We’re joining forces with Brighton Dome Comedy Festival this October to present 10 days of standup, podcasts and workshops across two of the city’s best loved venues!
Brighton Dome Comedy Festival returns from 16-25 October and this year Komedia is on board too, bringing audiences a jam-packed 10-day programme promising shows for all senses of humour and all ages, from TV, comedy and podcast legends to quirky cult favourites and mixed bill nights.
Sam Moore, our Lead Programmer at Komedia says:
“It’s with great pride that Komedia is working alongside Brighton Dome for this extra special iteration of Brighton Dome Comedy Festival. We’ve curated a block-buster lineup full to the brim with the nation’s favourites acts and funny people, guaranteed to appeal to anyone who’s ever enjoyed a laugh.
With this partnership, we want to highlight Brighton’s leading role in the country’s comedy eco-system whilst bridging the gap between grassroot venues and theatres.”
Rosie Crane, Brighton Dome’s Programme Manager says:
“It is a dream come true to be presenting our comedy festival in cahoots with the fantastic Komedia. How exciting to align two Brighton powerhouses of comedy to bring our audiences an even more brilliantly funny festival. I can’t wait to skip between our venues to pack in as many shows as humanly possible in ten days.”
Shows at Brighton Dome
Headliners at Brighton Dome include BAFTA-award winning comic Tom Davis’s new tour Spudgun, two previous Taskmaster champions, Brighton’s own Maisie Adam with Whatsherface and absurdist Australian comic Sam Campbell with Kid Giblet. There will be a live recording of hugely popular “cultural phenomenon” (New York Times) The Blindboy Podcast, with Irish satirist and musician Blindboy Boatclub joined by a special guest, and Nish Kumar brings Angry Humour from a Really Nice Guy. All performances at Brighton Dome will once again be live captioned, as part of the venue’s commitment to accessibility in the arts.
Brighton Dome Corn Exchange has shows from Funny Women award-winning Laura Smyth, Scottish comedian Larry Dean, currently appearing in Saturday Night Live UK, and comic, actor and podcast host Catherine Bohart. Viral comedy character sensation Jazz Emu also performs, as does Rosie Holt, appearing as her MP alter ego in sci-fi streaked satire The Illegal Aliens Have Landed! and Mitchell & Webb Are Not Helping and Taskmaster star Stevie Martin, who weighs up the differences between online and live comedy in Clout.
In Brighton Dome Studio Theatre “one of the most gifted joke writers of our age” (Chortle), Celya AB says We Must Stop Meeting Like This. Comedy workshops for young people in partnership with Komedia Productions return, culminating in The Young Comedians Comedy Showcase at the end of the Festival. This year Brighton Dome is also working with leading physical comedy ensemble Spymonkey, in partnership with Brighton-based charity Kennedy Street Recovery Hub, on Finding Your Funny, a 6-day comedy and clowning workshop for people in recovery from addiction.
Shows at Komedia
Here at Komedia, our Basement will play host to multi-award-winning “comic genius” (The Scotsman) Phil Ellis, on his first UK stand up tour, as well as hit cult show Solve-Along-Murder-She-Wrote, featuring games, prizes and audience participation and TV favourite Aurie Styla returns following his acclaimed 100+ date worldwide tour.
There will also be Festival editions of regular shows, including feel-good, fast-paced night of fantastic new comedy Comic Boom Comedy Club, in association with Jill Edwards Comedy Workshops and Komedia Comedy Club, recently voted ‘Best Pro Comedy Night’ in the South (Chortle Awards 2026).
In our Studio, award-winning comic Alfie Brown performs brand new show The Entertainer, Edinburgh Comedy Award winner Jordan Brookes continues his residency at the gates of hell with The Part of You That’s Always Screaming and author and podcaster Robin Ince and character comedian Joanna Neary present an evening of stories, poetry and comedy. Straight from sold-out tours across the UK and Europe, Spanish comic Sergi Polo brings fresh new material, there’s stand up from the critically acclaimed Amy Matthews, Funny Women Live in Brighton showcases the very best in new female identifying and non-binary comedy talent and rounding off the programme is comedian, singer and actor Sooz Kempner with a stand-up show about finding your voice.
More acts will be added to the line up over the coming weeks, including shows for families with young children.
For more details and to book tickets visit brightondome.org and komedia.co.uk.
Comedy at Brighton Dome is supported by Mayo Wynne Baxter. Echoing the venue’s year-round programme ethos, Brighton Dome Comedy Festival aims to be an inclusive and accessible celebration of all things funny, for everyone.
