Comedy

199 Jokes Before Lunchtime: Danny Matinee

Comedy

The Walrus / Hideaway

MAY 2, 23 at 12:30 (60 min) - Paid tickets from £5

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*Sell-out show at Edinburgh 2025!* *As featured in The Times and Telegraph's Best Jokes of Edinburgh Fringe 2024 & 2025!* An insect joke? Tick. A tartan joke? Check. Join Danny Matinee for at least another 197 one-liners, props, pictures, facts and more. "***** Finely crafted...slick wordplay...near-faultless timing" Edinburgh Reporter. "***** A brilliant way to set up your day" UK Theatre Web. Suitable for all ages, especially fans of Olaf Falafel, Milton Jones and Tim Vine. Includes a farmer joke that's corny, and an optician joke that's cornea....

Childrens

Adventures: Journey through Dungeons with Dragons

Childrens

a&o Hostel Bar / Front Room

MAY 2, 9, 16, 23, 26, 28, 30 at 12:30 (60 min) - Paid tickets from £7

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Imagine a stage where dragons, wizards, and brave adventurers come alive; not from a script, but through the laughter and creativity of children. Adventures! Is kid-friendly DnD-type improv show where young audiences guide the story, shape the heroes, and even roll the dice to determine what happens next. Every performance is unique: children shout out suggestions, help solve puzzles, and sometimes even hop up to improvise as goblins, fairies, or courageous wizards. With the help of a friendly story master Donal (the comedian behind the Science Magic shows) each quest is as much about giggles ...

Comedy

Ask A Stripper: Pulling Back the G-String

Comedy

The Walrus / Hideaway

MAY 1-2, 8 at 22:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Want tickets from £15

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Ask A Stripper is a comedy show like no other. Real life strippers reveal all in this fiercely feminist and riotously funny Q&A. Ever wanted to know what strippers eat for breakfast? How do they really spend their money? Ever dated a customer? Stacey Clare (author of "The Ethical Stripper") and Sabrina Jade (star of reality TV show "Slagwars") return to Brighton Fringe with their candid humour, razor sharp wit and iconic stage presence. No one does crowd-work like strippers can - from working long hours performing for boozed up punters, there is no heckle they can't shut down. Ask A Stripper l...

Comedy

Bald 2-in-1

Comedy

The Caroline of Brunswick / Upper Lounge

MAY 2 at 14:00 (60 min) - PWYC

Delve into the bizarre bald worlds of Jim Hooker and Mark Moloney with the follow up to their hit Brighton and Edinburgh Fringe show Bald 2-in-1. The new show for 2026 is funnier than ever - with standup comedy from the award winning standup comedians, with some surprise characters joining them. Jim is the runner up for the West End New Act of The Year 2025, Get Up Stand Up 2025 Finalist and nominated for Best Live Show at the Cheerful Earful Awards. Mark is a previous Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year finalist and a favourite on the London circuit....

Comedy

Best in Fringe Comedy - The Early Show

Comedy

a&o Hostel Bar / Front Room

MAY 2-4, 9-10, 16-17, 23-25, 30-31 at 17:45 (60 min) - Tickets £6-£7

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It's the very best in Fringe Comedy, in a early evening weekend show! This is a finely selected comedy line-up with an exciting mix of top comedy headliners, the pick of the UK and International comedy circuits and the best performers selected from shows all around the Brighton Fringe. See a bundle of hilarious comics all packed together into this laugh-out-loud and side-splitting hour of comedy featuring five fantastically funny comedians. It's different at every show. You'll see something you weren't expecting, something new and maybe something extraordinary! It's the perfect sta...

Comedy

Best of Brighton Fringe Comedy

Comedy

The Walrus / Hideaway

MAY 2-4, 9-10, 16-17, 23-25, 30-31 at 16:30 (60 min) - Paid tickets from £5

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Following sell-out performances at the Edinburgh and Adelaide Fringes, comes a show consisting of an MC and four of the best established and up-and-coming comedians at the Fringe. A show guaranteed to deliver a superb hour of fun and laughter. "The best thigh-slapping, cackling laugh of a time I’ve ever had ... something for everyone'"★★★★1/2 FringeFeed.com.au "Hilarious comics ... a solid comedy show well worth the ticket price"★★★★ FringeFeed.com.au "Fast and funny...The audience loved it...Sweetly, wildly hilarious" ★★&...

Childrens

Best of Brighton Fringe for Kids

Childrens

a&o Hostel Bar / Front Room

MAY 2-4, 9-10, 16-17 at 14:00 (60 min) - Paid tickets from £5

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A friendly fun-filled afternoon show with a revolving line-up of the best children's and family-friendly performers from around the Fringe. An event for all the family to enjoy together. "Music, comedy and magic kept the kids entertained... whizzed past and was perfectly timed for child attention spans... Left the kids wanting more... My eight-year-old absolutely loved it!" (Child-Friendly Brighton) "Mums and dads will be onto a winner with this afternoon of delightfully immature comedy full of magic" (Melbourne Comedy Festival) "Great show" (The Scotsman) "The kids had a great ...

Comedy

Best of Canada

Comedy

a&o Hostel Bar / Front Room

MAY 1-3 at 20:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Want tickets from £7.50

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At this show you will enter a Canadian stand-up comedy club with MC, opening acts and a headliner. All Canadian and all hilarious. Come down and see why Canada produces the best comedians in the world. You won't be SORRY that you did... EH! You no longer need to travel to Canada to get the comedy experience – it's right here at the Brighton Fringe. With resident compere Canadian funny man David Tsonos....

Comedy

Brighton Belles

Comedy

The Temple Bar / Upstairs Temple

MAY 2-4, 9-10, 16-17, 23-25, 30-31 at 17:30 (60 min) - Paid tickets from £4

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Following on from its success in 2023, 2024, 2025, this delightful, funny, award-nominated show returns with a revolving line-up of the best established and up-and-coming female comedians from around Brighton and the Fringe....

Comedy

Caitlin Powell is Buffering (Work in Progress)

Comedy

The Caroline of Brunswick / Upper Lounge

MAY 2 at 16:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Want tickets from £0

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The world is loud, slow and often wrong. Join neurotic and petty (euphemisms for gay and correct) rising star Caitlin Powell (BBC New Comedy Award nominee, Funny Women, and LGBTQ+ New Comedian finalist), as she smashes every button on the keyboard (metaphorical) and tries to figure out what the hell is going on. A work in progress that will resonate with the girls, gays and theys (or anyone with the pattern recognition of a bloodhound)....

Comedy

Candace Bryan: Don't Be Ridiculous, Everybody Wants This (Work in Progress)

Comedy

The Caroline of Brunswick / Upper Lounge

MAY 2 at 17:45 (60 min) - Free and Unticketed

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★★★★★ “Laugh-out-loud funny…fast-paced and engaging” (EdFringe Review) ★★★★ "Sharp wit and expertly crafted stand-up...an extraordinary talent" (Edinburgh Reviews) ★​​★★★ “An effortless & unceasing series of quality gags” (The Mumble) Comedian and high-functioning shopaholic Candace Bryan is working on a new show about her bad buying habits and the hyper-consumerist society that enables her. In this joke-packed hour, she’ll teach you how to post a thirst trap on Goodreads, tell the story of the time ...

Comedy

Cheap Laughs - Best Of Brighton

Comedy

a&o Hostel Bar / Front Room

MAY 1-3, 8-9, 15-16, 29-30 at 19:00 (60 min) - Paid tickets from £6

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See the very best of upcoming comedy talent at a low price! Local comedian Dave Fensome (MC of the infamous Late Show) draws on over 10 years of experience to bring you a showcase featuring his very favourite acts from Brighton thriving comedy scene and beyond. Expect fantastic new faces, expereince circuit regulars and maybe even the odd celebratory guest! Different line ups every night! Incredible value, and huge laughs....

Comedy

Dignity Off

Comedy

The Caroline of Brunswick / Upper Lounge

MAY 2-3 at 15:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Want tickets from £8

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Sunjai Arif (Bath Comedy Festival New Act winner 2019) and Matt Roseblade blow the dust off their debut show - Dignity Off. Ten years after the shambling, chaotic original, the boys return with the same format and a decade of comedic experience. Will it be polished? Nope. Will it still be shambling and chaotic? Yes. Will it be funny? Oh yes....

Comedy

Dr. Kara Kibara - The Love Guru

Comedy

a&o Hostel Bar / Front Room

MAY 2-4 at 16:30 (60 min) - PWYC

Dr. Kara Kibara is a self-proclaimed and successful online dating expert. She has helped thousands of people find love, but she herself is still single in her 40s. In this interactive variety comedy show, Dr. Kara goes back to her past and reflects on what went wrong (or maybe right) that caused her to still be loveless. She shares her insights on dating, relationships, and love, and she offers her advice on how to find the one. "FOUR STARS!!" EDFEST ******************* "A fun late night hour worth a watch"! Derek Awards, Edinb...

Comedy

Flightless Birds

Comedy

The Temple Bar / Upstairs Temple

MAY 2-3, 24-25 at 16:15 (60 min) - Free and Unticketed

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Flightless Birds is a split stand-up bill featuring weird little freak Sammer Elzabali and big little freak Ramsey Smith. Sammer is the tallest guy at the small-guy convention. His subversive style stands out in the conventional crowd. His favorite movie is Surf’s Up. Ramsey does comedy the same way he makes love — into a microphone. His blend of storytelling and observational bits makes him surprisingly smart for a dumb guy — though don’t let that fool you, he’s dumb. He’s a RAW Comedy NSW State Finalist (2024), has performed at Top Secret Comedy, and has opened for Rory Lowe. His favor...

Comedy

Full Blown Irish

Comedy

The Temple Bar / Upstairs Temple

MAY 1-4 at 20:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Want tickets from £5

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"What does it mean to be Irish....drunk, hilarious... mentally ill...all the above..Cork vagrant Mark O'K is here to let you know anyone can get infected, it doesn't matter where ya fell out of your mother being Irish is a state of psychosis..drink drugs and sausage rolls, Mark and some of Ireland's "Most wanted" comedians are going to show you just what it means to be "Full Blown Irish " ...

Comedy

Hereditary

Comedy

The Temple Bar / Upstairs Temple

MAY 2-4 at 15:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Want tickets from £5

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Hereditary is a stand-up comedy show that dives headfirst into the absurd contradictions of Irish identity, exploring themes of family, generational trauma, alcoholism, sex, and the surreal experience of serving in the Irish Army as a peace-loving hippy. The show blends razor-sharp wit with heartfelt storytelling, using personal anecdotes and observational humor to unpack the paradoxes that shape who we are. Rooted in the tradition of confessional stand-up, the form will be dynamic and conversational, allowing space for improvisation and audience interaction. Set against the broader context of...

Comedy

Kate Cheka: The Last Funny Woman (Work in Progress)

Comedy

The Caroline of Brunswick / Upper Lounge

MAY 1-2 at 20:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Want tickets from £10

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Last year award-winning UK comedian Kate Cheka attempted to save the world, now it is time to burn it down. What does it mean to be a feminist while Western civilisation collapses around us? The Funny Women Award winner 2023, Chortle Best Newcomer Nominee 2024 and DIVA Magazine Queer Comedian of the Year 2025 ponders this and other things. Like should she have just married her teenage boyfriend and become a tradwife instead of trying to be a strong independent woman. Come help Kate figure it out. 'Political comedy may yet have found its new messiah' (The Guardian). ...

Comedy

Kev Mud - Homeless Sex Biscuit

Comedy

The Caroline of Brunswick / Upper Lounge

MAY 2 at 22:45 (60 min) - PWYC

Join UK Pun Champion, British Comedian of The Year Finalist, and a BBC Shortlisted comedian, Kev Mud for his debut show, Homeless Sex Biscuit. Kev will take you on a journey through his life. Pulling comedy from hard hitting subjects such as homelessness, addiction, power and suicide. The show is both a celebration of the many pitfalls of modern working class life, and a crusade to prove that light can be found in even the darkest places. With full respect given to the subject matter, Kev uses his obscure mind to highlight rarely spoken about issues and prove that just because something ...

Comedy

Laughing Horse CLEAN Pick of the Fringe

Comedy

a&o Hostel Bar / Front Room

MAY 2-4, 9-10, 16-17, 23-25, 30-31 at 15:15 (60 min) - Tickets £6-£7

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The Pick of the Fringe has been a hit show at Brighton Fringe for 19 years, an annual selection of the very best in stand-up comedy at Brighton Fringe. And this is the clean version! It's the same succulent smorgasbord of fantastically funny stand-up comedy headliners and the best in fresh new talent, just with the swear words taken out, and comedy suitable for everyone! (And there's a swear jar on stage, just in case the comedians mess up!) There are four different comics at each show, all selected from shows all around Brighton Fringe with something for everyone - so for the bigg...

Comedy

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Comedy

The Walrus / Hideaway

MAY 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 at 20:15 (60 min) - Tickets £7-£10

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MAY 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 at 19:00 (60 min) - Tickets £7-£10

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"The Pick of the Fringe" returns to Brighton - an annual selection of the very best in stand-up comedy at the Fringe! This show is a succulent smorgasbord of fantastically funny stand-up comedy headliners, alongside the best in fresh new talent - with four different comics at each show, selected from shows all around the Fringe - every single night of the Fringe! There's something for everyone - for the biggest laughs and best comedy acts, this is the show for you! A sell-out worldwide hit show at festivals globally, including Brighton, Edinburgh, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Hollywood...

Comedy

Mark Row: A Class Act

Comedy

The Walrus / Hideaway

MAY 2-4, 9-10 at 15:15 (60 min) - PWYC

Teacher turned comedian Mark Row has had enough of the endless carousel of uninspiring lessons, inane questions and kids with attitudes that stink worse than their PE kits. But will a new life in the limelight prove to be any better? Bringing together the best bits from his two previous shows 'A* in the Making' and 'Don't You Know Who I Am?' this show demonstrates why Mark Row doesn't need to stay in the classroom to prove that he's a class act! You really need to give up teaching and focus on the comedy - Joe Pasquale You really need to give up comedy and focus on the teaching - ...

Comedy

Mark Row: Every Day's A School Day

Comedy

The Temple Bar / Upstairs Temple

MAY 2-4, 9-10 at 18:45 (60 min) - Free ticketed

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They say that every day's a school day, which is never more true than when you're a teacher stuck in the classroom with no obvious means of escape. Fortunately, Mark Row has discovered that it's not just the kids that can learn something valuable, as he reflects on the lessons he's learned along the way that have kept him out of trouble! Whether it's the good advice he was given by the wise people in his life, or the mistakes that he has realised never should be repeated, there is one thing that always rings true - if you're not learning, you're laughing! Razor sharp, totally original. H...

Comedy

Nathan Cassidy: Ewwww!

Comedy

The Caroline of Brunswick / Upper Lounge

MAY 2, 30 at 21:30 (60 min) - Free ticketed

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Multi-award winning and critically acclaimed comic with a new show about something he doesn’t want to reveal. WARNING: CONTAINS FULL-FRONTAL NUDITY. Ewwww!’ After a single throwaway comment from a 20-year-old, Nathan Cassidy begins to unravel — is he old now? Does he care? In this daring and hilarious new hour, Cassidy responds the only way he knows how: by taking the biggest risks of his professional life. With time running out, what will he do to chase the high? Maybe nudity. Maybe a mic drop you’ll never forget. Expect powerful storytelling, brutal honesty and an image that might live w...

Comedy

Nathan Cassidy: Weeee!

Comedy

The Caroline of Brunswick / Upper Lounge

MAY 2, 30 at 19:00 (60 min) - Free ticketed

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Multi-award winning standup with a work of art about the happiness we feel running down a hill on a starry, starry night - Weeee! Is stand-up comedy just throwaway crowd work clips now? Or can it still be something beautiful — something that connects us? In Weeee!, critically acclaimed comedian Nathan Cassidy sets out to prove that stand-up can still be a true art form. Each night, he creates a brand-new work of art with the audience’s help — spontaneous, moving, and unforgettable. Against the noise of social media and cheap laughs, Cassidy dares to bring us together for something real. But...

Comedy

Other

Comedy

The Walrus / Hideaway

MAY 2-3 at 17:45 (60 min) - PWYC

‘Other’ is a 2-person stand-up show about the experiences of being different, trying or pretending to fit in, and learning how to embrace your otherness. Have you ever felt like you don’t belong? Do you know just enough football lingo to get by at work? Do you find yourself quietly nodding along during group conversations about Love Island instead of being able to join in? Do you not understand, nor care, about social media trends? We get you. If you feel like an ‘other’ in your own way(s), this show is for you! Rohan and Mani explore the challenges and triumphs of not fitting in - from fin...

Comedy

Shaggers

Comedy

The Walrus / Hideaway

MAY 1-3, 8-9, 15-16, 22-24, 29-30 at 21:30 (60 min) - PAID

The popular worldwide show returns to Brighton with a revolving line-up of hilarious comedians of all varieties with their best material based around sex and relationships. ★★★★★ "The perfect way to close a night at the festival" Funny Tonne, Melbourne ★★★★★"A tour de force of laughter-filled mischievous comedy" Arts In Leicestershire ★★★★★ "Excellent" edfringe.com ★★★★★ "Some well-picked mischievous unburdened comedy" Voice Magazine, Brighton Fringe ★ ...

Comedy

STAY AT HOME SON - WIP

Comedy

The Temple Bar / Upstairs Temple

MAY 2-3 at 13:45 (60 min) - PAID

In his new show 'Stay at Home Son', Londoner (boo, hiss) Jonathan dives into the world of messed-up-millennials and resetting the expectations of being a Gay Sugar-Daddy. With his wit, charm, looks and jokes this high-energy stand-up hour is sure to be the massive hit of this years Brighton Fringe. Nominated for no awards, and never a sold-out show - Jonathan is fresh meat. This is a chance to see him before he hits the big time so don't miss out. *Not written by Chat GPT. ...

Comedy

Stuart Thomas: Bad Fatty

Comedy

The Walrus / Hideaway

MAY 2-3 at 14:00 (60 min) - PWYC

Stuart Thomas delivers a sharp, unapologetic standup show with "Bad Fatty," diving into life as a fat Welshman. Raised on a sheep farm in Wales, Stuart blends his working-class roots with a modern, no-nonsense take on body positivity. He grabs diet culture by the scruff of the neck, calling out society's absurd expectations of fat people while hilariously jabbing at our thin-obsessed world. Stuart doesn’t just talk about being fat—he owns it, celebrating the freedom of rejecting conformity. Bisexual and candid about mental health, he explores the intersections of sexuality, body image, and...

Comedy

The Dan Stephens Show: More Than a Mullet

Comedy

a&o Hostel Bar / Front Room

MAY 1-7 at 21:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Want tickets from £10

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Since winning Ireland's Next Top Comic in 2024, Dan Stephens has not looked back. He is fresh from a full run at Edinburgh 2025, has started to Headline in clubs around Ireland and even had a run of sold-out shows along the West Coast of Florida. He has a sharp, storytelling style that will keep you interested, keep you guessing and you will never know when the next Punchline is going to hit! He is out to prove that he is, in fact, more than just a Mullet! They say a Mullet is Business at the Front, Party at the Back... well why not come along to this Party and watch Dan take care of Business!...