Before 5pm, Comedy

Find our bar and boutique stage at The Famous Spiegel Garden where a daily performance space will be on offer for all. Follow @aperolspritzUK for more information on how to apply and audition #321SpritzStage Afternoon & evening slots available. Suitable for ages 18+.

Kids can have a go too – shout out your funniest ideas for the comedians onstage to turn into wacky stories – completely on the spot!

Comedy's favourite grumpy old man leads you on a magical mystery jaunt.

Enticed down from the mountains with the promise of raw meat, BEASTS have conspired to craft for your delectation a selection of slick, hilarious and "sublimely surprising" (The List) sketches. "Slick, surreal and wonderfully unique" ★★★★ (Broadway Baby), "One of the slickest sketch shows of this year’s fringe" ★★★★ (The…

• Written by: Alan Ayckbourn

A group of friends host a tea party for their estranged mate, to try to cheer him up after the death of his fiancee. Soon, however, good intentions fall by the wayside, to be replaced by forms of resentment. Alan Ayckbourn's farcical play, about middle class failings.

Globally renowned adventurers Tim (CBBC's 'Superhumans') and Tiernan (CBBC's 'The Slammer') are back with another fast paced, slapstick comedy escapade for all the family. In need of earning their next Adventurer's Club badge they have to make sure all their skills are up to scratch and they need your help! Suitable for…

Satirical character comedy, observational humour, witty social insights and cheeky bar-room banter.

Super strength, X-ray vision and lightning fast speed can be fantastic fun if used for personal gain, without saving the world. 'Hudson is an astounding comic, magician and mind reader' ★★★★ (ThreeWeeks), ★★★★ (Metro).

Tangram theatre presents an upbeat musical comedy based around the discoveries and theories of the science genius Albert Einstein.

• Directed by: Nancy Meckler
• Written by: William Shakespeare

Nancy Meckler directs Greg Hicks, Jonathan Slinger and Charlotte Cornwell, in the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Shakespeare's comic romance.

Scotland's funniest follow in the footsteps of previous winners Sarah Millican, Jimmy Carr and Kevin Bridges, and pack their best jokes into a 10-minutes sketch to see who will be crowned king or queen of comedy.

Andy Day and comedy partner Mike James present a lively children's show in which they discover a mysterious machine which takes them on a journey through time.

• Directed by: Judi Campbell
• Written by: John Godber

John Godber's comedy about Yorkshire folk who win a holiday to France, illuminating the profound effect that their travels have on the way they relate to their life once they have returned home.

Featuring performances from the University of Exeter's Soul Choir and stand-up comic Tim McNiven.

Puppet show following the inhabitants of a run-down area of New York as they struggle with life, love and what to do with your BA in English.

Not Sir Alex Ferguson (no, we didn't know he was called that either), but our favourite mysterious cult 1980s Canadian stand-up who wears a Mexican wrestling mask instead.

• Directed by: Harry Burton
• Written by: Clive Exton

Notorious gangster Algie Packer is finally coming home after seven years in the clink. And he's looking to collect the booty, over three million pounds. But his family have forgotten to mention something. Lee Evans and Sheila Hancock star in Clive Exton's comedy, directed by Harry Burton. Contains bad language, not…

Come along, possums, and bid a tearful adieu to Dame Edna and co on Barry Humphries' final tour.

Sketch comedy from Owen Roberts, James McNicholas and Ciaran Dowd.

• Written by: Noel Coward

The famous Noel Coward comedy in which a writer is haunted by the ghost of his first wife.

• Directed by: Psyche Stott
• Written by: Dennis Potter

Northern Stage presents Dennis Potter's loss-of-innocence drama in which seven children play together in the English countryside during a wartime summer. Directed by Psyche Stott.

Bob and Jim tell the story of their showbiz lives interspersed with a few flange-distorted uke pop covers and the odd bit of mime. “Very funny” (Time Out), “Top-notch buffoonery” (The List), “Truly inspired” (British Comedy Guide), “I laughed like a loon” (Fringe Guru). “Endearing old pros” (Chortle). A family friendly…

Musical comedy with a contemporary edge from the 2012 Musical Comedy Awards finalists.

Yes, we're back! The Bourne Improvables give you an hour of improv created right before your very eyes. One of your last chances for a chortle before the close of Brighton Fringe. So come along, be positive, suggestive, and, like us, witty, charming and debonaire. We guarantee your lunchtime of leisure will never be the…