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 ...

Childrens

Fraser Sums - Discover The Magic Of Maths

Childrens

The Temple Bar / Upstairs Temple

MAY 23 at 12:30 (60 min) - PAID

Fraser Sums is a MathMagician who combines his love for Maths and Magic to entertain, engage and educate audiences on both Ready to discover the magic of maths?...

Comedy

199 Jokes Before Lunchtime

Comedy

The Walrus / Hideaway

MAY 2, 23 at 12:30 (60 min) - PAID

*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....

Comedy

James Regal - People Pleaser

Comedy

The Temple Bar / Upstairs Temple

MAY 23-25 at 13:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Want tickets from £5

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Can a chronic people pleaser ever get what they really want in life? Wouldn't it just be more fun to be an arsehole to everyone instead? Fresh from a successful run at Edinburgh Fringe, James Regal, recounts a life spent avoiding confrontation - from pretending to understand Spanish, to Covid marriage struggles and a cringeworthy sex club faux pas. Winner of Dov's Best Jewish Joke of the Edinburgh Fringe 2024. 'Sharp and witty' (Michelle Wolf). 'One of the top joke writers we've seen coming out of Europe' (Brian Moses, Roast Battle). 'Loose, raw, and genuinely funny, with stories that ...

Comedy

Zoe Thorne: Gold Top

Comedy

a&o Hostel Bar / Front Room

MAY 8, 13, 19, 23 at 14:00 (60 min) - Paid tickets from £5

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Thought you wouldn't be able to see any grownup shows at the Brighton Fringe this year because you have a baby? Think again! It's hard to get out to see live comedy when you're a parent, and it can be expensive and nerve-wracking organising a babysitter. Gold Top, presented by Pram Jam Comedy, is a daytime comedy gig where you can bring the baby along too, so there's no need to miss out! Comedian and mum of two Zoe Thorne will ensure plenty of laughs as she talks about the trials and tribulations of parenting and childbirth, and you can feel like a grownup out on the town again. But you're ...

Comedy

Uncle CCTV

Comedy

The Caroline of Brunswick / Upper Lounge

MAY 16, 23 at 14:00 (60 min) - Paid tickets from £5

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Uncle CCTV viral Tik Tok persona , built on sneaky Art of Listening where he eavesdrop on strangers conversations in pubs and cafes , his whispered narrations of awkward dates and the bar banter provide observational humour and chaotic energy. Boots on the grounds journalism Uncle CCTVs Charm comes from real unfiltered moments captured in public. A mix of stand up improv and sketch comedy. ...

Childrens

Best of Brighton Fringe for Kids

Childrens

The Walrus / Hideaway

MAY 23-25, 30-31 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

Sam See: Sam See It, Sam Say It, Sam Sorted (WIP)

Comedy

The Temple Bar / Upstairs Temple

MAY 16-17, 23-24 at 15:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Want tickets from £5

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★★★★★ One4Review ★★★★.5 The Edge ★★★★ Fest Mag ★★★★ The Age After years of unique comedy hours about being illegally gay, sex education, and emotional storytelling, Sam's been told by his agent to do a normal stand-up show. He's been instructed to have no slideshows, no crowdwork, no edu-tainment, and NO HEARTFELT MESSAGES. Just jokes, so that he can be a mainstream TV comedian with viral online clips. Can he do it? Join him as he tries to find out if he can truly be a "successful" stand...

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

100% Badgers with Matt Hobs

Comedy

The Caroline of Brunswick / Upper Lounge

MAY 23-24 at 15:15 (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, ...

Childrens

101 Ways to Annoy your parents... and other really old people!

Childrens

The Walrus / Hideaway

MAY 23-31 at 15:15 (60 min) - PAID

Title says it all! *Evil laugh*. Don’t worry, I’ll also teach the parents how to annoy their kids as well. From multi award-winning kids comedian Matty Grey. Laugh your guts out of your butthole as he brings the chaos of his mind to the Brighton Fringe Festival. ‘Matty Grey is the master of children’s entertainment and he knocks it out of the park‘ ★★★★★ Advertiser, Adelaide ‘Matty Grey is loud, enthusiastic, and will (mildly) insult your children!’ ★★★★★ PlayAndGo.com.au Winner: Best Kids Show, Adelaide Fringe 2023....

Comedy

Sajeela Kershi - Rebel Without Applause! WIP

Comedy

The Temple Bar / Upstairs Temple

MAY 9, 16, 23, 30 at 16:15 (60 min) - Free and Unticketed

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Multi-award winning comedian/writer/broadcaster (Winner AWA, Argus Angel & Star of Edinburgh Award Best show) returns to Brighton Brighton Fringe with her hilarious new show about our inner Rebel! Whether you're a Rebel with/without a cause, pause or menopause. It's time for ALL the Rebels from Gen X,Y and Zee to unite! Are you ready comrades? Then lets get this S**t Sorted in Solidarity! (Seen/heard/written for various TV/Radio (BBC, C4, ITV, Comedy Central TalkTV & much more) 'Smart, funny with a mischievous glint' (Times) 'Should be made available on prescription' (Skinny)...

Childrens

Beat the Comic: Piemaggedon

Childrens

a&o Hostel Bar / Front Room

MAY 23-25 at 16:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Want tickets from £5

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The silliest quiz show ever. Kids versus comedians in a head-to-head battle of wits answering wacky questions. The loser gets a custard pie and most likely so will everyone else. Anyone using the word "pie" gets a custard pie. Anyone questioning the quizmaster - gets a pie. Anyone calling for the quizmaster to get a pie - guess what?...

Comedy

Nick Kirk: Absolute Nickhead

Comedy

The Caroline of Brunswick / Upper Lounge

MAY 23-24 at 16:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Want tickets from £5

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Nick Kirk (West End New Act Finalist 2023) just wants to put on a silly character show (featuring the world's worst safety officer and a magician on the verge of a nervous breakdown). His own inner monologue, however, definitely has other ideas. Who will win? Will it make any sense? Does that even matter? These questions and fewer might be answered in Absolute Nickhead… “[Safety officer Dave Steed is] an amusing tragi-comic conceit and expertly performed with fine timing” - Chortle...

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

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" ★★...

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

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

Dave Chawner; Dry Humour

Comedy

The Caroline of Brunswick / Upper Lounge

MAY 23 at 17:45 (60 min) - Free and Unticketed

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Dave’s getting older... but isn’t everyone? Having gone sober he’s now worried he’s just boring. A light-hearted look at life's problems from a professional idiot. As seen on BBC, ITV & Channel 5. As heard on Radio 1, Radio 2 and Radio 4. “Hilariously entertaining” - Mail On Sunday ...

Comedy

RPJ: Role-Playing James

Comedy

The Walrus / Hideaway

MAY 23, 30 at 17:45 (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...

Comedy

10 Things They Hate About Me

Comedy

The Temple Bar / Upstairs Temple

MAY 22-25 at 18:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Want tickets from £12

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When it comes to relationships, Shinanne is all about the D... disappointment! She's a 40-year-old, single lady on a journey of reflection. Her eggs are hanging on like contestants in Gladiators... even her cultural references are old! The show is a hilarious account of the trials and tribulations of dating in a Tinder reality after growing up in a kissing-in-the-disco world. Inevitably she begins to ask – what's wrong with me? So begins the introspective, somewhat ridiculous and comical list of "red flags" that expose Shinanne's weaknesses in the modern dating era. "She's my favourite Iris...

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?...

Comedy

That's so Sapphic Podcast with Jane Postlethwaite & Alexi Melvin

Comedy

The Caroline of Brunswick / Upper Lounge

MAY 23 at 19:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Want tickets from £10

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MAY 23 at 19:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Want tickets from £10

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Join social media sapphics Jane Postlethwaite (@JaneDoesComedy) and Alexi Melvin (@TheAlexiMelvin) for a special live recording of the popular hit lesbian podcast, "That’s So Sapphic". A show created exclusively for Brighton Fringe, Jane and Alexi will dive deep into the world of sapphic culture — past, present, and delightfully niche. Growing up with little sapphic representation, they look back at the clues that were always there, from film and pop culture to those questionable teenage fixations that now make perfect sense. If you're a fan you know that in each episode we explore a ne...

Comedy

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Comedy

The Walrus / Hideaway

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

LJ DA FUNK in... Horny Organic Farmer Lady Shuffle

Comedy

The Temple Bar / Upstairs Temple

MAY 15-16, 22-24, 29-30 at 20:00 (60 min) - Paid tickets from £4

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New Venue. New Time. Same Nonsense! Brighton Fringe legend LJ DA FUNK returns with yet another hour of incomprehensible frivolity. Suitable mainly for weak-spirited aficionados of aggravated pomp. The show may or may not have something to do with the title. At the time of writing it does not. ...

Comedy

Cheap Laughs - Best Of Brighton

Comedy

a&o Hostel Bar / Front Room

MAY 22-24 at 20:15 (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

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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"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

The Cringe Factor: Rock and Roll Part 2

Comedy

a&o Hostel Bar / Front Room

MAY 22-23 at 21:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Want Tickets - from £5

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The Cringiest show at the Fringe is back... with a sequel nobody asked for! Join Ian Fox, a comedian who's aged like a carton of milk left in the sun, and his guests dissecting the cringe-worthy, the mind-boggling, and the downright bizarre. This hit new show from the 2025 Fringe returns with a brand-new selection clips, that should've stayed buried and with a ton of cultural debris from yesteryear for the comics to wade through. Belt yourself in for sharp wit, awkward laughter, and a whole lot of nostalgia or nausea digging up the cultural graveyard. The host and guests may have a...

Comedy

Ask A Stripper: Pulling Back the G-String

Comedy

The Caroline of Brunswick / Upper Lounge

MAY 3-4, 22-24, 28 at 21:30 (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

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

Barnish & Carmichael: No Idea

Comedy

The Walrus / Hideaway

MAY 23 at 22:45 (60 min) - PWYC

Cult improv comedy duo Barnish & Carmichael take a one-word suggestion from the audience and improvise a longform story where the two performers play all the characters! Two men. One word. No Idea! 'The UK's answer to TJ and Dave' (Stuart Moses, The Improv London Podcast)....