The Marlborough Theatre's Fringe 2016 Programme

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5 TH MaY – 5 TH June 2016

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What good is sitting, alone in your room?

E ach M ay, The M arlborough The atre , one of Brighton ’ s oldest working venues , present s an eclec tic mix of shows, and this is our biggest yet, with 103 performances of 34 shows . We ’ d al so like to think it is our best yet.

We’ve gathered a rich and varied array of the best theatre, cabaret and comedy, and we’ve thrown in some fab circus this year too. Whether you’re looking for thrilling, thought provoking, hilarious, or raw and edgy performance, we’ve got it all. Life is just too short to be bored!

The Marlborough Theatre Fringe Team Tarik Elmoutawakil David Sheppeard Abby Butcher Nina Sarfas Rox anne Carney

How To Book Wa n t t o s ee a s h o w at T h e M a r l b o r o u g h ? B o o k yo u r t i c k et i n a n y o f t h e f o l l o w i n g way s : In House Over the bar at the Marlborough Pub. Cash payments only, avoid all booking fees.

Brown Paper Tickets Use their 24hr phone service or book online www.brownpapertickets.com 0800 411 8881

The Marlborough Fringe programme has been made possible this year with the generous support of Heineken and Ketel One.

Brighton Fringe Use the off icial Brighton Fringe website, phone service or pop in to their dedicated box off ice located in the 1 Stop Travel Shop.

26 North Street, Brighton BN1 1EB www.brightonfringe.org 01273 91 72 72

To avoid any disappointment, we recommend that you book in advance .

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Celebrate the start of the festival with nando Messias’ hyper flamboyant The sissy’s Progress. Part theatre show, part street performance - this is not to be missed. Then join us for the Queer Weekender from 12th May - a dirty weekend of innovative contemporary performance investigating gender and sexuality featuring Pink Fringe offerings by eilidh MacAskill, Laurie brown, ira brand and M Lamar. be it crotchless cowboys, bruce

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dressed only from the waist up and ankles down, Truscott undoes the rules and rhetoric about rape, comedy and the awkward laughs in between.

Can you make jokes about rape? she plans to, even if you tell her to stop!

c a r E Ta k E r s from experience or is there something more unsavoury about her unwillingness to help? An explosive new play about bullying and homophobia.

Photo: ian M butterf ield

His teacher believes Jamie is being bullied because he’s gay. she wants to help but the deputy Head thinks it will sort itself out. is she speaking

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Thurs 5 th May 7.30 pm fri 6 th May 9 pm saT 7th May 9 pm £13 / £11 60 mINS coMEdy @mrs_truscott @missus_truscott adriennetruscott www.adriennetruscott.com

TruanT CoMpanY fri 6 th May 7.30 pm saT 7th May 7.30 pm sun 8 th May 7.30 pm £9.50 / £7.50 1 HR 5 mINS ThEaTrE

@lovetruant truantcompany www.truantcompany.com

F E M : AL E fri 6 th May 12 pm -2 a m saT 7th May 12 pm -2 a m Sun 8 th May 12pm-12 am £FREE Festival / Night Life

@FemAleFestival @fem.alefestival brewsterbeerfestival www.theplasterersarms.co.uk/ fem.ale

Brewster Beer Festival

FEM:ALE Brewster Beer Festivals has been going from strength to strength in its home town of Norwich, showcasing the f inest and most exciting beers in the industry.

Now it’s coming to the Marlborough Pub & Theatre.

While we know a pint of ale is a popular choice for women and men alike, FEM:ALE celebrates women who are actually doing the brewing within the industry.

Historically and globally, making beer has always been a woman’s game so we’re here to dispel the reputation ale has in the UK for being made just by dudes with beards. All genders are welcome at this party!

Here’s what we have in store: Friday 6 th M ay from 6 pm We’ll be kicking off the weekend with a host of female DJs soundtracking a night of great beers and inviting all to come together to try a plethora of stouts, porters, pales, ambers and golds and dance the night away.

Saturday 7 th M ay from 1 pm We’re taking over the streets, bringing you live music in the afternoon on our outdoor stage and a carnival of joyous booze to try. We’ll be showcasing some of the f inest female bands around, merging the music scenes of Norwich and Brighton, and going late into the night with more DJs and dancing. Seriously, we love dancing.

Sunday 8 th M ay from 2 pm We’ll be welcoming some female beer experts to the pub for a discussion on the industry, how it’s changing and the history of women and brewing. There’ll be a chance to ask questions too if you fancy trying brewing for the f irst time or if you’ve been on the homebrewing for a while and want to hone your craft.

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Check our website for details of the full programme. Cheers!

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fri 6 th May 10.30 pm £9.50 / £7.50 60 mINS liTEraTurE

@nakedboysread @nakedboysreading nbrldn www.nakedboysreading.com

How do we index “women” as a category and what function does such categorisation afford?

For Naked Boys Reading: La Femme, f ive naked men take to the Marlborough Theatre stage to deliver readings on, by and about “women.” Our boys interrogate sexual binaries, in the buff.

Readings curated by Adrienne Truscott (see p 5).

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@nancymessias @nancymessias nandomessias www.nandomessias.com

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nando Messias was beaten up on the street in an act of homophobic hatred.

After years of dreaming up his response, he presents ‘The sissy’s Progress’. Part dance-theatre, part walking performance, he leads audiences out onto the streets with a live marching band.

Come - reclaim the street sissy-style!

woMEn’s hour saT 7th May 6 pm sun 8 th May 6 pm £9.50 / £7.50 1 HR 5 mINS ThEaTrE

A cabaret piece about what happens when women are given just one hour a day to think about what it is to be a woman.

Commissioned by Camden People’s Theatre and winner of

ThreeWeeks editors’ Choice award 2015.

“Bloody marvellous” THE INDEPENDENT

Photo: ellie stamp

@shittheatre shittheatre www.shittheatre.co.uk

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nakEd girls MiSS glorY pearl rEading saT 7th May 10.30 pm £10 / £8 1 HR 30 mINS liTEraTurE

Join burlesque performer and naked stand-up, Miss glory Pearl, for an intimate show where beautiful women read naked. Making their brighton

debut, glory and friends read a selection of texts on a common theme for your listening pleasure. For lovers of f ine words and f ine women.

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kriYa arTS Mon 9 th May 7.30 pm TuEs 10th May 7.30 pm wEds 11 th May 7.30 pm £10 / £8 60 mINS ThEaTrE Photo: Kimmie simpson

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@kriyaarts @kriyaarts KriyaArtsHiP www.kriyaarts.co.uk

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An empty flat above the shops of brighton hides a once hip woman’s long-forgotten possessions. in a true story of squats, infinity Foods, Lsd,

mortality and enlightenment, this ‘extra-live’ one woman show

by Jolie booth discovers how to avoid dying alone, and losing one’s hip bone in the process.

fa k E h i p gnosis

TuEs 10th May 9 pm wEds 11 th May 9 pm £10 / £8 60 mINS ThEaTrE

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slash/Theatre presents - come into your own slice of life! The land of the free has never been so easy to hide from. Will a dog cry at an onion? Will you still be here later? Questions are answers and you are welcome to an hour of ‘Fake Hip gnosis’. An inconvenient spoof Production.

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@HungryWolf V y T www.thetheatreworkshop.com/ hungry-wolf

Award-winning writer, izzy Tennyson’s brutal reality check - conflict and violence at a provincial state all-girls school. Fresh new writing, visceral, uncompromising and

shocking. A shot in the arm for Fringe theatre.

“Game changer” THE NEW CURRENT “Theatre at its best” BRITISH THEATRE GUIDE

Photo: © david Myers

Thurs 12 th May 5 pm fri 13 th May 5 pm saT 14 th May 4 pm , 6 pm sun 15 th May 2 pm £10 60 mINS ThEaTrE

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Thurs 12 th May 7pm fri 13th May 7.30pm saT 14 th May 7.30 pm £9.50 / £7.50 60 mINS ThEaTrE

@irabrand www.irabrand.co.uk

Performed in male drag, break yourself is a risky, dishonest, headf irst and wholehearted attempt to try and be something we have never been before.

Photo: ellie stamp

A show about the relationship between power and sexual desire, what it means to want to be someone else, and bruce springsteen.

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Hi. How are you? Looking for? A darkly comic solo show aiming to cruise, conf ide and query the complexities of love, sex and the internet age.

‘The daily grind’ explores the consequences that dating apps, image sharing and instant communication have on our everyday lives.

ThE d a i ly grind Thurs 12th May 8.30pm fri 13 th May 9 pm saT 14 th May 9 pm £9.50 / £7.50 60 mINS ThEaTrE

Commissioned by Contact.

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Thurs 12th May 10.15 pm £10 / £8 1 HR 30 mINS cabarET

brighton’s only drag king competition is back! it’s time for bois to become men as they battle it out to win the crown (and 100 Photo: edvard Kristiansen

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quid)! expect a night of bulging biceps, protruding packages and fi erce facial hair as we try to find the next King of the Fringe!

@kingofthefringe kingofthefringe

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eilidh MaCaSkill fri 13th May 10.30pm saT 14 th May 10.30 pm sun 15 th May 7.30 pm £9.50 / £7.50 50 mINS ThEaTrE

Tell, me about it, stud.

Well, dr. Freud tells me i’m missing something and i think he’s right.

A stripped back show about penis envy, masculinity, horses and diy, for anyone who likes their psychoanalysis heteronormative and their cowboys in the buff.

@eilidhUkulele www.eilidhmacaskill.com Photo: Julia bauer

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saT 14 th May 2 pm saT 28 th May 6 pm £10 / £8 60 mINSS cabarET

@alf ieordinary @alf ieordinary alfie.ordinary.9 www.alfieordinary.com

With his unique take on drag, Alf ie has become a standout act in the UK cabaret scene. now, with a piano and some cheap backing tracks, Alf ie, the son of a drag queen, tells his story from f irst discovering that he is fabulous to coming out to his mother in his debut solo show!

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M l a M ar: funEral dooM spiriTual for MalE soprano piano & ElEcTronics negrographiC produCTionS sun 15 th May 9 pm £9.50 / £7.50 60 mINS livE Music @M _Lamar @lamar_ M _lamar www.mlamar.com

From the ashes and ruins of long dead earth and the inf inite blacknesses of what will be the year 2116, emerges the Funeral doom spiritual.

Funeral doom spiritual is a song of mourning for what Antony Paul Farley calls “The motionless movement of death through slavery, segregation and neo-segregation.”

derbY TheaTre in aSSoCiaTion wiTh Milk preSenTS

Mon 16 th May 7.15 pm TuEs 17th May 7.15 pm wEds 18 th May 7.15 pm £9.50 / £7.50 1 HR 10 mINS ThEaTrE

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Packed with guts, heart and some well placed couscous, ‘Joan’ is a new play which fuses lyrical new writing and drag king cabaret. An earthy story of courage, conviction and hope - this is Joan of Arc.

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“ Comic fizz, emotional ballast and cross-dressing that looks like sorcery” THE GUARDIAN

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TaYo aluko & FriendS

TuEs 17th May 9 pm wEds 18 th May 9 pm £10 / £8 1 HR 25 mINS ThEaTrE

A rollercoaster journey through singer Paul Robeson’s remarkable life, highlighting his pioneering and heroic political activism.

Featuring some of his most famous speeches and songs, including Ol’ Man River.

Winner: Argus Angel Award, brighton Fringe, 2008; best solo show, stratford Fringe, 2013.

@CallMrRobeson Call Mr. Robeson www.callmrrobeson.com Photo: yousuf Karsh

T h E a lT E r n aT i v E EscapE Thurs 19 th May fri 20 th May 12 pm – L ATe Prices vary (see website for details) livE Music

@thegreatescape greatescapefestival www.greatescapefestival.com

The Alternative escape is the official series of showcases that take place alongside the core festival programme at The great escape. With over 200 additional artists performing in over 15 venues, The Alternative escape offers festival goers even more opportunities to see some of the most exciting local and international talent.

escape is an unrivaled platform that offers promoters, management companies, agents and blogs the chance to curate some very special shows.

Tickets are now on sale via www.greatescapefestival.com or from local outlet Resident.

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saT 21 st May 6 pm sun 22 nd May 6 pm saT 28 th May 4.30 pm sun 29 th May 4.30 pm £10 / £8.50 50 mINS ThEaTrE

@gaellecornec www.gaellecornec.com

ThE oThEr (prEviEw) gaël Le Cornec (Argus Angel award-winner with Frida Kahlo) returns to brighton with a new play on immigration based on refugees’ stories. Join young Mana from the war-torn Red-yellow planet on a coming-of-age upside-down fairy-tale, full of poetry, humour and fantasy, where nothing is what it seems.

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Photo: Ulysses black

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Foul pl aY produCTionS

“We are sorry to have to tell you that in this country it all began with a bear...”

A man explains the nature of the theatre to his daughter

in the 17th century and an audience gamble with puppets in the 21st. expect a bloody mash-up of theatrical entertainment, participation and perspiration.

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@senoritaeme Madsenorita www.paulavalluerca.wordpress.com

debuting in brighton following a critically acclaimed run at the 2015 edinburgh Fringe, ‘Madame señorita: ¿Who are Tú?’ is a total riot of a show, lead by an idiot. if you enjoy spanish drama, ghosts, sexy housewives and Rock ‘n Roll, and you want to witness a surreal experience, this show is for you!

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Ma perForManCe & viSual praCTiCeS, univerSiTY OF brighTon

The MA Performance and Visual Practices returns to the Marlborough Theatre for its annual show of surprise and delight.

The show may include: a boy band not of boys, things which are not where you expect them to be, things converted into altars and somebody speaking on behalf of somebody else.

TuEs 24th May 7pm £6 / £5 / £4 University of brighton students 2 HRS ThEaTrE

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everyone wants their dad to be a hero. but what happens when your heroes let you down?

Cheryl and Tess interviewed their socialist dads and f ilmed

it. Tribute Acts is a hilarious and boldly honest exploration of father-daughter relationships.

“A new wave of theatre” RADIO 1

@theatrestate theatrestate www.theatrestate.co.uk

wEds 25 th May 9 pm Thurs 26 th May 9 pm £9.50 / £8.50 60 mINS ThEaTrE

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back at brighton Fringe by popular demand! Pinned on the arse-end of a night out, ‘eggs Collective get A Round’ is a show with lipstick on its teeth and Wotsits on its face. A wayward exploration of friendship and kindness that spills out towards its audience. in a divide and conquer world that tells us we’re not rich, thin or successful enough, eggs Collective wonder if the basic principles of a good night out might make the world a better place.

Commissioned by Contact.

“Dirty girls abusing hairspray” CAITLIN MORAN

Photo: Roshana Rubin Mayhew

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swiTchboard A phone rings. it keeps ringing. you answer the call. it’s for you. What happens next is in your hands.

An interactive journey throughout brighton... stored in your phone. Unlock the stories held within a handset and enter the forum. This brighton Fringe, sell-out interactive and immersive theatre company Produced Moon bring you their most ambitious work yet.

Important: You’ll need a mobile phone and a pair of headphones with you on the day.

A lot can happen in an hour.

Come and play.

produCed Moon

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@producedmoon @producedmoon producedmoon www.producedmoon.co.uk

doug sEgal: i c an M akE you fEEl good (prEviEw)

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@doug_segal @doug_segal dougsegallive www.dougsegal.co.uk

“ Imagine if Derren Brown was funny” E VENING STANDARD doug segal (Winner: best Cabaret Act, brighton Fringe) is back in brighton to preview his new show which is designed to make you feel good! As seen on bbC1 and bbC3.

“Simply Brilliant” SUNDAY EXPRESS

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fri 27 th May 7.30 pm saT 28 th May 7.30 pm £10 / £8 60 mINS cabarET

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MaMoru iriguChi sun 29 th May 6 pm Mon 30 th May 6 pm £9.50 / £8.50 60 mINS ThEaTrE

A tender and ridiculous show that clambers up your drainpipe with a rose between its teeth. Raw-edged and warm-hearted, join eggs Collective for an unflinching attempt to unpick the truth from the f iction of power ballads.

fri 27 th May 9 pm saT 28 th May 9 pm £9.50 / £8.50 60 mINS ThEaTrE

“ Sly satire under a veil of sweetness” THE NEW YORK TIMES

@eggscollective eggscollective www.eggscollective.com

4d cinEMa With a screen around his face, Mamoru turns himself into a mobile cinema to explore liveness and pre-recordedness.

“A really cunning, witty work that makes the brain cells spark with delight” THE HERALD

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“A great show, full of wit and subtle metaphor. Its liveness contains its death” THE STAGE

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sun 29 th May 7.30 pm Mon 30 th May 7.30 pm £9.50 / £8.50 55 mINS coMEdy

Award-winning The dead secrets bring you a labyrinthine sketch comedy adventure. Join a whirlwind

ThE f a M i ly show Mon 30 th May 2 pm saT 4 th junE 2 pm sun 5 th junE 2 pm £8 / £5 55 mINS circus @lordsofstrut @lordsofstrut wearelordsofstrut www.lordsofstrut.com

odyssey through the wondrous, terrifying exhibits of the Curiositorium, a secret museum like no other.

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Winner, best Children’s show - ireland’s most lovable idiots bring their mischief and mayhem to a show for the whole family.

Charm, sharp wit, and good humour with acrobatic skill and just enough naughtiness to keep kids and adults guessing... bonkers! “an hour of belly laughs” THE IRISH TIMES

Photo: © Piquant Media

@thedeadsecrets thedeadsecrets www.thedeadsecrets.com

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Tonight We strut is a fantastical hour of slapstick mayhem in the guise of a T V chat show. Unpredictable, slightly offensive, and ruthlessly charming!

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old Trunk fri 3 rd junE 7.15 pm saT 4 th junE 7.15 pm £10 / £8 1 HR 10 mINS ThEaTrE

Talented idiotic brothers, sean and seamus, take you on a thrilling soap opera into the absurd; a tornado of laughs, gags and audience participation.

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wEd 1 st junE 9 pm Thurs 2 nd junE 9 pm £9 / £8 fri 3 rd junE 9 pm saT 4 th junE 9 pm £11 / £9 60 mINS circus @lordsofstrut @lordsofstrut wearelordsofstrut www.lordsofstrut.com

praMkickEr Meet Pramkicker. “i am the edith f *cking Piaf of the empty womb” (she kicked a pram), “Je ne regrettay f *cking rien.”

Written by sadie Hasler. directed by sarah Mayhew.

“A real gem” THE GUARDIAN

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“Empowering” FRINGERE VIEW

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“Charismatic” THE SCOTSM AN

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cabarET whorE prEsEnTs: l a poulE ploMbÉE

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roulSTon & Young

The much anticipated solo show from knife-wielding tortured French chanteuse, La Poule Plombée. Featuring brand new comic and bittersweet songs from sarah-Louise young and Michael Roulston, creators of ‘Cabaret Whore’, ‘Julie Madly deeply’ and ‘songs For Cynics’.

“Outstanding Cabaret” TIME OUT

Th E da d dy bluEs saT 4 th junE 5.30 pm sun 5 th junE 5.30 pm £9.50 / £8.50 1 HR 15 mINS ThEaTrE

fri 3 rd junE 10.15 pm saT 4 th junE 10.15 pm sun 5 th junE 7.30 pm £10 / £9 60 mINS cabarET

@cabaretwhore roulstonandyoung www.cabaretwhore.com

phoebe MarSh

Masculinity meets Artif icial intelligence in jukebox sci-f i ‘The daddy blues’. brave, funny and a little bit disturbing, this is a lab experiment with a dash of disco. Artist and streisand fan-girl Phoebe Marsh is setting out to build herself a new dad - a Franken Father of her very own - from scratch.

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@_pheebs_ www.phoebemarsh.co.uk Photo: © Phoebe Marsh

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schedule

F u l l s c h e d u l e Date time event Thursday 5 th M ay

7.30 pm Adrienne Truscott’s Asking For It: A One-Lady Rape About Comedy Starring Her Pussy and Little Else! p 5

Friday 6 th M ay

12 pm FEM:ALE Brewster Beer Festival p 5 7.30 pm Care Takers p 4 9 pm Adrienne Truscott’s Asking For It: A One-Lady Rape About Comedy Starring Her Pussy and Little Else! p 5 10.30 pm Naked Boys Reading: La Femme p 6

Saturday 7 th M ay 12 pm FEM:ALE Brewster Beer Festival p 5 1 pm The Sissy’s Progress p 6

6 pm Women’s Hour p 7 7.30 pm Care Takers p 4

9 pm Adrienne Truscott’s Asking For It: A One-Lady Rape About Comedy Starring Her Pussy and Little Else! p 5

10.30 pm Naked Girls Reading p 7 Sunday 8 th M ay 12 pm 6 pm

7.30 pm

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FEM:ALE Brewster Beer Festival p 5 Women’s Hour p 7 Care Takers p 4

Monday 9 th M ay

7.30 pm Hip p 8

Tuesday 10 th M ay

7.30 pm Hip p 8 9 pm Fake Hip Gnosis p 8

Wednesday 11 th M ay

7.30 pm Hip p 8 9 pm Fake Hip Gnosis p 8

Thursday 12 th M ay

5 pm Runts p 9 7 pm Break Yourself p 9 8.30 pm The Daily Grind p 10 10.15 pm King of the Fringe p 10

Friday 13 th M ay

5 pm Runts p 9 7.30 pm Break Yourself p 9 9 pm The Daily Grind p 10 10.30 pm Stud p 11

Saturday 14 th M ay

2 pm Help! I think I Might Be Fabulous p 11 4 pm , 6 pm Runts p 9 7.30 pm Break Yourself p 9 9 pm The Daily Grind p 10 10.30 pm Stud p 11

Sunday 15 th M ay

2 pm Runts p 9 7.30 pm Stud p 11 9 pm M Lamar: Funeral Doom Spiritual For Male Soprano Piano and Electronics p 12

Monday 16 th M ay

7.15 pm Joan p 12

Tuesday 17 th M ay

7.15 pm Joan p 12 9 pm Call Mr Robeson p 13

wednesday 18 th M ay

7.15 pm Joan p 12 9 pm Call Mr Robeson p 13

Date time event thursday 19 th M ay

12 pm

Alternative Great Escape p 13

Friday 20 th M ay

12 pm

Alternative Great Escape p 13

saturday 21 st M ay

6 pm 7.30 pm 9 pm

The Other (Preview) p 14 The Bear Space p 14 Madame Señorita: ¿Who are Tú? p 17

Sunday 22 nd M ay

6 pm 7.30 pm 9 pm

The Other (Preview) p 14 The Bear Space p 14 Madame Señorita: ¿Who are Tú? p 17

Tuesday 24 th M ay

7 pm

The Excellence of Failure p 12

Wednesday 25 th M ay

7.30 pm Tribute Acts p 12 9 pm Eggs Collective Get A Round p 12

Thursday 26 th M ay

7.30 pm Tribute Acts p 12 9 pm Eggs Collective Get A Round p 12

Friday 27 th M ay

7.30 pm Doug Segal: I Can Make You Feel Good (Preview) p 17 9 pm Eggs Collective present Late Night Love p 18

Saturday 28 th M ay

2 pm , 4 pm , 7 pm Switchboard p 17 4.30 pm The Other (Preview) p 14 6 pm Help! I think I Might Be Fabulous p 11 7.30 pm Doug Segal: I Can Make You Feel Good (Preview) p 17 9 pm Eggs Collective present Late Night Love p 18

Sunday 29 th M ay

2 pm , 4 pm , 7 pm Switchboard p 17 4.30 pm The Other (Preview) p 14 6 pm 4D Cinema p 18 7.30 pm The Curiositorium p 19

monday 30 th M ay

2 pm 6 pm 7.30 pm

The Family Show p 19 4D Cinema p 18 The Curiositorium p 19

Wednesday 1 st june

7.30 pm 9 pm

The Bear Space p 14 Tonight We Strut p 20

Thursday 2 nd june

7.30 pm 9 pm

The Bear Space p 14 Tonight We Strut p 20

Friday 3 rd june

7.15 pm Pramkicker p 20 9 pm Tonight We Strut p 17 10.15 pm Cabaret Whore Presents: La Poule Plombée p 21

saturday 4 th june

2 pm The Family Show p 19 2 pm , 4 pm , 7 pm Switchboard p 17 5.30 pm The Daddy Blues p 21 7.15 pm Pramkicker p 20 9 pm Tonight We Strut p 17 10.15 pm Cabaret Whore Presents: La Poule Plombée p 21

Sunday 5 th june

2 pm The Family Show p 19 2 pm , 4 pm , 7 pm Switchboard p 17 5.30 pm The Daddy Blues p 21 7.30 pm Cabaret Whore Presents: La Poule Plombée p 21

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THE SEXUAL HEALTH CLINIC SPECIFICALLY FOR TRANS PEOPLE Both walk-in and booked appointments are available.

To book an appointment call 01273 664 722 and ask for a CLINIC T appointment.

For a walk-in appointment, just turn up at the Lawson Unit between 5-6pm.

CLINIC T runs on a Wednesday evening from 5-7pm once every 12 weeks.

CLINIC T, The Lawson Unit, Corner of Eastern Road/Abbey Road, Brighton BN2 5BE.

For the date of the next CLINIC T visit: www.brightonsexualhealth.com/service/clinic-t

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WE HAVE AN EQUALITY ETHOS, everybody who wants to speak gets five minutes, and nobody gets more than five minutes.

SPEAKERS are invited to express themselves however they want, poetry, music, theatre, storytelling or simply just talk about it.

NO JUDGEMENT, NO VILIFYING OF DRUG USE. Free entry and all welcome. Whether to speak or listen. Every third Wednesday of the month from 20/04/16.

ORIGINAL CONCEPT AND EVENT HOSTED BY PATRICK CASH

WEDNESDAY 20TH APRIL DOORS OPEN FROM 6.30pm Every third Wednesday of the month starting 20/04/16 THE THEATRE BAR | 4 PRINCE’S STREET | BRIGHTON | BN2 1RD