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.
Idle Women is an original musical created and performed by Busy Lizzies.
Women are constantly measuring one another by ideals of thinness/beauty, “best mommy practices”, and keeping a home with a happy partner.
Finalists battle it out to take the crown in the climactic stage of the UK’s most prestigious comedy newcomer competition! Following months of regional showcases around the UK and …
We present the 10th anniversary of this acclaimed original musical with sold-out Fringe runs in 2013 and 2014.
It’s World War III (pop girl-group feud in the 00s) and the battle to end all battles (an a cappella riff-off)… Can you keep up? The Rolling Tones are back – ready to serve i…
Join Delhi maestro Manmohan Dogra for a journey through soulful Hindustani classical music, featuring vocal ragas and a tabla solo in Banares style.
June Tuesday and Maria Pollard are the best unstable, hot, bi stand-up comedians to come out of Wales and possibly the world.
In the Wuji Kingdom, Tang Sanzang dreams of the old king’s soul complaining to him, accusing his sworn brother of murdering him in the royal garden, taking his form and usurping th…
Close a pit, kill a community.
Join us for a hilarious stand-up comedy showcase all the way from Barcelona.
Welcome to Yew Nork City, 3724.
Edward (never Ted) has delivered his talk on speed awareness 2,191 times over the last 10 years.
Hundreds entered, now one rising stand-up star will be crowned Britain’s funniest student.
Joined by two musicians and two dancers, Brazilian singer/songwriter Giulia Drummond takes us through a ritualistic performance exploring the 22 Major Arcana of the Tarot.
‘Life is bristling with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to cultivate one’s garden’ (Voltaire).
Piano wizard Brian and clarinet ace Dick combine to pay tribute to the King of Swing. ‘Fine playing, with some deliciously liquorice-toned clarinet’ (Scotsman).
Performance poet/musician Attila the Stockbroker has been writing and performing since 1980: 4,000 or so gigs in 25 countries so far.
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…
His crowdwork videos have consistently gone viral all over social media (@PhilipsComedy) so join this award-winning MC and comedian for a hilarious mix of brand-new jokes and witty…
Midlife gets a dose of music and magic in this transformational take on Oz.
Dr Silcox (self-identify as a weak man) returns for his fans to describe ‘what is a women?’ and offer an official apology on behalf of powerful men to women for all the historical …
‘Chock-full of humor and satire, accompanied by a constant vein of honesty and self-analysis, Rachel Pollock’s solo performance is a hidden gem amongst the Fringe scene’ **** (DC…
Journey to the West is a new musical play, originating from the Chinese literary masterpiece by the same name.
Aczel does his best, but it isn’t going to offer a solution to the unbearable lightness of being – as planned.
Ben Kassoy brings poems from his spectacularly original book to life in this wildly entertaining solo show.
‘Alright you lot.
One of the UK’s best-known celebrity entertainers over the last 40 years brings his first Fringe full run after a series of sell-out shows last year.
A hilarious history tour through the seriously skanky past lurking behind the “posh” New Town facade.
The true story of the witches.
Four top-quality, fowl-mouthed acts, hand-plucked from around the festival.
A twisted exploration of the fragile underpinnings of love, friendship, and ambition.
Craig Wilson is a smart, nice and really cool guy, but none of that matters because he is the most forgettable man in the world.
‘Filthy Funny Females deserves an award.
The craic is back after a sell-out run in 2023 with 60 minutes of non-stop laughs from two hilarious comics seen on RTE, BBC, and ITV – Wes Dalton (creator of sell-out show 4 Fun…
The tales of the dragons are special for many reasons.
Being a woman! Being over 40! Sex! Kath has found the solution to these problems.
Enter Edward Tripp’s bottomless mind as he straddles comedy and spoken-word, like a genre-defying slut.
In Funny Bones, a clown contemplates life, death, and other laughing matters.
Dating’s tough enough, but try dating when it’s also hard to walk.
The best comedians at the Fringe that have caught the eyes of the Jones Bootmaker ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards judges.
Return of the craic! 4 Funny Feckers, a sell-out Fringe favourite, is hosted by cheeky Irish comic Wes Dalton, an Irish charmer who has cheekiness and likeability down to a tee.
From the creator of Science Magic comes a comedy roleplaying show where the audience partakes in an adventure themselves.
Three queer international comedians (Ann Vaida, Annick Adelle and Mari Volar) bring their WIP shows to Edinburgh and band together to make their solo debuts less harrowing.
Five-star reviews and Critic’s Choice from the Guardian, Time Out, and Times.
Witty, touching, hilarious and unapologetic.
The search for comedy’s next big star continues as contestants battle for a place in the grand final of the UK’s biggest newcomer competition! Following months of regional showcase…
I am Claire Parry (very funny stand-up).
Abby awoke in hospital after a late miscarriage and, high on anaesthesia, decided to become a comedian.
This women-created news satire stars comedian Maggie Metnick in drag as Chip Johnson, a red-blooded American male pundit on a mission to mansplain the news to women.
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…
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 …
Be inspired by stories of collaboration, creativity and rebellion.
Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World is set to take the roof off The Other Palace this summer.
After a sold-out UK and Ireland tour, “The Good Women” returns to London for Pridemonth.
Idle Women is a musical based on the lives of women who worked on canal boats in World War Two.
Two women - Four intertwined stories about relationships, love, and life.
Based on three real Australian self-help books from the 1960s, Yoga for Women, Sex and Yoga and Yoga Over Forty by Nancy Phelan and Michael Volin.
A long time ago in a swimming pool far, far away, the mesmerising sport of synchronised (now artistic) swimming was created.
Matthew Bourne’s magical dance production of Edward Scissorhands has carved a place in the hearts of audiences worldwide since its premiere in 2005.
Funny Business is a queer celebration of clowny nonsense, a love letter to the absurd and only the most silly of sausages.
Being a woman! Being over 40! Sex! Kath has found the solution to all three of these problems.
Step into the dystopian world of The Moral Women – a gripping tale of societal regression and feminist resilience.
Join us for Meetup #5 of the AWS Brighton User Group! Mark Hemsley, Head of Architecture at Rail Delivery Group will be speaking about infrastructure modernisation with AWS Cloud …
From some of Britain’s first women doctors to suffragettes, entrepreneurs to entertainers, artists, music-hall stars, and campaigners, Brighton and Hove has always attracted women …
In this show we will share the history of AI, explain AI and debunk AI.
The Hove version of the Brighton tour! An animal rights champion, a rogue policewoman, a doctor who changed the way we thought about mental health are just a few of the woman who h…
Hosted by Hannah Brackenbury and Anna Free, this event showcases funny women doing their thing at the wonderful Cliffe Hall in Lewes.
Louisa May Alcott’s 1868 classic and moving ‘coming of age’ story is accepted as ‘revolutionary’ and for many years has been one of the most widely read novels.
It’s the 1960s, the world is changing.
The country’s biggest sketch competition is back for its eighth year.
The country’s biggest sketch competition is back for its eighth year.
Instituto Cervantes Dublin presents a concert with Spanish artist Martirio, accompanied by the talented guitarist Raúl Rodríguez.
Continuing their monthly residency at The Courtyard Theatre Impro group Sprout are the headline act on this evening of improvised fun.
Witty, fierce and fearless.
The Emmy, Golden Globe and Olivier award-winning actor Brian Cox, makes his return to the London stage in Spring 2024 starring in Long Day’s Journey Into Night.
The ultimate showcase of new talent you have to see before they break into the mainstream.
You might have thought that Arabs couldn’t get any funnier.
Join us for the eighth West End Wilma Awards, celebrating the best of UK Theatre.
Join us for the eighth West End Wilma Awards, celebrating the best of UK Theatre.
Being a woman! Being over 40! Sex! Kath has found the solution to all three of these problems.
Nollaig na mBan or Women’s Christmas is celebrated on January 6th.
In 2019, a Women’s Health Taskforce was established by the Department of Health to improve women’s health outcomes and experiences of healthca…
Nollaig na mBan or Women’s Christmas is celebrated on January 6th.
In 2019, a Women’s Health Taskforce was established by the Department of Health to improve women’s health outcomes and experiences of healthca…
Matthew Bourne’s magical dance production of Edward Scissorhands has carved a place in the hearts of audiences world-wide since its premiere in 2005.
Now in its 14th year.
‘Do You Remember That This Is The Play I Was Telling You About’ returning to The Hen & Chickens Theatre, playing from Thursday 30th November until Saturday 2nd December at 19:30.
Being a woman.
The Working Girls of Soho, takes you on a captivating journey of discovery, meeting the women who made Soho happen.
Finalists battle it out to take the crown in the climactic stage of the UK’s most prestigious comedy newcomer competition! Following months of regional showcases around the UK and …
Join Darren Harriott and Rachel Fairburn for a very special Edinburgh Fringe edition of You Dress Funny, the event where comedy meets fashion.
His father died at 45.
The Diary of Anne Frank: Her Journey in Music by British Composer Girish Paul is a dramatic concert by the multi-instrumentalist and his virtual orchestra.
After searching far and wide, Barcelona’s hottest new comedians have Found their Funny, packed it in a bag and brought it all the way to the Fringe for your amusement! Barcelona is…
Enjoy some adult comedy entertainment with The Seriously Funny Comedy Show as they complete their 2023 summer touring schedule at the Edinburgh Fringe.
A cappella sensation Semi-Toned are back for their ninth run at the Fringe.
A new UV opera-musical told from the roots of trees about the impact of intensive agriculture on forest systems.
Bare Productions return following a string of five-star, sell-out Fringe runs with the rousing and heartfelt musical, Little Women.
Nine dancers move hypnotically in a work exploring the highs and lows of love and relationships.
Phil Kay’s Funny Walks – the droll stroll.
World’s Best Fringe Theatre Winner 2022/3 (International Fringe Encore Series, New York) returns for eight performances only.
Trad fiddle player Jennifer Wrigley is highly respected globally as a cultural ambassador for the music of her Scottish homeland, the Orkney Islands.
Euripides’ classic Greek tragedy is breathtakingly reimagined by 25 singers, actors and musicians in this epic production from the National Changgeuk Company of Korea.
This year, celebrating his 50th birthday, Alastair presents a unique series of concerts highlighting the various strands of the Scots fiddle tradition and his own diverse musical c…
Stephen Sondheim’s hilarious musical romp tells the bawdy story of a slave and his attempts to win his freedom by helping his young master woo the girl next door.
MTO Zendeh Delan’s Journey of Love, inspired by the Sufi allegory of Leyla and Majnun, is an enchanting blend of modern Sufi music and the graceful motions of Sama.
‘The real deal.
Immrama were ancient voyage tales, allegories of our journey through life.
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane.
Four top-quality, fowl-mouthed acts, hand-plucked from around the festival.
‘The real deal.
Accidental enemy of Mother Teresa.
When these two stud muffins met for the first time, they realised they had one mission: how do we get one audience member to say this was ‘good’ comedy.
Physical theatre combines with original music as 7th century Chinese Buddhist monk and scholar Xuanzang embarks on a spiritual quest to India, seeking the answer to the question, �…
His crowd-work videos have consistently gone viral all over social media, so join one of the UK’s leading circuit MCs and award-winning comedians for a hilarious mix of brand-new j…
The search for comedy’s next big star continues as contestants battle for a place in the Grand Final of the UK’s biggest newcomer competition! Following months of regional showcase…
As seen on Man Like Mobeen, Big Boys and Joe Lycett’s Got Your Back! Dr Silcox offer official apology on behalf of weak men to women for all the historical misconducts caused by po…
Get to know Anita Wigl’it, star of RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under in this kooky, hilarious and tell-all, one-woman show, Funny Gurl! Over a fabulous hour, travel back in time to 198…
The true-crime podcast with a twist.
Whilst Colleen Lavin’s Do The Robots Think I'm Funny? is an interesting experiment and indicative of our fascination with AI, it’s not a particularly well-structured or fun…
A hilarious history tour through the seriously skanky past lurking behind the “posh” New Town façade.
Everybody Sing are delighted to present a musical journey through the decades.
Join the adventure as we bring to life the classic, Journey to the West, in an interactive children’s show which is a part of Chinese Culture and Art Festival! With amazing visual …
Jo March really thinks she could be the voice of her generation, or at least, a voice of a generation.
Elsa McTaggart, a true folk musician and singer/songwriter in every sense of the word, has waited a long time to finally present this stunning show.
McClaine Beirne in his first 45-minute Edinburgh show.
Eva Bindeman has made it to every comedy semi-final there is and absolutely no further.
After a sold-out run at London’s VAULT Festival earlier this year, Jessica Aszkenasy is bringing her show to Camden Fringe.
From the creator of Science Magic comes a comedy roleplaying show where the audience partakes in an adventure themselves.
Club-comic Frank Lavender springs forward from the smoky concert halls of yesteryear offering modern audiences one promise; a laugh a minute or their money back.
Return of the craic! 4 Funny Feckers, a Fringe favourite, is hosted by cheeky Irish comic Wes Dalton, an Irish charmer who has cheekiness and likeability down to a tee.
Craig Wilson is a nice boy.
2 Funny Feckers brings you 60 minutes of non-stop craic from two hilarious comics seen on RTE, BBC, and ITV – Wes Dalton and Sergi Polo (the lads behind sellout show 4 Funny Feck…
24 different award-winning or nominated comedians perform their full shows, recorded for Netflix, Amazon Prime and YouTube. See FringeSpecials.com for listings.
85% of executed witches were women! Why? The brutal truth of the witch hunts in Scotland, told with humour and empathy.
Dynamic one woman show written and presented by Theresa Cole of Yellow Poppy Theatre wants you to see some personal stories through the eyes of her different characters.
After a sold-out run at London’s VAULT Festival earlier this year, Jessica Aszkenasy is bringing her show to Camden Fringe.
Filthy.
Watson is alone.
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…
The Scottish Gallery presents Wonder Women featuring three exceptional artists who have each had outstanding careers, including a major memorial celebration to the late Dame Elizab…
Offering a fresh history of Scottish art since 1750, this exhibition spotlights key artists, all of whom are women.
1894.
1894.
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…
About the show What if I say this is my journey of healing, this is from my cultural hometown… But that’s just a ‘what if’.
A one woman show which celebrates the life of a remarkable Irish woman, Nora Joyce.
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.
Project Female Dance Company presents: ‘WARRIOR WOMEN: Past, Present and Future’ an exploration of how female protest shapes our world.
Project Female Dance Company presents: ‘WARRIOR WOMEN: Past, Present and Future’ an exploration of how female protest shapes our world.
The wild hunt raced through the sky, taking its monstrous regiment of women, led by the goddess Diana, the Lady, to terrorise the world.
After a sold-out run at London’s VAULT Festival, Jess is bringing her show to Brighton Fringe.
The wild hunt raced through the sky, taking its monstrous regiment of women, led by the goddess Diana, the Lady, to terrorise the world.
After a sold-out run at London’s VAULT Festival, Jess is bringing her show to Brighton Fringe.
Come and enjoy a night of great comedy to help support women, children, mothers, and babies in some of the world’s most rural, remote communities.
What’s better than a night out of the house? An afternoon out of the house laughing your pelvic floor off! Don’t miss this amazing afternoon of some of the festival’s funniest com…
What’s better than a night out of the house? An afternoon out of the house laughing your pelvic floor off! Don’t miss this amazing afternoon of some of the festival’s funniest com…
His father died at 45.
His father died at 45.
Do you like scary movies? Well, if you like them so much, would you survive to the end of one? Join the award-winning Heather-Rose Andrews on an exploration of horror films, the wo…
Actor and pianist Michael Lunts presents a one-man show with live music in which he portrays the composer Edward Elgar towards the end of his life, coming to terms with the death o…
Edward Elgar's influence on the classical music world is one that is to be admired.
“Mummy, I love your boobies.
“Mummy, I love your boobies.
Obsessed with detective stories and film noir, Sam Marlowe can’t help but start digging when his long-term crush drops a case into his lap.
Idle Women - scenes and songs exploring the lives of women on the waterways in WWII.
Obsessed with detective stories and film noir, Sam Marlowe can’t help but start digging when his long-term crush drops a case into his lap.
A Funny Old Life is the largely fictional autobiographical story of one middle-aged man’s journey through the ups and downs of life.
Idle Women - scenes and songs exploring the lives of women on the waterways in WWII.
A Funny Old Life is the largely fictional autobiographical story of one middle-aged man’s journey through the ups and downs of life.
Taiwanese dance company B.
Continuing their monthly residency at The Courtyard Theatre Join Improv group Sprout for games, scenes, and a full length play created by the skilled improvisers of Sprout – all …
The country’s biggest sketch competition is back for its seventh year.
The country’s biggest sketch competition is back for its seventh year.
Sort Sol presents their third original theatre production, created by Artistic Director, Elizabeth Huskisson.
Imagine being in a new relationship.
We find Lila alone in a hospital for the criminally insane in 1928.
What do Mother Teresa, Napoleon and Hitler have in common? Well, they all have what Hedda Gabler wants most of all.
There is something peculiar about Polly Tips.
VIRGIN-ia is a one-woman play about a sexually motivated virgin.
ToskaToska is a new piece of political physical theatre created by Elizabeth Huskisson, based on the true story of the Khachaturyan sisters who murdered their father; a case that p…
An everyday random chance of love The Lumiere Theatre Company Karim Nehran Messeri died in Charles de gaulle airport.
The Final Episode of The Magic Tower Crime, lies and googly eyes Heaven shakes a little Drenched in honey, covered in sunlight.
Anti-comedy legend of BBC New Comedy Awards and Jimmy Carr’s Comedy Idol fame.
“This may be the biggestBut it is far from the first sacrifice I’ve made for this houseAnd I’m sure it won’t be the lastBut don’t fret.
It’s the 1960s, the world is changing.
Join the ONCOMM nominated Women’s Writes for three bold short plays written by female playwrights.
Continuing their monthly residency, Join Improv group Sprout for games, scenes, and a full length play created by the skilled improvisers of Sprout – all based on audience sugge…
Continuing their monthly residency at The Courtyard Theatre.
“Have you ever felt like a hollow sim in a glitchy video game, Taking time to self narrate your moves in marvellous dismay?” Deep, right? Songs become sketches and sketches…
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…
On the back of their Edinburgh Festival run and double British Podcast Award nominations, the true crime podcast with a twist of lime takes to the road for its first ful…
Is comórtas píolótach Comórtas Labhartha Filíochta d’Iarbhunscoileanna é Guth na hÉigse, atá bunaithe ar an…
Join Sprout for games, scenes, and even a full length play created by the skilled improvisers of Sprout – all based on audience suggestions.
Kirkos presents The Song Ring’d Sky a new piece by Irish composer Ian Wilson and bayou-borne, for Pauline by New Zealand-born American composer Annea Lockwood.
On the 100th anniversary of the classic horror film’s original release, Theatre Non Grata are bringing Nosferatu both to the stage and back from the dead.
Typecasting and a theatre career drove our heroine to insanity.
A Journey to the Past; A celebration of Ahrens & Flaherty.
The morning after a drunken rendezvous with an old boyfriend, a woman and her friend discuss autonomy, identity and bad sex.
In her most intimate work, cellist Justyna Jablonska explores how identities are made, unmade and remade in music.
Apradhini is a collection of stories about women who have been incarcerated for life for crimes including armed robbery, dacoity and murder.
A show that will take you on an emotional, inspiring, global journey.
After searching far and wide, Barcelona’s finest comedic talents have Found their Funny, packed it in a bag and brought it all the way to the Edinburgh Fringe for your amusement! B…
Live music, choreography and storytelling combine to create a compelling exploration of migration experiences.
Hundreds entered, 11 survive; now one rising stand-up star will be crowned Britain’s funniest student.
Immrama: Columba’s Journey, Your Story.
The Riverside Theatre Company returns to Edinburgh to take on this Euripides classic.
Internationally renowned a cappella sensation Semi-Toned return to Edinburgh, following four consecutive sell-out runs at the Fringe! This time, the boys in burgundy want to attemp…
Anti-comedy legend of BBC New Comedy Awards and Jimmy Carr’s Comedy Idol fame.
Join the Trickster and Sunny the Bunny for a riot of silly stunts and crazy magic in The Funny Punny Magic Show! Four-time winner of the Scottish Children’s Entertainer of the Ye…
Women are constantly measuring one another by ideals of thinness/beauty, best mommy practices and keeping a home with a happy partner.
Ali Brice is embracing life after almost losing it.
See the UK’s longest running and best comedy newcomer competition back for its 35th year.
The Saga of the Norse Gods.
Art27’s First Hand: Women Artists combines the work of four award-winning artists who have had residencies at Art27 scotland.
A Romantic Comedy.
A shameless ode to desolate puppy-love in all its mundane, absurdist glory, featuring toads, sperm-banks and carrots.
Broadway, here we come! The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s production of Little Women is astonishingly professional, from the high quality costumes and stage setting to the ph…
Let the ensemble take you on a journey of sound and motion through a modern artistic portrayal of this 1,400 year-old spiritual practice.
A simple concept: Peter reading on his usual park bench is approached by Jerry, a bizarre young man full of questions and stories.
We’re a troupe of four women of colour from around the world bringing to you our experiences.
Comedian Fab La Roche-Francoeur loves the feeling of being surrounded by an audience laughing at his jokes.
We’re a troupe of four women of colour from around the world bringing to you our experiences.
This timeless and enduring classic is about the March sisters’ journey from childhood to maturity during the American Civil War.
Some of the monologues are shorter than others and vary in length and topic but all of the women have some form or variation of anger inside them.
Fast-paced, bold and hilarious.
There are very few taboo subjects left these days, but the one that will eventually come to us all still leaves many people uncomfortable.
Three Women and Shakespeare’s Will is is a nice little premise for a play.
True stories, sharp gags and a big beard – Gallagher returns to Fringe following his sold-out run last time out! From growing up in Ireland, to travelling the world and everythin…
Showcase of Scotland’s best comics.
Returning to the Fringe following a sell-out debut run in 2019, this is a true crime podcast with a twist.
Get ready for an evening of bombastic bad taste in the killer new show from cult drag superstar Baby Lame.
Chris Bush, Miranda Cooper and Jennifer Decilveo’s Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World is in one word, a celebration.
The morning after.
The morning after.
Critical darlings and audience favourites Objectively Funny take time out from producing top-tier shows and providing mental health support at the Fringe to present some of the hot…
Return of the craic! 4 Funny Feckers, a Fringe favourite, is hosted by cheeky Irish comic Wes Dalton, an Irish charmer who has cheekiness and likeability down to a tee.
What if men could really understand what women want? Is it even possible? And if it was, would their heads implode? Join comics Kimberley Datnow and Peter Bazely this summer, as th…
Whilst other comedians fret and fuss about finding a theme for their shows, award-winning international comedian Rich Wilson puts all of his focus on one thing and that’s being r…
Sid Singh: comedian, human rights lawyer and idiot.
An outrageous hour of comedy served to you by a selection of female comedians from across the globe.
The Final Approach is a one man show by Thom Jordan, exploring the daring investigation of outsider Sam into his high school’s darkest secrets.
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.
Theatre has proved one of the greatest allies of those seeking to speak to truth to power throughout the ages.
From the girl who brought you The Girl Who Thought She Was Irish (Edinburgh, 2011), comes Funny Girl, Sad Songs.
In 2002, whilst researching a comedy, triple-Fringe First winner Henry Naylor and two-time Scottish Press Photographer of the Year Sam Maynard, went to the Afghan war zone.
This is really special.
Watson is alone.
Sold-out run: Off-Broadway, Asylum NYC (2022).
Thanyia Moore was going to make her Edinburgh Fringe debut in 2020 with a heartfelt, emotional show, that was about to rock your socks off… but then 2020 happened.
A humorous and sometimes shocking insight into the untold stories of women in Scotland and the fine line they had to walk in an ever-changing climate of politics, religion and magi…
Join us for the seventh West End Wilma Awards, celebrating the best of UK Theatre.
A brand new kickass-pirational pop musical bursts into life as the Fantastically Great Women take to the stage to tell their stories.
A world premiere of a one woman show which celebrates the life of a remarkable Irish woman, Nora Joyce.
On the final day of Brighton Fringe 2022, Brighton Fringe CEO Julian Caddy leads our annual awards ceremony, handing out awards to the best of the festival, as we take the time to …
Come and hear about the woman who was instrumental in shaping the sound of the big band era; the woman from south London who became one of the only three women immortalised in Art …
Come and hear about the woman who was instrumental in shaping the sound of the big band era; the woman from south London who became one of the only three women immortalised in Art …
Legendary magician, the Great Baldini, returns to Brighton Fringe to tell his life story through a series of stage illusions, from his first trick on his 12th birthday to his caree…
Legendary magician, the Great Baldini, returns to Brighton Fringe to tell his life story through a series of stage illusions, from his first trick on his 12th birthday to his caree…
Join us on an enlightened journey of live performance, music, dance, poetry, and guided meditation.
Funny Women return to Brighton Komedia with a fabulous line-up.
Now in its 20th year, Funny Women return to Brighton Komedia with a fabulous line-up.
Join us on an enlightened journey of live performance, music, dance, poetry, and guided meditation.
A comical and current gut-punch of a play about friendship, racism, and learning to take a new perspective.
Come and enjoy a night of great comedy to help support women, children, mothers, and babies in the world’s poorest communities.
After helping beat Donald Trump (ever heard of him?) in court one more time, award-winning comedian Sid Singh (BBC, NBC, Comic Relief, Comedy Central UK) is back with his brand new…
After helping beat Donald Trump (ever heard of him?) in court one more time, award-winning comedian Sid Singh (BBC, NBC, Comic Relief, Comedy Central UK) is back with his brand new…
What if men could really understand what women want.
What if men could really understand what women want.
Mimicry, magic, and mirth aplenty - with impressionist Stephen Owen, and comedy magician Stu Turner.
Mimicry, magic, and mirth aplenty - with impressionist Stephen Owen, and comedy magician Stu Turner.
The year is 1894.
Get ready for an evening of midnight-movie horror and bombastic bad taste in the killer new show from drag monstrosity Baby Lame.
Get ready for an evening of midnight-movie horror and bombastic bad taste in the killer new show from drag monstrosity Baby Lame.
From some of Britain’s first women doctors to suffragettes, entrepreneurs to entertainers, racing drivers, artists, music-hall stars, and campaigners, Brighton & Hove has always at…
From some of Britain’s first women doctors to suffragettes, entrepreneurs to entertainers, racing drivers, artists, music-hall stars, and campaigners, Brighton & Hove has always at…
This moron wearing all of his t-shirts at once has got layers, watch him peel himself like a very funny sentient onion that won’t make you cry.
This moron wearing all of his t-shirts at once has got layers, watch him peel himself like a very funny sentient onion that won’t make you cry.
Hove has been home to women who have shaken our world.
Hove has been home to women who have shaken our world.
One of the most successful solo shows of all time with over 2000 performances worldwide! Twenty-five years after its Edinburgh debut, Olivier Award winner Guy Masterson presents t…
One of the most successful solo shows of all time with over 2000 performances worldwide! Twenty-five years after its Edinburgh debut, Olivier Award winner Guy Masterson presents t…
CAN I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE?!! The world premiere of a brand new kick-asspirational pop musical bursts to life as the Fantastically Great Women take to the stage to …
Monday, March 28th 7:30pm The Revival: Women & The Word + Q&A Trailer1: https://www.
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 showcasing their talents a…
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.
Tim Walker's brand new play sees the tumultuous political events of recent years played out in a power struggle between two determined women.
Laughter on the front lines!Live performance and video footage from the first professional clown to use laughter as a mental health programme in countries at war.
Calling all Rebel Girls and VioletsOn Friday 4th February 2022, XS POP will be tearing up Aatma in the heart of Manchester’s Northern Quarter, to celebrate all of the best women wh…
Now in it’s 12th year.
The hit comedy podcast takes to the stage with a very special, live christmas show! Drunk Women Solving Crime is a true crime podcast with a twist…of lime.
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.
Meet some of the shortlisted authors from the An Post Irish Book Awards 2021 at this year’s Dublin Book Festival.
Get ready for an evening of midnight-movie gore and bombastic bad taste in the killer new show from drag monstrosity Baby Lame.
The Glory presents 2021’s Grand Final for LIPSYNC1000 Europes FIERCEST drag battle! TWENTY QUEENS will join Jonny Woo, John Sizzle plus celebrity guest judges for London’s WI…
Get ready for an evening of midnight-movie gore and bombastic bad taste in the killer new show from drag monstrosity Baby Lame.
Juliet is about to kill herself.
“SOMETIMES YOU NEED TODISCONNECT TO RECONNECT” My Mindset Retreat teaches proven mindfulness techniques that will help you improve your overall physical and emotional we…
Learn how to make a lino-cut print from start to finish in a friendly in-person workshop with LGBT+ women, trans and non-binary people, led by Wild Water Art Store’s Gemma Curtis.
How do you successfully relate the biography of a theatrical legend, tell the history of a remarkable period in the development of the arts, create portraits of the famous names of…
Come and enjoy a night of great comedy to help support women, children, mothers and babies in the world’s poorest communities.
This panel will explore how female filmmakers in East Asia have fought to promote equality both onscreen and behind the camera, advocating for the importance of diverse representat…
Something Funny’ comedy show with Scott McPherson.
Something Funny’ comedy show with Scott McPherson.
Something Funny’ comedy show with Scott McPherson.
Something Funny’ comedy show with Scott McPherson.
DOORS 7PM SHOW 7:30PMWEEK 6 - FINAL The show begins! Now we have our 4/56 artist left in the cast.
Starring Maisey Bawden, Anna-Jane Casey, Janie Dee, Nicole Raquel Dennis, Hiba Elchikhe, Kerry Ellis, Gabriela García, Cassidy Janson, Linda John-Pierre, Sophia Nomvete and …
DOORS 7PM SHOW 7:30PMWEEK 6 - Semi Final The show begins! Now we have our 5/56 artist left in the cast.
Singer, multi-instrumentalist, composer, songwriter, library music producer, Siobhan Wilson was born in Elgin, Scotland, UK.
Learn how to make a lino-cut print from start to finish in a friendly in-person workshop with LGBT+ women, trans and non-binary people, led by Wild Water Art Store’s Gemma Curtis.
Rich Wilson is fast becoming one of the most in-demand comedians in the land with his award-winning shows, podcasts and radio shows.
MAN UP! - The Grand Final is finally here! After 8 weeks of heats featuring over 120 of London & the UKs finest DRAG KINGS, The Glory brings the final of its ground-breaki…
Two women on a mission is a full an engaging hour with stand up sets from both Clare Harrison McCartney and Sara Louise Aston.
Two women on a mission is a full and engaging hour with sets from both Clare and Sara.
Two women on a mission is a full an engaging hour with stand up sets from both Clare Harrison McCartney and Sara Louise Aston.
Watson is alone.
Lemon Squeeze Productions are presenting a new adaptation of Rossetti’s Women at the Space@Surgeons’ Hall, written and directed by Joan Greening, award-winning writer of ITV si…
Set in the wonderfully open, socially-distanced and drinks-to-your-seats Garden Theatre of theSpaceuk’s Symposium Hall, the a capella group Semi-Toned return to the Fringe with f…
Three badass funny femmes present you with a hilariously diverse triple bill of comedy.
Three badass funny femmes present you with a hilariously diverse triple bill of comedy.
Heather Duster presents Funny Girl: A one woman retelling of the iconic musical with a little more drag! Join Heather as she takes you on a musical journey with her one woman …
A conversation about the past, present and future of women’s playwriting in Scotland.
Myra is dead; long live Myra! Realising she stands to miss out on the most attention she’ll ever receive, the ‘acid-tongued and funny to the bone’ (Time Out) Myra brings forw…
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.
Join Taylor Trash, The UK’s ONLY Southern Belle-End As She Begins The Dig For The Next Nugget Of Drag Performance Talent Gold - NOW ON SUNDAYS!Miss Rona thought she had us beat but…
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.
An hour-long selection of short films, many from the experimental days of film in the early 1900s, set to original scores by the Apollo Saxophone Quartet.
Comedian Ryan Wingfield takes a funny look into the science of what makes us happy.
Fringe legend Guy Masterson returns for his 27th festival with the perfect Covid antidote! Only six unmissable performances of Dylan Thomas’ timeless masterpiece, made famous by Ma…
It’s two of the coolest and cutest up-and-coming comedians DANIEL MCKEON and JASMIN GLEESON bringing an hour of premium comedy to Camden this August with a two-hander like no other…
Immrama were ancient voyage tales, allegories of our journey through life.
It’s two of the coolest and cutest up-and-coming comedians DANIEL MCKEON and JASMIN GLEESON bringing an hour of premium comedy to Camden this August with a two-hander like no other…
Thomas de Quincey once wrote of murder as ‘one of the fine arts’, and with regards to The Establishment [versus] Sidney Harry Fox, the statement is true.
It’s A Little Bit Funny tells the incredible story of Elton John’s rise and fall (and rise again) as one of the most successful singer/songwriters ever.
Come and see the Drunk Women Solving Crime record their chart-topping true-crime podcast in front of an intimate audience for their new London residency at the…
Juliet is about to kill herself.
Juliet is about to kill herself.
Funny Women return to Brighton Komedia with a fabulous line-up.
Sara Segovia Rodao and Lachlan Werner are cuties by nature, cancers by astrological sign and clowns by trade.
Watson is alone.
Following on from his success at the Brighton Fringe with Waiting for Hamlet, a two-hander with Nicholas Collett, Tim Marriott returns to the Rialto Theatre with a solo show that i…
In his debut Brighton Fringe show, Scott will interrogate everyday experiences with a comedy twist, including relationships, family and the current state of the UK.
In his debut Brighton Fringe show, Scott will interrogate everyday experiences with a comedy twist, including relationships, family and the current state of the UK.
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.
Thursday 3 June: Funny That Comedy presents MC THOMAS GREEN fresh from a sell-out Australian festival season with NEIL DELAMERE (‘Fighting Talk’, ‘The Blame Game’, ‘The Michael Mc…
Host of Leicester Comedy award finalist podcast ‘The Comedy Arcade’, Welsh stand up comedian Vix Leyton lives a life of French farce and chaos that she justifies as research for he…
Thursday 3 June: Funny That Comedy presents MC STEPHEN GRANT (Brighton’s own award winning compere) with CALLY BEATON (‘QI’, ‘The Apprentice You’re Fired’) NEIL DELAMERE (‘Fighti…
Amy cannot socialise with the other mums after the school run because she is needed in the office.
From Ladies to ladies, scientists to sportswomen, Kemptown has inspired some incredible women.
From Ladies to ladies, scientists to sportswomen, Kemptown has inspired some incredible women.
Did you know that Hove has been home to women who have shaken our world? From some of Britain’s first women doctors, to suffragettes, to social campaigners, to boundary-shifting en…
Did you know that Hove has been home to women who have shaken our world? From some of Britain’s first women doctors, to suffragettes, to social campaigners, to boundary-shifting en…
‘Out! Why, what could have taken you out on Tuesday? What did you have to do?’ ‘Nothing.
Sam Marlowe is the campus outsider who takes on a case to expose a cheating partner but finds himself in a web of deceit, corruption and the incorrect disposal of kitchen waste.
‘Women Hold Up the Sky’ tells the story of how women activists affected by mining and other forms of large-scale extractives in South Africa, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of …
Moral obligations? Masked men? Ah, the story of Edna and Sarah’s lives.
Sam Marlowe is the campus outsider who takes on a case to expose a cheating partner but finds himself in a web of deceit, corruption and the incorrect disposal of kitchen waste.
‘Women Hold Up the Sky’ tells the story of how women activists affected by mining and other forms of large-scale extractives in South Africa, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of …
The beloved children’s author joins us for an online event to talk about past work and her latest novel, The Runaway GirlsJoin the much-loved author Dame Jacqueline Wilson online…
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.
Jimmy’s brand new show contains jokes about all kinds of terrible things.
Is there anything more complex than the female mind? In this 21st-century world, every action is just so difficult for people to understand! They’ve liked my photo, do they fancy m…
Ever wondered why comedians feel the need to get up and reveal their soft underbelly to audiences that might reject them? Ever wondered why a singer seems to want to soak up all th…
Through song and improvisation, Bookends follows two people’s relationship as it changes over time, delving into life and the intricacies of human connection.
Enthusiastically vote alongside dozens of international talent scouts for 2020’s hottest breakthrough stars in the making, who battle for glory, fame and shiny moose trophies.
Román Baca talks about his healing journey from ballet to the Iraq War and back again.
A unique and insightful look at the journey into film hosted by former Royal Marine Phil Spencer.
This exhibition of paintings by Susie Reade refers to a young woman’s diary describing her unusual journey from Scotland to work in WWII Russia.
So you still think you’re funny?Forget youthful optimism & skinny jeans.
Come and enjoy a night of great comedy to help support women, children, mothers and babies in the world’s poorest communities.
Ireland in the 1930s.
So you still think you’re funny? Forget cheery optimism & skinny jeans.
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…
Viv (Katherine Parkinson) has lost her shoe on her London commute.
Back for it’s fifth year.
Back for it’s fifth year.
Prepare to see 6 short plays by female identifying playwrights with none of those boring archetypal forms.
Since forming in 1994, Richard Alston Dance Company has been extolled for their musicality and lyricism.
We’re back! This time with 3 new short plays by female identifying playwrights. Prepare to see plays with female driven narrative and none of those boring archetypal forms!
Now in its 5th 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 most …
Now in its 5th 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 most …
A thought-provoking play about how family and social structures mold us into misshapen beings, and how trauma can become one’s own salvation.
We’re kicking off this year’s Reigning Women with a huge night of live music.
Jimmy’s brand new show contains jokes about all kinds of terrible things.
Now in it’s 11th year.
Welcome to The Republic of Biafra, 1967.
One party gone wrong and a constellation of friends, family, and sacrosanct values falls apart.
One of the years most talked about and chart-topping comedy podcasts takes to the stage with a very special festive live recording, following a sell out fringe run and s…
In Midnight Movie, Eve Leigh presents a universe of bedrooms where disabled people are unable to sleep due to the pain of having a body which is, right now, ‘glitching’.
Connor is on a night out and ready to be open about his sexuality.
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.
A long table stretches across the expansive floor of the Coronet.
Suspended from the ceiling of the Coronet Theatre are five crystalline orbs that almost look like faces.
Dave’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards are in the heart of the West End for three shows only.
The Tower Theatre Company seek to outrage and (somewhat) inspire with their recreation of Dead Funny.
12 Finalists will compete for a cash prize of £500. Each act is 5 - 7 minutes long. Interval after 6th act
The UK’s first and premier award for celebrating live comedy.
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 …
The semi-final of the 2019 Funny Women Awards.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Celebrating 32 years of the UK’s biggest and best comedy newcomer competition.
Chic Murray was the comedian’s comedian.
Join Funny Women for a sparkling mix of comedy featuring the brightest new, emerging and established talent at the Fringe.
Cora is at the festival to see her ex-boyfriend perform.
Jessie and Bebe Cave. Sisters. Working out a new show.
Join us for the live final of the BBC’s prestigious stand-up comedy competition. Previous winners of this coveted award include Rhod Gilbert, Lucy Beaumont and Alan Carr.
Following triumphant tours of Australia, Europe and the UK, this Scots-English duo returns to Edinburgh (and AMC debut) with a live album recorded on the road with, and featuring, …
A riotous romp through the history of the female body, the patriarchy and the bad science behind the titular gender myth.
Lilian, Catherine, Mary and Tam all have one thing in common, they risk their lives to serve their country and save the lives of others.
"I kind of want to die – but I’d really like to get into publishing, too," says Billie (performed by Grainne Dromgoole), as she explains the story of her first real l…
Hundreds entered, only a handful survive – now one will be crowned Britain’s Funniest Student 2019.
The story of Emmeline and Richard Pankhurst and the suffragette movement.
Guan Yu’s patriotism to his country, benevolence to people, wisdom in life, loyalty to friends and bravery in war represent the perfect traditional Chinese virtues of mankind.
Internationally renowned a cappella sensation Semi-Toned return to Edinburgh, following two consecutive sell-out runs at the Fringe.
Join Amy and a panel of her more famous comedian friends at the recording of a live comedy conversation show.
A fundraiser for your new favourite production company’s mental health partnership with CALM, providing and raising awareness for services to support performers at the Fringe.
Carole King, Amy Lee, Nina Simone, Judith Weir, Clara Schumann… Historically, it was believed women did not have the required strength to really play the piano and that it was no…
Women are constantly measuring one another by ideals of thinness, beauty, best mummy practices and keeping a happy home with a happy partner.
‘What’s going on…??’ Rosana Cade cries, with their head in the seat of a swivel chair, spinning slowly in front of a fixated and silent audience.
Launching rockets is the last missing piece in the growing Scottish space industry.
What makes Shakespeare funny after 400 years? Theatre OCU (Bad Shakespeare, Fringe 2016 and 2018) explores, answers and celebrates the giddy mysteries of love and romance in scenes…
Join us for the semi-finals of the BBC’s prestigious stand-up comedy competition which has previously helped launch the careers of comedians such as Sarah Millican and Peter Kay.
The UK’s biggest and best comedy newcomer competition is back for its 32nd year at the Fringe! After months of regional heats, come see the funniest of the hundreds of applicants a…
Within a basement room of the Hanover Suite (Venue 119) is perhaps the best musical sketch comedy you will find this Fringe.
One of the most talked about new comedy podcasts of the last year makes its Fringe debut on the back of its sell-out London residency.
When he was seven years old, Edward Hilsum attended a party at which a magician was performing.
Martin Dixon and Gareth Edward are hot and bothered! Join these grumpy gays for some late-night queer comedy as they wax lyrical about the body beautiful, getting older and the dil…
What happens when you’re at a private fetish party, and you bump into the daughter of your boss? Such is the premise of Kim Davies’ Smoke.
This is a show for the fans.
It’s probably worth clarifying in the first sentence of this review that I was not expecting to be drawn into the bureaucratic complexities of being the Easter Bunny whilst at th…
Comedy actress Tami Stone presents her debut one-woman Edinburgh show.
We’ve selected the funniest women we could find at the Fringe and brought them together for an evening of comedy you’ll never forget! ‘An amazing evening of the most hilariou…
Joey’s trapped in a maze! Topsy and Turvy have been given the super dooper important task of bringing him back to the Aussie Zoo.
Funny Stories About Pain is a one-hour journey through some decidedly not-funny events in the life of comedian Troy Alan, which would amount to a depressing Ted Talk if Troy couldn…
Eleanor Conway's vagina has a name (Jenny), and this is important to know.
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,…
A whimsically curated theatrical deep-dive into the multiverse of Hendrick’s Gin, guided by three tini tipples… In a world where the beloved martini has been called, one of the h…
James Stuart – or Stuart James – is passed out at his desk as the audience file into the space.
Four top-quality, fowl-mouthed acts, hand-plucked from around the festival.
Three goddesses are summoned to Earth through an ancient ritual; instead, the heavens send the women your mother hoped you would never become.
Comedy.
A stand-up comedian sees his world fall apart when his wife decides he can no longer mention her onstage.
Ed promises to come up with a big idea to hang the whole thing on – but probably it’ll be based on a loose set of unconnected themes with no real purpose.
One of London’s most popular comedy nights Funny Feckers is coming to the Fringe to showcase the best acts from Ireland and beyond.
An hour of comedy and truth from English Comedian of the Year winner Josh Pugh.
This tour de farce of bizarre exploits and odd misadventures chronicles an American’s nearly seven-decade search to find his place in the world.
After attending the festival in 1994 as a young boy to watch his mother Angie Le Mar perform, Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year nominee Travis Jay is bringing his own show to …
Sir Trevor Brierly – writer, director, occasional cat-sitter – was many things to many people.
Richard Gadd pours a free cup of tea to a stranger at a bar – she comes back.
Sleeping Trees are silly, funny boys.
YesYesNoNo are searching for the truth.
Two parts fever dream and one part personality quiz, Final Form examines the desperate lengths we go to in our eternal quest to be liked.
‘Woke, feminist, geezer’ (List).
Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance.
Yorkshire’s finest Myra DuBois has tragically ‘died’ but on the upside, she’s invited you to the greatest funeral you will ever attend.
The Great Yorkshire Fringe New Comedian of the Year is back for a fifth year.
Above The Stag Theatre is very excited to present multi-award winning international cabaret sensation Reuben Kaye.
The Great Yorkshire Fringe New Comedian of the Year is back for a fifth year.
"The Wave is THE WAY", boom the Almeida Young Company (14 – 18) before thudding their fists into their chests.
‘When on Earth did everyone become a detective?’ The voice rings out across the Almeida Young Company ensemble as they huddle beneath Sasha Venmore Rowland’s grief-stricken g…
Playwright Ben Weatherill is right to call Jellyfish a love story.
The subversive, satirical, darkly comic story of the Victorian Music Hall with a twist of Weimar Cabaret! A wickedly fun singalong show, ‘Now Here’s A Funny Story’ reveals Music…
As part of Nomad Festival @ Greenwich pop-up Rotunda Theatre.
The nominees and winners of the British Podcast Awards are always a who's who of UK podcast talent.
The Gallagher Premiership Rugby Final is the showcase of the domestic season.
One woman, Fiona Clift, presents many women.
Dena Blizzard, the viral video sensation and creator of the Back to School Rant (125 million views), Chardonnay Go (24 million views) and Chardonnay Go, The Board Game f…
Lee Miller witnessed with her camera events of WWII, the battles and the lives destroyed in the hope that this horror will not be forgotten.
Dr Jones Funny Bones is coming to Brighton with a show for the whole family.
We’ve curated a showcase featuring some of the best new female comedy talent in the UK today.
Join Neil Sands for his biggest ever matinee show with more singers, more stunning costumes, more memories and even more fun.
BA Theatre Arts at GBMet.
Strode’s College Performing Arts students will be performing Extremism by Anders Lustgarten.
So you still think you’re funny? Forget cheery optimism & skinny jeans this is a competition for comics who've been around long enough to know better…
Come and enjoy a night of great comedy to help support women, children, mothers and babies in the world’s poorest communities.
Critically-acclaimed pianist and composer, Helen Anahita Wilson, returns to the Fringe to perform her debut solo album, BHOOMA.
One of The Guardian’s Best Shows at the Edinburgh Fringe 2018.
So you still think you’re funny? Forget cheery optimism & skinny jeans this is a competition for comics who've been around long enough to know better…
ON SALE AT 10AM FRIDAY 28 SEPTEMEBER Join Limmy for a night of anecdotes and chit-chat as he introduces his autobiography - Surprisingly Down to Earth, and Very Funny - …
Join Limmy for a night of anecdotes and chit-chat as he introduces his autobiography - Surprisingly Down to Earth, and Very Funny - featuring the true stories of how thi…
In the wake of the 2017 #MeToo movement and Brexit Day, Aulos makes its London debut – two powerful plays, both timelier than ever before.
Thursday 4th April ,7.
Tuesday 26th March, 7.
From her auspicious beginnings with John Houseman's The Acting Company to the overnight sensation of her Evita on Broadway, from the birth of Les Miserables to her unforgettabl…
Grand Final on Monday 25th February, 7.
Back for it’s fourth year.
Back for it’s fourth year.
‘I haven’t had a Trump free 24-hours for… I don’t know how long’ complains a house-guest, ushered in from the cold before a snowstorm strikes a recently purchased farmste…
Paved with Gold and Ashes is the story of five women who survive a hideous factory.
Dog and Actor are two short, explosive and vulnerable plays written by Steven Berkoff.
Bethany Fox’s script explores the relationship between two jobbing actors, Jess (Bethany Fox) and Jack(Oliver Burkill), who, after a chemistry-charged first meeting outside an au…
Three wayward women are on a hunt for liturgical dance stardom.
A new comedy by David Hampshire.
A new comedy by David Hampshire.
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 …
‘Enemies of the People’ is a welcome and observant theme for a theatre programme as we enter another year of post-truth politics, domestic division, and the third year in the r…
Now in it’s 10th year.
John Wilson’s 70 piece superstar orchestra returns with their brand new show ‘At The Movies’.
‘Tell them…! Tell them…! Tell them…!’ Shouts Alun Armstrong, disgraced deputy headmaster Edward, as he brandishes the eponymous cane in one hand whilst walls close in aro…
Hole is a piece of theatre that has been in incubation for a long time.
Walk Swiftly And With Purpose is a coming-of-age narrative, which calmly sets ablaze the Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, History Boys, and Dead Poets’ Society and, with a short sharp …
New Comedian of the Year is the new act competition produced by Leicester Square Theatre with places for over 300 acts.
Creation Theatre’s The Pit and the Pendulum is an immersive adaption of Edgar Allan Poe’s work of the same title.
Are female writers deadlier than the male? What do they think of violence in crime fiction and how do they handle it in their books? Do crime novel have to be bloody? Ou…
A night of sparkling wit and humour featuring James Cary, Paul Kerensa and Simon Jenkins that lovingly looks at the flaws, foibles and funniest parts of faith and religi…
The Wider Earth is a chimera.
As summer nights draw to a close and the black velvet skies wash over the capital, Pedley Street Station begins a journey beyond anything you can imagine, a journey into the underw…
The 38th Edinburgh Comedy Awards.
BBC Scottish Symphony OrchestraThomas Dausgaard Conductor Experience the classical music stars of tomorrow – the most exciting young performers from right across Europe.
Celebrating 31 years of the UK’s biggest and best comedy newcomer competition.
The Great Baldini is a magical legend.
Join Funny Women for a sparkling mix of comedy including performances by special guests and the brightest new talent at the Fringe.
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…
Join us for the second year of the new comedy competition celebrating all things sketch! The organiser’s behind the UK’s biggest comedy newcomer competition are on the hunt for the…
The American comedian and creator of The Jeselnik Offensive comes to London two nights only with his brand new hour, Funny Games.
Grab the hottest Fringe tickets to discover tomorrow’s comedy stars, showcasing their Fringe comedy shows in this prestigious final.
Brian Wilson returns with Al Jardine and Blondie Chaplin! Wilson will deliver his greatest hits live including selected songs from Pet Sounds, his top hits and fan favourites spann…
Experience the classical music stars of tomorrow – 18 of the most exciting young performers from right across Europe.
Europe’s most prestigious Burlesque competition has reached it 9th year and YOU can help decide who will tassel-twirl their way to take the title Miss Burlesque Idol 2018! Ov…
Join Amy and a panel of her far more famous comedian friends in comic conversation.
A verbatim play created from interviews conducted across America in late 2016, Women for Trump explores why five women were, or were not, persuaded to vote for Donald Trump.
Hundreds entered, only a handful survive – now one will be crowned Britain’s funniest student 2018.
Given how many inhabited his life, Picasso’s Women is but a mere glimpse from one side of the bed into what they endured.
Vote excitedly alongside dozens of international talent scouts for 2018’s hottest breakthrough stars in the making, who battle for glory, fame and the shiny moose trophy.
Simon Hall is a comedy writer, TV icon and national treasure, who finds himself arrested under suspicion of never having told a joke.
Internationally renowned a cappella sensation Semi-Toned returns to the Edinburgh Fringe for its sixth consecutive year.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
Oxford’s award-winning, all-female a cappella group is back to take you on a musical journey through time.
Parker has only ever dreamt of being a stand-up comedian.
The beautiful songs of Edward Elgar and Maude Valérie White.
‘Grief is a guest who stays too long.
The multi award-winning political agitators are back at the Traverse with a morning of outstanding new writing and fiery debate.
Inspired by Waiting for Godot, this original piece performed by two women of colour brings new meaning to issues of violence and war, poverty, food, deserts, hopelessness and those…
The UK’s biggest and best comedy newcomer competition is back for its 31st year at the Fringe! After months of regional heats, come see the funniest of the hundreds of applicants a…
Rich Wilson is still very much relevant, even though he’s over 40.
New(ish) for 2018! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
‘I think it’s high time women let themselves just be women for a change.
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.
Join us for a riotous celebration of the Fringe’s best musical comedians! Since 2009, the MCA have helped to launch the likes of Abandoman, Rachel Parris, Mae Martin, Jay Foreman a…
Feeling pressured by his success last year with The Elvis Dead, Rob Kemp returns with ten(!) shows stuck to a spinning wheel.
Typecasting and a theatre career drove our heroine to insanity.
Uncork the champagne! Dress to kill! Party like there’s no tomorrow! Celebrating 20 diamante-decorated years, The Lady Boys of Bangkok Wonder Women Tour will take the Fringe’s nu…
Funnybones is Steve McCann’s Edinburgh solo debut.
Lovable Brit Ollie Horn (‘always a crowd pleaser’ (Edd Daggers, ROR Comedy)) tells fast-paced tales of life as an unlikely Japanese TV star and life on the road as he tours around …
Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance.
Tony Award winner Ben Harney (Broadway's Dreamgirls), and writer Mehr Mansuri, lead this musical about an 1850s Virginia slave who ships himself to freedom in a box.
Zoo is a play which touches upon awkward social contracts between people, and the total indifference of the natural world.
Three wayward women on a hunt for international liturgical dance stardom.
Three new up-and-coming stand-up comedians perform their diverse sets.
‘Brilliant’ ***** (Sydney Morning Herald).
Just These, Please is a sketch troupe with promise and imagination.
Propeller is a play which relates a small town’s struggle to reinstate a railway line, in order to make a much wider statement on the merits and masquerade of social action.
Never Vera Blue is a brave and commendable production, which interrogates the effects of gaslighting in an emotionally abusive relationship.
The Fetch Wilson is the type of play that might work very well as a film, or so you might think upon leaving the theatre.
What happens to the women that men can’t write? In this showcase of strong female characters, a group of Cambridge’s finest lady and non-binary comics will endeavour to find out.
It’s hard to review Nina’s Got News without revealing what Nina’s news actually is.
Yummy is what it says on the tin – a gooey, delicious, and extremely well-crafted sequence of performances from an ensemble of drag queens who are masters of their respective cra…
If you have a ticket to Pants On Fire’s Ovid’s Metamorphoses, you have in your possession a way of securing the ferryman’s passage to one of the most mischievous and charming…
You’ve just been dumped, but you’re stuck on a spaceship, alone with that person.
Marking the centenary of women getting the vote, this exhibition displays together for the first time records of the Scottish authorities and their dealings with the Suffragettes.
A Generous Lover is La JohnJoseph’s heartfelt account of caring for a bipolar partner.
No One is Coming to Save You is an abstract piece of theatre which eschews character development and plot narrative, in favour of exploring recurring images.
Here is something special and unusual: the life and death of Franz Ferdinand, Archduke and heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, remixed into a cabaret history lecture b…
Back for a fourth year, the GYF New Comedian of the Year is again on the lookout for the best up and coming comedians from Yorkshire and beyond.
Come with us on a musical journey around Japan and across the globe.
Back for a fourth year, the GYF New Comedian of the Year is again on the lookout for the best up and coming comedians from Yorkshire and beyond.
Recent years have witnessed mounting criticism of mumbling actors, mostly on television but also in the the theatre.
A wild and darkly comic journey down the streets and back alleys of modern Dublin, from award-winning writer, Stewart Roche and ground-breaking young Irish theatre collective.
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 …
The Nursery Presents a night of improvised theatre in conjunction with The City of London’s Women: Work And Power programme!We’re excited to present The Maydays Laydays (AKA th…
Forget cheery optimism & skinny jeans.
The UK’s leading female comedy community ‘Funny Women’ host a night of fabulous female comedy talent in Brighton’s best comedy venue, Komedia Brighton, featuring a mix of establi…
Alan Felton presents the last in the series ‘Lions Led by Asses’ in which, by means of song, poetry and facts, he covers the final months of World War 1, culminating in an uneasy a…
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.
Performed in front of a live audience, with live foley (sound effects), this new radio play by Chris Buxey is a dark comedy about principles, money and the importance of family.
See this award-nominated (Best Comedy, Buxton Fringe 2017) Australian stand-up, now living in Bedford, who played to full houses throughout his Edinburgh Fringe run (2017).
Bringing us four short scenes, Puck’s Players – consisting of Bill Poulton, Phillip Lee and Aaron Thaddeus Lee – were able to exhibit outstanding versatility as performers, d…
For so long the history books have been written by men and about men, and Royal Pavilion guide Louise Preskett aims to correct this imbalance with a 90 minute amble through Brighto…
Forget cheery optimism & skinny jeans.
A new writing comedy exploring what happens when the ‘mad’ women of Shakespeare find themselves dead, together, and angry.
Hove has been home to women whose ideas have shaken up our world - from some of Britain’s first women doctors to suffragettes, from social campaigners to boundary shifting entert…
Who are history’s most powerful women? And how can their stories empower us all today? The brilliant Professor Mary Beard shows us who and how, and the wise and witty Natalie Hay…
Celebrating 20 diamante decorated years, the Lady boys ‘Wonder Women’ tour takes the UK’s number one cabaret show to a new level.
Back for its third year.
You loved them in last year’s smash hit, sell out show at Mary’s Poppin.
Think you know everything about the feminist Latin art movement of urban Puerto Rico in the 1970s?!?! Well think again as Sam Simmons turns this world inside out and upside down.
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…
Come along and experience Janet’s “Cultural Journey” at The Red Rhino Room! There will be a variety of Aboriginal artworks on show, including Janet’s “Emu Dreaming”painting which…
Lauren and Alicia, hosts of Deviant Women: The Podcast, are set to take you on an eye-opening romp through the lives of two of history’s most outrageous women.
Come on a journey of inner discovery with this free video event from the Peace Education Program.
“Who’s Your Daddy? returns to Adelaide with an amazing line-up of both local and International comedians, both Mums & Dads, all talking Parenthood.
A day to celebrate and share stories of women and how we contribute to the world we live in.
This exhibition at Gallery J, proudly shows the diverse nature of clay in the hands of 3 leading contemporary Australian ceramic artists.
The search is on for South Australia’s funniest teens!!! Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s national secondary school comedy competition is open to people aged 14-18.
Ross Wilson & The Peaceniks deliver a blistering set of hits from the 5 decades spanning Ross’ spectacular career as singer, songwriter and producer.
Cal’s made some awful decisions - relationships, jobs, the 90s.
The Dingbats are flag favourites, unbeaten and today is Grand Final Day.
In an alternate universe, Buffy the Vampire Slayer is introduced to the characters of Twilight and chaos ensues.
Following its sold out run as part of Bristol Old Vic’s 250th Anniversary season, Jeremy Irons and Lesley Manville reprise their roles in Richard Eyre’s acclaimed produ…
Lazarus Theatre kick off their year-long residency at Greenwich Theatre on a visceral note with Christopher Marlowe’s homoerotic epic Edward II.
Constella OperaBallet return to the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells this November with their award-winning Sideshows.
“It is a pitch perfect performance and a beautifully-written, perfectly-paced comedy script.
An evening of comedy featuring some of the top comedians from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe including some of the winners and nominees of the lastminute.
Mad Women in my Attic! is a fantastic romp through showtunes, folk and cabaret songs, celebrating the mentally unstable women that populate music and theatre.
9 days & 42 shows of the finest live comedians in Britain.
It’s not over ‘till it’s over – we’re having a final fling to send Fringe 70 out in style! Live music courtesy of our super swing band, a special guest DJ with a record c…
Every year a sell-out! The UK’s first and premier award for live comedy.
The final anarchic annual two-hour charity variety show celebrating the life and random irresponsibility of the godfather of British alternative comedy, filled with bizarre acts, e…
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Gilded Balloon’s annual comedy competition, So You Think You’re Funny.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
The Accidentals are so excited to be back in Edinburgh performing at the Festival Fringe for their sixth consecutive year! In the past they’ve had three sell-out, five-star runs an…
Chicago meets all-female A Cappella! An original work by The Accidentals, this contemporary A Cappella show brings together the Cell Block Tango and The Barden Bellas in an extrava…
Yi Dong makes her 16th annual return to Edinburgh to ‘indulge us with a rich spa of the spirits and mind’ (China Xinhua News Agency) and to take us on a journey through the spirit …
Grab your hottest tickets to be entertained by tomorrow’s comedy stars, showcasing their Fringe shows in this prestigious final.
A panel of comedians discuss everyone’s favourite topic – women.
A brand-new string to the biggest and best comedy newcomer competition in its 30th anniversary year! To celebrate 30 years of nurturing and developing new comic talent – we’re on…
Peek through the comedy retro-spectoscope at medicine and dentistry in the 1970s and 80s.
The life of Elvis Presley told through 17 women: some enthralled, some appalled, all obsessed! From Tupelo, Mississippi where 12-year-old Elvis wanted a BB gun instead of a guitar,…
If the boys of Semi-Toned ever tire of a cappella they could always take up comedy.
Hundreds entered, eight survive – now one will be crowned Britain’s funniest student 2017.
In a modern cabaret format, Now Here’s A Funny Story is a jaunty romp through the golden age of music hall, often delving into its dark underbelly.
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…
Vote alongside international talent scouts, relishing the excitement of seeing 2017’s hottest breakthrough stars in the making.
Join us for the live final of the BBC’s prestigious stand-up comedy competition. Previous winners of this coveted award include Rhod Gilbert, Lucy Beaumont and Alan Carr.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
In this post-truth era, we desperately need more scientists to critically evaluate evidence for political and corporate claims; we can’t afford to keep losing many of our best wo…
Spare an hour for quality comedy that educates and entertains! Comedians are joined on stage by Edinburgh’s researchers to explore local and global issues of healthcare, gender ide…
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Alastair McIntosh is a writer, broadcaster and activist on land reform, spirituality and ecology.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
New for 2017! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
Just how low can reality TV go? When sinister American cult leader Chuck pitches a gruesome dating show with death as the ultimate prize, a couple of desperate television producers…
The body we inhabit began its journey not when we were born in this life but centuries ago.
Scottish Comedian of the Year finalist Marc Jennings talks about the struggles of life and the world from his perspective as a working class Glaswegian with an intellectual bent.
Join us for the semi-finals of the BBC’s prestigious stand-up comedy competition, which has previously helped launch the careers of comedians such as Sarah Millican and Peter Kay…
Sondheim’s fast-paced lyrics are hard to perform well, even for an experienced Broadway star, and it is rare that I have seen an amateur production that manages to do him justice…
What happens in the mind of a bilingual person? Lose yourself in a joyful and intimate journey celebrating languages, cliches and pop culture.
Energetic, disturbing and just a bit confusing, Fourth Monkey’s latest offering of physical theatre crashes onto the festival stage in this entertaining if messy and uneven reworki…
Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy teams up with incredibly talented musician John Sampson to bring a unique blend of reading with live music.
Spare an hour for quality comedy that educates and entertains! Comedians are joined on stage by Edinburgh’s researchers to explore local and global issues of healthcare, gender ide…
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What happens in the mind of a bilingual person? Lose yourself in a joyful and intimate journey celebrating languages, cliches and pop culture.
Hopeless goes back to Leyla Josephine’s roots as one of the most interesting young spoken word artists in Scotland.
Award-winning performer Paula Valluerca, aka Madame Señorita, is committed to reconnect with the pleasure of being a totally deluded idiot.
What do you get when you put a Scotsman and three Irishmen in an upstairs bar? A bunch of jokes that are a bit out of the mainstream but comfortably reside above the others: Semi-P…
Did you support the #WomensMarch? The only place to march this August is down to this female-led show! A rotating line-up of talented, award-winning, critically acclaimed guests, t…
Is Edward Aczel Infinite? Have you ever thought: who am I? Is it all just a dream? Is time constant or variable? Is it only possible to imagine the infinite? No, me neither.
Women at War is an interesting piece which explores the gendered dimensions of warfare through a monologue by a female American soldier serving in Afghanistan.
A vibrational revolution of being, channeled by a goddess.
One of the least thought out shows on the Fringe, possibly featuring: alternative facts corner, fake news correspondents, pest of the fest and live guests.
A “professional” seminar on how to rise to fame in the comedy world! Join our hosts as they stumble their way through a corporate lecture with anecdotes, lies and incorrect facts.
Martin “Bigpig” Mor.
To accompany Dyad’s premiere of The Time Machine, thirteen of Jane Austen’s most celebrated heroines return in Dyad’s acclaimed revisiting of some of literature’s most celebrated w…
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 incredibly hard to place Rob Auton’s new show at the Edinburgh Fringe but then again, it’s hard to place Rob Auton.
It is ten years since Simon Stephens captured the chaos of London in 2005: within a few days London went from celebrating Live8 and the announcement that they would be hosting the …
Fringe 2011’s Best Newcomer nominee Paul Valenti is back, this time on a semi-silent casual quest for universal truth.
Three fabulous comediennes on an amazing bill for an afternoon of comedy you’ll never forget, all hosted by the fantastic Mary Bourke.
‘Who thinks they are perfect?’ Is the question Danyah Miller poses to the audience at the onset of the performance.
Single father Mark Forward has decided the time has come for him to be appreciated as a comedian.
Funny Women takes over your lunch hour with a feast of comedy, interviews and highlights from the very best of the Fringe.
It’s 1979 and Scottish darts star Jocky Wilson is in America to play an exhibition match.
The finals of the Great Yorkshire Fringe New Comedian of the Year competition as ever throw up a talented assortment of acts.
The wildly successful One Man Comedy Men are from Mars Women are from Venus Live! starring Amadeo Fusca.
“Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.
A Gala stand-up comedy show for the comedian Jim Tavare featuring twelve top comedians Harry Hill, Stewart Lee, Milton Jones, Paul Zerdin, Alan Davies, Paul Chowdhry, Dave Johns, A…
A stand-up show for children over 6, their parents and anyone who likes comedy without the rude words.
‘The Funny Women Awards’ are back at Brighton Fringe! ‘The Funny Women Awards’ has left a massive impression on the UK comedy map, with previous winners and finalists including …
After an epic season, the 12 best teams in England are reduced to just two finalists who will battle it out for the right to be called Aviva Premiership Rugby Champions 2017 on 27 …
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 …
Are you trying to seduce me Mrs Robinson? With those classic lines memories of the sixties, songs and sexual liberation come flooding back.
“The true mystery of the world is the visible .
It could not have been a better day to go on a stroll around Brighton.
Hove has been home to women whose ideas have shaken up our world - from some of Britain’s first women doctors to suffragettes, from social campaigners to boundary shifting entert…
In a garden far away, in a world a lot like this one, in a conversation that has already happened, Eddie asks Garland: “What’s it all about?” And Garland answers, “I don’t know.
Revivals always run the risk of not resonating with a contemporary audience, or relying wholly on nostalgia, but Michael Mayer’s touring production of the Fanny Brice story, m…
The second instalment this Spring of hit theatre festival, Women Redressed.
Who will be crowned this year's winner of the prestigious WeGotTickets Musical Comedy Awards? 'Wonderfully entertaining' (Chortle.
Damian Lewis returns to the West End to star in the darkly comic masterpiece, Edward Albee’s The Goat, Or Who Is Sylvia? Martin is at the pinnacle of life: he has a loving w…
Women Redressed: Act I presents eight short plays from some of the UK’s up and coming playwrights.
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…
Make it a night to remember.
Eleanor wants a child.
R C Sherriff’s Journey’s End, inspired by his own experiences of life in the trenches during the First World War, stands as an authoritative exploration of men “in extremis…
Every year an absolute sell-out! The UK’s first and premier award for celebrating live comedy.
Come and wave me off. Künt and the Gang’s last ever Fringe show, though I’ll probably just be back cap in hand in a couple of years when I’m skint and whatever I do next fails.
Funny Bones and Wisdom Teeth is a one-man comedy show written and performed by ex-doctor and dentist, and retired comedy writer and performer, Ray Lowry.
It’s the annual two-hour charity variety show filled with bizarre acts and very alternative comedy which includes the presentation of three annual Malcolm Hardee Comedy Awards.
Coming to Edinburgh after shows at Latitude and Machynlleth Comedy Festival, join Amy Annette in a talk show with her far more famous comedy friends; James Acaster, Lolly Adefope, …
Welcome to the final of the UK’s biggest and most prestigious comedy newcomers’ competition.
The competition to find the best new situation comedy writers and performers the country has to offer.
Exeter University’s a cappella sensation Semi-Toned return to the Fringe with Sing Theory! Using their trademark combination of vivacious humour, vocal mastery and velvety charm,…
The most celebrated international soloist of any Chinese national musical instrument of her generation, playing an instrument of over 2,500 years of recorded history, makes her ret…
Five woman poets, five unique performances of new writing, one Sunday in one beautiful venue. Please see bowdykitebooks.com for full details on line-up.
Grab your hottest Fringe tickets, to be entertained by tomorrow’s comedy stars who showcase in this prestigious final.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Acclaimed violin and piano duo Sophia Bartlette and Amoret Abis celebrate women composers in an exciting, eclectic mix of genres and great works.
Shoot the Women First revolves around a mercenary company.
Hundreds entered, eight survive – now one will be crowned Britain’s funniest student 2016.
A three-man band from Adelaide, Australia, tell an odd and very random story of one man’s travels through spoken word and song.
Upstairs Downton and Petting Zoo (‘Improv supergroup’ TimeOut) star creates a staggering array of characters using his mouth, brain, hands and body.
The hilarious tribute to the fictitious husband and wife lounge act duo, Dick and Deloris DelRubio.
A ‘garden variety’ *** (Easingwold Advertiser) show with plenty of variety, and not much garden.
Join us for a gala night of comedy featuring a myriad of the biggest names on the Fringe coming together to raise funds for the Stroke Association in Scotland.
Exeter University’s a cappella sensation Semi-Toned return to the Fringe with Sing Theory! Using their trademark combination of vivacious humour, vocal mastery and velvety charm,…
Acclaimed violin and piano duo Sophia Bartlette and Amoret Abis celebrate women composers in an exciting, eclectic mix of genres and great works.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
The Funny Women Awards have left a massive impression on the UK comedy map, with previous winners and finalists including Bridget Christie, Sara Pascoe, Katherine Ryan, Kerry Godli…
Chinese Women’s Whispers provides an oasis of calm for weary festival goers.
The Women of the Hebrides were famed for their spinning and weaving of fine linen.
Join us for the live final of BBC Radio’s prestigious stand-up comedy competition. Previous winners of this coveted award include Rhod Gilbert, Lucy Beaumont and Alan Carr.
AGAP Theatre’s acclaimed production from Lentfest.
Later, considerably ruder and darker shows from internationally acclaimed, award-winning Scottish stand-up comedy meteor.
Luca Villani – Guitar. Isabel Panè – Soprano. Music by Giordani, Monteverdi, Murray, Pergolesi, Piazzolla, Scarlatti, Tansman, Troup and Villani.
Music + comedy x outstanding talent = Musical Comedy Awards! Fresh from our sold-out final at the iconic Udderbelly on Southbank, ‘wonderfully entertaining’ (Chortle.
Doris has been making music from the big-band era of the 1940s to her latest album in 2011.
The most celebrated international soloist of any Chinese national musical instrument of her generation, playing an instrument of over 2,500 years of recorded history, makes her ret…
Every loch in Scotland, however beautiful, has its cold, dark depths.
Mystery, poetry and the unknown contents of a white bag spark a young woman’s quest into the life, death and writing of the great Chilean poet Pablo Neruda.
Welcome to the 29th year of the UK’s biggest and most prestigious comedy newcomers competition! After months of regional showcases, these guys are the funniest of the hundreds of…
Nineteenth and last year for the show that started the Free Fringe.
Lady Shona and Natalie Sweeney tend to criminally overshare.
This show tells the story of famous American jazz musician Chet Baker’s life and death, featuring storytelling by Mike Maran, and live music by Colin Steele and Fraser Urquhart.
Join us for the semi-finals of BBC Radio’s prestigious stand-up comedy competition, which has previously helped launch the careers of comedians such as Sarah Millican and Peter K…
Cinema screening of live performance.
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.
Start your Fringe day with a laugh-and-learn walk through some of Edinburgh’s weirder backstory.
A ‘garden variety’ *** (Easingwold Advertiser) show with plenty of variety, and not much garden.
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…
Italian comic Giacinto Palmieri, in this hour of comedy, tries to draw comparisons between himself and renowned misogynist and philosopher, Friedrich Nietzsche in their approach to…
Witty, fresh and clever, Funny for a Grrrl serves a refreshing line-up of stand-up in this year’s Fringe.
Bob drives his BlundaBus around Europe looking for adventures.
James Wilson-Taylor has been discriminated against and enough is enough.
Beth Vyse’s show opens in a truly Fringe fashion: handing out ping pong balls to the audience, dressed in a voluminous blonde wig and a huge pair of joke-shop boobs, singing alon…
Featuring the very best winners and contestants from the biggest and best comedy newcomers’ competition.
To start with – a confession.
A story of a little snail with a big dream, who tries to make it past doubting friends, to go on the adventure of a lifetime.
Kids! Do you need somewhere to take your adults without them getting bored and getting in a huff? Bring them to Funny Stuff for Happy People, where the adults can have just as good…
An exhibition about some remarkable female pioneers who lived in Edinburgh’s West End.
Hit theatre festival Women Redressed is back, running for two nights at Park Theatre.
Sarah-Louise Young and Michael Roulston remain on top form with their new laugh-out-loud spin-off Cabaret Whore, in which Young’s comic character La Poule Plombée is finally g…
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…
Performances on the Rue Pigalle were presumably at times rather challenging, even for the great Edith Piaf; and Nadja Filtzer certainly shared some artistic barricades while taking…
The Funny Women Awards have been scouring the UK and Ireland for the best new female comic talent! Come along and spot the next big thing, help raise funds for domestic violence…
Funny Women’s share and gig night is perfect for comedy lovers and beginners.
Pet Sounds 50th Anniversary celebration & final performance in its entirety.
Acclaimed violin and piano duo Sophia Bartlette and Amoret Abis return for their third Brighton Fringe recital to celebrate women composers.
This exhibition is brought to you by a collection of local artists working in a variety of mediums.
“You go to women? Do not forget the whip!”, wrote the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche.
Hilarious new surreal sketch show about how humans are.
A show inspired by Hetty King (an emblematic, early 20th century drag king), which embraces the possibility of women making connections across stages, in time.
A show inspired by Hetty King (an emblematic early 20th-century drag king), which embraces the possibility of women making connections across stages, in time.
Work-in-progress from multi-award-winner celebrating the kick-ass women in our families who stood the test of time despite obstacles via faith, family, culture or the time they liv…
A cabaret piece about what happens when women are given just one hour a day to think about what it is to be a woman.
Having lived at the top end of Brighton’s London Road for the last six years, I’ve witnessed first-hand the rapid and accelerating gentrification taking place in the area, di…
Wilful princesses, Music Hall stars, headstrong courtesans, acrobats, entrepreneurs - Brighton has always attracted women who dare to do things differently.
By popular demand! Hove has been home to women whose ideas have shaken up our world - from some of Britain’s first women doctors to suffragettes; campaigners to boundary-shifting e…
Fanny Brice’s prowess and fame were arguably due to her impeccable comic timing and clown-like performances, combined with a powerful singing voice that could both move you with …
(previews start on Sunday; opens on April 27) The Roundabout revives Eugene O’Neill’s “play of old sorrow, written in tears and blood.
After a sell-out run in November, Women Redressed returns.
Families eh? You can’t live with them, you can’t legally murder them for feeling that you have no more in common than a bloodline.
Twenty-four North American singers vie for five top prizes in this prestigious competition, which, now in its 45th year, can rightfully claim to act as a springboard for major care…
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…
On Martin Luther King Day, Astronomy Club, an Upright Citizens Brigade house team, will present this sketch show about the “real black history,” described as “the…
(previews start on Jan.
This show says it’s based on John Gray’s pop-culture best seller from the 1990s, and he even appears in two video segments, but it’s mostly a monologue by Peter S…
Mr. Zweibel and Mr. Short, both prolific comedians and writers, will discuss their new books and reflect on their decadeslong careers.
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…
Named for the influential choreography teacher Bessie Schoenberg, the Bessies, or the New York Dance and Performance Awards, have evolved into a boisterous ceremony honoring a wide…
Every year a sell out! The UK’s first and premier award for live comedy.
Anarchic annual two-hour charity show celebrating the late Godfather of Alternative Comedy.
Welcome to the final of the 28th year of the UK’s biggest and best comedy newcomers competition.
I went into Tim Drain’s show fully prepared for some offensive stuff.
Join us for a gala night of comedy with a myriad of the biggest names on the Fringe coming together to raise funds for the Stroke Association in Scotland.
Hundreds entered, eight survive, now one will be crowned Britain’s funniest student.
A surprisingly funny show made up of a series of bizarre vignettes including film, speeches, dance (there is some dancing in clogs, but nowhere near as you expect from the title), …
An hour of hilarious true stories from an exciting young stand-up comedian/loveable idiot, James Loveridge brings his 2014 show back to the Fringe for a limited run.
Older women have the comedy edge because they are less inhibited and have more stories to tell.
Grab your tickets to vote for tomorrow’s stars at this prestigious Final alongside comedy cognoscenti.
In 1994, Guy Masterson exploded into Edinburgh with this unique solo interpretation of Dylan Thomas’ timeless masterpiece.
Humour is essential in our everyday lives and defines our humanity.
On Sunday afternoon, myself and around fifteen other people – most of them women – perch ourselves on armchairs in a cosy room in Appletree Writers at The Whole Works, on a qu…
Humour is essential in our everyday lives and defines our humanity.
After a sold out run at Dave’s Leicester Comedy Festival, affable everyman Jason Neale brings a highly enjoyable hour of Proper Funny real life stories, cheeky observations and u…
The upstairs room in the historic Arthur Conan Doyle building offers the perfect setting for a relaxed evening of fiddle melodies by one of the country’s leading exponents.
Music + comedy x outstanding talent = MCA Showcase! Now in its seventh year, the MCA has provided a launch pad to superstar acts like Frisky and Mannish (2009 finalists), Abandoman…
A Requiem for Edward Snowden is a new audio-visual piece on the very current themes of privacy, security and loss in the 21st century.
Welcome to the Grand Final of the Gilded Balloon and Sketch Club’s exciting new competition to find the very best new sketch performers.
A new musical from award-winning director Zhao Miao.
The first and only stand-up comedy competition for high school students at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe! Pioneered by Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Class Clowns lands o…
Playing an instrument of over 2,500 years of recorded history and some 36,000,000 active participants, classical Zheng performer, Yi Dong, makes her 14th annual return to Edinburgh…
From the campaign to oust lad comedian Dapper Laughs from his ITV2 show to the banning of feminist stand-up Kate Smurthwaite at Goldsmiths University, the comic’s right to probe, t…
‘An invaluable body of work that traverses genres and captures untold stories of Kiwi pioneer women’ (NZ Herald, September 2014).
Due to massive demand, six later, quite probably ruder, shows! Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedy half-man-half-Xbox.
The Funny Women Awards have been promoting female comic talent for over a decade, and witnessed some fantastic acts who are now major names on the comedy circuit.
The UK desperately needs more scientists and engineers, yet highly qualified, talented and ambitious women are still deserting science.
Creator/director: Claire Henderson Davis.
A comedy that ironically centres around two failing comedians should find humour in the ineptness of these characters.
Mixed media paintings exploring cityscape, countryside and coastline: colours, textures and changing light of the seasons.
Vote alongside international comedy cognoscenti for 2015’s hottest, breakout stars-of-tomorrow: Colin Chadwick, Daniel Audritt, George Lewis, James Loveridge, Jay Hampson, Luke Cou…
Welcome to the 28th year of the UK’s biggest and best comedy newcomers competition.
This is a play for fans of Greek tragedy and theatre nerds.
A family magic show accessible for even the youngest of children, Edward Hilsum: Genie is a charming magical experience.
After a quick introduction to the performers, a few improvisational examples, such as a Lonely Hearts Ad from a toilet and a first date at the Battle of Waterloo, we were introduce…
Given one last chance to save their theatre society, an eccentric creative team must stage a spectacular sell-out show.
Imagine if the hosts of your third favourite TV quiz show were propelled into a thrilling adventure involving: murders, robots, quiche, thumb wrestling and evil water coolers.
See the very best of previous contestants and winners from the UK’s biggest and best comedy newcomers competition.
In the Game of Tones, you win or you die… or you sing! Semi-Toned are the University of Exeter’s all-male a cappella ensemble, and they’re returning to the Fringe after two y…
Imagine if the hosts of your third favourite TV quiz show were propelled into a thrilling adventure involving: murders, robots, quiche, thumb wrestling and evil water coolers.
This is Glasgow-based comedian Harry Garrison’s debut festival show, but with his confident, flawless delivery and natural charm, one would never know.
Total sell out Fringe 2014! Book early! As heard on BBC Radio 4 Extra, and seen on Dave Gorman’s UK/Ireland tour.
Join a woman – and her multiple personalities – on a journey through the twisted corridors of her mind, where you’ll meet some of the mad and quirky women of musical theatre …
A fantastically funny show for all the family.
Is this a music concert? Is it a piece of theatre? Can it be both? Might it be neither? These are the questions that may well fly around your mind after experiencing The Great Down…
Kids! Do you need somewhere to take your adults without them getting bored and going in a huff? Bring them to Funny Stuff for Happy People, where the adults can have just as good a…
His name might feature prominently in the title, but prolific Pre-Raphaelite painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti takes a back seat in this new production written by award-winning playwr…
Vyse is back and this time it’s personal! A bodacious and ballsy look at her battle with breast cancer.
No women present would allow a middle-aged supply teacher and other men who are repeatedly ignored, to weep in peace.
The Very Grey Matter of Edward Blank is directed by Conrad Sharp and performed by Familia de la Noche, taking place in the home and imagination of Edward Blank.
Four fantastic comediennes on one amazing show! We’ve selected the funniest women we could find at the Fringe, and brought them together for an afternoon of comedy you’ll never…
‘Yes, 30 may be the new 20 but no one’s told that to my south-facing tits.
Multi-award winning performer Gabriel Bisset-Smith will take you on a journey of intergalactic travel, strange sexual positions, bizarre dance routines, Kanye West and unhinged mur…
Multi award-winning Scottish Ghanaian stand-up tells stories old and new from life and wanderings.
Come join Brimson and Wilson, purveyors of the finest comedy for men and women since the year 2000, as they present to you a veritable cornucopia of fun-filled frolics, sketches an…
Abnormally Funny People showcases some of the best and brightest comedians living with disabilities on the circuit, oh and a token “normal”.
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…
“Doesn’t she look lovely?” Louise Mothersole and Rebecca Biscuit coo again and again, spitting irony.
Embracing all the great theatrical traditions of silent comedy and vaudeville, Funny Bones Trash is the best kind of children’s show.
After six successful years of the Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year in London the competition comes to York, with a brand new contest to find the best up and coming…
This all-female stand-up show benefits ChickTech NYC, a nonprofit organization that works to increase the number of women in technology-based fields.
WAR HAS COME.
In October, Wendy Whelan retired from the New York City Ballet after 30 years.
(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…
The official awards ceremony to mark the end of Brighton Fringe 2015, with free flowing entertainment and mercifully short acceptance speeches.
The Funny Women Awards have been promoting female comic talent for over a decade and have witnessed some fantastic acts who are now major names on the comedy circuit.
We will discover how our individual clown works, how to accept and play with the audience, making them laugh and in turn, love us! Whether you are a performer or not, being free an…
You’ll be left shaken, stirred and thoroughly entertained by award-winning Australian cabaret crooner Tomás Ford’s noir-as-hell spy thriller.
Six women are on a journey. A comedy journey to make you laugh. Witness our responses to you and your suggestions. Be scared - we will take you anywhere. It may even involve song.
Look how we’ve evolved! Learn about women in policing.
Back in Brighton for their fourth year.
Award-winning workshops by all-female improv troupe Short & Girlie Show.
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…
“Women Who Wank” : A Fool’s attempt to untwist Herstory.
Music composed by Terence Deadman.
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…
Wilful princesses, music-hall stars, headstrong courtesans, acrobats and entrepreneurs.
From Ladies to ladies, scientists to sportswomen, Kemptown has inspired some incredible women.
Dark, sexy gothic comic characters for a modern age, The Funny Papers deliver a surreal fast paced comedy sketch show to keep you giggling, thinking and laughing out loud for an ho…
Funny Women, the UK’s leading female comedy community, curates a weekend to give women a helping hand to find their funny.
Join a woman – and her multiple personalities – on an unusual journey along the twisted corridors of her mind, where you shall meet the mad women of musical theatre, and celebr…
Amanda Seales celebrates the first anniversary of her regular show with a top-notch lineup of comedians from Tru TV’s “Friends of the People”: Jermaine Fowler, Li…
Shaina Stigler and Natalie Wall have assembled this weekend conference in Brooklyn to address underlying sexism in the comedy industry, with panels and many excellent lineups for s…
With the death of the last surviving veterans a few years back, the so-called Great War of 1914-18 slipped from living memory, but some records remain preserved none-the-less, n…
The Broadway and film actor Benjamin Walker continues his long-running monthly variety show, which features a mix of comedians and musicians.
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…
Following a triumphant UK and European arena tour in 2012, Live Nation and SJM Concerts, are delighted to announce that one of the most ground-breaking tours of all ti…
Robin Montague hosts these stand-up shows featuring some of the top female talents in the business, including Sasheer Zamata, Michelle Wolf, Sara Schaefer, Emmy Blotnick, Aparna Na…
Alex Borstein (“Family Guy,” HBO’s “Getting On”) hosts this variety show in support of the National Hemophilia Foundation.
Join a woman -and her multiple personalities - on an unusual journey along the twisted corridors of her mind, where you shall meet some of the mad and quirky women of musical theat…
Since 1975, when the great Brooklyn-born tenor Richard Tucker died, the foundation initiated in his name has fostered the careers of emerging American singers and brought opera to …
‘What are kings when regiment is gone, but perfect shadows in a sunshine day?’ Venture Wolf presents England’s most mesmerising monarchs, infamous Queen and greatest traitor in…
When Edward inherits the throne from his stern and all conquering father, he is determined to rule his way.
The satirical women’s magazine Reductress presents this all-lady lineup, hosted by Anna Drezen.
Benjamin Walker, the Broadway heartthrob (“Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson,” “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”), hosts local stand-ups and musicians at this variety show…
Every year a sell-out! The UK’s first and premier award for live comedy.
Beyond the Veil and Amina Muslim Women’s Resource Centre host an evening of short films highlighting issues around forced marriage and violence against women.
A night celebrating the festivals with some of the biggest breakthrough acts of 2014.
It seems arbitrary, if not foolish, to award a star rating to something like the Malcolm Hardee Awards Show.
‘There’s no night-school for neon-making’, as Richard William Wheater, our instructor for the day and neon artiste, pointed out.
Alastair Savage has performed traditional and classical music throughout his life and is one of the country’s leading fiddle exponents.
Welcome to the 27th Final of the UK’s best stand-up comedy newcomers competition! After the Gilded Balloon has scoured the nation in search of the best new comic talent, we are dow…
Richard Lewis, Edinburgh’s Convener for Culture, and international mezzo-soprano Andrea Baker look at how Scotland has inspired other nations.
A programme centred on the music of Bach and Franck, including the latter’s Grand Pièce Symphonique.
See the first two heats of the competition that features a selection of the very best in handpicked new acts.
Edinburgh’s biggest comedy event featuring an all star cast, with special guest hosts to be confirmed! Previous years have included Jon Richardson and Kevin Bridges among others.
Come the Revolution: In the year Scotland votes for or against independence from the UK, theatre about (and perhaps as) political protest is a significant part of the Festival.
Set above the pleasantly dilapidated Quaker’s Tearoom on Victoria Street, Scotland’s Refurendumfest is a series of 15 debates dealing with the intricacies of the big yes/no.
The Grand Final of the Gilded Balloon and Sketch Club’s exciting new competition for sketch and character performers.
Grab your hot tickets to vote at this prestigious Fringe final alongside international comedy cognoscenti for tomorrow’s stars.
Compere Andy Zaltzman sets up the evening by asking the audience who is a no and who is a yes, wondering aloud if political comedy has any capacity to effect change and promisin…
Hundreds entered, eight survive and now one will be crowned Britain’s funniest student.
Does the Fringe work for women? What images and messages do we see and hear? Are women fairly represented? Join us for a conversation about where women stand in the world’s large…
Join us for the Grand Final of this year’s slam, presented by 2012-13 Scottish National Poetry Slam Champion, Kevin Cadwallender.
Who will win the Edinburgh Fringe’s most unbelievably prestigious award this year? Tricity Vogue’s iconic ukulele cabaret night returns for its fifth year as a grand scale extrav…
Enjoy a relaxing hour away from Fringe frenzy with a programme of light jazz, classics, ragtime and easy listening music from the popular Hume Saxophone Quartet.
The Funny Women Awards have been promoting female comics for over a decade, and we’ve seen some fantastic acts pass through our doors who are now major names on the comedy circui…
Jimmy Carr’s Funny Business will be: a) packed with jokes, b) rude and offensive*, c) a great night out, d) £18.
Why are women deserting sciences in droves? Is it unconscious bias, a lack of aspiration, lack of confidence - or just lack of ability? Are we failing our daughters, or is this jus…
Barbara Allen, along with her husband Steve and friends take the audience on a musical tour that showcases Barbara’s experience as a Christian vocalist.
We all have a job.
Renowned recording artist Friedhelm Flamme presents a virtuosic programme on the magnificent Rieger organ in St Giles’ Cathedral. Full details: www.stgilescathedral.org.uk.
Nando’s and Big Comedy UK have joined forces to scour the land in search of the freshest and most original comedy talent.
It was a shock just sitting down in the Stroke Association Scotland’s venue - on every seat was a leaflet telling us that one in six people in Scotland will suffer a stroke in thei…
Funny Girl is based on incidents in the life of Fanny Brice before and after World War One.
Join Playwrights’ Studio, Scotland to explore what stimulates the artists behind this year’s Edinburgh Festivals.
Updating Greek myths and tinkering with texts is a finicky process; how to maintain the spirit of the original while providing an audience with something new? Yet this new produc…
The Amused Moose Comedy Awards Gangshow is a showcase of previous contestants and winners of the Amused Moose Comedy Awards.
The acts chosen from the London competition earlier this year are as varied as they are talented, representing the old and well-loved to the new and exciting.
Due to massive demand, six extra, later, and quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man/half-Xbox.
Ain’t no party like Edinburgh Metal Party! Scotland’s heaviest sesh debuts this August, as part of the world-famous Festival Fringe.
Join Sue Perkins for BBC Two’s Festival highlights with live music, performance and comedy.
Two of the UK’s firm 40s favourites, The Three Belles and That Swing Sensation Big Band take you on a Sentimental Journey through the songs and music that defined an age.
Peter Backhouse, Assistant Organist of St Giles’ Cathedral, puts the renowned Rieger organ through its paces in a feast of dazzling sound.
See the very best of the previous contestants, runners up and winners from the UK’s biggest and best comedy competition.
Julia looks like she’s got it together: well groomed, with powerful eyebrows.
The double Fringe First winners return with new short plays to get people thinking, talking and taking action.
A visit to this Exhibition includes more than you might expect! In addition to looking round the exciting display of our current ceramics in the Gallery you are also invited to com…
It’s 1924 and Alfred Brownlow’s music hall troupe is in trouble.
A fascinating documentary charting the remarkable journey of five a cappella singers from one of South Africa’s most notorious townships to the famous Edinburgh Fringe.
Vote alongside international comedy cognoscenti, to raise aloft the hottest, breakthrough stars of tomorrow who battle brilliantly for fame, fortune, shiny moose trophies, plus £1…
The brilliant London comedy club comes to Edinburgh.
New York, New York: A Toe-Tapping Journey through the Great American Song Book is just that; a fun night of swing and brass band favourites from Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Gle…
If you like a capella, see this show.
The BBC’s big screen at Potterrow brings you the latest action from the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow – including the Closing Ceremony on Sunday 3rd.
James Loveridge’s Funny Because It’s True is indeed funny and is presumably also true.
Kids! Do you need somewhere to take your adults without them getting bored and going in a huff? Bring them to Funny Stuff For Happy People, an hour of comedy, circus, storytelling,…
A play about the horrors of homophobia is never going to be an easy ride, especially with the Russian Winter Olympics in recent history, not to mention Uganda’s latest homophobic…
Four fantastic comediennes on one amazing show! We’ve selected the funniest women we could find at the festival and brought them together for an afternoon of comedy you’ll neve…
Seeking to explore the idea that you are your experiences, this positive and inspiring show details how these two up-and-coming comics are not Over It.
In this retelling of Euripides’ tragedy, the Trojan War has ended but the women of Troy are still to discover their fates and more tragedies.
The Journey is an interactive installation for everyone.
Bobby returns for 2014 after last year’s sell-out free festival shows.
See the very best of the previous contestants, runners up and winners from the UK’s biggest and best comedy competition.
This original musical by Kingdom Theatre is a tribute to the songs of Frank Sinatra.
Science-theatre is in vogue at the moment.
The Gilded Balloon’s So You Think You’re Funny is a comedy omnibus and competition, offering little showcase slots for Fringe veterans and newcomers.
Capturing the singular Richard Pryor in a staged bio-play is a challenge and this limp, rote production is nowhere near up to it (1:30).
It is possible to do feminist comedy very, very well.
Over 80,000 people worldwide have enjoyed this critically-acclaimed production which included sell-out seasons at London’s Lyric Hammersmith, Off-Broadway and Sydney Opera House.
Kiwi comedian Cal Wilson invites us to imagine what her life would have been like if she’d made different choices (or if she’d been born a man).
Comedian Jay Foreman provides a devilishly cheeky hour of songs, poems and comedy for children of all ages in this excellent mid afternoon show in the Green.
Stepping into some pretty big comedy shoes, Cambridge Footlights have brought a fast-paced sketch and improv show to this year’s Fringe.
NewsRevue 2014 is impressive, very impressive.
Experience the majestic power and glory of the Rieger organ in the historic St Giles’ Cathedral played by Simon Thomas Jacobs, St Albans International Organ Competition winner 20…
Being visually impaired, Glaswegian stand-up Jamie MacDonald definitely brings a new meaning to “observational humour”.
Outrageous, shocking and disgusting that women over a certain age should even attempt to create a comedy sketch show?Not at all.
The New York City Ballet principal Daniel Ulbricht directs this troupe of fellow City Ballet stars, including newlyweds Robert Fairchild and Tiler Peck.
For 30 years, the Urban Bush Women have blazed a trail, combining spirited dance, probing text and a special sense of community that makes audience members feel like one of the tri…
Alhambra Theatre: 26th Jun 7pm.
A celebration of children and young people in the Performing Arts featuring theatre, literature, music and movement.
For Brighton Fringe 2014, Neon Workshops are bringing their mobile facility down to host a weekend of workshops.
The Funny Women Awards have been promoting female comics for over a decade, and we’ve seen some fantastic acts pass through our doors who are now major names on the comedy circui…
A co-hosted event between the Institute of Development Studies and Pathways of Women’s Empowerment (an international research and communications programme), What if Women Ruled t…
The legendary Daniel Kitson will be hosting.
Now in its third year, Jessica Delfino’s annual comedy musical festival — with 15 events and dozens of comedians — travels to a different borough each nigh…
Professor David Wilson, Centre for Applied Criminology, Birmingham Central University, presents the 2014 University of Brighton Social Science Forum public lecture.
This Land of our Fathers was built on coal, its rivers of mingled blood and sweat have forever darkened it, relieved only by death.
Assert showcases and celebrates life from an autistic spectrum perspective with this fascinating photographic exhibition.
The Accidental Festival returns from Thursday 22nd to Sunday 25th May at the Roundhouse, Camden, with an eclectic mix of dance, puppetry, physical theatre, cabaret, film, live musi…
Dominion Theatre: 22nd May 11pm.
A dress-up sing-along celebration of everyone’s favourite musicals.
The Good, the Stag, and the Ugly.
To boldly go where no other swimmers have been! Brighton’s synchro swimmers swim in outer space (well, a watery space actually) for their 6th annual synchronised swimming show pe…
Loose moraled, skintight cabaret-comedy-performance-mash up featuring the most audacious women of Brighton Fringe.
From Ladies to ladies, scientists to sportswomen, Kemp Town has inspired some incredible women.
In 2011, Japan was jolted by the largest earthquake to hit the country.
The tour, led by two hapless guides, focuses on the more eccentric characters who have lived and worked in Brighton and explores the nature of eccentricity itself.
Wilful princesses, Music Hall stars, headstrong courtesans, entrepreneurs, Brighton has always attracted women who dare do things differently.
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.
After a sell-out tour of London, Edinburgh & Manchester to rave reviews, these two award-winning friends return to the Brighton Paddock where it all began.
A voyage of discovery combining shadow puppetry, a gameshow, and ritual sacrifice.
A time signature emerges.
This popular Off Broadway play brilliantly melds HBO’s “Girls” with Louisa May Alcott’s “Little Women.”
The UK’s original and premier ’60s show is back once again!The Solid Silver 60s Show, now in its 24th year, brings together the unforgettable talents of The Searchers,…
Des Clarke is one of the most popular comedians working in Scotland today.
The 33rd Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards.
The WeGotTickets MCA return to the Cowbarn for two showcases of the UK’s best emerging and established musical comedy acts.
Two hour charity variety show includes presentation of three annual Malcolm Hardee Comedy Awards.
The MCA promotes five acts in one evening with the intention of increasing their exposure in a lively environment, with a healthy sense of competition to aid the fun.
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.
Abortion and X-Factor may seem unlikely bedfellows, but they’re forced into an unholy union in the poptastic Journey to X.
Come and find out about participating in Brighton Fringe, England’s largest arts festival.
Grab your hot tickets for this prestigious final, to vote alongside international talent scouts for breakthrough stars of tomorrow amongst 2013’s Top Ten Fringe comedy shows, battl…
Frances Cooper (soprano) and Anne Lewis (mezzo-soprano) guide you through the Elements of Etiquette, the courtesy and decorum of a bygone era, aided by Mozart, MacMillan and Bernst…
Playing the zheng (zither), Yi Dong makes her annual return to Edinburgh to take us on a journey through the spirit of China in a revised show.
Unfortunately, it still seems remarkable enough for a comedy show’s bill to be entirely populated by women that the Funny Women Pop-Up Fringe marketed their lineup as such.
At a time when making a name in the world of stand-up comedy is at its most difficult, 8 young hopefuls, whittled down from hundreds, came together to compete for the distinguished…
The Chortle Student Comedy Awards is a one night only Fringe show, in which eight contestants compete for the grand prize of £2000 and the title of Best New Chortle Comedian.
Vote for hot, breakthrough stars-of-tomorrow battling brilliantly for fame, fortune and shiny Moose trophies.
The Amused Moose Laugh Off Final, as one might expect, was a one-off chance to see some of the comedians of tomorrow battle it out for the prestigious prize of £1500 and a moose s…
Due to massive demand six extra, later, quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man, half-Xbox.
Wearing a kilt, a red stripy top and a pair of gold earrings, the bearded Martin ‘Bigpig’ Mor somehow made me think of a Scottish pirate in a children’s storybook.
A legend looks back on a lifetime of entertainment in stories and classic song in this original musical drama.
In this very special and understated recital, we meet Dong Yi, internationally renowned zheng soloist, and experience the exquisite sound of the world’s most popular Chinese instru…
American jazz with a Scottish accent? Well, why not? Go sample this strange but still palatable cultural fusion in the basement of the Valvona and Crolla café.
International experiment sharing a story about a woman called Thyme, with local interpretations.
The zheng, whilst perhaps an unfamiliar sight to a British audience, has a history that dates back over 2,500 years and yet remains the most popular instrument in China.
The story of Chet Baker, cool jazz pin up, laid back genius and heroin addict, told by Mike Maran with Colin Steele (trumpet) and Dave Milligan (piano).
Twenty-five years of the best stand-up comedy competition in the UK, we have whittled it down to the best from hundreds of entries.
Welcome to the 26th year of the best stand-up comedy newcomers competition in the UK! Previous winners include Dylan Moran, Lee Mack, Peter Kay and David O’Doherty! Who will be cro…
Austen reconstructed! Jane Austen, a woman ahead of her time, created some of literature’s most celebrated characters and defined her era.
Find Jamie MacDonald’s first solo Fringe show and hear about his ill-judged city break to London.
The plethora of shows promising a ‘fresh take’ on a much lauded classic has reached fever pitch and it wouldn’t be surprising if a new Adaptation category was inserted into t…
The thing about the Moose Comedy Awards Gangshow is that it’s never the same – but you can always count on it to be entertaining.
Split between two comedians, Over It aims to lift the curtain on the taboo subjects of death and anorexia through the medium of laughter - and it kind of works.
Jane Austen’s stories speak to every generation, everyone can identify with at least one of her enthralling characters.
What happens to the innocent when a war is lost? Troy has fallen, the wooden horse has unleashed its deadly cargo, the men lie slaughtered and the Greek army stands triumphant.
Rolling into Edinburgh with a brand new barnstorming show, The Horne Section will yet again provide the festival’s best musical mayhem.
Comedy’s most reasonable man tells entertaining lies about the novelty teacup industry and other issues (time permitting).
The title of the show, Flyerman 2: This Time it’s Funny is perhaps a little misleading.
After the hit Control-Alt-Delete, Willis returns with a brand new computer comedy show.
Watching Three Women is immensely frustrating.
Doctor Ray Lowry is a retired doctor and dentist, and former TV and radio comedy scriptwriter. He lets the audience see the funny side of being a doctor, a dentist and a patient.
From the moment he gets up on stage, Rod Woodward is at ease with the crowd.
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.
First of all, it’s important that you ignore the title of this show because it has absolutely nothing to do with what you’ll be watching.
This inventive piece of devised physical theatre is the rousing story of a group of female workers in 1910 who went on strike from their jobs as chain-makers, demanding higher pay …
Edward Aczel is the master of anti-comedy.
Simply the most bizarre show you will ever have the unfortunate and detrimental privilege to watch.
Katie Mulgrew’s debut solo Edinburgh show is a charmingly chatty walk through the comedian’s life, from the large-headed daughter of Jimmy Cricket who struggled as a child in s…
Middle-aged women: an endangered species.
A soggy Sunday afternoon spent in a cosy tent with the rain pitter-pattering on the roof felt much better than the battle of brollies it took to get there.
Amused Moose has the unusual ability of being able to boast a harbouring ground not only for breaking talent, but also well established acts.
We are in the American Deep South.
As an avid fan of old noir movies, crooked cops, and general hard-boiled quick witted cynicism, needless to say I was looking forward to this show.
The 1960s hit A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is a fast-paced, rollicking farce.
‘Funny’s funny, except when it’s not’ seems to be the general message of this compilation show.
Love in The Key of Britpop is spoken word artist Emily Andersen’s performance of her self-professed ‘ode to Britpop, nightclub romance, visa marriages and anglophilic love’.
At some point in the creation of this production, somebody decided that they were better at writing than Euripides.
Jazz is a study of madness, perhaps.
Since the Free Fringe is so often dominated by comedy, a little free theatre can come as a pleasant surprise, especially when it’s good.
The concept of Bite Size is a perfectly simple, yet novel one, and the clue really is in the title.
Based on the best-selling book by John Gray, this one-man educational show starring Ian Houghton is like a much funnier (and much cheaper) relationship counseling session.
Zimbabwean theatre company, Grassroots, presents a show combining succulent, sun-drenched vocal harmonies with wonderfully choreographed dances that has been put together around th…
Gregory Charles’ show Music Man centres around his truly encyclopedic knowledge of music.
The premise of Mace and Burton’s show draws quite a crowd into the Medina.
This theatre/dance offering from the University of South Florida lacks subtlety and feels overly affronting in its clumsy and somewhat confused form.
Funny Women is a very respectable and enjoyable competition, highlighting the best up-and-coming female comedy acts from around the UK.
Just so you’re perfectly clear, You Will Be Rare is hugely engaging and memorable; but it’s not a piece of theatre.
On first reading, the show’s title may sound almost childlike, reading like the name of a children’s music book.
Hearty laughs and broad grins are the order of the day from this Chaplinesque performer.
I am about as right-brained and artsy as they come, but my favourite Free Fringe show of last year was Robin Ince’s Carl Sagan is my God, a show about science.
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…
Through the ages war has often been defined by physical conflict and soldiers on the battlefield, however the true impact is of course far more encompassing.
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.
Im pretty sure that if you decoded the earliest cave paintings they would be about the differences between men and women.
Under original direction by Anthony Hopkins, Bob Kingdom portrays Welsh poet Dylan Thomas as he recites poetry and prose from his last tour.
Part of a four day festival of unique and inspiring work from young artists based in London.
Particularly when compared to the polite folk of Edinburgh, Glaswegians have a reputation for talking.
The morning recital at the Royal Over-Seas Legion was exquisite and perhaps proves once and for all that there is a great deal of truth in the old housewives saying that ‘the ear…
Remember ‘Whose Line is it Anyway’ and ‘Give Us a Clue’? Well this improvisational theatre workshop adopts that fun and spontaneous attitude to try and create different pie…
This is the world premier of Nafeesa Monroes one woman show, Journey to Becoming a Super Woman.
Euna Park produced an excellent performance in St.
Unneeded Baggage is a devised piece in which Elea Ineson, Tilda O’Grady, Eleanor Rushton try to find out ‘what it is to be a goddess in our time’.
The Circus In Hand experience is almost undoubtedly one unlike anything you’ve seen before.
The Trojan Woman was the final part of the Eurpides Trilogy for the City Dionysia festival in 415BC in an Athens giddy on the extremes of democracy and empire shortly after she utt…
A strong old Broadyway warhorse,A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum originally opened with Zero Mostel in the lead followed by Frankie Howerd in the UK.
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.
This is the story of the women of Troy, the day after the Greeks have captured the city using their Trojan horse.
Given the perpetual debate concerning the over-commercialisation of the Fringe that has been prominent this year, it is with a great sigh of relief that events such as the Malcolm …
Disembodied voices are not what you need to hear in a venue that’s already as spooky as the Old Town’s Underbelly, but that what you get at the start of Ed Aczel’s comedy set as he…
The Agitated Acupuncturist Returns To Find It is utterly bizarre.
One problem that I find with comedy is making sure that everyone’s tastes are catered to.
It’s sentimental, it’s a journey, it’s the story of Doris Day’s life.
It’s a beautiful day at the Fringe and I’m sat on the top deck of a red bus in the Meadows.
I am not the first and certainly won’t be the last reviewer to write about Six Women Standing Against A White Wall at this year’s Fringe.
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…
Before the acts even take to the stage the atmosphere anticipating Battle Acts! Present is electric.
You have to hand it to this motley crew of Ottawa teenagers - feminism is a tough topic to broach in youth theatre.
This year’s Camden Fringe Festival is a first for me.
Moments of surreal humour and philosophical insight make this an enjoyable performance, but its slap-dash production and lack of cohesion give it only superficial charm.
Like a Glaswegian Louie Spence, Edward Reid bounds through an hour of anecdotes and musical numbers with enough campness and glitter to make you think you’ve accidentally stumble…
This one-woman comedy show takes you to the frustrated post apocalypse world where woman has inherited the Earth.
This award-winning troupe of multi-talented dancers and musicians from South Korea present a colourful fusion of both modern and traditional drumming and dance.
The world-class Ragamala Dance Company returns to the Edinburgh Fringe this year with a soul-moving performance of South Indian Classical Bharatanatyam dance.
Vote excitedly alongside dozens of international talent scouts for 2018’s hottest breakthrough stars in the making, who battle for glory, fame and the shiny moose trophy.
Grab the hottest Fringe tickets to discover tomorrow’s comedy stars, showcasing their Fringe comedy shows in this prestigious final.
Qoya is a women’s movement practice that combines yoga, free dance and sensual movement to bring women back into their bodies, to remember our essence is wise, wild and free.
It’s the annual two-hour charity variety show filled with bizarre acts and very alternative comedy which includes the presentation of three annual Malcolm Hardee Comedy Awards.
In need of a rollicking good time, honest moments and, belly laughs? If the answer is yes, then Susan Lily has the medicine you require.
Comedy, circus, storytelling, poetry and stupid science.
Richard Beck met up with Edward Oulton to find out about the grants he's received and his thoughts on the future of writing and regional theatre.
A coveted Bobby has been presented to five shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year.
Four women.
There’s been disco-dancing to Madonna in an old church, vegan based stand up in a room above a pub, incredible acrobatics, hilarious cabaret songs about near-death experiences an...
The Old Market are excited to announce that they have managed to raise £1,057 for Brighton Women’s Centre throughout their Reigning Women season.
This week culminates in International Women’s Day on Friday 8th March and The Old Market’s fiery mini-season, Reigning Women, has never seemed so relevant.
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.
Just like that, we approach the final weekend of Brighton Fringe.
All this week we've got some fantastic offers on your favourite West End shows. Check back daily for the latest offers.
Greenwich Theatre is set to have an unprecedented profile at this year’s Brighton Fringe, with no less than eight productions heading for The Warren either co-produced or support...
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.
Fresh from a sell-out 2016 UK Tour, Edward Fox is to return to the West End in the celebrated one-man play exploring the life and work of John Betjeman, Sand in the Sandwiches, f...
The festival is a place for the taboo and James Wilson-Taylor has brought the final taboo to Edinburgh… sort of? Ginger is the New Black sets out to rebrand redheads and challeng...
Catherine Wilson is an organiser for the Loud Poets collective, an award-winning collaboration of poets and the band Ekobirds.
Groomed, a powerful play about child abuse written and performed by Patrick Sandford ex-artistic director of Southampton’s Nuffield Theatre, swept the board at the Brighton Fring...
After hundreds of shows, thousands of performers and a month of the most exciting shows from around the corner and around the world, Brighton Fringe is almost over.
A comedy about German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche and his troubled relationship with women wowed audiences at the Leicester Comedy Festival.
Final casting is announced today for the return of the multi award-winning production of the Broadway musical Titanic, first seen at Southwark Playhouse, which is coming back to Lo...
Brighton Fringe has officially launched.
As rehearsal begin, Monday 15 February 2016, for NotMoses, Gary Sinyor’s first play which he also directs, the final casting and full creative team are announced.
Christmas is the one time of year you can drag your non-theatre-going friends to the theatre.
The Final Act tells the musical tale of one last chance, promising catchy songs and laughs aplenty. Broadway Baby has a chat.
The musical based on the 1924 'thrill killers' Leopold and Loeb, Thrill Me, has been named as the first Broadway Baby 'Bobby Award' winner for 2014.
Who isn't a sucker for a good production company name? That's right - no one.
England's largest mixed-arts festival, the Brighton Fringe, has launched its online programme.