The Brighton Academy (TBA) Performing Arts Degree Showcase.
The Brighton Academy (TBA) Musical Theatre Degree Showcase.
Now in its 15th year - Leicester Square Theatre’s showcase for the UK's best up & coming New Comedians.
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.
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…
Festival Director Nicola Benedetti performs a mesmerising violin solo in a classical programme that explores the animal kingdomSome of the world’s best classical music pieces are…
A rollercoaster ride through modern and post-modern musicals, rock opera, epics, jukebox theatre and the latest hit shows.
A journey through the golden age of musical theatre.
Unite with us in music and dance at the Scottish Parliament.
The funniest dad on Instagram has racked up hundreds of millions of views online.
Why is half mask not seen on the West End? Why is Commedia so rarely performed in Italy today? Why do old canovacci not work? Reflecting on the rebirth of Commedia dell’Arte on the…
Festival closing service: Vespers.
Nil penna sed usus – not the pen itself, but the skill in using it.
Ave Maria: Centuries of Prayer and Praise.
La Vie et la Passion de Jésus Christ.
What goes best with a hot cup of tea? A tour round the nuclear waste storage facility of course! Dr Elaine Mercer-Jones (Edinburgh Napier University) visits Dounreay to discover ho…
Work as a group to bring ensemble musical theatre numbers to life.
The Lord is my Shepherd: Sacred song of the English musical renaissance.
Composing Sacred Music: The Next Generation.
Faure’s Requiem and Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms – The Howe Street Singers, directed by Les Shankland, perform Faure’s much loved Requiem and equally beautiful Cantique de Jea…
Refuge and the road home.
A three-panel painting depicting 122 texts from the last book in the Bible.
Living stones.
TS Eliot’s poem Ash Wednesday is widely regarded as a work of great spiritual depth.
Back for their seventh show at the Edinburgh Fringe, Talentz presents the creepy, kooky, mysteriously spooky Addams Family musical.
Swing with the Spirit! In this innovative performance of sacred Jazz Schola Cantorum, the Catholic Cathedral’s celebrated choir directed by Michael Ferguson, is joined by Scottish …
Through haunting original music and rich spoken word, an actor-musician band deliver a feminist retelling of Mary Queen of Scots’ story.
The Ruthwell Cross is Scotland’s oldest Anglo-Saxon Christian monument.
Dine out on a hearty serving of your favourite Meat Loaf pieces as we slice through his back catalogue and digest the finest moments.
Cast ranging in age that give you the very best journey through the landscape of London’s West End hits and Broadway’s masterpieces.
Guided Tours.
Live performance of selections chosen by the editors from the new edition of Scottish Religious Poetry.
Edinburgh Festival of the Sacred Arts 2024 opening service, Sunday worship.
Are our memories important in our day-to-day present lives? How can sociologists uncover people’s memories and why should they bother to do so? Delve deeper with Dr Sophie Athert…
Join Edinburgh Music Theatre as they bring Broadway to the Edinburgh stage! Performing your favourite musical hits, the talented cast make this a must-see show for all fans of musi…
Unstoppable 82-year-old Miriam Margolyes returns to the Fringe with her new show.
Prepare yourselves for a wild and wonderful variety night hosted by character comedians and IRL sisters Maddy and Marina Bye of critically acclaimed Siblings, starring their family…
Performance poet/musician Attila the Stockbroker has been writing and performing since 1980: 4,000 or so gigs in 25 countries so far.
It’s bingo with loads and loads of prizes.
Top academics, dangerous ideas and your host comedian Susan Morrison.
Produced by NYC comedian Sean Conrad, this mixed-bill stand-up comedy show features Edinburgh’s best stand-up comedians every night.
Comedy by EU’s best comedians.
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…
Join Alex the Magician for an exciting children’s magic show, back for its fourth year at the Edinburgh Fringe.
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The biggest laughs from the biggest little-person-friendly comedy stars! We drove our clown car around town and picked up the funniest in family-friendly comedy to make one enormou…
Bite-size tasters of the best comedy, cabaret, family entertainment and circus, all for you to enjoy in the heart of the New Town, in the beautiful Assembly Rooms Ballroom on Georg…
Everyone loves the 1979 movie phenomenon Moon Team, but loves to hate its 1999 reboot.
Award-winning Irish comedian Rory O’Hanlon is a firm favourite at the Edinburgh Fringe.
A celebration of the enduring friendship between the brilliant and tragic composer and war poet, Ivor Gurney, and Marion Scott, writer and trailblazer of women musicians, written a…
A one-woman show – part comedy, part edutainment, part love letter to the world at large and Europe in particular.
Scotland’s best comedians in the club that started it all.
Considered the best open mic in the UK.
The best mixed-bill comedy night in Edinburgh, featuring your favourite comedians from around the Fringe.
Maria Fedulova, award-winning comedian and enemy of the Russian state, talks family, crime, and living the life of a refugee in her hilarious debut hour.
The Best Man Show is an interactive and darkly hilarious wedding reception where comedian Mark Vigeant plays the Groom’s brother Paul, who has been asked to give the toast at an un…
A teacher’s magical seaside summer holiday is interrupted by an enthusiastic stowaway, Platypus.
Four top-quality, fowl-mouthed acts, hand-plucked from around the festival.
Celebrating 25 years at the Fringe! Excellent value Irish showcase returns for 2024.
Winner: Edinburgh Comedy Award Panel Prize 2022.
A showcase of up-and-coming and established Northern Irish talent, hosted by William Thompson (BBC New Comedy Award finalist 2021) and Micky Bartlett, ‘a natural stand-up with more…
Little Smash Comedy brings its multi award-winning show to the Fringe after a sell-out run in 2023.
Fresh from the hugely popular TV show The Craic Den Comedy Club, two of Ireland’s top comedy MCs, Eddie Mullarkey and Brian Gallagher, present the best line-ups of Irish stand-up c…
The tales of the dragons are special for many reasons.
Best of Cabaret from the Fringe returns with an all-star diverse rotating cast of international and regional seasoned artists in the genre.
The longest-running burlesque show at Fringe returns for a tenth dazzling edition.
The perfect way to start and end your Fringe day with late and afternoon shows consisting of a revolving line-up of the best established and up-and-coming stand-up comedians from a…
Scotland’s Best Comedians Live in a fancy ballroom for free!* We have award winners, TV acts, radio stars, Instagram legends, every night! All shows hosted by Ross Leslie, introduc…
A friendly fun-filled afternoon show with a revolving line-up of the best children’s and family-friendly performers from around the Fringe, for all the family to enjoy together.
Exclusive to Fringe 2024! See Edinburgh on two wheels.
Remember Family Fortunes? This is like that, but for horrible people.
Three top stand-ups perform their very best routines just as they do in comedy clubs up and down the country and abroad, just without the swearing! PG Hits is a professional stand-…
Great value lunchtime comedy showcase featuring the best and brightest of this year’s Fringe comics.
The best place in town to catch rising comedy stars and your Fringe favourites.
All the way from Northern Ireland, Martin Mor and Logy Logan take the traditional circus double act and give it a unique and modern twist.
Join Breadlove and Poophead in a cosmic journey where your child isn’t just an audience member – they’re the hero of their own interstellar adventure! Will they save the galaxy? …
At Bet On It Youth Theatre, aspiring actors will do anything to climb the ladder of success.
Abby awoke in hospital after a late miscarriage and, high on anaesthesia, decided to become a comedian.
Josh Glanc is back with a brand-new show.
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…
You know when you feel like no one gets you and you’re the odd one out, but then you realise everyone’s felt like that at some point, so you just crack on? Will’s debut hour is abo…
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 …
Nick Cope has been writing and recording his beautiful and totally unique songs for children and their families for over 10 years, he performs with his guitar and animat…
Star of Live At The Apollo, Laura Smyth’s brand-new show explores all aspects of modern life.
Star of Live At The Apollo, Laura Smyth’s brand-new show explores all aspects of modern life.
The Institute for Contemporary Theatre, Brighton is proud to introduce the BA (Hons) Performing Arts graduating class of 2024.
Best in Class is a crowd-funded profit-sharing show that champions the rich talent of working-class comedians.
Welcome to the Russian Mafia Family! Maria Fedulova is a Russian refugee forced to leave her country because she’s against the war.
BUILDING INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL RELATIONSHIPS & THE ARTIST AS CULTURAL DIPLOMAT Join this Masterclass led by Nike Jonah and Erwin Maas, the co-Executive directors of the Pan-Afric…
Speak Up! Act Out! in collaboration with Brighton Fringe Academy, are excited to announce an Introduction to Forum Theatre workshop, on May 27th.
A seagull manages to escape from an oil slick, only to lay one last egg and with her dying breath ask Zorba, a harbour cat in Hamburg, to promise that he will hatch the egg and tea…
The best way to discover your new favourite comedian! We choose the best comedians of the festival to perform their funniest PG-rated material.
Step right up and prepare for pandemonium at the Kids Khaos Carnival Family Show, starring the one and only Logy Logan from Circus Sonas! Get ready to be swept away in a tornado of…
After sell out sessions in March and April, Carmen Collective’s ‘Theatre: Making It and Doing It’ workshop is back, bigger and better than ever!Are you a theatr…
This concert will introduce the audience to all the instruments of our orchestra through a performance of Britten’s Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, as well as take you on El…
THE CIRCUS SONAS FAMILY SHOW All the way from Northern Ireland, Martin and Logy take the traditional circus double act and give it a unique and modern twist.
The Brighton Buddhist centre has been offering Meditation, Buddhism and Yoga classes for the last 50 years.
Tides.
Following critical success from Burnt Lavender, Missing Link Theatre Company has re-emerged with a thought-provoking showcase guaranteed to leave you pondering: Is this where we’…
This original post-dramatic showcase is united with trauma, twisted humour, and a cardinal sense of unease.
Join Chichester Festival Theatre as part of our Life After Fringe series, highlighting development opportunities post-Fringe.
An unnerving triple bill showcase for anyone seeking quality discomfort, full of absurdist, post-modern theatricality.
Come join Bobby Prezinsky and Louis George as they debut their split bill comedy show, Best of Greatest Hits GOLD [Platinum Edition].
London stabbings 2017.
Figment Arts will be sharing the folklore, heritage and history of Sussex this May in association with Artist Open Houses.
Will Robbins Presents his Comedy Show Hour.
‘Chaos’ by Laura Lomas A boy brings another boy flowers.
Johnny Wardlow is trying to live his best life in a world that’s falling apart.
Black Brighton Market is a place where Black People and People of Colour have the opportunity to sell their art, goods, services and perform to the general public.
A revolving line-up of some of the best established and up-and-coming comedians from the Fringe and around Brighton in a late afternoon show full of fun and laughter.
A friendly fun-filled afternoon show with a revolving line-up of the best children’s and family-friendly performers from around Brighton and the Fringe.
Remember Family Fortunes? This is like that, but for horrible people.
On The Edge comedy is one of Brighton’s longest-running and best-loved regular comedy nights, and has featured many of the nation’s favourite comics.
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…
After a great session in March, Carmen Collective’s ‘Theatre: Making It and Doing It’ workshop is back, bigger and better than ever!Are you a theatre artist of an…
The award-winning The Bridge House Theatre is delighted to invite you to a Three Year Anniversary Celebration this April.
The British Theatre Challenge returns to the Jack Studio Theatre to bring you five new plays, wrapped into one very entertaining evening.
Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.
Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.
Come and watch our Performing Arts (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.
Come and watch our Performing Arts (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.
Are you a theatre artist of any discipline who wants to:turn your creative idea into a viable production?obtain funding from Arts Council England?build a sustainable career in the …
Following two hugely successful UK and Ireland tours, THE ADDAMS FAMILY, A Musical Comedy will perform live in concert in the West End for the first time at the London Palladium Th…
Meet Ben and Cyrus, the first gay winners of TV’s biggest reality-dating show.
A HEART FULL OF SONG, is a musical theatre concert featuring lifelong musical favourites, but mixed together with real life stories.
A HEART FULL OF SONG, is a musical theatre concert featuring lifelong musical favourites, but mixed together with real life stories.
Richard Herring returns to Leicester Square Theatre for his famous podcast, RHLSTP! Richard Herring has enjoyed phenomenal success as a writer and performer and is an …
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…
Join us at The Hope Theatre for The Gangsta Baby University: a fundraiser for the play Gangsta Baby!The Gangsta Baby University is set up to give you an intensive-crash course on n…
Join us at The Hope Theatre for a transformative series of workshops and talks designed to unite and uplift working-class and queer individuals.
Join us at The Hope Theatre for a transformative series of workshops and talks designed to unite and uplift working-class and queer individuals.
Join us at The Hope Theatre for a transformative series of workshops and talks designed to unite and uplift working-class and queer individuals.
Now in its 14th year.
Join stand-up comedian and internet life style guru Red Richardson as he delivers the best jokes he has ever written.
A Rose Original Production Next Christmas, an enchanting adventure awaits.
Having just played a career defining headline show in The National Concert Hall, David Keenan is going on the road this winter for his “Geimhreadh G…
Presenting the tragicomic theatrical tale of an artist on their life-changing journey to reach Paradise, in search of inspiration for their craft and a renaissance of their spirit.
New Wave Theatre: How To Run AwayThis new play is the dirty, mucky, sweaty second-cousin of Eat, Pray, Love.
In search of their long-lost mother, two sisters embark on a perilous sea voyage when one of them begins turning into an octopus.
It’s the final weeks of Suhana’s pregnancy.
“Water, water everywhere and not a place to sleep?” Morphea’s home on the canal is being disturbed, so off she sets on a journey.
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 Sandman is missing and children aren’t going to sleep.
After the success of Failure Studies in 2021/22, Marco Biasioli and Precarious Theatre are back with a brand new show, A Theatre Show.
After the success of Failure Studies in 2021/22, Marco Biasioli and Precarious Theatre are back with a brand new show, A Theatre Show.
The Dark Arts used by politicians and their advisors, speechwriters, and spin doctors are mired in mystery and their own mythology.
The Robin Chapel, built in 1950 at the centre of a unique Edinburgh housing complex, The Thistle Foundation, is a memorial to Robin Tudsbury and well known for its excellent choir.
The Art of Ecclesiastical Heraldry.
Duruflé Requiem: Life and Death in Music with Poetry.
Strafed by Splendour: Under Paolozzi’s Window.
Basia Mindewicz, Director of the Edinburgh School of Icon Painting, explains the artistic techniques and spiritual inspiration behind one of the most venerated forms of sacred art.
God’s Craftsmen.
The Art of the Icon.
Shauna and Robbie are expecting.
The Desert in the Heart of the World is a filmic study of the impact of the Carthusian monastic movement on the French landscape.
Last year’s critically acclaimed show is back for a limited run.
Composing Sacred Music: A New Generation.
Constantly rotating line-up of the best comics at this year’s festival.
Sanctified Royalty: Jacobite Relics and the Divine Right of Kings.
Spirituality, Faith and Belief: Voyages of Discovery.
For one night only, double Emmy Award nominee and star of Ted Lasso Nick Mohammed brings Mr Swallow back to the Edinburgh Fringe.
In the Steps of the Master: Jesus and Landscape.
Hilariously truthful – an unapologetically comic peek into the world of parenting: what comes before, during and after in this rambunctious mix of original songs and sketches fro…
Rising to the Life Immortal: Organ Music for Easter and Ascension.
Where there is charity and love: Schola Cantorum sings the music of Paul Mealor.
In Robes of White.
The Art of Vestment.
Northbrook is excited to present Made for This! A contemporary musical theatre and dance showcase filled with gripping, comedic and upbeat numbers.
Genre-bending voyage for every inquisitive soul and smart alec; for the adventurous, the yarn spinners.
This evening’s performance will include an eclectic mix of solo and ensemble song and dance pieces from some of the West End’s best-loved musicals.
Finally, a Family Meeting in the UK.
Gilbert Scott’s dramatic architectural landmark, with its three spires prominent in Edinburgh’s distinctive skyline, provides a magnificent setting for the Opening Service of t…
The Mysteries – Reimagined.
Songs of Displacement.
‘I tore open your letter and licked the envelope’s seal for any lingering taste of you.
Of all the “edgy” topics comedians are afraid to talk about, the most taboo of all is failure.
Come and enjoy a night in celebration of one of the world’s most beloved entertainers, the one Ms Judy Garland.
These girls are batshit crazy and I love it.
Brewhemia’s regular live showcase of all the best Fringe acts; bite-size tasters of the wacky, weird and wonderful delicacies of Edinburgh Fringe! With a fresh line-up each week we…
Explore making rubbings, printing, collage and fun with circles and squares, and mixed-media collage.
It’s bingo with loads and loads of prizes.
Four mixed-bill nights celebrating the Best of Camden Fringe! Come down to Camden Comedy Club to see your fellow festival funny people get on stage and entertain us for 10-12 min…
Four top-quality, fowl-mouthed acts, hand-plucked from around the festival.
She’s a bad-ass rule breaker and has got one hell of a story as a result – just don’t tell her family.
At the age of 36 Si had a baby.
Comedians of Europe is a co-operative set up in 2020 by the best european comedians working right now.
Award-winning FCT return for their 42nd Fringe with their spooky, kooky production of The Addams Family.
Four mixed-bill late nights celebrating the Best of Camden Fringe comedy! A set of different comic performers from across Camden Fringe will be on each night at Camden Comedy Clu…
At the age of 36 Si had a baby.
Fringe legends Jollyboat return for the 13th year, with a show of self-assured comedy songs polished by years of rewrites, improvisations, and tweaks.
The best place in town to catch rising comedy stars and your Fringe favourites.
A revolving line-up of some of the best established and up-and-coming comedians from around the Fringe in a late show full of fun and laughter.
Showcasing the top spoken word talent the festival has to offer – from the laugh-out-loud funny, through the wonderfully surreal, to the thoughtful and emotional – Loud Poets c…
The Addams Family, a comical feast that embraces the wackiness in every family, features an original story and it’s every father’s nightmare: Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princes…
A showcase performance featuring the students from Pineapple Performing Arts School’s Dance Intensive Summer School 2023.
Discover this iconic Flemish play by Cyriel Buysse.
A showcase performance featuring the students from Pineapple Performing Arts School’s Dance Intensive Summer School 2023.
A Fringe institution since 1999.
Opening with a voice note of the artist’s mother reflecting on overwork, xenophobia and cultural invisibility through the semiotics of the snake and the ingrained tendency of Hek…
Talk about doing what it says on the tin! Here you go: simply the best comics on the contemporary Scottish circuit.
Family Matters: Presents the “full catastrophe” of family life, embracing its comic, dramatic, farcical and tragic realities.
The best mixed-bill comedy night in Edinburgh, featuring your favourite comedians from around the Fringe.
Award-winning interactive video installation full of humour, candour, joy and love.
Inspired by Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus, featuring original text and music which depict the extreme cruelty resulting from retaliation.
Bite-size tasters of the best comedy, cabaret, family entertainment and circus, all prepared for you in our glorious Spiegeltent.
It’s time.
Woah.
A selection of Scotland’s best comedians hosted by five-time Scottish Comedian of the Year finalist, Ross Leslie.
Lee Kyle has been a comedian for 14 years and very good for the last few.
All the way from Northern Ireland, Martin and Logy take the traditional circus double act and give it a unique and modern twist.
Fresh from their hugely popular Irish TV show, The Craic Den Comedy Club joins forces with two of Ireland’s top comedy MC’s, Eddie Mullarkey and Brian Gallagher, presenting the bes…
Great value lunchtime comedy showcase featuring the best and brightest of this year’s Fringe comics.
Three top stand-ups perform their very best routines just as they do in comedy clubs up and down the country and abroad, just without the swearing! PG Hits is a professional stand-…
24 different award-winning or nominated comedians perform their full shows, recorded for Netflix, Amazon Prime and YouTube. See FringeSpecials.com for listings.
Best of Cabaret from the Fringe returns with an all-star diverse rotating cast of international and regional seasoned artists in the genre.
A showcase of up-and-coming and established Northern Irish talent, hosted by William Thompson (BBC New Comedy Award 2021) and Micky Bartlett ‘A natural stand-up with more than a to…
Edinburgh Comedy Award Panel Prize winners 2022.
The Fringe’s cult-hit stand-up comedy panel show that you influence in real time is back.
A fun-filled afternoon show with a revolving line-up of the best children’s and family-friendly performers from around the Fringe.
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…
Following a complete sell-out, extended national tour, star of global hit Live Innit, Taskmaster and the first British-Asian stand-up to sell-out London’s Wembley Arena returns to …
Winner of the 2021 Platform Presents Playwright’s Prize.
Cathal is 30, flirty, and having a breakdown at his best friend’s wedding.
“Best of Three” by Nurit Chinn is a dark and funny world premiere about our compulsion to relive a past that haunts us.
“Best of Three” by Nurit Chinn is a dark and funny world premiere about our compulsion to relive a past that haunts us.
Adele brings all her very best new jokes, ideas and wisdom to Durham.
Adele brings all her very best new jokes, ideas and wisdom to Durham.
BEST COMEDY OF ‘Four New Plays’ curated by Rachel Stockdale & Ben Storey Four New Plays showcases local creatives and the diverse voices in the North East.
BEST COMEDY OF ‘Four New Plays’ curated by Rachel Stockdale & Ben Storey Four New Plays showcases local creatives and the diverse voices in the North East.
Join us for an evening celebrating songs from the musical The Phantom Of The Opera and much more! Mark Robert Petty Mark has been producing the successful concert series The Crazy…
After their great success last year with ‘Failure Studies’, Marco Biasioli and Precarious Theatre return with A Theatre Show.
Nick Cope has been writing and recording his beautiful and totally unique songs for children and their families for over 10 years, he performs with his guitar and animat…
Nick Cope has been writing and recording his beautiful and totally unique songs for children and their families for over 10 years, he performs with his guitar and animat…
Widely regarded as one of the hottest comedy nights among the Arab community and beyond! Arabs Are Not Funny sees comedians with roots in the Arab world attempt to prove…
“How do you look the enemy in the eye?” “She endures.
London’s hottest new comedy night returns, headlined by Live at the Apollo regular and star of his own Netflix special, Phil Wang.
About the show Each year Creative Youth’s wonderful team of young people head to Brighton Fringe to judge the best theatre and stand-up comedy shows by performers…
After 21 years and 224 days Hal's back being single.
SW London’s bold and boundary-pushing festival of arts and culture returns for 17 brilliant days, taking over Wandsworth from 9-25 June with a jam-packed, belly-laughing, awe-ins…
This exhibition explores the student journey through art, photography, music and creative writing and celebrates the varied experiences of our diverse student community.
This exhibition explores the student journey through art, photography, music and creative writing and celebrates the varied experiences of our diverse student community.
Buzzbox Collective presents 2 contemporary theatre double bills.
Buzzbox Collective presents 2 contemporary theatre double bills.
A seagull manages to escape from an oil slick, only to lay one last egg and with her dying breath asks Zorba, a harbour cat in Hamburg, to promise that he will hatch the egg and te…
Ukulele interactive show with ukulele lessons, educational games, dances, bubbles, glitter cannons, parachutes, ribbon sticks and more.
VIEWPOINTS is an intensive 3-day physical theatre training process led by international theatre maker Erwin Maas.
Ukulele interactive show with ukulele lessons, educational games, dances, bubbles, glitter cannons, parachutes, ribbon sticks and more.
VIEWPOINTS is an intensive 3-day physical theatre training process led by international theatre maker Erwin Maas.
In partnership with Black Brighton Market, the Pan-African Creative Exchange (PACE) brings you a vibrant market place featuring arts & craft stalls, pop up performances, a cultural…
In partnership with Black Brighton Market, the Pan-African Creative Exchange (PACE) brings you a vibrant market place featuring arts & craft stalls, pop up performances, a cultural…
In partnership with Black Brighton Market, the Pan-African Creative Exchange (PACE) brings you a vibrant market place featuring arts & craft stalls, pop up performances, a cultural…
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Character Comedians and IRL sisters Maddy and Marina Bye, of critically acclaimed ‘Siblings’, are back with another mixed bill variety night starring their weird and wonderful frie…
Celebrate the start of the May half term with a family friendly pick of the fringe! Enjoy 10 minute performances of Brighton Fringe shows that will be performing over half term we…
'We don’t in general take to foreigners here… unless they take to us first' With characteristic humour, passion and pathos, Inspector Sands offer a fresh take …
Showcase Start Time - 13:00 To attend this Industry Showcase please email actingshowcase@lipa.
A family-friendly edition of Bom Bane’s Mix.
A family-friendly edition of Bom Bane’s Mix.
THE CIRCUS SONAS FAMILY SHOW All the way from Northern Ireland, Martin and Logy take the traditional circus double act and give it a unique and modern twist.
This programme is for you if you are: o Wanting to earn an income from your creativity by delivering creative projects.
This programme is for you if you are: o Wanting to earn an income from your creativity by delivering creative projects.
Following a complete sell-out 2021 tour and 2022 extension, star of Taskmaster and global smash hit ‘Live Innit’, Paul Chowdhry brings his hit show ‘Fa…
Adele brings all her very best new jokes, ideas and wisdom to Brighton.
Hatha yoga to ease yourself back into exercising while bonding with your little one.
Adele brings all her very best new jokes, ideas and wisdom to Brighton.
Parent/carer and baby/toddler Hatha yoga to ease yourself back into exercising while bonding with your little one.
Join us for The Horsies - the awards show filled with character comedians where everyone’s a winner and nobody knows what’s going on.
Join us for The Horsies - the awards show filled with character comedians where everyone’s a winner and nobody knows what’s going on.
A revolving line-up of the best comedians from around Brighton and the Fringe in a late afternoon show filled with hilarity.
A friendly fun-filled afternoon show with a revolving line-up of the best children’s and family-friendly performers from around Brighton and the Fringe.
If you’re feeling playful and curious about immersive theatre, join the Carnie-fun of Caravanserai.
A revolving line-up of the best comedians from around Brighton and the Fringe in a late afternoon show filled with hilarity.
A friendly fun-filled afternoon performance with a revolving line-up of the best children’s and family-friendly performers from around Brighton and the Fringe.
If you’re feeling playful and curious about immersive theatre, join the Carnie-fun of Caravanserai.
We choose the best comedians of the festival to perform their funniest PG-rated material.
++Please book 24 hours in advance** For last minute bookings, please check availability and call us on 07783152151 If you want to do something that might be a little bit out of y…
Brighton’s revolutionary youth artists are joining us in their second year at the Brighton Fringe.
++Please book 24 hours in advance** For last minute bookings, please check availability and call us on 07783152151 If you want to do something that might be a little bit out of y…
London’s hottest new comedy night kicks off with a mega line-up, headlined by star of Live at the Apollo, Mock the Week and Matilda, Sindhu Vee.
Are you ready to party? Are you ready to get out of your comfort zone, wear the best fancy dress and have the time of your life? Then join us for our Brighton Dance Extravaganza, w…
Brighton’s revolutionary youth artists are joining us in their second year at the Brighton Fringe.
Best in Class is a crowd-funded profit-sharing show that champions the rich talent of working-class comedians.
Rose Theatre and Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse Theatres in association with Swinging the Lens A Rose Original Production Following her critically-acclaimed production of Richa…
By Nigel Williams Adapted from the novel by William Golding In the midst of a raging war, a group of British school children are left stranded after surviving a devastating plane c…
Family Tree is a beautifully poetic drama about race, health, the environment, and the incredible legacy of one of the most influential Black women of modern times.
Highly-anticipated debut stand-up hour from the Hackney Empire New Comedian of the Year Winner, tackling all the big topics; Scottish mothers, A&E, karate teachers, …
The country’s biggest sketch competition is back for its seventh year.
The country’s biggest sketch competition is back for its seventh year.
Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.
Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.
Come and watch our Performing Arts (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.
Come and watch our Performing Arts (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.
Best In Class is a crowd funded profit sharing show that champions the rich talent of working class comedians.
6-year-old Manny is making his very first guacamole for his dad’s welcome home dinner.
Our lives are indebted to many people.
Ready to get your laugh on? This March, we're bringing you Live at Leicester Square Theatre: a side-splitting lineup of some of the circuit's top comedi…
Theatre of Gulags is a theatrical installation exploring the dark history of the Soviet Union labour camps, and the full-scale theatres that were built inside them.
“Light-hearted, never-to-be-seen-again fun.
Remixed by Debris Stevenson Directed by Josie Daxter Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps Shakespeare’s much-loved comedy meets reality TV romance in a raucous and…
Richard Herring returns to Leicester Square Theatre for his famous podcast, RHLSTP! Richard Herring has enjoyed phenomenal success as a writer and …
Richard Herring returns to The Leicester Square Theatre for his famous podcast, RHLSTP! Richard Herring has enjoyed phenomenal success as a writer …
What do you do when Ms Alzheimer’s – a hideous and befanged monster – comes to live with you? Local author and journalist, Susan Elkin, talks about her new book, …
What’s the best pint you ever had?In a pub in Northern Ireland, this is the question Gerry poses to his two best friends (Steve and David) during their regular Friday night drinkin…
‘What’s the best pint you ever had?’And not just the best as in the ‘nicest’, but the one that “made a moment.
The West End theatre event of the year will return for a fifth season by popular demand.
Cal McCrystal’s Mother Goose is a self-described silly, fun show with an underlying commentary of failed economic policies that live up to that promise.
Hey Duggee: The Live Theatre Show is going to be huge! Betty wants to make costumes, Happy wants to sing, Tag wants to make music, Norrie wants to dance, Roly wants jelly and they …
Now in it’s 13th year! Leicester Square Theatre’s showcase for the UK's best up & coming New Comedians The best acts from almost 40 heats com…
“A Musical Theatre Christmas” returns to The Actors’ Church, presented by Mark Robert Petty.
From Morgan Lloyd Malcolm, writer of the Olivier Award-winning Emilia, comes a brand-new retelling of Charles Dickens’ timeless classic.
Due to the huge demand for the first run of London shows, singer, songwriter, composer and producer, Gary Barlow, has announced the final two West End shows for his critically accl…
“A man should never turn down two things.
Cathal is 35, renting, eternally single, and has just spent the last three years watching all of his friends settle down, get married and have kids.
Have you ever sat opposite someone on a bus quietly, both on your phones, and not say a word? Perhaps you glance up for a second and smile at each other.
Join us at the Museum of Comedy for the funniest Quiz night in London.Starts 7pm - Just turn up and take a seat!
The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School (BOVTS) is pleased to present its 2022 MFA Graduate Showcase.
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…
Following on from the success of the first event, My Kind of Musical is back with more fat, more songs, more revenge, and more spiralling over whether or not you should feed the bi…
Based on the Sunday Times’ bestseller, which inspired one of this century’s most treasured films, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel takes us on a journey to India with an …
Drawing on music hall and vaudeville traditions, Skinner & T’witch’s show combines comedy and satire with folk, flamenco and theatre-style songs.
Best of Scandinavia features the biggest names in Scandinavian stand-up.
What if your favourite characters didn’t quite like the way they were written? What if they decided enough was enough? When an unnamed author is found dead, his characters are br…
Les Shankland directs the Chapter House Singers in Choral Evensong.
In Every Corner Sing: The Choir of Old St Paul’s with Director of Music John Kitchen MBE, Edinburgh City Organist.
The Art of Illumination.
Love of Creation: Poetry’s power for the present.
Troubled? Weak? Feel like a fraud? Good.
Henry Purcell’s Sacred and Secular.
Exhibition: The Art of Illumination.
Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time for clarinet, violin, cello and piano was written when Messiaen was a prisoner of war in German captivity and first performed in 19…
Cutting Edge Theatre: Hope Rises.
George cooks food while making you laugh.
Painting Heaven on Earth.
Mr Swallow returns with a mix of new, old, very old and previously unusable material before hitting the road.
Schola Cantorum sings MacMillan.
Following Taiwan’s first-ever edition of WOW (Women of the World) Festival, this illuminating live/online talk considers how it was set up and delivered.
Come join a panel of experts and gain valuable insights into the strategic thinking and collaborative developments linking digital and live art forms in Taiwan and the world.
Come join a panel of experts and gain valuable insights into the strategic thinking and collaborative developments linking digital and live art forms in Taiwan and the world.
Following Taiwan’s first-ever edition of WOW (Women of the World) Festival, this illuminating live/online talk considers how it was set up and delivered.
Meet the Herviss Family and journey to their world.
Divine Dance presents John the Baptist and the Bees.
A tragicomedy combining clowning and physical theatre, Boat! follows two friends at sea as they navigate companionship, solitude and altering states of reality.
Sacred Arts Festival 2022 Opening Service High Mass for the Feast of the Assumption, celebrated in accordance with the Scottish Liturgy of 1970 in the beautiful setting of the hist…
Painting the Way of the Cross.
Frankie wants to conform.
In 1983 schoolboy Michael delivered a petition on a homemade cruise missile to Mrs Thatcher.
Formed in 1982, Edinburgh Music Theatre will be celebrating its big birthday (40 years young!) by performing a musical revue.
Relaxing, joyful life-drawing sessions hosted by Revolting Rosy Pendlebaby starring a different Fringe artist muse every day! Are you drowning in the creative outpourings of others…
Two nights only! Award-winning Ali, Scotland’s ‘Queen of vintage jazz’ (OC Weekly) presents a special programme – a carefully crafted selection of Lady Day’s best-loved son…
Top academics, dangerous ideas and your host comedian Susan Morrison.
A comical feast that features an original story that is every father’s nightmare; Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a swee…
Top academics, dangerous ideas and your host comedian Susan Morrison.
Bite-size tasters of the best comedy, music, family entertainment and circus, all prepared for you in our glorious Spiegeltent.
Cult hit Jollyboat present their best comedy songs from 10 years as one of the biggest shows on the Free Fringe.
A night of comedy featuring top acts from the Fringe, curated and programmed by London’s premier comedy venue Leicester Square Theatre.
The story follows a young prince who is accused of attempted murder and sentenced to die as a galley slave, but survives, eventually returning to his homeland, to find that his mot…
The best mixed-bill comedy night in Edinburgh, featuring your favourite comedians from around the Fringe.
Best of Cabaret from the Fringe returns with an all-star diverse rotating cast of international and regional seasoned artists in the genre.
After sell-out performances and five-star reviews from 2016-2019, our performers are excited to return to Edinburgh for their fifth year with a new line-up of songs! Featuring worl…
From a dream over 25 years ago, it has been a long journey! The time has finally come that a number of the eleven McTaggart Siblings are now in a position to sing from the same pag…
Hosted by comedian Susan Morrison, top academics explore dangerous ideas.
After touring all over Europe, Mike Rice brings his electric hour show to Edinburgh.
It’s bingo with loads and loads of prizes.
From the company that brought you the sell-out Fringe smash, Sunshine on Leith, Captivate Theatre presents a comical feast that embraces the wackiness in every family.
It’s time for us to play.
‘All we have hinges on the worn thread of a memory.
A Fringe institution since 1999.
Talk about doing what it says on the tin! Here you go: simply the best comics on the contemporary Scottish circuit.
Contemporary arts in a historic setting.
Showcase of Scotland’s best comics.
This cast of professional performers is excited to return for their fifth year with the Best of Broadway! After sell-out performances and rave reviews, this show is sure to be a ho…
Showcasing the top spoken word talent the festival has to offer – from the laugh-out-loud funny, through the wonderfully surreal, to the thoughtful and emotional – Loud Poets c…
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…
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…
Pushing the boundaries of the artform to the max for a late night Encore like no other.
Circus Sonas are Northern Irish father and son Martin and Logy.
Direct from their UK tour, Martin Mor and Logy Logan bring their unique brand of comedy and circus back to the Edinburgh Fringe.
A friendly fun-filled afternoon show with a revolving line-up of the best children’s and family-friendly performers from around the Fringe.
Nominated for Best Kids’ Show at this year’s Leicester Comedy Festival 2022.
In its 6th year; We’re Sorry! A rotating showcase of Canadian comedians in town for the Fringe.
A crowd-funded, profit-sharing show that champions working-class comedians.
Boy, you’re an alien.
Dublin’s favourite comedy club is on tour.
Great value lunchtime comedy showcase featuring the best and brightest of this year’s Fringe comics.
What sort of a prick is living their best life? Richard Branson? Elon Musk? The Dalai Lama? Yes, the Dalai Lama is a prick – all will be explained in the show.
Europe’s largest burlesque extravaganza returns, brought to you by the legendary producers of the London Burlesque Festival, World Burlesque Games and more! Fringe sell-out show si…
Constantly rotating line-up of the best comedians at this year’s festival.
Britain’s most loveable fox takes you on a journey of laughs, storytelling and song in a show for all the family, specially written for the live stage and packed with fun and excit…
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.
Veteran stand-up comic Ben Clover returns with his seventh show: Best Newcomer.
Kazumi is hunting a sea monster.
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…
After 21 years and 224 days Hal’s back being single.
This show is all about children’s ideas and stories being brought to life before your very eyes with the help of three talented comedy improvisers - Chris Lumb, Natalie Smeaton & P…
This show is all about children’s ideas and stories being brought to life before your very eyes with the help of three talented comedy improvisers - Chris Lumb, Natalie Smeaton & P…
MTS presents: The Addams Family Musical in Concert! The elite young performers of Musical Theatre Studio Ltd give you an exciting performance of The Addams Family.
Nana Rabbit’s Cake-off! Join Nana Rabbit and her friends as they re-enact her most famous adventure yet; The Quest for the Whisk of Destiny! Nana, who was once named ‘The Greatest…
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…
Astra’s people snatched their green homeland from the chaos of global eco-collapse.
Astra’s people snatched their green homeland from the chaos of global eco-collapse.
Copy to follow…
Brighton Spiegeltent is hosting another of our occasional vital conversations about the state of the arts in in Brighton and Hove.
Everything begins with movement.
Everything begins with movement.
Acing Out, Dublin’s leading LGBTQ+ theatre group, present a tense and darkly comic story of love and revenge.
Acting Out, Dublin’s leading LGBTQ+ theatre group, present a tense and darkly comic story of love and revenge.
Dublin’s Acting Out present a tense and darkly comic story of love and revenge.
The majority of Burundian people have been enduring the aftermaths of the past civil wars that left many orphans, widowers, handicaps, in misery etc.
Miracle Theatre brings Carol Ann Duffy’s radical adaption of Everyman right up to date, creating a multi-sensory experience with sizzling sound score (Dom Coyote – Kneehigh), m…
When your time’s up, how will you account for your life on Earth? Everyman is riding high, works hard and plays harder.
Brighton Fringe 2021 Award Winner Miss Hope Springs recently celebrated a decade of decadence as resident songstress at London’s premier cabaret room Le Crazy Coqs in Piccadilly.
Brighton Fringe 2021 Award Winner Miss Hope Springs recently celebrated a decade of decadence as resident songstress at London’s premier cabaret room Le Crazy Coqs in Piccadilly.
Ivor B Gurney and Marion M Scott had a very special friendship.
A celebration of the friendship between the First World War poet and composer, Ivor Gurney, and violinist, musicologist and champion of women musicians, Marion Scott.
The University of Brighton’s Centre for Arts and Wellbeing hosts a showcase event, celebrating the centre’s innovative work on how the arts can support and inform well-being fo…
Waterloo - The Best of ABBA looks back at the sensational rise to stardom of the Swedish pop group ABBA and recreates it so impeccably that fans, old and new can still e…
The University of Brighton’s Centre for Arts and Wellbeing hosts a showcase event, celebrating the centre’s innovative work on how the arts can support and inform well-being fo…
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…
Come and get your teeth into a refreshing approach to acting with this Stanislavski-inspired technique.
Come and get your teeth into a refreshing approach to acting with this Stanislavski-inspired technique.
The majority of Burundian people have been enduring the aftermaths of the past civil wars that left many orphans, widowers, handicaps, in misery etc.
Join us for an accessible storytelling for all children at the Fringe Family Picnic in Pavilion Gardens.
Calling all picnickers; Brighton Fringe’s wildly popular family picnics are back for 2022! Join us as we take over Pavilion Gardens with more free family entertainment than you can…
Join us for a silent disco boogie as part of the fabulous Fringe Family Picnic in Pavilion Gardens.
Anti-fascist, Boris*-baiting, Brighton Fringe legend LJ DA FUNK brings back the best bits and catchiest catchphrases from Fringes past, interspersed with new and improved silliness…
Anti-fascist, Boris*-baiting, Brighton Fringe legend LJ DA FUNK brings back the best bits and catchiest catchphrases from Fringes past, interspersed with new and improved silliness…
Calling all picnickers; Brighton Fringe’s wildly popular family picnics are back for 2022! Join us as we take over Pavilion Gardens with more free family entertainment than you can…
A revolving line-up of the best comedians from around Brighton and the Fringe in a late afternoon show filled with hilarity.
A friendly fun-filled afternoon performance with a revolving line-up of the best children’s and family-friendly performers from around Brighton and the Fringe.
Living Paintings are a publisher and library like no other.
Join us for a silent disco boogie as part of the fabulous Fringe Family Picnic in Pavilion Gardens.
We run comedy nights at this venue all year round but we have something special planned for the Fringe.
On The Edge Comedy is a Brighton institution, bringing fresh faces from the UK circuit to audiences all year round.
On The Edge Comedy is a Brighton institution, bringing fresh faces from the UK circuit to audiences all year round.
BASIL BRUSH’S FAMILY FUN SHOW Broken Robot Productions & So Comedy in association with Basil Brush Limited Fresh from appearances on CBBC’s Crackerja…
BASIL BRUSH’S FAMILY FUN SHOW Broken Robot Productions & So Comedy in association with Basil Brush Limited Fresh from appearances on CBBC’s Crackerja…
Family Tree is a beautifully poetic drama about race, health, the environment, and the incredible legacy of one of the most influential Black women of modern times.
Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase
Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase
Come and watch our Performing Arts (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.
Come and watch our Performing Arts (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.
This is a double bill of monologues navigating grief: Intricate Rituals by Seth Douglas and The Same Rain That Falls on Me by Logan Jones.
The country’s biggest sketch competition is back for it’s sixth year.
The country’s biggest sketch competition is back for it’s sixth year.
We’re running another batch of 1-2-1’s! Book a 1-2-1 session to go through your marketing plan with a member of the Brighton Fringe marketing team.
Richard Herring returns to The Leicester Square Theatre for his famous podcast, RHLSTP! Richard Herring has enjoyed phenomenal success as a writer and performer and…
All his friends are getting married, and he’s really happy for them.
The year is 2021, and the world still doesn’t know what to do with those of us who have decided not to reproduce.
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…
Thinking of setting up your own performing arts company? Join Jackie Elliman, Legal and Industrial Relations Manager at ITC, for a workshop about the legal and administrative basic…
Theatre Relationship Managers, Anna Jefferson and Claire Soper, from Arts Council England will be holding an online advice session on Zoom to talk you through the National Lottery …
Now in it’s 12th year.
Over 300 acts compete for the title of New Comedian of the Year in Leicester Square Theatre‘s hunt for the best new acts in the country.
Darren Pritchard Dance Presents the life-enhancing power of the ballroom.
Over 300 acts compete for the title of New Comedian of the Year in Leicester Square Theatre‘s hunt for the best new acts in the country.
Talon - The Best of Eagles The Legacy Tour 2020/21 Talon have risen from humble beginnings to become one of the most successful theatre touring shows in th…
Glitz and glamour, fun and frolics, Scottish Ballet’s Starstruck is a delight, just what we need after 18 months of closed theatres.
Romancero Books with the support of the Office for Cultural and Scientific Affairs of the Spanish Embassy in London presents the Festival of Queer Spanish Literature in London…
Please join us for the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School Graduating MFA Actors London Showcase where there will be a selection of monologues and duologues delivered by our …
This one-day boutique event is the only UK family creation show exclusively designed for the LGBTQ+ community informing attendees about UK and International family building options…
Over 300 acts compete for the title of New Comedian of the Year in Leicester Square Theatre‘s hunt for the best new acts in the country.
Richard Herring returns to The Leicester Square Theatre for his famous podcast, RHLSTP! Richard Herring has enjoyed phenomenal success as a writer and performer and…
Who do you call family? Who is your brother from another mother? Your sistren? Your crew? We are celebrating friendship and the support we give each oth…
After a sell-out Scottish tour, Leah MacRae (River City and Gary: Tank Commander) brings her hilarious, rip-roaring, uplifting show for it’s Fringe debut.
Sunday nights couldnt get more Heavenly! Drag apostles assemble for their congregation at Freedom Cabaret Club every other Sunday 7pm - 10:30pm.
Britain’s most loveable fox returns to Underbelly with his amazing Family Fun Show.
FunnyHappyStuff.
Two dangerous Irishmen doing dangerous things for a laugh.
The 2021 Festival of the Sacred Arts concludes with a service of Choral Evensong.
Lunchtime lecture: Scottish Religious Art in Paint and Glass: Robert Scott Lauder’s Christ Teacheth Humility.
Lunchtime lecture: Theology in Stone – Faith and Art in Edinburgh’s Church Architecture.
One-day exhibition: Faith in Fabrics Church Vestments and Ecclesiastical.
Lunchtime talk: Ms Zoe van Zwanenberg, embroiderer, discusses the art of embroidery. Tickets can be purchased at the door or from the Fringe Box Office.
The awkwardness of a blind date.
Welcome to undertaker Anna Morgan-Jones’ live Zoom webinar.
It’s been a long time since we could go see live comedy, but it’s back! Award-winning comic Ben Clover presents a different bill of top stand-ups each evening.
Lunchtime lecture: The Art of Hymns.
The awkwardness of a blind date.
Lunchtime recital: Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time.
Mass setting: Lassus’ Missa Bell ‘Amfitrit’ altera.
Evening concert: one of Scotland’s most renowned string ensembles, The Edinburgh Quartet, plays Haydn’s Seven Last Words from the Cross, with the movements interspersed by poet…
JONJO JURYJACQUI POTATOJANET DISTRICT COUNCILGINROSY ROSSTED ROGERSANT CJOYLESSBONKSPECIAL GUESTS ITS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING.
A charming, funny and touching interactive video installation, Family Portrait by Natasha Gilmore’s Barrowland Ballet features Natasha herself as mother and single parent and her…
Hal’s back doing what he does best – performing live comedy, for five nights only! ‘Reminded me how much I love stand up’ (Times).
This panel will explore dance, theatre and performance delivered both live and digitally.
The #1 Best All-American Comedy Show is the best (and only) comedy show of its kind (in London)! These Americans were smart enough to leave the United States and are in the UK to d…
Moderated by Sandy Hsiu-chih Lo, curator of Green Island Human Rights Art Festival in Taiwan, this webinar will look into how the Festival enabled the artistic expression of …
The #1 Best All-American Comedy Show is the best (and only) comedy show of its kind (in London)! These Americans were smart enough to leave the United States and are in the UK to d…
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.
This is a series of Wudang Kungfu shows and seminars along with Daoist culture and music.
It’s bingo with loads and loads of prizes.
It’s been a long time since we could go see live comedy, but it’s back! Award-winning comic Ben Clover presents a different bill of top stand-ups each evening.
200 years in the future, you are invited to explore the world of a long-abandoned Minecraft server.
Puppetry, shadow theatre, mime and music all contribute to this charming oddity, which Caravan Theatre do indeed perform in a caravan.
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…
Ronald Forbes RSA RGI festival exhibition, The Dreamweaver’s Puzzles at the Scottish Arts Club (28th July to 29th August).
The best mixed-bill comedy night in Edinburgh, featuring your favourite comedians from around the Fringe.
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.
A referential piece of immersive digital theatre set in a flat that’s been possessed – Poltergeist style – by the ghost of pop-cultural masculinities.
A trio of new plays, presented digitally, by Edinburgh Graduate Theatre Group.
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Fringe favourite Best of Burlesque returns with a new all-star extravaganza! An international round-up of the finest in strip tease, cabaret and variety at the Fringe, from the leg…
Talk about doing what it says on the tin! The Stand’s flagship contemporary Scottish comedy show returns! A Fringe institution but this time with four acts, seating, table service …
Fresh from appearances on CBBC’s Crackerjack, Britain’s most loveable fox takes you on a journey of laughs, storytelling and song in show for all the family specially written f…
Writer/Director Ben Reid has made a stunning professional debut at the Lion and Unicorn Theatre, Kentish Town, with his play Two Worlds No Family, originally written as his final y…
Join us for a night of celebration! Featuring music from The Woodville, with their blend of soul/funk and gospel influences, playing songs from their forthcoming album.
Join us for a night of celebration! Featuring music from The Woodville, with their blend of soul/R&B playing songs from their forthcoming album - guest artist Mark Edwards on piano…
Sara Segovia Rodao and Lachlan Werner are cuties by nature, cancers by astrological sign and clowns by trade.
Tl;dr: Two female comedians debut their 30 minute solo shows on one bill.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
This year, as a part of the National Lottery’s Thanks To You week, we are delighted to be hosting a talk about the heritage of our theatre.
Siblings & Sami Character comedians Maddy and Marina Bye are returning to Brighton but this time they have turned up with one of the best clown comics in the UK, Sami Abu Wardeh.
An online event, in association with the free digital platform The Ironclad Hub ( https://ironclad-hub.
3 - 5th June - Siblings & Sami Character comedians Maddy and Marina Bye are returning to Brighton but this time they have turned up with one of the best clown comics in the UK, Sam…
Where do our missing socks go? Do they end up down the plug hole or do they go sunbathing in the Caribbean? Milo thinks that wearing odd socks is embarrassing, so his weird and w…
Where do our missing socks go? Do they end up down the plug hole or do they go sunbathing in the Caribbean? Milo thinks that wearing odd socks is embarrassing, so his weird and w…
These award-winning films from Iris 2020 tell LGBT+ stories from around the world with humour, heart and honesty.
Celebrating unconditional love and kinship.
On The Edge Comedy is a Brighton institution, bringing fresh faces from the UK circuit to audiences all year round.
Locally-composed Cape jazz produced at the foot of Table Mountain.
On The Edge Comedy is a Brighton institution, bringing fresh faces from the UK circuit to audiences all year round.
Celebrating unconditional love and kinship.
Locally-composed Cape jazz produced at the foot of Table Mountain.
Becky Stevens, Managing Director of Hybred Consultancy (www.
Are you aged 16- 25? Fancy getting involved in Brighton Fringe and becoming a young reviewer for Voice? Join Alice online on Monday 26th April, 2pm for this free workshop where we …
Traditional, Victorian ‘Old Time Music Hall’ All the songs you love to sing and the jokes you love to hear.
This Showcase is the culmination of the first International 10-Minute Play Competition organised by the Soldiers’ Arts Academy which attracted submissions from across the UK, Eur…
We open our Out of the Wings winter festivities with an evening of short extracts of translated plays from first-time and early-career theatre translators.
Award-winning genre explorers Encompass Productions return to the White Bear Theatre with Homecoming: A New Theatre Festival.
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…
Now in it’s 12th year.
‘Widow Twankey’ and ‘Wishy Washy’ are in a spin! They hear rumours of a cancelled pantomime in Old Peking and can feel that their Christmas ‘Mother Goose’ might well be…
!On Sunday 31 October we’re having a special Halloween-themed class.
A one hour Zoom workshop exploring poetry and creative writing in theatre.
Join Daisy Rogers, Founder of Liberally, as she discusses the place of storytelling in the fight for greater diversity and inclusion across the liberal arts, through expressive mix…
This virtual live event explores the role of theatre and performance in military life, especially in boosting troops’ morale.
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.
Small Truth Theatre are delighted to announce our DIGITAL CARAVAN THEATRE will be launching on Saturday 15th August 2020, with our first collection of audio plays that are all avai…
A cornucopia of music and the extraordinary life story of Winnaretta Singer, Princesse de Polignac, heir to the vast Singer sewing machine fortune.
Join Rosie Kay as she talks about working in dance and film, from 5 SOLDIERS to Sunshine on Leith.
Captain Ben Mason (Director of Music Band of the Grenadier Guards) and Lance Sergeant Ian Shepherd (Band of the Grenadier Guards) lead a session on creating atmosphere through musi…
Join Rosie Kay as she talks about working in dance and film, from 5 SOLDIERS to Sunshine on Leith.
A screening of short films curated by Soldiers’ Arts Academy, hosted by Román Baca.
Following successful tours of Australia, the USA and the UK, English folk-acoustic duo Skinner and T’witch return to Edinburgh with a live show of original music.
Celebrating Assembly’s 40th year, we bring you bite-size tasters of the very best comedy, cabaret, music and circus from around the Fringe.
It’s bingo with loads and loads of prizes.
After sold-out performances and five-star reviews the past four years, our performers are excited to return to Edinburgh for their fifth year with a new line-up of songs! Featuring…
The best mixed-bill comedy night in Edinburgh, featuring your favourite comedians from around the Fringe.
American Performing Arts International is excited to return for the fifth year with the Best of Broadway! After sold-out performances and rave reviews, this show is sure to be a ho…
Great value lunchtime comedy compilation showcase featuring the best and brightest of this year’s Fringe comics.
Elliot Wengler has many special features, and no, he doesn’t mean his dyspraxia, dyslexia, anxiety or his Pokémon championship wins (runner-up position, 200…
Soho Theatre &Tim Whitehead Management present: Peaches Christ’s Addams Apple Family Values They're creepy and their kooky, mysterious and spoopy! Peaches…
Focusing on the work and lives of older women - both in front and behind the camera - this year’s line-up includes Japanese animation Mix, eco-comedy The Last Mermaid starring Jane…
In 1782, the owners of the Zong ship claimed insurance on the lives of the 130 slaves thrown overboard.
Back for it’s fifth year.
Back for it’s fifth year.
The "Podfather" (Guardian) and "King of the Internet" (Time Out) returns with the award winning Podcast in which he chats with the biggest names in c…
As Lin Hwai-Min, founder of the world-renowned Taiwanese company, steps down in 2020, Cloud Gate Dance Theatre brings works from the current and new artistic directors.
Traditional, Victorian ‘Old Time Music Hall’ All the songs you love to sing and the jokes you love to hear.
Now in it’s 11th year.
Welcome to Camden Shorinji Kempo! We’re proud to be an openly LGBTQ+ Shorinji Kempo martial arts club where everyone is welcome.
Peppa Pig is excited to be going on a special day out with George, Mummy Pig and Daddy Pig - it’s going to be her best day ever! Get ready for a road-trip full of fun adventu…
The British Theatre Challenge is delighted to be returning to the Jack Studio Theatre with five new plays, wrapped into one very entertaining evening.
Having just celebrated their 60th anniversary, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre bring with them a flood of new and exciting works alongside modern classics in three mixed program…
Join us for a riotous celebration of the Fringe’s best musical comedians! Since 2009, the MCAs have helped to launch the likes of Abandoman, Rachel Parris, Mae Martin, Jay Foreman …
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe Participants.
A comedy special featuring a feast of worldwide laughter from some of the brightest, newest and best comics around the globe, recorded in the BBC’s big Blue Tent at the Edinburgh…
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.
Cora is at the festival to see her ex-boyfriend perform.
It’s bingo with loads and loads of prizes.
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…
Following a sell-out run in Oxford, Family Secrets is a night of comedy and chaos as a family (inspired by your suggestions!) has an entirely improvised reunion.
Giant Wolf Theatre Company is a group of young artists whose goal is to devise, create and be makers of great theatre.
Bonhams in Edinburgh are exhibiting selected artworks that will be offered for sale in London and elsewhere during the autumn season.
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.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
What happens when we pair up two theatre artists from different backgrounds to co-host a discussion about what makes great theatre in 2019? Douglas Maxwell (Decky Does a Bronco, Ch…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
A new feminist comedy cabaret, debuting at the 2019 Camden Fringe.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Showcase includes: In Mist and Rain by Arts of China, Letter from An Unknown Woman by The National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts, Hear of The Lights by Ningbo Municipal Culture &…
One person’s rubbish is another person’s treasure.
One person’s rubbish is another person’s treasure.
An exciting and engaging art workshop that children really enjoy.
Rory returns to York with a brand spanking new title for a show that could, in many respects, be quite similar to the one he did last year i.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Rory returns to York with a brand spanking new title for a show that could, in many respects, be quite similar to the one he did last year i.
A hearty meal with a helping of folk.
The 2010s.
The 2010s.
To the uninitiated, a first glance at a cryptic crossword can be daunting, but here Rory promises to unveil its mysteries in a 90 minute workshop that is intended to be …
To the uninitiated, a first glance at a cryptic crossword can be daunting, but here Rory promises to unveil its mysteries in a 90 minute workshop that is intended to be …
"A Float Tank is a lightless, soundproof tank filled with water at skin temperature, in which individuals float in isolation, used to test the effects of sensory de…
We are very excited and privileged to welcome Raphael to The Arts Barge - He has been extremely generous in donating proceeds of this performance to progressing the conv…
We are very excited and privileged to welcome Raphael to The Arts Barge - He has been extremely generous in donating proceeds of this performance to progressing the conv…
"A Float Tank is a lightless, soundproof tank filled with water at skin temperature, in which individuals float in isolation, used to test the effects of sensory de…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
River Voices: Robert Powell & FriendsA lively reading by York-based poet Robert Powell and other writers - of work inspired by the Ouse and Foss, rivers, streams, ca…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
River Voices: Robert Powell & FriendsA lively reading by York-based poet Robert Powell and other writers - of work inspired by the Ouse and Foss, rivers, streams, ca…
Interactive story telling, plus an all day Riddling Competition! Mums, dads, teenagers, juniors and little ones over 5.
North East comedians on one exclusive line-up! Hot on the heels of our popular compilation showcases, it felt only right to bring you some of finest comics who regularly stand-up a…
Interactive story telling, plus Riddling Competition! Tom Wayfinder’s Arctic Adventure.
Tom signs up as a driver for Eduardo Dorado, gold-hunter, on a trek that takes him up a ziggurat and a volcano, where he encounters an Aztec god of fire called Xiuhtecuh…
Tom signs on as a ships cook on the good ship Sinkfast, bound from Japan to Mexico, falls foul of the Genie of Chilli Sauce, El Roja The Sweat-head, meets a mermaid call…
Cinema Arts presents a rare screening of the last silent film ever made by Charlie Chaplin.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Coming to The Wardrobe Theatre in Bristol in the summer holidays, The Bird Show uses live music, puppetry and lots of silly bird puns in this heart-fluttering physical comedy about…
Witness a magical extravaganza where you will marvel at The Biggest Balloon in the World and risk your dryness at the ultimate game of Water Pistol Roulette! All live on stage in f…
A creative guided walk along the Ouse & Foss in York led by poet Robert Powell - combined with a chance to write, discuss, and share ideas and impressions about York…
Helene is excited to throw Gordon’s birthday party, but Gordon isn’t happy about turning 70.
Cult hit Jollyboat (the ‘geeky flight of the conchords’) present their best comedy songs from 10 years on the Fringe.
A creative guided walk along the Ouse & Foss in York led by poet Robert Powell - combined with a chance to write, discuss, and share ideas and impressions about York…
The Addams Family.
The team behind the Bongo Club Cabaret, the Not So Secret Society and the Glasgow Cabaret Festival return to present the very best of Fringe cabaret.
A creative guided walk along the Ouse & Foss in York led by poet Robert Powell - combined with a chance to write, discuss, and share ideas and impressions about York…
A collaboration of Chinese and Western instruments performed by young musicians from Shenzhen Bao’an Children’s Palace Orchestra.
You loved the original so much, we’re doing it twice! The best mixed-bill comedy night in Edinburgh heads back to its birthplace, so now there’s two late-night chances to catch you…
Gabby Best’s Edinburgh show 10,432 Sheep is about her struggle with insomnia, and her approach to coping with life in general.
Michael Rice takes you on a hilariously raw and honest journey from a farm in rural Ireland to the big city lights of Chicago and back again.
Dave Alnwick, a veteran of the Edinburgh Fringe magic circuit, is one of the more visually striking performers you're likely to see here.
Eight years ago, James’ best friend Tom was diagnosed with heart cancer and told he had three months to live.
The Strut Club Cabaret presents.
Ireland’s finest under one roof.
Talk about doing what it says on the tin! Here you go: simply the best comics on the contemporary Scottish circuit.
From Edinburgh to Glasgow to Newcastle – our long-running weekly beginner’s showcase is regarded as the best open mic night in the UK.
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.
Bare Productions return following their sell-out run in Fringe 2018 with a deliciously wicked musical.
From The Wind examines Scotland’s relationship with renewable energy.
The best mixed-bill comedy night in Edinburgh, featuring your favourite comedians from around the Fringe.
The Strut Club Cabaret presents.
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.
Is the Fringe guide too wide and confusing? We understand.
Celebrating the works of the playwright and poet, Federico García Lorca, Enebro Teatro have brought together select pieces to create an altogether unique play.
Superior home-made Thai cuisine cooked live.
After sold-out performances and rave reviews at Fringe 2016, 2017, and 2018 we’re excited to return to Edinburgh with this new revue of Broadway hits! Join us as we bring the Best …
Showcase opportunity for artists and creatives using film and projection to express their ideas and engage socially with others in this sphere of artistic activity.
Bite-size tasters of the best comedy, music and circus, all prepared for you in our glorious Spiegeltent.
After sold-out performances and five-star reviews at Fringe 2016, 2017 and 2018, our performers are excited to return to Edinburgh with a new line-up of songs! Featuring world-clas…
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,…
This chat show is the perfect guide to what comedy you should see at the Fringe as host Vladimir McTavish, one of Scotland’s finest stand-ups, introduces this intimate and hilariou…
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 …
Lola’s funny, confident, and always striving for perfection.
A family of improvisers?! Yes! A Family Affair is an improvised show in which personal, sometimes hilarious (but always true), heartfelt stories are told from the perspectives of a…
From the absurd to the moving, magical, funny and intriguing.
Four top-quality, fowl-mouthed acts, hand-plucked from around the festival.
See the very best comedians selected from around the Fringe, with different line-ups every day in this brand-new family friendly lunchtime stand-up showcase, from the people behind…
Tim, Harry and Ella have been sent on a mission – destroy a factory, send a message.
A year ago, the world ended.
Great value, great venue and great fun! Lunchtime compilation showcasing comedians you must not miss with new line-ups every day hand-picked from across the Fringe.
Comedy Boxing triumphantly returns to Edinburgh now with the best of the best competitors, each show! Comedians will compete over four hilarious rounds of stand-up, improvisation, …
The perfect end to a day at the Fringe: deep in the bowels of the best pub in Edinburgh, a raucously competitive late-night feast of trivia, festival in-jokes, physical challenges,…
12 sell-out years at the Fringe, Glasgow and Australian Comedy Festivals.
OUROBOROS PRESENTS THE LATEST IN CUTTING EDGE JAZZ… Jasmine is a saxophone-led from Leeds, performing music composed by saxophonist Jasmine Whalley.
The Girl Guide Promise, an oath taken by all Guides and Brownies, highlights how a girl guide member must always do their best, be true to themselves and develop their beliefs.
Fringe late-night favourite Best of Burlesque returns with a new all-star extravaganza! An international round-up of the absolute finest in sultry striptease, curvaceous cabaret an…
Showcasing underrepresented working-class comedy voices.
Martin and Logy are back in Edinburgh and ready to have some fun.
For the first time in Fringe history, the absolute Best of Cabaret amalgamate for a late-night extravaganza of sultry songs, dance varieties, comedic displays and vivacious variety…
Showcasing the top spoken word talent the festival has to offer – from the laugh-out-loud funny, through the wonderfully surreal, to the thoughtful and emotional – Loud Poets c…
If you’re looking for fun and interactive quiz formats that work well as hour long Edinburgh Fringe shows, then pickings are comparatively slim.
Biographical performances like LipSync, produced by Cumbernauld Theatre as part of their Invited Guest project, don't always have some obvious, political point to make; they…
The black box space in Summerhall is perfectly suited to Zanetti Productions’ new one-woman show My Best Dead Friend, at once intimate and epic in its proportions.
Who’s rocking the boat and why? Join York’s creatives on-board the Arts Barge for a fascinating, eclectic insight into the current projects and passions of Y…
Celebrating their final year as Europeans, island monkeys Becca and Louise got invited to the 2018 European Capital of Culture in Malta.
Who’s rocking the boat and why? Join York’s creatives on-board the Arts Barge for a fascinating, eclectic insight into the current projects and passions of Y…
Britain’s most loveable fox takes you on a journey of laughs, storytelling and song in a show for all the family, specially written for the live stage and packed with fun and excit…
Showcase opportunity for artists and creatives using film and projection to express their ideas and engage socially with others in this sphere of artistic activity.
During this two hour sketching workshop, you will have the opportunity to be supported to explore your surroundings and views from the arts barge with artist Pennie Lord…
Best Girl is a story told by the nervous, but likable Annie.
Another chance to see the films by Italian artist Marinella Senatore for her York Symphony piece, created through a series of workshops and conversations, collecting ind…
Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance.
Edinburgh Fringe has a number of shows that have a real cult status among festivalgoers, and up there with the cultest of them is the self-explanatory Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet…
Family Yoga on the Arts Barge! This is an informal yoga session that brings together elements of traditional yoga practice, play and discovery.
Written and performed by David JarmanDirected by Ruby Clarke After scraping together his last few pounds, Jarman packs a borrowed tent into an old, torn rucksack and hit…
Say Owt is York's loveable and raucous poetry organisation, hosting some of the noisiest spoken word events in the UK.
Written and performed by David JarmanDirected by Ruby Clarke After scraping together his last few pounds, Jarman packs a borrowed tent into an old, torn rucksack and hit…
Say Owt is York's loveable and raucous poetry organisation, hosting some of the noisiest spoken word events in the UK.
Matt Green returns to the Camden Fringe after sell out shows in 2017 and 2018 with a brand new hour of jokes and stories.
This is not a musical nor is it instructions on how to beat up your dad.
A magical multi-media tale of a life saved by music.
When the Britpop band ‘Shed Seven’ disbanded in 2003, a dozen people witnessed the drummer’s only attempt at standup comedy.
Fenist the Falcon is an old much loved Russian Fairytale in which seven female characters appear.
Fenist the Falcon is an old much loved Russian Fairytale in which seven female characters appear.
Four cups of Apple Sauce.
Four cups of Apple Sauce.
Tim Eriksen: Hardcore Americana Tim Eriksen is acclaimed for transforming American tradition with his startling interpretations of old ballads, love songs, shapenote gos…
Tim Eriksen: Hardcore Americana Tim Eriksen is acclaimed for transforming American tradition with his startling interpretations of old ballads, love songs, shapenote gos…
Come and learn shape note singing with Tim Eriksen! We are delighted to welcome Tim to York to lead a workshop and a singing on the Arts Barge in advance of his evening …
Two days of Jazz and Manouche as part of The Arts Barge Riverside Festival.
Basal masks, puppetry and breath-taking original piano music tell a story of a little Moon Child who has to learn to adapt to the strange world of planet Earth.
OUROBOROS PRESENTS THE LATEST IN CUTTING EDGE JAZZ… Award-winning saxophonist Alex Hitchcock returns to York, with his powerhouse quintet that combines a compelli…
A two day Jazz and Manouche Festival of performances, workshops and open sessions.
Rust Immersive spoken word show performed on-board the barge Selby Tony Join us for a mesmerising tale of love, loss and live music on-board the former working barge Sel…
Rust Immersive spoken word show performed on-board the barge Selby Tony Join us for a mesmerising tale of love, loss and live music on-board the former working barge Sel…
We are very excited and privileged to welcome Alistair to play for the opening of York’s Arts Barge.
It’s 2016.
‘Theatre On Tap’, is a play in a pub, made in a day.
The nominees and winners of the British Podcast Awards are always a who's who of UK podcast talent.
An energy-packed performance by the Musical Theatre Degree students at Northbrook MET.
It’s back! Horatio Productions’ Science Fiction Theatre Festival returns for a stellar second edition.
Following a sell-out run in Oxford, ‘Family Secrets’ is a night of comedy and chaos as a family inspired by your suggestions has an entirely improvised reunion.
Comedy stalwart Gary G Knightley and miscellaneous wart Dan C Cadey in a comedy about the ones they love and sincerely blame.
BA Theatre Arts at GBMet.
Join us for the day at the Theatre Royal Haymarket for ‘London Curious’ on Sunday 19th May, where a series of curious adventures with the legendary Iain Sinclair&n…
A raucous, two-woman comedy of idiots! Following sold-out shows in New York, this Gaulier-trained clown duo will guide you through their version of a sacred ritual for spiritual en…
In 1980, Kirk Brandon formed Theatre Of Hate from the ashes of heralded punk band The Pack.
Sporting a ridiculous inflatable suit, ill-fitting wig and grey beard, the “hilarious” (The List) Christian Brighty brings to life a man you wish was dead.
What’s to be done with the Arts in Brighton? Or Where Are We Now where Are We Now? A discussion at the Spiegeltent on the state of the arts and culture in Brighton and Hove - and w…
Maori believes that seeing a Kotuku/White Heron will bring you good fortune but what if you get kidnapped by a bad one? Hopefully your adventure turns out better than expected and …
Broadcast live from The Old Vic in London, Academy Award-winner Sally Field (Steel Magnolias, Brothers & Sisters) and Bill Pullman (The Sinner, Independence Day) sta…
Bright City is a community of musicians, dancers, producers, visual artists and actors from St Peter’s Church.
On Sunday 12 May 2019 at London’s Eventim Apollo, Hammersmith, there will be two concerts of The Best of… Rock Musicals for the benefit of The Charlie Waller Memorial …
The Klump Company throw open their front door and cordially invite you in to meet The Family Blimp.
Media OS 5.
It is still one of the best kept secrets in show business that Patricia Routledge trained not only as an actress but also as a singer and had considerable experience and success in…
Calling all picnickers; Brighton Fringe’s wildly popular family picnics are back for 2019! Join us every Saturday in May as we take over Pavilion Gardens with more free family ente…
One of The Guardian’s Best Shows at the Edinburgh Fringe 2018.
Over 21 Years Jay has built up a powerhouse of sharp political and observational material.
This chat show is the perfect way to start your Fringe evening, as you spend an hour in the company of one of Scotland’s finest comedians, Vladimir McTavish, and his guests in this…
What is Massaoke? The idea is simple: a brilliant live band plays well-known songs, with lyrics on a giant screen, and the whole audience sings along together.
Sunday 31st March, 7pm Tickets: £15 or £10 concessionsDuration: approx 2hrs including an intervalSuitable for: most ages, but probably most su…
It's a dismal day at the Addams family's manse, with the ever-approaching storm clouds reflecting the gloomy atmosphere that has beset the household.
MAD Trust in association with Pianoworks West End present SINGEASY does Musical Theatre.
Saturday 2nd March, 7pm Tickets: £13.
No One is ComingMy Mam's different to yours.
Back for it’s fourth year.
Deep in the heart of a medieval palace dungeon, two strangers dwell.
Traditional, Victorian ‘Old Time Music Hall’ All the songs you love to sing and the jokes you love to hear.
Back for it’s fourth year.
MAKE, LEARN, PLAY and PERFORM on your own fully working ukulele, made from a spread tub! If you don't believe it, take a look at the YouTube extract below.
Jump, roll and slide at Watermans in this creative movement workshop for children and adults.
Jump, roll and slide at Watermans in this creative movement workshop for children and adults.
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…
I’m Not Running is an explosive new play by David Hare, premiering at the National Theatre and broadcast live to cinemas.
All Clara (Mackenzie Foy) wants is a key – a one-of-a-kind key that will unlock a box that holds a priceless gift.
Christopher Robin is all grown up and all out of imagination.
Big Fish Little Fish ‘We Can Be Heroes’ themed family rave with DJs Baker & Beale Come make merry again with the award winning, world famous Big Fish Lit…
Extra encore performance added - Monday 4 February @ 11am - Booking Now Broadcast live from the National Theatre, Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo play Shakespeare&rsquo…
The "Podfather" (Guardian) and "King of the Internet" (Time Out) returns with the award winning Podcast in which he chats with the biggest names in c…
Mark Cortale PresentsBroadway @ Leicester Square Theatre JENNA RUSSELLwith SETH RUDETSKY as music director & hostSunday, 3rd February @ 4pm Olivier Award Winner &…
Mark Cortale PresentsBroadway @ Leicester Square Theatre JUDY KUHNwith SETH RUDETSKY as music director & hostSunday, 3rd February @ 8pm Four Time Tony Nominee Judy K…
Mark Cortale PresentsBroadway @ Leicester Square Theatre JENNA RUSSELLwith SETH RUDETSKY as music director & hostSunday, 3rd February @ 4pm Olivier Award Winner &…
Mark Cortale PresentsBroadway @ Leicester Square Theatre JUDY KUHNwith SETH RUDETSKY as music director & hostSunday, 3rd February @ 8pm Four Time Tony Nominee Judy K…
From the creators of the Academy Award®-nominated Ernest & Celestine comes another hilarious, heartwarming tale of animal misfits.
I’m Not Running is an explosive new play by David Hare, premiering at the National Theatre and broadcast live to cinemas.
Earth’s funniest footwear bring you songs, sketches, socks and violence.
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 …
Now in its 4th year Sketch Off! is a competition open to any sketch groups & character acts currently performing in the UK as we search for the country's …
Now in its 4th year Sketch Off! is a competition open to any sketch groups & character acts currently performing in the UK as we search for the country's …
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…
Now in its 4th year Sketch Off! is a competition open to any sketch groups & character acts currently performing in the UK as we search for the country's …
Now in its 4th year Sketch Off! is a competition open to any sketch groups & character acts currently performing in the UK as we search for the country's …
Harold Pinter’s first play, The Room, features in a triple-bill directed by Pinter’s colleague and friend, Patrick Marber.
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…
Calling all Bingsters! Bing and his friends are coming to Greenwich in the first ever Bing stage show!Join Bing, Sula, Coco and Pando as they find out how to tell stories by preten…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
North East comedians on one exclusive line-up! Hot on the heels of our popular compilation showcases, we felt it only right to bring you some of finest who regularly reside at The …
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
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Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Last Leg host Adam Hills prepares for an upcoming book tour by reading some selected chapters of his best-selling autobiography Best Foot Forward.
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.
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…
From the company that previously brought you Peter Pan and Elf the Musical comes this spooktacular new musical comedy.
Deep in the heart of a medieval dungeon, two strangers dwell.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Best of BEASTS is a wild and brilliant explosion of a show packed with slightly smaller explosions throughout – and I’m not talking about pyrotechnics.
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.
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.
In the kooky, upside-down world of the Addams Family, to be sad is to be happy, to feel pain is to feel joy, and death and suffering are the stuff of their dreams.
Performers, producers, activists and cultural workers come together to investigate where power really lies and what needs to be done to ensure genuine diversity and equality of exp…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
After sold-out performances and rave reviews at Fringe 2017, we’re excited to return to Edinburgh with this revue of Broadway hits! Join us as we bring the best of Broadway to the …
American Performing Arts International is thrilled to bring their newest musical revue to Edinburgh.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
The multi award-winning political agitators are back at the Traverse with a morning of outstanding new writing and fiery debate.
A converted 1960s caravan hosting installations both insightful and absurd, poetry, puppets and music.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Acclaimed Scottish jazz singer Mary May and her top-drawer musicians are back with their Billie Holiday show after selling out their last three years at the Fringe.
All the best stories begin with a game.
The perfect end to your evening of entertainment with the biggest and best comedy line-ups in all of Edinburgh! Previous guests include Jason Byrne, David O’Doherty, Shappi Khorsan…
Twelve full-house Edinburgh Fringe runs.
Cornelius Patrick O’ Sullivan is a comedian and a poet.
New(ish) for 2018! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
It’s not the Fringe without Jollyboat! The cult hit, back for their ninth year.
Creating Rumours recounts the lives of Fleetwood Mac at the time of the recording of their most notorious album, Rumours.
Talk about doing what it says on the tin! Here you go, simply the best comics on the contemporary Scottish circuit.
After sold-out performances and rave reviews at Fringe 2017, we’re excited to return to Edinburgh with this revue of Broadway hits! Join us as we bring the best of Broadway to the …
After sold-out performances and five-star reviews at Fringe 2016 and 2017, our performers are excited to return to Edinburgh with a new line-up of songs! Featuring world-class voic…
Ireland’s finest under one roof.
Cam Cahoon is a brilliant and accomplished tenor with a gift for enchanting his audience and creating fast fans with every show! Your favorite Broadway hits, including popular song…
Four top-quality fowl-mouthed acts, hand-plucked from around the festival. For the poultry sum of a bucket contribution on eggsit. Guaranteed to be clucking funny.
Feeling pressured by his success last year with The Elvis Dead, Rob Kemp returns with ten(!) shows stuck to a spinning wheel.
A town hall meeting in Anytown, USA provides the dramatic context for a panoply of songs in a wide range of musical styles and genres, whose cleverly constructed lyrics explore an …
Is the Fringe guide too wide and confusing? We understand.
Manchester United fans old enough to remember 1971 may recall the strange weekend George Best went missing.
Touch and feel Chinese arts and culture by attending CACF 2018.
From Edinburgh to Glasgow to Newcastle – our long-running weekly beginner’s showcase is regarded as the best open mic night in the UK.
Bite-size tasters of the best comedy, music and circus, all prepared for you in our glorious Spiegeltent.
American Performing Arts International is thrilled to bring their newest musical revue to Edinburgh.
Funny Happy Stuff presents: Circus Sonas Family Show! A brand-new show from father and son circus performers Martin and Logy.
In the resplendent surroundings of the Assembly Speigeltent, a pumping rendition of Cherry Bomb blasts out the promise of an hour of alternative grandeur.
This chat show is the perfect way to start your Fringe day, as you spend an hour in the company of one of the finest stand-ups on the Scottish comedy circuit.
According to WikiHow, you can Live Your Best Life in just 14 steps (with pictures) but can it really be that easy? Emmy Fyles (Comedy Central, BBC Three) sets off on a journey to f…
Ten sell-out years at the Edinburgh Fringe, Glasgow Comedy Fest and around the world.
Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance.
As discovered at Murrayfield, Wimbledon and Russia, the English aren’t used to winning.
‘Is it too much to ask for everything?!’ she shouted drunkenly at a bin.
Totally sold-out shows across the globe.
Showcasing underrepresented working-class comedy voices.
****1/2 (PerthHappenings.
Great value lunchtime compilation showcase featuring the best and brightest of this year’s Fringe comics.
Sock! Pow! Wham! Earth’s funniest footwear are back with their 10th new show of songs, sketches, socks and violence.
Be led by a gruesome character from Edinburgh’s dark past around historic closes and wynds, then take a visit down into our underground vaults.
Celebrating the friendship between composer and war poet, Ivor Gurney, and musician and first woman music critic, Marion Scott; written and performed by Jan Carey.
Storyteller and stand-up comedian John Pendal explores his family tree and discovers mutinies in the 1800s, arson in the 1900s and autism in the 2000s.
Dave Joke of the Fringe Winner, Cambridge mathematics dropout and professional poker player Ken Cheng returns this year with his second stand-up hour.
Multi award-winning Geordie comedian premieres his hilarious new show about celebrating life and the true value of having pride in oneself.
‘What is best in life?’ If you know the answer, come to this show.
An interactive workshop to discover how our brains work, and what life might be like for children growing up with a brain that works a little differently from our own.
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…
Popular comic John Pendal returns to Great Yorkshire Fringe for a third consecutive year.
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.
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…
“AN ABSOLUTE CRACKER…FRINGE BRILLIANCE” ★★★★★ - Broadway Baby John Pendal is proud to announce his third full-length solo show: “…
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 XLP Arts South London Showcase Final is the culmination of a series of youth arts showcases held this year within Greenwich, Lewisham, Southwark and Lambeth, hosted …
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 …
A spectacular musical celebration of the West End to close the Arts Festival, featuring the very best of musicianship from across the College and concluding with a masse…
This is a new collaboration with a local drama company that will see an external director working collaboratively with members of the local community and our own student…
Good morning, Baltimore! It’s 1962 and change is in the air.
The Junior School pupils of St Dunstan’s College invite you to attend their annual Summer concert.
Led by Drama Prefect, Beatrice Swordy, and her team, Black Box devising is an improvisation work created by Year 7 - 9 students over the last two terms, drawing inspirat…
This time-limited devising project welcomes the return of Briony O’Callaghan, a professional director, who, working with a select number of Year 10 - 13 student…
Vibe Arts are delighted to be working with the St Dunstan's College Dance Company for their first appearance in this year’s Arts Festival.
We can’t help living in the future – booking flights for holidays, organising birthday parties, writing applications.
Parkinson.
Bachelor of Arts is one comedian’s attempt to find a use for the most useless of tertiary degrees and perhaps, in the process, prove that a BA is not as worthless as you might thin…
The kind of family that goes the extra mile because the brakes are cut and daddy don’t like the UK speed limit.
Earth’s Funniest Footwear are back for their 10th brand new show.
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…
How can we enhance the impact of a theatre play with live music? An interactive workshop where participants are welcome to bring their own compositions to play or improvise.
An opportunity to see the culmination of three years’ work produced by The Hammond Graduate Musical Theatre Students, in a unique showcase performance for industry…
An energy packed performance by the Musical Theatre Degree students at Northbrook MET.
Traditional, Victorian ‘Old Time Music Hall’ All the songs you love to sing and the jokes you love to hear.
Come and get your teeth into a refreshing approach to acting with this Stanislavski-inspired technique.
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.
‘The Boo Hoo Baby’ Inspired by the board book by Cressida Cowell Boo is a baby who needs something but what it is nobody knows.
‘Space Girl’ written & performed by Helen Stanley Mary Moon is 9 years old.
Are you hoping to grow and develop your performing arts company? Join Jackie Elliman, Legal & Industrial Relations Manager of the Independent Theatre Council, for an overview of th…
Plus come and see Chase from Paw Patrol - book your free ticket fwith sessions at 11am, 12 noon, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm.
Plus come and see Marshall from Paw Patrol - book your free ticket fwith sessions at 11.
This is a terrific workshop for children and young people of all ages.
DJ skills workshops are great for children who want to learn to DJing.
Street Dance workshops in a small group. Admission by ticket only.
The battle for happiness has been won but there were casualties.
Comedy Rocket brings you a fantastic show with a selection of the most exciting and diverse comedy performers and some big names thrown in! Resident host, Ali ‘Out There’ Macf…
John Pendal returns with a preview of his new solo stand-up comedy show ‘Family’.
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…
Take an interactive tour of the recently completed Brighton Greenway: a green corridor that cuts through the New England Quarter connecting the North of Brighton with the mainline …
Join Lord Byron, the most notorious figure from literary history, for a stiff drink.
Fringe City Family Picnic is a free outdoor event taking place on the 5th and 26th May in the Pavilion Gardens, a showcase of family friendly shows, plus free fun activities for ch…
70 years after the Empire Windrush docked, marking the start of Caribbean migration to the UK, comes a new work from Phoenix’s artistic director Sharon Watson with a newly co…
The "Podfather" (Guardian) and "King of the Internet" (Time Out) returns with the award winning Podcast in which he chats with the biggest names in c…
Back for its third year.
What are we to believe? This show covers Fake News —it looks at efforts to deceive.
Mousetrap Theatre Projects is celebrating its 21st Anniversary on Sunday 18th March 2018 at the Prince of Wales Theatre, raising funds to give inspiring theatre experiences to ch…
The Family Bushdance is a live podcast showcasing some of the best live acts going round, from soul and blues to country and good old fashioned rock and roll.
Scotland’s largest comedy producer brings you award winning family friendly comedy acts from Edinburgh.
Scotland’s largest comedy producer brings you multi award winning comedy & cabaret acts from Edinburgh.
The Original and still the BEST “Best of Fringe”.
After three highly successful years in Adelaide The very best in late-night Fringe Comedy is back! Four top-notch comedians are picked from venues across the Fringe especially f…
The Premier British Stand-Up showcase returns to the Adelaide Fringe.
Girls just want to have fun! And that’s why The Adeladies are back for another year at the Fringe! Enjoy the Fringe’s premier selection of the very best in female comedy, with…
Who, What, Where, When? There’s so much to choose from at the Adelaide Fringe! And if you can’t decide which international comedians to see at the Fringe, then this is the show…
Be entertained! Be amazed! Your chance to see some of Adelaide’s best young talent before they take the world by storm.
Handpicked from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Best of the Edinburgh Fest is the original and BEST line up show at the Adelaide Fringe.
Kick off your night at the Fringe in the heart & soul of Adelaide Comedy.
With comedy, cabaret & fun for all the family to enjoy Huggers returns to Adelaide with enough variety to entertain all ages.
Join acclaimed British writer-performer & newly crowned BBC Poetry Slam Champion Ben Norris as he battles the UK’s most notorious service stations & the perils of lower league fo…
Best Comedy Award - Brighton Fringe 2016 Best Comedy Weekly Award - Adelaide Fringe 2017 Internationally-renowned, Norwegian-American comedy duo Zach & Viggo returns to Adela…
Ha Ha Comedy, Scotland’s largest comedy producer brings you their pick of the best multi award winning acts from Edinburgh.
From a creator of “Best of Fringe Variety”.
After 7 sell-out years, The Laughing Horse is back with more of the finest UK comedians to hit the Fringe.
No themes, no gimmicks, just an hour of Scotland’s largest comedy promoter’s favourite comedians.
Mike’s life is routine.
Adelaide born globe trotting vagrant Bill Egan returns home with his uplifting, light hearted look at the darker corners of modern life.
The members of the Alinytjara Wilurara Natural Resource Management Board, Tjutjuna Arts and the people of the Western deserts and Far West Coast of South Australia, invite you to t…
Three Scotsmen walk into a bar.
This extraordinary show is for the shy who want to be bold, the different who’d like to belong, the humble who need a stage, the confident who want to yell, the fun-loving who just…
A fun filled afternoon with so much for the whole family.
Back for a 7th year! Catch the very best the Fringe has to offer with a huge range of exceptional acts every night in this slick, fun spectacle.
Experience the toe-tapping classical crossover genre as performed by the 2016 Australian National Busking Champions, and get an insight into full-time life on the road ‘living the …
Lavish and loud, brazen and bold, Trevor Ashley presents an evening of his greatest hits! Known for his knockout performances (most recently in Diamonds Are For Trevor with the ASO…
An eclectic collection and exhibition of Port Community Arts Centre Members artworks - fabrics, mosaics, printmaking, drawing, woodwork, watercolour, ceramics, oils - explore our m…
What is Best in Life? Well… After 10 years in the UK, and performing at the last 3 Adelaide Fringe’s with non-stop compering and guest spots, a superhero kids show, and the h…
Two opposing presidential party candidates are neck and neck in an unscrupulous battle for the nomination.
Family Fun Day hosted by the 1st Kilkenny Scout Group.
A show for anyone who has ever sat at a family table and thought - not everyone here is sane! Welcome to the Family is a one woman show that mixes stand-up comedy and theatre t…
London Musical Theatre Orchestra presents A Christmas Carol.
A free event featuring local artists, children’s book illustrators, a range of handmade crafts and a series of events in the theatre with some of our Pictures at Play artists.
Constella OperaBallet return to the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells this November with their award-winning Sideshows.
Join award-winning songwriter and musician David Gibb on a musical journey through his hilarious and often surreal imagination.
‘S-Town’, from Serial Productions – the team behind ‘Serial’ and ‘This American Life’ – recently reached a new high-water mark for…
Everyone has another face they hide behind… The National Youth Theatre REP Company invite you into the world of Victorian England, where civilised society meets seedy Soho f…
This is a mating ground.
Three elegant women musicians from Suzhou, costumed in Whispering Lotus Chi-pao will give us a concert on Chinese guqin, zheng, dizi and xiao (bamboo flute and end-blown bamboo flu…
Playing an instrument with over 2,500 years of recorded history, after some 100 public recitals in the UK, international classical Zheng performer Yi Dong, a soloist with five albu…
East 15 is holding auditions for these dynamic MA degrees. For more information email [email protected] with Edinburgh in the email title.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe Participants.
Stephen Lawrie (University of Edinburgh) reckons psychiatry, his profession, is underrated.
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.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
A panel discussion with Caroline Bowditch (performance artist and choreographer); Dr Ben Fletcher-Watson (University of Edinburgh); Michael Richardson (Heriot-Watt University).
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.
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.
Daphne are Phil Wang, Jason Forbes and George Fouracres – the UK’s most racially diverse sketch trio.
Your Best Guess is a collaboration between the Portuguese theatre company mala voadora and Chris Thorpe.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Deep in the medieval dungeons of the Royal Palace, two strangers dwell.
The Mantles have issues that probably need to be addressed, only problem being none of them talk to each other, not properly anyway.
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.
As artists from across the globe descend on this historic city, this special show, hosted by Nikki Bedi, features top actors, filmmakers, comedians and musicians who live in Edinbu…
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.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe Participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Join other parents/carers and their children at an informal coffee morning.
The spooky and kooky Addams Family comes to life in this outrageous musical comedy.
Celebrate five years of silly songs and satirical anthems from the multi award-nominated musical comedy stars.
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…
SCCC will carry on the splendid programme during the second day of the event.
SCCC is proud to present splendid programme for audiences.
Ireland’s newest balladeers come from a city steeped in music, history and folk culture.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Vuelos is a magical dance theatre work for children and families that challenges you to wonder and to contemplate our eternal dream – to be able to fly.
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.
What narratives must begin when a war has ended and how does society protect itself from slipping back into conflict? This discussion explores the role of artists in post-war conte…
We like to think of it as a ‘daring exposé revealing the state of contemporary masculinity in a post-feminist milieu’.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Enter a Bedouin tent, enjoy Druze cookery, practice Hebrew and Arabic, attend the film theatre, view original art, try on Maskit fashion, learn Sufi dancing and hear from Jewish an…
Shakespeare’s life, in Shakespeare’s words.
New for 2017! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
The perfect end to your evening of entertainment with the biggest and best comedy line-ups in all of Edinburgh! Previous guests include Jason Byrne, David O’Doherty, Shappi Khors…
Twelve full-house Edinburgh Fringe runs.
With the overwhelming amount of options at the Fringe, Bite-Size allows one to see several short and sweet plays in the space of an hour.
Best Newcomer: it’s a show that combines monologues, film, theater and music, having stand-up comedy as its core.
Nocturnal and intimate adventure through American golden age of music.
Ireland’s finest under one roof.
theSpace at Symposium Hall is an ideal setting for music appreciation.
We all want to meet people from history.
Due to some of the artists being refused visas to enter the UK, we have had to make some changes to the Arab Arts Focus Dance Double Bill.
Talk about doing what it says on the tin! Here you go, simply the best comics on the contemporary Scottish circuit.
All the way from Austin, Texas, it’s The Cowgirl Mary Old West Puppet Theatre Show.
Welcome to Ginger Creek, where curious characters and perplexing events are the norm.
Bite-size tasters of the best comedy, music and circus, all prepared for you in our glorious Spiegeltent.
Fringe favourite Best of Burlesque returns for a fifth year with a new all-star cast and extravaganza nightly! An international round-up of the finest in striptease, cabaret and va…
Award-winning performer Paula Valluerca, aka Madame Señorita, is committed to reconnect with the pleasure of being a totally deluded idiot.
With over 10 million video views online, internet sensation Rodney delivers a one-hour extravaganza filled with silly one-liners, magic, props and music. Fun for all the family!
Have a bite to eat and take a seat – you’re in for a treat.
‘This great big, funny, friendly, hairy bear of an Irishman wrapped us in his irresistible mix of spontaneous humour, hilarious storytelling and total irreverence, and it was a s…
The Clan Mucmor Family Circus Show.
With over 10 million video views online, internet sensation Rodney delivers a one-hour extravaganza filled with silly one-liners, magic, props and music. Fun for all the family!
‘Tipped for great things’ (GQ), Glenn Moore, from critically-acclaimed sketch comedy duo Thunderbards, returns to Edinburgh with a second ‘relentlessly silly and gag-laden show’ (L…
Two world travelled comedians, Dylan Gott (Canada) and Radu Isac (Romania), perform an hour of sort of clean comedy.
My life is a constant search for emotional and electrical outlets.
Amazing Magic Christopher presents fun at the Fringe – Family Magic Show! The show features magic, balloon modelling, Barney the Puppet Bird and lots and lots of audience partici…
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…
It’s where scores of top comedians started their brilliant careers, from familiar household names to circuit and cult favourites.
‘Nick Cope is the indie-surrealist kids’ entertainer Robyn Hitchcock and Syd Barrett, foolishly distracted by cult status, never were.
Despite failing to romantically woo Matthew in the front row, who resolutely resisted her bookish clumsiness and snazzy jacket, Rose Matafeo delivers a tour-de-force performance in…
A once in a lifetime opportunity to see the greatest living comic of every generation.
Being a millennial in the modern world is hard.
Sketch comedy is the medium in which an original voice is most important in order to be successful.
Following the untimely death of their friend Dylan, Polly and Eve are fulfilling his final wishes by travelling around the UK with his ashes in a Wizard Of Oz lunchbox.
Be led by a gruesome character from Edinburgh’s dark past around some old streets and wynds, then take a visit down into our Underground Vaults.
Having been on the circuit for 6 years and with an impressive CV of competition finals, I went into Simon Caine’s second solo hour show with high expectations.
Squeeze some culture into your lunchbreak! Grab a sandwich and join Lightbox Theatre this July for a lunchtime serving of darkly comic gems by some of theatre’s most prominent p…
Taking you beyond the sensory to the subliminal world of Oriental Aesthetics through poetry, music, dance, and visuals. £35 and £18 ticket link: bit.ly/HKSenses
The STAC @ Northbrook Showcase featured 14 Musical Theatre Degree students, advertising their many performance talents in just over an hour of song and dance.
The debut production from exciting new improvised theatre company, Sonder.
A wonderfully inventive join-in musical workshop for children.
“A second once-in-a-lifetime chance to see the greatest living comic of every generation.
Award-winning Dutch performer Hiske Eriks presents a physical workshop in which we will search for a believable character by making small transformations.
Join us for some drag king cabaret by the seaside as we celebrate the bois from previous King of the Fringe competitions.
Brighton’s Storyland Press is a place where the story comes first, regardless of genre or where it sits on the commercial/literary spectrum.
Have you been more naughty or more nice this year? Are you sure?A company of gentlemanly vagabonds introduce themselves with a reminder to relax before the “Art” starts.
Winner: Best Comedy Award, Brighton Fringe, 2016.
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 …
Come and get your teeth into a refreshing approach to acting with this Stanislavski-inspired technique.
Earth’s funniest footwear return with their hit show of songs, sketches, socks and violence, taking on The Bard himself.
My life is a constant search for emotional and electrical outlets.
In a delightfully funny series of two person plays, ‘Nature Knows Best’ by Devonshire playwright Nick Discombe, takes a look at love and life through the eyes of a Seagull duo,…
“The true mystery of the world is the visible .
Twig the Pixie has lost his marbles! Help him find them in this hit stand-up comedy spectacular for all generations of the family.
Are you an artist or performer looking to make connections beyond Brighton Fringe? Join us for informal networking with a diverse range of arts industry professionals from around t…
The Comedy Store presents the Best of the Comedy Store, bringing you the brightest comedy talent from the UK and international circuit.
Fringe City Family Picnic is a free outdoor event taking place on the 6th of May and 27th of May in the Pavilion Gardens.
Nuclear War is Simon Stephens’ experimental foray into contemporary movement and dance.
Back by popular demand following a critically-acclaimed West End run and sold out residency at the Menier Chocolate Factory, My Family: Not the Sitcom is a massively disrespectful …
3pm-4pm The first show of the day will feature about as wide a variety of improvisation styles as one could ask for, with three groups that could not be more different from each o…
The hugely successful TV programme, Who Do You Think You Are? traces celebrities’ ancestry, discovering surprises from their families’ past along the way.
Charles Dickens' classic gets the full Broadway treatment buy the Broadway team of Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast, Little Mermaid), Lynn Ahrens (Ragtime, Seussical) and Mike…
You are cordially invited to the parlour of Mr Ebeneezer Scrooge for a rousing rendition of this timeless classic served over a two-course Christmas feast.
Rub shoulders with actors, directors and the winning writers of Britain’s prestigious international playwriting competition for two absorbing evenings of diverse, exciting and si…
Attic Theatre Company presents Great Expectations by Charles Dickens at Merton Arts Space between 30 Nov and 18 Dec.
New English Ballet Theatre returns with a programme showcasing five new works from the UK’s top choreographic talents.
Tumble, balance and spin on a hairpin: learn circus skills in partnership with your child. Brilliant and bonding!
Following a critically acclaimed, complete sell-out run at the Menier Chocolate Factory, My Family: Not The Sitcom comes to the Vaudeville Theatre for a strictly limited 5 we…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Fiona Hunter, Mike Vass, and Innes Watson ride high in the pantheon of young musical talent with which Scotland is blessed.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
This event is an opportunity for you to apply for East 15 Acting School’s MA/MFA in Theatre Directing led by Mathew Lloyd – one of the UK’s foremost authorities on director tra…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Even plays were buried by the bombs of World War I.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Welcome to Ginger Creek, where curious characters and perplexing events are the norm.
NT Live forms part of the NT’s Broadcast department which is also responsible for producing digital content covering all aspects of the craft of theatre-making and produces Natio…
Digital can bring the world together.
Using the Microbit device and Microsoft Blocks you will learn to code the Microbit to run a number of games and projects.
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, specifically for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
For those who couldn’t get down to London to watch the brilliant Tom Hiddleston boast a magnificent Coriolanus at the National Theatre, the Fringe is hosting the next best thing …
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Cinema screening of live performance.
The whole of the 20th century viewed through profound counterculture events and the whisky industry! An abridged history lesson and tutored whisky tasting, the Whisky Anorak way.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Cinema screening of live performance.
Join Sarah Millican and special guests as they celebrate the longest-running comedy festival in England.
Upstairs Downton and Petting Zoo (‘Improv supergroup’ TimeOut) star creates a staggering array of characters using his mouth, brain, hands and body.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Harold Pinter’s two short plays make only rare appearances nowadays and yet they are rewarding pieces.
Steele Edge: Martial Arts Illusion Show bills itself as “a dynamic fusion of physical excitement and visual wonder” but it’s more of a bizarre fusion of vague ‘oriental’ …
Scotland and China Chamber of Commerce is proud to present to you the second Edinburgh Chinese Arts and Culture Festival.
Dance, paint, build and design at our fun-filled family day.
Scotland and China Chamber of Commerce is proud to present to you the second Edinburgh Chinese Arts and Culture Festival.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
The Ups & Downs Theatre Group was formed in 1995 by three school teachers and no one could have anticipated what an impact the group would have.
Cinema screening of live performance.
Cinema screening of live performance.
Best of the Bohemians have everything you’d expect from a concert of musical theatre.
Later, considerably ruder and darker shows from internationally acclaimed, award-winning Scottish stand-up comedy meteor.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Best Girl Athlete, AKA 17-year-old Aberdonian Katie Buchan, released her debut album Carve Every Word in March 2015 via Fitlike Records in the UK and through Minty Fresh Records in…
Freaky Family are back! Aki Remally, Jamie Graham and Allan Ferguson head this groundbreaking band traversing funk, jazz, hip hop beats and groove sensibility.
Cinema screening of live performance.
HUB is back in Edinburgh with a weekly line-up of brilliant acts! Catch the sell-out, smash-hit comedy night, with some of the most exciting names at this year’s festival, hand-pic…
Cinema screening of live performance.
A presentation followed by questions and answers about drama school training.
Imagine you’re fifteen.
In this session Dr.
Cinema screening of live performance.
Now parents and kids can run away to the circus.
Collaboration has the capacity to break down boundaries of a medium and expand its limits.
Shark Eat Muffin Theatre Company’s Best Intentions focuses on the perspectives of two regularly overlooked characters in Shakespearean fiction: Angelica the nurse from Romeo and …
Cinema screening of live performance.
UCLU Comedy Club’s sketch troupe, The Gower Line, return to Edinburgh with their brand of ‘fast paced madness’ (Pi Media), presenting their favourite new sketches from the past yea…
Big Bite is celebrating it’s 10-year Fringe anniversary with a ‘best of’ showcase: although an enjoyable selection of short pieces - effectively boiling down to long sketches…
Shropshire’s independent comedy club finally comes to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe featuring six great comedians with a different line-up every night but always headlined by Telfo…
Brother and sister Jack (Durham Revue, So You Think You’re Funny? semi-finalist) and Anna Harris (Bristol Revunions, Fish Finger Fridays) find themselves at another bizarre family …
Cinema screening of live performance.
This is a kids show for adults featuring puppets, awkward art attacks and one too many cats.
Family Values by Michael Dalberg is pure theatre with a good splash of violence.
Have you ever wondered why the Romans never won MasterChef? What if a Viking moved in next door? Would you lose your heart or head to horrible Henry? Will Parliament escape gunp…
Welcome to Dreamform.
A musical based on the iconic family of classic television fame.
Ireland’s finest under one roof.
Til’ Death Do Us Part tells the story of David and Alison as they struggle through pressures of married life.
Welcome to Matchbox Theatre! Would you please take a moment to check that all mobile phones and other electronic devices are switched on? Your calls are important to us! Photograph…
Four top quality foul-mouthed acts, hand-plucked from around the festival. For the poultry sum of a bucket contribution on eggsit. Guaranteed to be clucking funny.
Talk about doing what it says on the tin! Here you go, simply the best comics on the contemporary Scottish circuit.
The biggest and best comedy line-ups in Edinburgh! This festival favourite returns and maintains its status as the place to be at midnight.
Don’t miss this new musical review! Featuring world class voices and breathtaking harmonies, these professional performers showcase the very best songs from the West End.
Cinema screening of live performance.
Join us for some afternoon delight in the Gardens.
Double act Best Boy present an hour of sketch comedy.
A while ago my best friend Tom died of heart cancer.
**** (Scotsman).
Gary Dunn comes to the Fringe with his one-man (one chicken) magic show! Sixty minutes of family fun and some great magic from Scotland’s No 1 comedy magician and his trusty side…
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 best and brightest of this year’s Fringe comics in a great value lunchtime compilation showcase, hand-picked from across the Fringe.
Bob drives his BlundaBus around Europe looking for adventures.
Fringe favourite Best of Burlesque returns with a new all-star cast and extravaganza nightly! An international round-up of the finest in strip tease, cabaret and variety from the l…
Ireland’s most lovable idiots bring their mischief and mayhem on tour.
Featuring the very best winners and contestants from the biggest and best comedy newcomers’ competition.
In this high-stakes, interactive drama, audience members assume the roles of judge, jury and executioner at an enquiry into recent events at a nuclear power plant.
Parris has a seemingly natural knack for creating comedy imbued with emotional depth that doesn’t feel forced or insecure.
Nick’s family performances are legendary! He has a fanatical army of little and not so little fans from all over the world.
The Clan Mucmor Family Fun Show is family fun for all the family. This show is suitable for people of all ages and abilities.
Hit theatre festival Women Redressed is back, running for two nights at Park Theatre.
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.
Taught by established professional performers and University of Brighton staff, this five day course provides intensive training in physical skills and creative approaches for devi…
Winner, Best Children’s Show - Ireland’s most lovable idiots bring their mischief and mayhem to a show for the whole family.
Best Newcomer nominees - Fosters Edinburgh Comedy Award 2014.
Funk The Family returns for another magical instalment of fantastical fun for all the family.
It’s 1966.
Imagine if you lived your life according to the values set out in the movie Terminator 2.
Earth’s funniest footwear returns with a brand new show of songs, sketches, socks and violence, taking on The Bard Of Avon himself.
Brighton’s very own Joe Foster (Winner of Foster’s South Coast Comedian of the Year 2015) presents his debut full length stand-up show.
Three dance theatre masterclasses hosted at the new Nelly Lewis Centre.
Come and get your teeth into a refreshing approach to acting with this Stanislavski-inspired technique.
Double act Best Boy return to Brighton Fringe with an hour of side-splitting sketches.
Rachel Parris (‘Austentatious’, ‘The IT Crowd’) presents her new musical comedy about not having it all.
A pixie-fuelled comedy riot packed with adventure, mischief, stand-up comedy and storytelling to warm your heart and tickle your toes.
Bring your picnic blankets and hamper down to Brighton’s biggest family picnic with free family friendly performances, games, crafts and activities galore.
One man takes on the concept of love in a raging battle to the death.
Inspired by the new democratic movements at home and abroad, this is a day of creative engagement aiming to develop a vision on how democracy can be extended, enriched and made fit…
Learn all about the life and work of a theatre producer! What is a producer? Who are they? What do they do? Could you be a producer? Come along and find out.
Acclaimed for its unique fusions of ancient and modern traditions, and its exquisite choreography inspired by the wealth of spiritual practices found throughout Asia, Cloud Gate Da…
This year, Ink_d have invited every artist they have ever shown to submit one amazing artwork to make the best Ink_d show ever! Be prepared to be amazed and delighted by all your f…
Theodora Skipitares’s puppet-filled multimedia investigation of family, creativity and home takes its main inspiration from Luigi Pirandello’s “Six Characters in …
Tragedy and Comedy blend seamlessly together for this series of monologues performed byThe Theatre Workshop.
Fifteen years ago, Shen Wei burst onto the dance scene with a mesmerizing blend of starkly beautiful visual art and propulsive yet meditative movement.
Combining a mixture of dance theatre, audio-description and imaginative storytelling with Casson & Friends’ trademark interactivity; Night at the Theatre is a fun, family adventu…
The playwrights, directors, and actors who constitute the loose confederation that is the Village Pub Theatre once again moved in to the more upmarket, city central Traverse Thea…
The Village Pub Theatre’s second evening of short new dramas at the Traverse, in celebration of LGBT History Month, came with a wonderfully louche vibe, thanks to the easy MC-i…
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…
Tessa Skara and Joe Castle Baker star in this interactive musical comedy about family bonding.
A brand new show stuffed full with highly skilled cabaret stunts and orchestrated madness.
Charles Addams’ cartoons have been adapted numerous times for TV, film and as an animated series.
Emerging feminist theatre company, Sheer Height, present Women Redressed - a brand new theatre festival showcasing 14 pieces of writing – new and old – that put female characte…
The Fringe Society chats with musical theatre practitioners at the top of their game about making it in the business.
ITC’s legendary short course provides an overview of the fundamental information that you should be aware of when setting up a performing arts company.
A mash-up of dance, music, mobile phones and you! FlashMob begins as a game of words and ends as a dance party for all participants – with audience members interacting with movem…
Theatre Uncut commissions playwrights to respond to current events, then make the resulting plays available online so that anyone can perform them.
Joe Mylonas hosts this standup show to benefit the Forest Hills Volunteer Ambulance Corps.
EurekaDance is the culmination of a week of movement exploration with artistic director of Collision, Lisi Perry and Simonson Modern Jazz facilitator Teresa Perez Ceccon – all th…
Performers, join a discussion set up specifically for Street and Outdoor Artists.
A romp through the bits of the whisky industry that didn’t quite go to plan.
A unique opportunity to gain insight into how we successfully market shows at the UK’s largest working theatre and as part of the Ambassador Theatre Group.
Join leading makers as we discuss what motivates artists to make theatre and dance for young audiences.
There’s a lot to live up to as a 21st century woman – having it all isn’t quite working out.
It’s 2015.
The critically acclaimed classical concert for baby, tot and you returns to Edinburgh! Children can dance, roam about and listen to music while you take a moment for yourself and e…
Supporting the progression of youth arts in Fife, FYAH are delighted to offer this varied programme of four individual performances from groups who are working in Fife creating wor…
For those of you not lucky enough to live in Edinburgh all year round, Village Pub Theatre (VPT) is a regular “let’s put the show on here” brand of new theatre based in the f…
Free morning films for the whole family.
Six superb showcases featuring the very best comedy from across the Fringe.
Live from Edinburgh, The Radio 2 Arts Show captures all the excitement from the Edinburgh Festivals, with guests from the world of comedy, theatre, dance, literature and music.
Due to massive demand, six later, quite probably ruder, shows! Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedy half-man-half-Xbox.
Last show ever – will sell out.
A look at new and original ways of presenting and producing theatre.
Seated and ready for some late night entertainment in the Pleasance Dome, Best of HUB brings the best of the best from the Fringe arena, providing a mixture of stand-up comedians a…
What is the price of free expression in theatre today? Are concerns about causing offence, security risks, or funding cuts leading to increased self-censorship? And what can the in…
The Whisky Anorak return this year with writer and performer John Mark’s new piece of Whisky Theatre.
Explore the labyrinth of secrets lurking behind the Edinburgh Playhouse foyer doors as the custodians (past and present) of this stunning theatre lead you through the history of a …
Harry and Gary: Eldrich and Knightley.
“Join our storytelling team as they use innovative improve [sic] techniques to craft a narrative from audience members’ true stories,” boasts the Five-a-Side flyer.
Performed by the award-winning, five-star, Norfolk YMT.
We have all heard the saying laughter is the best medicine, and there is a valid reason behind that statement – laughing is good for you! Laughter not only makes the journey thro…
Fairy Tale Theatre: 18 and Over is a collection of original fairy tales with morals and lessons for adults (ie.
A joyfully improvised comedy following the adventures of the world’s most beloved partners in crime.
This comedy showcase features a rotating lineup that changes daily, and is available both during the day and at midnight.
Now parents and kids can run away to the circus.
Best Boy thought fame beckoned when the BBC broadcast their sketch – unfortunately, they’d sent in the wrong one.
An hour of stand-up from award winners and best friends, Thom Barrett, Rob Saunders and Liam Sullivan.
Ireland’s finest under one roof.
Jack started comedy in 2010 after he moved from rural Cambridgeshire to Leicester to study Creative Writing at De Montfort University.
Talk about doing what it says on the tin! Here you go, simply the best comics on the contemporary Scottish circuit.
See the very best of previous contestants and winners from the UK’s biggest and best comedy newcomers competition.
Best Boy thought fame beckoned when the BBC broadcast their sketch – unfortunately, they’d sent in the wrong one.
Join us for some afternoon delight in the Gardens.
Fringe favourite Best of Burlesque returns to Assembly for a third triumphant year with a special World Burlesque Games Euro semi-finals edition.
The freshest bad boys of the East London comedy scene present to you an array of superlative comedy talent and show snippets for your pleasure.
“He is my father… somehow,” says Ben Norris, cutting to the heart of a feeling many people have at some point in their lives.
Ireland’s most lovable idiots bring their mischief and mayhem on tour; a show for the whole family, you can even bring your granny! Brothers Famous Seamus and Sean-tastic will do…
Young Curators from Fife College worked with Kirkcaldy Galleries in Fife during the Artist Rooms: Diane Arbus exhibition.
The nightly cabaret features a selection of the best festival entertainment with a changing line-up of international and local singers, musicians and entertainment, all in the oak-…
The best and brightest of this year’s Fringe comics in a great value lunchtime compilation showcase.
**** (Scotsman).
The Addams Family is an updated take on the iconic family of twisted misfits that brings the story forward from where it left off.
There’s been a murrrder! Some criminals put stockings on their heads, now Earth’s funniest Socks get their heads around crime.
Shift is a collective of poets that includes Rachel Amey, Bram Gieben, Harry Giles, Jenny Lindsay, Ali Maloney, Rachel McCrum and Sam Small.
Gein’s return to the Edinburgh Fringe once again to showcase their brand of dark sketches.
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…
The Arts Barge project knows how to turn a dreary, wet Sunday night into a fun filled extravaganza.
Goronwhy Thom bursts through a film screen on stage after some very clever filmography and you just know that this group is taking it back to basics.
(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…
Following 2014’s debut, sell-out family festival, FTF return bigger and better! Hove Park is transformed into a musical wonderland.
The University of Brighton is hosting a one-day event on place-based arts and how location can provide diverse and rich triggers for writing and other arts based practices.
Ignacio Lopez provides a wonderfully witty look into life in Britain through the eyes of an exotic outsider.
An eclectic mix of songs, scenes and ensemble numbers from the world of musical theatre accompanied by a live band.
Brother and sister, Jack (Durham Revue - ‘So You Think You’re Funny’ - semi-finalist) and Anna (‘Elegant Nymphs’, ‘Bristol Revunions’) find themselves at another bizarre family wed…
A short festival of four fantastic plays for young people performed by young actors over three nights.
Be part of a national project and keep a diary of your day on May 12, then bring your family along to our event on 23 May at The Keep and add your diaries to the Mass Observation A…
Best Boy are on a mission: their greatest sketch made the BBC’s airwaves, but wasn’t done justice.
Come and get your teeth into a refreshing approach to acting with this Stanislavski-inspired technique.
Join life-sized cranky Hildegaard Von Nettles, Prince Dandelion and wicked Belladonna in their herbal adventures.
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…
I went to India to discover my Iraqi-Jewish heritage.
Our Family Picnic is so much fun we’re holding it twice this year.
Alice has lost her cat, but when her search leads her to the library, Alice discovers more than she could ever imagine.
Uproarious fun from Brighton’s own seafront stars of slapstick silliness. Plus extra puppet mischief, some bubbles, balloons and a museum treasure trail.
Annual exhibition on display at 7 North Road of the arts and craft work of Sanctuary’s residents. Now in its eleventh year.
William Christie leads his vibrant Baroque ensemble, Les Arts Florissants, and soloists from Le Jardin des Voix, his academy for aspiring singers, in a semi-staged performance call…
Cocoon Central Dance Team is a patently absurd comedy dance group that enlivens every show it’s on.
Buttery Brown Monk are a dynamic trio that deliver old-school, sketch extravagance.
Best Boy are on a mission: their best sketch made the BBC’s airwaves but wasn’t done justice.
Molly “Equality” Dykeman, the loveable but barely lucid security guard at PS 339 who dabbles in a bit of poetry, a bit of Percocet and a lot of drink is back with an all-new variet…
American film actor and comedian Bill Murray allegedly fields offers of work via a voice mailbox which, according to Wikipedia, “he checks infrequently”.
Molly’s North Korea Armageddon Family Hour features zombies, giant sink holes, Kim Jong Un and a glitzy array of NY hottest stars! Pack your survival gear and hide your ladies ca…
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…
This lavish survey of Chinese culture returns to Lincoln Center with an array of musicians, acrobats and dancers consolidating and interpreting 5,000 years worth of tradition and h…
In a departure from its usual format, A Play, a Pie and a Pint this week plays host to (and co-commissioned) Theatre Uncut 2014, a political theatre company producing short plays…
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.
“Queer” has gained mainstream momentum as an umbrella to capture the ever-shifting terrain of gender identity and sexuality.
Bach to Baby is the critically-acclaimed classical concert series for babies and their carers to enjoy together.
Scotsman Richard Michael leads his talented family on piano with his daughters Hilary Michael on violin and saxophone, Joanna Duncan on violin and xylophone, and nephew Paul Michae…
China Box Arts Project (CBAP) is a China themed multimedia arts project based on Konghou, a traditional Chinese instrument similar to the harp.
ITC’s legendary short course provides an overview of the fundamental information that you should be aware of when setting up a performing arts company.
The Fringe Society chats with musical theatre practitioners at the top of their game about making it in the business.
Being a teenager is not easy.
The Grand Final of the Gilded Balloon and Sketch Club’s exciting new competition for sketch and character performers.
Ever had a burning desire to see radio entertainment being made in the studio? Me neither.
Come see The Best of Singapore, the winner of the Magners New Act Competition, from the Magners Singapore International Comedy Festival in April 2014.
The Real MacGuffins are clearly skilled and practised performers, exuding a confident, polished stage presence from the start - playing the gracious hosts at this, a party celebrat…
Presenting work specifically for early years audiences isn’t that common place in the Fringe.
Direct from Melbourne, Australia, The Perch Creek Family Jugband are a band of five energetic multi-instrumentalists and vocalists, four of whom happen to be siblings.
Part history lesson, part guided whisky-tasting, Moonshine, Medicine and the Mob offers a fascinating insight into a key period in American history: Prohibition.
Whether this comedy compilation is a success or not depends entirely on which comedians are available to perform.
Thinking of going into performing arts management? Have you wondered if you should get an arts administration degree? Meet and talk with others who are also asking these questions …
This talk is ideal for theatre-makers of all kinds who create work from scratch and want to find out more about how the National Theatre develops work.
World renowned Bristol Old Vic Theatre School (BOVTS) runs acting, stage management and technical theatre courses.
The nineteenth century marked the golden age of death in art.
A Historical Family Walk starting from Edinburgh Castle, finishing at the Sottish Parliament by travelling down the Royal Mile with a guide.
Following more packed houses at Melbourne, Brighton and Adelaide Festivals, the comedy and cabaret show returns to Edinburgh.
Due to massive demand, six extra, later, and quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man/half-Xbox.
A romp through the bits of the whisky industry that didn’t quite go to plan.
See the very best of the previous contestants, runners up and winners from the UK’s biggest and best comedy competition.
The double Fringe First winners return with new short plays to get people thinking, talking and taking action.
Every weekend little festival fans take over the site – join us for free family activities with CBBC and CBeebies favourites.
The Hot! Festival, which has been exploring LGBT themes, identity and sexuality for the past month, concludes with two ensembles that use traditional circus arts to grapple with so…
The brilliant London comedy club comes to Edinburgh.
Katie Davison and Jay Bennett, weary and elated respectively, open their show with an awkward blend of high-fives and handshakes and an argument over why they’re called The Nex…
The most common mistake of a university comedy troupe, I have found, is the attempt to be too clever.
Itison presents seven superb showcases featuring the very best comedy from across the Fringe.
The bold claim made for itself by The Best of Irish Comedy immediately sounds too good to be true, doesn’t it? Having a look through the show’s previous guests, perhaps not: Da…
An undemanding hour spent with a showcase variety of acts.
There are no actors in this show.
Join us for some afternoon delight in the Gardens.
‘Amazingly jaw dropping, extraordinarily brilliant’ (Fest Magazine).
See the very best of the previous contestants, runners up and winners from the UK’s biggest and best comedy competition.
Uncle Alan’s unveiling of the family tree shook up a hornet’s nest of secrets and shame! Directed by Colin Hoult, regular guest on Talksport, LBC Radio and one third of 2014’s AAA …
Following more packed houses at Melbourne, Brighton and Adelaide Festivals, the comedy and cabaret show returns to Edinburgh.
Live and let die blares from the speakers as Marc Burrows circles the room, high-fiving everyone in sight.
Gambit Theatre’s offering at the Fringe is a theatrical exploration of two real-life conmen and more specifically, identity imposters.
The Addams Family is a musical comedy with music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa and a book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice.
The Best of Edinburgh Showcase Show at the Cabaret Bar in the Pleasance Courtyard claims to be the longest running and most successful lunchtime show at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Is your family nuts like mine? Ever wondered what’s really going on in your family? Through exuberant, poignant songs and stories, New York Times and BBC featured comedian/singer…
Burlesque requires a careful blend of elements.
**** (Scotsman) ***** (BroadwayBaby.
After a hilarious pre-show announcement which tells the audience to prepare themselves for an “extravaganza”, Dan Nightingale has set the bar for himself considerably high.
First of all, let’s get it out of the way, DO NOT go to this show with your mother.
Since forming in 2005 in Aberdeen, the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre have performed internationally and on television around the UK.
Follow the adventures and mis-adventures of Sally Bowles in this raucous and risqué musical comedy, set in the seedy underworld of 1930’s Berlin.
8 hours of funky fun for all the family! Keep the kids happy and the grownups smiling at this seaside festival.
The gleefully irreverent Gein’s Family Giftshop bring their warped world vision to Brighton Fringe, having honed their skills on the North West comedy circuit.
A celebration of children and young people in the Performing Arts featuring theatre, literature, music and movement.
Come and get your teeth into a refreshing new approach to acting training with this Stanislavski-inspired technique.
As a performer myself, I eagerly awaited this workshop, convinced that I would leave The Warren on that damp, soggy day a better actress – or at least with a few hot tips on char…
Brand new female comedy double act.
A dress-up sing-along celebration of everyone’s favourite musicals.
Kasper’s Puppet Theatre presents a magical fairytale for children.
An extravaganza of imaginative themed and extravagantly costumed figure drawing with music accompaniment.
Do you like family? Do you like values? Then get ready to see a comedian with no awards to his name break your disappointment hymen.
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.
Have your flags at the ready as the Roedean Community musicians sweep you away with ‘Pomp and Circumstance’, ‘Zadok the Priest’, ‘Rule Britannia’, Elgar’s ‘Sea Pictures’, ‘Nimrod’ …
Need a producer? A venue? A mentor? A residency? Want to improve your work and make new contacts, but don’t know where to start? Hear from venue managers, producers and companies…
The outback can be a dangerous place, but Compagnia T.
Join us for a family picnic in Pavilion Gardens.
The Gimps bring the very best of their depraved award-winning minds to Brighton.
In 2005, the Chinese choreographer and painter Shen Wei created “Map,” a mesmerizing visualization of Steve Reich’s “The Desert Music.
This smart, heartfelt and emotionally exhausting work by the devised-theater company CollaborationTown heaves you into the most intimate moments of family life.
Best of Friends’ writer and producer Nick Fogarty has proved his dedication and great stamina to this musical project.
Edinburgh’s revered Traverse Theatre has, for many years, defined itself as “Scotland’s new writing theatre”, regularly giving over its stages to a variety of new voices …
Billy Kirkwood.
ITC’s legendary short course provides an overview of fundamentals you should be aware of when setting up a performing arts company.
Theatre Uncut is one of the few good things that has come out of the knock to public spending put in place in 2010, said to be the worst since World War II: it is from these cuts t…
Opportunities for arts, culture and heritage sectors.
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.
This living, timeless story unfolds from the depths of a Tango song.
To present such a talk upon the ins and outs of theatre at its bare business-driven bones is both innovative and opportune during the fracas of the Fringe, when an attentive audien…
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…
An ordinary woman sits on a park bench reading a newspaper.
Living a homeless existence in Wei Village during the late Qing Dynasty, the poor, fumbling Ah Q is faced day after day with his own short comings.
A Family Beyond The Army shines a human and compassionate light on the many men and women who hold families and daily lives together awaiting news of their loved one far away.
Acclaimed show where you, the audience, provide true stories for the performers.
A unique opportunity to gain insight into how we successfully market shows at the UK’s largest working theatre and as part of the Ambassador Theatre Group.
Meet the National Theatre studio and literary department and find out more about how the National Theatre develops work.
WARNING: The front two rows will get wet! Thrust into the peculiar and fast-paced world of theatre, the scene is set immediately for us: a young ambitious playwright (Iftach Jeffre…
Organs.
Explore the folklore and magical properties linked with common cocktail ingredients, with recipes from the most influential occultist of all time, Aleister Crowley.
Due to massive demand six extra, later, quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man, half-Xbox.
Enliven your literary knowledge with tales young novelists are spinning.
Five ridiculously talented musicians, one award-winning comedian and an audience of all ages - this is going to be fun.
Best of Fest presents five acts (and one emcee) crowned with four-or five-star reviews by the Scotsman newspaper.
The only best of the fest show to consist entirely of performers given four or five star reviews in Scotland’s national newspaper.
A participatory workshop led by Colin Watkeys, Director of Festivals in Edinburgh (Hill Street Solo Theatre) and London (Face to Face Festival) and award-winning solo performers Cl…
Creased Productions’ Rough Theatre brings to the stage two of Beckett’s lesser known plays, Rough for Theatre I and II, in simple but effective style.
Theatre Uncut is a shoe-string operation aiming to provide immediate dramatic response to current crises.
International experiment sharing a story about a woman called Thyme, with local interpretations.
Fringe First, Herald Angel, Spirit of the Fringe award winners Theatre Uncut return with a brand new collection of short plays to get people thinking, talking and taking action on …
Hundreds of aspiring actors audition for an exclusive place in the Conservatory’s comprehensive and demanding training programmes.
Explore the Traverse Theatre’s dynamic 50-year history through a series of talks by theatre practitioners and scholars, illuminating founding days and reflecting on the Traverse�…
Aspiring actors audition for an exclusive place in the Conservatory’s comprehensive and demanding training programmes.
Four superb showcases featuring the very best comedy from across the Fringe.
From the esteemed roster of clubnights at Edinburgh’s Bongo Club, a choice selection of the best nights in town during August, with Confusion Is Sex, Four Corners, Messenger Soun…
Dr Professor Neal Portenza has more titles than I would give stars.
“In Da Club came out in 2003, not 2005!” I found myself shouting across the dance floor at around half past two this morning.
New two-man musical from the people behind Dinosaur Planet, Hey Hey 16K and Moon Horse, featuring superheroes, robots, pirates, kittens and free badges.
Despite claiming to encapsulate the very finest entertainment at the Fringe, this show is only average at best.
Rolling into Edinburgh with a brand new barnstorming show, The Horne Section will yet again provide the festival’s best musical mayhem.
The biggest and best line-ups in Edinburgh! This Festival favourite returns and maintains its status as the place to be ‘round midnight.
Come and see the stars who’ve appeared at Waterloo Comedy Club including radio and TV guests, award winners and Fringe favourites.
The Best of the Fest, which on this occasion was compèred by Lee Nelson, is a chance for Edinburgh-goers to get a taste of the top-rated acts in the festival.
The perfect way to kick start your day sampling the very Best of the Fest! Join us for the best comedy, music and cabaret on offer.
Showstoppers’ spontaneous musical sensation has been a fringe success for many years and the family hour show is no different.
Foghorn’s delicious blend of comedy leaves adults awestruck and kids captivated.
Chronicling the near three-year journey of a theatre company based in New York, The TEAM Makes a Play is a documentary film that lays bare the creative process and takes the audien…
The perfect way to kick-start your day sampling the very Best of the Fest! Join us in the gardens for the best comedy, cabaret and music on offer.
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 .
You don’t have to be Irish to enjoy this show, but it certainly may help to jump on board and have a few drinks before and throughout.
Since 1999 this show has been a feature of the Fringe’s comedy programme and this year they are back with some of the biggest names in Irish comedy.
Much like Arthur’s Seat is the bedrock of Edinburgh, comedy is the bedrock of the Edinburgh Fringe.
Alan Anderson is one of Scotland’s most charming comperes and a very talented man.
Best of Burslesque is a constantly changing variety night showcasing the wealth of risque acts at the Fringe.
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.
Gein’s Family Giftshop is a collection of short stories performed in rapid succession by James, Ed and Cath.
Moving Family is a play written by Paul Charlton, the Geordie from The Ginge, the Geordie and the Geek.
As the name would suggest, this is great Scottish comedy at its best.
In a new adaptation of Luigi Pirandello’s disturbing masterpiece, Cambridge ADC chop, change and miss the point entirely.
Riotous comedy cabaret troupe.
There’s a cacophony of noise and vision: music belts out, a woman is talking, a curious Pan-like creature reads, there are screens and shadows and it all feels very up close and pe…
If you are attracted by the glittering diversity of shows offered by the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, then this is one for you.
With thousands of shows out there, Rhys Mathewson’s show title is a clever one.
The Big Bite-Size Play Factory’s Family Creatures may seem an impenetrable sort of name but early into watching this show it became apparent that this was a sketch show intended …
The volume of shows presented at the Edinburgh Fringe can sometimes be overwhelming, so the Waterloo Comedy Club has put on a free show to give the audience a taster of some of the…
Future Perfect is a writers’ collective that in several formations organise readings of their own work.
Ill be the first to admit that whenever I see dance shows at the fringe, I expect to see groundbreaking dance from around the world, but have never expected much from Scotlands…
Rope is a play of the Victorian thriller genre written by Patrick Hamilton in 1929.
The Northern Stage at St Stephen’s is a rather wonderful room, and the Unfolding Theatre Company’s Best in the World – directed by Annie Rigby, written by Carina Rodney and p…
Franny Winters and her husband Harm Groespecker bound on stage to the music from The Avengers.
The concept of Bite Size is a perfectly simple, yet novel one, and the clue really is in the title.
One woman laughed out of all control tonight, and Stephen K.
This comedy thriller by Israeli duo Elephant and the Mouse has a plot twist so delicious that giving it away would be murder.
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…
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…
Out with the old and in with the new.
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.
Part of a four day festival of unique and inspiring work from young artists based in London.
Another year, another series of words that shouldnt be followed by the musical: The Musical.
What’s wrong with just singing the melody? This is the curse of the club-singer, exemplified by Barb Jungr.
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.
The notoriously foul-mouthed Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppets have toned down their act for this family friendly show.
Gein’s Family Giftshop adopts a very particular style of dark humour.
Writing a show is a difficult enough task; to then both act and direct said show is worthy of a titan.
An author, two actors and an audience member discuss Tim Crouchs last play, an unnamed and violence-filled two-person production whose effects on the actors and writer are slowly…
Not quite a film night and not quite a variety show, sketch comedy troupe The Beta Males play host to a feast of entertainment from some of the Fringe’s finest comedy acts while …
This play promises a quick and basic guide to the development of western theatre.
Fringe-veterans Scottish Dance Theatre, this year celebrating their 25th birthday, return to Zoo in fine fettle with a mixed bill of three works, two of which showcase choreography…
Something consistently excellent about Belt Up’s productions is their dedication to preserving the illusion.
Socks playing guitar.
The sense of apprehension in the auditorium as the audience settles is at odds with an early afternoon show, but not surprising when one considers that we are about to witness Bela…
Fringe favourites Belt Up return with their highly acclaimed The Boy James, now transferred to the entirely new venue of C Nova, where up several flights of stairs the audience is …
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.
James and Craig - the comedy duo behind Best Days of Our Lives - earn their stars as much through likeability as humour.
Nine members of the Scottish Dance Theatre company take to the stage to dance.
A10-strong cast from the Scottish Dance Theatre start off this performance with a still-life scene, a sculptural montage, in which all the characters appear in the same light.
Alternative theatre doesn’t get more frantic than this irreverent ancestral comedy from Caligula’s Alibi Theatre Company.
Salem is a production that attempts to do something dangerous - to perform a piece of theatre about a historical event that has already been covered by a really well-known play.
Cape Academy of Performing Arts presents a showcase of their students that more than holds its own against many of the professional companies at the Festival.
This show, now an annual event at The Old Market, purports to bring together the best of Brighton’s puppetry scene.
I imagine as a children’s performer you’re probably prepared for a great deal.
It’s a beautiful day at the Fringe and I’m sat on the top deck of a red bus in the Meadows.
How can a full house of adults be entertained for an hour by a couple of grey socks in a tartan Punch & Judy tent? Ask Kev Sutherland, the writer and performer, who returns for fo…
‘Sorry I dropped the knives a couple of times,’ Perico Circus Express winces.
Rob Rouse, winner of ‘So you think you’re funny?’ in 1998, returns to Edinburgh with his new show ‘My family.
In Eva O’Connor’s new play, four friends recount, and dispute, their reactions to the accidental death of one of their number in a drunken accident.
For a man who claims never to have done this before, DJ Nick Grimshaw appears very comfortable in the skin of a stand-up comedian.
DugOut Theatre’s Inheritance Blues has already proven to be a winner, picking up ISDF 2012 Festgoers’ Choice Award.
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…
Professor Kaos exclaims truimphantly that he has the ‘most popular show in the Fringe!’ and with good cause.
While not the slickest show this side of the Royal Mile, Sh!it Theatre’s Job Seekers Anonymous was definitely something extraordinary.
[Editors note: Our guest reviewer, Glenn Chandler is the creator of Taggart, the longest running crime drama on television]It was a strange night to be asked to go along and review…
Showstoppers have been improvising musicals for several years now and an edited version has had a series on BBC Radio 4.
Across the time span of two hour-long performances, Lance Pierson performs a selection of Betjemans poetry.
‘Come in girls, sit anywhere you like.
Nick Cope is the children’s singer-songwriter who brings acoustic, folky indie rock to the under-fives.
The obvious, but often overlooked difficulty with one act plays is their length.
Two short plays by the same playwright Paul Richards collectively titled A Little Light Theatre had a lightness of touch that brought ordinary people facing dramatic episodes to li…
Leaving a theatre and having to critique a performance for potential visitors, despite knowing that it will never be recreated in that way again, is an undoubtedly difficult task.
The key ingredients to any successful comedy show have to be a friendly audience, a boisterous atmosphere and a packed venue, all of which the Showcase Show had.
Meet Robert Swann, the talentless writer, director and star of what is possibly the trippiest travesty of a play ever to be seen at a Fringe.
Theatre-making manifestos always make me wary, in part because I'm inherently suspicious of portentous artists in any field: "The aim is not to depict the real, but to mak…
“sit down and roar with laughter for 60 minutes.
Editor-in-Chief, Richard Beck, spoke to Playwright Nick Maynard (NM), Director Scott Le Crass (SLC) and actors Stewart Dylan-Campbell (SDC) and Aiden Kane (AK) about the play about...
Director John Mitton tells tell us about this year's , The British Theatre Challenge, the plays and the writers.
A coveted Bobby has been presented to five shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year.
If you've ever wondered what are the best musicals in London's West End , we might finally have the answer for you.
James Haddrell, Artistic Director of Greenwich Theatre, and the cast: Brandon Kimaryo, who plays Davey (Male, aged 17), and Kerrie Taylor who plays Anita (Female, aged 53) talk abo...
Does technology have a role in live performance? In 2014 The Old Market’s #TOMtech season blasted into Brighton, exclusively showcasing performances shaped by technology.
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.
The Rolls-Royce of English comedies, Oscar Wilde’s An Ideal Husband, brings an act of political sin into the heart of the English home.
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Barry Humphries is our masterfully seasoned emcee and cabaret diva Meow Meow our chanteuse in this risqué, sophisticated and seductive tribute to the jazz-infused music of the Wei...
Having received rave reviews for The Secret Life of Humans as well as supporting dozens of other theatre companies at the Fringe and beyond, the New Diorama Theatre has made a name...
The Army has set up camp for the first time at the Fringe and is stationed with Summerhall in its own premises.
Having made their Fringe debut last year with The Life and Times of Lionel, theatre company Forget About The Dog are back with their new show, 100 Ways to Tie a Shoelace.
Leyla Josephine is a performance artist and writer from Glasgow.
Like A Prayer is a theatrical essay about personal faith in which six nuns deliberate attitudes towards the big questions of life. We spoke to Corinne via an email Q&A.
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...
Karen and Katy Koren are thrilled to announce that Gilded Balloon will expand into the heart of Edinburgh’s New Town, as they embark upon an exciting new partnership with the Ros...
With Easter on the horizon it’s time to turn attention to Brighton Fringe with a look at some shows that are likely to sell out. Book early – you have been warned.
Celebrated actor, Ian Lindsay (Men Behaving Badly, Benidorm) directs the world première of his play Chinese Whispers at the Greenwich Theatre from July 13th-23rd based on the...
After the short run at the Royal Court Theatre sold out in just one day, Jez Butterworth’s epic, new play The Ferryman will transfer to the West End.
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Audiences have only six weeks left to see the critically acclaimed West End production of Sir Ronald Harwood’s The Dresser which brings together a multi award-winning cast and cr...
This week Greenwich Theatre opens its eagerly awaited new studio space with the world premiere of a new play, presented in partnership with emerging company CultureClash Theatre.
Award-winning theatre company Bucket Club are melding together playful theatre with a live techno score for Fossils, a sceptical quest for the Loch Ness Monster at the Pleasance Do...
The Many Doors of Frank Feelbad is a brave and engaging work about how children and families process and communicate grief.
Do you work well under pressure? How about life-or-death pressure? Nuclear Family gives you the chance to find out by inviting the audience to mount an enquiry about a pair of sibl...
Philip Pullman’s The Ruby in the Smoke sees the author’s Victorian mystery novel come to the stage for the first time.
I Got Superpowers for my Birthday by Katie Douglas is an action-packed fantasy adventure about the pains of growing up and learning you can shoot fire from your fingertips.
Into the Water is a fantastical folk-dance adventure set in a magical wasteland.
If you were to list Every Brilliant Thing about life, what would you include? This is the idea behind Duncan Macmillan’s critically acclaimed play, broaching the subject of menta...
Theatre Ad Infinitum have become a fixture of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, having won two Stage Awards, two Argus Angels, and a Guardian Best of EdFringe.
In the 1960s, NASA funded scientists set out to try and teach dolphins to speak.
The Tumanishvili Film Actors Theatre has been bringing Georgian theatre to Edinburgh for nearly 20 years, filling theatres and getting critical acclaim for foreign-language theatre...
Numerous award-winning companies will be joining us again at this year at Brighton Fringe in the ever astounding Dance and Physical Theatre category.
A key Brighton Fringe venue, The Marlborough is located in one of the oldest public houses in the city.
It’s the second year for the Rialto Theatre at the Brighton Fringe but it’s already gaining a reputation as a home for local talent.
Universal Arts announced this week that they are thrilled to be bringing BBC Radio 4 star Lach on board to produce and programme shows at the New Town Theatre (96 George St) for Th...
Brighton Fringe has officially launched.
Award-winning theatre director Thom Southerland has been appointed Artistic Director of London’s Charing Cross Theatre.
London Theatre Workshop has announced that after two successful years located above the Eel Brook Pub in Fulham, the company is relocating to an exciting new venue in Central Londo...
Greenwich Theatre’s spring season is being themed for the first time to promote and celebrate young female theatre makers, some at the start of their careers but others already e...
Christmas is the one time of year you can drag your non-theatre-going friends to the theatre.
Richard O'Brien is the author of several plays and four books of poetry.
L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq in Paris is one of the world's most influential theatre schools.
With over 70 craft brewing companies across Scotland, craft beer now contributes close to £63 million to the British economy.
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 ...
Greenwich Theatre has a long and successful association with the Edinburgh Fringe, but why does a London Theatre have such a keen interest in a festival hundreds of miles away from...
The UK’s largest reviewer of live arts performance, Broadway Baby, has come out in support of the Theatre Charter – a campaign for good behaviour in UK theatres.
Who isn't a sucker for a good production company name? That's right - no one.
Family-friendly Story Pocket Theatre is a new company bringing Arabian Nights to the Edinburgh Fringe. Pete Shaw grabbed a moment of their rehearsal period to ask some questions.
The Edinburgh Fringe has more than its fair share of household-name comedians and high profile actors generating many column inches in the press, but at the heart of the festival a...