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What happened at The Great Escape New Music Festival – Day Two 18.5.18

Here we go, Day 2 of Europe’s biggest new music event – The Great Escape. The Brighton & Hove Music Team brings you a further 10 concert reports from this fab second days proceedings, so sit back and enjoy… COSMIC STRIP (England) – Jubilee Square 1:00 – 1:30 We...

Posted On 22 May 2018 at 11:27 pm

, By Nick Linazasoro & Martin J Fuller

What happened at The Great Escape New Music Festival – Day One 17.5.18

So here we go, Day 1 of Europe’s biggest new music event – The Great Escape. The Brighton & Hove Music Team brings you no less than 16 concert reports from this fab opening day, so sit back and enjoy… Æ MAK (Republic of Ireland) – Bau Wow 12:15 –...

Posted On 22 May 2018 at 4:51 pm

, By Nick Linazasoro & Martin J Fuller

Brighton Fringe Review: About a Revolution

About a Revolution – Windmill Young Actors. The Warren, 17 May. These bright young actors took on a challenging topic with verve and aplomb as they embarked on a revolutionary tour of 1917, 2017, and everything in between. The sincerity of anger at a political climate in...

Posted On 22 May 2018 at 4:26 pm

, By Alice Macnair

KidTalk – Fringe Review: About a Revolution*****

About A Revolution, Windmill Young Actors. The Warren, 17 May. The show created an immersive experience with the placing of the actors making you really feel part of the show. It portrays a stunning account of revolutions throughout history, for example, the Russian revolution...

Posted On 22 May 2018 at 4:24 pm

, By Jem Darach

Brighton Fringe Review – Tales

Tales, BAIT. Sweet Dukebox The blandly ambiguous title of this piece of devised theatre from new company BAIT gave no clue as to what to expect. On entering the tiny theatre space we are greeted by the two performers, smiling and nodding, at once friendly and wincingly fake. The...

Posted On 22 May 2018 at 4:18 pm

, By Kate Darach

Strange and beautiful experience to be had at The String Quartet’s Guide to Sex and Anxiety

https://brightonfestival.org/event/13557/the_string_quartets_guide_to_sex_and_anxiety/ A ground-breaking fusion of theatre and classical music awaits at Brighton Festival’s flag-ship show this week. Sex, anxiety and music have been central to Calixto Bieito’s career...

Posted On 22 May 2018 at 1:09 pm

, By Max Worgan

Anger after Labour HQ forces controversial Brighton TV presenter back onto candidate shortlist

The row over a Brighton media personality’s bid to be reselected as a Labour candidate has deepened after party’s HQ insisted she should again be shortlisted as a candidate despite the local party’s misgivings. Sophie Cook, a former Latest TV newsreader who now...

Posted On 22 May 2018 at 12:24 pm

, By Jo Wadsworth

Bank holiday plea to keep Brighton A&E free for those most in need

Health chiefs have issued a bank holiday plea to use the Brighton Station Walk-in Centre to keep A&E free for those in greatest need of emergency specialists. They said: “Residents and out of town visitors in need of non-urgent medical treatment this May bank holiday...

Posted On 22 May 2018 at 12:04 pm

, By Frank le Duc

Brighton primary school wins praise after Ofsted inspection

A Brighton primary school has won praise from the official education watchdog Ofsted in a newly published letter. St Bartholomew’s Church of England Primary School, in Ann Street, just off London Road, Brighton, received the positive letter after an inspection earlier this month....

Posted On 22 May 2018 at 1:05 am