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Brighton Psych Fest 2026 cooks up a musical storm
Only in its third year of existence, the little southern sister of Manchester and Edinburgh Psych Fest returns to Brighton’s aplenty grassroot venues to gather local and international names from the psychedelic and alternative rock scene. And boy oh boy, did they cook up a storm of energetic tunes, riffs, synths and visuals.
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Sand
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ truly mesmerising. A couple and their younger double; a house near the sea and the catastrophe of coastal erosion. As slowly and inexorably as the rising of sea levels and the succession of heavy rains, dementia erodes the memory and capabilities of one of the protagonists.
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Sid Singh: Love Bombing
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Funniest stand-up this Fringe! Sid Singh brings us a show about politics and how he had a date with his stalker (and put her to the test… with politics, of course).
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I AM JOHNNY
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Clever drag parody. If Johnny had a profile on a dating app, I imagine it like this: a selfie of his face (from below), a selfie in the gym flexing muscles, a selfie in the gym leaning against the machine and tilting up his chin; description: ‘Just a simple guy from the North. AKA…
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The Body I Left in Susquehanna National Forest
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Queer absurdist dark comedy AKA such a strange, funny play. Like the title promises. Patrick and Claire are still wearing accessories from their wedding ceremony and are driving to Niagara Falls for their honeymoon. It’s late, it’s dark, they are tired, and the car ends up in a ditch, not before having hit something.…
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Democrazy
⭐⭐⭐ Fun (and a little lesson on being a citizen). A tourist sunbathes in Bali and projects the Western stereotypes that make us enjoy those kinds of holiday so much: soft sand, blue sea, fresh exotic drinks, you name it. All this, while we completely and willingly ignore the struggles of the locals. And especially,…
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Puttana / W***e
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Powerful and intimidating performance. Laura is not yet 24, she still owns a huge teddy bear, and she gets paid for sexual services. This makes her a sex worker. Right? A whore, like someone calls her… On a stage populated by microphones, Laura tells her story in a scattered and violently poetical way.
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Constellations
⭐⭐ A minimal constellation. A man and a woman meet at a barbecue. Roland is a beekeeper; Marianne is a quantum physicist. Their meeting is the event that opens a range of possibilities, in multiverse theory. In one universe, they go home together, in the other they don’t. In a universe they get married, in…
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Creep
⭐⭐⭐⭐ A hilarious lowdown of creepy screenshots. One of the hottest Fringe shows this year – a fully sold out run with newly added dates gone before you blink twice – is a one-woman piece by Harriet Richardson, a multidisciplinary performance artist, who opens by humbly admitting she’s not a comedian nor an actress and…
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The Unwilling Accomplice
⭐⭐⭐ A bit of blood and a bit of laughter. Riley and Emily are sisters, but their living together is threatened by Riley’s hobby: she is a serial killer. Her sister wants to move on (and out of the flat), but Riley won’t let it happen so easily…
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Double Take
5 stars – mime at its best Two mimes, seven acts, endless creativity. With expressivity, imagination, and acumen, they guide the audience on a journey from laughter to sighs (or tears, for many of us) and to laughter again.
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Swoon
5 stars – A satirical 19th century masterpiece. Bebe Cave, an established tour-de-force of a comical character actress, returns to the Fringe with another whirlwind of an original, meticulously detailed, incredibly funny, feminist piece called Swoon.
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