Gig Buddies Brighton Fringe Festival Recommendations
The Gig Buddies members are very excited to see this year’s performances, films, talks, tours, exhibitions, stand-up comedy, and workshops which will take place this May and June during the Brighton Fringe.
As Brighton Fringe is Gig Buddies official charity partner, we are now luckily enough to be offering tickets to our members. If you would like to support a participant and go along to join your favourite events, we would love to hear from you.
Event 1: Wild Onion by Orange Skies Theatre
This is a particularly relevant performance with Gig Buddy members. It brings together three characters who with them carry and share their own story.
A new kind of narrative cabaret blending theatre, dance, and circus arts, with an eclectic playlist and approximately 100 onions, WILD ONION brings 3 best friends together in this riotous, compassionate hour, finding that in the support of chosen family we’re all able to grow.
As Daisy loses sense of herself in hidden family history, we also meet Rach, who’s managing her fear of men by expressing violence towards onions, and Adam, who’s trying to make himself cry (while on a cyr wheel).
If you are a fan of electronic music with some light-hearted humour, this is certainly one to watch.
Event Dates
31 May 2022,19:30
01 June 2022,19:30
02 June 2022,14:00
02 June 2022,19:30
Book Tickets: https://www.brightonfringe.org/whats-on/wild-onion-161866/
Event 2: Nick Draws Nationals: Global Pandemic Portraits Exhibition
Throughout the Covid pandemic, Brighton artist Nick Sayers has been drawing pen portraits of people in each country of the world, via Zoom video sessions, and writing stories about their lives in lockdown. The project reveals how different nations and people have dealt with the ongoing crisis in their everyday life. So far, he has drawn people in over 100 of the world’s 197 nations. Drawings and tales from this “virtual travelogue” will be displayed in a travel agent window, and on walls around the city. The artist is raising money through the project for Doctors Without Borders (MSF.org) via affordable donations.
Nick Sayers is a science-inspired artist whose work includes geometric drawing machines made from bicycles, camera obscura, six-month-exposure pinhole photos, cycling astronomy tours of the Solar System at one: billion scale, and spherical sculptures from recycled materials. He has brought creative STEM activities to schools and science events in the UK and around the world.
Event Dates
CTG Travel 06 May 2022, 08:00
Brighton & Hove shop windows, 06 May 2022, 08:00
CTG Travel, 07 May 2022, 08:00
Brighton & Hove shop windows, 07 May 2022, 08:00
Book Tickets: https://www.brightonfringe.org/whats-on/nick-draws-nationals-global-pandemic-portraits-164143/
Event 3: A Not So Silent Disco Tour — Brighton Dance Extravaganza by Tours of Brighton
Are you ready to party? Are you ready to get out of your comfort zone, wear the best fancy dress and have the time of your life? Then join us for our Brighton Dance Extravaganza, where you’ll dance your socks off for one hour and release those amazing endorphins. We can tell, you will be on a high when you finish and won’t even need sugar for it! What are you waiting for? We know you want to!
This tour is for everyone, from babies (in prams of course!) to those seeking a bit of adventure and are young at heart. This is all about having a good time, so you don’t need to be super fit. The only thing we require is an awesome attitude.
Event Dates
06 May 2022 10:00, 13:00, 15:00, and 18:00
Book Tickets: https://www.brightonfringe.org/whats-on/a-not-so-silent-disco-tour-brighton-dance-extravaganza-146887/
Event 4: Will Preston Can’t Face Reality by Will Preston
Are you a theatre lover who loves the idea of exploring new realities? Join Will Preston, a self-confessed geek and gaming addict as he goes on a quest to learn about geek culture, as he tries to escape his daily norms.
The show is described as “Very funny geezer. Guaranteed laughs!” by Lenny Sherman and “Fearless, oozes confidence” stated by Nathan Cassidy.
Event Dates
06 May 2022, 18:45
07 May 2022, 18:45
Book Tickets: https://www.brightonfringe.org/whats-on/will-preston-cant-face-reality-143194/
Event 5: Alfie Ordinary’s House of Fun by Alfie Ordinary
Join Brighton’s award-winning Drag Prince Alfie Ordinary presents a night of glittering chaos as he welcomes the silliest Spiegeltent stage. Expect a high camp and low brow experience from some of Brighton’s most beloved drag performers, Spiegel favourites and special guest clowns.
If you are a fan of a unique drag performance, you are in safe hands with Alfie Ordinary who is a regular host at Proud Cabaret, judge at G-A-Y’s infamous Porn Idol at Heaven, regular at Brighton Fringe, Brighton Spiegeltent, Komedia and The Queens Arms, and producer and DJ at Brighton’s queer club night, Polyglamorous.
Event Dates
06 May 2022, 21:00
Book Tickets: https://www.brightonfringe.org/whats-on/alfie-ordinarys-house-of-fun-164247/
We look forward to hearing any reviews from our members who were luckily enough to see the events that Brighton Fringe offers. If you have anything interesting to report, we would love to hear your views.
Please get in touch on info@gigbuddiesmentalhealth.org.uk.
