Brighton Fringe Shows

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


List Shows: By Name | By Start Time

Listings for 25 May, sorted by Start Time

12:00

Science Magic: Messy Mayhem

Science Magic: Messy Mayhem

Childrens

Science Magic: Messy Mayhem

Childrens

a&o Hostel Bar / Front Room
MAY 3-4, 10, 17, 24-25, 27, 29, 31 at 12:30 (60 min) - Paid tickets from £7

Ignite young imaginations and nurture a lifelong love of science with Science Magic —a high-energy, interactive comedy experience designed for children aged 5 to 12. Created and performed by a comedian and zoologist who has delighted audiences in over 20 countries, this show combines clever science tricks with laugh-out-loud moments, all using everyday objects kids can find at home. Each performance demystifies scientific concepts, encouraging children to see themselves as budding scientists who can experiment, explore, and discover on their own. Science Magic is more than entertainment; it’s ...


Comics Vs Kids

Comics Vs Kids

Childrens

Comics Vs Kids

Childrens

The Walrus / Hideaway
MAY 3-4, 24-25 at 12:30 (60 min) - Paid tickets from £5

Comics vs Kids returns with a show full of jokes, silliness, interaction and special guests. Have a laugh with the jovial, affable host and a selection of fringe comedians and maybe win some prizes in a quest to find out who is funnier and smarter, comedians or kids! An awesome time will be had by all. "An absolute joy of a show enjoyed by the entire room" ★★★★★ (LagoonFest) ...


13:00

James Regal - People Pleaser

James Regal - People Pleaser

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 ...


14:00

A Puppet Zoo Adventure!

A Puppet Zoo Adventure!

Childrens

A Puppet Zoo Adventure!

Childrens

a&o Hostel Bar / Front Room
MAY 24-31 at 14:00 (50 min) - Paid tickets from £5

A Puppet Zoo Adventure is a delightful blend of laughter and learning where animals come to life! Join Steph and Layla as they explore the zoo and the animals that need your help! This 45-minute interactive show is perfect for under 10s and involves ventriloquism, magic and a whole lot of laughter! 'Topped off with puppetry, great comedy, and enough energy to jump start a truck' (TheWeeReview.com, 2023)....


Suse Steed - Work in Progress

Suse Steed - Work in Progress

Comedy

Suse Steed - Work in Progress

Comedy

The Caroline of Brunswick / Upper Lounge
MAY 24-25 at 14:00 (60 min) - Paid tickets from £5

Join Suse Steed (NATYS Finalist, Funny Women Regional Finalist) as she tries out some new jokes and tells better versions of old ones. “had me laughing from start to finish… doesn't just entertain, but leaves you like all art should questioning the world we live in” (Women in Comedy festival) “message, intelligence, storytelling and humour simply boom out into the ether” Mumble Comedy “Comedy that will make you learn as well as laugh” Evening Standard ...


Best of Brighton Fringe for Kids

Best of Brighton Fringe for Kids

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

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 ...


15:00

Laughing Horse CLEAN Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse CLEAN Pick of the Fringe

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

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...


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

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

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 tickets from £7

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....



16:00

Flightless Birds

Flightless Birds

Comedy

Flightless Birds

Comedy

The Temple Bar / Upstairs Temple
MAY 2-3, 24-25 at 16:15 (60 min) - Free and Unticketed

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...


Beat the Comic: Piemaggedon

Beat the Comic: Piemaggedon

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?...


Best of Brighton Fringe Comedy

Best of Brighton Fringe Comedy

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

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" ★★&...


17:00

Dan Evens & Michael Fabbri: TOO LITTLE TOO LATE

Dan Evens & Michael Fabbri: TOO LITTLE TOO LATE

Comedy

Dan Evens & Michael Fabbri: TOO LITTLE TOO LATE

Comedy

The Walrus / Tusk Club
MAY 3-4, 25, 31 at 17:15 (60 min) - PAID

An hour of new stand up comedy from two of the comedy circuit’s most gnarled and arthritic old hands....


Brighton Belles

Brighton Belles

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

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....


Best in Fringe Comedy - The Early Show

Best in Fringe Comedy - The Early Show

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

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...


Alex Kitson: It's For You

Alex Kitson: It's For You

Comedy

Alex Kitson: It's For You

Comedy

The Caroline of Brunswick / Upper Lounge
MAY 25 at 17:45 (60 min) - Free ticketed

Multi-award winning comedian and Best of Brighton Fringe Comedy Award Nominee Alex Kitson returns to Brighton with his latest hour of stand-up. This time, he’s talking about attention. If you could direct yours his way for a moment he'd be very grateful. Best Reviewed Shows of the Edinburgh Fringe 2025 “The future of British comedy ” - ★★★★★ ThreeWeeks “The audience laughter is non-stop” - ★★★★★ The Phoenix Remix “Expertly constructed punchlines… Insanely original” - ★★★★★ European Comedy ISH Edi...


I Think I'm Turning Japanese (I Really Think So, Not!)

I Think I'm Turning Japanese (I Really Think So, Not!)

Comedy

I Think I'm Turning Japanese (I Really Think So, Not!)

Comedy

The Walrus / Hideaway
MAY 4, 24-25 at 17:45 (60 min) - Paid tickets from £3

Blending British wit with Japanese sensibility, I Think I’m Turning Japanese (I Really Think So, Not) is a smart, funny, and heartfelt look at life between cultures. After six years living in Japan — and twenty years of bilingual family chaos between Tokyo, Honolulu, and London — comedian Sam Joseph explores what happens when East meets West, manners meet madness, and love meets language barriers. Through sharp stand-up, hyper-verbosity and a smattering of DuoLingo, Sam unpacks marriage, miscommunication, and the myths of “becoming Japanese” with warmth and absurd humour. “Superb” – Pete...



18:00

10 Things They Hate About Me

10 Things They Hate About Me

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...


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...


19:00

Crowd Work with President Obonjo

Crowd Work with President Obonjo

Comedy

Crowd Work with President Obonjo

Comedy

The Caroline of Brunswick / Upper Lounge
MAY 4, 25 at 19:00 (60 min) - Paid tickets from £10

President Obonjo is back in Brighton with his first crowd work show where anything goes the President interrogates his audience for laughs , watch as the President works the room he starts talking to his audience , he chooses who to speak to depending how afraid they look, as he riffs into them , The President is electric on stage and makes the audience feel part of the show. He makes it look effortless. ...


Strippers Advice Bureau

Strippers Advice Bureau

Comedy

Strippers Advice Bureau

Comedy

The Walrus / Tusk Club
MAY 4, 10, 25, 31 at 19:00 (60 min) - PWYC

Do you have a problem? Struggling to know where to turn? Bring your dilemmas to this comedy show, where real life strippers hold space, listen carefully and offer free, non-judgemental life advice to all. Stacey Clare (creator of hit Fringe show "Ask A Stripper", author of "The Ethical Stripper" and cast member of "The Illicit Thrill") and friends are on a new mission to bring empathy, compassion and understanding out of the strip club and onto the stage. These unshockable, hardened and world-weary women have been giving free therapy to men in strip clubs for years, so what better way to share...


20:00

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...


Playboy of the Western World-ish

Playboy of the Western World-ish

Comedy

Playboy of the Western World-ish

Comedy

a&o Hostel Bar / Front Room
MAY 25-26 at 20:15 (60 min) - PWYC

Darren Gaffney is an Irish man who grew up 15 minutes from the border with Northern Ireland. Growing up in rural Ireland has led to a life filled with mad stories and crazy characters. And Gaffney manages to take you on a trip of laughter and never lets you go! 'A must see. A comedic tornado' - The Irish Independent 'So unique, so funny' - The Scotsman...


Prop Roulette

Prop Roulette

Comedy

Prop Roulette

Comedy

The Caroline of Brunswick / Upper Lounge
MAY 4-7, 24-27 at 20:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Want tickets from £5

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Compilation show where a range of comedians will be tested on their improv ability by trying to incorporate randomly assigned props as best as possible into their routine. Prize for best/most innovative use of a prop. Hosted by Matt Male....


21:00

The Goth-father

The Goth-father

Comedy

The Goth-father

Comedy

The Temple Bar / Upstairs Temple
MAY 24-27 at 21:15 (60 min) - Paid tickets from £8

REVENGE IS A DISH BEST SERVED GOTH In 1983, ATHOS DARK created Gothic Rock with his band The Leeds 6, featuring future members of The Cure, The Cult, Sisters of Mercy and Bauhaus. Who all betrayed him. Now, after 40 years in the wasteland, Athos Dark is back. And you are invited to the launch of The Leeds 6’s new greatest album: EXILE. With special guest bass player: CROW MAGGIE So back-comb your hair, apply the purple lipstick and pull up your fishnet tights. Lads, it’s time for mayhem, music and the chicken dance....



Who The F*&$% is Madeleine?

Who The F*&$% is Madeleine?

Comedy

Who The F*&$% is Madeleine?

Comedy

The Caroline of Brunswick / Upper Lounge
MAY 25 at 21:30 (60 min) - PWYC

'Who the F*$% is Madeleine? Madeleine Munford is an anxiety-riddled, bisexual New Yorker who is a libra rising and possibly the reincarnation of Princess Diana. Join her as she recounts her misadventures living with an ex-situationship, having a threesome from Beetlejuice, and navigating the battle between choosing herself all over again or staying toxic. This is also a love letter to the gays and girlies, for their supportive voice notes, loud karaoke sessions, and endless live music gig adventures. Madeleine Munford is a stand-up comedian and actress originally from New York, who is curr...


Ask A Stripper: Pulling Back the G-String

Ask A Stripper: Pulling Back the G-String

Comedy

Ask A Stripper: Pulling Back the G-String

Comedy

The Walrus / Hideaway
MAY 25 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...