Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

A celebration of the enduring friendship between the brilliant and tragic composer and war poet, Ivor Gurney, and Marion Scott, writer and trailblazer of women musicians, written a… 

The Alzheimer's Diaries: Meet The Author

The Alzheimer's Diaries: Meet The Author

What do you do when Ms Alzheimer’s – a hideous and befanged monster – comes to live with you? Local author and journalist, Susan Elkin, talks about her new book, … 

Death of an Author

Death of an Author

What if your favourite characters didn’t quite like the way they were written? What if they decided enough was enough? When an unnamed author is found dead, his characters are br… 

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

Ivor B Gurney and Marion M Scott had a very special friendship. 

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

A celebration of the friendship between the First World War poet and composer, Ivor Gurney, and violinist, musicologist and champion of women musicians, Marion Scott. 

Talk discussing the novel Permafrost with author Eva Baltasar

Talk discussing the novel Permafrost with author Eva Baltasar

Romancero Books with the support of the Office for Cultural and Scientific Affairs of the Spanish Embassy in London presents the Festival of Queer Spanish Literature in London… 

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

Celebrating the friendship between composer and war poet, Ivor Gurney, and musician and first woman music critic, Marion Scott; written and performed by Jan Carey. 

Yu Kyung-hwa and E-Do

Yu Kyung-hwa and E-Do

E-Do is an ensemble of six incredibly talented musicians who combine traditional and contemporary rhythms with consummate ease. 

Storyland Author Readings

Storyland Author Readings

Brighton’s Storyland Press is a place where the story comes first, regardless of genre or where it sits on the commercial/literary spectrum. 

Snoutology for Beginners

Snoutology for Beginners

Professors White Fang and Dr. 

Sirens

Sirens

Out of the darkness, six women emerge wearing evening dresses. 

Ruskin Live

Ruskin Live

John Ruskin: leading art critic of the Victorian era, famous for his volume of essays “Modern Painters” and his endorsement of Turner and the Pre-Raphaelites. 

The Road to Skibbereen

The Road to Skibbereen

Lianna is a young woman with learning disabilities. 

Contractions

Contractions

Emma is called in for a meeting with her manager and is reminded of a company contract she signed at the start of her employment: she must inform the company whenever she develops … 

Dead To Me

Dead To Me

A man has come to see a psychic. 

Shakespeare, His Wife and the Dog

Shakespeare, His Wife and the Dog

After a successful career in London as a playwright and actor, William Shakespeare has returned home to his wife in Stratford. 

The Domino Effect

The Domino Effect

The Domino Effect opens lyrically in a way reminiscent of Dylan Thomas’s Under Milk Wood, with a series of vignettes of local East London characters. 

The Human Sketchipede

The Human Sketchipede

The Human Sketchipede packs a good deal into what the flyer promises will be “a unique brand of surreal sketch show”. 

Show 6

Show 6

Show 6 is Secret Theatre’s latest production of Mark Ravenhill’s new script. 

Lungs

Lungs

A couple are thinking about having a baby, but want to make sure they’re doing it for the right reasons. 

The Knee Jerk of Sloth

The Knee Jerk of Sloth

Set in a derelict glue factory, this play portrays the lives of four homeless people as they live in squalor. 

Mates

Mates

Mates is set in a Vanilla Sky-type universe where citizens are put into a digital incubator system to be matched up with their soul mates by an algorithm. 

Lands of Glass

Lands of Glass

Dann Rail is an eccentric resident of a town called Quinnipak. 

Unfaithful

Unfaithful

Unfaithful is the latest work by Fringe First award-winning writer Owen McCafferty. 

Theatre on a Long Thin Wire

Theatre on a Long Thin Wire

There are no actors in this show. 

Who Did I Think I Was?

Who Did I Think I Was?

This is a two-hander written and performed by Peter Henderson. 

Where the World Is Going, That's Where We Are Going

Where the World Is Going, That's Where We Are Going

A man and a woman have come together to tell us about Diderot’s novel, Jacques the Fatalist and his Master. 

Upper Lip

Upper Lip

The first half of Upper Lip - a new play by Robin Johnson - is so much like any one of P. 

Can't Stay Away!

Can't Stay Away!

Can’t Stay Away! is a farce centred around an immigrant worker from Eastern Europe who has saved up some money and just wants to return home. 

Are You Lonesome Tonight

Are You Lonesome Tonight

This one-woman show begins with a deluge of diagnoses handed out to the audience members by the performer. 

The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha

The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha

How to put on an adaptation of the immortal Spanish classic in sixty minutes while doing it justice? Stephen Harper, MercE Ribot, and Patricia Rodriguez select some of the most fam… 

The Flood

The Flood

The Flood provides a haunting, tragic insight into one of the most devastating events in modern history. 

Leaving Home Party

Leaving Home Party

A young woman who’s spent her entire life in Limerick, Ireland wishes to leave home and explore the world. 

Horizontal Collaboration

Horizontal Collaboration

We are at a tribunal for war crimes. 

Before Us

Before Us

Stuart Bowden has fashioned his costume out of a lime-green sleeping bag, which becomes baggy and puffy like an emptied out bean bag around his body. 

Miss Behave's Game Show

Miss Behave's Game Show

Miss Behave hosts the wackiest, zaniest game show at the Fringe! You are kept on your toes, trying to outsmart the opposing team. 

Men in the Cities

Men in the Cities

We begin early in the morning, when several men are getting out of bed. 

The Despondent Divorcée

The Despondent Divorcée

We’re in 1940s New York at an upscale hotel, where a new jazz bar is having its opening launch party. 

Mark Ravenhill: Product

Mark Ravenhill: Product

We’re in the office of a movie producer. 

Lady Carol: Lost and Found

Lady Carol: Lost and Found

Lady Carol sits on her stool with her ukulele and mandolin, wearing a black velvet robe that gives her the appearance of a fairy tale enchantress. 

Rob Rouse: Through the Looking Ass

Rob Rouse: Through the Looking Ass

The title and poster of this show - a photo of Rob Rouse’s face literally looking through the legs of a naked bottom - are somewhat misleading about the nature of this show. 

Silky: Tribute Act

Silky: Tribute Act

Silky is tall, with kind eyes that seem to have the power of x-ray vision. 

Lizzie Bates: Reprobates

Lizzie Bates: Reprobates

Lizzie Bates is a wildly imaginative comedian who has created a stunning array of characters for a fun hour of comedy. 

Years to the Day

Years to the Day

Two men in their forties meet for a coffee to catch up after four years of not meeting up in person. 

Ivy Paige: Kiss And Sell

Ivy Paige: Kiss And Sell

There is something magnetic about Ivy Paige, with her long lashes, coy glances downwards, the pout of her deep scarlet lips, and her flaming hair brushed to one side. 

Puzzle the Puzzle

Puzzle the Puzzle

The room of a poet is dimly lit by desk lamps. 

Catriona Knox Thinks She's Hard Enough

Catriona Knox Thinks She's Hard Enough

Catriona Knox is already jumping around, hyped up for the show to start as the audience settles in. 

Lorraine & Alan

Lorraine & Alan

Lorraine and Alan adapts an Orkney folktale about selkies - seals who shed their skin to become human - and places it in the contemporary world. 

Six Characters in Search of an Author

Six Characters in Search of an Author

In a new adaptation of Luigi Pirandello’s disturbing masterpiece, Cambridge ADC chop, change and miss the point entirely. 

Author

Author

An author, two actors and an audience member discuss Tim Crouch’s last play, an unnamed and violence-filled two-person production whose effects on the actors and writer are slowly…