The first banana appeared on earth 10,000 years ago.
Billy Banana’s Brilliant Bingo, the interactive extravaganza event of the Fringe.
A year after inexplicably winning Dave’s Funniest Joke of the Fringe, and therefore killing comedy (Sun), Lorna Rose Treen brings her sell-out debut character comedy show back to t…
Give us a cheer if you’ve got skin? Well then, this is the show for you! A new show of story-based chaos with heart and peculiarities from acclaimed stand-up Harriet Dyer (Comedy C…
Come join Amy for her debut hour of big fun (from a big gal).
Think it’s a Stand up solo show? Think again.
Think it’s a solo stand-up show? Think again.
A drop-in event with activities, talks and the opportunity to meet one of Edinburgh Zoo’s armadillos! We’re exploring amazing skin – and what it tells us about our identity, our …
Philip Contini sings your favourite, unforgettable, classic songs of Cole Porter, one of the greatest composer-lyricists of the 20th century, accompanied by the sensational 6-piece…
Banana is a wacky hour of outside-the-box clown comedy that makes you smile from ear to ear.
You either die an artist or you live long enough to see yourself become a stuntman.
Character comedian Lorna Rose Treen has been pretending to be other people for fun since she could dress herself.
This free exhibition explores the changing meaning of skin from the 1500s to the present day – from flaying and tattooing to prosthetics and skin sculptures.
Venue B hosts a monthly sell out gig of local young up and coming bands and DJs.
Venue B hosts a monthly sell out gig of local young up and coming bands and DJs.
If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www.
A work-in-progress character comedy show from award-winning comedian Lorna Rose Treen (Funny Women 2022 Stage Award and 2022 Comedy Shorts Award, Chortle Best Newcomer Nominee).
Think it’s a stand-up solo show? Think again.
SKIN PIGEON is a WIP character comedy show from award winning comedian Lorna Rose Treen (Funny Women 2022 Stage Award and 2022 Comedy Shorts Award).
WINNER of Queerovision 2022 , Rising Star finalist 2022 , Hastings Newcomer award Finalist 2022, Semi-finalist for the Comedy Max Turner prize 2022 , Semi- finalist for Get Up stan…
Think it’s a stand-up solo show? Think again.
Skin is strange and wonderful.
There are 400 million pigeons on the Earth.
There are 400 million pigeons on the Earth.
Top academics, dangerous ideas and your host comedian Susan Morrison.
Starring CJ de Mooi (Eggheads), Banana Crabtree Simon is an intimate and emotionally honest journey of one man’s struggle with early onset dementia.
Think it’s a Stand up solo show? Think again.
Think it’s a Stand up solo show? Think again.
Think it’s a Stand up solo show? Think again.
Fresh, off-beat comedy from two former Cambridge Footlights.
Three performers.
Three Performers.
We run comedy nights at this venue all year round but we have something special planned for the Fringe.
It’s the near-apocalyptic near-future.
Time is different here.
Banana and the Ice Cream Crew is a story about acceptance, friendship and, yes, singing bananas.
The Soho Theatre launched its post-lockdown summer season this week with Shedding A Skin, written and performed by Amanda Wilkin, the 2020 winner of the Verity Bargate Award.
Banana Crabtree Simon.
3 performers.
What’s it like to play the flute while hanging upside down? How loud is the trombone? Jazz accordion?!? Music, theatre, and dance collide in this madcap variety show, and YOU cho…
The taught new thriller Skin In The Game opens the door on an inner-city Birmingham family in turmoil.
Edinburgh-born Italian crooner Philip Contini sings a selection of Cole Porter’s best-loved repertoire with anecdotes from the colourfully flamboyant life of one of the world’s gre…
Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance.
One of The Guardian’s Best Shows at the Edinburgh Fringe 2018.
After their sell-out international hit Smother, award winning 201 Dance Company are back on tour with SKIN.
Managing a venue at the Fringe can be a hugely rewarding experience, but is also a mammoth undertaking for all involved.
Sports and sex.
Philip Contini sings Cole Porter’s most famous, best-loved songs with anecdotes from the colourfully flamboyant life of one of the world’s greatest songwriters and lyricists.
Whose fault? A ghost beautified by human skin or humans possessing the devil’s heart? Is it ever possible to avoid mistakes or is it destined to happen anyway? Without camouflage, …
Two intertwined monologues about womanhood and immigration merge, coalesce and diverge.
Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance.
Rive Productions are shining the light on a condition more common than many realise: vaginismus.
This comedy revue is billed as a ‘celebration of (and for) every body’, an admirable theme for our times when people of all genders, persuasions and body types are finding thei…
Two parallel time periods of 1944 and 1991 create a story little known to the public, but none-the-less, one that suggests a need for love in the cruellest places.
Award-nominated writer and performer, Nicole Henriksen, presents the follow-up to her critically-acclaimed theatre debut.
When Camille transfers to London, she finds herself following a well-travelled road.
Come and join The Banana Bunch – Bex Darmody, Annalea Doyle and Emma Stroud as three bananas on the run from the boring, mundane and downright crazy world we live …
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
When Camille transfers to London, she finds herself blissfully following a well-travelled road.
Bare Skin On Briny Waters is part of the Hull Takeover of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and is one of five plays presenting from the 2017 UK City of Culture.
Last year, 201 Dance Company shattered the stereotypes associated with hip-hop dance with the critically acclaimed Smother.
A woman single-mindedly pursues her physical image at the expense of her inner self.
Will and Heidi are two thoughtful, principled stand-ups who will do anything to get a laugh, including dropping all principles.
A powerful Protector commissions a young artist to create an illuminated book to celebrate his power.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Thriller meets fairy tale.
Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants.
Originally developed with the Royal Court, Skin a Cat by Isley Lynn is a sexual coming of age story with a big (and fairly terrifying) difference.
Managing a venue at the Fringe can be a hugely rewarding experience, but is also a mammoth undertaking for all involved.
Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim, writing in The New York Times, has described George Benjamin’s “Written on Skin” as “a psychologically gripping, emotionally he…
The Nursery together with Freestival is bringing an improv only venue to Edinburgh - a Fringe first! Every night for three weeks, the Holyrood Suite at the Thistle Hotel will trans…
We are all advised to take care in the sun, because it causes skin cancer, but is it really bad for us? Following on from his TED talk and appearance on Trust Me, I’m a Doctor, E…
See the best in live performance for and by young people (and open to everyone!) at Venue B, Brighton’s only dedicated venue for young people. Check our website for full details.
Managing a venue at the Fringe can be a hugely rewarding experience, but is also a mammoth undertaking for all involved.
Pam Ford has taken 40 years to be happy in her skin, she wants everyone to discover their best bits, and get happy right now, what a great way to start the day with a lunchtime sho…
A girl is trapped in a dark room.
Margaret Thatcher is on a diet.
Ever thought about running your own Brighton Fringe venue? Then this panel discussion is for you! Hear about the practicalities, pleasures and pitfalls of running a venue from a va…
What kind of music do you like? We got it.
2 big days, several SECRET locations and a mash-up of live music and epic performance! Special guest stars, festival fever, dance off, skate jams and all the weird and wonderful�…
Managing a venue at the Fringe can be a rewarding experience, but is also a mammoth undertaking.
Managing a venue at the Fringe can be hugely rewarding, but is also a mammoth undertaking.
The Blueswater is the 12-piece band behind award-winning show Blues!, and they will be performing a limited run of five shows at the enigmatic Venue 45.
Out of His Skin supposedly tells the tale of a man who, bored with the monotony of everyday life, embarks on a journey to find his place in the world, taking ever increasing risks …
The media makes it difficult to feel happy in your skin. It’s taken me 40 years to feel happy in mine. I want everyone to feel it. Let’s sort it out now!
Andrew Maxwell’s latest show is, to be expected, full of social commentary and political and global issues.
Eighteen-year-old Brian has written fan letters to Avalyn.
Make sure you are on time for this show: youll get enough exercise during this hour-long musical romp without sprinting down Nicholson Street beforehand.
Fringe theatre is often about taking risks, so you have to applaud Croft Vaughn for the bravery of his one-man show in which he plays a nine-year-old boy up in his attic with an ov…
There is a moment in Sheridan’s ‘The Critic’ when Mr Puff and Mr Dangle are watching a play-within-a-play about the Spanish Armada.
VAULT, the creators of VAULT Festival have found their new London home which will open in Spring 2024 with VAULT Festival returning in the Autumn.
The Scottish Storytelling Centre is, in its own words, ‘a vibrant arts venue with a seasonal programme of live storytelling, theatre, music, exhibitions, workshops, family events...
Edinburgh venue St Stephen’s Stockbridge returns in 2016 as the latest addition to the C venues stable.