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Happy New Year and welcome to this quasar February edition of BN1 Magazine, where we uncover the universe and everything in it! Or near it anyway. The Brighton Science festival returns once more to bend your mind and tackle those curiosities, with plenty of lectures, exhibitions and wacky science to discover. If it all nerds you out too much there’s plenty of live music, comedy, theatre, film and other cultured events you can wistfully try. Read on my Padawan’s and discover what lies ahead.

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CONTENTS Brighton During FEBRUARY

28—Comedy Chronicle

04—What’s on in and around our city

30—Comedy LIstings 32—Arts Guide

Music

I HeArt U, Broken Ground

06—Music Previews

36—Film Guide

The Misfits, War on Drugs and

Favourite films of 2011

OUTFIT 08—Fanfarlo

SPECIAL REPORTS

“London-based indie pop”

39—Food Review

10—New on the Scene

The Bell Pub in Hove

Dot Rotten

40—The Dirt with Mark Ede

12—Album Reviews

41—Bex and the City

Birdeatsbaby, Johnny Wore Black

Your guide to Bargain Brighton

13—Music Listings

42—Health and Wellbeing The Happy Cell

Arts & Culture

44—The Tattoo Convention 2012

22—Theatre Guide 24—Brighton Science Festival

46—Crosswords and Puzzles

26—Theatre Listings

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NEWS

BRIGHTON News When you think of February, you probably don’t think of radio controlled cars and robot invasions. But this is Brighton, so think outside the box. If you’re into your Science, you love discovery and debates about the future, you’re going to be a busy bee with Brighton Science Festival 2012. Calling all geeks*cough cough* prepare your spectacles for a physics funfair kicking off on the 1st February with a 13.72 minute talk covering everything from the Big Bang to Big Brother – that’s one minute per billion years and apparently it’s doable. With events and workshops happening across the month and town make sure your diary’s formula goes off with a bang.

Once again, we have famous faces

popping up at the Brighton Centre with concerts from chart toppers Olly Murs and The Wanted, as well as soothing operatics from the wonderful Katherine Jenkins. Book your tickets early peeps, can’t stress that enough.

Naturally, Brighton’s nightlife lives

up to its name with a host of DJs and live music events at ever more popular venues across town including Life, Digital, Audio and Komedia to name a few. Check out BN1’s listings at the back for details; we’ve done the hard work for you. Finally with Valentine’s Day it’s time to show your loved ones how much you appreciate them (a box of chocolates will do, dear) and since it’s a leap year, it’s traditional for women to propose on the 29th, so our congratulations in advance. 4 bn1magazine.co.uk

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NEWS

a full recovery from new year’s eve couldn’t have come sooner. we are ready for february and as per USUAL brighton has turned us into excited little children with a month of activities even better than last. and might i add, loving the fact that spring is on the way. long live brighter days and warmer temperatures. BY DEBORAH FAIRFIELD Brighton Half Marathon 19th Feb, Brighton seafront Begin warming up for one of the longest established and most popular seafront road races in the UK as the first major half marathon of 2012 comes to town. Kicking off with an increased number of 12,000 runner’s places, the half marathon follows the huge success and sell-out of last year and you will be pleased to know it’s a new flatter, faster route from 2011. Join in or show your support. More info www. brightonhalfmarathon.com

The Victorian Séance

Modelworld 2012 24th – 26th Feb, Brighton centre. 10am-5.30pm, £8.50/£6.50/£5.50/Family Tkt £24 A bonafide treat for all modelling enthusiasts out there, Modelworld 2012 presents a unique exhibition at the Brighton Centre with railway and model engineering displays, radio controlled cars, trucks, boats and tank demonstrations as well as exhibits and workshops by Airfi x, Midair Models and Lego building. Perfect for the family, join thousands of visitors for this busy day out that celebrates and inspires the child in all of us. More info at www. brightoncentre.co.uk

3rd Feb at Preston Manor, 8-9pm, pre-book tickets at £12.50 In November 1896 a séance was held at Preston Manor, a charming historic house on the outskirts of Brighton & Hove. Séances became the ultimate fashionable Victorian afterdinner entertainment. Not for the easily spooked, this new event looks at what séances were and why they thrilled their audiences to such a degree that they continue today. Set in the Edwardian style of Preston Manor, this includes a complimentary glass of sherry on arrival.

Robot Invasion Until 21 Feb 2012 at Hove Museum, Free entry Robots, rockets and ray guns… this is a must visit intergalactic exhibition of all shapes and sizes. Invading Hove Museum, the exhibition takes a new look at these iconic objects and celebrates our fascination with science fiction and space toys. See famous faces and science fiction stars from the past to present and many rare vintage and collectable items from the collection of Sussex based artist and illustrator Chris McEwan. www.brighton-hove-rpml.org.uk

Johnny Cash Night 24th Feb, Komedia, 7.30pm. Advanced tickets £13 On the eve of Johnny Cash’s 80th birthday, Johnny Cash tribute Keep it Cash return by popular demand to perform an incredible two hour set of the legend’s greatest hits. One of the most influential musicians of the 20th Century and remembered for his deep distinctive voice, expect to hear such classics as Ring of Fire, Boy Named Sue and more. DJ Dave Mumbles also plays classic rockabilly. To book tickets visit www.komedia. co.uk/brighton

Kemp Town Carnival Launch Party The Concorde 2 gets its party head on this month with a fundraising gig in aid of Kemp Town Carnival. Featuring Afro Funk Fusion outfit, Kalakuta Millionaires and Brightonbased roots collective Maracatu Cruzeiro Do Sul, the event on Fri 24th will give us a taste of what to expect at the carnival in June. With DJ’s playing a wide range of World Grooves as well, this could be the best fiver you ever spend. www.kemptowncarnival.com

The Eco Technology Show The Eco Technology Show comes to Brighton’s Amex Stadium on 15th and 16th June, to highlight ways in which the public and business can achieve a more efficient and sustainable existence. Aiming to increase awareness of green technologies in an entertaining, but still educational manner,, the event is well suited to our city and its blooming green credentials. www.ecotechnologyshow.co.uk

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MUSIC PREVIEWS

Previews February is here so you have no excuses for not getting out of the house to some truly great events in town this month. By Brad Middleton To begin with we offer not

12th, Prince Albert).

one but two undoubted

That ain’t all either!

legends of their time. First

THE WAR ON DRUGS

up MARTHA REEVES &

bring their lovely folk-tinged

THE VANDELLAS (Feb

indie-rock to town for one

3rd, C2) who is simply one

night only (Feb 29th, C2).

of the greatest soul singers

ODDFELLOWS CASINO

still left alive from that

launch their third album

greatest of decades for soul

‘The Raven’s Empire’ with

music the 1960’s. Yes she

a special one-off gig (Feb

may be old but she can still

23rd, Proud Ballroom) with

belt out a tune and with a

support from indie veterans

back catalogue that includes

Terry Bickers (Levitation/

such classics as ‘Nowhere

House of Love) and Pete

to Run’ and ‘Dancing in the

WAR ON DRUGS

Fijalkowski (Adorable). A

Street’ you’d be a fool to

double-header is always

miss it! Then two days later

a good thing – two good

THE MISFITS (Feb 5th,

June. Next up is local

15th, The Ranelagh) hit town

bands, one ticket – and

C2) hit town. Ok, it may

post-rock experimentalists

it’s always a grand night.

for post-hardcore fans

only be Jerry Only from

CINEMASCOPES who

They are here to launch

this month you’ve got

the original line-up but for

it seems have pulled off

their new album ‘Feast of

ALESANA and WE

pity’s sake he is backed up

a bit of a coup by getting

Hammers’ which I’ve been

CAME AS ROMANS

by Dez Cadena and Robo

the support slot for the

lucky enough to listen to

coming at you from the

from Black Flag! This show

OUTFIT gig (Feb 11th,

and it’s a corker. Dark,

other side of the pond (Feb

is sure to rip the roof off

Green Door Store). The

introspective, classical vibes

12th, C2). Lastly we got

the C2 so go get tickets off

headliners have made a

mixed with a lot of theatre,

GROUPLOVE (Feb 16th,

Buz at Punker Bunker right

name for themselves and

excellent!

The Haunt) who’ve been

now. Right that’s the legends

are widely tipped to be one

We are also lucky

touring the US with the

done, how about some local

of the breakthrough bands

enough this month to

ubiquitous Florence & The

hero action?

of 2012 after they supported

have some of London’s

Machine and with a debut

BRITISH SEA POWER

the likes of Ladytron and

best noisemakers come to

album ‘Never Trust a Happy

(Feb 3rd, The Haunt)

Washed Out. A gig at

visit – UNDERGROUND

Song’ being raved about

return for their second

my local pub is a regular

RAILROAD (Feb 18th,

in all circles they are sure

of six grand party nights

occurrence but when

Green Door Store) and

to be a band to name drop

they are running until

BIRDEATSBABY (Feb

DIGNAN PORCH (Feb

sooner rather than later.

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MUSIC PREVIEW

FANFARLO In case there really was anyone who still was unaware of The Blind Tiger on Grand Parade, then we’ll help you poor lost souls catch up. By Stuart Rolt Owned by those fine people behind the Playgroup festival, this friendly and unpretentious venue is quickly becoming the best place to check out up and coming bands. As part of its eternal search for new and interesting music, The Blind Tiger has succeeded in luring flourishing indiefolk outfit Fanfarlo into its chambers on 29th Feb. Based in London, this five-piece sounds like a

leave you gasping for more.

popularity on both sides of

the genuine mass-appeal

Folk-tinged, (and musically-

Upon casual listening

the Atlantic simultaneously.

Fanfarlo have.

proficient) reincarnation of

people will invariably bring

The lush nature of their

With new album: ‘Rooms

80’s era New Order.

up lazy comparisons with

music has also won it

Filled With Light’ due

It’s entirely possible that

the Mumford’s or Arcade

some brief appearances on

for release on the 27th,

somewhere down the line

Fire, but Fanfarlo provide

a range of US TV drama

which looks set to catapult

these lads (and lass) have

a more reserved offering,

shows. You know the sort

the band squarely into

robbed the music lab at

challenging the notion that’s

of thing… a hapless, but

the mainstream, and a

their local secondary school.

it’s arbitrary to charge

sweet-natured geek/Intern/

European tour in full flow,

They seem to utilize every

along at a thousand miles

secret-agent ponders on

this is an exciting time to

instrument you could ever

an hour to make your music

the true meaning of their

be catching a band of this

care to mention.

intense.

unforeseen situation, as

calibre.

Fusing elements of

Since their modest

some wonderfully evocative

folk, indie rock and post

beginnings, performing on

music swoons away in the

punk with their eclectic

the London indie scene in

background.

instrumentation, Fanfarlo

2006, Fanfarlo have taken

But this kind of exposure

build a sumptuous multi-

a less traditional route to

certainly won’t hurt the

layered sound that will

success, by building up their

band, if anything it reveals

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MUSIC NEW ON THE SCENE

New on the SCENE The BBC Sound Of 2012 list

the Sound Of 2012 list,

was finally announced last

some zooming around the

month. If you unaware of

UK supporting Labrinth

this, it’s a compilation of

on a nationwide tour and

all the worthy, the weird

next single ‘Are You Not

and the achingly trendy

Entertained’ already getting

acts of last year that Auntie

loads of support from Zane

Beeb will be shamelessly

Lowe and Nick ‘not Eileen’

bombarding our ears with

Grimshaw at Radio 1 a

for the next 12 months.

full two months before its

It’s well known that Radio

release, that is all about to

One hasn’t a clue when it

change.

comes to UK Hip hop, either

The timing is impeccable,

giving scant regard to the

what with a multitude of

real players on the scene

chart-friendly stars singing

or promoting the more

his praises, glowing plaudits

embarrassing artists out

from the national press

there (I won’t give you an

and a string of high-end

Example). So it’s refreshing

productions under his belt,

that an artist like Dot

it’s only going to take a

Rotten has finally been

sustained promotional push

picked up by this list on the

before this well-presented

strength of his ‘Keep It On

young man is busting out

A Low’ single.

of East End London and

Dot Rotten’s background

his immaculate beats are

is straight out of the rappers

booming out of badly-driven

playbook: Wrote a beat aged

small cars all over the

seven, busted out a rhyme

country. By Stuart Rolt

a year later, obligatory on-going row with a rival artist, universal respect on his scene and (so far) little recognition from the starmaking industry types. But with a mention on

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Dot Rotten will be supporting Labrinth Concorde 2, brighton 8th March www.concorde2.co.uk itsdotrotten.com

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MUSIC ALBUM REVIEWS

ALBUM REVIEWS

BIRDEATSBABY

BIRDEATSBABY Feast of Hammers (Dead Round Eye) These local theatrical types have been around town for a while now, often playing interesting little venues to those lucky enough to stumble upon them on any given night and experience their maudlin, blues/angst-ridden songs. Think Dresden Dolls; a more poppy version of latter-day Lydia Lunch, as well as a whole blustering of classical elements thanks to the string section and you should get where they are coming from. This album, released around the middle of the month, doesn’t veer too much from their musical blueprint and will be a delight to fans both old and new. They play an album launch party on February 15th at the Ranelagh pub on St James’s St and what’s more it’s free entry! By Brad M

JOHNNY WORE BLACK All The Rage (Dead Cherry) I must confess when I was initially given this by my gracious editor I kinda guessed I wouldn’t like it as it mentioned some dude from Megadeth way too much on the cover and well, I ain’t a fan of them or that type of music. However, once I got over my snobbery, I gave it a listen and it’s not what I expected at all. What we have is in fact a typical slice of American sounding AOR that is kind of reminiscent of the music that dominated the 80s charts but this comes with a message of support for charities like Help for Heroes and that can only be a good thing. By Brad M

Deadbeat Descendants ‘Calibrate Now! Brighton’s live music scene stalwarts Deadbeat Descendants get their retro-groove on with their new album Calibrate Now! Owing a great deal to the timeless 60’s garage punk styling of MC5 and The Stooges, the band take a noisy hardrocking sideways look at modern life. The lyrics are shrewdly mocking and the guitars are brutal, this is the perfect antidote to all the vapid simpering pop that pervades our lives. I want to be at one of their parties. By Stuart R Album Launch Date Feb 13th 2012 www.deadbeatdescendant.co.uk

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LISTINGS MUSIC

LISTINGS Wednesday 1st

Above Audio - Hip Hop from Drs Orders and Kung Fu Audio - Supercharged Zinc 11PM £tbc Belushi’s Bar - Now That’s What I Call a Party Part 2 with DJ Sleeps 9PM Belushi’s Below - Detention 8PM Black Lion - Fresh Acoustics The best live acts in Brighton 8:30PM Coalition - Tru Thoughts Pres Bonobo, Anchorsong, Rob Luis 10PM SOLD OUT! Coalition - Cocoloco Promotions Pres CoCo LoCo 10:30PM £3/£5 Digital - The Poundance 11PM £3/£4 FishBowl - Tea & Buscuits Gareth Stephens 10PM Globe - Global Bass DJ Ted Lauren 9PM Green Door Store - Shlomho & Salva 7:30PM Green Door Store - The Jazz Store 11PM Latest Music Bar - The Vesuvius Club Pres A Glimmer, Martha Rose, Donna Fullman 7PM £6 Mash Tun - Tin Cup Collective 5 Piece Soul, Funk Band 7PM Mesmerist - Swing Ninjas Busking band 9PM Northern Lights - Prognosis Adventure to the world of progressive rock 9PM Open House - Safe House Evening of improvised live music 8PM £5/£6 The Prince Albert - Sin To Survive, Childbrain & Support 8:30PM £3/£4 Theatre Royal Brighton - Elkie Brooks Live In Concert Now celebrating her 50th year in music 7:45PM £22.50/£24.50 Thomas Kemp - Kev & Jennas Open Mic 8:30PM Volks - Switch Up Drum n Bass, Dubstep, Jungle, Electro

Thursday 2nd

Brunswick - Hutchins Live Common Tongues, Lolly and The City of Flies & Felix Fables 8PM £3/£4 Coalition - Secret Discotheque T-Shirt Giveaway 11PM £3/£4 Fiddler’s Elbow - Live Lounge Pres Leerodi 8:30PM FishBowl - Residents Association Will Sumsuch & Guests 10:30PM Globe - Hang the DJ! Eddie The Goatboy 9PM Green Door Store - Owen, Dad Rocks & Stuart Warwick 7:30PM Green Door Store Shameless 11PM Honey Club - Exposed! DJ’s Willerby, Squiz & Dan Creasy 11PM £2/£3 Latest Music Bar - The Indelicates, Jonny Cola and The A-Grades, Pog 7:30PM £5/£6 Mash Tun - The Mostly Come At Night Indy, rock, electro, hip hop 9PM Mesmerist - Bad Bad Whiskey A rockin Skifflebilly trio 9PM Saint James Tavern - Stay Sick, Turn Blue Stay Sick Djs play 50, 60s, R&R, Soul, Jazz, Blues 8:30PM Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar - Super Heroes OF BMX Pres Catholic Discipline 8PM The Prince Albert - Whitehorse, Danni Nicholls 8PM £7adv The Prince Albert - Whitehorse New alt-country project from Candian husband and wife duo 8PM £7/£8 Theatre Royal Brighton That’ll Be The Day Prepare yourself for a party as the nation’s favourite rock ‘n’ roll variety show returns 7:45PM £15/£23.50 Thomas Kemp - Unplugged Sessions Mode Music Pres 9PM White Rabbit - The Move-ons open mic night, featuring some of Brighton’s finest 8PM Quadrant - Overhead Wires ‘Fractured Toast’, a unique “storyteller’s circle’ gig 8PM

Friday 3rd

Above Audio - Local DJ’s on rotation Audio - DPM Miguel Campbell 11PM £tbc Belushi’s Bar - Muy Loco Dance

competition, DJ’s, Music pop, house, rnb 9PM Belushi’s Below - Abandoned Rock & Metal Night 10PM £2/£3 Black Lion - Soul Casserole Groove, raw funk, latin jazz & upfront funky beats 9PM Brighton Dome - Lout Promotions Pres Thin Lizzy & Clutch 6:30PM £27.50adv Brunswick - The Lost Highway Americana, Blues & Country 8PM £5 Coalition - Friday I’m In Love 11PM £3/£5 Concorde 2 - Concorde2 Pres Motown Legends Martha Reeves And The Vandellas 7:30PM SOLD OUT! Digital - Stonelove 101% Indie Rock n Roll 11PM £3/£4 Doctor Brightons - Funky Friday DJ Nick Hirst & DJ Wayne 9:30PM Easy Bar - Miss Dangerous Pres DJ Rudeben 8PM Fiddler’s Elbow - TFI Friday Brían McNamara 7PM FishBowl - Keep It Wheel Steve KIW 9PM Fortune Of War - Fever Funky, Latin, Salsa and Reggae DJs Freemasons - ALTA Jeff Daniels, Danny Williams and Sumsuch 9PM Globe - Rum Friday 8PM Grand Central - Dad’s Old Vinyl Soul and funk Green Door Store - Way Through, Peepholes and Gentle Friendly 7:30PM Green Door Store - AEREO 11PM Hampton Arms - Classic pub rock to disco fever 8PM Honey Club - Lollipop ‘Pink Fridays’ Freshest R&B & Chart hits, Indie, Dubstep & Fusion of house & more 11PM £3/£4/£5 Hope - Stacked Nasty Djs spin 50s, Blues, R&B, 60s, Garage, Surf, Funk 9PM Hydrant - Man Overboard The Story So Far, Save Your Breath, Forver Is Over 7PM £7 (Upstairs) Hydrant - Heroes of Folk Punk Beans on Toast, Kelly Kemp, Fighting Fiction 8PM £2 (Main Bar) Komedia - Ultimate Power 11PM £5 Latest Music Bar - Greek Night with George Kypreos Band 8:30PM £5/£8

Marlborough - This is England, Skard 4 Lyf 9PM Mesmerist - Shake, Holla & Roll Dixieland jazz, 40, 50 rhythm & blues 9PM Mucky Duck - Overhead Wires Rough Citizen & Guests 8PM Northern Lights - Thin Lizzy Pre gig warm up, later DJ Meerkuts - Mixed fun bag of music 5PM & 9PM Proud Brighton Ballroom Blind Pig Jazz, Electro Swing, Burlesque £5/£7 Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar Soulfood Funk, Disco and Hip Hop 11PM £3 The Prince Albert - Bend Over I’ll Drive Revved up rock’n’roll DJ’s 8:30PM The Prince Albert - Little Episodes 8:30PM £6 Thomas Kemp - DJ Night DJ ‘Flying white dots’ 9PM White Rabbit - WTF? Brighton, the wonky electro synth pop disco nonsense 8PM Volks - Future Dub Tearout Dubstep, Jungle, Reggae & Steppers 11PM

Saturday 4th

A Bar - Honey Hush More vintage shenanigans from the people behind Frockabilly! 9PM Ancient Mariner - The Acoustic Sessions The Orange Circus Band 8PM Above Audio - Warehouse Funk & Soul DJ’s £5 Audio - Warehouse Boy 8 Bit 11PM £5 Belushi’s Bar - Unplugged Rocket Dogs live acoustic duo plus DJ Sleeps 9PM Belushi’s Below - Deviant Metal & Hard Rock 9PM £2/£5 Black Lion - Molly Malone’s Dex in the City Rhythm n blues, soul, funk, hip hop indie mix 9PM Brunswick - ‘Harpin’ by the Sea’ Winter Festival The Blackjacks, Will Greener, The Uncontrollables, Paddy Byrne 8PM £5/£6 Coalition - Power Nightlife Pres High Rankin Full Live Show & Guests 11PM £5adv Concorde 2 - Supercharged & Digital Soundboy Pres SHY FX, Breakage, youngman MC, B Traits, Casio b2b Element &

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MUSIC LISTINGS

Support 11PM £10adv Digital - Pussycat Club ‘Live & Unleashed’ 11PM £5/£8/£10 Doctor Brightons - Sexy Saturday DJ Tony B 9:30PM Easy Bar - Miss Dangerous Pres Fam Daniels, Legs MC & Lucky 8PM Fiddler’s Elbow - Saturday Sizzlers DJ’s Russ Rockwell 9PM FishBowl - Gareth Stephens Broken beats, nu-jazz, soul, funk, reggae 9PM Fortune Of War - Tuaca Pres Deckchairs, Duncan Disorderly Freemasons - Aran Reynolds & Ollie Sturdy 8PM Globe - DJ’s Disco, House and Electro 9PM Grand Central - Jukebox Hero! Green Door Store - Splitting the Atom 7:30PM Green Door Store - Tru Thoughts: Sonic Switch 11PM Honey Club - Hat Club Andrew Glaea, Damien Stone & Vince Frimpong 11PM £5/£8 Hope - Drugs Live music night 8PM £3/£4 Hydrant - Finding Grace Wilson, Stacks, Stark 7:30PM £5 Komedia - The Maydays Confessions Award-winning, critically acclaimed improv comedians 8PM £8/£10 Komedia - ipop! Non-stop shuffle of the biggest pop and party anthems 11PM £3 Marlborough - Lick Me Up DJ Dame Amy 9PM Mesmerist - Juke Joint Jamboree Vintage hits and boutique rarities 9PM Mucky Duck - Sizzle and Pop! Senor Mick plays 1950’s rock’n’roll and 60’s soul 9PM Pavilion Tavern - Songs For The Deaf Judgement Dave, Mikie K and Dave Rave 11PM £3 Saint James Tavern - 3rd Annual Cramps, Lux Interior Tribute Night, Stay Sick DJ’s 8PM Shakespeare’s Head - Bitter Disko Alternative Audio delights, John Peel, DIY, indie tracks 8:30PM Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar - The Doctor’s Orders Pres J-Dilla Chnaged My Life & Support 10PM £5adv/£7 The Prince Albert - The Crucks & Support 8:30PM £4 Thomas Kemp - DJ Night DJ Molar 9PM White Rabbit - The Mixer men, fasten your seatbelts for a fusion of the finest upbeat tuneage 8PM Victory - Up Against It Born Bad DJ’s, Glitter Beat, Power

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Pop, Punky Trash, Bubblegum, Pub Rock… Volks - Future (is) Harcore mc Whizzkid & DJ Hixxy plus guest DJ’s & MC’s 10PM £5

Sunday 5th

Belushi’s Bar - Now That’s What I Call a Party Part 1 with DJ Moogle 9PM Black Lion - Live & Swingin Gypsy Jazz, swing, blues, soul & funk 8PM Brunswick - Bob Hillary & The Massive Mellow Acoustic Folk with support from Carrie Tree 8PM £6 Coalition - Blow Vince Manganaro, Charly Lopez, Charles Green & Guests 3AM £5 Concorde 2 - Live Wire & Family Ents Pres The Misfits, Juice Head 7PM £17.50 Easy Bar - The Caribbean Kitchen Pres Reggae and Roast 12PM Fiddler’s Elbow - Sham Rock Open Mic 8:30PM FishBowl - Recovery? Asbest & Sinner 9PM Globe - Rockoustic Open Mic 8PM Green Door Store - Sunday Service: Bobby McGees, Tom Figgins & House of Hats 5PM Green Door Store - Green Door Blues 10PM Hampton Arms - Live acoustic sessions 5PM Honey Club - Sundays at The Honey Lil Alex & Guests 11PM £2/£3 Hydrant - Darkside Promotions The Divided, Some WIll Be Saved 7PM £5adv/£7 (Upstairs) Hydrant - The Liabilties The Dead Betas, The Masts 8PM £3 (Main Bar) Latest Music Bar - Bark Like A Dog Blues Jam 8PM Northern Lights - Misfits 5PM Thomas Kemp - Jazz In The Afternoon Bags’ Groove Jazz Quartet & Guests White Rabbit - Hush Hush, a live weekly acoustic showcase of fine local talent 8PM

Monday 6th

Hardcore 7:30PM Hampton Arms - Keyring Club Mondays Hope - Stacked Nasty Djs spin 50s, Blues, R&B, 60s, Garage, Surf, Funk 9PM Hydrant - Rio Bravo Promotions 8PM Mesmerist - Stroll On Mondays 60 & 70 Rock, Mod, Blues 8:30PM The Prince Albert - Bleeding Hearts Club with Naomi Hates Humans, Ampersand, Nick Pynn and Kate Daisy Grant 8:30PM £3 Volks - Strictly Reggae Dancehall, Bashment, Roots, Revivail 11PM £4.50/£5

Tuesday 7th

Above Audio - Cotton Tail Club 8PM Audio - Guerilla Rocks 11PM £2/£3 Belushi’s Bar - Back to the 80’s 9PM Black Lion - Hit The Decks Open Decks Spin Off Brighton Centre - Olly Mars 6:30PM £30 Brunswick - Ucanukulele Ukulele group 7:30PM £5 Brunswick - Jazz Jam Jazz Jam Session with house band and regular special guests 8PM Coalition - Melting Vinyl & Coalition Pres Clap Your Hands Say Yeah & Guests 7PM £12.50 Coalition - Next Hype Pres Full Volume 10:30PM £3/£5 Digital - CU Next Tuesday 11PM £3/£4 Green Door Store - Myriad Book Launch 7:30PM Green Door Store - Hard Times 11PM Honey Club - Latin Fever Salsa Lessons 8PM Followed by DJs Aaron George - Gabriel Angel & Yersin Rivas 10PM £1/£3 Hope - SlipJam B Hip hop open mic & deck rap sessions & Live performances 8:30PM Hydrant - Attention Thieves & Support 8PM £3 Latest Music Bar - Ana Silvera, Gil Karpas 7:30PM £5/£6 The Prince Albert - Aaron King, Ottialbietz, Autumn & The Falls 8:30PM £3/£4 Theatre Royal Brighton Spaghetti Western Orchestra Five brilliant comic maestros perform classic Ennio Morricone soundtracks 7:45PM £20

Wednesday 8th Above Audio - Hip Hop from Drs Orders and Kung Fu

Audio - Supercharged Emalkay 11PM £tbc Belushi’s Bar - Now That’s What I Call a Party Part 2 with DJ Sleeps 9PM Belushi’s Below - Detention 8PM Black Lion - The Black Lion Open Mic Night Solos, acousitic sets and open mic review night 8:30PM Brighton Centre - Olly Mars 6:30PM £30 Coalition - Cocoloco Promotions Pres CoCo LoCo 10:30PM £3/£5 Digital - The Poundance 11PM £3/£4 FishBowl - Tea & Buscuits Gareth Stephens 10PM Globe - Global Bass DJ Ted Lauren 9PM Green Door Store - Strangers From Birth & Support 7:30PM Green Door Store - The Jazz Store 11PM Komedia - Stan Webbs Chicken Shack British blues guitarists 8PM £14 Latest Music Bar - Ahab, Stark 7:30PM £8 Mash Tun - Tin Cup Collective 5 Piece Soul, Funk Band 7PM Mesmerist - Swing Ninjas Busking band 9PM Northern Lights - Mystery Train Rockabilly & Psychobilly 9PM Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar - Arcade Not Disco It’s a mash up of pub, club, arcade and alcohol… 8PM The Prince Albert - Eagleburger & Support 8PM £4 Thomas Kemp - Kev & Jennas Open Mic 8:30PM Volks - Switch Up Drum n Bass, Dubstep, Jungle, Electro

Thursday 9th

Above Audio - Schtumm! Audio - Bastard Pop, Pop & Mash-up 11PM £2 Belushi’s Bar - Karaoke 9PM Belushi’s Below - Fallout Live Live indie bands 10PM £2/£3 Black Lion - Soul Casserole Groove, raw funk, latin jazz & upfront funky beats 8:30PM Brunswick - University Of Sussex Music Showcase Post Grad student’s showcase 8PM £tbc Coalition - Off Beat Pres Laid Blak, Plus General Roots, Running Numbers 7PM £5adv Coalition - Secret Discotheque Regular Secret Discotheque 11PM £3/£4 Fiddler’s Elbow - Fiddler’s Live Lounge Funky Folk, Toe-Tappin Trad and Juicy Jazz 8:30PM FishBowl - Residents Association Will Sumsuch & Guests 10:30PM

LISTINGS MUSIC

Globe - Hang the DJ! Eddie The Goatboy 9PM Green Door Store - Damage 11PM Honey Club - Exposed! DJ’s Willerby, Squiz & Dan Creasy 11PM £2/£3 Hope - Ignite Books Pres Gala Night With Joolz Denby, Steve Pottinger & Guests 7PM £6adv Hope - Noches Del Sur live music and Flamenco dancing 8PM Hydrant - Wilson Willis Pres The Vaudeville, The Witches 8PM Mash Tun - The Mostly Come At Night Indy, rock, electro, hip hop 9PM Mesmerist - Dr Bluegrass & The Illbilly 8 9PM Saint James Tavern - Stay Sick, Turn Blue Stay Sick Djs play 50, 60s, R&R, Soul, Jazz, Blues 8:30PM Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar - Super Heroes OF BMX Pres Catholic Discipline 8PM The Prince Albert - Twin Brother, Phantom Runners, Little Electric Chairs 8:30PM £4 Thomas Kemp - Unplugged Sessions David Ross 9PM White Rabbit - The Move-ons open mic night, featuring some of Brighton’s finest 8PM Victory - Open Mic Live Music 8PM Volks - Up & Down Techno, Psy Trance 11PM

Friday 10th

Above Audio - Local DJ’s on rotation Audio - Strictly Drumz Culture Shock 11PM £tbc Belushi’s Bar - Muy Loco Dance competition, DJ’s, Music pop, house, rnb 9PM Belushi’s Below - Abandoned Rock & Metal Night 10PM £2/£3 Black Dove - Mo Taters! Djs play vintage music from across the Americas 8PM Black Lion - Medium Rare Funk, Soul, Stupendous Rare Grooves 9PM Brighton Centre - Katherine Jenkins The record-breaking multi platinum selling mezzosoprano 7PM £27.50 - £47.50 Brunswick - Voodoo Funk Afro Funk with Kalakuta Millionaires 8PM £5 Coalition - Friday I’m In Love 11PM £3/£5 Concorde 2 - Sine Language DJ Randall, Sammy Dread, Equinox 11PM £5/£7 Digital - Soundproof Open Night for All Electronic Producers

10PM Digital - Stonelove 101% Indie Rock n Roll 11PM £3/£4 Doctor Brightons - Funky Friday DJ Nick Hirst & DJ Wayne 9:30PM Easy Bar - Miss Dangerous Pres DJ Rudeben 8PM Fiddler’s Elbow - TFI Friday The weekend starts here 8PM FishBowl - Jeff Daniels Black music, deep & soulful vibes, random vintage nuggets 9PM Fortune Of War - Fever Funky, Latin, Salsa and Reggae DJs Freemasons - ALTA Jeff Daniels, Danny Williams and Sumsuch 9PM Globe - Rum Friday Tsobi! DJ Mick Fuller 8PM Grand Central - Dad’s Old Vinyl Soul and funk Green Door Store - The Yoofs & Support 7:30PM Green Door Store - SOUL-ID GOLD 11PM Hampton Arms - Classic pub rock to disco fever 8PM Honey Club - Lollipop ‘Pink Fridays’ Freshest R&B & Chart hits, Indie, Dubstep & Fusion of house & more 11PM £3/£4/£5 Hope - Love The Neighbour Still Corners, My Sad Captains, Us Baby Bear Bones 8:30PM £5adv/£6 Hydrant - Punk and Pasta 8PM Komedia - Brighton Jazz Club Steve Fishwick Quintet 8PM £13/£15 Komedia - Carnivalesque – The Lovers Ball Swing Ninja’s and Boxettes & More 8:30PM £10 Latest Music Bar - The Singing Heart 8PM £5 Marlborough - Cake Core! Alternative Electro 9PM Mesmerist - Shake, Holla & Roll Dixieland jazz, 40, 50 rhythm & blues 9PM Northern Lights - DJ Jazzy D Soul, funk and some groovy jazzy tunes 9PM Proud Brighton Ballroom Friday Night Speakeasy “Roll up! Roll up!” The Circus is in town for one night only 10:30PM £8 Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar - Sandwich Club Disco, Dancehall, Moombahton, Glitch, Electro, Swing, Whatevs 11PM £3/£4 The Prince Albert - Nick Williams, House Of Hats, Louis Checkley 8:30PM £4 Thomas Kemp - DJ Night DJ Jody Lee Hooker 9PM West Hill - Michael Chapman Legendary folk guitarist 7:30PM £9/£10 White Rabbit - WTF? Brighton, the wonky electro synth pop

disco nonsense 8PM Volks - Simply Vinyl 2nd Birthday, Drum n Bass

Saturday 11th

Ancient Mariner - We love the Ancient Mariner Party’s 1st Birthday Disco, soul, funk, and soulful house 8PM Above Audio - Warehouse Funk & Soul DJ’s £5 Audio - Minimal Kids Hane & Lore 11PM £5 Belushi’s Bar - Unplugged Rocket Dogs live acoustic duo plus DJ Sleeps 9PM Belushi’s Below - Synergy EBM, Industrial, Goth 9PM £2/£5 Black Lion - Burnt Toast Blackbelt Jonez & friends 9PM

Blind Tiger Club

Stay Sick!

Monthly homage to the Grind-house with B-Movie projections, live bands and DJ’s playing Rock’n’Roll, Garage, 50’s R’n’B and dirty blues music! Dj’s include King Salami & The Cumberland 3, The Stompin’ Riff Raffs and Su r f ga rager o ck n r o l l £3 / doors 8pm

Fortune Of War - Tuaca Pres Deckchairs, Flevans Freemasons - Aran Reynolds & Ollie Sturdy 8PM Globe - Alphabet City & Guests 9PM Grand Central - Jukebox Hero! Green Door Store - Outfit & Support 7:30PM Green Door Store - Pop Not Pop Eddie The Goatboy, Matatatat, Dynamite Sal, DJ Halfbeat 11PM Haunt - Lout Promotions Pres Toung Guns & Polar 7PM £10adv Honey Club - Smartie Partie with Kklass, Krispee, Tom Maverick, Miss Kelly MD 11PM £5/£8 Hope - CNL Touring & Spunk Records Pres Holly Throsby, Tiny Ruins, Jordan Ireland 8PM Hydrant - Pritchard Vs Dainton (Dirty Sanchez) The Junk, Asbo Retards 8PM £12.50 Hydrant - Pritchard Vs Dainton After Party £2 Marlborough - Valentine Massac Her Lesbian Wedding Murder Mystery 7PM £20adv Marlborough - Lick Me Up DJ Dame Amy 9PM Mesmerist - Juke Joint Jamboree Vintage hits and boutique rarities 9PM Northern Lights - Young Livers Punk, post punk, indie rock 9PM Proud Brighton Ballroom - The Pop Kraft Saturday Special Miss Dolly Rocket, DJ’s Boogaloo Stu & Support 8PM £6adv

Brunswick - Mark Edward’s Charity Jazz Roar Up Jazz Fundraiser with Ben Castle, Renato D’aiello, Ben Sarfas & Many more 8PM £10 Coalition - Rewind Pres Cutmaster Swift, Fidel Castro, Nomark and Tom Yum 11PM £5 Concorde 2 - Beat Dimension Brighton Launch with Modeselektor - Live AV Show! Duff Disco, Klic, Manni D & Support 11PM £15 Digital - Hospitality Camo & Krooked, NU:TONE, Fred V & Grafix 10PM £13.50 Doctor Brightons - Sexy Saturday DJ Tony B 9:30PM Easy Bar - Miss Dangerous Pres Fam Daniels, Legs MC & Lucky 8PM Fiddler’s Elbow - Saturday Sizzlers DJ’s Decks In The City, Molly Malone DJs 9PM FishBowl - What’s Wrong With Groovin? Ed Meme and Matt Beatwell 9PM

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Psychosocial

La Bordello Boheme– After Dark

Recently back from their sell out show in New York’s Time Square, La Bordello Boheme invite you to come and play at their new venue Psychosocial. Explore 3 floors of outstanding quality entertainment; vintage burlesque, mind blowing variety and sassy Cabaret to risqué raunchiness and performance art. Tickets £12.50 / doors 7.30pm Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar Overhead Wires Jake Mackay, Luke Hyttner, Stuart Lee, Rotait & Alfie Bernardi 7PM £3 Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar Unhooked Generation Resident Djs Iced Gems and Bonquiqui & Guests 11PM £4/£5 Thomas Kemp - DJ Night DJ Spindo 9PM West Hill - Tonight We Fly An evening of epic pop music for doomed romantics 9PM White Rabbit - The Mixer men, fasten your seatbelts for a fusion of the finest upbeat tuneage 8PM Victory - Kinema Pop, Dance Rock & Smooth 80’s Classics 9PM Volks - Resonance

Sunday 12th

Belushi’s Bar - Now That’s What I Call a Party Part 1 with DJ Moogle 9PM Black Lion - Live & Swingin Gypsy Jazz, swing, blues, soul & funk 8PM Brunswick - Ukulele Jam Ukulele group 3PM Brunswick - Liane Carroll Award winning jazz pianist & vocalist 8PM £15 Coalition - Blow Vince

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Manganaro, Charly Lopez, Charles Green & Guests 3AM £5 Concorde 2 - Lout Promotions Pres Alensana, We Came As Romans, I Wrestled A Bear Once, Glamour Of The Kill 7PM £12 Easy Bar - The Caribbean Kitchen Pres Reggae and Roast 12PM Fiddler’s Elbow - Sham Rock Open Mic 8:30PM FishBowl - Recovery? Asbest & Sinner 9PM Globe - Rockoustic Presents Rotait acoustic guitar, cello and voice duo 9PM Green Door Store - Sunday Service: Bobby McGees, Tom Figgins & House of Hats 5PM Green Door Store - Green Door Blues 10PM Hampton Arms - Live acoustic sessions 5PM Honey Club - Sundays at The Honey Lil Alex & Guests 11PM £2/£3 Hydrant - Jackhammer Pres Circle Of Rage, Subservience 7:30PM £2 Hydrant - Our Time Down Here, Living Daylights 8PM £3 (Main Bar) Komedia - Lout Promotions Pres Steve Hackett 8PM £20 The Prince Albert - Ian Nagoski, The Family Elan, Embla Quickbeam 12PM £4adv White Rabbit - Hush Hush, a live weekly acoustic showcase of fine local talent 8PM

Monday 13th

Belushi’s Bar - Pump up the 90’s 9PM Black Lion - Monday Club Anything goes, great music 9PM Brunswick - Open Mic Popular open mic night with full stage and PA 8:30PM Coalition - Trash Mondays DJs Willerby, Charles Green and Milton 10:30PM £3/£5 Green Door Store - Be Nothing Pres High Places 7:30PM Hampton Arms - Keyring Club Mondays Hydrant - Playmakers & Support 8PM Latest Music Bar - Brighton Science Festival Sarah Angliss and Professor Elemental 8PM £5 Mesmerist - Stroll On Mondays 60 & 70 Rock, Mod, Blues 8:30PM The Prince Albert - Benjamin Folke Thomas, Trent Miller 8PM £6adv Volks - Strictly Reggae Dancehall, Bashment, Roots,

Revivail 11PM £4.50/£5

Tuesday 14th

Above Audio - Cotton Tail Club 8PM Audio - Guerilla Rocks 11PM £2/£3 Belushi’s Bar - Back to the 80’s 9PM Black Lion - Hit The Decks Open Decks Spin Off Brunswick - Jazz Jam Jazz Jam Session with house band and regular special guests 8PM Coalition - Next Hype Pres Full Volume 10:30PM £3/£5 Concorde 2 - Musik Al Pres Sir John (Flabba) Holt, The Rough Cut Band - Valentines Special 7PM £22.50 Digital - CU Next Tuesday 11PM £3/£4 Green Door Store - Irongiant 7:30PM Green Door Store - Hard Times 11PM Honey Club - Latin Fever Salsa Lessons 8PM Followed by DJs Aaron George - Gabriel Angel & Yersin Rivas 10PM £1/£3 Komedia - ipop! Non-stop shuffle of the biggest pop and party anthems 11PM £3 Komedia - Life’s a Gas A club night featuring ‘70s glam, glitter, beat, bubblegum power pop and punk 11PM £5 Northern Lights - Palentine’s Day Day for friends and not lovers! No partner needed 9PM Open House - Valentines Day Check website for valentines menu Proud Brighton Ballroom Make Love Not War Proud Brighton Ballrooms does Retro Romantic 8PM £49 (price for 2)

Wednesday 15th

Above Audio - Hip Hop from Drs Orders and Kung Fu Audio - Supercharged Feed Me 11PM £tbc Belushi’s Bar - Now That’s What I Call a Party Part 2 with DJ Sleeps 9PM Belushi’s Below - Detention 8PM Black Lion - Fresh Acoustics The best live acts in Brighton 8:30PM Coalition - Cocoloco Promotions Pres CoCo LoCo 10:30PM £3/£5 Concorde 2 - Lout Promotions Pres Ben Howard 7:30PM SOLD OUT! Digital - The Poundance 11PM £3/£4 FishBowl - Tea & Buscuits Gareth Stephens 10PM Globe - Global Bass DJ Ted

Lauren 9PM Green Door Store - Real Music Club 7:30PM Green Door Store - The Jazz Store 11PM Hope - In Association with Skunkworks CRAP: the best of comedy rap! Sanity Valve, MC Cashback & Guests 7:30PM £4adv Hydrant - Overhead Wires Depth Charge’ showcase for unsigned musicians 7PM Komedia - Live Nation Pres Michael Kiwanuka 7PM £9 Komedia - Zaza Music Pres Vieux Farka Toure 7:30PM £15 Mash Tun - Tin Cup Collective 5 Piece Soul, Funk Band 7PM Mesmerist - Swing Ninjas Busking band 9PM The Prince Albert - Brother & Bones, Royal Blood 8PM £6adv Thomas Kemp - Kev & Jennas Open Mic 8:30PM Volks - Switch Up Drum n Bass, Dubstep, Jungle, Electro

Thursday 16th

Above Audio - Schtumm! Audio - Bastard Pop, Pop & Mash-up 11PM £2 Belushi’s Bar - Karaoke 9PM Belushi’s Below - Fallout Live Live indie bands 10PM £2/£3 Black Lion - Yo Yo Retro 60s, garage, psyche 8:30PM Brunswick - George Williams Melodic lyricism with support from Morning Town & Greg Hall 8PM £tbc Coalition - Secret Discotheque Rock n Roll Special 11PM £3/£4 Fiddler’s Elbow - Fiddler’s Live Lounge Funky Folk, Toe-Tappin Trad and Juicy Jazz 8:30PM FishBowl - Residents Association Will Sumsuch & Guests 10:30PM Globe - Hang the DJ! Eddie The Goatboy 9PM Honey Club - Exposed! DJ’s Willerby, Squiz & Dan Creasy 11PM £2/£3 Hope - The Tilting Sky Pres The Kabeedies, Alloy Ark & More 8PM £4 Hydrant - Hybrid Myth & Support 8PM Mash Tun - The Mostly Come At Night Indy, rock, electro, hip hop 9PM Mesmerist - Hollerin Stollar & The Pine Box Boys 9PM Saint James Tavern - Stay Sick, Turn Blue Stay Sick Djs play 50, 60s, R&R, Soul, Jazz, Blues 8:30PM Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar - Super Heroes OF BMX Pres Catholic Discipline 8PM The Prince Albert - Boy

LISTINGS MUSIC

Cried Wolf, Bat Country, LL Cosmonaut 8:30PM £3/£4 Thomas Kemp - Unplugged Sessions Mike Rock n Folkin Roll 9PM White Rabbit - The Move-ons open mic night, featuring some of Brighton’s finest 8PM Victory - Open Mic Live Music 8PM Volks - Dreadbeat Roots, Digi, Dub, Legion of Bass 10PM £3

Friday 17th

Above Audio - Local DJ’s on rotation Audio - Motel Maya Jane Coles 11PM £tbc Belushi’s Bar - Muy Loco Dance competition, DJ’s, Music pop, house, rnb 9PM Belushi’s Below - Abandoned Rock & Metal Night 10PM £2/£3 Black Lion - Stop Go! The Planet Groove Collective & DJ Lanx, Dave Stone 8:30PM Brunswick - Mountain Firework Company Gypsy madness 8PM £tbc Coalition - Friday I’m In Love 11PM £3/£5 Concorde 2 - Concorde2 Pres Asian Dub Foundation Sound System 11PM £8/£10 Digital - Stonelove 101% Indie Rock n Roll 11PM £3/£4 Doctor Brightons - Funky Friday DJ Nick Hirst & DJ Wayne 9:30PM Easy Bar - Miss Dangerous Pres DJ Rudeben 8PM Fiddler’s Elbow - TFI Friday The weekend starts here 8PM FishBowl - The Mixer Men Dr B and Cut La Vis 9PM Fortune Of War - Fever Funky, Latin, Salsa and Reggae DJs Freemasons - ALTA Jeff Daniels, Danny Williams and Sumsuch 9PM Globe - Rum Friday Electro Swing Rum Friday 8PM Grand Central - Dad’s Old Vinyl Soul and funk Green Door Store - Dead Cars & Support 7:30PM Green Door Store - Sub Bop Agait pop to shoegaze, thru riot grrrl and of course grunge 11PM Hampton Arms - Classic pub rock to disco fever 8PM Haunt - Lout Promotions Pres Lights & Guests 7PM £10adv Honey Club - Lollipop ‘Pink Fridays’ Freshest R&B & Chart hits, Indie, Dubstep & Fusion of house & more 11PM £3/£4/£5 Hope - Seero Album Lunch Party Dead Empire and Loose Lips 7:30PM £5 Hope - Strychnine Nights Holy Vessels 9PM

Hydrant - Kunt And The Gang Skurvi, MC Cashback 8PM £5 Komedia - Big Boy Bloater Acclaimed guitarist, singer and songwriter 7:30PM £12.50 Komedia - Alive and Swinging Join the three superstars, special guests and plenty of swing & dance 9PM £17.50 £26.50 (meal deal) Komedia - Born Bad Red hot rockabilly, 50s rock’n’roll, 6Ts garage 11PM £5/£6 Latest Music Bar - Sirens Music night & see a sumptuous cabaret of striptease, burlesque and pole dancing 10PM £5 Marlborough - Queer and Alternative night 9PM Mesmerist - Shake, Holla & Roll Dixieland jazz, 40, 50 rhythm & blues 9PM Northern Lights - Bitter Disko Alternative Audio delights, John Peel, DIY, indie tracks 9PM Proud Brighton Ballroom Friday Night Speakeasy “Speak easy, boys! Speak easy!” The Circus is in town for one night only 10:30PM £5 Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar - The Outer Church Line up tbc 7:30PM £5 The Prince Albert - They Might Swim, Oliver Eaves, The Jipsy Switch 8PM £4 Thomas Kemp - DJ Night DJ Lamp 9PM White Rabbit - WTF? Brighton, the wonky electro synth pop disco nonsense 8PM Volks - Propergander

Saturday 18th

Ancient Mariner - The Acoustic Sessions The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers 8PM Above Audio - Warehouse Funk & Soul DJ’s £5 Audio - Warehouse Severino 11PM £5 Belushi’s Bar - Unplugged Rocket Dogs live acoustic duo plus DJ Sleeps 9PM Belushi’s Below - RAWK-IT Nu & Classic Metal 9PM £2/£5 Black Lion - Burnt Toast Blackbelt Jonez & friends 9PM Brunswick - The Lost Highway With The 1930’s 8PM £5 Coalition - Old Yellow Bricks DJ Monty, DJ Charles Green, Shmooze & Skank 11PM £5/£7 Concorde 2 - The Kings Of The Jungle Serial Killaz, Micky Finn, Nicky Blackmarket, Bryan Gee & Support 11PM £8 Digital - Lout Promotions Pres The Big Pink, 2:54, The Jackals 7PM £10.50 Digital - Blah Blah Blah Pres

Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, The 2 Bears, Blah Blah Blah DJs 11PM £8 Doctor Brightons - Sexy Saturday DJ Tony B 9:30PM Easy Bar - Miss Dangerous Pres Fam Daniels, Legs MC & Lucky 8PM Fiddler’s Elbow - Saturday Sizzlers DJ’s Beans On Toast, Shelley Mack 9PM FishBowl - DJ Abo & Ally Smith Dirty funk and dancefloor jazz 9PM Fortune Of War - Tuaca Pres Deckchairs, Fip DJ’s From Paris Freemasons - Aran Reynolds & Ollie Sturdy 8PM Globe - Silent Disco DJ Battle! Soul, Motown, House, Electro 9PM Grand Central - Jukebox Hero! Green Door Store - Underground Railroad & Support 7:30PM Green Door Store - Da Doo Ron Ron 11PM Honey Club - Pukka Up Scott Giles, Ed Moore & Tom Maverick 11PM £5/£8 Hope - Club Velocity & Suicide Barbie Pres Screama Ballerina, Nightworkers & More 8PM £4adv Hydrant - End Of Time Quartet The Program Initiative 8PM £tbc Komedia - Spellbound Cherry Foxxx and Simon Price 9PM £5/£6 Loft - Crazy Turtle Club Authentic vintage dance night, swing, lindy hop, jive and rock and roll 9PM £6/£8 Marlborough - Lick Me Up DJ Dame Amy 9PM Mesmerist - Juke Joint Jamboree Vintage hits and boutique rarities 9PM Office - Hot-Tip Hi-Fi Reggae, Rocksteady & Ska 8PM Proud Brighton Ballroom Viva Las Vegas Dress code: Showgirls, Elvis, Glitz, Glamour, Feathers.... 10:30PM £8 Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar - Back To the Future Rock and indie from the 60’s to now 11PM £3/£4 The Prince Albert - Deadbeat Decendant & Guests 8:30PM £4 Thomas Kemp - DJ Night DJ Bianca 9PM White Rabbit - The Mixer men, fasten your seatbelts for a fusion of the finest upbeat tuneage 8PM Victory - Teen Dream 60’s Psyche & Garage to Post Punk & No-Wave 9PM Volks - Frequency Optive, BTK, High Maintenance, Mattix &

Futile 10PM £2

Sunday 19th

Belushi’s Bar - Now That’s What I Call a Party Part 1 with DJ Moogle 9PM Black Lion - Live & Swingin Gypsy Jazz, swing, blues, soul & funk 8PM Brunswick - Brighton Folk Monthly folk, roots and acoustic night 8PM Coalition - Blow Vince Manganaro, Charly Lopez, Charles Green & Guests 3AM £5 Easy Bar - The Caribbean Kitchen Pres Reggae and Roast 12PM Fiddler’s Elbow - Sham Rock Open Mic 8:30PM FishBowl - Recovery? Asbest & Sinner 9PM Globe - Rockoustic Acoustic live music to round off your weekend 8PM

Green Door Store

Sunday Service

Featuring the Bobby McGees; their unique sound and quirky stage presence is a must see! Plus Tom Figgins & House of Hats. FREE 5PM Green Door Store - Green Door Blues 10PM Hampton Arms - Live acoustic sessions 5PM Honey Club - Sundays at The Honey Lil Alex & Guests 11PM £2/£3 Latest Music Bar - Kevin Montgomery 7:30PM £14 The Prince Albert - The Men, Hookwaorms, Sealings 8:30PM £5adv Thomas Kemp - Jazz In The Afternoon Miss Mandy Thomas Kemp - Tango Sessions Come along and dance the evening away 8PM White Rabbit - Hush Hush, a live weekly acoustic showcase of fine local talent 8PM

Monday 20th

Belushi’s Bar - Pump up the 90’s 9PM Black Lion - Monday Club Anything goes, great music

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9PM Brighton Centre - The Wanted are definitely not taking any prisoners when it comes to being the hottest new pop group in the UK 6:30PM £19.50 £27.50 Brunswick - Open Mic Popular open mic night with full stage and PA 8:30PM Coalition - Trash Mondays DJs Willerby, Charles Green and Milton 10:30PM £3/£5 Green Door Store - Ram’s Pocket Radio & Support 7:30PM Hampton Arms - Keyring Club Mondays Hydrant - Rio Bravo Promotions 8PM Mesmerist - Stroll On Mondays 60 & 70 Rock, Mod, Blues 8:30PM The Prince Albert - Glenn Jones Solo guitar protege of John Fahey 8PM £8/£9 Volks - Strictly Reggae Dancehall, Bashment, Roots, Revivail 11PM £4.50/£5

Tuesday 21st

Wednesday 22nd Above Audio - Hip Hop from Drs Orders and Kung Fu Audio - Supercharged Dub Phizikz 11PM £tbc Belushi’s Bar - Now That’s What I Call a Party Part 2 with DJ Sleeps 9PM Belushi’s Below - Detention

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8PM Black Lion - The Black Lion Open Mic Night Solos, acousitic sets and open mic review night 8:30PM Coalition - Cocoloco Promotions Pres CoCo LoCo 10:30PM £3/£5 Digital - The Poundance 11PM £3/£4 FishBowl - Tea & Buscuits Gareth Stephens 10PM Globe - Global Bass DJ Ted Lauren 9PM Green Door Store - Lout Promotions Pres Bleeding Knees Club & Support 7:30PM £6adv Green Door Store - The Jazz Store 11PM Hydrant - Graveyard Johnnys The Devil Wrays, The Hell Cats 8PM £5 Komedia - An Audience with Mr Nice 8PM £10/£12 Latest Music Bar - Cole Stacey, Joseph Okeefe, Ergo Schmidt £4/£5 Mash Tun - Tin Cup Collective 5 Piece Soul, Funk Band 7PM Mesmerist - Swing Ninjas Busking band 9PM Northern Lights - Mystery Train Rockabilly & Psychobilly 9PM Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar - Arcade Not Disco It’s a mash up of pub, club, arcade and alcohol… 8PM The Prince Albert - The Wiyos 8:30PM £12 Thomas Kemp - Kev & Jennas Open Mic 8:30PM Volks - Switch Up Drum n Bass, Dubstep, Jungle, Electro

Thursday 23rd

Above Audio - Schtumm! Audio - Bastard Pop, Pop & Mash-up 11PM £2 Belushi’s Bar - Karaoke 9PM Belushi’s Below - Fallout Live Live indie bands 10PM £2/£3 Black Lion - The Lion’s Raw! Live music from up and coming bands from Brighton 8:30PM Coalition - Secret Discotheque 4th Birthday 11PM £3/£4 Concorde 2 - Family Ents Pres INME 7:30PM £12 Fiddler’s Elbow - Fiddler’s Live Lounge Funky Folk, Toe-Tappin Trad and Juicy Jazz 8:30PM FishBowl - The Mixer Men 4 Deck Session, quickfire mixes, mashups of classic tunes 10:30PM Fortune Of War - Throw Some Shapes Pres Bullion Globe - Hang the DJ! Eddie The Goatboy 9PM Green Door Store - Put It On Records Presents: This Water Kills, Pirate, Burn The Evidence, Alice & Forestars

7:30PM Green Door Store - Buddy Holly Night: Winter Dance Party 11PM Honey Club - Exposed! DJ’s Willerby, Squiz & Dan Creasy 11PM £2/£3 Hope - Communion Kyla La Grange, Native Roses 7:30PM £5 Hydrant - Heart In Hand Dead And Divine 7:30PM £tbc Hydrant - Mcnazza Pres tbc 8PM Mash Tun - The Mostly Come At Night Indy, rock, electro, hip hop 9PM Mesmerist - John Crampton A one man blues explosion 9PM Northern Lights - Northern Darkness Playing Nordic metal all night! 9PM

Psychosocial

Out The Loop

The Newest Student night hits Psychosocial on 23rd February. Join us as we launch this spectacular, bringing Electro, Breaks and Bass to the lovely party people of Brighton. DJ’s J-Bass, Subtone and Squiggle on the decks. NUS Drink deals. £3 NUS / £5 / doors 10pm Saint James Tavern - Stay Sick, Turn Blue Stay Sick Djs play 50, 60s, R&R, Soul, Jazz, Blues 8:30PM Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar - Super Heroes OF BMX Pres Catholic Discipline 8PM The Prince Albert - Lout Promotions Pres The Minutes & Tigerclub, Dead Whisky & Black Bonds 8:30PM £3/£4 White Rabbit - The Move-ons open mic night, featuring some of Brighton’s finest 8PM Victory - Open Mic Live Music 8PM

Friday 24th

Above Audio - Local DJ’s on rotation Audio - Supercharged Benga, Youngman 11PM £tbc

Belushi’s Bar - Muy Loco Dance competition, DJ’s, Music pop, house, rnb 9PM Belushi’s Below - Abandoned Rock & Metal Night 10PM £2/£3 Black Lion - Attic Monkeys vs Molly Malone’s Dex in the City 9PM Brunswick - House Of Hats Beautiful Folk & Guests 8PM £3/£4 Coalition - Friday I’m In Love 11PM £3/£5

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Kemptown Carnival Launch Party

A night of wild Carnival dance and Mayhem, all fundraising in aid of the Kemp Town Carnival 2012. Feat KALAKUTA MILLIONAIRES, MARACATU CRUZEIRO DO SUL and CooktheRabbit DJs Robin’D’Rich, DJ Eggs Legs, Mycle and Matt Copcut - Tickets £5 in adv / doors 10pm Digital - Stonelove 101% Indie Rock n Roll 11PM £3/£4 Doctor Brightons - Funky Friday DJ Nick Hirst & DJ Wayne 9:30PM Easy Bar - Miss Dangerous Pres DJ Rudeben 8PM Fiddler’s Elbow - TFI Friday The weekend starts here 8PM FishBowl - Freestyle Records Greg Boraman 9PM Fortune Of War - Caracazul Live Brazilian band Freemasons - ALTA Jeff Daniels, Danny Williams and Sumsuch 9PM Globe - Rum Friday & DJ Lamp 8PM Grand Central - Dad’s Old Vinyl Soul and funk Green Door Store - Free Swim & Support 7:30PM Green Door Store - VICE Issue Launch: Cymbals, Bhurgiest & Neighbourhood Gout 11PM Hampton Arms - Classic pub

LISTINGS MUSIC

rock to disco fever 8PM Haunt - Lout Promotions Pres John Foxx & The Maths, Gazelle Twin 7PM £20adv Honey Club - I Love R & B Squiz & Too Cold 11PM £5 Hydrant - Subhumans & Support 8PM £10 Komedia - Jonny Cash 80th Birthday Anniversary Tribute & DJ Dave Mumbles playing classic rockabilly 7:30PM £13 Komedia - Brighton Jazz Club Golden Xplosion Quartet 8PM £13/£15 Marlborough - I<3 Electro 9PM Mesmerist - Shake, Holla & Roll Dixieland jazz, 40, 50 rhythm & blues 9PM Northern Lights - DJ Oli Mixed party tunes 9PM Proud Brighton Ballroom Deadmen’s Motorcycles first event ‘The Ton Club’ £5adv/£8 Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar - Late Night Lingerie A clubnight which praises bands instead of a DJ 9PM £3 The Prince Albert - Loki, Safehouse, O.W.L.S 8:30PM £4 Thomas Kemp - DJ Night DJ’s Hep Cat Matt and Ollie ‘Citizen’ Lane 9PM White Rabbit - WTF? Brighton, the wonky electro synth pop disco nonsense 8PM Volks - In The Face Stagga & Warlock, Yeahhbuzz, Badical, Gash, Hadean & Support 10PM £5/£8

Saturday 25th

Ancient Mariner - The Acoustic Sessions Boogie Woogie Troop 8PM Above Audio - Warehouse Funk & Soul DJ’s £5 Audio - Warehouse Alex Metric 11PM £5 Belushi’s Bar - Unplugged Rocket Dogs live acoustic duo plus DJ Sleeps 9PM Belushi’s Below - Faceplant Punk Rock 9PM £2/£5 Black Lion - Burnt Toast Blackbelt Jonez & friends 9PM Brunswick - The Blues Corporation Legendary Brighton Blues 10-piece 8PM £10 Coalition - Wired Vince Manganaro, Vince Frimpong, Charles Green, Charly Lopez 11PM £5 Concorde 2 - Devotion Hype, Subzero, Phantasy, Harry Shotta, IC3 11PM £10 Digital - Playroom 11PM £10/£12 Doctor Brightons - Sexy Saturday DJ Tony B 9:30PM Easy Bar - Miss Dangerous Pres Fam Daniels, Legs MC & Lucky

8PM Fiddler’s Elbow - Saturday Sizzlers DJ’s Soul Casserole 9PM FishBowl - Daddy Marcus Soul, disco, funk and party classics 9PM Fortune Of War - Tuaca Pres Deckchairs, First Word records Night, Kindkanevil, Gilla Freemasons - Aran Reynolds & Ollie Sturdy 8PM Globe - Andy Ash Disco, house, techno 9PM Grand Central - Jukebox Hero! Green Door Store - Lout Promotions Pres Spector & David’s Lyre 7:30PM £6adv Green Door Store - The Big Itch 11PM Honey Club - Honey Music Guest DJ, Honey Residents 11PM £3/£5/£7 Hope - Skief Promotions Pres The Hope Headbanger, Loose Lips, Run Young Lovers, Graces Collide & Rising Tide 7:30PM £5adv Hydrant - Touche Amore Basement, Maths, No Coast 7PM £10 Hydrant - Wide Eyed Order Funge, Dub ‘n’ Tuff Allstars 8PM £tbc Komedia - Mod For It 60’s, 70’s and 80’s! 11PM £5 Marlborough - Lick Me Up DJ Dame Amy 9PM Mesmerist - Juke Joint Jamboree Vintage hits and boutique rarities 9PM Northern Lights - DJ Åbo Sexy funk & soul 9PM Pavilion Tavern - Snap Crackle & Britpop Night of 90s magic £4 Proud Brighton Ballroom - Blitz Party “Make tea, not War!” Come and hide at a hangout like no other at our Blitz Party! 10:30PM £8 Saint George’s Church - Lout Promotions Pres Marina & The Diamonds, Guest 7:30PM £20adv Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar - Stick It On Is all about YOU becoming the DJ for the night 10PM £4/£5 The Prince Albert - Club Meow Meow 8:30PM £4 Thomas Kemp - DJ Night DJ Danny 9PM West Hill - L’Amour Electronique Synthesized Sounds & French Pop 9PM White Rabbit - The Mixer men, fasten your seatbelts for a fusion of the finest upbeat tuneage 8PM Victory - DJ Rob Taylor (Up Against It) Big Soul, Odd Rock, Alt-Pop & general nice vibes 9PM Quadrant - Stand-up Comedy

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MUSIC LISTINGS

An Audience With Peter, Adam Vincent, Gary Sansome, Sami Stone 8:30PM £5/£6

Sunday 26th

Belushi’s Bar - Now That’s What I Call a Party Part 1 with DJ Moogle 9PM Black Lion - Live & Swingin Gypsy Jazz, swing, blues, soul & funk 8PM Coalition - Blow Vince Manganaro, Charly Lopez, Charles Green & Guests 3AM £5 Easy Bar - The Caribbean Kitchen Pres Reggae and Roast 12PM Fiddler’s Elbow - Sham Rock Open Mic 8:30PM FishBowl - Recovery? Asbest & Sinner 9PM Globe - Hot-Tip Hi-Fi Reggae, Rocksteady & Ska 9PM Green Door Store - Sunday Service: Bobby McGees, Tom Figgins & House of Hats 5PM Green Door Store - Green Door Blues 10PM Hampton Arms - Live acoustic sessions 5PM Honey Club - Sundays at The Honey Lil Alex & Guests 11PM £2/£3 Hope - CC Promotions Pres Cap In Hand, Wrecktheplacefantastic & More 8PM £4 Hydrant - TSL Pres The Social Club, Matadors, Get Human, Caution Horses, T’Bitter 1:30PM £4 Hydrant - Brave Yesterday & Support 8PM The Prince Albert - Authorities & Support 8:30PM £6 Thomas Kemp - Jazz In The Afternoon Lee and his Piano! White Rabbit - Hush Hush, a live weekly acoustic showcase of fine local talent 8PM

Monday 27th

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Protect Your Neck, Centralia DC 8PM £tbc Komedia - Dressed in Black Pop Songs From The Shadows 11PM £3 Latest Music Bar - This Must Be The Place Pres Charlene Soraia 7:30PM SOLD OUT! Mesmerist - Stroll On Mondays 60 & 70 Rock, Mod, Blues 8:30PM The Prince Albert - Born to Lose 8:30PM £3 Volks - Strictly Reggae Dancehall, Bashment, Roots, Revivail 11PM £4.50/£5

Tuesday 28th

Wednesday 29th Above Audio - Hip Hop from Drs Orders and Kung Fu Audio - Logistics ST, Lofty 11PM £tbc Belushi’s Bar - Now That’s What I Call a Party Part 2 with DJ Sleeps 9PM Belushi’s Below - Detention 8PM Black Lion - The Black Lion Open Mic Night Solos, acousitic sets and open mic review night 8:30PM Coalition - Cocoloco Promotions Pres CoCo LoCo 10:30PM £3/£5 Concorde 2 - One Inch Badge Pres The War On Drugs 7:30PM £10 Digital - The Poundance 11PM £3/£4

FishBowl - Tea & Buscuits Gareth Stephens 10PM Globe - Global Bass DJ Ted Lauren 9PM Haunt - Juice New Music Showcase Night of the best local bands 7PM £3 Hydrant - Tellison Jumping Ships 8PM £5 Komedia - DHP Concerts presents Soko 7:30PM £10 Latest Music Bar - Harry Oakwood, Dan Powell, Mark Wright 7:30PM £5 Mash Tun - Tin Cup Collective 5 Piece Soul, Funk Band 7PM Mesmerist - Swing Ninjas Busking band 9PM Open House - Safe House Evening of improvised live music 8PM £5/£6 The Prince Albert - Tiny Dragons, Meatloaf At Mary’s, Alice Ameilia 8:30PM £3/£4 Thomas Kemp - Kev & Jennas Open Mic 8:30PM Volks - Switch Up Drum n Bass, Dubstep, Jungle, Electro

CULTURE THEATRE

Theatre Upstairs from the Grand central pub is a veritable gem of a small venue, The Nightingale Theatre. By Stuart Rolt Upstairs from the Grand central pub is a veritable gem of a small venue, The Nightingale Theatre. Continuing their program of small, but perfectly formed productions is His Spread Legs on 17th and 18th February. Written and directed by Ben Webb and performed by Sean Hart, this is a poetic and political bedtime story which is moving and funny in equal measure. The Permanent Way by David Hare comes to the New Venture

THE KINGS SPEECH

Theatre 18th to 25th February. This is powerful, and often strongly political, piece of verbatim theatre which charts

Slightly more vapid, but no less

shabby, poorly-lit kitchen, resulting in

the privatisation of British railways.

enjoyable, is Legally Blonde the

a claustrophobic sense of desperation.

From a range of first-hand accounts,

Musical which hits the Theatre Royal

This is familiar territory for this kind

from the survivors and bereaved to

between on Tuesday 13th and Saturday

of show, but an excellent and darkly

Government ministers, combining

24th of March.

comedic script ensures its one not to

to voice a compelling story of

This multi-award stealing,

miss.

mismanagement and the disasters that

all-singing, all-dancing romantic

Upstairs at Three and Ten presents

resulted.

comedy is about defying people’s

Two Days of Plays: A Bite-Size Buffet

The Theatre Royal presents The

preconceptions of you and proving

until Sunday 5th February. Featuring

Kings Speech between Mon 27th

what you are really capable of. This

a collection of 14 wonderful ten-minute

February and Saturday 3rd March.

is the funniest and most fabulous

plays that will be performed in little

A story about the world’s most

musical around.

sets of 2 or 3 at time from 5:30pm-9pm

famous man getting to grips with a

Blackly hilarious and full of

the audience just pays for what they

stammer and the demands of new

deceptions, secrets and betrayals,

want to see. Gathered from some of

technology. Charles Edwards and

The Beauty Queen of Leenane runs

the world’s most exciting emerging

Jonathan Hyde show us that being

until Saturday 4th February at The

writers, including work from the UK,

the monarch is all about more than

Little Theatre. This story of a lonely,

USA and Australia, this is excellent, if

wearing lots of bling and politely

virgin spinster, who is imprisoned by

slightly eccentric way of experiencing

asking people what they do.

circumstance, takes place entirely in a

theatre.

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SPECIAL FEATURE

Science Festival Brighton Science Festival 2012 aims to smash the preconceptions that science is solely the dominion of corduroyclad boffins and highlight its practical applications throughout our everyday lives. Taking place at various venues around the city and dealing with all aspects of the scientific realm, from commercially applicable technologies to the whacky domain of fringe sciences, this month long event aims to educate and entertain. By Stuart Rolt QUABINET OF QUANTUM QURIOSITY Flavour of the decade, the elusive Higgs boson particle, and many mysteries of Quantum theory will be discussed at the Quabinet of Quantum Quriosity on the 19th.

SIMPLY BRILLIANT PHYSICS The Simply Brilliant physics evening on the 22nd, with English über-inventor Trevor Bayliss, will showing us all the true meaning of intelligent design.

HUMANIST SOCIETY On the 1st Brighton and Hove Humanist Society will be bravely attempting to cover everything from the dawn of time to Big Brother in 13.72 minutes – that’s a breath-taking one minute per billion years.

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FAMILY FUN DAYS The first weekend of the Festival (11th and 12th) sees the popular Family Fun Days at Hove Park School. Children aged 7-14 will get inspired by the creative, messy, loud side of science, with help from real sheep, real explosions, cloud chambers, a snotty nose big enough to crawl through and very much more.

COMICAL SPIN In case all this gets a little too heavy, then Robin Ince, Marcus Brigstocke, The Festival of the Spoken Nerd and Helen Keen will all be putting a comical spin on science.

RUPERT SHELDRAKE If you want your mind bent, try out the edgy scientific ideas of Rupert Sheldrake, author of the Science Delusion on the 20th.

MAKE YOUR MIND UP TIME For the very brave why not try Make Your Mind Up Time on the 26th where you’ll delve into the murky world of consciousness and how much of our world is a figment of our imagination. Bring your loved ones and see if you still think they exist at the end of the day.

CATALYST CLUB Brighton’s famous Catalyst Club will host two specials. First a Catastrophe Club on the 9th where they cheerily look forward to the end of the world, followed by a soothing Catalyst Goes Cuddly on the 23rd where three speakers will revel in the delights of custard, computer games and hedgehogs.

BIG SCIENCE SATURDAY The usual centrepiece of the Science Festival is the Big Science Saturday on the 25th, which this year will be investigating swearing as pain relief, how to age well, the mathematics of Olympic athletes and turning water into wine.

AT THE DUKE OF YORKS As part of the event The Duke of Yorks will be getting into the spirit of the proceedings by Hosting special film screenings of The Day The Earth Caught Fire on the 17th and Mulholland Drive on the 26th.

FOR THE KIDS As always there will be special events aimed at children throughout half term, including How to be Magic on the 12th, the wonderfully named Chewy, Gummy, Physics Factory on the 18th and special theme days focussing on ecology, food and the science of crafts.

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THEATRE LISTINGS

LISTINGS Friday 3rd

Friday 10th

Thursday 16th

Saturday 4th

Saturday 11th

Friday 17th

Theatre Royal Brighton - Rat Pack In Back Original tribute to Frank, Dean & Sammy performance by The Don Hunt Orchestra & The Flamingo Showgirls 7:45PM £18/£19

Nightingale - Pres (Dining Room) Lorraine Brown’s Comfort Zone. Theatre as she explores what makes us truly comfortable 8PM £5/£6

Monday 6th

Theatre Royal Brighton - Chris Addison The Time is Now, Again. Top class stand up from one of the classiest stand ups around 8PM £22

Wednesday 8th

Theatre Royal Brighton Moscow City Ballet Swan Lake, Victor Smirnov-Golovanov’s flawless production set to Tchaikovsky’s music 2:30PM £19/£33

Thursday 9th

Theatre Royal Brighton Moscow City Ballet Swan Lake, Victor Smirnov-Golovanov’s flawless production set to Tchaikovsky’s music 2:30PM £19/£33

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Theatre Royal Brighton - Moscow City Ballet The Nutcracker, Visual feast for every audience, follows little Clara’s adventures 2:30PM & 7:45PM £19/£33

Nightingale - Pres His Pread Legs. Written & Directed by Ben Webb, Performed by Sean Hart 8PM £7/£9 Theatre Royal Brighton - Moscow City Ballet The Nutcracker, Visual feast for every audience, follows little Clara’s adventures 2:30PM & 7:45PM £19/£33

Sunday 12th

Monday 13th

Theatre Royal Brighton Fireman Sam Pontypandy Rocks, Join Fireman Sam and his friends as Pontypandy holds its first ever music festival 1PM £13/£15 Family Ticket £50

Theatre Royal Brighton - Beyond The Barricade Recreating original West End and Broadway musical hit songs with amazing authenticity 7:30PM £18/£20

Nightingale - Dining Room Shortcuts. See the newest work from Brighton performers 8PM

Saturday 18th

Nightingale - Dining Room Shortcuts. See the newest work from Brighton performers 8PM

Sunday 19th

Nightingale - Dining Room Indepen & Community, Us Puppeteers, Whitebox Collective 7:30PM Marlborough - The Steampunk Hidden Nautilus Neo Victorian Cabaret 8PM £6.50/£7

Monday 20th

Nightingale - Dining Room 7:30PM £6.50/£8.50 Theatre Royal Brighton - Star Quality Amanda Donahoe leads a stellar cast of 12 in Noël Coward’s deliciously funny final play 7:45PM £12/£27

Tuesday 21st

Nightingale - Dining Room 7:30PM £6.50/£8.50 Theatre Royal Brighton - Star Quality Amanda Donahoe leads a stellar cast of 12 in Noël Coward’s deliciously funny final play 7:45PM £12/£27

Wednesday 22nd Theatre Royal Brighton - Star Quality Amanda Donahoe leads a stellar cast of 12 in Noël Coward’s deliciously funny final play 7:45PM £12/£27

Thursday 23rd

Theatre Royal Brighton - Star Quality Amanda Donahoe leads a stellar cast of 12 in Noël Coward’s deliciously funny final play 7:45PM £12/£27

Friday 24th

Theatre Royal Brighton - Star Quality Amanda Donahoe leads a stellar cast of 12 in Noël Coward’s deliciously funny final play 7:45PM £12/£27

Saturday 25th

Theatre Royal Brighton - Star Quality Amanda Donahoe leads a stellar cast of 12 in Noël Coward’s deliciously funny final play 7:45PM £12/£27

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CULTURE COMEDY

Comedy Chronicle If your New Year’s resolutions have

staring at a wall. The health benefits

slick stand-up organisers.

been slowly severed over recent weeks,

of laughter are endless; it boosts your

Local

and the oh-I-must-get-healthy intentions

energy,

immune

conspicuous charmer Rue Barratt has

still haven’t materialized, don’t worry.

system, and if you get down to one of

been putting on nights and making

If, like everyone else, you want to blast

Brighton’s finest comedy nights, you’ll

people laugh since he was too young

away those annoying winter blues,

discover the side-splittingly social and

to buy a pint, and we at BN1 Magazine

have a look at this month’s Comedy

spectacularly sexy benefits as well.

were lucky enough to catch up with

Chronicle highlights, and check

In the words of David Brent ‘You

him to find out how, why and what? ....

out what Brighton has to offer in the

can’t put a price on comedy’. Er, you

By Beki Turner

way of funny stuff. It’s definitely better

can, but fortunately it’s not always too

than running on a treadmill while

pricey, thanks to some pretty savvy and

How did you get into the world of comedy? I started lying my way into nights when I was seventeen – you’d be amazed how rubbish your ID can be when they really need people through the door. I did it till I was about twenty, by which point I hated it so much I refused to step foot inside a comedy club for seven years. I got back into it when I finally realised I was a normal person doing something very difficult and I didn’t have to try and be a genius. I also did the Jill Edwards stand-up course at the Komedia. It teaches you excellent technique – she’s a black belt in stand-up.

What’s been your most memorable gig, and what happened? When I was nineteen I did a Comic Relief gig in a horrible pub in Amersham. Before the show, somebody got coshed at the bar – not even glassed, coshed. They had coshes in there. A few people went on before me and died terribly.

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strengthens

None of my jokes got even the slightest laugh, but then fortunately I saw this guy at the front who was so drunk he was practically dancing about to my set. Quick as a flash, I hit on the idea of making him do different dances, taking requests from the crowd, who loved it. I was shouting ‘Dance for me! Dance for me!’, while they all clapped along. I felt kind of bad, but him being so plastered saved my hide, so I felt pretty pleased at my ingenuity until after the gig I found out he hadn’t been drunk at all. A couple of years before he’d come off his motorbike without a helmet. Everyone there knew him.

Do you have any comedy heroes?

Eddie Izzard, Mitch Hedberg, Hannibal Buress... that guy especially you have to check out on Youtube.

What are your plans for future events, both locally and beyond?

your

Locally, I’m going to continue working on my night Laughtermath, which as of March is moving to The Caroline of Brunswick. I’m pretty stoked about a new night I’m setting up with Sami Stone at The Old Market Theatre, called Laughtermarket (see what we did there?). You should come check that one out, because it’s going to be frankly amazing, and only £1.50. Although good comedy has no price. To put that into perspective, bad comedy often costs about five pounds. Speaking on a more global scale, I think the future event we’ll all planning for is the Zombie Apocalypse. We don’t have many guns in this country so I’m going to use a baseball bat. It’s essentially a club, the most basic weapon devised by man. I don’t think I have it in me to stab someone, even the undead. I did stab myself once, below my left buttock. I wasn’t trying to though - I was trying to cut spring onions. I must have hit something because the blood came out in a great parabolic arc with every heartbeat. It’s like my

comedian,

compere

and

fifteenth favourite scar.

What do you like about living in Brighton? The way you’ll often see all the eccentricity of a normal town compressed into one person. Some dude with five watches on his arm and a plastic doll, or wearing a magic hat with his trousers held up with string. These are my people.

UPCOMING February 7th Laughtermath The Caxton Arms North Gardens, Brighton

FEBRUARY 9TH Laughtermarket The Old Market Theatre, Hove

23RD FEBRUARY Live ‘n’ Laughing Psychosocial, Brighton

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COMEDY LISTINGS

LISTINGS Wednesday 1st

Brunswick - Three Oak Productions Pres An Evening of Magic & Mentalism 7:30PM £8

Thursday 2nd

Brunswick - Brighton Stand Up Comedy Course Learn to be a comedian 7PM £tbc Komedia - Krater Comedy Club 3 top stand-ups and one of the best MCs 8PM £5 - £18

Friday 3rd

Alibi Pub - The Comedy Cooler 7 great comedians including a fantastic headliner and guest compere 8PM £4 Komedia - Krater Comedy Club 3 top stand-ups and one of the best MCs 8PM £11.50 - £29 (meal deal) Komedia - Terry Alderton – 2012 Tour Brand new show 8PM £10.50 - £12.50 (meal deal) Komedia - The Maydays – Top Story Hot off the press! Awardwinning masters of improv comedy 8PM £6/£8

Saturday 4th

Komedia - Krater Comedy Club 3 top stand-ups and one of the best MCs 7PM, 8PM & 10:30PM £15 - £29 (meal deal) Komedia - The Maydays Confessions Award-winning, critically acclaimed improv comedians 8PM £8/£10 Theatre Royal Brighton - Russell Kane Manscaping, Join Fosters Comedy Award winner and star of loads of stuff on telly 8PM £18.50 Quadrant - Stand-up Comedy Carly Smallman, Ben Smith, Pat Burtscher, Sami Stone, Sam Furniss 8:30PM £5/£6

Sunday 5th

Komedia - Krater Comedy Club 3 top stand-ups and one of the best MCs 8PM £5 - £20.50 (meal deal) Komedia - Bent Double An irreverent night of fun and frolics hosted byZoe Lyons 8PM £8.50 - £19.50 (meal deal) Theatre Royal Brighton - Chris Addison The Time is Now, Again. Top class stand up from one of the classiest stand ups around 8PM £22

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Wednesday 8th

Komedia - Richard Herring Does anybody love anybody anyway? 8PM £15 Whistlestop Inn - Express Comedy Some of the best up-andcoming comedians in the South 7:30PM £4

Thursday 9th

Brunswick - Brighton Stand Up Comedy Course Learn to be a comedian 7PM £tbc Komedia - Krater Comedy Club 3 top stand-ups and one of the best MCs 8PM £5 - £18 Psychosocial - Live ‘n’ Laughing: feat. MAX DICKENS, DAVE MOUNFIELD and more. £10/£6 TOM The Old Market - New Material Comedy Night (tbc) Resident DJ Miss Scarlet – Soul, Funk and Motown

Friday 10th

Komedia - Krater Comedy Club 3 top stand-ups and one of the best MCs 8PM £11.50 - £29 (meal deal)

Saturday 11th

Komedia - Krater Comedy Club 3 top stand-ups and one of the best MCs 7PM, 8PM & 10:30PM £15 - £29 (meal deal) Komedia - Funny Women Some of the best female comics on the circuit 8PM £8/£10 Quadrant - Stand-up Comedy Dave Thompson, Daniel Simonsen, Sami Stone, Richard Fox and Rue Barratt 8:30PM £5/£6

Sunday 12th

Komedia - Krater Comedy Club 3 top stand-ups and one of the best MCs 8PM £5 - £20.50 (meal deal) Latest Music Bar - Brighton Science Festival Robot Woman of the Future 8PM £5

Monday 13th

Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar - Iou Comedy Simon Evans, Michael Fabbri, Horse and Louis, Max Dickins & Support 8PM £4

Tuesday 14th

Easy Bar - Mac & Easy Bar Pres Free Live Comedy 8PM Komedia - Valentines Krater Comedy Club Valentine’s Special Menu 8PM £12.50 - £27 (meal deal)

Wednesday 15th

Theatre Royal Brighton - Omid Djalili Tour of Duty, Multi award winning stand up, television and move star, brand new comedy show 8PM £20

Thursday 16th

Brunswick - Brighton Stand Up Comedy Course Learn to be a comedian 7PM £tbc Komedia - Krater Comedy Club 3 top stand-ups and one of the best MCs 8PM £5 - £18 Latest Music Bar - Brighton Science Festival Bright Club: Bodies 7:30PM £5 TOM The Old Market - Simmon Munnery Hats off to the 101ers, and other material 8PM £12

Friday 17th

Komedia - Krater Comedy Club 3 top stand-ups and one of the best MCs 8PM £11.50 - £29 (meal deal)

Saturday 18th

Komedia - Krater Comedy Club 3 top stand-ups and one of the best MCs 7PM, 8PM & 10:30PM £15 - £29 (meal deal) Quadrant - Stand-up Comedy Andrew Watts, Keith Platt, Frankie Williams, Sami Stone and Stephen Bailey 8:30PM £5/£6

Sunday 19th

Komedia - Topp Twins original country-music comedy duo 7:30PM £15 Komedia - Krater Comedy Club 3 top stand-ups and one of the best MCs 8PM £5 - £20.50 (meal deal)

Thursday 23rd

Brunswick - Brighton Stand Up Comedy Course Learn to be a comedian 7PM £tbc Komedia - Comic Boom Iain Stirling 8PM £7/£9 Komedia - The Noise Next Door Comedy Lock-In Some of the UK’s top comedians 8PM £8 £18.50 (meal deal) Psychosocial - Live ‘n’ Laughing: feat. JAMES ACASTER, SEAN MCLOUGHLIN and more. £10/£6 TOM The Old Market - John Peel’s Shed Performed by John Osborne 8PM £12

Friday 24th

Komedia - Krater Comedy Club 3 top stand-ups and one of the best MCs 8PM £11.50 - £29 (meal deal)

Saturday 25th

Komedia - Kids Popcorn Comedy. Comedy videos on the big screen 2PM £6.50/£8.50 Komedia - Krater Comedy Club 3 top stand-ups and one of the best MCs 7PM, 8PM & 10:30PM £15 - £29 (meal deal)

Sunday 26th

Komedia - Krater Comedy Club 3 top stand-ups and one of the best MCs 8PM £5 - £20.50 (meal deal) Komedia - The Humble Quest for a Universal Genius Mark Allen and Eli Silverman pit two top stand-up comedians against each 8PM £7/£9 Latest Music Bar - Rosie Wilby and Aidan Goatley 7PM £5/£6

Tuesday 28th

Foragers Pub - C.U.L.T. Comedy A night of top local comedy, compered by Juice FM’s breakfast DJ, Guy Lloyd 8PM £4

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MAX DICKENS

JAMES ACASTER

‘He made the show!’ British Comedy guide *****

“Inherently funny...the merest gesture can have the audience laughing out loud”

DAVE MOUNFIELD

Broadway Baby as seen on BBC3’s Russell Howard’s Good News and E4’s Show and Tell

From SkyOne’s This is Jinsy and Radio 4’s Count Arthur Strong ‘A great night out’ The Latest **** Featuring LAURIE ROWAN ROBIN BUCKLAND So You Think You’re Funny Finalist 09

SEAN MCLOUGHLIN “Perfect” The Skinny **** Featuring ADAM HESS Winner Of Student Chortle Award 2011 RUE BARRATT

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CULTURE ARTS

Arts FEBRUARY IS HERE and it’s time to put away those detox

books and running shoes and reach for the chocolate boxes, balloons and teddy bears…or sick buckets depending on which way you’re inclined. So whether you’re after creative ideas on how to impress your loved one or simply looking to escape all that is pink, fluffy and nauseating, here are some of my top visual treats of the month. By Faye Morrison

I HEART U The JAG gallery and open studios, located on Madeira drive, has certainly embraced the romantic motif. It stages ‘I heART U’ on the 5th; a Valentines-themed event which features, among others, the new collection of mixed-media and Brighton-inspired work by local artist Ryan Brown. Entertainment, drinks and their mysterious invention ‘Speed Arting’ (whatever that is) will all be on offer, topped off by an evening auction at 8pm; held in support of the Argus Appeal. of Lorem Ipsum, you need to be sure there isn’t anything embarrassing hidden in the middle of text.

ART LOVERS The Park View pub on Preston Drove has also jumped on the love-waggon; hosting a Valentine’s Day private view of their ‘Art Lovers’ exhibition between 6 and 10:30pm. The work of a number of up-andcoming local talents, including mixed-media artist Penelope Oakley, will be on display.

Broken Ground Fortunately for those those cynics among you, the Phoenix Gallery appear to have missed the heart-shaped memo and is instead displaying ‘Broken Ground’ from the 11th. This exhibition of large prints by Canadian artist Derek Besant explores the theme of urban destruction; featuring reconstructed photographic images of building sites from around the globe. By capturing the various stages of excavation, Besant looks to display the role of redevelopment in exposing the layers of a city’s past.

Intuition and Ingenuity Lighthouse, located on Kensington Street, is catering for the art-loving geek throughout this month with their new exhibition. On show as part of Brighton Science Festival, ‘Intuition and Ingenuity’ celebrates the centenary anniversary of the birth of father of modern computing: Alan Turing. It brings together the work of a range of scientific artists, including Roman Verostko, boredomresearch and Patrick Tresset, in an exploration of the continuing influence of Turing’s life and work on art and contemporary culture.

So, regardless of relationship status, why not fall in love with Brighton’s ever brilliant art scene this Valentines!

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ARTS LISTINGS

LISTINGS Wednesday 1st

Friese-Greene House Gallery Conquer Artists 6 young artists exhibiting a range of works including: drawings, paintings, video, photography and installation pieces 17:30PM Preview

Thursday 2nd

Friese-Greene House Gallery Conquer Artists 6 young artists exhibiting a range of works including: drawings, paintings, video, photography and installation pieces Open From 9:30AM

Friday 3rd

Friese-Greene House Gallery Conquer Artists 6 young artists exhibiting a range of works including: drawings, paintings, video, photography and installation pieces Open From 9:30AM

Saturday 4th

Friese-Greene House Gallery Conquer Artists 6 young artists exhibiting a range of works including: drawings, paintings, video, photography and installation pieces Open From 9:30AM

Sunday 5th

Friese-Greene House Gallery Conquer Artists 6 young artists exhibiting a range of works including: drawings, paintings, video, photography and installation pieces Open From 9:30AM

Monday 6th

Friese-Greene House Gallery Conquer Artists 6 young artists exhibiting a range of works including: drawings, paintings, video, photography and installation pieces Open From 9:30AM Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar - Any Persan Halp Me Explore new genres of poetry and literature made possible by Post-Modem life 8PM

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Tuesday 7th

Friese-Greene House Gallery Conquer Artists 6 young artists exhibiting a range of works including: drawings, paintings, video, photography and installation pieces Open From 9:30AM Mesmerist - The Mesmerist Conjurers Consortium The space for amateur and professional magicians 7:30PM

Wednesday 8th

Friese-Greene House Gallery Conquer Artists 6 young artists exhibiting a range of works including: drawings, paintings, video, photography and installation pieces Open From 9:30AM Komedia - Rattle Tales Group of local writers, trying out new stuff and seeing what works and what doesn’t in front of an audience 8PM £4

Thursday 9th

Friese-Greene House Gallery Conquer Artists 6 young artists exhibiting a range of works including: drawings, paintings, video, photography and installation pieces Open From 9:30AM Komedia - The Space A unique arts & entertainment event with special guests interviewed in an informal setting 8PM £5.50/£8.50

Friday 10th

Friese-Greene House Gallery Conquer Artists 6 young artists exhibiting a range of works including: drawings, paint-

ings, video, photography and installation pieces Open From 9:30AM

Saturday 11th

Friese-Greene House Gallery Conquer Artists 6 young artists exhibiting a range of works including: drawings, paintings, video, photography and installation pieces Open From 9:30AM

Sunday 12th

Friese-Greene House Gallery Conquer Artists 6 young artists exhibiting a range of works including: drawings, paintings, video, photography and installation pieces Open From 9:30AM

Monday 13th

Friese-Greene House Gallery Conquer Artists 6 young artists exhibiting a range of works including: drawings, paintings, video, photography and installation pieces Open From 9:30AM

Tuesday 14th

Friese-Greene House Gallery Conquer Artists 6 young artists exhibiting a range of works including: drawings, paintings, video, photography and installation pieces Open From 9:30AM Mesmerist - The Mesmerist Conjurers Consortium The space for amateur and professional magicians 7:30PM

Tuesday 21st

Mesmerist - The Mesmerist Conjurers Consortium The space for amateur and professional magicians 7:30PM

Friday 24th

Brighton Centre - Modelworld is a unique exhibition showcasing models of all types from around the country 10AM £5.50 - £8.50

Saturday 25th

Brighton Centre - Modelworld is a unique exhibition showcasing models of all types from around the country 10AM £5.50 - £8.50

Sunday 26th

Brighton Centre - Modelworld is a unique exhibition showcasing models of all types from around the country 10AM £5.50 - £8.50

Tuesday 28th

Mesmerist - The Mesmerist Conjurers Consortium The space for amateur and professional magicians 7:30PM Towner (Eastbourne) - Gibson / Martelli (igloo): VISITOR Inspired by the artists’ travels to the snowy mountains of the Canadian Rockies and developed during research at the Banff Arts Centre 10AM

Wednesday 29th Hope - Hi Zero Poetry Redings 7:30PM £4

Phoenix Brighton - Art Junky Indoor market that combines our love for quirky jumble sale culture with local artistic talent 11AM Towner (Eastbourne) - Gibson / Martelli (igloo): VISITOR Inspired by the artists’ travels to the snowy mountains of the Canadian Rockies and developed during research at the Banff Arts Centre 10AM

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ARTS FILM

Film For this, my second contribution to BN1 Magazine, I’ve asked three of my Brighton based film-loving friends to sum-up their favourite films of 2011. By Wayne Imms The Tree of Life

created one of the greatest double bills

Duke of York’s General Manager,

of all time. The best Samurai films

Jon Barrenechea

since Kurosawa.

Whether this film is a masterpiece or not, its release was the cinematic event

Kill List

of 2011, a long-awaited movie from

Sound Recordist of Elephant

the very un-prolific Terrence Malick,

Sounds, Kirstie Howell

30 years in the making. It moved

For me, Kill List has to be the best

me, amazed me, made me remember,

film of the year. Why? Because with

and made me think. And I had more

one fell swoop, it dismembers the

arguments about it than any other film

most unnerving beast known to little

in years. It gets better every time I see

Britain – the suburban existence.

it. An epic piece of art that could only

It uses violence, not gratuitously,

belong on the big screen.

but as a necessity, and keeps you sweating uncomfortably on your toes

For me, it comes down to Kill List,

13 Assassins

throughout the majority of the film.

from Brighton based director and

Odeon Brighton Marketing

Kill List skilfully delivers an ending,

writer Ben Wheatley, and We Need to

Manager, James Tully

which not only takes you completely

Talk About Kevin. The powerful film

13 Assassins, by Japanese Director

by surprise, it leaves you talking about

from Lynne Ramsay, adapted from the

Takashi Miike, is a master class in

it for hours, in fact, I’m still thinking

bestselling novel, is one of the most

build up and pay-off. The story centres

about its ending, and I saw it months

tense, unsettling and brutal that I’ve

on a band of misfits who draw a line in

ago. It’s a low budget film, which just

seen in many years; certainly my kind

the sand against a fearsome and cruel

confirms what we all knew already

of film. With compelling performances

dictator. A group of assassins hatch

– there’s just no substitute for good

from virtually every actor, especially

a plan to attack him and his army in

writing.

Tilda Swinton and newcomer Ezra

an amazingly staged 45 minute fight

Miller in the title role, We Need to

sequence that simply takes your breath

Talk About Kevin, charts the exploits

away with its inventiveness. Miike is

of Swinton’s sadistic son, from his

known more for his horror and comic

birth to a particularly shocking trail

book violence, so it’s a revelation to

of destruction, which we witness in the

see him show such masterful restraint

conclusion. Overall, this is a thought

here. Along with his upcoming Hara-

provoking and an unforgettable film.

Kiri: Death of a Samurai, Miike has

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Wayne is the Creative Director of The Space, which holds arts and film events. At Komedia on February 9th, the line-up of interviewees are Oscar winning composer Rachel Portman and film distributor Studio Canal’s Dan MacRae. While, at the Duke of York’s, The Space presents The Dark Crystal 30th Anniversary Event with a screening of the film and very special guests. www.thespace.uk.com

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LISTINGS Wednesday 1st

Brunswick - Language Classes Informal Spanish class run by a full accredited tutor 7PM £5

Thursday 2nd

Brunswick - Brighton Jazz School – Learn To Listen Jazz Listening Course 6PM £6

Saturday 4th

Brunswick - Yoga Lessons 9:30AM £5 Brunswick - Harpin’ Festival Beginners & Intermediate Harmonica Workshops 11AM £12/£14

Sunday 5th

Komedia - The Sundae Club Creative workshops, games, drawing and dancing for kids 11AM £2.50 - £10 (family of 4)

Tuesday 7th

Brunswick - Brighton Jazz School – Learn To Play Jazz tuition 11AM £tbc Brunswick - Yoga Lessons 5:30PM £5 Open House - Jazz Work Shop Try out your Jazz skills and play along with some masters to help you along 8PM £tbc TOM The Old Market - Miniclicks Photography night, February guest Chris Floyd

Wednesday 8th

Brunswick - Language Classes Informal Spanish class run by a full accredited tutor 7PM £5 Brunswick - Conversation Café Discussion Group 7:30PM £5

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Thursday 9th

Brunswick - Brighton Jazz School – Learn To Listen Jazz Listening Course 6PM £6 Latest Music Bar - Brighton Science Festival Catalyst Club Catastrophe! 8PM £5

Saturday 11th Brunswick - Yoga Lessons 9:30AM £5

Sunday 12th

Brighton Centre - Brighton Record & CD Fair offers the very best in new and vintage items on all formats 9:30AM £2/£5

Tuesday 14th

Brunswick - Brighton Jazz School – Learn To Play Jazz tuition 11AM £tbc Brunswick - Yoga Lessons 5:30PM £5 Latest Music Bar - Brighton Science Festival Pocket Science Funfair 11AM £3/£5 Open House - Jazz Work Shop Try out your Jazz skills and play along with some masters to help you along 8PM £tbc

Wednesday 15th

Brunswick - Language Classes Informal Spanish class run by a full accredited tutor 7PM £5 Latest Music Bar - Brighton Science Festival Science Show off, Open mic night 8PM

Thursday 16th

Brunswick - Brighton Jazz School – Learn To Listen Jazz Listening Course 6PM £6

Saturday 18th

Brunswick - Yoga Lessons 9:30AM £5 Latest Music Bar - What Can Possibly Go Wrong? Ecological disasters and how to avoid them 10AM £3/£5 (Workshop)

Sunday 19th

Latest Music Bar - Brighton Science Festival Quabinet of Quantum Quriosities 10AM £5

Monday 20th

Brunswick - Brighton Stanza Poetry Group 7:30PM £5

Tuesday 21st

Brunswick - Brighton Jazz School – Learn To Play Jazz tuition 11AM £tbc Brunswick - Yoga Lessons 5:30PM £5 Latest Music Bar - Cafe Scientifique: Fone Fun 7:30PM Open House - Jazz Work Shop Try out your Jazz skills and play along with some masters to help you along 8PM £tbc

Wednesday 22nd Brunswick - Language Classes Informal Spanish class run by a full accredited tutor 7PM £5

Thursday 23rd

Brunswick - Brighton Jazz School – Learn To Listen Jazz Listening Course 6PM £6 Latest Music Bar - Catalyst Club goes Cuddly 8:30PM £5

Friday 24th

Latest Music Bar - Catalyst Club Monthly event which blends the old traditions of a French Salon with debating societies 8:30PM £5

Tuesday 28th

Brunswick - Brighton Jazz School – Learn To Play Jazz tuition 11AM £tbc Open House - Jazz Work Shop Try out your Jazz skills and play along with some masters to help you along 8PM £tbc

Wednesday 29th Brunswick - Language Classes Informal Spanish class run by a full accredited tutor 7PM £5

FOOD REVIEW SPECIAL REPORT

THE BELL With the thought of never–ending gloom waving at you like a raging maniac it was a pleasant surprise to come across this hidden gem, tucked away off Blatchington Road, Hove, to raise our mood. With so many pubs turning

sides. If you have any room

into poncy wine bars

for pudding there are some

or expensive eateries it

nice homemade delights like

was refreshing to see a

the banoffee pie or lemon

pub keeping to ‘the local’

meringue, both with a

traditions whilst offering

ginger biscuit base I believe.

good honest food served

The Bell is a charming

at reasonable prices with

place with friendly locals

healthy portions.

and laid back attitude,

We decided on some

complimented by its busy

Tapas, a selection of four

kitchen. The chef was very

to be precise. The list was

passionate about what he

quite extensive and well

does and explained the

thought out with Prices

importance of fine fresh

ranging from 1 dish at £5

ingredients, sourced locally,

to 3 dishes at £12.95. We

giving quality and value to

tucked into the smoked

the customer. If you want a real bargain check out the

jerk chicken kebabs, pork & beef meatballs with chorizo

best they had in a long

delicate and rich taste. The

other deals in the week,

and salsa, chicken chorizo

time. We couldn’t give this

mixed roast priced at £10.50

including buy one burger,

croquettes and garlic tiger

a miss. A few days later

had plenty of succulent

get one for 5p! On Tuesdays

prawns, which went down a

we ventured down for the

pork, moist turkey and

burgers cost just £8.50,

treat. Each Tapas selection

essential Sunday fulfilment.

juicy beef, enough to solve

Thursdays it’s 25% off tapas

was well presented, bursting

We weren’t disappointed.

world famine to be exact!

and a bottle of house wine

with flavour and finesse.

I’ve had a lot of pub roasts

Plus homemade Yorkshires

(minimal order of 4 tapas).

Between the two of us we

and this one fared well. The

and cauliflower cheese are

So what you waiting for?

struggled to finish all the

food was plentifull, in fact

always a winner in my eyes.

Dive in for a pint and some

food so for £15.95 it is well

everyone was full by the

The potatoes could have

lovely grub!

worth the price.

half way point. I chose the

been crunchier on the skin

Whilst tucking into our

lamb shank at a reasonable

and the gravy a bit thicker,

The Bell, 15-17 Belfast

lovely meal we overheard

£9.95, which melted away

but overall this was a nice

Street, Hove, BN3 3YS

that the roasts were the

from the bone giving a

balance of meat, veg and

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SPECIAL REPORT THE DIRT

THE DIRT Call off the search parties, alert the marines; Emma from the Latest Music bar has been found. She was spotted walking along St James Street with a male admirer in tow. Apparently she’d not been sacked, or

to find out what. In fact looking at my

in prison, or even in rehab, well...I say

diary it’s a bit depressing because I’m

that; she’s been in Thailand and Viet-

planning things for the end of 2012 and

nam, apparently with the view to going

into 2013 already. I’m too old to see my

on a 3 month detox. However on closer

life whizzing past like this at such an

interrogation she admits it turned out

alarming pace; hell we’re hardly out

to be more like, in her own words, a ‘3

of 2011 and I’m looking too far forward

month bender’. Apparently the owners,

for comfort.

Bill and Angi (not Jeff and Ruth as

Ok, finally, one little free tip for all

erroneously reported last month!) gave

artists and aspiring musicians out

Emma a 3 month sabbatical and that,

there. Future copyrights are going

dear reader, explains her absence, so

‘free’ which means all artists can pro-

worry not!

tect their songs, film scripts, whatever,

Elsewhere, January has been an ab-

from ‘theft’ and misuse without charge

solute mad house of activity at BiGiAM

(or any catches, as far as I can see) so

towers. Quite why I’m not entirely

go to www.futurecopyright.com to

sure but it seems like an increasingly

find out how.

wide and wild range of activities and

Ok, need to go, got some plates to spin, some panic to avoid, and I shall

adventures are on our planning list. Our very own Jeff Hemmings – (think

any chance, any clients are reading

be back next month with more tangible

Dad’s army’s Sgt Wilson for his unflap-

this, don’t worry it’s all under control.

Brighton gossip and, hopefully, con-

pable measured approach to life )- con-

Honest. You can trust me. No, really.

crete news of some exciting new events

tinues to take things in his stride but

I’m a Doctor. A spin Doctor.

and ventures which are on the boil

generally there is an air of harassed

News? Well one of my favourite

and will hopefully be fully cooked (as

energy, excitement and endeavour.

bands, Phantom Limb, are playing

opposed to half baked!) by the time I

To continue the Dads army analogy

the Latest Music Bar on Saturday the

next write.

I’m trying to hold myself back from

3rd March, a day before my birthday

running around like Corporal Jones

(don’t buy me a drink, buy me a Kit

going ‘Don’t Panic!, Don’t Panic!’ as

Kat). Actually looking at my events

new venues, tours, festivals, clients,

diary I haven’t got much in there for

DVD’s, and PR campaigns all have to

February. That’s not to say there isn’t

be progressed in short order indeed.

loads going on - there is... I just need

Verily a plate spinning exercise. If by,

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Till then dear reader, you may reach me at mark@bigiam.co.uk or that twit thing (all new to me!) on @markede1. Ciao for now, Mark.

BEX AND THE CITY SPECIAL REPORT

Bex and the City Your guide to Bargain Brighton (and who knows, maybe further a-field if there are any good deals on Trainline.com…….)

Now, rumour has that most Brighton people’s idea of retail heaven might be marching around the posh shops in The Lanes, a Topshop perusal, or even a souldestroying tussle in Primark. I reached for the nearest bag for life, filled it with pre-loved apparel and headed to Brighton’s shopping mecca; London Road. Whether you’re new to Brighton or, like me, an old-timer, you’re probably familiar with the charity shop clusters, and London Road is the backdrop for one of Brighton’s finest Charity shop collections. Nestled among shops that refuse to be expensive, the confusingly ‘boutique’ to the fabulously frowzy are bursting with great threads for less than the price of a pint. Designer labels snuggle up to seventies tracksuits, and vintage dresses long to be worn again. There’s something a bit magical about charity shops,

If your favourite websites include

is a bank balance so miniscule, I

so help to keep them alive, and go

freecycle and ebay, you know the

can’t even read it, and for the past

shopping!

exact location of the reduced aisle

few weeks I have been contemplating

Here’s my tip; for clothes and

in most supermarkets, and you’d

selling my bed.

accessories, London Road’s best

rather spend the morning at a car-

While feeling spectacularly

charity shop is Oxfam. Fab quality

boot sale than churchill square, read

poor at the beginning of January, I

threads, at perfect prices and lovely

on! Living in Brighton can be steep,

decided that I hated about 90% of my

staff with an eye for fashion.

right? Ridiculous rent, pricey pints

clothes. Of the 10% that I still liked,

and the ever-increasing temptations,

5% were fancy dress costumes, so

from clubbing to cultural capers as

apparently, not suitable for work. Of

flyers are flaunted, and Facebook flirts

the remaining 5%, there seemed to

with our weaknesses. My revolving

be mountains of identical jeans and

reminder of festive Christmas and

black tops that screamed ‘DEAD’. I

New Year’s celebratory squandering

needed retail therapy.

SEE YOU ON LONDON ROAD, WHERE THE SHOPS REFUSE TO BE EXPENSIVE. XX

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SPECIAL REPORT THE HAPPY CELL

THE HAPPY CELL Well here we are 2012, and the world hasn’t ended, as predicted. I am aware that change is afoot and there may even be a shift in consciousness in the air. By Jules Cloud Or I may just be surrounded by

Fash’s own personal journey with

Brighton airy faeries? People seem

health problems, of both himself and

to be craving a different level of

family members, led him to deeply

satisfaction these days that they are

investigate the profound mind-body

not achieving from a materialistic

connection. Once he reached certain

or social level. A greater awareness

realisations he found it impossible

and openness to health is emerging,

to believe that this material wasn’t

with a focus on self-development

taught in schools! As his health went

and spirituality as key to attaining

from strength to strength he became

wholeness and belonging.

compelled to share his findings with

The Happy Cell on Davigdor Road,

all he met whom he felt it would

Hove, was the brain child of Fash

benefit. Gradually more and more

Ghiaci who took over the old Legal &

people were learning this work

General building, and it is now run

and freeing themselves from long-

in partnership with his daughter,

term conditions ranging from low

Nicola. The Happy Cell system aims to

platelet-count to panic attacks to ME.

empower you through knowledge and

Fash’s daughter, Nicola, was also on

the understanding of emotion, your

her own journey and together they

information on concepts such as

health and your life.

furthered each other’s knowledge and

emotional addiction, adrenaline

Alongside this training there are all

understanding, promoting the birth of

junkies, the impact of stress on the

sorts of classes, treatments, cooking

The Happy Cell in 2010.

body, how we’re not as hard-wired

workshops and inspirational talks

I was warmly welcomed upon my

as we’ve been led to believe and how

including the fantastic deal of three

arrival, attending the first talk of

simple, easy and accessible it is to

classes for £12 per week plus discounts

the day. Fash delivered ‘the Science

free yourself from your perceived

on treatments! There is literally

bit’ during the morning and he was

limitations –physical or emotional.

something for everyone. I chose to

clearly walking the walk of his belief

In the afternoon we entered the

attend ‘How Does it All Work?’ by

system exuding calm, confidence and

‘Changing Room’ to take charge

Fash, a Science-based talk providing

self control, whilst giving us powerful

of our unconscious minds! The

in-depth information on the way our

cellular knowledge. This Science-based

décor was relaxing and calm with

brains and bodies interact.

talk provides potentially life-changing

luxurious white couches to lie on.

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This was where we were given the

attitude and more positive, inspired

beliefs and attitude. I do believe we

key to unlock our inner potential.

ideals. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always been big on the idea

all have the same potential and our

Fash explained how to change your

of positive thinking and loved this

mind is very clever at tricking us into

mind, your body and your life. We

experience and place. It takes minimal

habits and behaviour patterns. I would

then observed a practical demo

effort (and cost) with just some faith to

recommend this system to anyone, as

and took part ourselves, when the

put a dent in any challenging doubt or

these small steps can create causes

tools of transformation, along with

ignorance and gives maximum results.

and conditions for true health and

some homework were delivered and

Self awareness, kindness and CALM

happiness.

accepted.

is what we need to stop complaining

The result. A week later, huge

and reacting to the way situations

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positive improvements permeated

donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t meet our expectations, and to

visit www.thehappycell.com or call on

into my more organised, integrated

release old habits and attachments

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life, with clearer communication to

through an active change in our

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SPECIAL REPORT TATTOO CONVENTION

BRIGHTON TATTOO Brighton | 28/29 January 2012 A review by Gary Marlowe, Images Out of the Ordinary

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CONVENTION Now in its 5th year, the Brighton

creasing in popularity, sometimes with

Tattoo Convention is not as its name

splashes of bright red and we are also

might suggest, a business meeting

seeing the emergence of a number of

about the tattoo industry, but a meet-

talented female tattoo artists, notably

ing of likeminded people who share

Guen Douglas from Holland and Leena

a passion for adorning their bodies

Lumilampi from Finland who each

with artworks, whether its on their

specialise in creating designs that are

skin, in their skin or even under their

very feminine in both their subject

skin. As such, it attracts the weird and

matter and the softer colour palettes

the wonderful and has established its

they use. The biggest issue for many

mark as one of the indelible highlights

ink aficionados seems to be what to do

of the Brighton arts scene. This year,

when they’re completely filled up. And

was no different: some of the world’s

judging by quite a few at the Conven-

best tattoo artists were in action, and

tion, that time is fast approaching.

their booths were filled with those

Love them or loathe them, there’s no

eager to add a permanent reminder of

question tattoos have become a fashion

their visit. Judging by what was on

statement that’s here to stay! Images:

display, black tattoos seemed to be in-

By Gary Marlowe

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CROSSWORDS & PUZZLES

PUZZLES GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD Across 1 Stockroom (5) 4 Label (5) 7 Steal (3) 8 Electronic detector (5) 9 A song from yesteryear (5) 10 Fish eggs (3) 11 Garden fete (4) 12 Biblical garden (4) 15 Existed (3) 19 Derived from ethane (5) 20 Large bird (5) 21 Health resort (3) 22 Fall or plunge forward (5) 23 Ascends (5)

Down 1 Twine (6) 2 Trial, tough time (6) 3 Mistake (5) 4 Steak (5) 5 Commotion (2-2) 6 Fifty-fifty (4) 13 Swerves around (6) 14 Short stories (6) 15 Cymric (5) 16 Javelin (5) 17 Assist (4) 18 Closed (4)

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

EASY SUDOKU

HARD SUDOKU

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Across

Down

5 Clearly explain limits of the French penalty charge (6) 7 The novel advancement of the pilgrims (8) 9 Can’t stand still so don’t sleep as much (8) 10 No rose blooms before its expected time (6) 11 Seven shelter here despite everything else (12) 13 Statutes remove an alien having a position of authority (6) 15 South African lied about having crossed the ocean (6) 18 Give great consideration to lady taking out ad on purpose (12) 21 Credit Egyptian goddess coping with state of emergency (6) 22 Great precision with current cleric work (8) 23 Tent hire on holiday could be bad for the superstitious (8) 24 Weapons it’s said can be defeated by writers tools (6)

1 Mention tea contained a medicinal balm (8) 2 Bonding agent keeps me in little coin (6) 3 Takes a break after the start of the week brought scary beasts (8) 4 Pointers used by a robin and a bull (sitting) (6) 6 You may be cutting it fine by arriving at this hour (8) 7 Doesn’t pull in the octopus he’s caught (6) 8 Spotted initially something even Edward noticed (4) 12 Salesman spiked a drink then substituted it with another (8) 14 Has fun in the water with friends she’s had around (8) 16 Designer career for an agoraphobic (8) 17 Acquire a boat in trouble (6) 18 Make safe before Diana’s hand (6) 19 Small setback during a break in court time (6) 20 Curved support built into a car chassis (4)

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