What's on

The UdderBELLY venue at Brighton Festival Fringe 5 – 28 May

CABARET

CAESAR TWINS 7 – 28 May (times & prices vary, see below)
The stars of "La Clique", Poland’s extraordinary twins Pablo and Pierre Caesar finally bring their action packed, gravity defying solo show to Brighton. Following smash-hit successes in London, Edinburgh, Germany and Singapore, these uniquely gifted artists have created the next generation of their show - containing their best-loved routines and astonishing new feats of acrobatic artistry.
“Jaw-dislocatingly, mesmerically, super-humanly impressive” Scotsman
?“The most visually spectacular show you'll see this year” Observer
www.caesar-twins.de
Previews: 7-9 May 21:00 £10?
10-13, 15, 18, 21-27 May 21:00 £16 (£14) ?
14, 20, 28 May 19:00 £16 (£14) ?
19 May 13:00 £16 (£14)

4 POOFS AND A PIANO - STRICTLY NEUROTIC 13 May 19:00 £12 (£10)
Stars of “Friday Night with Jonathan Ross” are back in Brighton with their Edinburgh smash hit show Strictly Neurotic. With their unique brand of high energy camp cabaret, they take us on a personal journey revealing their individual neurosis through musical song as diverse as their waistlines! This non stop riotous cabaret is strictly entertaining. Strictly Neurotic.
“Enough panache to fill an entire jewel box” Scotsman
www.4poofsandapiano.com

PLUCK - MUSICAL ARSON! 6-7 May 15:15 £10 (£8)
What happens when great music falls into the hands of talented idiots? You get the world's most musically challenged string trio - PLUCK! Be entertained by their hilarious antics and superb musicianship as they compete, ridicule, argue and seduce their way through Bach to Beatles. Bring the family and join Pluck for totally unpredictable musical arson!
“Classical music for all shoe sizes” Sunday Times
www.pluck.me.uk

COMEDY

BILL HICKS: SLIGHT RETURN ?James Seabright presents Chas Early
5-7 May 19:00 £12 (£10)
The true story of one man's attempt to change the world through stand-up comedy. Our greatest comedian returns for one more show, revealing how to end the war on terror, why drugs are better than alcohol, and what the Bush family has done for porn. London and Edinburgh sell-out. Brighton debut.
“One-liners to treasure at every turn” Daily Telegraph.
www.slightreturn.info

PRIORITÉ À GAUCHE – REMASTERED 5 May 21:00 £12 (£10)
Following their sell-out show at the Komedia in 2005, Priorité à Gauche return to Brighton with their greatest show yet “Remastered”. Sixty magnifique minutes - crammed with variations on all the hits that made them into the stars they think they are today.
ARE THEY:?“Hilarious” Sunday Times, “Glorious” Telegraph, “Divine” Independent, “A must-see” Guardian, “Painfully funny” Times?OR:?“Gallic Pillocks” The List?YOU DECIDE....
www.prioriteagauche.com

JERRY SADOWITZ - COMEDIAN, MAGICIAN, PSYCHOPATH!
6 May 21:00 £13.50 (£11.50)
Returning triumphantly to Brighton, stand-up and magic from Scotland's maverick comedy guru.
“Undoubtedly the world's most splenetic, exciting, vituperative stand up... comedy's only genius.. compelling, hilarious, unpredictable and unmissable” Guardian
www.jerrysadowitz.com

IF YOU CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT ME (WHY WEREN'T YOU DEAD WHEN I MET YOU?) ?TINA C (written and performed by Christopher Green) 9-11 May 19:00 £12 (£10)
Country music icon and presidential hopeful for 2008 Tina C. is in Brighton to launch her new album of heart-hurting country classics.
“Tina is utterly captivating... achingly funny... faultless” Melbourne Age
www.tinac.net

THE ORNATE JOHNSONS 12, 26 May 17:00 £10 (£8)
Prior to their stint on BBC4, this “hugely talented, slick sketch troup” (Dominic Maxwell, The Times) return with another chance to see their 2006-Brighton-Festival-Award-winning show. ?“Like a big comedy pie, this hilarious sketch show will fill your belly full of laughter.” ***** Three Weeks?“The writing is pin-sharp and the laughs flow from start to finish.” **** Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard

SEAN HUGHES 12 May 19:00 £12 (£10)
“High calibre comedy as it should be” **** Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard.
At the age of 24, Sean became the youngest comedian ever to win the prestigious Perrier Comedy Award. Now aged 41, but “spiritually 11”, he has enjoyed almost 2 decades at the top of the comedy tree. He has retained his distinctly dark, explosive style, his quick-fire banter with the audience and “his piercing eye for the expectation-flipping one liner” (Evening Standard). ?More topical than tomorrow's news, his twisted gaze can fall upon anything and everything, from dog death to his love of teenage indie pop.

SLIPPED DISCO: AFTERNOON BINGO WITH IDA BARR ?(written and performed by Christopher Green) 13 May 17:00 £12 (£10)
Total sell-out Brighton Festival 2006. Get yer eyes down for a riot of housy-housy, top quality Poundstretcher prizes and gangsta grandma rap courtesy of ex-music hall star Ida Barr.
www.idabarr.net

JIM JEFFRIES - THE SECOND COMING 14 May 21:00 £10 (£8)
After his sell-out season at the Edinburgh Festival and London's West-End, Jim brings his hit show to Brighton. Regarded as one of the fastest rising stars in the comedy world this is a show NOT TO BE MISSED!
“HARD HITTING, UNRELENTING GAGS” Scotsman
Featuring Brighton's own Stephen Grant
www.jim-jeffries.com

DOUBLE BILL: GREEDY & THE PROS FROM DOVER 15 May 19:00 £10 (£8)
GREEDY – Proper belly laugh comedy sketches --the antidote to seriousness. “For The First Time In Twenty Years Of Fringe-Going I Can Honestly Say I Had Tears Rolling Down My Cheeks... A Triumph!” ***** Paramount Comedy.
THE PROS FROM DOVER - Forcing top sketches and the cream of character comedy into an unwilling hour. Take two sketch groups into the shower? And a cam-corder? Alright then.

TOPPING & BUTCH - PIGS WILL FLY 18 May 19:00 £12 (£10)
Proving that what's wrong is wrong and what's right is suspect, the Award-winning comedy duo trash the latest topical stories and invite celebrity guests to step outside their safety zone in a series of twisted challenges.
“Fun, flirtatious and delightfully silly” Independent ?“Sharp..and very witty” Times?“Like a very camp Pete and Dud” Fest ?“Clever, keenly observed and very funny” Melbourne Age
www.toppingandbutch.com

KIT & THE WIDOW - A BARELY CIVIL PARTNERSHIP 20 May 21:00 £13 (£11)
Last seen in Brighton as fluffers to Joan Rivers, “the Flanders & Swann of the iPod generation” (Time Out) seek a low church congregation for this teat-ivating alternative to Evensong.
“Musical satire which is waspish, witty and positively throbbing with innuendo” Eveving Standard ?“Achingly funny” The Times?“The funniest thing I've ever seen in Riyadh” Saudi Newsletter
www.kitandthewidow.com

STEWART LEE - MARCH OF THE MALLARDS 21 May 19:00 £12 (£10)
An exclusive preview of new material from one of the masters of British stand-up comedy.?“The cleverest, funniest, most cliche-free comedian on the circuit” Ricky Gervais?“Best stand-up I've witnessed in over 20 years” Time Out ?“Stewart Lee is the closest the British comedy scene has to a cult hero, rarely has cynicism been so charming, intelligence so sexy, serious concerns so funny... wickedly sharp and precise” Scotsman
www.stewartlee.co.uk

THEATRE

THINK NO EVIL OF US: MY LIFE WITH KENNETH WILLIAMS ?James Seabright presents David Benson 5 May 16:45 £12 (£10)
David Benson's classic one-man show unlocks the character of one of Britain's best-loved and most-missed entertainers. This hilarious tour-de-force reveals Kenneth Williams at his funniest, and at his most badly behaved. Tenth birthday tour of Fringe First winner.
“Unforgettable and inspirational theatre” Independent?“Brilliant - a truly remarkable event” Mail On Sunday?“A masterpiece of comic timing” Evening Standard
www.davidbenson.info

WHAT I HEARD ABOUT IRAQ ?James Seabright and Paul Lucas Productions
7 May 17:00 £10 (£8)
This vital and powerful verbatim drama is a constantly updated documentary of the Iraq war, told using the actual words spoken and written by politicians, soldiers and civilians. Part of a major UK tour.
“Beautifully designed, beautifully performed, powerfully directed” **** Scotsman Fringe First Winner?“That rare thing, an impassioned and dynamic piece of verbatim theatre.” **** Evening Standard.
www.wihai.info

THIS WAY FOR THE GAS, LADIES & GENTLEMEN 22-27 May 19:00 £10 (£6)
An astonishing musical about the Holocaust and about Darfur.?“A masterpiece” Metro?“Monumental Work” The Argus?“Destined for the West End” Absolute Brighton
Performed by The Life and Death Orchestra, Brighton Youth Orchestra and the Rainbow Chorus

PHYSICAL THEATRE
BACCHIC ?Actors Of Dionysus 27-28 May 17:00 £10 (£8)
An demi-god. A cult. An orgy. A dissenter. What happens when an icon returns home, only to fall from grace? Bacchic examines the battle between ecstasy and restraint by using a compelling mix of aerial theatre, storytelling, music and movement. From critically acclaimed company, aod, this is a provocative look behind the mask of the guru to question our faith in heroes.
www.actorsofdionysus.com

DANCE
RICCARDO GARCIA'S FLAMENCO CON FUSION 5, 12-13 May 15:00 £9 (£6)
Flamenco for all the family as you've never seen before!! High energy, contemporary Flamenco dance group combining authentic flamenco music and dance, bringing a hot Spanish afternoon to Brighton. Ricardo Garcia demonstrates an astounding melange of the developments of the genre in this 5 star production. ?“Mesmerizing... masterful... a Fringe treasure!” (Sunday Herald - Critic's Choice) Edinburgh 2006
www.flamencoflow.com

KIDS
PROFESSOR BUMM'S STORY MACHINE ?Janes Seabright presents The Black Sheep
6 May 17:00 £8 (£6)
Professor Bumm and Doctor Whee star in this crackpot comedy of made-up madness. Mayhem, mirth and mess are guaranteed as two eggheads race to turn words and ideas from the audience into new stories.
“Full of clever wordplay, silly jokes and mad improvisations” Guardian?“Children dissolved into giggles, the parents shone” Times?“Makes young audiences roll about... **** Scotsman
www.storymachine.biz

THE YARNBARDS ?Created by Leisa Rea and Richard Vranch 12, 26 May 13:00 £8 (£6)
Brand new improvised stories, sagas and adventures, freshly minted from audience suggestions. Funny, scary, silly - you decide. Comedy for all the family.
“Impressively quick-witted” **** The List (Edinburgh)
www.yarnbards.com

TALES FROM THE SHED ?Chickenshed 21-22 May 13:00 £6 (£4)
Tales from the Shed brings original and traditional stories to life in a land of colour, characters and fun. This interactive performance for the under 5s shows us a world where everybody can believe in the magic and make it happen.
www.chickenshed.org.uk

MUSIC

SHE SAID! 8 May 19:00 £8 (£6)
Brighton favourites She Said! return after a sell out gig at the festival last year. Expect to hear dark alt-country with rockabilly thrown in. “Like Nick Cave and Johnny Cash riding wild horses at high speed across the prairie”. The new single “The Curse of...” is out now, and will be available to buy at the gig. Book early!
www.shesaidmusic.com

GREAT ESCAPE MUSIC FESTIVAL 19 May tickets and details from www.escapegreat.com
On Saturday 19 May the UdderBELLY will be one of 15 venues hosting the Great Escape music Festival. Tickets and details of line up from www.vocal.34sp.com

THE MOUNTAIN FIREWORK COMPANY 20 May 17:00 £8 (£6)
Bittersweet folk/alt-country pop. Part acoustic roots, blues and swamp folk, Mountain Firework Company’s songs have a heartfelt lyricism and bittersweet comedy, a perfect mix of the poignant and the whimsical. www.djambass-music.com