BN1 MAGAZINE MARCH EDITION 2013

[VOLUME 4 ISSUE 02] MARCH 2013

BRIGHTON’S DEFINITIVE CULTURE AND EVENTS GUIDE

RICH HALL MEADOWLANDS FESTIVAL YES, PRIME MINISTER THEME PARK

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MARCH 2013

Spring’s here and it seems the days are going by faster than horsemeat entering the food chain. So, before the year has disappeared in front of our eyes, we need to appreciate all the bright and exciting things March has to offer.

So this issue we’re getting mixed up at Hotel du Vin, taking a look at the stage adaptation of Yes, Prime Minister as it visits The Theatre Royal and analysing the comedic magic of US funny-man Rich Hall.

Of course there’s also our usual pithy and insightful coverage of all the theatre, comedy and music events that Brighton has to offer.

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What’s on Cocktail Masterclass Hotel Du Vin The Troll’s Pantry food review Giggling Squid food review The Dirt Crossword & Sudoku

What’s on Music Previews Tiny Dragons Pere Ubu Bo Ningen Meadowlands Festival BN1 Chats with...

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LISTINGS TO WHAT’S ON

Rich Hall [ 14 ] Yes, Prime [ 24 ] Minister [ 28 ] Crispin Redman [ 32 ] Comedy Highlights [ 39 ] Guerilla Fashion Event Theatre Guide Photo Booth Boutique Film A Passion for Pictures Tattoo Convention

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MARCH Spring has sprung! The sun is rising noticeably earlier, the boisterous hen and stag parties are returning, the souvenir shops and beachfront cafes are slowly returning to life and your day’s now punctuated by the sound of seemingly random roadworks. There’s even been a report of a smiling police officer on West St. Slowly more and more events are taking place outside.

It’s an early Easter, so pray for fair weather for those brave souls in Passion Of The Christ, or as we like to call it: Law And Order Jerusalem, a passion play by St Peter’s Church. “What Jesus blatantly fails to appreciate is that it’s the meek who are the problem…”

Down New Road on Saturday 9th - Sunday 10th, is the ever popular Chocolate Festival, where two days of choco-fuelled festivities return to Brighton to stir up passions and fuel the imagination.

New Road is also the venue for the Brighton & Hove Food and Drink Festival’s Big Sussex Market on Good Friday and Easter Saturday (that’s the 29th and 30th March for the heathens amongst you.) This Spring food spectacular never fails to throw up some tasty treats, no matter what your palette.

If you like spending your weekends wearing leather, touring bars looking for hot action and slipping a huge throbbing monster between your legs, then you’ll probably be right up for the Pioneer Motorcycle Run. Organised by The Sunbeam Motorcycle Club for over 80 years, this legendary London to Brighton is open to all motor cycles and tricycles manufactured before 1915. Get yourself down to Madeira Drive at about lunchtime on Sunday 17th and see some real moving history.

Remember, at the end of the month (Sunday 31st March in fact), the clocks go forward, so you’ll all have one less hour to prepare for next month’s marathon.

VEG FEST Hove Town Hall 16th - 17th March Get ready for VegfestUK’s 2 day free extravaganza at The Hove Centre on Saturday 16th - 17th March, a celebration of all things 100% plantbased, with food, bodycare, clothes, accessories, gifts, plus stacks of info and positive energy!

To keep you entertained there’ll be talks and presentations, cookery classes, kid’s cookery classes and activities, a speed dating session, live music, even a cinema.

Over 5,000 visitors will be browsing the 130 stalls over 3 floors, with special offers, including huge savings on leading brands and free samples galore. brighton.vegfest.co.uk

GRASSROOTS Brighton and Hove has one of the highest suicide rates in England.

Grassroots Suicide Prevention has a 3 year plan to turn this situation around, by encouraging people to talk openly about this very real issue.

If you’d like to help, then head to their website and consider taking the ‘Tell Me’ suicide prevention pledge.

It’s hoped for every person in the city thinking about suicide, there’ll be someone who’s unafraid to talk about it and can offer ways of seeking help. www.prevent-suicide.org.uk

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AVEDA VITALITY EVENT

SPACE @ CREATE

Friends Meeting House 6th April

March - May New England House

Aveda Brighton is organising a Vitality Event’ for WaterAid™ on Saturday 6th of April at the Friends Meeting House on Ship Street, from 2-5pm. They are going to have lots of local therapists providing treatments such as Acupuncture, Indian Head Massage, Threading and Manicures amongst other things.

Guests will pay a £20 charge to attend (all of which will go to the charity) and this will include treatments with whichever therapist they want. There’ll be refreshments etc provided as well.

Brighton’s exciting new art and photographic gallery, Space @ Create, has just announced their programme of exhibitions for this spring. Over the coming months the gallery, in New England House, will be exhibiting work by a diverse range of internationally recognised artists and photographers.

Henrik Purienne: “What do you say to them that’s so f…ing funny?” runs 7 – 24 Mar 7, and is the first UK exhibition of work from this South African fashion photographer and documentary filmmaker, who’s shot ad campaigns for numerous brands including Bershka, Costume

BASS CULTURE CLASH 2013 TOUR

AFRIGANZA!

Concorde 2 // 8th March Launched in February 2012 as part of Roundhouse Rising festival in Camden, London, Bass Culture Clash made the journey to the biggest music showcase convention in the world, SXSW in Austin, Texas. The Bass Culture Clash 2013 Tour aims to bring some of the UK’s most exciting acts together to provide the ultimate experience of a UK bass battle, in an exhilarating live-music setup. This ground-breaking UK tour will visit Brighton’s Concorde 2 on Friday 8th March, with a little help from local bass culture promoters Dagger.

National, Stussy and Adidas.

On 4th - 26th April comes a brand new body of work by Ewen Spencer. One of the leading photographers of British youth and street culture, Spencer has spent the last two decades photographing subcultures around the UK and across the globe.

Exhibiting as part of the Brighton Fringe Festival, graphic artist Andie Airfix, renowned for his work with artists such as David Bowie, Metallica and Led Zeppelin, will be exhibiting at on 6 – 25 May. Along with previously unseen artworks there’ll be talks from Andie, including ‘B*b G$ld*f Stole My Sunglasses’ - stories from his time in the chaotic world of rock ‘n’ roll.

The Blind Tiger 14th - 17th March The Bind Tiger holds its first ever 4-day celebration of African music on Thursday 14th - Sunday 17th March. showcasing the new-wave of UK electronic and indie artists that it has inspired. Afriganza! will feature art, workshops, film and some of the greatest ‘Afrobeat’ line-ups the city has ever seen!

On sale now are a limited number of 4 day festival passes, which give you entry to every night of the festival, plus a download of ‘Afriganza Vol.1’ a compilation featuring all of the festival’s remarkable line-up.

Visit www.playgroupbrighton.org JOE DRISCOLL & SEKOU KOUYATE

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MUSIC PREVIEWS

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THE MAGIC BAND 1st March // Concorde2

STEVE REICH re-writes RADIOHEAD 7th March // Brighton Dome

Captain Beefheart’s old crew have been touring their mentors classics for a while now and to rave reviews so this show promises to be a real treat for those of us who love our weirdness to be sixties nostalgia-tinged weirdness. Beefheart was responsible for some many great moments in musical history that it’s difficult to know for certain what they will play but hopefully a lot of Trout Mask Replica and the epically under-rated Safe As Milk. If they do this may well the show of the year.

Steve Reich always meant for me hard, complex music that was above all serious and with intent to challenge the listener so what this show is going to consist of, well frankly, I have no idea. I doubt we will hear Creep done with flailing guitars though but for those of you who enjoy such experiences then this will be a real treat.

TINY DRAGONS 8th March // Latest Music bar

BOUNCING SOULS 9th March // The Haunt

People occasionally moan at me for making these previews all about old or ‘legendary’ acts that none of the kids have ever heard of. Well here is a new young band who none of the kids have heard of but with a difference as I predict it won’t be long before their pop-tinged indie rock is flavour of the month in some circles. Having already garnered a following of not insignificant record industry types this is the show in which they get to give it back to us, the people of Brighton, their current base, and we should be joyous for the opportunity.

One of those bands who came out of the US punk scene in the mid-90s there was always a timeless quality to their sound and it comes as no surprise to learn of their continued touring. Back in the day they were great; fast, simple songs you could sing along with and drink beer whilst flailing around too all at the same time. Now I guess we’ve all grown up by nearly twenty years so probably less flailing but still a great live spectacle I bet!

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TINY DRAGONS

PERE UBU 13th March // The Haunt

BO NINGEN 28th March // The Haunt

What can one say about Pere Ubu that hasn’t been said a million times before? Main man David Thomas is a colossus on stage and even hearing him just speak is enough to send some grown men running for cover. Now in their fifth decade of creating and with a new album launched recently this is going to be some show as we get to hear where their art is now. I for one can’t wait!!

APPLES AND EVE + EMMA GATRILL + WILLOWEN 4th April // Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar

This is one for the diary, organised by Brighton’s Finest, you can enjoy rising locals Apples and Eve, Willowen and the ever so talented Emma Gatrill, a full time musician with Sons of Noel and Adrian, and has also lent her vocals, clarinet or accordion to acts such as Laura Marling and Broken Social Scene in the past. Just £5 entry or £4 NUS.

More relative newness and yet more weirdness… joy!

These Japanese cosmonauts are now based in London and create that kind of epic psychedelia that it seems only the Japanese can at the minute. I think down here we’ve been lucky to see them play a fair few times but this is definitely their biggest show so far so cosmonauts get yr head-gear on and fly on over to see them!

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RICH HALL

BY STUART ROLT

Veering between surrealist acerbity and rapid-fire wit, Rich Hall’s grouchy, yet human observations of the world, both culturally and politically, are why he’s one of the best comedians the US has ever produced.

"I have always loved doing live comedy more than anything else,” he says. “I adore the electricity of it. I like being in that moment. There is nothing sanitised about that, it's very real.

You have to really think on your feet, and that always keeps it interesting.”

He’s on tour once again, and it’s a task he relishes. "I really look forward to the fact that every night is different. That’s the only way to keep it fresh. A lot of comedians lock onto a show and never change it. But for me, that is not taking advantage of where you are. The more you try to acknowledge where you are and take in local colour, the more you involve yourself with an audience and the more comic sparks fly.

You may have caught him on TV shows such as Have I Got News for You and Never Mind The Buzzcocks, so you may partly know what to expect. But a live audience, and the interactions it can provide, bring out the best in him. Not least as they often provide inspiration for his redneck alter ego, Country and Western singer Otis Lee Crenshaw.

"Whenever I ask, 'what's this place famous for?', I always get an amazing response. Recently they have mainly been downbeat stories about closed factories. Someone is always hacked off that they don't make trouser presses there anymore. So I take the Woody Guthrie approach and turn it into a song!"

Now living in the UK, Hall clearly loves his newly adopted country, the quirks and eccentricities of this new home providing a rich vein of material, not that the country of his birth gets to escape his relentless acerbity.

"Because I've lived here for 14 years, I feel I've earned the right to talk about Britain. I like to talk about what's going on in America and compare that to here. There's plenty of material there.

“Americans are outward-looking, loud, brash and ostentatious, and that's very easy to make fun of. But British reserve is also very funny. The Brits do not want to be seen to be enjoying themselves, while Americans go out of their way to

let people know they’re having a great time. Americans have a front-porch culture, while Brits hide more in their backyard.

They are having a good time, but they don't want anyone to know about it. Planes fly overhead and see the Brits having fun in their backyards, and you guys say, 'Watch out! There's a plane flying overhead! Look miserable!'"

Such is the broad endearing appeal of Hall’s gruff sardonic manner that Matt Groening supposedly based The Simpsons’ curmudgeonly barman, Moe Szyslak, on him. "Audiences are watching this grouchy persona, but most people can see that I'm having a really good time on stage. It's ironic grouchiness.

No one can stay worked up about things for that long. Once you have generated a passion about something, it's already passed. Also when people get really angry on stage, it never works. It has to be controlled rage."

But how does a disgruntled persona work so well in a comedy situation? "People might say its invective, but deep down when I'm doing comedy I'm just trying to touch raw nerves. Someone in the audience is always a lot more peeved than I am and is glad that someone else is talking about it.

"You can articulate the audience’s anger. We all know that you can't be that angry all the time, but as a comedian you can touch on it and help people to express their rage. You always have to have a target, whether it is The Man, the economy, the government or some celebrity idiot. Something has to be taken down a notch, and the best way to approach that is through articulated rage.

In person Hall is far removed from his gruff, deadpan stage persona. The man from Montana is charming and dazzlingly intelligent.

This has been reflected by his filming of acclaimed, offbeat, documentaries such as: How The West Was Lost, The Dirty South, Rich Hall's Cattle Drive Gone Fishing, and the incomparable Continental Drifters where he explored the history of the road movie.

He’s also found time to become a prolific author, but its live shows that really inspire him. “I get a lot of pleasure out of that finished product. But above all I love the fleeting nature of stand-up. When it's over, it's not coming back, and I love that ephemeral quality."

Rich Hall rides into town on Friday 15th March at The Corn Exchange www.brightondome.org

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MEADOWLANDS FESTIVAL 2013 2 4T H 26 T H M AY

BY BRAD MIDDLETON Meadowlands has always billed itself as a local festival for mainly local bands and why change when there are so many talented bands and musicians within close proximity? This year we get ska, indie, dance, folk and more spread over the three days in the glorious surroundings of Glynde Place near Lewes and it should be some weekend providing the weather stays good.

Musical highlights, and that is what we are here to read about after all, are many and varied but briefly here are some of the acts to look out for if you manage to get your hands on a ticket.

AK/DK presents us with a bizarre mixture of punk/dance with moments of kraut/motorik rhythms creating a whole new sound. BENT COUSIN are a fun loving cute-core duo who describe themselves as being like the ‘…Osmonds on cheap whizz.’ They promise to bring some sunshine even if it is cloudy overhead. One of the acts you must check out if you want to

dance is the great 11-piece jump-jive band FAT 45 who lay down some great sounds for a bit of a boogie! MARIKA HACKMAN sounds simply divine, taking folk back to the sound of the early 70s, think Syd Barrett type influences but delivered with the cool vocal style of Nico from the Velvet Underground, a sound sure to leave your reporter swooning if he’s lucky enough to get a ticket. MEOW MEOWS are a Brighton institution. Ian from Immediate on Sydney Street provides the rhythms on his bass, add in a great horn section and a couple of all-dancing, all-harmonizing female singers and you’ve got all the ingredients for a great chance for a skank to our favourite Brighton ska band. NORDIC GIANTS are a bizarre duo who perform live soundtracks to a series of short films, akin to the likes of Mogwai but with guest vocalists. OSCILLATOR is a Brighton super-group formed late last year who promise to make you move with

their electro-funk, psychedelic sound.

Added on top of all that goodness is the impossibly good PHYSICS HOUSE BAND. They take their cue from the psychedelic explorers of the 60’s, the prog of the 70’s, the technical metal of the 80’s as well as the 90’s post-rock and then dragging all that into the twenty-first century to create a truly unique and contemporary sound.

For tickets for this event get online or go visit Resident or the Dome or for those out of town get along to Octave Records or the Union Music Store in Lewes. For all the latest news check their twitter feed here: twitter.com/Meadowfest

24th - 26th May GLYNDE PLACE, LEWES Visit www.meadowlandsfestival.com for Tickets, be quick though, early birds are sold out!

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Gigs In Brighton...

MELODY’S ECHO CHAMBER Sunday 3rd March The Haunt

THE JOY FORMIDABLE Monday 4th March Concorde 2

SAN CISCO

Tuesday 5th March Green Door Store

THE PRETTY THINGS Wednesday 6th March Komedia

MAN LIKE ME

Tuesday 12th March The Haunt

KILO KISH + THE INTERNET Saturday 16th March Audio

STORNOWAY

Wednesday 20th March Concorde 2

CANCER BATS

Friday 22nd March The Haunt

BRITISH SEA POWER Monday 25th March The Old Market

RAE MORRIS

Tuesday 26th March The Marlborough

JOHN SMITH

Wednesday 27th March Komedia

TOM STANIFORD Sunday 31st March Green Door Store

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YES, PRIME MINISTER STUART ROLT CATCHES UP WITH CRISPIN REDMAN

The dynamic between master and servant has been a staple of literature and theatre throughout time, constantly asking the question: “Who’s really in charge here?”

Britain’s best fictional illustration of this was the massively popular 80’s sitcom Yes, Prime Minister, which saw Jim Hacker, an entertainingly useless Premier, battle against the perfidious meddling of his Cabinet Secretary, Sir Humphrey Appleby.

The shows creators, Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, reimagined their masterpiece as a stage production a couple of years ago, and now the revitalised show is on a UK tour.

Offering a new generation this hilarious story of an arrogant public schoolboy, concerned only with preserving the status quo, eternally locked in battle with a state-educated beleaguered leader who naively believes experts should be running the nation.

ing in the Civil Service she’s more than capable of halting Appleby in his tracks, but there’s much familiar and welcoming territory remaining for fans of the original.

Recently the conflict between the Government and the Civil Service hit the headlines, showing this type of power struggle is timeless, just like its depiction throughout the history of theatre.

“This goes back to Molière and we’re used to this and everyone loves it. Also there’s a big class thing, which we’re all obsessed with in England, Jim Hacker having gone to a grammar school and the LSE, whereas Sir Humphrey went to Kings College Oxford and a boarding school. It’s similar to Mainwaring and his sergeant in Dad’s Army. It’s just a delightful English thing we have, so put that on top of the master servant situation and it’s irresistible”

But is there an element of jeopardy in resurrecting a classic that’s still remembered clearly and fondly by many, especially if it ends up appearing out of time? “We manage to slip in little topical things from the newspapers, but the fundamental things, on the political side, are much the same,” says Crispin Redman, who’s taking on the role of eloquent mandarin Sir Humphrey. “But where this particular relationship shows its teeth is it goes back to something that’s always in the psyche of the theatre, where you have the master, who is hapless and vain, and the servant, who is Machiavellian and tricky.“

It might be strange seeing this shadowy political environment recreated without Paul Eddington playing Hacker or Nigel Hawthorne’s Appleby, but the quality of the script, with its characterisations and innate significance, is incomparable. As such the reboot is almost seamless, but Redman isn’t trying to supply a simple Hawthorne impression for the audience.

“He was the master. It was written for him. It’s a character that loves language and uses it to try and confuse Hacker all the time. I have three of these hugely long complicated speeches that Sir Humphrey has. But the audience love it.

They are virtually egging the character on as he’s talking.”

The play has adjusted to the times, PR experts have taken over the face-saving burden of the Civil Servants, new character Clare is now ably fighting Hackers corner, with a degree specialis-

Since the original series there’ve been many outstanding political satires on TV, whether it’s the foul-mouthed The Thick Of It, which aimed for the jugular of a spin obsessed Labour Party, or The

New Statesmen taking a sideways swipe at sneering self-interested Tory MP’s in the 80’s, or Bremner, Bird and Fortune with their sneering cold-faced impressions, delivering cruelly distorted versions of current issues, all of them owe a debt to the ground broken by Yes, Prime Minister. “The Thick Of It was for a completely different audience, as it was so cynical, and rightly so. But Yes, Prime Minister is gentler and kinder. It’s more about the Civil Service and Prime Minister, where the Thick Of It is about nitty gritty of politics and how vain and hopeless it all is.

One big advantage Jay and Lynn had was being able to draw on information from two insiders from the governments of Harold Wilson and James Callaghan, which gave them the insight to create a paranoia-fuelled world of blundering politicians that inadvertently find themselves dependent on people who aren’t necessarily more intelligent, just better informed. “We have a coalition at the moment, where they did at least try to do something for the national good. At the beginning there were high expectations, but it’s petered out a bit now, which is sad. The Sir Humphreys get hold of it. “ It turns out that the show’s arrival in Brighton, later this month, is something of a homecoming for Redman. “I’m looking forwards to coming home to Brighton. It’ll be nice to walk to work.

The theatre is one of the nicest theatres in the country. It’s a beautifully designed Victorian theatre, it’s nearly everyone’s favourite touring venue.”

Yes, Prime Minister runs at the Theatre Royal from Monday 18th Saturday 23rd March

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YES, PRIME MINISTER 18th - 23rd March Theatre Royal Tickets £10-£35 PHOTO BY MANUEL HARLAN

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SUNDAY 3RD

FRIDAY 1ST

SATURDAY 2ND

BLIND TIGER Live And Wired 7PM £1 - £2 BLIND TIGER Los Chincos & King Lagoons, Flying Swordfish Band 10PM £5 BRUNSWICK Bubsie & The Beat Bros Soulful Rock, Cheesy Pop & Funky Floor-fillers 8PM £5 - £6 CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK D.j Jody Lee Hooker plays Rock, & alt classics CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Brighton Stomp Charlie Sloan, Sonic Gypsy, Kaptain boogie 8PM COALITION Friday I’m In Love 11PM £2 - £5 CONCORDE 2 OIB Pres The Magic Band 7PM £18.50adv CONCORDE 2 Forekast Launch Party Brech, Dark Sky, T. Williams, Dom 877 11PM £6 - £9 DIGITAL Stonelove 101% Indie Rock n Roll 11PM £3 - £4 DOCTOR BRIGHTONS Funky Friday DJ Nick Hurst & DJ Wayne 9:30PM DUKE OF NORFOLK DJ MC Cashback 9PM FOUNTAIN HEAD Soulshyne Bargrooves DJ Mike Fuller FREEMASONS St David’s Day GLOBE The Get Down! Motown, Soul, Blues, Funk & Swing 9PM GREEN DOOR STORE Willkommen Pres Damo Suzuki & support 7PM £9.50 GREEN DOOR STORE AEREO Teen Creeps 11PM HOP POLES Arther Shillin Electroswing mash-ups 10PM HOPE Slip Jam Featuring open mics, rap battles, live PA’s & more!

LATEST MUSIC BAR Let There Be Light Dub Organiser, Resonators Members & Guests 9PM £5 MESMERIST Shake, Holla & Roll 40’s/50’s rhythm & blues 9PM STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Lout Promotion Pres Brighton Rocks. Saint Savanna, The Dancers, Farrow 7PM £4 STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Soul In The Dungeon 11PM £2 THE PRINCE ALBERT Ice Age & Support 8PM £8 THE PRINCE ALBERT Bend Over I’ll Drive Revved Up Rock’n’Roll DJ’s 8:30PM TUBE Cross DJ’s On Rotation: Ricardo, Milton, Trsh DJ’s, Oli P 11PM £3 TUBE Motel We like underground house music. After Party 2AM £5 VOLKS Jungle Alliance Pres United Nations Of Dub . Dr S Gachet, Dialect & Kosine, Unity 10PM £4 - £10

BASEMENT SICK! Supper Club Hosted

By Bobby Baker 8PM £6 - £8 BLIND TIGER Running Numbers & OJO De Gringa, Pedal Band 7PM £2 - £3 BLIND TIGER Club Kovak & Paper Playground, Youth 10PM £4 - £5 BRUNSWICK The Harvest Sessions With House Of Hats, The Self Help Group & Katharine Rose 7:30PM £5 - £6 CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK The Fish Brothers live 9PM COALITION Snapback DJ Dubl & Outbreak 11PM £3 - £7 COALITION Blow Vince Manganaro, Charly Lopez, Charles Green 3AM £5 CONCORDE 2 Megadance Launch Night Original Spin, Serial Killaz, Gangoon Dubz & Support 11PM £3 DIGITAL Playroom 11PM £5 - £12 DOCTOR BRIGHTONS Sexy Saturday DJ Tony B 9:30PM FREEMASONS Saturday Night Disc Spinners 9PM GLOBE House & Disco sounds from guest DJs 9PM GREEN DOOR STORE Cupboard Music Pres Loch Lomond 7PM £5.50 GREEN DOOR STORE Tru Thoughts Pres Sonic Switch 11PM H - BAR Soul Damn Funky’s 3rd Birthday Richard Earnshaw, The Real Decoys (live), Russell Ruckman, Kevin Fernando 8PM £5 HOP POLES Knead a Break Breaks, Beats & Bootlegs 10PM HOPE Soul Casserole Funk 45s, Soul, Motown, Hip-Hop, Mash-ups 9PM MESMERIST Juke Joint Jamboree Expect vintage hits and boutique rarities 9PM MUCKY DUCK Sizzle & Pop! Senor Mick plays 50’s Rock’n’Roll & 60’s Soul 9PM SAINT GEORGE’S Saint George’s Inn Acoustic Lounge 7PM STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Lout Promotion Pres Brighton Rocks. Ham Legion, The Creaking Chair, The Evil Son 7PM £4 STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Unhooked Generation 60s soul, motown and rare groove 9PM STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Stay Beautiful 11PM £5 THE PRINCE ALBERT Oxygen Thieves, Atlantic, Emporer The Stag, Helen Nicholson 8PM £4 TUBE Fat Pops Saturdays Fat Poppadaddys 11PM £2 - £4 VICTORY Up Against It with Born Bad DJ’s 9PM VOLKS Sicknote Sterling Moss, Acid Ted , Incognito. Also Liquid James 11PM £5

MONDAY 4TH BLIND TIGER The Big Bop! sound from the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s 8PM BRUNSWICK Open Mic The best open mic night in Brighton! 7:30PM COALITION Trash Mondays 11PM £2 - £3 CONCORDE 2 Lout Promotion Pres The Joy Formidable plus Kill It Kid & Night Engine 7:30PM £12.50adv DOCTOR BRIGHTONS Medication Mondays 3PM GREEN DOOR STORE Punk V Hardcore PVHC DJs 8PM GREEN DOOR STORE Media Fundraiser Big ole’ party to raise funds. 11PM £3 HOPE Teen Creeps Pres Bird, Lolly & The City of Flies 8PM £4 HOPE The Hope Live Sessions Bands

and solo performances 8PM MESMERIST Flash Mob Jazz swinging singing Jazz extravaganza. 9PM THE PRINCE ALBERT Stear, Black Panthers & Americans 8PM £5 VOLKS Strictly Reggae Dancehall, Bashment Roots, Revival 11PM £4 - £5

TUESDAY 5TH BLIND TIGER Birdskulls & Mandeville 8PM £tbc BRIGHTON CENTRE Olly Murs 6:30PM £32.50 BRIGHTON DOME, CONCERT HALL Brighton Dome Organ Recital with Michael Wooldridge 3PM £7.50 - £10 BRUNSWICK Brighton Jazz School Jazz Tuition Class 11AM £tbc BRUNSWICK Jazz Jam Session with house band & Guests 8PM CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Open Mic 8:30PM DIGITAL CU Next Tuesday 11PM £3 - £4 DOCTOR BRIGHTONS Twisted Tuesday 3PM DUKE OF NORFOLK Open Mic 9PM FOUNTAIN HEAD Student Night indie and rock GREEN DOOR STORE Lout Promotion Pres San Cisco 7PM £7 GREEN DOOR STORE Donuts Golden era hip hop, soul, funk 11PM KOMEDIA Zaza Music Pres Robyn Hitchcock 7:30PM £14 Sidewinder : Open Mic Night 8:30PM THE PRINCE ALBERT Be Nothing Pres… 8PM QUADRANT Open Mic hosted by the lovely Jenna Bennett 8:30PM

WEDNESDAY 6TH BRIGHTON CENTRE Olly Murs 6:30PM £32.50 BRUNSWICK Jaime Regan “Winterborn” Album Launch 8PM £5 COALITION Cocoloco Promotions Pres CoCo LoCo 10:30PM £1 - £5 CONCORDE 2 Advance Promotions Pres Wednesday 13 7PM £13adv

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BLIND TIGER One Night In Nepal An eclecitc fundraiser with ambient music 7PM BRIGHTON DOME, CONCERT HALL Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra Barry Wordsworth conductor 2:45PM £9 - £32 BRUNSWICK Rory & The Island Support from Pipe & Tabor 8PM £4 - £6 DOCTOR BRIGHTONS Hangover Therapy 1PM FOUNTAIN HEAD Sunday Sessions Reggae and chilled beats all day FREEMASONS The Preston Prince Jazz Infusion GREEN DOOR STORE The Steady Man Collective & Friends 7PM GREEN DOOR STORE Green Door Blues Smokestack & The Big Itch DJs 10:30PM HAUNT Melody’s Echo Chamber plus Fear Of Men 7:30PM £8adv HOPE One Inch Badge Pres Concrete Knives 8PM £6 HOPE Improvabananas SIGNALMAN Open Mic Night hosted by local duo Zoothyme complete with PA, Guitar & Drums 8PM THE PRINCE ALBERT The Liabilities, Smackjoint & Support 7:30PM £5 VICTORY Blues Sundays Blues and Soul fresh from the Delta Spun 12PM

Olly Murs Tues 5th - Weds 6th March Olly, whose current album ‘In Case You Didn’t Know’ has been certified platinum,

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FRIDAY 8TH DIGITAL The Poundance 11PM £1 - £4 DOCTOR BRIGHTONS Cocktail Clinic 3PM DUKE OF NORFOLK Pub Quiz Every wednesday is pub quiz night 9PM £1 pp GLOBE MOVE Pre Party showcasing the finest talents in underground dance music 9PM GREEN DOOR STORE Spirit of Gravity Experimental electronics for readers of WIRE mag. 7PM £5 GREEN DOOR STORE Indie Wednesdays Weekly dose of straight up indie bangers 11PM HOPE Wildwood Promotions Pres Interlocutor, Crayola Lectern, Octopuses 8PM £5adv KOMEDIA Lout Promotion Pres The Pretty Things 7:30PM £18.50adv MESMERIST The Swing Ninjas original Brighton busking band 9PM THE PRINCE ALBERT Society & Support 8PM £6 TUBE Late Late Nigh DJ’s. Commercial, Chart, House, Garage 2AM £3 - £5 VOLKS Lucky 7 Promotions Pres Bass Hertz. Cabbie, Levela, Harry Bizzle 10PM £4

THURSDAY 7TH BEUFORT Student Safecracker Night 9PM £1 BLIND TIGER MC Cashback 8PM £3 BRIGHTON ARTS CLUB Open Mic Night 7PM £1 BRIGHTON DOME, CONCERT HALL London Sinfonietta Pres Steve Reich: Radio Rewrite 7:30PM £10 - £26 BRUNSWICK The 1930’s Support from Rich Keam & More 8PM £4 - £5 COALITION Secret Discotheque 11PM £2 - £4 CONCORDE 2 Kung Fu & Will Not Be Televised Pres DJ Premier, Statik Selektah, Tappa 7PM £10adv DOCTOR BRIGHTONS Thirsty Thursdays 3PM FOUNTAIN HEAD Student Night indie and rock GEORGE PAYNE Open Mic Night 8:30PM GLOBE Hang the DJ! Eddie The Goatboy 9PM GREEN DOOR STORE Love Thy Neighbour Pres Maps & Atlases 7PM £9 GREEN DOOR STORE Sandwich Club Fundraiser 11PM HOPE Neighbourhood Pres Woodpigeon, Collectress 7:30PM £6 HOPE The Social new and upcoming acts 8PM LATEST MUSIC BAR Konoba Album Launch Jenna Bennett, Jacko Hooper 8PM £3 MESMERIST Leanne & The Rockeros 9PM SAINT JAMES TAVERN Bacon Fat Stay Sick DJ’s 9PM STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Hullaballo Pop punk, new wave 8PM THE PRINCE ALBERT The Spitshake Sisters, Caucasian Mountain Dog, Durango 8PM £4 TUBE Late Late Nigh DJ’s. Commercial, Chart, House, Garage 2AM £3 - £5 VICTORY Open Mic Night All musicians and perfomers welcome 8PM VOLKS Roll Through Bass, DnB, Dubstep, Beatbox 11PM £2

BLACK DOVE Mo Taters! Djs play vintage vinyl 8PM BLIND TIGER Kemptown Carnival Dende, Cozinha & Bloco Branco 8PM £5 BRIGHTON DOME, CONCERT HALL SJM Concerts Pres Caro Emerald 7PM BRUNSWICK Funky Buddha Band Funk & Soul 8PM £3 - £5 COALITION Tru Thoughts Records Pres Hot 8 Brass Band, TY, Tru Thoughts DJs 7:30PM £12 COALITION Friday I’m In Love 11PM £2 - £5 CONCORDE 2 Family Ents Pres Stiff Little Fingers & Ed Tudor Pole 7PM £16adv CONCORDE 2 Bass Culture Class The Heatwave, Top Cat, Skibadee 11PM £5 DIGITAL Stonelove 101% Indie Rock n Roll 11PM £3 - £4 DOCTOR BRIGHTONS Funky Friday DJ Nick Hurst & DJ Wayne 9:30PM DUKE OF NORFOLK Lady Lola Playing Funk, Motown, Reggae, Hip Hop 9PM FREEMASONS Live & Wine Live Music GLOBE The Get Down! Motown, Soul, Blues, Funk & Swing 9PM GREEN DOOR STORE One Inch Badge Pres Lindi Ortega 7PM £8 GREEN DOOR STORE Electro Blues Heymoonshaker Live Blues 11PM HOP POLES BreakinBear Dance essentials and mash-ups 10PM HOPE Love thy Neighbour Pres ExEaster Island Head, Luo, Crop Circles DJs 8PM £5adv KOMEDIA Bacalao 9PM £10 LATEST MUSIC BAR Tiny Dragons EP Launch Night 8PM £3 MESMERIST Shake, Holla & Roll 40’s/50’s rhythm & blues 9PM STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Lout Promotion Pres Brighton Rocks. Jipsy Magic, Ellekaye, Joshua Gilbert 7PM £4 STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Eagles For Hands Hip Hop, Beatz, Old Skool 9PM STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Into The Void Metal and big riffs 11PM £2 - £3 THE PRINCE ALBERT Wildcate Strike & Guests 8PM £4 TUBE Cross DJ’s On Rotation: Ricardo, Milton, Trsh DJ’s, Oli P 11PM £3 TUBE Motel We like underground house music. After Party 2AM £5 VERDICT Brighton Jazz Club Kit Downes Quintet featuring Julian Siegel 8PM £12 - £15 VOLKS Carbon & Below The Line Pres Horizon Festival 11PM £6 - £8

SATURDAY 9TH BLIND TIGER Stay Sick, The Bonnevilles (Ireland) live 9PM £3 BRIGHTON DOME, CONCERT HALL Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Pete Harrison conductor 7:30PM £10 - £27.50 BRUNSWICK Brighton Jazz School Jazz Tuition Weekend 11AM £tbc BRUNSWICK Lem & The White Fire Support from Jessica Mary York 8PM £4 - £5 CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Dj Jody Lee Hooker COALITION Tache Club 11PM £5adv COALITION Blow Vince Manganaro, Charly Lopez, Charles Green 3AM £5 CONCORDE 2 OIB Pres 2MANDYJS & Bobby Tank 11PM SOLD OUT! DIGITAL Blah Blah Blah Pres Mocsa, Duscky, Paleman 11PM £8 - £10 DOCTOR BRIGHTONS Sexy Saturday DJ

Tony B 9:30PM FREEMASONS Saturday Night Disc Spinners 9PM GLOBE House & Disco sounds from guest DJs 9PM GREEN DOOR STORE Club Zygotic Pres Lene Lovich 7PM £12 GREEN DOOR STORE Pop Not Pop! pop music, old & new 11PM HOP POLES Hop to the Beat House Party VS Wedding Reception 10PM HOPE Communion Pres Joe Banfi, David McCaffrey 8PM £6 HOPE The Goodness Soul, Funk, Breaks, Disco 9PM LATEST MUSIC BAR Bat Country & Support 8PM £5 MESMERIST Juke Joint Jamboree Expect vintage hits and boutique rarities 9PM STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Lout Promotion Pres Brighton Rocks. The Vinyls, The Art Club 7PM £4 STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Kaleydoscope psychedelic vibes 9PM STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Back In The Day House 11PM £3 - £5 THE PRINCE ALBERT The Surfin’ Lungs 8PM TUBE Fat Pops Saturdays Fat Poppadaddys 11PM £2 - £4 VICTORY Soul Casserole Pres Soul Custody DJ’s 9PM VOLKS Electric Playboys Electro, Drum n Bass 11PM £5

SUNDAY 10TH BLIND TIGER Hidden Orchestra Calico & 2econdclass 8PM £12adv BRIGHTON DOME, CONCERT HALL SJM Concerts Pres Amy Macdonald & Guests 7PM £19.50 - £29.50 BRIGHTON DOME, CORN EXCHANGE Brighton Dome & Strings Attached Modigliani Quartet 11AM £15 - £17.50 BRUNSWICK Brighton Jazz School Jazz Tuition Weekend 11AM £tbc BRUNSWICK Ant Law Jazz 8PM £8 CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Express Yourself, Dj’s m’c’s and live performances 6PM DOCTOR BRIGHTONS Hangover Therapy 1PM FOUNTAIN HEAD Sunday Sessions Reggae and chilled beats all day GREEN DOOR STORE SORO Live Pres King the Native 7PM GREEN DOOR STORE Green Door Blues Smokestack & The Big Itch DJs 10:30PM HOPE Sublime Music Pres Music Box. Polly & The Billet Doux, Jennifer Left 8PM £6 HOPE Improvabananas SIGNALMAN Open Mic Night hosted by local duo Zoothyme complete with PA, Guitar & Drums 8PM THE PRINCE ALBERT Poino, Sweet Williams & Umlaut 8:30PM £5 VICTORY Blues Sundays Mothers Day Blues and Soul fresh from the Delta Spun 12PM

MONDAY 11TH BLIND TIGER The Big Bop! sound from the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s 8PM BRUNSWICK Open Mic The best open mic night in Brighton! 7:30PM COALITION Trash Mondays 11PM £2 - £3 DOCTOR BRIGHTONS Medication Mondays 3PM

GREEN DOOR STORE Vinyl Ain’t Dead Vinyl only fund raiser 11PM £3 HOPE The Hope Live Sessions Bands and solo performances 8PM KOMEDIA Tom Baxter 7PM £12.50adv LATEST MUSIC BAR Nick Williams £tbc MESMERIST Flash Mob Jazz swinging singing Jazz extravaganza. 9PM THE PRINCE ALBERT Club Tic Tac 8PM £3 - £4 VOLKS Strictly Reggae Dancehall, Bashment Roots, Revival 11PM £4.50 - £5

TUESDAY 12TH BLIND TIGER Hush Hush Pres Pink Narcissus & Guests 8PM £5 BRIGHTON DOME, CONCERT HALL Lawson Support from Mike Dignam and Room 94 7PM £14 BRUNSWICK Brighton Jazz School Jazz Tuition Class 11AM £tbc BRUNSWICK Jazz Jam Session with house band & Guests 8PM CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Open Mic 8:30PM DIGITAL CU Next Tuesday 11PM £3 - £4 DOCTOR BRIGHTONS Twisted Tuesday 3PM DUKE OF NORFOLK Open Mic 9PM FOUNTAIN HEAD Student Night indie and rock GREEN DOOR STORE Ugli Music Pressed Sessions feat. The Alex Bay Band 7PM £3 GREEN DOOR STORE Donuts Golden era hip hop, soul, funk 11PM HAUNT Lout Promotion Pres Man Like Me plus guests 7PM £7adv KOMEDIA Foy Vance 7:30PM £11adv Sidewinder : Open Mic Night 8:30PM THE PRINCE ALBERT Thieves & Shadows, Fresh Like Dexie, The Monroes 8PM £3 - £4 QUADRANT Open Mic hosted by the lovely Jenna Bennett 8:30PM

WEDNESDAY 13TH BLIND TIGER Access To Music showcase 8PM BRIGHTON DOME, STUDIO THEATRE Songs for my Grandmother Seaming To & Kira Kira 8PM £10 - £12 COALITION Cocoloco Promotions Pres CoCo LoCo 10:30PM £1 - £5 CONCORDE 2 BIMM End Of Term Party 7:30PM £2 DIGITAL The Poundance 11PM £1 - £4 DOCTOR BRIGHTONS Cocktail Clinic 3PM DRUIDS ARMS Overhead Wires Music Pres live indie bands evening 8PM DUKE OF NORFOLK Pub Quiz Every wednesday is pub quiz night 9PM £1 pp GLOBE MOVE Pre Party showcasing the finest talents in underground dance music 9PM GREEN DOOR STORE Lastwind Psychedelic, Punk, Space Rock 7PM £8 GREEN DOOR STORE Indie Wednesdays Weekly dose of straight up indie bangers 11PM LATEST MUSIC BAR James Robinson Hailing from coastal Devon, Brightonbased singer-songwriter James Robinson 8PM £5 - £6 MESMERIST The Swing Ninjas original Brighton busking band 9PM STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR I Am Arcade Retro gaming and tournament fighting games 8PM THE PRINCE ALBERT Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby 8PM £8adv TUBE Late Late Nigh DJ’s. Commercial, Chart, House, Garage 2AM £3 - £5

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AFRIGANZA! Tues 14th - Sun 17th March The Bind Tiger holds its first ever 4-day celebration of African music

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THURSDAY 14TH BEUFORT Student Safecracker Night 9PM £1 BLIND TIGER Afriganza! Joe Driscoll & Sekou Kouyate 8PM £6 BRIGHTON ARTS CLUB Open Mic Night 7PM £1 BRIGHTON CENTRE Oliva Newton-John 7PM £36.50 - £55 BRIGHTON DOME, CONCERT HALL The Stranglers 7PM COALITION Secret Discotheque 11PM £2 - £4 CONCORDE 2 SJM Concerts Pres Johnny Marr 7:30PM SOLD OUT! DOCTOR BRIGHTONS Thirsty Thursdays 3PM FOUNTAIN HEAD Student Night indie and rock FREEMASONS Live & Wine Live Music GEORGE PAYNE Open Mic Night 8:30PM GLOBE Hang the DJ! Eddie The Goatboy 9PM GREEN DOOR STORE Be Nothing and Donky Pitch Pres Lapalux 7PM £6 GREEN DOOR STORE Karaoke Ballads at the ready 11PM HOPE The Social new and upcoming acts 8PM KOMEDIA Jim Moray 7:30PM £12 MESMERIST King Size Slim Blues 9PM SAINT JAMES TAVERN Bacon Fat Stay Sick DJ’s 9PM THE PRINCE ALBERT Along Came Shifty, Amy Lauren, A Couple Of Mums 8PM TUBE Late Late Nigh DJ’s. Commercial, Chart, House, Garage 2AM £3 - £5 VICTORY Open Mic Night All musicians and perfomers welcome 8PM VOLKS Roll Through Bass, DnB, Dubstep, Beatbox 11PM £2

FRIDAY 15TH BLIND TIGER Afriganza! London Afrobeat Collective 8PM £6 BRUNSWICK The Red Dirt Skinners Blues. Support from Delaney & The

Long Goodbye 8PM £5 - £6 CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK That’s a Hoedown, Northern Soul, Rhythm & Blues, Deep Funk 10PM COALITION BIMM End of Term Showcase 7PM £2 COALITION Friday I’m In Love 11PM £2 - £5 CONCORDE 2 Irie Nation with Zion Trian Sound System feat Perch and Dubadadda 11PM £2 - £5 DIGITAL Stonelove 101% Indie Rock n Roll 11PM £3 - £4 DOCTOR BRIGHTONS Funky Friday DJ Nick Hurst & DJ Wayne 9:30PM DUKE OF NORFOLK DJ MC Cashback 9PM FREEMASONS St Patrick’s Day Weekend Kick Start GLOBE The Get Down! Motown, Soul, Blues, Funk & Swing 9PM GREEN DOOR STORE The Hundredth Anniversary Local indie darlings 7PM GREEN DOOR STORE Donky Pitch Lockah 11PM HOP POLES Arther Shillin Electroswing mash-ups 10PM HOPE Be Nothing Pres Molly Nilsson, Meddicine, Van Stonholdt 7:30PM £6 HOPE DJ Will Sumsuch & Guests 9PM LATEST MUSIC BAR Brighton Hellenic Nights present The George Kypreos Band 8:30PM £6 - £8 MESMERIST Shake, Holla & Roll 40’s/50’s rhythm & blues 9PM STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Lout Promotion Pres Brighton Rocks. The Denim, Chemical Smile, Classic Plastic 7PM £4 STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Dive Slow Electro & Rap 9PM STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Reverb Bistro Dub & Steppaz, Hip Hop 11PM THE PRINCE ALBERT DB Band, Mick Quin, Classic Plastic 8PM £6adv TUBE Cross DJ’s On Rotation: Ricardo, Milton, Trsh DJ’s, Oli P 11PM £3 TUBE Motel We like underground house music. After Party 2AM £5 VOLKS Originate Storm, Tango, Lennie De Ice & Maddness 10PM £6

AUDIO Lout Promotion Pres Kilo Kish & The Internet 7PM £12.50adv BEUFORT St.Patricks Weekend BLIND TIGERAfriganza! Dele Sosimi, Bronzehead & more 8PM £7 BRIGHTON DOME, CONCERT HALL London Philharmonic Orchestra David Parry conductor 7:30PM £10 - £32.50 BRUNSWICK Vocademy Kids Music Showcase 1:30PM £tbc CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK All My Friends, Dance music from all genres 8PM COALITION Old Yellow Bricks G23 & Milton, Outbreak 11PM £5 - £7 COALITION Blow Vince Manganaro, Charly Lopez, Charles Green 3AM £5 CONCORDE 2 Kings Of The Jungle 4th Birthday Brockie, Micky Finn, Ray Keith & Support 11PM £8adv DOCTOR BRIGHTONS Sexy Saturday DJ Tony B 9:30PM FREEMASONS Saturday Night Disc Spinners 9PM GLOBE House & Disco sounds from guest DJs 9PM GREEN DOOR STORE TST.X TattySeasideTown 2PM £10 GREEN DOOR STORE Jazz Rooms Live Russ Dewbury’s 11PM HOP POLES Knead a Break Breaks, Beats & Bootlegs 10PM HOPE The Black Fields St Paddy’s celebration Wildflowers & Brian MacNamara 8PM £8 HOPE Exhibit DJs Murky Waters & LocustLung 9PM KOMEDIA Spellbound Cherry Foxx and Simon Price 9PM £5 - £6 (Studio) MESMERIST Juke Joint Jamboree Expect vintage hits and boutique rarities 9PM ROSEHILL TAVERN Electro Sleaze Peter von Sleaze 8PM STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR 2003 Indie Hits 9PM STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Drinky Doodle 11PM £4 - £5 THE PRINCE ALBERT Muncie Girls & Support 8PM TUBE Fat Pops Saturdays Fat Poppadaddys 11PM £2 - £4 VICTORY Blue Jeynes DJ’s 60’s Rock and Soul to 90’s Hip-Hop 9PM VOLKS Ersian We are VII. Weasel Busters, Fexomat, Dub One, C3B 10PM £7 - £9

SUNDAY 17TH BEUFORT St.Patricks Weekend BLIND TIGERAfriganza! Zimbaremabwe 7PM £5 BRUNSWICK Vocademy Kids Music Showcase 1:30PM £tbc BRUNSWICK Brighton Folk Folk, Roots & Acoustic 8PM CONCORDE 2 Live Nation Pres Claudia Brucken 7:30PM £18.50adv DOCTOR BRIGHTONS Hangover Therapy 1PM FOUNTAIN HEAD Sunday Sessions Reggae and chilled beats all day GLOBE St Patricks Day! 12PM GREEN DOOR STORE TST.X Day two of this very special mini festival 2PM £10 GREEN DOOR STORE Green Door Blues Smokestack & The Big Itch DJs 10:30PM HOPE Improvabananas KOMEDIA Lisbee Stainton 7:30PM £8adv LATEST MUSIC BAR Joel Peters &

Support SIGNALMAN Open Mic Night hosted by local duo Zoothyme complete with PA, Guitar & Drums 8PM SIGNALMAN St Patricks Day Signalman Knees Up THE PRINCE ALBERT My First Tooth & Support 8PM £4adv VICTORY Blues Sundays St Patrick’s Special Blues and Soul fresh from the Delta Spun 12PM

MONDAY 18TH BLIND TIGER The Big Bop! sound from the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s 8PM BRUNSWICK Open Mic The best open mic night in Brighton! 7:30PM COALITION Trash Mondays 11PM £2 - £3 DOCTOR BRIGHTONS Medication Mondays 3PM HOPE The Hope Live Sessions Bands and solo performances 8PM LATEST MUSIC BAR Hush Hush Presents to you. . . Under The Surface, Van Susans, Jipsy Magic 7:30PM £5 MESMERIST Flash Mob Jazz swinging singing Jazz extravaganza. 9PM THE PRINCE ALBERT One Inch Pres…

8PM VICTORY Some Dark Hollow Extra Ewan D. Rodgers and guests 8PM VOLKS Strictly Reggae Dancehall, Bashment Roots, Revival 11PM £4 - £5

TUESDAY 19TH BLIND TIGER Healing Sounds An eclectic musical mix from solo artist 8PM £tbc BRUNSWICK Jazz Jam Session with house band & Guests 8PM CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Open Mic 8:30PM CONCORDE 2 Live Nation Pres Cody ChesnuTT 7PM £15adv DIGITAL CU Next Tuesday 11PM £3 - £4 DOCTOR BRIGHTONS Twisted Tuesday 3PM DUKE OF NORFOLK Open Mic 9PM FOUNTAIN HEAD Student Night indie and rock GREEN DOOR STORE Metropolis Pres Fiction 7PM £7 GREEN DOOR STORE Donuts Golden era hip hop, soul, funk 11PM Sidewinder : Open Mic Night 8:30PM STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Fifthy Gig Dog tbc 8PM £6 - £7 THE PRINCE ALBERT The Smokin’ Aces, No One Man, Jestpack Elastic 8PM £3 - £4 QUADRANT Overhead Wires Music Pres The Trident, Open Mic 8PM

WEDNESDAY 20TH BRIGHTON CENTRE The Script 6:30PM £29.50 BRUNSWICK Brunswick Showcase With Kimberley Anne, Russell Swallow & The Wolf 8PM £tbc COALITION Cocoloco Promotions Pres CoCo LoCo 10:30PM £1 - £5 CONCORDE 2 Lout Promotion Pres Stornoway plus guests 7:30PM £13adv DIGITAL The Poundance 11PM £1 - £4 DOCTOR BRIGHTONS Cocktail Clinic 3PM DUKE OF NORFOLK Pub Quiz Every wednesday is pub quiz night 9PM

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THURSDAY 21ST BEUFORT Student Safecracker Night 9PM £1 BLIND TIGER Dub Organiser 8PM £3 BRIGHTON ARTS CLUB Open Mic Night 7PM £1 BRUNSWICK Arthur & The Irrational Support from Paul Diello & Alan Bonner 8PM £5 COALITION Secret Discotheque 11PM £2 - £4 CONCORDE 2 ZaZa Promotions Pres Dreadzone 7:30PM £16adv DOCTOR BRIGHTONS Thirsty Thursdays 3PM DRUIDS ARMS Overhead Wires Music Pres live indie bands evening 8PM FOUNTAIN HEAD Student Night indie and rock FREEMASONS Live & Wine Live Music GEORGE PAYNE Open Mic Night 8:30PM GLOBE Hang the DJ! Eddie The Goatboy 9PM GREEN DOOR STORE Melting Vinyl Pres Die! Die! Die! 7PM £8 GREEN DOOR STORE Back Off Big party vibes 11PM HOPE The Stars Down to Earth Words Without Readers, TheEvilSon 8PM £3 - £4 HOPE The Social new and upcoming acts 8PM KOMEDIA Mari Wilson: The Beehive & Me 8PM £12.50 - £24 MARLBOROUGH Al Lewis 8PM £7 MESMERIST John Crampton A one man blues explosion 9PM STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Riff Til Yer Stiff 9PM THE PRINCE ALBERT Mr B. The Gentleman Rhymer & Dream Themes 8PM £6.50adv TUBE Late Late Nigh DJ’s. Commercial, Chart, House, Garage 2AM £3 - £5 VICTORY Open Mic Night All musicians and perfomers welcome 8PM VOLKS Roll Through Bass, DnB, Dubstep, Beatbox 11PM £2

FRIDAY 22ND BLIND TIGER Halfcrown & Support 7PM £2 - £3 BLIND TIGER African Night Fever Ye Ye Fever 10:30PM £3 BRIGHTON DOME, STUDIO THEATRE Featuring Ghanaian afro-funk band KonKoma. African Night Fever 8PM £10adv

BRUNSWICK Fundraiser Gig Live Music 8PM £tbc CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Dj Jody Lee Hooker 9PM COALITION Friday I’m In Love 11PM £2 - £5 CONCORDE 2 Metropolis Music Pres Gabrielle Aplin 7PM SOLD OUT! CONCORDE 2 By Playgroup & We Like You Pres Craig Charles Funk and Soul Club 11PM £10adv DIGITAL Stonelove 101% Indie Rock n Roll 11PM £3 - £4 DOCTOR BRIGHTONS Funky Friday DJ Nick Hurst & DJ Wayne 9:30PM DUKE OF NORFOLK Lady Lola Playing Funk, Motown, Reggae, Hip Hop 9PM GLOBE The Get Down! Motown, Soul, Blues, Funk & Swing 9PM GREEN DOOR STORE One Inch Badge Pres The Travelling Band 7PM £7.50 GREEN DOOR STORE Sound Dance Expect Bhangra, Afrobeat, Persian pop 11PM HAUNT Lout Promotion Pres Cancer Bats plus Brutality Will Prevail & Empress 7PM £10adv HOP POLES Knead a Break Breaks, Beats & Bootlegs 10PM HOPE Waxing Lyrical Hosted by Deanna Rodger HOPE The EME & DJ J Felix 9PM KOMEDIA Born Bad red-hot rockabilly, 50’s rock‘n’roll, ‘60’s garage 11PM £5 - £6 MESMERIST Shake, Holla & Roll 40’s/50’s rhythm & blues 9PM STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Lout Promotion Pres Brighton Rocks. Galleons & Nick Williams 7PM £4 STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Mlisr vs Songs For The Deaf 9PM STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Bug. Beats, Dub, Bass, Dirt, Techno 11PM THE PRINCE ALBERT The Derellas, The Witch Doktors, Three Sherbert Peardrop Explosion 8PM £5adv TUBE Cross DJ’s On Rotation: Ricardo, Milton, Trsh DJ’s, Oli P 11PM £3 TUBE Motel We like underground house music. After Party 2AM £5 VERDICT Brighton Jazz Club Kevin Flanagan’s Riprap Quartet 8PM £12 - £14 VOLKS Brighton Loves Jungle Ricky Force, Warped Dynamics, Pastaman 11PM £4 - £6

SATURDAY 23RD BLIND TIGER Womankind Greymatter & More 7PM £5 BLIND TIGER Zen Hussies Spanner Jazz Punx 10PM £4 - £5 BRUNSWICK Brighton Jazz School Jazz Showcase 1PM £tbc BRUNSWICK Real Music Club Eclectic Quality 8PM £tbc COALITION Pump Up The Jam 90’s Dance, House, Hip Hop & Pop 11PM £5 COALITION Blow Vince Manganaro, Charly Lopez, Charles Green 3AM £5 CONCORDE 2 Nazareth & Support 7PM £20adv CONCORDE 2 Kung Fu Club 11PM £3 - £7 DIGITAL Free The Beats Commercial, House, EDM, Garage, Chart Remixes 11PM £5 DOCTOR BRIGHTONS Sexy Saturday DJ Tony B 9:30PM DUKE OF NORFOLK Indie Night Live Music 9PM

FREEMASONS Saturday Night Disc Spinners 9PM GLOBE House & Disco sounds from guest DJs 9PM GREEN DOOR STORE Jackhammer Promotions Pres Ancient Ascendant 7PM £5 GREEN DOOR STORE Go Bang Disco aficionados 11PM HOP POLES Hop to the Beat House Party VS Wedding Reception 10PM HOPE Brighton Unsigned Pres Brighton Unsigned Showcase 7:30PM £4 HOPE Exhibit DJs Murky Waters & LocustLung 9PM MESMERIST Juke Joint Jamboree Expect vintage hits and boutique rarities 9PM STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Lout Promotion Pres Brighton Rocks. Glass Sines, Strange Cages 7PM £4 STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Bitter Disco Punk funk & disco beats 9PM STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Stick It On Legendary club night 11PM £5 THE PRINCE ALBERT Garage Punk Night 8PM £4 THE PRINCE ALBERT Stay Sick Pres The Barbacans & Support 8PM £tbc TUBE Fat Pops Saturdays Fat Poppadaddys 11PM £2 - £4 VICTORY DJ Rob Taylor (Up Against It) Big Soul, Odd Rock, Alt-Pop 9PM VOLKS Kaos AMC, Shimono, Loko, High Maintenance 10PM £5 - £7

SUNDAY 24TH BRIGHTON DOME, CONCERT HALL Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra Barry Wordsworth Conductor 2:45PM £9 - £32 BRUNSWICK Saxshop Big saxophone showcase 1:30PM £5 BRUNSWICK Brighton Ukulele Jam Ukulele Group 8PM £tbc CONCORDE 2 Family Ents Pres The Selecter, Pauline Black & Gaps Hendrickson 7:30PM £15adv DOCTOR BRIGHTONS Hangover Therapy 1PM FOUNTAIN HEAD Sunday Sessions Reggae and chilled beats all day

GREEN DOOR STORE Kid Congo & The Pink Monkeybirds The Querelles & Stay Sick DJ’s 7PM £10adv GREEN DOOR STORE Green Door Blues Smokestack & The Big Itch DJs 10:30PM HOPE Improvabananas SIGNALMAN Open Mic Night hosted by local duo Zoothyme complete with PA, Guitar & Drums 8PM THE PRINCE ALBERT Soul Sisters Show Case 8PM £tbc VICTORY Blues Sundays Blues and Soul fresh from the Delta Spun 12PM

MONDAY 25TH BLIND TIGER The Big Bop! sound from the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s 8PM BRIGHTON DOME, CONCERT HALL Eels Wonderul, Glorius 7PM £23.50 BRUNSWICK Open Mic The best open mic night in Brighton! 7:30PM COALITION Trash Mondays 11PM £2 - £3 CONCORDE 2 Lout Promotion Pres Bastille plus guests 7PM SOLD OUT! DOCTOR BRIGHTONS Medication Mondays 3PM GREEN DOOR STORE One Inch Badge Pres Bahamas 7PM £5 HOPE The Hope Live Sessions Bands and solo performances 8PM MESMERIST Flash Mob Jazz swinging singing Jazz extravaganza. 9PM THE PRINCE ALBERT Junk Paik, Me, Goliath & Warwolf 8PM £3 - £4 THEATRE ROYAL Marti Pellow in Concert 7:30PM £33.50 VOLKS Strictly Reggae Dancehall, Bashment Roots, Revival 11PM £4 - £5

TUESDAY 26TH BRIGHTON DOME, CONCERT HALL Skunk Anansie 7PM £24 BRIGHTON DOME, STUDIO THEATRE Brighton & Hove Music & Arts Pres Sounds from the City 2013 7:30PM £5 - £6 BRUNSWICK Brighton Jazz School Jazz Tuition Class 11AM £tbc BRUNSWICK Jazz Jam Session with house band & Guests 8PM CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Open Mic 8:30PM

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£1 pp GLOBE MOVE Pre Party showcasing the finest talents in underground dance music 9PM GREEN DOOR STORE The Great Escape Local Launch taster of bigger things to come 7PM GREEN DOOR STORE Indie Wednesdays Weekly dose of straight up indie bangers 11PM HOPE Neighbourhood Pres Tiny Ruins, Emma Gatrill 7:30PM £5 KOMEDIA Culture feat. Kenyatta Hill 8PM £12.50 - £15 MESMERIST The Swing Ninjas original Brighton busking band 9PM THE PRINCE ALBERT Pulling Teeth Pres Monocure & Guests 8PM £4 TUBE Late Late Nigh DJ’s. Commercial, Chart, House, Garage 2AM £3 - £5

EELS Monday 25th March Eels return in 2013 with their 10th studio album WONDERFUL, GLORIOUS

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WEDNESDAY 27TH BRIGHTON DOME, CONCERT HALL Rizzle Kicks & Audio Active 7PM £15 BRIGHTON DOME, STUDIO THEATRE Brighton & Hove Music & Arts Pres Sounds from the City 2013 7:30PM £5 - £6 COALITION Cocoloco Promotions Pres CoCo LoCo 10:30PM £1 - £5 CONCORDE 2 Family Ents Pres World Rub A Dub Masters - Soundclash! Feat U Roy and Yellowman 8PM £16adv DIGITAL The Poundance 11PM £1 - £4 DOCTOR BRIGHTONS Cocktail Clinic 3PM DUKE OF NORFOLK Pub Quiz Every wednesday is pub quiz night 9PM £1 pp GLOBE MOVE Pre Party showcasing the finest talents in underground dance music 9PM GREEN DOOR STORE SORO Live & Guerilla Music Pres Charlie Bickers 7PM GREEN DOOR STORE Indie Wednesdays Weekly dose of straight up indie bangers 11PM KOMEDIA Lout Promotion Pres John Smith 7:30PM £8 LATEST MUSIC BAR Ben Poole & Support MESMERIST The Swing Ninjas original Brighton busking band 9PM MUCKY DUCK Overhead Wires Music Pres Kokopelli, Kate Williams, Annika Brown And The Deep, Paul Murray 8PM STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR I Am Arcade Retro gaming and tournament fighting games 8PM THE PRINCE ALBERT Orden Mundial, Obediencia 8PM TUBE Late Late Nigh DJ’s. Commercial, Chart, House, Garage 2AM £3 - £5

3PM FOUNTAIN HEAD Student Night indie and rock FREEMASONS Live & Wine Live Music GEORGE PAYNE Open Mic Night 8:30PM GLOBE Hang the DJ! Eddie The Goatboy 9PM GREEN DOOR STORE Jackhammer Promotions Pres The Stone Angels 7PM £3 GREEN DOOR STORE Sleepless +1 Urban, progressive and alternative melodies 11PM HOPE Communion Pres Communion Showcase HOPE The Social new and upcoming acts 8PM LATEST MUSIC BAR Loose Screw 7:30PM £6 - £8 MESMERIST Sneaky Low 5 Double bass, guitar and drums 9PM ROSEHILL TAVERN Electro Sleaze Peter von Sleaze 8PM SAINT JAMES TAVERN Bacon Fat Stay Sick DJ’s 9PM THE PRINCE ALBERT Sea Bastard, Trollkraft & Support 8PM £5 TUBE Late Late Nigh DJ’s. Commercial, Chart, House, Garage 2AM £3 - £5 VICTORY Open Mic Night All musicians and perfomers welcome 8PM VOLKS Roll Through Bass, DnB, Dubstep, Beatbox 11PM £2

FRIDAY 29TH BLIND TIGER Les Enfants du Electronic 7PM BLIND TIGER Backbeat Soundsystem They say Jump, Atlantiks 10PM £5 CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Dj Jody Lee Hooker 9PM COALITION Coalition Pres Dragonette, The Speciak K’s 7PM £9adv COALITION Friday I’m In Love 11PM £2 - £5 CONCORDE 2 Concorde2 Prese Dub Pistols & Rodney P 11PM £3 DIGITAL Stonelove 101% Indie Rock n Roll 11PM £3 - £4 DOCTOR BRIGHTONS Funky Good Friday DJ Nick Hurst & DJ Wayne 9:30PM

DUKE OF NORFOLK Easter Weekender Mash Up! DJ MC Cashback 9PM FREEMASONS Good Friday… Good Times GLOBE The Get Down! Motown, Soul, Blues, Funk & Swing 9PM GREEN DOOR STORE Ye Ye Fever DJs play Highlife, Afrobeat, and Kwassa Kwassa 11PM HOP POLES The Mobile Disco The best tunes you’ve ever heard! 10PM HOPE Incredible Management Pres English Sporting Defeat 8PM £4 HOPE Soul Casserole Funk 45s, Soul, Motown, Hip-Hop, Mash-ups 9PM LATEST MUSIC BAR Tom Hannay MESMERIST Shake, Holla & Roll 40’s/50’s rhythm & blues 9PM STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Late Night Lingerie Bands & DJ’s £3 - £5 STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Sub Pop Grunge, Alt 90’s, Riot Grrl and shoegaze 9PM THE PRINCE ALBERT Hi Jack Stories, Siglo 21 & Support 8PM £4 TUBE Cross DJ’s On Rotation: Ricardo, Milton, Trsh DJ’s, Oli P 11PM £3 TUBE Motel We like underground house music. After Party 2AM £5 VOLKS Conception Easy Groove, Ramos, Timeless & Mystery, Kosine 11PM £6 - £8

SATURDAY 30TH BLIND TIGER Fragile Creatures Garden Heart 7PM £3 BLIND TIGER Prince Fatty Jabbawocky HiFi 10PM £5 - £7 BRIGHTON CENTRE Alfie Boe & Emilia Mitiku 6:30PM £25 - £47.50 BRUNSWICK Fake Bush Award-winning tongue-in-cheek tribute 8PM £tbc CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Rock karaoke 9PM CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Release the Bats, the dark side of the 80’s 10PM £2 COALITION SLS (Sounds like Saturday) 11PM £5 - £7 COALITION Blow Vince Manganaro, Charly Lopez, Charles Green 3AM £5 CONCORDE 2 Brighton Rumble Rockabilly Show Charlie Thompson, Pine Top

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THURSDAY 28TH BEUFORT Student Safecracker Night 9PM £1 BLIND TIGER Mo’Fro Kalakuta Milionaires, Son Guarachado 8PM £3 - £5 BRIGHTON ARTS CLUB Open Mic Night 7PM £1 BRIGHTON DOME, STUDIO THEATRE Brighton Dome SOURCE New Music 8PM £4 BRUNSWICK A Bouncing Into Spring Concert With Bob Hillary & The Massive Mellow, The Undercover Hippy 8PM £6 COALITION Secret Discotheque 11PM £2 - £4 CONCORDE 2 Live Nation Pres La Roux 7PM £12adv DIGITAL Cut Some Rug Pres Carl Cox, Russell Small, Jon Rundell, Steve Mac & Andy Mac 9PM DOCTOR BRIGHTONS Thirsty Thursdays

RIZZLE KICKS Wednesday 27th March Rizzle Kicks & Audio Active

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Boys 8PM £8 - £10 DIGITAL Saturday Rox Commercial, House, EDM, Garage, Chart Remixes 11PM £5 - £7 DOCTOR BRIGHTONS Sexy Saturday DJ Tony B 9:30PM FREEMASONS Easter Weekend DJ Set 9PM GLOBE House & Disco sounds from guest DJs 9PM GREEN DOOR STORE Bob Log III, Mudlow & Stay Sick DJ’s 7PM £10adv GREEN DOOR STORE The Big Itch A primitive rocking dance bash 11PM HOP POLES Bank holiday weekender House Party VS Wedding Reception 10PM HOPE Never Been Kissed Promotions Pres This Modern Youth 8PM £4 KOMEDIA Mod For It Northern soul, Stax and Motown, ska, R&B 11PM £4 £5 (Studio) MESMERIST Juke Joint Jamboree Expect vintage hits and boutique rarities 9PM STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Late Night Lingerie Bands & DJ’s £3 - £5 STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR LNL All Stars Indie, Punk 9PM THE PRINCE ALBERT Meansteed, Crypsis, Driven & Scheisse Minnelli 8PM £5 TUBE Fat Pops Saturdays Fat Poppadaddys 11PM £2 - £4 VICTORY Soul Casserole’s Dumani and Peter Dred DJs 9PM VOLKS Evoloution Drum n Bass 10PM

SUNDAY 31ST BLIND TIGER Louis Barabbas & The Bedlam Six Sweet Sweet Lies 8PM £3 - £4 BRIGHTON DOME, CORN EXCHANGE Herbie Flowers’ Jazz Breakfast 11AM £6.50 BRUNSWICK Terry Pack Quartet Jazz 8PM £tbc COALITION Kitchen Pass 10:30PM £5 CONCORDE 2 OIB Pres Running Dogs 6PM £5adv DIGITAL Supercharged Pres Koan Sound 11PM DOCTOR BRIGHTONS Easter Hangover Therapy 1PM DUKE OF NORFOLK Live Music Night live music from local artists 8PM FOUNTAIN HEAD Sunday Sessions Reggae and chilled beats all day GLOBE Easter Sunday All Dayer African Hi Life, Deep House, Cosmic, Boogie, Funk, Soul, Rare Groove 3PM GREEN DOOR STORE Lout Promotion Pres Tom Staniford 7PM £5 GREEN DOOR STORE Green Door Blues Smokestack & The Big Itch DJs 10:30PM HOP POLES Bank holiday weekender House Party VS Wedding Reception 10PM HOPE Improvabananas SIGNALMAN Open Mic Night hosted by local duo Zoothyme complete with PA, Guitar & Drums 8PM STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Sonic Youth Sunday 8PM THE PRINCE ALBERT Bilge Pump, I’m Being Good, Beards & The Righteous Ones Of The Blazing Rockets 7:30PM £5 VICTORY Secret Easter DJs 8PM VOLKS DBOY Promotios Pres March Of The Mods 6PM £10adv - £12 VOLKS Easter Sunday Special Dub Step, D n B

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COMEDY HIGHLIGHTS

By Stuart Rolt

MARK THOMAS Komedia // Thursday 20th March

JACK DEE Brighton Dome // Friday 22nd March

Brighton has always been a hotbed of political radicalism, so where better to test out some new policies and ideas?

Mark Thomas brings his vision of a fairer world to the Komedia on Thursday 20th March, in preparation for a new series of his Sony Award Winning Radio 4 show. There must be plenty of salacious inspiration for it right now. Only by winning hearts and minds, through his ferocious mix of comedy and old-fashioned investigative journalism, can the UK’s finest political comedian guide Britain through the mess it’s in.

Jack Dee, and the many layers of misery that pervade his life (such as his feckless kids, the stream of useless tradesmen he employs, or the vagaries of being completely surrounded by idiots), makes a welcome return to Brighton’s Dome on Friday 22nd March.

He’s done pretty well out of his sour-faced view of the world, there’s been countless TV appearances, his own sitcom and a set of memoirs - Thanks For Nothing. This is moroseness being twisted out of all proportion, but don’t we just love him for it?

TERRY GAROGHAN The Old Market // Saturday 23rd March

CLARE SUMMERSILL Dome Studio Theatre // Sunday 24th March

Local legend Terry Garoghan returns to the stage at The Old Market, on Sat 23 Mar, with new show The Devil Keeps Tugging. Since the demise of Brighton: the Musical, which saw him become the de facto leader of the Cult Of Brighton 16 year run, Garoghan has been busy penning 13 new stories, coupled with 13 self-penned songs, all examining his relationship with the Devil.

This performance will be accompanied by divine cellist Angie Wilson. It will also mark the launch of an album of songs from the show.

Asking difficult questions, then answering them herself, is Clare Summerskill at the Dome’s Studio Theatre on Sunday 24th March. Whether it’s being an actor, comedian, or singer, she brings a depth of intelligence and insight to all her performances, not least her play Hearing Voices, a touching look at a psychiatric ward and our attitudes towards mental illness.

She’s currently stirring her frothy cocktail of stand-up and comedy songs for audiences up and down the country, encouraging Radio 4 Woman’s Hour to call her “a lesbian Victoria Wood!”

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GUERRILLA FASHION BRIGHTON

BY LUCY HALLETT IMAGES BY ADRIAN HOLLOWAY

My Saturday’s are usually spent nursing a hangover and staring mystified into an empty wallet, wondering how on earth I spent so much, so it was excitement aplenty that I hot-footed it down to The Guerilla Fashion Event II. Founded by gorgeous minx-of-the-moment Skye De La Mare and co-organised by the equally breath-taking Zoe Van Spyk, The Guerilla Fashion Event showcases risqué and edgy garments that would make your granny blush. Held at The Brighton Arts Club in Providence Place, the not-forprofit event pushes local designers, performers and artists into the limelight, resulting in a feast for the senses.

As Fire breathers and Poi artists transformed the gloomy streets, mimicking the wild abandon of a carnival, you could be forgiven for thinking you may have had one drink too many and uttering ‘Toto, I don’t think we’re in Brighton anymore.’ Upon slipping indoors you were immersed into the alluring world of beautiful burlesque performers, jaw-dropping garments and the soulful sounds of homegrown talent. I noticed more than one member of the audience gaze adoringly as Sam Jordan performed his melodic tunes while the impossibly chic and talented Speakeasy Three, otherwise known as Corrinne, Nastazja and Elizabeth, not only hosted the event but had the room swinging as they belted out their sassy and unique brand of swing.

However the unequivocal star of the show was fashion itself. The Guerilla Fashion event saw the launch of Trinkerbelle’s new range of stunning fetish head pieces and cute yet controversial jewellery, along with a clothing launch in the form of The Speakeasy Three’s line of glamorous and affordable Speakeasy Threads. Sacred Latex most definitely sexed it up with their fantastically provocative dresses, while Curve Couture’s incredible corsets caused a noticeable swoon amongst both the male and female audience members! Charles of London proved that punk and catwalk are a winning mix, while the sweet-shop inspired underwear of Sirens Rising cleverly amalgamated sexy and saccharine. Alisa Rollo’s bold styles and prints from around the world brought an element of the jet-set and Miss Venga’s designs demonstrated how real girls with bum and boobs aplenty could accentuate their assets.

The event was a dizzying display of the seductive, edgy and beautiful, which will cement Guerilla Fashion’s welldeserved place as a ‘must see’ in the Brighton calendar.

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THEATRE GUIDE This month has some fabulous shows for you. One of the standout shows has to be the University of Chichester Touring version of Jonathan Lzarson’s Iconic musical Rent, coming to the The Old Market on Saturday 16th March. This Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize for Drama winning show is a tale of struggling artists and impoverished young New York bohemians. All living in the shadow of HIV and learning to survive and live for today, in a world where art thrives and everything good is priceless.

Also at The Old Market on Tue 12th - Wed 13th is a rare chance to see Spymonkey’s deliciously demented gothic thriller: Cooped. A beautiful girl takes a job as a personal secretary to a mysterious recluse. But for how long can she ignore the unsettling rumours that surround her new employer, his ominous manservant Klaus and their ancient mansion?

At the Dome Studio is Money The Game Show, on Wed 20th - Thu 21st, where you are invited to spend some time with hedge-fund managers turned performance artists, Casino and Queenie, as they share their stories of how to make (and lose) billions from economic downturn. Playing with £10,000 in real pound coins, you are invited to bet long, short and hedge in a series of high-stake games.

A playful and politically sharp look at how the world economic system came to the precipice of total collapse.

FRIDAY 1ST

BRIGHTON DOME, STUDIO THEATRE Presented

by Brian Ralfe Jack and his Big Stalk 5PM & 8PM £19 THEATRE ROYAL Maurice’s Jubilee The critically acclaimed smash hit of Edinburgh 2012, Maurice’s Jubilee is the hilariously funny and poignant take on timeless themes, the exploration of one man’s enduring commitment to a dream. And an eternal love triangle, fallen on hard times. 7:45PM £10 - £35

SATURDAY 2ND

BRIGHTON DOME, STUDIO THEATRE Presented

by Brian Ralfe Jack and his Big Stalk 5PM & 8PM £19 THEATRE ROYAL Maurice’s Jubilee The critically acclaimed smash hit of Edinburgh 2012, Maurice’s Jubilee is the hilariously funny and poignant take on timeless themes, the exploration of one man’s enduring commitment to a dream. And an eternal love triangle, fallen on hard times. 2:30PM & 7:45PM £10 - £35

SUNDAY 3RD

BRIGHTON DOME, STUDIO THEATRE Presented

by Brian Ralfe Jack and his Big Stalk 5PM & 8PM £19 LATEST MUSIC BAR Grannys Gone Wild written and performed by Lynn Ruth Miller directed by Bill Smith 9PM £13

TUESDAY 5TH

THE OLD MARKET 1927 & TOM Pres The Animals And Children Took To The Streets.

Trust no one. Suspect even your own shadow.

Welcome to the Bayou, a part of the city feared and loathed, wherein lies the infamous Bayou Mansions; a sprawling, stinking tenement block, in which curtain-twitchers and peeping toms live side-by-side, and the wolf is always at the door. 8PM £10 - £15

WEDNESDAY 6TH

BRUNSWICK Instant Theatre Actors Meet-up and workshop 7PM £tbc THE OLD MARKET 1927 & TOM Pres The Animals And Children Took To The Streets.

Trust no one. Suspect even your own shadow.

Welcome to the Bayou, a part of the city feared and loathed, wherein lies the infamous Bayou Mansions; a sprawling, stinking tenement

block, in which curtain-twitchers and peeping toms live side-by-side, and the wolf is always at the door. 8PM £10 - £15

THURSDAY 7TH

BASEMENT Eleonora, Bambie (The Nederlands) A true story about forgetting who you are. about struggling to retain dignity and identity and about weekly visits to an Alzheimer clinic.

7PM £8 - £10 THE OLD MARKET 1927 & TOM Pres The Animals And Children Took To The Streets.

Trust no one. Suspect even your own shadow.

Welcome to the Bayou, a part of the city feared and loathed, wherein lies the infamous Bayou Mansions; a sprawling, stinking tenement block, in which curtain-twitchers and peeping toms live side-by-side, and the wolf is always at the door. 8PM £10 - £15

FRIDAY 8TH

BRIGHTON DOME, STUDIO THEATRE New Shoes Theatre Miss Represented. A performance with the Miss Represented project for International Women’s Day entwining drama, movement and visual arts. 7:30PM MARLBOROUGH Boy In A Dress By and Starring La JohnJoseph. Third-gendered, fallen Catholic, ex-fashion model La JohnJoseph invites you to her raucously political and accidentally profound retrospectacle of song, vaudeville, striptease and postmodern philosophy. 7:30PM £6.50 - £8.50 THE OLD MARKET 1927 & TOM Pres The Animals And Children Took To The Streets.

Trust no one. Suspect even your own shadow.

Welcome to the Bayou, a part of the city feared and loathed, wherein lies the infamous Bayou Mansions; a sprawling, stinking tenement block, in which curtain-twitchers and peeping toms live side-by-side, and the wolf is always at the door. 8PM £10 - £15

SATURDAY 9TH

BRIGHTON DOME, STUDIO THEATRE Consumed Shanghai 2013. After more than twenty years, Tong Zheng returns from the States with money on his mind - but the China he finds is very different from the one he left behind.

7:30PM £10 - £12 THE OLD MARKET 1927 & TOM Pres The Animals And Children Took To The Streets.

Trust no one. Suspect even your own shadow.

Welcome to the Bayou, a part of the city feared

The economic downturn has meant that all the Council members are out collecting our domestic rubbish now, so the Council chambers are playing host on Sat 30th for The April Fool’s Weekend Lecture with Dr Bramwell.

This comic slideshow lecture draws on theatre, literature, art and film to show how historical tricksters and their spectacular pranks have helped shape culture and society. The question is: can we trust him to tell the whole truth? And is he really a doctor?

In a more formal theatre setting is The Rise and Fall of Little Voice on Mon 4th - Sat 9th at The Theatre Royal, an Olivier awardwinning night of music, divas and romance, written and directed

by Jim Cartwright.

In this heart-warming tale, the titular Little Voice spends most of her time hidden away with her late father’s record collection, perfecting her astonishing impersonations. Her extraordinary talent remains a secret until she is overheard by local talent scout Ray. He’s convinced that this is his last chance for fame and fortune.

But has anyone asked Little Voice what she wants?

Following two sell-out West End seasons, the classic political satire, Yes, Prime Minister comes to the Theatre Royal on Mon 18th - Sat 23rd.

The original writers of the classic BBC TV series, Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn have reunited for this anniversary production and now the Prime Minister Jim Hacker and his Cabinet Secretary Sir Humphrey Appleby are back in this hilarious new play.

In a world of spin, BlackBerrys and ‘sexed up’ dossiers, the PM is staring disaster in the face. The country is on the brink of financial meltdown and the Government’s only apparent salvation comes from a morally dubious deal with the Foreign Minister of Kumranistan. Will Jim Hacker and his team of advisors be able to rescue the country from the edge?

and loathed, wherein lies the infamous Bayou Mansions; a sprawling, stinking tenement block, in which curtain-twitchers and peeping toms live side-by-side, and the wolf is always at the door. 3PM & 8PM £10 - £15

SUNDAY 10TH

BASEMENT Incontinental, Kazuko Hohki. Kazuko and Company invite you to join them for an incontinental cabaret of stories, situations, song, science 7PM £8 - £10

TUESDAY 12TH

THE OLD MARKET Spymonkey’s Cooped Beautiful, fawn-like, but a hostage to love, Laura du Lay arrives in the remote county of Northumberlandhamptonshire to take up her position as confidential secretary to the reclusive Forbes Murdston. 8PM £18

WEDNESDAY 13TH

BRUNSWICK Instant Theatre Actors Meet-up and workshop 7PM £tbc THE OLD MARKET Spymonkey’s Cooped Beautiful, fawn-like, but a hostage to love, Laura du Lay arrives in the remote county of Northumberlandhamptonshire to take up her position as confidential secretary to the reclusive Forbes Murdston. 8PM £18

THURSDAY 14TH

BASEMENT Mad Gyms & Kitchens Bobby Baker. From working out to chilling out, via the kitchen sink, Bobby’s ‘wellness roadshow’ investigates how to get better at feeling better 5PM & 9PM £8 - £10 THEATRE ROYAL Russian State Ballet’s La Fille Mal Gardée Russia’s acclaimed ballet company returns to the UK with great ballet masterpieces performed by The Russian State Ballet & Orchestra of Siberia 7:45PM £14.50 - £37.50

FRIDAY 15TH

BRIGHTON DOME, STUDIO THEATRE Dogs Don’t Do Ballet Biff is not like ordinary dogs. He likes moonlight. And music. And walking on his tiptoes. You see, Biff thinks he’s a ballerina…

11:30AM & 2:30PM £5 - £22 KOMEDIA Steve Larkin: N.O.N.C.E. An underemployed artist lands the job of ‘Poetin-Residence’ at a high security prison. Follow him into every dark corner, helping dangerous

criminals to escape... through creative writing!

8PM £7.50 - £10 (Studio) THE OLD MARKET South East Dance & The Basement Pres Parkin’son. Two generations, Father and Son, confront each other on stage, telling the story of their relationship through their two, very different bodies: A 62 year-old therapist with no dance experience and a 31 year-old choreographer. 8:30PM £8 - £10 THEATRE ROYAL Russian State Ballet’s Coppelia Russia’s acclaimed ballet company returns to the UK with great ballet masterpieces performed by The Russian State Ballet & Orchestra of Siberia. 7:45PM £14.50 - £37.50

SATURDAY 16TH

BASEMENT Mental The Vacuum Cleaner (UK).

After 10 years of being an outlaw and inpatient, artist activist ‘the vacuum cleaner’ presents an autobiographical performance told through his psychiatric records, police intelligence files and corporate injunctions collected through the Data Protection Act. 4PM & 6PM £8 - £10 BRIGHTON DOME, FOUNDERS ROOM Children’s Storytelling Playwright and theatre director Dvora Liberman conjures an enchanting world of wonder tales, folk tales, animal stories and ancient myths from around the world. 10AM BRIGHTON DOME, STUDIO THEATRE A Pulso: Im-Pulse Discover a mixture of expression and tragic-comical feelings about life and the moments within it. A playful variety show case with storytelling, empty space, masks, circus and clowning. 6PM £8 BRIGHTON DOME, STUDIO THEATRE A Pulso - In Transit What would happen if one day you woke up without even knowing what your name was, where you were or why? Along Ella’s voyage she will encounter various characters who try to help her recover and put together the puzzle of her life... 8PM £8 BRUNSWICK Cabaret Evening Comedy, Burlesque, Drag, Music & Dancing 8PM £8 THE OLD MARKET UOCT Pres Jonathan Larson’s Iconic Musical: RENT. Experience the incredible University of Chichester Touring bringing this cult, exuberant rock version of Puccini’s La Bohème to the stage, with its stirring and life-affirming score that captures the heart and spirit of a generation. 7:30PM £8 - £12 THEATRE ROYAL Russian State Ballet’s Swan Lake Raymond Gubbay presents The Russian State Ballet and Orchestra of Siberia in an

COOPED

immortal love story filled with emotion and beauty, Tchaikovsky’s magical score creates a truly unforgettable experience 2:30PM & 7:45PM £6.50 - £37.50

SUNDAY 17TH

BRIGHTON DOME, STUDIO THEATRE A Pulso The Sound of Words We invite you to discover the playful world of physical theatre. Two sensorial hours where participants will develop an awareness of physicality, movement and space. 10AM £12 BRIGHTON DOME, STUDIO THEATRE A Pulso Show Off Children take to the stage in this visually impressive collage of creative performance.

A series of fun and energetic short plays born from improvisation games, comic studies, storytelling and masks. 3PM £7 BRIGHTON DOME, STUDIO THEATRE A Pulso - In Transit What would happen if one day you woke up without even knowing what your name was, where you were or why? Along Ella’s voyage she will encounter various characters who try to help her recover and put together the puzzle of her life... 7PM £8

MONDAY 18TH

THEATRE ROYAL Yes, Prime Minister - Tour The original writers of the classic BBC TV series, Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn have reunited for this anniversary production and now the Prime Minister Jim Hacker and his Cabinet Secretary Sir Humphrey Appleby are back in this hilarious new play. 7:45PM £10 - £35

TUESDAY 19TH

MARLBOROUGH Gargantua A hallucinatory odyssey through time and culture with performance, puppetry, masks, animation, collage, music, outlandish fantasy and vaudeville.

8PM £5 - £6 THEATRE ROYAL Yes, Prime Minister - Tour The original writers of the classic BBC TV series, Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn have reunited for this anniversary production and now the Prime Minister Jim Hacker and his Cabinet Secretary Sir Humphrey Appleby are back in this hilarious new play. 7:45PM £10 - £35

WEDNESDAY 20TH

BRIGHTON DOME, CORN EXCHANGE bgroup Just As We Are. Opening at a walking pace, moving through a series of solos and duets and culminating in a spectacular group finale 8PM £7.50 - £15 BRIGHTON DOME, STUDIO THEATRE Unlimited Theatre and Bush Theatre Money The Game Show. Join hedge-fund managers turned performance artists Casino and Queenie as

they share their stories of how to make (and lose) billions from economic downturn. 7:30PM £10 - £12 BRUNSWICK Instant Theatre Actors Meet-up and workshop 7PM £tbc LATEST MUSIC BAR Reverb Live! Cabaret £3 MARLBOROUGH The Happy Clap Trap An evening bejewelled with Artistic Acts of Strange Entertainment, a warm-hearted razzmatazz of absurdist turns; leaps of faith and hi-jinks for young and old 8PM £4 - £5 THEATRE ROYAL Yes, Prime Minister - Tour The original writers of the classic BBC TV series, Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn have reunited for this anniversary production and now the Prime Minister Jim Hacker and his Cabinet Secretary Sir Humphrey Appleby are back in this hilarious new play. 7:45PM £10 - £35

THURSDAY 21ST

BRIGHTON DOME, STUDIO THEATRE Unlimited Theatre and Bush Theatre Money The Game Show. Join hedge-fund managers turned performance artists Casino and Queenie as they share their stories of how to make (and lose) billions from economic downturn. 7:30PM £10 - £12 BRIGHTON DOME, THE NIGHTINGALE Firecracker Youth Theatre present “Work In Progress”. This talented group of young local actors have been working with professional actors from Hydrocracker Theatre Company on acting technique and style. This is a rare and fascinating chance to get an insight into young actors learning their craft as they perform scenes from a number of contemporary playwrights 7:30PM £5 THEATRE ROYAL Yes, Prime Minister - Tour The original writers of the classic BBC TV series, Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn have reunited for this anniversary production and now the Prime Minister Jim Hacker and his Cabinet Secretary Sir Humphrey Appleby are back in this hilarious new play. 2:30PM & 7:45PM £10 - £35

FRIDAY 22ND

BRIGHTON DOME, THE NIGHTINGALE Firecracker Youth Theatre present “Work In Progress”. This talented group of young local actors have been working with professional actors from Hydrocracker Theatre Company on acting technique and style. This is a rare and fascinating chance to get an insight into young actors learning their craft as they perform scenes from a number of contemporary playwrights 7:30PM £5 LATEST MUSIC BAR Speaky Spokey Speaky Spokey a literary cabaret entertainment of short stories, music, performance poetry and film. 7:30PM £5 MARLBOROUGH The LipSinkers March mad-

ness ensues as East London’s alt-cabaret supertroupe spring into action. New skits, classic hits and all the usual chutzpah! 8PM £8 - £10 THEATRE ROYAL Yes, Prime Minister - Tour The original writers of the classic BBC TV series, Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn have reunited for this anniversary production and now the Prime Minister Jim Hacker and his Cabinet Secretary Sir Humphrey Appleby are back in this hilarious new play. 7:45PM £10 - £35

SATURDAY 23RD

THE OLD MARKET Terry Garoghan: The Devil Keeps Tugging Local legend Terry Garoghan returns. Last year 1,700 fans packed The Dome Concert Hall to say farewell to ‘Brighton the Musical’. This new show is about Terry’s relationship with The Devil rather than The Devil’s Dyke! There will be 13 stories, 13 self penned songs, and one angelic cellist - Miss Angie Wilson. 8PM £10 THEATRE ROYAL Yes, Prime Minister - Tour The original writers of the classic BBC TV series, Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn have reunited for this anniversary production and now the Prime Minister Jim Hacker and his Cabinet Secretary Sir Humphrey Appleby are back in this hilarious new play. 2:30PM & 7:45PM £10 - £35

SUNDAY 24TH

BRUNSWICK Cabaret Evening Comedy, Burlesque, Drag, Music & Dancing 8PM £tbc THE OLD MARKET Spun Glass Theatre Pres Scratch Sessions, new poetry, script, short story, stand up; anything goes 3PM £1 Monday 25th BRIGHTON DOME BandBazi Mind Walking.

What happens when an ageing mind can no longer hide its deepest secrets? 7:30PM £10 - £12 Tuesday 26th THEATRE ROYAL New Jersey Nights The international hit show New Jersey Nights takes you on a musical journey celebrating the greatest hits of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.

7:45PM £10 - £32.50

WEDNESDAY

27TH BRUNSWICK Instant Theatre Actors Meet-up and workshop 7PM £tbc THEATRE ROYAL New Jersey Nights The international hit show New Jersey Nights takes you on a musical journey celebrating the greatest hits of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.

7:45PM £10 - £32.50

THURSDAY 28TH

THEATRE ROYAL New Jersey Nights The international hit show New Jersey Nights takes

you on a musical journey celebrating the greatest hits of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.

2:30PM & 7:45PM £10 - £32.50

FRIDAY 29TH

LAWNS OF ST PETER’S CHURCH Soul By The Sea the team that brought the open-air production of the Passion of Christ to Brighton’s seafront, is performing a moving production once again in Easter 2013, free to the public. 2PM THEATRE ROYAL New Jersey Nights The international hit show New Jersey Nights takes you on a musical journey celebrating the greatest hits of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.

7:45PM £10 - £32.50

SATURDAY 30TH

BRIGHTON DOME, CONCERT HALL Wallace & Gromit’s Musical Marvels A whole new show, with classical favourites for all the family – including music by Mozart, Debussy and Stravinsky – plus specially filmed new Wallace & Gromit animations, 2:30PM & 7PM £15 - £35 LAWNS OF ST PETER’S CHURCH Soul By The Sea the team that brought the open-air production of the Passion of Christ to Brighton’s seafront, is performing a moving production once again in Easter 2013, free to the public. 2PM THE OLD MARKET Alive & Swinging with Marilyn Monroe Marilyn Monroe is finding Heaven a bore, no drinking smoking or sex, and worst of all, no swinging music. She returns to earth for one more night of fun, bringing Las Vegas legend Elvis Presley & Amy Winehouse.

8PM £15 THEATRE ROYAL New Jersey Nights The international hit show New Jersey Nights takes you on a musical journey celebrating the greatest hits of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.

2:30PM & 7:45PM £10 - £32.50

SUNDAY 31ST

BRIGHTON DOME, STUDIO THEATRE Hiccup Theatre Rumpelstiltskin. He’s sneaky...he’s cheeky...he’s Rumpelstiltskin! Can the troubled Miller’s daughter outwit the greatest trickster of all or will rotten Rumpel win the day with his dastardly riddle? 12PM & 3PM £7 - £22 LAWNS OF ST PETER’S CHURCH Soul By The Sea the team that brought the open-air production of the Passion of Christ to Brighton’s seafront, is performing a moving production once again in Easter 2013, free to the public. 2PM

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The dying days of winter are a strange time to release a summery indie-pop album, but it turns out Theme Park’s eponymous debut is the perfect antidote for all the gloom.

Imagine a sexier Friendly Fires, or Vampire Weekend with proper tunes, then you’ll be on the right track to where these lads sit, but it’s an early release’s percussive richness which caused comparisons with New Wave masters Talking Heads, and it’s a tag that’s stuck.

The offending song Milk was a dazzling example of what the band’s capable of. A buoyant multi-layered delight that gets into head, just like all lively, guitar-pop should.

“It wasn’t intentional, it’s the first song we put online,” vocalist and guitarist Marcus Haughton tells us. “I don’t think people will recognise Talking Heads when they listen to the album. I wouldn’t say we’re huge fans, but they are a great band.”

Admittedly both bands share similar territory, but we’re increasingly obsessed with resurrecting the past, so many pundits are happy to simply draw comparisons with past bands rather than attributing them their own identity, which is a shame because Theme Park’s album sounds so fresh and exciting.

It’s got flawless production, deliciously funky bass, esca-

THEME PARK lating choruses and musicians with a clear mandate to create catchy perfect-pop tunes. Even when they venture into experimental territory, it still sounds coherent.

What we’ve got here is a band very much in control.

“We went into the studio with a specific idea of what we the end product to be, we wanted a specific vibe to it, but we didn’t plan each track individually.”

Nestled amongst the optimistic upbeat indie-funk, is a joyful party-starter, produced by Ed Macfarlane. “We’d done a lot of tracks with Luke Smith, but we wanted to be a little something a bit different with on one of them, so our label suggested Ed from Friendly Fires as a producer, so they asked if he was up for messing around in the studio, we all went in and ‘Tonight’ came about.”

Lyrically much of it is about getting battered during the best night ever, sometimes even enjoying the company of a pretty young thing. The message is that it’s all going to be alright, at least for the next three minutes.

Whilst there may be better debut albums throughout history, there’s few as fun as Theme Park’s. It’ll be firing up student discos and festival fields all summer.

Theme Park’s Album is out now.

You can also catch them at The Haunt on Wednesday 13th March

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COMEDY GUIDE FRIDAY 1ST

KOMEDIA Krater Comedy Club 3 top standups and one of the best MCs. Line-ups includes Addy Van Der Borgh, Ben Norris, Imran Yusuf and MC Stephen Grant 8PM £16.50 - £25.50 KOMEDIA The Maydays Confessions Award-winning improv comedians and their awe-inspiring musician create this improvised show using only their wits and the audience’s confessions 8PM £8 - £10 MARLBOROUGH Rosie Wilby: How (Not) To Make It In Britpop Mixing stand up, storytelling and songs, Britpop singer turned comedian Rosie Wilby delves into a personal treasure trove of old photos, fan letters & reviews. 8PM £5 - £7

SATURDAY 2ND

BRIGHTON ARTS CLUB Comedy Open Mic 7PM KOMEDIA Krater Comedy Club 3 top standups and one of the best MCs. Line-ups includes Addy Van Der Borgh, Ben Norris, Imran Yusuf and MC Stephen Grant 7PM & 10:30PM £5 - £31 KOMEDIA The Maydays Confessions Awardwinning improv comedians and their aweinspiring musician create this improvised show using only their wits and the audience’s confessions 8PM £8 - £10 QUADRANT Comedy Show with a top selection of comics, including: Addy Van Der Borg , Adam Belbin ,Don Biswas , Andrew Watts and compere Sajeela Kershi 8:30PM £6 - £7

SUNDAY 3RD

KOMEDIA Bent Double Hosted by Zoe Lyons.

Zoe Lyons. Featuring Dana Alexander as headliner in March. “Critics Choice” The Times 7:30PM £5 - £19.50 THE OLD MARKET Henning When : Henning Knows Bestest German Comedy Ambassador Henning Wehn is a fountain of knowledge.

There’s no shortcut to success, hard work will eventually pay off and there is no shame in paying tax. 8PM £10 - £12 THEATRE ROYAL Jethro It’s laughter all the way. Cornwall’s ambassador of comedy will once again take you on a fun and wild journey, in only a way that he can! Be sure to hold onto your seats, hats and horses as you are entertained by one of the funniest storytellers to date 7:30PM £20.50 QUADRANT Save The Children Charity Comedy Night Come along for laughs and to support a good cause 7:30PM £7

MONDAY 4TH

THEATRE ROYAL The Rise and Fall of Little Voice The Olivier award-winning comedy, The Rise and Fall of Little Voice is a sparkling night of music, divas and romance, written and directed by Jim Cartwright. Starring Beverley Callard (Coronation Street), Ray Quinn (Dirty Dancing, Grease, Legally Blonde) and introducing the sensational Jess Robinson as Little Voice. 7:45PM £10 - £32

TUESDAY 5TH

CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Giraffe Comedy, stand up 7:30PM THEATRE ROYAL The Rise and Fall of Little Voice The Olivier award-winning comedy, The Rise and Fall of Little Voice is a sparkling night of music, divas and romance, written and directed by Jim Cartwright. Starring Beverley Callard (Coronation Street), Ray Quinn (Dirty Dancing, Grease, Legally Blonde) and introducing the sensational Jess Robinson as Little Voice. 7:45PM £10 - £32

WEDNESDAY 6TH

BRIGHTON DOME, CONCERT HALL Jo Brand and Omid Djalili The BAFTA winning English comedian, writer, and actress Jo Brand presents a benefit with proceeds in aid of Burma Campaign UK with a little help from Omid Djalili and friends. 8PM £18 THEATRE ROYAL The Rise and Fall of Little Voice The Olivier award-winning comedy, The Rise and Fall of Little Voice is a sparkling night of music, divas and romance, written and directed by Jim Cartwright. Starring Beverley Callard (Coronation Street), Ray Quinn (Dirty Dancing, Grease, Legally Blonde) and introducing the sensational Jess Robinson as Little Voice. 7:45PM £10 - £32

THURSDAY 7TH

CON CLUB Comedy at the Con! Addy Van Der Borgh, Quincy, Kate Lucas (HEADLINING) MC:Neil Masters 7:30PM £7 - £9 KOMEDIA Terry Alderton: Season 4? The award-winning comedian, star of McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow, Let’s Dance For Sport Relief and the Sun’s ‘Comedian Of The Year’ is 8PM £12 - £14 THEATRE ROYAL The Rise and Fall of Little Voice The Olivier award-winning comedy, The Rise and Fall of Little Voice is a sparkling night of music, divas and romance, written and directed by Jim Cartwright. Starring Beverley Callard (Coronation Street), Ray Quinn (Dirty Dancing, Grease, Legally Blonde) and introducing the sensational Jess Robinson as Little Voice.2:30PM & 7:45PM £10 - £32

FRIDAY 8TH

CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Funnygirls, stand up 8PM KOMEDIA Krater Comedy Club 3 top standups and one of the best MCs. Line-ups includes Susan Calman, Doc Brown and MC Stephen Grant 8PM £16.50 - £25.50 THEATRE ROYAL The Rise and Fall of Little Voice The Olivier award-winning comedy, The Rise and Fall of Little Voice is a sparkling night of music, divas and romance, written and directed by Jim Cartwright. Starring Beverley Callard (Coronation Street), Ray Quinn (Dirty Dancing, Grease, Legally Blonde) and introducing the sensational Jess Robinson as Little Voice. 7:45PM £10 - £32

SATURDAY 9TH

BRIGHTON ARTS CLUB Comedy Open Mic 7PM KOMEDIA Krater Comedy Club 3 top stand-ups and one of the best MCs. Line-ups includes Susan Calman, Doc Brown and MC Stephen Grant 7PM & 10:30PM £5 - £31 KOMEDIA Mitch Benn: Reduced Circumstances Mitch has lost 10 stone. How did he do it? Where’s it gone? Music. Mirth.

Morbid obesity. 7:30PM £10 - £12 THEATRE ROYAL The Rise and Fall of Little Voice The Olivier award-winning comedy, The Rise and Fall of Little Voice is a sparkling night of music, divas and romance, written and directed by Jim Cartwright. Starring Beverley Callard (Coronation Street), Ray Quinn (Dirty Dancing, Grease, Legally Blonde) and introducing the sensational Jess Robinson as Little Voice.2:30PM & 7:45PM £10 - £32 QUADRANT Comedy Show with a top selection of comics, including: Lateef Lovejoy Sean McLauchlin, Mike Winters Nik Coppin and compere Lenny Peters 8:30PM £6 - £7

SUNDAY 10TH

KOMEDIA Krater Comedy Club 3 top standups and one of the best MCs. Line-ups includes Joe Lycett, Simon Donald and MC Stephen Grant

MONDAY 11TH

THEATRE ROYAL Hormonal Housewives The Hormonal Housewives are back with hilarious all-new sketches, as well as all the very best bits from last time round, covering everything that makes today’s woman tick 7:45PM £9.50 - £21

TUESDAY 12TH

THEATRE ROYAL Harry Hill: Sausage Time The self-styled floppy-collared loon is back with a live show that promises incontrovertible proof that God exists. 7:30PM £31 QUADRANT Comedy Sans Frontiers Comedy Fundraiser for Medecins Sans Frontieres.

Starring Luisa Omielan, Jim Park, Pete Armstrong & Phil Jerrod, with MC Sami Stone 8PM £6.50 - £9.50

WEDNESDAY 13TH

CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Funny Ha Ha, stand up 8PM £5 THEATRE ROYAL Harry Hill: Sausage Time The self-styled floppy-collared loon is back with a live show that promises incontrovertible proof that God exists. 7:30PM £31

THURSDAY 14TH

KOMEDIA The Noise Next Door’s Comedy Lock-In! A home coming show following their huge sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe on a wave of critical acclaim. 8PM £10 - £19 THE OLD MARKET Laughtermarket Monthly comedy night with headline and new standup acts, Rachel Parris, Jim Park, Nathan Kail, Kayo, Adam Race &MC - Sam Stone 8PM £3 QUADRANT University of Brighton SU Pres Fosters Comedy Crack Up featuring Naz Osmanoglu Support: Gráinne Maguire 7:30PM £4 - £5

FRIDAY 15TH

BRIGHTON DOME, CORN EXCHANGE An Evening with Rich Hall Montana’s awardwinning stand-up returns for an evening of absurdist irony and rapidfire wit. 8PM £15 KOMEDIA Krater Comedy Club 3 top standups and one of the best MCs. Line-ups includes John Moloney, Rudi Lickwood, Lucy Porter and MC Maff Brown 8PM £16.50 - £25.50

SATURDAY 16TH

BRIGHTON ARTS CLUB Comedy Open Mic 7PM KOMEDIA Krater Comedy Club 3 top standups and one of the best MCs. Line-ups includes John Moloney, Rudi Lickwood, Lucy Porter with MC Stephen Grant 7PM & 10:30PM £5 - £31 QUADRANT Comedy Show with a top selection of comics, including: George Egg, Joe - K, Mark Diamond , Darren Walsh and compere Lewis Bryan 8:30PM £6 - £7

SUNDAY 17TH

KOMEDIA Krater Comedy Club 3 top standups and one of the best MCs. Line-ups includes Danny Ward, Paul McCaffrey with MC Stephen Grant

WEDNESDAY 20TH

KOMEDIA Mark Thomas – Manifesto (warm up) In advance of a brand new series of his Sony Award Winning Radio 4 show, Mark Thomas goes back to the country to test out brand new policy ideas and invite comments from the audience. 7:30PM £8 - £10

THURSDAY 21ST

KOMEDIA The Humble Quest For Universal Genius The live comedy quiz show that sees Mark Allen and Eli Silverman pit two top stand-up comedians against each other.

8PM £7 - £9 (Studio)

FRIDAY 22ND

BRIGHTON DOME, CONCERT HALL Jack Dee Jack’s back, agonizing over the slightest of annoyances and misdemeanors. Where’s he been? 8PM £21 KOMEDIA Krater Comedy Club 3 top standups and one of the best MCs. Line-ups includes Barry Castagnola with MC Stephen Grant 8PM £16.50 - £25.50

SATURDAY 23RD

BRIGHTON ARTS CLUB Comedy Open Mic 7PM KOMEDIA Krater Comedy Club 3 top stand-ups and one of the best MCs. Line-ups includes Barry Castagnola with MC Stephen Grant 7PM & 10:30PM £5 - £31 QUADRANT Comedy Show with a top selection of comics, including: Darius Showjoy , Bobby Mair , george Casavetti, Sarfah Iles and compere Sajeela Kershi 8:30PM £6 - £7

SUNDAY 24TH

KOMEDIA Krater Comedy Club 3 top standups and one of the best MCs. Line-ups includes Rich Wilson, Daliso Chaponda, Danny Mcloughlin with MC Stephen Grant.

THURSDAY 28TH

KOMEDIA Comic Boom The best rising stars of UK comedy plus more established headline acts. Featuring Elis James 8PM £5 - £9

FRIDAY 29TH

CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Casual Violence! and Friends - Award-winning sketch group, plus guest stand-ups 7:30PM KOMEDIA Krater Comedy Club 3 top standups and one of the best MCs. Line-ups includes Pete Johansson, Jeff Innocent, Steve Shanyaski with MC Stephen Grant 8PM £16.50 - £25.50 KOMEDIA Alan Francis Expands The awardwinning Scottish comedian rails against the disappointments of the modern world with eloquence and passion. 8PM £7 - £9

SATURDAY 30TH

BRIGHTON ARTS CLUB Comedy Open Mic 7PM KOMEDIA Krater Comedy Club 3 top stand-ups and one of the best MCs. Line-ups includes Pete Johansson, Jeff Innocent, Steve Shanyaski with MC Stephen Grant 7PM & 10:30PM £5 - £31 KOMEDIA Funny Women: Brighton Nights The monthly Brighton Nights will feature a fantastic mix of new comedy and some Funny Women favourites. 8PM £8 - £10 (Studio) QUADRANT Comedy Show with a top selection of comics, including: Pete Johansson, Ola , Thanyia Moore, Stephen Thomas and compere Sajeela Kershi 8:30PM £6 - £7

SUNDAY 31ST

KOMEDIA Krater Comedy Club 3 top standups and one of the best MCs. Line-ups includes Katie Mulgrew with MC Stephen Grant.

Cocktail Master Class

HOTEL DU VIN

LASS A MASTER C ONCOCTION C T C FE ER P E H T R FO There are worse things in the world to experience than a cocktail master class at the sumptuous Hotel Du Vin (being a horse-lover and a PR person for some of the major supermarkets at the moment springs to mind), so I wasn’t exactly dragging my feet on the cold and miserable Tuesday when my class took place.

Hotel Du Vin is two shakes of a lambs tail away from the beach and South Laines, making it a good spot for some post lunch/pre dinner drinks. The decor throughout the hotel, restaurant and adjoining bar is an eccentric amalgamation of mock Tudor splendour and très chic Parisian bistro. This hotchpotch of styles shouldn’t work, but for some reason it very much does; particularly successful is the warm exposed wood and luxurious fittings that dominate the bar area.

I was greeted by the lovely Ben Manchester, who is the head honcho at the bar, and creator of the weird and wonderful cocktails that litter the extensive menu. He tells me that absolutely anything can inspire him to create a new cocktail, and that it was Mexico that heavily influenced ‘The Jalisco Inferno’- a phenomenal blend of watermelon, chilli, coriander and tequila- that takes its name from the home of the tequila, a state in Mexico called Jalisco. Now I’m pretty au fait with cocktails, and the delight that derives from tasting something truly unique, however this was something else! Clean, refreshing, undoubtedly boozy, but with a strong

undercurrent of heat, I was tempted to kidnap Ben, stockpile the necessary ingredients, and at gunpoint force him to make cocktails day and night.

Hotel Du Vin must have at some point realised that attempted kidnap would be quite a natural reaction to sampling these liquid masterpieces, so to avoid any potential problems they have started doing cocktail master classes, held by Ben, where you not only get to drink a total of three cocktails (a happy occasion by any standards), two of them you will make yourself! They have a variety of themed classes coming up with a Gin master class on April the 4th at 6.30pm, Rum on May 2nd, an intriguing Herb and Spice theme on June 6th and Tequila on July 4th, all for the very reasonable price of £20 a head. He caters for groups of 2 upto 20, and the classes provide a boozy, interactive, fun and informative way to kick off an evening. I was quite looking forward to trying my hand at kidnapping, but instead you might find me attending ALL of these instead!

By Lucy Hallett

Hotel Du Vin 2 Ship Street Brighton Tel: 01273 718588

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THE TROLL’S PANTRY

“Burgers and more made with seasonal Sussex produce” This modest claim belies the true magnitude of the oral delight awaiting you at the Troll’s Pantry. The ‘Wild Range’ 35 day aged English Longhorn burgers are lovingly handmade & cooked to order, using seasonal local ingredients, as are many of the condiments and salads…even the buns are baked daily by the Troll’s ‘humble assistant’!

The company’s ethos is to only use animal products that are fully traceable, local, and from sources that go ‘above and beyond’ matters of animal welfare; to minimise environmental impact, support local businesses and produce fresh homemade food to the highest standard. This obviously appeals to many a conscientious Brightonian, me included. You may note the lack of vegetarian options, but due high wastage these were removed from the menu, in line with keeping the promise of limited waste. Due to increased demand and lack of manpower – all the work is done by one man, after all – chips aren’t even on the menu at the moment.

Since its setup in Spring 2012 the Troll’s Pantry has gained somewhat of a cult following, with hordes of hungry folk queuing up to take a bite of the troll’s wares, which often sell out ahead of closing time. This is no mean feat in Brighton, where there are burger bars a ’plenty, some of which already have great reputations, along with most other types of global cuisine. We really are very spoiled. The secret, I think, is to keep it simple, but fresh – and I don’t just mean in the culinary sense.

Of course, the quality of the meat is imperative too – it’s also what The Coal Shed, Brighton’s new darling of the steak world use, and Gregg Wallace eats there! The ‘Seasonal Specials’ are what seem to get the burger connoisseurs chomping at the bit (horse pun intended).

There are two mainstays on the menu, available as singles or doubles – The Imperial (St. Giles cheese, pickles, American mustard, ketchup and seasonal salad) for £5/£7.50, and The Smoky Mountain (Bourbon bacon jam, homemade BBQ sauce, smoked foresters cheese, caramelised onions, garlic mayo and seasonal salad) for £7/£9.50. Seasonal specials come into rotation as and when – to stay in the know look out for regular updates on Facebook and Twitter. These start at £7 for a single and £9.50 for a double.

On my first visit, which I’m embarrassed to say wasn’t until

February just gone; I had The Shaman (sage and honey bacon jam, beetroot and horseradish slaw, garlic mayo, beetroot ketchup, Sussex goat’s cheese.). I’d been closely monitoring the Facebook page to pick my moment carefully, and lay in wait for my perfect burger to come along. Anyone who knows me is aware of my almost fetishlike obsession with pork products, especially bacon, so it’s no surprise I jumped at the chance to sample an offering slathered in bacon jam. I have a slightly healthier respect for beetroot and goat’s cheese and so I could resist no longer…

The first thing that struck me is just how meltingly soft the whole thing was; the glazed brioche-style bun and the silky meat falling seamlessly into my mouth was a truly rapturous experience and not one I’ve associated with tastings of burgers past. Aptly, Nick Cave’s “Babe, You Turn Me On” wafted through my earbuds as I devoured the beast. Goat’s cheese, beetroot and horseradish are all bold flavours and one could be forgiven for thinking together they might produce too strong a flavour, but they were incredibly mellow with just a hint of each shining through almost one by one.

The result of the troll’s foraging and potion-concocting was simply stunning. I can say, hand on heart, that this was the best burger to ever pass my lips. Next time it’s a double.

Now, trolls aren’t known for their sociable nature, but I managed to glean a few words from him about what’s next for the pantry. “I am merely a vessel exercising the will of the Troll King Mojo” he rumbled. “Popularity of the Troll’s mighty burgers has grown massively in recent weeks to the point where keeping up with demand has become difficult. Because of this the exalted King Troll has decreed that operations be moved to a pub, where phase two of the master plan can commence. This shall pave the way for phase three. The final onslaught and enslavement of humanity to the rightful troll overlords.”

Whichever pub has managed to nab The Troll’s Pantry (as I understand it, there were plenty of offers) has just secured its future as the home of Brighton’s true gourmet burger. As for me, I’ll be down there as soon as possible - this type of troll I can get down with.

By Nicole Healing The Troll’s Pantry Wood Store, Circus Street, BN2 9QF Wed-Fri 12pm-2pm & Sat 12-3pm (early arrival advised, especially on Saturdays)

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The Food Critic

GIGGLING SQUID

Having heard such great things about The Giggling Squid, I was genuinely excited about my visit, however my meal left me little to laugh about. The restaurant itself is exactly the sort of place you would want to bring friends… exposed wood and brick walls are complemented by minimalist decor, giving the place a very relaxed but warm feel.

We were served by the brilliant Nok, who made us feel utterly at ease and looked-after without the merest hint of being stifled. He recommended us some starters and in part I would say he got it right. They were competitively priced at between £5 and £7.95 and the presentation was fantastic: intricate and colourful these were plates that looked like they were on their way to a festival, and a flamboyant festival at that! The salt and pepper squid was some of the best I’ve had, and the very liberal sprinkling of chillies made it a course that came with a side portion of bragging rights. The duck canapés, although a little dry, provided a healthy option for those wanting to expand their culinary horizons but not their waistlines. However the scallops, while well cooked, got lost in the sea of spice and salad in which they nestled.

The mains arrived at our table and replicated the beautiful presentation of their predecessors, but there were issues. The

Lamb Shank Massaman (£10.95) was woefully overcooked, to the point of the meat sticking steadfastly to the bone and my vegetables were underdone. My dining companion’s sizzling seafood medley (£9.95) was good to look at but lacked the spicing and flavours necessary to elevate it to the realms of great.

I don’t really know what to make of my first trip to The Giggling Squid in Hove. The service was perfect, the atmosphere second to none, and at points the food was very tasty. Countless friends rant and rave about the sumptuous dishes they‘ve eaten at this charmingly decked-out eatery, I can only assume the chef was having an off day on my visit.

So if you throw a Giggling Squid in my direction, I may not be laughing quite yet, but think I may be on my next visit.

By Lucy Hallett

THE GIGGLING SQUID 29 CHURCH RD HOVE, TEL: 01273 771991

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ARTS & FILM GUIDE FRIDAY 1ST

BRIGHTON ARTS CLUB Trans Social a friendship meeting for trans and trans friendly people in the arts café 7PM

SATURDAY 2ND

BASEMENT SICK! A Wall Is A Screen Short Film Tour (Germany) 6:30PM

SUNDAY 3RD

BASEMENT Under Observation Afternoon of durational performance & video. Blue Remix by Yann Marussich, Mucus Factory by Martin O’Brien, Short Film Screenings 3:30PM DUKE’S AT KOMEDIA Amour (12A) Presented by Cinecity & The Basement. Director Michael Haneke.

1PM £5.50 - £26

MONDAY 4TH

CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Movie Bar Monthly short film event featuring short film screenings and filmmaker Q&As 7:30PM HOP POLES Secret Garden Cinema Classic movies played in our heated covered fairy lit garden 9PM

TUESDAY 5TH

GLOBE Basement Cinema Showing classics and underground films in the basement every Tuesday with comfy sofas and free popcorn! Also text your drinks order to the bar upstairs so you don’t have to leave your seat! 8PM Wednesday 6th HOP POLES Secret Garden Cinema Classic movies played in our heated covered fairy lit garden 9PM

THURSDAY 7TH

KOMEDIA Hammer & Tongue Brighton’s biggest and rowdiest poetry night - feat.

Adam Kammerling & Liz Greenfield, plus the open slam! Hosted by Rosy Carrick & Mike Parker.

7:30PM £5 (Studio) THE OLD MARKET Shorts & Sweets Book Club A couple

of hours of literary discussion and sweet treats Aldous Huxley 8PM

FRIDAY 8TH

BRIGHTON ARTS CLUB Trans Social a friendship meeting for trans and trans friendly people in the arts café 7PM BRIGHTON DOME, CAFÉ BAR Drawing Conversations An exhibition showcasing the artwork made during a participatory research project between from female artists with and without learning disabilities on the themes of collaboration and identity. 12PM

SATURDAY 9TH

BRIGHTON DOME, CORN EXCHANGE UK Banff Mountain Film Festival, a brand new selection of extraordinary short films from the world’s leading adventure film makers. 7:30PM £11 - £13 CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Naked Bike Film Night selection of short films about the World Naked Bike Ride 7:30PM

MONDAY 11TH

BRIGHTON DOME, STUDIO THEATRE SuperEverything* This cross-disciplinary project has been created by leading audio-visual artists The Light Surgeons in collaboration with a group of Malaysian artists and string players from the Heritage Orchestra. 8PM £15 DUKE’S AT KOMEDIA Our Children Advance Preview Pres

By Cinecity & The Basement.

Director Joachim Lafosse 6:30PM £5.50 - £26 HOP POLES Secret Garden Cinema Classic movies played in our heated covered fairy lit garden 9PM

TUESDAY 12TH

GLOBE Basement Cinema Showing classics and underground films in the basement every Tuesday with comfy sofas and free popcorn! Also text your drinks order to the bar upstairs so you don’t have to leave your seat! 8PM

WEDNESDAY 13TH

HOP POLES Secret Garden Cinema Classic movies played in our heated covered fairy lit garden 9PM SALLIS BENNETT Asmma Pres By The Sussex Beacon & The Basement. Director Amr Salama. Followed with a discussion 5:30PM

FRIDAY 15TH

BRIGHTON ARTS CLUB Guerrilla Film Festival Documentary, non fiction, biography, autobigraphy & more 12PM £1

FRIDAY 15TH

BRIGHTON ARTS CLUB Trans Social a friendship meeting for trans and trans friendly people in the arts café 7PM Thursday 21st QUADRANT Regional Dialect Spoken Word Night Some of the finest spoken word artists in the land perform some of the finest rhymes, lyrics and poems. Direct from mouth to ear 7:30PM £4

MONDAY 18TH

HOP POLES Secret Garden Cinema Classic movies played in our heated covered fairy lit garden 9PM

TUESDAY 19TH

GLOBE Basement Cinema Showing classics and underground films in the basement every Tuesday with comfy sofas and free popcorn! Also text your drinks order to the bar upstairs so you don’t have to leave your seat! 8PM

WEDNESDAY 20TH

HOP POLES Secret Garden Cinema Classic movies played in our heated covered fairy lit garden 9PM

FRIDAY 22ND

BRIGHTON ARTS CLUB Trans Social a friendship meeting for trans and trans friendly people in the arts café 7PM

SATURDAY 23RD

BRIGHTON DOME, CAFÉ BAR Performing Poetry & Prose Over 65? Got a story to tell or a poem waiting to be read? Then this workshop by award winning performer Roy Hutchins will help you to put it on its feet and perform it to an audience. 1:30PM BRIGHTON DOME, FOUNDERS ROOM Guest House Storytellers Telling Tales. Practise your storytelling skills in an informal setting. Try out your new stories, learn new skills, get feedback and encouragement,share ideas and meet other storytellers.

2:30PM £4 - £12

MONDAY 25TH

HOP POLES Secret Garden Cinema Classic movies played in our heated covered fairy lit garden 9PM Tuesday 26th GLOBE Basement Cinema Showing classics and underground films in the basement every Tuesday with comfy sofas and free popcorn! Also text your drinks order to the bar upstairs so you don’t have to leave your seat! 8PM

TUESDAY 26TH

THE OLD MARKET Brighton Draw The Drawing Circus Presents: Spring Sprawl. Themed, drop-in, sociable life drawing session for all abilities 7PM £5

WEDNESDAY 27TH

HOP POLES Secret Garden Cinema Classic movies played in our heated covered fairy lit garden 9PM

THURSDAY 28TH

THE OLD MARKET Miniclick Free monthly photography talks. Guests: Alma Haser and Natasha Caruana 7PM

FRIDAY 29TH

BRIGHTON ARTS CLUB Trans Social a friendship meeting for trans and trans friendly people in the arts café 7PM

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PHOTO BOOTH BOUTIQUE

Photo Booth Boutique is a locally-based hire company that offers an exciting concept in event entertainment. Offering a fun and entertaining way to capture special moments at weddings, birthday parties and corporate events, by supplying digital photo booths throughout the South East, these guys are quickly becoming the 'must have' entertainment at any great party!

The idea is very simple. Nearly everyone likes dressing up and having their picture taken. So each booth comes with colour and black & white photos, video messaging and instant Facebook sharing. The custom built photo booth uses photographic equipment to deliver the high quality images and a top class experience.

The photo booths have an easy to use touch screen operation and a dedicated attendant is on hand to help you get the most from the booth. Its visually stunning curved design will look great at any party. Each time a guest uses the booth they get an instant printed copy of their photo. Remember that you have unlimited use, so you are assured to get plenty

of great pictures at your special event.

There are two distinct styles of booth available. The Party Booth features a choice of backdrop curtain, personalised photo messages and a varied mix of comical props including wigs, glasses, hats, masks, inflatables and many other items.

Whilst The Vintage Booth offers a beautiful handmade ivory lace backdrop curtain, colour matched ribbons and a selection of authentic and replica vintage hats, goggles, feather boas, gilt frames, moustaches on sticks and many other items.

For corporate branded events or extra special parties the prints outer skins can be customised so it looks like your very own photo booth, logos can be added into the background.

Backdrops and props can also be specially sourced for extraspecial themed events. The probabilities are endless.

www.photoboothboutique.co.uk

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FILM

A PASSION FOR PICTURES: JONATHAN GLENDENING

By Wayne Imms

Brighton-born and still based in this great creative city, Jonathan Glendening grew up making films, inspired by some of my own favourites, winning his first award when he was only 14. He went on to work his way up through the film industry mostly by, as he described, “being a tea boy in the day time and an auteur by night”. Jonathan was director Nicholas Hytner’s assistant on The Madness of King George and Robert De Niro’s research assistant on Frankenstein. He made several award-winning short films, before his first feature, Summer Rain. Since then, the filmmaker has directed the likes of Steven Berkoff, Simon MacCorkindale, Robert Englund (Freddie Kruger) and Tom Felton (Malfoy in the Harry Potter films). He recently directed a TV pilot, Undercover, and is currently completing the screenplay for his next film. Here, Jonathan tells me of his clear enthusiasm and his filmmaking experience.

Tell us about when and how you developed a passion for film, and at which point did you decide that you wanted to make films?

I vividly remember early cinema trips; crying at Bambi in Evesham, singing along to The Jungle Book at the Odeon in Worcester, but the most important trip was definitely seeing Jaws in Eastbourne in 1975 when I was 5. I know I saw it at least twice on its initial release, as I remember anticipating Ben Gardner’s head dropping through the hull (and scaring the bubbles out of Matt Hooper), by holding tightly onto my dad’s arm and yet still screaming even though I knew the shock was coming.

Like many film-makers, it was ultimately the influence of Spielberg and Lucas that opened me to the possibility of actually making my own films. I was a Star Wars kid and collected all the toys, so when I saw The Making of Raiders of the Lost Ark on TV, which featured a very nuts and bolts illustration of how films are made, I decided to just do it. I borrowed a school friend’s dad’s Super-8mm cine camera and we went into the garden and made Star Wars AND The Empire Strikes Back – with my toys, on a 3 minute 20 second roll of film. It took 4 weeks for Kodak to process and return the film in a little yellow packet; the excitement of projecting the image to watch it for the first time was incredible. Of course, as an eleven year old, with no understanding of cinematography or cameras, it was mostly badly framed and severely out of focus, but with the required self-delusion of someone in the creative field, I thought it was amazing.... so I made another, and another.

Were you inspired by any particular filmmakers?

The great thing about growing up during Spielberg’s golden era (Jaws, Raiders, ET, Close Encounters) – is that, through Spielberg, you were introduced to all the filmmakers he grew up on like Hitchcock, Capra, Ford and Michael Curtiz.

I devoured films by all these filmmakers through my teens and, of course, you discover the darker edge of his contemporaries like Coppola and Scorsese. I did get quite hung up Hitchcock more than any other, though, particularly as he was British, and his films were perfect illustrations of cinema by design and how editing is telling the story through ‘the cut’.

Tell me about your first experience of directing and what you learnt from the process.

My first live-action film was a 3 minute 20 second thriller. I was 13, in which a businessman (Toby Merritt) – aged 13, is being chased by a black clad masked assassin (Lloyd Alexander) – aged 13 – and it was mostly constructed in camera, shot by shot. That is how many young filmmakers perceive directing to be – just choosing the camera angles, but the real art is talking to actors, guiding their performance. I occasionally lecture film students and that’s one of my main bits of advice, to learn about acting. No matter how beautifully shot your film is, no matter how arty it is... if the performances aren’t good, the only review you will get is that the acting was lousy.

I understand that a film named Summer Rain, shot in Brighton, was your first feature. I gather it did well at various festivals. Is recognition important to you?

Summer Rain won quite a few awards at film festivals around the world, including 3 Best Film Trophies. I was invited to many of these festivals, so I got to go to Rome, Savannah, New York and meet lots of fabulous filmmakers, who I would otherwise never have met. The awards themselves aren’t particularly important to me, although it is nice to have validation that people like your work, but when independent films can get lost in the system and sit unseen on shelves, you need ammunition to find an audience. So, when the film had garnered 8 awards and 3 nominations, it got a DVD release. An audience is more likely to watch a film with a few award crests on its cover than none. However, sadly with the demise of HMV, there is nowhere in the real world to buy the film, so I bought ALL the remainder stock, which I sell from my website – www.glendening.co.uk Sum up your favourite filmmaking experience – and your worst. Feel free to frankly express yourself here, if you’re up for it.

The best has to be Summer Rain – we shot it on 35mm, during the fantastic summer of 98. The cast and crew were very much a family and we were all trying to make something special. I produced, wrote and directed the film, and it was very much a labour of love. I look back on that film very fondly, as I was so naive I could enjoy it. Of course, with more experience and the benefit of hindsight, there are plenty of things I would change, but it’s a very honest film and made

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RICHARD UNGAR:- JONATHAN DIRECTING 13HRS

with sincerity. 13Hrs was also a great experience, because, although we were on a very small budget, we almost managed to serve the great script by Adam Phillips in a way it deserved.

If only we had a little more budget, we could have really done it justice. As it is, we came pretty close and I’m really proud of it. My current fave is Undercover, a comedy TV pilot I shot last summer.

It was hard work, but fun in the best way. The worst experiences are when producers have expectations that can’t possibly be met by the resources, budget, time and facilities that they provide. On one film I did, I was scheduled to do the 8 page action finale’ in 4 hours! Then they complain it doesn’t look like Die Hard.

For you, what’s the best aspect of filmmaking?

There are many wonderful aspects to filmmaking; the camaraderie of a film set, the collaboration with many talented cast and crews – but I think my favourite thing is constructing the film in the edit. It’s cosy; you’re sitting down with a nice cup of tea, having suffered the slings and arrows of the incredibly hard process of making a film, and now you can design it and construct it in comfort. You get to put your shots into the order that they are supposed to go in, and you get to uncover the secrets that only you noted during filming. So, if you don’t get an edit of your footage the film can definitely fall apart without your input into this vital process. But, the absolute best bit is screening the final film for the first time, to see the artifice all come together to create an emotional journey.

What tips would you suggest to anyone wanting to work in the film industry?

I have 3 main tips: a) Make tea for anybody and everybody!

Work as a runner and learn from every person you come into contact with. Many of my industry contacts today came from my time making them tea. b) If you want to be a director, learn about acting. c) Join BECTU (the film industry union), as there are sharks out there who won’t/ don’t pay, BECTU will help you avoid them and if you don’t they will help you pursue your fee. d) Keep working on the script, no matter how perfect you think it is - it isn’t. e) Don’t try and make Die Hard, when your budget is the loose change in your pocket; suit your project to the resources available. f) Collaborate g) enjoy it.

Finally, what do you have in the pipeline, which you can reveal to us here?

One of the many problems with films is that they can fall apart at any moment, even during filming so best not to announce anything until it’s finished! But, I’m fortunate that I have three scripts in ‘active development’ with companies and, after a successful project (Undercover) with Big Man Films, we’re working together again on what I hope will be my next feature film. Also in the pipeline is another collaboration with Adam Phillips, who wrote 13Hrs. Whatever my next film actually is, I’ve learnt the hard way, that it will be a film that is close to my heart and worth devoting 6 months to a year actually endeavouring to make!

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MAKING A LASTING IMPRESSION

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©GARY MARLOWE

One event that’s guaranteed to make a lasting impression in Brighton is the annual Tattoo Convention. Now in its 6th year, it has established itself as one of the best of the many that are held across the country. Attracting some of the world’s leading artists, as well as thousands of ink aficionados, the event has outgrown its previous home at the Racecourse and moved to the more spacious, but less quirky Hilton.

Judging by the turnout, it was a move the two-day inkfest needed to make, but in doing so it has sacrificed some of its charm as, on the surface at least, it now looks much like any other exhibition. Of course, when you get under the skin, this is no ordinary event. The exhibits here are living canvases and the range of indelible art covers everything from icons such as the Golf GTI to Jesus himself. This year, it was noticeable that monochrome tats were as popular as ever, as were the number of bold, large pieces being

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worked on. Scripts and lettering was another trend much in evidence. But there’s more to this event than just tattoos.

For the first time, it also featured a not-for-the-squeamish area dedicated to ‘body modification’ such as implants and scarification and there was a burgeoning number of lifestyle exhibitors, selling everything from tattoo-culture inspired clothes and jewellery to cupcakes.

With more Brighton-based artists than ever before at the show and new studios like Kemptown’s Gilded Cage opening in the last few months, there’s no doubt tattooing has become an indelible part of Brighton’s culture. And it would be no surprise that in a year or two’s time, the convention, like many of its participants, will be running out of space.

By Gary Marlowe

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TATTOO CONVENTION 2013

PHOTO BY GARY MARLOW | IMAGES OUT OF THE ORDINARY

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THE DIRT WITH MARK EDE Alert! Something’s gone horribly wrong!

I’m now teaching at a University once a week. Music Management. Well, why not? It’s kinda what I do the other 6 days of the week and who knows the rules anymore?

Certainly not the best brains at HMV, eh? But where in my life plan is the part about getting up at 8am and being committed to being in the same place for 8 hours, week in, week out? I thought those days were long gone but, once a week at least, that treadmill of discipline returns to haunt me. Very worrying. Back on the day job, the rise of our artist Jo Harman continues unabated with a headline feature ‘our tip for 2013’ in high street blues bible Classic Rock Blues this week and something like 16 festival bookings, a number of them headliners, now in the book in both UK and Europe.

There comes a point in an artist’s career where suddenly you stop having to hustle for gigs and media attention and, instead, people start ringing you. That’s where we’ve got to with Jo. But equally that’s where the hard work begins, trying to exploit and maximise the buzz. In the blues community at least, Jo is everyone’s tip for 2013 and with a debut studio record ‘Dirt on My Tongue’ (a title which, by the way, prompted the remark, ‘a bit strongo, bongo’ from Jo’s Grandad!) set to drop in March, the pressure is most d efinitely on. But rather it that way than no interest I guess!

Our management company are also now happy to say we are now working with Tommy Blaize, the voice of Strictly Come Dancing. Tommy’s as good as it gets in terms of male vocal talent in this country and his bands CV reads like a ‘Who’s Who’ of popular music. So, plenty to keep us busy

here at BiG I AM Towers for the foreseeable...Elsewhere, good also to see our friends at Yellowfish doing so well recently with the number of famed and feted artists booking into the semi-secret Lewes studios increasing by the week. Though owner Ross McCraken is very discrete by nature (we’ll soon change that!) I also know Sony have commissioned the famous Airstream ‘Silver Bullet’ Yellowfish mobile recording studio for use by one of the most famous bands in the world (no, we can’t say but, no, it’s not the Rolling Stones). This seems like a good thing, surely, were it not for Ross deciding that this news gives him an excuse to undertake a not entirely necessary £100k worth of re-fit spend on the console and desk. As with music management, I guess the more ‘success’ one has, the more one has to spend to maintain it? Hey ho. Meanwhile back on earth, I’ve been spending more time in Shoreham, where we have an office, and have recently discovered a great multi arts space called ‘West Street Loft’ in Shoreham’s West Street, not to be confused with (Wild) West Street in Brighton, perhaps. I think its discovery is simply going to serve to be an excuse to have a BiG i AM party any time soon. It’s quite intimate, it’s quite undiscovered, and it’s certainly got a vibe. So watch this space. Time to celebrate.

Something or other. I’ll see if Ross wants to pick up the tab. www.bigiam.co.uk

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OTHER EVENTS FRIDAY 1ST

BASEMENT Quickfire Workshop A free, daylong workshop for students and artists entitled ‘Culture Cake’ hosted by Bobby Baker. 11AM BRIGHTON DOME, FOUNDERS ROOM Meisner Workout A drop in class for newcomers to the technique, Meisner experts and actors wanting to keep their muscles toned between jobs. 10AM £5 BRIGHTON DOME, STUDIO THEATRE First Fridays We welcome artists in all disciplines to gather each month to network and share ideas. Each month will feature a guest provocation. 5PM HOVE TOWN HALL Sussex Berr & Cider Festival 11AM & 5PM £4 - £8

SATURDAY 2ND

BRIGHTON CENTRE Homes & Gardens Visitors will be able to indulge their interest for the finer things in life, whilst taking in some demonstrations and presentations offering practical tips and advice. 10AM £8 - £10 BRUNSWICK Yoga Lessons 9:30AM £5 HOVE TOWN HALL Sussex Berr & Cider Festival 11AM & 5PM £3 - £6

SUNDAY 3RD

BRIGHTON CENTRE Homes & Gardens Visitors will be able to indulge their interest for the finer things in life, whilst taking in some demonstrations and presentations offering practical tips and advice. 10AM £8 - £10 CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK The Geekest Link Quiz 8:30PM GLOBE Handbaked Arcade Retro consoles in the basement, including multi player Mario Kart 64 on a projector and an 80s arcade table! 12PM

MONDAY 4TH

BRUNSWICK Jazz Extensions Jazz Tuition 3PM £tbc BRUNSWICK Harmonessence Choir Practice 7:45PM £tbc FREEMASONS National Pie Week All hail the glorious pie, were celebrating national pie week with a festival of fantastic flavours awaiting your consumption!

SIGNALMAN Signalman Pub Quiz music, creative & general knowledge rounds to win cash prizes and more 8PM £1pp SIGNALMAN Signalman British Pie Week Come to the Signalman & get stuck in to some Great British food during our pie week celebrations 12PM

TUESDAY 5TH

BRUNSWICK Yoga Lessons 5:30PM £5 FREEMASONS National Pie Week All hail the glorious pie, were celebrating national pie week with a festival of fantastic flavours awaiting your consumption!

SAINT GEORGE’S Saint George’s Inn Pub Quiz 8PM £1 SIGNALMAN Signalman British Pie Week Come to the Signalman & get stuck in to some Great British food during our pie week celebrations 12PM

WEDNESDAY 6TH

BEAUFORT Poker Night cash prizes for 1st & 2nd Place £5 BLIND TIGER Lethal Quizzle Brighton’s most insane pub quiz is back in a new monthly slot and as always it’s more about having fun than knowing facts! 8PM £1pp BRUNSWICK Yoga Lessons 6:30PM £5 FREEMASONS National Pie Week All hail the glorious pie, were celebrating national pie week with a festival of fantastic flavours awaiting your consumption!

LATEST MUSIC BAR Tango Boot Camp Argentine Tango with TangoBootCamp 8PM £3 - £8 SIGNALMAN Signalman British Pie Week Come to the Signalman & get stuck in to some Great British food during our pie week celebrations 12PM STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Muso Pop Quiz 8PM £1 THEATRE ROYAL Skip’s After School Club: Mime & Slapstick Join us for 90 mins of themed games, drama, stories and activities 4PM £5 THURSDAY 7TH

BRIGHTON COMEDY COURSE Comedy Course 8 week course 7PM £170 - £180 FREEMASONS National Pie Week All hail the glorious pie, were celebrating national pie week with a festival of fantastic flavours awaiting your consumption!

SIGNALMAN Signalman British Pie Week Come to the Signalman & get stuck in to some Great British food during our pie week celebrations 12PM FRIDAY 8TH FREEMASONS National Pie Week All hail the glorious pie, were celebrating national pie week with a festival of fantastic flavours awaiting your consumption!

SIGNALMAN Signalman British Pie Week Come to the Signalman & get stuck in to some Great British food during our pie week celebrations 12PM SATURDAY 9TH BRUNSWICK Yoga Lessons 9:30AM £5 BRUNSWICK This Is Our Place Songwriting workshop 2PM £tbc FREEMASONS National Pie Week All hail the glorious pie, were celebrating national pie week with a festival of fantastic flavours awaiting your consumption!

SIGNALMAN Signalman British Pie Week Come to the Signalman & get stuck in to some Great British food during our pie week celebrations 12PM

SUNDAY 10TH

BRIGHTON DOME, FOUNDERS ROOM Soulful Singing Group singing teacher Mahasukha leads this uplifting harmony workshop with sacred song and heaps of infectious enthusiasm 11AM £5 GLOBE Handbaked Arcade Retro consoles in the basement, including multi player Mario Kart 64 on a projector and an 80s arcade table! 12PM SAINT GEORGE’S Mother’s Day Menu at Saint George’s.

SIGNALMAN Mothers Day Sunday Lunch 12PM

MONDAY 11TH

BRUNSWICK Harmonessence Choir Practice 7:45PM £tbc SIGNALMAN Signalman Pub Quiz music, creative & general knowledge rounds to win cash prizes and more 8PM £1pp Tuesday 12th BRUNSWICK Yoga Lessons 5:30PM £5 CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Skeptics in the pub, lectures, speaker is Panorama’s John Sweeney on the Church of Scientology LATEST MUSIC BAR Action for Happiness is a movement for positive social change 7:30PM WEDNESDAY 13TH BEAUFORT Poker Night cash prizes for 1st & 2nd Place £5 BRIGHTON DOME, FOUNDERS ROOM Music and movement for babies and children Ho Bina for ages 2-4 10AM £5 BRIGHTON DOME, FOUNDERS ROOM Music and movement for babies and children Ho Bina for under 2s 11AM £5 LATEST MUSIC BAR Tango Boot Camp Argentine Tango with TangoBootCamp 8PM £3 - £8

THURSDAY 14TH

BRIGHTON COMEDY COURSE Comedy Course 8 week course 7PM £170 - £180 LATEST MUSIC BAR Catalyst Club Monthly event which blends the old traditions of a French Salon with debating societies. 8PM £5 SALLIS BENNETT Breaking Taboos How can we as individuals, family members, friends, members of society, healthcare professionals and sufferers find more direct ways of talking about difficult subjects? A debate. 6PM

FRIDAY 15TH

BRIGHTON DOME, CAFÉ BAR Playmakes - Dogs Don’t Do Ballet an opportunity for kids to get crafty and make a keepsake to take home, with our Playmakes team on hand to lead the creativity 12:30PM £5 BRIGHTON DOME, FOUNDERS ROOM Meisner Workout A drop in class for newcomers to the technique, Meisner experts and actors wanting to keep their muscles toned between

jobs. 10AM £5

SATURDAY 16TH

BRIGHTON ARTS CLUB Alternative Wedding Fair 10AM £5 BRIGHTON DOME, CAFÉ BAR Dome Discovery Tours Explore Brighton Dome’s rich heritage 11AM £7.50 - £8.50 BRIGHTON DOME, FOUNDERS ROOM Soulful Singing Group singing teacher Mahasukha leads this uplifting harmony workshop with sacred song and heaps of infectious enthusiasm 11AM £5 BRUNSWICK Yoga Lessons 9:30AM £5 THEATRE ROYAL Skip’s Club: Feathers and Pearls 10:30AM £6

SUNDAY 17TH

CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Ctrl Alt Quiz, Comics, movies, Vidoe games 8:30PM £1 KOMEDIA Myminidisco Kids love to dance and have fun. myminidisco bring you a club experience for the little ones, and the big ones too. 2PM £8 - £25 SAINT GEORGE’S St Patrick’s Sunday Special!

Roast & Guinness THEATRE ROYAL Hairy Bikers: Larger Than Live It’s now been over two years since we did our last stage tour, a complete sell-out and one of the best times of our lives. It’s for those reasons that we can’t wait to do it all over again; only this time it’s going to be bigger, bolder, funnier, and packed with more food and laughs than ever before. 7:45PM £23 - £25

MONDAY 18TH

BEUFORT Quiz Bingo Cash, booze & booby prizes 9PM £1 BRUNSWICK Harmonessence Choir Practice 7:45PM £tbc SIGNALMAN Signalman Pub Quiz music, creative & general knowledge rounds to win cash prizes and more 8PM £1pp

TUESDAY 19TH

BRIGHTON DOME, STUDIO THEATRE Sussex Salon Series The Future of Europe - Progress or Decline? 8PM £4 - £6.50 BRUNSWICK Yoga Lessons 5:30PM £5 LATEST MUSIC BAR Cafe Scientifique If only King Canute had known: the science behind coastal management, Dr Uwe Dornbusch, UK Environment Agency 7:30PM SAINT GEORGE’S Saint George’s Inn Pub Quiz 8PM £1

WEDNESDAY 20TH

BEAUFORT Poker Night cash prizes for 1st & 2nd Place £5 LATEST MUSIC BAR Tango Boot Camp Argentine Tango with TangoBootCamp 8PM £3 - £8 STICKY MIKE’S FROG BAR Dumb & Dumber Film Quiz 8PM £1 THE OLD MARKET iOpen Spoken Word iOpen returns for another bumper evening of free verse, hosted by MC Roy Hutchins 7:30PM THEATRE ROYAL Skip’s After School Club: Spring is Sprung! Join us for 90 mins of themed games, drama, stories and activities 4PM £5

THURSDAY 21ST

BRIGHTON COMEDY COURSE Comedy Course 8 week course 7PM £170 - £180 LATEST MUSIC BAR Wellsbourne Society A quarterly event dedicated to the landscape, streets, myths & spirit of Brighton. 8PM £5

FRIDAY 22ND

BRIGHTON DOME, FOUNDERS ROOM Meisner Workout A drop in class for newcomers to the technique, Meisner experts and actors wanting to keep their muscles toned between jobs. 10AM £5 LATEST MUSIC BAR The Treason Show Brightons legendary Treason Show team returns, aiming both satirical barrels at the politicians, bankers and celebrities making the news this month. 7:30PM £12.50

SATURDAY 23RD

BRIGHTON DOME, FOUNDERS ROOM Soulful Singing Group singing teacher Mahasukha

leads this uplifting harmony workshop with sacred song and heaps of infectious enthusiasm 11AM £5 BRUNSWICK Yoga Lessons 9:30AM £5

SUNDAY 24TH

BRIGHTON CENTRE Brighton Records & CD Fair 9:30AM £2 BRIGHTON DOME, CONCERT HALL Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra pre-concert interview 1:45PM £3 BRIGHTON DOME, STUDIO THEATRE Clare Summerskill - Well that explains it Let’s talk about Sex! Sexual Orientation! Being single, being married, being Gay, Bi, Lesbian, Queer, Straight and those who just see themselves as a little bit on the wonky side… 7:30PM £10 - £14 GLOBE Handbaked Arcade Retro consoles in the basement, including multi player Mario Kart 64 on a projector and an 80s arcade table! 12PM KOMEDIA Sundae Club creative fun for children and their families. Together you can take part in a number of activities as well as a show for the under 5’s, a film in Dukes at Komedia for 6+ and a live band to round off the event. 10:30AM £6.50 - £25

MONDAY 25TH

BEUFORT Quiz Bingo Cash, booze & booby prizes 9PM £1 BRUNSWICK Harmonessence Choir Practice 7:45PM £tbc SIGNALMAN Signalman Pub Quiz music, creative & general knowledge rounds to win cash prizes and more 8PM £1pp Victory : Poetry Night Live poetry readings from a range of guests 8PM

TUESDAY 26TH

BRUNSWICK Yoga Lessons 5:30PM £5

WEDNESDAY 27TH

BEAUFORT Poker Night cash prizes for 1st & 2nd Place £5 LATEST MUSIC BAR Tango Boot Camp Argentine Tango with TangoBootCamp 8PM £3 - £8 THE OLD MARKET Craftaganza Live Free creative meet-ups for all who are interested in the contemporary craft scene in Brighton & Hove 7:30PM THURSDAY 28TH BRIGHTON COMEDY COURSE Comedy Course 8 week course 7PM £170 - £180 SIGNALMAN Signalman Easter Ale Festival Live Music from 8PM Friday 29th SIGNALMAN Signalman Easter Ale Festival Live Music from 8PM

SATURDAY 30TH

BRIGHTON DOME The April Fool’s Weekend Lecture with Dr Bramwell 7:30PM BRIGHTON DOME, FOUNDERS ROOM Soulful Singing Group singing teacher Mahasukha leads this uplifting harmony workshop with sacred song and heaps of infectious enthusiasm 11AM £5 BRUNSWICK Yoga Lessons 9:30AM £5 SIGNALMAN Signalman Easter Ale Festival Live Music from 8PM

SUNDAY 31ST

BRIGHTON DOME, CAFÉ BAR Playmakes Rumpelstiltskin an opportunity for kids to get crafty and make a keepsake to take home, with our Playmakes team on hand to lead the creativity 1:30PM £5 BRUNSWICK Brighton Craft Alliance Craft Fair 12PM LATEST MUSIC BAR Brighton Curious Market Bucket full of alternative traders ready to show you their wares supplemented with some alternative healing and spiritual insight. 12PM £5 SAINT GEORGE’S Easter Sunday Set Menu SIGNALMAN Signalman Easter Ale Festival Live Music from 8PM

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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)

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EASY SUDOKU

COCKTAIL MASTERCLASSES 1 ST THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH 6:30pm ~ 7:30pm | £20 PER TICKET

2ND MAY 6TH JUNE 4TH JULY

BEGINNERS GUIDE TO RUM COCKTAILS A CLASSIC DAIQUIRI, RUM OLD FASHIONED& A CUBAN CHAMPAGNE COCKTAIL HERB& SPICE COCKTAIL MASTERCLASS COCKTAILS MADE USING HERBAL LIQUEURS SUCH AS CHARTREUSE&BENEDICTINE

THE PERFECT MARGARITA&TEQUILA COCKTAILS THREE COCKTAILS FINISHING WITH HOW TO MAKE THE PERFECT MARGARITA

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