What’s on
“Comedy, music and more…”
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 
Would you like to take your place, up on the stage? This course is intended for the beginner, or those with a little experience of, writing and performing for the stage. Learn how to connect with, and hold, an audience. Have fun while you build confidence and self-esteem as part of a supportive group, with the aim of taking you out of your comfort zone, to where the magic happens!
Even if your end game isn’t a stage performance, there are many situations where these skills will be useful. The course will provide you with the tools you need, to present yourself, with confidence, in front of any audience.
By the end of the course you will have a 5 minute performance, to showcase to an invited audience.
Participant testimonial:
“In the group, it has been evident that we all started the workshops at different stages and levels of ability. However, Annabel has done well to keep things very level and to tailor things to suit all students’ abilities without it having a negative impact upon the group dynamic. In other words, the more advanced have felt suitably challenged and the less advanced haven’t felt lost or out of their depth. Each student has been continually working on their own individual areas and has been learning all the time, even though the group has been of mixed ability.”
£100 (payable in full before the course starts)
£90 (early bird – payment to be made by 31 July 2019)
There is one bursary place available (reduced price), for someone on a low income. Contact me, more for details.
Contact: annabelpribelszki@yahoo.co.uk
Want to learn the ways of the Witch this Halloween season? Become a sensual queen in the ancient ways of bellydance or a fierce seductive Burlesque dancer, or both!
Sirona Thorneycroft, international bellyesque dancer, fresh off the back of 2 shows in this year’s Edinburgh fringe (Best of Cabaret and Best of Burlesque), is hosting two courses on bellydance and Burlesque with a dark and seductive twist.
Open to new and intermediate levels.
Tuesdays from 17th September to 29th October
Bellydance: 6:30pm-7:30pm
Burlesque: 8:00-9:00pm
Email Sirona for further info and to secure your slot.
Flight of the Dragonfly Spoken Word
is a bi-monthly spoken word event.
It is like an Open Mic, but instead of turning up and hoping to read, writers are asked to submit in advance.
We welcome poetry, flash fiction or prose (try not to exceed 750 words, about 5 minutes).
Please submit to –
flightofdragonflyspokenword@gmail.com
Non-readers – £3.00 on the night
F: Dragonflies Spoken Word
T: @DragonfliesSW
I: flightofthedragonflyspokenword
We hand pick our acts from the best up and coming acts in the UK comedy scene, guaranteeing a brilliant line up. Watch this space for line-ups!
Friday 18th October
Hello comedy fans, and welcome to another On The Edge Comedy, this time featuring headliner Daniel Muggleton.
Daniel is an Australian comedian based in London who has sold out shows at festivals around Australia: Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Sydney Comedy Festival, Adelaide Fringe, Canberra Comedy Festival, Darwin Fringe & Sydney Fringe – as well as at The Edinburgh Fringe. Daniel was twice selected as a FRESH Artist to Watch at The Sydney Comedy Festival in 2014 & 2015, he has been invited to perform an encore of his 2016 show ‘Let Me Finish’ at The Comedy Store, Sydney and performed as part of the Sydney Comedy Festival Showcase Tour & Break Out Showcase in 2017.
As always our headliner will be supported by a hand picked line up of acts.
Brighton’s most sophisticated Saturday night comedy club features the city’s best new comics performing not just their stand-up sets, but specially-written stories too!
Third Saturday of each month, doors 7:30pm, show 8:00pm.
Tickets £5
Saturday 19th October
It’s that time again folks, Titter is ON. You know it make sense.
Jack Abela
Alice India
Riggs
Katherine Atkinson
Ali Macfarlan
With your headliner: STEPHEN TRUMBLE
-Winner of People’s Champion Comedian – Amused Moose
-Winner of Comedy Virgins Max Turner Prize
MC: Jess Fergy
Join your host Fuchsia Von Steel and her guests as she takes you through a unique blend of glamour, grotesque and comedy in an unforgettable evening.
Want to learn the ways of the Witch this Halloween season? Become a sensual queen in the ancient ways of bellydance or a fierce seductive Burlesque dancer, or both!
Sirona Thorneycroft, international bellyesque dancer, fresh off the back of 2 shows in this year’s Edinburgh fringe (Best of Cabaret and Best of Burlesque), is hosting two courses on bellydance and Burlesque with a dark and seductive twist.
Open to new and intermediate levels.
Tuesdays from 17th September to 29th October
Bellydance: 6:30pm-7:30pm
Burlesque: 8:00-9:00pm
Email Sirona for further info and to secure your slot.
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“I have found the course immensely helpful, as an actor for a number of years with the tutor very supportive and helpful. I have now managed to learn a whole new way to perform in just a couple of days, and will be able to use a lot of the techniques I learnt in my work” – David Watson 2-day course graduate |
What makes a good Stand-Up Comedian? Is it a natural talent? Or can you learn how to be a Comedian?
There are many common misconceptions as to how this is done
Laughing Horse have been teaching a comedy course for over 8 years that guides you through a proven process that professional comics use to write, perform and approach Stand-Up Comedy.
This course is not taught by theorists, lecturers or people that have never set foot on a stage. It is delivered by professional comedians who are currently performing Stand Up several times a week.
| “friendly, informative and well-structured. A supportive environment allows wannabe stand-ups to develop material quickly, and the course even offers opportunities to perform on stage… A no-brainer for anyone interested in the business, and a fun experience for any weekend wonder whose always wanted to know what it was like behind the mic stand.” –Paul Doncaster, 2-day course graduate |
They have huge experience in teaching this art form and giving valuable feedback, problem-solving and encouraging students to develop their routine. They have a wide-ranging knowledge of the industry and how to make career progress.
The beginners’ course is best suited to people who have never performed stand up comedy before, or for new comedians wanting to get a good grounding knowledge of how stand-up works.
The course is very practical and spread over a weekend with a graduation show on the Sunday evening open to friends, relatives and the public is advertised to the general public.
| Journalist Marc Iles attended one of our courses – see what he had to say: Click Here. “I would be lying if I said that I had not got the comedy bug… I now feel able to give it a whirl” |
Over the 2 days you will cover:
- Where material comes from and how to make routines of your own continuously.
- How to write material
- Practical writing exercises
- Learning how professional comics deconstruct comedy by watching and discussing current comedians
- Editing and performing material written
- Microphone and performance Technique
- How the industry works
| “A lot of ground covered in a short space of time. It was brilliant. I now feel I have the tools to go on to be a comic” – Claire Rawlinson 2-day course graduate |
At the end of the course students perform on stage doing a 5 minute set at the graduation show.
Immerse yourself in Stand Up Comedy for a weekend (There will be homework)
| “Your help, support and advice were really great and I had a fantastic time. In fact, it has taken me about a fortnight to “come down” from the events of that weekend, particularly the performance in front of a paying audience at the Quadrant! I felt great and it was obviously a tremendous feeling when people actually laughed at what I had to deliver!! The real triumph for me was overcoming that fear and that is what will stay with me for the rest of my days!! – Paul Collis 2-day course graduate |
Previous students from the Laughing Horse Comedy include:
All appearing regularly on TV, National tours, Live DVD’s
As well as many working comedians around the circuit both in the UK and in America at all levels from open mic to professional.
After tearing up the stage (quite literally) on Brighton Pride, Bitter Sour are back to bring you to the Haunted Haus! Showcasing the best in Brighton’s underground drag scene, Bitter Sour Will once again make your Halloween a night to remember!
Keep an eye out, Acts to be announced!
Hosts:
Cherry Fakewell
Putting the ass in class and the lambrini in the glass, she’ll do anything for a twix… one finger… not two 😉
Count Addiction
Putting the spook in spooktacular, the fierce bitch of darkness! Bring true horror to the stage and beyond!
First act:
THE ELIZABETH CRAWFORD
Fresh from her last place win at the Miss Council Estate Beauty Pageant Electra is the stuff of nightmares. Obsessed with tragic women throughout history she decided to become one! She’s the 6ft 7 beast from the North east with legs as long as her ego and an attitude to match.
Second act:
MANDRAKE
Mandrake is a salaciously spooky boggart with a taste for gothic attire and human flesh. With a roster of different illusions (a ghoul, a witch, a devil and even a fairy!), this little glamour goblin lives to shock, delight and terrify!
More to be announced!
Doors open at 19:00
Show starts at 20:00
Ticket price £7.50 advance
£10 OTD
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“I have found the course immensely helpful, as an actor for a number of years with the tutor very supportive and helpful. I have now managed to learn a whole new way to perform in just a couple of days, and will be able to use a lot of the techniques I learnt in my work” – David Watson 2-day course graduate |
What makes a good Stand-Up Comedian? Is it a natural talent? Or can you learn how to be a Comedian?
There are many common misconceptions as to how this is done
Laughing Horse have been teaching a comedy course for over 8 years that guides you through a proven process that professional comics use to write, perform and approach Stand-Up Comedy.
This course is not taught by theorists, lecturers or people that have never set foot on a stage. It is delivered by professional comedians who are currently performing Stand Up several times a week.
| “friendly, informative and well-structured. A supportive environment allows wannabe stand-ups to develop material quickly, and the course even offers opportunities to perform on stage… A no-brainer for anyone interested in the business, and a fun experience for any weekend wonder whose always wanted to know what it was like behind the mic stand.” –Paul Doncaster, 2-day course graduate |
They have huge experience in teaching this art form and giving valuable feedback, problem-solving and encouraging students to develop their routine. They have a wide-ranging knowledge of the industry and how to make career progress.
The beginners’ course is best suited to people who have never performed stand up comedy before, or for new comedians wanting to get a good grounding knowledge of how stand-up works.
The course is very practical and spread over a weekend with a graduation show on the Sunday evening open to friends, relatives and the public is advertised to the general public.
| Journalist Marc Iles attended one of our courses – see what he had to say: Click Here. “I would be lying if I said that I had not got the comedy bug… I now feel able to give it a whirl” |
Over the 2 days you will cover:
- Where material comes from and how to make routines of your own continuously.
- How to write material
- Practical writing exercises
- Learning how professional comics deconstruct comedy by watching and discussing current comedians
- Editing and performing material written
- Microphone and performance Technique
- How the industry works
| “A lot of ground covered in a short space of time. It was brilliant. I now feel I have the tools to go on to be a comic” – Claire Rawlinson 2-day course graduate |
At the end of the course students perform on stage doing a 5 minute set at the graduation show.
Immerse yourself in Stand Up Comedy for a weekend (There will be homework)
| “Your help, support and advice were really great and I had a fantastic time. In fact, it has taken me about a fortnight to “come down” from the events of that weekend, particularly the performance in front of a paying audience at the Quadrant! I felt great and it was obviously a tremendous feeling when people actually laughed at what I had to deliver!! The real triumph for me was overcoming that fear and that is what will stay with me for the rest of my days!! – Paul Collis 2-day course graduate |
Previous students from the Laughing Horse Comedy include:
All appearing regularly on TV, National tours, Live DVD’s
As well as many working comedians around the circuit both in the UK and in America at all levels from open mic to professional.