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 17 May, sorted by Start Time

18:00

You Don't Have to Be Mad to Work Here (WIP)

You Don't Have to Be Mad to Work Here (WIP)

Comedy

You Don't Have to Be Mad to Work Here (WIP)

Comedy

The Temple Bar / Upstairs
MAY 5-7, 17-19, JUN 1-3 at 18:00 (60 min) - PAID - Tickets from £4

Award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones has written a book! Is it really a "modern classic" or are his publishers as deluded as his patients? Make your minds up together as he shares chapters. 'Perfect and hilarious'(Buzzfeed)...


3,2,1 Vulva Slam!

3,2,1 Vulva Slam!

Comedy

3,2,1 Vulva Slam!

Comedy

The Walrus / Basement Room
MAY 15-18, 21-22 at 18:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can - Tickets from £2

Come experience the joy, the struggles, the beauty and the pain around being a woman, wanting to be one or not being one. All art types are welcome! ...


19:00

Nathan Cassidy: Fifty

Nathan Cassidy: Fifty

Comedy

Nathan Cassidy: Fifty

Comedy

The Caroline of Brunswick / Upper Lounge
MAY 17 at 19:00 (60 min) - FREE

Multi award-winning comedian Nathan Cassidy wanted to perform the show of his life but has been told he must make his standup ‘Tik Tok ready’. So instead here are 50 bits of a minute each with absolutely no connections, depth, heart or soul. Swipe up morons. ‘He is untouchable’ ★★★★ The Times Best Standup Brighton Fringe 2022 Off West End Stage Awards Nominee 2021 Best Show Leicester Comedy Festival Nominee 2020 Amazon Prime Specials 'Bumblebee' and 'Observational'. Writer on multiple TV sketch shows and multiple appearances 2021/2022 on Radio 5 Live and ...


Addiction: The Truth

Addiction: The Truth

Spoken Word

Addiction: The Truth

Spoken Word

The Walrus / Raised Room
MAY 17-18, 24-25, 31, JUN 1 at 19:00 (60 min) - FREE

Kevin McCarron is an experienced stand-up comedian, and a Doctor of Philosophy. He has also been a drug addict and an alcoholic. In this presentation he will mock the most cherished beliefs which have so disastrously dominated Western attitudes to drug addiction and alcoholism for the last century....


No shade (ok, a little shade)

No shade (ok, a little shade)

Comedy

No shade (ok, a little shade)

Comedy

The Temple Bar / Upstairs
MAY 10, 17, 24, 31 at 19:15 (60 min) - FREE

Putting the FUN back into FUNNY. Well, trying to. You start off keeping it light and upbeat but - be real - its hard not to be a little bitchy. "Fierce, fresh and fabulous" (Alesha Dixon) flamboyant comedy from your favourite living stereotype, Aaron Twitchen. "Hilarious, warm, energetic and capable of busting some serious moves. Twitchen is a quadruple threat" (The Skinny) Pay what you want on door, or £5 to reserve a ticket online This is a work in progress so expect me to wang on about a different thing every night. Or not. Depends what you want really x ...


20:00

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Comedy

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Comedy

The Walrus / Basement Room
MAY 5, 7, 10-12, 14, 17-19, 21, 24-26, 28, 31, JUN 1-2, 4 at 20:00 (60 min) - Tickets from £7

'The Pick of the Fringe' returns to Brighton - an annual selection of the very best in stand-up comedy at the Brighton 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, all selected from shows all around Brighton Fringe. There's something for everyone - so 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, Singapore, H...


Bex's Chainsaw Moussaka

Bex's Chainsaw Moussaka

Comedy

Bex's Chainsaw Moussaka

Comedy

The Caroline of Brunswick / Upper Lounge
MAY 15-17 at 20:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can - Tickets from £5

There’ll be no storytelling, no deep meaning about relationships, no moral messages near the end... but there might just be quick-fire jokes, dark wordplay, oddball characters, off-the-wall impressions and - if you’re lucky - some meaty layers between those aubergines. 2018 Pebble Trust Award-winner Bex is back in force with her high energy stand-up comedy show full of lots of weird stuff you weren’t expecting: guaranteed! Come with her on an unexpected whimsical journey to embrace her awkward side. Her show explores how it affected her growing up, how it affects her now and whether she nee...


Leonard Feels The Heat

Leonard Feels The Heat

Comedy

Leonard Feels The Heat

Comedy

The Walrus / Raised Room
MAY 10-11, 17-18 at 20:15 (60 min) - FREE and unticketed

Leonard Feels The Heat: a heart-warming, tastebud-tingling tale. “Leonard had always avoided chilli. In a Venn diagram of foodstuffs, he couldn’t see why the circles of flavour and self-harm would ever need to intersect.” Bored pensioner Leonard Cox, vows to spice up his life by entering a chilli-eating competition in his local village hall. The only problem is, the last time he ate a chilli was 40 years ago and it made him spectacularly ill. Will his secret training regime pay off? Or will Leonard’s family put a stop to it before his shot at glory? Fittingly, this show is being perfo...



Ben Pope: Holy Cow

Ben Pope: Holy Cow

Comedy

Ben Pope: Holy Cow

Comedy

The Temple Bar / Upstairs
MAY 16-17 at 20:30 (55 min) - PAID - Tickets from £3

Ben Pope (‘a total delight’ - Fest) is bored of small talk. So here it is! A show about The Big Stuff: God, death, love, the galaxy and, most of all, chocolate. What happens after you die? What’s God up to? Is love forever? Why do people like stargazing when it’s so desperately boring? Ben’s got some huge questions and the answers are, well, sublime. Praise for previous work: “Consistently funny and deceptively thoughtful” - THE SCOTSMAN “A ballsy and clear-eyed routine” - FEST “Classy, stylish and accomplished…Pope has all the comedian’s tools and he knows how to use them” – CHOR...


21:00

Comedy Carp

Comedy Carp

Comedy

Comedy Carp

Comedy

The Walrus / Basement Room
MAY 15-17 at 21:15 (60 min) - FREE and unticketed

A brand new collection of up and coming comedic talent from around the south of England Wales. A broad spectrum of 3 - 5 comedians per performance, plus MC and featuring a new and different lineup every day. Special guests to be announced as the festival approaches and maybe even during! Website will get updated daily with lineup and running times. ...


1990 Child from Wuhan: Trauma, Love, Diarrhoea

1990 Child from Wuhan: Trauma, Love, Diarrhoea

Comedy

1990 Child from Wuhan: Trauma, Love, Diarrhoea

Comedy

The Caroline of Brunswick / Upper Lounge
MAY 17-18 at 21:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can - Tickets from £2.50

Moni grew up in a sweatshop in Wuhan. This is a true story about her impoverished childhood, dysfunctional family, love life, and diarrhea. Unlike Jesus, Moni turns tragedy into comedy. Join Moni for a rollercoaster of emotions! Expect laughter and tears. Winner of Berlin New Stand-up Award 2019 and Founder of Berlin Mental Health Festival. Edinburgh Fringe 2022 sell-out show. 'Beautiful storytelling but overly sexual' (Scotsman). 'I saw the show, twice!! Moni is a very intelligent, funny and great performer' (Shazia Mirza). 'An absolutely funny show' (Scottish Field) 'Moni, the room is...


Finlay & Joe: Perpetual Hype Machine

Finlay & Joe: Perpetual Hype Machine

Comedy

Finlay & Joe: Perpetual Hype Machine

Comedy

The Walrus / Raised Room
MAY 17 at 21:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can - Tickets from £8

Finlay and Joe are proud to show you the Perpetual Hype Machine, a formidable high-tech device they have precision-engineered to generate the perfect sketch comedy show with every performance. However, this is just the prototype, so there might be a couple of tweaks they need to make along the way. The machine’s not evil, though. That would be bad. Don’t miss your chance to catch the very first hour-long sketch show from two of comedy’s newest rising stars: Finlay Stroud (Joe’s Best Friend Award, Winner 2023) and Joe Peden (Finlay’s Best Friend Award, Runner-up 2023)....


Awkward Princess

Awkward Princess

Comedy

Awkward Princess

Comedy

The Temple Bar / Upstairs
MAY 17-18 at 21:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can - Tickets from £5

Awkward princess is the debut solo show from the Romanian comedian Mihai Tartara.It is the coming of age story of a shy boy that wherever it goes, it creates an awkward situation. This is like a Disney movie but with sexual references, it is like Monty Python made in Eastern Europe. This is a narrative driven show that includes hundreds of one-liners, hilarious stories and alternative movements such as physical comedy, puppet shows and many other surprises."Unique perspective"(The Wee Review). Who is Mihai Tartara ? Mihai Tartara it's a stand-up comedian and a bad software developer origi...