Witness the classic Captain Dencade in this special sci-fi screening.
Through everything, through their speech, their body, the lights, the barn, the staging and memories of before they were born, Cray tries to express what they mean.
A down-on-his-luck impressionist, desperate for a meaty role that will satisfy his artistic cravings, is hired by a man on the run to swindle his blind, dying mother with the ultim…
In the heart of Louisiana where hurricane parties are a way of life, three high school friends, a decade after graduation, find themselves in their hometown as a hurricane rolls in…
Future world-renowned artist, Bertrand Brambles, has buried himself in a dirt hole for decades to craft the greatest play ever written, uninfluenced by the world around him.
Step into a dark world of dreams with Iphigeneia in Tauris.
What would you do for love? Go back in time? Or look underwater? And how far would you go for answers when the man of your dreams died 2,000 years ago? When the grieving Petra begi…
Get ready for Shit Show: Improvised Soap Opera, where audience suggestions create three outrageous dramas, and three wild party scenes compete for the spotlight.
Faced with imminent starvation, two cave-people discover a C.
Echoes of Ghost Lake tells of photographer Ah-Hua and Rukai youth Daru meeting in the Ghost Lake tribe.
It’s opening night of a brand new play.
Alan is a deadbeat stoner.
A Tenant’s life is uprooted when a Squatter boldly declares her living space as his own, exploring colonisation, occupation and displacement through a microcosm of Britain.
Play On is a dark comedy following two estranged siblings forced to complete an escape room together after attending their mother’s funeral, in order to receive her last will and t…
Bond is dead.
A brutal bildungsroman soaked in love and blood, featuring a story of self-fulfilling prophecy, a friend group corrupted by artistry and two girls who give their best to love each …
Do you believe in love at first sight? Oscar doesn’t.
Comedian and crisp connoisseur Adam Evans returns with a brand-new show telling the story of the birth of his very own crisps.
Lily, an imaginative 11-year-old, and her dad explore the musical eras of her life (so far).
A classic tale of boy meets girl.
Gabe is a perfectly average teenager, with perfectly average problems.
As a detective inspects a murder scene, each object he touches comes to life.
When Pestilence accidentally kills Death, the whole world stops.
Growing Pains is a comic look at the best and worst of the British education system.
Cum one, cum all.
A comic storytelling show, based on the 1924 British Mount Everest expedition.
Just took a DNA test – turns out I’m 100% not my dad’s biological daughter.
Two comedians, two cultures, two fresh perspectives – what could go wrong? Laura (UK) and Irene (Italy/Switzerland) bring their sharp wit and unique experiences to this split-hou…
Lost in life, a man from Down Under walks across Spain and stumbles his way out on top! Join gentle Steve Wilson for his inspiring travel story about finding love, saying sorry and…
Imagine the most well-loved Shakespeare characters plopped into the same Tudor world where Shakespeare’s rival Robert Greene rewrites history in the style of a British pantomime.
Never underestimate the power of a lesbian in love.
A short caprice in gaslighting.
Worm is quite happy being just that: a worm.
Sir Love E Dove is a grand actor of legendary status.
Catherine, a modern girl in love with Jane Austen’s world, can’t believe her luck when she meets her very own Mr Tilney.
Singing the Diaphragm Blues and Other Sexual Cacophonies explores the tragic, hilarious and baffling road of silence travelled by women in Western culture.
Have a Wilde afternoon in the company of our would-be Earnests, their would-be lovers and the indomitable Lady Bracknell.
A filthy comedy delving into memory, identity and the human condition in an afterlife purgatory.
An unpleasant reunion follows another unpleasant reunion as five school friends catch-up on old times.
Alexa, Play, a comedy, follows the weekly meetings of Alexas Anonymous, a support group run by one very motivated Alexa.
Four women.
Embarking on a journey of self-discovery following her autism diagnosis, Chameleon grapples with the complexities of love, identity and - most importantly - soggy chips.
Though dementia is increasingly common in an ageing population, it remains an unknown quantity to many.
Rhiannon knows exactly what men want, and from naughty schoolgirl to eager-to-please tradwife, she’ll make all your filthiest fantasies come true.
Wet Feet tells the story of an encounter between two men in a gay sauna that lasts longer than your typical steamy dalliance.
Irreverent and full of rage, this rewriting of an eternal myth unfolds with haunting clarity.
Living.
“What does it mean to be a prince?” This question is at the heart of To Be A Prince, the latest production by Grownup Playhouse, featured at Paradise in The Vault @ The Annexxe…
A tornado of a show, brilliantly realised by actor Glenn McGivern with a terrific soundtrack and superb illustrations by Fergus Wachala-Kelly.
Shady wellness gurus, audacious business bros and one desperate graduate collide in this hilarious hour of brand new comedy.
The entirely fictional absolutely true story of what happens when F Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway’s wives have had enough of their husbands’ philandering ways and get even …
Prepare to laugh until you cry and cry until you laugh in “Holy Sh*t I Lived,” where Second City alum George C.
Wilford Wellman is unwell.
Tiger Daughter is a new show by actor/musician Charlene Kaye (Succession, Starkid, SNL) about what happens when you defy your tiger mom’s dreams of you playing Carnegie Hall and be…
Usually, the last thing the perpetually single friend wants to do is spend their time surrounded by happy couples, but with married comedy duo Alexander Cabana and Radostina Peteva…
Many many years ago, we had so many ways to tell stories: books, movies and something we’ve heard is called the internet.
Andy D tells the story of Little Boney’s second coming.
Alan is adrift in a booze-soaked world of dodgy barmen, deluded therapists and rude shop keepers.
Have you ever wondered what would happen if your favourite poets from the 1800s got stuck in an inflatable life raft in the middle of the ocean with no nautical know-how and a frac…
A dark romantic comedy that explores the topics of death and the afterlife.
If you took every thought you’ve ever had about your life, every comedy sketch you’d ever seen and the vast, inky blackness of space and put them all into a blender: you’d pr…
Musical theatre appears to thrive on some of the most unexpected subject matters – the lives of poetic cats, the founding fathers of America, The Jerry Springer Show – so a new…
‘I became the Jeremy Clarkson of tits.
Eloise’s Dad taught her to play the piano.
If your walls could talk, what would they say? This solo show dives into the history of an immigrant family, following their decision to move into a new house in the hope to mend t…
‘You don’t know what to be, or not to be’ – Shakespeare’s best loved clown, Bottom, is reimagined in Fresh Life Theatre’s one-person show.
Klouns Theatre Company presents an intimate clowning escapade in one act.
Chance by Yolan Noszkay follows Aaron, who’s just been excluded from mainstream school and is being sent back to Sunnyside Pupil Referral Unit, a school for kids who’ve been exclud…
A true story.
Comedian and crisp connoisseur Adam Evans presents The Crisp Review: Live, nominated for Best Theatre and Best Newcomer at the Greater Manchester Fringe 2022! The show documents th…
Come see a humorous solo with a TEDtalk-meets-Sesame-Street vibe about end of life planning, starring ‘a hilarious puppet sidekick and wholesome audience interplay’ (FringeBiscuit.
If you were under attack by a rampaging rhino, trapped upside down in a wheelie bin full of water, or under attack by an unidentified flying cutlery item (UFCI), could you survive?…
Mark Twain was a comic genius, the greatest American humorist of the 19th century, and (in literary terms) of all time.
The Burden of Truth.
Jen’s Evolution is Nigh: One woman.
How would it feel to watch a conjuror perform in the Middle Ages, when suspected witches and sorcerers were cruelly tortured or burnt alive at the stake? What if you then travelled…
Nestled in a dim-lit basement within a stone archway, Paradise in The Vault feels like the perfect venue to indulge in some late evening fairytales, and from the moment the cast co…
Puppets is a new and exciting play, fresh from its debut at the Durham Drama Festival.
After years of torment from an evil spirit, the goodly Reverend Mister Jennings can take it no longer and takes the decision to confide in philosophic physician, Dr Martin Hesseliu…
When Victor drives into Vi’s life in his dodgy Volvo, things change forever.
Bipolar Badass is a one-woman show by Mari (like calamari) Crawford about the humour behind struggling with the illness.
The Virgin Queen? I don’t think so! Lizzy I has got a son and he might just be a little bit fruity.
Conforming to unrealistic beauty standards, Francesca occupies an erosive industry that triggers a plethora of problems.
A double bill from Cincinnati LAB Theatre.
“Be bold, be bold / But not too bold / Lest that your heart’s blood should run cold.
A bloody war is brewing.
A song cycle inspired by the photographs of Matthew Murphy, 35MM: A Musical Exhibition is a unique concept and the perfect choice for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Attempting to retell the story of someone as iconic of the modern age as Steve Jobs will naturally present a challenge, particularly as books and films have combed over every aspec…
France 1817.
There is secret connection among all of us.
In Declan Croghan’s tense and hilarious black comedy, Anto and Kevin find their Irish past crashing in on their new and quiet London lives.
London bachelor Monty Button-Purse spies Gracie at his friend’s New Year Ball 1922, and is determined to woo her through the flourish of his penmanship.
Much more a comedy gig than a lecture, James Sheldrake brings the spirit of his podcast (Sheldrake on Shakespeare) to Edinburgh for an hour of anecdote, insight, performance, analy…
One of the best Cornish zombie apocalypse comedies ever made.
When junior doctor Wendy joins an into-the-wild expedition, the weather, hunger and, well, strangeness of the group all take their toll on her grip of reality.
Inept pilots.
A dark comedy about a man quite literally living with the consequences of his actions.
This is deep-fried fishually stimulating cod-medy infotainment that is guaranteed to put a smile on your plaice.
‘If it weren’t for music I would probably have ended up in a life of crime’ (Frank Sinatra).
Three cavemen debate the nature of life while trying to survive. When one invents the wheel that’s when life really gets hard.
Can four youthful specimens of the human race successfully attract a mate in the wild? Join the learned professor and expert on animal behaviour as he observes the strange mating r…
After airing nearly 2,000 episodes since it was first broadcast in 2009, Pointless has become a regular family favourite and made a nationwide star out of its intelligent and amiab…
I Miss Amy Winehouse is the first solo hour from writer / comedian / journalist Suchandrika Chakrabarti (shortlisted for the inaugural VAULT FIVE scheme, regular writer on BBC Radi…
Emil Ferzola stars in this tragicomic final recording of America’s number one comedy podcast.
All Terrence wants is to earn a living as a dinosaur impersonator, have his talents appreciated by the world, land a Netflix deal, embark on a US tour, and design a line of branded…
Did you know Americans weren’t the first people in space? Me neither! Fake news.
Watch in awe as quiet man Nick Everritt establishes a comedic persona and performs a series of jokes.
Alan Turing – A Musical Biography.
Paper.
Around 600AD 300 mead-fed warriors from Gododdin (roughly today’s Lothians) set off from Din Eidyn (today’s Edinburgh) to do battle at Catraeth, Deira, in what is now northern …
With her children leaving home and her marriage on the rocks, comic singer Liz Cotton writes saucy lyrics as a secret hobby to help her cope with life.
Life is a game.
A character comedy set in Philadelphia about struggling to maintain one’s authenticity while facing inevitable change.
Gill Mcvey’s play focuses on the struggles of dealing with dementia and the sacrifices that are inevitably made.
Hearing a couple of priests swearing will always be amusing.
When joining Gerda Stevenson for a performance of extracts from her poetry book Quines, you might be expecting an afternoon of her simply reading her excellent poetry.
Paper Dolls is advertised as a one-man show, but the person standing in front of us for the next hour isn't the show’s performer, writer, director and producer Shaun Nolan; r…
Fractal Distraction Theatre Company provide Fringe-goers with an escape into dark dystopian future Pharmacophilia, written by Emily Young.
It is an interesting idea to stage a comedic play about the backstage conversations that take place between stage hands, in the shadow of the performer that they work for, but this…
Dante’s History of the Banished is framed around the conceit that Dante Alighieri, legendary poet who penned the Divine Comedy, is writing a new book about the titular ‘banishe…
Ballot Box from Tea and Tonic productions may be categorised under ‘New Writing,’ but it fails to provide an original scope on Brexit.
The ambiguity and space for misunderstanding in [title of show]’s name and concept are such that it is entirely possible it could put audience members off, but the University of …
This is an insight into a piece of work in its infancy, and it does have a long way to go before it stands on its own two feet.
Think is a powerful piece of new writing from Evangeline Osbon, recent graduate from the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts, in collaboration with MindOut Theatre.
Sugar Baby satirised the food industry with one eyebrow firmly raised, mocking both the trend of ‘clean eating’ for which vegan titans like ‘Deliciously Ella’ are increasin…
Alex In Shadow from UCLU Runaground proves that puppetry is not just for children.
Navigating the intricacies of a one-night stand can be a tricky social and biological journey.
I’ve finally found it: the Fringiest show at the Fringe! Hyena is a free-wheeling, difficult, often uncomfortable and sometime revelatory experience.
Playwright Anthony Maskell’s Fringe debut is as student as they come.
This one-woman show by playwright Lois Blanco involves Spanish actress Paula Blanco alternately playing William Shakespeare, a range of Shakespeare’s individual female characters…
Reminiscent of an Irish Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Howie the Rookie is a two-hander exploring the journeys of Howie (Tom Taplin) and the Rookie (Ed Limb) as they become i…
New company Bellyfeelhave collaborated with Crisis, a charity for the homeless,to develop a series of monologues that illustrate the tough and varied experiences of those living wi…
Punch, Fleur, Dog and Sid.
Wrong Tree’s Rumpelstiltskin is a musical retelling of the classic fairy tale of the farmer’s daughter and the mysterious imp.
Connections missed and made are set in motion in this playful, algorithmically-generated piece exploring love and chance from young company Poltergeist Theatre.
Opening to a darkened stage with crackling lightning and booming thunder, Mart Sander’s solo show Behind the Random Denominator provides a wonderfully chilling hour of late night…
There’s a lot going on in Discretion Guaranteed at Paradise in the Vault.
Contactless is not your regular drama.
Pussyfooting is a project that has been evolving over the course of a year, and, presumably, could continue to go on evolving with its bright new company from Oxford University: Kn…
With impressive physicality and strong delivery of Shakespeare’s language, three young actors present a vigorous new adaptation of Macbeth set in a modern-day youth offender’s …
Party isn’t that sort of party; well, it sort of is, and maybe it should be, but overall it isn’t – though it might be after it’s finished.
The title of [Title of Show] tells you quite a lot about what you need to know! This musical, within a musical, within a musical writes itself as it plays out.
Brand New and Pembroke Players’ joint production of Thom May’s war war brand war is wonderfully witty and compelling.
Turn the Key’s Gothic delight, The Cupboard is outstandingly professional.
With a large cast aged between 12 and 13, Breaking Voices is an original piece that explores bullying and peer pressure at that age, especially in a school environment.
Having to read the blurb on the back of the flyer at the end of the show, checking that the point hasn’t flown over heads, is never a good sign.
Mrs Shakespeare is a bold and thought provoking show about a woman struggling to find her own identity in a male-dominated world, as told by a gender-bent reincarnation of William …
This is a play for fans of Greek tragedy and theatre nerds.
Marty Ross returns to the Fringe this year with a new theatrical storytelling experience.
Winsome Brown’s one-woman show is an affecting portrait of her mother and the life Brown and her siblings shared with her.
Blind Mirth are a special improv comedy group - wonderfully talented and energetic.
Folk music is often known for its depressing lyrics and melancholy tones, so a farcical parody of the genre seems unexpected.
Billed as a rom-com, Bear Hug looked to be a pretty safe bet for some laughs – described as a story about how coming out is easy but how getting back in is harder.
An incredibly ambitious production, House of Tragic She combines dance, physical theatre, song, electronic music and projection with the words of literary characters and writers.
Inspired by Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, this group of young actors from Portsmouth Grammar School has put together an interpretation of the novel that needs work, but which is…
This piece from Japan seeks to present a slice of life.
One of the confusions in this production, although not without precedent, is the running order of the five interrelated plays that make up the complete work.
Declan Cooke is a physically big guy with a powerful presence: if you saw him standing at the bar you would imagine him to be full of confidence and completely in control of his li…
There’s an hour to go before an amateur production of Hamlet – the star of the show still hasn’t turned up, the rest of the cast hate each other and the director’s an egoma…
Autistic, severely depressed and with inadequate provision for her, Tess Humphrey left school at the age of thirteen.
Despite a fun-sounding premise, A Race of Robots unfortunately does not live up to its name.
Jenan Younis is a surgeon with anger management issues.
One night in the life of Edgar Allen Poe, renowned American poet and global ancestor of the horror genre as we know it: we follow an original tale of Poe’s brief stay in Moyamens…
The St Andrews Revue’s offering to this year’s Fringeis everything student comedy should be.
Written by Stephen Scheurer–Smith, the imaginatively titled Chrysalis opens with a guitarist strumming a folky melody.
The premise of this devised piece, championed by Director Alex Hargreaves, is to break down the usual comforts of viewing horror in a cinema and instead bring the story to a place …
Airbourne Theatre Leeds’ original piece is a live-action cartoon, bursting with energy, colour, and child-like enthusiasm.
Decade is an ambitious production, but one that fails to live up to its exciting premise.
This is a rock-solid, totally refreshing naturalist drama performed by outstanding actors.
Running at just forty minutes, this play with songs is a little gem: a bit rough round the edges and lot of polishing may be required, but talent is on show and an endearing centra…
Newton’s Cauldron is an unexpected gem, a brisk little piece which mixes storybook, history book and textbook deftly and amusingly.
There’s a sort of delicious irony to queuing for a show about rationing whilst watching one of the cast frantically stuffing their face with crisps.
An uptight medic, a flirty school girl and a worn out bus driver are all worried about the same thing.