Artshead

When: 20th March – 27th June Where: Kings Place Info: “Comedy at Kings Place is a unique mix of the usual amazing comedy club line-ups and the best Edinburgh shows, as well as bespoke nights produced especially for the occasion by the UK’s top comedians and promoters.” For more info click here

When: 6-10 March 2013 Where: Southbank Centre Info: “Throughout the festival we present the very best of recognised and emerging female talent across all fields including politics, the arts, economics, fashion, science, health, sport, business and education.” For more info click here

When: Friday 26th October 2012 to Saturday 22nd December 2012 Where: The Torquay Suite Theatre, Charing Cross Hotel Info: “A globetrotting production featuring Basil, Sybil and Manuel in a ‘two-hour eat, drink and laugh sensation’ (Daily Telegraph) is opening its doors on an open-ended residency in London’s West End.” For more info click here

When: 13-30th December 2012 Where: Queen Elizabeth Hall Info: “Hans Christian Andersen’s bittersweet fable is just a springboard into the wild realms of theatrical possibility. As our despairing Match Girl staves off the cruel cold of winter with her dwindling supply of flames, she turns to her dreams and the light of the stars to [...]

When: various events running till 8th Sept 2012 Where: National Theatre and surrounding area Info: “Marvel at the best of world street theatre in the Watch This Space festival in Theatre Square, or try your hand at puppetry, prop-making and performance in The Pop-up Workshop on the Waterloo Terrace.” For more info click here

When: Friday 6 April 2012 – Saturday 7 April 2012 Where: Queen Elizabeth Hall Info: “These Perrier nominees bring you a classic two-man show of stand-up double-act interplay, rubber-limbed physical foolishness and Tarantino-cartoon violence, accompanied by gob-smackingly realistic, vocal sound-effects of everything from underwater horse racing to a martial arts battle with a fly.” For more [...]

When:  12-22nd April 2012 Where: Southbank Centre Info: “Alchemy is Southbank Centre’s annual festival of music, performance, literature, debate, fashion and design.” For more info and tickets click here 

When: 7-11 March 2012 Where: Southbank Centre Info: “WOW – Women of the World is a festival of talks, debates, music, film, comedy and conversations that celebrates the talents of women young and old from all walks of life and all parts of the world.” For more info click here

When: Running till 1st April 2012 Where: Olivier Theatre Info: “Shakespeare’s furiously paced comedy will be staged in a contemporary world into which walk three prohibited foreigners who see everything for the first time.” For more info click here

When: 8-11th Sept 2011 Where: Kings Place Info: “…the very best in classical,contemporary and experimental music, jazz and blues, folk, spoken word and comedy.” For more info click here