Brighton Fringe 2026

Comedy on Thursday, 21 May 2026

32 comedy shows at Brighton Fringe 2026 on Thursday, 21 May 2026, £3–£17. Look out for slots at Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar, Presuming Ed, The Actors - Theatre. The day's schedule: 24 evening shows, 8 late-night slots.

Beat The Comic

Some Funny Cluckers (Website)

▷ Thu 21 May@ Laughing Horse @ a&o Hostel bar (Front Room)

Ben Pope: Work in Progress

Ben Pope (Website)

▷ Tue 19 May@ Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar

£6–£7.5018+

Best Of Brighton Comedy

The Branding Needs Work

▷ Thu 7 May@ Comedy at the Caxton

Brad Jon Kane's Untelevised and Unfilmed Birthday Celebration Special!

Brad Jon Kane

▷ Wed 20 May@ Presuming Ed

Charge Your Belly Forward- a Stand-up Show

Will Hitt

▷ Thu 14 May@ Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar

Comics Do Bingo

Cassin and Madden Enterprises

▷ Thu 21 May@ Presuming Ed

Graeme Rayner: Dadology

Gag N Bone Man Comedy (Website)

▷ Wed 20 May@ Rotunda Theatre Brighton: Pip

Graeme Rayner: KrowdWerk

Gag N Bone Man Comedy (Website)

▷ Wed 20 May@ Rotunda Theatre Brighton: Pip

Hot Death Theatre: POWERsuit

Hot Death Theatre

▷ Thu 21 May@ The Actors - Theatre

Jonny Brook: This Isn't The Life I Expected

Jonny Brook

▷ Wed 20 May@ Rotunda Theatre Brighton: Squeak

Juliette Burton: Best of Burton

Juliette Burton (Website)

▷ Thu 21 May@ Komedia Studio

£12–£15Teen

Katie-Rose Petley: Dirty B*tch

Katie-Rose Petley

▷ Mon 18 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)

Lolyamorous: Speed-Dating Comedy • Saturday

LOLyamorous (Website)

▷ Wed 20 May@ Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Tusk Club)

Maja Bloom and Sudeepta Sanyal (Work In Progress)

Forty, Foreign and Ferocious

▷ Thu 21 May@ Comedy at the Caxton

Nick Elleray: Don't Bring a Smile to a Frown Fight

Nick Elleray (Website)

▷ Thu 14 May@ Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Hideaway)

Pete Heat: BIGTIME

PETE HEAT (Website)

▷ Thu 21 May@ WundaBarn at The SpiegelGardens

£12–£15Teen

Robocop vs The Terminator vs Gabriel Featherstone

Gabriel Featherstone

▷ Thu 21 May@ The Actors - Theatre

RPJ: Role Playing James

James Bennison

▷ Mon 18 May@ Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Tusk Club)

Sam Hickman: First Woman

L/H productions (Website)

▷ Thu 21 May@ Komedia Studio

Samantha Day: The Great British Menu (of Petty Complaints)

Laughing Horse (Website)

▷ Thu 21 May@ Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Hideaway)

The Best of Brighton Fringe Compilation Show

Eds Comedy Club

▷ Fri 1 May@ Presuming Ed

The Queen, Shakespeare and Me

Carole Shaw & Queen Enterprises (Website)

▷ Mon 18 May@ Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar

Topping and Hards: Comedy from the Box

Topping and Hards (Website)

▷ Thu 21 May@ Junk Poets at Caravanserai

Will BF: MOON TEAM IIIV

Best Before Productions

▷ Thu 21 May@ The Actors - Theatre

WORM

SOPHIE MCKAY (Website)

▷ Wed 20 May@ Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Hideaway)

£6.50–£1018+

Cameron Sinclair Harris: Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace (Work In Progress)

Cameron Sinclair Harris

▷ Thu 21 May@ Junk Poets at Caravanserai

Pear

Pear (Website)

▷ Wed 13 May@ Rotunda Theatre Brighton: Bubble

£9.99–£12Teen

Police Cops: The Original

Police Cops (Website)

▷ Thu 7 May@ Spiegeltent at the SpiegelGardens

£15.50–£17Teen

100% Badgers with Matt Hobs

Matt Hobs (Website)

▷ Thu 21 May@ Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick

Struan Logan: Chaotic Good

Stroodling Stories

▷ Tue 19 May@ Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick

Sarah Roberts: Scary Movie 7 (Work In Progress)

Sarah Roberts (Website)

▷ Thu 21 May@ Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick

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