Shows at The Caxton Arms

Wratten & Robson: Juxtaposition

This is no ordinary stand-up comedy performance. Watching, you will feel part of the performance as you get to know the other members of the audience. What is Dave’s favourite word? Who’s the youngest member of the audience? Why does Steve keep looking at the board on the wall? You will feel like you’re having a night in with some good pals who happen to be hilarious...

Love Letters to Rappers

Ever find yourself singing along to music on the radio and then realising the lyrics are kind of messed up? Do you know the words to all of Eminem’s songs but some bits you rap just a little quieter than the rest? Then Love Letters to Rappers by The Ugly Girls Club is for you...

The DredgeLand Podcast Spectacular

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Brighton Fringe
The Caxton Arms
1st - 3rd Jun 2018

Lunatic comedy double act John Dredge and Andy Harland present a manic hour of radio comedy weirdness, to be broadcast in simulcast with local radio titans Hove FM 95.3. Come along and thrill at our largely incomprehensible radio features such as the fun family game show for all the family, 123321...

Lone Wolf McQuade & Friends

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Brighton Fringe
The Caxton Arms
1st - 3rd Jun 2018

'Lone Wolf McQuade & Friends' is a glimpse into the weird and often surreal minds of three stand-up comics who've poured all their hope into this show. Their friendship is on the line...

Lifestyle-ISH

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Brighton Fringe
The Caxton Arms
27th May - 2nd Jun 2018

Lifestyle-ISH is a character comedy 'wellbeing event' for those who care... and for those who don't. Lucy Bee presents a tongue-in-cheek glimpse at various aspects of wellbeing and lifestyle, delivered in a series of characterful demonstrations...

Chris Cooke: Mistakes

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Brighton Fringe
The Caxton Arms
27th May - 3rd Jun 2018

As a dyslexic, dyspraxic and anxious person, Chris explores his mistakes, awkwardness, and unconventional upbringing. Should he be beating himself up for past errors and ones he is yet to make? As heard on BBC R4 Extras Newsjack and seen on Genius with Dave Gorman...

MOTHER

An inspired slice of sketch comedy served up by Laura Curnick and Jack Mosedale, MOTHER is brimming with great ideas and executed by two fantastic comedic talents that should be on everyone’s radar...

The Incomplete Works of Dolan, Parsons & Emslie

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Brighton Fringe
The Caxton Arms
25th - 27th May 2018

Joseph Emslie, Amused Moose New Comic Finalist 2017, Kate Dolan, "Lets loose her one liners perfectly" (Broadway Baby), and Joseph Parsons, "High energy, perfectly crafted punchlines" (Barry Ferns), are three of the UK's most exciting talents...

Haver

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Brighton Fringe
The Caxton Arms
24th - 25th May 2018

Megan Shandley (Scottish Variety Award Nominee 2017, Funny Women Regional Finalist 2016, 2017) and Wis Jantarasorn (Scottish Comedian of the Year Semi-Finalist 2016) present a home grown hour; could this be two Scotch roasters on the cusp of greatness? Fresh from runs at the Edinburgh Fringe, VAULT Festival, Leicester Comedy Festival and Glasgow International Comedy Festival...

The Fall of Byron Montrose; Poet, Gentleman, Lover

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Brighton Fringe
The Caxton Arms
23rd May 2018

Blackadder meets Milton Jones. Pun-filled comedy storytelling with breaks for bad poetry. The sellout Edinburgh Fringe show comes to Brighton Fringe. In a cavalcade of wordplay, poetry and opium, meet Byron Montrose, the 19th Century's lost romantic poet...

Beasts

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Brighton Fringe
The Caxton Arms
20th - 30th May 2018

They’re raw. They’re wild. They're asleep 16 hours a day. For Adam, money’s tight. So tight he’s had to go out and find a job. And beg his girlfriend to take it. As for Currer, he was the first person in his family to go to university - and not graduate...

Alpha Mums Gone Wrong

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Brighton Fringe
The Caxton Arms
12th - 24th May 2018

Joann Condon, Ayshea Bravo and Leonie Rachel are alpha-mums gone wrong. Instead of putting a wash on or doing the kids’ bedtime, they’re down the pub performing a new sketch show full of satire, parodies and character comedy...

Dick Branson's Welth Seminar

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Brighton Fringe
The Caxton Arms
10th - 31st May 2018

Want to learn how to be an entrepreneur? How to get funding, grow your business and exit a millionaire? Follow 'Dragon's Den'-reject Dick Branson’s coaching and you’ll fail miserably...

(No) Money in the Bank

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Brighton Fringe
The Caxton Arms
10th - 13th May 2018

Comedians Thom Bee and Andrew Marsh love wrestling and they want you to love it too. Join this enigmatic duo, as well as professional wrestler Balthazar Dark in this surreal exploration into the world of sports entertainment...

Katie Pritchard: Tsunamiramirami

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Brighton Fringe
The Caxton Arms
10th - 31st May 2018

Like the most watery of weather conditions, Katie Pritchard is washing over the surf boards of comedy, crashing into the sandbanks of genre and dropping a sturdy wave onto the beach house of musicality...

The Return of Reuxberre Bereré

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Brighton Fringe
The Caxton Arms
9th - 30th May 2018

Careering from his glittering ex-career as an incomparably successful composer-performer on Broadway, Reuxberre Bereré spends just one preciously distilled hour showcasing his greatest hits in an attempt to restore his former resplendence whilst reminiscing on a life both, thwarted and triumphant in equal measure.

What's it all about, eh? The Musical (Work in Progress)

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Brighton Fringe
Artista Cafe & Gallery / The Caxton Arms
7th - 27th May 2018

This is a jam-packed musical comedy performance of fun storytelling rhymes set to an original soundtrack. Hassan Dervish’s act features a range of characters and stories of modern life that everyone will be able to identify with, including the hits ‘Horse in an Uber’ and ‘Excel Spreadsheet’...

Reuben Hunter: The Hoard

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Brighton Fringe
The Caxton Arms
7th - 9th May 2018

Reuben Hunter has a problem. A problem with 'The Hoard'. How much stuff is too much stuff? When does saving something for a rainy day become hoarding? Are you keeping hold of things because you're afraid of letting other things go? Part happy, part sad, part silly, but altogether funny, 'The Hoard' is a stand-up comedy show about mess, junk and baggage - the stuff we accumulate, and the reasons why...

The Twelve Days Of Christmas

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Brighton Fringe
The Caxton Arms
6th May - 3rd Jun 2018

'The Twelve Days of Christmas' is an unseasonal romp through the gifts of a generous but impractical lover. Just what does one do with 10 lords a-leaping? They're bound to eat all the swans...

Your Mighty Cousin

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Brighton Fringe
The Caxton Arms
6th May - 3rd Jun 2018

We all have that cousin... Witness Will Blok, Jimmy Graham and Louis Dawson-Jones portray a variety of your distant relatives (probably) in this funny, silly, third generation once-removed sketch comedy show! Alumni of Bristol Revunions...

BIG FAT GAY

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Brighton Fringe
The Caxton Arms
6th - 10th May 2018

For the first time at Brighton Fringe, Martin brings you 'BIG FAT GAY'. This is comedy about being gay and fat and totally fine as well. In his usual candid and heinous style, Martin is vicious and foul but desperate to be liked...

Ben Carter: How to Approach People and Make Friends

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Brighton Fringe
The Caxton Arms
5th May - 2nd Jun 2018

Join local comedian Ben Carter on his debut hour, as he desperately attempts to boost his social circle, whether dressed as the lonely front half of a pantomime camel or a lousy flat-earther...

Karen Blott ... Pick 'N' Mix

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Brighton Fringe
The Caxton Arms
5th May - 2nd Jun 2018

Karen will be challenging stereotypes of older women, motherhood and widowhood and in particular female body images. There will also be support from her guest artists.

Sex & Pugs & Rock & LOLS

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Brighton Fringe
The Caxton Arms
4th May - 1st Jun 2018

Three regulars from the comedy circuit bring you an hour of stand-up tackling life’s most important issues: sex, dogs and music - there’ll be jokes about other stuff too. All delivered with lashings of LOLS...

Dan Fardell: Joke Furniture Land

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Brighton Fringe
The Caxton Arms
4th May - 1st Jun 2018

Discover the magic of a show named at the last possible moment, by joining acclaimed local comic Dan Fardell in his second full length Brighton show 'Joke Furniture Land' (work in progress), the follow-up to 2015s capacity-crowded 'At Least 100 Jokes'...

Berlin - My Part in its Downfall

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Brighton Fringe
The Caxton Arms
10th - 25th May 2014

Just three months after moving to Berlin, Frank found himself opening a Stasi-themed backpackers hostel. A monologue on the inevitability of destroying the thing you love with songs about Anglo-German relations, Outsider art, ketamine and cheese...

The Twitnits & Friends

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Brighton Fringe
The Caxton Arms
4th - 30th May 2014

Brighton-based improv troupe, The Twitnits bring their unique night of made-up musical comedy to Brighton Fringe. Following the success of their monthly charity nights where a smorgasbord of improv meets the fine art of stand-up, The Twitnits and MC Dan Fardell are again hitting the stage for three explosive nights of comedy.

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