Garrett Millerick Needs More Space, sees comedy’s ‘angriest optimist’ return for a hilarious, honest, and mostly historically accurate, exploration of …
Completing the Trilogy that begun with Genius 2.
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes.
‘The world as it is and the world as it can be’.
Camilla is obsessed with stories, great stories, the greatest stories ever told.
16 year-old Sean Parker has never known his Dad and wants to change that.
An hour of mind-bending semi-improvised physically inflected comedy from dancer/comedian Lewys Holt.
Learning a second language can change the way you use your first.
TS Eliot’s poem Ash Wednesday is widely regarded as a work of great spiritual depth.
This is a piece of biographical theatre narrated through music.
In I Don’t Have a Maths GCSE, Mia Borthwick takes us on a laugh-out-loud musical comedy journey through her own insecurities and low self-esteem after being diagnosed with Dyscalcu…
With caller Ken Gourlay and ceilidh band.
Performance poet/musician Attila the Stockbroker has been writing and performing since 1980: 4,000 or so gigs in 25 countries so far.
Start each morning with this curated variety showcase, featuring the very best solo shows at the Fringe! Rotating daily line-ups include storytelling, theatre, clown, cabaret, spok…
How do you choose between two things you love? Particularly if one of those things is literally (fictionally) magical.
More jokes from the UK Comics’ Comic Best Act winner Mark Simmons (Mock The Week), whilst taking a break from his sold-out national tour.
Charles Edward Pipe and Co return to the Fringe following last year’s five-star (TheEdinburghReporter.
A stand-up show from a Geordie powerhouse comic that’s been doing it for 32 years.
Naomi Paul’s (mostly) Jewish show! From the Baltic to Birmingham, from shamash to shellfish, to Hendon and beyond.
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…
Comedian Andrew Mayer talks about his all-time best and worst dates (both with the same woman), and a third date with her many years later.
‘All hail Macbeth that shalt be King hereafter…’ With these portentous words, the three witches seal the fate of the Thane of Glamis – and also that of all the others whom Macb…
A comedy storytelling show about sobriety, impulse control, and growing up from acclaimed comedy veteran Matt Davis (USA).
The tales of the dragons are special for many reasons.
For over 30 years Hegley has brought a show to the Fringe with a spattering of favourites, alongside new work, to present to festival-goers.
When Terence Hartnett found out that his testicular cancer had spread to his lung, he got out his notebook and started writing jokes.
Can you help me with this audition? It won’t take long.
Comedian Michael Welch returns with a new show filled with jokes, mischief and perhaps stuff he will later regret saying.
Begins with the history of dating from dance halls and slow sets to modern ‘apps’.
Abby awoke in hospital after a late miscarriage and, high on anaesthesia, decided to become a comedian.
Will Duggan (as seen on the Russell Howard Hour, Sky One) is never going to be the youngest person to achieve.
The Guardian’s Top 50 shows to see! Jillian is back at the Fringe with her yoga mat and blender after a hit premiere at last year’s Fringe and subsequent sell-out runs in New York …
A second show has hit Paddy Young.
Comedy’s angriest optimist returns for a hilarious, honest and mostly historically accurate, exploration of space travel, his totally insignificant place in the universe and how …
Joe Burkewood (Shortlisted for Brighton Fringe Best Newcomer) is a drug addict, that no longer takes drugs.
Do you ever experience the feeling of missing out? Brighton Fringe makes you confused – where to go, what to choose with so many options? Other people might be having more fun? S…
When life feels like a test you didn’t study for, and you’re feeling as useful as an understocked mobile library, climb aboard Tanya’s dilapidated ‘fun’ bus as she navigate…
In 2021 Richard Herring went to his GP to find out why his right ball seemed to be growing bigger.
In 2021 Richard Herring went to his GP to find out why his right ball seemed to be growing bigger.
Join up-and-coming tall and skinny comedian Ed Mulvey as he performs his latest routines, packed with joke-dense intelligent filth.
I AM MORE THAN supports women in the city who are experiencing homelessness, to use their creative voices to tell their communities who they are and that they are not defined by ho…
Growing up in 1980’s rural Wiltshire requires more than a little patience, especially when you’re gay and trying to be a good Christian, with a love for George Michael.
Ryan Calais Cameron’s For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy, is now in its fourth run and second West End transfer with a brand new cast, and it …
Prepare to be swept away as We’ll Have Nun of It emerges as a poignant, genre-defying coming-of-age musical that fearlessly tackles the profound struggles of Irish emigration, sexu…
Step into the dazzling world of dance as the Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour sashays its way across the UK in January and February! Get ready for an electrifying spectacle full of …
Step into the dazzling world of dance as the Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour sashays its way across the UK in January and February! Get ready for an electrifying spectacle full of …
Step into the dazzling world of dance as the Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour sashays its way across the UK in January and February! Get ready for an electrifying spectacle full of …
Step into the dazzling world of dance as the Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour sashays its way across the UK in January and February! Get ready for an electrifying spectacle full of …
Step into the dazzling world of dance as the Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour sashays its way across the UK in January and February! Get ready for an electrifying spectacle full of …
Step into the dazzling world of dance as the Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour sashays its way across the UK in January and February! Get ready for an electrifying spectacle full of …
Step into the dazzling world of dance as the Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour sashays its way across the UK in January and February! Get ready for an electrifying spectacle full of …
Politics as you have never seen it before.
‘You’re supposed to be totally fucking crazy when you’re young! Crazy, but in a fun way’From the comfort of her flat, an excitable, precocious, irrepressible woman with…
Definitely Louise explores the vulnerabilities and self-esteem issues that underlie even the most confident veneers.
Kyle is a New York based comedian, actor, writer, songwriter and improviser.
‘Bestselling show of Edinburgh Fringe 2023’ The nation’s twelfth-favourite doctor returns to the West End, fresh from a record-breaking sell out run at the Edinbu…
The final days of a sixty-year marriage are turned into a domestic comedy in the latest offering from playwright Richard Bean, of One Man, Two Guvnors fame, in To Have and To Hold,…
“He talks about going to Switzerland, to that place where you pay them to kill you… And I say “go! It’ll do you good.
The foul-mouthed prophet of Australian comedy is back in Edinburgh with a new show and a newer tracksuit.
The nation’s twelfth-favourite doctor returns for his first month at the Fringe since 2016.
Christine invites you to enjoy JS Bach’s expressive, contemplative Cello Suite No.
Perthshire farmer and comedian Jim Smith dons the checked shirt again as he returns with his 2022 smash-hit stand-up show telling tales of Scottish rural life.
Man down! Celebrated Scottish comedy legend Raymond Mearns has only gone and had a stroke and had to cancel his Fringe run….
Every show starts by asking the audience: Why can’t we have nice things? What are the little everyday niggles that irritate you? Does your flatmate squeeze the toothpaste from th…
Nothing is stronger than female friendship, except maybe the pressures of adulting.
Returning after two sell-out runs at Soho Theatre, global sensation Jazz Emu is back with his virtuoso musical spectacular.
Dancing Mice is a critically-acclaimed Edinburgh phenomenon, a cult success.
Hey! You free tonight? Fancy a drink? Let’s talk films, festivals, and red flags.
Hey! You free tonight? Fancy a drink? Let’s talk films, festivals, and red flags.
Do you ever experience the feeling of missing out? The Fringe confuses you – where to go, what to choose? Worry not! After a sold out BlundaGarden show A Divination in 2022, Dr K…
After a completely sold-out Edinburgh 2022 run and her biggest tour to date, Grace returns with her hit show, A Show About Me(n), with some brand-new material never heard before! T…
Have you seen Hamlet? Of course you have, don’t worry this isn’t really that.
‘I am Hamlet.
Dancing Queens: The ABBA Drag Party! Join two of Scotland’s most fabulous Queens for the ultimate ABBA Drag experience! Sing, dance, come and have the time of your life all night l…
‘All hail Macbeth that shalt be King hereafter…’ With these portentous words, the three witches seal the fate of the Thane of Glamis – and also that of all the others whom Macb…
A traditional dance class running from 9pm to 11pm daily, the Ceilidh is a sweaty fun-filled session in the extravagant grand hall of the Royal College of Physicians, featuring a l…
How do you choose between two things you love? Particularly if one of those things is literally (fictionally) magical.
Moira’s back in this Fringe First-winning sequel.
When Edinburgh’s iconic One o’Clock Gun is stolen by shady Glaswegians only our hero Morningside Malcolm, quiet resident of the douce suburbs, can prevent strife and aggro between …
A symbol of the 80s, Dirty Dancing is etched into the memories of a generation and defined by its unforgettable scenes, the mesmerising hips of Patrick Swayze and that infamous lif…
Ever fancied telling the crew in the House of Commons a thing or two, or giving the gang in the Scottish Parliament a piece of your mind? This is your best-ever opportunity to play…
There is secret connection among all of us.
Janitor/Manager: Inspired by the expression ‘If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere’, Sean Conrad booked a one-way flight to NYC to become a stand-up comedian and quickl…
It’s Naomi Paul’s (mostly) Jewish show! From the Baltic to Birmingham, from shamash to shellfish, from Hendon and beyond.
The foul-mouthed prophet of Australian comedy is back in Edinburgh with a new show and a newer tracksuit.
In Greek mythology, the Muses were the daughters of Mnemosyne, goddess of memory, by her nephew, Zeus.
24 different award-winning or nominated comedians perform their full shows, recorded for Netflix, Amazon Prime and YouTube. See FringeSpecials.com for listings.
Rising stand-up star Freya Mallard is back with a hilarious work-in-progress stand-up show A Little More Conversation a Little Less Action Please, after her sold-out Edinburgh run …
A unique new musical with a fully actor-muso cast, this Charlie Hartill Award finalist blends contemporary pop, soul, and folk music in a dynamic story of convent school life.
With the brash vocals of an Australian zookeeper addressing an unruly tour group, Davis commands the room, immediately taking charge with her distinct brand of offbeat comedy.
The Doktor is back! With even more science! More laughs! More Kaboom! Spin the wheel and choose what happens next.
As Adam Kay closes in on becoming a household name, he is evidently an Edinburghhold name, packing out the prestigious Pleasance Grand to brimming point.
CHOO CHOO! (Or.
A fly-on-the-padded-wall account of the mental health world that also busts some myths (there are no padded walls).
Join comedian and children’s author Olaf Falafel for an hour of kid’s comedy which is now 20% more stupider than ever before.
What is confidence? Can it be obtained if you don't have any? Is 36 too late to start being assertive? I've almost made my mind up, but I'm more interested in what you …
It’s another Sunday at the sleepy parish for Father Pete, until he meets James, an oversensitive priest with a penchant for tofu.
Stick It On returns for the first time in almost a decade to give anyone the chance to get behind the decks and spin 15 minutes of their favourite tunes to rock the dance floor.
Stick It On returns for the first time in almost a decade to give anyone the chance to get behind the decks and spin 15 minutes of their favourite tunes to rock the dance floor.
Join up-and-coming tall and skinny comedian Ed Mulvey as he performs his latest routines, packed with joke-dense intelligent filth.
Join ‘I Am Not Victoria Wood’ performer Julia Knight for an interactive comedy theatre performance with live songs Has your personal passion suddenly gone viral? Zeit-Heist is tha…
Join ‘I Am Not Victoria Wood’ performer Julia Knight for an interactive comedy theatre performance with live songs Has your personal passion suddenly gone viral? Zeit-Heist is tha…
What is confidence? Can it be obtained if you don’t have any? Is 36 too late to start being assertive? I’ve almost made my mind up, but I’m more interested in what you have to say.
What is confidence? Can it be obtained if you don’t have any? Is 36 too late to start being assertive? I’ve almost made my mind up, but I’m more interested in what you have to say.
Brighton Morris welcomes you to our North Laine dance out for 2023! We will be brandishing our bells, cracking our sticks and flashing our hankies as we tour through the North Lain…
Brighton Morris welcomes you to our North Laine dance out for 2023! We will be brandishing our bells, cracking our sticks and flashing our hankies as we tour through the North Lain…
Glenda & Rita are two actresses from the Golden Era of cinema, immortalised in black & white and struggling to find work in this brutal, unforgiving technicolour world.
The silver starlets are back with a sequel to their ‘side-splitting’ show ‘Sing The Movie Greats’ with even more songs from the silver screen! From the award-winning musical comed…
Step right up, step right up! For one night only, the Cirque Bizarre comes to Brighton for opening night of The Fringe.
‘I AM MORE THAN’ is a project set up by Equinox women’s project supporting women in the city who are experiencing homelessness to use their creative voices to tell their comm…
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has written a book! Is it really a “modern classic” or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make your minds …
‘I AM MORE THAN’ is a project set up by Equinox women’s project supporting women in the city who are experiencing homelessness to use their creative voices to tell their comm…
Step right up, step right up! For one night only, the Cirque Bizarre comes to Brighton for opening night of The Fringe.
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has written a book! Is it really a “modern classic” or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make your minds …
Onsale Friday 14th OctoberTaylor Tomlinson exploded onto the international stage when her hour-long special, “Quarter-Life Crisis,” debuted on Netflix just a…
Onsale Friday 14th OctoberTaylor Tomlinson exploded onto the international stage when her hour-long special, “Quarter-Life Crisis,” debuted on Netflix just a…
Dancing at Lughnasa is easily Brian Friel’s most widely known play thanks to the 1998 film version that starred Meryl Streep.
Named to Forbes’ 2021 class of 30 Under 30, Tomlinson exploded onto the international stage with her first-ever, hour-long special, Quarter-Life Crisis, named “Best of 2020” …
“The Passmore Edwards Legacy: The Man Who Built Libraries and Much More” - a talk by biographer Dean Evans on the bicentennial anniversary of his birth.
'I found a king in me and now I love you I found a king in you and now I love me' Father figures and fashion tips.
Sort Sol presents their third original theatre production, created by Artistic Director, Elizabeth Huskisson.
The dilemma of settling for Mr Average in order to fulfill the dream of being a mother is something that so many women face.
ToskaToska is a new piece of political physical theatre created by Elizabeth Huskisson, based on the true story of the Khachaturyan sisters who murdered their father; a case that p…
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones shares highlights from his forthcoming book.
A theatrical comedy meta horror multimedia experience - this show has all the adjectives and more! A desperate actor seeks a friend to be the ‘reader’ for their self tape.
Onstage sits a strange figure surrounded by blankets, holding a Ben and Jerry’s, and crying over the latest ‘will they won’t they?’ produced by Netflix.
On the eve of what she knows will be her final birthday, Ronnie reflects on the good and bad of an ordinary yet interesting life,settling scores, making peace with the m…
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, …
Described by its author as a ‘tragi-farce’, Edward Bond’s Have I None at the Golden Goose Theatre is a blunt dystopian nightmare packed into an energetically angry fifty-five…
The Mill at Sonning is a quaint venue that provides all the amenities for a great theatre trip.
Dennis and Gina Woodman, a long-married couple, reflect on their lives together in two interwoven monologues.
Following a sold-out, critically acclaimed run in 2021, Amy Trigg‘s ‘enormously entertaining’ (The Guardian) Reasons You Should(n’t) Love Me returns to Kiln…
Plosive Live presents… Nick Helm: What Have We Become? As the survivors of a global pandemic crawl from their fortified boltholes and begin to rebu…
A solo show exploring the formative years of Phil Lynott.
Alice is drowning under misguided medical advice, chirpy Insta-announcements and yet another fucking miscarriage.
Join a ritual performance around Bosnian coffee-reading to both slow down time and look to the near future.
Estranged mother and daughter Ruth and Laura haven’t spoken in years.
Estranged mother and daughter Ruth and Laura haven’t spoken in years.
‘What do Jamie, Mark, and Fitzwilliam Darcy all have in common? They’re white, problematic, and played by Colin Firth.
A concert of new music for solo piano.
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…
A chance meeting changes Annika’s life forever.
Extra 10:15pm show added due to demand! World-class stand-up from live comedy’s internationally acclaimed Irish master.
Daniel Muggleton is an Australian stand-up comedian wearing a tracksuit.
The rapidly ageing minor national treasure from Taskmaster and so on, begins building on the success of current show, This Can’t Be It by taking the first steps towards a new one.
‘Perspectives.
In this cabaret exploring body standards in the entertainment industry, Abby Rose Morris details her experiences as a plus-size performer while dismantling the ever-present cultura…
After his last sell-out tour, Perthshire farmer and comedian Jim Smith returns with a brand-new show telling tales of Scottish rural life.
Have you ever considered how much easier it would be to stop trying to be a nice person and just be a dick to everyone? You will after watching this show.
Matt Forde (Have I Got News For You, Spitting Image, The Last Leg) is joined by former Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
How do you choose between two things you love? Particularly if one of those things is literally (fictionally) magical.
Stand up is a challenging format at the best of times - but the one-liner comedian often seems to be the ultimate masochist in a field where self-inflicted pain is surely part of t…
After observing young children in parks, streets and squares, five diverse and talented performers identically reproduce the natural movements generated by the pure, intense and de…
A college student offers a scattered recollection of her childhood, her perceived trauma and the chaos leading up to her mother’s recent disappearance.
Molly and Carla are both high-energy and friendly gals.
Jon Pearson – crowned Best MC in the Midlands, 2022 – presents his unscripted, unfiltered and unplanned award-winning Leicester Comedy Festival performance plus his brand-new S…
Daniel Muggleton is an Australian stand-up comedian wearing a tracksuit.
As we enter the venue, Chelsea Birkby is waiting at the entrance with a tray of glasses of water for us because it can get pretty hot inside the room.
Shetland comedian Marjolein is back with her brand-new hour.
Whilst other comedians fret and fuss about finding a theme for their shows, award-winning international comedian Rich Wilson puts all of his focus on one thing and that’s being r…
Award-winning comedian, NHS psychiatrist and author Benji Waterstones shares highlights from his forthcoming book.
As the survivors of a global pandemic crawl from their fortified boltholes and begin to rebuild society, what is left of them and who amongst them dares to lead them to the light? …
Join this multi award-winning musical storyteller for another collection of story-songs.
Clara Darcy is fit! She’s also (almost) carefree, (kind of) happily single and joyously dancing through life but, little does she know, her world is about to be turned upside down …
Fresh from their universally adored BBC Three pilot, Charly Clive and Ellen Robertson make their long-awaited return to the Fringe with a sketch show about love.
Playwright/director James Ley first gained some attention as a co-producer and writer of Leith-based The Village Pub Theatre, which provided performing space to a fresh band of act…
John Hastings has had to deal with the shit life has thrown at him since 2019… He got a divorce during Covid, his best friend got a terminal diagnosis, he got bed bugs, he nearly…
How do you choose between two things you love? Particularly if one of those things is literally (fictionally) magical.
How do you choose between two things you love? Particularly if one of those things is literally (fictionally) magical.
- Scottish Comedian of the Year (SCOTY) runner-up, December 2021.
- Scottish Comedian of the Year (SCOTY) runner-up, December 2021.
One-liners and light-hearted jokes from the ‘master of wordplay.
In Between Spaces centres on five characters who perambulate in a world outside of time.
In Between Spaces centres on five characters who perambulate in a world outside of time.
A mixed bill show featuring stand-up and sketch from the people who brought you wacky conversations on the comedy driven life, here comes an hour of stand up and sketch from Toby a…
A mixed bill show featuring stand-up and sketch from the people who brought you wacky conversations on the comedy driven life, here comes an hour of stand up and sketch from Toby a…
Vix takes you through a whirlwind forty-five minutes examines the multiple roles you end up playing over the course of your life, and what happens when you break out of them.
Vix takes you through a whirlwind forty-five minutes examines the multiple roles you end up playing over the course of your life, and what happens when you break out of them.
Ivor B Gurney and Marion M Scott had a very special friendship.
A celebration of the friendship between the First World War poet and composer, Ivor Gurney, and violinist, musicologist and champion of women musicians, Marion Scott.
Enjoy the digitally remastered hit film like never before on a full-size cinema screen, with a live band and singers performing the film’s iconic songs.
On the eve of what she knows will be her final birthday, Ronnie reflects on the good and bad of an ordinary yet interesting life,settling scores, making peace with the m…
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has written a book! Is it really a “modern classic” or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make your minds …
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has written a book! Is it really a “modern classic” or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make your minds …
Eddy Hare (BBC New Comedy Awards Nominee 2021) presents a new work in progress show.
Have you always wanted to go to a presentation about ADHD that veers off into the wacky and wonderful world of Neuroscience, Julie Andrews, Cher and Dolly Parton? Well n…
You Should Not Be Watching MeA musician overshares WARNING! Edgy MaterialYou'll be in stiches.
Sir David Suchet makes his eagerly awaited return to the West End in POIROT AND MORE, A RETROSPECTIVE this New Year.
The ultimate deep dive retro night! Re-live your youth and enjoy the hits, forgotten gems and flops from 1998! It was the year pure pop really hit the big time with B*Witched …
How does a nation tell its history? We are used to traditional, accepted narratives but what happens when you ask the woman in the street -Where did your family come from? What was…
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…
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…
The ultimate deep dive retro night! Re-live your youth and enjoy the hits, forgotten gems and flops from 2001! Its been 20 years since 2001, the year that Atomic Kitten swappe…
Award winning comedians Hannah Fairweather and Freya Mallard have decided that most people are trying too hard to see positivity in the world.
Award winning comedians Hannah Fairweather and Freya Mallard have decided that most people are trying too hard to see positivity in the world.
Rio de Janeiro-based choreographer Alice Ripoll’s celebratory film about the lives of her company’s dancers.
Beirut-based choreographer and dancer Omar Rajeh’s film presents a micro to macro view of his home city.
Choreographer Gregory Maqoma’s explorative and transformative film Retrace-Retract explores life in Soweto.
Choreographer Janice Parker’s reflective filmic series Small Acts of Hope and Lament, shot in Edinburgh on her iPhone 6.
Choreographer Gregory Maqoma presents his explorative and transformative film Retrace-Retract on life in Soweto alongside poet Jefferson Tshabalala.
Beirut-based choreographer and dancer Omar Rajeh presents a micro to macro view of his home city, featuring a solo dance performance.
Rio de Janeiro-based choreographer Alice Ripoll presents her celebratory film about the lives of her company’s dancers.
Choreographer Janice Parker presents her reflective filmic series Small Acts of Hope and Lament, shot in Edinburgh on her iPhone 6.
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has landed a book deal! Is he sitting on a 'modern classic' or are his publishers as deluded as h…
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterhouse has got a book deal! Is he sitting on a ‘modern classic’ or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make your mi…
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterhouse has got a book deal! Is he sitting on a ‘modern classic’ or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make your mi…
After their successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe, the stars of The Football Show on Yahoo Sport, Jim Daly (50+million views online, “Very, very funny” - Kevin Day) and Dave Bib…
After their successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe, the stars of The Football Show on Yahoo Sport, Jim Daly (50+million views online, “Very, very funny” - Kevin Day) and Dave Bib…
Stars of The Football Show on YahooSport, Jim Daly (50+million views online, "Very, very funny” - Kevin Day) and Dave Bibby (Comedy Central, BBC Radio 4, &ldq…
Neu! Reekie! presents a one-off happening in their distinct avant-garde style.
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has written a book! Is it really a “modern classic” or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make your minds …
He and She, both called Max, are boxfresh on the London queer scene.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has written a book! Is it really a “modern classic” or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make your minds …
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has landed a book deal! Is he sitting on a 'modern classic' or are his publishers as deluded as h…
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.
2020 sees The Blues Band Celebrate their 40th year together Paul Jones, Dave Kelly, Tom McGuinness, Rob Townsend and Gary Fletcher.
Secret Cinema Presents DIRTY DANCING The year is 1963 and Kellerman's Resort is back for another summer of love! Step into the world of Dirty Dancing in this 4+ hour immersive …
I had very little idea of what this show was about, except that it had a bit of a cult following after its run on (and off) Broadway.
Bumfluffery and other silliness.
Sara Segovia Rodao and Lachlan Werner are cuties by nature, cancers by astrological sign and clowns by trade.
Tl;dr: Two female comedians debut their 30 minute solo shows on one bill.
In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy.
This project artistically explores the assumptions we make when we encounter a woman experiencing homelessness.
This project artistically explores the assumptions we make when we encounter a woman experiencing homelessness.
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has landed a book deal! Is he sitting on a ‘modern classic’ or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make you…
Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has landed a book deal! Is he sitting on a ‘modern classic’ or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make you…
This is not your ordinary tour: dress up (preferably) and join us for an hour of fun, laughter, and craziness.
This is not your ordinary tour: dress up (preferably) and join us for an hour of fun, laughter, and craziness.
A showcase of musical performances from British Army Musicians presented by Lance Sergeant (LSgt) Connor Deacon and Lance Corporal (LCpl) Andee Birkett, two current serving members…
A story told through movement and voice, To Have and to Hold explores how one makes decisions, forms relationships and chooses to live based on the notion of influence.
Dirty Dancing is firmly etched into the memories of the 80s generation, a symbol of 80s culture defined by its unforgettable scenes featuring watermelons, that infamous lift and th…
Based on his book My Camino Walk – A Way to Healing, the author takes you on his life-changing journey through the mythic landscape on the ancient pilgrimage route of the Camino …
Clear the floor and whip out your score cards, because the Strictly Come Dancing The Live Tour is back for 2020 and will waltz its way around the country from January next year for…
Hit Edinburgh Fringe show returns to Brighton for its final shows of the year.
Definitely Oasis are regarded by many Oasis fans and promoters alike as the best Oasis tribute band there is.
Who likes bears? Everyone likes bears! Well, not quite everyone.
Wait.
The Bronte sisters’ tragically short-lived lives are reimagined for the Fringe by Eleventh Hour Theatre.
On the day of Ernie Villa’s magnum opus, which bears a striking resemblance to Romeo and Juliet, he is horrified to find his company van has been stolen with the cast inside.
Cora is at the festival to see her ex-boyfriend perform.
Come and hear a lunchtime recital with music written by strong women as well as arias about the power of women.
Want Some More explores the harsh realities of living with a whole range of eating disorders from binge eating to diabulimia; retelling word for word accounts in Stage Strong Produ…
An evolution of his successful 2018 Edinburgh Fringe and Perth Australia Fringe World show Twisted, Aaron Ayjay continues to take you down the dark and twisted road of musical come…
On a pale horse: in 1547, King Henry VIII is dead, and his court is reeling from the news.
Part I: fool me once.
Beth Vyse returns as Olive Hands in this work in progress show: The Hands Have It! where she finds herself running for leader of the Western world.
Two girls take on the world of app store dating.
An evening with the man himself, Bez. Hear tales of the Hacienda, the rise and fall, then rise and fall again of The Happy Mondays, winning Celebrity Big Brother and more.
Later! Ramblier! Jimeoin’s 26th Fringe! ‘Inspired ramblings.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.
American violist Christine Rutledge returns to the Fringe with her new multimedia program combining music by Bach with newly commissioned works by poets from Detroit, Rutledge’s fi…
Bea’s vagina can narrate, DJ, and dance, but she can’t have sex.
Stars of The Football Show on YahooSport, Jim and Dave perform a comedy show about the beautiful game.
At age seven, Phil was sent to Dublin by his single mother, Philomena, to be raised by her parents so she could earn enough money to survive.
After a baffling 2018 run (The Wee Review Fringe Experience Award: ‘most memorable experience – be it good.
Fresh from his recent roles in Channel 4’s comedy Ministry of Justice and numerous BBC Three Quickies, loveable Cockney geezer Lenny Sherman brings his barrel of laughs to the Edin…
Featuring former West End singers and dancers, this combined tribute to two of the most iconic musicals of all time is simply electrifying! Have the time of your life watching Baby…
Hooray! ‘Bob is an Architect of the hilarious.
Inside my skin is a rattling beast and when I breathe my last it will emerge.
Retired children’s TV pioneer Peter Fleming needs your help.
‘I reiterate my request for a full refund and look forward to your theatre’s explanation [for] why you chose to market this show as suitable for 16-year-olds’ (Audience review).
We are living through a renaissance of plays in verse, and if you need proof I can furnish few better than Fires Our Shoes Have Made by Fringe newcomers Pound of Flesh Theatre.
Anuvab Pal is trying to understand a thousand years of this bewildering British Isle through his Indian lens, deploying respectable tools he’s mastered like corruption, deceit and …
From the comfort of her flat, an excitable, precocious, irrepressible woman with a dirty mouth and a lot to say discusses life, her many opinions and her best friend, all the while…
Focus people! Shit’s about to get real.
Ben Pope is a ‘classy, stylish and accomplished’ (Chortle) comedian.
Inside my skin is a rattling beast and when I breathe my last it will emerge.
As part of Nomad Festival @ Greenwich pop-up Rotunda Theatre.
50 years on from the release of Rod’s first album, Some Guys Have All The Luck is back in theatres in 2019 with a brand new show, bringing to the stage a…
A (nearly) solo show, Definitely Louise explores one young woman’s rage and loneliness.
Come have the the time of your life, with the cult-dance musical of the 80’s. Our very own Steph will get you in the mood before the screening.
Toucan: Have a Party.
BA Theatre Arts at GBMet.
Majk Stokes is a singer-songwriter, poet, environmentalist, Quaker and self-confessed caffeine-addict.
Set in a dingy two-bed flat in London, ‘Have You Heard About Guy?’ is the story of Frank and George, two struggling actresses living in a pre-#MeToo world.
In this workshop we will use the basic technique of puppetry and combine that with acting and dancing.
An interactive tap dance and workout workshop, fun for all ages and levels.
Frenetically comic dystopian drama.
50 years on from the release of Rod’s first album, Some Guys Have All The Luck – The Rod Stewart Story is back in theatres in 2019 with a bran…
Paul McCaffrey has recently appeared on major UK tours with two of Britain’s foremost stand ups, Sean Lock and Kevin Bridges – playing to more than half…
JESSICAIt's hard to get out Dancing QueenI'll choose happiness every damn time JESSICA - WENDY ALICE ROSE CO.
ManologueA one-woman show about masculinity Have You Seen This Girl?One Small Town.
Unhook your mindbras.
Proforça Theatre Company presents the next generation of “Feel More”, Seven more stories from the universe of our main production of "Feel" returning in Spring 2019.
The Strictly Come Dancing UK Arena Tour is waltzing back on the road from January 2019 for 29 supersized sequin-filled shows across the country.
The Strictly Come Dancing UK Arena Tour is waltzing back on the road from January 2019 for 29 supersized sequin-filled shows across the country.
It was only towards the very end of last year that it was announced – or rather whispered, hidden away as it was somewhere in the list of actors always included in the National T…
To Have To Shoot Irishmen opens the Irish Theatre Season at the Omnibus Theatre, Clapham.
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…
Part of the Fringe Central Programme for Fringe participants.
The nation’s favourite pub philosopher turned pop-up publican, brings his unique comedy genius to the Edinburgh Fringe, serving up his satirical brew of no-nonsense banter for thre…
And we can learn from them.
Following sell-out shows in 2017, Bruce returns with more Dylan, Paxton, Seeger, Simon, etc.
Fresh from his tour of Australia earlier this year, comedy singer-songwriter Majk Stokes presents a new collection of witty and whimsical songs and poems covering two of his bigges…
Citadel Arts Group present Dancing with Mrs Murphy, an edgy new play by Vincent Maguire, directed by Mark Kydd.
The UK’s #1 Oasis tribute Definitely Oasis are playing a special one-off unplugged acoustic and full band set at La Belle Angele on Monday 18th August as part of the Edinburgh Fest…
Discussions about drug use and drug policy often involve stories – personal experience combined with knowledge gleamed from the media and other sources.
There’s a better universe next door. Let’s go! Award-winning Fringe veteran brings all the feels. ‘An incantatory state of near-constant laughter’ **** (List).
In a fantastical world where weather is rigidly controlled by the Shipping Forecast, an individual weather pattern dares to question their assigned role.
Stunning, skilful magic from Caspar Thomas.
Sikisa (BBC New Comedian 2017 finalist) and Adrian (who was cut out of the TV show The Night Manager) should know better by now.
New(ish) for 2018! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
Feeling pressured by his success last year with The Elvis Dead, Rob Kemp returns with ten(!) shows stuck to a spinning wheel.
Gordon Southern has successfully avoided winter for ten years, a feat only previously achieved by bees, some birds and most bears.
When Edinburgh’s famous One O’Clock Gun goes missing the city is outraged.
Some people plan their murders meticulously.
Oliver Harris digs deeper into his journey through Elvis Presley’s great songs with a different show and an evening twist! From Love Me Tender, The Wonder of You, Are You Lonesome …
Alison Skilbeck tells the linked tales of four women with only a postcode in common.
Something’s up with Lewis Schaffer.
Leaving the theatre with no idea what you have just seen but having enjoyed it immensely is perhaps an appropriate response to a production of Antonin Artaud’s To Have Done With …
Millennial anxieties are unpacked and explored in devised comedy I’ll Have What She’s Having.
After last year’s millennial-bashing debut, Avocado! are back and invite you to take a leap into the twisted little world of two twenty-something nothings for a second helping of…
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.
After sell-out shows in 2016 and 2017 Gareth Mutch returns with a bucket list to help fix his tragic life.
Some years ago, comedian Lucy Frederick appeared in a reality TV show in which she had to get naked.
A unique blend of achingly honest poetry, side-splitting stand-up and personal story telling about romantic love and why we prioritise it above all else.
A truly astonishing and hilarious confessional story where the worlds of haute cuisine and high finance collide, bringing about a lucid moment in the life of someone who was lost a…
Fringe First winner 2017.
Award-winning comedian Rob Carter’s cult-hit creation, Christopher Bliss, is back.
Unhook your mindbras.
Caspar brings to York his stand up, interactive, before-your-very-eyes sleight of hand magic and mentalism - no suspicious looking boxes, no camera tricks, no stooges! &…
Tap into health! Legendary Song and Dance Man, Movin’ Melvin Brown brings health and happiness to Brighton.
It’s the scandalous drinking game that reveals all the dark secrets about you and your friends.
Some Guys Have All The Luck is a fantastic theatrical production celebrating the career of one of rocks greatest icons, Rod Stewart – from street busker through to…
Caspar returns to Brighton to perform more new and classic (invented by some of the greatest magicians of the last 120 years) stand-up, interactive, before your very eyes sleight o…
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.
Rouge your knees, shine your shoes and prepare to enter a razzling dazzling world of Swing! From the decadent 20s Jazz age, the glamourous 30s, the spirit of the 40s, to the rebels…
Rarely do we get a chance to change someone else’s life, be it for a moment or forever.
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…
Discover the magic of a show named at the last possible moment, by joining acclaimed local comic Dan Fardell in his second full length Brighton show ‘Joke Furniture Land’ (work in …
The Dancing on Ice Live UK Tour will be skating back across the country next year, starring the legendary Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean.
The Dancing on Ice Live UK Tour will be skating back across the country next year, starring the legendary Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean.
In a well-paced, one-hour monologue, eighteen-year-old Alex talks about the generations of family who have had a significant impact upon his life.
Time-travelling magicians Morgan & West’s marvellous magic show full of crazy capers for the young, old, and everyone in-between! Expect the unexpected, believe the unbelievable,…
The Dancing on Ice Live UK Tour will be skating back across the country next year, starring the legendary Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean.
The Dancing on Ice Live UK Tour will be skating back across the country next year, starring the legendary Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean.
The Dancing on Ice Live UK Tour will be skating back across the country next year, starring the legendary Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean.
The Dancing on Ice Live UK Tour will be skating back across the country next year, starring the legendary Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean.
Five Star Awarded West End Actor & Singer Harry Kit Lee (Hair The Musical.
The Dancing on Ice Live UK Tour will be skating back across the country next year, starring the legendary Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean.
Award winning Irish Comedian Andrew Stanley returns to this years fringe after an explosive season last year selling out his solo show in Fringe World Perth and the Edinburgh Fring…
hit107’s Amos Gill remains one of Australia’s most prolific young comedians.
Angus Gordon’s comedy is littered with awkward proclamations of tragedy and hopelessness, humorous in their exaggerated sincerity, and a markedly teenaged earnestness: all emblem…
Tap into Health (TIH)! Legendary Song & Dance Man, Movin’ Melvin brings health and happiness to Australia! An interactive tap dance and workout workshop, huge fun for all ages and …
A reflection on our obsession to ‘heal’ what cannot be cured; manage what is none of our business and ignore what makes us uncomfortable.
For over 10 years by luck or design Southern has only really experienced summer and autumn.
This workshop will have you swinging out on the dance floor in no time! Swing dancing is a partner dance style all about rhythm, improvisation, and having a crazy good time.
It’s their world now – what will they do with it? The bomb’s gone off, & this rabble of young “leaders” are the only ones left.
UK-based singer-songwriter, poet, musician, environmentalist and caffeine addict Majk Stokes comes to Adelaide for the first time to present a show built around two of his greatest…
The Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour is back to keep you dancing into 2018! Pure dancing pleasure awaits as this supersized Strictly Live show comes to an arena near you in January …
The Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour is back to keep you dancing into 2018! Pure dancing pleasure awaits as this supersized Strictly Live show comes to an arena near you in Janua…
The Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour is back to keep you dancing into 2018! Pure dancing pleasure awaits as this supersized Strictly Live show comes to an arena near you in Janua…
The Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour is back to keep you dancing into 2018! Pure dancing pleasure awaits as this supersized Strictly Live show comes to an arena near you in Janua…
The Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour is back to keep you dancing into 2018! Pure dancing pleasure awaits as this supersized Strictly Live show comes to an arena near you…
Constella OperaBallet return to the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells this November with their award-winning Sideshows.
Comedian & hoop-dancer Mimi Fischer (from The Chris Gethard Show) is 64 years young & announcing her first solo show: A Late Bloomer.
Penetrating Europe, or Migrants Have Talent is a mix of verbatim theatre and talent show based on real-life stories of undocumented migration to the UK.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
JJ dances to create illusions with magic stick levitations. Three different dancing sticks with short and long strings and lights. They rise, fall and float. Be amazed.
Tap into health! A rare, unmissable opportunity to dance with one of the world’s most engaging performers.
Extra shows – later, ruder, sillier and absolutely full-on.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Meticulously crafted and uplifting, ‘stellar stand-up’ (Age).
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
We love ‘A’s! ‘A’s in Alphabetti Spaghetti! ‘A’s in the Alphabet and the ‘A’s at the start of something… Something big! Like a programme… Be here at the start of something!
Everyone has secrets.
New for 2017! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly.
Doig, a disgraced businessmen, has fallen into despair.
Following his successful runs at the Edinburgh and Brighton Fringes 2015 and 2016, Caspar returns to Edinburgh to perform more new and classic (invented by some of the greatest mag…
Following his successful runs at the Edinburgh and Brighton Fringes 2015 and 2016, Caspar returns to Edinburgh to perform more new and classic (invented by some of the greatest mag…
Radio 4’s Abi Roberts returns with a WIP show, flicking a V-sign, the finger and showing her arse to the consensus.
Join award-winning Irish comic Andrew Stanley as he returns with more messing, more questions and more mayhem.
Upbeat Gordon Southern may dress like the kind of supply teacher that the kids love to bully (his words) but, despite his repeated mantra of ‘Not Laughing, Learning’, his lates…
We all want to meet people from history.
Taking its title from critic Waldemar Januszczak’s rundown of the 2016 Abstract Expressionism exhibition at the Royal Academy – ‘there is not enough emotion in our art any mo…
Think Less, Feel More is the second solo exhibition in Edinburgh by up-and-coming abstract artist Alice Boyle.
In any amateur production, the most significant moments are those where one forgets that the performers are not professional.
Award-winning performer Paula Valluerca, aka Madame Señorita, is committed to reconnect with the pleasure of being a totally deluded idiot.
Is this Romanian guy supposed to be the future of stand-up comedy? Bold, brash and a total smartass, Victor Pãtrãscan wings it in this one-man show and tries to get away with it.
Ding dong the witch is back! Multi award-winning Fringe sensation Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho returns with the most fabulous game show of all! Join the Iron Lady for songs, gam…
It’s difficult to know when Phoebe Walsh is being ironic, and when she is simply revelling in being a stereotypical millennial.
Time has not withered Moira Bell, Alan Bissett’s 2009 tribute to the hard-working, hard-playing, straight-talking working class women of Scotland, and Falkirk in particular.
Master songwriter and Fringe favourite returns with more of his trademark smart and funny story songs (plus new gems).
Australian comic Lauren Bok has a joke toward the beginning of her show about Australia being a country stuck a few years in the past; what she doesn’t achieve in her hour-long s…
A problem that a lot of shows face is an inability to commit to tone, or to perform in agreement with the tone that the show sets forth.
From the Bronze Age to Brexit, get ready to laugh and learn with More or Less Theatre as they present to you a whistle-stop tour through European history that can be enjoyed by bot…
Bigger, bolder and more brilliant than before! Time travelling magicians Morgan & West return to the stage with a brand-new marvellous magic show full of crazy capers for the young…
The UK’s #1 Oasis tribute ‘Definitely Oasis’ perform a one-off unplugged acoustic set of Oasis classics and B-Sides.
A cheesy caricature of itself, Dirty Dancing is full of moments that will make you physically cringe but, if you’re after a literal movie-to-stage adaptation of the so-bad-it�…
In this workshop we will use the basic technique of puppetry and combine that with acting and dancing.
Join Covent Garden’s cheekiest street performer, award-winning magician Tony Roberts for mind-blowing card magic and more! There’ll be laughs, mayhem and classic conjuring for …
Time-travelling magicians Morgan & West return to the stage with a marvellous magic show full of crazy capers for the young, old, and everyone in-between! Expect the unexpected…
Brighton’s Storyland Press is a place where the story comes first, regardless of genre or where it sits on the commercial/literary spectrum.
In a time of pre-war political tension, gone are the days of frothy fashion journalism for Pamela More, a feisty and glamorous Times journalist who stubbornly prioritises haute-c…
The Moon has got a story to tell about a tippetty-top tap dancer who he has been watching at night.
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 …
“The true mystery of the world is the visible .
Following successful runs at Brighton Fringe and Edinburgh Fringe 2015 and 2016, Caspar returns to Brighton to perform more close-up, interactive, before-your-very-eyes sleight of …
3pm-4pm The first show of the day will feature about as wide a variety of improvisation styles as one could ask for, with three groups that could not be more different from each o…
Celebrating 10 FAB-U-LOUS years, the Strictly Come Dancing Live UK Tour extravaganza is back on the road in January 2017 for 30 spectacular super-sized shows across the c…
Celebrating 10 FAB-U-LOUS years, the Strictly Come Dancing Live UK Tour extravaganza is back on the road in January 2017 for 30 spectacular super-sized shows across the c…
Celebrating 10 FAB-U-LOUS years, the Strictly Come Dancing Live UK Tour extravaganza is back on the road in January 2017 for 30 spectacular super-sized shows across the c…
Celebrating 10 FAB-U-LOUS years, the Strictly Come Dancing Live UK Tour extravaganza is back on the road in January 2017 for 30 spectacular super-sized shows across the c…
Celebrating 10 FAB-U-LOUS years, the Strictly Come Dancing Live UK Tour extravaganza is back on the road in January 2017 for 30 spectacular super-sized shows across the c…
Celebrating 10 FAB-U-LOUS years, the Strictly Come Dancing Live UK Tour extravaganza is back on the road in January 2017 for 30 spectacular super-sized shows across the c…
Celebrating 10 FAB-U-LOUS years, the Strictly Come Dancing Live UK Tour extravaganza is back on the road in January 2017 for 30 spectacular super-sized shows across the c…
Celebrating 10 FAB-U-LOUS years, the Strictly Come Dancing Live UK Tour extravaganza is back on the road in January 2017 for 30 spectacular super-sized shows across the c…
you thought Gleb was sizzling in the Master Chef kitchen and Kristina was stunning on Strictly then imagine how spicy it will be when you see the…
Dirty Dancing is an unprecedented live experience, exploding with heart-pounding music, breathtaking emotion and sensationally sexy dancing, Dirty Dancing live on stage! …
Casey and Mikey cannot escape: not from who they are, not from how their lives have moulded them and, more immediately, from the rooftop onto which they have just clambered.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
JJ dances to create fascinating and mysterious illusions using magic stick levitation.
Plastics harm our world, right? Costing us energy, using up resources and polluting? Wrong.
Improvisation is the one word that can strike fear into the heart of any actor no matter what their experience.
The Spelling Bee is a beloved American pastime, encouraging good sportsmanship and the pleasure of taking part; however, deep down it becomes clear every contestant has a thirst fo…
Molodyi Teatre combine verbatim accounts of migration from the Ukraine to the UK with a Britain’s Got Talent pastiche in a bizarre satire of modern-day xenophobia.
‘You hungry?’ A boy breaks into a London house during the Blitz and is discovered by the man living there.
In a world where it’s possible to trade time off your life to change your body into society’s definition of perfection, how much time would you spare? 5 Years is a very eye ope…
Do zoos still have a place in society? If so, what is it? asks esteemed biologist Mary Bownes.
Dan Offen (Amused Moose semi-finalist) and Jonny Gillam bring you this slice of alternative comedy.
Ross and Tom return to the Fringe with a new show after their sell-out performances in 2013 and 2014.
Older, wiser, funnier.
In the summer of 1990, four lads from Liverpool were working on renovating and decorating the palace of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein when they were taken hostage by Saddam and his…
Upstairs Downton and Petting Zoo (‘Improv supergroup’ TimeOut) star creates a staggering array of characters using his mouth, brain, hands and body.
Tap into health! A rare, unmissable opportunity to dance with one of the world’s most engaging performers.
Later, considerably ruder and darker shows from internationally acclaimed, award-winning Scottish stand-up comedy meteor.
Immer City’s intriguing audio-immersive take on an oft-forgotten part of the tale of Macbeth is a wonderfully atmospheric and unique experience, if one that still feels rough aro…
The American High School Theatre Festival presents Little Shop of Horrors, a wacky musical journey downtown to Skid Row, a poor run-down neighbourhood where all its residents want …
A comedy, sketch and game show for football fans that hate the word ‘banter’ and find Alan Shearer boring.
Harriet Dyer is accidentally alternative.
Many theatre companies oversell their wares with outrageous hyperbole.
Previously known for her well received part as a Totally Naff Tart, this is Victoria Jeffrey solo and talking about life.
In a world of increasing crime, someone has to fight back against villainy, someone with abilities beyond comprehension: fire breathing, super strength, or the power to produce pot…
Vesna Tominac Matacic’s adaptation of the works of Croatian poet Vesna Parun is an impassioned and beautiful spectacle that somehow still manages to feel lacking in substance.
Given the popularity of the monarchy these days, one forgets about some of the more unsavoury types who’ve reigned (however briefly) in the last century.
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…
Uplifting, illuminating and meticulously crafted comedy, from a ‘stellar stand-up’ (Age).
BBC Radio 4‘s multi award-winner Viv Groskop presents Be More Margo, the follow-up to her sold-out five-star 2015 debut.
This is the forgotten story of a controversial gang that robbed the streets of London for over a hundred years.
Bob drives his BlundaBus around Europe looking for adventures.
Gillian Cosgriff is an absolute sweetheart with the pipes of a jazz singer and a wicked sense of humour to match.
Push to Shove Theatre Company have devised a simplified version of Dracula giving it the justice it deserves without taking anything away from Bram Stoker’s original concept.
Femmetamorphosis is an easy going play that explores the relationships of five very different characters as they help one of their own through a nasty break up.
Susie McCabe’s worst fears are coming true: she’s slowly turning into her parents.
Join Danny as he goes through a year that has seen him dumped by his girlfriend on the set of a BBC drama, nearly get beaten up by his dad, discover internet dating, have a health …
If you like your comedy dry and your comedians sly and your jokes wry, then this is for you.
In a very personal set, Shappi talks growing up in Britain as the child of refugee parents and being English.
Taking multimedia representations of young women as its inspiration, If There’s Not Dancing at the Revolution, I’m Not Coming picks apart a medley of references to Titanic, Disney …
Delivered with buckets of energy and enthusiasm, Felicity Ward’s new show is lively, facetious and a little erratic.
Stuart Laws is the guy who does all the comedy at Turtle Canyon Comedy and supported James Acaster on tour.
Internationally-acclaimed proponent of the steel pan (steel drum) Rachel Hayward returns to the Fringe with a solo recital in the beautiful setting of Brighton’s oldest building, p…
After Banquo’s murder, his son Fleance is adrift in Macbeth’s brutal new Scotland.
In January 2015, topical comedian Alistair Barrie’s wife was diagnosed with breast cancer, which gave him some perspective on what really constitutes bad news.
A brand new work-in-progress about snobbery, class, Britishness and The Good Life, fuelled entirely by gin.
Ben Watson’s meet and greet as we entered the theatre made his audience immediately warm to him.
Everything you ever wanted to know about everything .
If you like your comedy dry and your comedians sly and your jokes wry, then this is for you.
A show inspired by Hetty King (an emblematic, early 20th century drag king), which embraces the possibility of women making connections across stages, in time.
A show inspired by Hetty King (an emblematic early 20th-century drag king), which embraces the possibility of women making connections across stages, in time.
A stunning exhibition in a beautiful, spacious setting.
London comedian Heather Jordan brings her debut show to Brighton Fringe.
An inconspicuous townhouse in Fiveways plays host to the promenade performance Dancing in the Dark.
An intimate, audience-collaborative theatre show with projected imagery and text messaging, exploring love, desire and dating with your clothes on.
All Vampettes of the world, unite! Come and enjoy an evening on unforgettable atmospere on Saturday 2 April 2016! With a brand new album released in November and massive single …
Janet Jackson, one of the best-selling artists in contemporary history, an award-winning singer and actress who's the youngest child of the Jackson family of musicians, is back…
A love-triangle comedy with a supernatural streak, this excellently cast new play by J.
Get excited! Little Mix are coming! March 2016 might sound like an age away, but it can’t come soon enough for the return of Little Mix to The O2.
A-ha Concert and Dinner at Gordon Ramsay's Union Street Café - A 5-hour experience! Norwegian pop icons, A-ha, are back and will enjoy their return in sty…
Wet Wet Wet Live and Dinner at Gordon Ramsay's Union Street Café - A 5-hour experience! Be there for an evening of great entertainment, as soft rock legends We…
You’ve taken the journey with them from those first arena auditions, sat on the edge of your sofa during the dramatic six-seat challenge, followed their path to judges’…
Strictly Come Dancing The Live Tour! 2015 is finally here Actress Georgia May Foote, Celebrity chef Ainsley Harriott and TV presenter Anita Rani are the next celebrity contestan…
All Time Low and Dinner at Gordon Ramsay's Union Street Café - A 5-hour experience! Pop punk darlings All Time Low are thrilled to announce their return to the…
Valentine’s Day may have a cheesy reputation, but the heart-filled holiday has inspired plenty of great live comedy for devoted couples, optimistic daters and determinedly si…
With a performance and choreography career spanning more than half a century, David Gordon has accumulated a lot of mementos.
The Corrs and Dinner at Gordon Ramsay's Union Street Café - A 5-hour experience! Irish sister songstresses (and brother), The Corrs, are back in business after…
This showcase of artists and companies from Korea presents both traditional and contemporary dance of that country, selected and supported by a group of Korean cultural institution…
What have students ever done for us? Surely Edinburgh would be a better city without them? Swathes of the city would be habitable again for families, noise complaints would slump, …
Mediating Conversations about Conflict: The Church, the Constitution and the Climate.
Heady musical cocktail of Fitkin, Nyman, Piazzolla, Villa-Lobos served by master mixologists Huw Wiggin (saxophone) and James Sherlock (piano).
Mark Dean Quinn returns to the Edinburgh Fringe for the fifth year running attempting to win the best newcomer award.
I have returned.
Movin’ Melvin Brown’s hit show, filled with gospel and inspirational songs, tap and comedy will make this an unforgettable experience! Song, dance, tap and story you’ll sing, dance…
You are cordially invited to take tea with the Mad Hatter and March Hare.
Due to massive demand, six later, quite probably ruder, shows! Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedy half-man-half-Xbox.
How often is your creative practice playful? Is fun the thing we’re scared to have? Amid the pressures of the Fringe, Poorboy/The Bell Rock Co.
Need better media coverage? Learn easy steps for generating positive publicity in print, online – everywhere! – from social media pro and arts journalist Elaine Liner.
Alistair Barrie (‘Excellent’ Independent) is one of the most widely respected topical comics on the international circuit.
Dancing with Crazies is a wild tale about one woman’s search for love and a place to call home.
One-woman comedy character show, written and performed by Abbie Murphy.
You are informally invited to the quarter-life crisis convention; please be aware that firecracker wit, excessive metaphors, discussion of masturbation and mephedrone, fiercely int…
We May Have To Choose is a one-person show performed by Emma Hall.
Dave Callan, Irish born Australian based comedian brings the sequel to last years must see comedy dance spectacular to Edinburgh.
Lord Byron: hellraiser, fashionista, sexual predator, poet, punk.
A man who’s recently had a heart transplant thinks that his new heart is talking to him.
Die-hard fans of classic BBC Sitcom Dad’s Army will particularly enjoy this panel discussion, Q&A and selection of nostalgic clips from Ian Lavender, aka Private Pike, and fellow…
Shakespeare’s body of work is well-traveled by theatrical patrons – some might say imposingly so.
Have you ever been surprised to receive a phonecall from a friend that you were just thinking about? How many times have you felt so in tune with a person that you knew what they w…
FUBAR Radio and Underbelly present The Underbelly Radio Shows recorded live from 12:30pm each day at Ermintrude, Underbelly hosts a series of live radio broadcasts brought to you b…
Like every other animal on the planet, humans need to eat in order to survive, but arguably no other species has developed such complicated social etiquettes around the consumption…
Greeting the guests on the door with a bubbly personality in an attempt to brighten up the dark, underground bunker that would play host to his stage, Stephen Bailey set the mood f…
Gather round, gather round for the moon’s magical, mystical story about a tippetty-top tap dancer called Marina Skippett, who he has been watching at night.
(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…
Austerity has devastated public services and increased inequality.
The Improverts are back for two Exam Specials in the Teviot Debating Hall! A different combination of players will take to the stage each night for a round of high-class, high-ener…
Star of ‘Derek’, ‘Being Human’ and ‘Carnival of Monsters’ returns to the Brighton Fringe with two entirely new shows: Sit on the Ledge and Jump Down to the Ground (7, 2…
Join Emily Bee and Harriet Rose Lambert for an evening of innovative performance art with a satirical twist.
Sy Thomas is a nice guy.
Shannon O’Neill, artistic director of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater New York, and the veteran improviser Tami Sagher invite some of their improv friends for a night of…
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…
Kendra Cunningham hosts these three impressive young talents from the Park Slope area for half-hour sets.
Jen Kirkman, a performer based in Los Angeles, brings a show of brand new stories and jokes to Brooklyn.
Billed as an uplifting tale about murder, Send More Paper is entertaining and thought provoking in equal measures.
A young woman sits on the floor in a bright upper room in the Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, a large rucksack with a sleeping roll dumped by her side.
A quartet of fifty-something women hit the gym to tone up - but when they look in the mirror they each see what they want to see - their twenty-year-old selves.
Inspired by the public performances of Charles Dickens and Mark Twain, the less decorated but more alive writer and actor B.
“I never went to school,” Richard Fordham tells us.
Dancing in the Streets continues bringing dance outdoors with this festival tailored to three green spaces in the Bronx.
Dancing With The Inflatable Colonel is a one hour set shared by three comedians.
This is not for everyone.
KinkyFish return with a darkly comic new drama by writer Duncan Battman.
Ivor Novello: glamorous stage and screen star, author and matinee idol is mostly known today as a glorious melodic theatrical composer.
Famed for their obsession with brains zombies have long been part of the mainstream.
Due to massive demand, six extra, later, and quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man/half-Xbox.
Need more media coverage? Can’t afford a publicist? (Not happy with the one you have?) Learn to generate positive publicity in print, online - everywhere! - with easy steps from me…
Origin is a dance spectacle that reimagines the creation of life.
WHYS is the BBC’s global conversation show – tapping into the most talked about news stories each day and getting the people involved to discuss them across radio and social me…
Set on a vintage red bus, this delightful dance piece oozes charm and captures the imagination.
In the 1970s, 9,000 people were employed at the Linwood car factory near Paisley.
Betty Oops is a two woman mask and music performance that balances the mundane and the absurd to surprise and entertain.
Running at just forty minutes, this play with songs is a little gem: a bit rough round the edges and lot of polishing may be required, but talent is on show and an endearing centra…
Struan Logan and John Sheppard are funny, charming and handsome (on average) comedians.
Strap in, it’s joke time.
The Oxford Dictionary describes ‘Diva’ as: “A celebrated female opera singer, a famous female singer of popular music, or a woman regarded as temperamental or haughty”.
Katy Schutte (Maydays, Who Ya Gonna Call) has an idea for a film that she would like to share with you.
This show will be a Fringe Favourite! When Glasgow gangsters mysteriously acquire the pandas from Edinburgh Zoo Malcolm gets the blame.
Rick Kiesewetter talks about being Asian (not Oriental), being raised on the Jersey Shore and how living in the UK for 18 years has made him wonderfully British.
Sometimes less is more.
The Edinburgh premiere of this exciting new work from InterAct (Wales).
When did kissing and cuddling become vanilla? When did it become cool to be a geek? Are all failed artists doomed to work in Kwik Fit? What if Jesus Christ was a republican? Self-d…
Motion&Motion is a visually stunning masterpiece.
Should Capitalism Be Criminal? was the first discussion in a series entitled Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas, which is essentially a leftie version of Question Time, set in a yurt in…
The dedicated, hard-working and committed cast of six actors worked hard to bring this piece alive on a cramped stage.
What if Caroline Aherne, Peggy Mitchell and Frida Kahlo teamed up and reared the orphans of Milton Keynes? The children have grown up and arrived! Welcome to Katie O’Brien’s fi…
Natasia Demetriou is new to solo shows.
There perhaps could not have been a more timely play than We Have Fallen.
The Lincoln Theatre Company presents an avant-garde evening, jam-packed with the surreal.
Joe Stilgoe and his excellent band create a wonderful atmosphere with their musical stylings, charming personalities, and atmospheric lighting.
The idea of a comedy play that’s centred around something we are all really familiar with at the moment - ‘listicles’ - is quite intriguing.
Melvin Brown has got the moves, and this suave dude who appears in a suit and gold satin shirt also has a killer voice.
There is no doubt that an audience of a certain age will fondly remember the two famous actors starring in You’re Never Too Old, although audiences of any age could not fail to e…
Gordon Brown was, according to the blurb for this show, our greatest failing as a Prime Minister in 200 years.
Billed as a poignant one-woman comedy drama, actress Davina Leonard delivers exactly that, with more accent on the drama.
Before comedy Robert did 67 jobs in seven years, went to prison for a practical joke and wrote symphonies for his sock-puppet.
Are you sure you’ve been to the toilet? Then take your place in this hilarious road trip of a show about the endurance tests that were traditional family holidays.
The Birmingham Footnotes Have A Plan provided ample entertainment for a student sketch group.
If you are someone that enjoys magic in its more basic, “no frills” form, like sleight-of-hand tricks and close-up magic, you can’t go wrong with this show.
Gordon Southern is eager for his tenth solo show to take off with a bang and he certainly gets off to a great start.
Kiwi comedian Cal Wilson invites us to imagine what her life would have been like if she’d made different choices (or if she’d been born a man).
Playing Landscapes is an exciting opportunity to see a four person dance company from Macao.
This is character comedy at its best.
Griffith’s slightly self deprecating solo show, is an easy-going fun hour spent in his company.
Dirty Dancing - the classic story on stage.
Alhambra Theatre: 28th Jun 7pm.
Boat, an inventive and extremely funny sketch group comprising Amos Vernon, Mike Lane and Nunzio Randazzo, returns with a new show.
A celebration of children and young people in the Performing Arts featuring theatre, literature, music and movement.
This was by far one of the most outstandingly bizarre pieces of theatre I have ever seen; I am still not entirely sure what I actually witnessed, but I know that I liked it.
A dress-up sing-along celebration of everyone’s favourite musicals.
Work in progress stand-up comedy from Asian-American comedian Rick Kiesewetter, getting ready for Edinburgh 2014.
In 2011, Japan was jolted by the largest earthquake to hit the country.
Playwright Werner Schwab was just 35 when he died from what must have been quite a drinking spree after a New Year’s Eve party in 1994.
An interactive, comic drama about two men, two women and their mysterious trip to Paris.
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.
Sketch group Clever Peter (BBC Radio 4) return with brand-new sketches and old favourites in a fun-packed hour of comedy.
Following a sell-out run at last years Brighton Fringe and described as “one of the highlights of The Brunswick’s Fringe programme for the 2013 Festival”, TPTPC are back with more …
Paul Grifiths is an artist, not because he spent a lifetime studying the grand masters or painting portraits and landscapes from a young age, but because of something primal that d…
Trace the story of Brighton’s secret river, flowing from the source’s solo in the attic to the sea-bound chorus in the cellar, then enjoy a feast of foods foraged en route! Thur/…
The World Music Institute presents this festival of Indian classical dance, with masters of three traditions performing over two nights.
Dirty Dancing - the classic story on stage.
Karl Marx, Abraham Lincoln, Brian Blessed.
Based on Haruki Murakami’s bestselling novel Norwegian Wood, There We Have Been explores the relationship of the novel’s main character and his late best friend’s girlfriend,…
A series of skits performed by three of what have to be the maddest performers on the Fringe (any madder and theyd be locked up).
Comedian David Schneider, you know, him from Alan Partridge, tries to justify those wasted hours on Twitter with a funny show about the internet.
American song and dance man Movin’ Melvin Brown is not content to have just one show at the Fringe (The Ray Charles Experience), or two (an interactive workshop Tap into Health -…
A 45 minute performance which focuses on the aspects of Alfred Russel Wallaces’ inspirational character that led him to the theory of evolution by natural selection - he then tol…
A driving mix of celtic, jazz, folk and blues.
Gordon: a one-man show written and performed by Ian Winter.
The Stephen Gordon Group is a progressive jazz band from the US, dedicated to keeping the legacy of jazz alive and evoking new soundscapes in the genre.
Theatre can only ask us to suspend disbelief to a certain point.
A hungover girl wakes up in a stranger’s house and things start to get a bit weird.
Sparkling with witty dialogue and clever wordplay, Journos is a very enjoyable way to spend an hour.
Four dictators are in a rowing boat to hell.
The original box office smash hit tribute to one of the greatest movie soundtracks.
Due to massive demand six extra, later, quite probably ruder shows from comedy’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man, half-Xbox.
International experiment sharing a story about a woman called Thyme, with local interpretations.
David O’Doherty, Jenny Éclair, Joe Lycett and Pierre Nouvellie joined Mark Olver for Dancing About Architecture, a friendly live afternoon chat show where comedians talk about c…
Certainly adhering to it’s name, Todd Gordon and a multitude of talented musicians played well into the night.
Mask is an unusual piece of theatre.
‘Feminist burlesque’ sounds great.
I’m trying to give up cake. Everything else is optional. Perhaps PBH’s final one-man show at the Fringe. Or not.
Back by popular demand.
A brand new stand-up show about why a 30-year-old American probably shouldn’t be friends with a 19-year-old boy from Norfolk.
Before the curtain goes up on one of the most whispered about shows at the Fringe, The Boy with Tape on His Face looks at his already delighted audience with wide eyes and what mus…
The best one man show I have ever had the pleasure to see, Captain Amazing more than lives up to its name.
Comedian Robin Cairns is famous throughout Scotland.
Rowena Haley’s show has a simple, yet entertaining foundation: what is it like to grow up with a 93-year-old as your best friend? Through wittily penned songs, anecdotes and lar…
Rolling into Edinburgh with a brand new barnstorming show, The Horne Section will yet again provide the festival’s best musical mayhem.
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…
Having bought a house with his girlfriend the Edinburgh-born comic explores how a decision that comes from a place of love can lead to such fear and uncertainty.
For his second solo show, Silky sweetly sings and softly swears.
Hilarious, dark and brilliantly-crafted, Dry Write’s production of Fleabag at the Underbelly is heart-wrenchingly honest.
Fiedlen Cannon is one of the founders of Dublin based theatre company Brokentalkers.
Can theatre take the piss out of being pretentious? Yes, of course it can, in principle.
At a Gordon Southern show, you don’t just get great comedy, you learn a little too.
Even if you haven’t heard of Vikki Stone, you may still have heard the anecdote about a loving fan sending their knickers in the post to Phillip Schofield and writing and perform…
Take Two Every Four Hours is a heart wrenching tale of friendship in the face of illness.
Ensconced in an inflatable dome, in the children’s area of the Pleasance, bravely struggling through a voice ravaged by cold and flyering, Jay Foreman does not have an easy job o…
XY is a series of plays that have been written without specifying gender to any of the characters.
2012 Foster’s Comedy Award Best Newcomer nominee Joe Lycett is back in Edinburgh with his latest stand-up show If You Lycett Then You Should’ve Put A Ring On It.
In a new adaptation of Luigi Pirandello’s disturbing masterpiece, Cambridge ADC chop, change and miss the point entirely.
‘Schoolgirls have crushes on teachers all the time.
Imagine a world where people can change sex at will.
It’s 5:40am by the clock on the office wall and Gordon Brown has some secrets to share before his first governmental meeting of the day.
‘Think Juno meets Waiting for Godot - but amazing’.
Winner of the ‘Funny Woman of the Year’ Award, Suzy Bennett delivers a pleasantly fluent and fast-paced monologue recalling her quest for fame, which originated during her chil…
A multi-media theatre project is very difficult to pull off.
David Trent has labelled each of his possessions: ‘This is a screen’, ‘This is a laptop’, ‘This is a projector’, etc.
‘If others can write about it so can I’ says the main character in Bridge to an Island.
Steve McNeil & Sam Pamphilon transport you from a gloomy room in Edinburgh’s Pleasance Courtyard to a whole variety of imagined scenarios, all of them worth a giggle, and many cont…
The Caves on the Cowgate certainly can’t be accused of over-selling itself as a venue - you get exactly what it says on the ticket as you’re ushered into their dingy cellar, alread…
Im beginning to think that Musical Theatre @ George Square are like some dodgy wartime butcher, whos keeping all the good stuff round the back.
The setting is a construction site outside a café on a day like any other.
From the moment Joel Dommett stepped onto the stage with his mop of perfectly tousled hair, handsome looks and frequently exposed midriff (one wonders if he sponsored by the makers…
An hour long performance constructed out of the colourful and controversial life, ambitions and writings of Oscar Wilde was always going to be an evening well spent.
Old-school stand-up Felix Dexter presents himself and three characters for our comedy tonight.
The concept of Bite Size is a perfectly simple, yet novel one, and the clue really is in the title.
Bossa Nova and More is a Hungarian guitar duo that aims to play authentic Bossa Nova combined with less traditional numbers to create an entirely enjoyable experience.
The audience looks into a living room where a wife has just demanded of her husband Lets have sex! Her stale spouse remains unconvinced, insisting that sex for pleasure is in…
For all the atrocities of the Second World War, it was a fertile period for great songs.
Looking for emotional charge? If so, this new musical blows everything else out of the water.
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…
Tall, skinny and full of nervous energy, West Londoner Nathan Caton is here to entertain us with an hour of laughs.
Behind The Truth is an endearing but frustrating show.
Clive James returns to Edinburgh with two daily shows, a lunchtime chat show for those who want to see him in one-to-one conversation with guests and an evening one-man show in whi…
Good looks and charm can go a long way to be a success in stand up comedy.
The highest tribute I can pay to this one man play about the notorious Robert Maxwell is that I really felt I had spent ninety minutes in the media tycoons presence.
Daphne Pena returns to Edinburgh with a new show for 2007, adding more tales and dances from Cairo, following up her 2006 Bellydance Diaries.
To get to the point, this play is woefully average.
If given the chance to spend an evening with any individual beyond the grave most would be reluctant to pick the obnoxious, multi-millionaire newspaper tycoon Robert Maxwell unl…
Delivering his show in the style of a history lecture, Gordon Southern attempts to take the audience through history as we know it in its entirety in one single hour.
It is very hard to know how to describe Gareth Morinan’s show.
Tommy Sheridan cuts a rather sad figure of fun these days.
Sometimes a title of a show can be so specific in its subject matter that it can pull the audience in and deliver exactly what they expect to see.
Blind Liverpudlian stand-up Chris McCaulsland gets off to a good start with a gag about the portacabin hut that we’re sitting in at the Pleasance Courtyard.
What makes a lot of cash in the Musical Theatre? Juke Box musicals: Mamma Mia, We Will Rock You, Jersey Boys.
Ava Vidal was first on my list for this years Fringe.
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…
Hayley Shillito and Laura Taylor spend the whole of this piece from Horizon Arts dressed in black and joined together by a piece of long elastic.
Coronation Street is iconic.
This fast paced, quick-fire sketch show has the audience rolling in the aisles.
In Any More Legroom?, Liverpool John Moores University showcases its recent graduates’ dissertation dance pieces.
Deja Vu, according to a very quick Google search I just did, means ‘a feeling of having already experienced the present situation.
Science Shows for Schools have take three of their popular science presentations for schools and turned them into a 50 minute production for children at the Zoo Aviary.
Starting with a video of him in distress in the worst hotel room ever, Tom Wrigglesworth spends an entertaining hour spinning us a complex yarn about how his wedding day came to en…
I lowered my expectations dramatically during the opening scene of Xenu is Loose when the smoke effect obliterated the audience’s view of the action for at least a couple of minute…
Bouncing on stage with a declaration that he’s always wanted to play the smallest gig at the Festival, Luke Toulson is quick to establish a rapport with his small but perfectly for…
Laurence Clark sets out in his wheelchair to reclaim the word ‘spastic’ from its prejudiced past, armed only with slides, some secret camera film work and a wicked sense of humour.
Coming on the the strains of the Steve Miller Band’s ‘The Joker’, Jason John Whitehead confesses that only a few day’s into his run, it’s already beginning to piss him off.
Former Blue Peter presenter Stuart Miles gives us this three-woman show in which he plays all of the parts, in their full cross-dressed finery.
We’ve all had them hairdressers who give you constant patter and banter whilst you’re trapped in their chair, but Giovanni Monica - a professional barber from Wiltshire - decide…
Zoe Lyons hits the stage running with an immediate gag about the messed up ticketing system at this year’s Fringe and from there it’s straight into her set about how she focuses on…
Forced by economic circumstances to live with his 87 year old granny for the last 4½ years, Josh Howie has done what any good stand-up would do, and turned it into a Fringe show.
Markus Birdman wants to let us know that swearing CAN be big and clever after all, though as an ex-teacher he admits that it may not be appropriate in every job.
Ivor Novello and Noel Coward have both been celebrated countless times in musical biopics, but this could be the first time that their respective careers and lives have been combin…
Set in what could be an authentic Guide hut in the Pleasance, this show is built around a 25th reunion of an 80’s Brownie troop as Brown Owl looks back at her girls and we get to s…
I’m sure that Jason Byrne comes to Edinburgh every year with something in mind to talk to us about, but he always seems to find more madcap comedy in his punters than in any pre-pr…
What a lovely, original and unpredictable show this is.
If you like your comedy served crude, then Jim Jeffries is the man for you as nothing is taboo in his hour long swear-fest: rape, race, religion, disability and Kelly Osbourne all …
Andrew Maxwell’s been around a bit, and is here to tell us about it in his new show.
Josh Howie has an interesting past to say the least, which he shares which us to great comedy effect.
Take six social misfits with relationship worries, throw them into group therapy, and then you have the basis for Conor Mitchell’s brilliant musical Have A Nice Life.
Paul Parry, PowerPoint and a projector all combine to tell us why misuse of the word ‘literally’ is so wrong that an entire Fringe show must be given over to the topic.
Join Bunny Galore in a cabaret set of red plush and fairy lights as she regales the audience with details of her life and career.
Get the whole summer festival experience over with in just an hour as Danny Robins takes you through all you need to know from the Dance Tent, to the Main Stage to the drugs and…
Steven K.
Six acts are drawn daily from a rotating pool of stand-ups who seek to entertain in this talent spotting showcase.
Cheery performers Matt Rudge, Luke McQueen and Joe Bor seek to rid the world of glumness in this afternoon hour of quick-fire comic sketches.
Jonny & Joe are couple of young lads with an inventive and interesting series of sketches.
Man of a thousand voices, Nick Mohammed certainly delivers on his promise of both characters and comedy in this well-written sketch show at the Pleasance.
Disembodied voices are not what you need to hear in a venue that’s already as spooky as the Old Town’s Underbelly, but that what you get at the start of Ed Aczel’s comedy set as he…
Billed as comedy in the Fringe programme, this engaging show would be equally at home in the drama section.
Des Clarke is one of the few indigenous Scottish stand-ups performing at the Fringe.
Billed as comedy in the Fringe programme, this engaging show would be equally at home in the drama section.
For those Broadway Baby readers unfamiliar with him, Tommy Sheridan is a Scottish left-wing politician who successfully sued the News of the World for suggesting that he’d taken pa…
For a chunky, 30ish, punk-rocker bloke, Wil Hodgson has a rather strange obsession with My Little Pony, confessing to having been a collector of these wee lumps of pink plastic and…
Zoe Lyons spends an hour discussing common phobias, finding some fun in analysing what scares us all and why.
Jim Jeffries is a rude man.
Hudson & Hackett are two young women with an established entertainment background (Hudson presents Brainiac, whilst Hackett has written for ‘Smack the Pony’), and they come togethe…
With a decidedly down-beat, complaining style, Rhod Gilbert’s stand-up is - paradoxically - a pleasure to watch.
It’s a beautiful day at the Fringe and I’m sat on the top deck of a red bus in the Meadows.
In these increasingly cash-strapped times putting on any musical on the Fringe is worthy of praise, even if — with a cast of six accompanied by electric piano and drums — the d…
Stephen K Amos joins the chat show brigade, setting out his sofa in the Teviot Ballroom.
Staid old Edinburgh University’s McEwan Hall is unexpectedly pressed into service as a Fringe mega-venue for several hundred punters, like one of Morningside’s blue-rinse ladies li…
Andrew Lawrence is an angry man with a lot to get off his chest this festival.
Justin Moorhouse’s unusual style grabs you from the off.
Scotland’s answer to, well just about every other magician you’ve ever seen, sets the tone of the show from the opening line of Good evening, you’re all a bunch of c***s, and i…
Presumably one of the few stand-ups to be appearing at Edinburgh with his own three-piece backing band, Phil Nicol returns to the Stand with a shaggy-dog story of a set, involving …
After last year’s storming Edinburgh performance in All of Me, Stephen K Amos returns with another great comedy outing in More of Me.
Maybe it was the accidental bang on the forehead he gave himself before coming on stage, maybe it was the sparse Sunday night crowd, or maybe it was the higher than usual quota of …
From the entrance where he’s carried on stage á la Lady Gaga, to the grand finale involving the most unusual boy-band line-up you’ve ever seen, Patrick Monahan is a non-stop bundl…
Jason Byrne is a lucky man when it comes to unearthing material before his very eyes.
In an increasing trend amongst the big-name comics, this is Jason Byrne’s ‘other show’, and this year involves grabbing four guest celebrities as panellists for the top table, a co…
Paper Monkeys are a group of four young actors performing a hilarious tea-time sketch show.
Before I got there I really expected to hate this act I’ve seen dozens of ‘comedy characters’ over the years, and very few of them can carry it off convincingly.
It takes a lot of guts for a relatively unknown, strange-looking young comic to wander out on stage and challenge the audience from the off, but that’s what Andrew Lawrence does.
This show is all about stereotypes: why they matter, why they hurt, and why they can be strangely and yet compellingly funny at times.
The Horny Devils are a local foursome, performing sketches, songs and poems set around the theme of Sin and mostly written as part of an Edinburgh University course.
Glen Foster is That Canadian Guy even in Canada apparently, where hes been a headline stand-up for over twenty years, but hes happy enough if you cant…
And No More Shall We Part at the Traverse Theatre is the European premiere for Tom Holloway’s new play that oozes brilliance and subtlety as it gently explores what it means to b…
OK, lets get this out of the way; Scott Capurro is a gay man who stands on stage with the mike and goes for the jugular no target is spared and he will be offensive ab…
Lick and Chew are a boy/girl duo taking you through a whirlwind series of sketches held together nicely by an underlying travel theme.
Pay attention youre going to have to focus carefully to keep up with the Canadian comedy whirlwind that is Phil Nicol, but it will be worth it.
If you like non-confrontational theatre, plays without a message, or just fancy a pleasant morning, Hell’s Bells is the play for you.
Craig Hill has a fabulous gay entrance.
An hour of intelligent comedy mostly set to song from this Aussie comic.
The mainly Scottish audience were warmly appreciative of the wee funny lassie from the BBCs Chewin the Fat sketch show.
Mervyn looks back on two decades of performing at the Fringe in this one-man-and-his-guitar show, playing some of his favourite comic songs from previous years, mulling over change…
OK, this is not, repeat, not a kids show.
Dan Willis wants to talk to you about the songs that he loves; about the feel-good music in his collection that takes him back to his happy memories.
One of the most original and refreshing sketch acts to emerge in years, Sheeps have helped to reinvent sketch comedy.
Robin Ince has had a bad month: after a major flood left his house and record collection full of human sewage, he talks to us about claiming compensation from Thames Water; about …
Anorak comedy as a market researcher tells us about his (none too exciting) life on the doorsteps of Britain, reports back on his survey in a random part of Edinburgh designed for …
Shappi Khorsandi is the daughter of an Iranian asylum seeker who came to the UK in the 70s.
OK, he just has to get the five stars.
One of the top stand-ups at the Fringe, Stephen K Amos crafts a fine hour of comedy based on some deep self-contemplation.
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…
High-school teachers by day, DJ Danny and his glamorous assistant (the P.
Dont get me wrong, Sabrina George is a very likeable person.
A man in the front row at Bec Hill’s show accuses her of being the worst comedian he’s ever seen.
To Have Done With The Judgement Of Artaud.
Nicely addressing the growing Fringe problem of how to keep an audience entertained during entry to a several-hundred seat mega-venue, Brendon Burns has adopted Dave Eastgate as a …
Ed O’Meara has some of the scariest flyers on the Fringe, with a teasing tag, ‘Follow Your Nightmares’.
Imagine you have a five-year-old child.
There are some shows where you have to wonder ‘what is this person doing here, and more importantly why?’ Simon Lilley and Asli Akby have entered this show in the Fringe, payin…
If you revel in the musicality of the 1930s, take pleasure in performance poetry or wish to be swept away with some old world charm, then push the boat out and go see this show.
The host for this chat show is Mark Olver, a stand up who has supported Russell Howard on tour and is the warm-up for such television favourites as Deal or No Deal and Vicar of Dib…
In Ancient China the Emperor places his hand upon death’s door.
I originally held out much hope for this production from How to Deal with Rude and Unruly Women, however being there was like serving a prison sentence.
Achtung! Achtung! Comedian Al Murray and historian James Holland are bringing their highly acclaimed World War II podcast to the Edinburgh Festival.
Comedy, circus, storytelling, poetry and stupid science.
A coveted Bobby has been presented to five shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year.
Established spoken word performer Jenny Foulds talks about her show, Life Learnings of a Nonsensical Human at the Edinburgh Fringe nd her life so far.
Ditch the messy arts and crafts this half-term and entertain your little darlings with the best live family friendly performances Brighton and Hove have to offer instead.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year (apart from Brighton Fringe, of course) and there are plenty of delightful performances to entertain you this winter.
Welcome to our top 5 picks from the third year of Brighton HorrorFest, the spooktacular celebration from Sweet of all things that go bump in the night.
Do you ever find yourself singing The Bare Necessities? Or breathily repeating David Attenborough’s iconic narration? If so, the Ensonglopedia of Animals is the show for you.
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Broadway Baby’s Gordon Douglas met Adam Castle, the host of Pollyanna to talk about the outrageous, late-night queer cabaret that’s on everybody’s minds.
Broadway Baby’s Gordon Douglas is joined by Scotland-based theatre-maker Clare Marcie to talk about her new show What Would Kanye Do?, part of the programme at theSpace @ Jury’...
Richard is still in New Town, but with great bar staff like Robbie Johnston at Nightcap - why would you want to leave? Nightcap might be a relatively new addition to the Edinburgh...
Greenwich Theatre is set to have an unprecedented profile at this year’s Brighton Fringe, with no less than eight productions heading for The Warren either co-produced or support...
With Easter on the horizon it’s time to turn attention to Brighton Fringe with a look at some shows that are likely to sell out. Book early – you have been warned.
Former Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls, sports presenter Ore Oduba and actress Lesley Joseph are the latest celebrities announced to appear on the Strictly Come Dancing Live UK Tour, wh...
Agent of Influence: The Secret Life of Pamela More is the story of a high-society fashion journalist recruited by MI5 to facilitate the abdication of King Edward VIII.
The Tumanishvili Film Actors Theatre has been bringing Georgian theatre to Edinburgh for nearly 20 years, filling theatres and getting critical acclaim for foreign-language theatre...
Brighton Fringe has officially launched.
Christmas is the one time of year you can drag your non-theatre-going friends to the theatre.
It’s the iconic Edinburgh film and book - and now nearly 21 years since the film opened - a young theatre company brings Trainspotting to the Edinburgh Fringe.
European Slam Champion MiKo Berry is a founder of Loud Poets, a spoken-word collective bringing their second show to the Scottish Storytelling Centre this August.