Have I Got News For You, The Russell Howard Hour) is working up a new show.
This brand-spanking-new hour by the 2018 Chortle Best Newcomer nominee finally answers the question no one is dying to have answered: ‘where is she from?!’.
Have you ever been on a Tinder date? Picture that in front of a live audience, where only one of the participants knows what’s going on.
Smart and funny observations on a new-found, middle-class lifestyle with ski holidays, through the prism of poor, immigrant, living-in-a-caravan roots.
Ben Pope is a ‘classy, stylish and accomplished’ (Chortle) comedian.
Existing is exhausting.
Forgiveness is a work-in-progress about the cycles of abuse that form and affect who we are; if and how we can escape them and move on.
With 25 years of experience at the Fringe, the Lisa Richards agency is excited to showcase some of our new and established talent.
Join this 'observational genius' (Guardian) for his 10th solo show! In 10 years he’s been married, divorced, happy, depressed and twice nominated for the…
Somehow Comedy Historian Robert Ross and Hi-De-Hi star Jeffrey Holland didn't meet until a Comedy Legends cruise in the autumn of 2018, but it was an instant connec…
Garrett Millerick is an acclaimed stand up comedian, writer and director.
Comedy Legend Tony Slattery reveals all in candid conversation with Comedy Historian Robert Ross In a preview of his Edinburgh Fringe appearance, a festival which also s…
Six actors, six parts and the roll of a die.
What does it take to be a man these days? After #MeToo, incel attacks and man buns, Eshaan Akbar explores masculinity and his relationship with men, women, and himself.
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…
Eleanor Tiernan is a stand up comedian, writer and actress known for her uniquely oblique world view.
After winning a place in BBC Writer’s Room Fast and Funny, Susan Riddell went on to write, create and star in several online comedy sketches for BBC Short Stuff wh…
Award-winning comedian Pierre Novellie comes to Great Yorkshire Fringe to try some new stuff out.
Best Newcomer Nominee Darren considers himself a good person.
Lucy is a hugely talented comedy actress and writer.
A mixture of best bits and new material for Paul's next touring show about the life-changing effect a couple of drinks can have.
Winner of the prestigious BBC New Comedy Award 2018 and the reigning Scottish Comedian of the Year, Stephen Buchanan brings his much anticipated debut hour to the Fringe…
A prequel, vivid unveiling, of the story of the Mad Hatter from the classic tale, Alice in Wonderland.
Once the most radical, now the only radical.
Grace Campbell is a comedian rapidly making a name for herself in the UK stand up scene.
Tamsyn Kelly grew up on an estate near Lands End, with a dangerous father, a disabled mother and a dream of one day moving to London to become a total bad-ass with enough money to …
The Queen's of Lovers Rock announce an exclusive London concert as part of the 2019 Innervisions Festival.
Hot on the heels of his Radio 4 success and sell out Edinburgh show, Alexei returns to the Museum of Comedy with new material.
Fjord- The Greatest Hit Fjord, the multi-platinum Norwegian pop duo, are back after a two year sabbatical.
After sell out shows at the Electric Ballroom, 229 and The British Library, the Innervisions Festival is Saluting the Black President himself, Fela Kuti, tonight with the Dele Sosi…
Iconic American funk and soul jazz saxophonist, Maceo Parker is best known for his work with James Brown in the 1960’s as well as George Clinton's&nbs…
Friday Night Sinner! is a one-woman, horror-comedy musical about a Jewish, sexually repressed, newly married maniac (stick to what you know).
Rare Groove Legends RAMP announce an exclusive European Concert.
Mavis Staples' recording career spans from the 1950s to the current day.
American rapper, singer-songwriter, poet, actor Saul Williams is coming to London to appear as part of the breath-taking Innervisions Festival line up between 3…
Join Andy Parsons (Mock The Week) one of Britain’s finest political comedians as he tries out material ahead of his new tour ‘Healing Th…
Aloe Blacc is best known for his UK No.
Emma Stroud (Psychologies Magazine Clown in Residence, Award winning performer and TEDx Speaker) returns with her new one woman show in preview before it tours in 2020.
Previewing his eagerly anticipated return to the Edinburgh Fringe in August, Comedy Legend Tony Slattery reveals all in conversation with comedy historian Robert Ross.
The subversive, satirical, darkly comic story of the Victorian Music Hall with a twist of Weimar Cabaret! A wickedly fun singalong show, ‘Now Here’s A Funny Story’ reveals Music…
New material shows from the Edinburgh Comedy Award, Rose D'Or and South Bank Arts award winner Bridget Christie.
Move over Cats - It's time for a mole! This joyous new musical adaptation of Sue Townsend‘s best-selling book The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾ -The Music…
As part of Nomad Festival @ Greenwich pop-up Rotunda Theatre.
Join Josh Widdicombe and Romesh Ranganathan as they road test their new material ahead of their tours.
Steve helped his single mum find her Prince Charming all while learning his times tables.
Tony Slattery is back in his natural habitat, joining forces with his improvisation partner, Allan Lear, for a brand new show of spontaneous laughter.
50 years on from the release of Rod’s first album, Some Guys Have All The Luck is back in theatres in 2019 with a brand new show, bringing to the stage a…
Multi-award-winning comedian Ian Smith (BBC Three’s ‘Sweat the Small Stuff’, Dave’s ‘The Magic Sponge’) returns to Brighton with a work in progress of his sixth solo show.
Sophie Duker is not a goddess.
Lubna Kerr is confused about her identity.
Becky Brunning: Funny Women Finalist, daredevil, Broadchurch actor, helmet owner, brings her new nigh-octane show to Brighton after her debut hour ‘Beaming’ stormed* Edinburgh Frin…
Still got an itching problem? For the third year running, join drag-ony aunt Gloria Hole and a panel of top comedians for another year of solving your pressing concerns.
The creator of (and team captain on) ‘Dara O’Briain’s Go 8 Bit’ bangs on about video games for an hour.
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…
Politics is boring.
Join Lulu in a (short) hour of stand up as she tries out ideas about spooning, Christmas films and how all human beings are fundamentally repulsive (yes, even you, sorry).
William Stone (BBC New Comedy Award Finalist 2018) is gathering moss, stuck somewhere between reality and dreams in the nineties.
Anna Banana can put words together that, if sung, would be so elegant, and, if rapped, would be lit! School has ruined poetry, so can she call herself a word-worker or a rhyming ri…
The self-declared siren of South Yorkshire presents a festive spectacular in what is undoubtably the best Christmas show you’ll see this summer.
Former Religious Studies teacher turned stand-up comedian Kevin Precious turns his hand to examining his former profession, and takes a sideways look at the teaching and schools mo…
The “reigning queen of New York’s live storytelling scene” (Jon Ronson) and host of US live show The Moth, Sara’s debut stand up hour garnered 5* reviews and earned her a nomin…
Come have the the time of your life, with the cult-dance musical of the 80’s. Our very own Steph will get you in the mood before the screening.
The name of the game is, Mamma Mia 2… Here we go again! Calling all Super Troupers, Dancing Queens and Fernados. Join us for the second instalment of the smash hit film.
Award-winning performances of Adolf, Bacon, Chaplin, Maggie and Churchill have taken Pip around the world.
Thump.
The third hour show from Robin Morgan (writer for BBC Two’s ‘The Mash Report’, BBC Radio 4’s ‘The News Quiz’, television warm-up for the Graham Norton Show and tour support for Ell…
Do you want to know how to solve your problems and become practically perfect in every way? Whenever you are in a stew, just ask “What would Julie Andrews do?” Eliza von Poppins …
Toucan: Have a Party.
Patrick Spicer delivers a work in progress of his first solo show to Brighton fringe.
After the success of his debut last year at the Brighton Fringe, Jake presents his highly-anticipated second show.
Star of BBC’s the Blame Game, Fighting Talk and The News Quiz, Neil Delamere presents this work-in-progress show.
“Stedman’s voice is sure to melt hearts.
TV comedy producer Izzy (Peep Show, Toast of London, Harry & Paul) has been pathologically tactful all her life.
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.
We all have to work.
Welcome inside the mind of endearing oddity Kallis Kyriacou.
There was once an industry joke that Sam Kydd was in every British film ever made.
Join Fiona Sagar and Vanessa Hammick for this double bill of new comedy: Fiona Sagar (Funny Women Best Show nominee 2016 and 2017, The Groundlings Comedy Theatre, LA) returns to …
Award-winning comedian, writer and co-creator of Comedy Central’s Modern Horror Stories, Daniel Audritt brings a work in progress of his debut hour, to the Brighton Fringe.
Everyone I mentioned this show to asked the same question: 'What’s a theremin?' I'd try and explain: 'it’s an instrument, the one you play by just waving your h…
‘Top Secret House Party!’ is the debut comedy hour from LADYLIKES, the hottest new sketch duo in town.
Brand new comedy ‘Motherhood’ is a hilarious exploration of life as a new parent.
Leslie Ewing-Burgesse did a show last year about being imaginary, and realised along the way that it was a massive manifestation of all her insecurities!! Hooray!! Now she’s trying…
Sketch comedy hat-trick ‘PÖJJ’ return to Brighton Fringe.
A work in progress show from Neil O’Rourke, Finalist of Irish Comedian of the Year, New Comedian of the Year, and So You Think You’re Funny.
A comedy show about definitely not wanting children.
Set in a dingy two-bed flat in London, ‘Have You Heard About Guy?’ is the story of Frank and George, two struggling actresses living in a pre-#MeToo world.
Fresh from his appearance on ‘Comedy Central at the Comedy Store’, Huge Davies is preparing for his first hour.
Ultimate babe and hotly-tipped new stand-up comedian, Helen Bauer, presents a work in progress show of her new thoughts, feelings and emotions on pretty much everything.
‘You’re Nicked You Slag!’ is an hour of comedy revelling in police corruption, celebrating dodginess, and basking in the simple joy of death and destruction.
Join Romesh Ranganathan as he road tests his new material ahead of his tour.
Influencer.
Thom Bee and Andrew Marsh don’t know what to do now their 20s are over.
Tom was unemployed for three years from the age of 18.
As heard on BBC Radio 4 Extra, Scottish stand-up comedian Sezar Alkassab brings his new work in progress show to Brighton Fringe.
Nick Elleray, “quality downbeat comedy” (Chortle), is known for his dry, bleak musings on the dark and squalid aspects of life.
Comedy actor Peter Butterworth is undoubtedly best-loved as an integral member of the Carry On team, appearing in sixteen of the film classics as well as an eighteen-mon…
This isn’t a show about death, oh no.
Cress wouldn’t wish her rented bedsit on anyone, narrowboats always looked so romantic and she’s ready for an off-grid adventure! Join her as she develops a stand-up comedy s…
Detective Miller needs your help! Set in 1950s Britain, in a world of shifting shadows and rising crime.
John Osborne is a writer known for his poetry and his popular Edinburgh show John Peel’s Shed.
Power Bungalow is a new show all about strength.
On 14 August 2018, Robyn Perkins ★★★★ (Voice Magazine) participated in a dating show in front of a live audience.
Come into the forest; dare to change your state of mind.
The follow-up to her debut Edinburgh show ‘Wisdomless’, multi award-winning comedian Maria Shehata expands on her transatlantic move for love and life after it fell apart.
Brand new hour of thoughtful and hilarious stand up from the celebrated comic.
An interactive (work in progress) experience in which the audience find themselves in the hands of three friendly faces of a horrific, demonic cult.
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.
At 15, Andrew and some friends had a race to see who could down their pint fastest.
An eclectic and exciting array of films playing throughout the festival.
Fast-rising Australian comedian and general smart-arse Brodi Snook takes a break from her career as a foot model (selling photos of her toes to foot perverts for cash) and having p…
Following its sell-out run at Wilton’s Music Hall in 2018, Paul Bunyan will receive its first revival at Alexandra Palace Theatre this May.
From South London, Barbadian citizen Sikisa presents her work-in-progress show about being a work in progress.
Amused Moose National New Comic finalist and So You Think You’re Funny? semi-finalist 2018 comes to Brighton.
Pit your wits against JB Fletcher at this interactive screening of the classic ‘Murder, She Wrote’ episode, ‘Birds of a Feather’.
‘a Bit Weird’ is the brand new show by Sallyann Fellowes.
More invention.
Winner of So You Think You’re Funny? 2017 and Amused Moose National New Comic 2018, Maisie Adam presents a work in progress of her second Edinburgh show.
A brand new hour of comedy from hilarious stand-up Adele Cliff.
Days of myths and fairy tales are gone.
Adam is loving being Employment Minister.
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.
In this workshop we will use the basic technique of puppetry and combine that with acting and dancing.
Pete Strong just wants to be happy.
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…
Have you ever witnessed a couple’s divorce? When these people are your parents, your life turns upside down, especially if you’re 8-years-old.
Chloe Petts brings her “inexhaustibly funny mind” (Diva Magazine) and “compelling presence” (Steve Bennett, Chortle) to her work in progress show ‘Alpha’.
Bobby works on Woolies’ record counter.
In the final part of Wired Theatre’s darkly comic trilogy, the ageing psychotherapist believes certain people want to destroy him.
In a galaxy far, far away.
As seen on BBC Three and heard on Radio Four, Faye Treacy is back with a new work in progress show.
A fun space to connect with music and dance! DJs playing vinyl only, hosted by Nin Warrior guesting local legends.
A presentation of visionary (ridiculous) ideas from an apocalyptic clown man.
Complete idiot Lucy Pearman will be trying out some new ideas.
Help Anna and Max satisfy the weird stipulations of their overzealous landlord to keep the party alive while ending the night with the best house party in Brighton! Fast-paced sket…
The audience are greeted with the glow of orange lights shining from various lamps around the room.
The Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee and self-proclaimed Taylor Swift of the London comedy scene, Olga Koch is back! This time she’s getting more intimate, more experimental and more…
The acclaimed and award-winning comedy duo returns to Brighton with new material for their highly anticipated second show.
British Comedy Guide Recommended Show 2018 In this affectionate tribute to one of Britain’s best-loved comedy stars, leading impressionist Julian Dutton (BBC1&rsqu…
Award-nominated stand-up Jim Campbell descends from a murderous Scottish clan and has inherited their rage.
This Anglo-Arab mum (‘So You Think You’re Funny’ finalist and published author; ‘Don’t Panic, I’m Islamic’) is raging at the endless feedback on what her identity should really…
A brand spanking new hour from 2018 Chortle Best Newcomer nominee, Micky Overman.
We are calling all fellow reprobates, sinners and free love enthusiasts to join us for a night of ceremonial debauchery as we launch the Spiegeltent season! The year is 2030 and p…
Switch on your phones and switch off your brains as Luke Rollason puts his mind on a spin cycle for your instant gratification.
Gethin Alderman loves Limes.
British Comedy Guide Recommended Show 2018 In this affectionate tribute to one of Britain’s best-loved comedy stars, leading impressionist Julian Dutton (BBC1&rsqu…
An interactive tap dance and workout workshop, fun for all ages and levels.
We have over 80 professional comedy acts who applied to Artista Cafe & Gallery.
Was Thanyia Moore bullied? Or was she the bully? Join the Funny Women Award Winner 2018 as she seeks to find the answer in this hilarious account of her childhood.
A work in progress show from one of the UK comedy circuits most promising up-and-coming comedians.
Frenetically comic dystopian drama.
Following a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2018, and off the back of a countrywide tour, musical comedy duo and sisters Flo & Joan are here to try an…
Following a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2018, and off the back of a countrywide tour, musical comedy duo and sisters Flo & Joan are here to try an…
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.
Ebdon Management presents a tremendous selection of up and coming talent for your delectation.
Addressing the loss, development, and discovery of one’s identity through an ongoing and ever changing life-long relationship, ‘Like You Hate Me’ is a deeply honest reflectio…
Tickets: £13.
50 years on from the release of Rod’s first album, Some Guys Have All The Luck – The Rod Stewart Story is back in theatres in 2019 with a bran…
Duration: Approx 2hrs 40mins Hand-picked by Adele herself on Graham Norton’s BBC ADELE Special, the outstanding Katie Markham has the show-stopping voice and capti…
Come and see the comedy powerhouse Paul Chowdhry - star of Taskmaster, Live at The Apollo and Wembley Arena Sell Out.
Come and see the stand-up comedy powerhouse & star of Taskmaster and Live at The Apollo.
Flo & Joan Musical comedy sisters Flo & Joan present a brand new half hour of dark, witty songs.
What if you were black, gay and a woman in America right now? Jess and Meredith are a married, interracial, gay couple living in New York in 2017 – the era of Trump – weatheri…
Director: Marielle Heller Cast: Melissa McCarthy, Richard E.
Director: Marielle Heller Cast: Melissa McCarthy, Richard E.
Three explosive new shows by three exciting new companies, all wrapped into one evening for your entertainment! A Sticky Season explores sticky queer histories through a languag…
Hot on the heels of his Radio 4 success and sell out Edinburgh show, Alexei returns to the Museum of Comedy with new material.
Join Mark Thomas for one night only in the Museum of Stolen Things, the first ever pop museum of the nicked.
£70 incl.
Degenerate Fox Theatre’s first weekend of shows in celebration and interrogation of all things femme and female to mark International Womxn‘s Day 2019! A collection of thi…
Join Seann Walsh at the Museum of Comedy as he runs through material.
Kerry Godliman & Jen Brister: Work In Progress Join Kerry Godliman and Jen Brister as they try out new material
Politics is boring.
Thursday 7th March, 8pmFriday 8th March, 8pmTickets: £10Duration: 2hrs including an intervalSuitable for: ages 11+Other: This show takes place …
Tickets:£15, £13 concessions on Tuesday night£17, £15 concessions on Wednesday night£18, £16 concessions on Thursday night &…
Next Thing You Know is a musical about four New Yorkers waking up from their invincible twenties and confronting adulthood in the city that never sleeps.
ELIO PACE Presents ELVIS PRESLEY On August 16th, 2017, commemorating the 40th anniversary of the death of…
ANGER IS AN ENERGY! Old punk rocker Annie and young African Dub Dave strike up an unlikely friendship in this tale of marginalisation, alienation and regeneration.
Rob Auton Award winning stand-up comedian and poet Rob Auton (Dave’s Funniest Joke Of The Fringe award winner, Glastonbury’s ‘Poet In Residence’)…
Musical comedy sisters Flo & Joan present a brand new half hour of dark, witty songs.
Paul McCaffrey has recently appeared on major UK tours with two of Britain’s foremost stand ups, Sean Lock and Kevin Bridges – playing to more than half…
JESSICAIt's hard to get out Dancing QueenI'll choose happiness every damn time JESSICA - WENDY ALICE ROSE CO.
A brand new show from 'The Outright King of Live Comedy’ - The Times.
Grand Final on Monday 25th February, 7.
An Evaluation Of Brian What does it mean to be good? Smile C**t, You're Not Dead YetDeath, Cancer, Existential Dread and Laughs An Evaluation Of Brian - Giant'…
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Phil Wang has a new stand-up show to write.
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Shortlisted Showcase on Tuesday 19th February, 7.
Phil Wang has a new stand-up show to write.
Join Ralph and Vanellope in their newest buddy-comedy adventure, and explore the worldwide web in a whole new way.
In Disney’s “Mary Poppins Returns,” an all new original musical and sequel, Mary Poppins is back to help the next generation of the Banks family find t…
HERE WE ARE NOW A Post-Minimalist Opus WireCan we think ourselves into different people? HERE WE ARE NOW - Paul GilgunnAlbum launch and debut performances of a bold and …
All Clara (Mackenzie Foy) wants is a key – a one-of-a-kind key that will unlock a box that holds a priceless gift.
Jo Burke is feeling a little peculiar.
ManologueA one-woman show about masculinity Have You Seen This Girl?One Small Town.
Richard E Grant and Melissa McCarthy have both received Academy, BAFTA and Golden Globe Award nominations for their roles In Can You Ever Forgive Me?.
WHERE ARE YOU FROM?Only a native in night-dreams Scream With UsWhen talking's not enough WHERE ARE YOU FROM? - Choy-Ping Clarke-Ng"Where are you from?&q…
Unhook your mindbras.
The award-winning comedy duo return to Etcetera Theatre with some brand spanking new material.
Christopher Robin is all grown up and all out of imagination.
After six UK #1 singles, five UK #1 albums and 25 years together, the iconic Boyzone will release their final album ‘Thank You & Goodnight’ on November 16th.
Critically acclaimed companies Feral Foxy Ladies & Kaleido Film Collective (★★★★ ‘totally engaging’ - A Younger Theatre) return to VAULT after a sell-out run of Balancing A…
From the creators of the Academy Award®-nominated Ernest & Celestine comes another hilarious, heartwarming tale of animal misfits.
The Strictly Come Dancing UK Arena Tour is waltzing back on the road from January 2019 for 29 supersized sequin-filled shows across the country.
The Strictly Come Dancing UK Arena Tour is waltzing back on the road from January 2019 for 29 supersized sequin-filled shows across the country.
It was only towards the very end of last year that it was announced – or rather whispered, hidden away as it was somewhere in the list of actors always included in the National T…
Tickets: £13.
The BBC Radio 4 Sketchtopia host, Celebrity Big Brother star and Question Time & This Week regular, takes the follow up to his acclaimed 2017 hit on the road mixing his trademark �…
Ever since college-bound Mike Wazowski (voice of Billy Crystal) was a little monster, he has dreamed of becoming a Scarer—and he knows better than anyone that the …
A musical romp through Victorian London, starring repressed stiff Dr Jekyll (Laurence Owen) and fun-loving good-time psycho Mr Hyde (Lindsay Sharman).
A musical romp through Victorian London, starring repressed stiff Dr Jekyll (Laurence Owen) and fun-loving good-time psycho Mr Hyde (Lindsay Sharman).
Critically acclaimed, award-winning and unbelievably humble comedy double-act, Revan and Fennell, return to the Museum of Comedy with an hour of brand spanking new mater…
From the man who pranked Theresa May, Donald Trump, Sepp Blatter, Kanye West and many more of the world’s biggest knobs; acclaimed character comedian Simon Brodkin…
Peter Rabbit, the mischievous and adventurous hero who has captivated generations of readers, now takes on the starring role of his own irreverent, contemporary comedy w…
Booming surrealist storytelling comedian Will Seaward (“part Brian Blessed, part Oscar Wilde” - the Telegraph, “genuinely, terrifyingly chari…
Jo Burke is feeling a little peculiar.
Jo Burke is feeling a little peculiar.
♫On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me, some dodgy meat off the back of a lorr-ry♫ The nation’s favourite publican, Al Murray – The …
Glenn Moore is a critically-acclaimed and prolific stand-up, writer, and sketch comedian.
Desiree Burch, BBC comedy star of QI, The Mash Report, Live at The Apollo and upcoming Netflix show Flinch, performs in Best Of The Dirty Thirty thisDecember; an ever-changing atte…
A musical tackling life’s big questions with inimitable humour and humanity.
Christmas is a time for joy and happiness, but there is a sinister secret wrapped in the stories we tell.
Alan Carr: Work In Progress (plus support)
“Mother Goose Presents….
Critically acclaimed idiot Olaf Falafel presents his award winning Edinburgh show.
Critically acclaimed, award-winning and unbelievably humble comedy double-act, Revan and Fennell, return to the Museum of Comedy with an hour of brand spanking new mater…
Join us to celebrate the NHS turning 70 years of age all in aid of Young Minds charity.
Rob Beckett: Work In Progress
Guy and Sam.
The ‘Outright King of Live Comedy’ (The Times) Jason Byrne is back at the Leicester Square Theatre for more comedy chaos.
Simon Trewin has spent the last twenty-five years as a literary agent working with some of the biggest names in the world and helping launch the careers of countless deb…
Russell Kane: Work In Progress
You Are Here! is an exciting new-type of family show that combines live performance with the immersive 360o full-dome planetarium experience.
Every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday of the festival, we’ll be screening classic (and some more obscure!) horror movies, with each main feature preceded by a brand new short horr…
A young couple are viewing a flat and bicker about whether it’s right for them or not.
To Have To Shoot Irishmen opens the Irish Theatre Season at the Omnibus Theatre, Clapham.
Frank Skinner presents an hour of work in progress material for one week only!
Michael McIntyre WIP
Award-winning comedian Adam Kay shares entries from his diaries as a junior doctor in this ‘electrifying’ (Guardian) evening of stand-up comedy.
West End Magic presents: A series of one man monthly magic shows for all the family, featuring some of the best magicians including top members of the Magic Circle.
Ricky Gervais WIP
From the professional pissheads behind the international hit show Shit-faced Shakespeare comes an all new cockney knees-up musical extravaganza.
Ricky Gervais WIP Please be aware, the show starts at 6.30pm and latecomers will not be admitted.
Club Cumming began in Alan’s Studio 54 dressing room after performances of Cabaret on Broadway in 2015, where pals like Sting, Gareth Pugh and Monica Lewinsky would come backst…
British jazz diva Jacqui Dankworth and American vocalist/pianist Charlie Wood get together for a husband and wife duet concert celebrating some of the great musical partnerships of…
Following the success of the Total Theatre Award-winning Palmyra and Eurohouse, Bert and Nasi present an exclusive work-in-progress showing of their latest piece.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
At Secret Cinema, we take the essence of the film and build a living, breathing world that you can be a part of.
At Secret Cinema, we take the essence of the film and build a living, breathing world that you can be a part of.
Queer NYC comedian Zach Zimmerman (The Second City, The New Yorker) attacks conservative Christian parents, contemporary gay culture, and hunts for a husband in this provocative an…
The Guilty Feminist joins forces with Amnesty International UK to bring The Secret Policeman back to life for 2018! Following the magnificent Secret Policeman’s tradition of presen…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Celebrating 31 years of the UK’s biggest and best comedy newcomer competition.
Bercerus the Blind Dog introduces Cerberus’ blind twin, and includes Greek legends galore.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Composer James Glasgow (Secondhand Dance Company, Edinburgh Fringe Critic’s Choice winner) performs new music composed for the award-winning poems of Mario Moroni as Moroni recit…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Bessy Bass Ltd and Jo May have joined forces to bring you Mad Hatter Mayhem! A brand-new spoon-playing workshop inspired by Alice in Wonderland.
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…
Fronted by Scottish guitar virtuoso Andy Gunn, From T-Bone to Trucks will take you on a journey through the decades, showcasing the most loved and respected exponents of the blues.
Do you want to reveal yourself to the world? Does your data show more than you think? To whom? We think our personal information is private.
Nick and Mia: two young struggling writers trying to make ends meet who are at the end of their rope, seemingly without a shot in hell of making something for themselves.
Join us for the second year of the new comedy competition celebrating all things sketch! The organiser’s behind the UK’s biggest comedy newcomer competition are on the hunt for the…
Want some comedy with your coffee? Start the day with stand-up comic, radio host and oddball Rhodders, for an hour of Mirth in the Morning.
Things Live! A variety cabaret of Dragtime’s most unusual and magical drag performances yet.
I’d had a conversation with Dan about ecstasy.
For one night only, the award-winning cast of Austentatious swap their bonnets and breeches in aid of Waverley Care.
Nutty Noah, recently crowned UK Family Entertainer of the Year 2018, invites you to join him in poking his tongue out at death and stamping on the foot of St Peter.
Consort of Voices return to the historic Canongate Kirk in what will be our tenth year of Fringe performances.
Scott Mitchell lives in Singapore.
Becky Brunning: Actor, comedian, daredevil, helmet owner, stunt-doer, brings her new nigh-octane show to boldly tackle the big issues: should she have children? Is equality the re…
And we can learn from them.
JazzMain honours the true pioneers of 50s and 60s American West Coast jazz, when The Blue Note record label was home to iconic talent such as Horace Silver and Dexter Gordon blazin…
COMMON: GROUND is an initiative developed by COMMON, an arts organisation who exist to support the UK theatre industry in achieving greater socio-economic diversity, delivered with…
I’m not sure how to explain The Fun Club Presents… Three performers – Sara Page, Franny Anne Rafferty and Alistair McPhail – in a room, all in animal face-paint, talk obliq…
Comedy legend Tony Slattery reveals all in conversation with comedy-historian Robert Ross.
An Irish stand-up comedy compilation show featuring some of the best comedians from around the festival, for free.
Back for five nights only.
Barbara Brownskirt, the prolific poet-in-residence at 197 bus stop, Penge, semi-welcomes you to her thought-provoking and unsettling knee-length poetry comedy show.
Audible hosts two weeks of completely free live comedy shows, showcasing the finest acts the festival has to offer, all being recorded for audio series Audible Presents.
What is Caledonian Soul? Ross Wilson (aka Blue Rose Code) will attempt to answer this question with the help of a 14-piece band and some well-known musical friends.
Last year, Mark Watson – a man prone to considerable anxiety, with multiple phobias and a history of piss-poor self-esteem – was asked to go on Celebrity Island with Bear Gryll…
Secret Mountain is a children’s educational show, not suitable for children.
Girl meets boy.
Whether you’re after a relaxing lager or fancy a reminiscent Babycham, The White Oak is the pub for you.
MAD is a new black comedy from Cam Scriven and Daniel Bainbridge.
Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the rest of the Peanuts gang navigate the joys and pitfalls of childhood. Humorous, full of fun and fabulous musical numbers.
Phoenix Arts Club Cabaret Award Finalist Diva Regina presents her first solo cabaret show at Camden Fringe.
Citadel Arts Group present Dancing with Mrs Murphy, an edgy new play by Vincent Maguire, directed by Mark Kydd.
Join the (dis)Order of Improvised Comedy in their quest to wondrous realms of hilarity.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Comedian Michael Malone (Comedy Central, FOX, Hulu) breaks down the idiotic ways we deal with life, death, love and sex in his new unforgettable and moving show, I Love You.
‘The more I drink in real life, the more my babies are taken away by social services in my Sims life.
What is your idea of love? There’s a very blurred line between a protective, loving relationship and one that’s abusive.
St Marylebone Theatre Company explore the experiences of women in the 20th and 21st century, asking where have we come from and who do we want to be?
In a different show every day the audience has the chance to seize back control of Rock’n’Roll Politics as broadcaster and author Steve Richards conducts a tour of the latest seism…
‘Zoe.
House of Jack presents Rock What You Got, an event packed full of hip hop and breakin’ two v two battles featuring some of the best dancers from around the UK.
Every singer and member of our Blueswater Presents family, featuring 20 musicians, will be playing in a raucous showcase that presents the best blues music the Fringe has to offer.
Kevin Rowland – Style icon and leader of the band Dexys (formerly Dexy’s Midnight Runners) is renowned for his vast wealth of musical knowledge and a highly charged eclecticism, …
It’s her singing and their playing that helps to bring it alive for audiences.
Are you having a bad month? Us too.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Kerry Godliman is back in Edinburgh to try out material she’s never said out loud before.
Logan’s Close are an Edinburgh based four-piece, performing original music with strong influence from 60s rhythm and blues.
Start to End return with a live band interpretation of John Martyn’s classic fourth solo studio album Solid Air, following a sold-out appearance at Celtic Connections 2018.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Philip Contini sings Cole Porter’s most famous, best-loved songs with anecdotes from the colourfully flamboyant life of one of the world’s greatest songwriters and lyricists.
Is anyone truly monolingual anymore? Knowing dialects, learning languages at school, and hearing migrant speakers make everybody bilingual to some extent.
And So I Watch You from Afar released The Endless Shimmering on the 20 October 2017 on Los Angeles based record label Sargent House, home of fellow noiseniks Deafheaven, Chelsea Wo…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Bala Baile is an Edinburgh-based Latin trio.
From the team behind the hugely successful Bongo Club Cabaret and the UK’s premier free variety night franchise, comes this epic family-friendly variety show, a generation in the m…
On the outskirts of Edinburgh, hidden away at the end of a winding driveway, lies one of Edinburgh’s secret treasures – Lauriston Castle.
Isn’t the expression ‘having a senior moment’ awful? Yet people often think of changes in their mental skills with age in terms of decline.
Your supermarket knows when you’re pregnant; Google knows what medical conditions you have; Facebook could help your doctor diagnose you.
Theatre On The Edge requests the honour of your presence at the wedding reception of Robert and Issy.
The Blueswater is an award-winning Edinburgh band.
The UK’s biggest and best comedy newcomer competition is back for its 31st year at the Fringe! After months of regional heats, come see the funniest of the hundreds of applicants a…
Fringe hit! A different daily bill of global stand-up comedy stars.
Bills, dating, raising children – life is challenging enough! Who wants to think about potential future health issues and care needs with more immediate matters to consider? Unfo…
Inspired by the true story of Dr Horror: a 2008 case against a man from Brampton, Canada guilty of organ theft.
Three of the Oxford Revue’s best and brightest present a free hour of stand-up and musical comedy.
There’s a better universe next door. Let’s go! Award-winning Fringe veteran brings all the feels. ‘An incantatory state of near-constant laughter’ **** (List).
If some of what you are about to read sounds completely bonkers then you are well on the way to an appreciation of You Are Frogs.
In a fantastical world where weather is rigidly controlled by the Shipping Forecast, an individual weather pattern dares to question their assigned role.
Past secrets remain hidden, not by the sinister or well-meant, but from fear.
Dirty Harry captures the rapture of Blondie and has not only the original sound, feel, attitude, and full back catalogue of the band but a lookalike of Debbie.
It’s Story Slam time! Bristol Improv’s brand new show uses your ideas and experiences as the basis for its improvised stories.
Smitten are a minimalist, smoky, pop three-piece.
Wip It! A split hour of stand-up, storytelling, characters, raps and musical comedy.
Irish comedian Keith Fox returns to Edinburgh with another solo stand-up show.
Take a chance on a real free Fringe experience.
Did you always sit at the back in class? Were you bored? Or maybe you were one of the lucky ones who was engaged and inspired by a teacher? Many people have memories and strong vie…
What do you do when you have a best mate who’s so sad he might die? Especially since your friendship is built around a mutual appreciation of 90s hip hop, borderline alcoholism and…
New(ish) for 2018! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
The nation has never been healthier.
Following her five-star smash-hit It’s Thea-Skot in Here (So Take Off All Your Clothes), Alison Thea-Skot brings you a sizzling explosion of chaotic character comedy.
Poet and raconteur Tina Sederholm has long been an adult, but still feels like a problem child.
Rachel and Peter are 17; they’ve been together for six months.
Neverwant: the algorithm of life.
Single Comedians trying to impress you. Part dating show, part cabaret. All acts are single and wanting to meet you! Remember – what happens in Edinburgh, stays in Edinburgh…
Misha Rachlevsky and Russia’s finest string players engage, educate and entertain youngsters of all ages in a musical journey full of fun, interaction and surprises.
Led by acclaimed vocalist Nicole Smit, Queens of the Blues presents a musical celebration of the women who have shaped blues and popular music as we know it, and have gone largely …
Fresh from touring UK and Australia, the maestro of feel-good comedy.
Got a burning problem? Got an itching question? Time to visit the clinic.
After exploding all over last year’s Fringe, the doyenne of erotic fiction, Pamela DeMenthe, returns with her seminal scorcher, Sticky Digits: an interactive masterclass in salacio…
Barry promised he would "share [his] soul with you" at the start of the show, and golly, he really does.
I’ve got a lot of love for YESYESNONO.
Being in love is.
2023.
It’s 2005 and somehow Liverpool are back in the European Cup Final.
‘I used to think love was about not knowing where I end and you begin.
Sometimes life is just a toss of a coin.
Feeling pressured by his success last year with The Elvis Dead, Rob Kemp returns with ten(!) shows stuck to a spinning wheel.
Musical farce based on the hit 1988 film.
Explore Edinburgh Sherlock style! A succession of clues and puzzles will lead you to find the truth about Sherlock Holmes and his connection to the city of Edinburgh.
‘There’s two kinds of blues, happy blues and then sad blues.
Four friends decide to ignore the warnings about their local woods and meddle with seemingly demonic forces in the hope to create a film about a local urban legend.
Typecasting and a theatre career drove our heroine to insanity.
Six actors.
Come on then! (To my show.
When Edinburgh’s famous One O’Clock Gun goes missing the city is outraged.
November 22nd 1963.
Blind Mirth are St Andrews’ first, best and only improvised comedy troupe.
Life is full of accidents, mishaps, frustrations and disappointments.
Bare Productions are a new, fresh Edinburgh-based company comprising of some of the best local talent who have all performed in multiple five-star sell-out shows at the Fringe.
Join Edinburgh bluesman and lead singer of The Black Diamond Express, Toby Mottershead, on a solo musical exploration of blues, showing how early guitarists inspired each other.
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.
One hundred years of blues, 60 minutes to play it.
Come laugh, marvel and cry at the best bits, from the best comedian, you’ve never heard of.
Enjoy al fresco Shakespeare in the C south gardens.
Fringe legend and ‘outright king of live comedy’ (Times), Jason Byrne, is opening the doors again for more comedy chaos.
Poets spend their lives writing about it, everyone thinks about it, but when love is between two men some people turn a blind eye.
The whole world is on edge.
Some people plan their murders meticulously.
See this award-nominated (best comedy Buxton Fringe 2017) Australian (now lives in Bedfordshire…gutted) who played to full houses throughout Fringe 2017.
FunnyHappyStuff.
Two lovers.
The award-winning sketch duo is back to bring their trademark high-energy nonsense to a variety of news topics.
An anarchic, unprecedented and hilarious insight into the life of a stripper in London’s fast-changing cityscape.
Alison Skilbeck tells the linked tales of four women with only a postcode in common.
Double Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee and host of The Mash Report trials new material for a national tour.
Richard Brown is too angry to kill himself.
To make James Veitch better for you, he brings regular updates to improve speed and reliability.
There is something very reminiscent of Bill Murray in Matt Duwell: the optimistic sarcasm is the overlying note in his voice; he produces easy crowd-pleasing material, imbued with …
Currently residing in New York City, the Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer returns to the Fringe to build material.
Glenn Moore from Mock the Week and Absolute Radio presents a new show full of the distinctive jokes and offbeat gags we’ve come to accept.
‘Unbeatable comedic timing’ ***** (DurhamStudentTheatre.
Adorably awkward with a twist of gay, Los Angeles-based comedian Justin Matson has been kicked off of three rollercoasters for being too fat.
In an affectionate tribute, leading impressionist Julian Dutton of BBC One’s The Big Impression brings to life one of Britain’s best-loved comedy stars.
Workers of the world: please stop! Jack Evans, lizard prince of Manchester’s alternative circuit, presents a punchy, out-there hour about work: its history, its present and a futur…
Something’s up with Lewis Schaffer.
Bringing his first solo show to the Fringe with a combination of storytelling, songs and surreal improvisations, Andrew Sim intends to liberate you from overthinking and explore th…
Leaving the theatre with no idea what you have just seen but having enjoyed it immensely is perhaps an appropriate response to a production of Antonin Artaud’s To Have Done With …
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…
Nigel Ng is from Malaysia.
Thanksgiving with your family in the most eye-popping of places.
Four years ago Samantha lost everything, including her marbles.
Nominated for Best Comedy at Fringe World 2016 and sold out all 23 Edinburgh shows in 2016 and 2017.
Circus Sonas presents: Dirty Tattooed Circus Bastards. Cirque Du Soleil meets Motorhead. A circus show for adults. This show is probably not for you..
Millennial anxieties are unpacked and explored in devised comedy I’ll Have What She’s Having.
Based on the best-selling series of books by Laura Numeroff, this fast-paced, comedic adaptation embraces the joys of parenting – as told through the eyes of a child and a surpri…
She’s a myriad of paradoxes.
A beatboxing and storytelling comedy show.
The St Andrews Revue are back for their eighth Edinburgh Fringe! This year they’re on the run from the law, and their ‘extremely funny’ (BroadwayBaby.
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.
Which comic belongs in your bubble? Send your suggestions through our app: comedy gold or utter crap? Three top comedians compete to impress with tailor-made jokes based on the dem…
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…
As the lights go down, the audience are met with a film playing on a screen, with a voiceover asking various people of diverse identities what utopia means to them.
Humans are storytellers.
What happens to the women that men can’t write? In this showcase of strong female characters, a group of Cambridge’s finest lady and non-binary comics will endeavour to find out.
It has often been said that Myra DuBois is an act way ahead of her time.
The only winner of the Best Show and Best Newcomer Edinburgh Comedy Awards returns for an encore of his 2017 critically acclaimed hit.
Told through spoken word and within timed boxing rounds, Until You Hear That Bell is a story about ten years of amateur boxing and a changing relationship between father and son.
As a character actor, Pip Utton is renowned for his depictions of world-famous figures, ranging from Margaret Thatcher to Charles Dickens and everything in between.
A Work in Progress is just that, a work in progress.
Does a story even exist if it’s not on Instagram? Tamsyn Kelly is a hilarious, fresh, new voice.
Christmas is a time for joy and happiness, but there’s a sinister secret wrapped in the stories we tell.
What do I need to do to make you like me? Just tell me so we can all just relax.
If silent Hollywood star Buster Keaton is remembered for anything, it's his emotionless, mask-like expression; so the initial shock here is that this Buster speaks and smiles.
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.
The hit show of 2016 and 2017 returns! The ultimate comedy panel show that boldly goes to a galaxy far far away.
Award-winning comedian Rob Carter’s cult-hit creation, Christopher Bliss, is back.
The final resting place of the work and artefacts of Scotland’s most creative writers: Robert Burns, Walter Scott and Robert Louis Stevenson.
Unhook your mindbras.
Russell Howard returns to Edinburgh for two weeks only. New ideas, New routines, Anything could happen! It’s gonna be great, and it’s only a fiver. Who’s in?
Edinburgh Best Newcomer nominee, Chris Washington debuts his brand-new show about the best year of his life! Including receiving the prestigious 10 years service tie pin from Royal…
Fresh from his appearance on Conan, Ismo returns to the Leicester Square Theatre to try out material ahead of his Edinburgh Fringe Show.
Inspired by our sister production of Phil Porter's Blink, Squabbling House Theatre are delighted to present the company’s first collection of new writing shor…
Brought together by a voyeuristic relationship that teeters on the verge of stalking, introverted Sophie and eccentric Esther relive the story of how they met.
York’s answer to the Moulin Rouge! After sell out performances at previous Great Yorkshire Fringe festivals, Coquette will be celebrating our 10th birthday with a brand new…
Rob Deering is back with his most tenacious tunes yet.
Comedy Legend Tony Slattery reveals all in candid conversation with Comedy Historian Robert Ross.
Celebrating collaboration, a sensational vintage night of swing music and dance - Rinkadon Jukeboy and his Blind Tiger Dance Band, the hottest sounds this side of the Pe…
Any Elvis Presley fan will tell you that August 16th, back in 1977, was the day the ‘King of Rock and Roll’ died at only 42 years of age.
The Welsh singing legend, who is known for hits such as Delilah and What New Pussycat is.
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.
Abigoliah was born in the mid-west and has a conservative southern family.
Comedy Legend Tony Slattery reveals all in candid conversation with Comedy Historian Robert RossAfter playing to packed Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2017 houses with a retu…
Prize-winning author Karen McLeod’s solo show returns to the RVT.
Following on from her successful ‘Ella’ tour, Annette will captivate you with The Ladies Of Jazz.
Catherine Bohart is the bisexual, OCD daughter of a Catholic Deacon and she’s got a hell of a lot to say about it.
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.
Ian Smith (BBC3's Sweat the Small Stuff) is a multi-award winning comedian, fuelled by 35p energy drinks.
Jess and Meredith are a married, interracial, gay couple living in New York in 2017 – the era of Trump – weathering a new wave of intolerance, discrimination and oppression, wh…
Magicked! – Everyone loves Harry Potter, and in tribute to the world’s favourite pubescent wizard, this summer, tonight’s show assumes the form of an improvised tribute to Ha…
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.
In the mythical Forest of Arden, a world of transformation where anything is possible and anything permissible, two young people discover what it really means to be in love.
Standup and improv comedy unite in one explosively funny night! Join us as a group of experienced improvisers weave a (dramatic! funny! exciting!) story in three acts based on the …
Join storyteller Cathianne Hall and actor Jowanna Rose in a double bill as they journey from the opening titles of a 1960’s girl-about-town sitcom to the party from Hell, explori…
West End Magic presents: A series of one man monthly magic shows for all the family, featuring some of the best magicians including top members of the Magic Circle.
Fringe legend and 'Outright King of Live Comedy' (The Times) Jason Byrne is opening the doors again for more comedy chaos.
Nick Dixon arrives fresh from working with Will Smith on his new movie, performing his standup on Comedy Central, and supporting Europe’s biggest comedian at the S…
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.
“I went to a funeral the other day.
The Nursery Presents a night of improvised theatre in conjunction with The City of London’s Women: Work And Power programme!We’re excited to present The Maydays Laydays (AKA th…
Jake Hurwitz and Amir Blumenfeld bring their advice podcast "If I Were You" to the stage! Join our hosts as they dispense wisdom on areas of life they are qua…
The Leicester Mercury award-winning comedian is building a brand new hour of stand up.
Back for 2018! Another fantastic day out for art lovers everywhere.
Tap into health! Legendary Song and Dance Man, Movin’ Melvin Brown brings health and happiness to Brighton.
Join multi award-winner and Britain's Got Talent 2017 semi-finalist Jess Robinson for an evening of spot-on celebrity impressions, musical comedy and stunning vocal gymnastics.
Chortle Best Newcomer Winner 2017, Tom Ward, returns with his difficult third album.
An hour of maximum warp, work in progress, nonsense from a deeply troubled idiot.
It’s the scandalous drinking game that reveals all the dark secrets about you and your friends.
Kevin Precious is a former Religious Studies teacher.
Mind-blowing escapology and magical mayhem are unleashed by Covent Garden’s cheekiest and funniest street performer! For humans 8-80+ Having escaped from chains at festivals in …
Josh Widdicombe and Henry Paker try out new material for their upcoming stand up shows.
A high-energy comedy reworking of classic game books such as ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ and ‘Find Your Fate’.
Ian Smith is a multi-award-winning comedian; this is a work in progress of his fifth solo show.
Fraser hates writing blurbs.
Some Guys Have All The Luck is a fantastic theatrical production celebrating the career of one of rocks greatest icons, Rod Stewart – from street busker through to…
You could get squashed by an elephant that’s out of control, or you could come and see the latest ‘death’-defying show from Nutty Noah.
‘Mad About the Boy’ is a new play with musical interludes by local playwright Edwin Preece.
Do you struggle to fit in in an ever-changing world? Does the speed of change make you feel old before your time? Then you know how Paul feels.
A series of one man monthly magic shows for all the family, featuring some of the best magicians including top members of the Magic Circle.
Black-belt grandmasters of narrative-sketch comedy take to the live stage in a whirlwind hour of new ideas and never-before-seen characters.
We can’t stop the future from arriving, no matter what drugs we’re on.
A belly dance showcase presenting incredible talent from around the world.
What's your tipple? Pint of lager and a packet of cheese and onion crisps? How about an evening being transported to the White Oak pub where you will meet an eclectic mix of ch…
Nigel Ng is from Malaysia.
Now in its 10th triumphant year, ‘And The Devil May Drag You Under’ is the cult hit of Brighton Fringe.
A firm rite of the Queens, the boys from Der Wunderlich Revue have been peddling their own unique brand of chaos, smut, nudity and stupidity for ten years.
Hot on the heels of his Radio 4 success and sell out Edinburgh show, Alexei returns to the Museum of Comedy with new material.
You are invited to the ultimate test of brains, brawn, and brilliance.
Canadian comedian Katharine Ferns is relentlessly funny with her confessional and brutally honest storytelling style of comedy.
Spilt Milk are back in Brighton and they’re milkier than ever! After a great run at Brighton Fringe 2017 they are returning to Brighton to spread the love and calcium.
What if Frankenstein’s monster were transported to our modern-day technological world and treated with the same fear and disgust he encountered in the original story? Not so hard…
An hour of new material by award-winning comedian and ‘Live at the Apollo’ star, Larry Dean.
Back on the road by popular demand, Someone Like You (The Adele Songbook) is an immaculate celebration of one of our generation’s finest singer-songwriters, and is…
Romina Puma comes back and is darker than ever! It’s a show about love, or the lack of it, a show about a child longing to be cared for by her mother while having to care for her…
For queers and their allies who like their cabaret feminist, political, patriarchy-smashing, sex positive, riot grrl and kick ass, Pussy Liquor is most definitely the night for you…
Catherine Bohart is the bisexual, OCD daughter of a Catholic deacon and she’s got a hell of a lot to say about it.
Going to the toilet: one of life’s mysteries.
Are you passionate about food, yet in love with Britain at the same time? This show is for you! The craziest Italian, Alex Martini, brings you his debut solo show ‘Mad About Food’.
Award-nominated comic Jim Campbell has been busy with a chart-topping podcast, an acclaimed book and his personal life exploding.
By popular demand! Original musical journey from 400 AD Boerthelm’s Tun to present day Bom-Bane’s, with portraits of all the colourful inhabitants along the way.
A split bill musical/absurdist stand up comedy show.
Creating your own kingdom is what life’s all about – one where you can live by your own rules, make your own choices, and be the person you truly are.
Frank Sanazi returns to Brighton with a chance to see his smash hit Edinburgh show ‘Stuck in ze bunker with You’.
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…
Egyptian-American comedian Maria Shehata follows up her debut show ‘Wisdomless’ with stand up and storytelling about her life in London and what happened after she whimsically move…
A new piece of devised work making its debut at this year’s Brighton Fringe.
Featured on Channel 4, Comedy Central and BBC’s New Talent Hotlist, the award-winning Swedish comedian presents a work in progress that promises to be “uncensored, unapologetic and…
With live, original music, this highly visual, sensitive production is a humorous and touching exploration of the dragons we all face. £7 / £24 family
Following last year’s sell-out performances, vocalist Edana Minghella returns with ‘From Ella to Elvis’: gorgeous songs of love and longing from jazz standards to contemporary clas…
This Brighton-based forum theatre company produce thought-provoking performances using storytelling, discussion and re-enactment.
Join Lolly and special guest(s) in an hour of stand up & character comedy.
Winner of South End Comedy Festival’s ‘Best Newcomer’ competition 2017, Kelsey is one of the youngest working comedians in the UK.
Join Zelem Saydullaev (Squawker Finalist 2015 , South Coast Comedian of the Year Semi Finalist 2016 ) and Johnny Wardlow (as heard on BBC Radio 4 & BBC Radio 2) for an hour of sens…
In 2014, Olga Koch’s father was stopped by authorities on the Russian border, which resulted in the most surreal year in her family’s life.
Rarely do we get a chance to change someone else’s life, be it for a moment or forever.
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.
It’s been a hell of a year for Rosco McClelland, travelling the world, getting engaged and making new friends in interesting places.
He told a silly joke one night at a show in Australia and the events thereafter were rather confusing.
Adele Cliff, Dave’s Top 15 Funniest Jokes of the Fringe 2017 and 2016, brings her brand-new show ‘Sheep’ to Brighton! Packed with gags, anecdotes and fun, this work-in-progress sho…
A brand new show from the creator of award-winning wedding comedy ‘It’s Got to be Perfect’.
See this award-nominated (Best Comedy, Buxton Fringe 2017) Australian stand-up, now living in Bedford, who played to full houses throughout his Edinburgh Fringe run (2017).
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…
Up-and-coming comedian Jake Baker (twice nominated for the BBC New Comedy Award) brings his first solo hour to Brighton.
Bisha K Ali brings a work in progress show to Brighton Fringe.
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 …
Steve Bugeja, as seen on ‘Love Island Aftersun’, Russell Howard’s ‘Stand Up Central’, Radio 4’s ‘Fresh From The Fringe’ and BBC 3’s ‘Top 10’, presents a work-in-progress show.
The new show from Barry Ferns: Spirit of the Fringe (2014, Edinburgh Festival Fringe) and Malcolm Hardee Award-winner.
This is a jam-packed musical comedy performance of fun storytelling rhymes set to an original soundtrack.
Award-winning double-act, Revan and Fennell, return to Brighton Fringe with their brand of observational and character-driven sketch comedy.
Heidi Regan, winner of BBC New Comedy Award 2017 and So You Think You’re Funny? 2016, explores our increasingly confusing world via the medium of shark films.
Jay Cowle is a stand-up comedian and day dreamer which is all very nice until he wants to get something done, but things are changing.
Comedian and impressionist Luke Kempner brings his 2018 work in progress show to Brighton Fringe for the first time.
A new writing comedy exploring what happens when the ‘mad’ women of Shakespeare find themselves dead, together, and angry.
Matt Duwell is a Snowflake, and he is owning that label (despite thinking labels are pejorative).
Join Lord Byron, the most notorious figure from literary history, for a stiff drink.
Neverwant.
18 months ago, Maisie Adam decided to try stand-up comedy.
Despite his best intentions, Dave Fensome is getting older.
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.
The ‘Mellow Thunder From Down Under’ returns to Brighton with a stand-up comedy show that’ll be thoughtful, silly, and thoughtfully silly.
I have the greatest admiration for stand-up comedians.
Inspired by The Fool, Now, (& Death?).
The award-winning sketch comedy double act are back with a brand new hour! Expect loud fast nonsense.
A low-budget, one-man nature documentary set in a future where our worst predictions came true.
John Godber’s Bouncers in a new version by Maurice Bessman Boisterous tear up the stage in a revamped production of the John Godber award- winning classic about a…
West End Magic presents:A series of one man monthly magic shows for all the family, featuring some of the best magicians including top members of the Magic Circle.
Eddie Izzard: Work In Progress.
Nina Conti, now a household name from multiple television appearances, has done great trade tonight packing out London’s premier temporary fringe venue – The Underbelly at Sout…
International Showgirl, Ivy Paige, star of ‘London Cabaret’, hostess of An Evening of a Burlesque, real life Jessica Rabbit and now the infamous singing sire…
Award-winning comedian Adam Kay shares entries from his diaries as a junior doctor in this “electrifying” (Guardian) evening of stand-up and music.
Northern club comic Frank Lavender returns to London’s Leicester Square Theatre for a run of Work In Progress Shows.
Brexit.
The Dancing on Ice Live UK Tour will be skating back across the country next year, starring the legendary Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean.
The Dancing on Ice Live UK Tour will be skating back across the country next year, starring the legendary Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean.
David Byrne’s The Secret Life of Humans is a captivating insight in to what it means to be part of human civilisation.
You Can’t Take it With You is a 1930’s era screwball comedy enthusiastically embraced by Sedos (The Stock Exchange Dramatic and Operatic Society), an amateur company three deca…
The Dancing on Ice Live UK Tour will be skating back across the country next year, starring the legendary Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean.
★★★★ ‘Brilliant - the closest thing the fringe has to rock gods’ Fest Magazine ★★★★ ‘Wickedly amusing’ The Times ★★★★ ‘Spirited comedy.
The Dancing on Ice Live UK Tour will be skating back across the country next year, starring the legendary Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean.
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre to try out some brand new jokes.
The Dancing on Ice Live UK Tour will be skating back across the country next year, starring the legendary Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean.
Come and join The Banana Bunch – Bex Darmody, Annalea Doyle and Emma Stroud as three bananas on the run from the boring, mundane and downright crazy world we live …
The Dancing on Ice Live UK Tour will be skating back across the country next year, starring the legendary Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean.
The Dancing on Ice Live UK Tour will be skating back across the country next year, starring the legendary Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean.
Refugees bring many things to Australia not only new and interesting food but amazing stories, stories of courage, determination and resilience.
Recreating the incredible 1970 Joe Cocker Mad Dogs & Englishmen concert, in its entirety, for two huge encore performances at The Gov - after the sellout success of Mad Dogs - The …
A decade since he left Berlin, armed with an accordion, some hotpants and a dream, Hans has decided it’s time to Advance Australia’s Flair! In homage to the country he now calls…
Just announced! – Danny Bhoy will return to the Adelaide Fringe for a run of special gigs to work up material for his next tour.
Nominated for Best Comedy at Fringe World 2016 & selling out all 23 shows at Edinburgh Fringe 2016 & 2017.
Get yourself ready Australia, America’s favourite daytime TV show is coming down under! That’s right Sharon Van de Meer (two years probation DUI) and Shaleese Wildcat (People�…
The Lyric Ensemble is a group of 15 actors led by international director Anne Louise Sarks.
Part of a four day festival of unique and inspiring work from young artists based in London.
Red hair.
Peter Jones (a writer for Channel 10’s The Project) is up here! Peter is making his Adelaide Fringe debut after being named one of the New Faces To Watch by the Herald Sun at the M…
A Monday night variety showcase, featuring performers from all over Fringeland… You better Hyde your dips, and Hyde your chives, IT’S GONNA BE A CRACKER!
Join OLD JACK, the Aussie Gleeman, for your renewable energy – high voltage, low emissions, clean and efficient, ample storage, no blackouts (we all hope).
The Adelaide Male Voice Choir was formed in 1884 as the Adelaide English Glee Society, and although it has changed its name it hasn’t changed its commitment to providing top qualit…
Making her Australian debut: Stephanie’s love life has been a rollercoaster, if rollercoasters involve a lot of awkward sex, self-sabotage and therapy.
hit107’s Amos Gill remains one of Australia’s most prolific young comedians.
The boys of Sound & Fury present selected “Best-of-Fringe” artists to perform new, or experimental pieces NOT from the shows they’re mounting at Adelaide Fringe! New lineup each we…
Tap into Health (TIH)! Legendary Song & Dance Man, Movin’ Melvin brings health and happiness to Australia! An interactive tap dance and workout workshop, huge fun for all ages and …
Get your old-school 50s gear on and make like Greased Lightning to the ARC Campbelltown for some hard-hitting roller derby action! The T Birds will be taking on the Pink Ladies i…
Lewis Garnham’s dad is very smart.
The Skeleton Club are here to save music! Bold claim, they know! Yet, they’re sticking by it and coming at you with their new cover experience.
A reflection on our obsession to ‘heal’ what cannot be cured; manage what is none of our business and ignore what makes us uncomfortable.
You are invited to the ultimate test of brains, brawn, and brilliance.
This workshop will have you swinging out on the dance floor in no time! Swing dancing is a partner dance style all about rhythm, improvisation, and having a crazy good time.
A fun filled afternoon with so much for the whole family.
It’s their world now – what will they do with it? The bomb’s gone off, & this rabble of young “leaders” are the only ones left.
Join Nikko as he shares the harrowing details of the multiple times he survived capture from the hands of criminal organisations, won the title of world’s healthiest baby and stopp…
Join us in the square for an evening of fun, entertainment, markets and great food.
A fun filled evening with so much for the family.
Did someone say afternoon tea? Join us for afternoon tea, dress up in your favourite Alice costume and meet characters from the book! Partake in tea and enjoy music in this aft…
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…
An afternoon of humour and levity through words and music. Guest artists interspersed with open mic.
The Underground Lovers were the quintessential Melbourne indie cult band of the late 90s/early 2000s.
The Annual Adelaide Fringe Salisbury Poetry Slam $100 First Prize $30 Second Prize $20 Third Prize Organised by Friendly Street Poets and MC’d by Nigel Ford.
Winner – Best Comedy at 2016 Sydney Fringe Festival ★★★★ - Herald Sun ★★★★ Theatre People ★★★★ The Australia Times Rose Callaghan (ABC, triple j, Nova…
Finger Bun are back! Now and for the first time ever, Finger Bun will put the titans of rock from the UK and Oz head to head in a competition unlike any other.
Larry’s got no time for fun, but that’s all about to change.
You’re invited to my super fun awesome party! Bring a plus-one; hell, bring a plus-five! Just don’t bring drugs, because my parents’ trust is super important to me.
WRITTEN BY MICHAEL ROSS Michael Ross’s biting satire delivers a piece very much for our times, reflecting on the dignity and many indignities of labour.
On a spring day in 1939, The Prince of Soul, Marvin Gaye, was born to loving parents in Washington DC and became one of the elite few who shaped the sound of Motown in the 1960’s…
Many stand-up comedians like to be super punchy in their comedy.
Alan McHugh has played in enough pantomimes down the years to ensure It’s Behind You! reeks of authenticity, albeit the heightened theatrics of the genre.
The Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour is back to keep you dancing into 2018! Pure dancing pleasure awaits as this supersized Strictly Live show comes to an arena near you in January …
The Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour is back to keep you dancing into 2018! Pure dancing pleasure awaits as this supersized Strictly Live show comes to an arena near you in Janua…
The Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour is back to keep you dancing into 2018! Pure dancing pleasure awaits as this supersized Strictly Live show comes to an arena near you in Janua…
West End Actress, Musician and snazzy idiot, Katie Pritchard, is off on an adventure in this tidal wave of Sketchy, Charactery, Musical Comedy fun.
The Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour is back to keep you dancing into 2018! Pure dancing pleasure awaits as this supersized Strictly Live show comes to an arena near you in Janua…
The Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour is back to keep you dancing into 2018! Pure dancing pleasure awaits as this supersized Strictly Live show comes to an arena near you…
Celebrate the most memorable Disney tales with all your favourite characters in Disney On Ice presents Passport to Adventure.
An improvised drag extravaganza to raise money for Mermaids UK! Werking it onstage we have: Brent Would Christian Adore and Eaton Messe Sue Gives A F*ck Ariel Starbuck The Barebac…
London Musical Theatre Orchestra presents A Christmas Carol.
Selladoor Family presents Guess How Much I Love You.
Constella OperaBallet return to the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells this November with their award-winning Sideshows.
In a Brighton basement eight young women sit on stools, waiting, the audience in a semi-circle around them.
Award-winning double act, Revan and Fennell, bring their unique brand of silly and observational sketch comedy to the Etcetera Theatre in Camden for one night only.
Comedian & hoop-dancer Mimi Fischer (from The Chris Gethard Show) is 64 years young & announcing her first solo show: A Late Bloomer.
EPIC is a theater troupe for actors living with (and without) developmental disabilities such as autism.
Celebrate the most memorable Disney tales with all your favourite characters in Disney On Ice presents Passport to Adventure.
Pippa Evans Presents… – Join Pippa Evans (founder member of Showstoppers) and some of her favourite improvisers as they explore the world through your eyes and theirs.
Celebrate the most memorable Disney tales with all your favourite characters in Disney On Ice presents Passport to Adventure.
Celebrate the most memorable Disney tales with all your favourite characters in Disney On Ice presents Passport to Adventure.
Mad Women in my Attic! is a fantastic romp through showtunes, folk and cabaret songs, celebrating the mentally unstable women that populate music and theatre.
Celebrate the most memorable Disney tales with all your favourite characters in Disney On Ice presents Passport to Adventure.
Celebrate the most memorable Disney tales with all your favourite characters in Disney On Ice presents Passport to Adventure.
Dirty Harry captures the rapture of Blondie and has not only the original sound, feel, attitude and full back catalogue of the band, but a look-a-like of Debbie.
Master of Cretan lute George Xylouris and Jim White (Dirty Three), a most innovative and charismatic drummer, are creating a musical duo.
Planet Earth III is a low-budget, one-man nature documentary, set in a future where our worst predictions came true – following ecological collapse, thousands of endangered speci…
Penetrating Europe, or Migrants Have Talent is a mix of verbatim theatre and talent show based on real-life stories of undocumented migration to the UK.
Up the dark, dark stairs, upon the bloody gallows of soft rock, through the oubliette of cheese, into the torture chamber of disco, you are welcomed to the Late Night Pop Dungeon.
A brand new Work in Progress show from Dylan Moran.
This show, a high spot of Watson’s notorious Edinburgh career, began as a work-in-progress at the Fringe two years ago.
Svelt, intelligent, adorable balladeer trapped inside the body of an oversized, oft-bearded folk ogre.
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Gilded Balloon’s annual comedy competition, So You Think You’re Funny.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Richard from The Carpenters used to be on top of the world looking down on creation, to the left of (and slightly behind) Karen.
Jim Everett, AKA Jimmy Francis, is relatively new to comedy.
American wanderer Julie Byrne’s second album, Not Even Happiness, vividly archives what would have otherwise been lost to the road – bustling roadside diners, the stars over the …
The Paper Cinema’s Macbeth is a dazzling feat of storytelling.
Keira Martin’s Here Comes Trouble contains some impressively executed Irish dancing to music which is a meld of Irish melodies and Jamaican beats in a memorable piece about ident…
JJ dances to create illusions with magic stick levitations. Three different dancing sticks with short and long strings and lights. They rise, fall and float. Be amazed.
I Love you, You’re Perfect, Now Change is earnestly performed by a youthful and small cast – the reason for scraping the second star – but the uninspired script and the overa…
Join Outstanding Canadian Comedy Award winner Rachelle Elie in her boisterous, bawdy romp through the multiple manifestations of love and relationships.
Take two funny men and ask them to create a hilarious dash through Genesis and Exodus in just under 90 minutes.
Perfect As You Are is an internationally touring production by Massive Vibe Live! with production and lyrics by Queen Be! It brings alive everyone’s power to benefit all.
A unique journey into the private life of a gadget you thought was on your side.
Ever had to walk into that room where your boss, with fake concern in his eyes, tells you that he’s having to let you go? Ever wish you had the balls to say ‘f**k you’? Well, I did…
Jacques Tati once said ‘funniness starts in the feet’.
Farce has a proud place in British theatre history.
David Earl’s alter ego, Brian Gittins is an utter prat and according to the Sussex Argus, ‘The World’s Worst Comedian’.
The Consort of Voices return to Canongate for the ninth successive year, presenting another varied and eclectic programme of music, this year with an emphasis on Scandinavian compo…
Isn’t the expression ‘having a senior moment’ awful? Yet people often think of changes in their mental skills with age in terms of decline.
‘Simon Amstell has a gift for taking a social norm and gently mocking it until it seems utterly ridiculous.
For one night only, the Chortle Award-winning ladies and gentlemen of Austentatious swap their bonnets and breeches to raise money for Waverley Care.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Since bursting onto the Madrid DIY scene, Hinds – Ana Perrote, Carlotta Cosials, Ade Martin and Amber Grimbergen – have mastered a raw and playful sound all their own.
A brand-new string to the biggest and best comedy newcomer competition in its 30th anniversary year! To celebrate 30 years of nurturing and developing new comic talent – we’re on…
By day, this city’s streets are bright and orderly, but by night, it is the playground of shysters and crooks, smugglers and thieves.
After years in the sketch show game, Iain Connell, star and co-creator of BBC hit show Burnistoun (a sell-out at the 2016 Edinburgh Festival Fringe) is throwing caution to the wind…
Isn’t the expression ‘having a senior moment’ awful? Yet people often think of changes in their mental skills with age in terms of decline.
In August 2015 Jordan’s Nanna, Gwendoline Martha Brookes, passed away.
When ex-lovers meet after a gap of many years, what can we believe about the stories they tell? ‘So You Say’ explores the divergence over time of the stories we tell about even…
American comedian Anders Lee brings his hour of stand-up to Edinburgh.
Jason Manford is back and better than ever! With this work in progress show you’ll be one of the first to get a sneak peak of his brand new tour, Muddle Class.
An hour of creative stand-up from this multiple award finalist (“Very strong payoffs” Chortle).
Cabaret diva Cat Loud is venturing down the rabbit hole on a spicy musical adventure, stumbling upon songstresses and local legends in a unique bluesy variety show.
This play tells the story of Sophia, a street prostitute, and Serephina, a high class escort.
Sally’s had a gut full of fabricated food allergies.
Late at night.
In a modern cabaret format, Now Here’s A Funny Story is a jaunty romp through the golden age of music hall, often delving into its dark underbelly.
You are asked to explain a purpose, statement of intention and concept.
Join us as we spend an hour celebrating the brave, drunken, high, and sex-crazed pioneers that built our civilization one bad choice at a time and watch us as we stumble in their f…
A changing line-up featuring the best winners and contestants from the biggest and best comedy newcomer competition in its 30th anniversary year! A great night of the funniest from…
Barrel Organ’s new show Anyone’s Guess How We Got Here feels like a natural development of the company’s practice and philosophy whilst also managing to delve into a very dif…
The best stand-ups and storytellers on the Fringe come together as The Rat Pack celebrates five sell-out years with a different line-up every day, plus occasional live music and ca…
The charming, funny and original musical It Shoulda Been You invites you to a wedding day you’ll never forget, where anything that can go wrong does and love pops up in mysterious …
2017 is their last year! Edinburgh’s favourite purveyors of sousaphone-fuelled brassy honkstep will be hanging up their horns at the end of this year.
Tap into health! A rare, unmissable opportunity to dance with one of the world’s most engaging performers.
A woman returns to a hometown she no longer recognises in this haunting new play from Dalia Taha.
Nick Elleray - ex-pat Aussie and Old Comedian of 2017 (seriously, google it) - performs a stand-up show about ageing, family and this grim carnival we call life.
Come one, come all – come join us, the University of Sheffield’s comedy society, in this wonderful Basement Bar at 48 Below, as we dazzle you with our sketch comedians and stan…
The Nick Ross Orchestra presents Sounds of the Glenn Miller Era.
In this post-truth era, we desperately need more scientists to critically evaluate evidence for political and corporate claims; we can’t afford to keep losing many of our best wo…
Every member of our Blueswater Presents family will be playing a set in a raucous showcase that will present the best blues music the Fringe has to offer.
Let’s spend an hour playing together.
This subtle and witty play tackles the breathtaking economic transformation of China, the dreams it enables and those it crushes.
The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas is an initiative set up to ‘take the academics out of their ivory towers and engage with the public’.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Smitten are a minimalist smoky pop trio.
For one night only Proud Camden is hosting a night of music and comedy with an all killer no filler line up: Australian comedy rock artist Huw Joseph, the incredible talent of quir…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
We love ‘A’s! ‘A’s in Alphabetti Spaghetti! ‘A’s in the Alphabet and the ‘A’s at the start of something… Something big! Like a programme… Be here at the start of something!
Planet Earth III is a low-budget, one-man nature documentary, set in a future where our worst predictions came true – following ecological collapse, thousands of endangered speci…
Based on the actor Ahmed Tobasi’s personal coming of age story; an epic voyage of identity and self-discovery.
The Lemon Bucket Orkestra is Canada’s only balkan-klezmer-gypsy-party-punk super-band.
Bala Baile is an Edinburgh-based Latin quartet.
Everyone has secrets.
Set in the venue’s bar, immerse yourself in Berkoff’s biting parody of the world of theatre which pokes fun at the pretensions of thespians and the superficial nature of their life…
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…
A humorous journey through life encountering random characters.
Two halves of a long-dead acting duo meet again for a sarcastic and witty reunion.
‘And in the end, we were all just humans, drunk on the idea that love, only love, could heal our brokenness’.
The Blueswater is the band behind the award-winning show Blues! They will be performing five high-energy late night gigs at one of Scotland’s best small music venues, The Jazz Bar.
New for 2017! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
Doig, a disgraced businessmen, has fallen into despair.
Choosing a title from the loose flyers offered up by audience members, Hivemind’s quintet compose two improvised half-an-hour jaunts.
Single comedians from around the Fringe will try to laugh their way into your… hearts in this unique and fun-filled compilation cabaret show.
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…
Fitted out in an elegant tuxedo, in an echo of Marlene Dietrich’s revolutionary turn in 1930’s Morocco, Kate O’Donnell is every inch the smooth Old Hollywood dame.
In a tiny stage at the back of Summerhall, The Letter Room, in association with Northern Stage in Edinburgh, brings a feet stomping, hand clapping, spirit raising show to the fring…
Speed, brevity, honesty and the denial of preconception, TML brings you on a rollicking, multi-genre journey of 30 plays in 60 minutes.
Dirty Harry captures the rapture of Blondie and has not only the original sound, feel, attitude and full back catalogue of the band, but a look-a-like of Debbie.
It’s just like the famous ‘bad guy’ scene in Scarface, when Tony Montana rants that iconic phrase, ‘You need people like me.
Barry Loves You: an ambitious claim to make, even if he already knew you.
Radio 4’s Abi Roberts returns with a WIP show, flicking a V-sign, the finger and showing her arse to the consensus.
Come and spend an hour with us if you like! Third place in the Musical Comedy Awards 2017, Matt Hutson sings intense anthems about love, loss, friendship and the extent to which he…
A special stripped-down lineup of The Blueswater play an upbeat swampy set of blues songs decided in advance by fans on social media.
Award-winning, high-energy storyteller Dommy B returns for his fourth consecutive Fringe with magical tales of monsters and mayhem! ‘Really very inspiring.
The Warwick Revue are back with a brand new show that’s nothing like you’ve ever seen before.
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.
‘Engaging comic.
Audible presents four weekends of completely free live comedy shows, showcasing the finest acts the festival has to offer, all being recorded for a new Audible stand-up series.
Those of a certain age will remember the heart bruising joy of creating a mix tape for a loved one.
When a man and a woman… or a woman and a woman… or a man and a man… or any combination really, love each other very much, they come together – well, not always together.
Navigating the intricacies of a one-night stand can be a tricky social and biological journey.
Gary Dunn is back! Monkey Magic, is his second show at the Edinburgh Fringe and it’s bigger, badder, and even more bananas than the first! With his trusty sidekick Chico the Monk…
Everybody has a dirty little secret.
In Shit, I’m in Love with you Again, Canadian comic Rachelle Elie relates her life story through the mediums of story, stand-up and song.
Join the Comic Sans of Drag, Kate Butch, for an hour of comedy, songs and games.
‘Smile Like You Mean It’ looks at the life of someone with bipolar disorder.
Bill Beteet, a Laugh Factory comedian from Chicago, will lead you through an existential comedic journey that will have you laugh about life, love, and your inevitable death.
For lovers of Tennessee Williams and anyone who appreciates good theatre the double bill of Ivan’s Widow and Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen makes for a very rewardin…
Blind Mirth are the University of St Andrews’ improv comedy group and they are back once again at this year’s Fringe.
The only winner of the Best Show and Best Newcomer Edinburgh Comedy Awards returns for the first time.
Javier is talked about as surreal, absurdist, observational, daft, satirical: he doesn’t stand as a novelty, nor does he mirror what you know about stand-up comedy.
As her lead character, Helen Fox explains that one out of every two people in the UK born after 1960 will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime.
Three male dancers perform Company Chordelia & Solar Bear’s Lady Macbeth: Unsex Me Here choreographed by Kally Lloyd-Jones and cast.
Frank Sinazi, the “Leader of the Iraq Pack”, is a smooth-talking American entertainer who will not only occasionally burst into song, but also into some loud episodes of a slig…
Becky Rimmer, along with her father and mother, Mervyn and Gaye Rimmer, invite you to join them in the celebration of Becky’s Bat Mitzvah! Gaye asks that any young boys coming to t…
Work in progress from the maestro of feel-good comedy.
In any amateur production, the most significant moments are those where one forgets that the performers are not professional.
Back in the 1960s there were seven of these mobile cinemas made for the Ministry of Technology.
If you like superheroes; if you want to learn more about their history; if you’ve ever seen a movie that had superheroes in it… if you’ve read this far already – you should…
Ever wanted to drink whisky, eat cheese, chocolate and scotch eggs while cruising along a canal? Well now you can! Scotch Egg Club brings you a Whisky tasting with a difference, wh…
Film stars in the 50s and 60s needed to sing.
Light your cigarette, put on your evening clothes and grab a cocktail to enjoy Cat Loud, a sexy cabaret performance that will thrill.
Led by superb vocalist Nicole Smit, Queens of the Blues presents a musical celebration of the women who have shaped blues and popular music as we know it, and have gone largely unr…
People watching is bloody brilliant, isn’t it? Let’s take a good look at those spectacular nobodies, anybodies and busybodies.
Acclaimed Edinburgh bluesman and lead singer of The Black Diamond Express, Toby Mottershead, presents a solo musical exploration of blues, showing how early guitarists inspired eac…
Malcolm is from respectable Morningside.
One hundred years of blues, one hour to play it.
Following a hugely successful double header show last year, Irish Andrew is back in the same venue for more drunken tales and shenanigans.
Award-winning performer Paula Valluerca, aka Madame Señorita, is committed to reconnect with the pleasure of being a totally deluded idiot.
They say fame is a fickle friend, and the St Andrews Revue have been lonely for years.
When you see Leo Kearse — and you should — there’s a very good chance it’ll be a four-star experience.
Nominated for Best Comedy 2016 by Fringe World, with 23 sell-out shows at the Edinburgh Fringe.
What happens when we struggle to do anything? A series of in-development clown and theatre pieces. Themes will include difficulty, struggle, Ludwig Wittgenstein and snakes.
Take a deep breath and join me on a multimedia rampage.
Imaginative, imbalanced and imbecilic sketch duo Dirty White Boys are proud to present a brand-new show for 2017! The boys bring their trademark fast-paced idiocy to a whole new se…
If the illustrious names that have performed as part of The Rat Pack Presents is a guide, then it is worth heading along to the Cabaret Voltaire during this year’s festival.
Fellacio, faecal ‘docking’ and physical abuse.
Daniel Audritt (BBC Radio 4 and Channel 5) and Jamie Oliphant (ITV2’s TVOD and BBC New Comedian) bring an hour of stand-up to the Free Fringe’s most popular venue – the Free Sist…
Keith Farnan (Michael Mcintyre’s Comedy Roadshow) has tried to answer some of the big questions in life in previous shows, but now seems like a good time to just be funny.
American comedian Anders Lee brings his hour of stand-up to Edinburgh.
Returning to Edinburgh after a sell-out run at the Fringe 2016, prepare yourself for the ultimate showdown.
Sally’s had a gut full of fabricated food allergies.
Offbeat sketchlings Fish Pie! permit you to disregard political satire, a cappella groups and men noticing things then pausing for laughter in favour of compulsory mirth.
Despite the title, it’s quite clear from this hour of absurdist comedy that nobody is making Australian cult comic star Demi Lardner do anything.
A new satirical hour from award-winning stand-up comic and writer Keir McAllister.
Changes in representation of the sacred feminine over centuries affect our relationships, body image and environment today.
Back with another hour of surreal stupidity.
In August 2015 Jordan’s Nanna, Gwendoline Martha Brookes, passed away.
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…
Cum to comedy, storytelling and spunk.
Ninety-four word limit? Well, better not waste any.
‘Hysterical… Terrifyingly brilliant commitment to everything’ (TheEdgeSUSU.
Come witness the astonishing resurrection of ‘the best comedian you haven’t heard of yet (Time Out).
Stand-up comedian Sam Gore has been taking down celebrities and politicians with his cutting, satirical, absurdist diatribes on Facebook since 2014 and garnered over fifty thousand…
Ever wanted to know how to break into the world of erotic fiction? Self-published erotic authoress, Pamela DeMenthe, is throbbing her way to Edinburgh to present her hotly anticipa…
Richard from The Carpenters used to be on top of the world looking down on creation, to the left of (and slightly behind) Karen.
It’s difficult to know when Phoebe Walsh is being ironic, and when she is simply revelling in being a stereotypical millennial.
Recently I have become a bit disappointed after seeing a few household name comedians as I feel that some of them have become a little out of touch with their audiences in the mate…
Join visionary character comedy maverick Tom Skelton on a wild gallop through the history of blindness and his own sight loss.
Australian comic Lauren Bok has a joke toward the beginning of her show about Australia being a country stuck a few years in the past; what she doesn’t achieve in her hour-long s…
An eclectic and beautiful production – Secret Life of Humans combines a baffling diversity of genres into a single theatrical masterpiece.
A problem that a lot of shows face is an inability to commit to tone, or to perform in agreement with the tone that the show sets forth.
Back after last year’s fantastic show, the Listies are just as wonderfully ridiculous as ever.
If you love Donald Trump, you’ll hate this show! Get ready for a hilarious, thought-provoking, heartbreaking yet inspiring experience – in glorious four-part harmony and over-the…
Manual Cinema is a very special kind of company.
What if you met your younger self? Are you the person they wanted you to be? To find the answers, join Charmian as she encounters earlier versions of herself in a comedy trip where…
Starving Artists are back with a compelling show about homosexuality in which Mark Pinkosh shares how being gay has affected his life.
There is a tongue planted firmly in cheek with this affectionate tribute to the music of the Carpenters and in particular the legacy of Richard, forever doomed to be the “other�…
Duck Duck Goose flies in to the Nursery Theatre for a varied night of improv comedy from ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ to adorable duos & an all-female group.
Congratulations! It’s 2017 and you’re still here! So is Mitch, (“the country’s leading musical satirist” Times) looking backwards, forwards and sideways trying to make the world a…
Blue Masque Theatre’s staged playreading of the 1930s dystopian political satire by Sinclair Lewis.
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�…
Award-winning comedian Samantha Baines (‘The Crown’, ‘Sunny D’, BBC Radio) is exploring the lost women of science.
Darren Harriott is one of the most exciting up-and-coming comedians on the circuit.
2016 Piccadilly Comedian of the Year, Eshaan Akbar, brings his work-in-progress show ‘Eshaan Who? Akbar!’ to Brighton Fringe.
Stephanie talks about mental health problems and boys for an hour, but it’s totally funny, she promises, and won’t be as awkward as you think it will.
This show is about two things: home and the body.
‘Who Do You Think You Are? Barbara Brownskirt’ is a darkly funny, pathos-fuelled show inspired by the TV show of similar name by writer and performance artist Karen McLeod.
The debut production from exciting new improvised theatre company, Sonder.
Film and comedy lovers alike will appreciate this increasingly popular show, led by an impressive group of comedians that changes every performance, along with the film they choo…
In this workshop we will use the basic technique of puppetry and combine that with acting and dancing.
A work-in-progress show from your very own Welsh-wonder, Amy Howerska.
Follow up to Eleanor’s critically acclaimed debut show.
Comedy’s daft nihilist is back with a new hour of his trademark comedic stylings.
5-star sketch comedy duo Goodbear are back, with a show that’ll leave you questioning everything you’ve ever known.
Star of ITV and BBC, Carly Smallman makes her Brighton Fringe debut with a work-in-progress hour of comedy.
Work-in-progress. Former RE teacher; teaching RE; philosophy of religion; God-shaped hole; being a humanist… that sort of thing.
Spilling, dripping and leaking comedy from every angle, come and join Spilt Milk, a brand-new sketch group, for their exciting show, packed with original new comedy writing.
The island is sinking.
Skyfall, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, The Ghost, The Godfather, Citizen Kane, Beauty and the Beast, Notting Hill, 50 Shades Darker and Beetleju…
Imaginative, imbalanced and imbecilic sketch duo, Dirty White Boys, are back in Brighton for their 3rd year running; presenting a brand new show for 2017! The **** pairing bring…
This Brighton-based forum theatre company produce thought-provoking performances about social and political matters, using storytelling, discussion, and re-enactment.
Geekeasy is a themed comedy night for nerds with stand-up, musical comedy, improv, storytelling and more.
Booty queens and hip hustlers let your freak flag fly at our dazzling evening of sumptuous glamour, glittering divas, cabaret chic and dirty disco dancing.
The Petting Zoo (“Improv supergroup” Time Out) presents ‘ZooTube’, where the good, the bad and the downright bizarre of the world of online videos is merrily ransacked to provi…
After making the journey from tracksuit-wearing chav to high-flying city exec, from shopping in Wilkinsons to buying brioche in Waitrose, Kelly Convey shares why she’s come to re…
Apples and Snakes and New Writing South team up to present a programme of poetry, spoken word and live literature.
Apples and Snakes and New Writing South team up to present a programme of poetry, spoken word and live literature.
In a time of pre-war political tension, gone are the days of frothy fashion journalism for Pamela More, a feisty and glamorous Times journalist who stubbornly prioritises haute-c…
Nick Elleray is happy to be back at Brighton Fringe.
A bitter-sweet tale of political awakening.
A high-energy comedy reworking of classic game books such as ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ and ‘Find Your Fate’.
Phil Jerrod’s third debut show isn’t written yet, but so far seems to be about how it’s still worth trying to be happy, even though everything’s blatantly terrible.
An hour of comedy from two up-and-comers, Micky Overman, “a keen comic mind” (Chortle), and Helen Bauer, “Bauer is so funny” (NPR Berlin), about life and all their feelings, which …
The Moon has got a story to tell about a tippetty-top tap dancer who he has been watching at night.
“Remember this”, quoth Movin’ Melvin Brown, winding up his 80-minute set with just a couple more trademark 33 1/3 rpm chuckles, ‘it’s nice to be important.
Voted ‘One To Watch’ at Dave’s Leicester Comedy Festival 2016 and nominated for Amused Moose Best Show 2016 at the Edinburgh Fringe, James is back with another hour of hilarious st…
Do you ever take, observe, choose, desire, curse, think, feel, plan what you are going to say at your sister’s funeral in absolute detail? I want to know if we have anything …
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 …
Star of ‘Live at the Apollo’, ‘Mock the Week’ and Radio 4’s ‘The Now Show’, tries out some new jokes for an hour or so.
Settling into a pew at Sweet St Andrew’s along with a small but eager crowd, I had no idea what to expect from I Will Carry You Over Hard Times.
“Imagine if Derren Brown was funny” Evening Standard.
“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).
Back for 2017! Another fantastic day out for art lovers everywhere.
Two nights at The Verdict for Edana Minghella’s quartet.
If you thought a night with the Rainbow Chorus couldn’t get any better, then get ready for a departure from our usual concerts as we roll out an evening of songs from the familiar,…
At thirty-six, David is still unable to function in society.
“Stories can conquer fear, you know.
Adam Scott Vincent is a core writer of Channel 4’s award-winning satirical show ‘The Last Leg’.
“The true mystery of the world is the visible .
Steve Bugeja, as seen on ‘Russell Howard’s Stand Up Central’, Radio 4’s ‘Fresh From The Fringe’ and BBC 3’s ‘Top 10’, is working on a new show and you can come watch him create it.
Local author and poet Thomas Wolfe presents a night of spoken word, poetry and storytelling from some of Brighton’s best poets.
Winner of the BBC Radio New Comedy Award 2015 and Brighton Comedy Festival Squawker Award 2015, Yuriko Kotani (Time Out’s One to Watch) brings you a work-in-progress show.
Welcome to Crossbones Graveyard: last resting place of The Winchester Geese.
What if you met your younger self? Answer - a comedy trip where stand-up meets time travel.
A brand-new show in preview from Jessica Fostekew.
Join Andrea Hubert (BAFTA Rocliffe Comedy winner 2013, What’s On London Best Debut Show 2016) for just under an hour of new/terrible/amazing/unacceptable comedy ideas and half-fini…
After a sell-out two year run at the Edinburgh Festival, ‘Can You Put This In The Bin For Me?’ returns for the 2017 Brighton Fringe.
Ian Smith (BBC3’s ‘Sweat the Small Stuff’, BBC1’s ‘The Ark’) is an award-winning comedian.
“Traditionally, unmarried girls were sent into the veg garden to choose the ‘perfect’ cabbage.
Apparently we all get more right-wing as we grow older.
An hour of entertainment from musicians, clowns and wordmongers of all flavours, local and international, showcasing the best Brighton Fringe has to offer.
Tom Ward (Comedy Central / BBC Worldwide / Radio 4 Extra) is back! After a hugely successful debut hour at Edinburgh 2016 he returns to Brighton for a work-in-progress of his follo…
Heal your wounds with another hour of stand-up from “The best comedian you haven’t heard of yet” (Time Out), “One brilliant punchline after another.
If you ever crave the feeling that all the weight has been taken off your shoulders, this show and its desire to unburden you is worth a shot.
The multi-talented writer and director Sam Chittenden has done it again.
It is with a plethora of “well”s with which this show must be described: well written, well performed, well timed and very well done.
Richard Carpenter is, for those that remember him at all, a somewhat complicated character.
Based on the novel by Leonora Carrington.
If you believe the stigma of mental health is slowly disappearing, then Fit for Work will question your perception of this topical subject and how it is perceived in the workplac…
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…
Celebrating 10 FAB-U-LOUS years, the Strictly Come Dancing Live UK Tour extravaganza is back on the road in January 2017 for 30 spectacular super-sized shows across the c…
The hugely successful TV programme, Who Do You Think You Are? traces celebrities’ ancestry, discovering surprises from their families’ past along the way.
Celebrating 10 FAB-U-LOUS years, the Strictly Come Dancing Live UK Tour extravaganza is back on the road in January 2017 for 30 spectacular super-sized shows across the c…
Urinetown is set in a town that is desperately suffering a water shortage following a 20 year drought.
Celebrating 10 FAB-U-LOUS years, the Strictly Come Dancing Live UK Tour extravaganza is back on the road in January 2017 for 30 spectacular super-sized shows across the c…
Celebrating 10 FAB-U-LOUS years, the Strictly Come Dancing Live UK Tour extravaganza is back on the road in January 2017 for 30 spectacular super-sized shows across the c…
Celebrating 10 FAB-U-LOUS years, the Strictly Come Dancing Live UK Tour extravaganza is back on the road in January 2017 for 30 spectacular super-sized shows across the c…
Celebrating 10 FAB-U-LOUS years, the Strictly Come Dancing Live UK Tour extravaganza is back on the road in January 2017 for 30 spectacular super-sized shows across the c…
For 9 weeks only, Dirty Great Love Story makes its West End debut! Two hopeful hapless romantics get drunk, get it on and then get the hell away from each other.
Celebrating 10 FAB-U-LOUS years, the Strictly Come Dancing Live UK Tour extravaganza is back on the road in January 2017 for 30 spectacular super-sized shows across the c…
Celebrating 10 FAB-U-LOUS years, the Strictly Come Dancing Live UK Tour extravaganza is back on the road in January 2017 for 30 spectacular super-sized shows across the c…
Enter a fantastical winter wonderland beyond imagination when Disney On Ice presents Frozen.
Enter a fantastical winter wonderland beyond imagination when Disney On Ice presents Frozen.
Dirty Dancing is an unprecedented live experience, exploding with heart-pounding music, breathtaking emotion and sensationally sexy dancing, Dirty Dancing live on stage! …
Improv Comedy in a unique setting with a BBQ and stunning views
Casey and Mikey cannot escape: not from who they are, not from how their lives have moulded them and, more immediately, from the rooftop onto which they have just clambered.
Not jazz, nor a trio and not entirely Scottish, The National Jazz Trio of Scotland are Bill Wells (piano laptop), Aby Vulliamy (vocals, viola), Kate Sugden (vocals, marimba), and G…
Gourmet Cinema Club brings you a unique way to enjoy some of the best loved films back on the big screen, but with the all-important All I Want twist.
Consort of Voices return to Canongate Kirk for our eighth consecutive year at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Withered Hand is the musical output of Edinburgh-based Dan Willson, a feature of the city’s DIY music scene for many years.
Mediterraneo is bringing Africa, Cuba and southern Italy to Summerhall for a huge festival edition of their world music concert.
Eska, one of music’s best-kept secrets, has built an inimitable reputation as a writer and performer through collaborations with such legends of the game as Grace Jones, Cinematic …
Come along and journey through the rabbit hole on this exciting adventure! Our special closing party presents the final Edinburgh fringe performance of the one-hour spectacular Ali…
HarmonyChoir (and special guests) will bring you an evening of inspirational and empowering music! HarmonyChoir is a group of singers, some of whom have experience with mental heal…
Son’s of Scotland! I am William Wallace.
You Wouldn’t Want to Be in the Great Fire of London is a 45 minute, 100 miles per hour show for kids! Two storytellers will transport the children back to 1666 smoggy, grotty Londo…
Welcome to the final of the UK’s biggest and most prestigious comedy newcomers’ competition.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
JJ dances to create fascinating and mysterious illusions using magic stick levitation.
Join youthful South-London songwriter Benji Tranter as he takes on the grim business of living via his original, off-beat songs! Benji, accompanied only by his guitar, performs son…
British Comedy Award-winning sketch heroes Seb Cardinal and Dustin Demri-Burns – fresh from their sell out monthly show in Hackney where anything goes – bring their show to Ple…
Fusing storytelling, rich imagery and dynamic movement, Murphy scales down and examines his opinions, insecurities, ambitions and the tricky nature of keeping a long-term relations…
As You Like It is one of Shakespeare’s late plays, which celebrates love in the real world and views freedom in a vulnerable place, exposing the naked nature of desire and love a…
Ready to take your show to England’s largest arts festival? Want to showcase your work to a fresh audience? Fancy a new Fringe experience? If you answered ‘yes’ to these ques…
The competition to find the best new situation comedy writers and performers the country has to offer.
Exeter University’s a cappella sensation Semi-Toned return to the Fringe with Sing Theory! Using their trademark combination of vivacious humour, vocal mastery and velvety charm,…
You Wouldn’t Want to Be in the Great Fire of London is a 45 minute, 100 miles per hour show for kids! Two storytellers will transport the children back to 1666 smoggy, grotty Londo…
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.
Comperes should never interrupt comedians: Jo Caulfield (Mock the Week) and Stuart Murphy (award-winning MC) disagree! What happens when the MC stops the comedian, starts a convers…
Ellen spent six months volunteering in Europe’s refugee camps.
Molodyi Teatre combine verbatim accounts of migration from the Ukraine to the UK with a Britain’s Got Talent pastiche in a bizarre satire of modern-day xenophobia.
Shortlisted for a Channel 4 Comedy Award: a theatre play about a doting husband and double-glazing salesman who discovers his wife is going to relationship counselling and insists …
It’s a troubling question and most of us probably don’t know the answer.
We’re All Mad in Here follows the story of Alasdair Carroll, a young gay man living in Edinburgh who comes across an elusive drag club called Curious Appetites.
Broken Records bring their expansive, soaring mix of elation and melancholy to Summerhall’s Dissection Room, with the raw energy of Springsteen and the drama of Arcade Fire.
Do zoos still have a place in society? If so, what is it? asks esteemed biologist Mary Bownes.
Every single band and singer from our Blueswater Presents family will be part of a huge blues party taking place in a converted church.
Gourmet Cinema Club brings you a unique way to enjoy some of the best loved films back on the big screen, but with the all-important All I Want twist.
James VII (reigned 1685-8), Scotland’s last Catholic king, was overthrown by his son-in-law William of Orange in the revolution of 1688-9.
Their third show at the Dissection Rooms, the TSF crew returns with an explosive live set of motown classics along with new renditions of northern soul dance floor escapisms.
As a piece of verbatim theatre, I Love You / It’s Over gives a much more clear headed, down-to-earth view of love than you’re likely to find in a more highly wrought play.
Richard Dawson brings his wonderfully shambling exterior, tales of pineapples and underpants, ghosts of family members and cats to Summerhall’s Dissection Room.
One of post-dubstep’s bright lights, Mount Kimbie come to Summerhall’s Dissection Room for a genre-evading late-night DJ set, drawing from a thick soup of influences that leave…
Eryn and Luke have a show.
From 2016/17, the Scottish Government can set income tax rates and thresholds for Scottish taxpayers.
The Life of St Margaret provides a unique insight into late 11th-century Scotland and her profound influence on her husband and his kingdom.
Loyalty.
Older, wiser, funnier.
Between the 1830s and 1920s over 1.
Ever been called into that room where they make you redundant? Ever wished that you’d fought back and told them exactly what you thought of the whole bollock-brained process? Well,…
Legendary radical performance poet Attila brings his acclaimed autobiography Arguments Yard (Cherry Red Books) to life on stage.
I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change takes you through a series of hilarious vignettes that show the roller coaster ride that is relationships.
Join Sarah Millican and special guests as they celebrate the longest-running comedy festival in England.
The triple Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee, BBC Radio 4 star and cult optimist Josie Long returns to The Stand with an hour of new material and knockabout fun, as she works towards …
The Brighton-based beardy babes are back, baby.
Firefighter Woman Brenda Feuerle is on duty.
Upstairs Downton and Petting Zoo (‘Improv supergroup’ TimeOut) star creates a staggering array of characters using his mouth, brain, hands and body.
Early archaeological enthusiasts at Carthage were drawn in search of the city of Dido and Hannibal.
Sol Rogers, CEO/Founder of REWIND:VR will look at the developments in the past 20 years that have enabled VR to become a reality; from technology and platforms to smartphones and a…
Sam Mitchell and Cressida Wetton: two comedians for the price of none! A free show featuring two promising performers doing half an hour each: Sam Mitchell (2015 BBC New Comedy Awa…
Following a sell-out run and five star reviews for their recent production of Carmen, Edinburgh Studio Opera return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with Jonathan Dove’s Mansfiel…
Staged opera performances from some of Scotland’s most talented young singers.
From the team behind Edinburgh Fringe hit and West End sell-out show The Rat Pack Stand-up Comedy, a series of distinct and inspiring performances from top comedians – a brand ne…
The smash hit, sell out production from Hartshorn - Hook Productions returns for one night only, reuniting the stellar cast of Simon Lipkin, Julie Atherton, Gina Beck and Samuel Ho…
Breezing in as part of the Made In Adelaide initiative after a sold out run there, I had high expectations of this presentation.
Hey! Ever wondered what happens to TV reality stars when they stop being famous? On the slippery slide from celebrity to no-mark they have some wonderful adventures.
Exeter University’s a cappella sensation Semi-Toned return to the Fringe with Sing Theory! Using their trademark combination of vivacious humour, vocal mastery and velvety charm,…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
We now have great weapons against cervical cancer, but it still kills women every year.
Star of Live at the Apollo, QI and The Jonathan Ross Show, the razor sharp and hilariously funny Canadian returns to the festival.
A modern-day musical twist on Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice with music by Joshua Salzman and book and lyrics by Ryan Cunningham.
Silky voiced James Lambeth returns, showcasing the genius of Johnny Mercer.
Chaotic, alcohol-fuelled and very funny indeed.
UCLU Musical Theatre Society’s Fringe production of the Joe Dipietro’s fast paced musical comedy is an incredibly entertaining and fast paced journey into the world of dating, …
WHITE are a hurtling juggernaut of synth stabs, razor-sharp guitars and even sharper attire.
Award-winning comedy duo Noah & Jordan will debut their sketch show, ‘INSERT TITLE HERE’. A series of fast paced and energised sketches, each with their own caption or title.
Tap into health! A rare, unmissable opportunity to dance with one of the world’s most engaging performers.
Official programme commemorating the 400th year anniversary of the deaths of Tang Xianzu and William Shakespeare.
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.
Orkestra del Sol, a joyous reinvention of global brassy street music, has left a trail of pummelled dancefloors across Europe and countries including India, Australia and China.
The Confederate States of America lost its quest for political independence in 1865, but its symbol, the Confederate flag, lived on, long after the nation it represented cease to e…
A powerful and compelling drama set in 1979.
Back, back, back and bouncier than ever, the exclusive vinyl club night for the more fully fledged music fan returns for a one-off, late night festival special.
Named after New Orleans’ historic red-light district, The Blueswater is proud to present the dirtiest, raunchiest, and most violent blues songs ever written.
Star of Live at the Apollo, QI and The Jonathan Ross Show, the razor sharp and hilariously funny Canadian returns to the festival.
Willis Earl Beal has yet to be born.
Cinema screening of live performance.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
One of Britain’s most promising folk artists, Highland-born Rachel Sermanni comes to Summerhall’s Dissection Room.
The Blueswater is the 12-piece band behind the award-winning show Blues! They will be performing five high energy late night gigs at The Jazz Bar, one of the UK’s best small music …
Star of Live at the Apollo, QI and The Jonathan Ross Show, the razor sharp and hilariously funny Canadian returns to the festival.
For one night only, the Chortle Award-winning ladies and gentlemen of Austentatious swap their bonnets and breeches to raise money for Waverley Care.
Every loch in Scotland, however beautiful, has its cold, dark depths.
How do we roll out digital content across new platforms? How can games and gaming work in other sectors? How do we join the digital dots? Should we be looking at new ways of utilis…
Immer City’s intriguing audio-immersive take on an oft-forgotten part of the tale of Macbeth is a wonderfully atmospheric and unique experience, if one that still feels rough aro…
Come let loose and forget about your worries with feasting, music, mayhem, bloody coxcombs and admirable fooling.
In this session, NVA Director and co-founder Iain Simons is going to explore these ideas, give examples of what the NVA is doing to help and generally get excited.
Welcome to the 29th year of the UK’s biggest and most prestigious comedy newcomers competition! After months of regional showcases, these guys are the funniest of the hundreds of…
Let the kids be the stars of Fringe 2016! Following 2014-2015 sell-outs, Pop Lock-in returns to take over Edinburgh’s coolest nightclub.
A comedy, sketch and game show for football fans that hate the word ‘banter’ and find Alan Shearer boring.
The show’s stated theme is a philosophical discussion of how we end up where we end up, In actual fact this thread isn’t really followed up.
‘If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.
A haunting and utterly compelling SAY award-winning album Bones You Have Thrown Me and Blood I’ve Spilled comes to Summerhall’s dissection room.
King’s College London’s improv team is looking for new friends.
Multi award-winning poet Dominic Berry (seen poeting on BBC and Channel 4) returns after touring Canada and USA with his unforgettable new show about love, loss, and his quest for …
A modern day analysis of the world of consumerism.
Jay Handley has set himself a task with this show title.
Take a trip through vivid 3D graphic environments that pulsate to the rhythm of high energy music.
Amused Moose Best Show nominee TT returns, with a devastatingly funny show.
After almost three decades, it’s time for Turps to curl back into the foetal, reconnect the umbilical, and tell himself that everything will be alright.
A work in progress by a work in progress aka John Van Der Put.
What’s in your shopping basket? Probably not the same as what’s in Steve’s.
Claiming to be the gayest thing in a room full of LGBT people in a gay bar (although straights are welcome too) is quite the boast.
Pottery and Alice in Wonderland fans, come and have fun and make in clay the tableware, cakes, biscuits, hats, caterpillars, rabbits and anything else, allowing your imagination to…
Following last year’s five-star smash-hit Some Like It Thea-Skot, ‘comic monster’ (Chortle.
Byron is a bipolar writer.
Sean Turner takes his one man show to the Fringe for a month-long run.
Have you been mistaken for a pervert? Are you awkward in a sex shop? Do you try to disguise your farts with a cough? Have you ever wondered how scissoring works? Do you enjoy havin…
Fun-filled frolic through fate, flimflam and filosophy – no effing! Sixth Edinburgh Show! 60th glorious year! 60 minutes! Very Sixy show.
100 years of blues, one hour to play it.
Often described as a ‘Polypill’ against a variety of illnesses and diseases, is exercise really the elixir for health? Can exercise prematurely wear out your joints? Does excessive…
Responding to phenomenal demand, Russian Standard are bringing PingTron, a unique and exceptional take on ping pong, to Edinburgh for the very first time.
Multi award-winning entertainer with sold out performances, presents a sensational UK premiere.
Seemingly wholesome island lass Cat Loud is still on the prowl for her next big adventure.
How does breaking up work in the digital age? Are we really that OK? A comic examination of one woman’s race to the bottom both on and offline and the gap between the two.
Dirty Harry not only has the original sound, feel, attitude and full back catalogue of Blondie, but also a lookalike Debbie to deliver the good stuff.
Previously known for her well received part as a Totally Naff Tart, this is Victoria Jeffrey solo and talking about life.
Ever wondered, or perhaps dreaded, what it would be like if your search history could talk? With a host of zany characters and one wonderfully surreal party, You Tweet My Face Spac…
It’s apt, if a little predictable, that the pre-show music Doug Segal selects for his latest Fringe show is the classic James Brown track I Feel Good.
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 a world of increasing crime, someone has to fight back against villainy, someone with abilities beyond comprehension: fire breathing, super strength, or the power to produce pot…
The premise of the show is deceptively simple, and the clue is in the title: what a woman would do or go through for a man who she wholeheartedly loves, even though he has already …
Dirty Glitter, a cop comedy-thriller, tells the story of a duo of private investigators: the confident and logical Murphy, along with the bumbling and eccentric Valmont.
Vesna Tominac Matacic’s adaptation of the works of Croatian poet Vesna Parun is an impassioned and beautiful spectacle that somehow still manages to feel lacking in substance.
I’m Missing You is a gloomy, original writing production about grief, family, loyalty and obsession.
A three-piece version of award-winning band The Blueswater plays a mix of original songs and arranged covers, with a raucous sound reminiscent of Mississippi Hill Country blues.
Desperate and looking for love, Anna (AFI award-winner Bojana Novakovic, star of Rake and Shameless) is a woman at a karaoke bar waiting for a date.
Showcasing the best the Fringe has to offer.
Acclaimed Edinburgh bluesman and lead singer of The Black Diamond Express, Toby Mottershead, presents his personal history of early blues and roots music in an intimate solo show.
Audible presents a series of completely free live performances and special guest appearances, celebrating the best of spoken word comedy.
Blueswater go from strength to strength with their all new show, Queens of the Blues, focusing entirely on the often overlooked heroines of Blues music and taking us on an incredib…
Given the popularity of the monarchy these days, one forgets about some of the more unsavoury types who’ve reigned (however briefly) in the last century.
Alternative comedy lovers of the world, unite! Mulhollandland is failing.
You know you’re in for a good time when a variety show opens with one half of cabaret legends Frisky & Mannish belting out a pop medley, whilst self-proclaimed “sex clown” Be…
Actor Mat Ewins will make you a star in Mat Ewins: Mat Ewins Will Make You a Star.
Nina Simone is one of the greatest music icons of the last century, producing songs as soulful as her voice.
Will poor Viola ever find her twin brother Sebastian? Expect adventure, suspense and lots of laughs.
Dark stand-up comedy on learning to laugh about the visible and invisible scars from surviving abuse and mental illness plus some feminism for comic relief.
A stand-up comedy show featuring three top Romanian comedians, each with their own comedic style: one anti-establishment comedian, a one-liner comedian and one observational absurd…
Early on, Schaffer decided that the show wasn’t going so well.
While acknowledging his immense talent, some reviewers have accused Steen Raskopoulos of going through the motions, trotting out the same tired routines he’s been spinning for…
Ubuntu, meaning compassion and humanity, is a show that speaks about unity amongst the African continent and the world.
We join Eric Meat on what is a sad occasion: the day is due to move out of his childhood home.
Jen has had a year of ups or downs: she was locked in a shop, reprimanded at 35,000 feet and thought having a life plan of trying all the biscuits was OK.
Hi, Lee here.
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…
Nominated for Best Comedy at Fringe World 2016.
It’s back! The interactive comic book knowledge bomb.
Musical Comedy Awards Best Newcomer 2015, Faye Treacy went to the Brit School with Adele and Jessie J and then studied the trombone at The Royal Academy of Music with no one intere…
A new stand-up and sketch show by Sarah Bennetto.
Robyn Perkins, **** (ThreeWeeks), is the only American to become an English Comedian of the Year finalist.
Mae Martin (BBC Radio 4, Live from the BBC, Russell Howard’s Good News) improvises a brand new hour every night as she develops her new show.
Two underground Irish comedians, Aidan Killian and Andrew Gilmore, unite to allow their comedy demons to run amok on stage.
Gag Reflex Presents.
Bob drives his BlundaBus around Europe looking for adventures.
From the team behind Edinburgh Fringe hit and West End sell-out show The Rat Pack Stand-up Comedy, a series of distinct and inspiring performances from top comedians – a brand ne…
Gillian Cosgriff is an absolute sweetheart with the pipes of a jazz singer and a wicked sense of humour to match.
Star of Live at the Apollo, QI and The Jonathan Ross Show, the razor sharp and hilariously funny Canadian returns to the festival.
As yet undiscovered comedians, Chazz Redhead and Jack Robertson love making jokes almost as much as they hate each other.
Spencer Jones is once more going full tilt in the surrealism stakes, and the result is a fantastically strange success.
A sizzling new comedy theatre show based on game books like Choose Your Own Adventure and Find Your Fate.
I say, I say, I say.
Despite coming across as likeable and charming, Romina Puma’s stand-up set doesn’t provoke too many laughs.
Animal (Are you a proper person?) is a show about learning who you are and being proud of whatever that might be.
Work in progress towards something in October. It will probably feel a lot like being directly addressed by Jesus. If Jesus was working up some new material and charging a fiver.
Jack Barry has the potential to be an electric comic.
The word “fabulous” is defined as being extraordinary and wonderful, and having no basis in reality.
Publican.
The St Andrews Revue are back at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with their brand new sketch comedy spectacular Loop: 50 minutes of mind-blowing comedy that will make you laugh so ha…
The queen who ruled a kingdom (and an empire) as you’ve never dared think of her before.
British-Arab Ella has spent the last few years passing as white: National Geographic Explorer, ‘Achingly funny’ (LooseLips.
Featuring the very best winners and contestants from the biggest and best comedy newcomers’ competition.
Work in progress from the maestro of feel-good comedy.
In a very personal set, Shappi talks growing up in Britain as the child of refugee parents and being English.
Three brilliant, original and hilarious improv acts: DVD Box Set – your new favourite TV show, entirely improvised by a cast of FA players, inspired by an audience suggestion.
Erin McGathy (This Feels Terrible, Drunk History, Community) presents a comedy show about love, guts, despair and wearing wedding dresses covered in candy for approval.
Still Here is a new piece of verbatim theatre formed from an interview conducted in the Calais refugee camp during December 2015.
This is Manual Cinema’s first visit to the Fringe and they have brought with them a technical and awe-inspiring show that combines live music and shadow puppets.
Taking multimedia representations of young women as its inspiration, If There’s Not Dancing at the Revolution, I’m Not Coming picks apart a medley of references to Titanic, Disney …
Russell Howard and Steve Williams return to Edinburgh to tit about for half an hour each.
One of the brightest young talents on the Northern comedy scene who is beginning to make her presence known across the country.
In 1923, Marlene Dietrich made the transition from stage to cinema through a bit part in German silent comedy The Little Napoleon.
‘Terrifyingly funny’ (Times).
Be Prepared for a Disney-style musical like you’ve never seen before! We’ll take you to A Whole New World full of princesses, witches, and talking animals, starring in an improvise…
Don’t miss Susie Youssef as she weaves stories, characters, sketches and occasional dance breaks into an hour of comedy about her big family, her medium-size anxiety problem and th…
This is a disappointing show, mainly because the Oxford Revue don’t have that many funny sketches to perform.
Life has many lessons and sometimes the teacher becomes the student.
Dark humour isn’t in short supply this Fringe - in case you hadn’t noticed, celebrity and political news of late has had a tangible effect on performers.
Nish Kumar has provided a wily hour of satire as some people could sit for the entire show and not realise it’s really a show about politics.
She put her hopes and dreams on hold supporting him and helping him achieve his.
As a father of four, Ali is well versed in dodging difficult questions or just making up the answers.
Shh, it’s a surprise.
Naomi Petersen is a newcomer to the Fringe and in this whirlwind hour of musical and character comedy the laughs fail to keep pace with her sky-high enthusiasm.
What is a map? The National Library of Scotland’s free exhibition You Are Here asks that question, taking you on a cartographic journey from Edinburgh to the ends of the earth.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Kids With Beards is a six person-strong sketch comedy group from Brighton.
Whats Included Brunch or Afternoon Tea (screening time dependant) Glass of bubbles each Allocated Tables Edible cinema tickets per person Floating Cinema Club brin…
Miles Jupp, star of Rev.
A dark satire on workplace wellness showing that often the people telling you how to live your best life are the ones who don’t know how to do it themselves.
Gourmet Cinema Club brings you a unique way to enjoy some of the best loved films back on the big screen, but with the all-important All I Want twist.
Streetfunk’s fantastic annual youth dance showcase is back for the 9th year running!!! If you love dance, love Hip Hop and love all things Urban then this show will be your party…
Meet many cutting-edge local and national artists and buy incredible art direct at the artrepublic Art Yard Sale! Head to Jubilee Square for this spectacular Brighton Fringe climax…
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.
Blues harmonica and booze harmonica legend Blind Charlie Harwood makes his Brighton debut after 35 years of licking the blues.
Samantha’s a radical feminist, political activist and very funny (maybe not always for the ‘right’ reasons)! Join her for an hour of topless comedy in support of the Free the N…
Edinburgh Fringe’s Funniest Newcomers 2015 (The Guardian).
Actor Manuel Lavandera, Director Britt Forsberg.
Sarah-Louise Young and Michael Roulston remain on top form with their new laugh-out-loud spin-off Cabaret Whore, in which Young’s comic character La Poule Plombée is finally g…
‘Best Music Show’ nominee in Adelaide, the acclaimed Movin’ Melvin presents a sensational premiere, featuring songs Otis Redding did, plus more! Extravaganza of song, tap-dan…
The Language of Television is everywhere, but the language is… 01000110001101101
Musical Comedy Awards Best Newcomer 2015 Faye Treacy.
Mamoru Iriguchi performs live, rigged up with a screen around his face and a projector above his head.
Clown, dance and sketch collide as multi-award-winning Australian comedian, Tessa Waters, unleashes her new hour of stupidity.
Rosie is living in the theatre due to a case of agoraphobia.
House of Blakewell want to make you happy.
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…
Incorporating as many different styles, centuries and saxophones as a sixty minute recital will allow, we’ll take you through the timeline of the saxophone quartet, demonstrating t…
“Rosie is living in the theatre due to a case of agoraphobia.
Enchanting songbird and hostess Lilian Lake welcomes you to the Moulin Rouge.
“Imagine if Derren Brown was funny” (Evening Standard) Doug Segal (Winner: Best Cabaret Act, Brighton Fringe) is back in Brighton to preview his new show which is designed to make…
John Hastings, your great friend, is back to work on new jokes about his moral compass and probably masturbation.
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.
After Banquo’s murder, his son Fleance is adrift in Macbeth’s brutal new Scotland.
After having a splendid time in their debut year, Dirty White Boys have returned with a selection of brand-new material.
Joni has met someone special, but how can she tell him she has a long-term mental illness? And is that really the best thing to talk about on a second date? An engaging and amusing…
Joni has met someone special, but how can she tell him she has a long-term mental illness? And is that really the best thing to talk about on a second date?
Paul unveils his story of having no home, no job and two children, but these being the least of his problems, in what will become his Edinburgh Fringe debut hour.
Imagine if you lived your life according to the values set out in the movie Terminator 2.
Join Ellie Taylor (‘Mock the Week’, ‘Snog Marry Avoid’, ‘8 Out of 10 Cats’) as she prepares a brand new show.
2015 Brighton Squawker award finalist Pete Strong - “walking a fine emotional line.
Pet Sounds 50th Anniversary celebration & final performance in its entirety.
Fosters Comedy Awards 2015, Best Newcomer: Nominee, and Scottish Comedian Of The Year award-winner brings his new show to Brighton Fringe.
Stranded by severe snowstorms, three identically dressed strangers disturb the rural calm of a young woman in a remote Sussex cottage.
Brand new show from the former Funny Women award winner.
A work-in-progress show from the star of BBC3’s ‘Impractical Jokers’ and ‘Russell Howard’s Good News’.
Are the Chinese solely to blame for the housing crisis? “I’m Just Here to Buy Soy Sauce” follows a pair of cut-throat real estate agents as they attempt to sell their latest mi…
We learn to lie at 3-years-old.
I must admit to feeling a tad confused after experiencing Dirty Dusting.
This is a work in progress from Winner of Laughing Horse New Act of the Year 2014, Winner of the Hobgoblin Comedy Award 2015 and Second Place New Act of The Year Show 2015.
If you have known Christopher Robin, Winnie the Pooh, Piglet and all their forest friends, David Benedictus, who wrote the only officially sanctioned sequel to A.
“Mate, it wouldn’t surprise me to find out you’d snapped one day and gone on a killing spree.
Once upon a time you were just a cell in your mother’s womb.
Dance until the late hours.
Comedians’ Cinema Club brings together the UK’s best comedians and forces them to improvise their way through movies.
Welcome to The Claremont Hotel, where strangers come and strangers go and some may stay for longer.
Fast-paced, hilarious sketch comedy from Making Faces.
Robyn Perkins **** (ThreeWeeks), the only American to become an English Comedian of the Year finalist, explores her father, fatherland and what happens when you don’t think before …
Martha Tilston has carved her unique niche in the modern English folk scene with sharp, original songs that dissect the modern world.
SHE had HER hopes and dreams on hold supporting HIM and HIS.
Follow our characters on an everyday journey through Battersea hearing their inner thoughts via an app previously downloaded to your smartphone.
Steve Bugeja, winner of the BBC New Comedy Award, presents his second solo show (in progress).
When you see the joy on a small child’s face as he’s about to press the button to call the lift, you realise that your adult life will never offer you that same level of joy ever a…
Fresh from his sell-out run in Edinburgh, comedy writer for Channel Four’s ‘The Last Leg’, Adam judges himself and the world with wanton cynicism but now wonders if this is just …
The early rumblings of a wonderful new show about fear, love and being frazzocked.
A vibrant re-imagining of Burnett’s classic story with an inclusive cast of young actors, bringing the garden to life through music, dance and umbrellas.
A show inspired by Hetty King (an emblematic, early 20th century drag king), which embraces the possibility of women making connections across stages, in time.
A show inspired by Hetty King (an emblematic early 20th-century drag king), which embraces the possibility of women making connections across stages, in time.
Strange things happen on a Walke About.
A stunning exhibition in a beautiful, spacious setting.
“Cook it how you like, it’s still a potato” is an Italian expression for the many words and ways we keep coming up with to describe something, without in fact changing its meaning.
London comedian Heather Jordan brings her debut show to Brighton Fringe.
Thematically loose, structurally tenuous.
An inconspicuous townhouse in Fiveways plays host to the promenade performance Dancing in the Dark.
“a smorgasbord of different voices finding the funny in new places.
A selection of spoken word, poetry and short fiction, shining a light on brilliant new writing.
A work-in-progress of the debut hour from Robin Morgan, star of ‘The Greatest Welshman You’ve Never Heard Of’ (BBC Radio), writer for ‘The News Quiz’ and Laughing Horse New Act of …
With a sparkle of one-of-a-kind outlandish glamour, the Dilemma girls host this unique walk-about performance, inviting you to take part in the mobile game show ‘Would You Rather?’…
An interactive, musical, play experience by Exploring Senses and One Brighton FM.
A love-triangle comedy with a supernatural streak, this excellently cast new play by J.
Mr.
Tragedy and Comedy blend seamlessly together for this series of monologues performed byThe Theatre Workshop.
I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change is the second-longest running off Broadway musical.
Regina Decicco is the guest host of this free weekly comedy show that mixes stand-up with improv.
What happens to your sense of identity when the world in which that self was created dramatically changes? If you lived to fight, what if the outcome of that fight wasn’t what yo…
Strictly Come Dancing The Live Tour! 2015 is finally here Actress Georgia May Foote, Celebrity chef Ainsley Harriott and TV presenter Anita Rani are the next celebrity contestan…
Experience a cinema screening like never before! There’s no better place to enjoy an indulgent movie night than at a private cinema in the heart of Soho - the traditional …
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…
A brand new stage version of Mrs Henderson Presents is coming to the West End in Winter 2016.
The Marx Brothers greatest failing is at the circus.
Jana Schmieding and Lauren Olson host the final New York edition of this monthly character showcase, in which comedians perform brand-new, original characters.
CLOSE TO YOU, a new musical featuring Burt Bacharach’s songbook, makes its highly anticipated West End transfer to the Criterion Theatre from 3rd October.
(previews start on Friday; opens on Jan.
This showcase of artists and companies from Korea presents both traditional and contemporary dance of that country, selected and supported by a group of Korean cultural institution…
The Bolshoi returns to the big screen in a live-from-Moscow broadcast of John Neumeier’s “The Lady of the Camellias,” adapted from the 1848 novel by Alexandre Dum…
Die Doing What You Love is the first (and last) solo show from comedian Tom Holmes.
Despite a likable cast, there is less fun and spontaneity here than the brand name might suggest.
Two of the city’s finest rising comics, Janelle James and Kerry Coddett, each perform a half-hour of stand-up.
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…
This bi-monthly stand-up show presents a special performance in honor of New York Super Week and New York Comic Con.
The Nursery presents its autumn season of improvised comedy at the Edric Theatre, Borough Every weekend from 2 October to 5 December, 8-10pm Highlights include improv masters Th…
Returning to The Brunton (Musselburgh) with original and traditional Scottish folk music, stories and songs delivered with a charismatic stage presence and unique sense of humour.
A night celebrating the biggest breakthrough acts of 2015. Line-up TBC.
Welcome to the final of the 28th year of the UK’s biggest and best comedy newcomers competition.
Live recording of the hit podcast from the writers of the BBC show QI.
It’s 1941 and millions of women have their loved ones ripped away from them, unsure if they’ll ever meet again.
For one night only, Sing in The City’s premier choir The Aw’ Blacks will be performing in this year’s Edinburgh Fringe.
Everything you have ever secretly thought about dating, romance, marriage, lovers, husbands, wives and in-laws, but were afraid to admit.
Six months into their relationship, Bryony found out that Tim suffered from severe clinical depression.
Mediating Conversations about Conflict: The Church, the Constitution and the Climate.
In 2009, a crack vocal quartet was put on a diet for a crime they didn’t commit.
If Morfydd Owen had lived three weeks longer she would have been immortalised in the 27 Club.
Rowan is a hip hop and punk-inspired poet diagnosed with a specific learning difficulty and speech impediment, often disabled by other people’s perceptions.
Caroline Horton enters laden with suitcases against a pastel French tricolour.
Improv comedy is a British export, adopted by America and is now making its way back across the pond to impact the ever developing UK comedy scene.
His show Flaws was probably the most acclaimed show of last year’s Edinburgh Fringe.
American jazz and soul singer, Coco Rouzier, debuts her long-awaited original album at the Fringe! It’s soul music with jazzy phrasing and timing! ‘Coco is the Real Thing!’ (Je…
A new musical from award-winning director Zhao Miao.
Nothing to see here.
Steve Richards Presents Rock N Roll Politics 4.
Join the HandleBards on their bikes and cycle to a secret location in Edinburgh for a Fringe experience unlike any other.
The Secret of My Failure is a farcical, eclectic sketch comedy show hosted by the energetic Dr Postscript, which weaves through sarcastic appraisals of bad comedy sketches (a cleve…
I have returned.
Oxford University’s finest all female a Cappella group takes on University Challenge.
There’s plenty for girls to worry about these days – from tattoos to eating disorders to abusive relationships – and Tanya Holt, a mother herself, deals with the difficulties…
Stories, studies and stupidity about finding happiness in strange and scientific places by poet Agnes Török, winner of 2014’s Best International Spoken Word Show Award (PBH).
Australian idiot attempts comedy in a bus.
Movin’ Melvin Brown’s hit show, filled with gospel and inspirational songs, tap and comedy will make this an unforgettable experience! Song, dance, tap and story you’ll sing, dance…
Cirque du Soleil acrobat James Kingsford-Smith returns to the Fringe with his twisted and deeply hysterical new solo show.
Comedic lump Key (38) plonks himself in a room for a couple of weeks and tries out some new specks of poetry.
Perfect way for under sixes to burn off energy at this fun, musical and sea animal filled session.
Due to massive demand, six later, quite probably ruder, shows! Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedy half-man-half-Xbox.
As we grow older and we become more aware of the world, the way we look at people, the way we attach emotions and feelings begins to change.
The UK desperately needs more scientists and engineers, yet highly qualified, talented and ambitious women are still deserting science.
Dirty Harry has not only the original sound, feel, attitude, and full back catalogue of Blondie but a lookalike of Debbie to deliver the good stuff.
Need better media coverage? Learn easy steps for generating positive publicity in print, online – everywhere! – from social media pro and arts journalist Elaine Liner.
No amount of advance research can prepare you for Comedians’ Cinema Club.
Ever made a joke on Twitter that came out wrong and as a consequence been torn apart by a crazy mob? Or been part of crazy mob tearing someone apart for telling a joke on Twitter? …
Two-time Edinburgh Comedy award nominees and stars of BBC Three’s Badults, Pappy’s, bring their comedy club to the Edinburgh Fringe for four very special shows.
Surreal clown, singer and Phil Kay collaborator Cammy Sinclair (38yrs) accidentally took his son Robin (3yrs) to a gig.
Cervical cancer only affects women but is caused by a virus (HPV) very common in both sexes.
Since forming in the early 1990s, Old Blind Dogs have stood on the cutting edge of Scotland’s folk and roots revival.
For one week only Alan will try to sift through the frazzled hollow mass of his head for new stories and jokes.
Sell-out 2014.
Familiar BBC faces present their pick of the Edinburgh Festivals. Join us for music, theatre, spoken word, puppetry, cabaret and – of course – plenty of comedy.
Welcome to the 28th year of the UK’s biggest and best comedy newcomers competition.
Strap in, it’s joke time.
Any intelligent person would despair at the world, so let me make you stupid for your own sake.
Blind Mirth are a special improv comedy group - wonderfully talented and energetic.
Every day we see the news, images bombard us.
Modern man needs a positive role model, and Howard has the external genitals, a moustache and a suit.
A poetically powerful, awkwardly hilarious unravelling of what it is to be single for the first time since being a teenager.
Alex Furrow, the compere for Oxford Revue Presents, has a lot to contend with, La Belle is a big venue and it must be difficult to pack it out with an eager crowd.
Forget karaoke! Join the Massaoke revolution.
Join UCLU Comedy Club’s Blank Slates for an hour of thrilling improvised comedy, as they follow the story of a young superhero on their rise to glory.
West Country comedian and MC extraordinaire, Cerys Nelmes, returns to this year’s Fringe with a full run of her popular show, Pick’n’Mix! Cerys MCs an hour of comedy featuring th…
There are some shows that you just get a good feeling about from the moment you step into the theatre.
Phantom Owls present the Skylight Theatre production of New York Times best-selling author, acclaimed American humorist, Annabelle Gurwitch’s I See You Made an Effort.
It has been said that we all tell stories simply to stave off Death.
Dying is easy.
Age 5-100.
Fans of big hits and speedy whips can get their fill of roller derby at Auld Reekie Roller Girls’ first festival game.
Dancing with Crazies is a wild tale about one woman’s search for love and a place to call home.
We’ve all had our penises sat on and this lady gonna talk about it.
‘Remarkable’ (Press).
Many people will of course know Christian O’Connell from presenting the Absolute Radio Breakfast Show of which he has been doing now for over 10 years and in his time on the stat…
A traumatised zookeeper tells the tale of her misadventures with her co-workers and an escaped Tiger who is now their captor… and director.
Did you like The Avengers movie? Well, this show is just like The Avengers (except with more jokes, and no actual Avengers).
One-woman comedy character show, written and performed by Abbie Murphy.
There’s plenty for girls to worry about these days – from tattoos to eating disorders to abusive relationships – and Tanya Holt, a mother herself, deals with the difficulties…
We May Have To Choose is a one-person show performed by Emma Hall.
If you got your idea of adulthood from F.
See the very best of previous contestants and winners from the UK’s biggest and best comedy newcomers competition.
In one week, Brydie fell in love twice.
Lost Horizons returns with the finest folk/acoustic music from across the UK.
Join a woman – and her multiple personalities – on a journey through the twisted corridors of her mind, where you’ll meet some of the mad and quirky women of musical theatre …
Garry Roost is both writer and performer in this broad, jumbled examination of the life of the troubled artist, Francis Bacon.
Wet Behind the Ears brings you the finest new comedy talent from across the country.
Alison Chabloz returns to the Fringe this year with bespoke music show Autumn’s Here, a refreshing blend of acoustic song and musical satire.
Any intelligent person would despair at the world, so let me make you stupid for your own sake.
How do we choose what we believe? Do we believe what we see with our eyes? Or do we believe what others find believable? What happens when these two things contradict one another? …
It is difficult to know where to start with Violet Fox’s autobiographical show about her fraught relationship with her mother – I’ll take a note from her and start at the beg…
If you got your idea of adulthood from F.
Our pick of the best new shows opening at the Edinburgh Festivals 2015. Line-up TBC.
Lost Horizons returns with the finest folk/acoustic music from across the UK.
‘A good way to be happy’, Alice Keedwell tells us, is ‘you’ve got to silence the critic inside your head for a moment or two’.
I will be trying out new material, never done material, some good material, and maybe some outstanding material.
Gag Reflex presents Tom Lucy, Sean Nolan, Chris Washington and Benji Waterstones, hosted by Freddy Quinne and Kate McCabe.
After their successful debut last year, Dyer and Whitney are back with more of their unique, original and hilarious character comedy sketches and songs! This new duo sold out at Le…
When Tom Stade walks on stage you can tell he’s at home.
London’s Laugh Train Home host Robyn Perkins **** (ThreeWeeks, English Comedian of the Year Finalist) and Sarah Iles, (Comedy Network Award winner) are joined by their favourite aw…
Bryony Kimmings is a theatre maker, performer and actor.
Work in progress from the maestro of feel-good comedy.
Dissent: noun, def.
Lance Corporal James Randall is sitting in a living room strewn with desert sand and an abandoned maroon beret by the television.
A man who’s recently had a heart transplant thinks that his new heart is talking to him.
Speaking to those of us in her audience who have never seen her perform before, Tiff Stevenson says ‘You’re so lucky… I remember seeing me for the first time.
‘A raconteur extraordinaire! One of a kind! Sunshine is star!’ (Japan Times).
In one week, Brydie fell in love twice.
Conceived and directed by Guillaume Pigé, Blind Man’s Song follows the imagination of a blind musician at the speed of thought.
Shakespeare’s body of work is well-traveled by theatrical patrons – some might say imposingly so.
Brice is back with a host of silly characters.
Some people know exactly what to say, exactly what to think and exactly how to behave.
Have you ever been surprised to receive a phonecall from a friend that you were just thinking about? How many times have you felt so in tune with a person that you knew what they w…
Sean Turner, alternative stand-up comedian, is returning to the Edinburgh Fringe for his second solo Fringe show.
Is this a damn early time to start a show? Yes! Is it the only way to start your Fringe? Yes! With an interactive musical improv ending, this show you want to set your alarm for.
Ben Target is in no way an average stand-up.
It’s hard these days to find comics, amongst the slick and edgy big leagues, with a genuine sense of mischief.
On any given night during the Edinburgh Fringe there are dozens of funny comics standing on stage talking about the life and loves of a performer.
Like a pissed nutter at a bar chatting you up, Susie McCabe could rant for Scotland.
Live at the Stand is an opportunity to attend the recording of the podcast of the same name, featuring a rotating lineup of comics performing sets and taking part in games and inte…
Alex Edelman, New York-based upstart and winner of 2014’s Foster’s Comedy Award for Best Newcomer, returns with another gosh-darned show comprised of jokes and stories about hi…
An hour of uncompromisingly hilarious stand-up from ‘one of the best upcoming Scottish Comedians’ (List).
‘I could tell you anything I want and you would have to believe it!’ yells Mark Forward about twenty minutes into his show, as an invisible falcon perches on his arm.
In a small, bare room in Pleasance Courtyard, armed with a projector screen and a pack of makeup wipes, Angela Barnes is ready to change your view on beauty standards - and make yo…
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…
Like every other animal on the planet, humans need to eat in order to survive, but arguably no other species has developed such complicated social etiquettes around the consumption…
Co-written by Susan Wilson and Jeffrey Mayhew, A Cinema in South Georgia follows the misadventures and travels of a group of Edinburgh Whalers in a desolate outpost in South Georgi…
La Clique has been a feature on the Fringe for over ten years and has a well deserved reputation for slick circus cabaret and variety.
There is a room in C Nova that you have never seen before: up endless winding staircases and through many closed doors, a small attic store has been meticulously transformed into t…
The Secret Garden from Not Cricket Productions is a faithful and on-the-whole, effective, adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s classic tale.
Gather round, gather round for the moon’s magical, mystical story about a tippetty-top tap dancer called Marina Skippett, who he has been watching at night.
Apples are the most important fruit in the world: think the Garden of Eden, the discovery of gravity, the advent of computers! Join Joe Hart (So You Think You’re Funny? finalist 20…
Collegiate a cappella has become a major trend in recent years at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Take a trip through vivid 3D graphic environments that pulsate to the rhythm of high-energy music.
Direct from London’s world-famous jazz club, Ronnie Scott’s musical director and his ‘All Stars’, take to the stage to celebrate ‘The Ronnie Scott’s Story’.
Teaching children aged 7-13 the basics of magic.
Anthony DeVito, one of the funniest up-and-comers in New York, hosts this showcase at the iconic comedy club.
The Arts Barge project knows how to turn a dreary, wet Sunday night into a fun filled extravaganza.
Wearing a great, white, sparkly dress, Kiki de Ville struts onto the stage and you immediately know you are in for a good night.
The arts organization Inception to Exhibition, founded in 2009 to support new creative ventures, presents four Friday nights of free dance in the Midtown outdoors.
Five men are trapped in a West Virginia mine in this visceral play, whose lighting comes only from the actors’ headlamps.
(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.
Buy art direct from the artist at the inaugural artrepublic Art Yard Sale! Head to Jubilee Square to meet with and buy from some of the world’s leading artists at this spectacula…
Booty Queens & Hip Hustlers come on down for a dazzling evening of sumptuous glamour, glittering divas, cabaret chic & dirty disco dancing.
Fresh from supporting Russell Kane on his national tour this is the highly anticipated debut show from Steve Bugeja, the winner of the BBC Radio New Comedy Award 2013.
As heard on BBC Radio 4’s The Now Show.
Verity Valentine, the sassy and enchanting songbird and hostess welcomes you to the Moulin Rouge.
Join Jonny for his brand new 2015 show.
Kevin Precious is a former RE teacher.
Joni has just met someone special.
Columbia’s second biggest export, Carlos Cojones, comes to Brighton to tell the world about his life. With a little help from his friends.
Six women are on a journey. A comedy journey to make you laugh. Witness our responses to you and your suggestions. Be scared - we will take you anywhere. It may even involve song.
Can you stay true to yourself when everything suggests you change? After sell-out performances in London and New York, 201’s raw, contemporary hip hop returns in a story of two m…
President Nixon arms himself with a bottle of scotch and a gun to record memoirs no one will hear.
Austerity has devastated public services and increased inequality.
For everyone who wants to find out anything about end of life, death and bereavement.
BBC3 and Radio 2 star, Welsh-Egyptian motormouth Omar Hamdi is “Just what the comedy scene has been crying out for” (Daily Telegraph).
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…
The Cold Heart Revue is a UK solo music act making his Brighton Fringe debut with ‘Where Are The Villains Now’.
Clark is an outsider.
Ernie is a doting grandfather admitted into care.
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 …
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…
The day after Britain goes to the polls, “Scotland’s top satirical stand-up” (Morning Star) presents his comedy response to the 2015 General Election.
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.
Join Emily Bee and Harriet Rose Lambert for an evening of innovative performance art with a satirical twist.
Ongoing idiosyncratic nonsense from Winning.
Award-winning new comic Harriet Kemsley unveils her deepest, darkest fears.
“I know it’s harsh but I can’t imagine her ever being cool or sexy or anything”.
Insanely talented newcomer Nick Dixon presents a preview of his hilarious and ridiculously honest debut show.
Join “winningly self-deprecating” (Chortle.
A Star Wars themed family-friendly disco party.
Are you cool enough? Do you get out of the house? Have you cried today? Shut up.
Stuck with You is two romantic play.
This play is billed as an adaptation of Edwards Lear’s classic poem The Owl and the Pussycat.
An eclectic mix of comedians.
No quotes.
Do you ever gaze at the stars and wonder what it all means? Well, help is at hand because ‘the Bard of Lewisham’ is back and he’ll be tackling everything about everything and…
Alice has lost her cat, but when her search leads her to the library, Alice discovers more than she could ever imagine.
Apples are the most important fruit in the world; from the dawn of man, the discovery of gravity, the advent of computers and the medieval crusades.
After storming Brighton 2014, award-winning House of Blakewell return to take on the happiness industry.
The responsibilities of being an audience rarely weigh as heavily as they do in this series of short monologues, performed by one actor for one theatergoer in a mobile space the si…
Unfortunately, I had slightly misled myself in preparation for this show.
Join a woman – and her multiple personalities – on an unusual journey along the twisted corridors of her mind, where you shall meet the mad women of musical theatre, and celebr…
Join improv comedy group Do Not Adjust Your Stage as they create stories, scenes and characters inspired by the Ted-style talks from Museum scientists in The Wunderkammer.
Jo Firestone kicks off her new monthly series of unpredictably strange shows.
(previews start on March 11; opens on March 22) Expect lots of cakes and ale, though very few actors, when Bedlam offers two versions of Shakespeare’s comedy in repertory, bo…
(previews start on March 11; opens on March 29) Yes, these theaters are smaller than average and there may be quite a line for the single bathroom, but don’t let that deter y…
(previews start on March 17; opens on April 14) Something old, something new, something borrowed and something Broadway: The veteran showman David Hyde Pierce directs this new musi…
This monthly variety show features an eclectic mix of stand-ups, improvisers and other acts. Performers include Todd Barry, Myq Kaplan, Micah Sherman and the improv team the Enemy.
Some of New York’s funniest performers gather to reinterpret classic award show speeches, including Eliot Glazer, Ilana Glazer, Julie Klausner, Erin Markey, Michael Musto, Be…
Shannon O’Neill, artistic director of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater New York, and the veteran improviser Tami Sagher invite some of their improv friends for a night of…
Best Boy are on a mission: their best sketch made the BBC’s airwaves but wasn’t done justice.
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…
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Western ballet has a long history of exoticizing the East, and Marius Petipa’s “The Pharaoh’s Daughter,” which first had its premiere in 1862, is one such e…
How powerful is your imagination, could it save your life? ‘Nothing to see Here’ is a tender, sincere & moving exposition of the relation between self & unconscious.
This two-hander by Kate Robin, who works on the Showtime series “The Affair,” is about a man and woman, married to others, who fall into an unexpected intimacy after me…
Blackshaw Theatre Company presents Duncan Gates’ new play, Fetch, as part of ‘Halloween Tales’, a spooky 3-day theatre event at The Selkirk Pub in Tooting Broadway.
Join a woman -and her multiple personalities - on an unusual journey along the twisted corridors of her mind, where you shall meet some of the mad and quirky women of musical theat…
Mo Fathelbab and Tim Ellis go all out to celebrate the first anniversary of their weekly comedy show.
On the day that a Harlem block is officially renamed George Carlin Way, the comedian’s daughter, Kelly Carlin, gathers friends and fans to celebrate and honor the great Mr.
This mild comedy isn’t all that well acted, but at least it defies expectations.
Bargemusic, New York’s popular floating recital hall that is docked near the Brooklyn Bridge, continues to draw audiences to its Here and Now series of contemporary music pro…
Once again the Philharmonic begins a new season with the Art of the Score film series.
Filiz Ozcan directs a bitter-sweet love story in which two lonely strangers find themselves drawn to each other, leading them to question whether love does truly hold the key to ha…
Jen Kirkman, a performer based in Los Angeles, brings a show of brand new stories and jokes to Brooklyn.
(previews start on Sept.
Kara Klenk welcomes a raft of comics to this reliable weekly show: Byron Bowers, Adrienne Iapalucci, Kevin McCaffrey, Alex Koll, Josh Gondelman, Tony Deyo and Rob Cantrell.
Would you eat bacon from a lab designed pig? Is GM meat really a solution to future food shortages? Debates about genetically modifying our food raise many concerns.
A night celebrating the festivals with some of the biggest breakthrough acts of 2014.
The point of a thought-experiment is to provide a way of exploring the consequences of an idea, not through a metaphorical prism, but through a literal imagining of what might happ…
Welcome to the 27th Final of the UK’s best stand-up comedy newcomers competition! After the Gilded Balloon has scoured the nation in search of the best new comic talent, we are dow…
Join Scotland’s Biggest drag queen for a spectacular hour of her own brand of risqué comedy.
Since forming in the early 1990s, Old Blind Dogs have stood on the cutting edge of Scotland’s folk and roots revival.
A quartet of fifty-something women hit the gym to tone up - but when they look in the mirror they each see what they want to see - their twenty-year-old selves.
The Shoogles return with a brand new album.
Majk (pronounced Mike, for reasons which are unlikely to become clear again at the moment) presents a witty collection of finely crafted comedy folk songs on topics ranging from sc…
After three previous Edinburgh shows and supporting Alun Cochrane on two UK Tours, Mike Newall performs an hour of stand up.
As seen poeting on Channel 4 and BBC, Dominic Berry (winner of New York’s Nuyorican Poets Café Slam and Manchester Literature Festival’s Superheroes of Slam) brings video game-ins…
Blending performance, comedy and film, Kim Noble tries to get close to other people on this planet.
You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown is a Broadway musical based on the Peanuts comic strip, featuring familiar characters like Lucy, Snoopy and Schroeder.
Ever had a burning desire to see radio entertainment being made in the studio? Me neither.
Grace Savage, the UK’s official female champion beatboxer, suits her oxymoronic name to a tee.
Two comedians with quite different styles split an hour to give you a quick shot of what they are all about.
“I never went to school,” Richard Fordham tells us.
Heard it before? Not like this, you haven’t.
Star of Channel 4’s Friday Night Dinner and ITV2’s Plebs, Tom Rosenthal throws shit at a wall figuratively and possibly literally.
Aloha! The award-winning Castle Performing Arts Center is tap dancing its way back to the American High School Theatre Festival from their home in Hawaii with the high energy comed…
The band return to the Made in Scotland Showcase to conduct fyrebrand sonic sermons of devilish proportions.
Brandishing a Tesco clubcard, Dr Mhairi Aitken warns us that a loyalty card can say a lot about you.
Why are women deserting sciences in droves? Is it unconscious bias, a lack of aspiration, lack of confidence - or just lack of ability? Are we failing our daughters, or is this jus…
The BBC Asian Network return to the Edinburgh Festival for a second year, hosting an evening of the best Asian talent from across the Edinburgh Festivals.
TV’s favourite stunt scientist (from Brainiac, Blue Peter, etc) reveals his top secret science recipes for amazing experiments you can do at home - but probably shouldn’t! Liquid m…
Dancing in the Streets continues bringing dance outdoors with this festival tailored to three green spaces in the Bronx.
Dirty Harry captures the rapture of Blondie with the stunning looks and sound of Sarah as the sensual Debbie Harry, backed by some of Scotland’s finest musicians.
Dancing With The Inflatable Colonel is a one hour set shared by three comedians.
The Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival celebrates Edinburgh’s traditional buildings and offers everyone an opportunity to learn about the skills and materials used to build an…
This is not for everyone.
Perfect way for under sixes to burn off energy at this fun musical and animal filled session. Bang the drums, sing the retro songs and dance the dances inside the musical zoo.
A modern-day adaptation of Shakespeare’s Henry V, with the conflict re-worked to England vs Scotland.
St Andrews’ oldest, best and only improv troupe is lonely.
A variety show with comedians and actors talking .
Bill Cosby said: ‘I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody’.
In his Fringe debut, Richard Carnaby invites you to share a glimpse inside the lives and minds of three curious specimens, who have more in common than may first appear – or than…
Famed for their obsession with brains zombies have long been part of the mainstream.
The Consort of Voices return to Canongate Kirk in the Royal Mile for their sixth appearance at the Fringe, and present a varied choral programme of items from both sides of the Twe…
Due to massive demand, six extra, later, and quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man/half-Xbox.
The Josh Smith Not What You Expected Show will carry on to reflect on the well-being of everyday life.
As the date of Scotland’s Referendum fast approaches, National Collective presents a series of entertaining and informative performances, speakers and discussions to inspire deba…
Need more media coverage? Can’t afford a publicist? (Not happy with the one you have?) Learn to generate positive publicity in print, online - everywhere! - with easy steps from me…
See the very best of the previous contestants, runners up and winners from the UK’s biggest and best comedy competition.
WHYS is the BBC’s global conversation show – tapping into the most talked about news stories each day and getting the people involved to discuss them across radio and social me…
A timely play about a family limping out the door in the morning and coming home no matter what.
And The Horse You Rode In On begins with the easy unfolding of soldiers’ badinage.
PDS Theater returns to the Fringe with a raucous take on Shakespeare’s comedy.
Jack lives on an island where the community calls itself idyllic.
Familiar BBC faces present their pick of the Edinburgh Festivals.
The future.
An innovative experience premieres at the festival this year in the form of David Leddy’s political thriller, City of the Blind.
We present our pick of the newest, biggest and best cabaret acts.
Late and Loud presents BBC Radio’s Edith Bowman and Chris Stark along with TV funny man Russell Kane for a series of Jukebox takeovers.
Just Deserts is Durham’s favourite cult sketch comedy group.
Katia Kvinge is straight out of The Second City, Groundlings and UCB Theatre.
“You don’t know what heckling is!” screams Michael Legge at a woman in the first row, cutting down her contention that the Northern-Irish comedian is lovely.
Sorry I’m a Lady traces how Holestar, ‘London’s favourite Tranny with a Fanny’ (Time Out), left school without qualifications, joined the army and went on to become a brothel recep…
‘And you will be hanged by the neck until you are dead’.
‘I was laughing so hard my face seized up.
Are you confused by life? Do you miss Y-fronts? Did you even realise they were gone? Ever wonder what a live sex show is like, or how accountants chat girls up? Are you worried abo…
Suitably advertised as a punk-style voyage, this is a raucous hour of cabaret, humour and profound insights into the connotations of the word ‘queer’.
Ghostbusters turns 30 this year.
Out of work, out of money and utterly useless, Caped Concern and Captain Cliche struggle through their new lives in the everyday society they once protected, finding themselves at …
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…
‘Remains one of the best stand-ups in the country’ **** (Metro).
Richard Brown, ‘tall, bearded’ (Fresh Air Radio), presents his debut hour.
For a free sketch show you can’t go wrong with Oxford Revue’s free accompaniment to its main show.
Strap in, it’s joke time.
(previews start on Aug.
From the off the Edinburgh Revue never really got kicking.
Hailed as the world’s greatest video DJ, Maxx mixes turntablism with state of the art video technology, mashing together the biggest tunes, film and TV.
Three fine comedians who are all just so hot right now are upstairs in a pub somewhere telling jokes.
The Secret Wives of Andy Williams is an enjoyable hour of theatre that is occasionally funny and often moving, with plenty of eccentricity to keep things interesting.
Mercedes Benson takes a break from shopping in Lidl to introduce some of her closest friends.
Tickled Pig (Time Out’s Critic’s Choice) presents Edd Hedges (So You Think You’re Funny winner 2013), Robbie Ormrod, ‘top-notch performer’ **** (BroadwayBaby.
Katy Schutte (Maydays, Who Ya Gonna Call) has an idea for a film that she would like to share with you.
The punslinger returns with new jokes, silly songs and twitchy dancing.
This show will be a Fringe Favourite! When Glasgow gangsters mysteriously acquire the pandas from Edinburgh Zoo Malcolm gets the blame.
Brydie Lee Kennedy is not short on life experience.
10 minute tasters from four and five star shows, with exciting emerging talent.
Once Pathos: Can You Kill for Love? hits its stride, it is an enjoyable and moving performance.
With hilarious outfits, original music and a few custard pies thrown in, this two-hander follows the further adventures of Cinderella’s naughty Ugly Sisters as they travel in sea…
Ollie Moore and Cio Dav are two young comedians who are here. Let’s be honest you’re only going to see it if you happen to accidentally be near it when it’s on.
“It’s the game show of all game shows!” our host tells us as we begin.
Joe Dipietro and Jimmy Roberts’ musical comedy, I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change has become a staple of the fringe in recent years, probably because it requires a small, …
This is the show you’ll be telling people about in five years time.
Laugh Train Home brings together its favourite acts, with a different line-up each day, MC’d by Robyn Perkins.
The Edinburgh premiere of this exciting new work from InterAct (Wales).
Marcel Vol I explores the topic of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s sex scandals, portrayed in the form of an absurdist nightmare.
Do You Remember Rock’n’Roll Radio? Would you give up a high flying sales job to manage England’s worst radio station? Roland Gent did just that.
This one-woman show begins with a deluge of diagnoses handed out to the audience members by the performer.
You know that scene in every crime show ever, when the police finally show up at the serial killer’s lair to find a treasure trove of strange, coded messages pinned to the wall…
What if Caroline Aherne, Peggy Mitchell and Frida Kahlo teamed up and reared the orphans of Milton Keynes? The children have grown up and arrived! Welcome to Katie O’Brien’s fi…
Our pick of the best new shows and breakthrough performances from the Edinburgh Festivals 2014.
See the very best of the previous contestants, runners up and winners from the UK’s biggest and best comedy competition.
A Japanese drum wadaiko group, Samurai Drum IKKI is back! With new numbers and members, IKKI is finer and fiercer than ever before.
Gambit Theatre’s offering at the Fringe is a theatrical exploration of two real-life conmen and more specifically, identity imposters.
The Gilded Balloon’s So You Think You’re Funny is a comedy omnibus and competition, offering little showcase slots for Fringe veterans and newcomers.
Sometimes a show just leaves you in despair and unfortunately These Is Your Lifes is one of them.
This improv show sees stand up Eric Lampaert direct a series of movies with a cast of Fringe comedians that changes daily - some of whom have never even seen the movie they are …
With the surreal scalpel of sketch and stand-up, sketchup will cut out the non-funny stuff, leaving only funny bones.
Natasia Demetriou is new to solo shows.
There perhaps could not have been a more timely play than We Have Fallen.
In Australian comedian Lisa-Skye’s “love letter to the sex-and-drug-soaked 70s” she tells the tale of Melbourne hedonism in the 1970s star-crossed hippy lovers Bunny and Mad Do…
Anyone expecting anything like Hamlet will be sorely disappointed.
Emily Winter, Janet Manley and John Payne host this variety show in support of Badass Brooklyn Animal Rescue, with performances from Dave Hill, Michelle Wolf, Colin Nissan, Mark No…
A powerful portrait of the artist Francis Bacon.
Work in progress from the maestro of feel-good comedy.
The idea of a comedy play that’s centred around something we are all really familiar with at the moment - ‘listicles’ - is quite intriguing.
Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind has been running in various iterations since 1988, with an ever-changing roster of extremely short “plays.
Melvin Brown has got the moves, and this suave dude who appears in a suit and gold satin shirt also has a killer voice.
There is no doubt that an audience of a certain age will fondly remember the two famous actors starring in You’re Never Too Old, although audiences of any age could not fail to e…
Thomas Pocket presents: Me (Oscar Jenkyn-Jones) is the debut solo show from exciting young absurdist Oscar Jenkyn-Jones.
This year, Jason Byrne has decided to do away with racking his brain on what to name his show.
Northern Stage’s production of I Promise You Sex and Violence is a critique of modern attitudes to homophobia, racism and sexuality.
A wannabe playwright has had his play accepted by a play festival, but he has not written one yet.
Patrice Gerideau takes us on an autobiographical journey exploring the appearance altering disorder, Vitiligo.
The star of Weirdo’s cult hit The Colonel, Ali Brice brings his long-overdue, hotly anticipated and ridiculously silly debut show to Edinburgh.
Ian Fox: The Unsearchables is an interactive quiz show that asks the questions you can’t Google.
Stuart Mitchell was a finalist in the NATYS competition in 2012 and is one of the most exciting new stand-up comedians performing across the UK.
The Birmingham Footnotes Have A Plan provided ample entertainment for a student sketch group.
Get down to The Stand for a brand-new psychological, philosophical and largely nonsensical comedy panel show.
‘BANG’ - and we’re off.
Hotly anticipated debut hour from BBC New Comedy Award winner and star of Channel 4’s Stand Up for the Week.
Award-winning comedian, groundbreaking ventriloquist and Bafta nominated filmmaker Nina Conti is trying out material for her new show.
Exeter University’s Theatre With Teeth brings their modern ballet to Edinburgh, presenting the story of three couples and a maid on a weekend away.
Michael Puzzo’s popular play is a solid piece of theatre—it knows exactly what it wants to achieve and pulls it off.
Uniquely stubborn, outright impractical and undeniably hilarious.
Kiwi comedian Cal Wilson invites us to imagine what her life would have been like if she’d made different choices (or if she’d been born a man).
John Robins has written a show about love.
Byron Vincent enters the venue in pinstriped pyjamas and a pair of tatty trainers, wiping his long fringe out of his eyes.
Being visually impaired, Glaswegian stand-up Jamie MacDonald definitely brings a new meaning to “observational humour”.
Brendan Fitzgibbons and Lance Weiss host this free bar show, which features respected local comics, occasional drop-ins from big names and free pizza.
Nathan Fielder and Michael Koman, creators of Comedy Central’s cult hit “Nathan for You,” present a preview of the new season.
This blitz through dates, relationships, marriages, kids, divorces and funerals is a joyous and occasionally moving romp.
Dirty Dancing - the classic story on stage.
If we were to use one word to describe Brendon Burns’ career it’d be “interesting”.
The comedian Maeve Higgins and the writer Jon Ronson, recent transplants to New York City, host this monthly night of stand-up, storytelling and interviews with some of their favor…
Alhambra Theatre: 28th Jun 7pm.
The comedians Carl Arnheiter and Dave Hill lead a museum tour-turned-comedy show around the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Award-winning entertainer Doug Segal’s comedy mind reading show turns the audience into mind reading mentalists.
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.
Daring to be more honest and giving it some attitude, Juliet finally discusses what she really cares about.
Josh Smith embarks on yet another show that includes the unfortunate events that happen daily and yet he shares them.
“Hilarious” (Guardian), “Wonderfully Funny” (Time Out), “Cleverly crafted sketches that hark back to the glory days of the Two Ronnies or Morecambe and Wise” (ThreeWeek…
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.
2 big days, several SECRET locations and a mash-up of live music and epic performance! Special guest stars, festival fever, dance off, skate jams and all the weird and wonderful�…
Two adventures, one man, no idea.
Brydie has made mistakes.
Tina C is a comedy country singer from the good ole U.
Join Ellie Taylor (host of ‘Snog, Marry, Avoid’ BBC3, team captain ‘Fake Reaction’ ITV2, ‘8 out of 10 Cats’ Channel 4) as she cobbles together an hour of stuff into an actual stand…
A dress-up sing-along celebration of everyone’s favourite musicals.
‘Close To You’ follows the story of Jennifer and her turbulent relationship with anorexia, an affliction that is intertwined with her love and idolisation of 70s pop sensation Kare…
Paul F Taylor and Nick Hodder test out material.
A review of EastEnd Cabaret seems almost redundant nowadays, given the number of years that these two girls have prevailed in the Fringe circuit.
In the past two years John moved to the United Kingdom which led him to sleeping with a married woman, making his parents proud, deciding to buy a falcon and dealing with the death…
‘As You Like It’ is Shakespeare’s brilliant comedy of banishment, disguise, mischief and romance set in the depths of the forest of Arden.
To really know a man, you must walk a mile in his shoes.
‘As You Like It’ is one of those Shakespeare plays that has eluded me and Sedos Theatre’s production was perhaps the best way to be introduced to this play.
Clutching a handful of books, Robin Ince takes to the stage to welcome the audience into his world of lurid literature from across the ages.
High above the hustling, bustling streets of New York city, the Brooklyn bridge serves as the perfect setting for five New Yorkers to seek refuge from their busy lives.
The Good, the Stag, and the Ugly.
Russell Kane’s national support act, Welsh-Egyptian Omar Hamdi is preparing for his Edinburgh debut with a mix of fresh ideas and routines that have wowed audiences at some of the …
Visit our little house on the edge of the woods and escape the bustle of city life.
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 …
Howard Hanson was the longtime director of the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, and this excellent ensemble honors him with a rare performance of this vivid, grand opera, base…
In 2011, Japan was jolted by the largest earthquake to hit the country.
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.
If all great truths begin as blasphemies then George Bernard Shaw was undoubtedly the most blasphemous man of his age.
Anna Morris’s new show might be a work in progress but it’s already pretty brilliant.
Paul Grifiths is an artist, not because he spent a lifetime studying the grand masters or painting portraits and landscapes from a young age, but because of something primal that d…
Showcasing the best Brighton Fringe has to offer with different comedians every night.
This trio’s cutesy introduction, complete with Velcro and cardboard cut-out numbers, was charming.
The producers of last year’s inaugural Brooklyn Comedy Festival continue their cultivation of the city’s best comedy.
The World Music Institute presents this festival of Indian classical dance, with masters of three traditions performing over two nights.
This shrill, frantic musical drag parody of “The Golden Girls” — one of the best-written and -acted sitcoms of the 1980s and ’90s — is so raunchy, ove…
Two independent improv teams join the established troupe Thank You, Robot for a night of long-form performances.
Less Than Rent’s current production Little Mac, Little Mac, You’re The Very Man! is billed as ‘an adventure-capitalist rodeo.
Dirty Dancing - the classic story on stage.
With 24 of Queen’s biggest hits delivered in a show that boasts the scale and spectacle that marked the bands’ legendary live performances, this will be one of the…
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels the Musical stars three time Olivier and Tony Award winner Robert Lindsay (My Family, Me And My Girl, Becket, Oliver!) and comedy legend Rufus …
All That Jazz.
This invigorating poperetta, conceived by David Byrne and returning to the Public Theater for an open-ended run, sets a new standard for audience participation.
For those not familiar with this Shakespearian classic, it opens with a shipwreck which leaves a brother and sister stranded on the coast of an island called Illyria.
Find out from a panel of industry experts what it takes to be a successful producer, receive invaluable advice and tips on funding, marketing and project development.
A foreigner visits a Taiwanese opera performer.
Nighttime.
Whatever Gets You Through The Night is a wide-spanning arts project: an album, a film, a stage show and a book have all come together under the umbrella heading of ‘somewhere in …
Karl Marx, Abraham Lincoln, Brian Blessed.
Based on Haruki Murakami’s bestselling novel Norwegian Wood, There We Have Been explores the relationship of the novel’s main character and his late best friend’s girlfriend,…
Drama - dra-ma. noun: a play for theatre, radio, or television. Such works as a genre or style of literature.
I don’t think I’ve felt as privileged to be in a performer’s company at a Fringe show as I felt when watching Keith Jarrett.
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 -…
A 45 minute performance which focuses on the aspects of Alfred Russel Wallaces’ inspirational character that led him to the theory of evolution by natural selection - he then tol…
A driving mix of celtic, jazz, folk and blues.
The sound of the sea lapping at the sides of Odysseus’ boat is our first step into the world of Homer’s Odyssey, as imagined by delicate weavers of visual tales The Paper Cinema.
This show returns after a sell-out 2012 Fringe.
Charlie hopes to lift his miserable and lonely life by buying a furry companion.
Society has crumbled, zombies are on the loose - what do you do next? A) Search for food, B) try to find other people or C) go see some bad comedians late at night with an underwri…
The Emma Packer Show is audaciously bad.
For many people, a date in August had been looming.
3Bugs Theatre Company return to the Fringe with a new adaptation of this classic children’s story.
In the style of Noises Off, the fictional Black Rubix Theatre (actually some of the students in the Queen Mary Theatre Company) attempts to put on what they think is a biting satir…
Page to stage adaptations are nothing new but a sixty-three year old comic strip developing into a stage musical is certainly unconventional.
Although the Fringe offers up a slew of improvised comedy year after year, the youthful set of comics behind Blind Mirth succeed in providing a unique input into the somewhat satur…
That simple word opens up many possibilities throughout your solo journey through You Once Said Yes.
As one of Shakespeare’s most beloved comedies, As You Like It is a typical example of a pastoral story, concerning three parties of exile who individually flee to the sanctuary o…
The Mad Hatter Bum Party confers a false and fairly nauseating dignity on being without a home.
One can’t help but like Joshua Seigal.
The funniest piece in this collection of performed poems isn’t about the human body.
‘At the third stroke…’ Join Frank on his search for long-lost wife Gladys, who is stuck inside the talking clock. A frank, farcical look at a world governed by the clock.
At first glance, ‘Here’s Connie’ appears to be just another late-twenties angsty life-hasn’t-turned-out-like-I-planned-it show.
Perhaps I’m experiencing a cappella fatigue, but the singers at this show did nothing to wow me particularly.
Fringe First-winning one on one experience unfolds with you at the heart of it.
Care for and refresh your voice, body and imagination - led by full time East 15 staff.
Werner’s atmospheric installation takes you on an illusion-fuelled journey to darkly poetic places.
Z Theatre Company consists of a bunch of likeable first year drama students from Hull University.
Are You Sitting Comfortably? takes as its premise the intriguing idea of setting a run of the mill office romcom inside a radio.
With 47+ million YouTube views, DOABM is Arshad’s hysterical take on what life is like for a young British Pakistani Muslim.
Make a day of it with the Wee Rascals Club showing Scottish film Brave followed by a ceilidh just for kids.
The original box office smash hit tribute to one of the greatest movie soundtracks.
Due to massive demand six extra, later, quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man, half-Xbox.
Centotre’s Italian food is delicious.
The Secret Opera Society event at restaurant Centotre brings together music and cuisine in a stunning fusion of Italian culture with a strong Scottish sensibility and humour.
Roll up, roll up, the performance is about to begin! That’s the sense conveyed at the start of Theatre O and the Young Vic’s splendid adaptation of Joseph Conrad’s the Secret Agent…
Generally speaking, stand-up showcases are the sorts of show that offer the worst of both worlds, since audiences have to either sit through some desperately unfunny jokes from sta…
New York musical theatre entertainer/comedian Jonathan Prager brings his golden voice, heartfelt interpretation and comedic sensibility to a glorious and hilarious mix of little kn…
Life’s not easy when you’re a pedant; not that you see yourself as being pedantic, according to Jim Higo, a self-described ‘punk poet, social commentator and general irritant’.
International experiment sharing a story about a woman called Thyme, with local interpretations.
David O’Doherty, Jenny Éclair, Joe Lycett and Pierre Nouvellie joined Mark Olver for Dancing About Architecture, a friendly live afternoon chat show where comedians talk about c…
In hall at the top of a church on a blank proscenium arch stage, a group of Canadian high-schoolers gave me more than I bargained for: two plays for the price of one.
The idea of using rap as a linguistic art form to present a ‘playful reimagining’ of many of Shakespeare’s finest work is something young Charlie Dupré successfully pulls of…
Spoken word and rap artist Charlie Dupre comes on stage to the strains of cello and violin, an accompaniment that is perhaps a little at odds with his casual hip-hop style and deli…
Twenty-five years of the best stand-up comedy competition in the UK, we have whittled it down to the best from hundreds of entries.
Jamie Hamilton is an energetic and inventive sketch writer, with an unusual ability to take conventions from other genres and spin them until they become surreal.
Welcome to the 26th year of the best stand-up comedy newcomers competition in the UK! Previous winners include Dylan Moran, Lee Mack, Peter Kay and David O’Doherty! Who will be cro…
Find Jamie MacDonald’s first solo Fringe show and hear about his ill-judged city break to London.
Dazzlingly versatile, All That Malarkey’s repertoire spans operatic classics to R&B, musical theatre to cheesy pop, jazz standards to their own original material and much more! A…
I’m trying to give up cake. Everything else is optional. Perhaps PBH’s final one-man show at the Fringe. Or not.
What are you doing here? Although he says it’s a show which may answer some of the big questions of being, I expect James Christopher doesn’t really mean this in an existential…
From Oxford University come the Butless Chaps, a sketch group brimming with talent and clever ideas.
I’m fine, you? A response regularly given by a small, kooky East London Jew, and a tall, awkward, musical Dane.
It’s raining outside and our host – Stuart Laws – is on a mission to entertain us.
A heart-wrenching performance by the wonderful Wotlarx Enterprises, Can You Hear Seagulls? is an hour of subtle humour and warmth.
Paul F Taylor is like a puppy: he has very fluffy hair, oodles of energy and even when he slips up, we still like him.
Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park, chapter 14.
Watching actors improvise can be the most fun thing ever.
This is Cinderella, but not as you know it.
Hired by Aladdin’s genie, trainer Alice Lashman teaches you how to wish successfully.
Comedian Robin Cairns is famous throughout Scotland.
Unfortunately, this three piece act had dwindled to two by the time I saw their performance, however Jack Campbell and Robbie Ormrod were 100% funny enough to carry the show by the…
That’s an awfully good-looking prop, I think to myself as a character takes a knife to an apparent rabbit carcass.
Tired of the voice in your head? Tired of trying to contact your inner-self? Tired of rhetorical questions? This is a show about your brain.
A dramatic and poignant insight into life in Cambridge during the Second World War.
Rolling into Edinburgh with a brand new barnstorming show, The Horne Section will yet again provide the festival’s best musical mayhem.
Award-winning Kevin Short’s new play about the perverse realities of life.
At only thirty minutes long, La Poeme may seem short in length, but the performance manages to fit as many engaging images into this short time span as is humanly possible.
Amongst the general hubbub as the audience left the show, the snippets I overheard were ‘That was hilarious’, ‘I can’t believe he said that’, and simply ‘WtTF’.
Although listed as a children show and only 25 minutes long, this beautiful but simple production certainly made an impact on the audience members, no matter what their age was.
The cast of short musical ‘It’s not what you know’ are talented.
An entertaining yet highly prurient act, Martin Mor’s How Do You Like Your Blue-eyed Boy Mister Death? offers a reinvigorated, revitalised and thoroughly welcome attitude towards…
From 11am to 6pm, Robbie Thomson’s Ecstatic Arc is just a regular art installation in the Library Gallery in the Summerhall venue.
Idle Motion is a theatre group that specialises in physical theatre.
Japanese Drum Group IKKI takes the heart of Edinburgh by storm! A blood-boiling, mind-blowing, soul-bursting performance that transforms the traditional drum Wadaiko into the most …
Vicky Arlidge is a charming and talented musician whose songs about motherhood and marriage are pleasant and fun.
From the producers of the Secret Policeman’s Ball, Amnesty’s acclaimed comedy podcasts are back.
Ruby Heart Entertainment presents an all-star diva tribute show each night of the week, including world famous divas Adele, Leona Lewis, Mariah Carey, Lady Gaga and Jessie J.
Will Sidgwick is very new to stand up, having been on the scene for under a year and he clearly has a lot to learn about material and originality.
‘Close cleaning’ might be a confusing term to those unfamiliar with the Glasgow vernacular.
Close to You is a one-woman show with music.
Here she be: Nat Luurtsema, one third of the critically acclaimed sketch trio ‘Jigsaw’, back in Edinburgh with her first solo stand-up show in three years.
This powerful and intense one man show tells the story of Jacob Rubenstein, also known as Jack Ruby, the man who shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald just days after Oswald himself as…
I’m afraid I don’t particularly trust shows with exceptionally long titles that are self-claimed ‘spectacular’.
The award-winning musical comedy duo return with all-new and hilariously naughty original songs.
Flying drum kits, levitating ironing boards and swinging divas.
Gregory Akerman introduces us to Nellie Garcia, a 19th-century lady who has been forgotten.
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.
For his second solo show, Silky sweetly sings and softly swears.
Unavailable for Comment, hosted by Marcus Brigstocke, is a news-based quiz and sketch show.
Stand-up comedy that fulfils the Edinburgh Festival Fringe’s diversity requirements all in one fantastic show.
The debut stand-up show from Irish comedian Daniel McLaughlin.
Voyeuring through the dirty laundry of her colourful array of customers, Esther becomes embroiled within the darkest, juiciest scandal her small town has ever known.
The maestro of feel-good comedy.
From the maestro of feel-good comedy.
All new for 2013.
The critically acclaimed Airborne theatre company have hit the Fringe once again, this time with a new play, Tell Me A Secret.
Showcasing the very best in Irish comedy, this daily show will not disappoint, with the best headline acts on the Irish circuit and support from new up-and-coming comedians.
Fiedlen Cannon is one of the founders of Dublin based theatre company Brokentalkers.
Arguably one of Scotland’s finest comics, Susan Calman returns to the Stand with the air of a returning champion.
Will You Hold My Hand? is brought to you by two self-confessed ‘educators’ We are Goose; their style might be described as somewhere between Terry Deary and Rolf Harris.
Imagine, for a moment, always having to tell the truth.
2012 Foster’s Comedy Award Best Newcomer nominee Joe Lycett is back in Edinburgh with his latest stand-up show If You Lycett Then You Should’ve Put A Ring On It.
A public-school Ed Byrne in appearance with the patter of a middle-aged Jack Whitehall, Mark Dolan’s You’re Awesome is a gentle, beguiling hour.
This delightfully daft and silly send-up of ‘50s film noir is gleefully performed in one of the oddest venue spaces I’ve come across.
Multi award-winning Doug returns with a brand new show that’ll turn you into mind reading mentalists.
‘Bastardi Sumus Absolutam’ (‘We Are Absolute Bastards’) reads the school motto beneath the crest that welcomes the audience on arrival to WitTank’s The School.
Winner of the ‘Funny Woman of the Year’ Award, Suzy Bennett delivers a pleasantly fluent and fast-paced monologue recalling her quest for fame, which originated during her chil…
David Trent has labelled each of his possessions: ‘This is a screen’, ‘This is a laptop’, ‘This is a projector’, etc.
With thousands of shows out there, Rhys Mathewson’s show title is a clever one.
Miles Jupp chairs It’s Not What You Know, the panel show which sets out to see how well panellists know those closest to them.
Mark Kavanagh’s new laugh-a-minute play, Mad North-North-West, has hit the Camden Fringe with a bang! Set in a rehearsal room for an up-coming production of Hamlet, ‘William H.
The Hill Street venue has a great find in their ‘Master’s Room’ space and Hinge Theatre has installed itself there to present Ordinary Things: a two-actor, four character pla…
Based on a true story, Sophie Pelhams one-woman show about coping with bipolar disorder is sensitively disturbing and, surprisingly, also fantastically funny.
(previews start on Thursday; opens on July 11) The Forest of Arden has a new look.
The Caves on the Cowgate certainly can’t be accused of over-selling itself as a venue - you get exactly what it says on the ticket as you’re ushered into their dingy cellar, alread…
The format for this show is very simple.
Im beginning to think that Musical Theatre @ George Square are like some dodgy wartime butcher, whos keeping all the good stuff round the back.
Alan Hudson tries something a little different with this magic show, choosing to weave his tricks around a story of how he came to be at the Fringe in the first place.
During the Great Depression thousands of American World War I veterans gathered in Washington DC to demand payment of promised bonuses.
Openly admitting his show was a ‘work in progress’ and should not be judged on the quality of all of the material, there seemed no need for excuses as Damian Kingsley ushered u…
Every country has its fables and this production, originally written by David Feldshuh, brings together a collection of tales from around the world, both traditional and contempora…
Future Perfect is a writers’ collective that in several formations organise readings of their own work.
In my opinion medical professionals should stop making musical one-woman shows at the Fringe.
Young writer Heather Rayment presents her newest work, Here Goes, a comedy about two excessively quirky best friend forever flatmates, for Why Wait Theatres second visit to t…
This is a show which will divide audiences, causing disputes of both an interpersonal and internal nature.
Doug Segal delivers a perplexing array of mind-blowing, mind-reading tricks modulating gradually to a standing ovation climax.
When the matchmakers of Austens time are no more, fear not: I Love You, Youre Perfect, Now Change negotiates, with excruciatingly spot-on humour, the difficulties of the mo…
Only a few things feel strained in this transposition of Les Mains Sales to 1982 Northern Ireland.
Chortle has long been a staple for any keen comedy fan.
Shrewsbury School here lives up to its gleaming reputation with a technically flawless production.
In his program notes writer Adam J A Cass remarks this one-person show is based on a boy who is out there somewhere, the out there being cyber space.
Based on Conrad’s novel, The Secret Agent, transplanting its protagonist to modern-day Soho, attaching the story to a real alleged bomb plot on the London Eye, incorporating so…
Off-Broadway’s longest running musical comes to the 2011 Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
The ladies behind Dirty Thirties are called Lady Melville and Roxie Rebel, though unfortunately the evening I attended the latter had absconded.
Apparently not such a big secret after all, the Whistlebinkies was packed with those in the know waiting for a line-up of top comedians to kick start their night.
Sussex Slice is a little cavern of shabby chic on Hove’s Church Road, which screams ‘boutique’ right down to the last vintage lamp, a particularly apt setting for the Brighto…
Lewis Schaffer’s schtick is that he is an ex New York Jew making his way in this strange foreign land and hating every minute of it.
The concept of Bite Size is a perfectly simple, yet novel one, and the clue really is in the title.
Moving dexterously between paranoid nightmare sequences and kitsch music numbers, You Obviously Know What I’m Talking About tells the story of nervous recluse Winfield Scott Bori…
Caroline Hardie is one half of the double act Thomas Hardie, presenting a mixture of stand-up comedy and sketches.
‘Well Done You’ calls itself a character sketch show, but Lucy Trodd and Ruth Bratt are in character even when not doing sketches.
John Donne claimed “No man can be an island.
This is a one-man show with a difference: the actor is also a magician.
This was an intriguing and innovative portrayal of one of the bard’s best known comedies performed by an all male cast of eleven.
The audience looks into a living room where a wife has just demanded of her husband Lets have sex! Her stale spouse remains unconvinced, insisting that sex for pleasure is in…
As I entered this new space at ten thirty last night after a full days reviewing my heart sank.
With so much free fringe it’s can be a daunting prospect wading through the guide to find what’s worthwhile.
This picture-book musical follows a young orphan girl who casts off her mourning clothes and warms the hearts of those around her.
Looking for emotional charge? If so, this new musical blows everything else out of the water.
Just so you’re perfectly clear, You Will Be Rare is hugely engaging and memorable; but it’s not a piece of theatre.
Mad Mary is a tough nosed, hard living, uncompromising girl trapped in a small town in Ireland who needs a date for a friends wedding.
Daniel Sloss delivers a supposedly darker, meaner show in his later slot but most of his material is relatively clean, geared towards an audience who can laugh at him as well as wi…
Budding musical thespians aim to be what is called a ‘triple-threat’, developing extreme talent in the three areas of musical theatre - acting, singing and dancing.
David Mulholland is a former Wall Street Journal hack and this is a show driven by the passion of a good journalist for getting the story right and a hatred of bad journalism and t…
Unlike His Ghostly Heart, another play on the Fringe which is played out in the dark, where the stage is darkened and the audience can make out the actors forms, in Don Qui…
In the second floor of a pub off Grassmarket, a sweaty singer belts out peculiar variations on show tunes from Oliver! This is Oliver Pissed, as presented by The Sensational Alex S…
The witty and charming pair Richard Marsh and Katie Bonna give us a beat poetry rom-com ballad that, while not groundbreaking, at least treads old ground with the comfort and warmt…
As you were takes a deep look into the effects of war.
When one of the acts announced that this shouldn’t be called The Best of So You Think You’re Funny, but instead, Which Comedian is Free on a Week Night at 11.
As I followed the sound of salsa music into the grand ballroom at The Assembly Rooms, I have to admit I felt a little underdressed in jeans and trainers.
Depression and other mental illnesses are often unfairly ignored in our society.
Part of a four day festival of unique and inspiring work from young artists based in London.
The Vocal Associates bring distinguished composer Tony Makarome’s musical adaptation of Aesop’s fables to this year’s Fringe.
The highest tribute I can pay to this one man play about the notorious Robert Maxwell is that I really felt I had spent ninety minutes in the media tycoons presence.
Sketch You Up! is a brand new sketch show written by Dan Robinson.
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…
Some comedy shows can be slow burners – they introduce a few seemingly unrelated jokes before linking everything together towards the climax of the show, ending on the ultimate p…
To get to the point, this play is woefully average.
If given the chance to spend an evening with any individual beyond the grave most would be reluctant to pick the obnoxious, multi-millionaire newspaper tycoon Robert Maxwell unl…
Completely bizarre, the Dog-Eared Collective held nothing back in their unrelenting comedy set which had everything from detective lives of Beethoven and Bach to Glasgow’s 2022 O…
Im sitting there, innocently enjoying the show, when John-Luke Roberts points at me and declares that no-one really likes having conversations with me, they only do it so they ca…
Scooped is a re-working of Evelyn Waugh’s classic novel, Scoop; the adaptation was directed by Katie Lambert and written in collaboration with her cast.
Bang Bang Youre Dead is largely based on a shooting in Oregon in 1998, in which a fifteen-year old boy killed his parents and then two of his fellow high school pupils, injuring …
David ‘Perrier Award winning’ O’Doherty has grown a beard especially for his role as the intrepid – read: inept - explorer Rory Sheridan.
To have a tagline from Emma Thompson, undoubtedly a belle of British cinema, is to wield a hefty endorsement.
Billed primarily as comedy, it’s only natural to spend the first few minutes of this show wondering where the jokes are.
This lively bunch of performers from Kett Sixth Form College in Norwich have put together a piece of theatre about the dangers of over indulging in alcohol.
It is a brave company which puts on the first Fringe production of the Gershwins’ ‘Crazy for You’ so soon after the Regents Park Open Air production, which transferred succes…
Jessica Pidsley has given herself a challenge, one that she hopes will help her audience to change their attitudes towards their body.
It seems a shame that effort should so hurt a production, but the illusion of ease is critical to cabaret especially when the lead is supposed to be a beguiling and sexually emanci…
Sometimes a title of a show can be so specific in its subject matter that it can pull the audience in and deliver exactly what they expect to see.
What was it Margaret from The Apprentice said about Edinburgh University this year? ‘Perhaps it’s not what it used to be.
I cannot praise this show highly enough.
Milan based Babygang theatre present an experimental exploration of self in a messy production which says nothing worthwhile, barely scratching the surface of anything other than a…
It must make many a performer, struggling to get even their front two rows filled for a Fringe show that they have spent months meticulously planning for, that a show with practica…
Dirty Filthy Rich wants to make you stinking, filthy rich.
Dirty Pretty Money is a play that looks at the relationship people have with power and money in today’s society.
Ava Vidal was first on my list for this years Fringe.
Writing a show is a difficult enough task; to then both act and direct said show is worthy of a titan.
The question of how a person really measures the value of their lives and those lives that they effect has always been the heart and soul of the Broadway smash-hit rock opera Rent.
Made in China’s We Hope You’re Happy (Why Would We Lie?) is a 50 minute snapshot of two lifelong friends, Jess and Chris, sharing a night in, while everyone else is out getting…
Hayley Shillito and Laura Taylor spend the whole of this piece from Horizon Arts dressed in black and joined together by a piece of long elastic.
Having watched Oyster Eyes Presents: Some Rice, you find yourself trying to work out what it is exactly you have just seen.
I Love You, Youre Perfect, Now Change is a comedy musical from the pen of Joe DiPietro and Jimmy Roberts.
he headline of this review was the most prolific tweet of the night at Unravel’s ‘Only Gig You Can Control With Your Phone’ and frankly, it’s a good question.
This performance was never going to be a side-splitter.
Just Up The Stairs at The Caves is packed to the rafters for this mid-afternoon hour of sketch comedy.
It is impossible not to warm to The Aspidistras.
If everyone has a story to tell, one that’s worth listening to, then why is it that the only stories that shift copies off shelves and set Twitter alight are the births, marriage…
Comedians are a needy bunch.
Who really was Marilyn Monroe? Sadly after seeing I Wanna Be Loved By You Im still as clueless as when I went in.
Observations of human behaviour from the perspective of a dog: it’s honestly not as bad as it sounds – but not by much.
Squeaky dirty stand up comedy offers up three styles of stand up from this trio of comic pals.
There’s something about the marriage of the arcane and the amusing, the faux Victoriana of shows like ‘Bleak Expectations’, that I always find enjoyable.
This performance is by a group of students from Stanford University in California.
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…
Deja Vu, according to a very quick Google search I just did, means ‘a feeling of having already experienced the present situation.
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.
Alarm bells sounded early with Richard Wright’s show.
Couple Francisco and Anna share their flat with Fergus.
Aizzah Fatima’s one-woman show is an exploration of modern Islamic feminism through the eyes of seven different characters, whose varied situations and outlooks on life paint a f…
It will come as no surprise that this is a controversial play.
Riding on the success of last year’s excellent production of A Comedy of Errors, Shakespeare Napa Valley launched themselves into the deep end with an incredibly daring adaptatio…
Inspired by the novel by Portuguese Nobel Prize Winner Jose Saramago, “The Blind” is a story in pictures, exploring both what it is to be blinded but also diving into the darke…
Ring-ring! Ring ring! What’s that sound? It’s the sound of ten students from London trying to get to grips with an un-winable war.
What a lovely, original and unpredictable show this is.
Sporting Leo Sayer hair, tinted round-lens specs and a Cheshire Cat smile, Carl Donnelly is an eminently likeable 28-year-old blessed with the natural off-beat London wit of Noel F…
Fiona Paul wants to take us to ‘Pleasure Level 10’; starting with handing out Jaffa Cakes on the door, she very nearly succeeds.
Take six social misfits with relationship worries, throw them into group therapy, and then you have the basis for Conor Mitchell’s brilliant musical Have A Nice Life.
While call centres are certainly no stranger to the routines of stand-ups, it is a rarity to find someone from the other side of the fence.
Daarrling you simply must see A Dirty Martini.
Heres a trade secret for you, readers at home: reviewing comedy is the hardest part of this job.
Disembodied voices are not what you need to hear in a venue that’s already as spooky as the Old Town’s Underbelly, but that what you get at the start of Ed Aczel’s comedy set as he…
This is no ordinary cabaret.
Audience’s experienced what an acid trip in the middle of the afternoon must feel like with Croydon’s number one electro-comedy duo Eccentronic.
Norfolk Youth Music Theatre has a history of successful Fringe productions, including The Enchanted Lovers A New Dido, based on Purcells Dido & Aeneas and Little Shop Of Horro…
It’s a beautiful day at the Fringe and I’m sat on the top deck of a red bus in the Meadows.
In these increasingly cash-strapped times putting on any musical on the Fringe is worthy of praise, even if — with a cast of six accompanied by electric piano and drums — the d…
The Camden Fringe is home to many different types of performer; opera singers, musicians, burlesque dancers and poets.
How does a person deal with a devastating incurable degenerative disease, and what effect does it have on their friends and family, is the focus of this play from edgeeradica.
In an increasing trend amongst the big-name comics, this is Jason Byrne’s ‘other show’, and this year involves grabbing four guest celebrities as panellists for the top table, a co…
Farting at a funeral could be quite funny.
The Free Fringe is a generous proposal at the worst of times, but when it offers up shows like this, ones that feel like they’ve been dreamed up out of pure love and shared free of…
Knot Theory presents a new piece of writing about the decline of a suburban family in a piece of new writing by Niki Orfanou.
Traversing the line between the silly and the outrageous whilst keeping a comic dignity is a difficult skill to master.
Sam and Emma’s Mum has cancer.
David Shire and Richard Maltby Jr are one of the most respected lyricist/composer teams on Broadway.
Work Songs is a dance exploration of office-place machismo power struggles by The Dangerologists.
Prince Philip supposedly coined the word ‘dontopedology’ in describing his talent for ‘opening one’s mouth and putting one’s foot in it’, and in this free show at Espio…
I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change is a director’s dream.
This red, rude and raunchy show faced a difficult task transforming a university lecture theatre into the cabaret version of hell on earth, but thanks to some inspired acting from …
Dickson Telfer’s solo play, in which he also appears, charts the struggle of a teacher to impose control on a rogue class in so-called Higher Education.
Zoi Dimitriou and Andrew Graham begin their “interdisciplinary duet” counting and slowly crumpling to the ground.
Glee and High School Musical meet Dr Seuss.
One of the most original and refreshing sketch acts to emerge in years, Sheeps have helped to reinvent sketch comedy.
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…
Three characters from The Seagull are in a CND meeting.
And the Devil May Drag You Under is a modern, sexy circus show adapted to fit the stage at Fletch @ St Andrews.
Professor Kaos exclaims truimphantly that he has the ‘most popular show in the Fringe!’ and with good cause.
Mad About the Boy, the new play from Gbolahan Obisesan, could not have come along at a better time.
Before the acts even take to the stage the atmosphere anticipating Battle Acts! Present is electric.
A man in the front row at Bec Hill’s show accuses her of being the worst comedian he’s ever seen.
To Have Done With The Judgement Of Artaud.
Jacob Banigan is a Canadian who works with Theater Im Bahnhof and English Lovers in Austria, but on the Park Theatre stage Banigan performed his one man show Game of Death.
Narrator Avis Sherman (Michael Legge) introduces the plan twelve twisted tales.
The Factory Theatre presented The Odyssey as part of the London Jam at the Park Theatre.
This week Park Theatre in Finsbury is hosting The London Jam, a festival celebrating improvisation talent.
‘I Wish You Love’ traces the intense friendship between Edith Piaf and Marlene Dietrich through dialogue and their own songs.
Can a comedy show be rated on its interesting subject matter rather than its comedic merits? If so, Chris McCausland’s Not Blind Enough is definitely worth a look in.
This two person show is set in a surreal, but unnervingly, probable world of a massive corporation - where encouraging chirpy American voices in the lift congratulate people on ‘te…
It would be hard not to like Phil Kay.
So, another year another thousand student companies bringing I Love You, Youre Perfect, Now Change to the Fringe.
“D’you hear about Todd?” An innocuous question shouted over a bar inspires the better part of an hour’s worth of reflection on death in the modern age in this curious and c…
Last year on my final weekend at the Fringe, a friend of mine met a local man at the Silent Disco, started snogging him, and then eventually started to date him.
I dont live here anymore examines a relationship which draws to its untimely end.
Ed O’Meara has some of the scariest flyers on the Fringe, with a teasing tag, ‘Follow Your Nightmares’.
There are some shows where you have to wonder ‘what is this person doing here, and more importantly why?’ Simon Lilley and Asli Akby have entered this show in the Fringe, payin…
I hated history lessons at school - all those dates and names of Kings and Queens, so long ago that they seemed totally irrelevant.
Sometimes raw, rough shows, performed on a knife-edge are the most gripping.
Hinge Theatre’s Dorian is a stage adaptation of Will Self’s novel Dorian, itself an adaptation of the Oscar Wilde original, The Picture Of Dorian Gray.
Fans of Would I Lie To You? will need no prompting to visit this ingenious variation on the theme of Spot the Porker, in which four storytellers by turns deliver 10-15 minute solo …
This is improvisation at it’s best.
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…
The world-class Ragamala Dance Company returns to the Edinburgh Fringe this year with a soul-moving performance of South Indian Classical Bharatanatyam dance.
This was the last of the Dance Base medley of choreographers that I caught and, by far, the most exhilarating.
Show 1 of Dance Bases 2006 Fringe performances consists of four separate pieces by Iskandar Dance Company, Karl Jay-Lewin Company, Michael Popper and the Curve Foundation respect…
Atmospheric is the word for this production.
Dance Base presents three different pieces by three very different companies.
I love Lili.
Joseph Moncure Marchs poem, The Wild Party, has been the inspiration for everything from films to plays.
The costumes may be naff, the props may break, but the belly laughs come thick and fast in this fun-filled hour of winningly surreal sketch comedy.
Phill Jupitus asked us here to ask him questions.
In a tiny venue, with an even smaller audience Off the Cuff was faced with a difficult challenge for their late night improvised comedy act.
Marking the closing weekend of the Edinburgh Fringe, the legendary Kölsch is bringing his fresh new international party, IPSO, to the capital for one night only.
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Eddie Izzard invites you to his brand-new work-in-progress reading/performance of Charles Dickens’ classic epic Great Expectations.
One of the biggest comedy stars in Denmark, Simon Talbot comes to the Fringe with some work-in-progress shows.
Achtung! Achtung! Comedian Al Murray and historian James Holland are bringing their highly acclaimed World War II podcast to the Edinburgh Festival.
Who owns the land? What if the land you think is yours already ‘belongs’ to someone else? The tragedy that is Australian history, the encounter between the ‘savages’ and th…
JARV is an experiment JARV is a night to remember JARV is a live experience with no barriers JARV is .
American gospel voyages back to its African roots in this compelling collaboration between two of today’s greatest world music groups.
Honeymoon and Butterfly are two highly trained operatives on a mission to save the planet from boredom—one show at a time.
A coveted Bobby has been presented to five shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year.
Simon Ximenez "feelz the noise" as he talks with punk legend Ed Banger about bringing the glam to the Edinburgh Festival this year.
Established spoken word performer Jenny Foulds talks about her show, Life Learnings of a Nonsensical Human at the Edinburgh Fringe nd her life so far.
Sikisa Bostwick-Barnes’ Her Me Out will be premiering at Edinburgh Festival Fringe this August - you may have seen Sikisa on the BBC or Live at The Apollo, or even received legal...
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.
Do you ever find yourself singing The Bare Necessities? Or breathily repeating David Attenborough’s iconic narration? If so, the Ensonglopedia of Animals is the show for you.
All this week we've got some fantastic offers on your favourite West End shows. Check back daily for the latest offers.
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...
Renowned for its comedy, Brighton Fringe is the perfect time to discover brand new talents. Here’s our guide to stand-ups you’d be totally crazy to miss.
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.
Former Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls, sports presenter Ore Oduba and actress Lesley Joseph are the latest celebrities announced to appear on the Strictly Come Dancing Live UK Tour, wh...
Comic Russell Hicks has seen them all, and provides some advice for audience members tempted to join in with the show how not to be 'that guy'.
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.
Broadway Baby has a little chat with sultry songstress Cat Loud, who is bringing Cat Loud's Wayward Girls to Edinburgh '16 alongside The Bluewater.
Brighton Fringe has officially launched.
Christmas is the one time of year you can drag your non-theatre-going friends to the theatre.
Matt Tedford’s drag incarnation as Margaret Thatcher started life as a simple Halloween joke but has since taken on a bit of a life of her own, winning him Best Male Performer at...
Agnes Török is a Swedish spoken-word performer, poetry events organizer and part of Loud Poets.
Jemima Foxtrot is an award-shortlisted performance poet who fuses spoken word and song in her Fringe show, Melody.
Round two from our stand-up columnist Steffan Alun.
It’s the iconic Edinburgh film and book - and now nearly 21 years since the film opened - a young theatre company brings Trainspotting to the Edinburgh Fringe.
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...
Mix ‘N’ Pick Theatre is reinventing the rooftops of Princes Mall this summer with the Boxsmall Festival, providing fun-packed interactive theatre shows for children every half ...
Tanya Holt, producer, performer and writer is to grace the stage this year with Cautionary Tales For Daughters. Broadway Baby finds out more.