Out & About Trans Pride Brighton to benefit from sober clubbing event at Komedia Brighton, hosted by TransSober TransSober is to host a special event at Komedia Brighton on Friday, 18 July, 7 – 10pm, that promises to be a vibrant celebration of diversity and inclusion. Rhythm Retreat sober clubbing will raise vital funds for Trans Pride Brighton and is set to bring together the trans, non-binary, intersex, ge By Graham Robson • 3 min read
LGBTQ Choirs Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus becomes new charity partner for Komedia’s ‘Down the Hatch’ comedy night Komedia has teamed up with Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus, the biggest gay men’s chorus in UK outside of London, to raise funds and awareness at Komedia’s monthly night of queer and alternative comedy Down the Hatch. The venue will be collecting donations at checkout on their website which will be donate By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Transgender News A fantastic £785 raised for transfem causes at Komedia Brighton Hardcore Rave Therapy, which runs trans-centred raves in Brighton, and Sweat, Brighton’s queer hyper pop party, raised a fantastic £785 for FiveForFive, a collective fund for transfem causes and people in the UK, on Saturday, September 7 at Komedia Brighton. Komedia, which hosted the fundraising eve By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Comedy Down the Hatch queer and alternative comedy club to return to Komedia Brighton this autumn The Komedia Brighton has announced its queer and alternative comedy club Down the Hatch (Winner of ‘Best Comedy Format’ award in the 2024 Chortle Awards) will return to this autumn, with some great line-ups. Tickets HERE Komedia, which values diversity and creativity, will provide a platform for mar By Graham Robson • 4 min read
Arts “Like most little gay boys, making people laugh was an escape.” Danny Beard to bring ‘Straight Expectations’ to Brighton Komedia in September Drag performer Danny Beard can trace their stage persona back to the outrageous, flamboyant Leigh Bowery, friend of Boy George, who delighted and shocked audiences in Soho and New York in the 1980s. And now they’re bringing their UK touring show Straight Expectations to Brighton’s Komedia in Septemb By Brian Butler • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: CSI: Crime Scene Improvisation at Brighton Fringe The talented ensemble delivers a masterclass in comedic improvisation that will leave you laughing long after the mystery is solved. If you’re looking for an evening of high-stakes, low-sanity entertainment, this is the show to see. It’s a crime to miss it! By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts Komedia to celebrate 30th birthday in May This month, the Komedia will celebrate its 30th birthday. From humble beginnings at a small venue on Manchester Street in Kemptown in 1994, to their home for the last 26 years on Gardner Street in the North Laine, Komedia has been through its ups and downs but has managed to weather the storm, in an By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Arts So so so scandalous! Danny Beard’s ‘Straight Expectations’ coming to Brighton Komedia in September Danny Beard, winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK season 4, has announced their brand-new tour for 2024, Straight Expectations, will be coming to Brighton Komedia on Thursday, September 19. Full tour dates HERE. See Danny perform with full live band and be perched for a night of killer vocals, snappy com By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Community News Gender-queer sober clubbing event at Komedia on Sunday, January 14 Words by Vernon Collins at TransSober Dry January is here, it can be extremely hard staying away from drugs and alcohol when so much of life revolves around them, and living a marginalised community that constantly having to fight for our right to exist and live as true ourselves, Finding sober act By Contributor • 2 min read
Comedy MindOut for the Laughs to return in August with fierce stand up and spectacular drag! Join MindOut, the LGBTQ+ mental health service, for MindOut for the Laughs – a pre-Pride comedy cabaret fundraising party at Komedia Brighton on Wednesday, August 2; doors 6.30pm for 7.30pm start. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Theatre Myra DuBois to bring ‘Be Well’ – a new manifesto for mental health – to Brighton’s Komedia on Thursday, November 16 Myra DuBois calls out to you, the disadvantaged, downtrodden and tyrannised of the world, with her manifesto for mental health: AdMyrism! But are you ready to receive the call? By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts Joe Black’s Kleines Kabarett – a gin-soaked cabaret extravaganza – at Komedia Brighton on Tuesday, April 4 Living somewhere between the stages of music, theatre and comedy, Joe Black takes an audience firmly by the hand and guides them to a place where the strange and unusual reign supreme. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
