Documentary

Good Grief: Stories at 207 West 88th

Terriane Falcome offers a tour de force of writing and comedy, playing at the Theatre Box this Brighton Fringe. Good Grief: Stories at 207 West 88th is a series of loosely related monologues all taking place at the same New York City address and all dealing, in different ways, with a kind of grief...

Longing, or Exile at Home

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Brighton Fringe
Sweet Waterfront 1
18th - 19th May 2017

An Arab, a Jew, and a new immigrant take a voyage into memory, dramatising their personal stories. The daughter who returned to Berlin in her fathers’ footsteps, and now longs to go back to Israel, to where her father emigrated to save himself from the Holocaust...

OUT

We are presented with two bodies: a loud Jamaican dance hall music and disco lights. As we enter The Marlborough we are not seated in the usual position. Instead we are on the stage and the performers are on the floor...

In Debt We Trust

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Brighton Fringe
Village
15th - 21st May 2017

Fusing stand-up, cabaret and live documentary, we go on a journey through that most deceptively fascinating of subjects - debt! With comedy vignettes (laughs), appearances from historical figures (laughs), and hard core social anthropology (no laughs - but hey! Learning is fun!) we’ll explore the historical relationship of debt within social institutions such as marriage, friendship, slavery, law, religion, war and, our old pal, austerity...

Hats Off to Laurel and Hardy

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Brighton Fringe
Sweet Waterfront 1
13th - 14th May 2017

The award-winning true story of the lives of the best-loved comedy duo of all-time. Uncannily similar to Stan and Ollie, and including live and film recreations, expect to laugh your socks off before having your heart broken...

Undercover Refugee

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Brighton Fringe
The Warren: Studio 3
13th - 14th May 2017

What happens when a 25-year-old Norwegian girl travels alone through Europe together with refugees? Karen Houge, a Norwegian documentarist and Gaulier-trained actor, went to Lesvos and followed seven Syrian refugees from the beach and through Europe...

Streamline Taxis: A Social History Since 1936

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Brighton Fringe
Streamline Taxis
12th May - 4th Jun 2017

A social history of Brighton & Hove's largest taxi company, formed by a group of drivers in 1936 using a brand new concept which changed the taxi industry all over England, spreading from Brighton & Hove to Portsmouth, Bristol, Nottingham and as far as Harrogate...

Immigrant Diaries for Refugees - Sajeela Kershi & Guests

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Brighton Fringe
Blue Man
6th - 27th May 2017

Immigration, migrants, the refugee crisis; hot divisive topics of debate that have been blamed for Brexit, Trump, rise of hate crimes in the past year. How many are there? Why are they coming here? What do they want? And who exactly are these 'bloody foreigners’ anyway? Immigrant Diaries is a chance to come and hear some of those who chose to live and work on this marvelously multi-cultural island...

Guerilla Aspies: the Show of the Book. Become Autistic.

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Brighton Fringe
Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick
4th - 5th Jun 2016

Become autistic. The author of Guerilla Aspies - a neurotypical society infiltration manual - brings his unique and hilarious autism conversion show to Brighton. Audiences at Edinburgh Fringe, Dublin and around the UK have joined the new normal...

Seven

For a topic that has become slightly worn in recent years and can easily slip into cliché, this was a very commendable take, using the extremely difficult device of verbatim performance...

Always Be Rolling: How Board Games Can Change Your Life And Save The World

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Brighton Fringe
Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
28th - 31st May 2016

Award-winning comedian James Cook has read the back of the box and is ready to play. Won't you join him? "Wonderfully genuine, highly accessible and interesting" (Gigglebeats), "an hour better spent than playing Monopoly" (Chortle), "Brilliant, charming, very funny" (Richard Osman)

I'm not Normal, I'm Normal

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Brighton Fringe
Brighton Racecourse
21st - 21st May 2016

This a short documentary film that raises awareness of mental health problems in today’s society with the subsequent intention of reducing the stigma associated with this ‘condition’...

Four Seasons In Sound

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Brighton Fringe
Friends' Meeting House
18th - 19th May 2016

Imagine the sounds of the seasons transformed into music. Using only a sound recorder, composer Nikky French captures our lives, forging Spring's tone into a sonata and Autumn's fireworks into a concerto...

Darius Davies: Road to Wrestlemania

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Brighton Fringe
Laughing Horse @ The Hobgoblin / Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
16th May - 2nd Jun 2016

At 18, despite weighing 10 stone and having no athletic ability, Darius decided to become a professional wrestler. A true story of teenage naivety, steroid use, and broken bones. "The story of following your dreams and having them crushed...

Conductors' Unbecoming Scenes from Orchestral Life

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Brighton Fringe
The Old Courtroom
14th - 22nd May 2016

Gavin Henderson regales first hand hilarious stories of the many conductors he has worked with: Stokowski, Otto Klemperer, Giulini, Svetlanov, Barbirolli, Sargent and Rattle amongst them.

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

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Brighton Fringe
Sweet Dukebox
9th - 15th May 2016

Based on the true story of Crookshank’s time in the R.A.F. With over 5 million views on Channel 4 News and fresh from a five star run at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe. Best New Play, Best New Production, Best Actress and Best Director - Broadway World Award nominations...

In Conversation with an Acid Bath Murderer

There can’t be a more perfect setting for In Conversation With An Acid Bath Murderer than the bowels of Brighton’s Town Hall, where 368 Theatre Company takes full advantage of the Old Police Cells Museum to stage this riveting production...

Invisible Voices

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Brighton Fringe
The Cascade Coffee Shop
7th - 28th May 2016

A platform for Brighton's homeless to make their voices and stories heard during Brighton Fringe. Highlighting the plight but also the resilience as people get back on their feet with the help of prevention and recovery programmes...

Sajeela Kershi: Sharia's L.A.W (Little Asian Women)

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Brighton Fringe
Blue Man
7th - 22nd May 2016

Work-in-progress from multi-award-winner celebrating the kick-ass women in our families who stood the test of time despite obstacles via faith, family, culture or the time they lived in...

Streamline Taxis: A Social History

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Brighton Fringe
Streamline Taxis
5th May - 4th Jun 2016

A social history of Brighton and Hove's largest taxi company, formed by a group of drivers in 1936 using a brand new concept which changed the taxi industry all over England, spreading from Brighton & Hove to Portsmouth, Bristol, Nottingham and as far as Harrogate.

Damien by Aldyth Morris

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Brighton Fringe
The Lantern @ ACT
3rd - 15th May 2016

The story of Fr Damien, leper priest and patron saint of outcasts. In this passionate, one man show, Daniel Finlay channels the powerful stories of the challenges Damien experienced whilst caring for exiled lepers on a remote Hawaiian island in the 1870s until his own life was taken by the affliction.

Plastic is Forever

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Brighton Fringe
SILO
1st May - 5th Jun 2016

Jewellers dedicate their craft to transform our waste into desirable objects. This exhibition uses art, design and moving images to increase awareness of how the ocean environment is affected by what we throw away...

George Douglas: The Unseen Archive

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Brighton Fringe
Brighton Photography
30th Apr - 5th Jun 2016

A new exhibition from the archive of Brighton photographer, George Douglas. Working for titles such as ‘Life' and ‘Picture Post’ during the 50s and 60s, he captured everyone from celebrities to charladies, amassing a rich and diverse collection, much of which remained undiscovered for 60 years.

Barbara

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Brighton Fringe
Online

Barbara Graham's case is a shocking miscarriage of justice and a declaration should be made by the Governor of the State of California to rectify this injustice, which stands to this day...

Faces of Brighton: Photographic Exhibition Sponsored by Leaders

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Brighton Fringe
Brighton Station
30th Nov -0001

What makes Brighton so special? It's not just its funky shops and the beach. It's the people, the performers, the musicians, the activists and the drag artists that make Brighton Brighton...

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