Our guide to what's on during the rest of the Brighton Festival Fringe.
Park Play, St Ann's Well Gardens, Hove, Friday, May 26 and Saturday, May 27
- Live music, ten actors, and the recorded voices of countless people who have visited St Ann's Well Gardens over the past 60 years make up this special performance in the park's scented garden. The entire show, from the Wired Theatre Group, is based on people's experiences life in the park. Spectators are invited to wander freely around the fragrant lawns collecting snippets of conversations and memories as they go. Starts 3.30pm. Tickets cost £5 and £6.
H To He (I'm Turning Into A Man) Marlborough Theatre, Princes Street, Brighton, Friday, May 26 and Saturday, May 27
This one-woman show from writer and performer Claire Dowie takes inspiration from Kafka's Metamorphosis. It tells the tale of a female who wakes up one morning and finds she is turning into a man. Claire made her name writing plays for BBC Radio, but this new departure has been well received, with one critic describing it as "an original piece of theatre: Challenging, uncomfortable". Delivered through monologues in that curious tradition of bittersweet humour exemplified by Alan Bennett's Talking Heads, Claire's gentle humour zones in on our sense of gender and the way in which age muddies the water of these firmly-held perceptions. Starts 8pm. Tickets cost £8/6.
The Therapists, New Venture Theatre, Brighton, May 26-28
Original comedy about Sam and Bernard, the worst therapists Brighton has ever seen. By placing small ads in local newspapers, the hapless duo carve out a desperate career offering advice to the needy. But time is running out. With eviction on the horizon and their ironobsessed landlord Charles on their trail, the Therapists have one patient left. Then a miracle, in the form of a strange time machine, drops into their laps. Starts 7:45pm, with a matinee performance May 28 2:30pm. Tickets cost £7.50 and £9.
Rock-a-hula Rest Home, Marlborough Theatre, Brighton, Saturday, May 27 and Sunday, May 28
A surreal tale of Elvis and his escape from fame in 1977 to a present-day rest home, from the aptly-named Thin King Productions. Featuring a cast of 60-70-year-old actors, the play deals with a range of mental health problems from Alzheimer's and hallucinatory delusion, to the inevitable strain of advancing years. Armed with an impressive sound system, the play unravels through a series of musical and dramatic flashbacks, revealing a life-affirming tale of friendship, loss and redemption. Starts 2pm. Tickets cost £7 and £5.
Ashes To Ashes, The Nightingale Theatre, Brighton, Saturday, May 27 and Sunday, May 28
- One and a half million people died at Auschwitz and Birkenau - this play from the Badac Theatre Company tells the tale of two of them. Described by the Jewish Chronicle as "the Holocaust play that everyone should see", it follows Hirsch and Moshe as they arrive at the camp from their homes in Berlin and Crete. Separated from their families, the pair are thrown together as they endure a barbaric selection process where they are stripped, beaten, shaved and tattooed. In the relative safety of their barracks, Moshe recounts his harrowing journey from Crete and, among the violence and humiliation of their situation, a bond of friendship begins to grow. Starts Saturday 7pm and 11pm, Sunday 7pm and 9pm. Tickets cost £10 and £8.
For tickets to any of the productions above, call the Festival Fringe box office on 01273 709709.
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