Edinburgh Festival

Inspired by the famous Orson Welles radio production of the classic novel depicting Martian tripods invading Earth, this production from physical theatre company Rhum and Clay takes a wider scope than simply retelling the seminal sci-fi story. 

Kid and Boss are bored, have been bored, but now they're on an adventure together, high on the adrenaline of a successful art heist conducted on Kelvingrove Museum.

In 2016, someone threw a burger at performance artist Travis Alabanza. No one did anything.

I thought it important to confirm that there is absolutely no pissing at any point during Guy's set. Sorry if that's what you came to see.

Climate change is a hot topic at the moment, and potential future water shortages provide rich material for Urinetown, a metatheatrical dark comedy musical.

Dreamgun's Film Reads rewrites films scripts for comic effect

Celebrating 50 years from Armstrong and Aldrin's small steps on to our lunar neighbour, Apollo 11 is a new play focusing on the responses to the moon landing of ordinary people.

In a show that is clearly inspired by the success of the modern trendsetters, splashed with its own unique style, Choir of Man is an immersive vocal knees-up not to be missed. 

Nick Helm's Phoenix from the Flames is an electric blend of comedy and musical performance. His show is verging on riotous, but surprisingly uplifting.

Super Sunday is a circus show by Race Horse Company, known for their uncompromising contemporary vision.

A one woman play telling the story of Clementine Hozier's life with Winston Churchill.

Peracals Productions presents writer Benjamin Alborough's Cream Tea and Incest in a revival, featuring an all-female cast of four in a Jeevesian tale.

A once-glamorous Scottish hotel is being sold to Donald Trump. Eccentric staff and celebrity guests conspire to prevent the sale. But first, if they are to succeed, a menacing mystery must be investigated

Do you ever worry about how a comedian is doing? Maria Shehata's 2017 Edfringe show finished with an uncertain future for a relationship she had moved across the world for, so I wanted to check in and see how things were going for her.

In 2016, SAG Award-winning, middle-aged scene-stealer Tom Lenk (Buffy, Tilda Swinton Answers..., Transparent, HBO's Room 104) accidentally achieved what millennials and wannabe social media 'influencers' desperately crave: Instagram superstardom. Using 'household junk and sly humor' (New York Times), his 'Lenk Lewk for Less' red carpet parody photos and videos have garnered 500k followers, hundreds of millions of views, and reposts from your fave celebs (Kylie Minogue?!). Now, Lenk combines comedy, trash-fash, hot glue guns and all things half-assed in this hilarious hour of craftertainment.

Star of Live at the Apollo, Laura Lexx is a 'bouncy, bubbly stand up star' (Telegraph) shining a hilarious light on how hard it is to be a good person these days. Can you change the world without offending anyone?

On his first foray in front of the curtain at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, West End Producer unveils his brand new project - Free Willy: The Musical - and invites his audience to audition for their own role in the production.

Grab your Bag for Life, stick your pound-shaped keyrings into the trolley and step inside The Supermarket for a freshly baked musical treat. Unexpected Item in the Bagging Area is an original comedy-musical from Cambridge University Musical Theatre Society (SiX, Hot Gay Time Machine) by Laurence T-Stannard and Cambridge Footlights Amaya Holman and Jamie Bisping.

Spontaneous Potter is a playful, inventive piece, joyfully tapping into a generation of Potterhead's love of the franchise

Tony Law is wild, utterly absurd and magnetic in his new show 'Identifies'

Oli Forsyth expertly writes and directs Such Filthy F*cks, a show that questions why porn and porn addiction is still taboo.

The story of Blodeuwedd Untold is about a woman created from the flowers, but her passion has a devastating effect

Jon Culshaw, Lewis MacLeod, Jan Ravens and Duncan Wisbey thrill audiences with their quick wit and wonderful impersonations of politicians and public figures. Hilarious, clever, inventive.

Following 2018's Super Sonic 90s Kid, award-winning comedian Sooz Kempner is back with a brand-new hour, Mega Drive: a show about the video games that defined our youth and the ambition they helped create. Sega, childhood, songs a?" this is for anyone who remembers the 90s and had big dreams as a kid.

Winner of the prestigious BBC New Comedy Award 2018 and the reigning Scottish Comedian of the Year, Stephen brings his much anticipated debut hour to the Fringe. Expect sharp storytelling and offbeat observations, as the 27-year-old delves into the reality of living at home with his mum and a refugee