Last week Contrary Life popped to see some Edinburgh Festival Fringe shows. We bring you our recommendations for comedy, puppetry, and circus…
Archives for Comedy
Talks, walks, politics and music at the Tolpuddle Martyrs’ Festival
The annual Tolpuddle Martyrs’ Festival takes place in Dorset from Friday 15th to Sunday 17th July, with a mix of music, politics, poetry and comedy…
Cardboard boat racing and foot juggling at Bristol Harbour Festival
Bristol Harbour Festival celebrates its 45th anniversary this month, with entertainment and activities around the city’s harbourside…
Get into Another Fine Fest with pie fights, live graffiti and circus performances
Another Fine Fest takes place on Saturday 18th June in Ulverston with a world record breaking pie fight, live graffiti art, circus performers, comedy and street theatre…
Warm up for the Edinburgh Fringe with some comedy at Jacksons Lane
Can’t wait for Edinburgh Fringe to start? Then warm up with some comedy from Mark Thomas and Rob Newman at Jacksons Lane in north London…
Fools fill Belfast for free festival
This year’s Festival of Fools in Belfast will see 120 free shows being performed across the city centre from 29th April to 2nd May…
Pints, ponderings and theatrical tea parties at Settle Stories Festival
The Settle Stories Festival takes place from Friday 1st April to Sunday 3rd April in the Yorkshire Dales, with over 50 events, including theatrical tea parties and ghost walks…
Are you going to Scarborough Fair Festival… in London
This Bank Holiday Monday (25th May), there will be a free Scarborough Fair Festival showcase at Victoria Embankment Gardens in London with comedy and music…
Musical mischief makers, tabletop puppetry and a gentleman juggler at Birmingham Cabaret Festival
This month Birmingham will play host to some of the best cabaret acts in the UK, as The Old Joint Stock Theatre hosts the Birmingham Cabaret Festival…
Quirky, satirical, funny and fresh, Brighton Fringe has something for everyone
Brighton Fringe, 1st to 31st May 2015, has over 750 events, including the quirky Singing Barber, who serenades audience members as he styles their hair, and Pint Sized Plays performed in pubs…
Don’t be silly, head to Belfast for the Festival of Fools
Belfast’s Festival of Fools takes place from 1st to 4th May with over 120 shows performed by clowns, acrobats, jugglers and eccentrics…
Quirky Cornish cooking at the World Pasty Championships
The fourth annual World Pasty Championships take place at the Eden Project in Cornwall on Saturday 28th February 2015, with pasties, music and comedy…
Slapstick, silent film and vintage comedy in Bristol
Slapstick 2015, Britain’s leading festival of silent film and vintage TV comedy, takes place in Bristol from 22nd to 25th January…
Live life on the edge at the Arts by the Sea Festival in Bournemouth
Bournemouth’s Arts by the Sea Festival is celebrating life ‘on the edge’ with spectacular arts performances in a mixture of familiar and unusual locations…
Aliens descend on Bristol Harbour Festival
The Bristol Harbour Festival returns to occupy a two-mile stretch of the city’s historic harbourside from 18th to 20th July 2014. The festival boasts a mix of live music, dance, street theatre performance and circus displays…