It is the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots and issues such as repression rejection and suicide remain major topics that need to be tackled and further highlighted. Following a group of high school seniors navigating drugs sex and queer identity…

Making her West End debut Star Trek: The Next Generation star Marina Sirtis will take the lead in the world premiere of Dark Sublime. Directed by Andrew Keates As Is and Dessa Rose ‐ Trafalgar Studios Dark Sublime the debut play…

2018 saw Nevill Holt Opera open their stunning 400‐seat theatre designed by Stirling Prize winning architects Witherford Watson Mann in conjunction with theatre designers Sound Space Vision acclaimed as a place that can make opera feel fresh and alive The Observer. …

Following her five‐star solo show WHITE Koko Brown now brings the world premiere of GREY the second instalment of her Colour Trilogy to Ovalhouse this summer. This autobiographical new show candidly explores depression and challenges the taboos which so often obscure…

Shortlisted for the Brighton Fringe Award for Excellence and following sold‐out dates in London and Edinburgh Fringe 2018 Really Want to Hurt Me now embarks on a UK tour. This dark hit comedy from Flaming Theatre is about growing up gay…

Working with some amazing partners including BSL consultants a visually impaired theatre company local apprentices with learning disabilities disability charities artists and audiences their aim is to empower artists to create and access theatre and dance.This years festival will include performances from…

A hilarious heart‐wrenching musical comedy. Two actors play multiple roles that have the audience laughing crying and singing their hearts out. Inspired by the authors experience caring for his mother‐in‐law when she was living with dementia. The tears the laughs ‐ there…

Physically exhilarating and touchingly poignant Knot is the internationally acclaimed circus theatre work by Nikki & JD. These talented performers use breathtaking hand‐to‐hand and dance skills to tell the tale of an impossible choice: how can we be honest with ourselves without…

The tragi‐comic Algorithms introduces the bisexual Bridget Jones for the online generation. Developed on the Soho Theatre Writers Lab and longlisted for the Tony Craze Award 2018 Algorithms is a hilarious and touching new one woman play written and performed by Sadie…

2018 winner of Primary Times Childrens Choice Award Theatre Fideri Fidera present their new comic play for all ages which takes on the amazing evolutionary process that transformed the wolf into mans best friend. Using their characteristic rich mix of theatrical…

Recipient of Pleasances Charlie Hartill Theatre Reserve 2019 Bible John uses a real unsolved series of murders that occurred in Glasgow at the Barrowlands Ballroom in the late 60s to interrogate the current cult of true crime and notions of victimhood. …

Following back‐to‐back sell out shows including All Quiet on the Western Front and Tobacco Road Incognito return in their award‐winning physical style with a formidable tale of corruption persecution and roaring rage. The Burning explores the derogatory depictions of women who…

Following a highly successful run at Edinburgh Fringe in 2016 and an extensive UK tour Captain Flinn is back and is once again ready for a rollicking adventure Based on the award‐winning book by Giles Andreae and Russell Ayto its all…

Funny clever and politically challenging A Womb of Ones Own follows a young woman on her journey of self and sexual discovery exploring the emotional rollercoaster of an unwanted pregnancy an abortion and the surrounding taboos. Supported by The Pleasances Charlie Hartill…

The UKs hottest circus company award‐winning Barely Methodical Troupe are bringing their debut show Bromance back to where it all began. An international sensation Bromance explores the friendship between three of the UKs most exciting acrobats big man Louis Gift…

From Fringe First award‐winner Emily Jenkins Rainbow Edinburgh Fringe; Cookies Theatre Royal Haymarket comes Bobby & Amy a dark comedy about friendship heartache and the repercussions of foot‐and‐mouth disease. Starring Will Howard The Archers BBC Radio 4 and Kimberley Jarvis Lears…

In 1991 four Austrian nurses were charged with murdering 49 elderly patients in their beds although estimates now put the death toll nearer to 200. Drowning is directed by Steven Roy and executive produced by Carrie‐Anne Moss star of The Matrix…

Returning to the Fringe with an exciting UK premiere Manual Cinema AdaAva Lula del Ray find a special affinity with Mary Shelleys gothic story about the reanimation of obsolete materials. Creating their own Frankenstein against the backdrop of Shelleys own fascinating…

Winner of Frances Molire Award for Best Comedy Play 2017 Fishbowl now makes its UK premiere bringing its farcical antics and physical comedy extravaganza to Pleasance Grand. In perfectly choreographed pandemonium it follows the hilarious misadventures of three eccentric and lovable anti‐heroes…

Inspired by true events Katie Guicciardis Fox is a sharply observed drama that explores our complex relationship with help ‐ our desire to give it and the need to seek it for ourselves ‐ in an increasingly isolating society. This world premiere…

A dolphin trying to speak English. A parrot saying Be good see you tomorrow I love you. A woman spending a lifetime proving its not a trick.Like Animals is a funny and poignant investigation into love and communication in human…

My mum threw a trifle at my best friend and thats when I first thought something was probably wrongCritically acclaimed SpeakUp Theatre present a searingly honest one‐woman show investigating mums daughters and the complexities of loving someone with mental illness specifically…

Its January and Rosa Hesmondhalgh is writing her resolutions. This will be her year. She will stop going out with plonkers start doing yoga and write some Really Good Art. But before shes had a chance to delete her dating apps and…

After a hit London run in 2018 The Claim comes to Edinburgh Festival Fringe now staged in the round as part of the British Council Showcase 2019. Written by Tim Cowbury Made In China and directed by Mark Maughan Michael Grandage…

Told against a backdrop of an extraordinary and dynamic soundscape Wireless Operator reveals the emotional trauma of one single night in a Lancaster Bomber during World War II as a young crew hurtle through a terrifying frenzy of violence. Wireless Operator…

Winner of Frances Molire Award for Best Comedy Play 2017 Fishbowl now makes its UK premiere bringing its farcical antics and physical comedy extravaganza to Pleasance Grand. In perfectly choreographed pandemonium it follows the hilarious misadventures of three eccentric and lovable…

Inspired by true events Katie Guicciardis Fox is a sharply observed drama that explores our complex relationship with help ‐ our desire to give it and the need to seek it for ourselves ‐ in an increasingly isolating society. This world…

Returning to the Fringe with an exciting UK premiere Manual Cinema AdaAva Lula del Ray find a special affinity with Mary Shelleys gothic story about the reanimation of obsolete materials. Creating their own Frankenstein against the backdrop of Shelleys own fascinating…

After the success of their 2018 HighTide: Edinburgh programme HighTide have now partnered with Assembly to present Disruption their programme of contemporary new writing exclusively at Assembly Roxy. The six pieces chosen demonstrate HighTide and Assembly Festivals shared vision for new…

Collapsible winner of VAULT Festival 2019s Origin Award for Outstanding New Work is afunny furious new monologue about holding on in this collapsing world by award‐winningIrish writer Margaret Perry Porcelain Abbey Theatre directed by Thomas Martin Ross andRachel. Following the life of…

A poignant visual piece of theatre with incredible live music Birth comes to Pleasance following a sell‐out run at London International Mime Festival 2019. In the UK it is estimated that 1 in 4 pregnancies end in loss during pregnancy or birth.…

After years of pretending to be other people self‐censoring and changing her name for fear of anyone finding out who her brother is Nicola Wren Replay 501 Things I Do In My Bedroom realised that to find her place in the world…

Do Our Best is a devastating comedy from the exciting new voice of Welsh writer Remy Beasley Stella Sky One; Paines Plough Roundabout Season 2016 directed by Fringe First award‐winning director Hannah Banister. In the wake of her mothers death Sephie a…

A stag party in the wilderness awakens four friends to their true natures in this exciting UK premiere from Jonathan Caren Gypsy Netflix; The Sinner Netflix; Rise NBC; A Million Little Things ABC one of Americas most acclaimed playwrights.Multi‐award winning director Teddy…

A stag party in the wilderness awakens four friends to their true natures in this exciting UK premiere from Jonathan Caren Gypsy Netflix; The Sinner Netflix; Rise NBC; A Million Little Things ABC one of Americas most acclaimed playwrights.Multi‐award winning director Teddy…

What really goes on in Amazon Fulfilment Centres Award‐winning company SharkLegs return to the Fringe with their new show Fulfilment interrogating the true price of next‐day delivery. Disarmingly funny and playful the show is created live every night aided by the…

Celebrating its 40th anniversary NewsRevue is back with a flawlessly delivered comedy round‐up of this years news. From a royal car crash to a political car crash its been quite a year and it isnt only Brexit dominating our headlines …

After the success of Tipping Point Total Theatre award‐winning Ockhams Razor return with This Time produced by Turtle Key Arts a show about time age and the stories we tell ourselves. With a cast ranging in age from 13 to…

What really goes on in Amazon Fulfilment Centres Award‐winning company SharkLegs return to the Fringe with their new show Fulfilment interrogating the true price of next‐day delivery. Disarmingly funny and playful the show is created live every night aided by the…

Based on true events a group of conscripted young women put their lives on the line three times a day every day for Adolf Hitler. A dark comedy that explores the way girls navigate sexuality friendship and patriotism during the Third Reich…