Colly, Kaia, Mercy and Theo have shared a decade of highs and lows – promotions, breakups, illness and recovery.
Paradok Platform presents: Unwelcome: Andrew’s carefully curated London life is upended when his sharp-tongued little sister Tracy shows up unannounced.
Two girls find themselves trapped in limbo following their sudden deaths, only to discover that they are not alone.
The world is over: rancid eels reign! Intrepid Fools unleash their freakishly fanciful third Fringe show.
Alternative comedy takes over Bedlam Fringe! See the most exciting acts from all over the UK in a curated lineup of one-off weirdness.
How To Kill Your Landlord is a fatal comedy of errors focusing on three young housemates.
‘Incredibly funny and genuine in its expression of human connection’ (TheBroadOnline.
Jim is dying.
After a successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe 2024 and sold-out performances at Greenwich Theatre, Ascension returns for Edinburgh Fringe 2025.
Proposal Day – four theologians at a sleepy seminary are soon to be ordained.
Blessed with beauty, wealth and charisma, the Flawless Four – Courtney, Julie, Marcie, and Liz – are the most popular girls in Reagan High school.
The production follows the square lives of Smiff and Willow—a stagnating married couple—whose daily routines are disrupted by the arrival of an anthropomorphic, destructive, su…
Edinburgh University Theatre Company’s rendition of Road is an ambitious undertaking, that bravely attempts to capture all the gritty, raunchy realism of Jim Cartwright’s 1980s…
Vector returns to earth after a short stint on the moon to try and ruin Gru’s Christmas.
‘You know, I never liked flowers for graves.
Perhaps winning the award for most provocative title of the Fringe, A Girl Gets Naked In This is a series of nine monologues written and performed by women on the subject of sex an…
Award-winning solo performance about women over three generations.
This is a tale of friendships lost, and learning to live with a present that isn’t as rosy as the past.
Rom-coms are strange things.
‘I (over)think, therefore I am’ (Descartes.
Muthaf**ka! Literally.
Alternative comedy takes over Bedlam Fringe! See the most exciting acts from all over the UK in a curated lineup of one-off weirdness.
Character Building Experience is a Dungeons-and-Dragons-style comedic interactive roleplaying game show, suitable for the experts, the novices and the uninitiated-but-curious.
I think, for now, let’s stick to my life, if you don’t mind.
The Fringe’s longest running improvised comedy group returns to its home at Bedlam Theatre for it’s 35th year! Performing (almost) every night of the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe…
What does it mean to remember the Holocaust in 2024? How do you bear the legacy of trauma while forging ahead in the 21st century? Jane Elias grapples with these questions through …
In a small lane, there was a Doggy Poo.
Welcome to this Tiny Little Town! Meet the mayor and the townspeople as you embark on this fun and quirky musical.
At the world’s weirdest dinner party, Ben and Hannah discover magic rituals to manifest the life they always wanted.
Murder? Mystery? Toilets?! Slash is a new black comedy whodunnit set in the toilets at a school reunion.
It’s gonna be a bloody night! This dude has taken his crazy kink to a whole new level.
Shakesqueer: two houses, both alike in indignity.
Have you danced so hard that you felt you could achieve anything? Mili’s inner persona says yes, but Mili’s body always caves with embarrassment amongst a world of serious people.
Finn and Isabelle are trapped in an unhappy relationship.
Character comedy sketch duo Mudfish host their friends in this wild show featuring their favourite sketch, stand-up and short films.
Character comedian and stand-up Rhiannon Shaw (‘a cunning comic mind’ (Chortle.
Marie is a captivating recount of Marie Antionette’s existence.
Edinburgh University’s Shakespeare Company present the chilling tale of Hekabe, a reimagined translation of Euripides’ original Greek tragedy.
Plunge into the strange world and grotesque characters of self-help culture, augmented with clown-esque physicality and hectic tech.
After the sudden death of her grandfather, Lisa Blanche is left with the task of carrying out one of the wishes on her grandfather’s will: to find out what happened to his brother …
Bedlam’s own alternative comedy night is back! See the most exciting acts from all over the Fringe in an old Gothic church-turned-theatre, featuring comedy, music and cabaret, with…
A show dedicated to Mr Segway, the man who invented the Segway, all performed entirely on Segways.
All Terrence wants is to “make it” as a dinosaur entertainer, land a Netflix deal, and get his ex back.
The Fringe’s longest-running improvised comedy group returns to its home at Bedlam Theatre for the 2023 Edinburgh Fringe! Expect yet another run of fast-paced, silly, wacky and c…
‘Give me the head of Jokanaan.
Who needs a pair of heels, a coconut, and a doorbell…? The answer: a foley artist.
Navigating growing up gay in a straight world, Looking for fun? explores overcoming gay shame, queer nightlife and dealing with the agony of online gay dating.
Fabulous, filthy and downright hilarious! Brace yourselves for a wild ride of side-splitting hilarity with the modern-day queen of sass, as she takes you on a laugh-out-loud advent…
This is a refreshingly new and interesting take on death through the medium of a musical.
The Female Role Model Project is just that, a project.
Hidden Track returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with Standard:Elite, an award-winning choose-your-own-adventure show with a twist that continues to delight audiences of all a…
As anyone who’s been to an Edinburgh Festival Fringe can attest, word of mouth is crucial to a show’s success.
I’m gonna start by saying this: I think reviewing improv is tough.
The initial experience one is met with when the lights dim for Seanmhair (pronounced shen-a-var) is breathtaking.
In 2011, Charly Clive and Ellen Robertson were women without a mission.
Deploying sketch comedy in its pinnacle form, Pelican, made up of ex-Footlights Guy Emanuel, Sam Grabiner and Jordan Mitchell, have put together a cohesive and hilarious narrative …
A sketch show based on an end of 2017 new year’s eve party, Princes of Main: New Year’s Eve might miss the mark occasionally, but if you stick with it until the bells, it will …
From the start of his exploration of the scientific method, through the prism of the 17th century rivalry between Isaac Newton and the now little-remembered Robert Hooke, playwr…
It was the head-to-head that, even at the time, seemed almost unthinkable; a televised face-off between British chat-show host David Frost—certainly at the time not exactly kn…
If you’re a student theatre company with somewhat limited resources, but still want to try your hand at a reasonably successful Broadway musical, then [title of show] is argua…
In August 2000, a Russian nuclear-powered submarine, the K-141 Kursk, sank to the bottom of the Barents Sea following a technical malfunction, causing the deaths of all 118 people …
Theresa May went to Oxford, but unlike Messrs Cameron, Osborne and Johnson, she could never have been invited to become a member of the infamous Bullingdon Club, to which Laura Wad…
The Improverts are a group of five students from the University of Edinburgh who bring hard-hitting, lightning-quick comedy to the stage.
The scene is Notre Dame.
Like a family-friendly version of Sin City with hand puppets, The Toyland Murders follows the adventures of Inspector McGraw (Becca Jones) and her deputy as they attempt to track d…
This is a bold and ambitious production, brought to life by three very talented young actors: Sam Ducane, Jack Gordon, and Jessica Sian.
Strong acting, impressive tech and a relaxed conceit tie together the disparate elements of this show and imbue it with a very different vibe to the majority of the sketch shows yo…
Mix together a dollop of Alan Partridge, a squirt of Bear Grylls and a spoonful of Stephen Toast and what do you get? Celebrity explorer, Stackard Banks! Stack is a hilarious comed…
What to expect from Bea Roberts’ modern day update of Flaubert’s classic novel Madame Bovary? Instead of surrounding herself with romantic literature to distract her from the b…
Leicester-born David Campton, who died in in 2006, was a prolific British dramatist, especially adept at writing thought-provoking one act plays that make us laugh as much as we …
Panopticon, written and directed by second year University of Edinburgh student Liam Rees, is set in a women’s prison, into which well-meaning dramatist Julia comes to run a s…
From the creators of Vampire Hospital Waiting Room and GhostCop comes another cult pop culture theatre comedy show that once again gets its audience in hysterics.
‘This is the gospel of the modern age’ announces Elena, the exultant girl goddess.
As the members of Edinburgh University’s improv troupe run into the flashing lights, accompanied by music and applause, they are introduced to us as ‘the players’.
New York, 1985.
Double act Flossy and Boo present their curiosity shop, a magical hour of stories inspired by an eclectic collection of novelty objects in their mobile cart.
You can find the characters Taylor and Aalia in every comprehensive school in the country.
Big Shot is subtitled, “This is not The Godfather”.
The legend of Faustus, the man who sold his soul for knowledge, wealth and power is one which has been in the public consciousness for over 500 years.
Meet Ada Lovelace, the ‘poetical scientist’, and daughter of romantic poet Lord Byron.
Only a clever or ignorant writer would deliberately choose to begin a play with that most egregious of sitcom clichés: “Hi Honey, I’m home.
There’s something particularly appropriate about experiencing Peter Shaffer’s Equus at the Bedlam Theatre.
At one point in the first act of The Judas Kiss, Oscar Wilde admits to always having had “a low opinion of what is called action.
With the death of the last surviving veterans a few years back, the so-called Great War of 1914-18 slipped from living memory, but some records remain preserved none-the-less, n…
When reviewing a play – especially one verging on farce – where two of the main characters are professional theatre critics, it’s hard not to become a tiny bit defensive …
A witty piece of throwback theatre, Games of Love and Chance is quite the delight.
Putting on Sea Wall at the Fringe is a bold move.
About halfway through this performance, a mobile rings in the audience.
A lift at full capacity is not what anyone could call comfortable at the best of times, and less inviting still is the idea of being trapped in said lift with no promise of escape …
This story concerns two workers at a coffee factory, their profit-focused/self-regarding employer, and the struggle for beauty or joy or play in an everyday life that has lost its …
In one of the more light-hearted representations of the First World War at the Fringe this year, Dear Mister Kaiser charts the result of one idealistic English soldier’s reques…
Sheeps’ latest offering Wembley Previews is certainly a novel idea in that the sketch show takes the form of being a ‘preview’ for a gig at Wembley stadium before 90,000 people.
St Joan, an original production by the London based Pascal Theatre Company, is a brilliant, challenging show.