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Nice Weather For Airstrikes Festival, Druid’s Arms, Ditchling Road, Brighton, May 28-31

Talons

4:13pm Friday 28th May 2010

"I always think that the term ‘post’ tends to mean looking forward, whereas ‘neo’ is a twist on an existing genre.

Pros From Dover, Upstairs At Three And Ten, Brighton, May 22

Pros From Dover, Upstairs At Three And Ten, Brighton, May 22

6:00am Saturday 22nd May 2010

Joan Rivers, who once came banging down the doors of the writers’ room screaming “Writers, writers, where are you? I want to meet you!” in her mouthy US drawl, was the most appreciative.

The No 9 Bus To Utopia, Earth Ship, Stanmer Park, Brighton, May 21-22

The No 9 Bus To Utopia, Earth Ship, Stanmer Park, Brighton, May 21-22

10:07am Friday 21st May 2010

I think the paradox is that we all need to have something to work towards – be it a better world or a better life – but we don’t ever want to get there, because when you do the game is over.”

I Am A Warehouse, Newhaven Fort, Fort Road, Newhaven, May 21-23

I Am A Warehouse, Newhaven Fort, Fort Road, Newhaven, May 21-23

9:58am Friday 21st May 2010

Rather than take sides in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Brighton Theatre has decided to give an alternative, balanced and unbiased view of the atrocities happening in the Middle East through the point of view of a building.

The Trials of Harvey Matusow, The Old Courtroom, Church Street, Brighton, May 20-23

The Trials of Harvey Matusow,  The Old Courtroom, Church Street, Brighton, May 20-23

11:08am Friday 14th May 2010

The McCarthy era, when thousands of Americans with Communist sympathies suddenly found themselves imprisoned or unemployed because of the so-called witchhunts, threw up many villains.

Steal Compass, Drive North, Disappear, The Nightingale Theatre, Surrey Street, Brighton, May 15-16

Steal Compass, Drive North, Disappear, The Nightingale Theatre, Surrey Street, Brighton, May 15-16

11:04am Friday 14th May 2010

Previous solo show The Art Of Catastrophe saw Rachel Blackman portray with humour and heartrending candour the chaotic internal and external worlds of a woman whose life was collapsing around her.

The Baltimore Waltz, Marlborough Little Theatre, Princes Street, Brighton, May 15-16

The Baltimore Waltz, Marlborough Little Theatre, Princes Street, Brighton, May 15-16

11:02am Friday 14th May 2010

The European tour has been a coming-of-age rite of passage for young Americans ever since the jazz age when writers, musicians and artists traversed the continent searching for intellectual enlightenment and left-wing bohemianism. F Scott Fitzgerald captured the era’s attitudes, the good times, the glitz and glamour, and his depictions of the age still resonate through society today.

My Second Life, The Nightingale Theatre, Surrey Street, Brighton, May 17-18

My Second Life, The Nightingale Theatre, Surrey Street, Brighton, May 17-18

11:06am Friday 14th May 2010

Second Life is a place where all the shortcomings of your reality can be addressed with a simple click of a mouse.

Pluck – The Titanic Show, The Old Market, Hove, May 14-15

Pluck – The Titanic Show, The Old Market, Hove, May 14-15

9:51am Friday 14th May 2010

We needed a pretty big venue,” Jon Regan explains, “you know, for the iceberg.”

Keara Murphy’s Travellin’ Circus, The Quadrant, Brighton, May 20 to May 23

Keara Murphy’s Travellin’ Circus, The Quadrant, Brighton, May 20 to May 23

9:54am Friday 14th May 2010

A bout of soul-searching normally follows a relationship split. But it takes a certain character to turn the introspection to comedy to share in public.

The Magnus Betnér Show, Laughing Horse at The Quadrant, Brighton, May 17-19 and May 23

The Magnus Betnér Show, Laughing Horse at The Quadrant, Brighton, May17-19 and May 23

9:47am Friday 14th May 2010

“When people come to see me I don’t want them to just have a good time. I also want them to have something to think about and discuss the next day. I don’t want them just to laugh and forget it.”

Circolombia, Freerange, The Green at St Peter’s Church, May 11-22

Circolombia, Freerange, The Green at St Peter’s Church, May 11-22

6:02pm Thursday 6th May 2010

It’s every devious little tyke’s fairytale to run away and join the circus. And the more time you spend speaking with performers in the circus, the more obvious it becomes that that’s what most of them did.

Funny As A Crutch, The Brighthelm Centre, May 11-13

6:00am Tuesday 11th May 2010

Coming to the Brighton Fringe after a critically-acclaimed New York run is a show that pokes fun at the awkward and inappropriate ways society deals with disability.

Moscow State Circus, Preston Park, May 7-16

Pic by Tony Wood

6:07pm Thursday 6th May 2010

The acclaimed Russian circus troupe returns to Brighton Festival Fringe to perform award-winning show Legenda.



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