Fringe Preview Night

Join us at The Lantern Theatre for our Brighton Fringe Preview Night and Launch Party!

Enjoy live and digital previews of 15 of the shows that will be performing at the Lantern this Fringe, and then join us for a complimentary drink in the bar to celebrate the beginning of Fringe season!

Artists will also be available afterwards for interviews and our team will be able to answer any questions you have about our programme as well as arrange press comps for the shows.

This Fringe we have curated the best of local, national, and international fringe theatre. With 28 shows, we are one of the largest fringe venues specialising in theatre this year, and we can't wait to share our programme with you. It's bold, fresh, and thought-provoking.

Previews include: Chopped Liver & Unions (Blue Fire Theatre Co.), Magpie (Pigs Back Productions), Six Characters in Search of Pirandello (Timothy Coakley), RANK. (GOLDSTONE), The Waiting Room (Moon Kim Theatre Company), Dinner! Darlings! Dinner! (Josephine Pembroke Productions), That Witch Helen (Sibyl Theatre), Karaoke at the S.U (Cubicle Theatre), Geneva Convention (Blank Productions), 1,2,3 Sh*t. That's My OCD (AM•UAЯT), The Strange Case of Dr Dillon (Bramble Theatre Art), and Chuck 'n' Jeck

Ireland, 1923.

Civil war has split country, friend and family. The story of “Magpie” follows two brothers, Michael and Patrick Murphy, within the confines of Kilmainham Gaol. One an IRA gunman fresh from the trenches of WWI, the other a Freestate prison guard. Both haunted by the past.

“Magpie” probes the complexity of loyalty between family and national allegiance, ideology, and experience. It resonates powerfully in today’s volatile times of war and conflict; enduring themes, as relevant today as they were a century ago.

Plastic & Chicken Bones

A tiny margin of error causes a future time traveller to end up in the present day and, as they await recovery, we learn about what brought them here – as well as the events that led our species to a future without war, death, suffering or free will.

Set against the backdrop of escalating nuclear war, the rise of Artificial Intelligence, global warming, and the next phase of the human race, this gripping and thought-provoking solo piece is Brave New World meets Black Mirror and sparks a conversation that needs to be had.

Voice Mag BEST NEWCOMER AWARD – Brighton Fringe 2022
”an incredible one-man show with heart, intelligence and vitality” ★★★★★ (The Reviews Hub)
“a thoroughly thrilling dystopian sci-fi social commentary” ★★★★★ (Voice Magazine)
“a very clever concept which is brilliantly revealed to the audience one bit at a time” (Chris Neville-Smith’s blog on theatre)

Plastic & Chicken Bones

A tiny margin of error causes a future time traveller to end up in the present day and, as they await recovery, we learn about what brought them here – as well as the events that led our species to a future without war, death, suffering or free will.
Set against the backdrop of escalating nuclear war, the rise of Artificial Intelligence, global warming, and the next phase of the human race, this gripping and thought-provoking solo piece is Brave New World meets Black Mirror and sparks a conversation that needs to be had.

Voice Mag BEST NEWCOMER AWARD – Brighton Fringe 2022
”an incredible one-man show with heart, intelligence and vitality” ★★★★★ (The Reviews Hub)
“a thoroughly thrilling dystopian sci-fi social commentary” ★★★★★ (Voice Magazine)
“a very clever concept which is brilliantly revealed to the audience one bit at a time” (Chris Neville-Smith’s blog on theatre)

RANK.

RANK A debut play from Goldie Majtas, Gemma and Jane couldn’t be closer, the type of friendship that could survive through anything, I mean anything. This absurd piece of dark comedy will take you on an unexpected journey through the lives of two twenty-somethings trying to sort their sh*t out. All starting at a taxi rank. Think Waiting for Godot meets Fleabag. Be prepared for explicit subject matters and dark themes in this fun, fresh piece of writing. Directed by Julia Mandler and staring Paige Cowell and Goldie Majtas.

Grania Dean Studio

In an alternate universe, I don't want to live in the UK

2 Queers in Tears?

This is not your regular love story.
Billy: “We should write a play about this”
Elliot: “God no babe, this is not for public viewing... ”

Join Billy & Elliot, two queer, emotionally constipated 30-somethings on their journey to becoming their authentic selves. Expect singing, dancing, therapy, 5-am bed talks and a whole lot of mooo-ing. Laugh and "cry" with them as they discover that platonic love conquers all.

The Trails of Magnus Coffinkey

For what can you say to someone when their heart’s been cleft in two?
Nothing...
Nothing...
Nothing...
No words will ever do.

From the writer and production team behind the 2022 Voice Mag BEST NEWCOMER AWARD at Brighton Fringe comes a haunting UK PREMIERE – a broken fairy tale for broken people.

In a whimsical land of dark fantasy, Magnus Coffinkey must repair a broken bell atop an impossibly high tower. Success will make his deepest desire come true – whereas the price of failure is a permanently broken heart and a lifetime of guilt, pain and sorrow.

Using fairy tale as a gentle tool for processing and trying to make sense out of personal trauma and grief, The Trials of Magnus Coffinkey is charming, honest and devastating.