Shows at The Old Market

1927: Please right back

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Brighton
The Old Market
6th - 21st Dec 2024

Combining handcrafted animation and bold storytelling, this brand-new show from the award-winning 1927 sweeps audiences into a magical, mischievous world, inspired by a true story.

Gwyneth Goes Skiing

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Brighton
The Old Market
7th - 8th Oct 2024

She’s the Goop-founding, Door-Sliding, Shakespeare-In-Loving, consciously-uncoupling Hollywood superstar.

Ceyda Tanc Dance: KIZLAR

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Brighton
The Old Market
16th - 17th Mar 2024

A celebration of what it means to be female, KIZLAR is an aesthetically driven exploration of femininity and masculinity, strength and vulnerability, creating a visually stunning d…

Jenny Foulds: Life Learnings of a Nonsensical Human

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Brighton
The Old Market
14th Mar 2024

An ode to the joy and complexities of friendship, queerness and raving.

VIVID: A Reigning Women Celebration

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Brighton
The Old Market
7th Mar 2024

The ultimate showcase of new talent you have to see before they break into the mainstream.

Rosy Carrick: Musclebound

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Brighton
The Old Market
3rd Mar 2024

A playful and provocative exploration of power, performance and the politics of female pleasure in heterosexual sex. Part of Reigning Women 2024.

Yukon Ho!

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Brighton
The Old Market
29th Feb 2024

A funny, bizarre and (mostly) true guide to surviving a mad life in Canada’s frozen north, by Jennifer Irons. Part of Reigning Women 2024.

Naomi Wood: Gobbess

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Brighton
The Old Market
22nd Feb 2024

Storytelling and poetry combine with aerial, circus and music to tell a kaleidoscopic story of rage and becoming.

Rocket Fuel Comedy

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Brighton
The Old Market
21st Feb 2024

A laughter-filled evening of sky-rocketing talent - featuring Sikisa, Alexandra Haddow, Bec Hill and Jen Brister. Part of Reigning Women 2024.

Goodbye Jolene

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Brighton
The Old Market
6th Jul 2023

Niamh is dyslexic, aged 60; mostly she’s worked as a carer but now after months of lockdown hell, she realises she can face anything, even her demons of literacy.

STOMP

The Old Market atmosphere was vibrant as we walked in to find a stage that had a set made up entirely of cans, pots, pans, traffic signs and more that one might see on a busy city …

Ask Me Anything

Review
★★★
Elanor Parker
Brighton
The Old Market
12th Mar, 2020

It’s embarrassing recalling your teenager years, isn’t it? Awkward crushes, cringe-worthy fashion choices and dramatic mood swings; most of us are very happy to leave those yea…

Witch Hunt

If you go down to the woods today, you’re in for a BIG surprise.

Lou Sanders: Say Hello To Your New Step-Mummy

Fresh from a slot on James Corden’s Late Late Show, Lou Sanders breezes into Brighton to blow away the grubby taint of the coronavirus—and your dad.

Roots

We’ve reached the end of the decade and entered the ‘20s again.

A Little Space

Review
★★★
Monica Yell
Brighton
The Old Market
11th Dec, 2019

Watching A Little Space made me think of Marmite.

The Haunted Ballroom

Billed as a Halloween cabaret extravaganza, The Haunted Ballroom was a loose mix of disco style party and cabaret acts from renowned London based performers Black Cat Cabaret, who …

Geoff Norcott: Taking Liberties

Geoff Norcott is a working class comedian with an (oven) chip on his shoulder.

Fatherland

Review
★★
Monica Yell
Brighton
The Old Market
25th Sep, 2019

It seems like a few years now that people have been saying virtual reality is the future of theatre.

SHIFT

Barely Methodical Troupe defy definition; their circus skills, acrobatics, dance and highly physical theatre are astounding and take them beyond categorisation.

Rob Auton: The Talk Show

Rob Auton is described as many things in addition to being a stand-up comedian – a philosopher, thinker, poet, surrealist.

Simon Munnery: The Wreath

Review
★★★★
Simon Lovat
Brighton
The Old Market
18th Mar, 2019

Plays, and other kinds of performance, may have many functions, but stand-up comedy has only one.

Ahir Shah: Duffer

The political state of the world may be a grave cause for concern to most, but comedian Ahir Shah has endeavoured to find the humourous side of it all in his latest stand-up tour, …

Jessie Cave

Jessie Cave walks on to the stage as if by accident, blinking behind large spectacles covering half a face framed by long plaited pigtails.

KoKo Brown: WHITE

Review
★★★★
Beth Watson
Brighton
The Old Market
24th Feb, 2019

The first of Koko Brown’s colour trilogy, White is an intimate portrait of growing up mixed race in the 90s and 00s.

The Animals & Children Took To The Streets

Review
★★★★
Alex McCord
Brighton
The Old Market
23rd Dec, 2018

Directed and written by Suzanne Andrade with film, design and animation by Paul Barritt, The Animals and Children Took to the Street arrives at The Old Market theatre in Brighton.

Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story

The packed audience at The Old Market leant in expectantly towards an ordinary looking closed shipping container dominating the stage, oblivious to the surprises enclosed inside.

Joseph Morpurgo: Hammerhead

I’ve been to more than my fair share of post-show Q&As.

STAC @ Northbrook Musical Theatre Showcase 2017

The STAC @ Northbrook Showcase featured 14 Musical Theatre Degree students, advertising their many performance talents in just over an hour of song and dance.

Melancholy

‘Spiral down the stairs to the world of the inventor.

Sleeping Trees: SCI-FI?

‘Where are we going Admiral Ox?’ asks the starry eyed, young space farmer who is really the secret son of an evil galactic overlord with special powers.

Othello

Verdi’s operatic adaptation of Shakespeare’s Othello is brought to us by Kent Opera.

Betty Blue Eyes

Set in postwar Britain where one of the only distractions from recovery and rationing is the hope brought by the upcoming wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip, this perf…

Jonny & The Baptists: Eat The Poor

There is going to be a lot of trouble for everyone when the Swan Liberation Army finally achieve emancipation and turn the United Kingdom into an totalitarian Swan state.

Strange Face: Adventures With A Lost Nick Drake Recording

“Strange face, with your eyes So pale and sincere.

1972: The Future Of Sex

What an incredible performance.

With A Little Bit Of Luck

Set when the UK garage scene was at the height of its glory, With a Little Bit of Luck introduces us to 19 year-old Nadia, about to experience her ‘summer of love’ in 2001 and …

WiFi Wars

If like me you whiled away many a Saturday stopping your dog’s tail from slightly moving your carefully balanced lead from your cassette player to your Spectrum ZX81, keeping e…

The Lamellar Project

Set in the year 2039, this is a world that man has destroyed.

Twelfth Night

Review
★★
Charley Ville
Brighton
The Old Market
14th Apr, 2016

There’s a storm.

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Local thespians in Brighton may be familiar with the Academy of Creative Training (ACT), which strives to offer instruction to the ordinary individual who dreams of a life on the…