Edinburgh Fringe 2024

For James Seabright’s 25th year at Edinburgh Fringe, Seabright Live presented nine unique shows

Black Is The Color Of My Voice
Pleasance at EICC 20 – 25 Aug (not 22) 8.00pm
Fringe First and Spirit of the Fringe award winner Apphia Campbell‘s stunning show inspired by the life of Nina Simone, performed by Nicholle Cherrie. Strictly limited run of five performances only ahead of a major UK tour. Winner of Best Theatre Award at Adelaide Fringe 2024.

Buffy Revamped
Pleasance at EICC 12 – 17 Aug (not 14) 8.00pm
Seven seasons. Seventy minutes. One Spike. The entire 144 episodes of cult 90s TV show, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, as told through the eyes of Spike, the one character who knows it inside out. The perfect parody for Buffy aficionados and those who never enrolled at Sunnydale High alike! Best-reviewed production of Edinburgh Fringe 2023 (British Comedy Guide), Brendan Murphy‘s show returned for one week only after sell-out international tours.

FRIEND (The One With Gunther)
Gilded Balloon at the Museum 1 – 25 Aug (not 7, 14, 21) 4.15pm
One barista, 10 seasons, 70 minutes! All 236 episodes of Friends retold through the eyes of Gunther, Central Perk’s ‘seventh Friend’. Discover the true insider story of what happened from the character who kept everyone caffeinated! Performed by Joseph Maudsley. From the team behind Buffy Revamped: creator Brendan Murphy and director Hamish MacDougall.

Iain Dale: All Talk
Pleasance at EICC 3 – 11 Aug 1.30pm 4.05pm
After Edinburgh Fringe runs in 2019, 2022 and 2023, award-winning LBC radio presenter, author and political commentator Iain Dale curated a schedule of shows presenting insights on current affairs with high-profile guest, hosted this year by BBC and LBC broadcaster Matthew Stadlen.  Ruth Davidson, Kate Garraway, Chris Kamara, Miriam Margolyes, Jess Phillips, Alex Salmond, Ben Shephard, Wes Streeting, Liz Truss, Humza Yousaf, Kirsty Blackman, Andrew Bowie, Michael Crick, Sir John Curtice, Stephen Flynn, Christine Jardine, Michael Shanks and Brian Taylor.

In Pour Taste: A Comedy Wine Tasting Experience
Assembly Roxy 1 – 25 Aug (not 7, 14, 21) 5.50pm
Comedians Sweeney Preston and Ethan Cavanagh guide you through tasting five wines and at least five jokes. Everyone from savvy sauvignon swiggers to clueless chardonnay chuggers will find something to make their glass half-full, as the wine industry’s hardest-hitting questions are answered. Ticket includes five tastings, with an alcohol-free option.

I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical
Gilded Balloon at the Museum 3 – 27 Aug (not 7, 14, 21) 6.00pm
The award-winning musical comedy revue revealing all about musicals and the people who love them – on both sides of the curtain. Updated 2024 version featuring new songs! Lauded with a 50 five-star reviews for its previous sell-out Fringe and London seasons. Written by Alexander S Bermange and directed and choreographed by Matthew Parker (Offies Best Director).

The Late Nite PowerPoint Comedy Showcase
Assembly George Square Studios 2 – 24 Aug (not 5 – 7, 12 – 14, 19 – 21) 10.05pm
Six comedians. Six PowerPoint presentations. A line-up show like no other! The Australian cult classic finally lands in Edinburgh after sell-out seasons across Australia and New Zealand. Hosted by the agents of Microsoft Office chaos, Sweeney Preston and Ethan Cavanagh: the creators of comedy wine-tasting hit In Pour Taste, also making its Edinburgh debut this year. This wild late-night showcase features a rotating line-up of comedians putting the show back into show-and-tell!

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho
Underbelly George Square 15 – 25 Aug (not 21) 9.15pm
Maggie returns in her smash hit drag extravaganza! Following four sell-out runs at the Edinburgh Fringe, UK tours and a West End season, the Iron Lady is back and more fabulous than ever. On the eve of the vote on Section 28, Maggie gets lost in Soho and accidentally becomes a cabaret superstar. Will she change her mind about the homophobic bill before it’s too late…? A big gay odyssey about LGBT rights, the 80s and disco, created by Olivier Award winner Jon Brittain and Matt Tedford.

Trainspotting Live
Pleasance at EICC 1 – 25 Aug (not 7, 14, 19) 6.30pm & 8.45pm (except 27 Aug 3.30pm & 5.45pm)
Acclaimed immersive adaptation of Irvine Welsh’s classic by Harry Gibson, staged in a bespoke venue unique to the show. The audience are literally part of the action, including the notorious ‘worst toilet in Scotland’ scene. Seven sell-out Fringe seasons – early booking recommended! Choose life.

As well as producing its own work there, and co-producing with others, Seabright Live also works on a general management and marketing consultancy basis on behalf of other producers looking to present work at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the largest arts festival in the world.

Please contact us if you are interested in discussing such an arrangement. Previous clients and collaborators include Broadway Asia International, Steven Berkoff’s East Productions, Blue Box Touring, Chantal Productions, and many more.

Between 2003 and 2014 we produced the Festival Highlights programme in Edinburgh, which brought over 200 productions to the Fringe over this period.