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Great line up of two SOURCE cover stars and more, plus you don’t need a ticket and it’s all free.
LISTINGS
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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
Saturday Social
Old Market
Beach Party Animals
Brighton Fringe Festival
A 20-minute portrait of seaside eccentricity, shown every half hour
Old Steine
The Hanging Gardens Of Brighton
Go! Team, Dub Pistols, Jamie Catto, Dreadzone Soundsystem, Laid Blak, The Destroyers, Slamboree, Carrie Tree, Nubiyan Twist, Beans On Toast, Fitness Focus Performance, Jardares Por Fuera, The Din, Midnight Stompers, Trio Tekke, Oort Cloud Visitors, The Promenade, La Bordello Boheme Cabaret, Ramshackle Circus, Shambolic Circus, 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
Pavilion Theatre
Dirty Drama
Brighton Festival
Discussion about why military and political conflict makes such good drama
Preston Park
Moscow State Circus
St John's Centre
And It’s Goodnight From Her
Brighton Fringe Festival
Sit down comedy stories inspired by the gentle rambling of Ronnie Corbett
Sticky Mike's Frog Bar
AU, Us Baby Bear Bones, Ed Prosek
Standing at the crossroads of freak folk and art pop
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
Theatre Royal
What Can You Do?
Brighton Festival
A retrospective show of Neil Bartlett’s best theatre pieces
Three & Ten
Ragnarök - The Weird Of The Gods
Brighton Fringe Festival
Comedy musical based on Norse mythology from the singer of the wacky lo-fi band, Spalien Acecraft
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
Off The Cuff - The Village
Brighton Fringe Festival
Improv comedy group explore the sinister goings-on in an imaginary village
Three & Ten
Max And Ivan Are... Con Artists
Brighton Fringe Festival
Comedy duo sketch show spoofing heist blockbusters
Warren
Much Ado About Wenlock
Brighton Fringe Festival
Comical masked play about the Shropshire town that held its own rural Olympian Games in 1850
Warren
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Brighton Fringe Festival
Shakespeare’s comical whimsy performed by Chyngton Youth Academy
Warren
Arnold Wesker's The Mistress
Brighton Fringe Festival
One-woman show about an adulterous fashion designer boozing with her mannequins
Warren
Bug By Tracy Letts
Brighton Fringe Festival
Psychological thriller from the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright
Warren
Bourgeois & Maurice And Friends!
Brighton Fringe Festival
Alternative musical cabaret from the freaky duo
