Brighton Open Air Theatre (BOAT) are presenting their 9th annual summer season, following a record-breaking 2022. BOAT returns with a high-quality, diverse and inclusive programme of work with artists new and old gracing our astroturf. Tickets go on sale Wednesday 15th March.

Seasonal highlights include music, weekend family shows, and even some bank holiday wrestling action!

In May they have an usual eclectic mix of Brighton Fringe shows, including cabaret, circus, ballet, improvisation and poetry.

In June their Summer Comedy Festival returns for the third time, featuring some of the biggest names in stand up comedy. Other highlights include David Walliams’ Bad Dad, Duke’s Theatre Company’s Twelfth Night, and Identity Theatre’s Under Milk Wood.

July sees Horrible Histories return with Barmy Britain, a production of Macbeth from National Production Company, BOAT favourites Sarah Mann Company’s large-scale production of Alan Bennett’s The Madness of King George III, and IK Productions start the summer holidays with a rambunctious new version of Hercules.

August heats up with performances from their patron Simon Evans, a Pride weekend full of Drag, Changeling Theatre presenting two shows in rep, Illyria’s large-scale Peter Pan, and local legends Brighton Little Theatre’s ambitious production of Shakespeare in Love.

In September, There’s no slowing down with TIMT’s Much Ado About Nothing, loads of music, and Show and Tell closing out the season in style with a full week of comedy with Stand-Up Under The Stars.