Afternoon events, Theatre, Physical theatre

Clown troupe Le Navet Bete presents a physical theatre performance, combined with live music and colourful sets, which puts an alternative spin on the pages of history.

Remaining faithful to the text, byMoonlight Theatre releases the themes and comedy of Chaucer’s The Pardoner’s Tale with their renowned and award-winning blend of Total Theatre, play, mime and music. Winners of Best Theatre Performance at the Brighton Fringe 2012. “If you think Theatre is boring, middle-class tosh here’s…

The clock strikes thirteen, the floor boards pulsate, there is a scream from the crypt and a cat meows from inside the chimney breast. Based on the short stories of Edgar Allen Poe, set in a belfry amidst the clock cogs and cobwebs, William keeps the time in solitude but with each chime of the clock a new visitor appears.

Tangled Feet Theatre Company presents a physical theatre production about the joys and frustrations of motherhood, and the unpredictable nature of babies.

Join legendary outlaw Robin Hood and his band of very merry men as they rob from the rich to save the poor in this laugh-a-minute adventure. Features live music, and puppetry. With Little John, Friar Tuck, buckets of mud, this is a family show not to be missed! Created by Uncontained Arts. Suitable for ages four and up.

Have you ever made a promise you couldn't keep? Have you ever told so many lies you're in too deep? Have you ever said you could spin straw into gold? What happens to the liar when the truth is told? Join us on a magical adventure of storytelling, puppetry and physical theatre as we journey through this timeless Grimms…

Pins And Needles presents a comedy drama featuring an ageing ice-cream salesman, and his memories of travelling the Devon coastal resorts of the 1970s in his trusty van.

• Directed by: Moji Kareem
• Written by: Eugene Ionesco

Utopia Theatre's physical rendition of Eugene Ionesco's absurd drama in which the playwright himself, is the shepherd, taking on all his theatrical critics in a mad battle of wits. Directed by Moji Kareem.

A cast of clowns use water, cobwebs, bubbles and dry ice to create a world of wonder in which a bed becomes a boat, a web of cotton envelops the audience and one tiny piece of paper begins a blinding snowstorm.

Returning for an unprecedented third season, Slava's Snowshow has delighted and exhilarated theatregoers around the world. This Christmas experience a joyous dream-like world, unlike anything you have seen before. A world in which a cobweb envelops the audience and one tiny piece of paper begins a heart-stopping…

The UK premiere of a joyous, log-balancing, wood-chucking, axe-juggling spectacular from a family of lumberjack circus-performers. Blending circus with the traditional music and folklore of their native Quebec, Cirque Alfonse take the audience on a wild ride of gravity-defying stunts and lumberjack tricks with metal…

Lots of mess, mayhem and music in the kitchen in this playful piece of sensory theatre for 2–5 year olds.

Transit is the modern tale of Samantha Applebee, an introverted Englishwoman who finds herself catapulted out of her comfort zone and into a peculiar adventure. A family friendly event (i.e. suitable for all ages).

An introverted Samantha Applebee finds herself thrust into a strange and peculiar adventure. A devised physical theatre piece from A Point Theatre Company.

Best New Play, Brighton Fringe 2012. Three stories. Three heroic ways of living and dying. Feral Theatre return to Brighton with their award-winning fusion of puppetry, physical theatre, music and aerial in a triptych exploring loss, freedom and transformation. Hear a poet tell of liberty lost; glimpse love on the edge of…

Lucy Guerin Inc offers a two-hour workshop in conjunction with Untrained. This workshop is conducted by Lucy and the two trained dancers from the cast. Untrained is drawn from a list of instructions which all performers follow to construct and present the show. In the workshop, participants have the opportunity to…

Something Underground Theatre company presents Jonathan Brown's mixture of physical theatre and storytelling which explores the story of Brighton's famous hand-dug well.

Two people meet, nothing extraordinary yet, except… She can’t speak and he can’t read but through chance, miscommunication and the help of coincidence, two people meeting becomes extraordinary. This is a bizarre tale told through Smoking Apples’ identifiable style of puppetry, physical theatre and original music. For 12…

A magical sensory theatre experience with music, song and animation for children aged 0–4 years.

Exciting show performed by local youths.