Brighton Fringe 2026

Comedy on Saturday, 9 May 2026

70 comedy shows at Brighton Fringe 2026 on Saturday, 9 May 2026, £3–£20. Look out for slots at Presuming Ed, Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Hideaway), Laughing Horse @ a&o Hostel bar (Front Room). The day's schedule: 29 matinees, 34 evening shows, 11 late-night slots.

'Title Goes Here' An Improv Comedy

Gazelle Theatre (Website)

▷ Fri 8 May@ Grania Dean Studio (Lantern Theatre @ ACT)

£10–£12Teen

A History Comedy Show

Raul Kohil (Website)

▷ Sat 9 May@ Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar

A Man Went Into A Shop To Buy A Face

Cool-Aid Comedy

▷ Sat 9 May@ Presuming Ed

Aaand We’re Back!

Rich Perry, Kerry Herbert, and Jim Holland (Website)

▷ Sat 9 May@ The Maris & Otter

Adam Hopkins: Sorry, What? (Work In Progress)

Adam Hopkins

▷ Sat 9 May@ The Maris & Otter

All the Animals: Ranked (by Comedians)

Leslie Gold (Website)

▷ Sat 9 May@ Laughing Horse @ a&o Hostel bar (Front Room)

Bad Clowns: Long Live The King!

Bad Clowns Comedy (Website)

▷ Sat 9 May@ The Actors - Theatre

Best in Fringe Comedy - The Early Show

Laughing Horse Comedy (Website)

▷ Sat 2 May@ Laughing Horse @ a&o Hostel bar (Front Room)

Best of Brighton Fringe Comedy

Art of Comedy (Website)

▷ Sat 2 May@ Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Hideaway)

Brighton Belles

Art of Comedy (Website)

▷ Sat 2 May@ Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar

Cheap Laughs - Best of Brighton

Eat The Donut Comedy

▷ Fri 1 May@ Laughing Horse @ a&o Hostel bar (Front Room)

Christian Dart: GUMSHOE!

Christian Dart

▷ Sat 9 May@ The Actors - Theatre

Dr Mew's queer sci-fi podcasts

Dr Mew (Website)

▷ Fri 8 May@ The Actors - Light Room

Dr. Jimmy Lyons: Existential Physics (or Why the Universe is Gay) Work In Progress

James Robert Lyon

▷ Fri 8 May@ The Actors - Light Room

Ed Mulvey: For Sale - Dead Dog Never Worn

Ed Mulvey

▷ Sat 9 May@ Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Hideaway)

Enrico Touché: Hot Knees - It's Just Business

Serious Business Chocolate (Website)

▷ Sat 9 May@ Rotunda Theatre Brighton: Pip

Everybody's Dating Ollie

Daftelation (aka Oliver Yates) (Website)

▷ Sat 9 May@ Presuming Ed

£6–£7.5018+

Gareth Gwynn: Cyril (Work in Progress)

Gareth Gwynn (Website)

▷ Sat 9 May@ Laughing Horse @ a&o Hostel bar (Front Room)

George Harvey - The opener

George Harvey Comedy

▷ Sat 2 May@ Presuming Ed

Guess Boo: The Mystery of my Nan's Ashes

Lost Hippo

▷ Thu 7 May@ WundaBarn at The SpiegelGardens

Henry Ginsberg: Cuddle Slut

Laughing Horse

▷ Thu 7 May@ Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Hideaway)

Holy Shift!

Comedy Playground (Website)

▷ Sat 9 May@ Comedy at the Caxton

Humdinger Words for Lollygaggers and Fuddy-Duddies

Ben Dali

▷ Sat 2 May@ Rotunda Theatre Brighton: Squeak

Improv Wolves

Improv Wolves (Website)

▷ Fri 8 May@ Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Hideaway)

Irish Jokers

All Ireland Comedy

▷ Fri 8 May@ Laughing Horse @ a&o Hostel bar (Front Room)

It's Not Cluedo

Chris Neville-Smith in Collaboration with The Rotunda Theatre (Website)

▷ Sat 2 May@ Rotunda Theatre Brighton: Bubble

Josh Invain: Affirmation (Work In Progress)

Josh Invain (Website)

▷ Sat 9 May@ Upstairs @ The Colly

Lady Bolognese: CLASS WAR

Lady Bolognese

▷ Sat 9 May@ Junk Poets at Caravanserai

£8–£9.50Teen

Laughing Horse CLEAN Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Comedy (Website)

▷ Sat 2 May@ Laughing Horse @ a&o Hostel bar (Front Room)

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Comedy (Website)

▷ Fri 1 May@ Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Tusk Club)

Locomotive For Murder: The improvised Whodunnit

Pinch Punch Improv (Website)

▷ Sat 9 May@ Brighton Open Air Theatre (BOAT)

£15.50–£17Kids

Mark Row: A Class Act

Mark Row (Website)

▷ Sat 2 May@ Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Hideaway)

Mark Row: Every Day's A School Day

Mark Row (Website)

▷ Sat 2 May@ Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar

Mike Capozzola: Kugelroni

Mike Capozzola (Website)

▷ Sat 9 May@ Comedy at the Caxton

Nina's Show

Just Nina

▷ Thu 7 May@ Presuming Ed

Not Another Quiz Night

Mick Perrin Worldwide

▷ Sat 9 May@ Spiegeltent at the SpiegelGardens

Now That's What I Call Bach!

Tasmin Sarkany

▷ Sat 9 May@ The Actors - Theatre

Paul F Taylor: Cloudcuckoolander (Work In Progress)

Paul F Taylor (Website)

▷ Sat 9 May@ Presuming Ed

Pick of the Fringe with Pearl and Dean

Pearl and Dean (Website)

▷ Sat 9 May@ Komedia Studio

£7.50–£1016+

Progress In Work

All That Bex (Website)

▷ Thu 7 May@ Junk Poets at Caravanserai

Raul Kohli: The Kohli Bible

Raul Kohli (Website)

▷ Fri 8 May@ Laughing Horse @ a&o Hostel bar (Front Room)

Ray Fordyce: Quincunx

Ray Fordyce

▷ Wed 6 May@ Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar

Redlights (Work In Progress)

Nayonica Ghosh (Website)

▷ Sat 9 May@ The Actors - Theatre

Ruby Carr: Bite Me

Ruby Carr (Website)

▷ Sat 9 May@ The Actors - Theatre

Sam and _____

Sam Walls

▷ Sat 9 May@ Comedy at the Caxton

Sameera Bowers: What Is Going On?

Sameera Bhalotra Bowers

▷ Fri 1 May@ Rotunda Theatre Brighton: Squeak

£8.50–£11Kids

Sarah Bradley: How to Write a Romcom

Sarah Bradley

▷ Sat 9 May@ Grania Dean Studio (Lantern Theatre @ ACT)

Severe Lacerations To Head

Kate Smurthwaite (Website)

▷ Fri 8 May@ Comedy at the Caxton

Shaggers

Art of Comedy (Website)

▷ Fri 1 May@ Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Hideaway)

Spiralizers

Selam L'Ethio

▷ Fri 8 May@ Comedy at the Caxton

Tartan Tabletop: a Dungeons & Dragons Comedy

Tartan Tabletop (Website)

▷ Fri 8 May@ Rotunda Theatre Brighton: Bubble

The Best of Brighton Fringe Compilation Show

Eds Comedy Club

▷ Fri 1 May@ Presuming Ed

The London Bridge Show

El Gold

▷ Sat 9 May@ The Actors - Light Room

The Pun Liner Show

David Spillman (Website)

▷ Mon 4 May@ Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar

The Quest for Love, Murder and Revenge in Space!

We're All Friends

▷ Tue 5 May@ Rotunda Theatre Brighton: Bubble

The Treason Show Festival Special

The Treason Show (Website)

▷ Fri 8 May@ Wagner Hall Brighton

Will & Noah: Dinner Dinner Chicken Winner

Will & Noah

▷ Fri 8 May@ Junk Poets at Caravanserai

Tim Reeves: An Hour Of Accessible Material To Further My Career

Tim Reeves

▷ Sat 2 May@ Presuming Ed

The Whole Time (Work In Progress)

Queer comedy Sheffield

▷ Sat 9 May@ Comedy at the Caxton

Every Single Sound In The World

Natalie Patuzzo (Website)

▷ Fri 8 May@ Presuming Ed

Sajeela Kershi: Rebel Without Applause! (Work In Progress)

Comedy Cottage - Comic Angels (Website)

▷ Sat 9 May@ Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar

Police Cops: The Original

Police Cops (Website)

▷ Thu 7 May@ Spiegeltent at the SpiegelGardens

£15.50–£17Teen

Family Fortunes (But for Bad People)

Des Lennis Inc. (Website)

▷ Sun 3 May@ Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick

Lulu Popplewell: Work in Progress

Lulu Popplewell

▷ Sat 9 May@ Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick

Isabelle Glinn On Ice

Isabelle Glinn (Website)

▷ Sat 9 May@ Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick

Musical Chairs: Musical Stand-Up Comedy with Friz Frizzle and Friends

Musical Chairs Productions (Website)

▷ Sat 9 May@ Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick

The Buttercream Boys

Buttercream Boys (Website)

▷ Fri 8 May@ Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick

One's Clean, One's Not

Callum Mackenzie and Vinny Shiu

▷ Thu 7 May@ Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Hideaway)

Alex Kitson: It's For You

Alex Kitson

▷ Fri 1 May@ Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick

Ask A Stripper: Pulling Back The G-String

Ask A Stripper

▷ Fri 1 May@ Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Hideaway)

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