Brighton Fringe 2026

What's on · Friday, 22 May 2026

86 shows are on at Brighton Fringe 2026 on Friday, 22 May 2026. Expect Comedy, Theatre, Cabaret & Variety, Circus Dance & Physical Theatre. Featured venues include Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Hideaway), Presuming Ed, WundaBarn at The SpiegelGardens, The Lantern @ ACT. 11 shows are free to attend.

10 Things They Hate About Me

Shinanne Higgins

▷ Fri 22 May@ Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar

Cabaret & Variety

A Night at the Museum

Pier Pressure (Website)

▷ Fri 22 May@ Brighton Museum & Art Gallery

£50–£55Teen

Anna Soden: It Comes Out Your Bum

Anna Soden (Website)

▷ Fri 22 May@ Junk Poets at Caravanserai

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

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

▷ Fri 1 May@ West Pier Centre

Children & Young People

Bubba Licious

Last Dodo Entertainment (Website)

▷ Fri 22 May@ WundaBarn at The SpiegelGardens

Cabaret Impedimenta

Liebenspiel Presents

▷ Fri 22 May@ WundaBarn at The SpiegelGardens

Can't Kill the Spirit

PlayGC Theatre

▷ Wed 20 May@ The Lantern @ ACT

Cheap Laughs - Best of Brighton

Eat The Donut Comedy

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

Circus Dance & Physical Theatre

Dance Amayaya

Batimbo Lumière de la Paix

▷ Fri 22 May@ Pavilion Gardens Cafe

Cabaret & Variety

Danny Lee Grew | A Lesson in Magic

Danny Lee Grew (Website)

▷ Fri 22 May@ Rotunda Theatre Brighton: Bubble

£12–£15Kids

David Ingram: You Better WORK! (In Progress)

David Ingram

▷ Fri 22 May@ Comedy at the Caxton

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

Langfield Pictures

▷ Thu 21 May@ Brighthelm Community Centre

£10–£15Kids

Ed Mulvey: For Sale - Dead Dog Never Worn

Ed Mulvey

▷ Sat 9 May@ Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Hideaway)

Emma or Emily

Moon Kim Theatre

▷ Fri 22 May@ The Annunciation, Brighton

£11–£13Teen

Enduring Violence: Bhopal's Ongoing Water Disaster

The Bhopal Medical Appeal (Website)

▷ Wed 20 May@ Phoenix Art Space

Eric Lampaert: Zero Minus One

Eric Lampaert

▷ Fri 22 May@ Brighton Toy and Model Museum

Cabaret & Variety

Felix & Friends

Felix Le Freak (Website)

▷ Fri 1 May@ Junk Poets at Caravanserai

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

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

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

Happily Never After

The Maydays (Website)

▷ Fri 22 May@ Wagner Hall Brighton

£12–£15Teen

Helicops 1: Find Your Wings!

Stolen Table Collective (Website)

▷ Fri 22 May@ Junk Poets at Caravanserai

£9.50–£10.50Teen

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

Hugo Hayes - Some Characters - Work in Progress

Hugo Hayes - Some Characters - Work in Progress

▷ Fri 22 May@ Grania Dean Studio (Lantern Theatre @ ACT)

Iterum Felix - Happy Again

Whistleblower Gallery (Website)

▷ Fri 1 May@ Whistleblower Gallery

Jade Gebbie: The People Pleaser

Jade Gebbie (Website)

▷ Fri 15 May@ Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Hideaway)

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

Jonny Brook: This Isn't The Life I Expected

Jonny Brook

▷ Wed 20 May@ Rotunda Theatre Brighton: Squeak

Joseph Morpurgo: Work In Progress

Liebenspiel Presents/Berks Nest (Website)

▷ Fri 22 May@ WundaBarn at The SpiegelGardens

£10–£12Teen

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Comedy (Website)

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

LJ DA FUNK in... Horny Organic Farmer Lady Shuffle

LJ DA FUNK / Laughing Horse

▷ Fri 15 May@ Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar

Lost Voice Guy - Talk in Progress

Lee Martin for Gag Reflex (Website)

▷ Fri 22 May@ Komedia Studio

£12.50–£13.5016+

Maja Bloom and Sudeepta Sanyal (Work In Progress)

Forty, Foreign and Ferocious

▷ Thu 21 May@ Comedy at the Caxton

Mothman: A Romance Musical

Liebenspiel Presents

▷ Fri 22 May@ WundaBarn at The SpiegelGardens

No Show

Goldstone, Lavender No. 9 & Metric Theatre

▷ Fri 22 May@ The Lantern @ ACT

ORWELL: The Road to 1984

Stratford Productions (Website)

▷ Fri 22 May@ Rotunda Theatre Brighton: Bubble

Cabaret & Variety

Oscar Leonard: Help, I'm Psychic!

Oscar Leonard (Website)

▷ Mon 18 May@ Upstairs @ The Colly

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▷ Mon 4 May@ Presuming Ed

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)

Shaggers

Art of Comedy (Website)

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

Shakespeare’s Lost

Brighton Shakespeare

▷ Fri 15 May@ The Lantern @ ACT

£13.50–£14.5016+

Music & Nightlife

Smoove & Turrell (Live) + Support

The Jalapeno Bop presents (Website)

▷ Fri 22 May@ Klub Kaput at Caravanserai

Sock Party

Marta Fossati and Tom Bass (Website)

▷ Thu 21 May@ Rotunda Theatre Brighton: Squeak

£8–£10Family

Something! Sometime! Someone!

Rushali (Website)

▷ Fri 22 May@ Grania Dean Studio (Lantern Theatre @ ACT)

Music & Nightlife

Stompa Phunk

Stompa Phunk

▷ Fri 22 May@ Spiegeltent at the SpiegelGardens

The Best of Brighton Fringe Compilation Show

Eds Comedy Club

▷ Fri 1 May@ Presuming Ed

Music & Nightlife

The Blues Corporation Live

The Blues Corporation

▷ Fri 22 May@ The Brunswick

The Cringe Factor: Rock and Roll Part 2

Laughing Horse Comedy & Ian Fox (Website)

▷ Fri 22 May@ Laughing Horse @ a&o Hostel bar (Front Room)

The Drunk and Heckle Show

The Drunk and Heckle

▷ Fri 22 May@ Presuming Ed

Cabaret & Variety

The Fools Present: Nerd Ball

The Fools

▷ Fri 22 May@ Rotunda Theatre Brighton: Bubble

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 Skins

Halfway Down

▷ Fri 22 May@ Grania Dean Studio (Lantern Theatre @ ACT)

£7.50–£10Teen

The Vampire Run

Laughing Horse Festivals (Website)

▷ Sun 3 May@ Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Hideaway)

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

Circus Dance & Physical Theatre

Transient and Trifling

Transient and Trifling

▷ Thu 21 May@ St Augustines Arts and Events Centre

Whisky Tango Foxtrot!

Jack Bryan Comedy (Website)

▷ Fri 22 May@ The Lantern @ ACT

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

Tim Reeves: An Hour Of Accessible Material To Further My Career

Tim Reeves

▷ Sat 2 May@ Presuming Ed

Circus Dance & Physical Theatre

(E = F) Our Expressions Equal to Our Fulfilments

ICATHED NIGERIA

▷ Fri 22 May@ Pavilion Gardens Cafe

£5–£20Family

Music & Nightlife

Popchestra: Maxed Out! (2026)

Brighton School of Music (Website)

▷ Fri 22 May@ Ironworks Studios (Studio A)

Selena Mersey: Bisexuelle

Selena Mersey (Website)

▷ Fri 22 May@ Komedia Studio

£13.50–£14.50Teen

Music & Nightlife

Brighton Fringe Jazz Club

Brighton Fringe Jazz Club

▷ Fri 8 May@ Brighton Unitarian Church

£14–£16Teen

Pear

Pear (Website)

▷ Wed 13 May@ Rotunda Theatre Brighton: Bubble

£9.99–£12Teen

FilmPride: LGBTQ+ Short Film Showcase

FilmPride with The Actors presents (Website)

▷ Fri 22 May@ The Actors - Light Room

Cabaret & Variety

Bom-Binge

Bom-Bane's (Website)

▷ Sat 2 May@ Bom-Bane's Music Cafe

£10–£40Kids

Circus Dance & Physical Theatre

Folk music and dance

AKWAABA DANCE ENSEMBLES

▷ Fri 22 May@ St Mary's Church Hall

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

Ask A Stripper: Pulling Back The G-String

Ask A Stripper

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

Divorced Party

Jen Zheng

▷ Fri 22 May@ Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick

Counterattack : Youth

Logue Studio

▷ Fri 22 May@ Cellar Bar @ The Brunswick