Brighton Fringe 2014

Saturday 3rd May to Sunday 1st June 2014
various venues, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 1UE, England MAP
varies depending upon event, many are free

Daily capacity: 6,000

Last updated: Tue 29th Apr 2014

The dates for Brighton Fringe are confirmed as Saturday 3rd May until Sunday 1st June 2014.

The event is the third largest fringe event in the world is an annual showcase for theatre, music, dance, performance and books, from both local and international artists.

Line-up

The range of music encapsulates about every genre one can think of. Ever-growing venue The Warren will be hosting over 70 shows this year in 3 performance spaces and The Marlborough Theatre will have 30 events, including their first-ever Street Party on the first Saturday of May. Comedy is also a big theme this year with over 200 shows.

There will some unusual performances, Flush in The Old Market’s toilet and Performr, an app based on Grindr that will lead audiences to Pink Fringe performances. Returning for this year is the Spiegeltent at the Old Steine with a larger number of shows of different genres from spoken word to music, and one of the Victorian-style bathing machines is returning to New Road with a new one-on-one relay play 'Host’ written by Tim Crouch for The Nightingale theatre.

There will also be the return of Tight Modern on the seafront: a miniature replica of the iconic Tate Modern, and Fringe City, the free public showcase on New Road at weekends.

New for 2014 is the standalone Family Guide with over 200 child-friendly events listed (and counting) some of the family highlights include John Hegley performing I am a Poetato at Komedia, Just So - a new play based on stories by Rudyard Kipling, The Fishing Museum's Fringe of Fun - puppet shows and treasure hunts, Thumbelina, and the Family Picnic in Pavilion Gardens.

The printed Family Guide with over 150 event listings will be published on 7 March and is available in The Argus, The Primary Times, Brighton Fringe Box Office and information points. More events for older children will be listed on the Brighton Fringe website.

Brighton Fringe is also extending its work within the community for 2014, working with youth groups, The Pebble Trust and the Tarner Community Group, to afford the members the creative opportunity to be part Brighton Fringe, as either part of a performance or the Brighton Fringe Urban Artfest, which will see some of street-arts biggest names come together to provide tuition and create an exhibition to be part of the Fringe finale.

Also brand new for this year and supported by Arts Council England, WINDOW is Brighton Fringe’s Arts Industry showcase programme created to develop and encourage artists ready for the next step in their career. WINDOW creates a platform for high quality, new work to be highlighted during the first days of Brighton Fringe (2-7 May 2014) and offer audiences the opportunity to get the first look at productions that are destined for great things in the future.

Tickets

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Ticket prices vary depending upon event.

Multiple events

There are 720 events confirmed so far at 186 different venues and spaces. The wide-ranging programme is put on by over 3,000 people, artists, artistic groups and community organisations, and offers hundreds of free events for around 180,000 attendees.

For more information see, the Brighton Fringe website.

Accommodation

This event does not have camping but there are a number of hotels, hostels and guest houses in the area.

More information will be here when available.