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Thursday
24th May
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Brighton Festival
International theatre performance focusing on forms of desire – from warm flesh to cold hard cash
Blind Tiger
The C Word
Brighton Fringe Festival
Comedy show put on by the people who brought you Russell Brand. Presumably that accounts for the name of the night
Brighton Marina
Wilde's The Importance Of Being Earnest
Brighton Fringe Festival
A trivial comedy for serious people set during the 1952 coronation
Brunswick
Fat Thursday Night
Brighton Fringe Festival
Live blues from King Size Slim, The East Brighton Rhythm, DJ Graeme Miall
Caroline Of Brunswick
Brighton Must Sees
Brighton Fringe Festival
Comedy showcase with some of the best fringe acts
Caroline Of Brunswick
Loving London - The Capital Cabaret
Brighton Fringe Festival
Comedic cabaret show about the history and highlights of the big smoke
Caroline Of Brunswick
Pandora's Box
Brighton Fringe Festival
Cabaret parody about a toilet attendant turned XXL stripper
Caroline Of Brunswick
Meryl O'Rourke - Bad Mother
Brighton Fringe Festival
Mischievous comedy show about motherhood and other mistakes
Caroline Of Brunswick
Test Tube Comedy
Brighton Fringe Festival
Stand-up and sketch comedy acts hosted by Dec Munro
Corn Exchange
Can We Talk About This?
Brighton Festival
New physical theatre work with a political theme
Dome
Kathryn Rudge & James Baillieu
Brighton Festival
The ‘New Face of Classical Music’ performs songs by Mahler, Fauré and Britten
Green Door Store
Girls Names, Splashh, Heliopause
“Reverb drenched surf-pop classics from sunny Belfast”
Jive Monkey
You Left Me In The Dark
Brighton Fringe Festival
A new play about the love lives of CND activists inspired by both Anton Chekhov and Florence & The Machine
Jubilee Square
A Dirty Martini With Evelyn Waugh
Brighton Fringe Festival
Theatrical and debauched performance driven by the audience
Jubilee Square
Hendrick's Library Of Delightfully Peculiar Writings
Brighton Fringe Festival
Gin company stuffs train carriage full of invented curiosities
Komedia
Les Cocque Ups
Brighton Fringe Festival
Some cabaret shows pretend to be French to seem sophisticated – this cabaret show is about a cabaret show that pretends to be French. This means they get to have their gâteau and eat it
Komedia
Putting It Together - Sondheim Revue
Brighton Fringe Festival
Comedic musical tribute to the theatre composer, Stephen Sondheim
Latest Music Bar
The Treason Show
Brighton Fringe Festival
Topical songs and sketches from the long-running local comedy show
Marlborough Theatre
Mae-Day - I'm Not Waving, I'm Drowning
Brighton Fringe Festival
Musical comedienne
Mystery Location
The Strange Undoing Of Prudencia Hart
Brighton Festival
Anarchic and musical theatre inspired by the border ballads of Scotland (the location is revealed when you book a ticket)
Old Market
Blonde Poison
Brighton Fringe Festival
Gail Louw’s play examines the motivation of evil via the story of Stella Goldschlag – the German jew who worked for the gestapo
Old Market
The Department Of Unreliable Memoirs
Brighton Fringe Festival
An interactive ‘show’ in which an audience of one (you) are helped to recall memories that are probably fictitious (repeated every ten minutes)
Paramount Old Ship Hotel
Cock & Tail Inn 2
Brighton Fringe Festival
Slapstick pub comedy set in the 80s
Pavilion Theatre
Faber Poets - Jo Shapcott, Don Paterson, Lavinia Greenlaw, Daljit Nagra
Brighton Festival
Poetry readings
Preston Park
Moscow State Circus
St George's Church
Richard Egarr & Iestyn Davies
Brighton Festival
Baroque music performed by an award-winning countertenor and harpischordist
Sticky Mike's Frog Bar
Catholic Discipline
Noise rock, disco pop and acid folk from the Superheroes of BMX
Temple Bar
What's The Time, Mr Wolf?
Brighton Fringe Festival
Darkly comic one-man play about a bedsit pagan accused of murder
Temple Bar
Balloon
Brighton Fringe Festival
Comedy show about a man and a balloon featuring a balloon and a man
Temple Bar
Twonkey's Kingdom
Brighton Fringe Festival
Surreal cabaret show from the comedian and musician from the indie band, Dawn Of The Replicants
Three & Ten
Mating In Captivity
Brighton Fringe Festival
A play about a married couple who haven’t had sex for a year, 7 months and 14 days – not that anyone’s counting
Three & Ten
I Can Make You Thin(k)
Brighton Fringe Festival
This multimedia comedy show won’t change your body, but it might change your mind
Three & Ten
Keith Farnan - Money, Money, Money
Brighton Fringe Festival
Comedy show about the financial crisis and our obsession with money – and nothing whatsoever about Abba
Three & Ten
The Prohibition Charade
Brighton Fringe Festival
Classic cabaret with sultry jazz and plenty of bowler hats
Warren
Dumbwise - Faust
Brighton Fringe Festival
Goethe’s classic fable set to gypsy folk and blues ballads
Warren
Fringe Club - Philip Jeays, Martha Rose
Brighton Fringe Festival
Live music, cabaret and comedy curated by the Peanut Albinos
White Rabbit
The Move-Ons Open Mic
World's End
The Big Cash Quiz
Friday
25th May
Blind Tiger
The C Word
Brighton Fringe Festival
Comedy show put on by the people who brought you Russell Brand. Presumably that accounts for the name of the night
Brighton Marina
Wilde's The Importance Of Being Earnest
Brighton Fringe Festival
A trivial comedy for serious people set during the 1952 coronation
Caroline Of Brunswick
Eccentronic - We Won't Rock You
Brighton Fringe Festival
Electronic duo do an oddball humorous musical mash-up
Caroline Of Brunswick
Aaron Twitchen’s Quarter Life Crisis
Brighton Fringe Festival
The twenty-something post-uni dilemma examined with the help of stand-up, improv and a pinch of graduate psychological theory
Caroline Of Brunswick
Luisa Omielan - What Would Beyoncé Do?
Brighton Fringe Festival
Comedy improv for all the single ladies
Caroline Of Brunswick
Pandora's Box
Brighton Fringe Festival
Cabaret parody about a toilet attendant turned XXL stripper
Caroline Of Brunswick
Meryl O'Rourke - Bad Mother
Brighton Fringe Festival
Mischievous comedy show about motherhood and other mistakes
Concorde2
Channel One Sound System
Mikey Dread, MC Ras Kayleb
Veterans of Notting Hill Carnival do a four hour vinyl roots set
Corn Exchange
Can We Talk About This?
Brighton Festival
New physical theatre work with a political theme
Dome
War Sum Up
Brighton Festival
Multimedia opera fusing folklore with manga and choral music with electronica
Duke Of York's Cinema
Albert Nobbs
Duke Of York's Cinema
Moonrise Kingdom
Green Door Store
Free Swim, Flash Bang Band, P For Persia
Experimental power pop with a bass-playing panda
Hobgoblin
Divinely Bette
Brighton Fringe Festival
One-woman show celebrating the life and work of Bette Midler with banter, ballads and comedy
Jubilee Square
A Dirty Martini With Evelyn Waugh
Brighton Fringe Festival
Theatrical and debauched performance driven by the audience
Jubilee Square
Hendrick's Library Of Delightfully Peculiar Writings
Brighton Fringe Festival
Gin company stuffs train carriage full of invented curiosities
Komedia
Trailer Trash
Brighton Fringe Festival
The last of the theme club’s Komedia nights, this time it’s a hip hop block party with DJs, games, movie clips and a live set by Dr Syntax
Komedia
Dressed In Black
Club night delves into the darker side of pop with stuff like Jacques Brel, Joy Division and Ennio Morricone
Latest Music Bar
The Treason Show
Brighton Fringe Festival
Topical songs and sketches from the long-running local comedy show
Marlborough Theatre
Mae-Day - I'm Not Waving, I'm Drowning
Brighton Fringe Festival
Musical comedienne
Mystery Location
The Strange Undoing Of Prudencia Hart
Brighton Festival
Anarchic and musical theatre inspired by the border ballads of Scotland (the location is revealed when you book a ticket)
New Venture Theatre
Once Upon A Time In Brighton
Brighton Fringe Festival
Theatre stortellers read the winning entries from a Brighton-themed short story competition
Old Steine
The Hanging Gardens Of Brighton
Alabama 3, Son Of Dave, Gabby Young & Other Animals, Roots Garden, King Porter Stomp, Yes Sir Boss, The Undercover Hippy, Cut A Shine, Kidnap Alice, Slamboree, Man Ray Sky, Funkazoid, Ben Westwood, Carnivalesque DJs, Carnivalesque Cabaret & Circus, Shambushed, Worldshift Media
The festival ends with a fabulous three-day finale of bands and circus shenanigans
Paramount Old Ship Hotel
Cock & Tail Inn 2
Brighton Fringe Festival
Slapstick pub comedy set in the 80s
Preston Park
Moscow State Circus
Riki Tik
Work
Matt Barker, Dennis Castro
A silken river of alt pop, blog dance and hip twitching jiggy bangers
Sallis Benney Theatre
The Cult Of The Ruin
Brighton Festival
David Dimbleby discusses whether our love of period dramas and ruined architecture amounts to a fear of the modern
St Bartholomew's Church
Brighton Festival Chorus
Brighton Festival
Female choir sings Brahms and Holst
Temple Bar
What's The Time, Mr Wolf?
Brighton Fringe Festival
Darkly comic one-man play about a bedsit pagan accused of murder
Temple Bar
Balloon
Brighton Fringe Festival
Comedy show about a man and a balloon featuring a balloon and a man
Temple Bar
Twonkey's Kingdom
Brighton Fringe Festival
Surreal cabaret show from the comedian and musician from the indie band, Dawn Of The Replicants
Theatre Royal
Circus Klezmer
Brighton Festival
Does what it says on the tin – contemporary circus acts and Jewish klezmer music
Three & Ten
Mating In Captivity
Brighton Fringe Festival
A play about a married couple who haven’t had sex for a year, 7 months and 14 days – not that anyone’s counting
Three & Ten
Who Did I Think I Was?
Brighton Fringe Festival
Tragicomedy about a reunited father and son – plus bicycles, electric shocks and spitfires
Three & Ten
Max And Ivan Are... Con Artists
Brighton Fringe Festival
Comedy duo sketch show spoofing heist blockbusters
Warren
The Girl With The Iron Claws
Brighton Fringe Festival
Storytelling theatre show for kids and their parents
Warren
Dumbwise - Faust
Brighton Fringe Festival
Goethe’s classic fable set to gypsy folk and blues ballads
Warren
Bourgeois & Maurice Started A Band
Brighton Fringe Festival
Alternative musical cabaret from the freaky duo
Saturday
26th May
Beachigogo Bar
Good Times
Remember them? Maybe the feel-good retro tunes will jog your memory (in the White Room)
Black Rock
Waterlitz
Brighton Festival
Outdoor aerial theatre from the French chaps who hung cars on a washing line last year (involves shipping containers)
Blind Tiger
The C Word
Brighton Fringe Festival
Comedy show put on by the people who brought you Russell Brand. Presumably that accounts for the name of the night
Brighton Marina
Wilde's The Importance Of Being Earnest
Brighton Fringe Festival
A trivial comedy for serious people set during the 1952 coronation
Caroline Of Brunswick
Brighton Must Sees
Brighton Fringe Festival
Comedy showcase with some of the best fringe acts
Caroline Of Brunswick
Eccentronic - We Won't Rock You
Brighton Fringe Festival
Electronic duo do an oddball humorous musical mash-up
Caroline Of Brunswick
Aaron Twitchen’s Quarter Life Crisis
Brighton Fringe Festival
The twenty-something post-uni dilemma examined with the help of stand-up, improv and a pinch of graduate psychological theory
Caroline Of Brunswick
Luisa Omielan - What Would Beyoncé Do?
Brighton Fringe Festival
Comedy improv for all the single ladies
Caroline Of Brunswick
Pandora's Box
Brighton Fringe Festival
Cabaret parody about a toilet attendant turned XXL stripper
Caroline Of Brunswick
Jody Kamali - Dirty, Filthy, Rich
Brighton Fringe Festival
Spoof seminar with a ludicrous lifestyle guru
Caroline Of Brunswick
Test Tube Comedy
Brighton Fringe Festival
Stand-up and sketch comedy acts hosted by Dec Munro
Corn Exchange
Index On Censorship - Where Do You Draw The Line?
Brighton Festival
Discussion about the importance of free speech and the ways in which we censor ourselves – inspired by the themes of the festival show, Can We Talk About This?
Corn Exchange
Can We Talk About This?
Brighton Festival
New physical theatre work with a political theme
Dome Foyer Bar
SOURCE New Music
Dave Beckett
Brighton’s best bands chosen by Brighton’s best listings mag
Duke Of York's Cinema
Moonrise Kingdom
Gladstone
DJ Haulage
Grand Hotel
Private Lives
Brighton Fringe Festival
Noel Coward’s comedy of manners about a double honeymoon romance (advance booking only)
Hobgoblin
Divinely Bette
Brighton Fringe Festival
One-woman show celebrating the life and work of Bette Midler with banter, ballads and comedy
Hobgoblin
Kiss Of The Red Menace
Brighton Fringe Festival
Musical tribute to Kander & Ebb, the partnership behind Broadway classics like Cabaret, Chicago and Funny Lady
Jazz Place
Night At The Jazz Rooms
Russ Dewbury, DJ Tyni
Legendary Brighton club returns to its old home for a night of heavy funk, soul, Afro and dance, etc
Jubilee Square
A Dirty Martini With Evelyn Waugh
Brighton Fringe Festival
Theatrical and debauched performance driven by the audience
Jubilee Square
Hendrick's Library Of Delightfully Peculiar Writings
Brighton Fringe Festival
Gin company stuffs train carriage full of invented curiosities
Komedia
Predication 2012 - Life Academy
Brighton Fringe Festival
The agony author, Just Jean, discuss whether the world will end in 2012 – tickets will not be refunded if it does
Life
Juicebox!
New eclectic club night offering an nice alternative to the standard seafront malarky
LMNOP Studios
Brighton Bingo
Brighton Fringe Festival
Fun photography contest for adults and families
Marlborough Theatre
Mae-Day - I'm Not Waving, I'm Drowning
Brighton Fringe Festival
Musical comedienne
Mystery Location
The Strange Undoing Of Prudencia Hart
Brighton Festival
Anarchic and musical theatre inspired by the border ballads of Scotland (the location is revealed when you book a ticket)
New Venture Theatre
Once Upon A Time In Brighton
Brighton Fringe Festival
Theatre stortellers read the winning entries from a Brighton-themed short story competition
Ohso Social
