Music
007 Voices Of Bond
Night Owl Shows
Immerse yourself in the world of James Bond and the legendary voices that have accompanied six decades of the world’s most famous spy. Features Goldfinger, Skyfall, Diamonds Are Forever and many more. ‘Recommended’ (Metro).
1933 – Prohibition Ends! Long Live Bessie Smith and the Blues Queens
Ali Affleck and The Gin Mill Genies
Party harder than Gatsby! Celebrate blues queens who built careers during prohibition. Master musicians perform live with a dance troupe. 'Musical storyteller' (Scotsman). ‘Stunning' ★★★★★ (San Diego Union-Tribune).
2 Guys, 3 Drams: The Ultimate Live Blues and Whisky Experience
The Rhythm and Booze Project
Join duo The Rhythm and Booze Project as they play some stomping blues music and serve you three superb Scotch whiskies. Expect music, whisky and mischief. ★★★★ (BroadwayBaby.com).
About New Year's Eve
PacArts
A few minutes before the new year, follow a group of friends as they delve into themes of community, relationships, success and what it is to truly be alive in this one-act original musical.
Aca-Pocalypse: Diamond in the Riff
Aca-Pocalypse
Join Aca-Pocalypse, ICCA UK finalists, for a family-friendly show of a cappella hits. With show-stopping vocals, vibrant choreography and buckets of energy, it's not to be missed. This one's a real gem.
The Aca-prentice: Sales Pitch
AcadePitch Productions
Lord Alan Sugar tests the nerves and voices of the hungriest hopefuls in the a cappella world as they compete to be his aca-prentice. Watch our candidates tackle tasks to test their ability through chart-topping songs!
After the World Stood Still
Elsa Jean McTaggart
A tale interwoven with original compositions on fiddle, banjo, mandolin, penny whistles, bouzouki and accordion. One Scottish couple's tuneful account of survival during Covid-19 on an island and what happened after. www-elsa-jean-mctaggart.com.
Ages of Icons
RadioOctave
From 40s to noughties, from then to now, back to the future we go as RadioOctave brings you an a cappella spectacular: featuring music from all your favourite music icons past and present!
Amazing Stories of Blues and Soul
Ken Wood and the Mixers
This feel-good, eight-piece band connects audiences with the energy and emotion of the R&B and soul acts of the 40s through 60s. Anecdotes and songs of Otis Redding, James Brown, Smokey Robinson and more.
Antigone: The Musical
Hard Luck Musicals
A radical and fun musical retelling of an Ancient Greek myth, about one young girl standing up to tyranny, packed with humour and super catchy tunes that will have you humming all the way home!
Antigone: The Musical
Hard Luck Musicals
A radical and fun musical retelling of an Ancient Greek myth, about one young girl standing up to tyranny, packed with humour and super catchy tunes that will have you humming all the way home!
Antigone: The Musical
Hard Luck Musicals
A radical and fun musical retelling of an Ancient Greek myth, about one young girl standing up to tyranny, packed with humour and super catchy tunes that will have you humming all the way home!
Antigone: The Musical
Hard Luck Musicals
A radical and fun musical retelling of an Ancient Greek myth, about one young girl standing up to tyranny, packed with humour and super catchy tunes that will have you humming all the way home!
The Aretha Franklin Story
Night Owl Shows
Award-winning show celebrating Aretha’s phenomenal legacy. High-energy versions of Think, Natural Woman and Respect. Features the incredible Cleopatra Higgins. ★★★★★ (Advertiser, Adelaide). Mervs Award 2019. Adelaide Fringe Music Award 2020.
Assassins
Pacarts
A multiple Tony Award-winning theatrical tour-de-force, Assassins centers on America's four successful and five would-be presidential assassins. Bold, original, disturbing and alarmingly funny, Assassins is perhaps the most controversial musical ever written. See for yourself!
The B-aca-chelorette
The Rolling Tones
All the way from King's College London, The Rolling Tones present The B-aca-chelorette! Join our 12 beautiful bachelorettes on their journey to find love through the power of a cappella.
Back to Black: The Music of Amy Winehouse
Night Owl Shows
Following sell-out runs in Edinburgh, Brighton and Adelaide, this award-winning show returns to Edinburgh taking you on a moving journey through a modern legend's career. Includes: Valerie, Rehab and Back to Black.
Behind Closed Doors
The Songsmiths
The Songsmiths are back for a third year with their new show, Behind Closed Doors! Featuring hits by The Bee Gees, Scissor Sisters and Billie Eilish, The Songsmiths are sure to get you dancing in your seats!
Best of Broadway
American Performing Arts International
This cast of professional performers is excited to return for their fifth year with the Best of Broadway! After sell-out performances and rave reviews, this show is sure to be a hot ticket for musical theatre lovers!
Best of the Songs That Made Us
American Performing Arts International
From the performers who gave you the five-star Best Of… series, American Performing Arts International (APAI) now offers an intimate, cabaret-style concert celebrating musical theatre and storytelling.
Best of the West End
American Performing Arts International
Sold out and five-star reviews from 2016-2019. Featuring world-class voices and breathtaking harmonies, these professional performers showcase the very best songs from the West End. If you love musicals, you'll love this show!
Blueswater Presents: Blues! – The 10th Anniversary Show
The Blueswater
A special 10th anniversary edition of their award-winning show, telling the stories and performing the songs of the artists that define the genre. 'Blues-based edu-tainment' (Stewart Lee). ★★★★★ (BroadwayBaby.com).
Boom Town
Matilda Booth
Set in wild-west Arizona, Beau has come of age and must prove herself to her father. Can she save her town by taking on the outlaw? A new musical that puts a bluegrass twist on contemporary musical theatre.
Cadenza
Cadenza
We are Cadenza, Cambridge University's premier a cappella group! Join us from August 9th-13th at theSpace @ Surgeons Hall for your favourite pop and jazz hits and exceptional vibes. Guaranteed to put a smile on your face!
Caledonia, You're Calling Me
Foot Notes A Cappella
In our Fringe debut, Foot Notes will take you on a journey of a cappella. From choral classics to modern day bops and everything in between, there's something for everyone to enjoy.
California Dreams
Night Owl Shows
An immersive trip through California in the late 60s and 70s when a collective of musical legends changed the world. The Mamas & The Papas, The Eagles, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, The Bryds and more. ★★★★★ (ThreeWeeks).
The Canterville Ghost: The Musical
Magpie Theatre
A musical reimagining of one of Oscar Wilde’s most beloved stories, The Canterville Ghost: The Musical features an original soundtrack with slapstick comedy, hilarious performances from unforgettable characters and plenty of heartfelt moments.
The Carole King and James Taylor Story
Night Owl Shows
Take a nostalgic journey through the intertwined careers of two legends of music. International sell-out show including: I Feel The Earth Move, Natural Woman, You've Got A Friend and more. ★★★★ (BroadwayBaby.com).
The Carpenters Songbook
Night Owl Shows
A nostalgic trip through the career and music of one of the world’s most successful duos. Includes hits Close to You, Top of the World, We’ve Only Just Begun and many more. ★★★★★ (Advertiser, Edinburgh).
Cello on Fire
Peter Hudler, Cello
Acclaimed Viennese cellist Peter Hudler returns to the Fringe with a brand-new edition of his award-winning show celebrating the cello with a burning mix of styles from baroque to rock! 'Beautifully wistful' ★★★★ (Scotsman).
A Cut Above
Full Score Barbershop A Cappella
Having previously run a sell-out show in 2019 at the Edinburgh Fringe, Durham University's only a cappella barbershop choir is back with something for everyone: slick jazz and pop covers, tearful musical theatre ballads, and comedic Disney.
The Dolly Parton Story
Night Owl Shows
Nostalgic journey from Dolly’s humble beginnings to becoming the Queen of Country. You’ll be dancing in the aisles to classics including Jolene, 9 to 5 and Islands in the Stream. Best Of Fringe list, Sunday Times.
Durham Dynamics: An A Cappella Road Trip!
Durham Dynamics A cappella
Durham Dynamics are on the move! We've hit the road to bring you 45 minutes of breath-taking a cappella. Come and bop along to your favourite pop classics and golden oldies!
Elf the Musical
The Talentz Musical Theatre Company
Fancy a bit of festive sparkle? Join Buddy and our cast as we whisk you away to Christmas in New York! Featuring a live band, this promises to be a sparkle-jolly, twinkle-jingley cracker of a show!
Elsa McTaggart: Her Story
Elsa Jean McTaggart
Take songs that stop conversations, a voice that could stop wars and a fiddle that stops at nothing, and you have the icon Elsa McTaggart telling her story, playing her tunes and singing her songs. www-elsa-jean-mctaggart.com
Eva Cassidy: The Story
Elsa Jean McTaggart
'Elsa is one of these very few people with a distinctive enough voice to do the music and songs of Eva Cassidy justice' ★★★★★ (Tom King, Southside Advertiser). www.elsa-jean-mctaggart.com.
Fabulett 1933
Michael Trauffer / Fabulett Productions
A queer one-person musical featuring music, ideas and lives classified as 'degenerate' by the Nazis. 'A tender and towering tribute to the massacre of gays during the Second World War' ★★★★ (LouReviews.blog). 'Absorbing' ★★★★ (LondonTheatre1.com).
The Fleetwood Mac Story
Night Owl Shows
A nostalgic celebration of the 120 million album-selling supergroup. Expect all the harmonies and musical intricacies in heartfelt renditions of The Chain, Everywhere, Dreams, Albatross and more. Delivered by the award-winning cast of Night Owl Shows.
Flesh
Softplanet Productions
What value life? No farthings for the living. Golden guineas for the dead. To feed the cravings of men of science. Fire up the blood. Flesh the hounds. Let them loose. Meet Dr Robert Knox. And Burke and Hare.
Hip-Hop Orchestra Experience
Ensemble Mik Nawooj
Featuring a chamber orchestra with strings, woodwind quintet, drums, piano, soprano, and a rapper, Hip-Hop Orchestra Experience seamlessly fuses hip-hop and classical. They deconstruct seminal classical composers using funky rhythms with rapid fire rhymes.
The History of the American Songbook
Blue Orange Arts
Featuring songs from Gershwin, Porter, Berlin amongst many others. The History of the Great American Songbook is a musical journey through the important and influential American popular and jazz songs of the 20th century.
I'll Tell You Mine
The Oxford Belles
A musical coming-of-age journey, featuring classics from Whitney Houston and chart-toppers by Olivia Rodrigo. Follow Oxford’s original all-female-identifying a cappella group through this story of fragmentary femininity. If you tell me yours, I’ll tell you mine.
Illuminations Presents: The 11th Hour
Illuminations
11 generations, 11 songs, but only one winner in The 11th Hour. Illuminations are back at the Fringe and need your help choosing which song should be crowned as number one!
Ingenue: Deanna Durbin, Judy Garland and the Golden Age of Hollywood
Melanie Gall Presents
Judy is an icon, but in the 1930s, Deanna was the bigger star. The true tale of their friendship (and rivalry) in Old Hollywood. ★★★★★ (Advertiser, Adelaide). ★★★★ (WinnipegFreePress.com).
Into The Woods Jr
Edinburgh Youth Theatre
Edinburgh Youth Theatre perform a new take on Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's ground-breaking musical fairy-tale about wishes and the choices we make. Musical theatre fun for all the family!
Julie: The Musical
Abey Bradbury with Cream-Faced Loons Theatre Company
Worshipped opera singer... Renowned swordswoman... Flaming bisexual. Original, new musical telling the life and adventures of historical LGBTQ+ icon Julie D'Aubigny. Fierce, funny, fabulous!
Korean Yeonhee Concert
Variety E-Seo
Variety E-Seo is a young company taking the Korean traditional performing arts in a new direction: this concert takes the form of four pieces of yeonhee music and dance, with rhythmic, powerful and ritual interpretations of traditions.
La Serva Padrona
David William Hughes
Coronavirus threatens to kill opera! Can David save it with his one-man production of La Serva Padrona? Baroque meets funk in this new English version of Pergolesi’s 1733 comic masterpiece. ★★★★★ (MusicalTalk). ★★★★ (Advertiser, Adelaide).
Last Night
Sidgwick and Sanders
David and Emma arrive at work on Christmas Eve – the only two people in the office the morning after the Christmas party. A musical comedy about two people making it through Christmas Eve alone... together.
Leaves on the Line
Durham University Light Opera Group (DULOG)
Life’s about the journey, not the destination – but maybe not if that journey is full of delays, arguments and embarrassing moments. A new musical about love, self-discovery and the 15:00 from King’s Cross to Edinburgh.
Legally Blonde
Stage Avenue
Omigod You Guys! Come and join Stage Avenue for this all-singing, all-dancing, feel-good musical comedy based on the hit movie, Legally Blonde. It is so much fun it shouldn't be legal!
The Little Iceberg Musical
Anam Alba Creative
This is a beautiful, metaphorical story about healing from loss and trauma, told through music, song and dance. It is a show for everyone: for both the young and the young at heart.
Living with Sin
Cambridge University Musical Theatre Society (CUMTS)
Facing a quarter-life crisis, Cece finds unexpected support from the Seven "Deadly" Sins. What follows is a Faustian Queer Eye. From the company that brought you Six, a musical seducing us all to try a little sin.
Lost and Found: A Cellist's Journey
Justyna Jablonska
In her most intimate musical performance, cellist Jablonska explores how identities are made, unmade and remade on a personal and musical journey from Poland to Scotland, as part of MadeInScotlandShowcase.com.
Love, Loss and Dating
The Swells
A jazz cabaret travelling through the experiences and emotions of loss, of love and of dating, told by songs and stories. It runs from sadness to recovery, the dating scene and meeting someone new. Good fun!
Matilda Jr the Musical
Nardone's Academy Of Performing Arts
Based on Roald Dahl's hugely popular children's novel following the story of a girl named Matilda, an undiscovered genius living with her wheeler-dealer family. Will her immense intelligence and magical powers destroy evil Miss Trunchbull?
The McTaggart Family: Celtic Gospel
Elsa Jean McTaggart
From the Hebrides to the Fringe, the McTaggart family will debut their first show. Bringing sublime vocals and blood harmonies with a collection of hymns, gospel and a variety of Celtic praise! www.elsa-jean-mctaggart.com
Miss Kiddy's Big Cover Up
Miss Kiddy and the Cads
Rediscover your favourite songs as Miss Kiddy and the Cads steal the biggest contemporary hits and give them a makeover of style and sass. Hollywood decadence in the biggest musical heist of the century!
Moby Dick! The Musical
AHSTF presents Dr Phillips High School
The girls of St Godley's School are in trouble: money has run out, and the place will have to close. These resourceful girls come up with a plan: a musical of Moby Dick!
Mrs Pack
Three Chairs and a Hat
Even a prince needs a woman's first gift. The true story of a wet nurse who saves a prince and turns the Stuart court upside down. A new musical written by Nia Williams and directed by Katie Blackwell.
Music of the Night
Marcus Megastar
Don't miss out! Marcus Megastar is back and knows how to cause absolute dancemonium! This one man award-winning extended sizzling show with visuals and trademark prosthetics for one night only. Limited availability + support.
The Music of Trees
Geoff Robb
Winner of the 2018 Brighton Fringe Live Music Award, Geoff Robb's latest show, The Music of Trees, weaves together tales of woodland folklore with his signature blend of virtuoso classical, jazz, Celtic and Spanish guitar music.
The Nashville Story
Night Owl Shows
Following a sell-out run in 2021, The Nashville Story returns to take you on a guided tour through time in Music City. Features hits by Kenny Rogers, Dolly Parton, Patsy Cline and many more. ★★★★★ (Southside Advertiser).
Neil Diamond: The Story Where It Began
Elsa Jean McTaggart
Neil Diamond has wooed the world with his top hits. Hear of his journey to success through song, story and visuals. Including: Sweet Caroline, Hello Again, America, Forever in Blue Jeans. www.elsa-jean-mctaggart.com.
Northern Lights A Cappella
Durham University Northern Lights
Durham University Northern Lights are back at the Fringe! Come and enjoy an hour of beautiful harmonies and clever choreography with this award-winning a cappella group. Like Pitch Perfect? They’re better.
Oliver! Jr
Footsteps to Theatre (in association with Cumbria Curtain Call)
A youth production of Lionel Bart's classic musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist. Expect a fun-filled show for all the family with all the tunes you know and love. Licensed by Music Theatre International (Europe). 60-minute duration.
On Wednesdays We Wear Maroon
The Bristol Suspensions
The Bristol Suspensions are back at the Fringe one year after becoming national champions of collegiate a cappella with their all-new show, where Mean Girls meets Pitch Perfect. Get in loser, we're going to Fringe!
Plague
Sidgwick and Sanders
The year is 1348 and the small Yorkshire village of Bogsfield is about to be hit by the Black Death. With catchy folk music, this is a fun-filled medieval tale of hope, community... and root vegetables.
Prejudice and Pride
SamWrites and Nicholas Collett Productions
This new folk musical comedy reimagines Jane Austen’s classic novel in modern America with gender-swapped characters. The Longborn boys must find love or at least empathy with the millionaires next door before they lose the family farm. Featuring 9 professional actors from Kansas City.
Scottish Sessions: The Story of Scottish Pop Music
Elsa Jean McTaggart
The story of Scotland's finest songwriters needs to be told. From the Bay City Rollers, Bluebells, Deacon Blue, The Proclaimers and Runrig, to Amy MacDonald, KT Tunstall, Del Amitri and more. www.elsa-jean-mctaggart.com.
Semi-Toned Presents: Lost in Time
Semi-Toned
Semi-Toned want to attempt the impossible: time travel. Watch as the boys in burgundy wow the audience with their trademark witty style, futuristic harmonies and energetic choreography!
Seven and a Half Years
Mark Glentworth
This award-winning solo musical tells an extraordinary true survivor’s story with "songs not only from the heart but touching the heart of the listeners".
She Had It Coming
The Tone Roses
A brand-new, all-female a cappella show created by ICCA UK finalists! Set in purgatory, five women must fight for a place in heaven and avoid fiery hell. Are they simply misunderstood or are they truly aca-bitches?
Show Me What You're Maid Of
Shotgun Theatre
Show Me What You’re Maid Of follows a bridal party on the day of Flora’s wedding. Join us for an afternoon of crude anecdotes, naughty secrets and musical numbers that will make you roar.
Simon & Garfunkel Through the Years
Bookends
Critically acclaimed as one of the greatest tribute shows in the world. Simon & Garfunkel Through the Years has sold out for the last seven Festival Fringes. Book early to avoid disappointment!
Simply Blue
Bishops (Diocesan College)
Returning to the Fringe, this group of lively and entertaining senior pupils of Bishops (Diocesan College) Cape Town, performs a catchy and varied repertoire, including contemporary tunes, songs with an African flavour and popular old classics.
The Single Lady
TDTC (Durham University)
How far must a woman go to win a man’s game? Set in Tudor England with a modern twist, this new pop/R&B musical about Elizabeth I asks what one is willing to sacrifice for crown and country.
Sitting on a Cornflake – Songs of Lennon and McCartney
Brothers Broke
A unique and personal acoustic blues and folk arrangement of the music of Lennon and McCartney, exploring influence, inspiration and the competitiveness of this collaborative, yet often independent, songwriting partnership
Six Stories
WeMu
Taking inspiration from the Korean shamanic rituals known as Gut, WeMu reimagines the traditional in a concert combining Western and Korean instruments, creating modern music based on ancient forms.
Soho Boy
LAMBCO Productions
Young, trendy Spencer hits Soho in a journey of love, laughter and happiness. But all that glitter fades as Spencer stumbles into a darker side of glamour, sex and songs.
Sweet Nothings Present: A Night at the Movies
Sweet Nothings
Cinema’s greatest hits performed by an award-winning a cappella group! Let the Sweet Nothings take you on a musical journey through the best songs the silver screen has to offer.
A Talent to Amuse: The Noël Coward Story
Melanie Gall Presents
Playwright, composer, actor, singer; Noël Coward defined and shaped the 20th century. Melanie Gall tells the fascinating true story of Coward's irreverent and unforgettable life. Featuring a dozen of Coward’s iconic songs.
The Tina Turner Story
Night Owl Shows
Journey through the life and music of a superstar in this award-winning show. Includes hits: Proud Mary, Simply the Best and more! Features Cleopatra Higgins ★★★★★ (Advertiser, Adelaide). Mervs Award 2019. Adelaide Fringe Music Award 2020.
Tom Waits For No Man
Stewart D'Arrietta Productions
Stewart D'Arrietta shares his love affair with the prince of melancholy's brilliant songs. This lively, demented rock journey is not only for Tom Waits fans, but for anyone who loves a powerful, poignant, entertaining show.
Trial by Jury
Velocirapture Productions
It's 1968 and the British legal system is corrupt as ever. A formerly engaged couple are in court, fighting against each other to win the trial! Complete with dodgy judge, questionable jury and dubious decisions, chaos ensues...
The Vampyre
University of Gloucestershire
It is 1871 and the Vampyre Carmilla has chosen her next victim, the gentle and innocent Laura. Can the love of the young doctor and her father be enough to save Laura from Carmilla's clutches? An original musical.
Vox Stars Presents Star Inspirations
Vox Stars
Celebrating a diverse mix of aspiring singers through the music of their icons. Featuring popular music hits from retro, pop, rock, theatre and film such as Queen, ABBA, Pink, Disney and The Greatest Showman.
West End vs Broadway
Applause TheatreWorks
Enjoy an evening of musical theatre delivered by fantastic voices. Featuring an array of numbers and breathtaking harmonies, these performers showcase the best from the West End and Broadway.
When Judas Met John – Songs of Dylan and Lennon
Brothers Broke
A unique and personal arrangement of the music of Dylan and Lennon, performed around a story of the influence and respect that each artist had for the other
A Wilde Life
Chevron Theatre
A musical celebration of the ineffable Oscar Wilde. Accompanied by a lush jazz score, A Wilde Life is a sultry, witty and powerful retelling of his trials, tribulations and notorious love affairs as the first Victorian celebrity.
Wreckage
Laith Andrews
Gangs of London star Andrew Laithwaite returns to the Fringe for the first time in a decade for his singer-songwriter debut as Laith Andrews, in an intimate journey of love and loss, sensitively told on the electric ukulele.