The multi award-winning Durham Revue request your presents at this year's 'must-see' (Stage) sketch show/party. Expect original, ground-breaking hilarity. And party bags. Fancy dress discouraged. Remember, don't tell them, it's a surprise.

Punk cabaret queen Amanda Palmer and Seattle-based prankster Jason Webley present the world's only conjoined-twin singer-songwriter duo! The twins will demonstrate their song writing skills while relating the tragic story of their lives.

Bernadette Byrne and Victor Victoria shock, arouse and enlighten with intimate stories, louche re-appropriated classics and original, darkly comic songs. The queens of smut. Impressive and very funny stuff. 'Cabaret Superstars' (Time Out).

Adelaide Fringe Best Cabaret 2011. 'The Damsel' seizes daringly into dark depths of lust and melodrama. Brandishing her weapon (Celine Dion) damsel slays inner dragons, awakens Sleeping Beauty and reigns victorious in shining (sequinned) armour.

Four exciting new acts doing an hour of brilliant stand-up for free. Fair on you. Unfair on us. 'Accomplished stuff' (Scotsman). 'Thoroughly enjoyable' (Sun). 'Great stuff' (Three Weeks).

Andres, now a wheelchair-bound theatre director, has lost interest in women. Beautiful Scottish businesswoman, Emma, is through with men, and dreams of becoming a singer. Sparks fly when they join forces to make a hit musical.

Every passport picture tells a story. Susan's definitely do - accidental riot, setting her hometown on fire, Hitler scab. This rogue’s gallery is a hilarious snapshot of life, lovers, family, killers. 'Uniquely witty' ****' (Fest).

Six malt whiskies to be tasted, many laughs to be had. 'Anderson educates his audience ... keeping them rolling with laughter ... warm and hilarious get together.' (Chortle.co.uk), 'Impressive ... amusing ... bargain of a night out' (Advertiser, Adelaide).

Festival favourite returns following sell-out tours of Australia, Spain and UK. Laugh and be hugged at the same time! ‘Omid Djalili meets Dave Allen’ (Daily Mail). ‘Funniest show in Edinburgh’ (Guardian).

Following last year's sold out debut, stand-up's freshest young upstart presents an hour of razor-sharp comedy. As seen on Mock the Week, Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow and numerous Edinburgh pavements in a drunken, heap mumbling Chinese philosophy. 'Howlingly...

Mediterranean pop God, El Nio de Granada, performs English language popular songs and original jaw-dropping melodies with a dignity and raw sex appeal that will take you on an intimate journey of discovery and spittle.

‘Each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way’. ‘Festive Season’ depicts a vicious sibling rivalry stoked by a domineering mother and a conspicuously absent father. Can outsiders fix the problem and at what cost?

Approaching deluded levels of confidence, Fred promises to somehow solve life's problems through human awkwardness and slightly skewed pop songs. ‘I love Fred. He has the real spirit of the clown in him’ (Tommy Tiernan).

Mad Hatters, Cheshire Cats, White Rabbits... can only mean one thing: Alice has returned to Wonderland. But did she ever really leave? New adaptation of Lewis Caroll's classic.

Diving into the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, this physical comedy takes us on a manic journey through the West Bank desert, complete with high-decibel history lessons, house demolitions, police chases and a flying baby!

For three years Glenn's circled the globe like a comedy satellite without need for a permanent address. He's captured all the hard scrapes and near misses of that time frame in his lethally funny show.

A comedy almost by William Shakespeare. The Woolton Irregulars bring the story of the Mechanicals from A Midsummer Night's Dream into a modern setting in this new play. A tale of love, dreams and amateur dramatics.

Have you ever wanted to rob a bank? A Machine to See With blends secret missions and high adrenalin as you walk through the city. An interactive heist movie with you playing the lead.

Set against the backdrop of the Vienna Woods and the distant tune of a Strauss waltz, a community concerns itself with affairs, squabbles, jealousies and personal tragedy. Meanwhile, society, haunted by inflation, reels towards Fascism.

Fresh from a successful USA tour, award-winners All the King’s Men are back. Unrelenting energy, diverse music, entertaining choreography. ‘Fantastically fun, a classy, charismatic outfit’ (BroadwayBaby.com). www.all-the-kings-men.com