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Frankie Boyle Work In Progress Shows at Leicester Square Theatre & Museum Of Comedy

• Listing
Comedy
• West End
• Leicester Square Theatre
• 1st Dec 2024

Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes. 

Frankie Boyle Work In Progress Shows at Leicester Square Theatre & Museum Of Comedy

• Listing
Comedy
• West End
• Leicester Square Theatre
• 1st Dec 2024

Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes. 

Frankie Boyle Work In Progress Shows at Leicester Square Theatre & Museum Of Comedy

• Listing
Comedy
• West End
• Leicester Square Theatre
• 1st Dec 2024

Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes. 

The Seas Are Rising: Stories of a Climate in Crisis

• Listing
Music
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Paradise in Augustines
• 19th - 25th Aug 2024

A multimedia concert experience calling attention to the urgency of the climate crisis through original songs by American musician and songwriter Dan Sheehan. 

Bedtime Stories

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall
• 19th - 24th Aug 2024

‘There’s no greater love story than female friendship’. 

Holy Shit Improv

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Gilded Balloon Patter House
• 16th - 26th Aug 2024

‘LA’s very best improvisers’ (TheComedyBureau. 

Incognito Improv: Toxic

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Just the Tonic at The Mash House
• 13th - 25th Aug 2024

Ever been in a relationship that felt a little bit off? Incognito Improv explore all those relationships that have gone from great to ugly. 

ScotlandsFest: Forth Bridge Stories – Barbara Henderson

• Listing
Spoken Word
• Edinburgh Fringe
• St Columba’s by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church
• 12th Aug 2024

The iconic red railway bridge has spanned the Forth since 1890. 

Paul Merton and Suki Webster's Improv Show

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Pleasance Courtyard
• 9th - 19th Aug 2024

Fresh from their residency at London’s iconic Comedy Store, Fringe favourites Paul Merton and Suki Webster, two of the UK’s leading improvisers, bring their highly anticipated bran… 

Attila the Stockbroker: 14 Days, 14 Completely Different Shows

• Listing
Spoken Word
• Edinburgh Fringe
• PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bannermans
• 5th - 18th Aug 2024

Performance poet/musician Attila the Stockbroker has been writing and performing since 1980: 4,000 or so gigs in 25 countries so far. 

One-Person Shows / Solo Shows: Daily Picks of the Fringe

• Listing
Spoken Word / Cabaret and Variety
• Edinburgh Fringe
• PBH’s Free Fringe @ Doghouse Hotel
• 3rd - 25th Aug 2024

Start each morning with this curated variety showcase, featuring the very best solo shows at the Fringe! Rotating daily line-ups include storytelling, theatre, clown, cabaret, spok… 

1 and Only Absolute Burlesque and Cabaret

• Listing
Cabaret and Variety
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Paradise in Augustines
• 3rd - 25th Aug 2024

Delighting audiences with sell-out shows since 2017, we are back! Experience the fiery passion and irresistible allure of our home-grown hotties at a burlesque show like no other. 

Improv and Chill

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall
• 3rd - 10th Aug 2024

Welcome to Improv and Chill, the TV show where you decide what happens. 

Absolute Improv!

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• theSpace on the Mile
• 2nd - 24th Aug 2024

For over 10 years Absolute Improv! has entertained sell-out audiences with off-the-cuff comedy performances from Scotland’s top improvisational comedy actors. 

Amazing Stories of Blues and Soul: The Road Trip

• Listing
Music
• Edinburgh Fringe
• theSpace @ Niddry St
• 2nd - 10th Aug 2024

The feel-good, eight-piece band returns to Edinburgh with their award-winning show, taking its audience across America and discovering the roots of blues and soul. 

Improv Comedy with Box of Frogs

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• theSpace on the Mile
• 2nd - 17th Aug 2024

Box of Frogs, Birmingham’s premier improv group, brings you a helping of high-octane improvised comedy nonsense, based entirely on your suggestions. 

Antics Joke Show: Sketch and Improv Comedy

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• theSpace on the Mile
• 2nd - 10th Aug 2024

Up the Antics (as heard on BBC Radio 4 Extra) bring a showcase of some of their best sketches. 

Aidan Jones – Stories

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Laughing Horse @ City Cafe
• 1st - 25th Aug 2024

A few years ago I got punched in the face by a lady on the train. 

Improv: Spontadeity

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters
• 1st - 25th Aug 2024

Improvised mythological madness! A changing line-up of improvisers perform scenes, games and challenges from audience suggestions: creating tragedies and epics on the spot, all wit… 

Absolute Chaos

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Laughing Horse @ 32 Below
• 1st - 25th Aug 2024

The cult show returns! Think you can take down a comedian? Then come to Absolute Chaos – a comedy heckle show, where you the audience are given free reign to heckle comedians –… 

Dragon Shows for Babies

• Listing
Children’s Shows
• Edinburgh Fringe
• LifeCare Centre
• 1st - 20th Aug 2024

The tales of the dragons are special for many reasons. 

Absolute Nickhead (Kirk In Progress)

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Laughing Horse @ Eastside
• 1st - 25th Aug 2024

Nick Kirk (West End New Act Finalist 2023) presents his first solo show featuring one man, no hair and a cast of supporting characters unpicking what life is like when you’re hitti… 

100 Things You are Overthinking – An Improv Stand-up Comedy Game Show!

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Laughing Horse @ Downstairs at Betty’s
• 1st - 25th Aug 2024

Fifth year on the Fringe! Join our comics as they battle it out, creating comedy from any thought you have. 

Stories from the Office of a Sex Dungeon

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Laughing Horse @ 32 Below
• 1st - 25th Aug 2024

A BDSM dungeon is only as good as its staff: the dommes, the subs and of course, the manager. 

Toy Stories, or How Not to Make a Living as an Artist

• Listing
Theatre
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Pleasance Courtyard
• 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2024

A storytelling odyssey through art, contemporary politics and twentieth-century history, told in Chris’s signature style: satirical stand-up meets art lecture-demonstration. 

The Improv Musical

• Listing
Musicals and Opera
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Gilded Balloon Patter House
• 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2024

Returning to Fringe for our ninth year, smash-hit production The Improv Musical is coming back to take the Fringe by storm. 

Abby Wambaugh: The First 3 Minutes of 17 Shows

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Pleasance Courtyard
• 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2024

Abby awoke in hospital after a late miscarriage and, high on anaesthesia, decided to become a comedian. 

Absolute Monopoly

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Assembly George Square
• 31st Jul - 25th Aug 2024

Monopoly is a terrible game. 

Yoga with Jillian: The Guardian Top 50 Shows to See!

• Listing
Theatre
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Pleasance Courtyard
• 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2024

The Guardian’s Top 50 shows to see! Jillian is back at the Fringe with her yoga mat and blender after a hit premiere at last year’s Fringe and subsequent sell-out runs in New York … 

Amazing Stories of Blues and Soul - The Road Trip

• Listing
• Brighton Fringe
• The Brunswick
• 31st May - 2nd Jun 2024

Join Ken Wood and the Mixers on a once in a lifetime musical journey around America to discover the roots of soul. 

Absolute Crisis

• Listing
Theatre
• London Fringe
• The Hope Theatre
• 19th - 20th May 2024

What box do I belong to? Do I need to put myself into a box? And who defines my box? And even if I put myself in a box, will others put me in the same one? This is an ABSOLUTE CRIS… 

Improv The Dead

• Listing
Comedy
• Brighton
• The Yellow Book
• 17th May - 1st Jun 2024

The apocalypse as you’ve never seen it before - undead on stage! Audience suggestions are used to recreate a lost zombie movie where anything could happen! Blending fast-pace… 

Absolute Nickhead (Kirk In Progress)

• Listing
Comedy
• Brighton Fringe
• Laughing Horse @ The Windmill
• 4th - 5th May 2024

One man, no hair and some supporting characters unpick what life is like when you’re hitting those awkward middle (age) years. West End New Act Finalist 2023 

Bing Bong Comedy Improv Show

• Listing
Comedy
• Dublin
• Smock Alley Theatre, 1662
• 19th - 20th Apr 2024

A chaotic cavalcade of comedy featuring some of Ireland’s tip top improv groups. 

The Funny Side of Shoreditch Improv Comedy Special

• Listing
Comedy
• UK Regional & Tours
• The Courtyard Theatre
• 23rd Mar 2024

Continuing their monthly residency at The Courtyard Theatre Impro group Sprout are the headline act on this evening of improvised fun. 

Stories Untold

• Listing
Theatre
• Dublin
• Smock Alley Theatre, 1662
• 22nd - 23rd Nov 2023

This festival celebrates the art of storytelling. 

Paddy McDonnell - Stories

• Listing
Comedy
• West End
• Leicester Square Theatre
• 30th Sep 2023

Following on from a sold out tour across the the UK and Ireland, Paddy McDonnell, one of Irelands best storytellers, brings his new show “Stories” to the Lei… 

Paddy McDonnell: Stories

• Listing
Comedy
• West End
• Leicester Square Theatre
• 30th Sep 2023

Following on from a sold out tour across the UK and Ireland, Paddy McDonnell, one of Ireland's best storytellers, brings his new show “Stories” to the L… 

Love. Stories.

• Listing
Spoken Word
• Camden Fringe
• Aces and Eights
• 26th - 27th Aug 2023

Love. 

Love. Stories.

• Listing
Spoken Word
• Camden Fringe
• Aces and Eights
• 26th - 27th Aug 2023

Love. 

Broad Strokes Improv

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Laughing Horse @ Dragonfly
• 22nd - 27th Aug 2023

Back to beat their sold-out run at last year’s Fringe is Ireland’s hottest all-women improv troupe, Broad Strokes Improv. 

Absolute Onions: Improv Comedy

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• PBH’s Free Fringe @ BrewDog Lothian Rd
• 21st - 27th Aug 2023

Join some of Manchester’s finest comedy improvisers for a show that’s different every day. 

Mahuki: Obsolete Absolute

• Listing
Music
• Edinburgh Fringe
• The Jazz Bar
• 21st - 22nd Aug 2023

Standing at the forefront of Edinburgh Jazz, Mahuki debut their high-energy fusion at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. 

Improv Comedy with Box of Frogs

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
• 21st - 26th Aug 2023

Box of Frogs, Birmingham’s premier improv group, brings you a helping of high-octane improvised comedy nonsense, based entirely on your suggestions. 

Improv On Demand

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• PBH’s Free Fringe @ Subway
• 20th - 26th Aug 2023

Ever wanted to see someone go on Dragon’s Den with a stolen nuclear warhead? Or an episode of Bake Off set in a maximum security prison? What about Alan Sugar firing an actual swar… 

Improv Deathmatch

• Listing
Comedy
• Camden Fringe
• Aces and Eights / Camden Comedy Club
• 19th Aug 2022 - 26th Aug 2023

An adrenaline-fuelled improvised comedy show where two teams go into battle to see who can make the audience laugh hardest. 

Improv Deathmatch

• Listing
Comedy
• Camden Fringe
• Aces and Eights / Camden Comedy Club
• 18th - 26th Aug 2023

An adrenaline-fuelled improvised comedy show where two teams go into battle to see who can make the audience laugh hardest. 

Six String Stories

• Listing
Music
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Acoustic Music Centre @ UCC
• 15th - 16th Aug 2023

Taj has worked with a diverse range of musical styles, as a guitarist improviser he has worked with John Hiseman and Dominic Miller. 

Bruce Fummey: Stories of Scotland

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4
• 14th - 21st Aug 2023

Bruce Fummey has spent fifteen years creating comedy and Scottish history-themed comedy shows for festivals around the world. 

Absolute Weller

• Listing
Music
• Edinburgh Fringe
• The A Club at the Merchants Hall
• 12th - 19th Aug 2023

Performing songs from the entire and magnificent back catalogue of the legendary Mr Paul Weller. 

Maati Katha (Earth Stories)

• Listing
Theatre
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Voices from the South
• 10th Aug 2023

In the dangerous and magical land of Sunderbans, living is about a fragile balance: between land and water, domestic and wild, human and human, calm and storm. 

Living Proof: Stories of Hope and Recovery from Chronic Pain

• Listing
Events
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Eric Liddell Community
• 9th Aug 2023

Living Proof is a recoveree-led non-profit working to promote a neuroplastic approach for full recovery from chronic pain and many other chronic symptoms. 

Extreme Improv Comedy Show

• Listing
Comedy
• Camden Fringe
• Camden Comedy Club
• 8th - 16th Aug 2023

Improvisers and comedians go to comedic war to win the Extreme Improv Championship belt! Performers compete in innovative improv challenges and will create scenes, songs and storie… 

Extreme Improv Comedy Show

• Listing
Comedy
• Camden Fringe
• Camden Comedy Club
• 8th - 16th Aug 2023

Improvisers and comedians go to comedic war to win the Extreme Improv Championship belt! Performers compete in innovative improv challenges and will create scenes, songs and storie… 

1 and Only Absolute Burlesque Cabaret

• Listing
Cabaret and Variety
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Paradise in Augustines
• 5th - 27th Aug 2023

Delighting audiences with sell-out shows since 2017 we are back! Experience our new glitter and glamour extravaganza from Edinburgh’s only school of homegrown hotties. 

Think 'n' Grin: A Solo Improv Comedy Show

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• PBH’s Free Fringe @ Strathmore Bar
• 5th - 27th Aug 2023

Think ‘n’ Grin is a solo comedy show featuring Chicago-style narrative improvisation. 

Improv Cage Match

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• PBH’s Free Fringe @ Subway
• 5th - 26th Aug 2023

Improv Cage Match pits two improv teams against each other, with the audience declaring the winner. 

Sunset Stories

• Listing
Spoken Word
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Scottish Storytelling Centre
• 4th - 6th Aug 2023

Ailsa Dixon, Bob Mitchell and Jackie Ross, three leading storytellers with a fierce love of their native north-east of Scotland invite you to a fast moving and light-hearted homage… 

Amazing Stories of Blues and Soul: The Road Trip

• Listing
Music
• Edinburgh Fringe
• theSpace @ Niddry St
• 4th - 12th Aug 2023

Come on a musical journey around America to discover the roots of soul. 

Absolute Improv!

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• theSpace on the Mile
• 4th - 26th Aug 2023

For over 10 years, Absolute Improv! has entertained sell-out audiences with off-the-cuff comedy performances from Scotland’s top improvisational comedy actors. 

Improv Therapy

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• theSpaceTriplex
• 4th - 9th Aug 2023

Improv Therapy – Megan McCaleb and Jeanette Cerami navigate the tough stuff so we can laugh through tears and push boundaries for better human connection. 

Giddy Aunt Improv: Late Night Laughs

• Listing
Comedy
• Camden Fringe
• Aces and Eights
• 3rd Aug 2023

My oh my, you’re in for a treat with Giddy Aunt Improv! These young whippersnappers are putting on a show full of silly games, sketches, songs and more, all made up on the spot and… 

jD Shapiro: If It Ain't Woke Don't Fix It – Stories from the Hood to Hollywood

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Just the Tonic at The Mash House
• 3rd - 27th Aug 2023

jD Shapiro is the writer of Robin Hood: Men in Tights. 

24 Shows in 24 days: Live at the Big Cave

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Just The Tonic at the Caves
• 3rd - 27th Aug 2023

24 different award-winning or nominated comedians perform their full shows, recorded for Netflix, Amazon Prime and YouTube. See FringeSpecials.com for listings. 

Absolute Chaos

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Laughing Horse @ 32 Below
• 3rd - 27th Aug 2023

Think you can take down a comedian? Then come to Absolute Chaos – a comedy heckle show, where you the audience are given free reign to heckle comedians – just be prepared to ge… 

Giddy Aunt Improv

• Listing
Comedy
• Camden Fringe
• Aces and Eights
• 3rd - 3rd Aug 2023

My oh my, you’re in for a treat with Giddy Aunt Improv! These young whippersnappers are putting on a show full of silly games, sketches, songs and more, all made up on the spot and… 

Shiny Things – Improv Party

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Just The Tonic at the Caves
• 3rd - 13th Aug 2023

An uproarious and uplifting improv party, with prizes, songs, a clown and plenty of chaotic hilarity, not to mention the UK’s top improv talent making it up as they go along. 

Spontadeity: Whomst Let the Gods Out?! (Improv)

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Laughing Horse @ Bar 50
• 3rd - 27th Aug 2023

An improvised comedy extravaganza of tales of gods and monsters, heroines and heroes, mundane and mythological beings all made up on the spot each day from audience suggestions. 

Improv The Dead

• Listing
Comedy
• Camden Fringe
• Hen & Chickens Theatre
• 2nd - 3rd Aug 2023

The apocalypse as you’ve never seen it before - undead on stage! Audience suggestions are used to recreate a lost zombie movie where anything could happen and anyone could be zom… 

The Improv Musical

• Review
• ★★★★
• Isabella Thompson
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
• 6th Aug, 2023

The Improv Musical returns to Fringe as strong as ever with a silly, fun, toe-tapping show. 

Improv The Dead

• Listing
Comedy
• Camden Fringe
• Hen & Chickens Theatre
• 2nd - 3rd Aug 2023

The apocalypse as you’ve never seen it before - undead on stage! Audience suggestions are used to recreate a lost zombie movie where anything could happen and anyone could be zom… 

Benjamin Alborough: Absolute Monopoly

• Review
• ★★★
• Victor Black
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Assembly George Square
• 9th Aug, 2023

In Absolute Monopoly, host Benjamin Alborough proves himself a Milburn Pennybags (aka Mr Monopoly) for the 21st Century. 

Benjamin Alborough: Absolute Monopoly - Penge Comedy Festival

• Listing
Theatre
• London Fringe
• The Bridge House Theatre
• 15th Jul 2023

Monopoly is a terrible game. 

Venue B Takeover Gig

• Listing
• Brighton Fringe
• Caravanserai Brighton: Luna Parc
• 30th May 2023

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

Venue B Takeover Gig

• Listing
• Brighton Fringe
• Caravanserai Brighton: Luna Parc
• 30th May 2023

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

Benjamin Alborough: Absolute Monopoly

• Listing
Comedy
• Brighton Fringe
• Brighton Spiegeltent: Bosco
• 27th May 2023

If Fringe tickets are SOLD OUT visit www. 

Benjamin Alborough: Absolute Monopoly

• Listing
Comedy
• Brighton Fringe
• Brighton Spiegeltent: Bosco
• 27th May 2023

Monopoly is a terrible game. 

Amazing Stories of Blues and Soul

• Listing
• Brighton Fringe
• The Brunswick
• 14th May 2022 - 27th May 2023

Awwwww I Feel Good! Put on your dancing shoes and get ready to jump and jive to the fun, all-action sounds of ‘Amazing Stories of Blues and Soul’. 

Amazing Stories of Blues and Soul

• Listing
• Brighton Fringe
• The Brunswick
• 26th - 27th May 2023

Awwwww I Feel Good! Join manic frontman Kenneth B Woode and the cast of ‘Amazing Stories of Blues and Soul’ as they tell the sensational story of soul music and its greatest pe… 

Roadhouse Improv

• Listing
• Brighton Fringe
• Friends’ Meeting House
• 25th - 26th May 2023

Roadhouse is dedicated to dance improvisation, led by the duo Eleanor Sikorski and Lewys Holt. 

Hidden Stories

• Listing
Theatre
• Brighton Fringe
• Caravanserai Brighton: Junk Poets
• 25th - 26th May 2023

Has the British Justice System failed women? Two new and powerful playlets uncover the true stories of Ruth Ellis and Edith Thompson hanged and executed for murder and looks at the… 

Roadhouse Improv

• Listing
• Brighton Fringe
• Friends’ Meeting House
• 25th - 26th May 2023

Roadhouse is dedicated to dance improvisation, led by the duo Eleanor Sikorski and Lewys Holt. 

Hidden Stories

• Listing
Theatre
• Brighton Fringe
• Caravanserai Brighton: Junk Poets
• 25th - 26th May 2023

Has the British Justice System failed women? Two new and powerful playlets uncover the true stories of Ruth Ellis and Edith Thompson hanged and executed for murder and looks at the… 

Stories in the Garden: Atalanta the Adventurer

• Listing
• Brighton Fringe
• Lionhouse
• 20th - 21st May 2023

Stories, games and puppets! Join our team of Story Archaeologists on a magical adventure into the world of Greek myth and help us recover the story of a forgotten hero! Returnin… 

Stories in the Garden: Atalanta the Adventurer

• Listing
• Brighton Fringe
• Lionhouse
• 20th - 21st May 2023

Stories, games and puppets! Join our team of Story Archaeologists on a magical adventure into the world of Greek myth and help us recover the story of a forgotten hero! Returnin… 

Toy Stories

• Listing
Theatre
• Brighton Fringe
• Brighton Toy and Model Museum
• 16th - 21st May 2023

Meet Chris, a 54-year-old artist financially trapped in the house where he grew up. 

Toy Stories

• Listing
Theatre
• Brighton Fringe
• Brighton Toy and Model Museum
• 16th - 21st May 2023

Meet Chris Dobrowolski a 54-year-old artist financially trapped in the house where he grew up. 

The Funny Side of Shoreditch Improv Comedy Special

• Listing
Comedy
• London Fringe
• The Courtyard Theatre
• 14th Apr 2023

Continuing their monthly residency at The Courtyard Theatre Join Improv group Sprout for games, scenes, and a full length play created by the skilled improvisers of Sprout – all … 

Tom Houghton - Absolute Shambles

• Listing
Comedy
• West End
• Leicester Square Theatre
• 31st Mar - 13th Apr 2023

After an incredible sold-out debut run, the man who asked us “do you ski?” is leaving his home in the Tower of London (for good). 

Tom Houghton - Absolute Shambles

• Listing
Comedy
• West End
• Leicester Square Theatre
• 31st Mar 2023

After an incredible sold-out debut run, the man who asked us “do you ski?” is leaving his home in the Tower of London (for good). 

In Stitches Theatre Company Presents Comedy Improv

• Listing
Comedy
• Vault Festival
• Crypt
• 24th Feb 2023

“Light-hearted, never-to-be-seen-again fun. 

Flinch | One Hundred Ghost Stories

• Listing
Theatre
• Dublin
• Smock Alley Theatre, 1662
• 21st - 22nd Feb 2023

Flinch A play about everyday pain One Hundred Ghost Stories Based on supernatural samurai game Flinch - Rare AnticsThrough playful vignettes, three performers examine ho… 

The Improv Diaries | Usual Programming

• Listing
• Dublin
• Smock Alley Theatre, 1662
• 21st - 22nd Feb 2023

The Improv Diaries  Teenage dreams: Almost fun, never cute. 

Improv Comedy @ The Glitch

• Listing
Comedy
• Vault Festival
• The Spacement at The Glitch
• 18th Feb - 18th Mar 2023

Noise From The Attic brings you improvised tales of terror inspired by your irrational fears. 

The Funny Side of Shoreditch Improv Comedy Special

• Listing
Theatre
• London Fringe
• The Courtyard Theatre
• 27th Jan 2023

Continuing their monthly residency, Join Improv group Sprout for games, scenes, and a full length play created by the skilled improvisers of Sprout – all based on audience sugge… 

The Funny Side of Shoreditch Improv Comedy Special

• Listing
Theatre
• London Fringe
• The Courtyard Theatre
• 27th Jan 2023

Continuing their monthly residency at The Courtyard Theatre. 

The Funny Side of Shoreditch Improv Comedy Special

• Listing
Theatre
• London Fringe
• The Courtyard Theatre
• 11th Nov - 2nd Dec 2022

Join Sprout for games, scenes, and even a full length play created by the skilled improvisers of Sprout – all based on audience suggestions. 

Victoria Amelina: “Nothing Bad Has Ever Happened: Stories and Poems from Ukraine”

• Listing
• Dublin
• Smock Alley Theatre, 1662
• 20th Oct 2022

Victoria Amelina will talk about the role of writers and artists who chose to remain in Ukraine after the full-scale Russian invasion on February 24th and discuss her ne… 

Tenor Seán Kennedy and Some Stories

• Listing
• Dublin
• Smock Alley Theatre, 1662
• 29th - 30th Sep 2022

I always say- you can’t just do a stuffy old recital Seán! But the music is so beautiful, it comes to life when sung, it needs to be sung! Every piece has m… 

Songs & Stories with CHRIS HELME (THE SEAHORSES) Do It Yourself – 25 Years On

• Listing
Music
• Brighton
• The Old Market
• 28th Sep 2022

25 years on from the release of The Seahorses’ seminal album Do It Yourself, vocalist Chris Helme will revisit the iconic record with a series of one-off acoustic performances ac… 

Chansons – Songs & Stories from Piaf, Brel & Me

• Listing
Cabaret and Variety
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Sydney Fringe
• 5th Sep 2022 - 31st Aug 2023

How about travelling to France for one hour without a jetlag? Stefanie Rummel, the multi-award winning musical cabaret artist, who travelled the world with her show returns to Edin… 

Science Stories for Grown-Ups

• Listing
Theatre
• Edinburgh Fringe
• PBH’s Free Fringe @ CC Blooms
• 21st - 28th Aug 2022

Science communication that engages the heart as well as the mind. 

Improv Deathmatch

• Listing
Comedy
• Camden Fringe
• Aces and Eights
• 19th - 27th Aug 2022

An adrenaline-fuelled improvised comedy show where two teams go into battle to see who can make the audience laugh hardest. 

Improv on Demand

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• PBH’s Free Fringe @ Subway
• 17th - 28th Aug 2022

Ever wanted to see someone go on Dragon’s Den with a stolen nuclear weapon? Or Alan Sugar fire a swarm of bees? We’re back from previous sell-out Fringe runs and each show is shape… 

New Stories of Homelessness

• Listing
Exhibition / Exhibitions
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Santosa
• 17th - 30th Aug 2022

An art exhibition documenting journeys out of homelessness in Scotland, which aims to change the perception of homelessness by exploring how we depict the practical and structural … 

Exploring Deaf Heritage: Stories from People and Places

• Listing
Exhibition / Exhibitions
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Deaf Action
• 12th - 19th Aug 2022

Explore Scotland’s oldest Deaf Centre as we share stories from the community, from Deaf History Scotland archives to screenings from contemporary artists. 

Jack Absolute Flies Again

• Listing
Comedy
• West End
• Olivier Theatre
• 15th Aug - 3rd Sep 2022

July 1940. 

Six Stories

• Listing
Music
• Edinburgh Fringe
• theSpace @ Symposium Hall
• 8th - 18th Aug 2022

Taking inspiration from the Korean shamanic rituals known as Gut, WeMu reimagines the traditional in a concert combining Western and Korean instruments, creating modern music based… 

Alex Leam: Improv Provocateur

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• PBH’s Free Fringe @ Kilderkin
• 6th - 28th Aug 2022

‘This was such good fun, a lovely team, new games, actual physical danger! See it, Play it, Love it!’ (Tony Slattery). 

Absolute Burlesque Cabaret

• Listing
Cabaret and Variety
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Paradise in Augustines
• 6th - 28th Aug 2022

Absolute Burlesque Cabaret are back! Returning after multiple sell-out years and promising to be the biggest and best yet. 

Bedtime Stories (As Told by Our Dad) (Who Messed Them Up)

• Listing
Children’s Shows
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Central Hall
• 6th - 10th Aug 2022

It’s Dad’s turn to tell his three rambunctious kids their bedtime stories, but when he gets fuzzy on the details, the classics get creative: a prince with a snoring problem spices … 

The Absolute Jam

• Listing
Music
• Edinburgh Fringe
• The A Club at the Merchants Hall
• 6th - 20th Aug 2022

The Absolute Jam possess the same uncanny sound and vibrancy of The Jam while playing a full range of songs from the band’s back catalogue. 

Improv Cage Match

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• PBH’s Free Fringe @ Subway
• 6th - 27th Aug 2022

Improv Cage Match pits two improv teams against each other, with you, the audience, declaring the winner. 

Bumble Me Tinders: Dating Horror Stories!

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree
• 5th - 29th Aug 2022

The risque sensation is back! Watch comedians share stories, lead audience games, provide good and bad dating advice and much more. 

Chansons: Songs and Stories from Piaf, Brel and Me

• Listing
Cabaret and Variety
• Edinburgh Fringe
• C ARTS | C venues | C aquila
• 5th - 21st Aug 2022

Bienvenue to Chansons, the musical intercultural cabaret. 

Amazing Stories of Blues and Soul

• Listing
Music
• Edinburgh Fringe
• theSpace @ Niddry St
• 5th - 13th Aug 2022

This feel-good show connects audiences with the energy, excitement and raw emotion of the pioneering R&B and soul acts of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. 

Kurt Vonnegut: My Lives' Stories

• Listing
Theatre
• Edinburgh Fringe
• theSpace on North Bridge
• 5th - 13th Aug 2022

On the occasion of the centenary of Kurt Vonnegut’s birth, Fringe veteran Todd Wronski presents a portrait of one of the 20th century’s great writers using Vonnegut’s own unique sp… 

Absolute Improv!

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• theSpace on the Mile
• 5th - 27th Aug 2022

For over 10 years Absolute Improv! has entertained sell-out audiences with off-the-cuff comedy performances from Scotland’s top improvisational comedy actors. 

In Stitches Theatre Company presents Comedy Improv

• Listing
Comedy
• Camden Fringe
• Hen & Chickens Theatre
• 4th - 5th Aug 2022

Making its professional debut, In Stitches Theatre Company presents COMEDY IMPROV! A group of 11 improvisers born at Rose Bruford College! You can expect games, stories, questionab… 

In Stitches Theatre Company presents Comedy Improv

• Listing
Comedy
• Camden Fringe
• Hen & Chickens Theatre
• 4th - 5th Aug 2022

Making its professional debut, In Stitches Theatre Company presents COMEDY IMPROV! A group of 11 improvisers born at Rose Bruford College! You can expect games, stories, questionab… 

Chansons: Songs and Stories from Piaf, Brel and Me

• Listing
Cabaret and Variety
• Edinburgh Fringe
• C ARTS | C venues | C digital
• 4th Aug 2022

Bienvenue to Chansons, the musical intercultural cabaret. 

Broad Strokes Improv

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire
• 4th - 12th Aug 2022

Dublin’s hottest all-women improv troupe brings you an unscripted comedy show unlike any other. 

Marcus Brigstocke: Absolute Shower

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Pleasance Dome
• 3rd - 13th Aug 2022

Before launching his huge national tour, multi award-winning comedian Marcus brings this blisteringly funny hour of stand-up to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. 

The Improv Musical

• Listing
Musicals and Opera
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
• 3rd - 28th Aug 2022

Now in our 10th year! Smash-hit production, The Improv Musical returns to take the Fringe by storm. 

Daniel Cainer: More Jewish Chronicles (and Other Musical Stories)

• Listing
Cabaret and Variety
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Underbelly, Bristo Square
• 3rd - 28th Aug 2022

Join this multi award-winning musical storyteller for another collection of story-songs. 

Marcus Brigstocke: Absolute Shower

• Listing
Comedy
• London Fringe
• Omnibus Theatre
• 16th - 18th Jul 2022

Part of our Edinburgh Previews. 

Spellbinding Stories

• Listing
• Brighton Fringe
• Jubilee Library
• 21st - 28th May 2022

Brocker the badger has a big bum. 

Spellbinding Stories

• Listing
• Brighton Fringe
• Jubilee Library
• 21st - 28th May 2022

Brocker the badger has a big bum. 

Bumble Me Tinders! Dating Horror Stories

• Listing
Comedy
• Brighton Fringe
• Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
• 20th - 28th May 2022

The risqué sensation is back! After sold-out runs at both the 2019 and 2021 Edinburgh Festival Fringe and the 2020 Perth Fringe World festival, the interactive and ever-evolving c… 

Bumble Me Tinders! Dating Horror Stories

• Listing
Comedy
• Brighton Fringe
• Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
• 20th - 28th May 2022

The risqué sensation is back! After sold-out runs at both the 2019 and 2021 Edinburgh Festival Fringe and the 2020 Perth Fringe World festival, the interactive and ever-evolving c… 

Amazing Stories of Blues and Soul

• Listing
• Brighton Fringe
• North Laine Brewhouse / The Brunswick
• 11th Jun 2021 - 15th May 2022

Amazing Stories of Blues and Soul returns to the Brighton Fringe for a second great year with a humorous all-action stage show that mixes storytelling with great music. 

Paul Merryck - Lies, Alibis & Filthy Stories

• Listing
Comedy
• Brighton Fringe
• The Caxton Arms
• 25th Jun 2021 - 14th May 2022

Come and enjoy a late night comedy and drinking session at The Caxton Arms with the legendary Essex life-coach, philosopher and comedian, Paul Merryck, and some of his boozier mate… 

Alex Leam: Improv Provocateur

• Listing
Comedy
• Brighton Fringe
• The Caxton Arms
• 13th May 2022

A panel show that is the illegitimate child of improv and stand-up. 

Alex Leam: Improv Provocateur

• Listing
Comedy
• Brighton Fringe
• The Caxton Arms
• 13th May 2022

A panel show that is the illegitimate child of improv and stand-up. 

Paul Merryck - Lies, Alibis & Filthy Stories

• Listing
Comedy
• Brighton Fringe
• The Caxton Arms
• 13th - 14th May 2022

He’s survived another year and he’s back! For the fourth year running (he even did a show in 2020), it’s the Brighton Fringe gig that is fast becoming a very dodgy institution. 

Stories in the Garden

• Listing
• Brighton Fringe
• Lionhouse
• 25th Jun 2021 - 15th May 2022

Award-winning companies Bee In My Beanie and Actors of Dionysus join forces to share the magical tale of Ariadne! Join Tess the Story Archaeologist and her assistant Fred the Puppe… 

Stories in the Garden

• Listing
• Brighton Fringe
• Lionhouse
• 7th - 15th May 2022

Ariadne! Award-winning companies Bee in my Beanie and Actors of Dionysus join forces to share the magical tale of Ariadne! Join Tess the Story Archeologist, her intrepid sidekick … 

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

• Listing
Comedy
• Brighton Fringe
• Artista Cafe & Gallery / Artista Upstairs
• 6th May - 5th Jun 2022

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

Chansons: Songs and Stories from Piaf, Brel and Me

• Listing
• Brighton Fringe
• C ARTS | C venues | C digital
• 6th May - 5th Jun 2022

Bienvenue to Chansons, the original musical intercultural cabaret. 

Chansons: Songs and Stories from Piaf, Brel and Me

• Listing
• Brighton Fringe
• C ARTS | C venues | C digital
• 6th May - 5th Jun 2022

Bienvenue to Chansons, the original musical intercultural cabaret. 

Absolute Certainty?

• Review
• ★★★
• Richard Beck
• London Fringe
• The Bridge House Theatre
• 22nd Apr, 2022

Absolute Certainty? staged by Qweerdog Theatre revolves around the confused lives of two brothers and a friend. 

GHOST STORIES

• Listing
• Dublin
• Smock Alley Theatre, 1662
• 10th Feb 2022

A Comedy of Improvised Horror!To ride out the raging storm, Captain Laragub and his fishermen will take suggestions from the audience and perform a spontaneous one act c… 

IMPROV COMEDY NIGHT from SPROUT

• Listing
Comedy
• London Fringe
• The Courtyard Theatre
• 15th Jan 2022

Bringing top improv comedy to Shoreditch “Sprout”, veterans of two sell-out Edinburgh festivals shows, will be presenting “Whose Line Is It Anyway” type games, scenes and sto… 

Tartarus & Other Stories / Livestream

• Listing
Theatre
• Online & Broadcast
• The Space
• 19th Nov 2021

An unnamed man realises that he is part of the third gender and escapes to live on the planet Uranus, the only place that he can find happiness. 

Tartarus & Other Stories

• Listing
Theatre
• London Fringe
• The Space
• 16th - 20th Nov 2021

An unnamed man realises that he is part of the third gender and escapes to live on the planet Uranus, the only place that he can find happiness. 

Gämez Presents: Improv Smackdown

• Listing
Comedy
• Camden Fringe
• Hen & Chickens Theatre
• 28th - 29th Aug 2021

A rip-roaring improvised comedy show where teams battle it out in a high-octane, high-energy and high-stakes competition. 

Stories of a Dish

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Fringe Player
• 28th Aug 2021

A global pandemic may have struck, but we have a chef who’s just stuck. 

The Very Nice Improv Show

• Listing
Comedy
• Camden Fringe
• Museum of Comedy
• 28th Aug 2021

The nicest improv show this side of Toronto, creating a hilarious, spontaneous show all from audience suggestions. 

The Very Nice Improv Show

• Listing
Comedy
• West End
• Museum of Comedy
• 28th Aug 2021

The nicest improv show this side of Toronto, creating a hilarious, spontaneous show all from audience suggestions. 

Gämez Presents: Improv Smackdown

• Listing
Comedy
• Camden Fringe
• Hen & Chickens Theatre
• 28th - 29th Aug 2021

A rip-roaring improvised comedy show where teams battle it out in a high-octane, high-energy and high-stakes competition. 

The Very Nice Improv Show

• Listing
Comedy
• Camden Fringe
• Museum of Comedy
• 28th Aug 2021

The nicest improv show this side of Toronto, creating a hilarious, spontaneous show all from audience suggestions. 

Stories in the Stone

• Listing
Exhibition / Exhibition
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Dundas Street Gallery
• 20th - 30th Aug 2021

Contemporary Edinburgh artist Davy Macdonald showcases a stunning new collection of abstract, conceptual and fine art oil paintings inspired by the ancient standing stones of Calla… 

Monday Night Improv

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn
• 13th - 19th Aug 2021

The improv comedy supergroup behind Monday Night Improv at The Stand Comedy Club, Glasgow, bring you an hour of improvised comedy madness every afternoon in what can only be descri… 

Italian Stallion Stories

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• PBH’s Free Fringe @ Globe Bar
• 13th - 18th Aug 2021

A nearly comedy about my memories as a professional stripper and near-hero during the London Bridge terror attack in 2017. 

Alex Leam: Improv Provocateur

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• PBH’s Free Fringe @ Kilderkin
• 9th - 29th Aug 2021

‘This was such good fun. 

Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)

• Listing
Comedy
• Camden Fringe
• Etcetera Theatre
• 8th - 15th Aug 2021

In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy. 

Nice Try and Clown Nipples (Two Comedy Solo Shows)

• Listing
Comedy
• Camden Fringe
• Etcetera Theatre
• 8th - 15th Aug 2021

In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy. 

Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)

• Listing
Comedy
• Camden Fringe
• Etcetera Theatre
• 8th - 15th Aug 2021

In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy. 

Husbands, Hair and Other Stories...

• Listing
Theatre
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Fringe Player
• 7th - 21st Aug 2021

Ripe Fruit are two older women trying to make sense of the world they live in when they explore Husbands, Hair and Other Stories. 

Sherlock's Secret Challenge – The Puzzle Solving Game That Shows You The City

• Listing
Events
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Outside The Conan Doyle Pub
• 6th - 30th Aug 2021

You will need a group of 2-5 detectives, internet access on your phone, your brain and your legs! We’ll provide the specialist kit. 

Ladies That Improv

• Listing
Comedy
• Camden Fringe
• Canal Cafe Theatre
• 4th - 11th Aug 2021

Join us for a full menu of delicious improv comedy! Order what you like because the whole show will be made up from your suggestions. 

Ladies That Improv

• Listing
Comedy
• Camden Fringe
• Canal Cafe Theatre
• 4th - 11th Aug 2021

Join us for a full menu of delicious improv comedy! Order what you like because the whole show will be made up from your suggestions. 

Absolute Solo II

• Listing
Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
• UK Regional & Tours
• Edinburgh Festival Theatre
• 24th Jul 2021

After a six-year break, Rosie Kay returns to the stage as an older dancing female with her new work, Adult Female Dancer as part of a triple bill of solos using performance, identi… 

Lies, Alibis & Filthy Stories: Paul Merryck & Friends

• Listing
Comedy
• Brighton Fringe
• The Caxton Arms
• 25th - 26th Jun 2021

Come and enjoy a late night comedy and drinking session at The Caxton Arms with the legendary Essex life-coach, philosopher and comedian, Paul Merryck, and some of his boozier mate… 

End of an Error: Stories from the Distant Present

• Listing
Spoken Word
• Brighton Fringe
• Brighton Toy and Model Museum
• 25th - 27th Jun 2021

What would Alan Sugar do if he were the last man alive? What if people stopped reproducing as a form of mass protest? And when are those killer African wasps that the tabloids keep… 

End of an Error: Stories from the Distant Present

• Listing
Spoken Word
• Brighton Fringe
• Brighton Toy and Model Museum
• 25th - 27th Jun 2021

What would Alan Sugar do if he were the last man alive? What if people stopped reproducing as a form of mass protest? And when are those killer African wasps that the tabloids keep… 

Lies, Alibis and Filthy Stories: Paul Merryck and Friends

• Listing
Comedy
• Brighton Fringe
• The Caxton Arms
• 25th - 26th Jun 2021

Come and enjoy a late night comedy and drinking session at The Caxton Arms with the legendary Essex life-coach, philosopher and comedian, Paul Merryck, and some of his boozier mate… 

Alex Leam: Improv Provocateur

• Listing
Comedy
• Brighton Fringe
• The Caxton Arms
• 20th Jun 2021

“This was such good fun - see it, play it, love it!” (Tony Slattery). 

Alex Leam: Improv Provocateur

• Listing
Comedy
• Brighton Fringe
• The Caxton Arms
• 20th Jun 2021

“This was such good fun - see it, play it, love it!” (Tony Slattery). 

Gämez Presents: Improv Smackdown

• Listing
Comedy
• Brighton Fringe
• The Warren: The Oil Shed
• 19th - 20th Jun 2021

A rip-roaring improvised comedy show where teams battle it out in a high-octane, high-energy and high-stakes competition. 

Gämez Presents: Improv Smackdown

• Listing
Comedy
• Brighton Fringe
• The Warren: The Oil Shed
• 19th - 20th Jun 2021

A rip-roaring improvised comedy show where teams battle it out in a high-octane, high-energy and high-stakes competition. 

Absolute Solo II

• Listing
Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
• UK Regional & Tours
• Salisbury Playhouse
• 16th Jun 2021

After a six-year break, Rosie Kay returns to the stage as an older dancing female with her new work, Adult Female Dancer as part of a triple bill of solos using performance, identi… 

Sara Segovia and Lachlan Werner are making shows (WORK IN PROGRESS)

• Listing
Comedy
• UK Regional & Tours
• The Miller
• 15th Jun 2021

Sara Segovia Rodao and Lachlan Werner are cuties by nature, cancers by astrological sign and clowns by trade. 

Amazing Stories of Blues and Soul

• Listing
• Brighton Fringe
• North Laine Brewhouse
• 11th - 13th Jun 2021

Amazing Stories of Blues and Soul returns to the Brighton Fringe for a second great year with a humorous all-action stage show that mixes storytelling with great music. 

Improv Deathmatch

• Listing
Comedy
• Brighton Fringe
• The Warren: The Oil Shed
• 8th Jun - 1st Jul 2021

An adrenaline-fuelled improvised comedy show where two teams go head-to-head to see who can make the audience laugh the hardest. 

Improv Deathmatch

• Listing
Comedy
• Brighton Fringe
• The Warren: The Oil Shed
• 8th Jun - 1st Jul 2021

An adrenaline-fuelled improvised comedy show where two teams go head-to-head to see who can make the audience laugh the hardest. 

Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)

• Listing
Comedy
• Brighton Fringe
• The Caxton Arms
• 7th - 27th Jun 2021

Tl;dr: Two female comedians debut their 30 minute solo shows on one bill. 

Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)

• Listing
Comedy
• Brighton Fringe
• The Caxton Arms
• 7th - 27th Jun 2021

In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy. 

Snapshot Stories

• Listing
• Brighton Fringe
• theSpaceUK
• 28th May - 27th Jun 2021

Join writer and performer Naomi Paul and the community of Meon Vale in their collaborative film ‘Snapshot Stories,’ where arts meets activism! The film was part of Live & Local… 

Snapshot Stories

• Listing
• Brighton Fringe
• theSpaceUK
• 28th May - 27th Jun 2021

Join writer and performer Naomi Paul and the community of Meon Vale in their collaborative film ‘Snapshot Stories,’ where arts meets activism! The film was part of Live & Local… 

Absolute Solo II

• Listing
Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
• UK Regional & Tours
• Birmingham Repertory Theatre
• 19th May 2021

After a six-year break, Rosie Kay returns to the stage as an older dancing female with her new work, Adult Female Dancer as part of a triple bill of solos using performance, identi… 

Animal Stories

• Listing
Cabaret and Variety
• London Fringe
• Watermans Art Centre
• 26th Dec 2020 - 31st Jan 2021

This new exhibition is now on display at Feltham Library. 

Telling Stories Without Text with Jessica Rose McVay, 45North

• Listing
Events
• Online & Broadcast
• A Company 6 Scots
• 17th - 30th Aug 2020

Tableaux. 

Sezar Alkassab: Telling Stories

• Listing
Comedy
• West End
• Museum of Comedy
• 10th Jul 2020

Scottish stand-up comedian Sezar Alkassab brings his conversational comedy style to the Camden Fringe with silly stories, informed observations, and provo… 

Will Seaward’s Spooky Ghost Stories VI

• Listing
Comedy
• West End
• Museum of Comedy
• 31st Oct 2019

Ghosts! Cobwebs! Woooooo noises! The spine-curdling cult comedy Ghoststravaganza returns!Join Will Seaward (BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 5 Live, “genuinely, terrifyingly… 

Sherlock Holmes in A Scandal in Bohemia! (and other stories!)

• Listing
Theatre
• London Fringe
• Tristan Bates Theatre
• 28th Oct - 2nd Nov 2019

Join us on this fin-de-siècle rattling rollercoaster ride as we wheel and dip through some of the infamous adventures of Holmes and Watson while tackling the tenacious and enigmat… 

Choose Your Own... Improv!

• Listing
Theatre
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Greenside @ Infirmary Street
• 19th - 24th Aug 2019

What do you want to see? A marriage or a funeral? An abandoned spaceship or a creepy dungeon? A murder or a resurrection? In Choose Your Own. 

The Knitted Bible Stories Exhibition

• Listing
Exhibition / Exhibition
• Edinburgh Fringe
• The Salvation Army Edinburgh City Corps
• 19th - 24th Aug 2019

After a showstopping visit in 2017, The Knitted Bible Stories Exhibition returns with extra stories, all beautifully handcrafted from wool by members of the knitting group at the S… 

The Wheel of Improv: Musicals Edition!

• Listing
Musicals and Opera
• Edinburgh Fringe
• theSpaceTriplex
• 19th - 24th Aug 2019

Spin that wheel! Join us for an evening of totally improvised musical comedy where you create the show. 

Dark Play or Stories for Boys

• Review
• ★★★★
• Elanor Parker
• Edinburgh Fringe
• theSpace on the Mile
• 20th Aug, 2019

Nick is 14 years old. 

Questions for Quiz Shows

• Listing
Theatre
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Summerhall
• 17th Aug 2019

Cora is at the festival to see her ex-boyfriend perform. 

Sezar Alkassab: Telling Stories

• Listing
Comedy
• Camden Fringe
• Camden Comedy Club
• 14th - 23rd Aug 2019

Scottish stand-up comedian Sezar Alkassab brings his storytelling comedy style to the Camden Fringe with silly stories, informed observations, and provocative punchlines. 

The Bureau of Untold Stories

• Listing
Children’s Shows
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Museum of Childhood
• 12th - 18th Aug 2019

The world’s stories have gone missing, but with outrageous accents, some unconventional storytelling skills, live sound effects and your help, the inspired inspectors of The Bureau… 

Amazing Stories of Blues and Soul

• Listing
Music
• Edinburgh Fringe
• theSpace @ Niddry St
• 12th - 17th Aug 2019

Amazing Stories of Blues and Soul connects audiences with the energy, excitement and raw emotion generated by the pioneering R’n’B and soul acts of the 40s, 50s and 60s. 

Sitcom Stories

• Listing
Theatre
• Edinburgh Fringe
• The Outhouse
• 11th - 17th Aug 2019

Room 5064 Productions presents six short plays inspired by classic British sitcoms. 

The Discount Comedy Checkout Raw & Unscripted Improv Show (Camden Fringe)

• Listing
Comedy
• Camden Fringe
• Canal Cafe Theatre
• 11th Aug 2019

The Discount Comedy Checkout have been wowing crowds for over 10 years on the UK comedy circuit with 100% raw and unscripted comedy improvisation shows. 

Icelandic Folk Songs and Stories from Icelandic Life and Culture, Viking to Contemporary Iceland; Piano, Voice and Drums with Passion and Humour

• Listing
Music
• Edinburgh Fringe
• artSpace@StMarks
• 5th - 10th Aug 2019

Icelandic folk songs and bits of Icelandic culture. 

Improv On Demand

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• PBH’s Free Fringe @ BrewDog Lothian Rd
• 3rd - 24th Aug 2019

Ever wanted to see someone go on Dragon’s Den with a stolen nuclear warhead? Or Alan Sugar fire a swarm of bees? On Demand is back with a new range of TV-based games based on your … 

Bristol Improv Presents: Dynamite!

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• PBH’s Free Fringe @ BrewDog Lothian Rd
• 3rd - 24th Aug 2019

Dynamite! is the regular showcase of the University of Bristol’s improvised comedy society, Bristol Improv. 

The Absolute Jam

• Listing
Music
• Edinburgh Fringe
• The A Club at the Merchants Hall
• 3rd - 24th Aug 2019

The Absolute Jam capture the authentic raw energy and sound of The Jam. 

Improv Cage Match

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• PBH’s Free Fringe @ Subway
• 3rd - 24th Aug 2019

Improv Cage Match pits two improv teams against each other, with the audience declaring the winner. 

Absolute Burlesque

• Listing
Cabaret and Variety
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Paradise in Augustines
• 3rd - 25th Aug 2019

Hot on the heels of last year’s five-star sell out run, Sassy Von Sparkle returns with a brand new show for 2019. 

Cover Stories

• Listing
Music
• Edinburgh Fringe
• The Jazz Bar
• 2nd - 26th Aug 2019

Join Scottish jazz vocalist Louise Dodds this August as she debuts her brand-new show Cover Stories at The Jazz Bar. 

Bristol Improv Presents: Offscript!

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
• 2nd - 17th Aug 2019

When you watch a show, you only see half the action. 

Absolute Improv!

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• theSpace @ Niddry St
• 2nd - 24th Aug 2019

TBC Improv welcome each and everyone of you to an hour of improvised comedy variety fun! Come and join top Scottish improv comedy talent as they take your ideas to create comedy sk… 

Funny Stories About Pain

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
• 2nd - 10th Aug 2019

Funny Stories About Pain is a one-hour journey through some decidedly not-funny events in the life of comedian Troy Alan, which would amount to a depressing Ted Talk if Troy couldn… 

Medium Rare Improv

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• theSpace on North Bridge
• 2nd - 24th Aug 2019

Beard of Zeus returns for their fourth year! Come and see the amazing improv troupe from Southampton perform their newest show: Medium Rare Improv. 

Warwick Improv Presents: Anything You Want

• Listing
Theatre
• Edinburgh Fringe
• theSpace @ Niddry St
• 2nd - 10th Aug 2019

Six actors. 

Improv, She Wrote

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• theSpaceTriplex
• 2nd - 10th Aug 2019

Trinity College Dublin’s best and only improv group arrive at the Fringe to bring you brand new characters, storylines and songs, using nothing but audience suggestions! Nothing is… 

INTERBEING – Stories from a Current War

• Review
• ★★★★★
• Rebecca Vines
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Assembly Rooms
• 8th Aug, 2019

This. 

Bumble Me Tinders – Dating Horror Stories

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Laughing Horse @ Sofi’s Southside
• 1st - 25th Aug 2019

Hosted by comedian Patrick Melton (USA) and featuring a new line-up of hilarious comedian eye candy each show. 

Decree Absolute Vodka

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Laughing Horse @ City Cafe
• 1st - 25th Aug 2019

A personal stand-up show where comedian Sarah Iles talks you through the absolute (vodka) joys of being divorced in her early 30s. 

Will Seaward's Spooky Midnight Ghost Stories VI

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Gilded Balloon Teviot
• 1st - 26th Aug 2019

Ghosts! Cobwebs! Wooooo noises! The original cult midnight comedy ghoststravaganza returns for a sixth year! Run while you can! Join Will Seaward (BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 5 Live), f… 

Absolute Zero: Jez Watts

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire / Laughing Horse @ Espionage
• 1st - 25th Aug 2019

Fun, charming and playfully dirty, Australian comedian Jez Watts has performed with/supported Ari Shaffir, Brian Posehn, Duncan Trussell and The Dollop. 

MARVELus: Improv the MARVEL-verse

• Review
• ★★★★
• Frodo Allan
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire
• 17th Aug, 2019

Gary Tro and Tom Livingston have picked the perfect subject for their improv show. 

Cambridge Impronauts: Improv Actually

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
• 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2019

Let the Cambridge Impronauts steal your heart with a brand-new romantic comedy created on the spot, where you can be the star. 

The Pat Hobby Stories

• Listing
Theatre
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Gilded Balloon Teviot
• 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2019

F Scott Fitzgerald’s sparkling, waggish tales of 1939 Hollywood delightfully rendered by LA-born actor Paul Birchard. 

Alice Snedden: Absolute Monster

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Pleasance Courtyard
• 31st Jul - 25th Aug 2019

Who are we? What are we doing here? Do you like me? And what are you saying behind my back? Let’s all get together and definitively find out if I’m the best or worst person you… 

The Improv Musical

• Listing
Musicals and Opera
• Edinburgh Fringe
• C venues – C viva
• 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2019

Ready to take the Edinburgh Fringe by storm for the fifth year running, hit show The Improv Musical returns! Guaranteed to leave you roaring with laughter with musical mayhem and e… 

Hidden Stories On Tour

• Review
• ★★★★
• Anna Lucia
• Brighton Fringe
• Jubilee Library
• 30th May, 2019

Presented by Root Experience, Hidden Stories is back in its hometown of Brighton for an informative and uplifting day at the Jubilee Library. 

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

• Listing
Theatre
• Brighton Fringe
• The Warren: The Blockhouse
• 20th - 21st May 2019

BA Theatre Arts at GBMet. 

Extreme Improv

• Listing
Comedy
• Brighton Fringe
• The Caxton Arms
• 19th - 20th May 2019

‘Extreme Improv’ is the competitive improv comedy show which is taking the world by storm! Comedian David Pustansky and the Extreme Improv team go to comedic war to crown the Ext… 

Colourful Stories

• Listing
Children’s Shows
• West End
• Museum of Comedy
• 11th - 11th May 2019

Short stories about Colourful World “Сундук со сказками” приглашает самых маленьких зрителей и их р�… 

Amazing Stories of Blues and Soul

• Listing
Music
• Brighton Fringe
• Junkyard Dogs: The Doghouse
• 10th - 11th May 2019

Oww! I feel good! The sensational story of soul, from the pounding R’n’B of the 1940s to the smoldering sounds of Stax and Motown. 

Telling Stories

• Listing
Comedy
• Brighton Fringe
• The Caxton Arms
• 9th - 17th May 2019

As heard on BBC Radio 4 Extra, Scottish stand-up comedian Sezar Alkassab brings his storytelling comedy style with silly stories and provocative punchlines to the Brighton Fringe. 

MOOP: STORIES

• Listing
Exhibition
• Brighton Fringe
• Phoenix Brighton
• 7th - 21st May 2019

The award-winning Museum of Ordinary People (MOOP) returns with a series of events that delve into last year’s exhibits, exploring how collections of everyday objects and archive… 

Jeremy Nicholas: After Dinner Stories (From My Disastrous Broadcasting Career)

• Listing
Comedy
• West End
• Museum of Comedy
• 13th Apr 2019

What’s it like to be the 11th most famous BBC Jeremy, behind Paxman, Clarkson, Vine and the rest? Sony Award-winning broadcaster, Jeremy Nicholas brings his succe… 

Ghost Stories

• Listing
Theatre
• West End
• Ambassadors Theatre. / Lyric Hammersmith
• 30th Mar 2019 - 4th Jan 2020

Following record breaking sell out shows, a West End transfer, productions in China, Australia, Canada, Italy, Germany and a smash hit film, the original terrifying live producti… 

The Absolute Eagles Tour

• Listing
Cabaret and Variety
• Dublin
• Civic Theatre
• 29th Mar 2019

The Absolute Eagles, Europe’s premier tribute to American rock band The Eagles are delighted to perform their debut show in The Civic theatre . 

The Thinking | Your Ma & Other Stories. Vol II.

• Listing
• Dublin
• Smock Alley Theatre, 1662
• 15th - 16th Feb 2019

The ThinkingDeveloped at FRINGE LAB with support from Dublin Fringe Festival Your Ma & Other Stories. 

Improv Mullet

• Listing
Comedy
• UK Regional & Tours
• The Kings Arms
• 2nd Feb - 1st Jun 2019

Adults only Improv Comedy. 

Absolute Bowie - Tribute Band

• Listing
Comedy
• UK Regional & Tours
• O2 Islington2
• 11th Jan 2019

With their brand new stage show 50 Years of Bowie, Absolute Bowie will take audiences on a musical journey through the iconic singer's ever changing personas. 

Loud & Queer: Free Improv Comedy Night!

• Listing
Comedy
• London Fringe
• The Miller
• 28th Nov 2018

From the people behind the sell-out Pride Improv Festival comes another Loud And Queer: Free Improv Comedy Night showcasing the most exciting improvised comedy from the city's top… 

Will Seaward’s Spooky Ghost Stories V

• Listing
Comedy
• West End
• Museum of Comedy
• 31st Oct 2018

What’s that? Halloween, you say? Why that’s GHOST STORY TIME!!Fresh from a dangerously spooky run at the Edinburgh Fringe, Will Seaward “genu… 

Doktor James’ Skary Stories

• Listing
Children’s Shows
• Brighton
• Sweet Werks 2 - Werks Central
• 25th - 26th Oct 2018

Doktor James loves Halloween, it’s the one night he doesn’t try to take over the world. 

Stories

• Review
• ★★★
• Simon Ximenez
• West End
• Dorfman Theatre
• 24th Oct, 2018

“Racist comments don’t belong in a play about mothers and shit. 

Extreme Improv Halloween Mayhem

• Listing
Comedy
• Brighton
• Sweet Werks 2 - Werks Central
• 19th Oct 2018

Do you like scary movies? Halloween Mayhem is the horror-themed improv comedy show where your dream nightmares will all come true!Based entirely on your suggestions, the extreme im… 

Untold Stories

• Listing
Theatre
• London Fringe
• The Pleasance Theatre
• 6th - 7th Oct 2018

Untold Stories New Writing Festival is delighted to be bringing their New Writing Festival to The Pleasance this Autumn, presenting a collection of diverse new plays by some of the… 

Improv Mullet

• Listing
Comedy
• UK Regional & Tours
• The Kings Arms
• 6th Oct - 1st Dec 2018

Why Improv Mullet? Because it's shortform in the front and longform in the back. 

Fringe Guide to Running a Venue

• Listing
Events
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Fringe Central
• 26th Aug 2018

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

Creating Stories Through Soundscapes

• Listing
Events
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Fringe Central
• 21st Aug 2018

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

Woman Up Comedy Improv

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
• 21st - 25th Aug 2018

One of Scotland’s all-woman comedy improv troupes! 

The Land, The Sea, The City: Stories and Songs of Scotland

• Listing
Music
• Edinburgh Fringe
• St Andrew’s and St George’s West, George St
• 21st Aug 2018

Original and collected songs and stories from father-daughter duo: with Margaret drawing from her album Brigid’s Birds and Russell sharing some of his very favourite stories. 

Telling the Wrong Man He Had Cancer and Other Hilarious Stories

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• theSpace @ Symposium Hall
• 20th - 25th Aug 2018

Kevin Jones qualified in Medicine from Liverpool University. 

A Show About Shows About Show Biz

• Listing
Musicals and Opera
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Greenside @ Nicolson Square
• 20th - 25th Aug 2018

From Show Boat to Showman, there’s always Another Op’nin, Another Show about the sparkling self-obsessed world of musical theatre! And why not? Some of the best shows are all a… 

Tony Slattery's Crimes Against Improv

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• The Stand Comedy Club
• 20th - 26th Aug 2018

Whose Line is it Anyway? star and inaugural Perrier Comedy Awards winner Tony Slattery returns to where his comedic heart truly lies; with his brand-new, headlining, all-star impro… 

Extreme Championship Improv

• Listing
Comedy
• Camden Fringe
• Aylesbury Waterside Theatre / Camden Comedy Club / PianoFight
• 19th Aug - 29th Sep 2018

See the extreme improvisers battle for the Extreme Improv Championship belt in this fast paced innovative improvised sketch show from Sparky Buddy Productions. 

Bedtime Stories

• Listing
Theatre
• Edinburgh
• Lighthouse - Edinburgh’s Radical Bookshop
• 15th - 25th Aug 2018

At 8pm, In the delightful setting of Lighthouse Bookshop, join storyteller, Niall Moorjani, for an evening of tales which contain: giants, dragons, lovers, witches, joy and sorrow. 

Stories and Songs With Beans on Toast

• Listing
Music
• Edinburgh Fringe
• The Voodoo Rooms
• 14th - 26th Aug 2018

UK folk singer, cult hero and festival legend Beans on Toast makes his debut Fringe appearance. 

Bendy House Improv

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Sweet Novotel
• 13th - 26th Aug 2018

Bendy House – an improv duo. 

Here Be Improv

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• theSpace @ Jurys Inn / theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
• 13th - 25th Aug 2018

Join the (dis)Order of Improvised Comedy in their quest to wondrous realms of hilarity. 

Amazing Stories of Blues and Soul

• Listing
Music
• Edinburgh Fringe
• theSpace @ Niddry St
• 13th - 18th Aug 2018

Oww! I feel good! The sensational story of soul – from the pounding R’n’B of the 1940s to the smouldering sounds of Stax. 

Alternative Bedtime Stories

• Listing
Theatre
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Sweet Novotel
• 13th - 26th Aug 2018

Once upon a time, two fair maidens dragged fairy tales kicking and screaming into the 21st century in this sharp and original review of all things “happily ever after”. 

Improvised Improv

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Outhouse
• 12th - 16th Aug 2018

Australia’s best improvisers are here! After great seasons at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2016, Melbourne International Comedy and Adelaide Fringe festivals, Changing Jennifers are e… 

The Bureau of Untold Stories

• Listing
Children’s Shows
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Museum of Childhood
• 12th - 12th Aug 2018

In the minds of people just like you are tales of significant importance, waiting to be discovered. 

Geraldyne: Improv from Music

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Bar Bados Complex
• 11th - 25th Aug 2018

One of London’s hottest improv teams returns to the Fringe to bring you an hour of comedy inspired by music. 

The Absolute Jam Live!

• Listing
Music
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Merchant’s Hall
• 11th - 25th Aug 2018

The ultimate tribute to the music of The Jam. 

Seven-Day NHS: Naughty Health Stories

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• theSpace on the Mile
• 10th - 12th Aug 2018

The Oxford Medical Students’ Tingewick Society come fresh from a sell-out slapstick pantomime to bring an insider’s view of medical life to the Edinburgh Fringe. 

Tony Slattery's Crimes Against Improv

• Listing
Comedy
• West End
• Museum of Comedy
• 5th - 12th Aug 2018

Tony Slattery, the star of Whose Line is it Anyway? and inaugural Perrier Comedy Awards winner, returns to where his comedic heart truly lies; with his brand new, headli… 

Modern Horror Stories

• Listing
Theatre
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Tolbooth Market
• 4th - 25th Aug 2018

An anthology horror show featuring nine modern day tales of terror, death and the supernatural. 

Bristol Improv Presents Story Slam

• Listing
Theatre
• Edinburgh Fringe
• BrewDog Lothian Rd
• 4th - 25th Aug 2018

It’s Story Slam time! Bristol Improv’s brand new show uses your ideas and experiences as the basis for its improvised stories. 

Improv Cage Match

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Bar Bados Complex
• 4th - 25th Aug 2018

Improv Cage Match pits two improv teams against each other, with the audience declaring the winner. 

The Show Between Shows Show

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• BrewDog Lothian Rd
• 4th - 25th Aug 2018

New(ish) for 2018! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly. 

Me Plus One – Improv with Two People – Free

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Three Broomsticks
• 4th - 25th Aug 2018

Improviser Mara Joy (TBC Improv, The Spontaneous Players) is joined by a different special guest every day to create an entirely unique two-person show based off one word from the … 

Arnab Chanda: Stories from Arnab

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Banshee Labyrinth
• 4th - 26th Aug 2018

Arnab Chanda (Russell Howard’s Good News, Noel Fielding’s Luxury Comedy, Chortle Best Newcomer Nominee 2007) quit stand-up in 2011. 

Visual Short Stories

• Listing
Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
• Edinburgh Fringe
• French Institute
• 3rd - 27th Aug 2018

Visual comedy, dynamic emotions, innovative narrative techniques inspired by films and the never-ending pleasure of transformation . 

Rob Kemp's Wheel of Shows

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Monkey Barrel / Monkey Barrel Comedy Club
• 3rd - 26th Aug 2018

Feeling pressured by his success last year with The Elvis Dead, Rob Kemp returns with ten(!) shows stuck to a spinning wheel. 

Improv Mania

• Listing
Theatre
• Edinburgh Fringe
• theSpace @ Venue45
• 3rd - 7th Aug 2018

Have you ever laughed so hard you felt like your abs got a workout? Do you enjoy improvisation games? Then, come see Spontaneous Combustion Chicago perform Improv Mania, the intera… 

Warwick Improv Presents: Anything You Want

• Listing
Theatre
• Edinburgh Fringe
• theSpace on the Mile
• 3rd - 11th Aug 2018

Six actors. 

Forbidden Stories

• Listing
Theatre
• Edinburgh Fringe
• French Institute
• 3rd - 25th Aug 2018

A multimedia performance that explores the theme of borders in the separated island of Cyprus. 

Stu and Garry's Fringe Improv Show

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• The Stand Comedy Club
• 3rd - 11th Aug 2018

Our long-running improvised comedy show will have you in stitches. 

Absolute Improv!

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• theSpace @ Niddry St
• 3rd - 25th Aug 2018

Edinburgh’s own improv comedy theatre company returns for more five-star improv comedy fun! Five-time Edinburgh Fringe sell-out (2013-17). 

Will Seaward's Spooky Midnight Ghost Stories V

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Gilded Balloon Teviot
• 2nd - 28th Aug 2018

The legendary late-night, vampire-flavoured torch-wielding storytelling ghoststravaganza returns for a fifth year! Run while you can!! Join Edinburgh’s favourite spooky comedian … 

Stand-Up Showdown: Improv Apocalypse!

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Laughing Horse @ Harry’s Southside
• 2nd - 26th Aug 2018

Teams of improvisers take on stand-ups on stage, and you get to choose who is funnier. Loser dies. Even better? The show is free. 

Jeremy Nicholas: After Dinner Stories from My Disastrous Broadcasting Career

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Gilded Balloon Teviot
• 1st - 27th Aug 2018

Sony Award-winning broadcaster Jeremy Nicholas brings his hilarious debut hour. 

The Improv Musical

• Review
• ★★★
• Joseph McAulay
• Edinburgh Fringe
• C venues – C
• 2nd Aug, 2018

Music Theatre Warwick returns to the festival with their long-form, entirely improvised musical that is a rollicking good time, even if there are a few kinks that need ironing out. 

Absolute Legends

• Listing
Children’s Shows
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
• 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2018

From Calum MacInnes, creator of the epic Zero Quest trilogy, comes a brand-new children’s show for 2018. 

Thespianage: Improv Comedy Showcase

• Listing
Comedy
• Great Yorkshire Fringe
• The Basement
• 21st Jul 2018

Fresh from their regular performances in the drizzly urban wilderness of central Manchester, the “talented performers with an eye for the absurd” (RemoteGoat… 

Zeal: Queer Improv & Stand-Up Night

• Listing
Comedy
• London Fringe
• The Chateau
• 19th Jul 2018

A night of queer improvised comedy with Zeal at the Chateau, South London’s brand new queer arts space opening in July! FREE ENTRY. 

The Nursery Theatre presents... Saturday Night Improv

• Listing
Comedy
• London Fringe
• The Nursery Theatre
• 21st Apr - 21st Jul 2018

Magicked! – Everyone loves Harry Potter, and in tribute to the world’s favourite pubescent wizard, this summer, tonight’s show assumes the form of an improvised tribute to Ha… 

The Nursery Theatre presents... Friday Night Improv

• Listing
Comedy
• London Fringe
• The Nursery Theatre
• 4th May - 20th Jul 2018

Standup and improv comedy unite in one explosively funny night! Join us as a group of experienced improvisers weave a (dramatic! funny! exciting!) story in three acts based on the … 

Jeremy Nicholas: After Dinner Stories (From My Disastrous Broadcasting Career)

• Listing
Comedy
• West End
• Museum of Comedy
• 21st Jun 2018

Sony Award-winning broadcaster, Jeremy Nicholas brings you his hilarious debut hour. 

Absolute Kunst

• Listing
Cabaret and Variety
• London Fringe
• Royal Vauxhall Tavern
• 14th Jun 2018

After an absolutely storming, packed-out opening night, Absolute kUNST returns to the RVT, to where it all began, for another evening dedicated to Art in all its forms. 

Women: Work And Power Improv Night!

• Listing
Comedy
• London Fringe
• The Nursery Theatre
• 8th Jun 2018

The Nursery Presents a night of improvised theatre in conjunction with The City of London’s Women: Work And Power programme!We’re excited to present The Maydays Laydays (AKA th… 

John Osborne: John Peel's Shed and Other Stories

• Listing
Theatre
• Brighton Fringe
• The Warren: The Blockhouse
• 1st - 3rd Jun 2018

Writer and storyteller John Osborne is back with a trio of shows across the final weekend of the Fringe. 

Connecting Places: Our Untold Stories

• Review
• ★★★★
• Natasia Patel
• Brighton Fringe
• Brighton Museum & Art Gallery
• 19th May, 2018

A celebration of Brighton’s diversity, Connecting Places: Our Untold Stories, organised by the Brighton and Hove BME Heritage Network, is an opportunity for everyone to hear the … 

A Musical History of 24 George St, Brighton - and Other Shows

• Listing
Music
• Brighton Fringe
• Bom-Bane’s Music Cafe
• 18th May - 3rd Jun 2018

By popular demand! Original musical journey from 400 AD Boerthelm’s Tun to present day Bom-Bane’s, with portraits of all the colourful inhabitants along the way. 

Stories of the Sword: The Second Stab

• Listing
Events
• Brighton Fringe
• Brighton Unitarian Church
• 11th - 26th May 2018

So much history, so little time. 

My Apple Dumpling Girl (Evening), We Are All Stories (Daytime)

• Listing
Theatre
• Brighton Fringe
• Brighton Toy and Model Museum
• 11th - 13th May 2018

‘My Apple Dumpling Girl’ is a powerful small-scale play featuring a beautiful set and puppets (evening). 

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

• Review
• ★★★★
• Carmen Dupre
• Brighton Fringe
• The Warren: Theatre Box
• 9th May, 2018

Bringing us four short scenes, Puck’s Players – consisting of Bill Poulton, Phillip Lee and Aaron Thaddeus Lee – were able to exhibit outstanding versatility as performers, d… 

York Dungeon Venue Template

• Listing
• Great Yorkshire Fringe
• 3rd May 2018

Absolute Hell

• Listing
Theatre
• West End
• The Lyttelton Theatre
• 30th Apr - 16th Jun 2018

An intoxicating plunge into post-war Soho. 

The Basement Venue Template

• Listing
• Great Yorkshire Fringe
• The Basement
• 10th Apr 2018

The Schlocky Horror Improv show

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh
• The Banshee Labyrinth
• 27th Mar 2018

The Schlocky Horror Improv Show” is a completely improvised B-Movie! Host and director Ross Hepburn - with the help of your suggestions - brings to life a brand new, never-befor… 

Refugee stories, secret recipes and dinner!

• Listing
Events
• Adelaide Fringe
• Welcome Centre Bowden
• 17th Mar 2018

Refugees bring many things to Australia not only new and interesting food but amazing stories, stories of courage, determination and resilience. 

ATHENS MEETS AUSTRALIA IN SONGS AND STORIES

• Listing
Music
• Adelaide Fringe
• Hilton Hotel
• 16th - 18th Mar 2018

First employer Cat Stevens. 

Improvised Improv

• Listing
Comedy
• Adelaide Fringe
• La Bohème
• 15th Mar 2018

Adelaide’s best improvisers are back! After great seasons in the Edinburgh Fringe and Melbourne Comedy festivals, Changing Jennifers are excited to bring you an hour of wall-to-… 

4-Week Introduction To Improv For Teens!

• Listing
Workshop
• London Fringe
• The Nursery Training Centre
• 10th - 31st Mar 2018

A 4-week Saturday course to introduce 14-18 year-olds to improv! If you love theatre, comedy or want a fun way to build confidence and make friends then this is for you! http://th… 

Improv Against Humanity

• Listing
Comedy
• Adelaide Fringe
• The Producers
• 2nd Mar 2018

What happens when you cross the hottest, rudest party game of the last decade with the sharpest minds that the Melbourne Improv scene have to offer? You get Improv Against Humanity… 

Schlocky Horror Improv Show

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh
• The Banshee Labyrinth
• 27th Feb 2018

Ladies and gentlemen. 

Absolute Brass

• Listing
Music
• Adelaide Fringe
• St Peters Town Hall
• 25th Feb 2018

Absolute Brass by the nationally renowned K & N Brass Band is a show sure to take you on a musical journey filled with emotion and entertainment. 

Ten Thousand Million Love Stories plus The Society/The Dreamweaver Quartet

• Listing
Comedy
• London Fringe
• The Nursery Theatre
• 15th Dec 2017

The Dreamweaver Quartet invite you to open up your third eye The Society is part-show and part self-help group Ten Thousand Million Love Stories is a two-person, multi-character sh… 

Side Shows

• Listing
Musicals and Opera
• West End
• Sadler’s Wells Theatre
• 25th - 26th Nov 2017

Constella OperaBallet return to the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells this November with their award-winning Sideshows. 

Classic Andy’s Improv Comedy Party

• Listing
Comedy
• London Fringe
• The Nursery Theatre
• 24th Nov 2017

Classic Andy proudly present their Improv Comedy Party. 

Intro to Improv

• Listing
Workshop
• West End
• The Nursery Training Centre
• 28th Oct - 16th Dec 2017

The London Improv Theatre Training League (LITTL) in partnership with The Nursery is starting a full eight-week Intro To Improv course this autumn for young people aged 15-18! http… 

Ghosted Stories Live Show

• Listing
Comedy
• USA Regional & Tours
• The Peoples Improv Theater - The Underground
• 27th Oct 2017

This hilarious live show of the podcast called Ghosted Stories invites guests to talk about their crappy dating situations & stories of being ghosted to make dating less frightenin… 

Classic Andy’s Improv Comedy Party

• Listing
Comedy
• London Fringe
• The Nursery Theatre
• 13th Oct 2017

Classic Andy proudly present their Improv Comedy Party. 

Absolute Certainty

• Listing
Theatre
• London Fringe
• The White Bear Pub
• 3rd - 7th Oct 2017

Mike Dunhill is a quiet man. 

Classic Andy's Improv Comedy Party

• Listing
Comedy
• London Fringe
• The Nursery Theatre
• 22nd Sep 2017

Classic Andy proudly present their Improv Comedy Party. 

Three Random Words - Improv at Backyard Comedy Club

• Listing
Comedy
• London Fringe
• Backyard Comedy Club
• 17th Sep 2017

A great night out with some of London’s best improvisers - presented by City Impro and the Just Us League. Improv comedy like you have never seen it before. 

Ten Thousand Million Love Stories plus Piggyback

• Listing
Comedy
• London Fringe
• The Nursery Theatre
• 16th Sep 2017

A night of stand-up comedy and improv featuring love stories unfolding in front of your eyes – every one new and made up on the spot! 

Fringe Guide to Running a Venue

• Listing
Events
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Fringe Central
• 27th Aug 2017

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

Sustainable Shows: Emerging Trends

• Listing
Events
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Fringe Central
• 23rd Aug 2017

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

The Knitted Bible Stories Exhibition

• Listing
Exhibition
• Edinburgh Fringe
• The Salvation Army Edinburgh City Corps
• 21st - 26th Aug 2017

A fun, yet breathtaking and moving display of thirteen stories chosen from the Bible and reproduced by hand in wool. 

Shellshock! Improv Live!

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
• 21st - 26th Aug 2017

In their ninth Fringe run, Shellshock! bring you Shellshock! Improv Live!, a cheery mix of improvised sketches, stories and games. 

The Strange and the Eerie: Ballads and Stories of Auld Scotland

• Listing
Music
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Scottish Storytelling Centre
• 21st - 23rd Aug 2017

Scotland’s dark and mysterious past is hidden deep in its songs and legends. 

Bonnie Fechters – Songs and Stories of Hope and Resistance

• Listing
Theatre
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Scottish Storytelling Centre
• 18th - 26th Aug 2017

‘In the 1970s there was a wee bit of a stooshie here in Scotland. 

My Body, My Life: Real stories of Abortion

• Listing
Exhibition
• Edinburgh Fringe
• University of Edinburgh Centre for Research on Families and Relationships
• 17th - 22nd Aug 2017

2017 marks 50 years since the partial legalization of abortion in the UK. 

Geraldyne: Improv from Music

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Laughing Horse @ Espionage
• 16th - 27th Aug 2017

Geraldyne are a team of improvisers that grew up mishearing song lyrics. 

Improv Cage Match

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Black Market
• 15th - 26th Aug 2017

Improv Cage Match pits two teams of brilliant improvisers against each other as they battle for the affections of you: the audience. 

Shellshock! Improv Live!

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• theSpace @ Jury’s Inn
• 14th - 19th Aug 2017

In their ninth Fringe run, Shellshock! bring you Shellshock! Improv Live!, a cheery mix of improvised sketches, stories and games. 

Amazing Stories of Blues and Soul

• Listing
Music
• Edinburgh Fringe
• SpaceTriplex
• 14th - 19th Aug 2017

Oww! I feel good! The sensational story of soul – from the pounding R’n’B of the 1940s to the smouldering sounds of Stax. 

Improv Deathmatch at Camden Fringe 2017 - BONUS SHOW

• Listing
Comedy
• Camden Fringe
• Aces and Eights Saloon Bar
• 11th Aug 2017

“An epic improvised comedy battle. Who wins? You decide!” 

MakeyUppers' Bedtime Stories

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Heroes @ Dragonfly
• 11th - 15th Aug 2017

Once upon a time, two fair maidens dragged fairy tales kicking and screaming into the 21st century in this sharp and original review of all things “happily ever after”. 

US Tour Booking For Small And Independent Shows

• Listing
Events
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Fringe Central
• 10th - 21st Aug 2017

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

The Magical Trip of a Bead – Stories from China

• Listing
Children’s Shows
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Venue150 at EICC
• 10th Aug 2017

A musical marvel – a magical journey undertaken by three little children, each with their own striking personality, who unite their efforts and complete a series of challenging t… 

The Maydays Improv Drop-In

• Listing
Workshop
• London Fringe
• The Nursery Training Centre
• 9th Aug - 28th Oct 2017

Come along for an afternoon or evening of improvised fun with some of the best improv teachers in the country! The drop-in is a wide ability class, so everyone is welcome! Every cl… 

Live Shows in an Internet Media Age

• Listing
Events
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Fringe Central
• 9th Aug 2017

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

Stories of Serendipity

• Listing
Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
• Edinburgh Fringe
• theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
• 7th - 12th Aug 2017

Dance and storytelling which powerfully connects, fusing text, movement and music. 

The Show Between Shows Show

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• 52 Canoes (Grassmarket)
• 6th - 26th Aug 2017

New for 2017! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly. 

Improv Therapy

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Laughing Horse @ The Mockingbird
• 5th - 7th Aug 2017

Improv Therapy is the free and fun way to revisit your past, predict your future and solve life’s problems! Come share your stories with seven of the best student improvisers the w… 

Dirty Harry – Supported by The Absolute Jam

• Listing
Music
• Edinburgh Fringe
• La Belle Angèle
• 5th Aug 2017

Dirty Harry captures the rapture of Blondie and has not only the original sound, feel, attitude and full back catalogue of the band, but a look-a-like of Debbie. 

Improv Deathmatch at Camden Fringe 2017

• Listing
Comedy
• London Fringe
• Aces and Eights Saloon Bar
• 4th - 12th Aug 2017

An adrenaline fuelled improvised comedy show where two teams battle to see who can make the audience laugh hardest in the ultimate improvised comedy battle. 

Cold Fronts and Hot Flushes: The Short Stories of Kevin Spacey

• Listing
Theatre
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Greenside @ Infirmary Street
• 4th - 19th Aug 2017

A ghostwriter and his best friend work tirelessly to create the greatest book ever written. 

Absolute Improv!

• Review
• ★★★
• Chloe-Louise Saunders
• Edinburgh Fringe
• theSpace on Niddry St
• 25th Aug, 2017

Absolute Improv is on the whole a light-hearted and enjoyable experience without a bad bone in its body. 

Audrey's Absolute Fest of All

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Assembly Rooms
• 4th - 26th Aug 2017

Each evening we welcome a top comedian to perform their full Edinburgh show on board Audrey, the most unique venue at the festival. 

Stories from China

• Listing
Children’s Shows
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Stockbridge Church
• 4th - 10th Aug 2017

This magnificent show will bring you all the quintessence of China: Beijing Opera, chorus, string orchestra, drama, traditional folk music and dance. 

Date Night With Bristol Improv

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• theSpace @ Jury’s Inn
• 4th - 26th Aug 2017

Date night: the time when friends, family and lovers come together (though not all together) to spend time, catch up and share stories. 

Madame Señorita: 25 Different Shows, Come Every Day!

• Listing
Cabaret and Variety
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus
• 3rd - 27th Aug 2017

Award-winning performer Paula Valluerca, aka Madame Señorita, is committed to reconnect with the pleasure of being a totally deluded idiot. 

Will Seaward's Spooky Midnight Ghost Stories IV

• Review
• ★★★
• Matthew Sedman
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Gilded Balloon Teviot
• 26th Aug, 2017

There has never been a more perfect match for the phrase ‘larger than life’ than Will Seaward. 

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Assembly George Square Gardens
• 3rd - 27th Aug 2017

Ding dong the witch is back! Multi award-winning Fringe sensation Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho returns with the most fabulous game show of all! Join the Iron Lady for songs, gam… 

The Improv Musical

• Review
• ★★★★
• Edinburgh Fringe
• C venues – C
• 8th Aug, 2017

Within the last few years, the improvised musical has become a standard of the Fringe, with at least four in Edinburgh this summer. 

Cambridge Impronauts: Improv Actually

• Review
• ★★★
• Joseph McAulay
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Gilded Balloon Teviot
• 11th Aug, 2017

The Cambridge Impronauts return to the fringe with a long form improvised show that is a hot mess from shaky start to hilariously absurd finish. 

Hyprov: Improv Under Hypnosis

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Assembly George Square Theatre
• 2nd - 27th Aug 2017

It’s back! The undisputed late night hit of 2016’s Fringe! Join improv legends Mike McShane and Colin Mochrie and master hypnotist Asad Mecci for a mind-blowing, side-splitting sho… 

Sonder plus Ten Thousand Million Love Stories and The Society

• Listing
Comedy
• London Fringe
• The Nursery Theatre
• 29th Jul 2017

Sonder presents meaningful, playful improvised stories with humanity at their heart. 

Piggyback: Stand-up And Improv Unite

• Listing
Comedy
• London Fringe
• The Nursery Theatre
• 8th Jul 2017

Stand-up and improv unite in one explosively funny night as a cast of improvisers weave a (dramatic! funny! exciting!) play in three acts based on the work of three (hilarious! exp… 

Zeal: The Pride Improv Festival hosted by Improvable!

• Listing
Comedy
• London Fringe
• Leicester Square Theatre
• 7th Jul 2017

Our closing night extravaganza features PHIL LUNN IS. 

Zeal: The Pride Improv Festival hosted by The Nursery

• Listing
Comedy
• London Fringe
• The Nursery Theatre
• 6th Jul 2017

THURSDAY NIGHT LIGHTS features PAPER PLANES with Imaginarium, an improvised musical, plus THE LEMONADE BRIGADE, an all-gay group assembled for the festival, and RITA SUSZEK with Pa… 

Zeal: The Pride Improv Festival hosted by Hoopla!

• Listing
Comedy
• London Fringe
• The Miller
• 5th Jul 2017

Improv legends Maria Peters and Lauren Shearing are BREAKING AND ENTERING a two-person tour-de-force of improvisation! Plus QI: QUEER IMPROV, all-female 20% LESS, IMOGENE and a MIX… 

Zeal: The Pride Improv Festival hosted by Duck Duck Goose

• Listing
Comedy
• London Fringe
• Effra Social
• 3rd Jul 2017

THE BAREBACK KINGS is a new drag king show from Lynsey Bonell, Abbey Kos, Juliet Morrish, Fran Reid, Alice Sanders, Rebecca Schuster and Anne Zander. 

Zeal: The Pride Improv Festival hosted by C3Something!

• Listing
Comedy
• London Fringe
• The Horse & Stables
• 2nd Jul 2017

MUSIC BOX creates a one-act improvised musical inspired by a title and location from the audience! Plus CITY IMPRO, JESUS LOPEZ, BEYOND THE RIDICULOUS, “RAINBOW SOMETHING” and a M… 

Zeal: The Pride Improv Festival hosted by The Free Association

• Listing
Comedy
• London Fringe
• The Free Association
• 1st Jul 2017

Naughty compare LUKE MEREDITH hops into the jacuzzi at The Free Association as their guest monologist! Prepare for a fast-paced and witty evening of titillating banter and scenes! … 

Bumper Blyton - An Improvised Enid Blyton Adventure! PLUS Ten Thousand Million Love Stories and The Society

• Listing
Theatre
• London Fringe
• The Nursery Theatre
• 24th Jun 2017

Bumper Blyton presents a riotous improvised spoof of the nation’s most beloved author, Ten Thousand Million Love Stories brings us a two-person show all about love, and The Socie… 

Carly Smallman: A Work in Progress and Other Terrible Stories About Why I Keep Ruining it for Myself

• Listing
Comedy
• Brighton Fringe
• Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
• 29th - 30th May 2017

Star of ITV and BBC, Carly Smallman makes her Brighton Fringe debut with a work-in-progress hour of comedy. 

Bambert's Book of Lost Stories

• Listing
Children’s Shows
• Edinburgh
• The Brunton, Musselburgh
• 29th - 31st May 2017

Lambert is an impossibly small man with an enormous love of writing, who one day decides to set his stories’ characters free in the hope they’ll find a home. 

The Lions Roar and Other Stories

• Listing
Theatre
• Brighton Fringe
• Gem Electric
• 27th - 29th May 2017

Award-winning children’s theatre company brings you a collection of short stories that will entertain and delight young audiences. 

Street Stories

• Listing
Spoken Word
• Brighton Fringe
• Jubilee Library
• 20th - 20th May 2017

Put on your headphones and set off on a journey through Brighton’s hidden corners accompanied by the fragments, stories and shifting sounds of six people who have experienced homel… 

Bom-Bane's Musical History of 24 George St, Brighton & Other Shows

• Listing
Music
• Brighton Fringe
• Bom-Bane’s Music Cafe
• 18th May - 3rd Jun 2017

An original musical & gastromonical journey from the 5th Century settlement of Boerthlelm’s Tun to Brighton in 1795, with affectionate portraits of the colourful inhabitants of 24 … 

New York Stories

• Review
• ★★★★★
• Bronte Nicoll
• Brighton Fringe
• Rialto Theatre
• 31st May, 2017

I wasn’t sure what I was expecting to see when I arrived at the Rialto Theatre. 

Sofie Hagen tells some stories and tries out some jokes

• Listing
Comedy
• Brighton Fringe
• Blue Man
• 8th - 17th May 2017

Sofie Hagen is a Danish feminist comedian, who once badmouthed a cop - not on purpose. 

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

• Listing
Theatre
• Brighton Fringe
• The Warren: Studio 3
• 8th - 9th May 2017

“The true mystery of the world is the visible . 

Good Grief: Stories at 207 West 88th

• Review
• ★★★★
• Aidan Stark
• Brighton Fringe
• The Warren: Theatre Box
• 31st May, 2017

Terriane Falcome offers a tour de force of writing and comedy, playing at the Theatre Box this Brighton Fringe. 

Wilder Stories: Rhapsodies in Colour

• Listing
Spoken Word
• Brighton Fringe
• The Old Market
• 7th - 28th May 2017

Join us for a pigment-drenched journey. 

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

• Listing
Comedy
• Brighton Fringe
• Blue Man
• 7th - 28th May 2017

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

The Shoreditch Improv Festival Beginner Workshop

• Listing
Comedy
• London Fringe
• The Water Poet
• 19th Feb 2017

Want to learn the basics of improv comedy in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere? Join Naomi Petersen an actor, comedian, writer and singer, who will introduce participants to the jo… 

The Shoreditch Improv Festival Sunday Funday Shows

• Listing
Comedy
• London Fringe
• The Water Poet
• 19th Feb 2017

3pm-4pm The first show of the day will feature about as wide a variety of improvisation styles as one could ask for, with three groups that could not be more different from each o… 

The Shoreditch Improv Festival Grand Finale

• Listing
Comedy
• London Fringe
• The Water Poet
• 19th Feb 2017

Closing-off the 2017 Shoreditch Improv Festivals will be Left Foot First (“I laughed so hard I had to apologise to the guy next to me for accidentally hitting him” ***** - Get Re… 

The Shoreditch Improv Festival improvised tour of Shoreditch street art

• Listing
Comedy
• London Fringe
• The Water Poet
• 18th Feb 2017

Enrol in Balderdash Academy and join your improv professors on a tour de force of this century’s best street art focused in its natural home: Shoreditch. 

The Shoreditch Improv Festival Saturday Afternoon Giggles

• Review
• ★★★
• Bennett Bonci
• London Fringe
• The Water Poet
• 20th Feb, 2017

The Water Poet was easy to spot on Saturday afternoon. 

The Shoreditch Improv Festival Saturday Night Smash

• Listing
Comedy
• London Fringe
• The Water Poet
• 18th Feb 2017

7pm-8pm Kicking-off the evening’s shenanigans will be… Comedy Shenanigans, who are Irish comedians Aislinn (Best Female Improviser – Improvaganza 2015) and Noel (Best Improv… 

Shoreditch Improv Festival

• Listing
Comedy
• London Fringe
• The Water Poet
• 17th - 19th Feb 2017

Across three days, thirty of London’s best comedy improv and sketch groups will be amazing audiences (and themselves) with their spontaneous, quick witted and absurdly funny scen… 

Shoreditch Improv Festival

• Listing
Comedy
• London Fringe
• The Water Poet
• 17th - 19th Feb 2017

Across three days, thirty of London’s best improvised comedy and sketch groups will be amazing audiences with their spontaneous, quick witted and absurdly funny scenes, sketches,… 

Shoreditch Improv Festival Opening Show

• Listing
Comedy
• London Fringe
• The Water Poet
• 17th Feb 2017

Opening the festival will be City Impro (“Incredibly Good” ****– Arts Award Voice), who make up crazy characters and silly scenes all based on suggestions provided by the aud… 

Stories with Michael Rosen and Chris Riddell

• Listing
Spoken Word
• London Fringe
• Hampstead Theatre
• 10th - 10th Feb 2017

Join Children’s Laureate past and present Michael Rosen and Chris Riddell for a sublime afternoon of poetry and illustration for the young and young-at-heart. 

Fringe Guide to Running a Venue

• Listing
Events
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Fringe Central@Infirmary Street
• 28th Aug 2016

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

Venue Marketplace

• Listing
Events
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Fringe Central@Infirmary Street
• 27th Aug 2016

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

Party Animal Roop – Stories About a Unique Career in Show Business

• Listing
Spoken Word
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Spotlites
• 24th - 28th Aug 2016

Roop has had a 20 year career as a celebrity party planner, and he has some special stories to share in his incisive one man show. 

Woman Up Improv Show

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
• 23rd - 27th Aug 2016

Fresh from their sell-out Glasgow International Comedy Festival run, Scotland’s first all-women improv troupe Women Up are ready for their Fringe debut! With short form and long … 

Shellshock! Improv Live!

• Review
• ★★★
• Miss Ashleigh More
• Edinburgh Fringe
• theSpace on the Mile
• 24th Aug, 2016

Improvisation is the one word that can strike fear into the heart of any actor no matter what their experience. 

Jack Lukeman: King of Soho and Other Stories

• Listing
Music
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Acoustic Music Centre @ St Bride’s
• 20th Aug 2016

One of Ireland’s most respected, best-loved singers, this renowned international entertainer, ‘a mixture of all the great voices of the 20th century’ (Guardian), has few peers for … 

The Irish Comedy Improv Show

• Listing
Comedy
• Camden Fringe
• The London Irish Centre
• 19th - 20th Aug 2016

Hilarious scenes made up on the spot based entirely on audience suggestions. 

Limmy: Daft Wee Stories

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Venue150 at EICC
• 18th - 21st Aug 2016

Following last year’s sell-out tour, Limmy returns to the stage with a new selection of stories from his Sunday Times bestseller. 

Jack Lukeman: King of Soho and Other Stories

• Listing
Music
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Acoustic Music Centre @ St Bride’s
• 18th - 19th Aug 2016

One of Ireland’s most respected, best-loved singers, this renowned international entertainer, ‘a mixture of all the great voices of the 20th century’ (Guardian), has few peers for … 

Stories from Around the World

• Listing
Children’s Shows
• Edinburgh Fringe
• SpaceTriplex
• 16th - 27th Aug 2016

Calling all explorers! Join us on the voyage of a lifetime to discover fairy tales, myths and legends from around the globe. 

Simon Lukacs Shows His Range

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Laughing Horse @ Southside Social
• 15th - 23rd Aug 2016

Upstairs Downton and Petting Zoo (‘Improv supergroup’ TimeOut) star creates a staggering array of characters using his mouth, brain, hands and body. 

Shellshock! Improv Live!

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• theSpace @ Jury’s Inn
• 15th - 20th Aug 2016

Shellshock! returns for their eighth Fringe run with Shellshock! Improv Live!, a fun improvised comedy show filled with scenes, sketches, stories and games improvised entirely on t… 

Songs and Stories of Scotland

• Listing
Theatre
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Sweet Grassmarket
• 15th - 28th Aug 2016

Poetry, storytelling and song weave together to tell but a few stories from our infinite Scotland’s rich folk tradition. 

Stories Untold: Album Launch

• Listing
Music
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Stockbridge Church
• 13th Aug 2016

Described as Scotland’s ‘very own Tori Amos’ (Sunday Herald) and ‘a heady cocktail of Carole King and Regina Spektor’ (SpiralEarth. 

Stories to Tell in the Middle of the Night

• Review
• ★★★
• William Heraghty
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Summerhall
• 16th Aug, 2016

Stories to Tell in the Middle of the Night is both exactly what it says it whilst also proving to something rather different altogether. 

TalkFest 2016: Invisible Stories

• Listing
Events
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Fringe Central@Infirmary Street
• 12th Aug 2016

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

Daniel Sloss: So? (Late Shows)

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Venue150 at EICC
• 12th - 27th Aug 2016

Later, considerably ruder and darker shows from internationally acclaimed, award-winning Scottish stand-up comedy meteor. 

A Story of Stories

• Listing
Children’s Shows
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Lauriston Halls
• 8th - 12th Aug 2016

A world within a world, a tale within a tale; A Story of Stories is the visually stunning and innovative production that will capture a parent’s imagination as much as a child’… 

Improv Deathmatch

• Listing
Comedy
• London Fringe
• Aces and Eights Saloon Bar
• 6th - 27th Aug 2016

An adrenaline-fuelled improvised comedy show where two teams battle to see who can make the audience laugh hardest. 

Stories from Around the World

• Listing
Children’s Shows
• Edinburgh Fringe
• theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
• 5th - 14th Aug 2016

Calling all explorers! Join us on the voyage of a lifetime to discover fairy tales, myths and legends from around the globe. 

Absolute Improv!

• Review
• ★★★
• Megan Atkins
• Edinburgh Fringe
• theSpace on Niddry St
• 27th Aug, 2016

Like many of the other spontaneous improvisation shows here at the Fringe, Absolute Improv! offers non stop comedy through a variety of funny and fresh games that are inspired by s… 

Stu and Garry’s Improv Show

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• The Stand Comedy Club
• 5th - 29th Aug 2016

Award-winning Stu Murphy and Garry Dobson perform brilliant improvised comedy all year round as Stand Comedy Club residents. 

Absolute Improv!

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• theSpace on Niddry St
• 5th - 27th Aug 2016

Five-star, three-time Edinburgh Fringe sell-out improv comedy show! Edinburgh’s improv theatre company presents a fast-paced, hilarious improv show that will have you coming back f… 

The Very Nice Improv Show

• Review
• ★★★★
• chhewitt95
• Edinburgh Fringe
• theSpace on the Mile
• 22nd Aug, 2016

These guys are fantastic improvisers. 

The Improvised Improv Show

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Laughing Horse @ The Crags Bar
• 4th - 28th Aug 2016

Taking improv to the next level – we improvise the cast! ‘Belly-laugh inducing’ (Platform). 

Will Seaward's Spooky Midnight Ghost Stories III

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Gilded Balloon Teviot
• 4th - 30th Aug 2016

Edinburgh’s favourite ghost-flavoured comedy storytelling show is back for a third year! Huzzah! And this time it’s spooky beyond all imagining! Join Will Seaward on the stroke of … 

The Sandy and Danni Improv Show!

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Laughing Horse @ Moriarty’s
• 4th - 17th Aug 2016

Character comedy improvisers Leanna and Angela present Sandy and Danni, two desperate and deluded American girls looking for fairy tale romance. 

Stunning the Punters (& Other Stories)

• Listing
Theatre
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Spotlites
• 4th - 28th Aug 2016

Twenty-six years after winning universal rave reviews for his Edinburgh solo debut, George Dillon is again Stunning the Punters! Herald Angel winner returns with stories by Berkoff… 

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows

• Review
• ★★★★★
• William Heraghty
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Assembly George Square Gardens
• 8th Aug, 2016

Ding dong, the witch isn’t dead! And this time it’s definitely cause for celebration! After her previous success as an ‘international cabaret superstar’ Maggie is back in b… 

Bob Slayer: 24 Hour Shows

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus
• 4th - 29th Aug 2016

Bob drives his BlundaBus around Europe looking for adventures. 

Bedtime Stories

• Listing
Children’s Shows
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Underbelly’s Circus Hub on the Meadows
• 4th - 22nd Aug 2016

Immerse yourself in a magical journey. 

Bristol Improv Takes Over the World

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Laughing Horse @ The Crags Bar
• 4th - 28th Aug 2016

Bristol Improv return to the Fringe with their new format Bristol Improv Take Over the World! Follow five dastardly scientists as they attempt to thwart opponents and overcome obst… 

The Improv Musical

• Review
• ★
• Millie Bayswater
• Edinburgh Fringe
• C venues - C
• 20th Aug, 2016

The Improv Musical from the University of Warwick return for their third stint at the Fringe, and while providing some light and silly entertainment, fails to land any punches eith…