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.
The show is a celebration of the students of the PPAS Street Dance Summer School and the choreography they have learned during the course.
It will make you laugh and cry, make your heart swell and your muscles flex.
Once again, this nine-piece ensemble will deliver the music of Springsteen with precision and energy to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Performance poet/musician Attila the Stockbroker has been writing and performing since 1980: 4,000 or so gigs in 25 countries so far.
Start each morning with this curated variety showcase, featuring the very best solo shows at the Fringe! Rotating daily line-ups include storytelling, theatre, clown, cabaret, spok…
Outdoor 360° wrap-around street art exhibition at Quality Yard in Leith.
The Traditions Of Audience Anonymous: We admitted we were powerless over what we found funny – that our lives had become ridiculous.
Shady wellness gurus, audacious business bros and one desperate graduate collide in this hilarious hour of brand new comedy.
Hands-on masterclass and demonstration of three delicious dishes.
The tales of the dragons are special for many reasons.
Abby awoke in hospital after a late miscarriage and, high on anaesthesia, decided to become a comedian.
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 …
WachArt For Altruistic Art invites you to its first public opening! “Just as man needs oxygen to survive, he also needs art and poetry.
Two London street performers take you on a rockin’ comedy drama through the crossroads of grief and letting go.
It’s October 1936 in the heart of London’s East End.
Fire! (and the politics of fire) A child collects bonfire wood.
Making its London premier Maimuna Memon’s multi-award-winning Manic Street Creature is now showing at the Southwark Playhouse, Borough, following its barnstorming, sell-out world…
An exceptionally enthusiastic and talented youth theatre put on a revival of the 2013 version of Pippin.
This dynamic seven-piece band return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for the 12th year to play the back catalogue and the latest album! With the precision and energy of the E Stre…
Ever wondered what would happen when Girl meets Ghoul? Aubury has the worst job in the underworld – training ghosts.
Songs of Displacement.
‘I wanted to fight her corner’.
Quality Yard brings you a free outdoor 360° wrap-around exhibition of creative street art and graffiti by nationally and internationally exhibited artists.
Once upon a time, a load of gays and their cishet best friend walk into a bookshop, looking for love.
Exclusive hands-on masterclass.
If you’re the kind of person that likes irreverent smart comedy and doesn’t mind peeing a little from laughter then bring your incontinent self over here.
Northern Irish comedian Caroline is the dumbest smart girl you’ll ever meet.
24 different award-winning or nominated comedians perform their full shows, recorded for Netflix, Amazon Prime and YouTube. See FringeSpecials.com for listings.
The vibes of a Havana street party brought to McEwan Hall, this dance troupe from Havana, Cuba are simply stellar, with styles such as street dance, salsa, rumba, afro and contempo…
This new Chordstruck Theatre production is a feel-good, comedy musical cram packed with hilarious original jingles, as well as a message for a better world.
Financial dominatrix Lane Kwederis tells all in her revealing show: Sex Job.
David Ian and Jonathan Church present the Leicester Curve and Sadler’s Wells production of 42nd Street.
It’s big… it’s bright… it’s a brand-spanking new production of ‘the original showbiz musical,’ 42nd STREET!Jonathan Church (Singin’ In The Rain, The Drifters Girl) …
Venue B hosts a monthly sell out gig of local young up and coming bands and DJs.
Venue B hosts a monthly sell out gig of local young up and coming bands and DJs.
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
It’s been nine years and a pandemic since I last saw the double-trouble act Bourgeois & Maurice.
Westcliff High School for Boys’ drama club under the direction of Ben Jeffreys, who otherwise teaches history, first came to our atttention at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 20…
Variety Film ClubThe team behind Variety Lunch Club have hatched a new plan so that you can come and have an afternoon out with friends while watching some of the greate…
Join us on Alfred Place Gardens and Store St as we celebrate the opening of the Bloomsbury Festival 2022.
Join us on Alfred Place Gardens and Store St as we celebrate the opening of the Bloomsbury Festival 2022.
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…
This groundbreaking piece of theatre is based on an ADHD support group.
Once more The Rising look forward to delivering the music of the Boss with passion and precision to Edinburgh Festival Fringe! Following previous festival sell-out shows, this seve…
This is it.
At Johnnie Walker Princes Street, we know a thing or two about creating the perfect blend.
Exclusive 100% hands-on masterclass with three delicious dishes.
Young Scottish contemporary artist Sleek debuts an exhibition of work showcasing his street art.
A fresh and thrilling take on a modern love story from the composer of critically acclaimed Electrolyte.
A fresh and thrilling take on a modern love story from the composer of critically acclaimed Electrolyte.
Award-winning physical comedian Tom Walker has written a love letter to the sport and spear that share a name: the humble javelin.
Three incredible groups from Cuba create a thrilling fusion of cool modern dance styles in this world premiere of breath-taking Cuban dance.
This show is a scrapbook of memories about my family.
Welcome to the Greatest Fitness Party by the sea! Special Jubilee Street Party celebration, mainly about the dance and fitness but singing encouraged! Take your dance floor outsi…
Welcome to the Greatest Fitness Party by the sea! Special Jubilee Street Party celebration, mainly about the dance and fitness but singing encouraged! Take your dance floor outsi…
A sexy and spirited musical created by Julie Burchill (words) and Robin Watt (music), Hard Times On Easy Street takes place in a louche Brighton nightclub fighting to survive - whe…
A sexy and spirited musical created by Julie Burchill (words) and Robin Watt (music), Hard Times On Easy Street takes place in a louche Brighton nightclub fighting to survive - whe…
Proper Job Is a panel show featuring the best comedians on the circuit competing to see who would fare best in the real world.
Proper Job Is a panel show featuring the best comedians on the circuit competing to see who would fare best in the real world.
We run comedy nights at this venue all year round but we have something special planned for the Fringe.
I Couldn’t Do Your Job is a poignant, captivating and timely verbatim play which shows an honest insight into the people behind the uniforms.
Join us for a special screening of the classic Christmas movie ‘Miracle on 34th Street’ (the 1947 version).
Join us for a special screening of the classic Christmas movie ‘Miracle on 34th Street’ (the 1947 version).
Elly spent the last year at a prestigious performing arts school in France.
Elly spent the last year at a prestigious performing arts school in France.
What are the ingredients for a bank robbery comedy? A ragtag criminal gang, a double serving of double-crossing, a training montage, and many pairs of dark sunglasses.
Join Gorgie’s first Street Art Sculpture Trail Walking Tour, hosted by contributing artist Mario A Gonzalez Robert.
Experience Quality Yard’s unique 360° outdoor street art painted courtyard exhibition of new artworks by Scottish street art and contemporary artists in the heart of Leith’s old t…
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
Our unique tour sets out to capture the essence and idiosyncrasies of the characters and locations of the McCall Smith 44 Scotland Street books.
Treat yourself and be our special guest.
This sketch comedy trio are opening the doors to all of their larger than life characters living on the same street.
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.
This sketch comedy trio are opening the doors to all of their larger than life characters living on the same street.
Night and day in Thailand.
Sara Segovia Rodao and Lachlan Werner are cuties by nature, cancers by astrological sign and clowns by trade.
Tl;dr: Two female comedians debut their 30 minute solo shows on one bill.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
Please note that Tier 2 regulations mean that only members of the same household or support bubble may meet together indoors.
Over on Grim Street, there lives a little old lady.
Our unique tour sets out to capture the essence and idiosyncrasies of the characters and locations of the McCall Smith 44 Scotland Street books.
Jordan Belfort.
Scott Walker was one of popular music’s most fascinating and elusive characters.
Cora is at the festival to see her ex-boyfriend perform.
Lisa Klevemark, though Swedish, Lutheran and very boring, went to renowned clown school Ecole Philippe Gaulier in France.
A songwriter’s journey through life and art, its hits and misses.
London, 1887.
Edinburgh Festival Fringe is a beacon of individuality for our time: it presents a platform for anybody with the desire to express themselves and whatever makes them individuals.
Experience Quality Yard’s unique 360° street art courtyard and exhibition space featuring new works by Scottish street art and contemporary artists in the heart of Leith’s old tow…
‘Settle in girls, it’s story time!’ Golden Delicious is no ordinary queen, and this far-from-ordinary one-woman show joins the Fringe hot off a streak of sold-out performance…
Tom Walker and Demi Lardner are young twin brothers left alone at home.
Financier? Miser? Witch? A dry-witted tale about the life of Hetty Green, once America’s richest woman.
Masterclass 100% hands-on lesson, creating three delicious dishes.
Melbourne International Comedy Festival: 2017 Best Show nominee and 2016 Best Newcomer winner.
Benson shares his fascination with the infamous plot to murder Lord Liverpool’s entire cabinet and the grisly aftermath on the gallows at Newgate.
What does love mean to you? Not sure? Too afraid to ask? Well don’t worry – Lovers Anonymous is here to help.
What does love mean to you? Not sure? Too afraid to ask? Well don’t worry – Lovers Anonymous is here to help.
Scott Walker was one of popular music's most fascinating and elusive artists.
Duration: Approx 2hrs 10mins Sounds Like The Seekers is an incredible new show that faithfully recreates the magic of 1960s super-group, The Seekers.
BA Theatre Arts at GBMet.
Lisa is always on time.
Jack Cray is The Fittest Man On The Street.
The Jewish community in Brighton has a long history.
New British musicals are few and far between nowadays, but the Brighton Fringe is the one place where they are bound to be found.
The Star Seekers by The Wardrobe Ensemble Do you want to fly to outer space? Visit a space station? Become a Star Seeker? Star Seekers Alph, Betty and Gammo need your he…
Director: Peter Collinson Cast: Michael Caine, Noël Coward, Benny Hill film maltings 1969 is our series of classic films from 1969, as part of our 50th anniversary …
What happens when all your wishes come true? A snowstorm in a heatwave.
Christmas is a time for joy and happiness, but there is a sinister secret wrapped in the stories we tell.
With a face that shouts "Xmas" but a soul that screams "Hanukkah", Rachel Creeger has always felt like she has a foot in two worlds.
The new hit musical - based on a true love story from WW2 Malta.
Rupert Street Lonely Hearts Club By Jonathan HarveyDirected by Steven DexterDesigned by David Shields Lighting designed by Jamie PlattFrom the writer…
Managing a venue at the Fringe can be a hugely rewarding experience, but is also a mammoth undertaking for all involved.
From Show Boat to Showman, there’s always Another Op’nin, Another Show about the sparkling self-obsessed world of musical theatre! And why not? Some of the best shows are all a…
The funky gentlemen, who have been thrilling Edinburgh audiences with their unique brand of funky soul music, are teaming up with Greenside Venues to bring you six electrifying eve…
This unbelievably ambitious, deluded, multiple job-applicant failure attempts to inspire his audiences to become the best they can be.
The last word in Celtic Gypsy Klezmer.
Linking Old and New Towns, Princes Street Gardens are truly amazing in their unique geology, disputed history, diverse planting and the myriad ways that ordinary folk have used and…
Mediocre magic.
With a face that shouts ‘Xmas’ but a soul that screams ‘Hanukkah’, Rachel’s always felt like she has a foot in two worlds.
Main Street Blues, one of Scotland’s top blues bands, performing a powerful set of up-tempo electric blues material, with a range of original numbers plus some new and old blues …
Main Street Blues, one of Scotland’s top blues bands, will be performing an exciting evening of foot stomping, acoustic blues and roots.
Experience authentic light jazz by our in-house pianist, while also enjoying the Scottish Cafe’s award-winning afternoon tea.
New(ish) for 2018! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
Amazing Bangkok street food by executive Thai chef Rujira Herd (Ru).
Feeling pressured by his success last year with The Elvis Dead, Rob Kemp returns with ten(!) shows stuck to a spinning wheel.
Sweeney Todd returns to London having been unjustly exiled by the evil Judge Turpin.
Two struggling Cher impersonators are disrobed and disheartened in Job-Cher.
You are invited to your first ‘Lovers Anonymous’ group-counselling session! They say a problem shared is a problem halved, and our group leaders are here to help.
Christmas is a time for joy and happiness, but there’s a sinister secret wrapped in the stories we tell.
Tom Walker is the strongest man in the world and is constantly gaining skill.
From Trotsky to Elvis to Osama Bin Laden, history is littered with those who seemed to die or disappear in suspicious circumstances.
It’s Liverpool, 1978.
Following a successful debut in 2017, we’ll be taking another trip to ‘Grace Eyre Street’ to meet some new characters! A showcase of live short performances made by artists with …
For the past four years we have been on hand to provide the citizens of Boomtown with everything they need to continue their lifelong careers of claiming benefits and as with any s…
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.
What happens behind closed doors? How much do you really know about your neighbours? Is that knowledge you're better left without? The Field Street Monologues consists of six m…
Street Dance workshops in a small group. Admission by ticket only.
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…
It is a familiar setting: a small stage, a requisite black backdrop and a single chair.
Bringing you the best of contemporary Italian art.
From around the world, to the streets of Adelaide.
Claire has never had a real job.
Best Show nominee Melbourne Comedy Festival 2017 Best Newcomer winner Melbourne Comedy Festival 2016 Hey man just this for the blurb: Tom Walker is the strongest man in the wor…
Explore brand new works that will erupt with colour and creativity in Adelaide’s CBD, alongside existing artworks throughout the city and Adelaide’s surrounding suburbs, with your …
Blank walls will once again burst into life for the 2018 Street Art Explosion! Featuring brand new works that will erupt with colour and creativity in Adelaide’s CBD, alongside exi…
Experience one of Adelaide’s great city streets transform into a hip and sophisticated venue! Waymouth Street will be the destination of choice for scrumptious street food, tan…
Constella OperaBallet return to the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells this November with their award-winning Sideshows.
A single flickering lantern situated centre stage is an appropriately Gothic opening to the first London revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Woman in White.
When twin sisters inherit the house where Poe composed The Raven, their lives take twisted turns that affect the future of mankind.
Set in Greenwich Village June 28, 1969, shortly before the first brick was thrown at the Stonewall Inn, Doric Wilson’s legendary satire STREET THEATER follows the exploits of the c…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Polly Toynbee and David Walker join Professor Chris Carter to discuss their dream government, constructing an imaginary cabinet from politicians of the past half century.
10 years.
Main Street Blues are a high-energy blues band that bring together a powerful mix of acoustic and up-tempo electric blues material.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Raise a glass with us at a brand-new Fringe venue and celebrate the life of Ronald, who died slowly, painfully and fully aware.
A magic adventure in the city of streetlights with elements of sightseeing, theatre performance and quest.
With a face that shouts ‘Xmas’ but a soul that screams ‘Hanukkah’, Rachel Creeger has always felt like she has a foot in two worlds.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Have you ever dreamt of flying to the moon? Meeting an alien? Becoming an astronaut? Join star seekers Alph, Betty and Gammo on a journey through space where you take the steering …
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
New for 2017! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
With a face that shouts ‘Xmas’ but a soul that screams ‘Hanukkah’, Rachel Creeger has always felt like she has a foot in two worlds.
After a successful debut at the Fringe Festival in 2016, the University of Birmingham A Cappella Society return with a brand-new showcase! You will experience an afternoon or eveni…
After last year’s successful fringe event, celebrity chef, Tommy Miah is running another Street Food Festival experience.
After a successful debut at the Fringe Festival in 2016, the University of Birmingham A Cappella Society return with a brand-new showcase! You will experience an afternoon or eveni…
Award-winning performer Paula Valluerca, aka Madame Señorita, is committed to reconnect with the pleasure of being a totally deluded idiot.
Kimi is known for her exuberant style and her stories of taking on the tribulations of daily life.
The Fringe is a bloody hectic business.
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…
Can the audience change a show just by watching it? Douglas invites you to find out, by watching his latest concatenation of mind-searing comic absurdities.
A sketch show based on an end of 2017 new year’s eve party, Princes of Main: New Year’s Eve might miss the mark occasionally, but if you stick with it until the bells, it will …
Melbourne Comedy Festival 2017 Best Show Nominee and 2016 Best Newcomer, Tom Walker is a unique, hilarious and ridiculously accomplished comedian.
Can the audience change a show just by watching it? Douglas invites you to find out by watching his latest concatenation of mind-searing comic absurdities.
A showcase of live performance and film made by artists with learning disabilities from Brighton & Hove and beyond.
Put on your headphones and set off on a journey through Brighton’s hidden corners accompanied by the fragments, stories and shifting sounds of six people who have experienced homel…
Award-nuzzling millennial sketchboys Princes of Main present a new show for 2017.
An original musical & gastromonical journey from the 5th Century settlement of Boerthlelm’s Tun to Brighton in 1795, with affectionate portraits of the colourful inhabitants of 24 …
St Michael’s is delighted to welcome the return of pianist Raija Walker and violinist Ellie Blackshaw.
“The true mystery of the world is the visible .
Discover Brighton’s Grade II* Synagogue (Thomas Lainson 1875).
Will and Heidi are two thoughtful, principled stand-ups who will do anything to get a laugh, including dropping all principles.
42nd STREET is the song and dance, American dream fable of Broadway.
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…
Enrol in Balderdash Academy and join your improv professors on a tour de force of this century’s best street art focused in its natural home: Shoreditch.
New York City, 1960.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Becky takes a welcome break from a 16-hour festival work day to bring dark but charming stand-up and stories with special guests from the frontlines and backstages of the Fringe.
Upstairs Downton and Petting Zoo (‘Improv supergroup’ TimeOut) star creates a staggering array of characters using his mouth, brain, hands and body.
‘I have a voice, capable of both a whisper and a scream.
Later, considerably ruder and darker shows from internationally acclaimed, award-winning Scottish stand-up comedy meteor.
If ever the strength of a story lay in its telling, Chapel Street would be a perfect example.
Thanks to Hands Up funding from generous UoB alumni, the University of Birmingham A Cappella Society present their debut Edinburgh Festival Fringe run! You will experience an after…
Experience the delights of India with a blend of delicious Indian street food and traditional dance.
In an #upandcoming neighbourhood near you – four doors down from the betting shop, nestled between a pop-up patisserie and a pet taxidermy cafe – lies a community centre.
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…
The classic musical fairy tale, or is it? A chance encounter makes Earnest reflect on how his fairy tale life began.
Bob drives his BlundaBus around Europe looking for adventures.
Almost every review of Spencer Jones takes the lazy route of saying he’s like Mr Bean meets something/someone wacky.
Princes of Main return with another sketch show chock-a-block with odd characters, witty one liners and silliness.
I like Sarah Callaghan.
The incoming audience is met by a tall man resplendent in shorts, M&S shirt buttoned to the collar and white joke shop beard.
In 2004 Lawrence won a BBC New Comedy Award.
Piff the Magic Dragon is the character creation of comic magician, John van der Put.
Radio Active is an 80s Radio 4 satirical sketch show, born from the Oxford Revue at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Orkestra del Sol’s explosive reinvention of global brass band music has captured imaginations and left a trail of pummeled dance floors across continents.
A childhood spent watching Fred and Ginger twirl Cheek to Cheek and Bing Crosby dream about a White Christmas gave me a lifelong appreciation for musical theatre.
Affable funnyman and “intelligent youngster” (Time Out), Rory O’Keeffe brings his first stand-up show to Brighton.
An innovative digital oral history project from Little Green Pig and the heritage strand of the Brighton Homeless Trust .
Diverse, curious and striking, Nederlands Dans Theater 2’s 2016 Dance Consortium Tour showcases the company’s acclaimed contemporary dance repertoire.
All Vampettes of the world, unite! Come and enjoy an evening on unforgettable atmospere on Saturday 2 April 2016! With a brand new album released in November and massive single …
Halfway through The Comedy About A Bank Robbery, I am laughing so much I have to take a moment to recompose.
Janet Jackson, one of the best-selling artists in contemporary history, an award-winning singer and actress who's the youngest child of the Jackson family of musicians, is back…
Northern Ballet’s 1984 begins with a literary act of rebellion: Tobias Batley’s Winston enters an antique store and buys a blank diary.
Get excited! Little Mix are coming! March 2016 might sound like an age away, but it can’t come soon enough for the return of Little Mix to The O2.
A-ha Concert and Dinner at Gordon Ramsay's Union Street Café - A 5-hour experience! Norwegian pop icons, A-ha, are back and will enjoy their return in sty…
Things turn percussive at Trinity Church this Thursday.
Wet Wet Wet Live and Dinner at Gordon Ramsay's Union Street Café - A 5-hour experience! Be there for an evening of great entertainment, as soft rock legends We…
You’ve taken the journey with them from those first arena auditions, sat on the edge of your sofa during the dramatic six-seat challenge, followed their path to judges’…
For one night only, the invaluable and excellent choir and orchestra at Trinity Church at Wall Street perform Bach’s “St.
It’s a Wednesday night in March and the UK tour of Jersey Boys has reached its final destination: the Edinburgh Playhouse.
Bizet’s iconic opera Carmen is a dynamic, temperamental piece of theatre, with condemned, complicated characters singing a rousing score against the sizzling backdrop of Spain…
Youth-orientated and iconic, warm-hearted and rebellious, Dean Pitchford’s Footloose remains one of the most beloved of ‘80s’ teen films.
All Time Low and Dinner at Gordon Ramsay's Union Street Café - A 5-hour experience! Pop punk darlings All Time Low are thrilled to announce their return to the…
Valentine’s Day may have a cheesy reputation, but the heart-filled holiday has inspired plenty of great live comedy for devoted couples, optimistic daters and determinedly si…
Guys & Dolls is a renowned theatrical oxymoron, depicting the menacing underworld of gambling gangsters via the melodic and cheerful medium of golden-age musical theatre.
The Corrs and Dinner at Gordon Ramsay's Union Street Café - A 5-hour experience! Irish sister songstresses (and brother), The Corrs, are back in business after…
Enthused with enchantment and wonder, Theresa Heskins’ adaptation of C S Lewis’s The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe lovingly translates the classic book from page to stage.
Can it really be the last time that this fine quartet sings together? Evidently so.
In the opening sequence of the Scottish Ballet’s Cinderella, a young girl plants a single pink rose at her mother’s graveside.
Edinburgh Fringe sensation, BAFTA nominee, 2015 New Act of the Year runner up and double BARRY UK winner for best show and best performer, Spencer Jones brings his prop comedy crea…
“Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.
Not all live comedy is presented in this way.
Famed for its stunning drumming and percussion, Luke Cresswall and Steve McNicholas’ Stomp – which first premiered on the 1991 Edinburgh Festival Fringe – combine…
As part of Gibney Dance’s Making Space series, Mr.
Polly Toynbee and David Walker are two of Britain’s leading social democratic commentators and policy analysts.
Managing a venue at the Fringe can be a hugely rewarding experience, but is also a mammoth undertaking for all involved.
A sage said ‘nothing can be certain but death and taxes’.
Television personality, Patrick Kielty, attempts to revive his stand up career in what is billed as a fresh hour of comedy.
A Traffic Jam On Sycamore Street is a Kafka-esque tale of persecution of the every-man figure by illogically logical authorities.
New kids on the block in Edinburgh’s bustling folk scene, Dowally make unclassifiable, thrillingly energetic music, fusing their love of traditional Scottish music with jazz harmon…
Performers, join a discussion set up specifically for Street and Outdoor Artists.
Cluedo Inc is an upbeat, farcical musical inspired by everyone’s favourite murder-mystery board game, Cluedo.
John Bunyan’s 1678 text The Pilgrim’s Progress is regarded as one of the most significant works of literature in the English Language.
A sweet, beguiling Shakespearean romance is skilfully reimagined against the backdrop of the Second World War in Youth Action Theatre (YAT)’s appealing production of All’s Well…
From the campaign to oust lad comedian Dapper Laughs from his ITV2 show to the banning of feminist stand-up Kate Smurthwaite at Goldsmiths University, the comic’s right to probe, t…
The Rising – A Tribute to Springsteen and the E Street Band.
Due to massive demand, six later, quite probably ruder, shows! Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedy half-man-half-Xbox.
Fringe sell-out show 2014! ‘.
I wouldn’t normally mention a show’s venue in a comedy review, but David Mills is performing in a gorgeous space in the Voodoo Rooms.
A stand-up show about work by a 24-year-old who has no idea what work really is.
A host of cabaret stars turn out to support charity including London’s original Drag Race.
This musically infused telling of Five Feet in Front (the Ballad of Little Johnnie Wylo) is a highly energised, yarn spinning hoedown of a play.
The Nursery together with Freestival is bringing an improv only venue to Edinburgh - a Fringe first! Every night for three weeks, the Holyrood Suite at the Thistle Hotel will trans…
In Madama Butterfly, Compagnie Nathalie Cornille Danse reimagines Puccini’s tragic 1904 opera as a short solo dance piece designed for children.
After We Danced depicts a love affair between two people, cut short before unexpectedly rekindling sixty years later, Love in the Time of Cholera-style.
It’s a mark of Tony Law’s success as a surrealist that when he buggers up the start of the show, one wonders if it’s supposed to happen.
His name might feature prominently in the title, but prolific Pre-Raphaelite painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti takes a back seat in this new production written by award-winning playwr…
Lewis Schaffer states that although he normally occupies rooms on one of the free fringes during August, for his 2015 run he’s charging folk a fiver.
For 30 years Ewins has been the top sales rep at the Plymouth Pie Factory.
Surrealist comedian Paul Foot is an Edinburgh Fringe institution.
In all likelihood, you’ll have already noticed the five star rating attached to this review.
One woman, one show, one hour ten minutes and the entire works of Jane Austen to affectionately satirise: New Zealand comedian Penny Ashton’s Promise and Promiscuity is no mean f…
Acclaimed double act LetLuce (Lucy Pearman and Letty Butler) offer an entertaining hour of very silly, loosely connected sketches on a nautical theme.
Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray is a tale ingrained in our cultural consciousness.
Keith Farnan recently became father to a baby girl.
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.
British Asian, Paul Sinha, makes a very welcome return to the Stand Comedy Club during the Fringe after a four-year absence.
Twenty-three-year-old Sarah Callaghan lives at home with her mum – and for this hour we are transported to her three-by-five-metre bedroom in her home in working-class London.
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…
Fresh from the Cambridge Footlights, Princes of Main – Alex MacKeith, Ben Pope and Jamie Fraser – are a new and exciting comedy trio, a promising addition to the scene.
Strikingly staged, deftly acted and simultaneously hard-hitting and bitingly funny.
One Trick Pony is the follow up to the critically acclaimed mouthful of a fringe show, Adrienne Truscott’s Asking For It: A One-Lady Rape About Comedy Starring Her Pussy and Little…
John Steinbeck’s classic novella Of Mice and Men chronicles the unlikely and touching friendship between two ranch workers in pursuit of the American Dream during the Great Depre…
Jess Robinson is a first class mimic.
It’s the top of the show and on an otherwise empty stage, in front of a capacity crowd, a phone is ringing.
Ria Lina presents a comic show on political correctness that purports to raid society’s taboos.
(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…
See the best in live performance for and by young people (and open to everyone!) at Venue B, Brighton’s only dedicated venue for young people. Check our website for full details.
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…
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…
Discover Brighton’s Grade 2* Synagogue (Thomas Lainson 1875), an opulent jewel in Brighton’s architectural crown.
Join us for a street party like no other! Our outdoor stage will be showcasing the best Fringe music, off-beat performance, plus there’ll be arty surprises! Choose from a selection…
If the Midwest has a hub for European choreographers, Hubbard Street is it.
Under the leadership of Julian Wachner, this venerable church’s brilliant musical forces come together (along with the Washington Chorus and the Washington National Cathedral…
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…
92nd Street Y is going back to the well to open its season with Bach’s spectacular, daunting six solo violin sonatas and partitas: Christian Tetzlaff played the same program …
Ever fancied a tasty taco, or a nibble on a noodle? Try some free tasters with more to buy from a range of international cuisine - with opportunities to make your own.
Managing a venue at the Fringe can be a hugely rewarding experience, but is also a mammoth undertaking for all involved.
In the lavish surroundings of the Assembly Rooms, Guardian journalists Polly Toynbee and David Walker dive straight in at the deep end.
Due to massive demand, six extra, later, and quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man/half-Xbox.
This silent walking meditation will be led by members of the Community of Interbeing, who follow the practice of Zen Buddhism Master Thich Nhat Hanh.
Mark Thomas is a comedian and activist best known for political shows that seek to both satirise the status quo and, importantly, share ideas on how to challenge it.
As a comedian, Robert Newman seems somewhat unqualified to espouse a new theory of evolution, especially a theory that is rejected by most scientists.
Everybody, it seems, has a view on comedian Jim Davidson.
Newly commissioned textile designs from Scotland and India provide a critical response to The Bombay Sample Book in the National Museum of Scotland’s archive.
SCOTY winner and Scottish Comedy Awards nominee.
Fans of Barry Cryer – and there are legions of them – will adore this rambling stream-of-consciousness comedy show about nothing in particular.
Paul Foot’s offstage microphone isn’t working, so the pre-show announcement of Paul Foot - Hovercraft Symphony in Gammon # Major is apparently ruined.
“Warning.
In Mitch Benn: Don’t Believe a Word, the musical satirist attempts to explain why we should all put our faith in science over religion and superstition.
“Heard of Simon Munnery?” asks the blurb in the Fringe programme.
Ivor Dembina cut his teeth on the alternative comedy circuit with original material, so I was surprised to discover him performing a show called Old Jewish Jokes for the third y…
I was unprepared for the black skin-tight onesie that arch-surrealist Tony Law was wearing as he bounded onto the stage.
I admit to having felt a tad disappointed when I heard that Josie Long wasn’t doing her political stuff this year.
A celebration of children and young people in the Performing Arts featuring theatre, literature, music and movement.
Ever thought about running your own Brighton Fringe venue? Then this panel discussion is for you! Hear about the practicalities, pleasures and pitfalls of running a venue from a va…
What kind of music do you like? We got it.
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�…
A dress-up sing-along celebration of everyone’s favourite musicals.
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.
Discover Brighton’s Grade II Synagogue (Thomas Lainson,1875),opulent jewel in Brighton’s architectural crown.
Discover Brighton’s Grade 2* Synagogue (Thomas Lainson, 1875), an opulent jewel in Brighton’s architectural crown.
Join us for a street party like no other! Our outdoor stage will be showcasing the best of the Fringe’s alternative music, snippets of off-beat theatre plus there’ll be arty surpri…
The Rising: a dynamic group of talented musicians who play tribute to Bruce Springsteen and the E Street band. An absolute must for fans of the Boss.
Managing a venue at the Fringe can be a rewarding experience, but is also a mammoth undertaking.
Managing a venue at the Fringe can be hugely rewarding, but is also a mammoth undertaking.
The Playhouse, one of Edinburgh’s grandest venues, played host to the annual Comedy Gala; the biggest show of the festival boasting some of the biggest names in comedy.
A reliable vein of new talent since its inception in 1988, the So You Think You’re Funny? comedy awards have provided a steady stream of ingenious new acts.
The premise of Notes from Bermondsey Street is that it reveals the secret urban lives of Londoners through their anecdotes written on notes and concealed in the drawer of a table i…
CineFringe is a small affair, yet its efforts to fly the filmic flag at the Fringe are admirable.
Hear from a panel of programmers and festivals who book and tour street artists.
Join the graduates of the Fringe Comedy Academy, a unique project supporting the development of emerging comedy talent.
The Blueswater is the 12-piece band behind award-winning show Blues!, and they will be performing a limited run of five shows at the enigmatic Venue 45.
Inspirational discussions with leading writers and theatre-makers from this year’s Festival.
Inspirational discussions with leading writers / theatre-makers from this year’s Fringe.
Due to massive demand six extra, later, quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man, half-Xbox.
One night only! Award-winning songwriter and blues picker Eddie Walker together with legendary acoustic guitarist John James present a grand reunion concert in one of the most exci…
International experiment sharing a story about a woman called Thyme, with local interpretations.
The vibrant show of contemporary and traditional ceramics by the six resident makers celebrates our 23rd Fringe appearance.
Earlier this year Kate appeared on ITV’s This Morning. This is the opposite of that show. Real issues, satire and amazing guests from comedy and politics. www.katesmurthwaite.co.uk
An event to bring Christian gospel music from the church to our streets.
I first saw Alexis Dubus perform in 2008, when his ‘A R*ddy Brief History Of Swearing’ provided an interesting spine on which to hang some very funny material – and a justificati…
Arguing with idiots is how Kate Smurthwaite describes her profession as a left-wing political activist.
A self-deprecating look at adolescence in Dublin. Schooldays, religious retreats, the Eurovision, relations with the English and scary nuns on Harley-Davidsons.
Rolling into Edinburgh with a brand new barnstorming show, The Horne Section will yet again provide the festival’s best musical mayhem.
Legendary entertainer Quint Fontana brings his comeback show to Edinburgh.
Every time I recall this show, the nightmares return.
Sign on to Sh!t Theatre’s JSA: ‘a curious though immensely likeable duo who merge stand-up with physical theatre and biting socio-political satire .
The only game show in the world with one contestant. That might not be true, I mean it’s pretty stupid. But anyway…
The memories of an unknown 50-year-old, who happened to meet many characters along his path in life from the rich, powerful and famous to those who make life interesting…
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.
Been to a load of shows already? Tired of sitting back as the passive audience member? Want to have your say? Then Britain’s Got F*ck All Talent is for you.
Fran Lamb starts a creative writing group but chaos erupts.
‘Revealing, thought provoking and at times hilarious’ reads the flyer.
The poster for Outside on The Street features a young Aryan man with blood running down his face.
Experience the majestic power and glory of the Rieger organ in the historic St Giles’ Cathedral in a series of inspiring and uplifting concerts.
NewsRevue always set themselves a difficult task- that is, summing up a year’s worth of news and satire without re-treading the well-plowed mulch of Mock the Week, Have I Got New…
Following up on last year’s break-through hit ‘The Bunker,’ well turned-out sketch group The Beta Males are back with another energetic escapade.
The concept of Bite Size is a perfectly simple, yet novel one, and the clue really is in the title.
Daniel Sloss delivers a supposedly darker, meaner show in his later slot but most of his material is relatively clean, geared towards an audience who can laugh at him as well as wi…
Life in a rooming house in New Yorks East 10th Street is the subject of this gripping one-man show, which is billed rather pompously as a self portrait with empty house.
The term ‘award-winning’ has long since been rendered meaningless, devalued by anyone who ever unlocked a Steam gaming achievement appending it to their LinkedIn profile.
A scattering of cardboard boxes, newspaper and plastic bags greet the audience on stage.
The London based ex-York University graduates that make up the Blossom Street choir form a refreshingly different type of a cappella group that takes the genre back to its roots an…
Tim Burton gave hostage to fortune in his rather splendid big-screen version of Sweeney Todd, which opened in the UK earlier this year.
The Tony award winning musical 42nd street tells the story of famed musical producer Julian Marsh’s attempt to put on a profitable production during the Great Depression.
A monolithic unblinking TV screen sits quietly upstage setting the tone of safe, snug reliability - and that’s what we get but with the added twinkling charm of a man whose act has…
Sweeny Todd is arguably one of the finest works in musical theatre.
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.
Dance Theater of Harlem is back with its annual block party.
In this UK premiere of Streetlife, French choreographer Lorca Renoux works with an eclectic ensemble of dancers representing the various hip hop dance styles in Germany today.
It’s a beautiful day at the Fringe and I’m sat on the top deck of a red bus in the Meadows.
This powerful production embodies new writing at its best: relevant, challenging, and absorbing.
Shuffling grooves, wailing guitar solos and growling, whiskey-drenched vocals: This is Main Street Blues, who for one hour brought a slice of America to Scotland.
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…
Blisteringly funny, audacious, and moving, watching Scrawl’s Chapel Street (written by Luke Barnes) is akin to taking a shot of vodka, followed by a bottle to the face.
While not the slickest show this side of the Royal Mile, Sh!it Theatre’s Job Seekers Anonymous was definitely something extraordinary.
How do you get to Sesame Street? This is a question many of us have asked throughout our lives and receiving a ticket to Sesame Street Live was, for me, like someone had suddenly h…
Greenside makes a dramatic move to The Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) on George Street for 2024 Fringe.
VAULT, the creators of VAULT Festival have found their new London home which will open in Spring 2024 with VAULT Festival returning in the Autumn.
A coveted Bobby has been presented to five shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year.
Ditch the messy arts and crafts this half-term and entertain your little darlings with the best live family friendly performances Brighton and Hove have to offer instead.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year (apart from Brighton Fringe, of course) and there are plenty of delightful performances to entertain you this winter.
Welcome to our top 5 picks from the third year of Brighton HorrorFest, the spooktacular celebration from Sweet of all things that go bump in the night.
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The Scottish Storytelling Centre is, in its own words, ‘a vibrant arts venue with a seasonal programme of live storytelling, theatre, music, exhibitions, workshops, family events...
Greenwich Theatre is set to have an unprecedented profile at this year’s Brighton Fringe, with no less than eight productions heading for The Warren either co-produced or support...
With Easter on the horizon it’s time to turn attention to Brighton Fringe with a look at some shows that are likely to sell out. Book early – you have been warned.
Sophia Walker is an internationally renowned poet.
Poet Sophia Walker, former BBC Slam champion, is back! But this time she’s on the other side of the clipboard: organising and hosting the competition she once won.
Edinburgh venue St Stephen’s Stockbridge returns in 2016 as the latest addition to the C venues stable.
Brighton Fringe has officially launched.
Christmas is the one time of year you can drag your non-theatre-going friends to the theatre.
Sophia Walker posted a message to Facebook as encouragement to her fellow Fringe performers. We liked it, and with her permission are re-publishing it here.
Broadway Baby favourite Sophia Walker has won Best Spoken Word Show for two years running.
A Traffic Jam on Sycamore Street promises to be absurd, dark, surreal yet humorous. A severed finger in the mail sets off a chain of unlikely events. Broadway Baby investigates.
Broadway Baby chats to the absurdists behind A Traffic Jam on Sycamore Street.
Sophia Walker is the reigning BBC Slam champion and winner of multiple awards for her spoken-word show Around the World in Eight Mistakes.
Martin Walker became Broadway Baby’s Stand-Up Comedy editor in March 2014.