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Fleabag preview

Following the mass success of the Bafta award-winning BBC Series, DryWrite and Soho Theatre are about to hit the stage with Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s cult hit Fleabag, next week at Brighton’s…

Shakespeare in the sun – The Tempest preview

In a world of dystopian King Lears and female Hamlets, Shakespeare’s classics are constantly being reimagined for the modern day. There’s something oddly refreshing then about the phenomenally back-to-basics traditional…

Dollywould at The Old Market preview

From the 22nd May – 25th May 2018 DollyWould will be showing at The Old Market. An exciting new show, presented by Sh!t Theatre, who won the Fringe First Award…

Sussex student takes show to Brighton Fringe

Final year English and Drama student Sophie Pester will be taking her original stage show A Glass Half Empty to Brighton Fringe next month. First performed by SUDS (Sussex University…

Brighton Fringe comic Joseph Morpurgo on satire, Frankenstein and his fictitious nine-hour, one-man show

At The Badger we sat down with multi-talented comic, three-time Chortle Award winner and Edinburgh Fringe favourite Joseph Morpurgo to discuss his show Hammerhead. Following a three-week sell-out run at…

Voodoo preview

“ science fiction that addresses the desire, confusion and responsibility felt as individuals, who are also symbols of many long-persecuted people.” (Quoted from Alexandrina Hemsley and Jamila Johnson-Small) Voodoo is…

SMuTS presents Jekyll & Hyde

Sussex Musical Theatre Society (SMuTS) are presenting their Spring show this week premiering on Wednesday 21 March. The production is a musical theatre adaption of Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1886 gothic…

Stand Up and Slam preview

It is the nature of recent times that many things no longer exist solely in the categories we give them. The concept of genre has progressed from the home artists…

Ballet British Columbia preview

This is the first ever visit of the Ballet British Columbia to the UK. Their repute grows internationally as they take over theatres across the UK. One definitely should not…

Brighton Rock preview

For a brief run from March 6th – 10th, the widely reputed 1938 Graham Greene novel, Brighton Rock returns to the very heart of its story here at Brighton’s Theatre…

Russian State Ballet of Siberia comes to the Theatre Royal Brighton

Next week, Theatre Royal Brighton hosts the Russian State Ballet of Siberia for three phenomenal performances across three consecutive nights: Romeo and Juliet, Cinderella and Swan Lake. The performances come…

From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads Preview

This week The Old Market presents a whirlwind solo show of self-discovery, aided by the music of David Bowie. Eighteen year old misfit Martin, portrayed by Alex Walton, has a…

The Amazing Adventures of Pinocchio Preview

This holiday season, the Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts is presenting a pantomime adaption of beloved fairy tale Pinocchio. Pinocchio is the story of a puppet carved by the…

The Noise Next Door’s Comedy Lock-In Xmas Special Preview

Comedy quartet The Noise Next Door arrive at Komedia this weekend for their one-of-a-kind comedy show blending improv, music, geekery and a good helping of Christmassness for good measure. Having…

Stand-Up History Preview

A fun-filled mix of history and comedy is coming to Brighton’s Komedia next week. Dreamt up by Alex Farrow, at the time a History, Politics and R.E. student at Oxford…

Clog-Dancing Miners: Fourteen Days Preview

After their success at the Brighton Dome last year, BalletBoyz returns to Brighton’s Dome to stun their audience with a high-end performance. In preparation for their arrival at Brighton, we…

Miss Represented: Can You See Me Now? Preview

We are told to be certain things in life, to fulfil certain roles, and not challenge what others tell us. Miss Represented works with young women from different walks of…

Simon Amstell: What is This? Preview

This weekend, critically-acclaimed comedian Simon Amstell will be visiting the Brighton Dome on his UK tour of stand-up show What is This?. Amstell rose to prominence on comedy panel show…

A Thousand Faces Preview

India’s tradition of dance-theatre is wrapped up in a contested historical narrative. A masterful mix of storytelling and footwork — or recitation and gesture — Kathak weaves tales from Hindu…

The Kite Runner Preview

Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner is a novel about change. It chronicles the progression of two inseparable friends, Amir and Hassan, and how their relationship is forever altered after an…