Brighton Fringe 2026

What's on · Thursday, 21 May 2026

64 shows are on at Brighton Fringe 2026 on Thursday, 21 May 2026. Expect Comedy, Theatre, Cabaret & Variety, Exhibitions. Featured venues include Laughing Horse @ a&o Hostel bar (Front Room), Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar, Comedy at the Caxton, Presuming Ed. 12 shows are free to attend.

Music & Nightlife

A tribute to Ozzy - A classical guitar recital

Clockwork Classics (Website)

▷ Thu 21 May@ Brighton Unitarian Church

£10–£13Family

Art Pals at Bottoms Rest

alej ez art (Website)

▷ Fri 1 May@ Bottom's Rest

Beat The Comic

Some Funny Cluckers (Website)

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

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+

Best Of Brighton Comedy

The Branding Needs Work

▷ Thu 7 May@ Comedy at the Caxton

Born Traitor

Nocebo Theatre

▷ Wed 20 May@ The Lantern @ ACT

Cabaret & Variety

Bourgeois & Maurice

Bourgeois & Maurice (Website)

▷ Thu 21 May@ Spiegeltent at the SpiegelGardens

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

Brad Jon Kane

▷ Wed 20 May@ Presuming Ed

Can't Kill the Spirit

PlayGC Theatre

▷ Wed 20 May@ The Lantern @ ACT

Charge Your Belly Forward- a Stand-up Show

Will Hitt

▷ Thu 14 May@ Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar

Cabaret & Variety

Circus of Sound

Culture Shift (Website)

▷ Thu 7 May@ The Skep

Comics Do Bingo

Cassin and Madden Enterprises

▷ Thu 21 May@ Presuming Ed

DURO..........wait to be pampered

Langfield Pictures

▷ Thu 21 May@ Brighthelm Community Centre

£10–£15Kids

Music & Nightlife

Electric Dreams

Electric Dreams

▷ Thu 21 May@ The Brunswick

Enduring Violence: Bhopal's Ongoing Water Disaster

The Bhopal Medical Appeal (Website)

▷ Wed 20 May@ Phoenix Art Space

Fearless and Fabulous Women of Hove

Fearless and Fabulous Women (Website)

▷ Sat 2 May@ MEET: Outside The Garden Café

Ghost Walk of the Lanes

Ghost Walk of the Lanes (Website)

▷ Fri 1 May@ MEET: The Druid's Head

Cabaret & Variety

God save the Queen!

Bad Drag Productions (Website)

▷ Thu 21 May@ Ironworks Studios (Studio C)

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

Hot Death Theatre: POWERsuit

Hot Death Theatre

▷ Thu 21 May@ The Actors - Theatre

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

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)

Circus Dance & Physical Theatre

On Barren Hill (Work In Progress)

Charlotte CHW (Website)

▷ Thu 21 May@ Fishing Museum Loft - The Old Net Loft

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)

Sock Party

Marta Fossati and Tom Bass (Website)

▷ Thu 21 May@ Rotunda Theatre Brighton: Squeak

£8–£10Family

The Best of Brighton Fringe Compilation Show

Eds Comedy Club

▷ Fri 1 May@ Presuming Ed

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 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

Cabaret & Variety

The Sound of Wunderlich

Der Wunderlich Revue (Website)

▷ Sun 10 May@ WundaBarn at The SpiegelGardens

£9–£12.5018+

tHERapy

Duchess Productions & B-Rated Productions

▷ Thu 21 May@ Friends' Meeting House

Toast: Stories from the End of the World

Witwerks Theatre (Website)

▷ Fri 1 May@ Comedy at the Caxton

Topping and Hards: Comedy from the Box

Topping and Hards (Website)

▷ Thu 21 May@ Junk Poets at Caravanserai

Circus Dance & Physical Theatre

Transient and Trifling

Transient and Trifling

▷ Thu 21 May@ St Augustines Arts and Events Centre

Waiting for Texto!

Aideen McQueen (Website)

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

Will BF: MOON TEAM IIIV

Best Before Productions

▷ Thu 21 May@ The Actors - Theatre

Witchcraft & Magic Tour

Strange Strolls (Website)

▷ Fri 8 May@ MEET: Outside The Walrus

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

Music & Nightlife

Cocktails & Jazz Sessions

Blossoms Cocktail Bar (Website)

▷ Thu 14 May@ Blossoms Brighton

Pear

Pear (Website)

▷ Wed 13 May@ Rotunda Theatre Brighton: Bubble

£9.99–£12Teen

Cabaret & Variety

Ghost Songs To Die For with Madame Isolde

Most Curious Productions (Website)

▷ Thu 14 May@ Upstairs @ The Colly

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

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

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