Seymour Mace – Looking Stupid, Dressing Up and Saying C*nt a Lot: 35 Years of Being a Fool

Seymour Mace – Looking Stupid, Dressing Up and Saying C*nt a Lot: 35 Years of Being a Fool

A lifetime being a professional f*cking lunatic that enjoys swearing in front of people. 

Fool's Paradise

Fool's Paradise

Have you ever fallen for someone across the globe only to become stuck in your own country? From award-winning artist Britt Plummer comes a painfully relatable and heartbreakingly … 

FOOL'S PARADISE - A Comedy of Cross-Continental Courting, Clowns and Catastrophes

FOOL'S PARADISE - A Comedy of Cross-Continental Courting, Clowns and Catastrophes

Fest Magazine ‘Top Theatre Picks’ 2024! WINNER 2024 Adelaide Fringe Award You’re cordially invited to the wedding of the year! Whether you’re a fan of Amelie or When Harry… 

Neon Moon Paradise Circus CABARET

Neon Moon Paradise Circus CABARET

Headlining the opening weekend of BRIGHTON FRINGE in the brand new venue THE VAULT at FOOLS PARADISE, Neon Moon’s CABARET & CLUB shows on SUNDAY 5th MAY & SUNDAY 26th MAY promise… 

Neon Moon Paradise Circus CLUB

Neon Moon Paradise Circus CLUB

Headlining the opening weekend of BRIGHTON FRINGE in the brand new venue THE VAULT at FOOLS PARADISE, Neon Moon’s CABARET & CLUB shows, on May Bank Holiday weekends SUNDAY 5th MA… 

Fool's Moon

Fool's Moon

Enter the bizarre and beautiful world of Fool’s Moon hosted by Paulina Lenoir. 

Shakespeare's Fool

Shakespeare's Fool

Will ‘Cavaliero’ Kempe was one of the finest performers of the Elizabethan age. 

The Knight, The Fool and A Budgie

The Knight, The Fool and A Budgie

A quest that goes wrong. 

Kissing a Fool

Kissing a Fool

Kissing a Fool is a queer clown-cabaret musical tribute to George Michael. 

Fool's Gold

Fool's Gold

Lecoq-trained physical performer and Fool, Saskia Solomons, morphs into a myriad of inner personalities as they wrestle with the ickiest of sticky icks: money. 

Paradise Palms Late-Night Cabaret

Paradise Palms Late-Night Cabaret

Paradise Palms’ infamous late-night cabaret returns with the usual intoxicated blend of raucous stage antics, cocktails and beautifully behaved rowdiness. 

Bunker Buddies

Bunker Buddies

Meet doomsday preppers Anna and Joe. 

Bunker Buddies

Bunker Buddies

Meet doomsday preppers Anna and Joe. 

Fool's Paradise

Fool's Paradise

Have you ever fallen in love with someone across the globe only to be held captive in your own country? From award-winning artist Britt Plummer comes a painfully relatable and hear… 

Venue B Takeover Gig

Venue B Takeover Gig

Venue B hosts a monthly sell out gig of local young up and coming bands and DJs. 

Venue B Takeover Gig

Venue B Takeover Gig

Venue B hosts a monthly sell out gig of local young up and coming bands and DJs. 

PARADISE

PARADISE

If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www. 

PARADISE

PARADISE

Stompa Phunk present PARADISE. 

Paradise Now!

Paradise Now!

Ready to change your life? Start your journey to greatness and join the biggest pack of girlbosses and SHE-ros you’ll ever meet with Paradise! Gabriel’s been low lately… 

Bunker Buddies

Bunker Buddies

Meet doomsday preppers Anna and Joe. 

Long Nights in Paradise

Long Nights in Paradise

There’s a lot packed in to Long Nights in Paradise, probably too much, but it still makes for an interesting story that explores the ups and downs of life, the building and disin… 

Shakespeare's Fool

Shakespeare's Fool

William ‘Cavaliero’ Kempe was one of the finest performers of the Elizabethan age. 

Fool Me Twice

Fool Me Twice

Alex Burgar (as heard on BBC Upload Festival) and Tasmin Sarkany (Chortle Student Comedy Award semi-finalist) take to the stage in a double bill of frankly ridiculous scale to brin… 

Fool Me Twice

Fool Me Twice

Alex Burgar (as heard on BBC Upload Festival) and Tasmin Sarkany (Chortle Student Comedy Award semi-finalist) take to the stage in a double bill of frankly ridiculous scale to brin… 

The Bunker

The Bunker

Hidden away in the notorious Edinburgh Caves is a late night of music, mayhem and madness. 

Bunker

Bunker

Bunker By Noga Flaishon, directed by Coral Tarran. 

Bunker

Bunker

Bunker By Noga Flaishon, directed by Coral Tarran. 

Shakespeare's Fool

Shakespeare's Fool

William ‘Cavaliero’ Kempe was one of the finest performers of the Elizabethan age. 

This is Paradise

This is Paradise

10 April 1998, Belfast. 

Fool Muun Komming! [BeBgWunderful/YEsyes/ Hi5.4sure.TruLuv;Spank Spank:SOfun_Grate_Times]

Fool Muun Komming! [BeBgWunderful/YEsyes/ Hi5.4sure.TruLuv;Spank Spank:SOfun_Grate_Times]

Part sci-fi physical theatre, part acid-fueled mime, part wholesome performance art, Fool Muun Komming! (etc, etc) is the genre-defying solo show from Gaulier graduate and Canadian… 

Paradise Rocks!

Paradise Rocks!

“Quite simply the most all-round entertaining show I have had the pleasure to see. 

Paradise Rocks!

Paradise Rocks!

“Quite simply the most all-round entertaining show I have had the pleasure to see. 

...The Secret Comedy Club by Artista (Voted audience choice award best Fringe venue 2021)

...The Secret Comedy Club by Artista (Voted audience choice award best Fringe venue 2021)

We run comedy nights at this venue all year round but we have something special planned for the Fringe. 

This is Paradise

This is Paradise

This is Paradise, Michael John O'Neill’s new play at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, is a lengthy monologue in which Kate (Amy Molloy) provides a complex interweaving of the… 

THE BUNKER

THE BUNKER

A whole platoon within the British Army have just been ambushed by the enemy on a bloodbath of a war field. 

THE BUNKER

THE BUNKER

A whole platoon within the British Army have just been ambushed by the enemy on a bloodbath of a war field. 

Shakespeare's Fool

Shakespeare's Fool

Fringe roulette is part of what keeps us coming back year after year. 

Oh God, What Now? vs. The Bunker: Championship Podclash!

Oh God, What Now? vs. The Bunker: Championship Podclash!

Roll up as Britain’s two most addictive political podcasts face off in a show of two halves. 

Bunker

Bunker

A two hander post- apocalyptic thriller by Noga Flaishon. 

Bunker

Bunker

A two hander post- apocalyptic thriller by Noga Flaishon. 

Baby Paradise TV

Baby Paradise TV

A hyper-reality show portraying the daily life of a cam girl in a Barbie-land gone wrong. 

Remainiacs vs The Bunker: Championship Podclash!

Remainiacs vs The Bunker: Championship Podclash!

Roll up as Britain’s two most electrifying political podcasts face off in a show of two halves. 

Remainiacs vs The Bunker: Championship Podclash!

Remainiacs vs The Bunker: Championship Podclash!

Roll up as Britain’s two most electrifying political podcasts face off in a show of two halves. 

Remainiacs vs The Bunker - Championship Podclash!

Remainiacs vs The Bunker - Championship Podclash!

Roll up as Britain’s two most electrifying political podcasts face off in a show of two halves. 

The Delightful Sausage: Ginster's Paradise

The Delightful Sausage: Ginster's Paradise

Yorkshire’s finest meat-themed double act is back, in an all-new sketch comedy nightmare. 

More Fool You: Part II

More Fool You: Part II

On a pale horse: in 1547, King Henry VIII is dead, and his court is reeling from the news. 

More Fool You: Part I

More Fool You: Part I

Part I: fool me once. 

The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé

The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé

Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance. 

Paradise Lodge

Paradise Lodge

The framing of Paradise Lodge is odd at first. 

Halfway to Paradise - The Billy Fury Story

Halfway to Paradise - The Billy Fury Story

HALFWAY TO PARADISE: THE BILLY FURY STORY  Billy comes alive via giant screen, re-united with his own Furys’ Tornados. 

Paradise Rocks

Paradise Rocks

Succumb to sweet temptation in this spectacular re-imagining of John Milton’s seventeenth century epic poem as an all-singing, all-dancing, Elvis-in-Hawaii musical. 

The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé

The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé

One of The Guardian’s Best Shows at the Edinburgh Fringe 2018. 

Rock & Roll Paradise

Rock & Roll Paradise

Celebrating their 10th year on the road with their Lost Legends Anniversary Tour, Rock n Roll Paradise returns… Backed by the dynamic Paradise Band, legends inclu… 

GARY DELANEY:Gagster's Paradise

GARY DELANEY:Gagster's Paradise

Friday 12th April, 7. 

Fool Britannia

Fool Britannia

Welcome to Britain’s worst school where the class clowns are the teachers. 

The Establishment: Fool Britannia

The Establishment: Fool Britannia

Welcome to Britains worst school. 

The Paradise Circus

The Paradise Circus

A little-known theatre hosts a lesser-known play and the result is a theatrical triumph. 

Fringe Guide to Running a Venue

Fringe Guide to Running a Venue

Managing a venue at the Fringe can be a hugely rewarding experience, but is also a mammoth undertaking for all involved. 

The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé

The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé

Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance. 

The Establishment: Fool Britannia

The Establishment: Fool Britannia

Dan Lees and Neil Forst take you back to school for a very abridged and extremely silly history lesson. 

Gary Delaney: Gagster's Paradise

Gary Delaney: Gagster's Paradise

One of Britain’s leading one-liner comics returns with another onslaught of lean, expertly crafted gaggery. 

Baby Paradise: Part One

Baby Paradise: Part One

Power? Sex? Control? Part One: Meet Baby, a prostitute willing to entertain you with Barbie dolls… Experience a bizarre underworld of desire and oppression. 

Baby Paradise: Part Two

Baby Paradise: Part Two

Power? Sex? Control? Part Two: Baby, the Barbie doll-playing prostitute, becomes more and more a doll herself. 

Frank Sanazi: Stuck in ze Bunker with You

Frank Sanazi: Stuck in ze Bunker with You

Frank Sanazi returns to Brighton with a chance to see his smash hit Edinburgh show ‘Stuck in ze bunker with You’. 

The Really Real Housewife of Surfers Paradise

The Really Real Housewife of Surfers Paradise

Mercedes DeLuca-Jones is glamorous, fabulous, filthy rich and mind blowingly exciting, yet she still feels “something’s missing in my life”, could it be FAME??!! So when audition… 

Fringe Guide to Running a Venue

Fringe Guide to Running a Venue

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants. 

Bunker Girls

Bunker Girls

Bunker Girls shows us two women who worked as secretaries documenting the German perspective on WWII. 

Beautiful Little Fool

Beautiful Little Fool

As one of the most famous American authors of all time, many people will know of F. 

Polynesian Paradise

Polynesian Paradise

Come get Tiki with us in our Polynesian Paradise. 

Stuck in ze Bunker With You

Stuck in ze Bunker With You

Frank Sinazi, the “Leader of the Iraq Pack”, is a smooth-talking American entertainer who will not only occasionally burst into song, but also into some loud episodes of a slig… 

Translunar Paradise

Translunar Paradise

Theatre Ad Infinitum have been a Fringe favourite for years; creating thought provoking and beautiful shows to touch both your heart and your mind. 

Welcome to Paradise

Welcome to Paradise

Strap in for the Captain and Raoul’s playfully anarchic bouffon rollercoaster that ventures to the darkest corners of the grotto where the mould festers under the tree. 

The Fool, The Champ and The Bandito

The Fool, The Champ and The Bandito

The Fool, The Champ and The Bandito is “presented by BA(Hons) Acting and Creative Performance students, from the University Centre Colchester” who “in their final year of study p… 

A Ship Of Fools Theatre Company: Welcome to Paradise

A Ship Of Fools Theatre Company: Welcome to Paradise

Have you been more naughty or more nice this year? Are you sure?A company of gentlemanly vagabonds introduce themselves with a reminder to relax before the “Art” starts. 

Sajeela Kershi: Paradise Beneath Her Feet!

Sajeela Kershi: Paradise Beneath Her Feet!

A new work-in-progress show from this multi award-winning comedian. 

Frank Sanazi's 'Songs From The Bunker'

Frank Sanazi's 'Songs From The Bunker'

Frank Sanazi brings his comedy war machine to Brighton for an attack on the South Coast, with his Iraq Pack buddy Saddami Davis Jnr. 

A Fool and Three Courses

A Fool and Three Courses

A short adaptation of Shakespeare’s ‘King Lear’. 

Heidi Regan and Will Rowland Present: Some Comedy in a Venue

Heidi Regan and Will Rowland Present: Some Comedy in a Venue

Will and Heidi are two thoughtful, principled stand-ups who will do anything to get a laugh, including dropping all principles. 

Fool For Love

Fool For Love

Following the critically acclaimed smash hit productions of The Dazzle, Bug and Unfaithful, Emily Dobbs Productions is excited to present Fool for Love, the thrilling final show at… 

Fringe Guide to Running a Venue

Fringe Guide to Running a Venue

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants. 

Venue Marketplace

Venue Marketplace

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants. 

The Fool

The Fool

In an imaginary future, the State’s most popular live show is reaching its grand finale. 

The Fool

The Fool

The Fool follows the events leading to the incarceration of its 3 main characters thanks to a law known as ‘Kevin’s Bill’. 

The Colour Blue: From Paradise to Poison

The Colour Blue: From Paradise to Poison

Deep blue is the most popular colour in the world. Artist Hilary Hope Guise investigates the endless meanings of the colour itself. Tea, coffee and pastries afterwards. 

A Fool’s Paradise: 30 Shakespeare Scenes in 60 Minutes

A Fool’s Paradise: 30 Shakespeare Scenes in 60 Minutes

For a fast-paced, fun show filled with audience interaction, A Fool’s Paradise might be for you. 

Variety Bunker

Variety Bunker

Following his acclaimed 2013 singalong show Mister Meredith, joined by Miss Em and her West End lungs, brings his long-running London pub version to Edinburgh. 

What Kind of Fool Am I?

What Kind of Fool Am I?

Helen Wood’s one-woman show is a journey of self-discovery complete with a bit of psychology, personality quizzes and a sense of fun. 

JJ Whitehead: Fool Disclosure

JJ Whitehead: Fool Disclosure

Globetrotting Comedian Jason John Whitehead returns to the Fringe after a five year walkabout taking his comedy around the world. 

Gagster's Paradise

Gagster's Paradise

Welcome to Gagster’s Paradise, a showcase of four new comedians. 

Ship of Fool

Ship of Fool

Ship of Fool is the story of one man’s obsession with rowing across the Atlantic. 

Carlotta de Galleon – A Fool for Love!

Carlotta de Galleon – A Fool for Love!

Carlotta is a romance novelist except she’s never been in love. 

Lazy Susan: Crazy Sexy Fool

Lazy Susan: Crazy Sexy Fool

Comedy twosome Freya Parker and Celeste Dring are back with more off-the-wall sketches and impeccably observed characters. 

Jonny Pelham: Fool's Paradise

Jonny Pelham: Fool's Paradise

Jonny Pelham returns to the Fringe for his second year performing stand up at the Pleasance Courtyard. 

What Can You Do to Make Your Venue Autism-Friendly?

What Can You Do to Make Your Venue Autism-Friendly?

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme, for Fringe participants. 

Fool

Fool

He promises the earth, but only a Fool would trust the Magician. 

Fool

Fool

He promises the earth, but only a Fool would trust the Magician. 

Ship of Fool

Ship of Fool

When Rob Coleman set off to row the Atlantic in 2003, he survived on ignorance and chocolate. 

The Grand Paradise

The Grand Paradise

(previews start on Jan. 

Fool for Love

Fool for Love

(previews start on Tuesday; opens on Oct. 

Fringe Guide to Running a Venue

Fringe Guide to Running a Venue

Managing a venue at the Fringe can be a hugely rewarding experience, but is also a mammoth undertaking for all involved. 

Paradise Bride

Paradise Bride

To the Celts, Brigid was everything, Goddess of fire, healing and poetry. 

Paradise: Lost

Paradise: Lost

‘Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. 

Paradise: Lost

Paradise: Lost

‘Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. 

Running to Paradise

Running to Paradise

‘And all that I need do is to wish…’ The poetry of WB Yeats’ Running to Paradise accompanies new music by northern composer Michael Jon Smith (1941-2009) for flute, viola a… 

The Paradise Project

The Paradise Project

The Paradise Project by Third Angel and mala voadora is set in a futuristic shelter-in-construction, inhabited by Stacey Sampson and Jerry Killick as they create a society within w… 

The Nursery Improv Venue at the Edinburgh Fringe

The Nursery Improv Venue at the Edinburgh Fringe

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… 

Leodo: The Paradise

Leodo: The Paradise

Magical Korean performance combining powerful drums with healing dances. 

Paradise Lost (lies unopened beside me)

Paradise Lost (lies unopened beside me)

I have never before been moved from laughing to tears pouring down my face – in the space of one sentence – until I saw this piece. 

Venue B @ Brighton Youth Centre

Venue B @ Brighton Youth Centre

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. 

Andy White: Daddy Fool

Andy White: Daddy Fool

Do you strive to be a better parent? Don’t worry, you’ll always be a better one than comedian Andy White. 

The Fool and The King Workshop

The Fool and The King Workshop

Through movement and play participants will identify their own Fools and Kings to explore the beautiful, ridiculous and poignant conflict of this unlikely alliance. 

Fool in Camera - A Brighton Workshop

Fool in Camera - A Brighton Workshop

Towards A Theatrical Cinema An active workshop with plenty of emphasis and focus on led experimentation. 

Je Suis (Fool's Guide to Cliff Edges)

Je Suis (Fool's Guide to Cliff Edges)

The fool steps off a cliff. 

Fringe Guide to Running a Venue

Fringe Guide to Running a Venue

Managing a venue at the Fringe can be a hugely rewarding experience, but is also a mammoth undertaking for all involved. 

The Press-Ganged Fool

The Press-Ganged Fool

A farcical feast of nautical nonsense. 

The Wunderkammer 6 - Paradise Found

The Wunderkammer 6 - Paradise Found

Improvised comedy theatre inspired by special guest experts, curated by leading UK improv group Do Not Adjust Your Stage. 

IndieRound (Fool Members Club) with Bob Slayer & Tim Fitzhigham

IndieRound (Fool Members Club) with Bob Slayer & Tim Fitzhigham

Some way into a verbal onslaught directed at yours truly, Bob Slayers makes an unexpected allusion to the observer effect in particle physics. 

Paradise Lost

Paradise Lost

Montreal-based Paul van Dyck brings imagination and passion to this polished one-man telling of John Milton’s Paradise Lost. 

The Bunker Trilogy: Macbeth

The Bunker Trilogy: Macbeth

The Bunker Trilogy has transported the world of Shakespeare to the trenches of the first World War. 

Leodo: Paradise Lost

Leodo: Paradise Lost

Not be confused with the Milton epic, Leodo: Paradise Lost follows the story of a young girl lost at sea and transported to a magical island beyond the horizon, Leodo. 

The Bunker Trilogy: Agamemnon

The Bunker Trilogy: Agamemnon

Forget Ancient Greece: this Agamemnon marches straight into a real life bunker, transposing Aechylus’s personal and political drama deftly into the world of the First World War. 

The Bunker Trilogy: Morgana

The Bunker Trilogy: Morgana

The Morgana of legend: sometimes kind, sometimes violent, always bewitching. 

How to: Run a Venue at Brighton Fringe

How to: Run a Venue at Brighton Fringe

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… 

Venue B

Venue B

What kind of music do you like? We got it. 

Venue B Presents the Mystery Weekender

Venue B Presents the Mystery Weekender

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�… 

Ginger Comedy Bunker

Ginger Comedy Bunker

Fresh from sell-out successes in Perth and Dundee, the team behind ‘Live at the Zero’ and ‘The Banter Bunker’ join forces with Ginger Ale Comedy to bring you a fantastic night of s… 

Fringe Guide to Running a Venue

Fringe Guide to Running a Venue

Managing a venue at the Fringe can be a rewarding experience, but is also a mammoth undertaking. 

Fringe Guide to Running a Venue

Fringe Guide to Running a Venue

Managing a venue at the Fringe can be hugely rewarding, but is also a mammoth undertaking. 

Blues! Live at Venue 45

Blues! Live at Venue 45

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. 

Paradise

Paradise

The lives of a group of strangers clash on the London Underground. 

This Side of Paradise

This Side of Paradise

The performance began in a small room to the side of the theatre space. 

The Bunker Trilogy: Morgana

The Bunker Trilogy: Morgana

The Fringe is an incredible month for theatre but boy does it have some soulless venues. 

Joey Page: Reality Is Outside, Paradise Is In Your Brain

Joey Page: Reality Is Outside, Paradise Is In Your Brain

Never Mind the Buzzcocks (BBC2), BBC3’s Comedy Marathon, Noel Fielding’s Luxury Comedy. 

The Bunker Trilogy: Agamemnon

The Bunker Trilogy: Agamemnon

Jethro Compton has racked up so many stars in his Fringe career that he may legitimately be called a galaxy and it is with great pleasure that I add a further five. 

The Bunker Trilogy: Macbeth

The Bunker Trilogy: Macbeth

Recast in a WWI bunker, claustrophobia is the order of the day as you watch events unfold in a very small room from an even smaller bench. 

Translunar Paradise

Translunar Paradise

Translunar Paradise is a phenomenally creative show. 

God's Fool

God's Fool

The Arden Players create an interesting, gripping piece of theatre from a nugget of 13th Century history. 

Lucy Porter - Fool's Gold

Lucy Porter - Fool's Gold

Lucy Porter is a darling of the Fringe. 

Beta Males' Picnic in 'The Bunker'

Beta Males' Picnic in 'The Bunker'

It’s the end of the world as we know it, and the last remnants of civilization are living out their days in a bleak underground bunker. 

Fool's Gold

Fool's Gold

Fool’s Gold is a production that smacks heavily of the dreaded GCSE devised drama piece. 

Fool

Fool

The members of Fool met performing as part of the Durham review, but don’t let that put you off. 

Many Roads to Paradise

Many Roads to Paradise

Anthony Biggs’ production of Stewart Permutt’s play flicks between several interconnecting storylines and manages to effectively analyse the development and breakdown of relation… 

VAULT Announces New London Venue and Return of VAULT Festival for 2024

VAULT Announces New London Venue and Return of VAULT Festival for 2024

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 Story Telling Centre: A Venue for Voices

The Scottish Story Telling Centre: A Venue for Voices

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... 

C Venues launches new flagship venue at St Stephen’s Stockbridge

C Venues launches new flagship venue at St Stephen’s Stockbridge

Edinburgh venue St Stephen’s Stockbridge returns in 2016 as the latest addition to the C venues stable. 

Going To Space: Paradise: Lost

Going To Space: Paradise: Lost

Based on the the poem by Milton of the same name, Paradise: Lost is a sinister thriller exploring the fall of Man and the origin of original sin. Broadway Baby investigates.