Shows at The Warren: The Blockhouse

Beauty and the Beast

In a retelling of the classic Beauty and the Beast saga aimed at small children, four players multi-role in an uncomplicated and pleasant way.

Beat

Currently playing at the Warren’s Blockhouse theatre, Beat has the makings of a great love story.

Frankenstein the Pantomime

Frankenstein and pantomime are two words which should not go together, but in this brilliant mashup, they curiously do.

Last Rehearsal

A new piece of work by a new BAME theatre ensemble The Last Company Theatre, Last Rehearsal is written and directed by Chilean Maria Jose Andrade.

Badass Be Thy Name

Last year’s triumphant Police Cops in Space earned five star reviews and sell-out runs.

Witch-Hunt

Following Enter The Dragons, their 2017 Broadway Baby Bobby award-winning show, A&E Comedy are back with a new cackle-inducing performance, laced with mirth and magic.

Showmanship

Sharp-tongued, quick- witted, but ever so slightly rough around the edges, Lucy Roslyn’s fortune telling Myra Collins is no stranger to the seedier side of being a professional p…

Boris Rex

Let’s set the scene.

Ensonglopedia of British History

I had no idea what to expect from John Hinton’s Ensonglopedia of British History.

What Doesn't Kill You [blah blah] Stronger

This isn’t a show about death, oh no.

You're in a Bad Way

John Osborne is a writer known for his poetry and his popular Edinburgh show John Peel’s Shed.

KING LEAR

Hands up anyone who was bored rigid by studying Shakespeare at school.

Top of the Flops

At any Fringe you’ll be able to find at least one crooner showcasing some of history’s best show tunes – One Day More, There’s No Business Like Show Business, anything from…

Unmythable

Review
★★
Beth Watson
Brighton Fringe
The Warren: The Blockhouse / The Warren: The Hat
27th May, 2019

Unmythable promised an ‘unforgettable blend of sketch comedy, cross-dressing, stories and songs’ but unfortunately, it didn’t deliver.

Summer Street: The Hilarious, Aussie Soap Opera, Musical Comedy

New British musicals are few and far between nowadays, but the Brighton Fringe is the one place where they are bound to be found.

From The Cradle To The Bin

A Ship of Fool’s Theatre Company welcome us to Happy Valley Care Home, a place where the elderly are ‘thrown onto life’s scrap heap’.

Tape

Two women are on stage, their mouths are taped shut with broad, black gaffer tape.

Hamlet?

Probably William Shakespeare’s most famous play and possibly his greatest, Hamlet has long been a target for comedy.

Bus Boy

Set on an island best known for its adorable marsupial inhabitants, Bus Boy is a sweet play about two very different people becoming friends.

10 Steps To Happiness

The majority of us can probably admit to turning to Google to answer life’s more trivial questions from time to time.

Space Doctor

Have you ever turned up at a party to find yourself surrounded by people you didn’t know who all seemed to be united by an in-joke you didn’t get? That was my Space Doctor expe…

Tom and Bunny Save the World: The Musical

Tom and Bunny Save the World is a folk musical.

Clean Mean Eating Machine

Yes, I’m a millennial.

The Maids by Jean Genet

First performed in 1947, Jean Genet’s The Maids was inspired by the true story of sisters Christine and Léa Papin, who murdered their employer and her daughter.

Rum in the Gravy Boat

A play about mental health and growing up with an alcohol-dependent mother.

Police Cops In Space

Review
★★★★★
Alex McCord
Brighton Fringe
The Warren: The Blockhouse / The Warren: The Hat
17th May, 2018

Forget Spaceballs, there is a new sci-fi comedy champion in town.

100 Ways to Tie a Shoe-Lace

Cognitive dysfunction does not, perhaps, naturally strike us as a rich vein of humour.

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