Do the Thing: The Made Up Musical

Do the Thing: The Made Up Musical

After selling out their 2018 and 2019 Brighton Fringe shows and lighting up The Warren’s Summer Season, Do the Thing are here for you in 2021. 

Elf Lyons - Swan

Elf Lyons - Swan

Elf Lyons made a welcome return to the stage with a high-octane, hilarious performance of her 2017 Edinburgh Fringe sell-out show Swan. 

Weight/Wait

Weight/Wait

A “completely engaging” and “emotionally intelligent”, upbeat dance theatre duet that explores the mental and physical ‘weight’ of our thoughts and inner voice through raw, phy… 

The Penultimate Destiny of New Londinium

The Penultimate Destiny of New Londinium

What would the past look like if the future had happened sooner? The Ministry of Unplanned Occurrences presents The Penultimate Destiny of New Londinium, a steam-powered story i… 

Friday Night Love Poem

Friday Night Love Poem

“So if Matt and I have officially had sex then why does it still hurt? I still don’t get what’s so amazing about it, how can women even come from it - when is that supposed to … 

The Warren: Festivals Launch Night

The Warren: Festivals Launch Night

Come celebrate the start of Brighton’s festival season with a bang, and get a taste of what’s coming up over the month of May to boot. 

Dry Room

Dry Room

A cross-disciplinary piece combines dance, live music and conceptual arts. 

Brighton Fringe Opening Night and Fireworks at The Warren

Brighton Fringe Opening Night and Fireworks at The Warren

The launch of Brighton Fringe 2018 at The Warren. 

In the Gut

In the Gut

“A funny, tragic and ridiculous guide to baking, birthing and breaking the rules. TV chefs Judith and Marie-Chantal wow audiences with this unforgettable anti-natal banquet. 

High as Sugar

High as Sugar

Inspired by the true life of Warhol Superstar Holly Woodlawn, ‘High As Sugar’ is a one-person musical about a trans woman living in 1970 New York City. 

The Girl From Mars

The Girl From Mars

The Brit-popera for Common People Like You. 

The Gary and Robert Blues

The Gary and Robert Blues

A funny, angry and poignant story of one man using his creation of a new stand-up comedy act to find a path through his confused and damaged mind, and reconnect with the world. 

BODIED

BODIED

Forget everything you think you know about battle rap. 

The Bump/ WE DID

The Bump/ WE DID

“The Bump: What would you choose between - a new life, or your own? 

Cathedral

Cathedral

There is a story, but we can’t remember the details. It has a figure, but its features escape us. You’re my old lover, but I can’t remember your voice. 

Becoming Esther

Becoming Esther

““Dying is an art, like everything else. 

How I Almost Became the First Lady of the USA

How I Almost Became the First Lady of the USA

This is a true story. 

Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar

After a sell-out success in 2015 Witness Theatre’s provocative Julius Caesar returns to Brighton Fringe. 

5 Guys Chillin'

5 Guys Chillin'

“The highly acclaimed graphic, gripping, funny and frank verbatim drama exposing the chill-out chem-sex scene. 

Fool

Fool

He promises the earth, but only a Fool would trust the Magician. 

I Am Telling You I'm Not Going

I Am Telling You I'm Not Going

“Rosie is living in the theatre due to a case of agoraphobia. 

Follow Suit

Follow Suit

“A madcap frenzy of physical comedy with a political bite. 

The Best Thing

The Best Thing

It’s 1966. 

Gloriator

Gloriator

“A riotously funny show revealing just what happens when a glamorous French actress and her hapless assistant stage their version of Hollywood blockbuster ‘Gladiator’. 

Big Bobby, Little Bobby

Big Bobby, Little Bobby

A twisted, tender comedy about dealing with your dark side. 

Do You Mind?

Do You Mind?

Joni has met someone special, but how can she tell him she has a long-term mental illness? And is that really the best thing to talk about on a second date? 

Buttons

Buttons

Using a mixture of live performance, storytelling, shadow puppetry and object manipulation Joni and Dana attempt to recount the story of their ‘sort of’ holiday to Auschwitz, w… 

Magnificent Myths and Tall Tales

Magnificent Myths and Tall Tales

“An evening filled with stories, duets and short plays, reworked and retold to delight, surprise and entertain. 

Bane 4

Bane 4

“Bane 4 follows hitman, Bruce Bane, as he attempts to erase his past and discover what went wrong. 

Bane 3

Bane 3

“Bane 3 follows hitman Bruce Bane, as he flees the city for the quiet life to no avail. 

Honey

Honey

‘Honey’ is an original piece of theatre with a set of three bee hives that transform to tell the story. 

Grey Skies

Grey Skies

A contemporary drama that follows Danny and Lisa as they struggle to make ends meet. After some unexpected news, watch our story unfold as our couple are forced down a dark path. 

Bane 2

Bane 2

“Bane 2 follows hitman Bruce Bane, as he fends off toxic monsters, old foes and inner demons. 

And The Rope Still Tugging Her Feet

And The Rope Still Tugging Her Feet

Inspired by the arrest and tribunal of 24-year-old Joanne Hayes, ‘And The Rope Still Tugging Her Feet’, written/performed by Caroline Burns Cooke, explores the 1984 Kerry Babie… 

Bane

Bane

“Bane is the story of hitman Bruce Bane as he tries to find out who’s after him. 

Hardly Still Walking, Not Yet Flying

Hardly Still Walking, Not Yet Flying

“Ever wanted to be more than just a victim of gravity? With verbal percussion, eloquent bodies and original live music, Germany’s celebrated Port in Air takes a disturbing new l… 

Fire Burn: The Tragedy of Macbeth

Fire Burn: The Tragedy of Macbeth

Three sisters meet to enact Macbeth’s fate. Their twisted prophecies transform him from a war hero into a paranoid tyrant in this brutal Shakespearean Tragedy. 

A Glass of Nothing

A Glass of Nothing

A young woman’s wildest dreams of beauty, romance and soaring career success seems to come true. 

Delphine

Delphine

“Hello, my name is Delphine. 

Hyseterical

Hyseterical

Set between a frantic advertising agency and an inpatient facility, June, a virgin clown, and her associates attempt to rebrand water, wellness, ‘madness’ and Madonna. 

Cream Pie

Cream Pie

Physical comedy, object theatre and tacky music reveal the misogyny, oppression, and just plain awful sex seen in mainstream porn today. 

Altered Minds, Altered Realities

Altered Minds, Altered Realities

““Heart thumping . 

Boy Stroke Girl

Boy Stroke Girl

Is it possible to fall in love with someone if you don’t know their gender? An unconventional love story in which Peter, a previously heterosexual young man faces a challenge to hi… 

Aphrodite in Flippers

Aphrodite in Flippers

Georgie’s 40th birthday. 

Captain Morgan and The Sands of Time

Captain Morgan and The Sands of Time

Captain Morgan and First Mate Hammond quest for the secrets of time-travel in a rip-roaring comedy adventure. 

Dirt

Dirt

“Three estranged friends get back together for the funeral of a fourth. 

2 Complicated

2 Complicated

“The highly acclaimed graphic, gripping, funny and frank verbatim drama exposing the chill-out chem-sex scene. 

DOUZE

DOUZE

“In 2015 Pop Star XNTHONY and The Penny Slots were heading to Eurovision. Except they weren’t. Unphased, XNTHONY’s making (another) comeback. 

Elephant Man

Elephant Man

Who is the one with social disadvantage? The severely deformed John Merrick, or the upright, conformist Doctor Treves who rescues him from a carnival freak show? Quick wit, pathos,… 

Hetty the King (and Other Women I have Loved)

Hetty the King (and Other Women I have Loved)

A show inspired by Hetty King (an emblematic early 20th-century drag king), which embraces the possibility of women making connections across stages, in time. 

The Marked

The Marked

As a boy, Jack lived in a world of angels and demons – visible and invisible – who fed off the bravery and pain of the adults around him. 

Ghost Sex

Ghost Sex

Sally wants to know why all the men in her life keep disappearing. 

LUNCH

LUNCH

The misery of two men working for the municipality in a town that is still using the bucket toilet system. 

A Fete Worse Than Death

A Fete Worse Than Death

A one-woman character comedy show set in the village fête in Llanfairchwaraesboncen, Wales. 

32

32

Shebang’s 32 follows the lives of lifelong friends Becky and Maisie, from their birth in Staines General Car Park, to the present day and subsequently, the age at whic… 

Stamp

Stamp

Stamp is a ridiculous, riotous ripping up of the rule book for examining gender binaries. 

Operation Love Story

Operation Love Story

Boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy regains girl, and they live happily ever after. 

El Blanco: Tales of the Mariachi

El Blanco: Tales of the Mariachi

Performer James Cairns (‘Dirt’, ‘The Three Little Pigs’, ‘The Snow Goose’) teams up with writer Gwydion Beynon (‘The Epicene Butcher’) to tell the epic, unforgettab…