Brighton Fringe Shows

Have a look through our selection of shows... we hope we have something you'll want to see in Brighton!


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Listings for 21 May, sorted by Show Name

100% Badgers with Matt Hobs

100% Badgers with Matt Hobs

Comedy

100% Badgers with Matt Hobs

Comedy

The Caroline of Brunswick / Upper Lounge
MAY 21-22 at 19:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Want tickets from £5

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100% Badgers is a sell-out 2025 Edinburgh Fringe stand-up comedy show where Matt Hobs talks about how the worlds of humans and badgers collide. The show takes us on Hobs’ journey from a passing interest in badgers, to an obsession that leads to him standing in a field looking at a caged, frightened badger caught up in the misinformation of the bovine TB debate. We’ll learn about the European badger and its dachshund nemesis, the presidential American badger, the world-famous internet sensation that is the honey badger and many more. “His storytelling is gripping, his facts are fascinating, ...


Beat The Comic

Beat The Comic

Comedy

Beat The Comic

Comedy

a&o Hostel Bar / Front Room
MAY 21-24 at 19:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Want tickets from £5

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Tiswas meets Mastermind. Prepare your wits for the ultimate showdown of general knowledge and trivia. In this quiz show, it's the audience versus the comedians. The loser gets a custard pie to the face — and a high probability others will as well. Use the word "pie" and you get a pie. Question the quizmaster and you get a pie. Call for the Quizmaster to get a pie - Guess what?...


Ben Pope: Work in Progress

Ben Pope: Work in Progress

Comedy

Ben Pope: Work in Progress

Comedy

The Temple Bar / Upstairs Temple
MAY 19-21 at 21:15 (60 min) - Paid tickets from £6

Ben Pope ('bags of charisma' **** - Fest) is back to square one. He is tired of his old jokes and he is scared of his new ones. This show will be roughly 60mins of the latter. Come and join him as he stress-tests new stuff: a routine about teeth, some thoughts about Catholicism, plums and escape rooms. Maybe he'll even read some bits of a book he's writing. It's definitely going to be a show for fans of collage, stylistically speaking. A real ransom note of a show. Come see! The UK's print media can't be wrong: 'Pope is superb company' **** - Evening Standard 'Beautifully constr...


Charge Your Belly Forward- A Stand-up Show

Charge Your Belly Forward- A Stand-up Show

Comedy

Charge Your Belly Forward- A Stand-up Show

Comedy

The Temple Bar / Upstairs Temple
MAY 14, 21, 28 at 20:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Want tickets from £0

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Charge Your Belly Forward- A Stand-up Show: U.K. based comedian Will Hitt will be performing a 60 minute stand-up show. This show and material has been worked out over several years at comedy clubs across the U.K. (Top Secret Comedy Club, Backyard Comedy Club, Up the Creek Comedy Club, Komedia) and North America (Laugh Factory and YukYuks) as well as previous Brighton and Edinburgh Fringes and will touch on far-ranging topics such as charity, social media, plane crashes, natural disasters and sexual awakenings and how to turn vulnerabilities into strengths. Will has been performing in the U...


Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Comedy

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Comedy

The Walrus / Tusk Club
MAY 1, 3-8, 10-12, 14-15, 17-22, 24-26, 28-29, 31 at 20:00 (60 min) - Tickets £7-£10

"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...


LOLyamorous - A Live Speed-Dating Show

LOLyamorous - A Live Speed-Dating Show

Cabaret

LOLyamorous - A Live Speed-Dating Show

Cabaret

The Walrus / Tusk Club
MAY 20-21 at 21:15 (60 min) - PAID

Sick of swiping? Channel 4’s First Dates meets comedy talk show in this hilarious and unpredictable night of on-stage speed dating. Simply put your name down for the chance to enjoy a one-minute date on stage with a mystery match from the audience (or just watch from the crowd). When time’s up we throw to our panel including a dating expert and comedians – to chat about your love lives, how the date went and if we all hear wedding bells. Participation is voluntary. All relationship statuses, orientations and genders welcome!...


Nick Elleray: ToxNick Masculinity

Nick Elleray: ToxNick Masculinity

Comedy

Nick Elleray: ToxNick Masculinity

Comedy

The Walrus / Hideaway
MAY 14, 21 at 21:30 (60 min) - PAID

'Life-affirming', 'wildly physical' and 'apt to induce wonder in the viewer': these are all phrases Nick Elleray has used to describe Cirque de Soleil. Since exploding onto the London comedy scene in the first part of the second decade of the first century of the current millennium, Nick has been seen as a comedian's comedian, a niece's uncle and a landlord's tenant. Many attempt to follow the path he has trod. Most of them succeed (it's actually quite a well-trodden path with clear signs and good facilities). But all agree that the real Nick Elleray experience can't be appreciat...


RPJ: Role-Playing James

RPJ: Role-Playing James

Comedy

RPJ: Role-Playing James

Comedy

The Walrus / Tusk Club
MAY 18-22, 25-26, 28-29, 31 at 18:45 (60 min) - PWYC

Professional Games Master and comedian James Bennison invites YOU to enter a magical world of his creation in which, using the power of imagination, you will be able to fight large fire-breathing lizards in subterranean lairs, but which, for legal reasons, is completely different from any other popular role-playing game you may have heard of. Three members of the audience will need to use all their brain power and creativity to embark on a magical quest and save the day, as well as rolling gigantic twenty sided dice in the hopes the number will be high enough to guarantee success. Will y...



Sarah Roberts: Scary Movie 7 (WIP)

Sarah Roberts: Scary Movie 7 (WIP)

Comedy

Sarah Roberts: Scary Movie 7 (WIP)

Comedy

The Caroline of Brunswick / Upper Lounge
MAY 21 at 21:30 (60 min) - PWYC

Sarah Roberts (BBC New Comedy Awards, The Guardian's Funniest Comedians of the Fringe, Rolling Stone's Rising Stars of 2024 and 2025 Chortle Award Nominated Shitposter) is doing a blood ritual (work in progress show), and you've been summoned. 'Mischievous, playful and very loveable' ***** EdFringe Review 'Razor-sharp' ***** The Reviews Hub 'Riotously funny' **** The Student 'Remarkable' **** The Comic's Comic 'Seamless' **** The Spy In The Stalls 'Irresistibly fun' Rolling Stone 'Phenomenal new talent, destined for stardom' Catherine Bohart...


Struan Logan: Chaotic Good

Struan Logan: Chaotic Good

Comedy

Struan Logan: Chaotic Good

Comedy

The Caroline of Brunswick / Upper Lounge
MAY 19-22 at 20:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Want tickets from £10

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After several years out of comedy Struan returns to stand-up with a new sense of rivitalisation, joie de vivre and conviction. Whilst the world goes to hell in a hand basket, be part of the Sisyphean fun of revealing in the mockery as this show reintroduces Struan to a new audience whilst giving off the wall outlooks and solutions to a broken world. "A must see show." ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ - Weekend Notes “A humble Scotsman… [Struan] will have you cackling.” ★ ★ ★ ★ ½ - Adelaide Advertiser “Adorably goofy… [On his travel show] If this show d...


The great British menu (of Petty complaints)

The great British menu (of Petty complaints)

Comedy

The great British menu (of Petty complaints)

Comedy

The Walrus / Hideaway
MAY 21 at 20:15 (60 min) - PWYC

It's always Whine O'Clock in Britain. The weather is too hot. Or too cold or too rainy. Sometimes it gets so bad that we have to go on holiday to complain about another country. And the people in Britain are awful. Driving too slowly, making grammatical errors and joking about the wrong things. ​ Samantha Day is back - with a new comedy game show that treats Britain's most trivial problems with the seriousness that they deserve. Britain has never been so divided. And this show could definitely make it worse. “Just brilliant“ – Arthur Smith "Her confidence, delivery...


The Queen, Shakespeare and Me

The Queen, Shakespeare and Me

Comedy

The Queen, Shakespeare and Me

Comedy

The Temple Bar / Upstairs Temple
MAY 18-21 at 18:45 (60 min) - Paid tickets from £8

Affectionate musical comedy tribute to a thoroughly modern, fully empowered female role model – a woman who headed up a country & united a commonwealth for over 70 years, earning respect, admiration & affection from around the world. This powerful, colourful lady head of state reflects on her long life and reveals her "all" to her people – her undying love for her corgis, the men in her life, her singlehanded success at forging peace processes, her unexpected, delightful designs for leading the country, with a surprise "coming out" at 96. "Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinit...


Waiting for Texto!

Waiting for Texto!

Theatre

Waiting for Texto!

Theatre

a&o Hostel Bar / Front Room
MAY 21 at 20:15 (60 min) - Paid tickets from £7

Waiting for Texto is an electrifying interactive comedy play that captures the raw, universal experience of waiting for a response to your carefully crafted WhatsApp message. Through humour and technology, it explores the frustration of not getting a reply after an unforgettable night. Described as Bridget Jones meets Baby Reindeer, the play offers a fresh, hilarious take on the trials of modern dating, perfect for anyone who's struggled with love and texting in the digital age. If men are such visual creatures, why can't they see my texts?! A hilarious show which really distinguishes itsel...


WORM

WORM

Comedy

WORM

Comedy

The Walrus / Hideaway
MAY 20-21 at 19:00 (60 min) - PWYC

Sophie always thought she was just a girl, living her best life. But recently has come to realise that she might be more of a worry worm than a glass half full kinda gal. In this comedy show, see what’s been on her mind lately and maybe she can ease your worries too - relationship woes? Housemate eating all your cheese again? Just come along, pop your problem in the worry worm bucket and have a few laughs....