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Up Your Improv: 6 Week Course

This course of six workshops will enhance your skills in the fundamental principles of improvisation, developing and building ideas collaboratively with the ‘Yes – and’ approach.
The course then progresses those skills into creating both short form (single scene) and long form (longer narrative based) improvised games and scenes.

Thursday 27th April - Thursday 6th July 2023 7pm - 8.30pm
Fee per session: £6.50

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Drawing Club

Our Drawing Nights are a regular social gathering bringing together all of those with a love of drawing, spanning all ages and abilities! During these evenings we welcome guest artist Katy Rose to set you some fun challenges and help offer advice and feedback on how to improve your technique.

Cost includes all materials required.

Every fortnight 7.30pm - 9.30pm, click book tickets for dates.
All Tickets £5.00 All Ages (Under 18's accompanied by an adult)

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: art_house_life

art_house_life @ 35 Madeira Road opens this year on 2 floors with a (free) tour of recent paintings, collages, assemblages, drawings & 3d artworks by albedo marz exclusively for Ventnor Fringe 2023.

Friday 21st - Sunday 30th July 2023
Tickets: FREE
All Ages

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: ARCADE

Exclusive, first-look previews of immersive theatre pioneers Darkfield’s brand-new show. ARCADE is the latest immersive audio experience from DARKFIELD. But this isn’t an ordinary arcade and these are not ordinary arcade machines. Every machine offers you the chance to enter the world of the game and choose your own unique journey.

Friday 21st - Sunday 30th July (no shows on Monday 24th July)
1pm, 1.45pm, 2.30pm, 3.15pm, 4,pm 5.45pm, 6.30pm, 7.15pm, 8pm, 8.45pm (duration approx 25 mins)
Tickets: £12, £10 Under 25, Culture / Unlimited Pass 2for1
16+

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Stokey Woodall's Solar Walk

Why not let Stokey (The Star-man) take you on a stroll through the solar system. The walk is laid out based on the 1,000-yard model, where one inch represents 100,000 miles.
Meet at the Better Days Café, Ventnor,at 1300 hours daily for a little chat and a cup of tea.

Friday 21st - Sunday 30th July - 1pm - 3pm Daily
Tickets: £6, Under 25 £3, Family of 4 £12
Family Friendly

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: The Dickens Trail Around Bonchurch

Join the very popular guided walk discussing the forgotten history of Charles Dickens visit to Bonchurch in 1849. It is almost 175 years since the visit, it was a surprisingly busy holiday that was to have interesting long term consequences on the local population.

Friday 21st July 2023 - 2pm - 4.30pm
Tickets: £15
18+

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: You Don’t Have to Be Mad to Work Here

NHS psychiatrist, award-winning comedian and writer Benji Waterstones previews his show ahead of the Edinburgh Festival. Expect a fly on the padded-wall account of the mental health world that also busts some myths (e.g. there are no padded walls).

Friday 21st & Saturday 22nd Juy 2023 - 3pm - 4pm
Tickets: £10, Under 25 £8, Culture / Unlimited Pass 2for1 (pass holders only)
16+

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Impromptu Shakespeare

Sad that Shakespeare hasn’t written anything new for over 400 years? Well, hold onto your doublets, ruffs and trunk hose. The Bard is back! With story and verse improvised in the moment, enjoy a riotous new Shakespeare play every time – performed by a whip-smart cast.

Friday 21st, Saturday 22nd & Sunday 23rd July 2023 - 5.30pm - 6.30pm
Tickets: £15, Under 25 £12, Group of 5 £60, Culture / Unlimited Pass 2for1 (2 for 1 for pass holders only)
All Ages

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: The History of Gin and Literature

An Evening Of Gin And Literature. An amusing walk through the history of gin and gins appearance in literature by the worlds greatest authors.

Friday 21st & Saturday 22nd July 2023 - 6pm - 7pm
Tickets: £10, Culture / Unlimited Pass 2for1
18+

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Bob - The Half A Sausage Musical

After the Ventnor Fringe award-winning show 'People's Republic of the Isle of Wight' in 2021 and last year's highly successful run of 'Born to be the Weather Wizard', Joe Plumb is back with a bonkers new show for 2023! This time it is bigger, better and more Isle of Wight than ever before with an all-singing, all-dancing, musical half a sausage spectacular…What could possibly go wrong!

Friday 21st July 2023 - 7.30pm - 8.30pm
Tickets: £15, Culture / Unlimited Pass 2for1
16+

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: SHOW:GIRLS

After an administrative error double books Opera Diva Belinda and Burlesque Showgirl Elsie, they must find a way to share the stage. Fireworks fly but after exploring each other's art forms and putting their class differences aside they realise that they have more in common than they think.

Friday 21st July 2023 - 7.30pm - 8.30pm
Tickets: £12, Culture / Unlimited Pass 2for1
18+

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Flamingods

Combining Eastern and African influences, Flamingods are international psych explorers who will be bringing their unique sound to a special opening night concert in the Big Top. A 'Pay What You Can' event to kick off Ventnor Fringe in style!

Friday 21st July 2023 - 8pm
Tickets: Pay What You Can (Choose the price you would like to pay)
£5, £8, £10, £12, £15, £20, £25
16+ (Under 18's must be accompanied by an adult)

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Ginny Lemon's Pick 'n' Mix

Fancy a sliiiiice? Ginny Lemon is hitting Ventnor with their fun filled pick 'n' mix show !

Friday 21st July 2023 - 9.15pm - 10.15pm
Tickets: £20
18+

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Ventnor Fringe 23: Annette Gregory - Believe Tour 2023

Annette's new tour for 2023 ‘Believe' - shows how important it is to have dreams and believe in yourself. Annette decided to become a professional musician but was told it couldn't be done at her age. Fortunately Annette ignored this advice. Annette will be bringing together original songs and sharing her musical heritage of reggae and soul music, giving some of her favourite songs a jazz feel, but still leaving room for those classic jazz standards.

Friday 21st & Saturday 22nd July - 9.30pm - 11pm
Tickets: £15
All Ages

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Vittorio Angelone - Who Do You Think You Are? I Am! (Work in Progress)

Fresh off of a sold out fringe run, Best Newcomer Nominee 2022 Vittorio Angelone presents a work in progress version of his 2023 show with the provisional title: Who Do You Think You Are? I Am! It’ll be about perception and identity and insecurity and words. Loads of stuff about words. Mostly because every joke is about words and he hasn’t written the stuff yet and is trying not to lie, but some excellent ideas are cooking!

Friday 21st July 2023 - 10pm - 11pm
Tickets: £12, Culture / Unlimited Pass 2for1 (pass holders only)
16+

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Tatty Devine Parakeet Necklace Workshop

Watch the birdie! Join art jewellers Tatty Devine to make your very own Parakeet Necklace in a covetable NEW emerald green colourway.

Saturday 22nd July 2023 - 1pm - 2.30pm
Tickets: £55
16+

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Meridian Beach

Dear Someone,
This is a set of washed up beach songs about someone else’s nostalgia for a time that might have been a dream.

Saturday 22nd & Sunday 23rd July - 1.30pm - 2.30pm
Tickets: £6, Under 25 £3, Group of 4 £16, Culture / Unlimited Pass 2for1
All Ages

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: EarsPeeled: A Day @ The Fringe V2

After last years sold-out show, we are delighted to be returning to Ventnor Fringe in 2023 to once again be putting a ‘day festival inside a festival!’

Saturday 22nd July 2023 - 2pm - 11pm
Tickets: £20
All Ages

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Witty Look

The mischievous Cheeky snuck into the big top one night, where she met the circus fairy who introduced her to the wonders of the circus world. However, the good times couldn’t last forever…

Saturday 22nd & Sunday 23rd July 2023 - 2.30pm - 3.30pm
Tickets: £15, Group of 4 £55, Group of 6 £75
Family Friendly

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Fake It Till You break It!

When you’ve been pretending for so long, how do you know where your cheekbones end and the mask begins? An exploration of our insecurities and the lengths we go to hide them.

Saturday 22nd & Sunday 23rd July 2023 - 3pm - 4pm
Tickets: £10, £8 Under 25, Culture / Unlimited Pass 2for1
12+

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Laughing in the face of adversity

Acclaimed writers, Donna Jones MBE and Joan Ellis, create double trouble with their unique take on love, life and loss.

Saturday 22nd July - 3pm - 4pm
Tickets: £12, Culture / Unlimited Pass 2for1
18+

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Tatty Devine Star Bunting Necklace Workshop

Reach for the sky with art jewellers Tatty Devine's NEW Star Bunting Necklace workshop. You'll learn how to hand link five shimmering star charms together in a choice of Rainbow OR Gold acrylic to create a sparkling mini constellation guaranteed to light up the night. Tickets are limited so book now! For full details see the info section below.

Saturday 22nd July - 3pm - 3pm - 4pm
Tickets: £40
16+

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: FREE WILL & OTHER MYTHS

Marina and Charlie want to take you on a journey. A Journey of Stories. A Journey about Choices. The choices we think we have, and we think we make. And if we actually make any choices that matter at all.

Saturday 22nd July 2023 - 5pm - 6.30pm
Tickets: £12, Under 25 £8, Group of 4 £40, Culture / Unlimited Pass 2for1 (pass holders only)
16+

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Enough is Enough

Back for a third year, 'The Ventnor Exchange Spoken Word Collective' are proud to present 'Enough is Enough'. Through the prism of Judge & Jury, we put humanity on trial, examining our impact on not only the planet's ecosystem, but to each other as a shared humanity.

Saturday 22nd July 2023 - 5.30pm - 6.30pm
Tickets: £8, £5 Under 25, Culture / Unlimited Pass 2for1
16+

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Geoff Norcott (Work in Progress)

Geoff Norcott is working up his fifth national tour show, following on the back of ‘Conswervative’, ‘Traditionalism’, ‘Taking Liberties’ and ‘I Blame The Parents’.
Don’t miss this opportunity to see Geoff out on the road trying out brand-new material, ahead of it's Edinburgh run.

Saturday 22nd July 2023 - 7.30pm - 8.30pm
Tickets: £15
16+

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Jack's Comedy Club at the Ventnor Fringe

Jack’s Comedy Club at the Ventnor Fringe! Saturday 22nd July 2023 Headlining the show is Paul McCaffrey as seen on the TV Shows Impractical Jokers UK, Live at the Apollo & Russell Howard’s Good News!

Saturday 22nd July 2023 - 7.30pm - 9pm
Tickets: £12, Under 25 £10
18+

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: The Big Fringe Variety Show

The Big Fringe Variety show is back for a third year running to delight, amuse and possibly confuse...in the best way possible of course.

Saturday 22nd July 2023 - 9.15pm - 11pm
Tickets: £15
18+

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Sex-Ed Revisited

Sex-Ed Revisited is a ★★★★★ interactive comedy uncovering missing gaps in knowledge when it comes to female-focused Sex Education and our relationship with pleasure. Created and performed by interactive solo artist and comedian Holly Delefortrie.

Saturday 22nd & Sunday 23rd July 2023 - 10pm - 11pm
Tickets: £12, £10 Under 25, £25 Group of 4, Culture / Unlimited Pass 2for1 (pass holders only)
18+

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: OnTheWight and The Book Bus Presents ... How to survive the apocalypse

At last year’s sold-out Ventnor Fringe event, our expert panel of entrepreneurs, comedians and weirdos cracked ‘The Secret to Happiness’. You can spot the people who attended – we’ve all been smiling ever since.

Sunday 23rd July 2023 - 3pm - 4pm
Tickets: £10, Under 25 £8, Culture / Unlimited Pass 2for1
12+

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Adele Cliff Can Break Your Arm (Work In Progress)

Multi-Award winning comedian, Adele previews her 4th hour long stand-up show; with talk or animals, danger and the outdoors! Leicester Comedy Festival Best New Show nominee (2023).

Sunday 23rd July 2023 - 3.30pm - 4.30pm
Tickets: £10, Under 25 £8, Culture / Unlimited Pass 2for1
16+

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: A Porcelain Performance

Sue Paraskeva will be presenting A Porcelain Performance in the Atrium at Binnel Studios, St Lawerence. This is a live performance art piece, accompanied by a minimalist soundtrack.

Sunday 23rd July 2023 - 4pm (Binnel Studios will also be open to the public from 2pm - 5pm)
Tickets: FREE
All Ages

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Big Top Broadway

The talented students of Curtain Call Creative present Big Top Broadway, produced with a Live Band the islands most talented Musical theatre Students showcase some of the most popular and well loved songs from the musicals.

Sunday 23rd July 2023 - 1pm - 2.30pm & 4pm - 5.30pm
Tickets: £12, Under 25 £10, Culture / Unlimited Pass 2for1
All Ages

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Unforeseen Consequences

Whatever the streaming services try to tell you, the best stories, and the best storytelling, are NOT best told through a screen...
The best stories are the stories that just kept on, and keep on, being told, somewherever, and somewhenever, for generations.

Sunday 23rd July 2023 - 5pm - 6pm
Tickets: £8, Under 25 £5, Culture / Unlimited Pass 2for1
All Ages

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Heidi Regan (Work in Progress)

Come join me (Heidi Regan) for a work in progress of my new show "Finding An Inner Peace That All Your Friends Will Envy". This is a show about Santa, the Matrix, my patient wife... and other fictional concepts, heyooo! No, seriously she is a wonderful person. Winner of the BBC New Comedy Award (me, not my wife) & So You Think You’re Funny, host of two Radio 4 specials and tour support for Joe Lycett, Phil Wang and more.

Sunday 23rd July 2023 - 5.30pm - 6.30pm
Tickets: £12, Culture / Unlimited Pass 2for1
16+

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: So You See

A short music/dance film. Part documentary, part drama. A trip down memory lane and landing in a garden.

Sunday 23rd July - 6pm - 7pm
Tickets: £12
18+

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: EAT, SLAY, LOVE - A Quivers Stand Up Show

When it seems everyone around you is managing their journey of becoming a fully functioning human person, with responsibilities and kids and meal prepping and matching socks, where does someone who can barely remember to tie their laces find their place in it all?

Sunday 23rd July - 7.30pm - 8.30pm
Tickets: £12, Under 25 £10, Culture Pass/ Unlimited Pass 2for1 (2 for 1 for pass holders only)
16+

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Pressing On - Spiritual songs to inspire

Patience Wells is a Christian singer-songwriter from Niton who has recorded and played with 'Asaph' for many years, covering biblical themes of praise, worship and commitment in a folk-pop style with the voice of an angel, Recently she and her band recorded their third album, 'Those that wait.'

Sunday 23rd July 2023 - 7.30pm - 9pm
Tickets: £3, Under 25's FREE, Group of 4 £6
All Ages

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Rob Auton - The Rob Auton Show (Work In Progress)

After writing nine comedy shows on themes such as the colour yellow, the sky, faces, water, sleep, hair, talking, time and crowds, Rob Auton uses his tenth show to examine himself in ‘The Rob Auton Show’.

Sunday 23rd July 2023 - 7.30pm - 8.30pm
Tickets: £12, Culture / Unlimited Pass 2for1
16+

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: The Sunday Shindig with Ushti Baba

Have you got that fringe feeling? There's a party every day of the festival so we've planned a very special knees up Sunday Shindig hosted by barn-stomping Bristolian band Ushti Baba! This event is pay what you can so let's give them a warm Ventnor Welcome !

Sunday 23rd July 2023 - 8pm - 10.30pm
Tickets: Pay What You Can (Choose from £5, £8, £10, £12, £15, £20, £25 per ticket)
All Ages

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Professor Elemental and Baron Fortitude - The Glutton Club

Professor Elemental and Baron Fortitude present a feast of fine chap hop, served with a side order of comedy, freestyle and badgermingo in plum sauce.

Sunday 23rd July 2023 - 9.15pm - 11pm
Tickets: £15, Under 25 £12, Group of 4 £48, Group of 6 £72, Culture / Unlimited Pass 2for1 (2for1 for pass holders only)
All Ages

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: The Soul of the Blues

'If you want soulful, classy blues with a jazzy tinge, Laurie McVay is your man'. So said Blues in Britain magazine and it’s hard to disagree. This show will take audiences to a place where blues meets soul and jazz - to irresistible effect. Laurie McVay and the High Rollers take a fresh, vibrant approach to the music. Audiences may pick up on a range of echoes – such as Ray Charles and B.B.King - but the sound is totally contemporary, emotionally tuned to unleash the eternal ‘Soul of the Blues’.

Sunday 23rd July 2023 - 9.30pm - 11pm
Tickets: £12, £8 Under 25
All Ages

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Bonchurch Victorian Famous Residents and More

Bonchurch became a magnet for many Victorians who were household names in their time; poets, artists, authors, and a King. Sue Lowday will bring to life the histories of some of the most fascinating people who resided in the village, with some surprising tales.

Monday 24th July 2023 - 2pm - 4.30pm
Tickets: £15
18+

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Fringe Forum - Cultural Conference

The Fringe Forum is a mini cultural conference held at the mid point of the festival. Featuring industry panels, lively debates and lots of opportunities to meet new people.

Tuesday 25th July 2023 - 10am - 3.30pm
Tickets: FREE (please book in advance)
12+

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: The Lighthouse Keeper

Inspired by the debut children’s book by illustrator Zoe Sadler, The Lighthouse Keeper fuses clowning, circus, comedy, and theatre in this quirky show that the whole family will enjoy.

Tuesday 25th, Wednesday 26th & Thursday 27th July 2023 - 11am - 12pm
Tickets: £6, £5 Under 25, Culture / Unlimited Pass 2for1
Family Friendly

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Piano Smashers

An ageing, much loved, piano is left in a will to the younger relatives. They don't want it, it is a burden, but try as they might to rid themselves of it, they are bound by a sense of 'something' to keep it. Will they ever work out what that 'something' is?

Tuesday 25th - Sunday 30th July - 11.30am - 12pm
Tickets: £8, Free for Under 25, Culture / Unlimited Pass 2for1
12+

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Hunter Davies - The Beatles (SOLD OUT)

In 1966/68 Hunter Davies spent two years with the Beatles writing what became the only authorised biography of the Beatles because they split up in 1970.

Tuesday 25th July 2023 - 3pm - 4pm
Tickets: £10
All Ages

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: The Boy Who Headbutted the Sun

There’s determination… then there's headbutting the sun. Blending fantasy and reality, past and present, theatre and spoken word, 'The Boy Who Headbutted The Sun' is a show about the struggles of creativity, dashed dreams and the stories we tell ourselves as we stumble blindly into adulthood.

Tuesday 25th - Friday 28th July - 3.30pm - 4.30pm
Tickets: £8, Under £5, Culture / Unlimited Pass 2for1
12+

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Bromance

International award winning smash hit BROMANCE is five star circus about camaraderie and affection. Audacious, touching, exhilarating tour-de-force of physical heroics where handshakes become handstands and backslaps become backflips.

Tuesday 25th, Wednesday 26th & Thursday 27th July 2023 - 4pm - 5pm
Tickets: £20, Under 25 £15, Group of 4 £75, Group of 6 £100, Group of 10 £150
All Ages

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Luke Wright’s Silver Jubilee

Crack out the bunting! Someone you’ve barely heard of has been doing something you’re scarcely aware of for a reasonably long time.

Tuesday 25th July 2023 - 5pm - 6pm
Tickets: £15, £10 Under 25, Culture / Unlimited Pass 2for1
12+

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Glenn Moore (Work In Progress)

Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Glenn Moore is a comedian, actor and one of the best and most prolific joke writers in the country.

Tuesday 25th July 2023 - 5.30pm - 6.30pm
Tickets: £12, Culture / Unlimited Pass 2for1
16+

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Unwanted Objects

Old teddy bears, abandoned chess sets and ships-in-bottles. Every item in this mysterious secondhand shop has a tale worth telling and a history worth sharing.

Tuesday 25th - Friday 28th July 2023 - 5.30pm - 6.30pm
Tickets: £12, £10 Under 25, Culture / Unlimited Pass 2for1 (25th & 26th only)
16+

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Elizabeth & Jameson (Acoustic duo)

Appearing for their third consecutive year at the festival, Elizabeth & Jameson, return with their new critically acclaimed EP in tow. Expect the usual high quality, harmony led songs with a more personal touch. These songs are inspired by their own history that have resonated with audiences up and down the country.

Tuesday 25th & Wednesday 26th July 2023 - 6pm - 7pm
Tickets: £12, Under 25 £8, Group of 4 £25, Culture / Unlimited Pass 2for1
All Ages

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Fabulous Follies

Are you looking for something unique to experience? Look no further than Fabulous Follies international Circus! Featuring performers from Italy, UK, Australia, Colombia and Mexico.

Tuesday 25th - Thursday 27th July 2023 - 7pm - 8pm
Tickets: £20, Under 25 £15, Group of 4 £70, Group of 6 £90, Culture / Unlimited Pass (Tuesday only)
All Ages

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Huge Davies - Whodunnit (Work in Progress)

Edinburgh Newcomer Award nominee Huge Davies (Cats Does Countdown and Roast Battle), returns with his highly anticipated second show about murder.

Tuesday 25th July 2023 - 7.30pm - 8.30pm
Tickets: £12, Culture / Unlimited Pass 2for1
16+

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Old Aged Puppets

What happens to puppets when they retire? When you start to forget your lines and bits stop working or start falling off?! This gang of senior figurines have got a lot to say about it all and refuse to stay still and keep silent.

Tuesday 25th & Wednesday 26th July 2023 - 7.30pm - 8.30pm
Tickets: £15, £10 Under 25, Culture / Unlimited Pass 2for1
12+

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: An Evening Without Kate Bush

Howl with the Hounds of Love and dance on the moors with Wuthering Heights! She’s not there - but you are. There has never been a better time to release your inner Bush and celebrate at this joyful, unique and mind-blowing show.

Tuesday 25th, Wednesday 26th & Thursday 27th July 2023 - 9pm - 10.30pm
Tickets: £20 Group of 6: £100
12+

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Olga Koch - Prawn Cocktail (Work in Progress)

Olga Koch turned 30, got a master's degree, went on an adult gap year, got salmonella, lost herself, found herself and washed it all down with a delicious prawn cocktail. Think less Eat Pray Love and more Shake Scream Cry.

Tuesday 25th July 2023 - 9.15pm - 10.15pm
Tickets: £15
16+

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Remembering John Renbourn

A recital/workshop recounting John Renbourn's influence on the 60s folk/blues boom. The voice bubble quote in the photo derives from a phone conversation with John. He rang me sounding extremely agitated in his characteristic, tongue-in-cheek way but with a hint of genuine underlying concern.

Tuesday 25th & Wednesday 26th July 2023 - 9.30pm - 11pm
Tickets: £10, Under 25 £5, Children FREE, Culture / Unlimited Pass 2for1
All Ages

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Helen Bauer - Grand Supreme Darling Princess (Work in Progress)

Star of Live at the Apollo, Late Night Mash and Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer nominee, brings a show all about the women in her life, from her mother to her best friend and that one girl who was mean in 2008. Oh, and Disney Princesses, obvs.

Tuesday 25th July 2023 - 10pm - 11pm
Tickets: £12
16+

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Soundwaves Sound Bath

Join me for a chilled and relaxing Soundwaves Sound Bath to help you restore and revive. You'll experience the nourishing power of Singing Bowls, Crystal Bowls, Gong and Chimes to deeply relax.

Wednesday 26th & Thursday 27th July 2023 - 10am - 11am
Tickets: £10, Under 25 £8, Culture / Unlimited Pass 2for1 (pass holders only)
12+

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Mind Trickery

Angus Baskerville is a professional magician and member of The Magic Circle and this is his third appearance at Ventnor Fringe. His new show, "Mind Trickery", brings to Ventnor truly world class magic and mind reading.

Wednesday 26th & Thursday 27th July 2023 - 11am - 12pm
Tickets: £12, Under 25 £8, Group of 4 £25, Culture / Unlimited Pass (wed only)
Family Friendly

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: M U S I C

Dave is house band / receptionist at streaming service Stripefy, but he wants more: he dreams of going full-time on reception. Join Dave as he accidentally swallows the Stripefy algorithm and becomes a global megastar. Temporarily.

Wednesday 26th & Thursday 27th July 2023 - 1pm - 2pm
Tickets: £12, Under 25 £8, Group of 4 £30, Culture / Unlimited Pass 2for1 (pass holders only)
16+

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: The Wind in the Willows

“Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing – absolutely nothing – half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats…”

Wednesday 26th July 2023 - 1pm - 3pm
Tickets: £15, Child (3-16 yrs) £10, Under 25 £12.50, Family of 4 £45, Culture/ Unlimited Pass 2for1
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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Bare

Bare explores the journey of loss and grief through reflection and open vulnerability. Bare explores the journey of life and death through nature and our interaction within it.

Wednesday 26th July 2023 - 1.30pm - 2.30pm
Tickets: £8, Under 25 £5, Culture / Unlimited Pass 2for1 (pass holders only)
16+

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Happy Daze

Come and experience a circus spectacular from Let’s Circus! Witness feats of skill, strength and awe, in a feel good cabaret to feed the soul.

Tuesday 25th - Saturday 29th July 2.30pm (+ 7.30pm on Saturday 29th July) 2023
Tickets: £18, Under 25 £15, Group of 4 £60, Group of 6 £80, Culture /Unlimited Pass 2for1 on Weds only
All Ages

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Ventnor - Cradle of the Russian Revolution Walk

A walk in the footsteps of Russia’s political radicals, writers and poets who stayed in Ventnor in the 1850’s and 1860’s. These were the brave men and women who opposed their country’s imperialism and autocracy and struggled to create an alternative, liberal Russia.

Wednesday 26th & Thursday 27th July 2023 - 2.30pm - 4.30pm
Tickets: £10, Under 25 £8, Culture / Unlimited Pass 2for1 (includes entry to Ventnor Heritage Centre)
All Ages

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: "Liner Notes presents Nick Drake Book Talk With Richard Morton Jack"

'Liner Notes' is a series of talks based around music books. For this exclusive Fringe event we invite Richard Jack Morton to discuss his brand new book on legendary folk singer Nick Drake.

Wednesday 26th July 2023 - 3pm - 4pm
Tickets: £12, Under 25 £3, Culture / Unlimited Pass 2for1
12+

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: The Head Gardener

This delightful show digs deep into the reasons we could all do with a bit more horticulture in our lives. Brothers Jake and Warren Oldershaw are born and bred West Wighters, but don’t hold that against them!

Wednesday 26th July 2023 - 3pm - 4pm
Tickets: £12, Under 25 £10
All Ages

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Dark Tales From The Woods

A hundred years ago the famous Welsh gypsy family the Woods told wild fairy tales around the fire- tales of shapeshifting and magic and drama and danger.

Wednesday 26th July 2023 - 5pm - 6pm
Tickets: £10, Culture / Unlimited Pass 2for1
12+

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Ania Magliano (Work In Progress)

Roll up, roll up, and hear the new jokes, thoughts and general chat from Ania Magliano. There will be some good jokes, some bad jokes, and some secrets she accidentally says on stage to fill the silence.

Wednesday 26th July 2023 - 5.30pm - 6.30pm
Tickets: £12, Culture / Unlimited Pass 2for1
16+

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Luke Kempner (Work In Progress)

Star of Spitting Image, Steph’s Packed Lunch and with over 10 million views of his online videos, Luke is one of the UK’s hottest mimics and stand-up comics.

Wednesday 26th July 2023 - 7.30pm - 8.30pm
Tickets: £12, Culture / Unlimited Pass 2for1 (pass holders only)
16+

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Sophie Duker (Work in Progress)

Duker’s in town to tell jokes, break hearts and marinate her new show. Not getting a ticket for this would be silly.

Wednesday 26th July 2023 - 9.15pm - 10.15pm
Tickets: £15
16+

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Joe Wells - King Of The Autistics

Rise up against your neurotypical overlords! Over 2.5m views online for his video 'Having a non-autistic brother'. As seen on BBC2, BBC3, C4 and Dave. A stand-up show about representation, role models and the fight for autistic rights.

Wednesday 26th July 2023 - 10pm - 11pm
Tickets: £12, Under 25 £10, Culture / Unlimited Pass 2for1 (pass holders only)
16+

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Poetry in Black & White

POETRY IN BLACK & WHITE is a touring showcase of contemporary film-poems resulting from collaborations between award-winning poets/writers and artist/filmmakers. The style of these events is intimate, informal and conversational, allowing the artists to introduce the work and take their audiences inside the collaborative process that led to the work being created.

Thursday 27th July 2023 - 3pm - 4pm
Tickets: £12, Under 25 £8, Group of 4 £40, Culture / Unlimited Pass 2for1 (pass holders only)
16+

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: The Crocodile of Old Kang Pow

The Crocodile of Old Kang Pow is a compelling story told with an intoxicating blend of musical styles, set against the fetid backdrop of 18th Century Paris. We asked what would happen if… the notorious sexual deviant known only as The Marquis de Sade, were to lose his libido?

Thursday 27th, Friday 28th & Saturday 29th July 2023 - 3pm - 4pm
Tickets: £10, Under 25 £8, Group of 4 £30, Culture / Unlimited Pass 2for1
12+

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Richard Herring (Work in Progress) SOLD OUT

Richard Herring makes a return to stand up after a five year hiatus and will be trying out new material, probably mainly about losing a testicle, but maybe some other stuff too. Puppets may be involved. The show, Like Richard, is a work in progress.

Thursday 27th July 2023 - 5.30pm - 6.30pm
Tickets: £15, Under 25 £12
16+

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Amelia Jane Hunter - Exquisite Pervert

Exquisite Pervert is a comedy cabaret inspired by the bullet ridden basements of Berlin and one woman's quest to reignite the power and purpose of love.

Thursday 27th & Friday 28th July 2023 - 6pm - 7pm
Tickets: £12, Under 25 £8, Group of 4 £40, Culture / Unlimited Pass 2for1 (Thursday only)
18+

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Josh Baulf - Bulldog

'Bulldog' is the hilarious new show from one of the UK’s fastest rising stars. Josh Baulf has recently appeared on ITV, BBC and his online sketches has amassed millions of views worldwide.

Thursday 27th July 2023 - 7.30pm - 8.30pm
Tickets: £8, Culture / Unlimited Pass 2for1 (pass holders only)
16+

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Nina Ross

Nina has a 'A voice like a bird. A bird in the dark lit by the moon'. With a childhood spent singing classical music, Nina emerged from Covid lockdowns with a renewed jazz voice...

Thursday 27th July 2023 - 7.30pm - 9pm
Tickets: £12, £8 Under 25, Culture / Unlimited Pass 2for1
All Ages

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: The Almost Magic Lantern Show

A journey through time along the Undercliff from Blackgang to Shanklin, using Victorian glass slides. Presented by Andy Butler, Alan Clark and Peter Ewbank in the Manhattan Bar of the old Central Hotel.

Tickets: FREE
12+

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: The Mr. Thing Show

The cult, comedy TV-show show makes it’s Ventnor debut! Crammed full of surprise guests, live music, silly videos, daft games, catchy jingles and grumpy puppets all held together through real time, technical hi-jinx. Welcome to the multimedia mayhem of the Mr. Thing Show.

Thursday 27th, Friday 28th, Saturday 29th July 2023 - 7.30pm - 8.30pm
Tickets: £15, Culture / Unlimited Pass 2for1 (pass holders only)
All Ages

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Drunk Women Solving Crime

Local Ventnor girl Hannah George brings her chart topping podcast Drunk Women Solving Crime to Ventnor for a live recording! With millions of downloads, sold out runs at Edinburgh Festival, and a monthly London residency, don't miss your chance to see the Drunk Women on the Island!

Thursday 27th July 2023 - 9.15pm - 10.30pm
Tickets: £15, Under 25 £12, Culture / Unlimited Pass 2for1
16+

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: « Siempre más allá » Latin Jazz Piano solo concert

Solo piano jazz concert by French pianist-composer Adrien Brandeis, presenting the repertoire of his latest album "Siempre más allá" (2022).

Thursday 27th & Friday 28th July 2023 - 9.30pm - 11pm
Tickets: £12
All Ages

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Anu Vaidyanathan - Blimp

A comic tale of a full-time mom with part-time attempts at sanity, sewing and show business. Welcome into the meandering mind of a South-Indian somebody who could be anybody.
Blimp is a standup show about a woman filmmaker’s view of the world as she attempts to survive between the words ‘action’ and ‘cut’.

Thursday 27th July 2023 - 10pm - 11pm
Tickets: £6, Under 25 £5, Group of 4 £25, Culture / Unlimited Pass 2for1
16+

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Darryl J. Carrington presents "Out of the Box"

Prepare to be amazed and entertained with 'Out of the Box,' a show that pushes the boundaries of traditional circus and takes audiences on a journey through a world of imagination and wonder.

Friday 28th, Saturday 29th & Sunday 30th July 2023 - 11am - 12pm
Tickets: £12, Under 25 £8, Family of 4 £25, Culture / Unlimited Pass 2for1
All Ages

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: The Molly Downer Musical

Set against the backdrop of 18th century England where inequality and superstition were the norm, the illegitimate daughter of a clergy man was born – Molly Downer!

Friday 28th , Saturday 29th & Sunday 30th July 2023 - 1pm - 3pm
Tickets: £10, Under 25 £8, Group of 4 £20, Culture / Unlimited Pass 2for1 (pass holders only)
16+

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Wack!

Introducing, Wack! An hour long comedy show Written and Directed by Rachel Attwood. This hour long show provides a break from the terrible place that is the outside world, and gives you the space to sit back, relax and laugh at all the stupid things in life that really don't matter.

Friday 28th July 2023 - 1.30pm - 2.30pm
Tickets: £10, Under 25 £8, Culture / Unlimited Pass 2for1
18+

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Here Be Giants

The three Island storytellers, Holly Medland, Monty (Tony) Hirst and Sue Bailey, that comprise TisTales, tell larger than life stories about larger than life characters. Trolls, ogres, giants and gargantuan monsters, – all have a nightmarish place in the human psyche.

Friday 28th July 2023 - 3pm - 4pm
Tickets: £8, Under 25 £5, Culture / Unlimited Pass 2for1
12+

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: The Aretha Franklin Story

Award-winning show taking you on a journey through the life and music of Aretha Franklin, the most charted female of the 21st century, with high energy versions of Think, Natural Woman and R.E.S.P.E.C.T.

Friday 28th, Saturday 29th & Sunday 30th July 2023 - 3pm - 5pm
Tickets: £20 Group of 6: £100
All Ages

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Freya Parker - It Ain't Easy Being Cheeky (Work In Progress)

Are you a little cheeky guy? Interested in the lifestyle? Come and join Freya as she navigates the struggles of trying to remain cheeky when it's raining trauma. From 50% of sketch duo Lazy Susan comes a 100% debut hour of stand-up.

Friday 28th July 2023 - 5.30pm - 6.30pm
Tickets: £10
16+

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Jacob Hawley (Work In Progress)

Jacob Hawley is a SILVER ARIA Winner, has been recommended by the British Comedy Guide for producing ‘an impeccable hour of man and mic stand up’, has been awarded 4 stars by The Sunday Post, The List and more, as well as owning a mug stating he’s the ‘Best Dad Ever’.

Friday 28th July 2023 - 5.30pm - 6.30pm
Tickets: £12, Culture / Unlimited Pass 2for1
16+

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Garret Millerick - Never Had It So Good

I’m sick of everyone moaning all the time, so I’ve written a show about how bloody great everything is. I haven’t actually written it at the time of going to print and in previous years I’ve made all sorts of promises in the blurb.

Friday 28th July 2023 - 7.30pm - 8.30pm
Tickets: £12, Culture / Unlimited Pass 2for1 (pass holders only)
18+

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Oliver Hipkins (Casino Moon) + friends

Casino Moon are collectors of stories. Transforming unheard narratives into contemporary music and spoken word. This is a deep exploration of the human condition and a search for meaning by unearthing the stories that connect people with places.

Friday 28th July 2023 - 7.30pm - 9pm
Tickets: £12, Under 25 £10
All Ages

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Gengahr

Purveyors of some of indie's most catchy earworms, Gengahr are back with a career-best fourth album and a new lease of life. ‘Red Sun Titans’ is upbeat, trippy indie pop that will get you wanting to dance!

Friday 28th July 2023 - 8pm - 11pm
Tickets: £15, Culture / Unlimited Pass 2for1 (2for1 for pass holders only)
16+

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Pick of the Fringe

A packed night of stand up comedy from a selection of some of the funniest acts at this year's Ventnor Fringe, curated and hosted by double Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominee Ahir Shah (Live at the Apollo, The Mash Report, BBC 2)

Friday 28th & Saturday 29th July 2023 - 9.15pm - 11pm
Tickets: £15
18+

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: One Sock - A storytelling riddle filled sock hunt

How many odd socks are there in your house?
In Sue-the-storyteller’s house there seem to be dozens. She’s on the hunt for some pairs. Can you help her find them?

Saturday 29th & Sunday 30th July 2023 - 11am - 12pm
Tickets: £6 per child - adults free, Culture /Unlimited Pass 2for1 (pass holders only)
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Ventnor Fringe 2023: SESKA - COOKING UP FUN

When Seska comes to town, kids laugh out loud, dads f*rt out loud, and mums faint at his feet! Crazier than finding a penguin in your fridge, turbo-charged Seska throws buckets of happiness into the air in this brilliantly inventive magic show for all ages. Entertaining crowds from Mumbai to Trinidad, a firm favourite at Camp Bestival - it's a must see show !

Saturday 29th & Sunday 30th July 2023 - 12pm - 1pm
Tickets: £8, £30 Family of 4
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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Letters To My Dead Mother

Grief is always a good subject to avoid. Want to kill the mood? Ruin someone’s day? Start rabbiting on about grief. But... in this deeply funny, heart-breaking autobiographical show, Ana unapologetically puts hers on stage.

Saturday 29th & Sunday 30th July 2023 - 1.30pm - 2.30pm
Tickets: £12, £8 Under 25, Culture / Unlimited Pass 2for1
16+

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Tim Cooper presents MAWGIAS

Meet MAWGIAS, the next evolution of the MAMIL – the Middle Aged Man In Lycra. There's no lycra here, more slick suits and city lights, stiff drinks and violent nights. Master of the universe, perhaps, but what happens when all the super-powers of straight white male entitlement can't save you from real life?

Saturday 29th & Sunday 30th July 2023 - 3.30pm - 4.30pm
Tickets: £12, Under 25 £3
18+

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Macready! Dickens' Theatrical Friend

This compelling new show - written and performed by Mark Stratford - tells the story of the great Victorian actor-manager, Macready - the man to whom Charles Dickens dedicated ‘Nicholas Nickleby.’

Saturday 29th July 2023 - 5pm - 6.15pm
Tickets: £10, Under 25 £5, Family of 4 £25, Culture / Unlimited Pass 2for1 (pass holders only)
12+

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Ben Ashurst: Three Cheese Straws For A Pound

Ben Ashurst is struggling. Now nearly 30, he should be getting his act together, but it's hard when the world doesn't make any sense. What do you mean you can't walk through a drive-thru?!

Saturday 29th July 2023 - 6pm - 7pm
Tickets: Pay what you can - choose from £5, £8, £10, £12, £15, £20, £25
18+

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Quantum Theatre presents a brand new production of Shakespeare’s most enduringly popular play of love and intrigue, magic and celebration set on that most dangerous of nights when fairies are abroad and nothing is as it seems…

Saturday 29th July 2023 - 6pm - 7.30pm
Tickets: £16, £12.50 Under 25, Child £11, Family of 4 £45, Culture / Unlimited Pass 2for1
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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Ahir Shah - Ends

Double Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Ahir Shah returns for his first full Fringe since 2019's Dots (now a special on HBO Max). This one's about family, immigration, marriage, history, politics and beans.

Saturday 29th July 2023 - 7.30pm - 8.30pm
Tickets: £12, Culture / Unlimited Pass 2for1
16+

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: The Cat Skellington Quartet Acoustic Jazz and Gypsy Swing

Cat Skellington are renowned on the Isle of Wight for their high level of musicianship and engaging intimate performances. Channelling the spirit of the 1920s and 30s continental swing scene with a mix of classics from the Django/Grappelli repertoire while also keeping alive little known rarities from early American jazz.

Saturday 29th July 2023 - 7.30pm - 9pm
Tickets: £12, Culture / Unlimited Pass 2for1 (pass holders only)
12+

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: BC Camplight

BC Camplight is the moniker of maverick songsmith Brian Christinzio. The Philadelphian is considered one of indie music’s most forward-thinking artists with a discography which acts as a soundtrack to a life rife with bad fortune, mental illness, running afoul of the law, and ultimately absolute redemption.

Saturday 29th July 2023 - 8pm - 11pm
Tickets: £15, Culture / Unlimited Pass 2for1 (2 for 1 for pass holders only)
16+

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Pete Roth Trio

An evening of exquisite and melodic instrumental guitar jazz. German born guitarist and music educator, Pete Roth, is excited to bring his new trio to Ventnor Fringe.

Saturday 29th July 2023 - 9.30pm - 11pm
Tickets: £12, Culture / Unlimited Pass 2for1 (pass holders only)
All Ages

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: KIZZA - JIGGY YAK FIGGY YAK

Get set for a frantic funny rollercoaster ride from the award-winning comedy magician KIZZA. Absurdly chaotic magical disasters, incredibly stupid mindreading routines and big big laughs guaranteed !

Saturday 29th July 2023 - 10pm - 11pm
Tickets: £10, £5 Under 25, Culture / Unlimited Pass 2for1 (pass holders only)
16+

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Slapstick Picnic - Peter Pan

Join Slapstick Picnic for a theatrical treat like no other as they whip up a three hander version of JM Barrie’s classic play Peter Pan.

Sunday 30th July 2023 - 2.30pm - 3.30pm & 7.30pm - 8.30pm
Tickets: £12, Group of 4 £40
All Ages

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Cameron & Christie - Some Enchanted Evening

Join singing duo ‘Cameron & Christie’ for a spectacular musical celebration as they embark on a mini-tour of the Isle of Wight including Bembridge, Cowes, Freshwater, Ryde and Ventnor.

Sunday 30th July 2023 - 3pm, 6pm & 9.30pm
Tickets: £15
All Ages

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: FIGGY GIG

Fresh from a successful first season of shows in West Wight, Naked Figleaf Collective brings the Figgy Gig to Ventnor Fringe.

Saturday 30th July 2023 - 3pm - 4pm
Tickets: £10, Under 25 £5, Culture / Unlimited Pass 2for1
12+

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: The Tales of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny

Quantum Theatre are back with their enchanting new adaptation of two of Beatrix Potter’s best-loved Tales, The Tales of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny.

Sunday 30th July 2023 - 3pm - 4.30pm
Tickets: £15, Under 5 £12.50, £10 Child, Culture / Unlimited Pass 2for1 (pass holders only)
Family Friendly

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Ventnor Fringe 2023: St Catherine's Gigantic Gala

A family friendly extravaganza featuring artists from across the festival in a special variety show. This is a relaxed performance with a non-judgemental environment which may be particularly suited to adults or children with learning difficulties, autism or other sensory needs.

Sunday 30th July - 5pm - 6.30pm
Tickets: Pay What You Can (Choose which you would like to pay) £5, £8, £10, £12, £15, £18, £20, £25
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Ventnor Fringe 2023: Sara Barron - Why Am I Mean To My Mom? (Work In Progress)

Sara talks through a passion for eavesdropping, a hatred of the countryside, and also this one awful thing that she did to her very own mom.

Sunday 30th July 2023 - 7.30pm - 8.30pm
Tickets: £12, Culture / Unlimited Pass 2for1
16+

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