Brighton Fringe 2026

What's on · Monday, 18 May 2026

29 shows are on at Brighton Fringe 2026 on Monday, 18 May 2026. Expect Comedy, Theatre, Cabaret & Variety, Exhibitions. Featured venues include Presuming Ed, Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick, The Lantern @ ACT, Laughing Horse @ a&o Hostel bar (Front Room). 12 shows are free to attend.

1816

Dionaea Theatres (Website)

▷ Mon 18 May@ The Lantern @ ACT

£10–£14Teen

A Letter To My Parents

Henning Nilsen (Website)

▷ Mon 18 May@ Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Hideaway)

Cabaret & Variety

Actors Showcase: Pick of the Fringe Mondays

Actors Theatre Presents (Website)

▷ Mon 4 May@ The Actors - Theatre

Cabaret & Variety

Alice Ella: Chronically Sick, Hormonal Slag.

ALICE ELLA (Website)

▷ Tue 5 May@ Komedia Studio

Art Pals at Bottoms Rest

alej ez art (Website)

▷ Fri 1 May@ Bottom's Rest

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

▷ Fri 1 May@ West Pier Centre

Fearless and Fabulous Women of Brighton

Fearless and Fabulous Women (Website)

▷ Sun 3 May@ MEET: St Nicholas Church Main Door

HIVE (Work In Progress)

HIVE

▷ Sun 17 May@ Presuming Ed

Home Away From Home: Bridges In Between by Amrita Chandradas

Flo Creative (Website)

▷ Fri 1 May@ PLUS X Innovation Hub

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)

Monologue!

Clidook Theatre

▷ Mon 18 May@ The Lantern @ ACT

My name is Paggy and so is yours (Work In Progress)

Paggy Gacheva (Website)

▷ Mon 18 May@ Presuming Ed

Cabaret & Variety

Oscar Leonard: Help, I'm Psychic!

Oscar Leonard (Website)

▷ Mon 18 May@ Upstairs @ The Colly

RPJ: Role Playing James

James Bennison

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

Cabaret & Variety

Shelley and Friends Work In Progress Show

Shelley Gates (Website)

▷ Wed 6 May@ Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar

Sound of Silence

Silent Productions

▷ Mon 18 May@ Wagner Hall Brighton

Spirited Away Ghibli Taste & Tales

Blossoms Cocktail Bar (Website)

▷ Mon 4 May@ Blossoms Brighton

THE DANCE OF TIME (a black comedy about life and death)

Timothy Coakley

▷ Fri 15 May@ Grania Dean Studio (Lantern Theatre @ ACT)

The Queen, Shakespeare and Me

Carole Shaw & Queen Enterprises (Website)

▷ Mon 18 May@ Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar

Theatre of the Mind

Theatre of the Mind

▷ Sun 17 May@ Presuming Ed

Tom Hutchinson - Maintaining The Dream (Work in Progress)

Tom Hutchinson (Website)

▷ Mon 18 May@ Laughing Horse @ a&o Hostel bar (Front Room)

Trauma: An Exhibition

Broken Glass (Website)

▷ Tue 12 May@ Mid Street Lab

WENCH

Felix Le Freak (Website)

▷ Mon 11 May@ Ironworks Studios (Studio C)

Cabaret & Variety

Are We Nearly Dead Yet?

Outernet Productions (Website)

▷ Mon 18 May@ Daltons Brighton

Juliette Burton: Sexy Nerdy Work In Progress

Juliette Burton (Website)

▷ Sun 10 May@ Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick

Jamie Byrne's Delightful History of Cigarettes

Jamie Byrne (Website)

▷ Tue 5 May@ Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick

Comedy for the Curious

Robyn Perkins (Website)

▷ Tue 5 May@ Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick

Chemistry

Special Someone Productions

▷ Fri 15 May@ Grania Dean Studio (Lantern Theatre @ ACT)