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 26 May, sorted by Start Time

12:00

Adventures: Journey through Dungeons with Dragons

Adventures: Journey through Dungeons with Dragons

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

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 ...


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)....


15:00

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....


18:00

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 18:30 (60 min) - Free and Unticketed

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...


Flesh and Bone Play

Flesh and Bone Play

Theatre

Flesh and Bone Play

Theatre

The Temple Bar / Upstairs Temple
MAY 26 at 18:45 (40 min) - Paid tickets from £5.50

Missing people from the 1960s/70s inter-communal Cypriot conflict are returning as zombies, disrupting borders and creating havoc, but not for Muppet-Joker. He's more concerned about how moving to Cyprus has landed him with emo siblings, Sage and Milton, divided by religious trauma, and their leader, Athena, who thinks she is a vampire spiritually connected to Gerard Way. Combining a real Tumblr drama with the fiery question of how we can move forward from silent tragedies, Flesh and Bone explores the intersection of the internet's hyper-individualist culture alongside collective violence....


19:00

The Eric Tinker Experience

The Eric Tinker Experience

Comedy

The Eric Tinker Experience

Comedy

a&o Hostel Bar / Front Room
MAY 26 at 19:00 (60 min) - Paid tickets from £4

Aussie/pommie stand up and musical comedian Eric Tinker brings his “bloody weird and so much fun” ‘Ericsperience’ to Brighton, for one show only! Between eccentric gags he raps as MC Boomer, sings a love song to Margaret Thatcher, appears as a meditating cow and more. Also Eric will be ‘reading the mind’ of an audience member and improvise a song from their thoughts! How wrong can that go? Eric has performed successful shows at the Adelaide, Edinburgh, Perth (WA) and Brisbane Fringes over the last seven years. He has appeared in clubs, pubs and festivals around Australia and in his native E...


The SMALL Stuff

The SMALL Stuff

Comedy

The SMALL Stuff

Comedy

The Caroline of Brunswick / Upper Lounge
MAY 26 at 19:00 (60 min) - Paid tickets from £6

Writer-comedian Daniel Tizon, the last of his family line (probably for the best), forensically dissects the minutiae of daily life, from the dread of SMALL talk with a chatty new neighbour in his building, to explaining why he hasn't danced since he was eight years old. To Daniel, dancing requires a level of EXTROVERTED performance - the expressions, the gestures, the flair, all of which need to be synced with the actual dance moves - that his understated persona simply cannot accommodate. He explores too the fraught etiquette of the adult education college urinal, specifically the moment ...


20:00

One's Clean, One's Not

One's Clean, One's Not

Comedy

One's Clean, One's Not

Comedy

The Temple Bar / Upstairs Temple
MAY 26 at 20:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Want Tickets - from £5

Book a PWYW Ticket in advance for this show to guarantee entry, or turn up at the venue for free with the option of donating at the end of the show

Callum Mackenzie is a clean comic. Vinny Shiu is not. This show is both of them, back to back. Two of London's top up-and-coming comedians bring their contrasting styles to the stage. 'One's Clean, One's Not', offers something for every comedy palate. Moving from innocent to indecent, over the course of one hilarious hour. ...



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...


The Full Gaffney

The Full Gaffney

Comedy

The Full Gaffney

Comedy

a&o Hostel Bar / Front Room
MAY 25-26 at 20:15 (60 min) - Paid tickets from £5

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

Book a PWYW Ticket in advance for this show to guarantee entry, or turn up at the venue for free with the option of donating at the end of the show

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....


Who The F*&$% is Madeleine?

Who The F*&$% is Madeleine?

Comedy

Who The F*&$% is Madeleine?

Comedy

The Walrus / Hideaway
MAY 26 at 20:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Want tickets from £7

Book a PWYW Ticket in advance for this show to guarantee entry, or turn up at the venue for free with the option of donating at the end of the show

'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 curre...


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....


A Letter To My Parents

A Letter To My Parents

Comedy

A Letter To My Parents

Comedy

The Walrus / Hideaway
MAY 20, 26-27 at 21:30 (60 min) - Free ticketed

In a deeply personal letter to his parents, Henning Nilsen (Norway) recounts his Edinburgh Fringe debut and the life choices that led up to leaving a safe Finance job to pursue his dream of becoming a standup comedian. Henning is a fast-rising award-winning standup comedian making waves in the UK. He's a viral sensation with over 100 million views and has in short time gained a large following through his dry humour videos. He regularly performs at the top comedy clubs in the UK and has headlined internationally in New York, Berlin, Paris, Oslo, Bangkok and Singapore. His first solo show '...