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Stage
Admn: £15/£17
 Sat 05 May 3pm Every Saturday until Sun 27 May
Private Lives  @ The Grand Hotel
The Grand Hotel
 7-99 King's Road
 Brighton
 BN1 2FW
 t: 01273 224300
 Website | Email

Come for the cocktails, stay for the fights

You are cordially invited to join award winning theatre company Something Witty as they return to The Grand after their sell-out 2010 hit production of the Importance of Being Earnest.

Come and spy Elyot and Amanda as they honeymoon at the Grand, well at least that’s the plan . . .

Prepare for private passions, cigarette holders, terribly witty one-liners, disgraceful behaviour and a whole lot of "sollocks"

The ticket price includes a cocktail on arrival and the Dress Code is POSH

Advanced Booking Only
t: 01273 917272 | Website |
Stage
Admn: £10/£8
 Sun 06 May 6.45pm 0 until Sun 27 May
My Gay Best Friend  @ Upstairs at Three and Ten
Upstairs at Three and Ten
 10 Steine Street
 Brighton
 East Sussex BN2 1TE
 t: 07800 983 290
 Website | Email

368 Theatre
 TV’s Louise Jameson plays a would-be-diva stuck in the ladies’ loo on the biggest night of her life. Nigel Fairs plays her unforgivably absent gay best friend! 368 has a rich history of tragedy, comedy and camp.
t: 01273 91 72 72 | Website | Email
Stage
Admn: £15/£17
 Sun 06 May 3pm 0 until Sun 27 May
Private Lives  @ The Grand Hotel
The Grand Hotel
 7-99 King's Road
 Brighton
 BN1 2FW
 t: 01273 224300
 Website | Email

Come for the cocktails, stay for the fights


You are cordially invited to join award winning theatre company Something Witty as they return to The Grand after their sell-out 2010 hit production of the Importance of Being Earnest.

Come and spy Elyot and Amanda as they honeymoon at the Grand, well at least that’s the plan . . .

Prepare for private passions, cigarette holders, terribly witty one-liners, disgraceful behaviour and a whole lot of "sollocks"

The ticket price includes a cocktail on arrival and the Dress Code is POSH

Advanced Booking Only
t: 01273 917272 | Website |
Stage
Admn: £9/£7.50
 Tue 15 May 6.45pm until Thu 17 May
The Man With The Golden Pen   @ Upstairs at Three and Ten
Upstairs at Three and Ten
 10 Steine Street
 Brighton
 East Sussex BN2 1TE
 t: 07800 983 290
 Website | Email

Chancel Productions
 Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond, stands, Martini in hand, a terrified look in his eyes. At 42 he is about to do the thing he most fears: getting married!
It is 1952 and Fleming is putting the finishing touches to Casino Royale and Bond is with us; the alter ego, an icon of class and everything Fleming aspired to.
Featuring Michael Chance as Ian Fleming. Written by Mark Burgess and directed by Louise Jameson.
t: 01273 91 72 72 | Website | Email
Stage
Admn: £10/£7
 Tue 15 May 8.30pm until Thu 17 May
The Jolly Folly of Polly The Scottish Trolley Dolly and Other Mini-Marvels  @ Upstairs at Three and Ten
Upstairs at Three and Ten
 10 Steine Street
 Brighton
 East Sussex BN2 1TE
 t: 07800 983 290
 Website | Email

Ripley Theatre
 A play. An opera. And a musical. In a blissfully short 70 minutes! Featuring a plane, a hotel lobby floor, and The Royal Albert Hall. Polly the Scottish Trolley Dolly stormed Edinburgh with her 15-minute musical tale of a flight attendant succeeding against the odds. Award-winning entertainment.
t: 01273 91 72 72 | Website | Email
Stage
Admn: £7.50 - £5.50 Concs
 Wed 16 May 9.00pm until Sat 19 May
All Fingers and Thumbs  @ Lectern Pub (The)
Lectern Pub (The)
 Lewes Road
 Brighton
 t: 01273 685258

Black Comedy - Theatre
 With the U.K. caught in a recession and their cash-rich employer dishing out scores of redundancy notices, three former employees devise a plan of revenge against their former ruthless boss by taking his oddball daughter hostage, and demanding a multi-million-pound ransom!

Yet this eccentric and offbeat girl has plans of her own as she bids to outsmart them all!

Funny, dark, and disturbing! Anticipate the unexpected!



‘Second Impression… a truly promising theatrical venture.’ The Times

‘Shows with intrigue and humour that are compelling and fascinating.’ The List.
t: 01273 709709 | Website |
Stage
Admn: £9/£7
 Thu 17 May 7.00pm
Rainbow Ride  @ The Warren
The Warren
 Wagner Hall
 Brighton
 Russell Place Brighton BN1 2RG

A multimedia music/dance/song and colour journey through the seven hues of the rainbow. Music by original Cockney Rebel Milton Reame James, featuring Kevin Short of 2011’s Bloody Cinderella.
t: 01273 91 72 72 | Website |
Stage
Admn: £6/£5
 Thu 17 May 1pm
Watch The Birdy  @ The Warren
The Warren
 Wagner Hall
 Brighton
 Russell Place Brighton BN1 2RG

Flying eggs, feathery snow, luminous eggs and a bear who gets fatter as you watch. Packed full of tricks, transformations and eggs!
This gentle show full of magic and wonder has been delighting audiences countrywide. For ages 3-6 and families, from CBeebies’ Patrick Lynch.

t: 01273 91 72 72 | Website |
Stage
Admn: £10/£7
 Fri 18 May 7pm until Sat 19 May
The Jolly Folly of Polly The Scottish Trolley Dolly and Other Mini-Marvels  @ Upstairs at Three and Ten
Upstairs at Three and Ten
 10 Steine Street
 Brighton
 East Sussex BN2 1TE
 t: 07800 983 290
 Website | Email

Ripley Theatre
 A play. An opera. And a musical. In a blissfully short 70 minutes! Featuring a plane, a hotel lobby floor, and The Royal Albert Hall. Polly the Scottish Trolley Dolly stormed Edinburgh with her 15-minute musical tale of a flight attendant succeeding against the odds. Award-winning entertainment.
t: 01273 91 72 72 | Website | Email
Stage
Admn: £8.50/£7
 Fri 18 May 3pm until Sun 20 May
Age of the Geek  @ Upstairs at Three and Ten
Upstairs at Three and Ten
 10 Steine Street
 Brighton
 East Sussex BN2 1TE
 t: 07800 983 290
 Website | Email

Hayden Cohen
 Dictators have fallen. Empires have been won and lost. Now geeks rule the world. Combining spoken word, music and comedy, Hayden shows how the meek have inherited the earth. Staring longingly into the heart of all things geeky, this is a show that will entertain you through our impending technological doom.
t: 01273 91 72 72 | Website | Email
Stage
Admn: £8.50 / £6.50 concessions
 Sat 19 May 8 PM until Wed 23 May
Screaming Inside  @ Basement
Basement
 BN3 1EG

This moving and compelling play charts a year in the life of Stuart Pearce, the Lone Ranger of the IT department.

On the outside Stuart is the invisible man, the one no-one notices. Inside, he harbours a dark and violent past and some very disturbing secrets. This year Stuart isn’t going to take it anymore. He’s going to wreak his terrible revenge and world will soon find out what it’s like to be screaming inside.
Screaming Inside is a previous winner of the Independent Radio Production Drama Award.
This is the world premiere of the stage adaptation.
t: 01273 818266 | Website | Email
Stage
Admn: £8.50 (£6.50 cons)
 Sat 19 May 8pm until Wed 23 May
Screaming Inside  @ Basement
Basement
 BN3 1EG

Brighton Theatre Collective present the award winning Screaming Inside. This moving and compelling play charts a year in the life of Stuart Pearce – the lone Ranger of the IT department. On the outside Stuart is the invisible man, the one no-one notices but inside he harbours a dark and violent past and some very disturbing secrets. This year Stuart isn’t going to take it anymore, he’s going to wreak his terrible revenge, and world will soon find out what it’s like to be screaming inside.

Screaming Inside is a previous winner of the Independent Radio Production Drama Award. This is the world premier of the stage adaptation.

Screaming Inside
by Stephen Finlay

Starring Shane Armstrong

And featuring the voices of:
Frank Finlay
James Coombes
Cathy Finlay

Directed by
Daniel Finlay
t: 01273 818266 | Website | Email
Stage
Admn: £9/£7.50
 Sat 19 May 1pm until Sun 20 May
Two-Headed  @ Upstairs at Three and Ten
Upstairs at Three and Ten
 10 Steine Street
 Brighton
 East Sussex BN2 1TE
 t: 07800 983 290
 Website | Email

MyLovely Productions
 Captivating play about two friends whose lives are overshadowed by the dark events of their childhood, following 19th century Mid-Western girls Hettie and Lavinia from age 10 through to 50.
Immersed in a religious culture and conflicted by obligations to their community, the girls have to choose between accepting their lot or rebelling against it.’
t: 01273 91 72 72 | Website | Email
Stage
Admn: £9/£7
 Sat 19 May 7.30pm
Rainbow Ride  @ The Warren
The Warren
 Wagner Hall
 Brighton
 Russell Place Brighton BN1 2RG

: A multimedia music/dance/song and colour journey through the seven hues of the rainbow. Music by original Cockney Rebel Milton Reame James, featuring Kevin Short of 2011’s Bloody Cinderella.
t: 01273 91 72 72 | Website |
Stage
Admn: £10/£8.50
 Sat 19 May 6.00pm
Pinter's 'Victoria Station' and 'Family Voices'  @ The Warren
The Warren
 Wagner Hall
 Brighton
 Russell Place Brighton BN1 2RG

A midnight taxi ride to nowhere… letters unsent from a guest house full of lost people…Two pieces of vintage Pinter - seriously funny, and absurdly frightening.
In 'Victoria Station', a cabbie receives disturbing instructions from the controller. In 'Family Voices', tensions increase and revelations abound as a mother and son exchange letters.
t: 01273 91 72 72 | Website |
Stage
Admn: £22 Meal Deal, £12.50/ £10
 Sat 19 May 15:00
My Big Gay Italian Wedding  @ Komedia
Komedia
 Gardner Street
 North Laine
 Brighton East Sussex BN1 1UN
 t: 01273 647100
 Website | Email

Planning a wedding can be hell…but planning to ruin a wedding can be a hell of a lot of fun! Come and join the congregation as this off-Broadway cult hit makes its music and dance filled European Premiere. 12+
t: 0845 293 8480 | Website |
Stage
Admn: £22 Meal Deal, £12.50/ £10
 Sun 20 May 17:00
My Big Gay Italian Wedding  @ Komedia
Komedia
 Gardner Street
 North Laine
 Brighton East Sussex BN1 1UN
 t: 01273 647100
 Website | Email

Planning a wedding can be hell…but planning to ruin a wedding can be a hell of a lot of fun! Come and join the congregation as this off-Broadway cult hit makes its music and dance filled European Premiere.
t: 0845 293 8480 | Website |
Stage
Admn: £10/£8.50
 Sun 20 May 6.00pm
Pinter's 'Victoria Station' and 'Family Voices'  @ The Warren
The Warren
 Wagner Hall
 Brighton
 Russell Place Brighton BN1 2RG

A midnight taxi ride to nowhere… letters unsent from a guest house full of lost people…Two pieces of vintage Pinter - seriously funny, and absurdly frightening.
In 'Victoria Station', a cabbie receives disturbing instructions from the controller. In 'Family Voices', tensions increase and revelations abound as a mother and son exchange letters.
Website |
Stage
Admn: £9/£7
 Sun 20 May 7.30pm
Rainbow Ride  @ The Warren
The Warren
 Wagner Hall
 Brighton
 Russell Place Brighton BN1 2RG

: A multimedia music/dance/song and colour journey through the seven hues of the rainbow. Music by original Cockney Rebel Milton Reame James, featuring Kevin Short of 2011’s Bloody Cinderella.
t: 01273 91 72 72 | Website |
Stage
Admn: £12
 Sun 20 May 2.30pm
The Big Bite-Size Vintage Tea Party  @ The Warren
The Warren
 Wagner Hall
 Brighton
 Russell Place Brighton BN1 2RG

Funny, poignant, touching tales of love, loss and laughter from yesteryear. Fresh ten-minute plays including “People’s Choice” Winner 2011. Tea and cake served by singing tea-ladies.
A fresh combination of plays and music to immerse you in a world gone by.
t: 01273 91 72 72 | Website |
Stage
Admn: £22 Meal Deal, £12.50/ £10
 Sun 20 May 15:00
My Big Gay Italian Wedding  @ Komedia
Komedia
 Gardner Street
 North Laine
 Brighton East Sussex BN1 1UN
 t: 01273 647100
 Website | Email

Planning a wedding can be hell…but planning to ruin a wedding can be a hell of a lot of fun! Come and join the congregation as this off-Broadway cult hit makes its music and dance filled European Premiere. 12+
t: 0845 293 8480 | Website |
Stage
Admn: £8/£5
 Sun 20 May 4.30pm
The Comedy of Errors  @ The Warren
The Warren
 Wagner Hall
 Brighton
 Russell Place Brighton BN1 2RG

: Long-lost twins, desert islands and remarkably similar servants all combine to play havoc in this new adaptation by Elizabeth Freestone (RSC, Globe) exclusively for OnO Theatre Company. Directed by Robin Belfield (Nuffield Southampton) and touring schools throughout the south as an introduction to the Bard for ages 7 upwards. Newbies –
young and old – welcome.
t: 01273 91 72 72 | Website |
Stage
Admn: £22 Meal Deal, £12.50/ £10
 Mon 21 May 20:00
My Big Gay Italian Wedding  @ Komedia
Komedia
 Gardner Street
 North Laine
 Brighton East Sussex BN1 1UN
 t: 01273 647100
 Website | Email

Planning a wedding can be hell…but planning to ruin a wedding can be a hell of a lot of fun! Come and join the congregation as this off-Broadway cult hit makes its music and dance filled European Premiere.
t: 0845 293 8480 | Website |
Stage
Admn: £12/£10
 Mon 21 May 6.00pm
Romeo, Don't Shoot Me Yet  @ The Warren
The Warren
 Wagner Hall
 Brighton
 Russell Place Brighton BN1 2RG

When three illustrious Shakespeare couples encounter a mysterious creature, they are informed that their futures are doomed - unless they find their creator and stop the ink before it’s too late! A journey of fate, fear and farce. Some believe in God, some believe in fate. And others believe in Shakespeare! What do you believe?
t: 01273 91 72 72 | Website |
Stage
Admn: £7/£5
 Tue 22 May 5.30pm until Wed 23 May
Hourglass  @ Upstairs at Three and Ten
Upstairs at Three and Ten
 10 Steine Street
 Brighton
 East Sussex BN2 1TE
 t: 07800 983 290
 Website | Email

Varndean College Studio Theatre Company
 A double bill of new short plays by Varndean College’s final-year acting students. Each has been devised in response to the music of either Doris Day, Cream, Blondie or Squeeze.
Over the past six years, students from this highly successful course have performed their final project at Brighton Fringe, before continuing to study theatre and acting at a higher level.
t: 01273 91 72 72 | Website | Email
Stage
Admn: £8.50 / £6.50
Tue 22 May 19.00 (60mins) until Thu 24 May
Headcase  @ Nightingale Theatre
Nightingale Theatre
 BN1 3PA

TouchedTheatre's beautiful new puppetry, dance and visual theatre production inspired by real-life stories of the courage, perils, comedy and downright strangeness of young people’s experiences learning to live with their own mental health.

Featuring local artists Yael Karavan (Karavan Ensemble), Annie Brooks (Colossal Crumbs) and a spine tingling score by Hannah Miller (Moulettes). Join us on a rich and surprising journey into the surreal landscapes of our states of mind.
t: 01273 917 272 | Website | Email
Stage
Admn: £7/£5
 Tue 22 May 7pm until Wed 23 May
Hourglass  @ Upstairs at Three and Ten
Upstairs at Three and Ten
 10 Steine Street
 Brighton
 East Sussex BN2 1TE
 t: 07800 983 290
 Website | Email

Varndean College Studio Theatre Company
 A double bill of new short plays by Varndean College’s final-year acting students. Each has been devised in response to the music of either Doris Day, Cream, Blondie or Squeeze.
Over the past six years, students from this highly successful course have performed their final project at Brighton Fringe, before continuing to study theatre and acting at a higher level.
t: 01273 91 72 72 | Website | Email
Stage
Admn: £12/£10
 Tue 22 May 6.00pm
Romeo, Don't Shoot Me Yet  @ The Warren
The Warren
 Wagner Hall
 Brighton
 Russell Place Brighton BN1 2RG

When three illustrious Shakespeare couples encounter a mysterious creature, they are informed that their futures are doomed - unless they find their creator and stop the ink before it’s too late! A journey of fate, fear and farce. Some believe in God, some believe in fate. And others believe in Shakespeare! What do you believe?
t: 01273 91 72 72 | Website |
Stage
Admn: £12/£10
 Tue 22 May 8pm
Faust  @ The Warren
The Warren
 Wagner Hall
 Brighton
 Russell Place Brighton BN1 2RG

: In a twisted re-telling of Goethe’s classic tale a modern man embarks on a musical spree of corruption, accompanied by a dark outsider. The reckless duo tear their way through pub, club and party until Faust sets his sights on a young girl, sparking a tragic cacophony.
Slip into the darkness for a music-fuelled cabaret of sin, seduction and song!
t: 01273 91 72 72 | Website |
Stage
Admn: £8/£6 Concession
Tue 22 May 7.30pm doors until Thu 24 May
You Left Me in the Dark  @ The Jive Monkey
The Jive Monkey
 5 Steine Street
 Brighton
 BN2 1TE

New writing from "Rising Stars" Spun Glass Theatre
 You Left Me in the Dark is a piece of new writing from "rising stars" Spun Glass Theatre (Brighton Source). Inspired by Chekhov's The Seagull and the music of Florence and the Machine. You Left Me in the Dark isolates Constantin, Nina and Masha; activists for the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. The piece focusses on the abandonment of love in contemporary relationships.

Spun Glass Theatre is devoted to personal protest through worlds and words.

Praise for previous work:

***** - (Three Weeks, Brighton Fringe).
**** - (Three Weeks, Edinburgh
Fringe).

**** - (The New Current, Edinburgh Fringe).

"This stunning play is incredibly powerful." (Three Weeks).

"Compelling, a standout performance." (Total Theatre).
Website | Email
Stage
Admn: £12/£10
 Wed 23 May 8pm
Faust  @ The Warren
The Warren
 Wagner Hall
 Brighton
 Russell Place Brighton BN1 2RG

: In a twisted re-telling of Goethe’s classic tale a modern man embarks on a musical spree of corruption, accompanied by a dark outsider. The reckless duo tear their way through pub, club and party until Faust sets his sights on a young girl, sparking a tragic cacophony.
Slip into the darkness for a music-fuelled cabaret of sin, seduction and song!
t: 01273 91 72 72 | Website |
Stage
Admn: £12/£10
 Wed 23 May 6pm
Romeo, Don't Shoot Me Yet  @ The Warren
The Warren
 Wagner Hall
 Brighton
 Russell Place Brighton BN1 2RG

When three illustrious Shakespeare couples encounter a mysterious creature, they are informed that their futures are doomed - unless they find their creator and stop the ink before it’s too late! A journey of fate, fear and farce. Some believe in God, some believe in fate. And others believe in Shakespeare! What do you believe?
t: 01273 91 72 72 | Website |
Stage
Admn: £12.00 (£9.00)

 Wed 23 May 20:00 until Thu 24 May
Blonde Poison  @ The Old Market
The Old Market
 BN3 1AS

Gail Louw’s fascinating play examines the motivation of evil.

Cruel killer, betrayer of friends, promiscuous lover: victim and persecutor. Stella Goldschlag, ‘Blonde Poison’ to the admiring Gestapo, betrayed fellow Jews to save herself and her family. Decades later, the vast dimensions of Stella’s morality are revealed in her last grasp for redemption. Gail Louw’s fascinating play examines the motivation of evil.
t: 01273 201 801 | Website | Email
Stage
Admn: £12/£9
 Thu 24 May 6.30pm
The Girl With The Iron Claws  @ The Warren
The Warren
 Wagner Hall
 Brighton
 Russell Place Brighton BN1 2RG

Growing up isn’t easy, especially when you’re in love with a bear. Captivatingly dark fairytale about a girl who dares to follow her longing. Total sell-out Edinburgh Fringe 2011.
t: 01273 91 72 72 | Website |
Stage
Admn: £12/£10
 Thu 24 May 8pm
Faust  @ The Warren
The Warren
 Wagner Hall
 Brighton
 Russell Place Brighton BN1 2RG

In a twisted re-telling of Goethe’s classic tale a modern man embarks on a musical spree of corruption, accompanied by a dark outsider. The reckless duo tear their way through pub, club and party until Faust sets his sights on a young girl, sparking a tragic cacophony.
Slip into the darkness for a music-fuelled cabaret of sin, seduction and song!
t: 01273 91 72 72 | Website |
Stage
Admn: £9
 Thu 24 May 7:15PM until Sun 27 May
A Dirty Martini with Evelyn Waugh  @ Hendrick's Horseless Carriage of Curiosities
Hendrick's Horseless Carriage of Curiosities
 Jubilee Square
 Brighton
 BN1

Be a darling and fix me a Martini will you? Trade innocence for decadence, bob your hair and leave your morals behind! The pages of this familiar story turn but the tale is changing! Join Evelyn Waugh on a plot twisting performance driven by audience choice. There are several sides to every story. Which will you choose? Complimentary decadent libation.
Website | Email
Stage
Admn: £9/£7.50
Thu 24 May 5pm until Sun 27 May
Mating in Captivity  @ Upstairs at Three and Ten
Upstairs at Three and Ten
 10 Steine Street
 Brighton
 East Sussex BN2 1TE
 t: 07800 983 290
 Website | Email

Frank Productions
 and Mark haven’t had sex – with each other – for 1 year, 7 months and 14 days. Issy’s counting. A piercingly funny debut about staying together – or not. When sex is the least fun you can have with your clothes off, what’s a marriage to do?
t: 01273 91 72 72 | Website | Email
Stage
Admn: £8.50/£7.50
 Fri 25 May 1pm until Sat 26 May
Who Did I Think I Was?  @ Upstairs at Three and Ten
Upstairs at Three and Ten
 10 Steine Street
 Brighton
 East Sussex BN2 1TE
 t: 07800 983 290
 Website | Email

Coughing Sheep
 Spitfires, trick cyclists, electric shocks and toilet rolls: the tragi-comedy of a father and son being together again, recalling the woman they lost, and discovering endings and new beginnings. Peter Henderson returns to Brighton Fringe in a one-man two-hander about the lives of three people.
t: 01273 91 72 72 | Website | Email
Stage
Admn: £10/£8
 Fri 25 May 8pm(doors 7.45pm)
Krapp's Last Tape  @ Lectern Pub (The)
Lectern Pub (The)
 Lewes Road
 Brighton
 t: 01273 685258

For one night only, as part of The Brighton Fringe Festival, Pint and Play Productions present Aidan Stephenson performing the role of Krapp in Samuel Beckett's award-winning play.

"Death is standing behind him and unconsciously he's looking for it".


Tickets: www.brightonfringe.org
www.wegottickets.com or from Brighton Dome Box Office 01273 709 709
Website | Email
Stage
Admn: £12/£9
 Fri 25 May 6.30pm
The Girl With The Iron Claws  @ The Warren
The Warren
 Wagner Hall
 Brighton
 Russell Place Brighton BN1 2RG

Growing up isn’t easy, especially when you’re in love with a bear. Captivatingly dark fairytale about a girl who dares to follow her longing. Total sell-out Edinburgh Fringe 2011.
t: 01273 91 72 72 | Website |
Stage
Admn: £8.50/£7.50
 Fri 25 May 7pm until Sat 26 May
Who Did I Think I Was?  @ Upstairs at Three and Ten
Upstairs at Three and Ten
 10 Steine Street
 Brighton
 East Sussex BN2 1TE
 t: 07800 983 290
 Website | Email

Coughing Sheep
 Spitfires, trick cyclists, electric shocks and toilet rolls: the tragi-comedy of a father and son being together again, recalling the woman they lost, and discovering endings and new beginnings. Peter Henderson returns to Brighton Fringe in a one-man two-hander about the lives of three people.
t: 01273 91 72 72 | Website | Email
Stage
Admn: £12/£10
 Fri 25 May 8pm
Faust  @ The Warren
The Warren
 Wagner Hall
 Brighton
 Russell Place Brighton BN1 2RG

In a twisted re-telling of Goethe’s classic tale a modern man embarks on a musical spree of corruption, accompanied by a dark outsider. The reckless duo tear their way through pub, club and party until Faust sets his sights on a young girl, sparking a tragic cacophony.
Slip into the darkness for a music-fuelled cabaret of sin, seduction and song!
t: 01273 91 72 72 | Website |
Stage
Admn: £8/£6 concession
 Fri 25 May Fri/Sat 5pm, Sun 7.30pm until Sun 27 May
The Tuesday Group   @ Iambic Arts Theatre
Iambic Arts Theatre
 38 Gardner Street
 (Above Bell Book & Candle)
 BN1 1UN

All profits to Martlets Hospice
 'The Tuesday Group', written by author and playwright Sue Eckstein, was commissioned as part of a European Commission funded project, based on real-life hospice group transcripts. After two sell-out shows, BSMS Theatre offer you another chance to see this realistic and humorous account of what happens when terminally ill patients have the opportunity to speak to one another.
t: 01273572101 | Website |
Stage
Admn: £12.50/£10.50
 Sat 26 May 7.30pm until Sun 27 May
'Bug' by Tracy Letts  @ The Warren
The Warren
 Wagner Hall
 Brighton
 Russell Place Brighton BN1 2RG

James Weisz Productions
 Mind-bending psychological thriller by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tracy Letts. A divorced substance abuser discovers an infestation in her seedy motel room. From the company behind last year’s critically acclaimed 40th anniversary adaptation of Get Carter.
Starring Charlie Allen, Melody Roche & Mandy Jackson.
t: 01273 91 72 72 | Website | Email
Stage
Admn: £9/£7.50
 Sat 26 May 3pm until Sun 27 May
Ragnarök: The Weird of the Gods  @ Upstairs at Three and Ten
Upstairs at Three and Ten
 10 Steine Street
 Brighton
 East Sussex BN2 1TE
 t: 07800 983 290
 Website | Email

Theatre of the Presposterous
 Loki has broken his chains, and gathers his monstrous offspring around him. This is pretty shitty news. Basically, we’re doomed. Monsters, frost giants and assorted freaks battle the gods in the battle to end all battles. Musical comedy based on Norse mythology, from John Hinton, creator of international hit 'Origin of Species…'
t: 01273 91 72 72 | Website | Email
Stage
Admn: £8/£6
 Sat 26 May 4.15pm
A Midsummer Night's Dream  @ The Warren
The Warren
 Wagner Hall
 Brighton
 Russell Place Brighton BN1 2RG

A comic story of love, magic, tricks and twists, with colourful costumes and fabulous fantasy. A story of fairies, potions and ‘rude mechanicals’; a show that will entertain all ages.
t: 01273 91 72 72 | Website |
Stage
Admn: £10/£8.50
 Sat 26 May 6pm
Arnold Wesker's 'The Mistress'  @ The Warren
The Warren
 Wagner Hall
 Brighton
 Russell Place Brighton BN1 2RG

Samantha is a fashion designer. Her lover is married. To her best friend. Fearing the fling will end, she pours a whisky and awaits his call, with only her mannequins for company.
Nicola Haydn directs Jo Merriman in this exploration of guilt from one of our greatest living dramatists.
t: 01273 91 72 72 | Website |
Stage
Admn: £12.50/£10.50
 Sat 26 May 7.30pm
'Bug' by Tracy Letts  @ The Warren
The Warren
 Wagner Hall
 Brighton
 Russell Place Brighton BN1 2RG

Mind-bending psychological thriller by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tracy Letts. A divorced substance abuser discovers an infestation in her seedy motel room. From the company behind last year’s critically acclaimed 40th anniversary adaptation of Get Carter.
Starring Charlie Allen, Melody Roche & Mandy Jackson
t: 01273 91 72 72 | Website |
Stage
Admn: £12
 Sun 27 May 2.30pm
The Big Bite-Size Vintage Tea Party  @ The Warren
The Warren
 Wagner Hall
 Brighton
 Russell Place Brighton BN1 2RG

Funny, poignant, touching tales of love, loss and laughter from yesteryear. Fresh ten-minute plays including “People’s Choice” Winner 2011. Tea and cake served by singing tea-ladies.
A fresh combination of plays and music to immerse you in a world gone by.
t: 01273 91 72 72 | Website |
Stage
Admn: £8/£6
 Sun 27 May 4.15pm
A Midsummer Night's Dream  @ The Warren
The Warren
 Wagner Hall
 Brighton
 Russell Place Brighton BN1 2RG

A comic story of love, magic, tricks and twists, with colourful costumes and fabulous fantasy. A story of fairies, potions and ‘rude mechanicals’; a show that will entertain all ages.
t: 01273 91 72 72 | Website |
Stage
Admn: £9.00 (£7.00 concessions)
 Sun 27 May 2:00pm
The Silent Movie Experience  @ Komedia Studio Bar
Komedia Studio Bar
 BN1 1UN

After two years of sell-out runs, The Silent Movie Experience returns to Brighton Komedia Studio as part of this year's Brighton Fringe.

David Watts supplies the sound effects for 1920s silent movies in this unique experience. Honky tonk piano, breakbeat percussion and live sound effects all feature in this quirky family-friendly show which combines comedy and audience participation with cinema to make for a great afternoon out.
t: 0845 293 8480 | Website |
Stage
Admn: £10/£8.50
 Sun 27 May 6.00pm
Arnold Wesker's 'The Mistress'  @ The Warren
The Warren
 Wagner Hall
 Brighton
 Russell Place Brighton BN1 2RG

Samantha is a fashion designer. Her lover is married. To her best friend. Fearing the fling will end, she pours a whisky and awaits his call, with only her mannequins for company.
Nicola Haydn directs Jo Merriman in this exploration of guilt from one of our greatest living dramatists.
t: 01273 91 72 72 | Website |
Stage
Admn: £12.50/£10.50
 Sun 27 May 7.30pm
'Bug' by Tracy Letts  @ The Warren
The Warren
 Wagner Hall
 Brighton
 Russell Place Brighton BN1 2RG

: Mind-bending psychological thriller by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tracy Letts. A divorced substance abuser discovers an infestation in her seedy motel room. From the company behind last year’s critically acclaimed 40th anniversary adaptation of Get Carter.
Starring Charlie Allen, Melody Roche & Mandy Jackson.

t: 01273 91 72 72 | Website |