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Brighton Fringe Critic 2012

• Bug, The Warren, various dates until May 27, call 01273 917272

  American writer Tracy Letts is best known for his Pulitzer-Prize winning play August: Osage County that was staged at the National Theatre in 2008. His work is usually about people struggling with moral and spiritual questions but with Bug he has produced a psychological thriller based on paranoia and mind bending. read more

• Faulty Towers The Dining Experience, The Thistle Hotel, various dates until May 27, call 01273 917272

  If you wander into the Thistle Hotel before lunch or supper over the next fortnight without reading the Brighton Fringe programme, you will be surprised to find Basil Fawlty shouting at Manuel for not circulating nuts. And look, there’s Sybil, tip-tupping along with her perm and blue eyeshadow, dead fish in hand to wallop her hapless husband. read more

• Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus: Guilty Treasures, St Nicholas Church, May 5

  There is something telling about a gay men’s chorus who, singing in a church, start with the Pet Shop Boys’ hit It’s A Sin. read more

• Hanover The Musical, Hanover Community Centre, various dates until May 27, call 01273 917272

  “The ultimate compliment is parody,” says director and writer Mark Brailsford in the programme to Hanover The Musical. read more

• Crimes Against Humanities Teachers, The Brunswick, Hove, various dates until May 20, call 01273 917272

  “The worst thing about being a teacher isn’t the students. It’s the other teachers.” read more

• I Have Never Cared For Sunsets, Regency Tavern, various dates until May 20, call 01273 917272

  Anyone doubting Sir Isaac Newton’s theories on gravity need only have sat in the front row of Garyhaus Players strange puppet show on Saturday afternoon. read more

• Word Jam Friday, The Writer’s Place, May 4

  Turn off the main drag of Bond Street and head down a back alley, past the bins: directions to The Writer’s Place are gloomy. Yet on the first of New Writing South’s Word Jam Fridays, the premises positively shimmered with the sparkling energy and talent of its guests. read more

• Connection Unsecure: Continue? Upstairs At Three And Ten, until May 9, call 01273 917272

  As a self-confessed geek, the exploration of breaking free from the internet world to form IRL (that's 'in real life,' for those who have a real life) connections seems both topical and original. Connection Unsecure: Continue? is the very modern love story of two people who break through the safety of their computer screens and commit to real-life emotion. A parable about loneliness, this piece of expressive theatre is a warning for the future. As the protagonists experiment with feelings of hope, anger and loss, they learn to appreciate the wholeness of communicating face-to-face, picking up on body language and the beauty and richness of the spoken word. read more

• Bane, The Warren, May 6

  Bane is Joe Bone, and Joe Bone is the sole actor in the Bane Trilogy, with plot twists, time lapses and a memory-testing 79 characters. Since the first Bane's debut in 2009, rave reviews and recognition have been won for the show and its actor, and two more episodes of the captivating crime saga have evolved. All the Bane Trilogy performances featured in this year's Brighton Fringe, and I caught the stand-alone middle show, Bane 2. read more

• A Streetcar Named Desire, New Venture Theatre, various dates until May 19, call 01273 917272

  A two-room apartment in New Orleans during a hot summer is the location for Tennessee Williams story of Blanche DuBois, destitute and unstable, who descends upon her sister, Stella, and her Polish husband, Stanley. What follows in this claustrophobic atmosphere is a tempestuous social and sexual conflict that ends tragically. read more

• Rolling On The Floor Laughing, Sallis Benney Theatre, May 6

  With a recent study showing that traditional PE lessons are putting large numbers of girls off sport, schools would do well to incorporate some of the activities showcased in this performance to encourage more young people to keep fit. read more

• Foil, Arms and Hog, Upstairs At Three And Ten, May 6

  The hardest skill of the rapid-fire sketch show troupe is to maintain a consistency of output across an hour-long set. read more

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