Hardeep Singh Kohli News

Founder of Tara Arts, Jatinder Verma MBE, is to step down as Artistic Director, forty years after founding the ground-breaking company.

BWW catches up with Hardeep Singh Kohli to chat about bringing It's Hard To Be Deep to the 2019 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Assembly Festival, 31 July - 26 Aug, has a stellar selection of stand up with over 80 shows lined up for audiences, including the star of Netflix's Comedians of the World Aditi Mittal; Indian stand-up Anuvab Pal taking on the British Empire in Democracy and Disco Dancing; the feisty and hilarious Cally Beaton (Best of the Fringe 2017) with her show Invisible; Chris Parker; host of Whose Line Is It Anyway Clive Anderson; Ed Byrne, Frank Skinner, George Egg, Hardeep Singh Kohli, Jason Byrne, Jena Friedman, Joanne McNally, the young and extremely talented impressionist Josh Berry, Larry Dean, Milton Jones in Milton Impossible; Nath Valvo; star of Parks and Recreation comedian Nick Offerman; Nish Kumar; Fringe first-timer & US stand-up star Phoebe Robinson; legends Simon Evans, Russell Howard; Pinder-prize winner Sam Taunton;Shane Todd, Guy Montgomery, Stewart Francis with a new show Into the Punset; Scottish festival favourite Susie McCabe; and Timandra Harkness with her new solo comedy show Take A Risk.

Assembly Festival Announces More Shows On Sale

Big Burns Supper raises the roof yet again after another storming festival in Dumfries.

Come and Play! Festival organisers launched the Big Burns Supper 2019 festival programme with a warm invitation to audiences old and new from near and far to join them alongside a host of top Scottish and international artists for the biggest contemporary celebration of Scotland's national poet in town he called home, Dumfries.

Assembly Festival (1st - 27th August 2018) announced its FULL programme goes on sale at 10am today (Thu 17 May 2018). This year there are 208 shows - 60 theatre acts, 60 comedy shows and the biggest programme of cabaret Assembly Festival has ever staged.

Character comedian Maddy Anholt returns following five-star sell-outs at the Edinburgh Fringe and the Soho Theatre with Herselves; a brand spanking new and hilarious hour that delves into her surreal and sparkly world of character comedy.

BWW speaks to Maddy Anholt about her 2017 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show Herselves.

Character comedian Maddy Anholt returns following five-star sell-outs at the Edinburgh Fringe and the Soho Theatre with Herselves; a brand spanking new and hilarious hour that delves into her surreal and sparkly world of character comedy.

The days are longer, the evenings are brighter. It seems that Spring may just be in the air… and what better way to celebrate than to book a night out at Waterside Arts Centre. Whether you need a laugh, fancy something more dramatic, cinematic or even a good twenty decibels louder - there really is something for all under the one roof over the coming months.

BWW speaks to Maddy Anholt about her 2016 Edinburgh Fringe show 'Rent Girl'.

BWW speaks to comedian Harriet Dyer about the two shows she is bringing to this year's Edinburgh Fringe.

Direct from London's West End comes AMERICA'S GOT DOWNTON. Actor, impressionist and YouTube sensation, Luke Kempner, creates more than 30 characters in this tour-de-force one-man parody that blends celebrity visitors with well-known characters from the PBS hit television series 'Downton Abbey.' Cultures clash and eras hilariously collide to help the cast save the estate from financial ruin - again!

Direct from London's West End comes AMERICA'S GOT DOWNTON. Actor, impressionist and YouTube sensation, Luke Kempner, creates more than 30 characters in this tour?de?force one?man parody that blends celebrity visitors with well?known characters from the PBS hit television series 'Downton Abbey.' Cultures clash and eras hilariously collide to help the cast save the estate from financial ruin - again!

Direct from London's West End comes Seabright Productions' America's Got Downton. Actor, impressionist and YouTube sensation, Luke Kempner, creates more than 30 characters in this tour-de-force one-man parody that blends celebrity visitors with well-known characters from the PBS hit television series "Downton Abbey." Cultures will clash and eras will hilariously collide to help save the estate from financial ruin -- again! America's Got Downton arrives at the City Theatre on Sunday, April 12 with two performances at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.

Richard Bean's new play Great Britain opened in the West End on September 26,following a sell-out run at the National Theatre. With a cast led by Lucy Punch andRobert Glenister, Nicholas Hytner's production now continues at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in a strictly limited season to 10 January 2015. Designs are by Tim Hatley, with video design by 59 Productions, lighting by Neil Austin, music by Grant Olding and sound by Paul Arditti. Go inside opening night in the video below!

Richard Bean's new play Great Britain opened in the West End last night (26 September 2014) following a sell-out run at the National Theatre.

Following his hit nationwide tour, the comedian, broadcaster, writer and chef returns for his first full Fringe season in three years, reflecting on romance in middle age. Expect some hilarious, and at times rather naughty, tales from the Fringe's favourite funnyman.

Premiering at this year's Edinburgh Festival, Outings is a new show inspired by Tom Daley which places true-life coming-out stories from around the world centre stage. Each day a special guest star will join the core cast members onstage. See photos from the production below!