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What’s on in April Exclusive Interview with Norman Cook Exclusive Interview with Cut La Roc BN1’s Live Music Guide Album Reviews Joan Armatrading Fringe City Brighton Festival The Great Escape WIN Festival Tickets Food & Drink Fashion - Jean Genie Suzy Madge - Brighton Adventurer Listings

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What’s on in April Debbie Reynolds

Theatre Royal Brighton Sunday 11th April A hilarious, touching and uplifting evening of music and comedy MGM legend and star of Singing in the Rain, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, That’s Entertainment, The Bodyguard, and Will and Grace, Debbie Reynolds celebrates an amazing 50 years of show business, in this award-winning one woman show.

Featuring original MGM footage, Debbie salutes her glittering career, dishes the dirt on her many husbands and shares stories of her incredible life in song and dance. www.ambassadortickets.com

Oklahoma!

Theatre Royal Brighton Tuesday 13th to Saturday 17th April Oklahoma! was more than a hit - it was the first real phenomenon in modern Broadway history. Smashing all Broadway box office records when it opened in 1943, it was Rodgers and Hammerstein ‘s first collaboration.

Set on America's Western Frontier, against a background of conflict between farmers and cattlemen, Oklahoma! perfectly integrates song, dance and story to tell the tale of farm girl Laurey and the two rivals for her affections, happy go-lucky cowboy Curly and the sinister farm hand Jud.

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Idiots of Ants: LIVE Komedia Thursday 15th April £10.00 / £12.00

Following three sell-out Edinburgh Festivals, and an Edinburgh Comedy Award nomination (formerly the Perrier) the Ants (BBC1, E4, Radio 4) bring their unique blend of fast-paced sketch comedy to Komedia. The only show in the country where, not only do you get an evening of ground-breaking new comedy, but also, dinner, a romantic walk home and, who knows?

You might even be invited in for coffee... www.idiotsofants.com

Frankie Boyle

Dome Concert hall Saturday 17th to Sunday 18th April Tickets: £20 Following his epic recordbreaking tour in 2008, Frankie Boyle, star of BBC2's Mock the Week and one of the hottest and most controversial comedians of the moment, is back on the road in 2010 with an all new live show.

Woman In Black

Theatre Royal Monday 19th to Saturday 24th April The most terrifying live theatre experience in the world!

Unanimously acclaimed by the critics, Stephen Mallatratt’s adaptation of Susan Hill’s best-selling novel combines the power and intensity of live theatre with a cinematic quality inspired by the world of filmnoir that guarantees audiences an evening of unremitting drama as they are transported into a terrifying and ghostly world.

The Smiths Indeed

Komedia Friday 30th April £10.00 Recapture the magic of The Smiths live with the UKs leading tribute celebrating the 25th anniversary of Meat is Murder by playing the whole album, followed by a greatest hits set.

Since forming in Liverpool in 2005 The Smiths Indeed have built up a formidable reputation for a thrilling live show - expect gladioli, shirt-twirling and all your favourite Smiths classics.

Whats On

Rosie Wilby: The Science of Sex Komedia Thursday 22nd April £5.00 / £6.00

Funny Women Finalist Rosie Wilby investigates the science of attraction, sexual chemistry and sexual identity. What makes us gay or straight? What turns us on? What are pheromones? Why are we attracted to one person and not another?

What happens chemically in the brain when we fall in love?

What is the scientific origin of kissing? Do aphrodisiacs work? www.komedia.co.uk

Witness for the Prosecution

Theatre Royal Monday 26th to Saturday 01st May

clared guilty at the hands of the Witness for the Prosecution? In a world where everyone seems to be harbouring a dark secret, this gripping courtroom drama will keep you guessing until the final fatal moment.

Following the success of The Hollow, The Unexpected Guest, And Then There Were None and Spider’s Web, the Agatha Christie Theatre Company is proud to present the next instalment in the highly acclaimed series, Christie's undisputed masterpiece: Witness for the Prosecution.

Emily French, an elderly woman who recently left her considerable estate to the charming young Leonard, is found dead.

Will the truth be revealed in time or will Leonard be de-

Brighton and Hove plays host to its first ever full distance marathon this month.

Sunday 18th April will see over 10,000 runners aiming to complete a 26 mile route which takes in some of the famous sites of the UK’s most iconic seaside city.

The course starts in Preston Park and takes participants on a looping tour of the best of the city centre and some fabulous stretches of coastal road.

The event, brainchild of Tim Hutchings and Tom Naylor of The Grounded Events Company, was set up due to the shortage of marathons in the UK and the fact that many large races, including the London Marathon, are massively oversubscribed. The organisers aimed to accept 12,000 entries in total for the event. By the end of the first day they had received 1,200 entries from the public and only a day later over 2,500 entries had been sold.

There’ll be bands stationed along the course to entertain the runners and an estimated 30,000 spectators. The race itself is a fairly fast track with only one or two hills to overcome, so it’s possible there could be some impressive times set by the elite entrants.

The marathon finishes with a final mile along Madeira Drive, east of the Brighton Pier, where there’ll be a wonderful atmosphere as you’d expect from such a fantastic event.

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Eggciting things to do in Brighton this Easter

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Bored of tired, cheap egg puns and that same old elusive Easter bunny every year? Well, perhaps you should challenge yourself to something a bit more interesting than usual and be more active this Easter. Exercise your body and your demons up at Devil’s Dyke, where you can spend this Spring hurling along at over 30mph down a half-mile course, all the while encased in a giant transparent orb. If that sounds too vomit-inducing after scoffing all those chocolate eggs, then maybe you would prefer to strap yourself onto a mountain board and find out why this eggstreme (no...?) sport has become so popular over recent years. For those who love this time of year and its notorious April showers, the complex up at Devil’s Dyke also features a slippery-smooth aqua slide so that you and your friends can feel what it must be like to be your clothes whenever they are chucked around inside your washing machine. These and other even more nonsense activities are described fully at orb360.co.uk, so check it out if you’re craving some unusual adventures this Easter.

More action can be found at the Brighton Marina, where powerboat and sailing shenanigans can be had with SailNetUK’s new Easter courses, where basic skills in boating are taught and head-to-head yacht races are held. With your muscles fully exhausted, it’s time to exercise your diaphragm at Komedia’s special Easter comedy club. Held on 3 April, it seems Komedia has given up swearing and blue humour for lent, as this session is dirt-free and suitable for ages 6 and up. Visit sailnet.com or komedia.co.uk/brighton if either of these musings tickles you.

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Despite the deviation from traditional Easter norms and barely a hint of any egg-puns yet, it should be noted that there are also more conventional activities to partake in that don’t involve any eggsercise (damn...).

There are some egg hunts planned around Brighton between the 3-5 April, and the National Trust kick things off back up at Devil’s Dyke on the 3rd, between 11am-3pm, though keep an eye out for the all the screaming people trapped in massive orbs bouncing around. Expect egg-based mysteries, clues and prizes for all the family. At Charleston Barn on the 4th of April, Newsnight’s Mary Jane Baxter will help you create a linen landscape by visiting a series of ‘Sew Stops’ along a trail, with Easter treats awaiting for you when you return. No sewing skills are required, but an empty stomach is advised for both of these investigative and eggcellent (urgh...) days out. Find out more at charleston.org.uk/whatson and on the National Trust website.

Another mental Easter tradition is planned for the 5th April, which can also be found on the NT website. It’s the old classic formula: paint hard-boiled eggs and lob them down a hill, in this case down the Dyke Valley.

There are rewards for the best decorated and ‘best-thrown/strongest’ egg, and what better and more appropriate way is there to celebrate Jesus’ resurrection than that?

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Whats On

The Filmbar.com brings the heart of Hollywood to your local bars and pubs, offering you the chance to WIN fabulous cutting edge prizes and exclusive film goodies through fun and exciting interactive competitions.

The Filmbar is currently hosting SAW VI with exclusive Prize packs on offer, including SAW VI DVD + official T-shirt and Blood pack.

Special Agent Strahm is dead, and Detective Hoffman has emerged as the unchallenged successor to Jigsaw’s legacy. However, when the FBI draws closer to Hoffman, he is forced to set a game into motion, and Jigsaw’s grand scheme is finally understood! Expect screaming and lots of blood and gore in the latest instalment of the SAW horror franchise.

WIN an exclusive SAW VI Prize pack! Including SAW VI DVD + official T-shirt and Blood pack.

All you have to do is answer this simple question:

Brighton Filmbars include Hectors House, The Caroline of Brunswick, Po Na Na, The Great Eastern and The Office. BN1 Magazine ventured down to Hectors on a busy Saturday night to see what all the fuss was about - recommended fun for all, plus a chance to get cheap or free drinks with a roll of a dice!

Who takes over from special agent Strahm in the latest instalmant of SAW VI?

To find out more, go www.thefilmbar.com for a list of venues nationwide as well as to enter one of many fantastic film competitions. It’s not quite getting papped on the red carpet but if you want to make a date with Stars then head to one of Brighton’s Filmbars this month!

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Diversity @ Brighton Centre Thu 15th April

Last year, Diversity took the UK by storm by winning Britain’s Got Talent with some of the most unique dance routines ever seen. The group, made up of three sets of brothers and four of their friends, have now announced their very own UK tour. Expect a blinding display of outstanding street dance, state of the art lighting, sound and music based around the concept of toys coming to life.

Tickets cost around £20. For more information visit www. brightoncentre.co.uk

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NORMAN COOK Spring eventually reared its pretty head the other week, producing an overriding urge to go outside and enjoy the sunshine. Luckily this coincided with an offer to go over to Norman Cook’s house for an interview with Brighton’s best loved adopted son. So Team BN1 needed little persuasion to decamp to his private beach for some sun and a chat.

BN1: It’s been a busy year for you already, and now you’ve got a new album coming out. Tell us about Here Lies Love.

NC: It’s been going for about five years. David phoned me up and said: “Do you fancy working together?” I said: “Oh yeah”. He then said it was a musical about Imelda Marcos. Now, if anyone else had asked me about that I would have said they’re insane - it would never work. But it being David Byrne... He’s done weirder things than that and pulled it off.

Over the years we’ve slowly finished it off. He’d go on a world tour for eight months and I’d go off and do things. It’s finally out though. It’s very much David’s baby with me just enjoying the chance to collaborate with one of my all-time heroes.

BN1: Did you have much trouble assembling the contributing artists for the album?

NC: Yes, that probably took two years of the process. I wanted him to sing it all, because when we were working he was singing it and it sounded great. It was like Talking Heads meets Fatboy Slim. But he wanted it to be not even a musical, but a song cycle. It’s a collection of songs that have to be sung in their entirety in the right order to tell the story. That’s probably the most un-commercial thing you can have really. I said if we took the best

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songs out of it and got David to sing it we would have a numberone album. But he wanted it to be a twenty song song-cycle, all sung by a female.

BN1: Is there any chance of it going to the stage?

NC: That was always the intention, but it’s taken us five years to get the CD and booklet finished! The stage show he’s imagined is not Evita.

It’s more like Stomp! meets De La Guarda. He wants it to be an audiovisual extravaganza and it will be a while yet before it happens. His concept goes way higher than the rest.

BN1: You’re running in the Brighton marathon this year. How’s that coming on?

NC: It’s good. I clocked up twenty two miles on Sunday. I’m really enjoying it. I’m really glad I waited for the Brighton marathon to break my cherry. I’ve been thinking about it, but I just didn’t want to run around London. There would be that one shot on the telly with the commentator going: “Run Fatboy run!”, but I’ve always wanted to do a marathon. Being so Brightoncentric as I am, I’m very proud of things that happen in our city, not somebody else’s. So it was kind of a no brainer that I’d do it.

BN1: Is it true you don’t have a personal computer?

NC: I do now. I’ve had one for around four or five years. I was

very late and it was only begrudgingly when everyone I worked with insisted I had one. My PA was fed up with having to print every email that I got so I could read it then typing up my reply. I’m not into technology.

BN1: What do you think about the instant accessibility of music that’s been enabled by the internet?

NC: I think it makes it easy, but sometimes too easy. In the long term, I don’t want to sound like a grumpy old man, but I think that some of the magic of music is being lost.

Once people swapped music, saying to people: “Have you heard this artist?” and lending them their album. Now people just access everything at the click of a button, it just makes it too easy. I think over the years pop music will have less of that allure, magic and mysticism.

I think I’ve had the main body of my career in a really good time for music. With the advent of CDs and digital technology, and being able to record at home without requiring the budget to go into a studio, we’ve had a really exciting period of music.

BN1: What do you think of the current music scene? Are there any trends you like?

NC: Crookers, they are on my label (Southern Fried Records) and I think they are brilliant. Hervé I really rate, Count and Sinden and

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Fake Blood. They’re my hot ones at the moment, anything hip-acidhouse really.

BN1: That’s the way the charts have gone now. You’ve got rock, rap and dance music and they’re all coming together in a single form. A lot of rap stars are making very housey records.

NC: Over the last few years I’ve worked with Dizzee Rascal and I’ve done tons of shows with David Guetta and I’m really proud of what they’ve done. It’s like I was doing 10 years ago. They’re taking it into the pop charts by mixing up all the best bits of dance music.

But I’m quite happy for them to be doing it rather than me these days.

I feel like I’ve passed on a sort of mantle, especially with Dizzee and David.

BN1: Are you more interested in actually getting people in to work in the studio?

NC: I still love taking stuff off of old records. There’s a lot fun taking something and mangling it, especially when the original person doesn’t recognise it. That, for me, is the perfect pop record, if you can take something that wasn’t very good (laughs) and turn it something else - and then the original person doesn’t even realise.

BN1: Is there anyone that you really want to work with though?

NC: I’ve done everybody - Iggy, Bootsy Collins, Dizzee out of this generation, and David Byrne. David Bowie would be the only one on my wish list. But I don’t think I impressed him when we first met.

He was knackered after a show, I was drunk and I just started off on the wrong foot with him.

BN1: So what’s your involvement with Brighton and Hove Albion now?

NC: I think my biggest involvement is the possibility of playing a gig at the new stadium. If we do it,

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it won’t be before they play matches in there. If it happened it would be in the September after it opened.

We’d like to do it; they’d like to do it, so it’s just a matter of investigating whether it can be done.

BN1: You’re possibly one of the first DJs to stage really big live productions. What’s the reasoning behind this?

NC: Just because more and more people were coming and we wanted to give them a good show. There’s only so much a DJ can do. You can only play records and wave your arms around.

BN1: What kind of show are you going to be doing at the Boutique?

NC: I’ll be playing vinyl for the first time in about two years, because there’s no point in digitising all the old tunes. I’m just going to dig out all the greatest hits of that heady era and try to recreate that carefree abandon.

BN1: So how did the Big Beat reunion come about?

NC: It was Lee (Cut La Roc), he said he was doing it with Bentley Rhythm Ace. He had John Carter and Damian Harris on board and they thought it would be obscene to have a Big Beat reunion without me, because I was their resident.

BN1: What’s the summer hold for you now?

NC: I’m doing everything. I’m doing full Moon in Kuala Lumpur.

I’m the official DJ for the World Cup, Glastonbury, Rock Ness, big shows in Belfast and Dublin, Athens - it’s going to be another big summer. Sadly there’s nothing in Brighton. SouthWest Four on Clapham Common is the nearest show.

BN1: Any predictions for this year? Are England going to win the World Cup? NC: No, they’ll go out on penalties in the semi-finals of course.

There’s a good festival fever this

year, which is really healthy. The last few years people have been moaning about too many festivals and not enough money for everyone to go to them. But I think that’s balanced out now. Weather permitting it should be a great summer.

BN1: I think it’s really healthy that, due to so many festivals, there’s a big return for live music. People are getting out there and socialising.

NC: That’s the one thing you can never replace with the internet isn’t it? I’ve always said that as a DJ playing dance music, as long as young people want to get drunk and laid, there’s always a job for me. I just have to provide the soundtrack.

With that he’s off to bashfully pose for our photographer, leaving us to carry on gawping at the view.

The story of Norman Cook, and all his various musical guises, is a story of commitment to making people dance. In a career that has revolved around making and playing records with mad, dynamic precision, he’s levered his way into a position where he’s playing the biggest parties in the world and working with some of the greatest musicians ever.

Finally there’s living proof for parents everywhere that having an unhealthy obsession with music can lead to great things.

Interview By Stuart Rolt

Reject Beats, Rocstar & Concorde2 Present: BIG BEAT REUNION

Featuring Fatboy Slim + Bentley Rhythm (LIVE) + Cut La Roc + Jon Carter + Midfield General + Hardknox + Wildstyle Bob Nimble and live visuals from VJ Air.

Cut La Roc

Cut LA Roc He’s punished sound systems all over the world, appeared on Top Of The Pops, started a DJ agency, set a Guinness world record for DJing with the most decks at once and commanded a four-year residency at The Boutique during a period that saw Big Beat storming the world. He’s also recently released an incredible new album, Larger Than Life, which deftly blends all the different sounds and influences which have shaped his career. Now he and The Boutique are making a welcome return to Brighton for a one-off charity show, so we spoke to him to find out what else was going on in Cut La Roc World.

Music technology has changed enormously since you first emerged, how has this affected your DJ’ing?

The actual technology hasn’t affected me that much, although I do plan to move onto Serato at some point this year, I’ve been more directly affected by the fact that record labels and artists promote their music via MP3 now so have had to move onto CDJ’s now or risk playing old vinyl and being a dinosaur!!

Tell us about your tour with Bentley Rhythm Ace, what can we expect from you guys?

The tour is going great, it’s just like the old days of Big Beat to be honest, a lot of smiles from the crowd especially for the BRA live set, the tour is mainly BRA really as my time is taken up running Rocstar Recordings but I’m playing at the charity event as it was an un-miss able event to play at and for a very worthy cause!

Obviously you wouldn’t be putting on another Boutique night unless you thought people would be interested, but have you been surprised by the enormous wave of enthusiasm the revival has generated?

Ok just to make sure it’s clear it a Big Beat Revival night, not Boutique night, the idea is the same though! We’ve been stunned at the response to be honest as there was quite a considerable backlash with all things “Big Beat” but I think the time is right to bring back having a cracking night listening to various types of music, in the old Big Beat Boutique days everyone left with a smile on their faces, the musical genres were mashed up and it was amazing fun, let’s bring that back I say!

As you're from Brighton, can you tell us the best places to go out?

I moved away from Brighton several years ago, although my close family and daughter Elysia still live there, I live in Colchester now with my wife and 2 children, last time I visited Brighton a couple of months back it had changed so much it was amazing! So my tips for places to go out are probably very dated! Sorry haha .

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This new album is a big return to your B-Boy roots, what’s the motivation behind this?

The Album is a full account of pretty much most of the styles of music that have influenced me over the years, with my own spin on them of course! Based on old soul 45’s that have influenced up to music that my father used to play when I was growing up (my dad had a large eclectic musical taste) it’s all in their influence wise.

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Album Reviews Album: Dan Le Sac VS Scroobius Pip ‘The Logic of Chance’ 2010 Released: 15th March This sophomore effort from the UK hip-hop duo, composed of Daniel Stephens (Dan le sac) and David Peter Meads (Pip), is a refreshing approach to a problem in modern music. How do you say something worth saying without boring those who are listening? The pair combine spoken word verse, electro beats and an occasional pop synthesizer to create a youthful exuberance and yet a level of social scepticism into the bargain. The album covers tragic domestic violence with ‘Five Minutes’ and attempts to smash traditional British political ambivalence with ‘Stake a Claim’. The record is awash with filthy electro beats, humour and political poetry all blended with a pop sensibility which makes it marketable to those the lyrics are designed to reach. ‘The Logic of Chance’ is a very good, in under produced contribution from the Essex based duo. 7/10

Album: Peggy Sue ‘Fossils and Other Phantoms’ 2010 Released: 5th April On December 9th of last year, Peggy Sue took a big step forward and signed to Wichita Recordings Ltd. The Brighton based folk/indie trio are now on the verge of releasing ‘Fossils and Other Phantoms’ in April of this year. The album is an odd blend of heavy handed bass drum beats and indie oriented soft core guitar riffs.

With their lyrical maturity and yet frustrated scratchy instrumentals each track seems to live within a paradox of streaky and smooth. On tour they have been paired up with other UK acts such as Mumford and Sons and Kate Nash. This goes some way to helping place their sound with its grand angelic choruses and climatic howling vocals. The tracks to look out for are ‘Fossils’ and ‘Matilda’ on what is a solid debut album. 7/10

Album Review: Gloria Cycles ‘Campsite Discotheque’ 2010 Released: 5th April Confused garage indie rock turned professional. The debut album from the Brighton based foursome ‘Gloria Cycles’ is quite difficult to fathom but easy to suss. From track to track it seems somewhat schizophrenic, from harder rock to harmonic and soft core. They sound like the Dandy Warhols trying to be Bloc Party. Their sound is big, in every sense of the word, alike to other guitar led indie rockers such as Bombay Bicycle Club, but their drum beats are fast and snappy. It is a decent debut effort, produced with obvious talent and a little ego thrown in, but not to the extent of being irritating. That is their sound sussed. It is unfortunately difficult to fathom in terms of its place in the British market. They should have come along five years ago. They will never be short of fans because their style is popular but that is the problem. They sound too familiar to other bands in the genre that have already left their mark. 6/10

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Eclectia is a new gallery space at Brighton Marina, featuring high quality images from local photographers. Run by Kirstie Blake of Event Exposure, the gallery offers a unique opportunity to view and purchase an eclectic mix of prints ranging from architectural to documentary. With 10% OFF framed prints as part of the Brighton & Hove Festival of Shopping promotion in April, it’s the perfect place to pick up a memento of your trip to the city by the sea!

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Joan Armatrading Brighton Dome - 13th April

The one and only Joan Armatrading - the breath of fresh air amongst lovers of Folk, Blues and Soul music, one of the first people to combine the 70s Blues vibes with modern upbeat jazz idiosyncrasy is coming to Brighton on Tuesday 13th April, at none other but one of Brighton's most treasured venues, The Brighton Dome.

Joan has wisped up instant classics throughout her career that are sure to instill nostalgia among all music enthusiasts, to name but one: 'The Weakness In Me' EP, a classic heart-felt love song that highlights the fragility of human contact and standing testament to 'The Love song' without succumbing to any degree of artificiality or pretense.

Joan came onto the scene in 1972, and has teamed up with some of the most renowned names in the music industry such as Cyndi Lauper on the True Colours Tour 1998, and has performed on "Later... Live with Jools Holland" where she performed 'A Woman In Love" and several other classics from her "Into The Blues" EP album.

This live event is sure to please those of all ages and origins, as the music Joan conjures up is a universal sound, sung straight from the heart. Her vocal range and musical capability are humbling, and the level of soul in her music continues to pluck the strings of even the coldest of hearts.. Sounds ridiculous, I know, but we dare you to go this event and attempt to keep dry eyes. It is no surprise that her unique sound and take on the music industry has influenced such acclaimed artists as Tracy Chapman and Joan Kingsley to such a degree that her influence is worthy of credit throughout many of their albums in their careers. Joan's music is sure to continue influencing vocalists, musicians and inspiring listeners as her unique sound is timeless.

Ranging styles depending on what instrument she plays, be it acoustic guitar, drums or piano, each recording and song that is written is done so with such a precise intent and unassuming approach that it is perfectly fitting for an artist of such reclaim to have been nominated for three Grammy awards,

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and to have so many Gold and Silver BPI Certifications to her name, scattered over the last 35 years in the music business.

The Brighton Dome, one of the largest venues in Brighton, provides an ideal setting for Joan and her performance. It boasts several thousand seats and a perfectly tuned audile architecture centering the main stage like a giant speaker system.

This is not an event to be missed, and we at BN1 are sure to be at this one-night classic soul-blues extravaganza.

Whether Joan will be playing accompanied or not is unknown, however it's an absolute certainty that all those present on this Tuesday evening will be taken on an uplifting journey of humbled introspection and lyrical poignancy.

In other words -A show not to miss!

Words By Will Nolan

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BRIGHTON FESTIVAL FRINGE 1st - 23rd May 2010 More information and tickets at www.brightonfestivalfringe.org.uk It’s that time of year again; it is time for Brighton’s favourite summer festival. For just over three weeks Brighton’s sunny shores will play host to a wide array of cultural entertainment to get the season going. It will range across dozens of venues and will include live music acts, cabarets, poetry and extended literature readings, film viewings, traditional and modern theatre, and last but not least a huge splurge of comedy acts to get you giggling.

Live Music As far as the music nights go in Brighton, depending on the time and place you could find almost anything you were looking for all year round. With the Fringe Festival in town however there is double the choice and a greater intensity wherever you chose to attend.

Major acts to look out for this year will range from the howling vocals and rock riffs of Bad for Lazarus (the Foundry 19th May) to the feel good spirit lift of Brighton Goes Gospel in Concert (Roedean School 15th May).

Comedy and Cabarets Cabaret Whore (Laughing Horse @ The Temple 1st – 3rd May) will be one to watch out for. Performed

by Sarah-Louise Young coming highly recommended from Time Out Magazine, her brand of comedy blended with her own songs will tear at your sides and will be a really good way to kick off the festival. As far as pure comedy acts are concerned we at Bn1 Magazine believe that a dark sense of humour is often the most effective. If this is something you agree with then get down to Bad Things: Fears Of A Clown (Freerange 13th – 14th May) which will tickle your light and dark side while combining mime and physical theatre.

Theatre For theatre with a political edge get down to 2012 (The Nightingale Theatre 8th – 10th May) for a show of cynicism, comedy and conspiracy theories all tied together. It will focus primarily on the absurdity of the futures politics as they would have it. For a lighter taste of theatre culture Beautiful Thing by Jonathan Harvey (Brighton Little Theatre 15th – 22nd May)

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Freerange Tent taking residency on the green at St. Peters Church

brings some romance to Brighton. Beautiful Thing takes an interesting approach, combining the story of two young men’s love for one another with their contrasting hostile environment on a London council estate.

Nightlife For a night out on the town, unashamedly lacking in cultural depth among the other more sedate attractions, skank, swing and swagger your way down to Guilty Pleasures (Komedia 1st May). This fun filled night will endeavour to explore every cheesy pop song you ever loved, but never showed it down at the pub for fear of scorn and abuse. Alternatively if you need something a little more showgirl, then give The Magician’s Twisted Funfair (Digital 1st May). The Guardian Guide called this mixture of clown antics, fire dancers and illusions “Genius”, enough said really.

This is only a taste of what to expect from Brighton’s beloved festival, for tickets to all shows, exclusive discounts and great competitions go to www.brightonfestivalfringe.org.uk .

Words by James Rowland

Comedy: The Penny Dreadfuls; Upstairs at Three and Ten on 23rd and 24th May 5-6pm

1st - 23rd May 2010

tickets available at

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Europe’s most eagerly anticipated and fastest growing new music festival and industry conference makes it’s now annual appearance on Brighton’s shores during the 13th-15th May at over 350 venues across the city.

The great and the good of all that is stemmed with a quaver or to whom ‘rest’ means a break in a beat will descend upon our glorious city to talk all things musical and, more importantly for the musical mortals amongst us, so will a selection of the brightest up and coming musical talent playing gigs across the city.

So what to look out for? Well first off would be next month’s BN1 magazine where we’ll be previewing, interviewing, advising and guiding as to the best of the fest, but as a brief teaser for you, the more esteemed acts include super dance troupe Groove Armada, Canadian revelations Broken Social Scene, the sublime new kids on the block Marina & The Diamonds and critic’s darling and recent BRITS winner Ellie Goulding. One of the great things about the festival though is the opportunity to

Delphic are an alternative dance music act that hail from Manchester.

Currently halfway through their 2nd tour of the UK, this acclaimed band are signed to the prestigious French electronic label Kitsune and return to the British festival scene after a successful series of gigs last summer at Reading, Creamfields, Bestival and more.

Delphic playing The Great Escape Festival 2010

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The Great Escape

Slow Club is a folk-rock duo from Sheffield, made up of Charles Watson and Rebecca Taylor.

Beautiful and compelling folk-pop that will bring a smile to anyone’s soul!

see both unsigned talent that is tipped for the top along with (and including) some of the best Brighton has to offer – for instance, make sure you catch electro-pop groovemeisters Kovak alongside the much hyped unsigned sensation The Young Guns for a rockier night out !

Running alongside the main festival will be the Alternative Escape gives artists, labels, managers and promoters the chance to host their own events as part of the Great Escape Festival over a huge variety of locations – again there are hidden gems aplenty as the city succumbs to an orgy of music for 3 days. What could be better?!

So, how to get involved? Well, you can buy various wristband options from www.escapegreat. com – for £55 you get free entry to ALL the bands……yes, that’s EVERY gig!!! And, if that weren’t enough, there will be club nights, after parties and much, much more to come….all for wearing a wristband. So what are you waiting for? BN1 will be there and we hope to see all of you there too!

Marina and The diamonds According to her, she is the Marina and you are the Diamonds. Marina and the Diamonds is rising in fame by the day, reaching number 4 in the UK charts this February with her album ‘The Family Jewels’

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Brighton Festival 2010 The month of May and the Brighton Festival draws ever closer and a few more exciting events have been announced.

At the behest of Brian Eno, the festivals guest artistic director This Is Acappella!, a one off celebration of the unaccompanied voice, is being held at the Dome on 7th May. New York Septet Naturally 7 is bringing their special brand of acappella, which they dub 'vocal play', to the event. Going beyond pure unaccompanied vocal harmonies they provide their own backing tracks by replicating a full band using only the power of their voices.

Also appearing are 60’s acappella sensations The Persuasions and improvisational 'disinformationist' -Reggie Watts in this unique celebration of the power of the human voice.

In a world premiere performance, BAFTA- and EMMY®-winning composer Howard Goodall unveils The Selfish Giant, a full-scale

orchestral reimagining of Oscar Wilde's classic fairy tale on 1st May..This magical story will be brought to life brought to life by a suitably towering ensemble, featuring the Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra, the Brighton Festival Youth Choir, a guest narrator and Brighton Dome's very own concert organ as the eponymous ogre.

festival aims to utilise the city’s outdoor spaces in new and exciting ways. This year is no exception and the streets of the coty will see a multitude of exciting an innovative works and events. Amongst these is Bodies in Urban Spaces – a dynamic interactive tour of the city’s landscape created by Austrian choreographer Willi Dorner.

Brighton Festival is also presenting two very special nights celebrating the work of prominent American composer Philip Glass.

The first is Music in 12 Parts, where the celebrated composer leads his own ensemble at the Dome in a ultra-rare live performance of this four-hour epic on 12th May. The following day will see the Dome playing host to Glass and his ensemble again, this time performing the richly textured soundscape from Godfrey Reggio and Glass's groundbreaking audio/visual collaboration Koyaanisqatsi.

The Level will be playing host to NoFit State. Featuring a spectacular aerial circus playground and open house programme of taster sessions, rehearsals and workshops, this no-holds-barred outdoor circus will be working with local artists and community groups to develop new acts and routines. From live music jams to bicycle ballets and displays of extreme sports - everything will be on show and up for grabs, culminating in one large-scale open-air circus performance in Park Life - The Finale on Sun 23rd May.

As with every year the Brighton

Words By Stuart Rolt

Right: This is Acappella The Persuasions 7th May

Left: The Selfish Giant Above: NoFitState - Park Life The Final 23rd may

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1st May Credit: Laura Barrett

Guest Artistic Director: Brian Eno Highlights include: Animalink Marine Parade World premiere A play by Simon Stephens with music

by American Music Club’s Mark Eitzel.

Addiction, betrayal, hope, love and live music.

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Boh no! U2 to headline Glastonbury!

Another year, another Glastonbury: the UK’s most notorious festival returns again on Wednesday 23rd of June, with the ‘resale’ batch of tickets soon becoming available on April 11th. The line-up details are as scant as they always are, but the rumours of potential comebacks and cameos are equally rife. The festival will undoubtedly sell out yet again, though there is a cloud of pessimism lingering over this year’s show and it’s not just the obligatory annual rainstorm. First up, only the stubbornly pretentious will be deny awareness of the World Cup; ‘the only event bigger than the Olympics’ will likely not be on the minds of many of the mud-drenched, peace-loving hippies but the recent commercialisation of the site means that there will be many football-loving regulars that may opt out of splashing the £185, or even worse will dampen the mood significantly when England inevitably crash out on the Saturday night.

Adding to the poor omens is the growing competition and saturation of the UK festival

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scene, which is forever providing more and more diverse and wonderful opportunities to watch bands, sleep in tents, piss in a plastic cubicle and all the other trimmings that summer festivals afford. Glastonbury has also yet again booked a headliner that is devoid of talent or taste, as U2 have been confirmed as one of the weekend’s lead acts. Honestly, they may as well book Sting and Celine Dion and just be done with it – being famous and popular shouldn’t be the only criteria consider when planning a festival.

Nevertheless, there is substantial merit behind the amazing reputation that Glastonbury enjoys, and these petty cynicisms aside (because we all know it’s not about football or even the music) Glastonbury 2010 is surely going to be the festival of the summer and should rightly be anticipated with all the gusto that usually surrounds the prestigious event.

By Joel Windels

Guilty Pleasures

Guilty Pleasures

Every month @ Komedia Ok, so you’ve seen what the night’s called and you’re preparing to divulge some of your darkest musical confessions, well, you couldn’t be more right. Having swept across clubs and festivals in the UK, Guilty Pleasures has now officially launched a monthly residency at Komedia Brighton and “oh, what a night” it was. Kicking off with all the classic tunes you hate to love, it was hard not to get sucked into the cheesy, middle of the dance floor. From Prince to Vanilla Ice, MC Hammer to Girls Aloud, guessing the next tune was all part of the night’s thrill. Of course if you were there, you will also remember the jaw dropping strip tease by those blokes who look like they live round the corner. Remember the guys from the Full Monty? Ok, now you get the picture.

Unashamed of their beer bellies, their rendition of Lady Marmalade whilst dressed in frilly pants, knee high socks and nipple tassels was simply hilarious.

Everybody loved it and later when they appeared in Lycra leotards with ribbon sticks, clubbers couldn’t stop themselves jumping on stage to join in.

Though best enjoyed with a tipple or three, the kinship between clubbers aged anything from eighteen to sixty was certainly the best part of the night. Imagine if you didn’t mind making a tit of yourself mouthing to words to Hanson’s Mmm Bop to the stranger next to you. Well, maybe that was just my guilty pleasure!

But who could forget the guy who leapt up on stage to perform his crowd pleasing display of footwork to the smash hit Footloose. You know who you are and everybody else will when you probably end up on YouTube! With drinks at reasonable prices, including special offer £2.50 spirit and mixer and Oranjeboom, if you don’t mind paying the tenner entry fee, it’s a guaranteed night of frivolous fun and Brighton laughs.

By Deborah farefield

Photography: Oli Lyons

BRIGHTON & HOVE FOOD AND DRINK FESTIVAL

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Food & Drink Spring Harvest Brighton Spring Harvest Food & Drink Festival was one of the highlights of March.

This three week celebration of the best food and drink to be found in Brighton and Sussex saw a wide variety of events at venues across the city. One of these was a tasty two day Big Sussex Market that set up camp on New Road over the 13th and 14th.

Thousands of people swarmed down to sample and buy fare from the four corners of the world. The enticing spicy aromas of freshly cooked dishes and the vibrant colours of painstakingly laid out displays entwined to create a stirring assault on the senses. The market was a good chance for local food outlets to meet and show their customers what they have to offer, and find out what Brighton’s assembled gastropods would like them to be doing.

Amongst the endless flow free samples there were local restaurants cooking up their specialities to feed those wanting to consume something more substantial. Whether it was spicy Chorizo from the Spanish Food Company or authentic Texan barbeque from the BBQ Shack, there was local shops and producers providing delicacies for every discerning palette.

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Food & Drink IT’S MY PARTY AND I’LL PIE IF I WANT TO… My Birthday this year coincided with “National Pie Week” - so what better thing to do than go and hunt out a decent pie and a pint? As it happens, one of my favourite pubs - The Duke Of Norfolk - now specialises in pies: What extraordinary luck! The venue then was a given.

But what of the pies? Supplied by Bristol based Pieminister and all hand made, they are, to put it simply, Pietastic meal at The Duke of Norfolk superb. Real pastry pies - none of your crust on top of a dish nonsense - filled to the brim with the highest quality ingredients; you’d have to go a long way to beat them. And when you team them with the pub’s own choice of excellent mashed potatoes - from cream and butter to jalapeno - and gravies/sauces, from Guinness and mushroom to roasted garlic and onion, you get over 3,000 combinations of gorgeous pie based goodness. Apparently it would take 8 years to eat all the possible permutations. I don’t know if it would actually be possible to eat them all; but it would be certainly be worth giving it a go.

On my Birthday visit, I had the Posh Cheese and Onion Pie (yum) Jalapeno Mash (double yum) and Tomato & Chilli Gravy (even yummier!). My friend had the Roast Pork and Sage Pie, and declared it the most succulent and delicious pie he’d ever eaten. And although I’m a veggie, I have absolutely no reason to doubt him.

Neither pie remained on the plate long enough for much inspection anyway - they were far too delicious for that. As was the beer - they keep an excellent pint at the Duke…

So in closing, there’s only one more thing I feel I need to tell you. Since going to the Duke Of Norfolk for the purposes of my Birthday (and this review) I’ve been back three times, just for the pies. In two weeks! And I have no doubt it’ll be at least four visits by the time you’re reading this.

Words and Photography By Nick Titchener

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The Brunswick A leading music and arts venue, The Brunswick is also an exciting fusion of traditional boozer meets modern bar.

With a high tech sound system, its live music nights are brilliant and every Tuesday gives you the chance to show off your talents with a free open mic.

Offering quality, value for money and a friendly atmosphere, The Brunswick also encourages local groups by running classes in acting, singing, painting, wine tasting and more. With fresh food served everyday, expect outstanding quality from their locally sourced produce and impressive menu. On Sundays, enjoy a tasty Roast with all the trimmings for £7.95 and a choice of freshly prepared desserts. There are several function rooms available for hire and a beautiful garden decorated with plants and terracing, perfect for those summer days ahead.

The Brunswick 1 Holland Road Hove BN3 1JF

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The West Quay We’re all agreed that Wetherspoons gets a lot of flack, but I am unashamedly a fan of the West Quay. When seeking out a good pub restaurant there are certain things you look for and I have to say the West Quay ticks a lot of boxes. Its great

value for money, tasty grub, scenic views, spacious indoor/outdoor seating and usually prompt service means there’s not much left to complain about. The menu comprises starters, sharers, a deli selection and great promotional deals including a beer and a burger for just over a fiver. In the week, expect steak club Tuesday, curry club Thursday and for all those roast lovers, Sunday Club where you can enjoy quality food for a good price.

Ok, at weekends it can be quite busy but what do you expect when everyone’s strapped for cash. Come on admit it, you love this place too!

By Deborah Fairfield Brighton Marina Village, Brighton, BN2 5UT

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SHAKEAWAY If you believed everything you read about what is and isn’t good for you, there would be nothing left to eat. This is why it’s fantastic that we have places like ShakeAway that celebrate eating something simply because it tastes so good?

Choosing your shake is a tough decision and I’d recommend you take them up on their offer of a loyalty card as chances are you’re going to be back.

Fortunately their menu is printed on A5 cards as well as on the chalkboard so you can grab a copy and try and narrow down the many tempting options. Every shake is made with real ingredients so when I chose my Turkish delight shake with maltesers; it was made from real Turkish delight chocolate bar not some artificial flavouring, with maltesers sprinkled on top. Of course, you could choose Jaffa cake or Daim bar or well... pretty much anything you can imagine!

They do dairy free milkshakes as well and yes, for those who still want to remain virtuous, they do low fat ones as well. My brother in law frequently says

“go large or go home” and I couldn’t say it better myself in this case: so get down to ShakeAway, load up a heap of calories into the blender, shake and enjoy. Life’s too short not to.

By Leigh Higgins SHAKEAWAY 8 Bond Street Brighton BN1 1RD 01273 711179

BLUE MAN RESTAURANT I’m a huge fan of North African cuisine with its flavours of cumin, coriander, dates, apricots and preserved lemon, so discovering the Blue Man Restaurant was a real find for me.

Open for 8 years now, the Blue Man is tucked away in Little East Street and perfectly blends the spices of North Africa with the sun-kissed flavours of the dried dates and apricots of the region. It’s the ideal place to introduce yourselves with the subtle cuisine of Morocco.

I love the house speciality, Khrouf, a lamb tagine with prunes and chickpeas which is perfect for my sensitive palate (black pepper is enough to set off the fire detector in my mouth!), my partner on the other hand, has a Teflon coated palate and always goes for the chicken tagine although I have a sneaky feeling that’s just his way of stopping me from sneaking bites from his plate.

Blue Man North

African Bistro

Restaurant.

11 Little East Street Brighton, BN1 1HT

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Match your meal with traditional Moroccan lagers or wines, or end it with the traditional Shisha pipe with apple tobacco, either way your evening at the Blue Man Restaurant is sure to be a memorable one.

By Leigh Higgins

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Delirium Tremens Frank Zappa once suggested that “You can’t be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need to have a beer.” Belgium is well renowned for nothing in particular, it has no airline, it has no nuclear weapons, I’m fairly sure it has a football team, but that of which I am absolutely certain…it has many, many fine beers. Belgium boasts well over 500 different beers, so choosing one to review is something of a dilemma. After much deliberation I plumped for a modern classic, a world champion beer, voted number one in Kallen’s 50 Greatest Beers of the World and banned for several years in the U.S. for it’s promotion of excessive drinking…it can only be Delirium Tremens. The name derives from the Latin “trembling madness” often associated with alcohol withdrawal symptoms, more commonly referred to as the DT’s. This triple fermented 9%(abv) beer is not overly complex in terms of flavour but it skilfully delivers manful helpings of hop and malt flavours. Delirium Tremens has a fruity citrus finish with a satisfying warm alcoholic glow that leaves you clamouring for the next bottle. I don’t like to cast cultural aspersions, but the real wonder of this brew is how a nation so crushingly dull can create a beer of such character and poise. As they say in Belgium…op uw gezondhied.

Available online at www.beersofeurope.co.uk £2.29 for a 330ml bottle.

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Fashion

Jean Genie

Denim is back. Although, I’m not too sure when it was out! This season’s take feels nostalgic of the ripped, frayed, torn designer jeans of the 1980‘s. This time round the look is Double Denim. And not just any denim combo. The look is clashtastic! And perhaps to the untrained eye - just plain wrong. For denim diva's it's so wrong it’s right! Choose from faded vintage, white fibre-flashing distressed or holey destroyed denim. Later in the season we’ll be chasing cuffed shorts and playsuits. But for now fashionista’s will want to sport two completely different shades of denim. A faded cropped gilet or vintage black acid wash denim jacket with studs worn over a knotted white tee teamed with dark blue skinny, super-skinny or distressed white jeans is doubly cool and bang-on-trend.

Jaynie Ralph

If, like me, you remember wearing something similar in 1982 and are now more interested in a pair of flattering slacks that half the size of your bottom, read on. Fashions change, times change, your lifestyle changes. But your basic shape doesn’t. Finding the right shape jeans can change your life. It’ll save you time in the mornings, make you feel thinner, taller & altogether more gorgeous as well as attracting an army of adoring fans.

Top Shop Denim Jacket £50.00

Skinnys are so hot at the moment you’ll find them everywhere.

If you are stuck in a straight jeans or bootleg rut and have slim legs I beg you, try some on. These figure-hugging beauties suit all from tall to petite. If you feel a bit pulled in at the waist and spilling over, find a top in a thicker fabric so onlookers are just wowed by your tiny thighs. Wear them with heels, flats, tucked into all boots especially cowboy boots or with thigh high boots.

Roll them up and wear with cuffs or kitten heels. If you love skinnys and leggings, you’ll love Jeggings; a sprayed on denim look super-slim legging. If you have heavier, curvier legs these are not your best look so you can leave these to your chickenlegged friends and find your fit elsewhere.

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Straight leg - classic, traditional and can be worn with everything. This is flattering if you have hips or not as they give the appearance of leaner pins. They’re perfect if skinnys make you feel top heavy. This style never dates and makes the perfect weekend away jeans with soft knits, tweed jackets or trench coats. A medium to high rise flattens any tummy you have and large or higher back pockets will make you bum look smaller. Wear a top that cuts your bum in half to make it look even smaller. Low-rise straight legs look good if you are petite. So if you are 5 ft 3” or smaller stay away from flares or any jeans with too much embellishment.

Flared jeans look wonderful if you are tall. As you have lovely long legs you can don all sorts of interesting rippings, patterns and washes. Team your jeans with a long hanging leather bag with tassels, a long scarf and some gold gladiator sandals.

Top Shop Boyfriend Jeans £40.00

Bootleg jeans are for made for you if you have wider shoulders than hips, or wide hips as the wider bottoms balance both of these out. They do work miracles in giving you a fantastic high voltage silhouette. Add some tailoring chic with a neatly cut jacket. Wear over boots (they were designed to fit over cowboy boots), flats or heels. Make sure the heel is 1cm off the ground as this will make your legs look longer. If you are heavier find a bootleg in dark curve-loving stretch denim with a medium or high-rise waist. Keep the details at the front simple and pockets higher on the rear.

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Boyfriend. Whether you actually have one or not this look is for you if you want to create curves and height. Meant to be worn baggy they aren’t as flattering as other jeans. If you mainly carry your weight around your hip area these can be worn in your favour too. Wear them a bit tighter with turn ups, add socks, heels or shoe boots to show off your gorgeous ankles. Plus a high necked soft ruffled top, add lots of gold necklaces and a man’s watch. To finish off the look team with a boyfriend cardi or jacket. If you have a flat stomach - be the envy of others and wear a belt around the outside.

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Adrenalin Junkie: Suzy Madge Brighton adventurer to ski mountaineer

In Continuation of our Adrenalin Junkie series, BN1 Magazine managed to obtain some time with local adventurer Suzy Madge. Suzy is a record-breaking adventure athlete, a ski mountaineer, a motivational speaker, an award winning film maker, a tour guide and a life coach, and as if that is not enough to keep her occupied she has been planning her next expedition, taking her to a place where very few people have ventured – the Qala-e Hurst Valley in the Wakhna Corridor, north east Afghanistan, where many of the mountains are still unclimbed and unnamed.

You’ve been able to visit and experience many places and cultures that the average person will never have the opportunity to see over the course of their lifetime. How has this changed your view of the world?

I try to suspend judgement about places and instead experience every moment as it is, which can be quite tricky. Take Afghanistan for example.

Through the media we have one definite image of the country, and it will be interesting to see

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what I experience. It is a bit like playing a game of pass the parcel but always being the unwrapper, unravelling layers of understanding as to how other people live and are happy.

Has there any moments when you’ve thought “actually, I’d rather be working in an office right now!”?

No, although after my tent blew away (happily I’d already escaped) during a 100mph storm at 6200m in the Himalayas, I

did think that I’d rather be kite surfing. Whilst working at the computer has its advantages - right now I am warm, there are no threats of avalanches, frostbite or altitude sickness, and I’d still rather be out high on the mountain with all the beauty and discomfort that goes along with it.

Is there anything you wouldn’t do?

In mountaineering terms, I would never attempt to summit K2, a mountain with a very high

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death rate. Something ridiculous like one in four people who summit, die!

What drives you to achieve your objectives?

I am a curious soul, fascinated by what our bodies and minds can do. We can all do way more than we think we can.

How do you choose your adventures? Is there a team of people passing you suggestions for places to visit, or do you just stick a pin in a map?

I listen to my heart. If someone is talking about an adventure or mountain and I get a little stab of pain in my core, I recognise this as my desire to do something similar and then try to organise it.

Last year I took the specific decision to not organise anything and see if anything came my way, but it didn't, so now I am back to deciding and organising myself.

How much preparation does it take to get you on your expeditions? I can’t see you simply turning up at Gatwick with your skis asking for a ticket to Afghanistan.

I had a five year plan to climb and ski Cho Oyu, an 8200m mountain which I did in 2008.

For five years I saved money, trained, planned, doing a mountain a year. Afghanistan has been 6 months planning, so I suppose that is a lot of preparation Do you get nervous before an expedition? Do you feel there is pressure for you to achieve more and more extraordinary accomplishments?

I just get incredibly excited. I don’t feel under any pressure at all as I am doing what I love and love every single minute of what I do, even in the most outrageously dangerous situations. I feel alive, as if I belong in the world during adventures.

Is it possible to pick a favourite place that you’ve been to?

Every mountain I go to is incredible at the time.

Sometimes the place isn't extraordinary but the people are. There are some places not asSuzy Madge sociated with adventure that have left me feeling Are there future adventures on terrible - Dachau, killing fields in your agenda?

Cambodia.

What do you do to relax?

Or is it all get up and go for Suzy Madge? Somehow I can’t imagine you sat in your dressing gown watching Hollyoaks.

The simplicity of life up a mountain is calming compared to the bonkers business we have here, with traffic, internet, mobile phones, and mirrors everywhere. Imagine a month with no electronics or machines - that is pretty relaxing when all you can see is white snow and hear is your own breathing.

If you had to live your life over again, what one thing would you change?

I would have started adventuring and mountaineering when I was younger - I really started when I was thirty.

The Afghan trip is a bit of a reconnaissance to see what the possibilities are over there. I imagine I will go back, maybe with more people. I would also love to spend more time in Nepal. I really would love to give people the inspiration and confidence to get out there and do more stuff. The happiness and fulfilment one can achieve in adventure is amazing.

What is your advice for kids who want to follow in your footsteps?

There are loads of ways to earn money and carve a life for ourselves. Discover what makes you happy by trying loads of different things and find something that you love and are good at. And then do it.

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Community This month’s BN1 Magazine charity column focuses on an event where local companies give a voice to the youth of Brighton & Hove with the launch of this fantastic new project The Young Speakers Award 2010 www.youngspeakersaward.co.uk Companies across the city are helping to give young people a voice through the Young Speakers Award 2010, a brand new project which aims to give 14-17 year olds in schools, colleges and youth clubs presentation skills and speaking confidence.

Launched by executive coach, author and speaking expert Jackie Arnold, the competition is designed to give young people a boost and help prepare them for future challenges such as entering into the job market, colleges or universities. It will offer aspiring young speakers an opportunity to make themselves heard with a competition, workshops, mentoring support and advice from an expert panel of judges, mentors, DJs and more.

“It’s important to give young people confidence in their own ideas, to help them believe in themselves and learn how to be assertive without being aggressive”, said Jackie.

Action for Children The profits raised will go to the charity Action for Children, which supports and speaks out for the UK’s most vulnerable children. Through their valuable work, they seek to break the cycle of deprivation and help young people to achieve their full potential.

Sponsorship and support As an inspirational youth event in aid of a popular children’s charity, The Young Speakers Award has already won the backing of Brighton

& Hove Council. ID Arena are project managing and looking after content and video production, the website concept and design was created by Upstream Connections, Mona Walsh, a specialist consultant for community development, fundraising and youth engagement is taking care of communications through digital media, Roedean School have offered the project their Theatre both for the 2nd heat and the final event and Juice Radio and Radio Reverb are providing on-air promotion.

Not a bad start!

But they still need your help!

Companies across Brighton & Hove are encouraged to get behind this inaugural event to help maximise its impact on the young people involved. Whether it’s through much-needed sponsorship, prizes for winners or auction, donations or mentoring, anyone interested in getting involved should take a look at the website www.youngspeakersaward.co.uk.

Timetable of events: Initial auditions - Thursday 29th and Friday 30th April (Some additional auditions at schools) Heat 1 - Tuesday 18th May 2010 Heat 2 - Tuesday 27th May 2010 Final Award Ceremony and Fundraiser – May 28th and 29th For further information, contact: Petra Tiziani, ID Arena Ltd, Petra@idarena.com Tel. 07590 927279 To be considered for future columns, please contact Chris Taylor, on Chris@buskingcancer. co.uk

LISTINGS INDEX 1st April

Audio - Early show: B-Pop Doors 7pm Price tbc Audio - Club: Bastard Pop Indie/Pop 11pm - 3am £2 Belushi's - Karaoke - 9pm -2am Free entry & prizes Belushi's below - Party on the Ceiling - 9.30pm-2am, Entry £2/£1 Nus, Indie bands & DJ Casablanca - Live Room: The Clovers (Pop/soul covers) Dj Room: Soul/funk/pop & more Free entry before 11, £2/1 nus after Concorde - Random Promotions presents Nu Music Live & Unsigned 7-10 £5adv Concorde - Spiritual Elements 12th Birthday Fabio & Grooverider + The Ratpack + DJ Quantum + moreJ 11-late £8adv Digital - Blah Blah Blah presents Joy Orbison/Starsmith/Blah Blah Blah DJs Advance Tickets £6.50 + BF from Rounders / Resident / Dome Hope - Ice Black Birds + The Perils + Pablo And The Paint Set 8pm £free JAM - Fish Fry 50's US Rhythm & Blues/ original Jamaican Ska + more 10-2am £3 Komedia - Krater Tag Comedy Featuring four top UK comedians 8pm £8.50/6.50 Latest Music Bar - The Funky Buddha Band 8pm £5 Life - Shameless Student night 11-3 £1 before 1am Western Front - Blingual Language Exchange Party 8-late £free

2nd April

Audio - Minimal Kids Claude VonStroke 11pm - 4am £10 Belushi's - Muy Loco - 9-2am Free entry, dance competition, DJ pop/house/rnb Casablanca - Live Room: Oomphf (funky disco) 10pm-3am Entry: £5 Concorde - Silent Disco commercial/silent 11-4 £8adv Digital - April Stonelove – 101% Indie Rock n Roll 11-3am £3/4 Fortune of War - Shake Hands Lets Party Classic Tunes from the past 50 years 9.30-late £free Funky Buddah - Drink Dance Repeat £3/5 11-4am Heist - Soul Damn Funky funky & soulful house 9-late free Hope - Stacked Nasty Neil By Mouth and Guest DJ’s, spinning 50’s R’n’B, R’n’R, 60’s garage…

9-2am free JAM - Dont Stop Believin' 113am £3/4 Komedia - Krater Comedy Club Award winning stand up night 7.30pm 14.50/£10 conc Latest Music Bar - Linten Splinters 7.00pm doors, Show 8pm £5/3 NUS Life - BIG FISH LITTLE FISH CARBOARD BOX The very best in Fidget, Bassline and Electro house 11-3 £4 befre 12 Western Front - Dj’s playing Alternative Indie, Disco, Old Skool, Dance, Funk & Party Classics 9-2 free

3rd April

Audio - Blogger's Delight Camel (Deadfish Audio) 11pm - 4am Free Belushi's - Credit Crunch Saturdays - Rocket Dogs live acoustic duo, 9pm-2am, Free entry Belushi's below - Good Times over 25’s party, 9pm-2am with DJ Mick Fuller, Entry £5 Casablanca - Funky Fiesta The Southcoasters + The Devotions classic soul, funk & motown £7 10pm-3:30am Coalition - Blow (afterparty) house/ electro/ techno £7/5/4 3am-7am Concorde - UK Guns n Roses tribute 7-10 £12adv Concorde - Playgroup Festival Launch Party 11-4 FREE Digital - Pussycat Club – Rio Carnival 11-4am £8 - 12 Fortune of War - You Got Papped Beats & Pieces 9.30-late £free Funky Buddah - Buddah Soul Mike Panteli with Classic & Upfront soul, funk, R&B, Hip-Hop & Disco 11-3am £10 Funky Buddah - Afterparty 3-7am £5 Hope - Da Doo Ron Ron It’S Alive! The Trudy + Pussycat & The Dirty Johnsons 8pm til midnight £5 JAM - The Stash old style Rock'n'Roll, Mod, Rhythm & Blues, Folk, Indie, Ska 8.30-3am £4/2 Komedia - Krater Comedy Club Award winning stand up night 7pm £17.50 / 10.30pm £15 Komedia - Vive La Fip Club night 9pm, £6/£5 Komedia - Guilty Pleasures Club night 11pm, £10 Life - HOLD UP! Indie night 11-4am £5 Western Front - Dj’s playing

Alternative Indie, Disco, Old Skool, Dance, Funk & Party Classics 9-2 free

4th April

Belushi's - 1st Annual Rock, Paper, Scissors international Championship - 8-2. Winner goes to Paris for Final.Free entry Coalition - Frequency house/ breaks/electro 10.30-3.30 £free Concorde - Finley Quaye 8-11 then free after party till late £10adv Concorde - After show party with Unity Hi Fi, Sista Sessions, Tappa Roots, Natty Sax, DJ AS-IF 11late free for ticket holders Digital - Hospitality presents Logistics B2B Nutone/ Netsky/ Camo and Crooked and more Advance Tickets £12.50 + BF Funky Buddah - Drink Dance Repeat Student night £3/5 11-4am Komedia - Krater Comedy Club Award winning stand up night 8pm £11/6 Komedia - Bent Double Standup hosted by Zoe Lyons 7.30pm £10/8 Latest Music Bar - Joni Keen and the Euan Stevenson Trio Latest Music Bar - Bark Like A Dog Blues Jam 8pm £free!

5th April

Belushi's below - Latin Mondayz - 10pm-2am, Salsa & Samba DJ, ladies free before 11pm/£2 Coalition - Trash Mondays Student night 10.30-3.30am £free b411 JAM - IOU comedy 8-10.30 £3 Life - AKA AKA ROAR Dubstep night 10.30-2.30am £2 before 12

6th April

Audio - Club NME 11pm 3am £3/2 Belushi's - Mod For It - 10pm2am, free entry, DJ playing Mod & Ska Belushi's below - Elements - 9pm2am, Entry £1, Drum & Base Coalition - DON’T FORGET - FIESTA RnB, Disco, New Reggaeton, Funky Latin, Pop, Hip hop & Funky House 11.30-3.30 2/3 Digital - Glitterati 11-late £4 / £3 Guest List Hope - Slipjam B The UK's longest-running open mic hip-hop jam 9-2am free JAM - friends electric (early show) Welsh electro pop 8-10.30 £4 JAM - Pot Kettle Black Indie night 10pm - 2am £1/2 Latest Music Bar - Funk Up 7.30

£3 Entry (£2 with a flyer) Life - The Vice Social Student night 10.30-2.30am NUS £free/£2

7th April

Audio - Supercharged Plastician, Tomb crew 11pm - 3am £ 4 (NUS) / £5 Belushi's - Old Skool Sessions 10pm-2am, free entry, DJ, early 90’s house Belushi's below - ‘Strapped’ Student Night - 10pm-2am, free entry NUS, rock pop & House Casablanca - Live Room: Funky resident band at your request/ Dj Room: Latin Quarter Free entry before 11, £2/1 nus after Coalition - REMEDY RnB, pop, commercial, dubstep, dance 10.30-3.30 free b4 11 Digital - The Poundance 113am Entry £1 B4 Midnight (£3 NUS / £4 after) Latest Music Bar - Phil King + Carrie Tree + Emily Baker 8pm Doors, 8.30pm Show £5 Life - Broke? The £1 Midweek mash up! 11-3 £1 before 1am

8th April

Audio - Bastard Pop Indie/Pop 11pm - 3am £2 Belushi's - Karaoke - 9pm -2am Free entry & prizes Belushi's below - Party on the Ceiling - 9.30pm-2am, Entry £2/£1 Nus, Indie bands & DJ Casablanca - Dj Room: Soul/funk/ pop & more. Live Room: Stitched Up (pop/soul covers) Free b4 11, £2/1 nus after Coalition - Secret Discotheque shamefully unfashionable music 10.30-3.30am £1/2/3 Concorde - Bowling for Soup pop punk 7pm £12adv Digital - Family Entertainments presents Robots in Disguise 7.30pm Advance Tickets £10 +BF JAM - Fish Fry 50's US Rhythm & Blues/ original Jamaican Ska + more 10-2am £3 Komedia - BrokeNCYDE American hip-hop/crunk 7.30pm, £9 Komedia - Spirit of Gravity An evening showcasing the best electronica and visuals in town 8pm, £5/£4 Latest Music Bar - Catalyst Club - blends the old traditions of a French Salon with debating societies 8pm £5 Life - Shameless Student night 11-3 £1 before 1am Western Front - Blingual Language Exchange Party 8-late

£free

9th April

Audio - Milk Teeth SBTRKT + Urban Nerds 11pm - 4am £3/5 Belushi's - Muy Loco - 9-2am Free entry, dance competition, DJ pop/house/rnb Casablanca - Live Room: RetroElectric (Funk band) Entry: £5 10pm-3am Coalition - DAVID RODIGAN & NEXTMEN 11-3am 12adv Concorde - Candi Staton You Got The Love 8-11 then free after party till late £18adv Digital - April Stonelove – 101% Indie Rock n Roll 11-3am £3/4 Fortune of War - Shake Hands Lets Party Classic Tunes from the past 50 years 9.30-late £free Funky Buddah - Drink Dance Repeat Student night £3/5 11-4am Heist - Soul Damn Funky funky & soulful house 9-late free Hope - B Of The Bang + The Dawn Chorus & The Extenders 8-late £3 INK - muzika* £5/£7 JAM - LIVE AND LOVE (EARLY SHOW) Performances from James Robinson and James Low 7.30-10.30pm £4/5 JAM - Dont Stop Believin' 113am £3/4 Komedia - Krater Comedy Club Award winning stand up night 7.30pm 14.50/£10 conc Komedia - Brighton Jazz Club The weekly Jazz club welcomes Jake Goss ‘Banyan’. 8pm £12/10 Latest Music Bar - Charity Chuckle - stand up comedy night raising money for local charities in Brighton 7pm £6 Latest Music Bar - Frockabilly 10pm til 2am £5 Life - BIG FISH LITTLE FISH CARBOARD BOX The very best in Fidget, Bassline and Electro house 11-3 £4 befre 12 Western Front - Dj’s playing Alternative Indie, Disco, Old Skool, Dance, Funk & Party Classics 9-2 free

10th April

Audio - SOL House / electro / techno Free Belushi's - Credit Crunch Saturdays - The Pillbillys live acoustic duo, 9pm-2am, Free entry Belushi's below - Good Times over 25’s party, 9pm-2am with DJ Mick Fuller, Entry £5 Casablanca - Funky Fiesta The Southcoasters + The Devotions classic soul, funk & motown £7 10pm-3:30am Coalition - Floorplay house with Prok+Fitch 10-4am £10/8 (£7 b4 11) Coalition - Blow (afterparty)

house/ electro/ techno £7/5/4 3am-7am Concorde - THANKYOU ANYWAY early show 7-10pm £5adv Concorde - Freebass Nicky Blackmarket, The Lunarcy Soundsystem, Mr Natural, Junglizm Cru + more 11-late free Digital - Sub Prime presents CASPA / The Others / Rod Azlan / Subsplash DJs 11-4am Advance Tickets £8 + BF Fortune of War - DeckChairs present Flevans Beats & Pieces 9.30-late £free Funky Buddah - Buddah Soul Mike Panteli with Classic & Upfront soul, funk, R&B, Hip-Hop & Disco 11-3am £10 Funky Buddah - Afterparty 3-7am £5 JAM - The empErOr’s new clones pres. david e. sugar, my toys like me 8.30-3 £7adv Komedia - Krater Comedy Club Award winning stand up night 7pm £17.50 / 10.30pm £15 Komedia - The King Blues acoustic / punk 7pm, £9.50 Komedia - Stone To The Bone psychedelic soul / afrobeat / funk / 70s Motown / p-funk and more!

11pm £6/5 Komedia - Brighton Rock club night 11pm, £8/£6 Life - HOLD UP! Indie night 11-4am £5 Western Front - Dj’s playing Alternative Indie, Disco, Old Skool, Dance, Funk & Party Classics 9-2 free

11th April

Belushi's - Open Mic Session 8.30pm – midnight. Free entry Coalition - Frequency house/ breaks/electro 10.30-3.30 £free Komedia - Krater Comedy Club Award winning stand up night 8pm £11/6 Latest Music Bar - The Hornblower Brothers and Friends in aid of Scope Doors at 6pm, Bands 7-10 £4/3 Concessions

12th April

Belushi's below - Latin Mondayz - 10pm-2am, Salsa & Samba DJ, ladies free before 11pm/£2 Coalition - Trash Mondays Student night 10.30-3.30am £free b411 JAM - IOU comedy 8-10.30 £3 Life - AKA AKA ROAR Dubstep night 10.30-2.30am £2 before 12

13th April

Audio - Club NME 11pm 3am £3/2 Belushi's - Mod For It - 10pm2am, free entry, DJ playing Mod & Ska Belushi's below - Elements - 9pm2am, Entry £1, Drum & Base

Coalition - DON’T FORGET - FIESTA RnB, Disco, New Reggaeton, Funky Latin, Pop, Hip hop & Funky House 11.30-3.30 2/3 Concorde - Joshua Radin 7.30 £10adv Digital - Glitterati 11-late £4 / £3 Guest List Hope - Rizzle Kicks + Support 8-late £3 JAM - OUT OF THE BLUE (early show) Live music showcase featuring the best in local talent 8-10.30 £3 JAM - Pot Kettle Black Indie night 10pm - 2am £1/2 Latest Music Bar - The Crookes + Support 8pm £5 in advance Life - The Vice Social Student night 10.30-2.30am NUS £free/£2

14th April

Audio - Supercharged Cyantific, Alix Perez 11pm - 3am £3 Belushi's - Old Skool Sessions 10pm-2am, free entry, DJ, early 90’s house Belushi's below - ‘Strapped’ Student Night - 10pm-2am, free entry NUS, rock pop & House Casablanca - Live Room: Funky resident band at your request/ Dj Room: Latin Quarter Free entry before 11, £2/1 nus after Coalition - REMEDY RnB, pop, commercial, dubstep, dance 10.30-3.30 free b4 11 Digital - The Poundance 113am Entry £1 B4 Midnight (£3 NUS / £4 after) Hope - Purple Turtle Presents Blitz Kids + Exit International 8-late £TBC JAM - The emperor’s New Clones pres: my tiger, my timing 8.3012 £7adv Latest Music Bar - Lauren Pritchard + support 8pm £5 Latest Music Bar - Terry Emm + Jinder + Alex Hall 7.30pm £5 Life - Broke? The £1 Midweek mash up! 11-3 £1 before 1am

15th April

Audio - Bastard Pop Indie/Pop 11pm - 3am £2 Belushi's - Karaoke - 9pm -2am Free entry & prizes Belushi's below - Party on the Ceiling - 9.30pm-2am, Entry £2/£1 Nus, Indie bands & DJ Casablanca - Dj Room: Soul/ funk/pop & more. Live Room: TBC Free entry before 11, £2/1 nus after Coalition - Secret Discotheque shamefully unfashionable music 10.30-3.30am £1/2/3 Hope - Rothko + The Stash Tins + Will Mussett + Hannah Burton + Conor Tide 8-late £TBC JAM - Fish Fry 50's US Rhythm & Blues/ original Jamaican Ska +

more 10-2am £3 Komedia - Idiots of Ants: LIVE fast-paced sketch comedy 8pm, £12/£10 Komedia - The Humble Quest For A Universal Genius comedy night 8pm, £6/£4.50 Latest Music Bar - Café Scientifique - Scientific progress and the economic impact fallacy 7.30pm Admission free (collection to cover costs) Life - Shameless Student night 11-3 £1 before 1am Western Front - Blingual Language Exchange Party 8-late £free

16th April

Audio - The Revenge + Futuredisco 11pm - 4am price £5 in adv Belushi's - Muy Loco - 9-2am Free entry, dance competition, DJ pop/house/rnb Casablanca - Live Room: Oomphf live funky disco Entry: £5 10pm-3am Coalition - EVOLUTION DnB night with The Uncontrolabelz / U.N.C.Z 10-5am 5 b4 12 Concorde - The Beat + The Meow Meows Two Tone ska band 7pm with free afterparty till late £15adv Digital - April Stonelove – 101% Indie Rock n Roll 11-3am £3/4 Fortune of War - Shake Hands Lets Party Classic Tunes from the past 50 years 9.30-late £free Funky Buddah - Drink Dance Repeat Student night £3/5 11-4am Heist - Soul Damn Funky funky & soulful house 9-late free Hope - The Black Gardenias + Birdeatsbaby + Bitter Ruin retro rockabilly and indie mashup 8-late £TBC JAM - THE ALFONZ (early show) 8-11 £4 JAM - Dont Stop Believin' 113am £3/4 Komedia - Krater Comedy Club Award winning stand up night 7.30pm 14.50/£10 conc Komedia - Brighton Jazz Club The weekly Jazz club welcomes Renato D’Aiello Quartet 8pm £12/10 Life - BIG FISH LITTLE FISH CARBOARD BOX The very best in Fidget, Bassline and Electro house 11-3 £4 befre 12 Western Front - Dj’s playing Alternative Indie, Disco, Old Skool, Dance, Funk & Party Classics 9-2 free

17th April

Audio - SOL: Monsiuer Monsiuer , Schtumm! House / electro / techno 11pm - 4am Free

Belushi's - Credit Crunch Saturdays - The Pillbillys live acoustic duo, 9pm-2am, Free entry Belushi's below - Good Times over 25’s party, 9pm-2am with DJ Mick Fuller, Entry £5 Casablanca - Funky Fiesta The Southcoasters + The Devotions classic soul, funk & motown £7 10pm-3:30am Coalition - Pop Musik club night 11-4am £10/6/5 Coalition - Blow (afterparty) house/ electro/ techno £7/5/4 3am-7am Concorde - Audio Bullys 7-10pm £12adv Concorde - Supercharged Scratch Perverts + Jack Beats + Nero 11-4 £12.50adv Digital - Playroom 11-4am £8 - £12 Fortune of War - DeckChairs present Disco Shed Beats & Pieces 9.30-late £free Funky Buddah - Buddah Soul Mike Panteli with Classic & Upfront soul, funk, R&B, Hip-Hop & Disco 11-3am £10 Funky Buddah - Afterparty 3-7am £5 Komedia - Krater Comedy Club Award winning stand up night 7pm £17.50 / 10.30pm £15 Komedia - Spellbound ‘80s club for people who HATE ‘80s nights 9pm £6/12 Life - HOLD UP! Indie night 11-4am £5 Western Front - Dj’s playing Alternative Indie, Disco, Old Skool, Dance, Funk & Party Classics 9-2 free

18th April

Belushi's - Open Mic Session 8.30pm – midnight. Free entry Coalition - Frequency house/ breaks/electro 10.30-3.30 £free Komedia - Krater Comedy Club Award winning stand up night 8pm £11/6 Komedia - Mari Wilson’s Threesome 80's soul 7.30 £15 Komedia - Final Cut monthly screening the top new short films from Brighton 7.30pm, £4 Latest Music Bar - The Jacquie Young Band + Culpepper 7pm £5 19th April Audio - Early show: Health Doors 7pm Price £9 Belushi's below - Latin Mondayz - 10pm-2am, Salsa & Samba DJ, ladies free before 11pm/£2 Coalition - Trash Mondays Student night 10.30-3.30am £free b411 JAM - IOU comedy 8-10.30 £3 Komedia - Robyn Hitchcock – Electric psych-folk night

7.30pm, £12.50 Komedia - John Smith folk night 7.30pm, £10 Latest Music Bar - The Ukulele Research and Development Society Open Mic 7.30pm £2 or free for performers Life - AKA AKA ROAR Dubstep night 10.30-2.30am £2 before 12

20th April

Audio - Club NME 11pm 3am £3/2 Belushi's - Mod For It - 10pm2am, free entry, DJ playing Mod & Ska Belushi's below - Elements - 9pm2am, Entry £1, Drum & Base Coalition - DON’T FORGET - FIESTA RnB, Disco, New Reggaeton, Funky Latin, Pop, Hip hop & Funky House 11.30-3.30 2/3 Concorde - Efterklang 7.30 £10adv Digital - Glitterati 11-late £4 / £3 Guest List Hope - Save 6 Music 7.30 till late free JAM - Pot Kettle Black Indie night 10pm - 2am £1/2 Latest Music Bar - Magdalena Reising 7.30pm doors 8.30pm start ? £5 adv/£6 door Life - The Vice Social Student night 10.30-2.30am NUS £free/£2

21st April

Audio - Early show: The Pipettes Doors 7pm Price £8 Audio - Supercharged Friction, ID 11pm - 3am £4 (NUS)/ £5 Basement - THE TRAVELLING BAND Manchester six piece taking influence from folk, country, psyche and rock 7.30 £8/6 Belushi's - Old Skool Sessions 10pm-2am, free entry, DJ, early 90’s house Belushi's below - ‘Strapped’ Student Night - 10pm-2am, free entry NUS, rock pop & House Casablanca - Live Room: Funky resident band at your request/ Dj Room: Latin Joan Armatrading Brighton Dome - 13th April The one and only Joan Armatrading - the breath of fresh air amongst lovers of Folk, Blues and Soul music, one of the first people to combine the 70s Blues vibes with modern upbeat jazz idiosyncrasy is coming to Brighton on Tuesday 13th April, at none other but one of Brighton’s most treasured venues, The Brighton Dome.

Joan has whisped up instant classics thoughout her career that are sure to instil nostalgia among all music enthusiasts, to name but one: ‘The Weakness In Me’

EP, a classic heart-felt lovesong that highlights the fragility of human contact and standing testiment to ‘The Lovesong’ without succumbing to any degree of artificiality or pretense.

Joan came onto the scene in 1972, and has teamed up with some of the most renowned names in the music industry such as Cyndi Lauper on the True Colours Tour 1998, and has performed on “Later... Live with Jools Holland” where she performed ‘A Woman In Love” and several other classics from her “Into The Blues” EP album.

This live event is sure to please those of all ages and origins, as the music Joan conjures up is a universal sound, sung straight from the heart. Her vocal range and musical capablity are humbling, and the level of soul in her music continues to pluck the strings of even the coldest of hearts.. Sounds ridiculous, I know, but we dare you to go this event and attempt to keep dry eyes.

It is no surprise that her unique sound and take on the music industry has influenced such acclaimed artists as Tracy Chapman and Joan Kingsley to such a degree that her influence is worthy of credit throughout many of their albums in their careers. Joan’s music is sure to continue influencing vocalists, musicians and inspiring listeners as her unique sound is timeless.

Ranging styles depending on what instrument she plays, be it acoustic guitar, drums or piano, each recording and song that is written is done so with such a precise intent and unassuming approach that it is perfectly fitting for an artist of such reclaim to have been nominated for three Grammy awards, and to have so many Gold and Silver BPI Certifications to her name, scattered over the last 35 years in the music business.

The Brighton Dome, one of the largest venues in Brighton, provides an ideal setting for Joan and her performance. It boasts several thousand seats and a perfectly tuned audial architecture centering the main stage like a giant speaker system.

This is not an event to be missed, and we at BN1 are sure to be at this one-night classic soul-blues extravaganza.

Whether Joan will be playing

accompanied or not is unknown, however it’s an absolute certainty that all those present on this Tuesday evening will be taken on an uplifting journey of humbled introspection and lyrical poignancy. In other words - Do not miss this!

Free entry before 11, £2/1 nus after Coalition - REMEDY RnB, pop, commercial, dubstep, dance 10.30-3.30 free b4 11 Concorde - The Underground Rebel Bingo Club 10-3 tickets @ rebelbingo.com Digital - The Poundance 113am Entry £1 B4 Midnight (£3 NUS / £4 after) Hope - Lawson + Support live indie acts 8-late JAM - chuckn Monthly Ska & Funk night 8-10 £1 Life - Broke? The £1 Midweek mash up! 11-3 £1 before 1am Western Front - Phil Mills – Live Blues and Jazz 9-11 free

22nd April

Audio - Early show: Good Shoes Doors 7pm Price £8 Audio - Bastard Pop Indie/Pop 11pm - 3am £2 Belushi's - Karaoke - 9pm -2am Free entry & prizes Belushi's below - Party on the Ceiling - 9.30pm-2am, Entry £2/£1 Nus, Indie bands & DJ Casablanca - Dj Room: Soul/ funk/pop & more. Live Room: TBC Free entry before 11, £2/1 nus after Coalition - Secret Discotheque shamefully unfashionable music 10.30-3.30am £1/2/3 Concorde - Letz Zep tribute act 7.30 £12adv Hope - The Rifle Volunteer + Support 8-late £3 JAM - Fish Fry 50's US Rhythm & Blues/ original Jamaican Ska + more 10-2am £3 Komedia - Rosie Wilby: The Science of Sex ccomedy night 8pm, £6/£5 Latest Music Bar - Get Up/Stand Up... Presenting the best bands and comedians in Brighton 8pm £4 advance/NUS, £5 on the door Life - Shameless Student night 11-3 £1 before 1am Western Front - Blingual Language Exchange Party 8-late £free

23rd April

Audio - Deadly Rhythm Toddla T 11pm - 4am Price £6 Belushi's - Muy Loco - 9-2am Free entry, dance competition, DJ pop/house/rnb Belushi's below - Filmed band & Club night - 9-3am, £2 entry, live

bands & DJ, drinks promos Casablanca - Live Room: Funk band Entry: £5 10pm-3am Concorde - Oasis At The proms Featuring Oasish with The Belladonnas 7-10 £12adv Digital - April Stonelove – 101% Indie Rock n Roll 11-3am £3/4 Fortune of War - Shake Hands Lets Party Classic Tunes from the past 50 years 9.30-late £free Funky Buddah - Drink Dance Repeat Student night £3/5 11-4am Heist - Soul Damn Funky funky & soulful house 9-late free JAM - Bones A balance of avant pop, obscurest hip hop and synthtastic space disco 10-3am £2 JAM - Dont Stop Believin' 113am £3/4 Komedia - Krater Comedy Club Award winning stand up night 7.30pm 14.50/£10 conc Komedia - Brighton Jazz Club Michael Janisch Sextet playing a tribute to The Sax Summit. 8pm, £14/£12 conc Latest Music Bar - Miss Utopia Blossom presents... Comedy Pole and Burlesque Cabaret Latest Music Bar - The Jasmine Ava Band Life - BIG FISH LITTLE FISH CARBOARD BOX The very best in Fidget, Bassline and Electro house 11-3 £4 befre 12 Western Front - Dj’s playing Alternative Indie, Disco, Old Skool, Dance, Funk & Party Classics 9-2 free

24th April

Audio - SOL Cagedbaby, David Parr 11pm - 4am free Belushi's - Credit Crunch Saturdays - Rocket Dogs live acoustic duo, 9pm-2am, Free entry Belushi's below - Good Times over 25’s party, 9pm-2am with DJ Mick Fuller, Entry £5 Casablanca - Funky Fiesta The Southcoasters + The Devotions classic soul, funk & motown £7 10pm-3:30am Coalition - Wired electro with Vincent Manganaro and Carlos Ruiz 11-4am £10/8 Concorde - Uffie LIVE electro 7-10 £10adv Concorde - Devotion Dillinja + Original Sin + More TBA 11-4 £10adv Digital - JOHN DAHLBACK plus guests 11-4am Advance Tickets £10 + BF from Rounders / Resident / Dome online Fortune of War - DeckChairs present DJ Derek + DJ Stavros Beats & Pieces 9.30-late £free Funky Buddah - Buddah Soul Mike Panteli with Classic & Upfront soul, funk, R&B, Hip-Hop &

Disco 11-3am £10 Funky Buddah - Afterparty 3-7am £5 Hope - Gaoler’S Daughter + Dorcia live indie acts 8-late £3 JAM - the recommender feat. wild palms 9-3am £3 Komedia - Krater Comedy Club Award winning stand up night 7pm £17.50 / 10.30pm £15 Life - HOLD UP! Indie night 11-4am £5 Western Front - Dj’s playing Alternative Indie, Disco, Old Skool, Dance, Funk & Party Classics 9-2 free

25th April

Audio - Sunday Sundae house 8pm-2am Belushi's - Open Mic Session 8.30pm – midnight. Free entry Coalition - Frequency house/ breaks/electro 10.30-3.30 £free Concorde - Shakespear Sister synth pop band 7.30 £14adv Hope - Jazz Magazine 6-10 free Komedia - Krater Comedy Club Award winning stand up night 8pm £11/6 Komedia - The Maydays – Tonight’s Top Story comedy night 8.30pm, £8/£6

26th April

Belushi's below - Latin Mondayz - 10pm-2am, Salsa & Samba DJ, ladies free before 11pm/£2 Coalition - Trash Mondays Student night 10.30-3.30am £free b411 JAM - IOU comedy 8-10.30 £3 Life - AKA AKA ROAR Dubstep night 10.30-2.30am £2 before 12

27th April

Audio - Club NME 11pm 3am £3/2 Belushi's - Mod For It - 10pm2am, free entry, DJ playing Mod & Ska Belushi's below - Elements - 9pm2am, Entry £1, Drum & Base Coalition - DON’T FORGET - FIESTA RnB, Disco, New Reggaeton, Funky Latin, Pop, Hip hop & Funky House 11.30-3.30 2/3 Concorde - Alphabeat + Eliza Doolittle + Pearl & The Puppets 7.30 £12adv Digital - Glitterati 11-late £4 / £3 Guest List JAM - Pot Kettle Black Indie night 10pm - 2am £1/2 Komedia - Amparo Sanchez blues / jazz / world music 7.30pm, £14 Komedia - Hypnotic Brass Ensemble jazz/ brass night 7.30pm, £15 Latest Music Bar - The Sussex Jazz Orchestra Doors 7.30pm £3/2 life - The Vice Social Student night 10.30-2.30am NUS £2

28th April

Audio - Early show: The Primitives + Lucky Soul Doors 7pm price £12 Audio - Supercharged Ac Slater + High Rankin 11pm - 3am 3 Belushi's - Old Skool Sessions 10pm-2am, free entry, DJ, early 90’s house Belushi's below - ‘Strapped’ Student Night - 10pm-2am, free entry NUS, rock pop & House Casablanca - Live Room: Funky resident band at your request/ Dj Room: Latin Quarter Free entry before 11, £2/1 nus after Coalition - REMEDY RnB, pop, commercial, dubstep, dance 10.30-3.30 free b4 11 Digital - The Poundance 113am Entry £1 B4 Midnight (£3 NUS / £4 after) Hope - Sound For A Pound regular monthly guitar band night 8-11 £2 Komedia - Show of Hands BBC award-winning acoustic night 7.30pm, £16 Komedia - Popcorn Comedy comedy night 8pm, £7 Life - Broke? The £1 Midweek mash up! 11-3 £1 before 1am Western Front - The Biscuit Chronicles – Brighton Fringe Festival ‘preview show’. 8-9.30 free

29th April

Audio - Bastard Pop Indie/Pop 11pm - 3am £2 Belushi's - Karaoke - 9pm -2am Free entry & prizes Belushi's below - Party on the Ceiling - 9.30pm-2am, Entry £2/£1 Nus, Indie bands & DJ Casablanca - Dj Room: Soul/ funk/pop & more. Live Room: TBC Free entry before 11, £2/1 nus after Coalition - Secret Discotheque shamefully unfashionable music 10.30-3.30am £1/2/3 Digital - Thursday Club & Vagabondz 11-4am Hope - Synthetiquette electro themed night 9-2am 3 JAM - Fish Fry 50's US Rhythm & Blues/ original Jamaican Ska + more 10-2am £3 Komedia - The Blockheads rock n’ roll night 8pm, £15 Latest Music Bar - Knock2bag - comedy with Tim Key, Doc Brown and more £8 Show starts 8pm Latest Music Bar - Swing Fever 7:15pm £10 on door/£9 advance/£8 concessions Life - Shameless Student night 11-3 £1 before 1am Western Front - Blingual Language Exchange Party free

30th April

Audio - Early show: Killa Kella Doors 7pm Price tbc Audio - Club: Battlejam JFB + Ed Solo 11pm - 4am price 3/5 Belushi's - Muy Loco - 9-2am Free entry, dance competition, DJ pop/house/rnb Belushi's below - Club Flash - 9-3am, face painters, photographers, 80’s retro music Casablanca - Live Room: Funk band Entry: £5 10pm-3am Concorde - Smash and Grab Brighton Launch Party 10-4 £6/9adv Digital - April Stonelove – 101% Indie Rock n Roll 11-3am £3/4 Fortune of War - Shake Hands Lets Party Classic Tunes from the past 50 years 9.30-late £free Funky Buddah - Drink Dance Repeat Student night £3/5 11-4am Heist - Soul Damn Funky funky & soulful house 9-late free Hope - Spark female vocals, dark mix of electronica and rock 8-late £6 JAM - Dont Stop Believin' 113am £3/4 Komedia - Krater Comedy Club Award winning stand up night 7.30pm 14.50/£10 conc Komedia - The Smiths Indeed tribute night 8pm, £10 Latest Music Bar - Chris Cross 8pm £tbc Latest Music Bar - Ska Toons Life - BIG FISH LITTLE FISH CARBOARD BOX The very best in Fidget, Bassline and Electro house 11-3 £4 befre 12 Western Front - Dj’s playing Alternative Indie, Disco, Old Skool, Dance, Funk & Party Classics 9-2 free The listings displayed are for reference only, and is subject to change without prior notice.

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