Streets of Brighton
Full programme and timetable of all Streets of Brighton and Festival Outdoor and Family events available are in the Argus Supplement from Friday 4th May
Dot Comedy (UK) - Cuddly Fluffkins and Peter and Jane
From the street theatre mavericks who brought you last year's Get Lost maze come two new comedy creations: the Cuddly Fluffkins - big, cuddly and on the loose and the Peter and jane Family, straight from a Ladybird book and larger than life.
Fri 11 May, 1.15pm & 3.50pm Church Street. Sat 12 May, 1.30pm & 3.15pm Pavilion Gardens.
Motionhouse (UK) - Chaser
This high-energy dance show is a love triangle with a difference. With lively music and emotive choreography, Chaser is a short, sharp injection of awe-inspiring dance theatre.
Fri 11 May, 3pm, 4pm & 5.20pm New Road
Desperate Men (UK) - Eco Pirates and Kippered In
Desperate Men mix up the topical and absurd once again with two divine new acts of silliness: Eco Pirates - a scurvy bunch of squid suckers with a huge treasure chest to bury; and Kippered In - a filleted, doubled-headed kipper in search of somewhere for a quiet puff. 'Are you still smoking?' 'No I'm cured!'
Fri 11 May, 1pm & 4pm Seafront walkabout. Sat 12 May, 1.30pm & 4pm Seafront opposite Fishing Museum
Bash Street Theatre (UK) - Cliffhanger!
A real life silent movie with falling buildings, daredevil escapology, slapstick humour and live piano, this action-packed family show relives the golden era of Buster Keaton.
Fri 11 May, 4.30pm Pavilion Gardens
Swervy World (UK) - Deep Sea Jivers
Must see musical walkabout from the UK's only masked surf instrumental band. Deep Sea jivin' courtesy of Clive the Dive, Richard Pilchard, Jim Bream, Rod Cod and king of the tremolo Dave Wave.
Fri 11 May, 1.45pm, 3.20pm & 5pm. Sat 12 May, 1.30pm, 3.15pm & 4.45pm. North Laine walkabout.
Hoodwink (UK) - Pleasure Garden
Bees, blossom, extravagant characters, and quintessentially English comedy abound in this intimate encounter with the original pleasure garden. Can you resist the temptation?
Fri 11 May, 1pm & 4pm (8 x 15 min shows) Pavilion Gardens
Tantrum! Theatre (UK) -The Pedestrian Prawns
Giant prawns are at large and ready to shed their inhibitions. Don't miss this tasteful shrimp-tease as the cavorting crustaceans de-shell in a thoroughly a-peeling dance off!
Fri 11 May, 2.15pm, Pavilion Gardens. 4.45pm Church Street. Sat 12 May, 1.30pm & 3.40pm New Road
Raz'Bithumes (France) - Miss Bouleau Simone Raymonde
No Longer Lives at This Address (UK Premier)
Mr Aime and Mr Bernard are neighbours whose everyday lives are about to change with the arrival of a mysterious parcel and charming new neighbour. Colourful, cartoonesque comedy from the French street masters.
Fri 11 May, 1.15pm & 3.15pm New Road. Sat 12 May, 1.30pm & 3.30pm Jubilee Square
Sienta La Cabeza (Spain)
Direct from Barcelona, a hairdressing show of fantastical creations that has taken street theatre festivals of Europe by storm! Queue up and be transformed.
Thu 10 May, 7pm Jubilee Square. Fri 11 May, 12.30pm Jubilee Square
Caravan of Desires (UK) - Spiral Flight
Two holiday makers arrive at the same caravan site they have always visited. In a tin box on wheels - tidy, ordered, domestic - hides a world of comedy and tragedy, loathing and desire.
Fri 11 May, 2.30pm & 4.30pm. Seafront (Elipse). Sat 12 May, 12 noon 2.30pm & 4.30pm Pavilion Gardens
Ramshacklicious (UK) - The Road to Nowhere
Nana and her three grandsons travel the world in search of the perfect wives, but will anyone ever be good enough for Nana's boys? Dance, song, puppetry and contemporary clowning collide in this interactive sideshow of serenades.
Fri 11 May, 1.10pm & 3.45pm Pavilion Gardens. Sat 12 May, 2.30pm & 4.14pm Pavilion Gardens
PAKA (UK) - Flogging a Dead Horse
A modern day Don Quixote armed with roses, pyrotechnic gadgets and a tantalising whiff of razzmatazz, Paka rides out on his trusty robotic steed in this contemporary quest for love, romance and adventure.
Fri 11 May, 1.45pm Seafront walkabout. Sat 12 May, 1pm Church Street. 5.10pm New Road
Fiaschetto (Switzerland) - Matching Box
What's in a box? You decide! Step into a landscape of imagination and follow this playful performance through an abstract, imaginative and acrobatic world of boxes. It's not square!
Fri 11 May, 3pm & 4.15pm New Road. Sat 12 May, 1pm & 2pm New Road
Orkestra del Sol (UK) - Fanfare
This maverick brass carnival orchestra whip up a frenzy of salsas, congas, polkas, waltzes and sambas, all with an unruly charm!
Fri 11 May, 2.15pm Church Street. Sat 12 may 2.15pm & 4pm Church Street
The Alexandras (UK) Priscilla Queen of the Deaf World
The all dancing, all signing Alexandras belt out a bevvy of classicas from the likes of Abba, Doris Day and Cher in a style that only three deaf drag artists can!
Fri 11 May, 2pm & 3.30pm Seafront (Paddling Pool)
Plunge Bloom (UK) - Microscopic Animal Enthusiasts
Armed with giant tweezers, massive monacles and fishing nets, these enthusiastic scientists discover all kinds of incredible animals you never knew were there...
Sat 12 May, 2pm & 4pm North Laine walkabout
Strangelings (UK) - Tandem
Daredevil trick cycling, beautiful balancing an an escape finale are all dished up by two men on two wheels and with very long shoes.
Sat 12 May, 1.30pm & 3pm New Road
Full details are available in a special Argus supplement from Fri 4 May.