Brighton Fringe 2026

What's on · Wednesday, 20 May 2026

56 shows are on at Brighton Fringe 2026 on Wednesday, 20 May 2026. Expect Comedy, Theatre, Exhibitions, Cabaret & Variety. Featured venues include Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Hideaway), Presuming Ed, Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar, The Lantern @ ACT. 14 shows are free to attend.

A Letter To My Parents

Henning Nilsen (Website)

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

Literature & Spoken Word

Addiction – It's A Family Matter. Who Cares?

Hollyford Productions (Website)

▷ Wed 20 May@ Friends' Meeting House

All-New Nik Coppin

Art of Comedy (Website)

▷ Wed 6 May@ Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Hideaway)

Art Pals at Bottoms Rest

alej ez art (Website)

▷ Fri 1 May@ Bottom's Rest

Banshee/Rogue (Work In Progress)

Steph Cassin/Oro Rose

▷ Wed 20 May@ Presuming Ed

Ben Hur

Cue Fanfare

▷ Wed 20 May@ Brighton Open Air Theatre (BOAT)

£17.50–£19Family

Ben Pope: Work in Progress

Ben Pope (Website)

▷ Tue 19 May@ Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar

£6–£7.5018+

Born Traitor

Nocebo Theatre

▷ Wed 20 May@ The Lantern @ ACT

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

Brad Jon Kane

▷ Wed 20 May@ Presuming Ed

Buddhism For Today and Tomorrow

Brighton Buddhist Centre (Website)

▷ Wed 6 May@ Brighton Buddhist Centre

Can't Kill the Spirit

PlayGC Theatre

▷ Wed 20 May@ The Lantern @ ACT

Circus Dance & Physical Theatre

Darling

Pivot Point Circus (Website)

▷ Tue 19 May@ Spiegeltent at the SpiegelGardens

£10–£14Family

DENTATA

Julia VanderVeen (Website)

▷ Tue 19 May@ The Actors - Theatre

Edinburgh Previews: Sara Barron and Josh Weller

Avalon

▷ Wed 20 May@ WundaBarn at The SpiegelGardens

Enduring Violence: Bhopal's Ongoing Water Disaster

The Bhopal Medical Appeal (Website)

▷ Wed 20 May@ Phoenix Art Space

GET BETTER

Mads Noddings

▷ Tue 19 May@ The Actors - Theatre

Ghost Walk of the Lanes

Ghost Walk of the Lanes (Website)

▷ Fri 1 May@ MEET: The Druid's Head

Circus Dance & Physical Theatre

GODZ

Head First Acrobats (Website)

▷ Tue 19 May@ Spiegeltent at the SpiegelGardens

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

Home Away From Home: Bridges In Between by Amrita Chandradas

Flo Creative (Website)

▷ Fri 1 May@ PLUS X Innovation Hub

Iterum Felix - Happy Again

Whistleblower Gallery (Website)

▷ Fri 1 May@ Whistleblower Gallery

Jonny Brook: This Isn't The Life I Expected

Jonny Brook

▷ Wed 20 May@ Rotunda Theatre Brighton: Squeak

Jordan Jones: A Street Mattress Named Desire

JJ LTD

▷ Sun 17 May@ Presuming Ed

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)

Miss Havisham's Clothes Swap

Helen Tennison Performance (Website)

▷ Tue 19 May@ Lionhouse

£10–£12Teen

My Neighbor Totoro Ghibli Taste & Tales

Blossoms Cocktail Bar (Website)

▷ Wed 6 May@ Blossoms Brighton

Not Another Group Chat!!!

Purple Productions (Website)

▷ Wed 13 May@ Junk Poets at Caravanserai

Cabaret & Variety

Oscar Leonard: Help, I'm Psychic!

Oscar Leonard (Website)

▷ Mon 18 May@ Upstairs @ The Colly

Rice Guys Finish Last (Work In Progress)

Marco Chiu and E.J. Aljaedy

▷ Wed 6 May@ Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar

RPJ: Role Playing James

James Bennison

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

Music & Nightlife

Speakeasy Jazz Club

Jazz At The Speakeasy (Website)

▷ Wed 6 May@ The Wick Inn - Speakeasy

The Coffee Machine is Broken

Vitruvian Theatre

▷ Tue 19 May@ Rotunda Theatre Brighton: Bubble

The Families Behind Our Healthcare Heroes

Gaurish Chawla and friends (Website)

▷ Wed 20 May@ The Archives

The Hunger Artist by Franz Kafka

Jonathan Sidgwick

▷ Mon 4 May@ Rotunda Theatre Brighton: Squeak

£10–£12Kids

The Illustrious Reign of King Louis XIX (In its entirety)

House of The Onion

▷ Tue 19 May@ Rotunda Theatre Brighton: Squeak

Cabaret & Variety

The Lady Boys of Bangkok

Exchange Events Ltd (Website)

▷ Sat 9 May@ Sabai Pavilion

£17.50–£2818+

The Queen, Shakespeare and Me

Carole Shaw & Queen Enterprises (Website)

▷ Mon 18 May@ Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar

The Summer Palace

Hatmolester Productions (Website)

▷ Tue 19 May@ Grania Dean Studio (Lantern Theatre @ ACT)

The Winner Rolls It All

STAUNCH Theatre

▷ Wed 13 May@ Rotunda Theatre Brighton: Bubble

£12.50–£1416+

Tom Hutchinson - Maintaining The Dream (Work in Progress)

Tom Hutchinson (Website)

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

Unidentified Fluid Other: Gaylien de Mars

Gaylien de Mars

▷ Thu 7 May@ Ironworks Studios (Studio C)

WORM

SOPHIE MCKAY (Website)

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

£6.50–£1018+

You Oughta Be in Pictures

Polis Loizou (Website)

▷ Wed 20 May@ The Lantern @ ACT

SLAY

Gobby Girl Productions (Website)

▷ Tue 19 May@ The Actors - Theatre

£6–£7.50Teen

Pear

Pear (Website)

▷ Wed 13 May@ Rotunda Theatre Brighton: Bubble

£9.99–£12Teen

Cowpokes in a Bunkhouse

Oblique Theatre (Website)

▷ Tue 19 May@ The Rossi Bar

Fringe Academy: How to Create a Tour Pack

Spark AM & PM

▷ Wed 20 May@ SpritzHaus @ SpiegelGardens

Supernatural

David Stewart Magic (Website)

▷ Sun 3 May@ The Brunswick

Cabaret & Variety

Madame Isolde’s Crazy Zodiac Cabaret

Most Curious Productions (Website)

▷ Wed 6 May@ Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick

Struan Logan: Chaotic Good

Stroodling Stories

▷ Tue 19 May@ Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick

Caroline McEvoy: RAGIN’ (WORK IN PROGRESS)

Caroline McEvoy (Website)

▷ Tue 19 May@ Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick

Chemistry

Special Someone Productions

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

Sherlock Holmes vs Arsène Lupin: A Drag Crime Caper

The Department of Ulterior Motives

▷ Sat 16 May@ Brighton Open Air Theatre (BOAT)

£12–£15Teen