Review: Forbidden Places
Tom Stoppard dying the day before recalled Leopoldstraat to many. No-one expected this harrowing slant successor. No wonder the audience were on their feet. Outstanding.
Genre: One Person Show 0
Review: Amazons
A heartfelt exploration of one woman's Brazilian heritage told through the lens of the region's history.
Review: Downward Spiral: The Benji’s Mind Show
A surreal late-night talk show staged inside a fractured psyche, blending absurd comedy with raw reflections on identity and belonging.
Review: Slomosexual
Disarmingly frank and hilarious life story of Singapore’s self-proclaimed biggest lesbian.
Review: That’s Why Mums Go to Switzerland
A stunning portrait of three generations of women and the impossible weight one must carry.
Review: Role Play (or The Hottest day in Belgian History)
Cameron goes for it full tilt and we are on a rollercoaster that hardly lets up.
Review: This SH*T happens all the time
A stunning one woman show with a riveting actress and an important message.
Review: 5 Mistakes That Changed History
A range of mistakes to delight even the most ardent history fan.
Review: UnTethered
UnTethered could be outstanding and groundbreaking. What Tara Sirois does next could, and should, unnerve everyone; including herself.
Review: Amour Utopique
A solo clown circus show with the potential to grow into something more refined and impactful
Review: The Heterosexuals
A terrifying(ly funny) stand-up comedy about the scariest thing out there: heterosexuals
Review: Shaolin Clown
A mesmerising performance based on the book “Shaolin, you don’t have to fight to win” by Bernhard Moestl
Review: Chef
Brim full of ingredients, this is a one-woman show that tends to leave a confused memory upon the metaphorical palette.
Review: Goodbye Erdogan
A deeply engaging show about a small man overwhelmed by the seismic changes in modern Turkish society.
Review: My Fanny Valentine: Rebirthed
Megan Juniper is the Disney Princess of Gynaecology in this hilariously funny mix of stand-up comedy, musical theatre, and vagina facts.
Review: Trust Me, I’m From Essex
A One Woman Solo Musical full of nostalgia and a whole lot of heart
Review: A Knock on the Roof by Khawla Ibraheem
Ibraheem is an eloquent story-teller, easily going through narrative gears and the message of the production is strong and urgent.
Review: The History of Electronic Music
Hilarious and educational at the same time! Nostalgic - will leave you wanting to get up and dance!
Review: A History of Fortune Cookies
A naturally sweet and thoughtful show with the takeaway of a handmade, heart-shaped morsel enfolding your own fortune message.
Review: One Man Poe: The Black Cat and The Raven
These classic Poe tales are told with nuance and striking ability by Smith
Review: Natalie Palamides: WEER
Incredibly unique and pitched to perfection, yet another show that only Natalie Palamides could do.
Review: Never Get To Heaven In An Empty Shell
A delightfully droll journey into the depths of ourselves and the London Underground.
Review: Abrasion
If high school health class had been this entertaining, I would have paid far more attention.
Review: You’re Not Doing It Wrong If No-one Knows What You’re Doing
How families shape you - until you find your own particular shape
Review: The Lighthouse
An enthusiastic and personal attempt to take the issues around mental ill health and produce the idea that all shall be all right in the end, as it was.
Review: Gerald Dickens Performs a Christmas Carol
In stripping down everything to the text and the performer, we are reminded of the proficiency of both, and its a truly delightful thing to experience.
Review: Influence
A superb debut show, Influence enjoys quite a long run and suggests that Stockroom’s an exciting fresh venture. And that embedded with Collective Theatre’s acting studios and writing rooms provided, this company and theatre synergy is more like a gleaming hub where magic in non-magic shows is poised to happen.
Review: Life With Oscar
Cohen plays an impressive array of characters, from his own parents to the Mexican model of the Oscar statuette Emilio Fernandez.
Review: Memories of the Early 1950’s
It is one of those rare things that makes the Fringe special: a real connection with another person, another artist.
Review: Janitor/Manager & How to Have an Affair Without Really Trying
Well worth seeing now as they are, especially so you can say you caught them before they took the Fringe by storm.
Review: Furious
Daly is the Pied Piper of Edinburgh – Enchanting, witty, interactive and relatable. A one woman show that pokes fun at satirical characters from her past!
Review: Nicola Macri: Single Entendre
Macri’s performance is warm and inviting, and although her arguments are made intelligently and with plenty of back-up, it never feels like a lecture as much as a chat with a pal who occasionally dances around as the Spectre of Sex, here to ruin every conversation with its ubiquity.
Review: Did You Eat?
The combined talents of Kim and Yejin are a force to be reckoned with, and it is hard not to feel while watching that we are seeing the beginnings of a potentially legendary partnership.
Review: Me, Myself, and Mary (Queen of Scots)
Never does it feel overstuffed, and never does it feel underexplained. The Goldilocks “just right” centre of historical adaptation has been achieved.
Review: Alison Skilbeck’s Uncommon Ground
Six seemingly unconnected lives are brought together during lockdown
Review: Lino
Mace Cowart is a talent to watch as both an actor and a writer, and you would do well to see him while you can.
Review: God Done Opened the Sky!!
Each character is played with a charming sincerity that pulled the audience in and made us hang on his every word.
Review: Viking 9-5
What can being in a game-show and acting as a Viking teach a 20-something man about life? A fact and fun-filled story written and performed by Tom Draper.
Review: Bloody Medea!!!
Physical comedy debut by April Small; with a bit part for Zeus, puppet-deaths and an elephant themed singsong.
Review: The Burning of a Sicilian Whore (Blood Rain)
The tale of a seventeenth century courtesan, turned poisoner
Review: Manic
A new solo show that combines puppetry, spoken word and theatre to bring an honest look at sex and trauma to Brighton Fringe 2023
Review: My First Time Was in a Car Park
Compelling story telling about the First Time and its aftermath
Review: Ian Lynam:Autistic Licence
Verbal and visual funny man from autism's front line (and with blue hair)
Review: Moral Panic
A film censor navigates turbulent times in his work and at home - a comic one-hander with some horror thrown in.
Review: Spirit of Woodstock 2 – The Sequel
There’s no greater writer/performer working in Brighton, or Sussex, and Spirit of Woodstock Parts I and 2 is Jonathan Brown’s most dazzling show to date.
Review: Silent
Bravura storytelling about fantasy and family from the perspective of a homeless man in Ireland
A fascinatingly delivered riff on one woman’s journey for recognition and soul which includes a brush from a smear test.
