Gary Colman - ChUNT - The Verb To Grumble A misanthropologist’s field guide into how rubbish we are. Joyous, uplifting show about the crushing banality of family life. ‘Seasoned gagsmith with a sharp eye for the absurdities of life’ (Evening Standard). ‘Fearlessly funny’ (GQ) Date: Tuesday 15th July @ 7pm Tickets on the doors: £8 full / £5 concessions online / phone bookings [ ... ]

Natural Born Storytellers is raw, alternative storytelling that works on the premise that everyone has a story to tell.

  "Set in a degrading, urban environment where Mimi’s illness is not tuberculosis but Heroin addiction, this will be a gritty, harsh retelling of one of the great tragic love stories. This production of Puccini’s La Bohème will delve into the lives of six young friends whose poverty and unhappiness is perpetuated by their desire for escapism. Sung in the original Italian with English sur [ ... ]

  DANNY BUCKLER: PUNCH After his acclaimed Edinburgh debut, ‘The Phantom’(‘Killer theatrical stand up…set to be a star of British comedy’The Sun) Danny Buckler returns to the fringe with his all new show ‘PUNCH’.  Expect more true tales of high adventure mixed in with world class improvisation as Danny holds court with stories of traveling the world, meeting a sixties icon, bec [ ... ]

 No Frills - Flamenco Show 2014 Three dancers, one voice, one guitar and one percussion box: No Frills is flamenco stripped down to its bare essence. A celebration of the raw and yet nuanced energy that flamenco awakens not only in the dancer but in the spectator too. Through an exploration of a number of its traditional styles, in their most evocative form this show goes in search of pure ex [ ... ]

  A light hearted evening with a natural raconteur moving from one hilarious anecdote to another

The Third Face to Face Festival 2014 A Celebration of the Best New Solo Theatre New Shoots July 8th – 13th 2014

  Matt Price's new show for 2014 is The Maryhill Dinosaur. The story starts in November 2013 when Matt unexpectedly received a stab vest through the post from his good friend "Stab Vest Steve." That is just one of many stories that demonstrate people's ability to be genuinely surprising and sometimes, a little ridiculous. The title story – The Maryhill Dinosaur -  was initially inspired by  [ ... ]

  Mitch Benn - Don't Believe A Word   I'm Mitch Benn and I'm a sceptic. But don't take my word for it. Or indeed anybody's. For anything. Join me for some post lunch pragmatism, daytime doubt and afternoon agnosticism as I debunk myths, expose nonsense, undermine woo and slaughter sacred cows*, while examining the very nature of knowledge itself and extolling the virtues of the evidence-based [ ... ]

  The Oxford Revue: Happy Accidents (Edinburgh Preview)   The Oxford Revue celebrates its 50th Anniversary with an hour of sharp and subversive sketch comedy. At the forefront of student comedy for fifty years, the Oxford Revue has been the starting point for many of the UK's best-loved comedians, including Michael Palin, Rowan Atkinson, Armando Iannucci, Rebecca Front, Josie Long, and Stewar [ ... ]

Here at Miss Cocoa Couture we aim to promote diversity in beauty pageants 'Diversity That's Divine'.
We hope to encourage young ladies and women from different shapes and sizes and from all walks of life to take part, to show the world how amazingly diverse Great Britain really is.
We are a plus size beauty pageant that encourages women who are a UK Dress size 14 and over Date: Sunday 27th Jul [ ... ]

The award-winning UK comedian's poetic tales of travel and heartbreak. Contains traces of UFOs, truckers, bean festivals and the Dutch. From the creator of international hit show A R*ddy Brief History of Swearing. ‘An hour of compelling raconteurship… a series of finely drawn escapades and rich characters’ **** (Scotsman). ‘It’s gorgeous; an honest, effortlessly funny hour of yarns abo [ ... ]