Starting on the 5th October and running through until the 20th, the Brighton Comedy Festival 2012 is, to quote Disney’s 1995 family favourite, Pocahontas, just around the river bend, so here’s a quick run down of what’s happening and who’s doing what with whom. With a new live-in partner, Dave (the comedy channel, not Cameron… or Walliams), this year’s comedy festival is set to bring witty banter to the most experimental seaside resort this side of Thailand.
The line-up looks immense and starts off with the annual Gala opening night hosted by Alan Carr at the Brighton Dome. Carr will have fag hag Jo Brand to add comedy muscle to the show, as well as Sean Walsh and Simon Evans to round off the intelligence quota. Kicking things off on the 5th, tickets for the Gala are now on sale for £25 from https://www.brightoncomedyfestival.com/
The 16 day comedy festival also takes in the breadth and depth of Andy Osho, Carl Donnelly, Dara O’Briain, David O’Doherty, the man mountain behemoth that is Greg “no old lady” Davies, Jack Dee, Jason Byrne, Jon Richardson, Josh Widdicombe, Mark Watson, Nick Helm, Richard Herring, Ross Noble, Alexie ruddy Sayle!, Russell Kane, Seann Walsh, Shappi Khorsandi, and Sidekick Simon (AKA Tim Key or Steve Coogan’s fluffer).
There’s a full Brighton Comedy Festival 2012 listing below:
Fri 5 Oct
8pm – Opening Night Gala
Sat 6 Oct
8pm – Best of The Fest
9.30pm – Paul Chowdhry
7.45pm – Abandoman
9.30pm – Piff the Magic Dragon
Sun 7 Oct
8pm – Jon Richardson
7.30pm – Tim Key
7.45pm – Jenny Eclair
9.15pm – Fred MacAulay
Mon 8 Oct
8pm – Kevin Bridges
7.30pm – Mark Thomas
Tue 9 Oct
7.30pm – Mark Thomas
8.30pm – Bridget Christie
Wed 10 Oct
8pm – Ross Noble
8.30pm – Carl Donnelly
Thu 11 Oct
8:00pm – Greg Davies
7.30pm – Shappi Khorsandi
7.45pm – Andi Osho
9.15pm – Stephen Grant
Fri 12 Oct
8pm – Jack Dee
7.30pm – Simon Evans
9.30pm – Frisky & Mannish
7.45pm – Festival Of The Spoken Nerd
9.15pm – Richard Herring
Sat 13 Oct
8:00pm – Jason Byrne
7.30pm – Rob Rouse
9.30pm – David O’Doherty
7.45pm – Ava Vidal
9.30pm – Marcel Lucont
7.30pm – Terry Alderton
Sun 14 Oct
8:00pm – Mark Watson
7.30pm – Stephen K Amos
7.45pm – Robin Ince
9.15pm – Zoe Lyons
7.30pm – Paul Zerdin
Tue 16 Oct
7pm – Suzi Ruffell
8.30pm – Charlie Baker
Wed 17 Oct
8pm – Dara O’Briain
7.45pm – Nick Helm
9.15pm- Sara Pascoe
Thu 18 Oct
7.30pm – Andrew Lawrence
7.45pm – Josh Widdicombe
7.30pm – Steve Hughes
Fri 19 Oct
8pm – Russell Kane
7.30pm – Marcus Brigstocke
7.45pm – Pappy’s
9.30pm – Chris Ramsey
7.30pm – Alexei Sayle
Sat 20 Oct
8pm – Best of the Fest
7.30pm – Seann Walsh
9.30pm – Tom Stade
7pm – Josie Long
7.30pm – Tony Law
9pm- Funny Women
7pm – Vikki Stone
