Thurs 26th August
Start: 8pm
Tickets: £5/£4
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Musicbox

Bell Promotions present an evening with some of Brighton’s most exciting acoustic artists.

In an intimate and warm atmosphere, the night aims to create a community of musicians, artists and music lovers in and around the city.

Fri 27th August
Start: 8pm
Tickets: £6/£5
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Rabbit in the Headlights

A hand-picked assembly of new and rising stand-ups take to the stage in this popular new-act night.

Often hilarious, sometimes bizarre and occasionally mind-blowing!

Hosted by Lee Hulme.

Sat 4th September
Start: 8pm
Tickets: £8/£6
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Crimes Against Humanities Teachers

A disillusioned Humanities teacher knows he has to leave his school. But how does he leave with dignity and say the things he needs to say? With one hour to go before he gives his leaving speech, he is visited by the ghosts of 'Carry-on' stars. Step forward Kenneth Williams. Together they go on a surreal journey through a decade of one man teaching career and one man's 50 year comedy career. Both hoping to find answers. Both needing resolution. A rollercoaster ride of original comedy.

Winner of The Best Comedy Brighton Fringe 2010

"Intelligent, Quintessentially British and Indisputable hilarious" ***** - Three Weeks

"Hilarious...Powerful and Touching...Essential for teachers and highly recommended even if you aren't" **** - Fringe Review

"Top Marks...Frank, funny and very moving" ***** - The Latest7

Tues 7th September
Start: 8pm
Tickets: £5
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Spoken Word Event: Sparks

Come and read, or come and listen to, excellent short stories by local authors. Submit your little treasure and, if accepted, come and read it. Your story will be accompanied by a spcially-commissioned photo, projected behind you as you read.

1000 words or less, any theme.

If you are interested in submitting your story please email sparksbrighton@hotmail.co.uk

Weds 15th September
Start: 8pm
Tickets: £6/£5
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A Night with Mayor McCa

Legendary Canadian songwriter, cartoonist, and one time mayoral candidate Mayor McCa comes to Brighton!

It's possible that you've never seen a man making music using his feet, his hands, mouth, and various other limbs all at the same time. In full swing Mayor McCa is a tap dancing thicket of instruments that could be harnessed to power a city or might perhaps explode. However, his songs are quirky and heartfelt, ranging from politics to the bible, to oral hygiene. Should McCa have been named mayor of Hamilton, Ontario, he would have renamed it Donut Rock City. After narrowly failing to redesign Hamilton as the donut and rock capital of the world (polling eighth out of twelve), McCa strapped on every instrument he could find and crossed the pond to declare his love for Queen Victoria, and to play as much music as possible in the UK, ideally all at the same time.

McCa has played in Brighton alongside acts such as The Magic Numbers, Feist and the Noisettes.

Thurs 16th September
Start: 8pm
Tickets: £9/£7
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Brian Gittins and Friends

Pyecombe's finest roadside cafe owner Mr Brian Gittins welcomes you to another evening of entertainment and tonight his guest is Brighton's very own award-winning character comedian Jo Neary.

On Brian Gittins...

"Breathtakingly funny" - The Guardian

"A supremely funny oddball. The next big cult on the comedy circuit" - Time Out

On Jo Neary...

"Thank heavens for Joanna Neary whose skewed clowning is gloriously different…sublimely funny" - Bruce Dessau, The Evening Standard

"Hilarious dexterity…an astute and important show. Neary is the real thing" - The Stage

"One strong comic character after another… like a one-woman fast show…Definitely one to watch" - Brian Logan, The Guardian

"Highly original monologues and songs" - The Guardian

Fri 17th September
Start: 8pm
Tickets: £8/£6
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Crimes Against Humanities Teachers

A disillusioned Humanities teacher knows he has to leave his school. But how does he leave with dignity and say the things he needs to say? With one hour to go before he gives his leaving speech, he is visited by the ghosts of 'Carry-on' stars. Step forward Kenneth Williams. Together they go on a surreal journey through a decade of one man teaching career and one man's 50 year comedy career. Both hoping to find answers. Both needing resolution. A rollercoaster ride of original comedy.

Winner of The Best Comedy Brighton Fringe 2010

"Intelligent, Quintessentially British and Indisputable hilarious" ***** - Three Weeks

"Hilarious...Powerful and Touching...Essential for teachers and highly recommended even if you aren't" **** - Fringe Review

"Top Marks...Frank, funny and very moving" ***** - The Latest7

Sat 18th September
Start: 8pm
Tickets: £8/£6
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The Noise Next Door

The Noise Next Door transform audience suggestions into fantastically funny scenes and songs, using ludicrous characters, witty one-liners and explosive physicality. Critically-acclaimed razor-sharp comedy not to be missed!

"Five slick improvisers...No one can fail to be engaged by the vivacious sense of fun" - Chortle

"What sets them apart is their great chemistry and genuine sense of joy they bring to the stage."  **** The List

www.thenoisenextdoor.co.uk

Fri 24th September
Start: 8pm
Tickets: £6/£5
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Rabbit in the Headlights

A hand-picked assembly of new and rising stand-ups take to the stage in this popular new-act night.

Often hilarious, sometimes bizarre and occasionally mind-blowing!

Hosted by the lovely Laura Mugridge.

Sat 25th September

Start: 7:30pm
(meet at Three and Ten at 6.30pm for the Big Lemon)

Tickets: £10/£12.50
(includes Bus Ticket)
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Dr Bramwell's No.9 Bus To Utopia
Dr David Bramwell / Otherplace Productions
Directed by Emma Kilbey

Back by popular demand! Come and be whisked into another world by catching the Big Lemon Bus to the Earth Ship in Stanmer Park and join Dr Bramwell (Haunted Moustache) in his real-life adventures; a year spent visiting the world's most astonishing, erotic, idyllic and futuristic communities in search of utopia!

Ruminate on revelations about sex, society and communal living and then give him a grilling afterwards in the Q&A. Show has an interval.

"A masterful storyteller!" - Radio Times

"(Bramwell) carries it off with natural charm, fluency and wit" - Total Theatre

Best Comedy Award winner 2009
Outstanding theatre Award Winner 2008
Italia Prix award-nominee 2010

Sat 25th September
Start: 8pm
Tickets: £8/£6
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Off The Cuff 

Brighton's brightest improvisers bring you an evening of the most exciting, unpredictable and frequently just plain mental comedy your senses can feasibly experience.

No script, no safety nets, no elbow pads; only your suggestions and raw, unpasteurised wit.

"The applause threatened to bring the roof down" ****1/2 Fringe Guru

Sat 25th September
Start: 10pm
Tickets: £10/£7.50
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Red Brick Comedy Club

Some of the finest, funniest late-night stand-up around, with a top compere, two opening acts and a headliner of the highest standard.

Tonight's headliner Henry Paker started stand-up January 2006, and in 2008, he won the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year title and came second in the Laughing Horse new act competition. He is also one half of the hugely successful and much talked about show 'The Golden Lizard'.

Also featuring...Mark Simmons, Murray Cummings and resident MC Luke Toulson.

"mightily impressive set that is rarely less than superb...The man will be a star" - Chortle (on Henry Paker)

Weds 29th September
Start: 8pm
Tickets: £7/£5
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Katy and Rach Make Stuff Up

You’ve never seen anything like Katy and Rach.

It’s spontaneous theatre. Two award-winning actresses, one story, real characters. One hour. Completely improvised. It’s like watching people fly.

“Laugh-out-loud funny and technically impressive... One to look out for when they return” - The Argus

**** Three Weeks

"The most stunning aspect of this show is that is completely improvised, so you leave the venue arguing with your friend / lover / date, that 'they must have had a script'. Well in short, they don't. I checked backstage. I even went through their bags and there's not a script in sight" - Juice FM Sep 09

"Not only entertaining, but sensitive, realistic and extremely enjoyable! ...Katy and Rach have a wonderful connection and great energy between them. The show left us on a high and you could tell that everyone really enjoyed themselves. [Katy and Rach] never present the same show twice so it's worth seeing more than once! You never know what treats are in store" - Fringe Review May 09 ****

"...In this performance road trip, the pair created something both laugh-out-loud funny and technically impressive. Improv was used artfully to inspire a raw and unpredictable situation comedy...it was an hour very well spent" - The Argus Jan 09

Thurs 30th September
Start: 8pm
Tickets: £5/£4
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Musicbox

Bell Promotions present an evening with some of Brighton’s most exciting acoustic artists.

In an intimate and warm atmosphere, the night aims to create a community of musicians, artists and music lovers in and around the city.