Tag: Fringe

BRIGHTON FRINGE FESTIVAL: Dillon Harris – Never Be Me

BRIGHTON FRINGE FESTIVAL: Dillon Harris - Never Be Me

Dillon’s Creations Presents:
DILLON HARRIS: NEVER BE ME

Join Irish comedian Dillon Harris as he heckles himself! Recounting horrid tales, late night romances and subcategories, you’ll leave this show thinking “hmmm, maybe I am a womaniser…”

Dillon pokes fun at himself while embracing his newfound celibacy, something he had not planned for, but may as well make the most of it. It’s an hour of fun that is sure to tickle your funny bone, or he’ll cry trying.

TICKETS REQUIRED
£5
2 Performances:

  • Sat 6th May 16:30-17:30
  • Sat 77th May 15:30-16:30

Unallocated seating
Tickets from £5, available via Eventbrite.

 

SUITABLE FOR AGES 16+
Content Warning: Swearing.

  • ABOUT THE VENUE:
    This show will take place in the Conclave Events Space, located in the basement of CONCLAVE GALLERY, 9 Queens Road, Brighton, BN1 3WA.
    NB. The space is accessed via the gallery, and then down a flight of 14 stairs; there is no lift available, sorry!

BRIGHTON FRINGE FESTIVAL: The Bigger Boys

BRIGHTON FRINGE FESTIVAL: The Bigger Boys

THE BIGGER BOYS

Robin Hodges and Dom Kerridge work through their midlife crises live on stage.

In the words of the performers:

We fed an AI all of the Brighton Fringe listings from 2022, and this is what we got:

Robin Hodges is a human being. Dom Kerridge is also a human being. Sit and watch them make noises out of their face holes for around an hour. You shall also be invited to make different noises from your face holes, perhaps, what you call ‘laughing’. This is not a binding contract. We are not your real mums.

Dom Kerridge did not sign-off on this description, describing it as “unappealingly wacky promotional verbiage”.

Robin Hodges says “good seller, great communication, would buy from again A+++++”.

TICKETS REQUIRED
£9
3 Performances:

  • Fri 12th May 20:30-21:30
  • Sat 13th May 20:30-21:30
  • Sat 27th May 20:30-21:30

Unallocated seating
Tickets available from the Brighton Fringe Festival website.

SUITABLE FOR AGES 14+
Content Warning: Swearing.

  • ABOUT THE VENUE:
    This show will take place in the Conclave Events Space, located in the basement of CONCLAVE GALLERY, 9 Queens Road, Brighton, BN1 3WA.
    NB. The space is accessed via the gallery, and then down a flight of 14 stairs; there is no lift available, sorry!

BRIGHTON FRINGE FESTIVAL: There’s Another Country

BRIGHTON FRINGE FESTIVAL: There's Another Country

Black Tiger Productions presents
THERE’S ANOTHER COUNTRY
A film by Martin Nichols (+Q&A)

“Climb aboard a Robin Reliant & join my dad & me, W. Shakespeare & Dr Freud on a mission to save the UK from itself – in Super 8!”

BRIGHTON FRINGE FESTIVAL: There's Another Country

A screening combined with a Q&A of a new movie by local filmmaker Martin Nichols. This deeply personal film looks at post-Brexit UK through the eyes of Martin’s father, Evan. He was a private in World War Two and enthusiastically voted for the transformational 1945 Labour government – a government that gave us the NHS, decent social housing and so much more. THERE’S ANOTHER COUNTRY asks a very simple question: what would Evan make of his country today?

Nichols’ multi-genre film uses both found and newly shot Super 8 footage – which replicates the visual ‘look’ of the post-war consensus. It weaves two huge social upheavals together: our present-day experience of the pandemic and his parents’ generation’s suffering in the war. In seeking to understand the roots of both his own family’s breakdown as well as recent political storms in the nation as a whole, THERE’S ANOTHER COUNTRY finally travels back in time to revisit Evan’s home town Senghenydd in South Wales. This was the site in 1913 of the biggest – and almost entirely forgotten – industrial disaster ever to happen in the UK.

What are the ghosts that haunt us? And how can we exorcise them? Can we find the confidence to build another country again, just as the Attlee government started to do in 1945? There will be a discussion after the screening in which we can hopefully sort everything out…

“Fantastic, a really clever collage of the personal and political, and the parallel narrative threads ran deep and hit home hard. An important and highly original film.” (Melita Dennett, Radio Reverb)

TICKETS REQUIRED
£10
2 Performances:

  • Wed 17th May 19:30-21:45
  • Fri 19th May 19:30-21:45

There will be a short intermission between the film screening and the Q&A.

Unallocated seating
Tickets available from the Brighton Fringe Festival website.

SUITABLE FOR AGES 12+

  • ABOUT THE VENUE:
    This show will take place in the Conclave Events Space, located in the basement of CONCLAVE GALLERY, 9 Queens Road, Brighton, BN1 3WA.
    NB. The space is accessed via the gallery, and then down a flight of 14 stairs; there is no lift available, sorry!

BRIGHTON FRINGE FESTIVAL: Totally True. Mostly.

BRIGHTON FRINGE FESTIVAL: Totally True. Mostly.

SawyerSaurus presents
George Sawyer:
TOTALLY TRUE. MOSTLY

Brighton Fringe 2019 / 2021 People’s Choice Nominee, George Sawyer is back with more outlandish, absurd and traumatically hilarious stories that totally, definitely happened to him.

Welcome the return of Skin – his cosh-wielding cockney gran; Jacko – the psychotic Jack Russell terrier; a cross dressing Dad; a streaking father-in-law and an Irish wedding that ended with pitched battle in the streets of Egham – including extra special comedy guests with (Mostly) True stories of their own.

TICKETS REQUIRED
£9
3 Performances:

  • Sat 6th May 20:00-21:00
  • Sat 13th May 18:00-19:00
  • Sat 20th May 20:00-21:00

Unallocated seating
Tickets available from the Brighton Fringe Festival website.

SUITABLE FOR AGES 16+
Content Warning: Audience Interaction and Swearing.

  • ABOUT THE VENUE:
    This show will take place in the Conclave Events Space, located in the basement of CONCLAVE GALLERY, 9 Queens Road, Brighton, BN1 3WA.
    NB. The space is accessed via the gallery, and then down a flight of 14 stairs; there is no lift available, sorry!

BRIGHTON FRINGE FESTIVAL: This is Normal

BRIGHTON FRINGE FESTIVAL: This is Normal

Blue Dog Theatre presents
THIS IS NORMAL
A play by Stuart Warwick

The pandemic is declared over, and life is returning back to normal, but for a hospital porter with a troubled past, now is a time to re-evaluate what normal means…

Stuart Warwick’s new play is a dark comedy for fans of Fleabag, and This is Going to Hurt.

A Brighton Fringe Festival Premier.

BRIGHTON FRINGE FESTIVAL: This is Normal

TICKETS REQUIRED
£10-£12
4 Performances:

  • Thu 1st June 18:45-20:00
  • Fri 2nd June 18:45-20:00
  • Sat 3rd June 18:45-20:00
  • Sun 4th June 17:45-19:00

Unallocated seating
Tickets available from the Brighton Fringe Festival website.

SUITABLE FOR AGES 16+

  • ABOUT THE VENUE:
    This show will take place in the Conclave Events Space, located in the basement of CONCLAVE GALLERY, 9 Queens Road, Brighton, BN1 3WA.
    NB. The space is accessed via the gallery, and then down a flight of 14 stairs; there is no lift available, sorry!

BRIGHTON FRINGE FESTIVAL: Writing about Menopause Workshop

This is what the menopause looks like

“This Is What The Menopause Looks Like” is an exhibition of portraits and interviews of 70 people from across the UK, funded by Arts Council England.

As part of the exhibition’s events, this is a FREE creative and practical writing workshop, hosted by Osborne & What, and led by local writer, Maggie Winters.

Open to anyone who would like to learn about writing about the experience, addressing the impact of ageing and the menopause on identity, sex, and sexuality in a safe and supportive space (without any pressure to share work.)

Whether you’ve never written before, or are an experienced writer, everyone is welcome, regardless of writing ability, gender, sexuality or age.
SATURDAY 4th JUNE, 1-4pm in our basement events space. Refreshments provided.

FREE EVENT WITH LIMITED CAPACITY – please book your ticket via EVENTBRITE advance to avoid disappointment!

The main exhibition is free to visit (drop-in, no ticket required) over the following times:
  • Sat 28 May, 10:00-18:00
  • Sun 29 May, 11:00-17:00
  • Tue 31 May, 12:00-18:00
  • Wed 1 June, 12:00-18:00
  • Thu 2 June, 10:00-18:00
  • Fri 3 June, 10:00-18:00
  • Sat 4 June, 10:00-18:00
  • Sun 5 June, 11:00-17:00

See the Brighton Fringe Festival website for more information

SUITABLE FOR AGES 13+

QUERIES ABOUT THE EVENT? Please contact the organisers on osborneandwhat@gmail.com
ANY QUERIES ABOUT THE VENUE? Please contact us on gallery@conclave-brighton.co.uk

 

ABOUT THE VENUE:
This exhibition will take place in the Conclave Events Space, located in the basement of CONCLAVE GALLERY, 9 Queens Road, Brighton, BN1 3WA.
NB. The space is accessed via the gallery, and then down a flight of 14 stairs; there is no lift available, sorry!

BRIGHTON FRINGE FESTIVAL: Lewys Holt – Phrases

BRIGHTON FRINGE FESTIVAL: Lewys Holt - Phrases

Phrases is a one-man dance, multimedia and spoken word performance. It is a minimal, reflective piece that continually shape-shifts between PowerPoint presentation, dance performance, stand-up set, private conversation, and storytelling recital.

 

Lewys Holt Phrases
Phrases exists in a kind of ethereal space. Projections of stream-of-consciousness writing are paired with often improvised movement and discussions of communication, to create a subtly humorous yet unnerving piece. Generally, the piece expresses some kind of solidarity with the anxious, the confused and those who overthink. It doesn’t even really tell anyone that it’s going to be okay – it just sort of says “I know…” and strokes your head, at the same time as having its own little freakout.


“Phrases is fun, eccentric and clever”
(Voice Magazine ★★★★)

“Unpretentious, honest and thought-provoking, Holt offers a wonderful study in overthinking.”
(Broadway Baby ★★★★)

1 PERFORMANCE/EVENT:

  • SATURDAY 21st May 2022 17:00 – 17:45 (45 minutes)
  • Tickets: £8 / £5 concessions

For tickets and more information, head over to the Brighton Fringe Festival website.

Read the BINGE FRINGE interview with Lewys Holt here

SUITABLE FOR AGES 14+

 

  • ABOUT THE VENUE:
    This event will take place in the Conclave Events Space, located in the basement of CONCLAVE GALLERY, 9 Queens Road, Brighton, BN1 3WA.
    NB. The space is accessed via the gallery, and then down a flight of 14 stairs; there is no lift available, sorry!

BRIGHTON FRINGE FESTIVAL: Acting & Creating a Character (Workshop with Julian Caddy)

BRIGHTON FRINGE FESTIVAL: Acting & Creating a Character (Workshop with Julian Caddy)

An opportunity to take part in a short, interactive workshop led by Julian Caddy, performer, producer, and CEO of Brighton Fringe Festival

Come and get your teeth into a refreshing approach to acting with this Stanislavski-inspired technique.
Part lecture, part improvisation session; open to all, experienced or not.
Based on Julian’s regular London workshops at Conway Hall.

Reviews from past students:

“Amazing insights in to the art of acting”
“Excellent guidance and useful feedback”

About Julian Caddy:

Julian began his Fringe journey 25 years ago in Edinburgh, where he gained his first taste of both performing and producing. Two more Fringes and a national comedy tour later, he gave up the day job at as an account manager at a marketing agency and ran away to drama school. Upon graduating, he co-founded an Edinburgh Fringe venue, where he programmed more than seven hundred shows, including two summer seasons in London and helping to tour artists to the Fringes of Adelaide, Montreal and across the UK. He produced his first Brighton Fringe event in 2009 and has been in his current role since October 2011. Over his time at Brighton Fringe, the festival has more than doubled in audience numbers with a 40% increase in the number of events. He has worked to develop international links and has been on the awards jury of the National Arts Festival of South Africa and Amsterdam Fringe, as well as being a festival delegate at many festivals worldwide. He was Chair of the World Fringe Alliance (an association of the Fringe festivals of Adelaide, Perth, National Arts Festival, Prague, Amsterdam, Brighton, Edinburgh, New York and Hollywood). He is also on the board of the Lagos Fringe in Nigeria.

1 PERFORMANCE/EVENT:

  • SUNDAY 15th June 2022 15:15 – 16.45 (90 minutes)
  • Tickets: £12 / £8.50 concessions

For tickets and more information, head over to the Brighton Fringe Festival website.

 

SUITABLE FOR AGES 16+

 

  • ABOUT THE VENUE:
    This event will take place in the Conclave Events Space, located in the basement of CONCLAVE GALLERY, 9 Queens Road, Brighton, BN1 3WA.
    NB. The space is accessed via the gallery, and then down a flight of 14 stairs; there is no lift available, sorry!

BRIGHTON FRINGE FESTIVAL: Mindful Iris

BRIGHTON FRINGE FESTIVAL: Mindful Iris



BRIGHTON FRINGE FESTIVAL: Mindful Iris

The iris is a symbol of wisdom, hope, trust and valour. All good qualities to look for in a song.

Songs have been chosen for possible insights and advice about mental well-being. The overall message is uplifting – songwriters are constructive about your mental health!

We will sing and talk about songs encouraging supportive relationships, social physical activities, arts and craft and creative work, and music itself. We’ll ponder the benefits of smiling, singing, sisterly compassion, touch, knitting, walking, acceptance, connection, nurturing, painting, and dancing! It’s not an exhaustive list!

So, one hour of gentle acoustic music – just voice and guitar. A little talk about the poetry, wit and wisdom within the lyrics. No demands. You can just listen and enjoy. It should be an upbeat experience.

Any profits will go to the charity Mind www.mindcharity.co.uk

Mindful Iris is Anna (vocals) and Ian (acoustic guitar)

TICKETS REQUIRED (£4-£20)
1 Performance:

  • Thu 12th May 18:30-19:30

Unallocated seating
Tickets available from 1st March 2022 from the Brighton Fringe Festival website.

SUITABLE FOR AGES 10+

  • ABOUT THE VENUE:
    This event will take place in the Conclave Events Space, located in the basement of CONCLAVE GALLERY, 9 Queens Road, Brighton, BN1 3WA.
    NB. The space is accessed via the gallery, and then down a flight of 14 stairs; there is no lift available, sorry!

BRIGHTON FRINGE FESTIVAL: George Sawyer: True. Mostly.

BRIGHTON FRINGE FESTIVAL: George Sawyer: True. Mostly.

Sawyersaurus Productions presents
GEORGE SAWYER: True. Mostly.

BRIGHTON FRINGE FESTIVAL: George Sawyer: True. Mostly.

Brighton Fringe 2019 People’s Choice Nominee, George Sawyer, returns with a bunch of stories that may or may not have happened to him or to anyone, ever. Don’t believe everything you hear, except everything in this show. Expect tall tales of a cosh-wielding cockney gran, a psychotic Jack Russell terrier, a movie maniac alarm clock and some rapping. Dad rapping.

TICKETS REQUIRED
3 Performances:

  • Fri 6th May 18:45-19:45
  • Sat 7th May 18:45-19:45
  • Sun 8th May 17:45-18:45

Unallocated seating
Tickets available from 1st March 2022 from the Brighton Fringe Festival website.

SUITABLE FOR AGES 16+

  • ABOUT THE VENUE:
    This event will take place in the Conclave Events Space, located in the basement of CONCLAVE GALLERY, 9 Queens Road, Brighton, BN1 3WA.
    NB. The space is accessed via the gallery, and then down a flight of 14 stairs; there is no lift available, sorry!