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03/02/2012 16:55
NATHAN CASSIDY: GENEROUS WORK IN PROGRESS
NOW!
The Rat Pack Productions Ltd
Lectern (The) 340 M3 Solo show Mind-expanding surreal short films and ranting stand-up. Think Python-meets-Twilight-Zone-meets-Muppets: trippy, creepy and very funny. 14 May 2pm - 2:45pm & 4:30pm - 5:15pm & 7pm - 7:45pm & 9:30pm - 10:15pm Donations C3CA
Laughing Horse @ The Temple 270 G8 Stand-up “Gloriously entertaining” (Chortle) stand-up that gives you money! Free entrance and £1 is given to you. See Nathan’s documentary of his generous year at the Prince Albert 2pm 19th and 20th. www.nathancassidy.com 18, 19 May 5:45pm - 6:45pm Free 18+ C3DE
NEIL HICKEY: THE NERVE
O FAIRBROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?
Emily Gough
Joe Fairbrother
Upstairs at Three and Ten 310 J9 Stand-up A dysfunctional existence STOP Gathering nerve to be myself STOP Fantastical retelling of events CAN’T STOP An everyman journey also for women. “A dry wit” (Chortle). www.upstairsatthreeandten.co.uk 21 May 9:30pm - 10:30pm, 22 May 10pm - 11pm 15+ 241 £8 (£6.50) £5 students C3F4
Komedia Studio 106 J8 Stand-up After wowing audiences in Edinburgh in 2011, Joe Fairbrother is unleashing his characters on Brighton for the first time! “Very funny and inventive” (Remotegoat), “Fiendishly subtle” (The List). www.joefairbrother.com 19 May 2pm - 3pm £10 (£8) 15+ C3E4
NEW ACT NIGHT
OFF THE CUFF PRESENTS: THE VILLAGE
Jill Edwards Comedy Workshops
Off the Cuff
Komedia 105 J8 Stand-up The latest new comics from Jill Edwards Comedy Workshops at Komedia take to the stage. Workshop (www.jill-edwards.co.uk) graduates include Jimmy Carr, Shappi Khorsandi, Brighton’s own Seann Walsh and Angela Barnes. www.jill-edwards.co.uk 18+ C3D0 15 May 7pm - 10pm £7 (£5)
Upstairs at Three and Ten 310 J9 Improv Peek behind closed doors in this improvised show which spins a whole comedy play out of your suggestions. ‘The applause threatened to bring the roof down.’ **** (Fringe Guru). www.offthecuffcomedy.co.uk 5 May 11:30pm - 12:30am, 7, 26 May 8:30pm - 9:30pm 15+ 241 £8.50 (£7) £5 students C40C
NEW VENTURE COMEDY SHOWCASE New Venture Theatre
New Venture Theatre 140 G8 Stand-up Your friends and neighbours are rising stars, on a brave adventure into a career in comedy - and here is your chance to see them on home turf! 23 May 7:45pm - 10pm £6 15+ C3FB
NO POOFS NO PIANO
Meet: Outside Al Duomo 308 J9 Walk What makes Brighton unique? From party kings and renegade builders to Abba and muesli, this walk is a curiously fact-filled and tongue-in-cheek celebration of all that’s peculiar to Brighton. www.onlyinbrighton.co.uk 4 - 7, 10 - 13, 17 - 20, 24 - 27 May 7pm - 8:20pm £7 (£6) 15+ 241 C276
PANDORA’S BOX
HyHo Productions
Brighton Media Centre Studio 73 I9 Sketch show Following their hugely successful global tour of Ruislip, the city of Brighton cautiously welcomes sketch-show mavericks ‘No Poofs No Piano’ to our humble fringe. An hour of rakish tomfoolery awaits. www.hyhoproductions.co.uk 15+ C39A 25, 26 May 8pm - 9pm £5 (£3) 241
NOT SAFE FOR ANYONE COMEDY HOUR Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant 247 I8 Stand-up Do you like your comedy uncensored? Then come and see the show deemed ‘Not Safe For Anyone’. Five hot new comedians bringing you an hour of no-holds-barred comedy! www.notsafeforany1.com 17, 18 May 10:30pm - 11:30pm, 19, 20 May 11:45pm 12:45am Donations 18+ C3D6
NOT TREASURE ISLAND
Class Stage Productions
Laughing Horse@Caroline of Brunswick 217 K6 Pandora, Goddess of Yorkshire, dishes the dirt on her punters, fellow strippers and herself through stand-up comedy and hilarious parodied cabaret. From toilet attendant to XXL stripper, Pandora is gold. class-stage.co.uk 20 - 27 May 8:15pm - 9:15pm £5 18+ 241 C1A4
PANTS NO STRINGS ATTACHED Existential Pants
Brunswick (The) 211 E8 Improv Brighton’s pant-astic improvised musical comedy troupe return to Brighton Fringe. Expect fast and frivolous improvised comedy and songs inspired by cues from yourself, the audience! 16 May 8pm - 10pm Donations 15+ C39B
PAPPY’S
Sleeping Trees
Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant 247 I8 Devised Do you remember Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island? Well we don’t. Join Sleeping Trees in attempt to recreate this nautical classic after fifteen years without reading it... www.sleepingtreestheatre.co.uk 14 - 18 May 5pm - 6pm Free 18+ C3C8
NOTHING TO LOSE Laughing Horse @ The Temple 270 G8 Stand-up Intelligently twisted tales spun with a warmth and candour that will make you feel violated as you laugh. “Defiantly different. Absolutely disgusting. I loved it” **** FringeGuru. www.michaelkossew.com/nothingtolose.html 12, 19, 26 May Midnight - 1am Free but ticketed 18+ 241 C3C0
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ONLY IN BRIGHTON... Only in Brighton
Pappy’s
Upstairs at Three and Ten 310 J9 Sketch show The UK’s best sketch group return to Brighton for the usual mix of sketches, songs and silliness. ‘Best in their genre’ (The Mirror); ‘A jaw-dropping, laugh-a-second spectacular’ (Chortle). www.pappyscomedy.com 25, 27 May 8:30pm - 9:30pm £9.50 (£8) £5 students 15+ 241 C404
PATTIE BREWSTER’S FRIENDSHIP VENTURE Laughing Horse@Caroline of Brunswick 217 K6 Stand-up Oh, hi guys! I’m just a normal girl called Pattie! I’m here looking for human friends cos at the moment I only know cats. Please like me! Ok, thanks. www.pattiebrewster.co.uk 5, 6, 8 May 9:30pm - 10:15pm Free 18+ C3A6
Tickets: brightonfringe.org . 01273 91 72 72 . 01273 709 709
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