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Frankie Boyle Work In Progress Shows at Leicester Square Theatre & Museum Of Comedy
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 1st Dec 2024
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Frankie Boyle Work In Progress Shows at Leicester Square Theatre & Museum Of Comedy
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 1st Dec 2024
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Frankie Boyle Work In Progress Shows at Leicester Square Theatre & Museum Of Comedy
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 1st Dec 2024
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Brad Williams
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 14th Sep 2024
Pound for pound, Brad Williams is the funniest comedian in the country right now, and has become one of the most in-demand comedians working today.
In Recital – Sungho Kim, Tenor, with Llyr Williams, Piano (Conceived and Produced by Ian McFarlane)
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Edinburgh New Town Church
- 24th Aug 2024
Sungho Kim, the South Korean tenor, in a world-premiere recital with Llyr Williams on piano.
Paul Williams Plays the Hits
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 19th Aug 2024
For one night only, the Taskmaster NZ star and Lorde’s favourite Kiwi musician (‘That was really nice of her’ – Paul) plays the hits at this year’s Fringe.
101 Ways to Annoy Your Parents and Other Really Old People – The Christmas Special
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters
- 19th - 25th Aug 2024
It’s all in the title (hahahahahahahaha).
Eugene O'Neill's Thirst
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Symposium Hall
- 19th Aug 2024
Slow death awaits shipwreck survivors on a drifting raft.
The Katet vs John Williams
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Jazz Bar
- 13th - 21st Aug 2024
The Katet – Edinburgh’s eight-piece jazz-funk superband, famed for their infamous treatment of Stevie Wonder’s back-catalogue – invite you to join them on the dance floor a…
Attila the Stockbroker: 14 Days, 14 Completely Different Shows
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bannermans
- 5th - 18th Aug 2024
Performance poet/musician Attila the Stockbroker has been writing and performing since 1980: 4,000 or so gigs in 25 countries so far.
One-Person Shows / Solo Shows: Daily Picks of the Fringe
- Listing Spoken Word / Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Doghouse Hotel
- 3rd - 25th Aug 2024
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…
Pete Carson: Merry Christmas, Mr Carson
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Hootanannies @ Home Street
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2024
One of Scotland’s rising comedy stars, Pete Carson brings his debut show to the festival to find out what it means to be an alcoholic, embittered Poundland Santa Claus every year…
Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Riddles Court
- 2nd - 24th Aug 2024
A celebration of the enduring friendship between the brilliant and tragic composer and war poet, Ivor Gurney, and Marion Scott, writer and trailblazer of women musicians, written a…
W.W. Double D – What Would Dolly Do? A Dolly Parton Tribute Cabaret!
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic Legends
- 1st - 11th Aug 2024
In this cabaret experience, Tora Himan transforms the stage into a glittering tribute with WW Double D – What Would Dolly Do? A Dolly Parton Tribute Cabaret! Featuring sequins, r…
Dragon Shows for Babies
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- LifeCare Centre
- 1st - 20th Aug 2024
The tales of the dragons are special for many reasons.
The Unburdening of Dolly Diamond
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Roxy
- 1st - 25th Aug 2024
Therapy, a game the whole family can play.
The Sun, the Mountain, and Me
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 1st - 25th Aug 2024
Arthur is just trying to finish his painting.
Gareth Mutch: Modern Man
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club 2
- 31st Jul - 25th Aug 2024
Gareth’s desperately trying to be a modern man, but it isn’t easy.
Christian Dart: Bigger Than The Christmas Turkey
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Patter House
- 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2024
Bigger Than The Christmas Turkey is a laugh-out-loud musical hour spent inside the whimsical world of Christian Dart, you’ll hear about his birth weight, less-than-successful love …
Paul Williams: Mamiya 7
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Roxy
- 31st Jul - 25th Aug 2024
The star of Taskmaster New Zealand returns to the Edinburgh Fringe for the third time after sell-out shows in Melbourne, New Zealand and London.
Abby Wambaugh: The First 3 Minutes of 17 Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2024
Abby awoke in hospital after a late miscarriage and, high on anaesthesia, decided to become a comedian.
Gareth Waugh – This Guy
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club
- 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2024
After his critically acclaimed 2023 show, Edinburgh boy Gareth Waugh returns with a new hilarious show about love, friendship and your place in the universe.
Guy Williams: This Glass House Makes It Easy to See All the Cowards I'm Throwing Stones At
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 31st Jul - 25th Aug 2024
Star of New Zealand Today and last-place finisher on Taskmaster NZ, Guy Williams makes his Edinburgh debut! Nominated for Best Show, Melbourne Comedy Festival 2023.
Yoga with Jillian: The Guardian Top 50 Shows to See!
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2024
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 …
Hello, Dolly!
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- London Palladium
- 6th Jul - 14th Sep 2024
Imelda Staunton will be back where she belongs in *Hello, Dolly!* next summer, as one of the most iconic musicals of all time comes to The London Palladium.
SALT
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Space
- 4th - 8th Jun 2024
SALT is a visceral tale of faith, jealousy and demonic passion, filled with sea shanties, dances, hymns and folk songs.
Dawn Williams: Whole Package (Work in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Presuming Ed’s
- 23rd - 25th May 2024
Dawn is known for her hilariously imaginative and whimsical musings on modern dating, but this show is definitely not a show about dating.
Steve Williams & Steve Hall
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 9th Mar 2024
After crushing it opening for Russell Howard’s SOLD-OUT UK Tour, Steve Hall and Steve Williams are in town with a double dose of fantastic stand up.
Steve Williams & Steve Hall
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 9th Mar 2024
After crushing it opening for Russell Howard’s SOLD-OUT UK Tour, Steve Hall and Steve Williams are in town with a double dose of fantastic stand up.
Sh!t-faced Showtime®: A Pissedmas Carol
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 2nd - 6th Jan 2024
Stumbling and slurring its way back to Leicester Square Theatre for a triumphantly tipsy fourth year, the boozed-up boffins at Sh!t-faced Showtime® cordially invite …
A String Quartet Christmas
- Listing Theatre
- UK Regional & Tours
- Union Chapel
- 22nd - 22nd Dec 2023
A String Quartet Christmas invites you to sit back, relax and experience the most beloved festive compositions performed by a live string quartet in the heart of Islington.
The Showstoppers’ Christmas Kids Show
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- The Other Palace
- 21st - 23rd Dec 2023
A festive improvised musical show for kids of all ages, from Olivier Award-winning West End improvisers, The Showstoppers.
London Community Gospel Choir at Christmas
- Listing
- West End
- Royal Albert Hall
- 19th Dec 2023
Join the London Community Gospel Choir for an evening of uplifting festive tunes and seasonal fun with special guests! After a dazzling 40th anniversary concert in 2022, the choir…
The Benedict Brothers: A Christmas Songbook
- Listing Music
- London Fringe
- Toulouse Lautrec
- 17th - 17th Dec 2023
Toulouse Lautrec regulars Freddie and Leo Benedict are teaming up as brothers and best friends for a one-off special event, performing a hand picked selection of their favourite Ch…
A Christmas Concert
- Listing Music
- London Fringe
- St John’s Smith Square
- 16th Dec 2023
A host of West End rising stars have been announced to join the National Youth Music Theatre (NYMT) A Christmas Celebration at the iconic St Johns Smith Square, all alumni of this …
Christmas by Candlelight - Actors' Church
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- The Actors Church
- 16th - 23rd Dec 2023
Christmas by Candlelight invites you to sit back, relax and experience the most beloved festive compositions performed by a live string quartet in the heart of London’s West …
The Christmas Lobster
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Farnham Maltings
- 13th - 23rd Dec 2023
An expert team of festive detectives seek out the elusive Christmas Lobster in a quirky comedy adventure.
West End Musical Christmas
- Listing
- West End
- Adelphi Theatre
- 12th Dec 2023
The West End’s number one concert series is back with another feel good, all singing, all dancing Christmas extravaganza! Brought to you by an incredible cast of West End stars, …
ORGANOKE: The Alternative Christmas Carol Service
- Listing Nightlife
- London Fringe
- St. Giles Church, Camberwell
- 9th - 10th Dec 2023
ORGANOKEKARAOKE Vs THE MIGHTY ORGANJoin us for the most bonkers Christmas Carol Service you will ever see.
Christmas Actually
- Listing Theatre
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Festival Hall
- 7th - 11th Dec 2023
A feast for all the senses, this witty and enchanting evening captures all of the fun and laughter of Christmas through a treasure trove of entertainment, as a starry line-up perfo…
Holly Stars' Perfect Christmas
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 7th Dec 2023
Christmas is just around the corner and Holly Stars' husband Gary is finally getting out of prison.
Holly Stars Perfect Christmas
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 7th Dec 2023
Christmas is just around the corner and Holly Stars husband Gary is finally getting out of prison.
A Christmas Carol - As told by Jacob Marley (deceased)
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Blake Theatre / Ffwrnes / The White Bear
- 5th - 23rd Dec 2023
Told from the perspective of Scrooge’s deceased business partner, this award-winning stage adaptation has been hailed as the “definitive telling of A Christmas Carol” (Redditch Sta…
Chriskirkpatrickmas: A Boy Band Christmas Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Seven Dials Playhouse
- 1st - 30th Dec 2023
It’s Christmas Eve 2009: seven years into the world-famous boy band’s indefinite “hiatus”, *NSYNC’s Chris Kirkpatrick has until midnight to make a wish that could change his life f…
Christmas By Candlelight - St Giles-in-the-Fields
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- St Giles-in-the-Fields
- 1st - 19th Dec 2023
Christmas by Candlelight invites you to sit back, relax and experience the most beloved festive compositions performed by a live string quartet in the heart of London’s West …
Sh!t-faced Showtime®: A Pissedmas Carol
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 28th Nov 2023 - 6th Jan 2024
Stumbling and slurring its way back to Leicester Square Theatre for a triumphantly tipsy fourth year, the boozed-up boffins at Sh!t-faced Showtime® cordially invite …
A Pissedmas Carol
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 28th Nov 2023 - 6th Jan 2024
Stumbling and slurring its way back to Leicester Square Theatre for a triumphantly tipsy fourth year, the boozed-up boffins at Sh!t-faced Showtime® cordially invite you to pull up…
CHRISTMAS IS CANCELLED
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Etcetera Theatre
- 26th Nov - 24th Dec 2023
Kate Ghotti is one of the most successful TV personalities in the UK, apparently living a perfect life of wealth, success and popularity.
A Christmas Carol - Alexandra Palace
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Alexandra Palace
- 24th Nov 2023 - 7th Jan 2024
Marley was dead: to begin with.
A Sherlock Carol
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Marylebone Theatre
- 24th Nov 2023 - 7th Jan 2024
This Christmas, DEM Productions, Fat Goose Productions and Theatre Nerd Productions bring New York Times Critic’s Pick A Sherlock Carol to London after a knock-out off-Broadw…
Pauline Daniels: Get Me Before The Crematorium Does! Christmas Jolly-Up!
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 21st Nov 2023
Join me, Pauline Daniels, for an evening of laughter and song to kick off our festive celebrations! With 43 years in the business I thought it about time I put a bi…
Wishmas: A Fantastical Christmas Adventure
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- The Old Bauble Factory
- 14th Nov 2023 - 7th Jan 2024
Ever wondered where all of your wishes go? For as long as there have been wishes, there has been Wishmas, an enchanted world where wishes take flight.
Aladdin
- Review
- ★★★★
- Gareth Williams
- Edinburgh
- Edinburgh Playhouse
- 9th Nov, 2023
After great success in London’s West End, Aladdin heads on a UK tour, enthralling all that come with tale of the street rat-turned-prince as charms the princess.
A Christmas Carol
- Listing Theatre
- UK Regional & Tours
- Hoxton Hall
- 3rd Sep - 3rd Dec 2023
Join Dickens Theatre Company as they perform A Christmas Carol at Hoxton Hall Sat 2nd and Sun 3rd December 2023.
Eugene O'Neill's Thirst
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Symposium Hall
- 22nd - 26th Aug 2023
Shipwrecked on a life raft with no water, sharks circle and madness beckons.
It's Christmas Time
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel Comedy
- 21st - 22nd Aug 2023
Ho ho ho ho! Come celebrate that special time of the year with Santa (Ray Badran) and his Elf (Josh Glanc).
The Katet vs John Williams
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Jazz Bar
- 18th - 24th Aug 2023
The Katet – Edinburgh’s eight-piece jazz-funk superband, famed for their infamous treatment of Stevie Wonder’s back catalogue – invite you to join them on the dance floor a…
Dolly Diamond's Rather Large Variety Night
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 15th - 26th Aug 2023
An hour of sharp-tongued humour, risqué songs and jaw-dropping physical feats.
Paul Brown Sings Andy Williams
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Acoustic Music Centre @ UCC
- 11th Aug 2023
Andy Williams was one of the world’s greatest light music entertainers and, in celebration of his legacy, Paul performs many of Andy’s biggest hits.
Toby Williams: Gubbins (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Museum of Comedy
- 6th - 26th Aug 2023
From the injustice of a ‘70s parenting smack-down to the one good reason for having children (not to mention dogging with Steve McFadden along the way) this show leaves no stone …
Toby Williams: Gubbins (Work In Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Museum of Comedy
- 6th - 26th Aug 2023
From the injustice of a ‘70s parenting smack-down to the one good reason for having children (not to mention dogging with Steve McFadden along the way) this show leaves no stone …
Josh Elton: Mountain Jew (Plus Support)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Brewdog Doghouse
- 5th - 27th Aug 2023
Josh Elton’s brand of barnstorming comedy is the perfect show to start the day.
Padraig Williams: Bi-Sexual Healing
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Hootenannies @ The Apex
- 5th - 15th Aug 2023
Fresh off his TV debut, Padraig brings his hilarious show Bi-Sexual Healing to the Fringe.
A Show for Gareth Richards
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Whistlebinkies
- 5th - 27th Aug 2023
This year the biggest stars of the UK stand-up circuit, including Iain Stirling, John Robins, Mark Simmons, Jo Caulfield and Nick Helm, return to their roots in a mixed-bill show, …
A Mountain for Elodie
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
- 4th - 27th Aug 2023
When his daughter Elodie is born, Ben realises the closure he thought he’d found with his own long-dead father needs to be re-examined.
An American Christmas with the BXG DXG
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Hootenannies @ The Apex
- 4th - 28th Aug 2023
Join the BXG DXG Mark Henely in this summertime holiday celebration.
William Golding's Lord of the Flies – Adapted for the Stage by Nigel Williams
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Venue45
- 4th - 8th Aug 2023
This is the classic tale about a group of English boys who were being evacuated to a safe country in the pacific to escape worldwide war fallout.
Jarred Christmas: Silly Billy
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ 32 Below
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2023
Award-winning New Zealand comedian; master of interaction, consummate raconteur.
Sam Williams: Himbo (WIP)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2023
Part-time naked butler, full-time Ariana Grande super fan Sam Williams has quickly become British comedy’s brightest ‘good-looking chap’ (Chortle.
24 Shows in 24 days: Live at the Big Cave
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2023
24 different award-winning or nominated comedians perform their full shows, recorded for Netflix, Amazon Prime and YouTube. See FringeSpecials.com for listings.
Gareth Waugh – Wouldni Be Me
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2023
The adventures and hilarious mishaps of a new dad.
Gareth Mutch: Belter
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club 2
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2023
Clinging onto the last year of his 20s, join the Scottish powerhouse as he reflects on being a millennial and how life has changed over the past decade.
Jacob Storms' Tennessee Rising: The Dawn of Tennessee Williams
- Review
- ★★★★
- Katerina Partolina Schwartz
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 6th Sep, 2023
We all know Tennessee Williams the playwright, but the man behind the plays has faded somewhat into the background.
Chriskirkpatrickmas: A Boy Band Christmas Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 2nd - 28th Aug 2023
A Christmas Carol meets It’s A Wonderful Life meets.
Magic Gareth: Level Up!
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 2nd - 20th Aug 2023
One-up your Fringe game this festival by adding mind-blowing magic, a grumpy unicorn and 10 XP! Take a chance, believe in the magic (and yourself)! Magic Gareth returns with this m…
Thirst
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 2nd - 28th Aug 2023
Everyone has heard of the 27 Club.
Sam Williams: Himbo (WIP)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Aces and Eights
- 31st Jul - 1st Aug 2023
Part-time naked butler/full-time Ariana Grande superfan Sam Williams has quickly become British comedy’s brightest ‘good looking chap’ (Chortle).
Christian Dart: Bigger Than The Christmas Turkey
- Listing Theatre
- FUSE International
- Rose Theatre
- 9th Jul 2023
About the show Christian Dart: Bigger Than The Christmas Turkey is an hour long look at the vibrantly mundane life of a vibrantly mundane man.
Magic Gareth’s Magic Eye
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Caravanserai Brighton: Luna Parc
- 1st - 4th Jun 2023
Magic Gareth heads to Brighton Fringe with Magic Eye! Expect some kick-ass, eye-bending magic and a whole load of nonsense.
Magic Gareth’s Magic Eye
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Caravanserai Brighton: Luna Parc
- 1st - 4th Jun 2023
Magic Gareth heads to Brighton Fringe with Magic Eye! Expect some kick-ass, eye-bending magic and a whole load of nonsense.
The Dolly Parton Story
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Komedia Main Space
- 31st May 2023
Take a nostalgic journey from Dolly’s humble beginnings in the Smoky Mountains to her arrival as ‘Queen of Country’.
The Dolly Parton Story
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Komedia Main Space
- 31st May 2023
Take a nostalgic journey from Dolly’s humble beginnings in the Smoky Mountains to her arrival as ‘Queen of Country’.
60 years in the making - A celebration of the art of local artist Carol Havard.
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Macmillan Horizon Centre
- 27th - 28th May 2023
60 years in the making - A celebration of the art of local artist Carol Havard.
Sam Williams: Himbo (WIP)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Artista Cafe & Gallery
- 27th - 28th May 2023
Part-time naked butler, full-time Ariana Grande superfan, Sam Williams has quickly become British comedy’s brightest ‘good looking chap’ (Chortle).
60 years in the making - A celebration of the art of local artist Carol Havard.
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Macmillan Horizon Centre
- 27th - 28th May 2023
60 years in the making - A celebration of the art of local artist Carol Havard.
Brokeback Mountain
- Review
- ★★★★
- Christopher James
- West End
- @sohoplace / Soho Place
- 22nd May, 2023
Annie Proulx’s short story Brokeback Mountain was first published in 1997, and a hit film was made in 2005.
Benjamin Scheuer: Elodie’s Mountain
Elodie’s Mountain is a new solo show from American singer-songwriter Benjamin Scheuer, creator/performer of THE LION (Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance).
The Sun, the Mountain, and Me
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- The Brockley Jack Theatre
- 1st May, 2023
In an unlikely melding of three disparate stories, Jack Fairey finds common ground in his moving play The Sun, The Mountain, and Me for Bedivere Arts at the Jack Studio Theatre, in…
Callum Hughes: Thirst
- Listing
- Vault Festival
- Studio
- 28th - 29th Jan 2023
“I don’t have a drink problem.
The Alzheimer's Diaries: Meet The Author
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Bridge House Theatre
- 26th Jan 2023
What do you do when Ms Alzheimer’s – a hideous and befanged monster – comes to live with you? Local author and journalist, Susan Elkin, talks about her new book, …
THIRST
- Listing Theatre
- Vault Festival
- Studio
- 24th - 29th Jan 2023
In a boat floating off the coast of Suffolk, the heir to the world’s largest bottled water fortune and a girl he met in Clapham’s worst club are trying to dance off a hangover,…
Sh!t-Faced Showtime: A Pissedmas Carol
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 3rd - 7th Jan 2023
In this smash-hit spooktacular, the casts of Sh!t-Faced Showtime and Sh!t-Faced Shakespeare have teamed up to bring you more debauched drunkenness than you can shake a c…
Salt-Water Moon
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Finborough Theatre
- 3rd - 28th Jan 2023
It’s a splendid moon-filled night in Coley’s Point in 1926.
A Christmas Carol - As told by Jacob Marley (deceased)
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Old Red Lion Theatre Pub
- 23rd - 24th Dec 2022
Jacob Marley is dead and condemned to an eternity of carrying a heavy chain, forged in life; a life to which he can no longer return except to recount the tale of his miserly busin…
Kylie at Christmas in Clapham
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- Two Brewers
- 20th Dec 2022
A Fabulous night out with Jodie Doody, In tribute to Kylie Minogue, her show has the costumes, the voice & mannerismsthat have made the Pop Princess loved by so many, Jodie tru…
Dragprov's Nutflix Christmas Special: An Improvised Festive Musical
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- The Karaoke Hole
- 19th Dec 2022
Bells are ringing, dreidels are spinning, the holidays are here again! Leave the remote at home and get your fix of festive film hilarity at the Karaoke Hole with Dragprov’s Nutfli…
The Showstoppers’ Christmas Kids Show
- Listing Children’s Shows
- London Fringe
- Woolwich Works
- 17th - 18th Dec 2022
The award-winning musical improvisers will make all your kids’ Christmas stories come to life!
Christmas by Candlelight
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
Christmas by Candlelight invites you to sit back, relax and experience the most beloved festive compositions performed by a live string quartet in the heart of London’s West End.
Christmas with Kim Wilde
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- Royal Vauxhall Tavern
- 15th Dec 2022
CHRISTMAS WITH KIM WILDE LIVE AT THE RVTEXCLUSIVE ACOUSTIC SHOWWe are thrilled to confirm that the one and only Kim Wilde, pop icon and one of the most successful British female ac…
OH HOLEY NIGHT - Mark T Cox - A Very Homosexual Christmas Cabaret
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- The Glory
- 13th Dec 2022
Come spend one special winters evening in East Londons favourite hole, The Glory.
The Actors' Church Christmas Sing-Along
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- The Actors Church
- 13th Dec 2022
The Actors' Church is delighted to present its first Christmas Sing Along! Bring the whole family to join in the festivities with some rousing Christmas singing.
A Christmas Carol
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Jack Studio Theatre
- 13th - 30th Dec 2022
It’s Christmas Eve and Ebenezer Scrooge determines to turn his back on the world, and on Christmas.
Myra DuBois: We Wish You A Myra Christmas
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- Royal Vauxhall Tavern
- 12th Dec 2022
MYRA DUBOIS: WE WISH YOU A MYRA CHRISTMASMYRA DUBOIS presents her cracker of a seasonal spectacular for one tinsel-strewn night yule never forget!Myras now legendary Christmas show…
A Christmas Carol
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- London Welsh Centre / The Playground Theatre
- 12th - 17th Dec 2022
Olivier Award winner, Guy Masterson, veteran of many smash hit solo works such as Under Milk Wood, Animal Farm and Shylock, now presents Dickens’ classic festive fable.
Bloo Christmas
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- The Glory
- 11th Dec 2022
From the artists of the sell out show Other Worlds, we now introduce Bloo Christmas Christmas is always blue when i’m not with you.
Dolly Parton's Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol
- Review
- ★★★
- Gareth Williams
- West End
- Queen Elizabeth Hall
- 16th Dec, 2022
Charles Dickens' beloved classic A Christmas Carol takes on a musical country twist as it line dances its way into the Southbank Centre with Dolly Parton’s rendition: Smoky M…
A Christmas Carol
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Barons Court Theatre
- 7th - 24th Dec 2022
Join Ebenezer Scrooge and a whole host of characters from the past, present and yet to come on this supernatural journey to redemption.
Harry's Christmas
- Review
- ★★★★
- Gareth Williams
- London Fringe
- King’s Head Theatre Pub
- 9th Dec, 2022
For many, Christmas is a time of togetherness and a celebration with loved ones, friends and family; yet for others it can be a seriously un-comforting occasion.
Harry's Christmas
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- King’s Head Theatre
- 6th - 24th Dec 2022
Harry sits alone in his London flat, counting his cards, waiting for anyone to call him; perhaps for an old friend to knock on the door, or for an old lover to appear or just for s…
Orson Welles' Christmas Carol
- Listing Theatre
- Dublin
- Smock Alley Theatre, 1662
- 6th - 17th Dec 2022
AboutFACE’s much-loved festive “radio-play-within-a-play” for the whole family returns by popular demand this December! In this fast-moving, heart…
A Christmas Carol - The Bridge
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- The Bridge Theatre
- 6th - 31st Dec 2022
A Christmas Carol didn’t just invent Christmas as we know it.
21 Round For Christmas
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Bridge House Theatre
- 5th - 16th Dec 2022
How does Christmas Day end?With the letter "Y".
Christmas with Blake
- Listing Music
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 4th Dec 2022
Come and Celebrate Christmas with Blake Christmas is a magical time for friends and family.
A Musical Theatre Christmas
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- The Actors Church
- 4th Dec 2022
“A Musical Theatre Christmas” returns to The Actors’ Church, presented by Mark Robert Petty.
Father Christmas Needs a Wee!
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Arts Theatre
- 3rd Dec 2022 - 23rd Dec 2023
Father Christmas is on his rounds.
Bugsy Malone The Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Gareth Williams
- London Fringe
- Alexandra Palace
- 12th Dec, 2022
Bugsy Malone, the 1976 film by Alan Parker charlestons into Alexandra Palace theatre with a tremendous firing of custard pies! The cult classic of the spoof gangster movie reminds …
A Christmas Gaiety
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Royal Albert Hall
- 3rd Dec 2022 - 12th Dec 2023
Christmas is a little queer this year… Join drag sensation Peaches Christ and conductor Edwin Outwater as they turn the Hall into the camp Christmas party you didn’t k…
A Christmas Carol - Rose Theatre
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Rose Theatre Kingston
- 2nd Dec 2022 - 2nd Jan 2023
From Morgan Lloyd Malcolm, writer of the Olivier Award-winning Emilia, comes a brand-new retelling of Charles Dickens’ timeless classic.
Cultural Comedy Tours at the Grant museum: The Christmas Special
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- Grant Museum of Zoology
- 2nd - 2nd Dec 2022
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GHOSTED – Another F***ing Christmas Carol
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Gareth Williams
- London Fringe
- The Other Palace
- 5th Dec, 2022
When Charles Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol, I am sure he didn’t realise the power his novel would have in the centuries that followed.
QUEENZ: The Show with BALLS!
- Review
- ★★★★
- Gareth Williams
- West End
- Arts Theatre / Dominion Theatre
- 8th Dec, 2022
Straight off the runway and onto the West End stage, the cast of Queenz: The Show with Ballz, strut their way into the Arts Theatre for a night of gender-bending, show-stopping gla…
Ghosted - Another F***ing Christmas Carol
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- St James Theatre Studio
- 1st - 24th Dec 2022
Eloisa Scrooge is the world’s worst boss, until she’s nominated for a Christmas Eve makeover from an exuberant trio of queer ghosts.
It's a Wonderful Life - English National Opera
- Review
- ★★
- Gareth Williams
- West End
- London Coliseum
- 27th Nov, 2022
Opening the London Coliseum festive season is the UK premier of It’s a Wonderful Life, based on the classic 1946 Frank Capra movie.
Tom Stade: The High Road
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Gareth Williams
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 26th Nov, 2022
From the bright lights of Live at the Apollo to the chaotic evenings of Edinburgh’s International Fringe Festival, we now see Tom Stade take on his epic stand-up comedy tour arou…
Oh Yes I Am!
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Gareth Williams
- London Fringe
- The Bread & Roses
- 24th Nov, 2022
Oh Yes I Am, at the Bread and Roses Theatre, is a musical comedyset in a retirement home for actors.
ELF the Musical
- Review
- ★★★
- Gareth Williams
- West End
- Dominion Theatre
- 1st Dec, 2022
Buddy the Elf discovers he is an adopted 'human' baby from New York City and sets off on an adventure to find his biological father who has no idea of his son’s existence…
A Christmas Carol - Old Vic
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Old Vic Theatre
- 18th Nov 2022 - 6th Jan 2024
Old Vic Artistic Director Matthew Warchus’ big-hearted, smash hit production of Charles Dickens’ immortal classic returns to The Old Vic, joyously adapted for the stage…
The Drought
- Review
- ★★★
- Gareth Williams
- London Fringe
- Old Red Lion Theatre Pub
- 5th Nov, 2022
When the waters of the world dry up, who will be left victorious in the aftermath?It has been three months since the water dried up; three months or what seems like a lifetime for …
The Magic Mountain
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh International Festival
- King’s Theatre
- 26th - 28th Aug 2022
Regretfully, International Theater Amsterdaam has had to cancel the Edinburgh performances of The Magic Mountain for technical reasons.
The Katet vs John Williams
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Jazz Bar
- 22nd - 26th Aug 2022
After four years of their infamous Stevie Wonder show, the eight-piece Edinburgh superband completely sold-out its 2019 follow up, tackling their next legendary artist.
Death of an Author
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 22nd - 27th Aug 2022
What if your favourite characters didn’t quite like the way they were written? What if they decided enough was enough? When an unnamed author is found dead, his characters are br…
Gareth and Friends at the Cockpit
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- The Cockpit
- 16th - 16th Aug 2022
After four years of platforming experimental, emerging and established variety acts at the Cockpit, Gareth & Friends returns as part of the Camden Fringe with a brand new show full…
Paul Brown Sings Andy Williams
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Acoustic Music Centre @ UCC
- 16th - 18th Aug 2022
Paul Brown Sings Andy Williams is a solo acoustic concert showcasing many of Andy Williams’ greatest hits.
Oh! Carol: The Story of Neil Sedaka
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Brunton
- 12th Aug 2022
The songwriting genius of Neil and his writing partners will go down in history as one of the most successful of all time.
An Unexpected Tale In Smoky Midtown
- Listing Theatre
- Camden Fringe
- Canal Cafe Theatre
- 8th - 10th Aug 2022
Low on leads and all out of whiskey, a down-on-his-luck Detective has no choice but to team up with unlikely allies and old enemies to solve a cold missing persons case with deeply…
An Unexpected Tale In Smoky Midtown
- Listing Theatre
- Camden Fringe
- Canal Cafe Theatre
- 8th - 10th Aug 2022
STAGE NOIR AND CANAL CAFÉ THEATRE PRESENT A new musical comedy about neurodiversity, belonging, and reclaiming one’s narrative.
Dolly Diamond's Bosom Buddies
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- House of Oz
- 7th - 20th Aug 2022
Award-winning, sharp-tongued cabaret diva Dolly Diamond returns to Edinburgh for only a limited number of nights of inimitable Dolly-style cabaret at The House Of Oz – with some …
Dolly Diamond's Storytime
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- House of Oz
- 6th - 20th Aug 2022
A fabulous show for the kids and the very young at heart.
Dolly Diamond's Hi T
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- House of Oz
- 5th - 27th Aug 2022
It’s time to spend a glorious afternoon with Dolly Diamond, the Queen of the Dessert, as she regales you with some salacious stories and songs, while you sit back and enjoy a delic…
The Dolly Parton Story
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Symposium Hall
- 5th - 27th Aug 2022
Nostalgic journey from Dolly’s humble beginnings to becoming Queen of Country.
Hiya Dolly!
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 5th - 27th Aug 2022
The true story of how a cute, attention-seeking lamb became the most famous sheep in history – the world’s first cloned mammal.
Gareth Mutch: Mutch in Progress (WIP)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn
- 5th - 25th Aug 2022
Mutch returns to the Fringe for a special Work in Progress show.
Gareth Waugh: Doozy
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club
- 4th - 29th Aug 2022
Dogs on Instagram and more excruciatingly hilarious revelations from one of Scotland’s fastest-rising stars who’s stormed New York’s Off-Broadway and opened for Daniel Sloss,…
Magic Gareth's Magic Eye
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 3rd - 29th Aug 2022
Magic Gareth returns to the Pleasance Courtyard with Magic Eye! Expect some kick-ass, eye-bending magic and a whole load of nonsense (and balloons)! This brand-new show from the mi…
Paul Williams: In the Moonlight
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Roxy
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
Join New Zealand’s fastest comedian (5km and 10km) for an enchanting afternoon In the Moonlight.
Sh!t-Faced Showtime: A Pissed-mas Carol
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand’s New Town Theatre
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
The professional pissheads at Shit-faced Showtime return to Edinburgh with their smash-hit festive boozical! After the pesky pestilence scuppered our plans, we’ve decided to give…
Thirst
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Omnibus Theatre
- 13th Jun 2022
Two girls falling through water and time – a love story spanning from the dawn of time to the end of it.
Brussels Sprouts, Christmas Pudding and Arts?
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 30th May 2022
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Brussels Sprouts, Christmas Pudding and Arts?
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 30th May 2022
Brighton Spiegeltent is hosting another of our occasional vital conversations about the state of the arts in in Brighton and Hove.
Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Sascha Cooper
- Brighton Fringe
- The Rotunda Theatre: Squeak
- 22nd May, 2022
Ivor B Gurney and Marion M Scott had a very special friendship.
Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Rotunda Theatre: Squeak
- 21st - 22nd May 2022
A celebration of the friendship between the First World War poet and composer, Ivor Gurney, and violinist, musicologist and champion of women musicians, Marion Scott.
Superstition Mountain
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Open Air Theatre (BOAT)
- 13th - 14th May 2022
The three Gunwallow brothers from St Day are in a bit of bother.
Superstition Mountain
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Open Air Theatre (BOAT)
- 13th - 14th May 2022
The three Gunwallow brothers from St Day are in a bit of bother.
Cult Figure: Kenneth Williams
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Rotunda Theatre: Bubble
- 7th - 8th May 2022
Kenneth Williams was one of the most unique and beloved figures in British comedy history.
Cult Figure: Kenneth Williams
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Rotunda Theatre: Bubble
- 7th - 8th May 2022
Kenneth Williams was one of the most unique and beloved figures in British comedy history.
Jinkx Monsoon & Major Scales: Together Again, Again!
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Gareth Williams
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 12th Apr, 2022
From the glittering heights of Hollywood to the roaring sound of the West End, Jinkx Monsoon delivers a spectacular insight into their kooky (yet incredible) brain and reminds us a…
One Night With Robbie Williams
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Courtyard Theatre
- 30th - 31st Mar 2022
Meet Dolly: a 20-something Londoner with one hell of a temper.
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
- Review
- ★★★
- Gareth Williams
- London Fringe
- Bridewell Theatre
- 28th Mar, 2022
When Charles Dickens died, he left behind a plethora of iconic novels.
Superstition Mountain
- Listing Theatre
- UK Regional & Tours
- Multiple Venues
- 16th Mar - 28th May 2022
The three Gunwallow brothers from St Day are in a bit of bother.
Roles We'll Never Play
- Review
- ★★★★
- Gareth Williams
- West End
- Lyric Theatre
- 9th Mar, 2022
Back again and bigger than ever - Roles We’ll Never Play arrives at the Lyric Theatre for a night of musical theatre madness.
Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Gareth Williams
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 11th Mar, 2022
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Saturday Night Fever
- Review
- ★★★
- Gareth Williams
- West End
- Peacock Theatre
- 18th Feb, 2022
The classic movie from the 1970’s involving John Travolta donning a white suit to wow audience members as he dances the funky chicken to the iconic Bee Gees soundtrack has now Broo…
Alissa In Wonderland
- Review
- ★★★
- Gareth Williams
- London Fringe
- Toulouse Lautrec
- 26th Jan, 2022
Alissa in Wonderland is a quirky, enigmatic experience down the rabbit hole that exposes the parallels between eight-year-old Alice and twenty-something-year-old Alissa, while prov…
Sh!t-Faced Showtime: A Pissedmas Carol
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 14th - 29th Jan 2022
The professional pissheads at Shit-faced Showtime return with their smash-hit festive boozical! This Christmas they're bringing you Di…
Christmas Eve with Robby Dee
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- West Five Bar
- 24th Dec 2021
Ho Ho Ho! Happy ChristmasWell, its that time of year again when hopefully we can spend time with the family and receive this years and last years presents! DJ Robby Dee will b…
People’s Players Christmas Cracker
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 20th Dec 2021
It’s time to celebrate everything that is good about Christmas with our very own People’s Players!Liverpool’s Royal Court’s amateur dramatic grou…
Christmas with Blake
- Listing Music
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 19th Dec 2021
Come and Celebrate Christmas with Blake Christmas is a magical time for friends and family.
West End Does: Christmas 2021
- Listing Theatre
- UK Regional & Tours
A fantastic mix of traditional and contemporary Christmas carols and songs sung by the best in the West End.
Twisted Christmas Tales
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 16th - 18th Dec 2021
After creating the hugely successful The Unlikely Candidate (“a fantastic blend of buffoonery and horseplay”Writebase) Liverpool’s Royal Court Youth Th…
Another Christmas
- Review
- ★★★★
- Johanna Makelainen
- Online & Broadcast
- Brighton Dome & Brighton Festival
- 26th Dec, 2021
Losing your wits and your Christmas spirit? Feel hollow and need a break? Drop everything for half an hour and watch Another Christmas, a musical short film celebrating otherness a…
The Bingo Ball with That’s Drag – Christmas Edition
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- Brixton Jamm
- 16th Dec 2021
We are BACK and more fabulous than ever! Looking for something exciting to do on a Thursday? Introducing Thats Drag bingo - a hilarious and unique experience right in the heart of …
The Dina Martina Christmas Show
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Soho Theatre
- 14th - 30th Dec 2021
Miss Martina (a.
Fall for Mr Christmas
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Phoenix Arts Club
- 11th - 19th Dec 2021
It’s time to fall in love again with “Mr Christmas” – Andy Williams – in this family-friendly spectacular featuring Andy (Colin Savage) and legendary special guests as he…
Christmas Screening of Miracle on 34th Street
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- All Saints Church
- 10th Dec 2021
Join us for a special screening of the classic Christmas movie ‘Miracle on 34th Street’ (the 1947 version).
Christmas Screening of Miracle on 34th Street
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- All Saints Church
- 10th Dec 2021
Join us for a special screening of the classic Christmas movie ‘Miracle on 34th Street’ (the 1947 version).
A Christmas Carol - A Ghost Story
- Listing Theatre
- UK Regional & Tours
- Alexandra Palace
- 11th Dec 2021 - 9th Jan 2022
Mark Gatiss (The Madness of George III, Dracula, The League of Gentlemen, Doctor Who) stars in his own retelling of Dickens' classic winter ghost story.
Oh God, What Now?: Remoanin’ Around The Christmas Tree
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 8th Dec 2021
Deck the halls with Customs Manifest Forms and don’t expect any turkey – it’s the end of year festive live special from Oh God, What Now?, the hi…
Drunk Women Solving Crime: Christmas Show 2021
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 7th Dec 2021
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.
A Christmas Carol
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- London Welsh Centre
- 6th Dec 2021
Olivier Award winner, Guy Masterson, veteran of many smash hit solo works such as Under Milk Wood, Animal Farm and Shylock, now presents Dickens’ classic fest…
Sh*t-Faced Showtime - A Pissedmas Carol
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 6th Dec 2021 - 6th Jan 2024
The professional pissheads at Shit-faced Showtime return with their smash-hit festive boozical! This Christmas they're bringing you Dickens' classic tale of Scrooge and his…
Christmas Dinner
- Review
- ★★★★
- Stephanie Green
- Scotland
- Royal Lyceum Theatre
- 9th Dec, 2021
A heart-warming show of joy and magic at Christmas time, Catherine Wheels’ Christmas Dinner, written by Robert Alan Evans and directed by Gill Robertson, is particularly welcome …
Shit-Faced Showtime: A Pissedmas Carol
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 6th Dec 2021 - 15th Jan 2022
The professional pissheads at Shit-faced Showtime return with their smash-hit festive boozical! This Christmas they're bringing you Di…
Sh!t-Faced Showtime: A Pissedmas Carol
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 6th Dec 2021 - 15th Jan 2022
The professional pissheads at Shit-faced Showtime return with their smash-hit festive boozical! This Christmas they're bringing you Di…
Dick Whittington: A New Dick in Town
- Review
- ★★★★
- Gareth Williams
- London Fringe
- Above the Stag Theatre
- 22nd Nov, 2021
Dick Whittington: A New Dick in Town is Jon Bradfield and Martin Hooper’s 12th pantomime and the continued love for LGBTQI+ inclusive theatre can be seen oozing out of every scen…
The Choir of Man
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Gareth Williams
- West End
- Arts Theatre
- 15th Nov, 2021
Welcome to the Jungle! The appropriately named fictional pub that is set within the walls of the Arts Theatre.
AT HOME: A Toast to the People: Inua Ellams & Saul Williams
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh International Festival
- Online
- 28th Oct 2021
Inua Ellams and Saul Williams bring their own distinct styles to this not-to-be-missed A Toast to the People filmed event.
More Tea Vicar? A Dads Army Gala Celebration of Frank Williams' 90th Birthday!
- Listing
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 10th Oct 2021
Dad`s Army Vicar Frank Williams invites you to join him for a hilarious afternoon of TV nostalgia to celebrate his 90th Birthday! With Frank's special star gue…
Thirst Friday
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club
- 27th Aug - 1st Oct 2021
Flirt outrageously!Dance like everyone is watching!Love like you want to be hurt!Thirst Friday is a big Friday Night Out for alternative Londoners, welcoming all flavours of k…
Talk discussing the novel Permafrost with author Eva Baltasar
- Listing Music
- UK Regional & Tours
- Online Event
- 1st Oct 2021
Romancero Books with the support of the Office for Cultural and Scientific Affairs of the Spanish Embassy in London presents the Festival of Queer Spanish Literature in London…
Gareth's Dating Disasters
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- Two Brewers
- 10th Sep 2021
Tired of Tinder? Had it with Hornet? Ghosted on Grinder? You are not alone.
FunnyBoyz London presents "DOLLY PARTON, the tribute"
- Listing Events
- UK Regional & Tours
- Supper Club at Blundell Street
- 10th Sep 2021
FUNNYBOYZ LIVERPOOL presentsDolly Parton ( ages 18+ )BLUNDELLS SUPPER CLUBFriday 10th September 2021 Beth McAnn as Dolly Parton is coming to London this September! This s…
A Toast to the People: Inua Ellams & Saul Williams
- Listing Spoken Word / Spoken Word
- Edinburgh International Festival
- Old College Quad
- 24th Aug 2021
Inua Ellams and Saul Williams bring their own distinct styles to this interactive and not-to-be-missed A Toast to the People event.
Carol Ann Duffy and John Sampson
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- MultiStory
- 21st - 23rd Aug 2021
For just three special shows, newly created for 2021, together again to celebrate the return of the Fringe.
Dolly Trolley: Up & Down the Aisles
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- The Glory
- 20th Aug 2021
DOLLY TROLLEY - UP & DOWN THE AISLESFind her in the car park at 3am, find her upturned in a ditch, find her making a mess in the canned goods section, its Dolly Trolley waiting…
Ryan Cullen, Kai Humphries and Gareth Waugh
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 15th - 29th Aug 2021
Three powerhouse comedians (solo stars in their own right) join forces for a stunning hour of stand-up.
The Big Birthday Show With Magic Gareth
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 10th - 22nd Aug 2021
Did you have a birthday in the last year that was spoilt by COVID? Or an anniversary? Or a Christmas.
Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Etcetera Theatre
- 8th - 15th Aug 2021
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
Nice Try and Clown Nipples (Two Comedy Solo Shows)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Etcetera Theatre
- 8th - 15th Aug 2021
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Camden Fringe
- Etcetera Theatre
- 8th - 15th Aug 2021
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
The Dolly Parton Story
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Symposium Hall
- 6th - 28th Aug 2021
After sell out shows at Fringes worldwide, this show returns to Edinburgh to take you on Dolly’s incredible journey from the Smoky Mountains to her arrival as the Queen of Countr…
Gareth Mutch and Joe McTernan: Stand-Up
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn
- 6th - 29th Aug 2021
Join two of Scotland’s finest comedians for an hour of energetic stand-up with unique observations and hilarious stories.
Gareth Waugh, Connor Burns, Liam Farrelly – Back At It
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn
- 6th - 30th Aug 2021
Triple bill with Scotland’s most exciting emerging comedy stars sharing the stage to bring you some fantastic new stand-up.
Sherlock's Secret Challenge – The Puzzle Solving Game That Shows You The City
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Outside The Conan Doyle Pub
- 6th - 30th Aug 2021
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.
Impro Theatre's Tennessee Williams UnScripted
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Showcatcher (Online)
- 6th - 6th Aug 2021
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Night on Boob Mountain
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Albany
- 4th - 5th Aug 2021
Night on Boob Mountain is a surreal and raucous teen horror gig theatre show set on the island of Teendom.
John & Jen
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Gareth Williams
- London Fringe
- Southwark Playhouse
- 17th Aug, 2021
Tom Greenwald and Andrew Lippa’s John and Jen is a true masterpiece on what it means to be a family.
Vaughan Williams Midsummer concert
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Friends’ Meeting House
- 21st Jun 2021
With funding from the RVW Trust on the Summer solstice, violinist Sian Philipps will perform “The Lark Ascending” as well as a solo violin work by Sally Beamish, a premiere of “Noc…
Vaughan Williams Midsummer concert
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- Friends’ Meeting House
- 21st Jun 2021
With funding from the RVW Trust on the Summer solstice, violinist Sian Philipps will perform “The Lark Ascending” as well as a solo violin work by Sally Beamish, a premiere of “Noc…
Sara Segovia and Lachlan Werner are making shows (WORK IN PROGRESS)
- Listing Comedy
- UK Regional & Tours
- The Miller
- 15th Jun 2021
Sara Segovia Rodao and Lachlan Werner are cuties by nature, cancers by astrological sign and clowns by trade.
Aidan Goatley: 12 Films Of Christmas
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet Old Steine: Steine Main
- 14th - 20th Jun 2021
Last Christmas we gave it our heart, but the very next day, Boris took it away.
Aidan Goatley: 12 Films Of Christmas
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sascha Cooper
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet Old Steine: Steine Main
- 17th Jun, 2021
If you're looking for a show that could make Scrooge himself engage with Christmas spirit in June, then Aiden Goatley: 12 Films of Christmas is for you.
The Dolly Parton Story
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The McElderry
- 11th - 13th Jun 2021
After sell out shows at Brighton, Edinburgh, Perth and Adelaide Fringes, this show returns to Brighton to take you on Dolly’s incredible journey from the Smoky Mountains to her a…
The Dolly Parton Story
- Listing
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The McElderry
- 11th - 13th Jun 2021
After sell out shows at Brighton, Edinburgh, Perth and Adelaide Fringes, this show returns to Brighton to take you on Dolly’s incredible journey from the Smoky Mountains to her a…
Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 7th - 27th Jun 2021
Tl;dr: Two female comedians debut their 30 minute solo shows on one bill.
Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 7th - 27th Jun 2021
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
Saving Britney: Prologue
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Gareth Williams
- Online & Broadcast
- Old Red Lion Theatre Pub
- 8th Apr, 2021
When thrust into the circus, it can never be easy to tame the lions.
THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR AT CHRISTMAS
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Hertford Theatre
- 29th Dec 2020 - 3rd Jan 2021
12th December 2020 - 3rd January 2021Tickets: £16.
Dame Terry's Very Merry Christmas
- Listing Theatre
- UK Regional & Tours
- Watford Palace Theatre
- 23rd - 27th Dec 2020
Dame Terry thought she was in for a quiet Christmas at home alone - a packet of mince pies, a little bit of Gogglebox and a sherry trifle for one - BUT oh no she isn’t! Join her…
The Littlest Christmas Elf
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Brighton
- The Werks Group
- 22nd - 23rd Dec 2020
Pip isn’t like the other elves.
Adam Kay - Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas Live
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Palace Theatre
- 21st Dec 2020 - 3rd Jan 2021
Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat… but 1.
Christmas with Blake
- Listing Music
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 20th Dec 2020
Come and Celebrate Christmas with Blake Christmas is a magical time for friends and family.
Aidan Goatley: Twelve Films of Christmas
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton
- Werks Central
- 19th - 20th Dec 2020
Quit your job at Nakatomi Tower, move to Bedford Falls and get ready to save Christmas with the 12 films that make comedian Aidan Goatley’s festive season.
West End Musical Christmas
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Palace Theatre
- 17th Dec 2020 - 13th Jun 2021
Deck the halls with holly because Christmas has come early as the biggest stars from London’s West End celebrate the festive season in WEST END MUSICAL CHRISTMAS – LIVE…
Imaginary Porno Charades Christmas Special
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton
- Werks Central
- 17th - 18th Dec 2020
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and the smash hit Edinburgh and Brighton Fringe comedy game show is bringing you all the action that Hallmark always let you down on - the…
A Christmas Carol
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Elanor Parker
- Brighton
- The Spire
- 17th Dec, 2020
When I first heard that TrueStory Theatre would be back with a one man production of A Christmas Carol I felt in parts excited and uneasy.
Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton
- Brighton Dome
- 12th - 12th Dec 2020
Christmas arrives early with two live performances of Charles Dickens’ classic A Christmas Carol, narrated by the celebrated actor Harriet Walter (RSC, The Crown, Ki…
A Christmas Carol
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- 637 Holloway Road
- 12th - 19th Dec 2020
Hark! The Royale Dickens Company invites you to experience the classic Christmas ghost story by Charles Dickens.
Christmas Allsorts
- Listing Theatre
- UK Regional & Tours
- Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch
- 11th Dec 2020 - 3rd Jan 2021
This year’s seasonal special from the Queen’s is a delightfully traditional family variety show, wrapped up in tinsel, with a bit of everything we love about the very best time…
Oh Yes It Is - A Family Christmas Adventure
- Listing Pantomime
- Brighton
- Ropetackle Arts Centre
- 11th - 31st Dec 2020
‘Widow Twankey’ and ‘Wishy Washy’ are in a spin! They hear rumours of a cancelled pantomime in Old Peking and can feel that their Christmas ‘Mother Goose’ might well be…
A Christmas Carol
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- The Brunel Pub
- 2nd - 24th Dec 2020
An enchanting pocket-sized retelling.
A Christmas Carol
- Listing Theatre
- UK Regional & Tours
- The Theatre Chipping Norton
- 2nd Oct - 24th Dec 2020
David Bradley stars in Simon Callow’s acclaimed one-man adaptation of the ultimate classic Christmas tale.
Hello, Dolly!
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Adelphi Theatre
- 11th Aug 2020 - 6th Mar 2021
Imelda Staunton is back where she belongs in Hello, Dolly! at the Adelphi Theatre in 2020.
The Katet vs John Williams
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Jazz Bar
- 10th - 28th Aug 2020
In 2019, after four years of their hit Stevie Wonder show, the eight-piece Edinburgh superband tackled their next legendary artist and sold-out every show.
The Dolly Parton Story
- Listing Music
- Brighton
- The Warren Outdoors
- 10th - 16th Aug 2020
Following sell out shows and standing ovations at Edinburgh Fringe, ‘The Dolly Parton Story’ premiers at Brighton Fringe to take you on an incredible journey through the career of …
The Dolly Parton Story
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Symposium Hall
- 7th - 30th Aug 2020
After previous successful runs at Edinburgh, Adelaide and Brighton Fringe, follow Dolly’s incredible journey from the Smoky Mountains to her arrival as the Queen of Country.
Jarred Christmas and Hobbit: The Mighty Kids Beatbox Comedy Show
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 6th - 29th Aug 2020
Are you a kid? Do you like music, laughing and whack-a-doodle-noodle craziness? Grab your pet adult and join us! Direct from a UK tour and last year’s sell-out run; we’re back …
Gareth Waugh: Doozy
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club
- 5th - 31st Aug 2020
Dog Instagram, embarrassing massages, other Gareth Waughs in the world.
Mimi and the Mountain Dragon
- Listing Children’s Shows
- UK Regional & Tours
- Half Moon Theatre
- 18th - 18th Jan 2020
Each year high up in the snowy mountains of Switzerland the villagers of Dorta bang their drums, blow their horns and make a noisy ruckus to keep the fearsome Mountain Dragon away.
Sh!t-Faced Showtime: A Pissedmas Carol
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 2nd - 5th Jan 2020
The professional pissheads at Shit-faced Showtime are back in the West End, and this time it's festive! This Christmas they're bringing you Dickens' clas…
MagicFest - Tricky Ricky's Christmas Madness
- Listing Magic
- Edinburgh
- Scottish Storytelling Centre
- 28th - 28th Dec 2019
oin The Trickster, Jingles the Reindeer and Sonny the Bunny on the nutty train to Magical Christmas Madness! The four-times winner of Scottish ‘Children’s Entertainer of the Ye…
MagicFest - Opening Night Christmas Gala
- Listing Magic
- Edinburgh
- Traverse Theatre
- 27th Dec 2019
Be swept off your feet and experience real wonder at Christmas with the best from the world of magic & mind-reading and the most amazing up and coming local talent.
Miss Hope Springs: Christmas Agogo!
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 21st - 22nd Dec 2019
Miss Hope Springs: Christmas Agogo!Music and lyrics by, written and performed by Ty Jeffries Revisiting her lost 1972 Granada TV special Christmas Agogo! (to this day co…
Elf - A Christmas Spectacular
- Listing Children’s Shows
- West End
- Wembley Arena
- 21st - 23rd Dec 2019
ELF, the Broadway musical based on the hit Will Ferrell movie, is supersized into a huge Christmas spectacular this December.
Christmas with Steptoe and Son
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 19th - 20th Dec 2019
Christmas simply wouldn’t be Christmas without a visit to 23 Oil Drum Lane to catch up with the nation’s favourite rag-and-bone-men and indulge in some class…
A Classic Christmas With Blake
- Listing Music
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 15th Dec 2019
Back by popular demand, Brit-Award-winning vocalists Blake celebrate Christmas in style, with a unique show featuring over twenty festive anthems and guaranteed snow-sto…
The Coach Of Christmas Past
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- The Bread & Roses Theatre
- 10th - 11th Dec 2019
Ebenezer McScroogeCoach has it all - fame, money, a great sports bra and a ruthless desire to win no matter what the cost.
Xmas Carol
- Listing Theatre
- UK Regional & Tours
- Streatham Space Project
- 10th - 23rd Dec 2019
“Every Idiot that goes about with Merry Christmas on his lips should be boiled with his own pudding!” It’s December, it’s cold outside, it’s dark - the perfect time for a story.
Miss Kiddy and the Cads presents: A Vintage Christmas
- Listing Music
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 8th Dec 2019
Miss Kiddy and the Cads - the UK’s hottest vintage show, for one night only presents 'A Vintage Christmas’.
CSI: Crime Scene Improvisation - the Christmas Charity Special
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 8th Dec 2019
CSI: Crime Scene Improvisation return for their annual Christmas charity special in aid of Age UK.
Remainiacs Live Christmas Special: All We Want For Brexmas Is EU
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 2nd Dec 2019
“We’re leaving the EU!” “OH NO, WE AREN’T.
Christmas Tales
- Listing Children’s Shows
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 30th Nov - 22nd Dec 2019
Tales from the Shed are feeling incredibly festive as they head to the Museum of Comedy this December.
An Edinburgh Christmas Carol
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Stephanie Green
- Edinburgh
- Royal Lyceum Theatre
- 30th Nov, 2019
Full of good cheer, fun and jokes, carols under falling snow, spooky ghosts and glitter, what better way to get into the Christmas spirit than go to An Edinburgh Christmas Carol, D…
A Christmas Carol - Immersive Experience
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Immersive LDN
- 27th Nov 2019 - 5th Jan 2020
An Immersive Dining Experience of A Christmas Carol.
Buddy Holly & The Cricketers - Holly at Christmas
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Civic Theatre
- 22nd Nov 2019
Buddy Holly and the Cricketers once again herald in the Yuletide festivities with Holly at Christmas, the show that is now as traditional as mulled wine and mince pies! …
Sh!t-Faced Showtime: A Pissedmas Carol
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 20th Nov 2019 - 5th Jan 2020
The professional pissheads at Shit-faced Showtime are back in the West End and this time its festive! This Christmas the professional pissheads bring you Dicken’s …
White Christmas
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Dominion Theatre
- 16th Nov 2019 - 4th Jan 2020
Make it a magical Christmas with this spectacular brand-new production of Irving Berlin’s WHITE CHRISTMAS.
Sleeping Trees: Christmas Special... in August
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 24th Aug 2019
Fringe favourites the Sleeping Trees are doing Christmas in Edinburgh! Offering their surreal take on the most Christmassy story of all time; The Nativity.
Questions for Quiz Shows
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 17th Aug 2019
Cora is at the festival to see her ex-boyfriend perform.
For Robin Williams: A Benefit Gig in aid of Mind and SAMH
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square
- 12th Aug 2019
We miss Robin Williams.
Carol Ann Duffy and John Sampson
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Sophia Charalambous
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand’s New Town Theatre
- 11th Aug, 2019
Introducing Carol Ann Duffy to the stage with a trumpet call, indicating a rally of the troops, seems befitting for the hour with the world-renowned poet.
The Katet vs John Williams
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Jazz Bar
- 8th - 26th Aug 2019
After four years of their sell-out Stevie Wonder show, the eight-piece Edinburgh superband tackles their next legendary artist.
Dolly Di*mond's Bl*nkety Bl*nks
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 5th - 19th Aug 2019
Reigning queen of Australian cabaret, Dolly Diamond, returns with a live version of this top-rated TV classic.
Gareth's Gay Dating Disasters
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ The Street
- 4th - 24th Aug 2019
Tired of Tinder? Had it with Hornet? Ghosted on Grindr? You are not alone – come to this combined cabaret, comedy and bingo show.
Markus Birdman – Last White Christmas
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth
- 3rd - 25th Aug 2019
Amused Moose Award nominee: Best Show, Edinburgh Fringe 2015.
The Hollywood Summer Christmas Show
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in Augustines
- 3rd - 10th Aug 2019
An original play inspired by a child’s love of Christmas; with song, dance and traditional Christmas offerings.
Nothing's Happening: A Black Mountain College Project
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Royal Terrace
- 3rd - 9th Aug 2019
Nothing’s Happening: A Black Mountain College Project celebrates and pays homage to the tiny school in the mountains of North Carolina that in 24 years became one of the most inf…
Gareth Richards: 40 Years in the Wilderness
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Whistlebinkies
- 3rd - 25th Aug 2019
Join Gareth Richards, Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards best newcomer nominee 2010 for his ninth stand-up comedy show, with some hilarious songs played on the Q Chord.
Hot Gays: Martin Dixon and Gareth Edward
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ The Outhouse Bar
- 3rd - 25th Aug 2019
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…
Reba Martell: Salt'n'Sauce!
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Planet Bar
- 2nd - 24th Aug 2019
She’ll batter your haggis and tickle your pickle! Scotland’s best drag queen serves up some deep-fried fierceness in this riotous new show.
I'll Be Broken Home for Christmas with Jeffrey Baldinger
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Bar 50
- 2nd - 25th Aug 2019
I’ll Be Broken Home for Christmas is a dark comedy musical written by Jeffrey Baldinger and Jessica Michelle Singleton.
The Dolly Parton Story
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Symposium Hall
- 2nd - 25th Aug 2019
After receiving standing ovations last year, The Dolly Parton Story returns to the Fringe to take you on an incredible journey through the career of the Queen of Country who curren…
The Official Edinburgh Fringe Christmas Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Champions of Festival @ The Scotsman
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2019
Richard Duffy’s been celebrating Christmas every day since the day he was born.
Shut It Down Carol
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree
- 2nd - 25th Aug 2019
Hello, my name is Edd Hedges.
Jarred Christmas and Hobbit: The Mighty Kids Beatbox Comedy Show
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 1st - 24th Aug 2019
Calling kids aged 5 to 100, join our mighty gang! A sensational interactive show, where the worlds of comedy and beatboxing collide with electrifying results.
James Barr: Thirst Trap
- Review
- ★★★★
- Paul Fisher Cockburn
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square / Underbelly, Cowgate
- 12th Aug, 2019
James Barr is single.
Alistair Williams: How to Lose Weight and Be Less Racist
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 3rd - 25th Aug 2019
If the title of this show doesn’t let you know that Alistair Williams (as seen on Comedy Central) is a real stand up comedian, I don’t know what will.
Jarred Christmas: A Funny Hour
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 1st - 24th Aug 2019
Comedy.
Ray Fordyce's Six O'Clock Supper With Salt'n'Sauce
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Bier Keller
- 1st - 25th Aug 2019
Ray Fordyce is back to host an early evening feast of comedy, music and entertainment from all over the world.
Carol Cates: Tell Tale
- Review
- ★★★★
- Frodo Allan
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Heroes @ Dragonfly
- 7th Aug, 2019
Carol Cates sits on a tall stool strumming away on her ukulele and chatting with the audience as they arrive.
Gareth Waugh: Just Me...?!
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2019
After suffering another excruciating, yet hilarious, revelation about his weird little behaviours and ticks, Gareth has decided to come clean and share his innermost embarrassing s…
Gareth Mutch: The Old Man in the Carvery
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Rose Theatre
- 31st Jul - 25th Aug 2019
Mutch returns to the Fringe with a hilarious new hour chock-full of his trademark comedic tales of personal woe.
The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2019
Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance.
Innervisions Festival Presents - Saul Williams
- Listing Comedy
- UK Regional & Tours
- Under The Bridge
- 4th Jul 2019
American rapper, singer-songwriter, poet, actor Saul Williams is coming to London to appear as part of the breath-taking Innervisions Festival line up between 3…
The Tulsa Time Band: A Tribute to Don Williams
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- The Brunswick
- 1st Jun 2019
The first British tribute band performing the classic songs of Don Williams.
Myra DuBois: We Wish You A Myra Christmas
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Soho Theatre
- 28th May - 1st Jun 2019
The self-declared siren of South Yorkshire presents a festive spectacular in what is undoubtably the best Christmas show you’ll see this summer.
The Dolly Parton Story
- Review
- ★★★
- Deborah Mathieson
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Hat
- 1st Jun, 2019
Night Owl Shows have bought another crowd pleaser to Brighton Fringe.
I Wish I Was A Mountain
- Review
- ★★★★
- Paul Fisher Cockburn
- Edinburgh
- Scottish Storytelling Centre
- 3rd Jun, 2019
It's appropriate that this particular production within the 2019 Edinburgh International Children's Festival is the only one slotted into the schedule for the Netherbow sta…
Gareth Cooper: Comedy Songs
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Pipeline
- 22nd - 23rd May 2019
Award-winning musical comedian and West End song-writer, Gareth Cooper, rocks up to Brighton Fringe with an hour of his annoyingly catchy songs.
BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Blockhouse
- 20th - 21st May 2019
BA Theatre Arts at GBMet.
Gareth Southgate Ate My Credit Card
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent: Bosco
- 9th - 11th May 2019
Simon (played by Mark Brailsford) is definitely not going to Russia.
The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 4th - 6th May 2019
One of The Guardian’s Best Shows at the Edinburgh Fringe 2018.
Scattering Salt
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Old Police Cells Museum
- 3rd - 11th May 2019
”Scattering Salt’ is a performance and ritual, a ghost story and an installation.
Mimi and the Mountain Dragon
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Farnham Maltings
- 18th - 18th Feb 2019
Skewbald Theatre proudly presents Michael Morpurgo’s Mimi and the Mountain Dragon A magical musical puppetry adventure adapted from the book Mimi and the Mountain …
James Barr: Thirst Trap
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Above the Stag Theatre
- 7th - 8th Feb 2019
Dating in 2018 is a total disaster! MTV presenter, comedian and co-host of the UK's leading LGBTQ+ award-nominated podcast A Gay And A NonGay, and tragically single…
film maltings 1969: Hello, Dolly!
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- UK Regional & Tours
- Farnham Maltings
- 4th Feb 2019
Director: Gene Kelly Cast: Barbra Streisand, Walter Matthau, Michael Crawford film maltings 1969 is our series of classic films from 1969, as part of our 50th anniversar…
Our Bev's Christmas Cracker
- Listing
- UK Regional & Tours
- Royal Court Liverpool
- 19th - 22nd Dec 2018
It’s Christmas Eve.
Christmas with Steptoe and Son
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 18th - 23rd Dec 2018
Christmas simply wouldn’t be Christmas without a visit to 26 Oil Drum Lane to catch up with the nation’s favourite rag-and-bone-men and indulge in some class…
Christmas Spectacular
- Listing Music
- West End
- Theatre Royal Drury Lane
- 16th Dec 2018
Christmas Spectacular is a cracker of show with music, dance, lights, spectacle and a snow-filled finale.
Will Seaward presents: The Exotic Adventure of Michael the Christmas Pudding
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 16th Dec 2018
Booming surrealist storytelling comedian Will Seaward (“part Brian Blessed, part Oscar Wilde” - the Telegraph, “genuinely, terrifyingly chari…
Museum of Magic! - Christmas Show
- Listing Children’s Shows
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 15th Dec 2018
A festive feast of magical entertainment for the whole family.
Five Little Christmas Monkeys
- Listing Children’s Shows
- London Fringe
- Half Moon Theatre
- 15th - 15th Dec 2018
Join Zoo Keeper Sue and mischievous Little Monkey on Christmas Eve, and discover numbers are all around us.
Alfie Ordinary's Christmas Special
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Brighton
- Rialto Theatre
- 13th Dec 2018
Alfie Ordinary’s Christmas Special is back! For one night only, get fizzy and festive and sing along to all your favourite Christmas songs, performed live! With extra special guest…
Bugle Boys: Christmas Crackers
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh
- Assembly Roxy
- 12th - 30th Dec 2018
BUGLE BOYS wowed crowds at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe and will be back to town with CHRISTMAS CRACKERS! Frocked up to the nines in faux military costumes, these three …
Al Murray Presents the Twelve Days of Christmas
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 11th - 23rd Dec 2018
♫On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me, some dodgy meat off the back of a lorr-ry♫ The nation’s favourite publican, Al Murray – The …
Camp As Christmas
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- UK Regional & Tours
- Pizza Express
- 10th Dec 2018
Four dangerously good singers and a hilarious MC/ Pianist” (Three Weeks) deliver an evening rich in glorious vocals, cheeky humour and festive feeling.
The Elvis Years at Christmas
- Listing Music
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 9th Dec 2018
It’s time to get well and truly in the Christmas spirit as smash-hit musical production The Elvis Years brings its very special seasonal twist to theatres across t…
CSI: Crime Scene Improvisation - Christmas Special!
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 9th Dec 2018
Crime Scene Improvisation return to the Museum of Comedy for their popular charity Christmas special.
A Weimar Christmas with William Ludwig & Dean Austin
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- London Fringe
- Phoenix Artist Club
- 9th Dec 2018
Join “Cabaret Kings” (The Londonist) William Ludwig and Dean Austin for a pine tree of songs from Weimar Berlin and beyond – Jennys, Johnnys and Killer Queens.
Adam Kay’s Smutty Christmas Songs
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 8th Dec 2018
A sell-out event every December for a decade, Adam Kay presents a night of festive filth – his antidote to the pantomime horrors in every other theatre this time o…
BS: Oh Holy Shite! (The 12 Steps of Christmas!)
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 7th Dec 2018
WINNERS Boomtish! Best New Comedy Act; FINALISTS Leicester Square Sketch Off 2017; ‘A master class in character comedy!’ BS bring you their debut seasonal sh…
Crimes of the Christmas Pudding
- Listing Theatre
- UK Regional & Tours
- Lichfield Garrick Theatre
- 5th Dec 2018 - 5th Jan 2019
Lady detective Artemis Arinae finds herself in the midst of a steamy seasonal crime caper set in high society.
Douglas Walker presents: Of Christmas Past
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Museum of Comedy
- 4th Dec 2018
Christmas is a time for joy and happiness, but there is a sinister secret wrapped in the stories we tell.
House of Jack Christmas Show
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Edinburgh
- The Studio
- 4th Dec 2018
House of Jack is excited to present the first House of Jack Christmas Show! This street and urban dance show is jam-packed with dynamic performances from students of House of Jack...
Horrible Christmas
- Listing Children’s Shows
- West End
- Alexandra Palace
- 4th - 30th Dec 2018
Horrible Histories proudly presents the terrific tale of Christmas in the triumphant re-opening of Alexandra Palace.
A Christmas Story, The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- London Fringe
- Waterloo East Theatre
- 28th Nov - 22nd Dec 2018
From the songwriting team behind the smash-hit Tony Award-winning musical Dear Evan Hansen and the Academy Award-winning films La La Land and The Greatest Showman, - A Christmas St…
A Christmas Carol
- Listing Theatre
- UK Regional & Tours
- Studio, Crescent Theatre
- 27th Nov - 1st Dec 2018
On Christmas Eve, Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come.
One for the Road / New World Order / Mountain Language / Ashes to Ashes
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Simon Ximenez
- West End
- The Harold Pinter Theatre
- 4th Oct, 2018
Jamie Lloyd must be excreting pheromones of cool right now.
Dolly
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 21st - 25th Aug 2018
Rural Ireland - rich in personality and culture yet teeming with the stigma and prejudice of another age.
A Show About Shows About Show Biz
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 20th - 25th Aug 2018
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…
Secret Mountain
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 13th - 25th Aug 2018
Secret Mountain is a children’s educational show, not suitable for children.
For Robin Williams: A Benefit Gig in Aid of Mind and SAMH
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Theatre
- 12th Aug 2018
We miss Robin Williams.
Vaughan Williams’s A Sea Symphony
- Listing Music / Music / Music
- Edinburgh International Festival
- Usher Hall
- 9th Aug 2018
BBC Scottish Symphony OrchestraMartyn Brabbins Conductor Edinburgh Festival ChorusChristopher Bell Chorus Director Elizabeth Watts SopranoChristopher Maltman Baritone Thea Musgrave…
Benefit in Aid of Scottish Mountain Rescue
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand’s New Town Theatre
- 7th Aug 2018
Scotland! Famous for hills and of course mountains.
The Show Between Shows Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- BrewDog Lothian Rd
- 4th - 25th Aug 2018
New(ish) for 2018! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
Gareth Richards: Prophet
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Whistlebinkies
- 4th - 26th Aug 2018
Join Gareth Richards, Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards Best Newcomer nominee 2010 for his eighth funny, stupid, stand-up show, with some hilarious songs played on the Q-Chord.
A Christmas Carol
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 4th - 27th Aug 2018
Olivier Award-winning Guy Masterson, (Under Milk Wood, Animal Farm, Shylock), now brings Dickens’ festive fable to vivid life.
Sinatra: Raw
- Review
- ★★★★
- Lara Williams
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Frankenstein Pub
- 18th Aug, 2018
True to the show’s name, Richard Shelton gives us an intimate, raw glimpse into Frank Sinatra’s private life.
The Dolly Parton Story
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Symposium Hall
- 3rd - 25th Aug 2018
The Dolly Parton Story premiers at The Fringe to take you on an incredible journey through the career of the Queen of Country, who currently holds an astonishing 153 major awards i…
Rob Kemp's Wheel of Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Monkey Barrel / Monkey Barrel Comedy Club
- 3rd - 26th Aug 2018
Feeling pressured by his success last year with The Elvis Dead, Rob Kemp returns with ten(!) shows stuck to a spinning wheel.
The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Mockingbird
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2018
Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance.
Alistair Williams: Great White Male
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2018
People have never been more scared to say what they really think.
Gareth Berliner: I Paid for 50 Minutes of Your Time
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Ushers
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2018
Stand-up comic Gareth Berliner was cast in Coronation Street four years ago to play dodgy drug dealer Macca, and was told he didn’t need make-up! He’s also very funny.
Paul Williams: Santa Fe
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jim Ralley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 26th Aug, 2018
The jig is up! Paul Williams is a quadruple threat – song, dance, comedy and opinion.
James Barr: Thirst Trap! – Free
- Review
- ★★★★
- Paul Fisher Cockburn
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 5th Aug, 2018
Wonderfully unexpected opportunities can occur at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe; even more so at the 'Free' variety.
Gareth Waugh: Oh Boy...!
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 1st - 27th Aug 2018
Sequel to 2017’s smash-hit sell-out debut about honesty, this one’s all about the law of the playground, traveling companions from hell and accidentally fulfilling your teenage buc…
Myra Dubois: We Wish You a Myra Christmas
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Sue Denham
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, George Square
- 23rd Aug, 2018
It has often been said that Myra DuBois is an act way ahead of her time.
Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 1st - 27th Aug 2018
Celebrating the friendship between composer and war poet, Ivor Gurney, and musician and first woman music critic, Marion Scott; written and performed by Jan Carey.
Jarred Christmas: Remarkably Average
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 1st - 26th Aug 2018
Hey team! So, I had a DNA test and the results were very disappointing.
Gareth Mutch: Wants Mutch More
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Rose Theatre
- 1st - 26th Aug 2018
After sell-out shows in 2016 and 2017 Gareth Mutch returns with a bucket list to help fix his tragic life.
Douglas Walker Presents: Of Christmas Past
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 1st - 26th Aug 2018
Christmas is a time for joy and happiness, but there’s a sinister secret wrapped in the stories we tell.
Douglas Walker: Of Christmas Past
- Listing Comedy
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- The Tea Pot
- 29th Jul 2018
From Trotsky to Elvis to Osama Bin Laden, history is littered with those who seemed to die or disappear in suspicious circumstances.
Jarred Christmas & Hobbit: The Mighty Kids Beatbox Show
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- The Tea Pot
- 21st Jul 2018
Blue Jeans Management Proudly Presents - Jarred Christmas & Hobbit: The Mighty Kids Beatbox Show Hey kids, grab your parents, parents grab your cash and come do…
Jarred Christmas: Remarkably Average (Preview)
- Listing Comedy
- Great Yorkshire Fringe
- The Turn Pot
- 21st Jul 2018
Blue Jeans Management Proudly Presents - Jarred Christmas: Remarkably Average (Preview) Hey, team! So, I had a DNA test and the results were extremely disappointing…
Carol Cates: Lady Carol
- Review
- ★★
- Steve Bravery
- Brighton Fringe
- Komedia Studio
- 3rd Jun, 2018
If ever there was a show of two halves, this was it.
James Barr: Thirst Trap
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
- 23rd - 25th May 2018
2018 dating is a disaster so it’s time to let the crazy out! MTV presenter, comedian and co-host of the UK’s leading LGBTQ+ award-nominated podcast ‘A Gay and a NonGay’, J…
A Musical History of 24 George St, Brighton - and Other Shows
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Bom-Bane’s Music Cafe
- 18th May - 3rd Jun 2018
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.
BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows
- Review
- ★★★★
- Carmen Dupre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 9th May, 2018
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…
The Twelve Days Of Christmas
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Caxton Arms
- 6th May - 3rd Jun 2018
‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’ is an unseasonal romp through the gifts of a generous but impractical lover.
Of Christmas Past
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: The Burrow
- 6th May - 3rd Jun 2018
Christmas is a time for joy and happiness, but there is a sinister secret at the heart of the stories we tell.
Robbie Williams Swing
- Listing Music
- Adelaide Fringe
- Arkaba Hotel
- 18th Mar 2018
A tribute to top-selling global artist, Robbie Williams, showcasing favourite songs from his albums Swing When You’re Winning and Swings Both Ways.
Righteously - The Music of Lucinda Williams
- Listing Music
- Adelaide Fringe
- The Wheatsheaf Hotel
- 10th - 11th Mar 2018
Adelaide based singer/songwriter Tara Carragher makes a long awaited return to this years Adelaide Fringe for ‘Righteously - The music of Lucinda Williams’.
Jason Williams - Straight from the Top
- Listing Comedy
- Adelaide Fringe
- Crown & Anchor Hotel / Do or Dye Barbershop
- 3rd - 17th Mar 2018
Straight from the top of Australia, Darwin comedian Jason Williams is bringing his honest observations and luckless stories to WA in his first solo show.
Counterfeit Sixties Christmas Show
- Listing Music
- Scotland
- Rothes Halls
- 16th Dec 2017
Re-live the sounds of the swinging sixties, as Britain’s No.
The Showstoppers' Christmas kids Show!
- Listing Children’s Shows
- West End
- Christmas in Leicester Square
- 16th - 30th Dec 2017
The Showstoppers are here to make your kids’ Christmas story wishes come true! Welcome to our Christmas grotto where the The Showstoppers are here to make your kids’ Ch…
Christmas With The Rat Pack
- Review
- ★★★
- George Meixner
- West End
- Theatre Royal Haymarket
- 23rd Dec, 2017
In the early 1960s the Rat Pack quintet (then including Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop) performed in the Sands Casino in Las Vegas.
London Musical Theatre Orchestra presents A Christmas Carol
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- London Coliseum / Lyceum Theatre
- 11th Dec 2017 - 6th Dec 2020
London Musical Theatre Orchestra presents A Christmas Carol.
A Christmas Carol - The Fitzrovia Radio Hour
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Christmas in Leicester Square
- 8th - 30th Dec 2017
Dickens’ classic reimagined as a 1940s Christmas special.
The Barricade Boys Christmas Cabaret
- Listing Music
- West End
- St James Theatre Studio
- 5th - 23rd Dec 2017
The Barricade Boys showcase some of the world’s finest male voices from the West End, International Tour and Hollywood movie of the world’s longest running musical - Le…
A Christmas Carol - Shoreditch
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- 3 Scrooges Parlour
- 1st - 31st Dec 2017
You are cordially invited to the parlour of Mr Ebeneezer Scrooge for a rousing rendition of this timeless classic.
Side Shows
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Sadler’s Wells Theatre
- 25th - 26th Nov 2017
Constella OperaBallet return to the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells this November with their award-winning Sideshows.
Gareth Waugh: Honestly?
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 26th Aug 2017
One comic, two microphones.
Sustainable Shows: Emerging Trends
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 23rd Aug 2017
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Oh! Carol
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Brunton
- 19th Aug 2017
Oh! Carol, the musical story of Sedaka & Greenfield.
For Robin Williams: A Benefit Gig in Aid of Mind and SAMH
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Theatre
- 12th Aug 2017
We miss Robin Williams.
Father Christmas Comes Up Trumps
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Venue45
- 11th - 26th Aug 2017
Father Christmas is back, and this time he’s had three helpings of sprouts! As he tries to deliver the presents, his tummy rumbles, gurgles and groans, but Father Christmas knows h…
Islands in the Stream: The Music of Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Brunton
- 11th Aug 2017
The music of Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers.
US Tour Booking For Small And Independent Shows
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 10th - 21st Aug 2017
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Live Shows in an Internet Media Age
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Central
- 9th Aug 2017
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Gareth Cooper: Nerd Rock
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Ciao Roma
- 8th - 25th Aug 2017
Rock! For nerds! Are you a nerd? Do you like rock? In which case, this is the show for you! It’s a brand new musical comedy show written and performed by award-winning comedian and…
The Show Between Shows Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 52 Canoes (Grassmarket)
- 6th - 26th Aug 2017
New for 2017! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
Gareth Morinan: Brexitocracy (Explained With Graphs)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Banshee Labyrinth
- 5th - 26th Aug 2017
Brexit Brexit Brexit Brexit Brexit Brexit Brexit Brexit Brexit Brexit Brexit Brexit Brexit Brexit Brexit Brexit graphical comedy Brexit Brexit Brexit Brexit Brexit Brexit Brexit Br…
Black Mountain
- Review
- ★★★★
- Angela O’Callaghan
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Roundabout @ Summerhall
- 12th Aug, 2017
Though common in film and literature, it is rare to see a play which fits the bill of psychological thriller.
Sugar & Salt
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Bedlam Theatre
- 5th - 28th Aug 2017
Moni’s got guts and a promiscuous disposition.
Jarred Christmas and the Hobbit: The Mighty Kids Beatbox Game Show
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon at Rose Theatre
- 5th - 9th Aug 2017
Hey kids, grab your parents, parents grab your cash and get on down to the best game show in town.
Gareth Richards: Idiot Wind
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Whistlebinkies
- 5th - 27th Aug 2017
Join Gareth Richards, Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards best newcomer nominee 2010, for his seventh show of hilarious stand-up and low-key comedy songs on his trusty Q-chord.
Fox and Hound Presents Tennessee Williams' Ivan's Widow and Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 8th Aug, 2017
For lovers of Tennessee Williams and anyone who appreciates good theatre the double bill of Ivan’s Widow and Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen makes for a very rewardin…
Carol Ann Duffy and John Sampson
- Review
- ★★★★
- Catherine Wilson
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club 5 & 6
- 5th Aug, 2017
Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy teams up with incredibly talented musician John Sampson to bring a unique blend of reading with live music.
Carol Cates: Lady Carol
- Review
- ★★★★
- Frodo Allan
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Voodoo Rooms
- 17th Aug, 2017
Lady Carol, doyenne of cabaret and comedy ukulele songs for over ten years has reinvented herself and now she’s just Carol Cates.
Paul Williams: Summertime Love
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 4th - 25th Aug 2017
The summer is coming.
Madame Señorita: 25 Different Shows, Come Every Day!
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2017
Award-winning performer Paula Valluerca, aka Madame Señorita, is committed to reconnect with the pleasure of being a totally deluded idiot.
Twonkey's Christmas in the Jungle
- Review
- ★★★★
- Frodo Allan
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Heroes @ Dragonfly
- 20th Aug, 2017
Twonkey is lost in the jungle.
Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Gardens
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2017
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…
Alistair Williams: Food
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 3rd - 26th Aug 2017
This is the story of how changing the food you eat changes your life.
Gareth Waugh: Honestly?
- Review
- ★★★
- Jonathan Mayo
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 8th Aug, 2017
Gareth Waugh has structured his solid solo stand-up show around an admittedly less solid concept.
The Dame Dolly Donut Show
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C
- 2nd - 28th Aug 2017
Ever wondered what your favourite pantomime characters did before they became famous? Or what they did after their tale ended? Join the irrepressible Dame Dolly and her lovable son…
Salt Water: A Comedy Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly Med Quad
- 2nd - 28th Aug 2017
Bracing maritime sketch show from Eggbox Comedy.
Chris Difford and Kathryn Williams
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Queen’s Hall
- 2nd Aug 2017
Chris Difford is a rare breed.
Twonkey's Christmas in the Jungle
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Brighton Fringe
- Sweet Dukebox
- 3rd - 4th Jun 2017
His conniving manager, Mr.
Tennessee Williams' 27 Wagons Full of Cotton
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Brighton Fringe
- Rialto Theatre
- 4th Jun, 2017
Summer in the south is aggressively hot and stiflingly humid.
Tennessee Williams Double: Ivan's Widow & Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen
- Review
- ★★★
- Carmen Dupre
- Brighton Fringe
- Rialto Theatre
- 4th Jun, 2017
Written by Williams in the period before his death, Fox and Hound take on two of his most difficult one act plays.
Storyland Author Readings
- Listing Spoken Word
- Brighton Fringe
- Jubilee Library
- 26th May 2017
Brighton’s Storyland Press is a place where the story comes first, regardless of genre or where it sits on the commercial/literary spectrum.
Bom-Bane's Musical History of 24 George St, Brighton & Other Shows
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Bom-Bane’s Music Cafe
- 18th May - 3rd Jun 2017
An original musical & gastromonical journey from the 5th Century settlement of Boerthlelm’s Tun to Brighton in 1795, with affectionate portraits of the colourful inhabitants of 24 …
BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Studio 3
- 8th - 9th May 2017
“The true mystery of the world is the visible .
Carol Cates
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Brighton Fringe
- Marlborough Theatre
- 6th - 7th May 2017
Carol Cates has been performing as Lady Carol all over the world for over a decade, America, Canada, all over Europe and Australia.
SALT: Sketches
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Studio 3
- 5th - 13th May 2017
London Sketchfest and Musical Comedy Awards finalists, SALT (née Making Faces) bring their new show ‘Sketches’ to Brighton Fringe packed with new hilarious sketches, character…
The Shoreditch Improv Festival Sunday Funday Shows
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- The Water Poet
- 19th Feb 2017
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…
A Christmas Carol
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- West End
- Lyric Theatre
- 19th Dec 2016
London Musical Theatre Orchestra presents Alan Menken and Lynn Ahrens' A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens' classic gets the full Broadway treatment buy the Broadway t…
A Christmas Carol with London Musical Theatre Orchestra
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- London Fringe
- Dominion Theatre / Lyceum Theatre / Old Vic Theatre
- 19th Dec 2016 - 2nd Jan 2021
Charles Dickens' classic gets the full Broadway treatment buy the Broadway team of Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast, Little Mermaid), Lynn Ahrens (Ragtime, Seussical) and Mike…
Last Christmas
- Review
- ★★★★
- Paul Fisher Cockburn
- Edinburgh
- Traverse Theatre
- 18th Dec, 2016
“I can be pretty dim, sometimes,” says Sion Pritchard as Tom, an office-working film school graduate who doesn’t, initially, come across as particularly sympathetic.
A Christmas Carol with Simon Callow
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Arts Theatre
- 10th Dec 2016 - 12th Jan 2019
Following sell-out seasons in 2011/12 and critical and audience acclaim, Simon Callow returns in this much-lauded production of A CHRISTMAS CAROL, playing at the Arts Theatre for a…
A Christmas Carol at the Arts
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Arts Theatre
- 8th Dec 2016 - 7th Jan 2017
You are cordially invited to the parlour of Mr Ebeneezer Scrooge for a rousing rendition of this timeless classic served over a two-course Christmas feast.
The Twelve Days of Christmas
- Listing Theatre
- UK Regional & Tours
- Diss Corn Hall / The Old Joint Stock
- 7th - 10th Dec 2016
The Twelve Days of Christmas follows Miss Elizabeth Fairfax and her rather unusual Christmas of 1895.
A Christmas Carol
- Listing Children’s Shows
- London Fringe
- Canada Water Culture Space
- 6th - 17th Dec 2016
‘There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humour.
Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes™
- Listing Events
- Broadway
- Radio City Music Hall
- 11th Nov 2016 - 2nd Jan 2017
The Radio City Christmas Spectacular stars the world famous Radio City Rockettes in an unparalleled show featuring the Rockettes’ signature eye high kicks, precision choreography a…
Perfect for Christmas: Faulty Towers The Dining Experience
- Listing Comedy
- West End
- Amba Hotel Charing Cross / Radisson Blu Edwardian / Torquay Suite Theatre
- 6th Oct 2016 - 18th Dec 2021
Great for Christmas gifts and parties, this fabulous show in London’s West End is now booking until 30 April 2017.
Dolly the Sheep: Major Discovery or Minor Distraction?
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Stand in the Square
- 25th Aug 2016
Twenty years after her birth, Dolly the Sheep is a scientific and Scottish icon.
Settin’ the Woods on Fire: The Songs of Hank Williams
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Queen’s Hall
- 24th Aug 2016
One of Scotland’s best-loved troubadours with his hit show, singing some of his favourite songs by the Hillbilly Shakespeare.
Songs by Vaughan Williams, Butterworth, Canteloube and Hahn
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Andrew’s and St George’s West, George St
- 19th Aug 2016
Join us for a celebration of some of the most beautiful French and English songs of the early 20th Century.
Josie Long and Martin Williams: Investigations
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club 5 & 6
- 16th - 28th Aug 2016
Comedian and social change pioneer Josie Long is joined by investigative journalist and regular Guardian contributor Martin Williams for a topical mix of reportage and gags.
Think No Evil of Us: My Life With Kenneth Williams
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 16th Aug 2016
Twentieth anniversary performance of David Benson’s Fringe First Award-winning tour de force, showing Kenneth Williams at his funniest and his most badly behaved.
Simon Lukacs Shows His Range
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Southside Social
- 15th - 23rd Aug 2016
Upstairs Downton and Petting Zoo (‘Improv supergroup’ TimeOut) star creates a staggering array of characters using his mouth, brain, hands and body.
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
- Review
- ★★★
- Timothy Leonine Tsang
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 21st Aug, 2016
The Dean Martin Christmas Show aims to explore the warm relationship between Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra as they appear on the titular Christmas special.
Daniel Sloss: So? (Late Shows)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Venue150 at EICC
- 12th - 27th Aug 2016
Later, considerably ruder and darker shows from internationally acclaimed, award-winning Scottish stand-up comedy meteor.
Father Christmas Needs a Wee!
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Venue45
- 12th - 27th Aug 2016
Father Christmas is back on his rounds… And he still needs a wee! At every house Father Christmas eats and drinks the tasty treats that have been left for him.
For Robin Williams: A Benefit Gig in Aid of Mind and SAMH
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Theatre
- 11th Aug 2016
We miss Robin Williams.
The Soul in the Machine – George Williams, YMCA Founder
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Palmerston Place Church
- 9th - 13th Aug 2016
‘We are more than bodies to be fed to a machine.
Carol Ann Duffy and John Sampson
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club 5 & 6
- 8th - 14th Aug 2016
The much-loved and highly respected UK Poet Laureate and her accomplished and entertaining musical collaborator return following sell-out shows in 2015.
Gareth Richards: The Halo Effect
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Whistlebinkies
- 6th - 28th Aug 2016
Join Gareth Richards, Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards Best Newcomer nominee 2010, for his sixth solo show of hilarious stand-up and gorgeously low-key comedy songs.
Gareth Morinan: Graph Giraffe
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Banshee Labyrinth
- 6th - 27th Aug 2016
Short man dressed as a giraffe shows graphs, gets laughs, then dissects height discrimination using statistics.
27 Wagons Full of Cotton by Tennessee Williams
- Review
- ★★★★
- Charlotte Ferguson
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 14th Aug, 2016
In 1930s, post-recession Mississippi, a young woman’s husband returns home following the outbreak of a fire at a nearby cotton gin; suddenly, a huge workload lands right in his l…
Dolly Wants to Die
- Review
- ★★
- William Heraghty
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 22nd Aug, 2016
To say Dolly Wants to Die is a dark comedy is like saying water is wet: the irreverent jokes come left, right and centre, but only a few of them properly hit their target.
Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows
- Review
- ★★★★★
- William Heraghty
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Gardens
- 8th Aug, 2016
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…
Bob Slayer: 24 Hour Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus
- 4th - 29th Aug 2016
Bob drives his BlundaBus around Europe looking for adventures.
Alistair Williams: I've Started So I'm Finished
- Review
- ★★★
- Paul Fisher Cockburn
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 15th Aug, 2016
Alistair Williams is a bit of a lad.
Russell Howard and Steve Williams Work in Progress
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 3rd - 21st Aug 2016
Russell Howard and Steve Williams return to Edinburgh to tit about for half an hour each.
Ocean Deep, Mountain High
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Unitarian Church
- 14th May 2016
A musical journey from the shores of the British Isles to the Appalachian Mountains.
Salt Printing with Stuart Kuhn
- Listing Workshop
- Brighton Fringe
- Rodhus
- 7th - 21st May 2016
A one day hands-on workshop covering early wet-process photographic printing.
Valentines Shows
- Listing Comedy
- USA Regional & Tours
- Littlefield / Magnet Theater / The Stand
- 9th - 14th Feb 2016
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…
Roderick Williams
- Listing Music
- USA Regional & Tours
- Park Avenue Armory, Board of Officers Room
- 4th - 5th Feb 2016
This acclaimed English baritone, accompanied by Susie Allan at the piano, presents Schubert’s “Swan Song” in a recital that weaves in poetry readings by the actre…
A Christmas Carol
- Listing Theatre
- West End
- Noel Coward Theatre
- 5th - 30th Jan 2016
EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED.
The Grouch Who Couldn't Steal Christmas
- Review
- ★★★
- Oliver Lugg
- UK Regional & Tours
- Rialto Theatre
- 18th Jan, 2016
The lean, green, Christmas-hating machine runs wild in this year’s holiday season production from The Fertile Theatre Company.
Sheila Simmonds - Christmas Cracker 2015
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- Leicester Square Theatre
- 17th - 30th Dec 2015
Looking for something a bit different this year to help get you into the Christmas Spirit? Then dust off your sparkly baubles and join the darling of Woolloomooloo & West End Wilm…
A Wilder Christmas
- Listing Theatre
- Off Broadway
- Theater at St. Clement’s
- 1st Dec 2015
Peccadillo Theater Company presents a pair of haunted one-acts by Thornton Wilder, directed by Dan Wackerman.
A Childs Christmas in Wales
- Listing Theatre
- Off Broadway
- DR2 Theater
- 30th Nov 2015
I made a snowman and my brother knocked it down, and I knocked my brother down and then we had tea.
X – Lady Carol
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus
- 27th - 31st Aug 2015
Ten years ago a young girl tottered the cobbles of Edinburgh flyering, when under a full moon she stumbled into becoming a lady, winning awards and flattering reviews as she fell.
Gareth Richards: Songs
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St John’s
- 25th - 29th Aug 2015
Join Gareth Richards, Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards Best Newcomer nominee 2010, for a selection of the best songs from his five solo shows, EP, and album.
Carol Grimes with Dorian Ford: The Singer's Tale
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Assembly Rooms
- 22nd - 24th Aug 2015
Carol Grimes, the Piaf singer/songwriter of British music.
Liam Williams: Bonfire Night
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
- 20th - 30th Aug 2015
Hench-souled Pilsner socialist talks career, climate, breakup and the 1%.
Father Christmas Needs a Wee!
- Review
- ★★★★
- M Johnson
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Venue45
- 30th Aug, 2015
An entertaining pantomime-esque show that is great fun for both adults and children.
Jarred Christmas is Hotfoot Papa
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon
- 19th - 23rd Aug 2015
Jarred Christmas is laying his comedy smack down in the form of energetic storytelling, pumped full of jokes and banter.
Jarred Christmas and Hobbit: The Great Comedy Beat Box Party
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon
- 19th - 23rd Aug 2015
A stand-up comedy and beat box collaboration.
Alistair Williams and Edd Hedges – The Late Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Cowgatehead
- 18th - 30th Aug 2015
Cutting straight to the chase, Alistair and Edd embark on an hour of joke-telling aimed solely at making you laugh.
Daniel Sloss: Dark: Extra Shows!
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Venue150@EICC
- 14th - 29th Aug 2015
Due to massive demand, six later, quite probably ruder, shows! Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedy half-man-half-Xbox.
The Mountain Top
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Forbes
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Venue 13
- 17th Aug, 2015
In April 1968, Martin Luther King Jr went to Memphis.
Dean Martin and Friends (Christmas Special)
- Review
- ★★
- Tom King
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 20th Aug, 2015
The Fringe is a place for new discoveries – the freshest, young talent rubbing shoulders with the world’s best at their craft.
Carol Ann Duffy and John Sampson
- Review
- ★★★★
- Lettie Mckie
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Assembly Rooms
- 16th Aug, 2015
In a typically idiosyncratic twist Carol-Ann Duffy is collaborating with her ‘favourite’ court musician John Sampson for a reading of work from across her gargantuan oeuvre.
I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday...
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom
- 7th - 29th Aug 2015
Improvised stories, with a big heart.
Confessional by Tennessee Williams
- Review
- ★★★
- Bennett Bonci
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C cubed
- 19th Aug, 2015
When the sun is shining on a windowed room, it can be hard to tell if the lights are on inside.
Doris, Dolly and the Dressing Room Divas
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Paul Fisher Cockburn
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Hall
- 11th Aug, 2015
“Just go with the magic,” says one of the three singers on stage to a slightly reluctant compatriot.
Liam Williams: Bonfire Night
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
- 6th - 19th Aug 2015
Hench-souled Pilsner socialist talks career, climate, breakup and the 1%.
The Underbelly Radio Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly Med Quad
- 5th - 28th Aug 2015
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…
Towards Dolly: A Century of Animal Genetics in Edinburgh
- Listing Exhibition
- Edinburgh Fringe
- University of Edinburgh Main Library
- 3rd - 31st Aug 2015
Think you know about Dolly? Come and see the world’s most famous sheep for yourself! This free exhibition tells the fascinating story of Edinburgh genetics over the past century,…
Shows for Days
- Listing Theatre
- Off Broadway
- Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, Lincoln Center
- 31st May 2015
(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…
Thirst of The Salt Mountain
- Review
- ★★
- Bethan Troakes
- Brighton Fringe
- Emporium
- 20th May, 2015
Taking on Romanian playwright Marin Sorescu’s Thirst of the Salt Mountain was never going to be an easy task and unfortunately, on this occasion, Squall + Frenzy weren’t quit…
Thirst of the Salt Mountain
- Listing Theatre
- Brighton Fringe
- Emporium Theatre
- 18th - 23rd May 2015
Brighton’s own experimental theatre ensemble, Squall + Frenzy, present a brand new translation of award-winning Romanian playwright Marin Sorescu’s pioneering surrealist work, …
The Improverts - Exam Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh
- Teviot Debating Hall, Teviot Row House
- 14th - 15th May 2015
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…
Liam Williams: Capitalism
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Komedia Studio
- 10th May 2015
2014 Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Liam Williams follows his widely-acclaimed debut with a show about money.
An Evening With Carol Burnett
- Listing Comedy
- USA Regional & Tours
- St. George Theater
- 9th May 2015
Ms.
The Colin Hoult Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Warren: Theatre Box
- 7th - 25th May 2015
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…
The Improverts - London Shows
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- The Hen & Chickens Theatre Bar
- 9th - 10th Jan 2015
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…
Green Mountain Project
- Listing Music
- USA Regional & Tours
- Church of St. Joseph / St. Jean Baptiste Church
- 9th - 10th Jan 2015
Deriving its clever name from the Baroque master Monteverdi, this centerpiece of the season for the early-music ensemble Tenet and its artistic director, Jolle Greenleaf, returns w…
Christmas Storms and Sunshine
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- White Bear Theatre
- 29th Dec 2014 - 3rd Jan 2015
TRAUM gives a new twist to Elizabeth Gaskell’s classic tale of Christmas rivalries.
Christmas Misfits
- Listing Comedy
- USA Regional & Tours
- The Creek and the Cave
- 24th Dec 2014
Mike Lawrence celebrates the best of TV Christmas specials by inviting friends to watch and mock three favorites — “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” “How the Gri…
Dan St. Germains Christmas Spooktacular
- Listing Comedy
- USA Regional & Tours
- Union Hall
- 16th Dec 2014
Mr. St. Germain hosts this vaguely seasonal show, with performances from Brooks Wheelan, Jared Logan, Kevin Barnett, Jacqueline Novak and the comedy duo Team Submarine.
Christmas in Vienna
- Listing Music
- USA Regional & Tours
- Isaac Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall
- 14th Dec 2014
The storied Vienna Boys Choir rings in the season with a program of holiday classics, Austrian folk songs and popular tunes.
Christmas With The Crawfords
- Listing Comedy
- Off Off Broadway
- Abrons Arts Center
- 10th - 27th Dec 2014
This riotous camp classic is based on the actual Christmas Eve live radio broadcast from Joan Crawford’s Brentwood mansion in 1949.
The Asphalt Christmas
- Listing Theatre
- Off Broadway
- Lion Theater at Theater Row
- 30th Nov 2014
The good news for audiences at Todd Michael’s satirical mash-up of old Hollywood movies, Christmas-related and otherwise, is that an exorcism is performed onstage.
A Christmas Carol, Oy! Hannukkah, Merry Kwanzaa
- Listing Theatre
- Off Off Broadway
- La MaMa
- 30th Nov 2014
The Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theater has done enchanting work in the past, but this marionette show has too many pointed anachronisms and not enough warmth (1:00).
Dr. Seuss How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical
- Listing Theatre
- Off Broadway
- Theater at Madison Square Garden
- 30th Nov 2014
The strapping man inside the shaggy green suit is the Tony winner Shuler Hensley, and his Grinch is magnificent, a charismatic showman of a menace who will never truly frighten the…
Radio City Christmas Spectacular
- Listing Theatre
- USA Regional & Tours
- Radio City Music Hall
- 1st Nov 2014
Rockettes, angels and magi, dancing teddy bears and a 3-D aerial tour in Santa’s sleigh — this show is as much a celebration of the city as of the holidays (1:30).
The Dolly Parton Story Featuring Andrea Pattison and The Partoners
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Brunton
- 21st Aug 2014
This new show pays tribute to one of the greatest icons of popular music: Dolly Parton.
Alison Jackson: A Story in the Public Domain
- Review
- ★★
- Jenny Williams
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 23rd Aug, 2014
Alison Jackson has made a name for herself creating fake behind-the-scenes photographs and videos of celebrities with look-alike models.
Case Number
- Review
- ★★
- Jenny Williams
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Spotlites @ The Merchants’ Hall
- 21st Aug, 2014
Case Number, from young London-based theatre company Tea and Toast productions, seeks to raise awareness about the shockingly low number of rapists that are convicted through the…
Nightpiece Film Festival
- Review
- ★★
- Jenny Williams
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Symposium Hall
- 31st Aug, 2014
Nightpiece Film Festival is attempting to do something quite lovely.
Jim Al-Khalili: Quantum - Still Crazy After All These Years
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jenny Williams
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Assembly Rooms
- 20th Aug, 2014
I gave up studying all forms of science at the age of 15, so on the surface, I would not be the natural choice for Jim Al-Khalili’s Quantum – Still Crazy After All These Yea…
merry christmas, Ms Meadows
- Review
- ★★★
- Paul Fisher Cockburn
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 20th Aug, 2014
During the last few years, the Belarus Free Theatre company has built a strong reputation in issue-based theatre, utilising a wide range of performance techniques to frame and ex…
Inevitable
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jenny Williams
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 24th Aug, 2014
The Age We Are is a young company bringing their first production, Inevitable, to the Edinburgh Fringe.
Jarred Christmas and Jack Hobbs: The Christmas and The Hobbit -A Beat Box and Stand-Up Collaboration
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon
- 18th - 20th Aug 2014
Hobbit is an acclaimed beat boxer.
Flight of the Lawnchair Man
- Review
- ★★★
- Jenny Williams
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 20th Aug, 2014
Latymer Theatre Company’s Flight of the Lawnchair Man is the sweet tale of an average man who dreams of something more.
Alistair Williams and Daryl Perry Love You
- Review
- ★★★
- Kayleigh Blair
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St John’s
- 22nd Aug, 2014
Two comedians with quite different styles split an hour to give you a quick shot of what they are all about.
Telling Tales
- Review
- ★★★
- Jenny Williams
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C nova
- 19th Aug, 2014
Todoandahooha’s Telling Tales is a series of 21st century morality plays commenting on and critiquing the contemporary world.
Feral
- Review
- ★★★
- Jenny Williams
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 17th Aug, 2014
Feral is a beautifully imagined production which uses puppetry, film, cartoons and projection to tell the sad story of a lovely seaside town descending into anarchy.
Good Timin'
- Review
- ★★★
- Jenny Williams
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Northern Stage at King’s Hall
- 16th Aug, 2014
Good Timin’ is Ian Mclaughlin’s personal story about his search to find a connection with his long-lost father.
Post-Its (Notes on a Marriage)
- Review
- ★★★
- Jenny Williams
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Community Project
- 19th Aug, 2014
The ordinary, daily drama of being in a relationship is the subject of short Canadian production, Post-its (Notes on a Marriage).
The Box – Free
- Review
- ★★
- Jenny Williams
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
- 15th Aug, 2014
“I wasn’t cut out to be cursed,” Jill tells us at the start of The Box.
Rants, Bantz and Comas
- Review
- ★
- Jenny Williams
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on North Bridge
- 13th Aug, 2014
“Happy families are all alike, but every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way,” wrote Tolstoy.
Mountain Songs and Grassland Tunes: Tulegur Gangzi
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C south
- 10th - 19th Aug 2014
Tulegur Gangzi, a modern nomad and a versatile musician from Inner-Mongolia who has combined traditional Mongolian throat singing Khoomei with contemporary music, rock and folk, wh…
Mountain Songs and Grassland Tunes: Tribal Trip
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C south
- 10th - 19th Aug 2014
Hailing from the beautiful lands of Yunnan, Tribal Trip consists of: the La-Hu Wang NieJing, DingNan on drums and the mystical dancing of Shi XueYan combines folk music from Russia…
Mmm Hmmm
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jenny Williams
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Zoo Southside
- 12th Aug, 2014
The lights go down and, from out of the dark, a sound comes.
Daniel Sloss – Really...?! Extra Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Venue150@EICC
- 8th - 23rd Aug 2014
Due to massive demand, six extra, later, and quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man/half-Xbox.
Every Brilliant Thing
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Jenny Williams
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall @ Roundabout
- 13th Aug, 2014
You’ll have to excuse me for saying this, but Every Brilliant Thing is, quite simply, brilliant.
My Uncle's Shoes
- Review
- ★★★
- Jenny Williams
- Edinburgh Fringe
- New Town Theatre
- 8th Aug, 2014
A beautifully ragged caravan hung with various bits and bobs sits in a corner of the stage.
I'm Not Like Other Girls
- Review
- ★★★
- Jenny Williams
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Jury’s Inn
- 6th Aug, 2014
Susie Sillett has always disliked women, she explains.
Yeti
- Review
- ★★★
- Jenny Williams
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Royal Oak
- 26th Aug, 2014
There are some great moments in Gary from Leeds’ surreal one-man spoken word show, Yeti.
Gareth Richards: Comedy in the Key of Gareth
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Beat
- 2nd - 23rd Aug 2014
Join Gareth Richards, Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer nominee 2010, for his fifth solo show of hilarious stand-up, silly jokes and gorgeously low-key comedy songs.
Gareth Morinan's Play: Time
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Banshee Labyrinth
- 2nd - 24th Aug 2014
Multimedia theatrical comedy that spans millennia.
The Secret Wives of Andy Williams
- Review
- ★★★
- Grace Knight
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 4th Aug, 2014
The Secret Wives of Andy Williams is an enjoyable hour of theatre that is occasionally funny and often moving, with plenty of eccentricity to keep things interesting.
The Eradication of Schizophrenia in Western Lapland
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jenny Williams
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 9th Aug, 2014
The Eradication of Schizophrenia in Western Lapland, by theatre company Ridiculusmus, is about the creation of an experience.
The Wizard of Oz
- Review
- ★★★
- Jenny Williams
- Edinburgh Fringe
- King’s Theatre
- 3rd Aug, 2014
It’s called, ‘The Wizard of Oz’ but this isn’t the production you remember from your childhood.
Near Gone
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Jenny Williams
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 3rd Aug, 2014
“This is a difficult story to tell,” performer Katherina Radeva warns us in Bulgarian through her translator and fellow performer, Alister Lownie, at the start of Near Gone.
The Future for Beginners
- Review
- ★★★
- Jenny Williams
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 10th Aug, 2014
What would life be like if you could plan every detail ahead of time and guarantee your happiness? Such certainty of outcome is surely something that everyone has wished for at s…
Dan Cook and Gareth Cooper
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Cowgatehead
- 1st - 25th Aug 2014
An hour of comedy split between an idiot and a dork.
Notoriously Yours
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jenny Williams
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C south
- 3rd Aug, 2014
Most of us don’t think too hard about what we post online.
Last Christmas
- Review
- ★★★★
- Larry Bartleet
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 31st Aug, 2014
When seeing a piece of new writing it can be best to have no expectations, to let the play lead you where it will.
Dr Professor Neal Portenza Performs His Own Autopsy Live On Stage. One Night Only. (Obviously).
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jenny Williams
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Mash House
- 16th Aug, 2014
To tell the truth, I’m a little bit scared of Dr.
Big Red Bath
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jenny Williams
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 9th Aug, 2014
Adapted from the popular children’s book of the same name, Big Red Bath is Full House’s offering for younger children at the 2014 Edinburgh Fringe (The Snow Dog is their show f…
Little Jokes
- Review
- ★★★
- Jenny Williams
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 1st Aug, 2014
‘I see life as basically tragic and futile and the only thing that matters in life is making little jokes,’ wrote Edward Lear, a Victorian best known for his nonsense poetry an…
Confirmation
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jenny Williams
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Northern Stage at King’s Hall
- 1st Aug, 2014
There Has Possibly Been an Incident by Chris Thorpe was a critically acclaimed success at the Fringe in 2013.
Dead Letters
- Review
- ★★★
- Jenny Williams
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C cubed
- 18th Aug, 2014
In this era of electronic messaging devices, where nothing texted or emailed seems personal, permanent or important, there is something romantic about a tangible, hand-written le…
Liam Williams: Capitalism
- Review
- ★★★★
- Aron Penczu
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Cellar Monkey
- 7th Aug, 2014
Liam Williams’s latest show is hard to pin down.
Lady Carol: Lost and Found
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Kyung Oh
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Heroes @ Bob & Miss Behave’s Bookshop
- 5th Aug, 2014
Lady Carol sits on her stool with her ukulele and mandolin, wearing a black velvet robe that gives her the appearance of a fairy tale enchantress.
Hancock’s Last Half Hour by Heathcote Williams
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Assembly Rooms
- 3rd Aug, 2014
“Ladies and gentlemen, I shall now bid you all good day.
Jack and I
- Review
- ★★
- Jenny Williams
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C nova
- 1st Aug, 2014
The unsolved mystery of Jack the Ripper has provided constant fascination for people around the world ever since the grisly murders were committed.
The Snow Dog
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jenny Williams
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 8th Aug, 2014
You don’t expect adults to be as excited as the children when waiting to see a kids show at the fringe.
A Slight Ache
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jenny Williams
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 11th Aug, 2014
In a world where ‘fat’ is a dirty word, Chewing the Fat, created by performance artist Selina Thompson, sets out to have an open and honest conversation about it.
KATE
- Review
- ★★★
- Jenny Williams
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 5th Aug, 2014
In 1940, the British strategically invaded neutral Iceland in a preemptive move to prevent a German invasion.
Richard III
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jenny Williams
- London Fringe
- St Paul’s Church
- 15th Jul, 2014
There may be questions surrounding his historical accuracy, but there can be no denying that Shakespeare’s Richard III is one of the most fascinating and entertaining of Englis…
Music Mountain
- Listing Music
- USA Regional & Tours
- Music Mountain
- 7th Jun 2014
This long-running festival kicks off its summer season with a gala performance by the Emerson String Quartet.
Children's Shows and Workshops
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Brighton Fringe
- Academy of Creative Training / The Old Market
- 31st May - 1st Jun 2014
A celebration of children and young people in the Performing Arts featuring theatre, literature, music and movement.
The Greatest Shows on Earth
- Listing Music
- Brighton Fringe
- Brighton Spiegeltent
- 17th May 2014
A dress-up sing-along celebration of everyone’s favourite musicals.
The Colin Hoult Shows
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- The Burrow at The Warren
- 5th - 25th May 2014
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.
Dinner Dance on Douglas Mountain
- Listing Comedy
- Brighton Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Hobgoblin
- 5th - 16th May 2014
Can there ever be peace between East & West Sussex? Will Sharks ever go the extra mile and indeed, how far should dog improvement go? What exactly is Bob Dylan’s problem? Just a fe…
Rosie Wilby: Nineties Woman
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jenny Williams
- London Fringe
- Summerhall / Tristan Bates Theatre
- 7th Apr, 2014
The early nineties is a period that doesn’t often get a lot of attention.
Finian's Rainbow
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jenny Williams
- London Fringe
- Charring Cross Theatre
- 7th Apr, 2014
Finian’s Rainbow tells the story of Irish immigrant, Finian McLonergin, and his daughter, Sharon and their adventures in the fictional American town of Rainbow Valley, Missitu…
Crazy Glue
- Review
- ★★★
- Jenny Williams
- London Fringe
- Pleasance Theatre, London
- 3rd Apr, 2014
What keeps a couple together and what breaks them apart are two questions endlessly revisited by artists.
The A-Z Of Mrs P
- Review
- ★★★
- Jenny Williams
- London Fringe
- Southwark Playhouse
- 3rd Apr, 2014
As a relative ‘newbie’ to London, I often find myself lost, confused and wandering the city’s streets hopelessly.
Gareth Morinan Is Playing the Numbers Game [Z]
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 23rd - 24th Aug 2013
These 11 two day listings cost a total of £880. One page of this programme can fit 12 listings. Yet an advertisement taking up just 1/4 page costs £1200. You do the maths.
Gareth Morinan Is Playing the Numbers Game [J]
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st - 22nd Aug 2013
Just to clarify, these 11 listings are for the same show. Why have I chosen to list it as 11 two day shows, rather than one 22 day show? Explanation below…
Gareth Morinan Is Playing the Numbers Game [I]
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th - 20th Aug 2013
FAQs: Q1: Is this different to last year’s show? A1: Yes it is! Q2: Is this suitable for children? A2: No, those colourful pictures are for immature adults, not children sorry!
Gareth Morinan Is Playing the Numbers Game [H]
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th - 18th Aug 2013
To be upfront: this show is free, but I will ask for a donation at the end (no obligation). On the upside, donating money entitles you to receive limited edition artwork!
Gareth Morinan Is Playing the Numbers Game [G]
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th - 16th Aug 2013
Let me just assure you, I am totally legit.
Gareth Morinan Is Playing the Numbers Game [F]
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th - 14th Aug 2013
So-called industry experts advised me to include 11 pictures of my face here. I negotiated down to one. I think we all know the picture of a bee will be more popular.
The Way of the World
- Review
- ★★★
- Gwen Sims-Williams
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2013
First performed in 1700, William Congreve’s quintessential Restoration Comedy has an appeal which defies the sillier conventions of its genre.
A Note of Dischord
- Review
- ★★★★
- Gwen Sims-Williams
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2013
Top hats off to Theatre Paradok for bringing something so unashamedly different to the Fringe.
Ruskin Live
- Review
- ★★★★
- Gwen Sims-Williams
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 14th Aug, 2013
In 1853, art critic John Ruskin caused a stir in polite society with a series of Edinburgh lectures lambasting the city’s architectural pretensions.
Gareth Morinan Is Playing the Numbers Game [E]
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 11th - 12th Aug 2013
The work I did in Government is no longer covered by the Official Secrets Act! Now is the perfect time to explain how much of a tool my boss Michael Gove was.
Hanging Bruce-Howard
- Review
- ★★
- Gwen Sims-Williams
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2013
Hanging Bruce-Howard is a good old-fashioned piece of farce.
Carol Kidd Sings Cole Porter
- Review
- ★★
- Ella Moran-Jones
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2013
There’s no denying Scottish jazz singer Carol Kidd has a sweet voice, although it takes a few songs to settle down this evening.
Daniel Sloss - Stand-Up (Extra Shows!)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th - 24th Aug 2013
Due to massive demand six extra, later, quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man, half-Xbox.
Gareth Morinan Is Playing the Numbers Game [D]
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th - 10th Aug 2013
I can’t keep talking about myself in the third person.
Gareth Morinan Is Playing the Numbers Game [C]
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th - 8th Aug 2013
Having attempted (and possibly failed) to live the life of a pick up artist, Gareth presents a colourful mishmash of graphs and animations, detailing the lessons he learnt.
Alaska's King Island Christmas
- Review
- ★★
- Agnes Chambre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2013
Straight from Alaska comes a new piece of musical theatre from a 40-strong cast.
Rough Magic
- Review
- ★★★
- Gwen Sims-Williams
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 10th Aug, 2013
Rough Magic is essentially pantomime for the Marvel Comics generation, a light-hearted urban fantasy which feels a bit like a pilot for a wacky teen series.
The Actor's Nightmare
- Review
- ★★★
- Gwen Sims-Williams
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2013
Take one confused accountant.
Scotsman Best of the Fest
- Review
- ★★★★
- Gwen Sims-Williams
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 14th Aug, 2013
Best of Fest presents five acts (and one emcee) crowned with four-or five-star reviews by the Scotsman newspaper.
Gareth Morinan Is Playing the Numbers Game [B]
- Review
- ★★★
- Sam Bradley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2013
Gareth Morinan likes his women the same way he likes his data: compatible with Microsoft Excel.
Traverse Through Time: The Exhibition
- Review
- ★★★
- Gwen Sims-Williams
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2013
How much do you know about the history of the Traverse Theatre? If the answer is ‘very little’, don’t expect to leave enlightened.
21st-century Poe
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Gwen Sims-Williams
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 8th Aug, 2013
Marty Ross drags Edgar Allan Poe into a Glaswegian alley, knifes him in the back and shakes him down for drug money.
BiDiNG TiME - Various Shows
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th - 24th Aug 2013
International experiment sharing a story about a woman called Thyme, with local interpretations.
The Penelopiad
- Review
- ★★★★
- Gwen Sims-Williams
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 8th Aug, 2013
Everyone knows Penelope.
Gareth Morinan Is Playing the Numbers Game [A]
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 3rd - 4th Aug 2013
‘A show unlike any other you will have seen’ (Chortle.
The Trojan Women
- Review
- ★★★
- Gwen Sims-Williams
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 4th Aug, 2013
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.
The Horne Section Live in a Cow - Extra Shows
- Listing Comedy / Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 3rd - 24th Aug 2013
Rolling into Edinburgh with a brand new barnstorming show, The Horne Section will yet again provide the festival’s best musical mayhem.
Timurid Beasties - A Magical Menagerie of Furniture, Rugs, Artefacts and Jewellery
- Review
- ★★★★
- Gwen Sims-Williams
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2013
The tigers, lions and elephants that strut their stuff in The Nomad’s Tent are a harmless lot – their ferocity having been harnessed for decorative ends and their forms playful…
Phoebe Anna Traquair Murals
- Review
- ★★★★
- Gwen Sims-Williams
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2013
In 1893 the Irish artist Phoebe Anna Traquair, a notable adherent of the Arts and Crafts movement, was asked to decorate the Catholic Apostolic Church on Mansfield Place.
Edinburgh Printmakers at ROSL
- Review
- ★★★
- Gwen Sims-Williams
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2013
Constituting this exhibition of work by Edinburgh printmakers are a handful of understated prints hung up two flights of stairs at the Royal Over-Seas League.
Father Christmas Needs a Wee! The Musical
- Review
- ★★★
- Kathleen Sargeant
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2013
TaleGate Theatre have adapted Nicholas Allan’s beloved children’s book into a new funny and energetic musical, which ticks all the boxes for a children’s show, apart from the fact …
Print Fusion
- Review
- ★★★
- Gwen Sims-Williams
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 3rd Aug, 2013
Print is one of the most consumer-friendly art mediums around and this little display proves no exception.
Rites: A Children's Tragedy
- Review
- ★★★
- Gwen Sims-Williams
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th Aug, 2013
Fans of Wedekind’s taboo-breaking original or its cult teen-rock musical spawn beware: this adaptation is never quite as wryly funny or as heart-wrenching.
Iain Stirling: At Home - Extra Shows
- Listing Comedy / Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 1st - 23rd Aug 2013
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.
Henning Wehn's Authentic German Christmas Do
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 1st - 25th Aug 2013
Christmas comes early! Celebrate the jolliest time of the year with the German Comedy Ambassador.
Penthesilea
- Review
- ★★★
- Gwen Sims-Williams
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 4th Aug, 2013
Apparently there’s a fine line between desire and cannibalism.
Sleepless Travellers
- Review
- ★★
- Gwen Sims-Williams
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2013
On a technical level, Teresa Cálem’s portraits are very good.
Liam Williams
- Review
- ★★★★
- Adam Harwood
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2013
When you only have forty or so words to play with in the Fringe programme, be careful not to waste them.
Kazakoshi (Mountain Wind)
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 1st - 26th Aug 2013
Japanese taiko drum group present this expression of powerfully flowing, yet rhythmically jazzy performance, originating at the foot of Kazakoshi Mountain.
John Williams: My Son's Not Rainman
- Review
- ★★★
- Justin McCarthy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2013
John Williams isn’t just a comedian.
The Vanish Inquisition
- Review
- ★★
- Gwen Sims-Williams
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 2nd Aug, 2013
It’s Six Characters in Search of an Author, except there are four of them and they have been abandoned by their actor, Richard, who spends most of the play as a cardboard cut-out…
High Plains (A Western Myth)
- Review
- ★★★★
- Gwen Sims-Williams
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 2nd Aug, 2013
The first few minutes of High Plains was like being cornered after last orders by a sad-eyed drunk intent on regaling me with a digression about his life.
The Boy Who Lost Christmas
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Lauren Moreau
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 2nd Aug, 2013
The Boy Who Lost Christmas, by The Young Actors Company/Engineerium, is an absolutely lovely piece of children’s theatre.
The Cherry Orchard
- Review
- ★★
- Gwen Sims-Williams
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th Aug, 2013
When a production’s most memorable aspect is the costuming, you know you have a weak show on your hands.
Gareth Richards: Gareth Goes Electric
- Review
- ★★
- James Dolton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2013
A show title that implies a comparison between Bob Dylan and a minor comedian is clearly a rather ambitious, even presumptuous one.
Lady Carol Betwixt and Between
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 31st Jul - 25th Aug 2013
Lady Carol returns to Edinburgh after a year of performing in places as far flung as Europe, Canada and South America.
Zimbabwe Sculptures
- Review
- ★★★
- Gwen Sims-Williams
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2013
A shoal of fish are suspended in a synchronised leap.
Six Characters in Search of an Author
- Review
- ★★
- Joseph Cunningham
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 8th Aug, 2013
In a new adaptation of Luigi Pirandello’s disturbing masterpiece, Cambridge ADC chop, change and miss the point entirely.
The Break-Up of Cause and Effect
- Review
- ★★★
- Gwen Sims-Williams
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 8th Aug, 2013
Poor Cause.
The Big Bite-Size Breakfast Show
- Review
- ★★★★
- Gwen Sims-Williams
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2013
Don’t come for the breakfast.
Mostly West: Franz West and Artist Collaborations
- Review
- ★★★
- Gwen Sims-Williams
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 2nd Aug, 2013
The Austrian artist Franz West, who died last year, was eager to form partnerships with his contemporaries.
Ilana Halperin: The Library
- Review
- ★★★★
- Gwen Sims-Williams
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 24th Aug, 2013
The only ‘books’ in Ilana Halperin’s library are samples of glittering mica - so called by geologists because their flaking layers resemble the pages of a manuscript.
Witches & Wicked Bodies
- Review
- ★★★★
- Gwen Sims-Williams
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th Aug, 2013
Goya, Dürer, Delacroix and Blake are amongst the artists tantalizing their viewers with dark fantasies of Medusas, soothsayers, satanists and Jezebels at Scotland’s National Gal…
Through American Eyes: Frederic Church and the Landscape Oil Sketch
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Gwen Sims-Williams
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 2nd Aug, 2013
Previous visitors to the Scottish National Gallery will be familiar with Frederic Church’s Niagara Falls from the American Side, the only major work by this American artist featu…
The Boy Under The Christmas Tree
- Review
- ★★★★
- Christopher James
- London Fringe
- King’s Head Theatre Pub
- 17th Dec, 2018
The Kings Head Theatre is once again offering multiple seasonal shows for their audiences to enjoy.
The Big Bite-Size Breakfast /Matinee Shows
- Review
- ★★★★
- Pete Shaw
- Brighton Fringe
- 3rd May, 2009
The concept of Bite Size is a perfectly simple, yet novel one, and the clue really is in the title.
Dolly Mixture
- Review
- ★★★
- Cerys Mather
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 18th Aug, 2012
Dolly Mixture, the debut solo show of character comedienne Anna Morris, is not quite as it first appears.
Daniel Sloss - Extra Shows!
- Review
- ★★★★
- Frankie Goodway
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2012
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…
Alfred Williams Tells A Joke
- Review
- ★
- Bruce Kent
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2006
One joke drawn out for an hour by adding lame gags and consciously clever word play.
Lady Carol Must Die
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sarah McIntosh
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th Aug, 2012
There’s a definite buzz on George Street.
Gareth Morinan Explains Why David Cameron Should Be Fired for Crimes Against Short People (Among Other Things)
- Review
- ★★★
- Anna Reid
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 24th Aug, 2012
It is very hard to know how to describe Gareth Morinan’s show.
Nina Conti: Dolly Mixtures
- Review
- ★★★★
- Thom Louis
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Aug, 2012
As the title may suggest, comic ventriloquist Nina Conti’s new show Dolly Mixtures is a bit of a mixed bag; not in terms of the overall quality, which is excellent, nor in terms …
Christmas With The Supreme Fabulettes
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Clarissa Widya
- London Fringe
- 20th Dec, 2012
Christmas: like the proverbial row of tents, there was never a holiday more camp.
Gareth Richards: Introvert - Never Been To Disneyland
- Review
- ★★★
- Andy Read
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2012
There are three things essential to know about Gareth Richards before his show starts.
A Christmas Carol
- Review
- ★★★★
- Tom King
- London Fringe
- 8th Dec, 2012
There’s a reason Charles Dickens’ stories endures in popularity.
Dolly Wests Kitchen
- Review
- ★★★★
- Robin T. Barton
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th Aug, 2006
This gentle comedy is set in Buncrana, County Donegal, just across the border from Northern Ireland, between 1943 and 1945, the last two years of what the Irish called The Emerge…
Author
- Review
- ★★★★
- Louisa-Claire Dunnigan
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 8th Aug, 2010
An author, two actors and an audience member discuss Tim Crouchs last play, an unnamed and violence-filled two-person production whose effects on the actors and writer are slowly…
Christmas For Two: Friends With You
- Review
- ★★★
- William Summerlin
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 18th Aug, 2011
Just Up The Stairs at The Caves is packed to the rafters for this mid-afternoon hour of sketch comedy.
Super Crazy Fun Fun (Christmas Specials) - Free
- Review
- ★★★
- Hannah Smith
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 3rd Aug, 2012
This show is comedy flying by the seat of its pants: not exactly improvised, but certainly thrown together.
Ivo Graham and Liam Williams
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Julia Oliphant
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2012
In a “botched attempt” to entertain his audience before the show two things became apparent: Ivo Graham is hilariously charming and if Liam Williams could match his calibre of …
Fairy Liquid And The Burst Bubble ... And Other Science Shows
- Review
- ★★★★
- Kathryn Mack
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Aug, 2009
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.
Think No Evil Of Us: My Life With Kenneth Williams
- Review
- ★★★★
- Alan Chorley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2006
A recreation, by David Benson, of scenes from Kenneth Williams life, together with episodes from his own childhood.
The Red Bus Puppet Shows
- Review
- ★★★
- Kai Sedgwick
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2012
It’s a beautiful day at the Fringe and I’m sat on the top deck of a red bus in the Meadows.
All I Want For Christmas
- Review
- ★★★★
- David Scott
- London Fringe
- 29th Nov, 2010
Take a liberal helping of Ayckbourn, add a sprinkling of Sondheimesque songs, stir well with a cupful of Joe Orton, and what do you get? A unique show which pulls the rug from unde…
Dan Nightingale: The 11 and a 1/2 Ill-conceived Edinburgh Shows of Dan Nightingale
- Review
- ★★★★
- Wayne Cleworth
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2012
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…
Lost Boy
- Review
- ★★★
- Jennifer Williams
- London Fringe
- 17th Jan, 2014
What would happen if the beloved characters of Neverland - Wendy, Tinkerbell, the Lost Boys and Peter Pan - had grown-up and confronted the horrors of World War I? This is the ques…
Anna Morris: Dolly Mixture
- Review
- ★★★★
- Matt Hudson
- Camden Fringe
- 14th Aug, 2012
Anna Morris has crafted a wonderful hour of entertainment that I highly recommend.
Llŷr Williams
- Listing Music / Music
- Edinburgh International Festival
- The Queen’s Hall
- 9th Aug 2019
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Five outstanding EdFringe shows scoop a Broadway Baby Bobby in 2023
- Feature
- Pete Shaw
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 25th Aug, 2023
A coveted Bobby has been presented to five shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year.
Bigger than Dolly Parton
- Feature
- Kate Copstick
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2023
Kate Copstick meets Natalie Perlin, the 36GGG woman, while trying hard not to stare at her breasts; Natalie's that is.
What to Watch in Brighton this Christmas
- Feature
- Elanor Parker
- Brighton
- 7th Dec, 2020
As Brighton and Hove leaves lockdown and enters Tier 2, socially distanced live performances are back on the cards.
4 Family Friendly Shows in Brighton This Half Term
- Feature
- Elanor Parker
- Brighton
- 16th Feb, 2019
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.
5 Brighton Shows To Entertain You This Christmas
- Feature
- Elanor Parker
- Brighton
- 11th Dec, 2018
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.
5 Brighton HorrorFest Shows To Sink Your Teeth Into This October
- Feature
- Elanor Parker
- Brighton
- 17th Oct, 2018
Welcome to our top 5 picks from the third year of Brighton HorrorFest, the spooktacular celebration from Sweet of all things that go bump in the night.
The Attention Economy: Exposed in Feed
- Feature
- Lara Williams
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2018
A relevant exposé of our relationships with social media
Black Friday Deals on West End Shows
- Feature
- Levi Bailey
- West End
- 23rd Nov, 2017
All this week we've got some fantastic offers on your favourite West End shows. Check back daily for the latest offers.
Eight shows heading to Brighton Fringe with the support of Greenwich Theatre
- Feature
- Levi Bailey
- Brighton Fringe
- 27th Apr, 2017
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...
Brighton Fringe: 10 Shows to Book Before They Sell-Out
- Feature
- Nicholas Abrams
- Brighton Fringe
- 11th Apr, 2017
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.
Winter Theatre Seat Sale - Amazing deals & offers this Christmas
- Feature
- Levi Bailey
- West End
- 1st Dec, 2016
Our Winter Sale promotion is now live and we have a number of amazing deals & offers.
Balletboyz join The Big Give Christmas Challenge in aid of Parkinson’s CAN Dance
- Feature
- Levi Bailey
- London Fringe
- 29th Nov, 2016
The internationally celebrated dance company BalletBoyz have announced that they will be taking part in ‘The Big Give Christmas Challenge’ from noon on Tuesday 29 November to n...
Unmissable shows at Brighton Fringe this year
- Feature
- Nicholas Abrams
- Brighton Fringe
- 7th Mar, 2016
Brighton Fringe has officially launched.
Five Christmas Shows You Shouldn’t Miss In London This Year
- Feature
- Pete Shaw
- London Fringe
- 20th Dec, 2015
Christmas is the one time of year you can drag your non-theatre-going friends to the theatre.
James Plays Playwright Rona Munro does Christmas at the Traverse
- Feature
- Paul F Cockburn
- Edinburgh
- 11th Dec, 2015
Rona Munro, writer of the three James Plays – critically acclaimed and popular with audiences at the 2014 Edinburgh International Festival – has a new collaboration with Stephe...
'Behind the scenes, everyone was falling apart' - Jenny Lindsay on Scottish Independence, Ire & Salt
- Feature
- Carly Brown
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 18th Aug, 2015
Jenny Lindsay is a poet, performer and promoter of spoken word in Scotland.
Going To Space: Father Christmas needs a WEE!
- Feature
- Levi Bailey
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 16th Jun, 2015
Father Christmas has a problem! After a few mince pies, a glass or two of milk and a little eggnog he finds himself in dire need of a bathroom!
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