Brighton Comedy Festival Gala

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Comedy lovers in Brighton should take note that this year Phill Jupitus, Simon Evans, Phil Jerrod, Tom Allen and Suzi Ruffell will all take to the stage of Brighton Dome for the Opening Night Gala of this year’s Brighton Comedy Festival.

The gala begins at 8pm on Friday 9th October and proceeds will go to the Sussex Beacon. It is the first of many fabulous comedy shows at the festival – with over 70 performances across 16 days, Brighton will play host to the likes of Dara O Briain, One Man Breaking Bad, Nina Conti, Ed Byrne, John Lloyd, Tommy Tiernan, Jason Byrne, Lee Nelson, Rob Beckett, Festival of the Spoken Nerd, James Acaster, Nish Kumar, Joe Lycett, Beardyman, Alfie Moore, Hardeep Singh Kohli, Fred MacAuley, The Thinking Drinkers Club and even Sean Kelly – the auctioneer from Storage Wars.

You can also catch Best Of The Fest nights will take place each Saturday at Brighton Dome, hosting multi-bill line-ups featuring some special guest appearances,including James Acaster on Saturday 10th October.

For more information and tickets click here!

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Kate Stone
Kate Stone is the editor of Funny Women and an award-winning script writer. She has written comedy sketches for the BBC's 100 Women project and created the Funny Women Awards Comedy Shorts category.
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