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Frank Chin
Frank Chin is a Chinese American playwright and novelist, a founding figure of Asian American literature and the first Asian American playwright staged in New York.
Frank E. Butler
Frank E. Butler (Francis E. Butler), baptized 1847 in County Longford, Ireland, died 1926, was an Irish-born American exhibition marksman, Buffalo Bill's Wild West performer, and manager-husband of Annie Oakley, whom he met losing an 1875 Cincinnati match.
Frank Lentini
Frank Lentini (Francesco A. Lentini, 1889-1966), Sicilian-American sideshow performer born with a parasitic twin giving him three legs, four feet, and sixteen toes; billed the Three-Legged Football Player, he toured Ringling Bros. and Barnum, kicking soccer balls with his third leg.
Frank Skinner
Frank Skinner (Christopher Graham Collins, born 1957, West Bromwich) is an English comedian and broadcaster, 1991 Perrier Award winner, co-host of Fantasy Football League with David Baddiel, co-writer of Three Lions, and host of The Frank Skinner Show and Absolute Radio's Saturday show.
Frank Wedekind
Frank Wedekin, born Benjamin Franklin Wedekind (1864–1918), was a German playwright whose openly sexual dramas, including Spring Awakening and the Lulu plays, shaped modern theater.
Frankie Boyle
Frankie Boyle (Francis Martin Patrick Boyle, born 1972, Glasgow) is a Scottish stand-up comedian and writer known for bleak, offensive humor, Mock the Week (2005-2009), Tramadol Nights, New World Order, and books including Meantime.
Frankie Grande
Frankie Grande (Frankie James Grande, born 1983) is an American Broadway performer, producer, reality TV personality, and older half-brother of Ariana Grande, known for Mamma Mia!, Rock of Ages, Titanique, Big Brother, and the album Hotel Rock Bottom.
Frankie Howerd
Frankie Howerd (Francis Alick Howard, 1917-1992), English comedian of the Variety tradition; star of Up Pompeii! as Lurcio; known for innuendo, direct-to-camera asides, 'Titter ye not!', and his 1962 revival at Peter Cook's Establishment Club.
Frankie McNair
Frankie McNair (she/they) is an Australian comedian, actor and screenwriter based in Melbourne, winner of Best Newcomer at MICF 2022 for Relax Your Knees, creator of the Tabitha Booth character shows, and writer of Huge Ass Mindset, nominated for Most Outstanding Show at MICF 2026.
Freak show
A freak show, also known as circus freaks, was commercial entertainment at circuses and fairs displaying people with unusual bodies, peaking in the late nineteenth century.
Fred Armisen
Fred Armisen (Fereydun Robert Armisen, born 1966, Hattiesburg, Mississippi) is an American comedian, actor, and musician: Trenchmouth and Blue Man Group drummer, SNL cast member 2002–2013, Portlandia co-creator with Carrie Brownstein, 8G Band bandleader, and Uncle Fester on Wednesday.
Fred Stoller
Fred Stoller (Frederick Stoller) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer from Chicago, best known as Gerard, Ray's cousin, on Everybody Loves Raymond, with over sixty sitcom guest appearances.
Freddie Starr
Freddie Starr, born Frederick Leslie Fowell, was an English comedian and impressionist famous in the 1970s and 1980s, remembered for the "Freddie Starr ate my hamster" headline.
Free Theater movement
The Free Theater movement (المسرح الحر) is a tradition in Egyptian theater of self-organized, non-state troupes performing outside official institutions, first formed by drama graduates in September 1952.
Friedrich Schiller
Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805), German poet, dramatist, historian, and aesthetic philosopher; co-founder of Weimar Classicism with Goethe; author of Die Räuber, Wallenstein, Wilhelm Tell, and An die Freude.
Fringe theatre
Fringe theater is a platform for productions with political content or experimental nature that are unlikely to succeed in conventional surroundings, a term dating from the late 1960s.
From Morning to Midnight
From Morning to Midnight (Von morgens bis mitternachts) is a two-part expressionist play in prose by the German dramatist Georg Kaiser, written in 1912 and first performed in 1917.
Fuenteovejuna
Fuenteovejuna (Fuente Ovejuna), Lope de Vega's three-act Golden Age comedia published in 1619, dramatizes the 1476 peasant revolt against Comendador Fernán Gómez of Calatrava and the collective answer "Fuenteovejuna lo hizo" under torture.
Furry convention
Furry conventions are multi-day fan gatherings for the furry fandom, first held as ConFurence 0 in Costa Mesa in 1989 with 65 attendees. Largest in-person event is Anthrocon, Pittsburgh, with 20,618 attendees in 2026; Furality Online drew 27,943.
Fūshi Kaden
Fūshi Kaden (風姿花伝), also read Kaden, is a treatise on Noh theater written by the actor Zeami between 1400 and 1418, Japan's oldest treatise on dramatic theory.
Gabriel Clark (actor)
Gabriel Clark is an English actor, writer, and director from Bolton, Greater Manchester, known for playing Ollie Morgan in Hollyoaks (2019-23) and Mikey Driscoll in Russell T Davies's Tip Toe, and for the OFFIE-winning play The Other Side; not the Montana-based American character actor of the same name.
Gabriel Iglesias
Gabriel "Fluffy" Iglesias, American stand-up comedian and voice actor from Long Beach; clean storytelling with character voices, Hot and Fluffy (2007), Dodger Stadium 2022, The 1976 Tour.
Gabriella Lester
Gabriella Lester (born 2003) is a South African-born Canadian magician and escape artist in Las Vegas, a Penn & Teller Fool Us performer and associate producer, Allan Slaight Canadian Rising Star winner, and one of the Four Horsemen in Now You See Me Live.
Gad Elmaleh (جاد المالح)
Gad Elmaleh (جاد المالح), born 1971 in Casablanca, is a Moroccan-Canadian-French stand-up comedian and actor, star of Chouchou and Coco, exposed for plagiarism by CopyComic, later a US and Netflix performer.
Gaffer tape
Gaffer tape, also called gaff or gaffa tape, is a matte, cloth-backed pressure-sensitive tape with a clean-release rubber adhesive, used in film, theatre, and live events for cable management, spike marking, and labeling; unlike duct tape it removes without residue but has less aggressive grip.
Gaiety Theatre, Dublin
The Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, is a Victorian venue known as "The Grand Old Lady of South King Street." It has hosted musicals, opera, and pantomime since 1871.
Galileo (musical)
Galileo is an original rock musical with book by Danny Strong, score by Zoe Sarnak and Michael Weiner, directed by Michael Mayer. Premiered at Berkeley Rep in May 2024; Broadway previews begin November 10, 2026 at the Shubert Theatre, starring Raúl Esparza, distinct from Brecht's play.
Gallagher (comedian)
Gallagher, stage name of Leo Anthony Gallagher Jr. (1946–2022), American prop comic famous for the Sledge-O-Matic watermelon-smashing routine, Showtime specials, 1980s stardom, brother lawsuit, and 2022 death.
Gambhira
Gambhira (গম্ভীরা; also spelled Gombhira) is a satirical folk theatre and annual festival of Malda district, West Bengal, where performers use song, dance, and improvised comic dialogue to voice villagers' grievances before Shiva.
Game of Thrones: The Mad King
Game of Thrones: The Mad King is a 2026 RSC stage play adapted by Duncan Macmillan, directed by Dominic Cooke, covering the tourney at Harrenhal and Robert's Rebellion, premiered at Stratford-upon-Avon with a 2027 London transfer.