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 31 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 ...


Gerry Carroll - Young

Gerry Carroll - Young

Theatre

Gerry Carroll - Young

Theatre

The Temple Bar / Upstairs Temple
MAY 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 at 12:30 (60 min) - Paid tickets from £4

An Ordinary Man, A Hero of the Land of the Young. A solo clown odyssey written and performed by Gerry Carroll (age 73 and not slowing down). Long ago, the warrior-poet Oisín rode off with the golden-haired Niamh to Tír na nÓg – the Land of the Young, where time stands still. Three hundred years later he came home... and instantly turned into a wrinkly old man. Gerry has a soul-crushing office job, discovers clown and comedy, and explores what it’s like when you slowly turn into a wrinkly old man. What happens when we leave the Land of the Young? In this joyous and unexpectedly moving hou...


13:00

Ashley Haden Presents Crosswords

Ashley Haden Presents Crosswords

Comedy

Ashley Haden Presents Crosswords

Comedy

The Temple Bar / Upstairs Temple
MAY 30-31 at 13:45 (60 min) - Free and Unticketed

Crosswords is exactly what is says. Top comedians and the audience do a crossword and laugh. Get together, get the clues and get laughs. Pegasus Compilation show of the year 2024...


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)....


Zoe Cousin: Paul Sykes is Back On the Family Patch

Zoe Cousin: Paul Sykes is Back On the Family Patch

Comedy

Zoe Cousin: Paul Sykes is Back On the Family Patch

Comedy

The Caroline of Brunswick / Upper Lounge
MAY 31 at 14:00 (60 min) - PWYC

Paris. Panama City. Pontefract. Pyongyang. He’s been abart a bit. But now he’s back on the family patch, and it’s like he never went away. Join Wakefield’s infamous hardman Paul Sykes, on a journey about survival, self-discovery and being a big fish in a big pond (Wakefield is the 11th largest city in the UK, when you consider wider districts). You might laugh, you might cry, you will learn how to punch someone in the f***ing earhole. As seen on BBC3. BBC New Comedy Awards 2025 regional finalist. So You Think You’re Funny 2025 semi-finalist. Zoe also appeared on BBC1’s Bargain Hunt in 202...


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

Dr Mew's Sci-Fi Cabaret

Dr Mew's Sci-Fi Cabaret

Cabaret

Dr Mew's Sci-Fi Cabaret

Cabaret

The Temple Bar / Upstairs Temple
MAY 30-31 at 15:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Want tickets from £0

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A sci-fi themed show featuring cabaret acts who love sci fi and see it from a queer friendly perspective. Audience are free to cos-play. Hosted by SJ Wyatt and a cat who used to be an incel man. ...


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...



Woman(33)

Woman(33)

Comedy

Woman(33)

Comedy

The Caroline of Brunswick / Upper Lounge
MAY 16-17, 30-31 at 15:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Want tickets from £5

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Woman (33) is a one-woman clown/character comedy show starring Woman (33), who has a bag of tote bags, a uterus in retrograde and an inkling that her life is one size too small. From crying in front of Costa and the menace of cutting her own fringe to looking for solace in IKEA, this is the story of finding joy. The show takes place in her first-ever therapy session, as she attempts to piece herself back together after that Costa incident. She realises recovery will take more than a bubble bath or a trip to IKEA, and begins confronting the parts of herself she’d rather ignore: the environm...


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

Halfway over the Hill: Stories from the over 40

Halfway over the Hill: Stories from the over 40

Comedy

Halfway over the Hill: Stories from the over 40

Comedy

The Temple Bar / Upstairs Temple
MAY 31 at 16:15 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

Clive Copeman (BBC New Act competition runner-up) and Arna Spek (99 Comedy Club Female bursary Winner) are this year again teaming up with Michalle Paker (Go New York Finalist) for a show about mid life. These three stand-up comedians have all reached the delicate age of 40 (and above). They are in the middle of life, seeking propose and wisdom but mostly can’t remember what it is they wanted to find. Come and hear their unhinged stories from halfway over the hill, with no clear view of the top! "Easily the best show we saw at the fringe - we could have watched another hour!"...


Paul Merryck - Lager Jus

Paul Merryck - Lager Jus

Comedy

Paul Merryck - Lager Jus

Comedy

a&o Hostel Bar / Front Room
MAY 30-31 at 16:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Want tickets from £8

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Lager Jus – 25 Glorious Years of the 21st Century For all of you who think the old 2000s so far has been a bit shit – think again! From Richard Madeley’s Millenium Cupboard to the new series of Pro-Celebrity Dogging, the 21st Century has been an absolute delight. It’s been an amazing time too for veteran Essex Comedian Paul Merryck, so join him as he takes you on a journey through time, joyously and tenuously intertwining seismic global changes with the continuous unravelling of his ridiculous life. WARNING: Unlike many fringe shows, there’s no profound message or meaning that will g...


Dan Kelly: How I Went to Every Supermarket in the World

Dan Kelly: How I Went to Every Supermarket in the World

Comedy

Dan Kelly: How I Went to Every Supermarket in the World

Comedy

The Caroline of Brunswick / Upper Lounge
MAY 30-31 at 16:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Want tickets from £7

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Dan has been a data collector for 10 years. You know when they say how much it costs to live somewhere? He's the guy who has to find out. He goes around the world and walks around supermarkets recording the prices of apples/cheese/you name it into his Dictaphone. He's been to pretty much every supermarket, in every country, in the world. This is the story of how. From the man who brought you How I Came Third in the North Korean Marathon. Praise for How I Came Third in the North Korean Marathon: “A great life-affirming tale” - The Dark Chat “Very entertaining and funny” - John Fleming ...


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 Evans and Michael Fabbri: TOO LITTLE TOO LATE

Dan Evans and Michael Fabbri: TOO LITTLE TOO LATE

Comedy

Dan Evans and Michael Fabbri: TOO LITTLE TOO LATE

Comedy

The Walrus / Tusk Club
MAY 3-4, 25, 31 at 17:15 (60 min) - Paid tickets from £6

An hour of new stand up comedy from two of the comedy circuit’s most gnarled and arthritic old hands.MICHAEL FABBRI (Star of Radio 4's Dyslexicon) delivers news from the front line of everyday failure. 'Exceptionally funny, extremely sharp, hugely enjoyable' The Scotsman. DAN EVANS spouts some more of his accessible but childish surrealism. 'Originally ridiculous. Silliness taken to the nth degree' Milton Jones. 'A favourite with audiences as well as with his notoriously hard-to-please comedic peers' The Guardian....


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...


Be Not Afraid!

Be Not Afraid!

Comedy

Be Not Afraid!

Comedy

The Caroline of Brunswick / Upper Lounge
MAY 31 at 17:45 (60 min) - Tickets available soon

Camilla has a theory that whoever you played in your school Nativity mirrors how you will be later in life. She played Mary, so surely when she grew up she became the most important person in the world? That is not quite what happened… Now she is in her 30s and life isn’t quite shaping up to what she was promised. Maybe now if she goes back, she will be able to turn things around. *Queue Little Donkey* Mary is everything, but she is also just a girl. What is just wanted to listen to Lorde instead of be visited by one? Through characters, games and lots (and lots) of audience interaction...


Halfway over the Hill: Stories from the over 40

Halfway over the Hill: Stories from the over 40

Comedy

Halfway over the Hill: Stories from the over 40

Comedy

The Walrus / Hideaway
MAY 31 at 17:45 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

Clive Copeman (BBC New Act competition runner-up) and Arna Spek (99 Comedy Club Female bursary Winner) are this year again teaming up with Michalle Paker (Go New York Finalist) for a show about mid life. These three stand-up comedians have all reached the delicate age of 40 (and above). They are in the middle of life, seeking propose and wisdom but mostly can’t remember what it is they wanted to find. Come and hear their unhinged stories from halfway over the hill, with no clear view of the top! "Easily the best show we saw at the fringe - we could have watched another hour!"...


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...


Vladimir McTavish: 2026 (Work in Progress)

Vladimir McTavish: 2026 (Work in Progress)

Comedy

Vladimir McTavish: 2026 (Work in Progress)

Comedy

The Temple Bar / Upstairs Temple
MAY 28-31 at 18:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Want tickets from £10

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Following the sell-out success of his 2025 Edinburgh Fringe show "The Last Chance Saloon", Vladimir McTavish returns to Brighton with some "2026 Hits The Fan". Hilarious personal observations and new insights into the state of the world in 2026. "One of the finest acts on the Scottish comedy circuit" (Guardian) "Inspired comedy brilliance" (Australian Stage)...


19:00

Hyper-Connected

Hyper-Connected

Comedy

Hyper-Connected

Comedy

a&o Hostel Bar / Front Room
MAY 10, 14, 27, 31 at 19:00 (60 min) - PWYC

Adam Bromley: Hyper-Connected is a comedy show about one manic man navigating an increasingly deranged hyper-online world. Adam grew up in the analogue age when people had to remember facts and basic courtesy – now it’s Chat GPT and online hat mobs. Join him on this madcap journey through his own over-stimulated brain and world that is too connected for its own good. Smart phones have taken over the world, AI will be next and we’ll be too busy doom scrolling to notice. ...


Trials of Love (The Comedy of Eros)

Trials of Love (The Comedy of Eros)

Cabaret

Trials of Love (The Comedy of Eros)

Cabaret

The Caroline of Brunswick / Upper Lounge
MAY 31 at 19:00 (60 min) - PWYC

The Mother Wolf Club Present 'Trials of Love (The Comedy of Eros)'. Witness the first case in recorded history where Love itself stands trial for its many and grievous crimes— defended, terribly, by the Greek god Herpes. Imagine Judge Judy meets The Odyssey. Under Love’s bad name: Romeo and Juliet bled, John the Baptist lost his head, and Bon Jovi went multi-platinum. This madness ends now. COURT WILL HEAR THE FOLLOWING EVIDENCE: • The siren, Laura Lie, who lured men to their deaths with her objectively terrible love songs • The champion of chastity and courtly lov...


Strippers Advice Bureau

Strippers Advice Bureau

Comedy

Strippers Advice Bureau

Comedy

The Walrus / Hideaway
MAY 4, 10, 25, 31 at 19:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Want tickets from £15

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

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...