Brighton Fringe 2026

What's on · Friday, 8 May 2026

80 shows are on at Brighton Fringe 2026 on Friday, 8 May 2026. Expect Comedy, Theatre, Cabaret & Variety, Music & Nightlife. Featured venues include The Lantern @ ACT, Laughing Horse @ a&o Hostel bar (Front Room), Rotunda Theatre Brighton: Bubble, Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Hideaway). 14 shows are free to attend.

'Title Goes Here' An Improv Comedy

Gazelle Theatre (Website)

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

£10–£12Teen

Anna Dumitriu: BioArt Transformations

Anna Dumitriu (Website)

▷ Tue 5 May@ The Regency Town House - Basement Annexe

Art Pals at Bottoms Rest

alej ez art (Website)

▷ Fri 1 May@ Bottom's Rest

Cabaret & Variety

BEAVERHAUSEN

BEAVERHAUSEN

▷ Fri 8 May@ Komedia Studio

Music & Nightlife

Brighton Fringe Ceilidh

Cut A Shine (Website)

▷ Fri 8 May@ Klub Kaput at Caravanserai

£12–£15Kids

Brighton’s West Pier - Inside and Out - 25 Years of Photography by Steve Boyle and Ian Hughes

▷ Fri 1 May@ West Pier Centre

Circus Dance & Physical Theatre

Buster

Project Lockout

▷ Fri 8 May@ The Dance Space - The Jamie Watton Creation Space

£10–£12Teen

Cabaret & Variety

C'est Magnifique

Chocolate Box Theatre (Website)

▷ Fri 1 May@ WundaBarn at The SpiegelGardens

Cerys Bradley: On Road Signs

Cerys Bradley (Website)

▷ Fri 8 May@ Brighton Toy and Model Museum

Cheap Laughs - Best of Brighton

Eat The Donut Comedy

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

Music & Nightlife

Cirque du Piano = 6 hands x 30 fingers / 1 piano

Fringe Classics (Website)

▷ Tue 5 May@ St Paul's Church

£14.50–£19.50Family

Closure Cabaret

Maria Ansdell

▷ Thu 7 May@ The Actors - Theatre

£4.50–£6.50Teen

Doctor Coppelius

Chris Neville-Smith (Website)

▷ Fri 8 May@ Rotunda Theatre Brighton: Pip

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

Music & Nightlife

Drum and Blaze

Drum and Blaze (Website)

▷ Fri 8 May@ Jubilee Square

Ellie Ross: Mrs Gary Breath

Ellie Ross

▷ Thu 7 May@ Junk Poets at Caravanserai

Evangeline

Three Chairs and a Hat (Website)

▷ Mon 4 May@ The Lantern @ ACT

£10–£12Teen

ExtraOrdinary

Diverge Theatre

▷ Fri 8 May@ Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Tusk Club)

Fear Of Failure

Rodney Beckford Comedian (Website)

▷ Wed 6 May@ Pink Moon

Cabaret & Variety

Felix & Friends

Felix Le Freak (Website)

▷ Fri 1 May@ Junk Poets at Caravanserai

Literature & Spoken Word

Found Out There - Public Typist

Found Out There (Website)

▷ Fri 1 May@ MEET: The Last Bookshop

Geoffrey Mead's Clifton and Montpelier Tour

Geoffrey Mead

▷ Fri 1 May@ MEET: St Nicholas Church Main Door

Geoffrey Mead's London Road Tour

Geoffrey Mead

▷ Fri 1 May@ MEET: St Peter's Church Hall Entrance, York Place

Ghost Walk of the Lanes

Ghost Walk of the Lanes (Website)

▷ Fri 1 May@ MEET: The Druid's Head

Cabaret & Variety

Glenda & Rita Sing The Movie Greats

Glenda & Rita

▷ Fri 8 May@ Rotunda Theatre Brighton: Bubble

£10–£15Teen

Guess Boo: The Mystery of my Nan's Ashes

Lost Hippo

▷ Thu 7 May@ WundaBarn at The SpiegelGardens

Circus Dance & Physical Theatre

Guru Dudu's Silent Disco Walking Tours

Guru Dudu Productions (Website)

▷ Fri 1 May@ MEET: New Road (opposite Theatre Royal)

£10–£15Family

Henry Ginsberg: Cuddle Slut

Laughing Horse

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

Home Away From Home: Bridges In Between by Amrita Chandradas

Flo Creative (Website)

▷ Fri 1 May@ PLUS X Innovation Hub

How To Survive and Thrive in an Impossible World - with a piano!

Artisan Creative (Website)

▷ Thu 7 May@ Rotunda Theatre Brighton: Squeak

Improv Wolves

Improv Wolves (Website)

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

Literature & Spoken Word

In conversation with Duncan Lustig-Prean

In Conversation with Duncan Lustig-Prean

▷ Fri 8 May@ The Lantern @ ACT

£10–£12Teen

Irish Jokers

All Ireland Comedy

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

Iterum Felix - Happy Again

Whistleblower Gallery (Website)

▷ Fri 1 May@ Whistleblower Gallery

Jaz Mattu Fights His Audience

Jaz Mattu

▷ Fri 8 May@ Presuming Ed

Music & Nightlife

Jazz at St Andrews, Hove - Celebrating Miles Davis' centenary

Jazz At St Andrews (Website)

▷ Fri 1 May@ St Andrews Church, Hove

£12–£20Teen

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Comedy (Website)

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

Music & Nightlife

Like Lovers Do

Fourth World Promotions (Website)

▷ Fri 8 May@ Ironworks Studios (Studio A)

Cabaret & Variety

Lionhouse Cabaret

Actors of Dionysus (Website)

▷ Fri 8 May@ Lionhouse

£15–£17.50Teen

Lost to Life

The Improvised Play

▷ Thu 7 May@ The Actors - Theatre

Cabaret & Variety

Mandy Sweats Presents: The Hole Truth

Mandy Sweats

▷ Thu 7 May@ The Rose Hill

Mat Smith and Kieran Carr Spilt Bill

Mat Smith & Kieran Carr (Website)

▷ Thu 7 May@ Comedy at the Caxton

NEDDY GOES TO GLASTO

Hark at Her Productions

▷ Fri 8 May@ The Lantern @ ACT

Nerine Skinner: Decisions, Decisions (Work In Progress)

Nerine Skinner (Website)

▷ Fri 8 May@ Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar

Nina's Show

Just Nina

▷ Thu 7 May@ Presuming Ed

On Voids

Delilah Sykes (Website)

▷ Fri 1 May@ 35 North

Music & Nightlife

Piano Concertos by Candlelight: Rachmaninoff 2 (feat. Candlelight Orchestra)

Fringe Classics (Website)

▷ Fri 8 May@ St Paul's Church

£14.50–£19.50Family

Prateek Kohli: Denial

Prateek Kohli

▷ Fri 8 May@ Komedia Studio

RATMAGEDDON

RATBAG Comedy

▷ Thu 7 May@ The Actors - Theatre

£8.50–£9.5018+

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

Music & Nightlife

Rhapsody in Blue - Jazz Sessions by Candlelight

Fringe Classics (Website)

▷ Tue 5 May@ St Paul's Church

£14.50–£19.50Teen

Sameera Bowers: What Is Going On?

Sameera Bhalotra Bowers

▷ Fri 1 May@ Rotunda Theatre Brighton: Squeak

£8.50–£11Kids

Severe Lacerations To Head

Kate Smurthwaite (Website)

▷ Fri 8 May@ Comedy at the Caxton

Shadow Light: Songs My Brother Taught Me / Exhibition

Shiny Pin Productions Ltd (Website)

▷ Fri 1 May@ Phoenix Art Space

Shaggers

Art of Comedy (Website)

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

Spiralizers

Selam L'Ethio

▷ Fri 8 May@ Comedy at the Caxton

Tabula Rasa

Blank Slate Theatre

▷ Fri 8 May@ The Lantern @ ACT

£10–£12.50Teen

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

Cabaret & Variety

The Bitten Peach

The Bitten Peach (Website)

▷ Fri 8 May@ Spiegeltent at the SpiegelGardens

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

VAPISTS!

I HAVE

▷ Fri 1 May@ The Lantern @ ACT

£6–£12.5018+

Will & Noah: Dinner Dinner Chicken Winner

Will & Noah

▷ Fri 8 May@ Junk Poets at Caravanserai

Witchcraft & Magic Tour

Strange Strolls (Website)

▷ Fri 8 May@ MEET: Outside The Walrus

Cabaret & Variety

Witches, Britches & B*tches

Georgia Mae Bishop (Website)

▷ Wed 6 May@ Grania Dean Studio (Lantern Theatre @ ACT)

£10–£15Teen

Zoe Thorne: Gold Top

Laughing Horse Festivals

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

The Covetousness

Jingkun Chinese Arts (Website)

▷ Fri 8 May@ Rotunda Theatre Brighton: Bubble

£10–£12Family

Music & Nightlife

Brighton Fringe Jazz Club

Brighton Fringe Jazz Club

▷ Fri 8 May@ Brighton Unitarian Church

£14–£16Teen

Every Single Sound In The World

Natalie Patuzzo (Website)

▷ Fri 8 May@ Presuming Ed

Cabaret & Variety

Bom-Binge

Bom-Bane's (Website)

▷ Sat 2 May@ Bom-Bane's Music Cafe

£10–£40Kids

Police Cops: The Original

Police Cops (Website)

▷ Thu 7 May@ Spiegeltent at the SpiegelGardens

£15.50–£17Teen

Cabaret & Variety

Kitty's Salon

Hiya Productions (Website)

▷ Fri 8 May@ Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick

CK Nath: A Bit of Foreign Stuff (Work In Progress)

CK Nath

▷ Fri 8 May@ Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick

The Buttercream Boys

Buttercream Boys (Website)

▷ Fri 8 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)

Racists, Recessions And Revolutions (Work In Progress)

DBN Productuons (Website)

▷ Fri 8 May@ Rotunda Theatre Brighton: Squeak

Circus Dance & Physical Theatre

Almost Fine

Come On Creative Studio (from TAIWAN) (Website)

▷ Fri 8 May@ Friends' Meeting House

£8–£10Family