We often take a trip down to Brighton for our regular Brighton Nights event at the Komedia but come May we expect to be by the sea on a regular basis as Brighton puts on one of the biggest fringe festivals in the world. The festival provides a diverse showcase for all kinds of art forms and runs from Saturday 3rd May to Sunday 1st of June.
The Brighton Fringe Festival kicks off as our 2014 Funny Women Awards heats get going and we suspect it will be hot bed of great shows perfect for nominating in our Best Show category, well before the closing date of Sunday 25th August. Performing your own show at the Brighton Fringe Festival? You can nominate your own show for the award – earning yourself a place on our You Might Like page, although for reasons we’re sure you will understand we won’t be able to review your nominated show. To find out how to nominate a show click HERE!
Here are some of the shows we hope to catch:
Rising star Elf Lyons is a 22-year-old pervert – but a friendly one. Join her as she explores the meaning of being perverse, sharing her love for the London Underground, the female form, and erotica. “Real highlight of the night” (Feminist Times 'One to Watch'). “A clever observer and raconteur … her unabashed, suggestible humour reminds me of Noel Fielding” (Ed Fringe Review).
Upstairs at the Three and Ten Saturday 10th May – Sunday 11th May. For more information click HERE!
Various Artists & Pink Fringe Present Women on the Verge
Loose-moraled, skintight cabaret-comedy-performance mash up featuring the most audacious women of Brighton Fringe. Lynn Ruth Miller hosts a fabulous female line up including Foxy & Husk, Rosana Cade and Cameryn Moore.
At the Marlborough Theatre Saturday 10th May. For more information click HERE!
Abigoliah Schamaun is Working on it
Hailing from New York, Schamaun makes her Brighton Festival debut. After tearing it up at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the Glasgow International Comedy Festival; she brings with her a slew of dirty jokes and outrageous stories."Unapologetically upfront, her shocking escapades and adventures are guaranteed to draw shrieks of laughter from the whole audience" ***** (ThreeWeeks).
Guaranteed to make most laugh and offend some.
At the Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick Tuesday 6th May – Wednesday 7th May. For more information click HERE!
Luisa Omielan – Am I Right Ladies?
A work in progress for Luisa Omielan’s second show. After whirlwind success of her debut stand up What Would Beyonce Do?! This is the follow up! Is there pressure? Yeah, pressure to PARTY!!
"Crystal-clearly a mainstream star in the making" The Guardian
"In a year that's seen a dearth of really talented female comics coming through, she bucks the trend in her own brilliant way." The Independent
At the Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick Sunday 3rd, Monday 5th, Saturday 10th, Sunday 11th, Saturday 17th Sunday 18th, Saturday 24th Sunday 25th May. For more information click HERE!
PARTY TIME! A brand-new comedy sketch show from critically acclaimed all-female sketch group Birthday Girls. Expect odd characters, offbeat sketches, try-hard hard dancing and the best and most rewarding time of your life. “Exuberantly silly, consistently imaginative and delightfully playful” (The Guardian), “One of the best shows of its kind that I have seen this year”(Broadway Baby), “Too much reliance on Camille's absolute willingness to disgrace and degrade herself” (The List)
Upstairs at the Three and Ten Saturday 24th – Sunday 25th May. For more information click HERE!
Forced to homeschool her kids, Ria took the opportunity to devise her own curriculum. How much of what you learned in school do you honestly use today? How much do you wish they’d taught you something useful like: how to file your taxes, or what to get your mother-in-law for Christmas? Come and spend a day learning what you really need to know at her School of Reason. “Fearless, provocative, and very funny” (Scotsman) "engaging, endearing and eye-opening" (Time Out) **** (ThreeWeeks)
At the Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick Tuesday 20th May, Wednesday 22nd May, Thursday 23rd May, Friday 24th May. For more information click HERE!
The Comedy stylings of Kat Bond and Lorna Shaw make up this fantastic double-act who recieved lovely press at Edinburgh 2012 with 'Happy to Help'. Their 2013 show 'Never Liked her Anyway' received rave reviews and had audiences dancing in the aisles – it transferred to the Soho Theatre in 2014. These multi-skilled performers do everything from puppeterring to ballroom dancing to apprearing on BBC Radio 4's Sketchorama.
Upstairs at the Three and Ten Saturday 31st May Sunday 1st June. For more information click HERE!
Pictured: Foxy & Husk, Abigoliah Schamaun and Ria Lina
