SPRING - FEB, MAR, APR 2018 - The Old Market by The Old Market

spring

FEB ‘18 ‒ APR ‘18

FeATURING:

TOM’s Reigning Women Robin Hood testosterone The Big Lebowski Richard Herring

robin hood (PAGE 6)

Welcome to

COVER:

SPRING ‘18 Hello, Don’t put away your Winter coat just yet, because it’s Reigning Women (Hallelujah!) at TOM this SPRING. We’re celebrating women this season with a series of fantastic female-fronted shows, including the explosive acrobatic display of sisterhood HYENA (p9); coming of age story Girlhood (p14) and frank and entertaining Enter The Dragons (p15) storm our stage in the comedy that won ‘Best of Brighton Fringe’ last year. Take a look at pages 12-13 for the whole mini-season, and prepare yourself for some serious GIRL POWER. We can’t forget to big-up the Men this season, as Richard Herring (p14) continues to lift the lid on ageing in his half century milepost, ‘Oh Frig, I’m 50!’, and long-time funny man Griff Rhys Jones (p7) reminisces on forty years in the business. We celebrate the 'Dude of all Dudes’ (“That or, uh His Dudeness, or uh Duder, or El Duderino") by donning our dressing gowns and marking the 20th anniversary of the theatrical release of The Big Lebowski with a screening and A Big Lebowski Party (p11). There’ll be White Russians a plenty and prizes for the best outfits! Giving an incite into life on both sides of the gender fence, the critically acclaimed, sell-out at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe, TESTOSTERONE (p10), presents an honest and hilarious take on the minefield of modern masculinity. Have a great time browsing our SPRING programme; we hope you’ll agree it’s a bright, bold and beautiful start to the year.

The

Team

NERINA PALLOT p17

CONTENTS GENERAL LISTINGS 4–18 IT'S REIGNING WOMEN 12-13 COMMUNITY 19-21 INFORMATION 22 SHOWS AT A GLANCE & VENUE HIRE 23

KEY: music theatre comedy event dance family

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Listings february Avalon presents:

Ahir Shah: Control Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominee for best show, Ahir Shah explores the current global socio-political turmoil in a show about freedom, fascism, history, hope, resistance, and milk. In Ahir’s last sell-out, he theorised that we were being tugged in contradictory directions by a potential brighter future and resurgent worst of the past. He's currently trying to work out how to build that future in a time when the past appears to be winning.

“Excellent” ★★★★ Guardian

Thu 1 Feb, 8pm (7.15pm doors) £12 Friends 15% off Seated, unreserved 14+, Under 16s to be accompanied

Lena Mae presents:

Hundred Watt Club Hundred Watt Club return for a burlesque and cabaret celebration of the 80s: a decade of decadence, Dirty Dancing and very silly hair! Slip into skin-tight lycra for blockbusting burlesque striptease, time travelling tunes, soft focus circus acts and ridiculous retro comedy … and get ready to party like it's 1989!

Fri 2 Feb, 8pm (7.15pm doors) £15 (£12 conc.) Friends 15% off Seated, Unreserved Age 18+ only

music theatre comedy event dance family

TOM’s Film Club presents:

My Left Foot (1989)

The Last Of The Mohicans (1992)

There Will Be Blood (2007)

The first feature in a triple-bill celebrating the master of method acting, Sir Daniel Day-Lewis.

Probably the closest we’ll ever get to seeing Daniel Day-Lewis in an action film, we continue our DDL triple-bill with Michael Mann’s epic historical drama.

Often cited as one of the best films of the 21st century, Paul Thomas Anderson’s magnificent oil-prospecting saga closes our Daniel Day-Lewis triple-bill.

Set in 1757 during the French and Indian War, Day-Lewis plays legendary frontiersman Hawkeye, a white-orphaned settler, adopted by the last member of a native tribe. During this battle, he falls in the love with a British army officer's daughter and finds a new reason to continue fighting.

Appearing in all but two scenes throughout the film’s two-anda-half-hour runtime, Day-Lewis gives the performance of his life as the unsympathetic Machiavellian oil tycoon Daniel Plainview.

My Left Foot chronicles the life of Christy Brown, an Irish man afflicted with cerebral palsy who found acclaim for his writings and paintings created using his only functional limb, his left foot. Daniel Day-Lewis won his first Best Actor Academy Award for this role, and quickly developed a reputation as an idiosyncratic method actor, staying in character throughout the entire shoot long after the cameras stopped rolling. Directed by one of Ireland’s finest filmmakers, Jim Sheridan, My Left Foot is a cinematic accomplishment of human courage and strength against adversity and hardships.

Mohicans is well known for the offscreen devotion of Day-Lewis, in preparation for the role he learnt to track and skin wild animals, build a canoe and cut firewood with a tomahawk. He eventually perfected the use of a 12-pound flintlock gun, which he took everywhere he went, even to a Christmas dinner.

The film opens with Plainview as he perilously mines for silver, but instead strikes “black gold”. When Plainview visits the owners of the land in the guise of “a family man", he is interrupted by local priest Eli Sunday (played brilliantly by a young Paul Dano), who has other ideas, and hopes that Plainview will fund a new church through his exploits, thus starting decades of conflicts and compromises between the two opposing figures.

sun 4 feb, 8pm

mon 5 Feb, 8pm

tue 6 feb, 8pm

£6, £10 film saver (valid for two different TOM’s films). £24 season pass (valid for all TOM’s Film Club SPRING seasons) Friends 15% off Seated, unreserved 1 hour 43 mins

£6, £10 film saver (valid for two different TOM’s films). £24 season pass (valid for all TOM’s Film Club SPRING seasons) Friends 15% off Seated, unreserved 1 hour 52 mins

£6, £10 film saver (valid for two different TOM’s films). £24 season pass (valid for all TOM’s Film Club SPRING seasons) Friends 15% off Seated, unreserved 2 hours 38 mins

Rated 15+

Listings february TOM’s Film Club presents:

TOM’s Film Club presents:

The Prince of Nothingwood (2017) Sonia Kronlund’s touching and often hilarious debut feature is an educative, crowd-pleasing documentary, which received high praise when it was screened during Director’s Fortnight at Cannes 2017.

New Mutiny Theatre Company presents:

Its subject is Salim Shaheen, the Ed Wood of Afghanistan, seen during a week of filming for his latest production in Bamiyan, the ancient outpost where majestic Buddhas were blasted away by the Taliban. A force of nature, Shaheen has managed to make and self-distribute no few than 110 films despite the country’s ongoing war and past conflicts.

new mutiny theatre company present the breathtaking world premiere of their new production, robin hood.

Bolstered by a cast of warmly flamboyant characters and Kronlund’s thoughtful voiceover – it’s an intriguing and infectious story as well as a love letter to filmmaking, centred by its exuberant, eccentric and extraordinary protagonist. This screening is supported by the BFI Film Audience Network (FAN) as part of their New Release Strategy - helping to ensure that the best films from across the globe are seen by more people, in more cinemas, and in more regions across the UK. This screening is funded by Film Hub South East.

wed 7 feb, 8pm £6, £10 film saver (valid for two different TOM’s films). £24 season pass (valid for all TOM’s Film Club SPRING seasons) Friends 15% off Seated, unreserved 1 hour 52 mins Rated 15+

Robin Hood Set in a society divided by wealth and power, the play cavorts between the wild, carefree existence of Robin and his forest dwelling friends, and the harsh regime inside the Sheriff ’s Castle, where a young Maid Marian struggles between her desire for independence and loyalty to her overbearing Uncle. Bringing the classic story of outlaws and adventure bang up-to-date, and set to stunning original music (think Mumford meets Arctic Monkeys), this vibrant adaptation is guaranteed fun for the whole family.

“Fizzing adaptation…a terrifyingly talented cast” The Times

Fri 9 - Sat 17 Feb: Sat 10, Tue 13, Thu 15, Sat 17: 2.30pm (doors 1.45pm) Sun 11, Mon 12, Wed 14, Fri 16: 4pm (doors 3.15pm) Fri 9, Sat 10, Tue 13, Thu 15, Sat 17: 7pm (doors 6.15pm) £8.50 (£30 family of 4 ticket, minimum of one adult) Friends 15% off Seated, reserved 1 hour 45 mins (includes an interval) Suitable for ages 7+

music theatre comedy event dance family Wet Picnic presents:

I’d Be Lost Without It We all exist somewhere online, whether we know it or not: a virtual trace, an online persona, a trail of clicks and searches laying claim to who we are. I’d Be Lost Without It explores how technology is affecting our lives, our happiness and our brains, where our hunger for ‘likes’ and ‘shares’ is distancing us from ourselves and one another. Using headphones, binaural sound and immersive theatre, Wet Picnic create an interactive experience which explores our 21st Century addiction to technology in an age when at least 27 hours each week are spent online. Funded by Arts Council England and Wellcome Trust. Developed with the support of Theatre Royal Winchester.

Sun 25 Feb, 7pm (doors 6.15pm) £12.50 (£10 conc.) Friends 15% off Standing 12+, under 16s to be accompanied

"It almost doesn't matter what they're doing because they do it so well." Total Theatre

Be Nothing presents:

High Tyde + support Brighton quartet High Tyde continue to stake their claim as one of the indie world's hottest prospects, with a busy breakthrough year, touring alongside Little Comets, Bad Suns & Peace.

Mon 26 Feb, 7.30pm (doors) £8 Standing 14+, Under 16s to be accompanied

The band have already seen success with their debut EP ‘FUZZ’, which to date has received over 500k streams and includes the single 'Feel It’, which was chosen for BBC Radio 1’s Introducing Playlist. With their second EP due out later this year, there's going to be no stopping these south coast teens.

"Still shockingly young, High Tyde have made great strides" - Clash So Television Ltd presents:

Griff Rhys Jones: Where Was I? the star of Not the Nine o'clock News, Smith & Jones and Three Men In A Boat airs his stories, anecdotes, reminiscences and outright lies from forty years in television.

Tue 27 Feb, 8pm (doors 7.15pm) £18 Friends 15% off Seated, reserved 14+, under 16s to be

accompanied From travelling down drivers and up mountains, into Africa, out of India and across the arid wastes of the BBC canteen, it's a career, if you mean bouncing chaotically downhill without a map.

"Great Comedy" ★★★★ The Telegraph

Listings feb-mARCH Wed 28 Feb, 8pm (doors 7.15pm) £15 (£12 conc.)

Lakin McCarthy presents:

Robin Ince: Pragmatic Insanity the star of the infinite monkey cage returns with his first new solo show for three years. a night about love, death and art (with a little bit of physics).

Friends 15% off Seated 14+, under 16s to be accompanied

90 minutes fizzing with ideas about creativity in science and art, as well as asking why we believe we see what we see and why we believe what we believe.

Snowdrop Music presents:

The Lock in ‘Folk Fairy Tale’ Avalon presents:

Rob Auton: The Hair Show A show for anyone who has, or has had, hair and hairs. Award winning stand-up comedian and poet Rob Auton (Dave’s Funniest Joke Of The Fringe award winner, Glastonbury’s ‘Poet In Residence’) returns with another heart-felt and offbeat comedy/ theatre/spoken word show that explores hair and hairs.

Thu 1 Mar, 8pm (doors 7.15pm) £10 Friends 15% off Seated, Unreserved 14+, under 16s to be accompanied

"A genuine original" The Guardian "One of my absolute favourites" Daniel Kitson

Fresh from their sell out performance of ‘The Lock In Christmas Carol’, the Breaking Tradition dance company return to Ye Olde Fighting Cocks for a comical new version of their critically acclaimed Folk & Hip Hop dance show, suitable for all the family. Combining elements from Grimms’ classic fairy tales with a funked-up musical score performed by The Demon Barbers (Winners of ‘Best Live Act’ @ BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards), expect to see the UK’s oldest forms of dance brought right up to date in a celebration of dance culture.

Fri 2 Mar, 8pm (doors 7.15pm) £18 (£16 conc.) Seated, Unreserved all ages. Under 16s to be accompanied

“A full-on show of such blazing energy and joyous ingenuity you scarcely ponder on the apparent madness of trying to marry folk dance and hip hop” ★★★★ The Independent

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Jacksons Lane and Nikki & JD Acrobats present:

Jacksons Lane and Nikki & JD present:

KNOT a frustrated lover and a jilted dreamer pull on the invisible bond that connects two people. Beautiful acrobatics, movement and storytelling explore our hopes for the ideal lover in this thrilling and poignant piece. The Knot is the invisible string that holds a couple together. Sometimes strong, sometimes just about to break, it is the complex yet simple bond that we juggle with our whole lives. This piece follows the journey of individuals through the absurdity, joy and mundane experience of making things work. Knot is co-commissioned and supported by Jacksons Lane, Déda, Jerwood Choreographic Research Project II, The National Centre for Circus Arts, Arts Council England and Warwick Arts Centre.

Alula Cyr presents:

HYENA The first all-female Cyr troupe, Alula’s debut HYENA explodes onto the UK circus scene in a whirlwind of women, wheels, acrobatics and song. A boisterous and wild display of sisterhood, strength and power, featuring synchronised spinning with three giant wheels that create striking structures and motifs.

“This is my tribe and this is our song. Welcome to our world!” Supported by Arts Council England & Jacksons Lane and Produced by Alula Cyr

Sat 3 Mar, 7.30pm (doors 6.45pm) £12.50 (£10 conc.) Multi-buy tickets: £18 for KNOT and HYENA (Subject to availability).

Sun 4 Mar, 7pm (doors 6.15pm) £12.50 (£10 conc.) Multi-buy tickets: £18 for HYENA and KNOT (Subject to availability).

Friends 15% Off Seated, Unreserved

10+, Under 16s to be accompanied

7+, Under 16s to be accompanied

1 hour 30 mins

55 mins

Listings march Rhum and Clay Theatre Company and Kit Redstone present:

TESTOSTERONE Exploring the epic path that we all have to take when trying to forge an identity, Testosterone is a refreshingly honest and irreverent take on what it means to be a man or a woman. Kit is in an amusing and unique Mon 5 – Wed 7 position, having transitioned Mar, 7.30pm from female to male in his early (doors 6.45pm) thirties, he has experienced adult £12.50 (£10 conc.) life on both sides of the gender Friends 15% off fence, giving him the opportunity Seated, to notice what differences there are in how he is treated by society Unreserved Age 16+ - what he gains and what he loses by becoming a man. His biggest challenge comes when he enters a male gym changing room for the first time and is confronted by masculinity in all its forms - the good, the bad and the ugly. What kind of man will he be when he finishes changing?

Plus a post-show Q&A with the show’s producers and cast.

"Multi-layered and gripping physical theatre piece" Lyn Gardner "This is a strong and important production that’s also highly entertaining."★★★★ British Theatre Guide KT Promotions presents:

Hazel O’Connor Award-winning singer songwriter Hazel O’Connor returns to TOM accompanied by top notch musicians; Clare Hirst (Bellestars, Communards, David Bowie) and Sarah Fisher (Eurythmics). Dip into Hazel's stunning portfolio; the old, the new and stories from along the way. Plus there'll be a chance to meet Hazel immediately after the show!

Thu 8 Mar, 8pm (doors 7.15pm) £22.50 Seated, Unreserved 2 hours 30 mins 14+, Under 16s to be accompanied

music theatre comedy event dance family MJR Group presents:

MAGNUM the world famous band Celebrate the release of their new album, Lost On The Road To Eternity with a headlining show at TOM.

Mon 12 Mar, 7.30pm (doors) £22.50 (£26 on the door) Standing 14+, under 16s to be accompanied

TOM’s Film Club presents:

The Big Lebowski (1998) Twenty years ago, on 6 March 1998, The Coen Brothers followed up their success with the Academy Award winning Fargo by releasing a film that most critics hated, flopped at the box office and divided audiences.“Yeah, well, you know, that’s just, like, your opinion, man.” Since its release, The Big Lebowski has become the very definition of what a cult film is, gaining a loyal following- with a religion (Dudeism) and an annual festival known as 'Lebowski fest'created in its honour. Jeff Bridges, who wore much of his own wardrobe for the role, plays The Dude, an amiable and unemployable burnout who gets mixed up in a rambling tale of lies, corruption, mistaken identity and bowling. With a memorable ensemble cast of misfit deadbeats and Nihilists, including the terrific John Goodman as Walter, Steve Buscemi as Donny and Julianne Moore as The Dude’s “lady friend” Maude.

“Recently someone asked me, “How would you feel at the end of your career if the role you were most famous for was the Dude?” “I’d be f***ing delighted,” I told him” Jeff Bridges, 2007

Tue 13 Mar, 8pm (doors 7.15pm) £6, £10 film saver (valid for two different TOM’s films). £24 season pass (valid for all TOM’s Film Club SPRING seasons) £13 Film screening + A Big Lebowski Party combo ticket Friends 15% off Seated, unreserved 1 hour 57 mins Rated 15+

The Old Market and The Brighton Film party Society present:

A Big Lebowski Party To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Coen brothers classic, we’ve teamed up with the Brighton Film party Society to bring you a party that is going to be hotter than Jackie Treehorn's "Logjammin" and more reckless than Bunny Lebowksi's driving.

Fri 16 Mar, 9pm – 2am £10, £13 Film screening + A Big Lebowski Party combo ticket Friends 15% Off Standing Age 18+

Expect White Russians, bowling, dressing gowns & a rug that really ties the room together. Dress up is strongly encouraged. There will be prizes for the best dressed and "Little Lebowski Urban Achievers Certificates" for all (no, seriously!).

(it's) Reigning Women Hallelujah - It's Reigning Women!! To coincide with International Women's Day on 8 March, we've curated a mini-season of shows and events that celebrate kick-ass women in all their glory. Keep an eye on theoldmarket.com for more event details and announcements. “She is the one who turns like a great wheel. She is the maker of cycles. She is the one we leave home for and come home to. She is the mucky root of all women.” HYENA

Alula Cyr presents:

HYENA

The first all-female Cyr troupe, Alula’s debut HYENA explodes onto the UK circus scene in a whirlwind of women, wheels, acrobatics and song.

A boisterous and wild display of sisterhood, strength and power, featuring synchronised spinning with three giant wheels that create striking structures and motifs.

“This is my tribe and this is our song. Welcome to our world!” Supported by Arts Council England & Jacksons Lane and Nikki & JD Acrobats present:Jacksons Lane and Produced by Alula Cyr

Sun 4 Mar 7pm (doors 6.15pm) £12.50 (£10 conc.) Multi-buy tickets: £18 for HYENA and KNOT (Subject to availability). Friends 15% Off Seated, Unreserved 7+, Under 16s to be accompanied

55 mins

TOM’s Film Club presents:

Girlhood (2014) Originally released in France as Band de filles (meaning Gang of Girls), Girlhood is the third feature from acclaimed director Céline Sciamma and is highly regarded as one of the best coming-of-age films of recent years. The film stars newcomer Karidja Touré in a wonderfully assured and realised debut performance as Marieme, a reserved high school student with few friends who lives in the housing projects on the outskirts of Paris. After being kicked out of school for poor grades, Marieme finds an outlet for escape in the form of an all-girl gang, leading to a complex identity struggle, as she learns how to be strong and independent despite being on the margins of Parisian society.

Mon 19 Mar, 7.30pm (doors 6.45pm) £6, £10 film saver (valid for two different TOM’s films). £24 season pass (valid for all TOM’s Film Club SPRING seasons) Friends 15% off Seated, unreserved 1 hour 53 mins Rated 15+

music theatre comedy event dance family little wander presents:

Kiri Pritchard-McLean: Appropriate adult

wed 21 mar, 8pm (doors 7.15pm) £12.50 (£10 conc.) Friends 15% off

Chortle Award nominee Kiri thinks the world Seated, Unreserved revolves around her, but she didn't let that stop her wishing to mentor vulnerable kids. Consequently, she's going to be extremely careful what she wishes for in future.

‘Passionate, smart and yes, bloody funny. There's a raw depth of feeling here that you won't find in many shows’ ★★★★ Scotsman ‘Raucous and good-humoured without stinting on the protest’ Guardian ‘A storming hour’ ★★★★Skinny. ‘Never less than fascinating... an hour that's as funny as it is purposeful’ Chortle.co.uk A&E Comedy presents:

ENTER THE DRAGONS A funny, frank and fearless show about the pressures facing women as they age. Unashamedly subverting our ideas about beauty, sex and feminism, Enter the Dragons takes the archetypal Hero’s quest and reframes it for the mature woman in the modern world. It’s a knockout combination of joy and dissent for anyone who is considering ageing.

Winner of Best of the Brighton Fringe 2017

Thu 22 – Sat 24 Mar, 7.30pm (doors 6.45pm) £12.50 (£10 conc.) Friends 15% off Seated, Unreserved 1 hour 14+, under 16s to be accompanied

“They marry hilarity and sincerity with such remarkable precision, it had the audience in both fits of laughter and heartfelt tears” ★★★★★ Broadway Baby “Abigail Dooley and Emma Edwards are a brilliant comedy coupling: the writing is sharp as a witch’s nose, the performance as sparkly as Cinderella’s silver slippers. A fabulously entertaining evening.” Total Theatre One Inch Badge presents:

NERINA PALLOT The alternative British singer, songwriter and multiinstrumentalist plays TOM following last year’s release of her sixth studio album, the acclaimed, ‘Stay Lucky’.

Tue 17 Apr, 7.30pm (doors) £18.50 Standing 14+, under 16s to be accompanied

“Nerina Pallot remains one of our sharpest observers and one of our very finest freaks” The Skinny

Listings march Kendal Mountain Festival present:

Kendal Mountain Festival UK Tour 2018 The Kendal Mountain Festival is going on tour again, following last year’s successful event which celebratates the exploration of some of the wildest places on earth. This year the Festival will be packed full of amazing films and awe-inspiring talks from some of the world’s most impressive adventurers. Keep an eye on theoldmarket.com for the line-up.

Thu 15 Mar, 7.30pm – 10.30pm (doors 7pm) £15 (£10 Under 25s) 10% discount for groups of 10 or more Friends 15% Off Seated, Unreserved 14+, under 16s to be accompanied

Avalon presents:

Richard Herring: Oh Frig, I'm 50! "Podfather” and star of Radio 4’s Relativity, Richard Herring celebrates getting to the half century mark (against all odds) and how his life has changed in the last decade. Following on from “Oh F***, I’m 40!” this is the second (and let’s face it, almost certainly penultimate) instalment in Herring’s once-a-decade examination of ageing.

Sat 17 Mar, 8pm (doors 7.15pm) £17.50 Friends 15% Off Seated, reserved 14+, under 16s to be accompanied

2 hours

“A gloriously infantile delight in mischief, provocation and inspired rudeness” The Guardian

TOM’s Film Club presents:

Girlhood (2014) Originally released in France as Band de filles (meaning Gang of Girls), Girlhood is the third feature from acclaimed director Céline Sciamma, following Water Lilies and Tomboy, and is highly regarded as one of the best coming-of-age films of recent years. The film stars newcomer Karidja Touré in a wonderfully assured and realised debut performance as Marieme, a reserved high school student with few friends who lives in the housing projects on the outskirts of Paris. After being kicked out of school for poor grades, Marieme finds an outlet for escape in the form of an all-girl gang, leading to a complex identity struggle, as she learns how to be strong and independent despite being on the margins of Parisian society.

music theatre comedy event dance family A&E Comedy present:

ENTER THE DRAGONS A funny, frank and fearless show about the pressures facing women as they age. Unashamedly subverting our ideas about beauty, sex and feminism, Enter the Dragons takes the archetypal Hero’s quest and reframes it for the mature woman in the modern world. It’s a knock-out combination of joy and dissent for anyone who is considering ageing. Winner of Best of the Brighton Fringe 2017

“They marry hilarity and sincerity with such remarkable precision, it had the audience in both fits of laughter and heartfelt tears” ★★★★★ Broadway Baby

Thu 22 – Sat 24 Mar, 7.30pm (doors 6.45pm) £12.50 (£10 conc.) Friends 15% off

Seated, Unreserved “Abigail Dooley and Emma 1 hour Edwards are a brilliant 14+, under 16s to be comedy coupling: the writing accompanied is sharp as a witch’s nose, the performance as sparkly as Cinderella’s silver slippers. A fabulously entertaining evening.” Total Theatre

Carousel presents:

BLUE CAMEL CLUB THE club night for learning disabled people and their friends. If you like to party, dance, watch films and hear the best learning disabled bands in the UK, then this is the night for you.

Mon 26 Mar, 7pm – 10pm (doors 6.30pm) £5 (£1 carers) 14+, under 16s to be accompanied

Book early as this night always sells out!

Listings APRIL #TOMtech and CiRCA69 Present:

WHILst THE REST WERE SLEEPING What connects a mass disappearance from 1959, the death of an old man in a New York high rise in 2010, an artificial intelligence beating a grand master at chess in 1997 and 8 letters written by an autistic child to his imaginary friend? Step into the world of CIRCA69 as they attempt to piece together a mystery spanning 60 years. Use your phone to unlock clues hidden in portraits hanging on the wall and don VR headsets to visit worlds within the story. Using immersive tech, a live electronic score, cinema and your own inquisition – put the final pieces in place to discover the truth.

Wed 28 - Thu 29 Mar 7pm, 8pm, 9pm £15 TOM’s Friends 15% off

This premiere performance brings together six of CIRCA69 works, seen all over the world, to tell the story that has obsessed them for years. Do your research. Be prepared. Question everything.

14+, under 16s to be accompanied

Standing 1 hour 15 mins

This event requires a smart phone for each audience member. Please bring yours, charged. Don’t have a smart phone? Contact us. A #TOMtech commission.

Show and Tell presents:

Simon Munnery: Renegade Plumber A new stand-up show from British Comedy Award nominee, Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee and Chortle Award winner, Simon Munnery.

Featuring tales of plumbing woes, his attempts at under tent heating, jokes, songs, poems and the ridicule of capitalism.

Sat 31 Mar, 8pm (7.15pm) £12.50 (£10 conc.) Friends 15% Off

"A genuine innovator in the land of the samey, and an annual must-see for any comedy connoisseur" The Guardian

Seated, Unreserved 14+, under 16s to be accompanied

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KT promotions presents:

The Christians Renowned for their soulful and socially aware hits including: Forgotten Town, Ideal World, Born Again and many more, The christians are enjoying a revival, currently touring in the UK and Europe. Still fronted by enigmatic lead singer Garry Christian, catch them on tour and find out why Chris Evans said: “it was the best gig I've ever been to”.

Fri 6 Apr, 7.45pm (doors 7pm) £23 Seated, unreserved 14+, under 16s to be accompanied

Hackney Flea presents:

HOVE FLEA

Sun 15 Apr, 11am – 6pm £2 on the door

Come hunt for personal treasures, rummage for bargains, and refresh your living space with unique finds from our market of salvaged olde things. Expect, furniture, homewares, industrial electricals, lighting, and unexpected oddities.

One Inch Badge presents:

NERINA PALLOT The alternative British singer, songwriter and multiinstrumentalist plays TOM following last year’s release of her sixth studio album, the acclaimed, ‘Stay Lucky’.

“Nerina Pallot remains one of our sharpest observers and one of our very finest freaks” The Skinny

Tue 17 Apr, 7.30pm (doors) £18.50 Standing 14+, under 16s to be accompanied

Listings APRIL South East Dance present:

un-disciplined

South East Dance launches a new micro-festival of contemporary performance with a choreographic edge. un-disciplined presents three days of creative encounters, conversations and performance by artists and imaginative thinkers who are not bound by a specific genre.

Project O presents:

VOODOO Voodoo’s durational unfolding becomes a play with time and subjectivity: a science fiction that addresses the desire, confusion and responsibility felt as individuals, who are also symbols of many long-persecuted people. A ritual that is an attempt to never be caught or trapped, to visit and leave behind former selves, to move and to transform, celebrating the radical power of dance to explore, heal and challenge the violence of systematic oppression that haunts our society.

Thu 19 Apr 7.30pm and 9.30pm £15 audience members will be invited to stand, sit or lie down during the performance 14+, under 16s to be accompanied

2 hours

Project O is a collaboration between artists Alexandrina Hemsley and Jamila Johnson-Small Supported by MDI (Merseyside Dance Initiative) with residency development and preview at LEAP 2017 Voodoo is Commissioned by Sadler's Wells. Co-commissioned by Cambridge Junction and Chelsea Theatre (2015)

Double Bill: Fri 20 Apr, 8pm £15 (£8 conc.) Seated, unreserved 14+, under 16s to be accompanied

2 hours

comebacks i thought of later

ode to the attempt (a solo for mEself)

by Eleanor Sikorski

by jan martens:

Have you ever kicked yourself not being more quick-witted? Or replayed a conversation in your head that you wish had gone differently? This is about that. These are tales of sex and sassy comebacks, where things are turned on their head. Tragedy becomes beauty, regret becomes comedy and the mundane wonders and traumas of life get a good kicking.

After producing some almost dogmatic pieces like The Dog Days Are Over (2014) and Sweat Baby Sweat (2011), this solo is a safe zone for Martens to fool around in. The result is a collage-like self-portrait laying bare choreographic and other choices and his way of working and living.

FROM our community Le Cluck presents:

Le Cluck Factor Hosted and judged by local impresarios Tori Bond, Suzi Tyhurst and Wayne Bruce plus a surprise guest judge, the evening will guarantee laughter from beginning to end and leave you squawking for more. Think a quirkier version of Britain’s Got Talent combined with The X Factor and you have the Mother Hen of all variety shows.

Sat 3 Feb, 8pm (doors 7.15pm)

£12 (£10 conc.) £15 on the door Seated, unreserved 2 hours 30 mins Ages 18+

Brighton Theatre Group presents:

HAIR the american tribal love rock musical The ground breaking musical of the late 1960's is a product of the 1960’s hippie counterculture and sexual revolution. A rock musical built on optimism, telling the story of a group of flower children in New York's Greenwich Village fighting a peaceful revolution in a war hungry world in 1968.

Tue 20 -Thu 22, 8pm & Sat 24, 5pm £15.00 (£13.50 conc.) Fri 23, 8pm & Sat 24, 8.30pm £18.50 (£17 conc.) Seated, reserved 2 hours 30 mins Age 16+

Presented by arrangement with Musicscope & Stage Musicals Limited of New York.

COME JOIN THE TRIBE AND LET THE SUNSHINE IN.

FROM our community BRIGHTON AND HOVE HIGH SCHOOL present:

Momentum An evening of contemporary dance from Brighton and Hove High School. Brighton & Hove High School presents an eclectic evening of contemporary dance from pupils in years 4- 13.

Fri 9 Mar, 7pm (doors 6.15pm) Sat 10 Mar, 2pm (doors 1.15pm) and 7pm (doors 6.15pm) £10 (£5 conc.)

Brighton Sings present:

Stronger in Song Brighton Sings stage their annual fundraising event, inviting people to use their collective love for singing and their desire to make a difference to other people’s lives by raising money for a chosen charity. This year, the beneficiary will be Mind in Brighton & Hove.

Sun 11 Mar, 7.30pm (doors 6.45pm) £18.30 (£12 conc.) Seated, Unreserved

The Theatre Workshop presents:

ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD The Theatre Workshop's Advanced Academy and Advanced Class in, All That Glitters Is Not Gold... everything is not always as it seems, outward appearances can be deceiving. Beauty may shine, but reality can bite.

Sun 18 Mar, 7pm (doors 6.15pm) £14 (£10 conc.)

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ACT presents:

A Flea in her Ear A Flea in her Ear is a classic French farce hilariously adapted by John Mortimer and written by Georges Feydeau.

Tue 3 – Thu 5 Apr, 7.30pm (doors 6.45pm) £15 (£12.50 conc.)

Group tickets A suspicious wife sets a trap to available expose her cheating husband Seated, unreserved who bears an uncanny resemblance to a drunken 12+, under 16s to be porter. When circumstances accompanied conspire to bring the two men together at the Frisky Puss Hotel on the Avenue Coq d’Or, all hell breaks loose. This bawdy romp of sexual manners promises an evening of rib-tickling hilarity, hi jinx a-plenty and a satisfying denouement.

"Blissfully funny...Beautifully mounting delirium of split-second synchronicities, ridiculous revolving beds, and myriad misunderstandings, the hilarity heightened by the wit" Paul Taylor, The Independent

APollo productions presents:

The Producers Based on the 1967 Mel Brooks film, The Producers tells the story of two theatre producers who scheme to get rich by overselling interests in a Broadway flop. Complications arise though, when the show, offensive and outrageous, turns out to be a surprising success.

Tue 10 – Sat 14 Apr, 7.30pm Sat 14 Apr, 2.30pm £12 - £18 (family tickets available) Seated, Reserved 14+, under 16s to be accompanied

2 hours 30 mins

Sussex Downs College presents:

Sussex Downs Shakespeare Festival Sussex Downs College present a trio of productions from their graduating Performing Arts Acting students. the festival includes: The Tempest (Tue 24), Shakespeare's tale of magic, romance and redemption.

Tue 24 - Thu 26 Apr, 7pm (doors 6.15pm) £5 (£4 conc.) Seated, unreserved 2 hours

Lear (Wed 25) The tale of divided loyalties and misjudged family ties. Hamlet (Thu 26) Exploring action and inaction and the impact of revenge, madness and obsession in the modern world.

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