Brighton Fringe Presents THE SHORT & GIRLIE SHOW

Brighton Fringe presents SHORT & GIRLIE SHOW: THE ONLY BSL INTERPRETED EVENT AT BRIGHTON FRINGE, May 16-17.

Improvised comedy shows and workshops by multi award-winning Short & Girlie Show. This all-female troupe from the gay, bi and pansexual community have entertained diverse audiences for over ten years.

Their comedy is a universal, accessible and inspired brand of exuberant boisterousness. Every show is unique and totally improvised, which keeps audiences coming back for more. Songs, sketches and silliness inspired by suggestions from the audience. A show full of unpredictable fun and irreverent hilarity.

Performances are:

Sat 16th & Sun 17th May

The Verdict, 159 Edward St, BN2 0JB

Tickets for adults, children, families: 4-5pm, £5 advance/£7 door (BSL on Sunday)

Adults only: 8.30-10.30pm, £8 advance/£10 door (BSL on Saturday): www.wegottickets.com/shortandgirlie, www.brightonfringe.org

Tel: 01273 917272

Visit: 1 Stop Travel Shop, 26 North St, BN1 1EB

There are over 750 shows in the Brighton Fringe this year, however ours is the only event providing BSL interpreting. Just put "BSL" in the website's search engine and see how many events come up.

Brighton Fringe is England's largest arts festival, but they had to develop a set of new procedures for our BSL interpreted shows. This is not uncommon; the Disability Discrimination Act may have been in for 20 years but there is still a long way to go. With over 100,000 people in the UK using BSL as their first or preferred language (Department of Health/British Deaf Association) we recognise the importance of providing accessible shows for adults and children.

They say laughter is the best medicine and with Deaf people twice as likely to experience mental health issues including depression (Sick of it Report, SignHealth), we feel there has never been a more important time to provide BSL for our comedy shows.

Short & Girlie Show's sold out "Spreading the Love tour" last year included BSL interpreted shows at the Women in Comedy Festival in Manchester. Tour Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Q497KcvwGo&feature=youtu.be Again, ours was the only event providing BSL interpreting. On tour we attracted audiences from both the Deaf and LGBT community. As a minority within a minority, these audiences had never experienced anything like it before and a group of 20 Manchester-based new fans are travelling down for the Brighton Fringe just to see us.

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