Brighton Fringe 2026

What's on · Friday, 29 May 2026

80 shows are on at Brighton Fringe 2026 on Friday, 29 May 2026. Expect Comedy, Theatre, Children & Young People, Cabaret & Variety. Featured venues include Laughing Horse @ a&o Hostel bar (Front Room), Junk Poets at Caravanserai, Grania Dean Studio (Lantern Theatre @ ACT), Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Hideaway). 11 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

Children & Young People

101 Ways to Annoy your parents and other really old people

Last Dodo Entertainment (Website)

▷ Sat 23 May@ Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Hideaway)

£7–£8Family

A Head Full Of Bees

LeoLibra productions

▷ Fri 1 May@ The Lantern @ ACT

Children & Young People

A Puppet Zoo Adventure!

Steph Ventriloquist (Website)

▷ Sun 24 May@ Laughing Horse @ a&o Hostel bar (Front Room)

£5–£7Family

Children & Young People

All Star Circus

Head First Acrobats UK (Website)

▷ Sat 23 May@ Spiegeltent at the SpiegelGardens

£14–£16Family

Cabaret & Variety

Andrew Frost - Pretending

Andrew Frost (Website)

▷ Mon 11 May@ Grania Dean Studio (Lantern Theatre @ ACT)

£13–£15Teen

Andrew White - What a Life

Andrew White (Website)

▷ Thu 28 May@ Presuming Ed

Art Pals at Bottoms Rest

alej ez art (Website)

▷ Fri 1 May@ Bottom's Rest

Ashley Haden: Genocidal Liberal 2, Electric Boogaloo Work In Progress

Ashley Haden (Website)

▷ Thu 28 May@ Laughing Horse @ a&o Hostel bar (Front Room)

Cabaret & Variety

BEAVERHAUSEN

BEAVERHAUSEN

▷ Fri 8 May@ Komedia Studio

Brighton Food Tours

Brighton Food Tours (Website)

▷ Fri 1 May@ MEET: Outside of St Batholomew's Church

Brighton Rocks Film Festival - Programme Launch!

Brighton Rocks Film Festival (Website)

▷ Fri 29 May@ The Actors - Light Room

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 & Variety

C'est Magnifique

Chocolate Box Theatre (Website)

▷ Fri 1 May@ WundaBarn at The SpiegelGardens

Cheap Laughs - Best of Brighton

Eat The Donut Comedy

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

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

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

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

Music & Nightlife

Headmix & Tragic Roundabout: Live Music Extravaganza

Headmix (Website)

▷ Fri 29 May@ Klub Kaput at Caravanserai

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

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

Cabaret & Variety

Kane & Abel Magicians: Twin Feats

Kane & Abel Magicians (Website)

▷ Thu 28 May@ WundaBarn at The SpiegelGardens

£10–£14Kids

Kathy Maniura: The Cycling Man

AEG Presents (Website)

▷ Fri 29 May@ Komedia Studio

Lab Rats: A Science Gameshow

Donal Vaughan Comedy

▷ Fri 29 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)

Lidl Class

Courtney Cornfield

▷ Wed 27 May@ Comedy at the Caxton

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

LJ DA FUNK / Laughing Horse

▷ Fri 15 May@ Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar

Lollipops

Tricera Collective

▷ Thu 28 May@ Grania Dean Studio (Lantern Theatre @ ACT)

Children & Young People

Madame Chandelier's Grand Theft Opera

Delea Shand (Website)

▷ Thu 28 May@ Laughing Horse @ a&o Hostel bar (Front Room)

MAN!FEST: A Boy Band Fantasy

OnTheNose Productions (Website)

▷ Thu 28 May@ Wagner Hall Brighton

£10–£12Teen

Mat Smith and Kieran Carr Spilt Bill

Mat Smith & Kieran Carr (Website)

▷ Thu 7 May@ Comedy at the Caxton

Literature & Spoken Word

Monster

Naomi Wood (Website)

▷ Fri 29 May@ Junk Poets at Caravanserai

£7.99–£10Teen

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

Paggy Gacheva (Website)

▷ Mon 18 May@ Presuming Ed

Nick Elleray: Don't Bring a Smile to a Frown Fight

Nick Elleray (Website)

▷ Thu 14 May@ Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Hideaway)

No Show

Goldstone, Lavender No. 9 & Metric Theatre

▷ Fri 22 May@ The Lantern @ ACT

Planted

Lolly Waters

▷ Mon 25 May@ The Grounds (PLATF9RM)

Progress In Work

All That Bex (Website)

▷ Thu 7 May@ Junk Poets at Caravanserai

Circus Dance & Physical Theatre

Resonant Void

The Authentic Artist Collective with Joanna Rosenfeld (Website)

▷ Fri 29 May@ Grania Dean Studio (Lantern Theatre @ ACT)

RPJ: Role Playing James

James Bennison

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

Sammy Stitches x M.A.S-Boutique: Hooked & Worn

Sammy Stitches UK X M.A.S-Boutique (Website)

▷ Fri 15 May@ Sammystitches Open House

Scary Mary

Friday's Child Productions

▷ Thu 28 May@ The Actors - Theatre

Children & Young People

Science Magic: Messy Mayhem

Donal Vaughan Comedy

▷ Sun 3 May@ Laughing Horse @ a&o Hostel bar (Front Room)

Shaggers

Art of Comedy (Website)

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

Children & Young People

Sing, Sign and Sensory

Effectus Theatre (Website)

▷ Tue 26 May@ St Mary's Church Hall

£12.50–£15Family

SNAILS OF THE UNEXPECTED

Chaos Theory

▷ Thu 28 May@ Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Hideaway)

Something! Sometime! Someone!

Rushali (Website)

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

The Best of Brighton Fringe Compilation Show

Eds Comedy Club

▷ Fri 1 May@ Presuming Ed

The Comedy Centre Showcase

The Comedy Centre

▷ Fri 15 May@ Comedy at the Caxton

Children & Young People

The Giant Balloon Show

Dizzy O'Dare (Website)

▷ Sat 2 May@ Spiegeltent at the SpiegelGardens

£7–£9Family

Music & Nightlife

The Great 80s & 90s Movie Soundtrack Songbook

Fourth World Promotions (Website)

▷ Fri 1 May@ The Brunswick

Cabaret & Variety

The Lady Boys of Bangkok

Exchange Events Ltd (Website)

▷ Sat 9 May@ Sabai Pavilion

£17.50–£2818+

Cabaret & Variety

THE TIME WARP EXTRAVAGANZA : A Rocky Horror Drag & Dance Spectacle

CHARLI OHLALA (Website)

▷ Fri 29 May@ Ironworks Studios (Studio A)

Literature & Spoken Word

The Woman with No Name

Jacqueline Lord (Website)

▷ Mon 4 May@ Junk Poets at Caravanserai

Verity Sharpe: Landlord's Wet Dream

Verity Sharpe

▷ Thu 28 May@ The Actors - Theatre

Vladimir McTavish: 2026 (Work In Progress)

Vladimir McTavish

▷ Thu 28 May@ Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar

Cabaret & Variety

W*NKERS

W*NKERS (Website)

▷ Thu 28 May@ The Actors - Theatre

Where Are We Going With This?

By George! Productions

▷ Fri 29 May@ The Lantern @ ACT

Witchcraft & Magic Tour

Strange Strolls (Website)

▷ Fri 8 May@ MEET: Outside The Walrus

Globe Rotter (Work in Progress)

Court Jesters' Roadshow

▷ Sun 10 May@ Presuming Ed

Where I End and You Begin

Northbrook College (Website)

▷ Fri 29 May@ The Old Market

Makeup Masterclass Workshop

Lily McGibbon

▷ Fri 29 May@ The Actors - Light Room

El Viaje

Barking Hearts Theatre

▷ Fri 29 May@ Fishing Museum Loft - The Old Net Loft

£10–£12.50Teen

For Pucks Sake

Hobgoblin Theatre

▷ Mon 25 May@ Junk Poets at Caravanserai

Children & Young People

Feast & Fable | A story-cookalong

Woodfire Camping x Tale & Hitch (Website)

▷ Sun 24 May@ Under the Archway at Caravanserai (Outdoor Stage)

£11–£14Family

Cabaret & Variety

Bom-Binge

Bom-Bane's (Website)

▷ Sat 2 May@ Bom-Bane's Music Cafe

£10–£40Kids

This is Philosophy

UGLI Theatre Co (Website)

▷ Thu 28 May@ Junk Poets at Caravanserai

As the Winds and Waters Are

Zealous Bee Theatre (Website)

▷ Thu 28 May@ BN1 Arts Centre CIC

Police Cops: The Original

Police Cops (Website)

▷ Thu 7 May@ Spiegeltent at the SpiegelGardens

£15.50–£17Teen

My Name is Spring Day and Other Stupid Facts

Spring Day (Website)

▷ Thu 28 May@ Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick

£5–£7.5018+

Phil Green: Stripped

Phil Green (Website)

▷ Fri 1 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)

Abbie Murphy: Garage Girl (Work In Progress)

Abbie Murphy (Website)

▷ Fri 15 May@ Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick