FRINGE PREVIEWS PASSING ON
ALFIE ORDINARY
SWEET WERKS 1
BOSCO THEATRE - SPIEGELTENT
Brian and Tom have decided to have a child, to be as Tom says, ‘a proper family with two dads‘. When their friend, Jane, agrees to act as a surrogate, it seems they can really have it all. But after Tom is very reluctantly pressed into finding out about his biological parents, what he discovers will shatter all of their lives.
Multi award winning drag artist Alfie Ordinary returns to Brighton Fringe with his five star rated show Help! I Think I Might Be Fabulous. In this show, Alfie tells of a magical queer utopia, questions what it really means to be a man and presents a world where equality truly exists.
STEALTH ASPIES
WORD
MON 21 - THURS 24 MAY
TUES 22 - THURS 24, SAT 26 & SUN 27 MAY SWEET VENUES, WERKS 2 The world’s first entirely neuro-atypical performance company brings its original show to Brighton as part of Brighton Fringe’s Freedom Season. The lives of people ‘on the spectrum’, particularly who’ve had late diagnosis, laid bare through spoken word, poetry and performance. Truly heart-warming.
SUN 27 & TUES 29 MAY
MON 28 MAY - SUN 3 JUN SWEET JUKEBOX Have you figured out whether the pen is mightier than the sword? Jamal Harewood is taking his second performance, Word to venues across the UK in 2018. An unpredictable hour-long event that opens up the discussion around words, slurs and the unseen impact they have on our community.
DOLLYWOULD
BOXES
THE OLD MARKET
PURPLE PLAYHOUSE THEATRE
TUES 22 - FRI 25 MAY Sh!t Theatre fucking love Dolly Parton and this is the story of their trip to the first lady of country’s theme park. Following the Fringe First winning Letters to Windsor House, Sh!t Theatre present this hilarious Edinburgh Fringe 2017 sellout show about female image, cloning, branding, immortality and death.
TOO YOUNG TO STAY IN, TOO OLD TO GO OUT FRI 25 - MON 28 MAY SWEET WERKS, VENUE 18
Nigel Osner casts a quizzical eye over life’s challenges and opportunities for those who can no longer claim, even to themselves, that they are young! Going out, love, holidays - even the gym. Illustrated with original songs and stories by male and female characters.
HANSEL AND GRETEL SAT 26 & SUN 27 MAY THE WARREN A classic fairytale reimagined through dance. Lee Smikle Dance Project and Shoreditch Youth Dance Company take you on a heartwarming adventure of sibling friendship, body-popping crows and souleating witches. A magical production for audiences of all ages.
THURS 31 MAY - SAT 2 JUN This new play from Purple Theatre explores the relationship between Toni and TJ as they attempt to make sense of their deceased father’s empty house. Set against an original dubstep score and movement, this urban tale of identity and race examines the postmodern obsession of squeezing people into unsuitable boxes.
JOHN OSBORNE: JOHN PEEL’S SHED AND OTHER STORIES FRI 1 - SUN 3 JUN THE WARREN Writer and storyteller John Osborne is back with a trio of shows across the final weekend of the Fringe, including John Peel’s Shed, a show about a box of records that once belonged to Radio 1 DJ John Peel.
KEVIN QUANTUM: VANISHING POINT FRI 1 - SUN 3 JUN
BOSCO THEATRE - SPIEGELTENT 2015/16/17 Edinburgh Fringe sell-out show. The magician-scientist hybrid, tutored by Penn & Teller, makes his Brighton debut with a new show. Enter an exotic space where the rules of nature are bent and broken.