Voicebox: Brighton Fringe
Brighton Fringe takes place every May and is a great place to spend the May bank holidays and the summer half-term break. This vast celebration of all things creative has grown out of, and is inspired by, home-grown talent. More than 50% of participants are based in Brighton and Hove. The festival is committed to helping the arts flourish and are completely open-access, which means anyone can put on a Brighton Fringe event. No selection criteria are imposed on participants. This enables both new and established performers to try out new work and take risks. They also help artists develop professionally through a range of workshops, mentoring and bursary programmes. A wide array of critically acclaimed shows and performers also appear at Brighton Fringe each year, drawn by the huge number of appreciative audience members who attend every year.
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24 May 2022
Review: “Fragments” at Brighton Fringe
This triple bill of audio plays touches on themes belonging, loss, and healing, and delivers a few rather poignant moments over the hour-long runtime.
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23 May 2022
Review: 落叶归根 (Luò yè guī gēn) Getting Home
To pursue independence and artistic freedom, do you have to abandon your duty to your family? Cheryl Ho and Rachel Lee spotlight loneliness, inner turmoil and the pressure of meeting expectations in their Brighton Fringe piece
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20 May 2022
Review: The Story of the Tower by Hirai-Kikaku and Media Kobo (Japan)
From the works of Hirai-Kikaku and Media Kobo (Japan), we see just under 2 minutes of creative storytelling where they utilise project mapping, word, and dance on another level.
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16 May 2022
Brighton Fringe: "Django in Pain" review
This table-top puppet piece about a man with severe depression and his dog is surprisingly touching and altogether impressive.
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16 May 2022
Review: Future Jazz
A firm Fringe favourite; Future Jazz has made a triumphant return.
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16 May 2022
Review: Accidental Birth of an Anarchist
“It doesn’t matter how we say it, you’ll find a way not to listen”.
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11 May 2022
Review: Alfie Ordinary’s House of Fun
Hosting the evening with nothing but “high camp and low brow”, Alfie Ordinary speaks to one of our greatest desires: tinky winky in a red lip.
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21 March 2022
Brighton Fringe announce 2022 bursary winners
Brighton Fringe have announced the winners of their annual bursary awards, which included a youth-led label, an LGBTQI+ musical theatre show and more.
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6 September 2021
Review: Sh!tfaced Shakespeare: Much Ado About Nothing
A group of classically trained actors performing Much Ado About Nothing is not necessarily anything too unique. However, in this unconventional show, one such actor is royally drunk – and hilarity ensues.
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12 July 2021
Brighton Fringe Review: SWAN
A quasi-French fever dream bound up in swans, mime, and a spectacular nude finish. C’est trés bien!
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12 July 2021
Brighton Fringe Review “The Sex Party” Work in Progress by Frankie Thompson
Nothing you would have ever seen before, absolutely incredible and unique!
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5 July 2021
Brighton Fringe Review: The Old House by Kate Maravan
Kate Maravan it's a teacher, performer and writer of the Old House, inspired by Kate Maravan's mother. The play it's a storyteller/monologue that talks about memories of the house they lived in and Alzheimers.
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2 July 2021
Sandhill Manor
Produced and performed by graduates of the University of Worcester’s MTheatre course, Sandhill Manor utilises the folktale of the Sandman to weave its own narrative dreamscape.
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2 July 2021
Brighton Fringe: Ghislaine|Gabler
An insensitive and untimely production based around the life of Ghislaine Maxwell.
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1 July 2021
Brighton Fringe Review: Impromptu Shakespeare
Bursting with comedy, lust, tragedy and so much more. Impromptu Shakespeare combines the world of Shakespearian humour with modern-day culture to craft a unique show every night that left an audience howling.
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26 June 2021
Brighton Fringe Review: We're All Strangers Here
Hitcher Encounters navigates digital cartography with ease, forging a well-trodden path through audio and dialogue.
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24 June 2021
Brighton Fringe: The King of Broken Things
A saccharine monologue based around the platitude of fixing broken things and people.
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24 June 2021
Brighton Fringe Review: Retrain, Reduce, Recycle
In the wake of Fatima retraining to cyber, the Clap Back Club delivered a raucous career conference courtesy of Karen and her comrades.