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GIRL TALK Jackie The Musical takes us right back to the 1970s at Theatre Royal Brighton
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ABOUT A GIRL/YAK YAK YAK Caitlin introduces lover number one and Andrew wrestles with a troublesome lobster
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GIRL TALK! > Theatre Royal Brighton is set to go back to the ‘70s as Jackie The Musical comes to Brighton
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nce there was a time with no mobile phones, no apps, no texting, no emails and no twitter. Angstridden teenage girls waited with bated breath by the letterbox for their weekly issue of Jackie Magazine... unless their big sister got there first! Jackie accompanied millions of girls through their teenage years in the ‘70s and ‘80s, years of boy
trouble, ironing hair and problem solving from resident agony aunts, Cathy and Claire. The magazine supported and inspired those girls and, best of all, it was great fun. Jackie the Musical revisits those heady days, and tells the story of a fifty something divorcée who revisits her stash of wellthumbed Jackie
magazines for the same reason she first read them nearly forty years ago: advice on how best to navigate the opposite sex. The quizzes, the fashion tips, the ‘do’s and don’ts on a first date’ and above all the Cathy and Claire problem pages are all devoured eagerly by our plucky heroine Jackie as she revisits the dizzy world of the teen bible. With her ex and a handsome new guy both on the scene, the valuable lessons she learnt as a girl begin to influence her future and Jackie discovers the one person in control of her life is – her. Funny and feisty, with a soundtrack featuring the era’s most beloved and memorable hits, including the sounds of Pop Idols Donny Osmond, David Cassidy and Marc Bolan played live on stage, the show promises a whirlwind tour of Planet Seventies and a most fabulous night out! Sussex based actress Janet Dibley plays Jackie. Janet became a household name in the 1980s, costarring with Nicholas Lyndhurst in ITV’s The Two of Us. Janet joined the cast of the BBC soap Doctors in 2010 as Dr Elaine Cassidy, a role she played for over two years. Jackie the Musical is by Mike James, with choreography by Arlene Phillips and directed by Hove based director Anna Linstrum. www.atgtickets.com/brighton 0844 871 7650 Tue 5 – Sat 9 Apr 2016 Eves 7.45pm Thu & Sat mats 2.30pm LATEST TV | VIRGIN MEDIA 159 | FREEVIEW CHANNEL 8
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ANDREW KAY
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About A Girl
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> Introducing Peyton, lover number one
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didn’t really notice him at first. I thought he was good looking, but I wouldn’t ever say it was love or even lust at first sight. To be honest Peyton wasn’t really on my radar. So I really didn’t expect him to ask me to walk with him to the pub one Friday night. I got a message from him saying: “I don’t really know anyone and I thought I might socialise for once, can I meet up with you and go to the pub together?” Well I wasn’t going to say no. We met up at the bus stop then walked to meet up with some more friends, the night became a blur of pub hopping until we made it to a gay bar. I found out that my party animal friend, Phil, was also there so I thought that we should tag along. As a general rule no straight girl goes to a gay club and expects to get lucky – if anything we go there to get away from all the creepy drunk guys that hit on us. But it didn’t quite work out the way I expected. “Hey I think your friend likes me and I’m not gay. Could you dance with me?” said Peyton. Not quite like being asked in the movies but I was too drunk to question him and realise how borderlinehomophobic his request was. It had been four years since I made out with someone on the dance floor. Dancing turned into grinding and then into snogging and I just thought it was a bit of fun. I had plans to take a night bus with my friend back home so going round Peyton’s wasn’t even an option. When he left, I got a bus and life went on. Checking my phone in the morning, a text from Peyton read: “Last night was fun but I don’t want to mess you about. I’m on a break with my girlfriend.” After years of watching Rachel and Ross, I was relieved for the close call.
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ow my friends laughed at my first world problems when I told them that I had trouble fitting a lobster into my deep freeze. They were of course right, finding space for a lobster is somewhat effete after all. But there I was with this cooked lobster that I want to use in a few weeks’ time, and the freezer was chocablock with ice lollies and containers of beef ragu, chicken stock and soups that I had made for future consumption. I like to plan ahead and the freezer is a great help, especially as I live alone. And as a keen cook there is always too much food to eat in one sitting. I can remember giving a gift to a friend years ago and on opening it he declared it to be the most depressing gift he had ever received. I was surprised as I knew that he liked to cook and the newly published Delia Smith ‘One is fun’ seemed ideal. In many ways it was but he also saw it as a declaration of his status then and into a very lonely future. I apologised, although thirty years on he is still single, so I bet those pages are well worn by now. Good old Delia! I find it hard to cook for one so I do what I have always done and eat too much. No, seriously, I freeze things that are suitable to freeze, hence the lobster dilemma. It's nice to know that I can delve beneath the choc ices and find a lasagne or a pie, and with careful planning I can eat very well and reduce waste – but not waist!
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> Latest TV moves up the listings The Latest TV Switch Over Brighton’s local television station, Latest TV, is in seventh heaven as it moves up the listings! Bosses at the station have confirmed that from lunchtime on April 5th, Latest TV will move from Freeview channel 8 to Freeview channel 7 – filling the void left by BBC Three. What do viewers need to do? Viewers can retune their equipment to update their onscreen programme guide. You should retune anytime from lunchtime on April 5th. Viewers may need to update their favourites list and scheduled recordings. A great opportunity! Channel Manager, Erik Selby says: “Latest TV brings all the latest news, sport and entertainment to the people of Brighton, Hove and Worthing. It's on the first TV page alongside some of the nations top broadcasters so we have this great opportunity to work with local businesses and bring Brighton and surrounding areas into the future.” About Latest TV Latest TV launched in August 2014 from its studio near the city’s Palace Pier, broadcasting 24 hours a day, seven days a week on Freeview, Virgin 159, and live at www.thelatest.co.uk. Viewing figures show that more than 200,000 people a month are tuning in, on side are key partners including Brighton and Hove Buses, British Airways i360 and Brighton Lookers. For more information visit www.latest.co.uk
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> Big Brother Lover visits Brighton
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orgeous Celebrity Big Brother hunk, Jeremy McConnell, paid a visit to Brighton recently to host 'Saturday Night GLAM' at Shooshh nightclub. Prior to that, he caught up with cousin Kim McConnell and her daughter Lily Packham, who live in Brighton, for a cuddle and a catch up. Meeting at Jury's Inn Waterfront, Kim revealed: “We are all really proud of Jeremy, he did so well on Celebrity Big Brother. We are part of a big family and we're all very close. It was nice to see him because he is so busy at the moment appearing in PA's all over the country. I'm looking forward to a proper catchup when things calm down!”. Jeremy admitted he was intending to stay teetotal that night, even though there was freebar available to him at Shooshh. (The reason being an early flight to Majorca the following day to visit actress, Stephanie Davies, his on/off girlfriend.) Their controversial love affair certainly raised a few eyebrows in the CBB house this year, but also made for compelling viewing! Latest 7 wish him lots of luck on all of his new adventures.
“ Jeremy took an
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HOTLIST Indian Chaula’s Brighton A second venue for this brilliant Indian restaurant is now open here in Brighton. Chaula and her team breathe fresh air into the idea of Indian food with authentic recipes served in bright and stylish surroundings. The cooking has an altogether healthier approach – but not at the cost of flavour. Thali Deals available 12pm3pm; Meal Deal for £9.99. Chaula’s, 2–3 Little East Street, Brighton, BN1 1HT, 01273 771661, www.chaulas.co.uk
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> A feast of a food fest
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pring is here and with it the first outings from the internationally acclaimed Brighton and Hove Food and Drink Festival. Here are four mustgo and mustbookin advance events that are sure to sell out. Around the World in Five Wines We’re celebrating cracking Cool Climate wines from Europe, North America, South America, Africa and Australasia at The Set, one of Brighton’s most exciting and dynamic restaurants. Head chefs Dan Kenny and Semone Bonner present a creative tasting menu that’ll whisk you around the globe accompanied by interesting wines – some grapes you’ll know, some you won’t. The Set Restaurant at Artists Residence 6pm and 8.30pm sittings, tickets £65 in advance The Set, 01273 855572 www.thesetrestaurant.com Three Chefs go to the Musicals The festival’s everpopular ‘Three Chefs’ night goes razzmatazz for a showstopping dinner at Jeremy’s Restaurant in Borde Hill. Our awardwinning and acclaimed chefs – Jimmy Gray, head chef at Jeremy’s Restaurant; Sam Lambert, head chef at 64 Degrees; Semone Bonner, cohead chef at The Set – will each present a creative dish themed around their favourite West End or Broadway musical. Expect a few interactive elements in your dish… and in the restaurant itself! 7pm for 7.30pm, tickets £50 in advance, Jeremy’s Restaurant 01444 441102 Email reservations@jeremysrestaurant.co.uk www.jeremysrestaurant.co.uk 10 | LATEST 7
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Cool Steamers: Organic Cool Climate Wine Meal sponsored by Vintage Roots To coincide with the International Cool Climate Wine Symposium, Terre à Terre is offering a fabulous 3 course set menu – Me Old China, Steam Dreamer – with a matching organic cool climate wine flight featuring Davenport & Albury Vineyard wines from the UK. Winemakers will be present to introduce their wines for the early sitting. Tables available from 6pm, we recommend you book in advance from Terre à Terre. Curry Leaf Café Indian Banquet We’re heading East for an atmospheric evening of food, drink, music and entertainment from the Indian sub continent. Kanthi Kiran Thamma, executive chef of Brighton’s acclaimed Curry Leaf Café, leads the kitchen fusing traditional dishes and street food from different regions of India from Kerala to Kashmir. Hosted in the beautiful Dome Room behind Pub du Vin, you’ll enjoy four courses, accompanied by gin and tonic from Blackdown Artisan Spirits and craft beer from The Beer Collective. All profits from this event will be donated to FareShare Sussex, our local food redistribution charity supporting those in food poverty in the city and surrounding county. There’ll also be a blind auction on the night with great prizes. Sponsored by Curry Leaf Café & Hotel du Vin 7pm for 7.30pm, tickets £45 in advance, 01273 207070, info@curryleafcafe.com For full festival details go to brightonfoodfestival.com
Indian Chaula’s Lewes Chaula’s is renowned for its signature dishes, distinctive décor and friendly staff. All meals are made fresh to order and every curry has its own distinctively flavoured sauce. There is also a wide variety of vegetarian and vegan, as well as gluten and wheatfree dishes. Buffet available 12pm–3pm, Monday to Saturday. Chaula’s, Eastgate House, 6 Eastgate Street, Lewes, BN7 2LP, 01273 476707, www.chaulas.co.uk
Indian The Chilli Pickle The Chilli Pickle is a local favourite with national recognition which combines traditional Indian methods with local produce and an individual style. Their ample Thalis spice up a midday meeting whilst the evening menu offers inventive street food, decadent Tandoori dishes and tasty regional curries, served in a vibrant and bustling setting. Featured in the National Restaurant Awards’ UK top 100 in 2011–14. The Chilli Pickle, 17 Jubilee Square, Brighton, 01273 900383, www.thechillipickle.com
Indian The Chilli Pickle Canteen The definitive delivery service from The Chilli Pickle launched this year. Bold, Indianinspired design, specially commissioned artwork and smart delivery stake out new ground in home dining. Meanwhile, the menu showcases some of the restaurant’s familiar touches, with regional curries and homemade pickles and chutneys, plus superb ice creams. The Chilli Pickle Canteen: order online at thechillipicklecanteen.com, 01273 900384
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> Sussex teenage playwright makes stunning debut
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he Bula Loop, a darkly comic play written by Tom J Page (a young scriptwriter and actor from Eastbourne) is set to perform at this year’s Brighton Fringe. There will also be previews in Eastbourne at the end of April, and Tom’s script was inspired by his own personal experience of a family living with autism. Glowingly described by the Eastbourne Herald as “a sharply observed play where domestic bickering masks heartfelt pain”, The Bula Loop is a poignant new comedy where the central character, Adam, dreams of travelling the world on a ‘Bula Loop’ roundtheworld ticket, but all goes pear shaped when his brother gets there first and announces his gapyear plans over dinner. Tom said: “The play began life last March when I devised a 20minute A level performance. The feedback was incredible and I was encouraged to develop the script into an hourlong play.”
Tom takes the central role of Adam and is accompanied by professional performers as well as other fellow drama students. It is directed and produced by Tim Marriott, Eastbourne College’s Director of Drama and former stage and television actor best known for seven series of the hit BBC sitcom, The Brittas Empire. Tom Purser, campaigns manager, National Autistic Society (NAS), said “Representations of autism, particularly when inspired by personal experience, can help challenge myths and change lives by helping people to understand more about this lifelong developmental condition.” The Bula Loop plays at The Printers Playhouse, Eastbourne April 27 – 29, 7.45pm, www.printersplayhouse.co.uk before it heads to the Brighton Fringe, St Andrews Church, Hove, May 5 – 8 at 6pm. Tickets via www.brightonfringe.org or Box Office: 01273 763235
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he North London noiseniks have risen through the ranks to play their biggest Brighton show to date, complete with mega light show and a well stocked mosh pit. With singer Ellie Roswell mostly static it was left to the guitarists to fill the stage with polished posturing and powerful riffs as they thrashed out shoegaze, Banglesy poppunk and 80s gothinfluenced rockers from their debut album. Drummer Joel Amey sang lead on quasiballad ‘Swallowtail’ before the Nirvananicked ‘Moaning Lisa Smile’ closed the set. A heavy encore of Giant Peach ended with Roswell diving into the crowd. Good energy but a formulaic performance. Concert Hall, Brighton Dome, 22 March. Steve Clements ★★★★★
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> Disciples – House music from the London trio
> Met Opera streamed live at your local cinema
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ith the house music revival continuing, thanks to the likes of Disclosure, Rudimental and Hannah Wants, London's Disciples were catapulted to the forefront of the new wave thanks to their hook up with Calvin Harris, and the smash hit ‘How Deep Is Your Love’ (430m Youtube views…) of last year. "Me and Gavin are published by Fly Eye, a publishing company owned by Calvin Harris," says Luke Anthony McDermott, one third of Disciples. "He asked us to send him some music, including a rough mix of ‘How Deep Is Your Love’, to see what his thoughts were and where we could take the track, because it was quite mellow at the time. He said he had a few ideas…" Indeed, and with the unstoppable Harris juggernaut behind the hit, it was all but inevitable that Disciples would climb up a few more rungs. Along with Nathan V Duvall and Gavin Harryman Koolmon, the trio have been developing the live show, which they are taking out on the road for a short UK tour. How does it work as a trio? "We all do the same thing; we all DJ, we all produce, we all songwriter. As a team we bang heads all the time, but that's how the magic works. You have too many ideas on a page, then you have to take away until it sounds perfect. I always say three heads are better than one. "For the live show, we'll be DJing and there will be instruments. We'll have special guests with us, singers. But it will be mainly us three. It'll be DJ orientated, but using a lot of electronics, a lot of Ableton gear, programmed stuff, using instruments synced in. We're putting in a load of our own money to make sure we put on a good show." Concorde 2, Wed 6 April, 7.30pm, £10
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’m very happy to highlight a great opportunity to imbibe some sublime art in an affordable, accessible way. Anthony Minghella's production of Puccini's Madama Butterfly at New York's Metropolitan Opera is being streamed live to cinemas in HD this Saturday evening. Event cinema has been steadily growing in popularity over the last 10 years and having tried it myself I can heartily recommend it. I saw Boris Godunov streamed live from the Royal Opera House last week; my chums wouldn't have wanted to splash out for the train fare and tickets for the real thing, so it was a fun, convenient way to witness Bryn Terfel's lustrous bassbaritone. The cinema was still atmospheric (sold out with a friendly crowd), it cost under £20 and I was home before 10.15pm. The Met Opera is one of the world's most revered opera houses, and Minghella's production (premiered in 2006) is in fact renowned for cinematic visuals, featuring “visual richness” and “striking spectral puppeteers” according to bachtrack.com. This version drew praise from the New York Times for conductor Karel Mark Chichon's performance which “kept the drama flowing inexorably forward without stinting on Puccini’s lushness.” Puccini deals in highly emotional drama with beautiful melodies so this would serve as a fine firsteveropera. This screening is therefore an easy way to broaden one's horizons this weekend, or to see a new interpretation of the hugely popular opera if you are a fan already. Met Opera: Madama Butterfly HD Live stream, Saturday 2 April, 5.55pm, Duke's At Komedia £8£30 Cineworld, Eastbourne, £14.20 to £19.50
“ Imbibe some
sublime art in an affordable, accessible way ”
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DY COMNE ANGLE VICTORIA
> A gala for a little guy
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here’s a big stir going on and it’s all to help three yearold Kian Musgrove, in a last ditch attempt to save him from the cancer that’s ravaging him and get the treatment he so desperately needs over in the States. Now, without a certain helpful Brit invention called the NHS this is going to cost £555,000. Good news – £445,000 of this has been raised already. Bad news – that still leaves £110,000. Good news – there is an
incredible fundraiser taking place with some of the best names in comedy, hoping to plug some of the gap, and it’s in Brighton. So, fill your comedy boots with this cracking lot! Fresh off all manner of successes is Romesh Ranganathan, bringing his misanthropy and spark to play. Mitch Benn (stalwart
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of BBC Radio 4’s The Now Show) offers up topical songs and standup. Firm favourite Zoe Lyons brings her own brand of high energy and highly acclaimed laughs. Plus BBC Radio 4’s Abi Roberts and The Dark Room’s John Robertson will be delivering up diverse and brain twisting comedy for your delectation. Caring For Kian, Wednesday 6 April, Komedia, £10, www.komedia.co.uk/brighton
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Another week and another great music chart for you! Listen online to get your favourite to the top and to submit your own tracks. 1 Tony Blair Witch Projekt Let’s Have Some Good Times 2 K.G Fly 3 nig2dmic waiting not wasted 4 The Long Goodbye For A Long Time 5 Leah Beautifully Broken 6 Jenny Hallam Me, Me, Me 7 ElectroMud Dig Deep 8 Jipsy Magic Lindus
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9 Andy & The Echoes Skin & Bones 10 Arthur & The Pickled @brightonsarty
People Rainbow 11 Portslade Waking Up 12 Mean Poppa Lean
> Forms & functions
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e’re big fans of the Open Market on London Road. And a good reason to head down there is to discover the wonderful work of 3D artist Alison McGechie. She’s based in her studio on the concourse, where she creates carvings in wood and stone as well as sculptural forms and
functional vessels in ceramic. As you can see, her fluid, sensuous pieces are the
product of a lifelong fascination with the human figure, realised through her ‘handson’ response to the
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organic materials she uses. Alison is just one of the talented local artists and makers who feature in Art in Brighton 2016. And I’m sure she won’t mind me giving a mention to Capture Factory, the brilliant photography studio we’ve discovered during the course of putting together this year’s art book, as they did such an amazing job bringing her pieces to life through a lens. You can find them in Beaconsfield Studios. www.artymagazines.com
Ain’t Nobody 13 Vortex Generator Water Bleeding 14 Mr resonate Say what you mean 15 Jamie Smith Wheels Upon Wheels 16 Chrissy Fuel & The Flames The Motorway Song 17 Conrad Vingoe Vapour Trail 18 ANEMO Pray 19 Hanna & Magdalena Ring of fire 20 Kid Komas feat LOc E Fidget changed the game To listen to tracks & to submit your music & videos go to: www.thelatest.co.uk/musicchart
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