Theatre No More present their current theatrical challenge, Martin Crimp’s unconventional 1997 theatre piece “ATTEMPTS ON HER LIFE (17 Scenarios for the Theatre)” - a play that has…
This clever infusion of comedy and burlesque from Dexys’ former piano man Pete Saunders proved to be a treat. Initially only opening with Saunders, this left the audience confused as to when the burlesque half of the Blues and Burlesque would be coming...
Facing both her 80th year and an unveiling of a new piece of artwork, artist Gert has a lot to think about. Not only that, the passage of time is pressing on her mind, causing her to question the course of her life as a whole, her status and integrity as an artist, and the state of art itself in modern society...
It’s 1950 Vienna and two British spies are sent to kill a traitor. Yet, despite having the same aim, the characterisations of the two are very different. Cambridge graduate Kip is a celebrated war hero and an esteemed operative...
Let the magical storyteller whisk you away to a land of fables and wonder to explore some of the favourite fairy tales ever told. Featuring 'Hansel and Gretel', the original 'Beauty and the Beast', 'Rumpelstiltskin' and more...
Treason Show: Festival Special. Brighton's premier sketch comedy troupe led by Brighton Fringe award-winner, Mark Brailsford (The Lad Himself, Hanover the Musical). Topical, slick fast and funny satirical show with a Brighton twist.
Opening in 1943 Rome, Gran Consiglio is set with The Grand Council of Fascism meeting to discuss the deposition of Benito Mussolini. As he waits within a small study-room of Palazzo Venezia, the overwhelmed and tired Duce reflects on his life prior to this moment...
"In christening shalt thou have two godfathers... " (Act IV, Scene I). Shakespeare meets the Mafia in this clever, iambic mashup, with a definite twist! When the characters go off-script, and the writer stops playing God, where is the mercy? Winner of the Rialto's 2016 'Scratch' New Writing award.
In this psychological thriller Marjorie is home alone when a man enters through her unlocked door and attempts to attack and rape her. She manages to subdue the man and keep him tied up in her fireplace...
When little in your life seems to be easy then perhaps, for some, the only way to take control is to adopt a persona. A death-embracing, black-clad Goth is an easy go-to for a young homosexual man struggling with his sexuality and a myriad of other personal relationships...
The Unbearable Pleasure of Being a Woman, a side-splitting comedy cabaret. Laugh with Joanna Eden and Leigh McDonald at the serious business of being female! Join them on an oestrogen-driven, emotional roller-coaster ride...
A farcical comedy two-hander, written and produced by AWOL Productions. A tale of two women in the 1960s who both work for the same newspaper firm in London. Although they despise one another, the women have to embark on a trip round Europe, along with their dead boss, cut up in their carpet bags.
Blackbird charts the confrontation between Ray & Una, who has found him 15 years after the abrupt ending of their relationship. As recriminations fly, both are irrevocably damaged. This taut and unflinching drama builds relentlessly to its explosive conclusion...
B.B.Seagull is in serious financial trouble. Its Mother Station, Radio Foreplay – hub of refined intellect, ground-breaking drama and other posh tripe – has been reduced to running terrible adverts, recycling presenters, miming sound effects, interviewing celebrity emoticons and addressing today’s issues from a shamelessly perverse point of view...
As a follow-up to the highly successful 'I Love Luci', The Other Realm Theatre Company return with 'Which is Witch?'. Comedy and drama will take you through the history of this great nation's fascination with the dark side of femininity - Witches! Think 'Horrible Histories' in a pantomime style.
Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond, secret agent 007, stands before the audience, pink gin in hand, a terrified look in his eyes... At 42 he is about to do the thing he most fears - he is getting married! It is 1952 and Fleming is putting the finishing touches to the first Bond book, Casino Royale.
The half life of love is forever - it remains toxic, poisoning life long after love is over. How does love and nurture turn to rejection and hatred? This latest play from Gail Louw is a thrilling examination of the complex relationships of adopted parents, their children and gay partners.
Ben Watson's meet and greet as we entered the theatre made his audience immediately warm to him. It was personal touches like this that proved to be the most enjoyable part of his fact-driven foray into his more-or-less sixty minute history of everything...
Come and get your teeth into a refreshing approach to acting with this Stanislavski-inspired technique. Part lecture, part improvisation session, open to all, experienced or not. Based on my regular London workshops at Conway Hall.
The night was meant to end at Nandos, but something has gone wrong. Barry, Alan and Martin are trapped aboard a Starr Intergalactic tour capsule heading into deep space, on what is turning into the worst stag do ever...
Directed by Roger Kay, Glengarry Glen Ross depicts two days in the lives of four real estate salesmen who have been supplied with the names and phone numbers of some new leads. They use underhanded and dubious tactics to make sales, in particular to peddle the two real estate developments of Glengarry Highlands and Glen Ross Farms...
Theatre Company Waiting For The Call wasted no time in making us feel included within the show. Every member of the audience was handed a slip of paper upon entry asking for the name of the last film they saw and a synopsis of it in one paragraph; the one that was then chosen from a bucket was Force Majeure for the improvisational troupe to make an entire musical out of...
Floating down from Scotland, the Gilded Balloon, one of Edinburgh Fringe’s biggest venues, has brought a show of such magnitude onto its unsuspecting Brighton audiences that the gauntlet has well and truly been laid down...
Ever wondered what would happen if Shakespeare was kidnapped by a crazed fairy king in an enchanted forest? With the fate of the Bard and his mystical infinity quill in the balance, can Shakespeare's heroes put aside their differences and save their creator from the evil machinations of Oberon?
Newly single and HIV positive Pete listens to the consolations of his best friend Vanessa on his voicemail. “Call me!” she almost begs. He flicks on to Grindr. - Ping - “What you into?” - Ping - “BB and chems” - Ping - “Sounds fun...
What happens to unfinished sentences? Join the deliciously devious Sentence Snatchers as we trip, tangle and tongue-twist our way through the fantastical town of Loose End, where the SynTax is so expensive no one dare speak...
“I was a normal human being for 18 years before I met Ian”. Few have attracted such notoriety or public loathing as the Moors murderers. From her prison cell, Myra decides to reveal her story to a world that might not wish to listen...
Davey is the new boy. He has holes in his jumper and strange ideas in his head. Sam can't stand him. But when the two boys are thrown together, Sam find that Davey's eccentric way of looking at the world makes life a lot more exciting...
A gleeful and reverential tribute to Tony Hancock and the writing of Galton and Simpson. Written by award winning playwright Roy Smiles ('Pythonesque','Ying Tong in the West End'). Directed by Paul Hodson, ('Meeting Joe Strummer')...
Three amazing innovative female tap dancers will join together to create a dynamic explosion of sound and movement. Each performer brings their own style to the art form. Watch and listen to them exploring the rhythm of music from the jazz era up to the popular music of today...
A long time ago, somewhere in Russia, a decree was issued from the Palace. ‘The hand of the Tsar’s daughter to the first man to bring his Royal Highness a flying ship.’ Peter's a poor boy who chops wood for a living...
Visceral solo show on Sussex-born writer Patrick Hamilton, author of classic plays 'Rope' & 'Gaslight' and iconic novels including 'Hangover Square' and 'The West Pier'. In the late 50s, desperate to escape chronic alcoholism, Patrick turns to electro-therapy...
Join us in the magical forest where three fairy tales are imaginatively brought to life. We will meet 'The Three Goats Gruff', 'The Squirrel and the Grasshopper' and a little mouse looking for a prince in 'A Mouse to Wed'...
Award Winners at last year’s Brighton Fringe for 'The Crucible', Pretty Villain Productions are back with a brand new play from acclaimed Radio 4 playwright Roy Smiles. Reno, 1961...
Love is a madness most discreet; a smoke raised with the fume of sighs. Apparently. Five short plays by new writers explore the sweet sorrows of love. Oh – and sex. Prepare to be entertained...
Svetlana Alliluyeva was Stalin’s only daughter. She controversially defected to the West in 1967 and travelled between the US and UK.This play by David Lane is about Svetlana’s escape from her tyrannical father and his brutal regime...
Come and get your teeth into a refreshing approach to acting with this Stanislavski-inspired technique. Theory and improvisation, open to all, experienced or not. Based on my long-running workshops at Conway Hall in London.
Macbeth, one of Shakespeare's most famous and dark plays, has been adapted into this thrilling, blood-soaked romp of murder, betrayal and revenge. No punches are pulled as you follow Macbeth's journey from the witches cryptic prophesy all the way through to his eventual self destruction in the pursuit of power...
It’s today. Now in her mid-forties, Kathleen sits anxiously waiting for the arrival of the man she was forced to give up for adoption thirty years before and who has now traced her...
Brighton's all year-round cult satire comedy sketch show, with their unique take on the General Election. Now in it's 15th year and nicely settled into their brand new home, The Rialto Theatre.
Multi-award winning company in association with Oran Mor Glasgow and Talking Scarlet. Playwright Richard Crane (National Theatre, Royal Court), director Faynia Williams (National Theatre Mongolia & Romania, BBC Producer, Opera Royal Albert Hall )...
This sell-out show of the last two festivals is back, now with a live band! Billie Holiday and saxophonist Lester Young played and recorded such achingly beautiful music together it was impossible for many to believe they were not lovers...
It's the final performance in a top London theatre as the cast and crew prepare to embark on a six month US tour. The leading actors struggle through another night of their argument ridden off-stage relationship, whilst stage manager Jan wearily juggles a petulant ensemble cast, an anxiety plagued intern and prima donna Amy as the cracks begin to show and even the set is collapsing around them.
The 1920s. The gods of ancient Greece spend their nights in Aphrodites' boudoir, looking for entertainment by playing with the lives of mortals. Have they bitten off more than they can chew as they meddle with a headstrong Ariadne, a courageous Theseus and a Minotaur that needs defeating? With a heady mixture of clowning, gypsy jazz and dance, 'The Hideout’ is an award winning, riotous collision of Greek mythology and the Kit Kat club...