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"The Good Life f f ._ e issue 40 May 1988 Absolutely Free • May '68: the lip-toed truth

Many Brlghtonlans have been perplexed by covering 100 years from the invention of the the relevance of Tiny Tim to the Festival's phonograph. The plan was to return Tiny Tim to the stated themes of Voyage and Vision and the pedestal of showbiz greatness. Australian bicentenlal. Many more across the nation have been perplexed at the Mr. Tim wore a comic-book suit and cape, and was astonishing amount of media attention given surrounded on stage by cardboard cutout clowns. In the to the events of May 1968. Tony Miller will event his baritone voice (the TUlips falsetto is rare) now reveal the grand plan at the heart 01 went through over two hours of continuous song, to these apparently diverse phenomena, and the create a peculiar but nonetheless real world record pivotal role of Mr. Tim .... that Tiny will attempt to beat on Friday 27th May in the Big Top. Songs of Innocence...... On the Street of Dreams Back in the mid-sixties Tiny Tim regularly performed· in the clubs of Greenwich Village, in particular the Martin Sharp is also the designer of this year's enchantingly named Fat Black Pussy Cat. Regular Festival Poster, and the producer / director of the members of the audience included Mick Jagger and "pop art musical mirror" Street of Dreams Bob Dylan. He sang an extraordinary range of featuring Tiny Tim, which will receive its world popular songs going back 100 years through Hollywood premiere in Brighton at the Duke of York's on movies, C&W, and AI Jolson to the very earliest Tuesday 24th May at 7.00 pm. The premiere recordings dating from the invention of the phonograph will be attended by Mr. Tim and Mr. Sharp. by Thomas Edison. He was, said Albert Goldman in the New York Times, "a holy freak, with long hair So there you have it. May 68 really was all about years before the Beatles and the Stones. The new tulips after all. The final words belong to Albert innocence saved him from obscurity: for the first time Goldman, NYT, 1968; "To say that these are the most in generations young people began to long for something perfect impersonations of old singers ever heard would pure and sweet and gay - a creature devoid of hardly do justice to the art that has re-embodied these conventional beauty but possessed of an irresistable entertainers in electronic avatars, summoning them up ugly-duckling charm." out of the past to caper again before a strobe lit oleo."

He sprang to public attention early in 1968.... I wish I'd said that.

....And experience

In the Albert Hall that same year Australian artist Martin Sharp heard Tiny Tim, and his life was changed. "He sang the songs my grandparents were turned on by... and my parents... he made me love them too. He destroyed my prejudice and created the link between all music..." Martin Sharp became obsessed; and Martin Sharp was the main graphic designer on a little known underground magazine named Oz, a flatmate of Eric Clapton, and creator of the quintissentially iconic Dylan "head" poster.

The eternal return

Tiny sank into obscurity; Oz went through a load of lawsuits and finally disappeared with the demise of the 'counter-culture' of late 60s / early 70s disaffected youth. Martin Sharp returned home to Sydney. From early 1976 he began the preparations for "A Century Tiny Tim poses beneath obscure reference to of Song In One Smash Hit" - a 50 minute medley Beatles number ISSUE 40 MAY 1988 FESTIVAL SUPPLEMENT

How Q.Q they do it? Mid-month and already another edition of The World's Favourite Magazine is on the streets.

We have updates, more previews, late changes, and most of the photos that we couldn't fit into the main Festival Issue. E..l!&, reviews of the splendid opening night, when music buffs could move from the Children's Parade to hear Beethoven at The Dome, Blakey at the Rank, or Girls Behind Bars at The Richmond: and the choice for theatre and cabaret addicts was so great as to numb any brain cells remaining for those celebrating/ commiserating the extraordinary local election results of May 5th.

Brighton in May is the place to be - so here's some further recommendations for what to do with the second half of it ....

SPECIAL THANKS

- to Brighton Festival, without whom this almost advert-free Special Issue would be no more than a glint in someone's eye.

Front Cover: Louise Rennison and Jane Bassett of Etheldreda present their unique version of "La Dolce Vita" at The Pavilion Theatre on Sunday 29th May.

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(All photo s by , Nicholas Sincla,r) For Arts Sake -

Art Blakey's appearance on May 6th was given an added significance by both the time and place of the show. In Brighton, Jazz is rarely seen in a venue as large as the Top Rank Suite or one, at that, which is so built for the young. Superbly designed for Ballroom Dancing and the Rock concerts of the Seventies, now equipped with the necessary lights and lager for the Disco of the Eighties, the large dance floor is both attractive and tyrannical. (-'/ Unfortunately we havn't yet been able to see The crusaders for Danceable Jazz, Russ Dewbury Trouble With Harry , on at the Nightingale and Baz Fe Jazz, must have achieved one of their Theatre throughout the Festival. However, ambitions on seeing the Top Rank dance floor packed we have managed to get a new publicity pic with movement to the sounds of their compilation LPs. and hear It Is a funny, if somewhat confusing What a pleasure to have more floor and elbow space play about sexual politics and two "equals" than can be found at the Jazz Rooms! trying to reach "the people".

Yet when Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers arrived on stage, they stepped forward with the conviction of men accidentally hired for the wrong gig. In some ways the Jazz Dance movement performs a disservice to musicians such as tenor-player Javon Jackson, who brought a muscular intelligence to bear on both up-tempo groove and ballad. This is not necessarily music for dancing, and the dance-floor becomes an uncomfortably large waiting room, suspended between the stage and the contempletive listener in the nearest chair. Unsettled perhaps by the "Rock Gig" atmosphere, solos were at first kept short and inconclusive, but the fine trumpet playing of Ph IIIP Harper began to hit the mark and eventually band and audience were speaking to each other on their own terms.

Bennie Green's piano playing was able to conjure the spirit of both Gershwin, in his featured spot, and the funk of Horace Silver: the three-horn front line brought delight and pleasure to the arrangements with Astonishing gymnastics, mesmerising music: Amampondo their controlled dynamics, Robin Eubanks playing a are here at last! wonderfully agile trombone. Personally I still find the IDJ Dancers unconvincing: Break-dancing and Bartholomew AI Fresco body-popping is like music - it doesn't become Jazz just because it wears a suit and tie. The Name "I Dance For the second half of the Festival, the Bartholo.mew Jazz" won't be earned 'till we see evidence of the Pavilion (in Bartholomew Square behind the Ramada) dancers listening and being able to count four bars ­ is opening ahead of schedule and will be the venue for 'till then I'm not giving them MY dance space! fifteen nights of al fresco (and free) entertainment. Every night from Sun 15th, to Fri 29th May And in the centre of all this, seemingly unchanging, and there will be music, dancing and fun from 7.30 to still very much the energy source of his new Jazz 10pm. Performers include Trio Elan (classically Messengers, was Art Blakey. Fulfilling in every trained guitarists -18th), Ian Millican's Band (jazz way the position of an "Elder Statesman"; the hope for -19th), Tattyollity (Roger Ruskin Spear, ex Bonzo's the future and the respect for the past that is new band - 20th), Badoo International (percussive celebrated on the first night of a May Festival, was African sounds - 21st), Cha Char Bar (local Latinos personified in the great Art Blakey. - 24th), Covent Garden String Quartet (25th). Brighton Jazz Co-op (26th), The Crisps (ex-Q Phil Collis Dance), The Wayne Foundation & Stuart Clark (27th), The Lightning Brothers (blues) and Zoots and Spangles Uive, !indy and tap dancers)' (28th), and to finish off trad jazz from the M C Four witt'! a special appearance from Lynn Thomas to celebrate 4 the farewell performance of the Festival. Pure Genius The Boys Are Back Ace reporter Mike Bradshaw filed us an excellent ­ though unfortunately lengthy eulogy to the recording Saturday 28th May sees the welcome return to career of John Martyn. Sadly, we only have space Brighton of Zimbabwean jit jivers, The Bhundu for some excerpts: Boys. Their Beatles influenced guitar sound and lilting African harmonies drew an ever increasing band of "I can't think of many artists with the breadth of followers to live shows that showed the Boys putting vision, originality or tenacity of John Martyn - a man most U.K. and U.S. bands to shame with the purity of who has confounded and blurred the boundaries of folk their African-based pop. Their show in the Zap Tent and avant garde and melded them into something else promises to be a Festival highlight, and a superb way entirely. to finish the month. (Replacement for Salif Keita).

Time has yet to catch up with the mid-seventies classics Solid Air, Inside Out and Sun day s Chi Id. Martyn created white soul music of heart wrenching proportions: his marriage to Beverley was on the rocks and emotions - by turns angry, resentful, jealous and sad are reflected in his wistfully slurred vocals. Martyn is backed on these recordings by ex-Pentangle bassist Danny Thompson, who also lends a sublime loose jazz influence to the proceedings and who can be heard best on LIve At Leeds. Crazed and hypnotic, it now sounds better than when it was recorded. The Bhundu Boys: (lett to right) Kenny Chitvatsva, Blggie Tembo, Shakia Kangw8n8. David Mankaba and Rise Kagona.

A period in Jamaica working with the deranged genius, Still a few seats left for the final nights 01 Lee Perry - reggae dub master and all-round the. Flying Fruit Fly Circus at the Big Top visionary - produced One World in 1977 - a until Wednesday 18th May. (Tuesday 17th breathtaking album with super-dubwise touches. at 2.00 pm; Wednesday 18th at 7.00 pm)

By the early 80's, Martyn had switched almost exclusively to the electric guitar and a more overtly ~[J'~~[h)U@ITil ©@ITil©®U'U® 'rock' style which gained him more popularity - albums that came out of this period were Well Kept Secrets in presents 1983 and the sublime Sapphire in 1984. A wild night of reggae with Delicate but tough, John Martyn is always unreservedly recommended as a 'real' artist making 'real' music, unhampered by notions of 'product' and petty music biz categories. BURNING SPEAR'":-"

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WEDNESDAY 8th JUNE. £6.00 adv..' Scratching in Whitehawk M.C. Duke and the .... ; • !" Brlxton based Hip Hop Alliance wl1l be giving workshops and a disco/party on Saturday 21st May at the Whltehawk Youth Centre. On ------~~------the previous day, Frl 20th, the workshops on sampling, drum machine and recording lJ@~ rnl5.\OO~ ®JVJ~tr~ technology will be run wIth the pupils of Stanley Deason School. - Tickets usual ag'Qnt~ ., _. . '.~. For further details, contact CRE88 on ; .' ~ Brighton 677695. 5 Tho Quo,," of Booglo. Katie Wobslo, Ch Ch Ch Changes concord» on Wedno.day 18rh

As usual, there are lots of last minute changes to published programmes, so here's our guide to those little alterations.

THE EVEN ORCHESTRA add an extra date to their run at the Zap Club, they are now on from 25th to 29th May.

Arc Theatre Company present FALLEN - based on the tragic Kerry Babies case - at the Sallis Benney Theatre on 21st and 22nd May. Peculiar Practices Alarmist Theatre's production of Tankred Dorst's TOLLER - a political cabaret set in Munich in "The event of the festival is the Charity Backgammon 1919 with music by Random Engine - is no longer on at Tournament, Sunday 22nd, 2.00 pm, at The Royal Kemptown Pier, but is being performed for one night Albion Hotel", says Ray Agar. Players of all standards only at the Zap Tent on 23rd May. are welcome - you can either enter the main tournament and win a prize, or just turn up and playa A lot of disappointed people will now know that Va n game or two for fun. All proceeds to the MacKeith Morrison will not be at the Dome on 23rd May, but Centre for handicapped children, Royal Alexendra the good news is that he will be playing later in the Children's Hospital. year. Get your entry and sponsorship forms from "Festival On 29th May at the Zap Festival Tent Zap Backgammon", clo 1 Major Close, Brighton, Artreach present a Charity Fashion s how BN1 7EE. Telephone Brighton 673637 or featuring Hunter, Salute, Classic Clothing Co., 206551 (office) for more Information. Madcaps, Drug Style Opera and more. Proceeds to the lTV Telathon. (Doors open 7pm). This is followed, at P.S. Come and play outdoors in Churchill Square any 10pm, by the annual Zap Awards. Saturday afternoon, by the Cafe Copenhagen.

THE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN Theatre Company sponsored by NALGO - the campoigning union ­ present

Alarmist Theatre

TROUBLE WITH HARRY A BRECHTIAN BATTLE OF THE SEXES BYCHRIS STAGG Performed by Peter aeoll o~ Trl$ho Golding· DIrected by Paul Hodson . De\ign by Chn\ Field· MusIC by ThePyre Brm. - ~ Where's Lucy? This Is most of the WEDNESDAY 4th MAY- SUNDAY 22nd NlAY from Red Herring, whose 8 p.rn. (No shows on Mondoysl THE NIGHTINGALE THEATRE. Exhibit/on can be seen all over town at the 29 SURREY STREET. BRIGHTON Tickets£3.50 Ccecesscos C2 50 moment.· For details see our main festival from the Dome BOl< Office 674357 or The Ntghhngole 26786 Issue. The Good Life

ETHELDREDA welcome you to another very lovely event on May 29th at the Pavilion Theatre.

Etheldreda is Jane Bassett & Louise Rennison, who since performing at Riverside last year have been touring their work nationally . they have just returned from the Glasgow Mayfest.

The very lovely event is the premiere of their new hour long show, La Dolce Vita, commisioned by South East Arts and supported by the Brighton Festival. They showed an excerpt from the show at a recent Dance Collective evening and collected lots of praise which has gone to their heads.

They promise the evening will send the audience wild Charabanc Theatre Company, whose with excitement as they explore what makes up a great sensational "Somewhere over the Balcony" life. bridges the extraordinary gap 01 entertaining an audience whilst Their work has been described as "eccentrically funny transforming their views of Northern and moving" and a good night out is guaranteed - but Ireland and "The Troubles ", Pa v iii 0 n there is only one night so don't miss your chance! Theatre, 17th - 21st May, 8.00 pm.

"Dear Louise & Jane, You have all the qualities that I admire in a human being: optimism especially is hard to The impeccable John Williams plays with come by in a life which, let's face it, is not really The Australian Chamber Orchestra at the worth living." Dome on 'Friday 20th May, in a programme Co-directed by James ("Peasants Revolt") that includes the wonderful Concierto de Poulter, the evening begins at 8pm and Aranjuez by Rodrigo, made famous by tickets are £2.50 and £2.00. Miles Davis on his sketches of Spain' album.

Barking Mad. Joan and his dog drs back for 8 second Festival show, this time In the Big Top on Saturday 21st May from 8pm '

The Wandering

Carousel's new show THE WANDERIN~, being premiered in the Brighton Festival (26th and 27th May) sounds like being as huge a success asJast year's acclaimed production of The Lizards Tongue. (Carousel won a major award in last years Festival awards for this). Carousel, a unique Briqhton based project has built up a strong reputation locally and, nationally for their innovative and challenging creative art work with people who have special needs - their Mashing with Alice. Look out - here come shows are always moving and visually exciting while Bright Red and they're simply desperate challenging assumptions about the contribution that for a cup of tea....The absolutely definitive people with disabilities can make to the arts. version of Alice in Wonderland featuring THE WANDERING explores the themes of exclusion just about everyone who's ever been in and the struggle for communication - it is a Dance ­ anything anywhere in Brighton at any time Drama, bringing together movement, music, will be promenading around the Big Top on experimental voicework and artwork . Sat 21st (1pm) and Sun. 22nd (1pm & 8pm) May. The (under) world premier of Altogether THE WANDERING promises to be an what could be one of the great events 01 exhilerating and visually stunning performance - 26 this years Festival. May, 8pm and 27 May, 1pm at the Zap Tent. 7 Brother of all the Behans

Brian Behan, author of "Mother of all the Behans' (Pavilion Theatre, 24th, 26th and 28th May) is a remarkable member of a remarkable family. Brother Brendan wrote such classics as "Borstal Boy" and "The Hostage"; brother Dominic penned "The Patriot Game" and is in a seemingly endless dispute with Bob Dylan regarding the similarity of this number to Dylan's "With God on our Side". Tony Miller and Bill Smith met Brian for a lunchtime drink in The Volunteer, and were treated to rambling tales of Dublin Slums, Colin McInnes, the IRA, James Joyce, sex, Trotskyism, bricklaying, prisons and having dinner with Militant's Ted Grant....

Watery Graves

"I like Sussex, I like the sea, I'd like to be buried at sea. We buried Colin Mcinnes (author of Absolute Beginners) just off Folkestone. Just put some holes in his coffin and pushed it over,. Recently I was told I had Rosaleen LInehan as Kathleen Behan, mother cancer. I just drank gallons of sea water and swam a of them all at the Pavilion Theatre lot. I don't believe in doctors, the job of any profession should be to make themselves redundant. I "Joyce, O'Casey and the Behans were all born also have sex three times a week. Not bad for someone within about 100 yards of each other," . Brendan once aged 61 and a half. Anyway, I like water - I used to said, "the Dublin poor wrote my plays." There wasn't live in a houseboat in Shoreham in the mid-sixties. really a functioning middle class; just a load of Someone put seven shots into the boat in 1968. Not drunkards who all pissed in the same pot. People ask very nice, really. I don't want to end up like John why Dublin produces such great writers - it's partly Lennon. these things, partly Irish peasant oral tradition.

You ask why there are so many writers in my family ­ Dublin Habits habit, and sibling rivalry mainly. Also we had the benefits of a rigourous Roman Catholic upbringing - like "I was brought up in a Dublin slum. My family had once Joyce did. It gives you a lot to fight against. Most been well off, but Jesus were they mean. My gran held English writers seem to be jumped up Public School court in a bed for forty years; she kept her son in bed boys. Flimmy flammy nonsense. with her for twenty years so that she'd have another room to let! He drank himself to death. Anyway, another interesting question about Dublin is what killed so many writers. I'd like to do a play My grandfather had been a farmer, quite well off. He about that! studied law and went barmy. He played at being in court - giving out sentences and stuff. Whilst he was doing that the rest of us family robbed him. He ended Brendan and the IRA up in the Poor House. "I joined the Army - the Free State Army, in 1948, I My mother was put into an orphanage, then later went had to, it was that or prison. I'd organised the Irish into service. For the first half of my life there were Farm Labourers Union. De Valera - he was really a six of us in the same bed. We used Jeyes Fluid to kill Nationalist Catholic Fascist - like Brendan once said, he the bugs. It was a great, a marvellous street, made us illiterate in two languages not one. Anyway hundreds of kids and everyone felt safe. De Valera introduced a load of special powers, inclUding Firing Squads for the IRA and a law that said you I loved the slums, I was sorry when they were pulled needed two thousand pounds to form a trade union. A down. In 1937 we were moved onto a new housing huge amount of money. Any union which remainded but estate - still six to a bed, but the streets were savage. didn't comply was charged with conspiracy. Brendan had been arrested in 1941 for shooting at a Special Branch man on an Army Parade. He got Sex and Trotskyism fourteen years. He had a tongue like a hatchet. Rory (another brother) was actually put in charge of him for a while. "I used to be the chairman on the WRP, the Worker's Revolutionary Party. I wasn't involved in the The Government were very cunning though. They same rate of sexp!oitation as Healy though! introduced parole for those who signed a document Unbelievable, envy-maKing. The idea of this saying they had nothing to do with the IRA. At first repulsively ugly old man rogering fifty-four women! Brendan refused, but changed his mind as he saw the This was after I'd resigned from the CPo Healy knocked cells emptying! He g<;>t out in 1964. on my door and said "we're communists too you know!" He meant the Trots. I'd never really thought that. Brendan once had a go at me when I left the Communist Still, I joined. I was later expelled for demanding Party after Hungary, 1956. Said I'd given up class workers control of the newsletter, and denounced as a war. We were in a taxi paid for by one of the Guiness police informer, imperialist running dog, and so on. Millionaires at the time! Brendan said that he wanted to be the richest red in the Politburo. Are any of you Trotskyists? (vehement denials from Punter staff) I don't mean to be offensive, I'd advise I got out of the army in 1950, moved to London and any young person to join the Young Socialists, went straight to the nearest doss house. I ended up in Anarchists or whatever. I learnt a lot from them all. the Salvation Army hostel. I was bricklaying and Trot groups do seem to be a holding-bag for loonies hod-carrying at the time, and became chair of the though, but we need them - and not just because the work's committee on the Festival of Britain site. We mental hospitals would be more crowded! organised the union there, and refused to let the King and Queen visit the works. I also led a march against I once had a visit from Tony Cliff (Soc I a Ii s t the banning of May Day by the Labour Government. Workers Party) - he spoke non stop for three hours What, with that and a few other things I ended up in the in my kitchen. Worse than me really. And Ted Grant nick - two months in Brixton. That was quite a nice (Militant) - I gave him a meal; he ate a whole loaf in prison though, open. Not like Wandsworth, where I did ten seconds flat. I said "Do you know something that I another stretch in 1964 for organising the country's don't, Ted? A famine or a general strike coming or first mass picket. We were building the South Bank, something?" Funny lot, the Trots. Still, if I could go McAlpine's sacked 2,000 men; we got 10,000 pickets back as Healy's chairman, and this time know that all there and stopped McAlpine reopening' the site. I got that rogering was going on, I might change my mind. two months. Brendan once said that his ambition was to free the whole working class, starting with himself. Like I' said, we're an opportunist lot. Sex and Amusement Politics at the minute seem a bit hopeless. Kinnock "Yes, I had to get out of Ireland: religious nationalism seems ineffectual really. Dancing to the Daily Mail and prescribed sex - the main enemies of all mankind. tune - a futile expression of Thatcherism. I admire v.i~uld Like Joyce and Becket, I would never go back, but don't Benn, but the only change I can see in Britain be . get me wrong, I love Dublin. I've got a huge novel within the Tory Party itself. But when you see coming out in September "Kathleen -A Dublin Heseltine - Jesus, those mad eyes - you realise there Saga". It's about the city, and it's also got plenty of are creatures even worse than Thatcher. sex ~ partly to amuse myself, and partly because any . , book that doesn't must have soemthing wrong with it. Oh yes, the play. It covers the period from the late 19th century to my mother's d~ath. I'm an opportunist really - aren't you? I'd like to write It opens with her aged 94, and moves a Mill and Boon thriller, I once tried to write the backwards, It's been adapted by Peter dirtiest book ever, it had sex and cannibalism on the Sheridan, a respected Dublin director, from a first page. But I failed. I also wrote a terrible book in book I wrote In 1984. The adaptation and the sixties called "Timer to Go". It was a savage Rosaleen Linehan's performance are both attack on women's liberation. It was really the marvellous, I'd urge everyone to see it, desperatewhinge of a married man. I wasn't really partiCUlarly since I need the cash'," against feminism, it's just that in my case it had gone too far! The truth is that my mother was an early Tony Miller feminist, and my next book is pro-feminist... but that might be because I found out that more women than men "The Mother of All the Behans" " Is at the read books anyway.... PayWon Theatre on 24th. 26th and 28th Mav at 8,00 pm. and on the 28th Mavat 3.00 pm. 9 Gavin Henderson, aged 17, on Art. allowance on which to live and do nothing else - no work, that is to say. Already one can see pointers to drugs and the intelligent use of ways of reconciling oneself to the absence of a purpose one's brain. in life in the sharp increase in the taking of drugs. This escape has been adopted by people who are in want of excitement, stimulation, and adventure in the modern Leafing through the extensive archives at civilised world. These people are unaware of the Punter H. Q. can occasionally throw up tremendous excitement which stems from the some surprising material. We recently intelligent use of one's brain; sport, too, discovered a booklet produced by students provides certain channels of adventure and excitement at Brighton College compiled from bits of for some, but is something which becomes less possible poetry, fiction, jazz comments etc., and as one ages. Thus the big problem is going to be the featuring a wordy double page spread on prevention of drug taking, mental disorder, and "The Future Responsiblity of Education in suicide, and the building up of a national and international culture of the people; giving the feeling the Arts" by a certain Gavin Henderson 0 f that life has some meaning, some purpose, which is the Lower Sixth. particularly evident in man's ability to create ­ especially in the arts. "It's all Life Really" is undated, but we estimate circa 1965. It is doubly notable The presence of the honest artist, whether he be for having the forgetful share-buyer painter, sculptor, author, poet, composer, becomes of Keith Best as advertising manager. Isn't paramount importance. He, or she, provides the life strange? We now reprint, for reasons example of sincerity and depth of expression which of historical research and maximum lead to a more poetic and beautiful search into life, an embarrassment, just some of the thoughts exploration of the truth, dictated by the soul. This of the younger Gav - ruthlessly edited for influence of sincerity is the most important one of all. reasons of space: not only to future but also to comtemporary living.

"Schools must organise their curriculum in such a way "...Automation is putting more and more men and as to encourage maturing people to use their increasing women out of work... The mechanisation which I have amount of "spare time" in an intelligent and aleady discussed, combined with the rising population, non-superficial way. More time and direct support could by, say the year 2000 force a majority of people must be granted to the arts." into a situation whereby the government pays them an Let no one accuse this man of inconsistency!

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HERE COMES THE SUMMER C.ID _ Early May sees the Radio Stars at the Richmond (May 8th). Remem­ ;",.,tbe ber "I get my kicks up in the attic, withmy KodacInstamatic"? Down at the Old Vic from 8 - 12 May it's ,'.:-orecn 'bragon .... ,.. '" . the Battle ofThe Bandswith a first prize of500. At the Top Rank Suite on May 9th, long time reggae , .' '. 'Sydney Street favourites Misty In Roots appear. L ; IfAswad can go to number 1 in the , ' " "Probably the best pub in Brighton singles charts, so could Misty. On May lth, Negazlone play The ~. Richmond, while on May 12th there F . "." Sunday Lunch: are three gigs all within half a mile ' ofeach other. Geno Washington is Jazz at The Gloucester with his sweet soul music and his Ram Jam Band, Sunday Night: and the LongTallTexans are at the Richmond, while the Jack Rubles Blue Aeroplanes strafe the Zap Quiz are at the Zap. Summer: Localreggae outfit Badder Rlddlm play the Richmond on May 12th, closely followed by The Cropdusters (l3th). On May 16th, the Barbsques Richmond presents the Virgin Rock & Pop Quiz with 300 worth of prizes. One questioncouldbe whateverhappened to BadMannersafter Home Cooking their string of hits - the answer of course is they're playing at the Lunches Gloucester complete with BusterBloodvesselonMay 19th. The previ­ ous day sees those bizarrely named glam rockers, God & The Crazy BeerGarden LesbiansFromHellalso at the Gloucester. CatchtheBrechtianbig band sound of The Happy End at the Zap Festival tent on May 20th, with John Martyn on the 21st. The 26th brings us back to the Gloucester where the Go Devps and Snakemen are on. May 27th sees what many reckonto be one ofthe greatestevents in pophistory- it's the attemptby Tiny Tim to break the world non-stop singing record in the ZapTent. Now for the badnews, Puntereventofthe Festivalwas to be SallfKelta and his 16 pieceband. His UKtourhas, unfortunately, beenputbackuntil June. Butnow here's the good news - Zimbabwe's favourite sons, THE BHUNDU BOYS stepin for a lastminutereplacement-Saturday 28th '.--.....- May In the Zap Tent. . BRIGHTON CONCERTS PRESENTS

Top reggae group MISTY IN ROOTS plus. female reggae band ACABO. MONDAY 9th MAY, TOP RANK, WEST ST, BRIGHTON. TICKETS £6 ADV.

VIRGIN ROCK AND POP QUIZ -. 300,worth of prizes MONDAY 16th MAY, THE RICHMOND, RICHMOND PARADE, BRIGHTON. TICKETS £2.50

British rapping with DEREK B, COOKIE CREW, DEMON BOYZ, MC'DUKE, NORMAN COOK AND MC WILDSKI

WEDNESDAY 18th MAY,. .' TOP RANK, WEST ST, BRIGHTON. TICKETS £5 ADV.

CHRISTIANS plus ROACHFORD - Not to be missed, grab a ticket quick. , . TUESDAY 24th MAY, DOME, NEW ROAD, BRIGHTON. TICKETS £6.50/£7 5 THEATRE

Subtitled "A Brechtlan Battle of the Sexes", the play is based on A PLAY CALLED ALICE peoples memories of chimney sweep and all round activist Harry Cowley- but with a theatrical twist. Colinand Wendy are the performers: To children it'sjust a fairy tale, to scientists it's a mathematical equation, Colin sees himself as a "Marxist LeninistTheatre Practicioner", Wendy to cynics it's the ramblings of a paedophile, and to me it's all about drugs is "onajourneyof selfdiscovery and personalgrowth".They are on stage and power. Whatis it? Ofcourse, you've all guessed, it's Lewis Carroll's to tell the story ofhero Harry, butas personal antagonisms interfere with "Allee in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass" and on the their publicperfomance you betterprepareyourselffor some shocks and 21st and 22nd May, in the Zap Festival Tent, you can see Bright Red a lot of humour... TheatreCompany- the company that broughtyou Don Quixoteand last year's Town Plays - and their version of Alice. The Company are also pleased to announce a major sponsorship deal with the local government union NALGO, who sponsored the Autumn "0frabous day! Cal/ooh! Callay! He chortled in his joy." '87 leg of their last tour, and have put 15,000 into "Trouble With Harry" Their version sounds equally wild! Alice is walking down St James plus a secondprojectfor 1987. We say Well DoneNALGO for setting the Street where she is inadvertedly hoisted up into the air by a chain hoist pace, and hope that other unions will see the progressive potential of and is deposited through arubbishchuteinto WonderiandPLC.The show cultural sponsorship. Ifthe Company's previous work is anything to go will dependon spectacle asmuch as storyline and will featurescaffolding by they are on to a winner. towers, GPO trollies, milkfloats, kineticfire sculptures, and a SinclairC5 in it's first starring role. BONDI TRAM ON A RIGHT TRACK Amongst the star-studded cast are the Brighton Bottle Orchestra as Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee, and Johannes Mackay as the Burger "I split the rock I felled the tree. The nation was because of me." These Vendor (who?). Paul Burwell ofthe Bow Gamelan Ensemble supplies words have the typical down to earth ring ofeverything writen by Mary kinetic sculptures, and Random Engine supply the music. Mim King Gilmore, Australia's finest poet & renowned social reformer, She was a stars as Alice. principal campaigner for old age and invalid pensions, maternity allow­ ances, child health centres, the rights of illegitimate and adopted chil­ GEmNG EVEN dren, and for the welfare of aboriginies. Ifyou wantto find out more about thisextraordinary woman, Melbourne I wish someone would invent a category that meant "a performance Theatre Company are presenting the story of her life, written by which defies categorisation". To save on the typesetting bill, lets call it Beverley Dunn, at the Pavilion Theatre (12-15 May) a PWDC - if that doesn't sound too much like a new model of home The play opens with a woman aged 92 sipping her tea and recalling her computer. past. Perhaps the mostdramatic memory is the blood chilling acount of Anyway, a PWDC without equal is Australia's EVEN ORCHESTRA, a massacre ofthe aboriginals at Narrandera, called a "duck shoot", with whose four nights at TheZap Club from Wednesday 25th to Saturday a dance and supper to follow the day out. She remembers the horror of 28th comprise the first ever appearances in the UK - indeed in the the human hunt when white men ran down and butchered black men, Northern Hemisphere - for this antipodean version ofBow Gamelan. women and children by the dozen and kept their ears as trophies. Can we define this PWDC? Easy. They combine film, animation, The reviews in Australia have been unanimous in their praise of this silhouette and costume theatre to create wry episodes of black-comic production - "It is not often that a performance is so powerful that the theatre. They produce music from found objects and traditional instru­ audience leaves the theatre feling it has actually met and communicated ments. They tell satiric and dramatic tales against elaborate sound tracks with the characters portrayed on stage". Sydney Dally Telegraph created from their battery of noise-making devices. Their trademark is a unique style of humour developed over six years of multi-media collaboration. THE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN Thecne Company They are, says Big Gav, "an absolute marvel"- and he oughtto know..... sponsoredby NALGO· the compoigning union . present.

A KERRY TRAGEDY

The tragic and sensational nature of the Kerry Babies story is not an obvious candidate for live theatre - and we might rightly tremble at the thought of the possible results. ARC THEATRE COMPANY tackle the case, however, in a serious and subduedmanner, avoiding melodrama and accusations but telling the story and making the points in a gripping and effective piece oftheatre. The Financial Tunes put the matter quite succinctly, "An ugiy story, beautifully told". "Fallen" is a change from the published programme, and replaces Arc Theatre's version ofMicheline Wandor's "Wanted" at the Sallis Benny Theatre on Saturday and Sunday 21st and 22nd May.

TURNING HARRY UPSIDE DOWN

Brighton has produced two superlative one-man political comedies TROUBLE recently: James Poulter in The Peasants Revolt and PeterCleall in The World Thrned Upside Down. Thesecond ofthese gave rise to a theatre WITH company of the samename, and writer CHRIS STAGG, director PAUL ~~~ HOD~ON and performers PETER CLEALL and TRISHA GOLD· HARRY ''V A BRECHTIAN BATTLE OF THE SEXES ING present the premiere oftheir new work, "Trouble With Harry" at BYCHRIS STAGG the Nightingale Theatre , Surrey Street from Wednesday 4th to ~~brci::;.'i;"'o::t~rioha~fJ..~e:.. Sunday 22nd May daily except Mondays (Note, the official Festival programme was in error both over the company name and the fact that there are Sunday performances), WEDNESDAY ~'" MAY - SUNDAY 12ndMAY 8 p.m. IN<> ""-on Mondorol. THE NIGIfTINGALE THEATR~ 29 SURREY SIREET. U1CHTON. Tid"" £3.50 Conceuions £2.SO 6 ~om IheDomeBo. Offic.67~3S7 0< TheNoghlingale 20786. THEATRE

BALLET MACABRE FANTASTIC FORKBEARD

Czechoslovakia's Theatre On A String present "BalletMacabre" at the The Theatre Festival should get off to a flying start with the new show Gardner Centre (19th to 21st May) and "Dreamworld"- a children's from longtime',fringe favourites Forkbeard Fantasy. These great family show on 16th and 17th May. British Eccenirics present a specially commissioned work for Brighton Festival entitled "An Evening with Forkbeard as well as the Brlt­ Since their formation in 1967 the group have been leading exponents of tonlont Bros". Sallis Benney Theater, 6,7 & 8 May. the avant garde in Czeck theatre. Their own "theatre" is a simple room in the city's art gallery where they perform "autorske divadlo" (sounds totally obscene) or author's theatre - that is, work compiled by the performers themselves. Their new show "Ballet Macabre" is based on Brecht's Arturo Ui, and chronicles the rise ofthe Hitler like figure using a mixture ofballet, mime tableau and knockabout farce. The Guardian said it was "quite simply the funniest show I have ever seen".

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S THEATRE

This year's Festival is truly an internationalfestival for the theatre and no more so than on 15th May at the Sallis BenneyTheatre when a Company with members from eight different coutries takes to the stage. The Magdalena Project present ''Nominatae Flllae", directed by Zofia Kalinska from Poland, and written by Susan Bassnett. The play explores the relationship between women and violence and seeks to reveal the beauty, weakness and demonic power of all women.(?) Zofia Kalinska's theatre is a powerfuly visual theatre that disturbs. For twenty years she worked as an actress with Tadeusz Kantar, before forming the only women's theatre in Poland, "Akne", (Knocks spots off the others!) Her collaboration with Susan Bassnett in Magdalena has been enormously rewarding.

Sllghffy odd stufffrom Forkbeard Fantasy

THROUGH IRISH EYES

Last month's Punter previewed the impressive range ofIrish theatre at this year's Festival. To jog your memories, in addition to "Motherofall the Behans", you can see the full Abbey Theatre cast in J. M. Synges r "Playboy of the Western World" at the Theatre Royal from 23rd to 28th May. (As far as I can work out from page 4 of the Festival Programme, this event seems to be on in St. Bartholomew's Church!) Marcia Kahan's Hilarious "Intimate Memoirs of an Irish Taxidermist" with the brilliant BEN KEATON is at the PavilionTheatre on 9th, 10th and 11th at 9.30 pm. Finally, the impeccable CHARABANC THE­ RALF RALF present their acclaimedproduction of "The ATRE COMPANYfrom Belfast present "Somewhere over the Bal­ Summit" atthe Pavilion Theatre on 6 & 7th May. "Wildly cony", (directed by Peter Sheridan, who, also adapted Brian Behan's Funny" said the Sunday Telegraph. Superpower negotia­ "Mother",) at the Pavilion from Monday to Saturday, 16th to 21st at 8.00 tions were neverlike thlsl pm. Don'tmiss this one eitherl "

5' OPEN {HlP ST. 8Rol c;",TON

7 FESTIVAl JAZZ CLUB The Concorde, Madeira Drive

Friday 6th, 8.30 KEITH NICHOLS' HOT SIX

Saturday 7th, 8.30 MORRISSEY-MULLEN BAND REUNION

Sunday 8th, 7.30 HARRY STRUTTERS HOT RHYTHM ORCH

Friday 6th Monday 9th, 8.30 from France THE LITHA QUARTET Top Rank Suite ART BLAKEY'S Tuesday 10th, 8.30 TALLEST TREES': JAZZ AND POETRY JAZZ MESSENGERS Wednesday 11th, 8.30 THE CONRAD HERWIG QUARTET +IOJ Dancers +Baz Fe Jazz sounds Thursday 12th, 8.30 THE IAN HAMER BIG BAND

Sunday 15th Friday 13th, 9.30 THE TOMMY CHASE BAND Gardner Centre THE GUEST STARS Saturday 14th, 8.30 BOBBY SHEW & THE GEOFF SIMKINS 4 PLUS SEVEN Sunday 15th, 7.30 THE PETE BURDON QUINTET

Monday 16th, 8.30 THE TIM WHITEHEAD QUINTET Sunday 22nd The Dome Tuesday 17th, 8.30 TREVOR WATTS' MOIRE OCTET

LOOSETUBES Wednesday 18th, 8.30 KATIE WEBSTER

Thursday 19th, 8.30 BOBBY WELLINS & INFERNAL TRIANGLE \ '/ednesday 25th Friday 20th, 8.30 KENNY DAVERN The Dome HUMPHREY LYTTELTONI Saturday 21st, 8.30 THE CLARK TRACEY QUINTET RONNIE SCOTTI Sunday 22nd, 7.30 Pete Batten's 'SOUTHLAND' N.Y.J.O./SALENA JONES Monday 23rd, 8.30 JAZZ WORKSHOP & G.C. BIG BAND

Tuesday 24th, 8.30 FAPY LAFERTIN and MARTIN TAYLOR

Wednesday 25th, 9.30 TIM GARLAND'S 'POINTS ON THE CURVE'

Thursday 26th, 8.30 JULIAN NICHOLAS 4 + DICK PEARCE

Friday 27th, 8.30 THE DON WELLER QUARTET

Concert bookings and Concorde season tickets from Saturday 28th, 9.30 THE JAZZ DEFEKTORS Dome Box Office. tel. 674357/8/9/0 Sunday 29th, 7.30 GROOVE JUICE

Monday 30th; 8.30 CHA CHA BAR + GUESTS FESTIVAL UV\/\/\/\/\/\1\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/',/\/\/\/\/\L/\/\/\/\I\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\

8 JAZZ

______MESSENGERS &RENEGADES 'tromboneblowing CONRADHERWIG (sic) on Wednesday11th look good for the first few nights. Over the past few years, the jazzcomponentofthe Brighton Festival has " taken off to the extent that the Jazz Festivalis now amajornational event Fans of Tubby Haynes and Stan Tracey should get along to the IAN in it's own right. H any confrrmation of this were needed then open your HAMER BIG BAND on Thursday 12th. And no introduction neces­ diary no further than Friday 6th May and pencil in Top Rank Suite for sary for the inevitable return of TOMMY CHASE on Friday 13th. what will surely be one of the musical events of the year - the only UK Hosted by Russ and Baz, and definately not for the faint-hearted. appearance outsideRonnie Scott's of the legendary ART BLAKEY and hisnew JAZZ MESSENGERS. Top U.S. horn-man, BOBBYSHEW returns on Saturday4th, for some Art Blakey helped push the drum into the frontline ofjazz composition smll group work with the cruelly underrated GEOFF SIMKINS and performance. The supreme dancability of his sound has made the QUARTET. Messengers kings in the curentdance-floorjazz revival. It is appropriate, then, that supporting "Buhaina" will be the IDJ DANCERS and vinyl Exotica, surprise, and the pervading influence of Ornette Coleman on sounds from RUSS DEWBURY & BAZ Fe JAZZ. 100% Tuesday 17th with TREVOR WATTS'MOIRE OCTET and back to reccommended. Top Rank, 6th May; doors open 9.3Opm. basics the folowing night with the Queen of Boogie-Blues, KATIE WEBSTER Classy horn work from BOBBY WELLINS (tenor) on Tuesday 19th, GETTING LOOSE and the clear-toned, unamplified clarinet of KENNY DAVERN on Friday 20th. ' There are (at least) two more utteriy crucial events; LOOSE TUBES atTheDomeonSundayMay22nd,andABDULLAHIBRAHIMwith EKAYA at the Top Rank on Monday 23rd. We're pleased to be able One of the very best contemporary U.K. outfits is the CLARK to offer a considerable number of FREE TICKETS for some of these TRACEY QUINTET: a superb drummer and a marvellous band - they return to Brighton on Saturday 21st: followed on the Sunday night by the Dixieland sound of PETE BATTEN'S SOUTHLAND.

The final week opens with a showcase for the BRIGHTON JAZZ WORKSHOPand the GARDNER CENTRE BIG BAND. I'dsuggest shortening the name chaps. (Monday 23rd).

Dutch gypsy guitar virtuoso FAPY LAFERTIN teams up with U.K. guitarist MARTIN TAYLOR for a rare treat on Tuesday 24th.

More no-nonsense post-bop grooving on Thursday 26th with THE JULIAN NICHOLS QUARTETfeaturing special guest DICK PEARCE on trumpet; and Friday night is guaranteed musicai joy with the great sound of DON WELLER.

Sharp-suits are de rigeuran Saturday 28th as Russ and Baz present the ultra-hip JAZZ DEFEKTORS for an exercise in the Modern Dance.

GROOVE JUICE, featuring the vocals of KATE McNAB squeeze out Getting Loose at The Dome: 10 free tickets for The Tubes In our that 01' jump music on Sunday 29th, whilst latin fave-raver CHA Festival Compo CHA BAR present a final blow-out party nlght on Bank Holiday With theTubes new album "OpenLetter"on the turntable even as I write, Monday, 30th May - and some of you may still be alive -. it is obvious why this sprawling 21 piece outfit has rocketed to interna­ tional fame. Tubes' producer and long-time Miles Davis collaborator, Teo Macero, recently compared the band to Duke Ellington. No higher praise is possible! A rich, dazzling feast that the Dome's acoustics will YET MORE JAZZ hopefully be able to accommodate. I'mafraid the folowing nightis unmissable as well. Formerly DOLLAR Maybe you've not had enough yet: BRAND, now ABDULLAH IBRAHIM returns to move hearts, minds the beat goes on. A "Jazz Room" and souls with some of the mosthaunting, Africaninspiredmusic you are special from Russ Dewbury and ever likely to hear. With supportfrom the getting-to-be-noticedSTEVE BazFeJazz,temporarllyre-located WILIAMSON BAND. Get down. to the Zap Club on Tuesday 17th May; and followed on the Wednes­ Before moving on to the extraordinary 25 jazz nights at the Concorde, day night withthesuperlativeLatin mention must be made ofTHE GUEST STARS farewell tour, which Sounds of ROBIN JONES KING reaches. the Gardner Centre on Sunday 15th May. Temporarily SALSA. This eleven piece band , expanding to a 13-piece with the addition of seven former members, the seem an unlikely fit for the minimal ' (mainly) female jazz-funk-latin-whateveroutfit will be sadly missed on Zap stage, but expect a night of hot 'the live network. percussion, full horns and throaty The sum of £35 will get you a season ticket for 25 nights at The vocals. Russ and Baz finish their Concorde which becomes the home of Brighton JazzClub throughout ''Grits and Soul" trio with the dead the Festival. You can, of course, pay seperately each night. trendy JAMES TAYLOR QUAR­ See listings section, or the club advert for complete information, but TET with that authentic hammond here's a rough guide to just some of the goodies: organ sound. Thursday 19th at the Zap - we know you'll be there. C'est La Dance with King satsa State ofthe Art Jazz-Funkfrom the reforined MORRISSEYMULLEN BAND.on Saturday 7th; the Coltrane and Monk influenced LITNA Also, don't forget the other blggies HAPPY END In the Zap Tent on QUARTET from Normandy on Monday, 9th and the big new voice in Friday 20th and, for fans ofJazzlFunk there'a a new outfit BREAK THE ICE on at The Mariborough on 8th and 15th May. 9 CLUBS

AFTER ELEVEN

THE ZAP CLUB -191-193 King's Road Arches SAVANNAH -Old Steine CLUB SANDINO (Wed) Latin and Sooth American music, friendly atmosphere, all for a SUBTERFUGE (Wed) Punk and Gothic, Glam and Black good cause. SLAMM ENTERPRISES (Thurs) DM stomping dance, sleazy indiedelic Weekend ­ SPRINGLY DELL (Thrum - could alter) DI withfloppy hat plays mixtureofRare,70's and membera only Hip Hop BAR PRICES Happy Hours O~, DECOR no air ventilation, 1iIte a sauna, WEAR street, RHINO (Fri) Hip Hop, how Hard can yoo go? COST £1.50-3 . COCO CLUB (Sat) leu pretentious, well mixed House, Hip Hop and Rare saVER TONGUE CLUB (Sun) I civilised round off to the week, supposedly talented N.B all clubs are open until 2.00unless stated. reading poetry (no hot sounds Itthis one). Betty BAR PRICES OK, WEAR what you want, DECOR tube tunnel, COST never over £2.50

THE GLOUCESTER - Gloucester Place JUMPING JACK RASH (Moo) 60's sounds CLUB NEWS SPELLBOUND (lUes) Alternltive WANTED (Weds) 70's sounds The Gloucester has recently increased it's prices at weekends and MARTIN WEBB'S CIRCUS (Fri) decreased it's midweek prices in an effort to reduce the queues at peak Hard Funk& Hip Hop 00Thursdays,verypopularFriday& Saturdaynights -occasiooallive bands times and encourage people to take advantage of the excellentnights to BAR PRICES cheap (pubprices), WEAR what you 1iIte,COST very resOOlble be had during the week at very reasonable prices. However, since the Gloucester has been open they have built up a large followng from the THE CHURCHILL PALACE HOTEL - 3 Middle Street . non-student fraternity and to ensure that they don't bear the brunt ofthe A.P.MD. (Thum) Hot and Fierce, fromAfrica and the Canibcan increases, they have introduced a discount card which can be purchased THE CATFISH CLUB (Fri) only place to find Rhythm and Blues, informal JAZZ ROOMS (Sit) Baz and RUMprovide the bestjazz dance yoo can get from the club for 5 and will entitle the bearer to student rates for a year. BAR PRICES hotel prices, WEAR to suit night, DECOR expanding. COST average.

THE BASEMENT - Grand Parade, next door to the Poly building N.B. Thisvenue closes at twelve and drinks run out at eleven. Provides band most Tuesdays and Thumdays and music follows to fit in with the band on. THE FRIDAY NIGHT CLUB (Fri) mainly student based with the odd pop stu in leather Advertising trousera, bop aroend to Indi and 60's Michael SKY AT NIGHT (Sit) surprise bands, slides and films, Indie old and new BAR PRICES the cheapest anywhere, WEAR black tight leather trousera, COST £1.50 or (0273) 723587 less.

THE ESCAPE - 10 Marine Parade 11m SUNSHINE PLAYROOM (Wed) Indie, the only fun in town for I pound THE BOll..ER ROOM (Fri) 70's tacky and stylish SATURDAY NIGHT (Sit) doesn't even need to advertise, is the most popular trendy club in Brighton, the freshest imports here filst SUNDAY ESCAPE (Sun) normal pub times, relaxed Soul Funk and Jazz, FREE BAR PRICES reasonable, WEAR compete with Brighton's fashioolble, DECOR surreal, COST £3

THE OLD VIC - 27 Ship Street THE BIG RED ONE (Fri) latest Hip Hop with Paul FUNK FURNACE (Sit) IS name suggests, sometimes guest London DIs PREACHER MAN PRESENTS (Sun) 70's Soul with a little bit of Hip Hop and Funk BAR PRICES pub, WEAR anything, N.B. closes It 12.00

NIGHT FEVER - Half way down Ship Street CASH MONEY (Tues) brilliant 70's well mixed, the best,also Hip and Rare SEX APPEAL (Wed) student orgy night, kids have fun when term starts BAR PRICES quite expensive, WEAR young and trendy, DECOR smoochy and tacky, COST £1.50.

TOP RANK SUITE - West Street MIWONAIRES (Thurs) have to hive "loads of mooey", be over 23, chart dance SATURDAY NIGHT..uTHE SUITE (Sit) party and punch guaranteed BAR PRICES rip off, WEAR white stilletoes, smart casual, no jeans, DECOR large dance floor.

BUSBY'S - on the seafront, bottom ofWest Street CLUB SOLITAIRE (Tues) Busby's is an Igeist club, this night you have to be _ 2S CELEBRATION (Thum) up to date chart and soul, over 20's FRIDAY CONNECTION (Fri) same u before SENSATIONS (Sit) letting the young ones in (over IS's) £1.00 with a Copy of The Punter: BAR PRICES make sure ycur wallet is fit, WEAR uprTwket tack, DECOR sophisticated

PINK COCONUT - West Street, in between amusement arcades Every night is plrty night It the Pink, fussy bouncers, meat mllltet;pick up • docx-to­ Downstairs at SWIFfS door salesman, wooderfully taclty with flashinglaser show BAR PRICES costly, DECOR pink, tnirrott.d and luscious, WEAR pink. West Street SWIFTS - West Street HEAYEN AND HELL (Thurs) gay and straight, with all the dancemusic that's evercharted BAR PRICES OKish, COST £1 with I copy of the Punter.

WOODY'S WINE BAR - Middle Street HIGH MOON (Moo) fantaatic mixture of Indie sounds through the 1ges thursdays BAR PRICES quite expensive, COST £1 Guana Batz Cookie Crew The Smiths Dusty Springfield 10 11 AROUND THE COUNTY

HAWTH FOR FREE

You don't get much for free these days (did you ever?), but confounding such homely philosophy is The Hawth, Crawley's new Arts Centre, MADCAPS which opens on Saturday 30th April. For the first week all events are HAIR STUDIO entirely FREE, and include a Rock night with the excellent BOBBY SCARLET and EVER, a production of ALAN AYKBOURN's "Mother Figure", Gilbert and Sullivan, Youth Dance groups and plenty more. There are also guided tours of the Centre and its facilities, including an 21 PRINCE ALBERT STREET . BRIGHTON . 23808 opportunity to try out the superb video and sound equipment. Not only that, but for a mere 50p you can buy a slice of Rita Chard's giant Hawth cake, the 5,000 pieces of which are being sold to raise money for St. Catherine's Hospice. After this first week you'll unfortunately have to pay, but it's clearly worth it with some obvious highlights being the dance-music-perform­ ance wizards LA BO UCHE on Thursday 19th; and interesting lookin numbercombining theatre groups KABOODLE and FUSION (remem­ GILLIAN'S ber their versionofBerkoff's 'East'at The PailionTheatre?) on Saturday 21st. COSTUME Moing out of the studio theatre into the Main Auditorium you can get excited and/or snooze through an evening of NEW AGE MUSIC, HIRE featuring CLAIRE HAMILL, STEPHEN CAUDEL ar.dJOHN TH­ GoodSelectionof fancy dress and EMIS on Thursday 26th May. Brightonregulars JOHNNYIMMATE­ periodcostumefor stage or parties. RIAL, JOHN HUGHES and DONNA McPHAIL present the first in a series of cabaretnights on Saturday 18th, and Crawleyitescan finish the month with a choice ofRICHARD DIGANCE or chamber-music from Unit 3, JEUX (featuring Imogen Barfold on Harp), both on Saturday 29th; or Kensington Arcade, the D'OYLY CARTE OPERA,back on tour with Iolanthe and The 10 Kensington Gdns, Yeoman of the Guard from 30th May to 4th June. ALSO COSTUMES Tel, Btn 673242 MADETO ORDER lion • sat 10• 5.30 BOILER ROOM

THE ESCAPE CLUB FRIDAYS £1.50 with N.U.S card 12 THEATRE

NEW WRITING IS THE WORKS New writing fmds it very hard to get presented in these philistine times. I=ORBICOEN But occasionally something sneaks through - On9th, 10th& 11thMayyou can see AndrewChater'snew play "Mr Punch", a haunting drama set in the backstreets of Hogarth's London 'PLANET which folows the time honoured story of Punch & Judy. NOW IN "The most interesting thing I caught on the Edinburgh Festival Fringe was Mr Punch....with a strong poetic feel for language and bags of ·BRIGHTON guts....fluidly played by four young actors." The Guardian. The Ultimate Comics, Science, Fiction, Fantasy WRESTLING WITH THE DINNER . and Horror Bookshop.

HOWARD Tintin -JUdge Dredd.: BARKER is proba­ Viz -:.. 2000AD- Watchmen bly the most contro­ Badges - T-Shirts - Posters versial playwright in Britain today. Local 29 SYDNEY STREET, BRIGHTON director and .BRIGHTON 687620' performer, TONY LIDINGTON inter­ viewed him for The Punter.

T - You are known as a serious or difficult writer - this is partly because your work has constantly switched ground and pushed limits both for 21 Gardner Street your audience and yourself: How have you done this in the Last Supper? Brighton HB - There are formal dlstlnctlons between this and my otherplays Tel: 685248 - for Instance, we use a Chorus (muslcallsed by Matthew Smith). ThisIsanewdepartureforme. We have beenworking towards a non narrative structure, orat least a narrative Interrupted by parables. And the language Isstreched and distinct. T - My own work has recently been fmding a new voice '- not confmed Opening late from lst March by the plodding plot narratives ofconventional drama which saturate us on the television or the cartoonsterotypes of70'sbased agit-prop theatre - this led me to a more ''poetic'' approach with The Life And Tunes Of Hieronymous Bosch. Yet in some ways this is surely inaccessible and Monday-Friday 9.30 am-8.30 pm elitist? ' 'Saturday 9.30 am-S.30 pm HB - We shouldstopbeingashamedofbeingelitist. ThereIsnothing wrong with high art, orart belngdlfficult. No progressive works of Licenced cafe art can speak to everyone, that Isone of the great myths of Socialist Art. Populism Is the enemy of culture. T - Is artistic or aesthetic excellence independent from accessibility? ---...... :_---...... -----... HB - I'm all for accesslblllty, but I am violently contemptuous of entertainment. Entertainment Is a massage; Important theatre should oblige the audience to question Its moralltyc.the audience must work and take a chance. T- Should theatre be politically relevant? HB -Yes,butnotpedagogic. I detest I~eologles,agitprop techniques are no different from The Sun. You have to honourtheaudience and treat them as equal, then they will follow - the artist Is at the service of the people, leading them Into unknown territory. T - Finally, there has been some local publicity surrounding the title of ' The Last Supper, suggesting that it was somehow blasphemous - is it? THE GREYS HB - The whole notion of blasphemy suggests that there Is some Incontravertible Reality or Truth, but no fact Is objective. And No Darts No Pool No Crisps anyway, the play Is about someone like Christ, not about a Biblical NoWindsurfers'No Hangliders personality. No disco No qUiz No Fruit .. T- Good luck with the show and thanksfor talking to me Machine. No Kiddies Theme· HB·-Thank-you and good luck with Bosch in Edinburgh. Park No Room Howard Barker's The Last Supper performed by TheWrestling School . .l05 Southover St will be at the Gardner Centre from 10th-14th May. BRJGIJTONTel: 680734 13 CLASSICAL MUSIC

CLASSICAL BIRTHDAYS TEATRO MASCARA (Glorius Mud)

TheClassical highlightthis year mustbe the cycle ofBeethoven choral Susanna Dlnl is one of Italy's most talked about new stars and there is music commencing with the Missa Solemnls (op 123 D major) pre­ plenty to talk about in her new role in Theatre Mascara's production sented by the Royal Phlharmonlc Orchestra and the Brighton of "In Attesa Del Soccorsl" (Until Help Comes). The Punter's Festival Chorus and conducted by Amntal Dorati. Italian correspondent writes - 1988 marks the 20th anniversary of the Brighton Festival Cho­ ''In Attesa Del Soccorsi" draws it's inspiration from a news item. In rus.Theirfirst performancewas in 1968 - Belshazzar'sFeast, conducted November 1985, the volcano Nevado de Ruiz destroyed all types oflife by Walton himself. The choir has worked with Daniel Barenboim, Sir in some vilages with a flood ofmud. Thousands of years ofcivilisation Colin Davis, Simon Rattle & Sir Yehudi Menuhin, who became its have been violently swept away. Susanna Dini plays a survivor who president in 1983. Recently their recording ofBelshazzar's Feast with finds the corpse of a man who had been suffocated in the mud. She the RPO was nominated for a Grammy. becomes obsessed with 'theman. She dances for him, she provokes him, loves him so much that she destroys him, reducing him to a skeleton On 18th May (St Barts), Brighton Festlvl Chorus join with The which she buries in a final gesture of love. The performance pivots on Australian Chamber Orchestra in two Beethoven works - The this dance macabre, the audience being drawn in to the intense and Choral Fantasia & the Mass In C as well as Schubert's Sym­ dramatic ritual. phony No.5. There are no language barriers and this tour de force is at the SallIs The cycle continues later in the month with two more concerts from the Benney Theatre from 26-29th May. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & the Brighton Festivl Cho­ rus at The Dome - on the 28th, Beethoven Plano Concerto No 4 and Christ on the Mount or Olives; and on the 29th, his Symphonies No 8 and No 9. No 9 (The Choral Symphony), is LEGENDS IN THEIR OWN LUNCHTIME possiblyBeethoven'smostpopularwork - particularly with 'Clockwork Orange' fans. The ever popular Hanningtons Lunchtime Concerts continue this year in the Unitarian Church Hall, New Road. Among the young Friday 13th sees the English Concert Orchestra & Choir pre­ artists performing are Anthony Harwood, Nicholas Claptonand Kathron senting a programme of works by Purcell including Dido and Sterock. See listings for full details. Aeneas, Purcell's wonderful miniture opera, here played on original in­ struments & directed by Trevor Pinnock. Another highlight is on 10th May when the Endymlan Ensemble and the Schola Cantorlum or Oxford celebrate Messiaen's 80th birthday. Messiaen, noted as a Catholic mystic, still plays the organ in Paris and is renowned for his uriique musical language. The programme also includes Gabrielli's Sonat Plan'e Forte which was written in the 16th century especially for StMarks in Venice, to be playedby a large Venician Brass orchestra. A new ensemble of45 brass & wind players plus extensivepercussionplay this vibrantpiece, fitting for the expansive accoustics of St Barts. On 19th May at St Martin's Church, the Australian Chamber Orchestra present the UK premiere of Peter Sculthorpe's Con­ certo Grosso. Sculthorpe was born in Tasmania in 1929 and is the most Denis WIcks In the New Sussex Opera~'s production of Wagner's Flying Dutchman . . important Australian composer of the day. This year he is the featured composer for the Festival. CLASSICAL LISTINGS LOADSA OPERA THE DOME This is New Susex Opera'stenth anniversary season, and to celebratethis they tackle their most ambitious project. We asked David Jones ofthe 6 May -'Beethoven Missa Solemnis; Z6 May - Jorge Bolet, piano Company about the production:''It's the biggest we'veeverdone. There Royal Philhannonic Orchestra with Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Franck, LiszL are well over200 people involved, including an orchestra of 80. It is an Brighton Festival Chorus; Antal Dorati 8pm.. arena production with a thrust right out in front of the ausdience, so the conductor, soloists Ruth FalCVladimir Ashkenazy conducts and plays 15 May - Philhannooia Orchestra, Beethoven 4th pianoconcerto and Christ on The Flying Dutchman, sung in English, is at The Dome on 12, 14, Nonnan Del Mar conductor, Ernst the Mount of Olives: Royal Philhannonic 17 and 19th May at 7.30pm. Kovacic violin: Elgar violin concerto, Orchestra & Brighton Festival Chorus, Vaughan Williams Job. 8pm. 8pm. 18 May - Workshop on Peter Sculthorpe 29 May - Vladimir Ashkcnazy conduClS OPERA - FROM BRIGHTON Earth Cry and Sun Music 4 with composer, the Royal PhilhannonicOrchestra, with NCOS Symphony Orchestra, Lionel Friend Brighton Festival Otorus: Beethoven Sym­ Brightonresident John Lamberthas been a great uinuence on post-war conductor, IO.30am.Free . phonies no. 8 & 9. 8pm. music, both as teacher and composer. Ofhis new work 'Family Affairs' 20 May - ,Australian Otamber Orchestra, John Williams guitar: Rodrigo guitar he writes: concerto and works by Haydn & GARDNER ARTS CENTRE "Thisis less an operathan adramawith music-a sort ofblackvaudeville. Sculthorpe, 8pm. 15, 22, 29 May - Otilingirian String To be sure, apart from the shortPrologue and Epilogue, there is continu­ 21 May - BBC Concert Orchestra, Quartet: Stephen Isserlis AshleyLawrence conductor, Leland Chen ous music. but the action is mostly carried through the spoken word cello & Simon Rowland Jones viola ­ violin,: Tchaikovsky programme including accompanied by music in the background." . Brahms & Boccherini . 4pm. violin C

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LANCING COLLEGE THEATRE 27 May - Kathron Sturroek, piano, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Sculthorpe. FLI5HT-LNE~-·· 6, 7, 8 May - Vocem the presen18 1.15pm. world premiere of 101m Lambert's 28 May - Ixion - tribute to Morton . LEADERS IN LDW COST FLIGHTS one-aet opera 'Family Affairs'. 8pm. Feldman Mistry Quartet 1.15pm, Ixion BARGAIN AIR FARES Return prices from Ensemble 4.15 and 6pm.

LANCING COLLEGE CHAPEL

14 May - Timolhy Bond organ recital, OLD smp HOTEL, Paganlnl Room LOS ANGELES...£289 NEW YORK.•••£235 Bach and Messiaen. 5.3Opm. 22 May - Raising the Hat, Donald AUSTRALlA...£590 HONG KONG...£490 27 May - Chiaroscuro, director Nigel Swann and 101m Amis. 3pm. 6 inc. tea MIAMI...•..•••£259 MALAGA.•..••.£79 BANGKOK.•...£355 Rogers: Handel Trionfo de1Tempo e n 23 May - Poetic Image in Song: Donald del Disinganno. 8pm. . SINGAPORE•.•••£415 MILAN..•....•£79 TORONTO....•£169 Swann with Lucinda Broadbridge. 8pm. 24 May -A South African Experience ­ ALiCANTE..•:•..£79 GENEVA...••••£79 BOMBAY.•....£355 Donald Swann with Clive McCrombie and HURSTPIERPOINT COLLEGE Call us now fo, other destinations. Sophie Mgcina. Ballads & settings of CHAPEL Sooth Africanpoems. 8pm. 15 May - Ditehling Choral Society; 26 May - The Five ·Scmlla - a lewiah lanet Canetty-C1arlRequiem. 3pm. 27 May ": Russian Roots: Donald Swann's Russian story in music. 8pm.

ROYAL PAVILION, MUSIC ROOM ST BARTHOLOMEW'S CHURCH 7 May - Guildhall Suings, Handel and 7 May - lane Parker Smith organ recital BARGAIN TRAVEL Stravinsky.8pm. 5.3Opm. 14 May - Neil Jenkins, tenor; G8ICth 10 May - Endymion Ensemble, Messiaen Catch "the American SpJrlt- with Bargain Travel Hulse, clarinet, lonathan Hinden, piano Et ExpectoBruckner Mass in E minor. 8pm. - recital ofEng1iah song aettings of 11 May - 'venetian Baroque: Choirs and Bureau Blake poetry.8pm. instrumentalists fran Brighton College and • NEW YORK £199 • MIAMI £289 16 May - Melvyn Tan (Fortepiano): Roedean School. 7.45pm. .. Beethoven & Schubert. 8pm. 13 May - The Eng1iah Concert in Putee1l • L.A. £339 FLY AROUND PASSES 17 May - London Fortepianc Trio: programme,includingDido& Aeneas. 8pm. Haydn, Mozart, PleyeL 8pm. 18 May - Australian Chamber Orchestra, • GREYHOUND PASSES· 19 May - English Song Award semi­ Brighton Festival Chorus, Laszlo Heltay final. ?pm. conductor, Bernard Roberts piano: see Australia £590 (Perth) £668 (Sydney) 22 May - Tempesta eli Mare, Bach Beethoven Mass in C & choral Fantasia. Return Bargain Fares Brandenburg 5 and music by 8pm. Destouches & Monteelair. 8pm. 21 May - Francis ladson organ recital: 23 May - Australia Ensemble: Messiaen and Franck. 5.3Opm. One Call books all at 44 Sydney Street. Beethoven, Bartok and Carl Vine. 8pm. 28 May - PeterStevenson, organ recital: Brighon 271221 . 24 May - Australia Ensemble ­ Messiaen, Bach and Widor. 5.3Opm. Beethoven, Rossini, Dolmanyi. 8pm. 25 May - Ustad lmrat Khan, Indian classical music for sitar. 8pm. PAVILION THEATRE 23, 25, 27 May - Scottiah Opera-go­ Round present special chamber production UNITARIAN CHURCH of 'lenufa'. 7.3Opm. 7 May - No Strings Attached (clarinet quartet). 1.15pm. 10 May - Marwood String Trio: GLYNDEBOURNE OPERA HOUSE Beethoven, Kodaly, Francaix. 1.15pm. 8 May - Norbert Brainin violin, Martin 13 May - New Mexborough Engliah Lovettcello, 101m Lill piano: Piano trios by Concertina Quartet. 1.15pm. Mozart, Beethoven and Brahms. 3pm. 14 May - 'A Voyage of Discovery' ­ song recitBl by Corinne Shirman Sarti and lulian Elloway. 1.15pm. ST PETER'S CHURCH 16, 17, 18 May - Engliah Song Award Auditions. llam onwards. FICe 16 May - Sussex University Chorus and 20 May - Richard Lester cello, Alan Orchestra,conductorlonathanCross,Haydn Vegetarian Cafe and Take Away Gravillpiano: Beethoven, Strauss, Nelson Massand musicby PercyGrainger& V Michael Finnisay. 7.45pm. Sculthorpe. 1.15pm. OPEN ALLDAY MON-SAT 21 May - Kaleidoscope (clarinet, FROM Hlam . violin &·piano): Kreisler, Khachaturian and Sculthorpe. 1.15pm. ' HOVE TOWN HALL Will now be opening 23 May - Tryptich - piano trios by 11 May - The King's Singers: Towards the Friday & Saturdayevenings Mozart & Ravel. 1.15pm. j-u-s-t New World, mixed programme to celebrate 23 May - Ixion - tribute CO Morton the King's Singers 20thanniversary. 8pm. 7;30pm to last orders .. ~ Feldman: piano recital 6pm. I at lO.OOpm 24 May"':' Ixion - tribute to Morton • Feldman: viola & piano. 1.15pm. Bringvour otrn trine ST MARTIN'S CHURCH 24 May - Ixion - tribute to Morton • Feldman: Michael Finnisay. 7.3Opm: 14 May - Brighton Consort, music by 721721 25 May - Nicholas Claptal counter. Durufle. 8pm. tenor and Kathron Sturroek piano: 19 May - Australian Chamber Orchestra: Engliali' song recital1.15pm. Mozart, Britien and Please ring for reservations SculthOlpC:·world ptemiere. 8pm. Brighton 571363

15 DANCE

WHY NOT DANCE

"00 you like music? You bet! Then why not watch the BAD Dance Company? Never been to watch dance before? Will you like it? You betl" So says Linda Rickett, director ofBAD Dance Company, who premier two new pieces this month. Linda also added, a little curiously perhaps, "We're all fully paid up members of the Why Not Club so we're expecting good attendance." IUNIQUE BALINESE HANDICRAFTS I The two premiers are; a work by Linda Rickett "GoodTune Bad Time", presenting a characteristic unpretentious blend of humour and power; JEWELLERY AND GIFTS FROM EAST AND WEST and "Five Sides to Every Story" by Kate Dalton, commissioned for the Festial, and adelightful parcel ofpurephysicalityandrobustcalcutation. HANDWOVEN RUGS BEDSPREADS AND CUSHIONS The whole evening programme is completed with the once seen never forgotten controversial "Should We Keep Our Knees Together?" and 19 BOND STREET, BRIGHTON "Dancing by Numbers" or dicing with death on stage as it affectionately is known. Aone night only opportunity at the Sallis BenneyTheatre, Grand Parade, Thursday 19th May, 8.00 pm. Tickets from Box Office. ANANDA DEAD DOGS Where can you see Moritz the FABULOUS SUMMER Dead Youth and Fischmann the HANDPAINTED AND BATIK CLOTHING: Dog on the same bill? Not only that., but see them dancing with BLACKAND WHITE AND BRIGHT! Herr Holtoff, the Strongest Man in the World? BRILLIANTLYCRA SWIMSUITS & BIKINIS Answer: DIVAS' presentation of ."Eleven Executions" at JEWELLERY, BELTS, BASKETS The GardnerCentre onMay 18th AND ESPADRILLES. at 7.45pm.

Divas' steps and music derive from Brightonians US AGGISS and 38, Kensington Gardens. Brighton 697096 BILLY COWIE. They have been collecting astonishing reviews around the country: "hottest thing .on the New Dance Scene" OB­ SERVER; "this ballet offrustration translates a cry of rage into a dance metaphor for a whole society's anxiety" GUARDIAN. JORMA'S BACK FEATURES One of the highlights of last year, JORMA UOTINEN is back; this ~ time with the Helsinki Dance The­ ()trftftes -V--y-.ew&fA atreat the GardnerCentre from 23rd to 28th May. (Two seperate programmes - see listings) 33 Kensington Gardens, Brighton, CLASSICAL FRENCH,

It's hard not to think of the railway station - BALLET DU NORD G ;il G :a GE are, in fact., an amazingly youthfuiI ;> APPENDA internationally admired classical dance company. They will be at 'the EXILE Theatre Royal accompanied by the STYLISH FASHION specially formed Brighton Festival JEWELLERY ~. AT SENSIBLE PRICES Sinfonia for two programmes between ~ 17th and 21st ofMay. (See Listings) .• l~ PHOENIX DANCE / f I i-I"" .- This one may have alreadysold out - if i \ not rush along for tickets to ISMAEL IVO at The Gardner Centre on 6,7 & 8 May.The firstappearanceinBritainfor 36 Kensington Gardens one ofthe most exciting dancers in the i,-"-' ~ t!. ~ Brighton BNl 4AL world today. -- 24 GARDNER STREE'!' Tel: 0273 605901 Tel: Brighton 682711 '. 16 , CABARET

BOLIVIAN NAVY PLC

May sees' the launch of the Bollvian Navy PLC with their show "Treading Water" at the Zap Club. (May 9th - 11th at 8.30pm).We asked Phil Gunderson, one: of It's founder CROCODILEI members, what it was all about. Thenew show is aboutperspective and the way things lose their meaning Rock Inn,.Rock Street, Kemptown when your sense of perspective is altered. For instance, Bolivia is a totally landlocked country lind yet they have a Navy who, once a year, conduct mock sea battles on the streets of La Paz. Now, to us that might May 5th 8.30 p.m. seem rather quaint or just plain stupid, but if you're aBolivian it's an Next Stop Edinburgh with Ivor Dembina, Jo important reminder of how their only pieceofcoastline was lost in a war Brand (The Sea Monster), Mark' Thomas and with Chile, Andso the BolivianNavy is a symbol fora national identity. James Macarbre. Although this mightsound remote, it's not! I believein simple and clear . May 6th and 7th 8.30 p.m. * theatre - never try to do the work on behalf of your audience. Instead of . The Brighton Bottle Orchestra and John acting a range ofemotions for the audience, we try to get the audience to . Lenahan. feel for themselves." May 19th, 20th and 21st 8.30 p.m. Acts of Gross Indecency from Dreenagh Darrell and Bob Boynton PUNTER GOES FOR GROSS May 26th, 27th and 28th 8.30 p.m. INDECENCY Wax Cabinet in "The Return of Fist-Face" Readers of Punter 38 wil have seen our story on how the Crocodlle CabaretatTheRock has donemore than any trendy estate agent to make BOOKING: "Kemptown Village" the place to be. We advise you to buy tickets in advance as they In May they are offering a 9 different shows, including Bob Boyton ­ are limited from: The Rock Inn, Rock Street, one of the funniest comedians I have seen. Bob's appearing with Kemp Town (near Sussex Square); Tall Storeys, Dreenah Darrel in a show called Acts of Gross Indecency - In the St. James' Street (ex "Picture Books"); Aladdin's press release Dreenah is described as making Joan Rivers look likethe Cave, Waterloo Street, Hove; Brighton Bystander, Virgin Mary. Ifthis is so then Bob makes Lenny Bruce look repressed! by the Station and The Stage Door Cafe, Sydney The Punterrecommends "Actsof Gross Indecency" (I'vealways wanted Street. to write that) - 19th-21st May. . TICKETS are also available on the door. Other highlights include - for one night only - Ivor Dembina with;his new cabaret.Threestandups joinIvor and among them is JoBrand alias tickets:k3'oo!S,SO~~ *1J-so/13·(lO The SeaMonster who recently made a big impression on Friday Night Live. (5th May) . . On the 6th & 7th May the Bottle Orchestra bring their totally unique show to the venue. One ofthe few acts on the world whose fans . . span all age and class barriers. Perhaps they've learnt this knack from Frank Sinatra - they share the samemanager with 01' Blue Eyes. Other fans include PrincessMargaret,Terry Wogan and mostnotableof all, The Punter. At the end of th~ month (26th-28th May), Wax Cabinet present their new show - see our mid-month supplement for more on this.

ZAP - SAT 14TH MAY

Ian Smith, the Art Gangster, presents a new dimension in time-based performance - "Bite Sized Art". Part one is entitled "Who squashed my Lizards?" and features two flat dried lizards imported from a Hong Kong apothecary. The piece lasts fifteen seconds.

LATE & LAUGHABLE

The late night cabaret season at the Pavilion is fast selling out- indeed JOHN DOWIE and JOAN COLLINS FAN CLUB already have (Note: Joan has an extra date at the Zap Tent). You may still get tickets for THE DOUG ANTHONY ALLSTARS on the opening night, Friday 6th May. Despite the uninspiring name, Doug's boys come from Australia trailing accolades such as "Gothic, sick, crazy, terrifying, exhilarating, outrageous comedy." They won the Best of the Fringe award in Adelaide in 1986, against world-wide competition. Ifjuggling's your bag, then you mustremember the legendary AMAZ­ ING MENDEZIES.· From- the ashes of this troupe rose MR. 0273 692751 ADAMS & MR. DANDRIDGE. without question the best comic jugglers in the biz. Theirknife act is utterly hysterical. Getthrown at the IIIIIII Pavilion Theatre on Saturday 14th at 10.3Opm . ·41. Gloucester Road. Brighton. ••••••• 17 FESTIVAL BIG TOP

r A MODEST LITTLE INTERVIEW ( REALLY BUZZING ) WITH LE FAN "Ordinary kids doing extraordinary things" - THE FLYING FRillT FLY CIRCUS is thirty-odd schoolkids from Albury-Wodonga who, Jasper Carrot scriptwriter SIMON FANSHAWE and Watch the with tuition from the Nanjing Acrobatic troupe of China, have become Woman presenter JENNY LECOAT are currently nearing the end of one of the sensations of the 1980's. a national tour recalling their early work together on the near legendary Sexual Politics and Three of a Different Kind workouts. Most certainly a night out for all the family - if you haven't got one go anyway, from 14th to 18th May in the Festival Big Top. . Although he only lives round the comer, The Punter managed to get through to Simon on the phone in the midst, as he put it, of"aflurryof A the VancouverChildren's Festival (the biggestculturaleventof itskind calls asking him to be the most famous person in the world". We sort of in the world) they performed to 3,000 people a day, and astounded wondered where he and Jenny first met everyone. Even more incredibly, they playedthe BIG TOP in Melbourne on a street called Batman Avenue. Holy toe-ropes Robin! "It was in a saunna in Belgium. Jenny was part of a circus at the time, appearing as the horse-back riding heterosexual. I was in Brussels ,------_ petitioning the European Court ofHuman Rights on behalfofa group of ( BIG JOBS ) Brighton homosexuals who had been accused of being unfashionable ....------' andhaving little or no taste in interior design." I'm glad to see that THE HAPPY END'S publicity brochure includes Since meeting you've become comedy's best known couple haven't a number of clippings - indeed a front-cover - from The Punter. Did we you... the Michael Denison and Dolcie Grey of the alternative scene? really say "if this doesn't get your bowels working then nothing will", back in March 86? How lax of us. "Ohyes, and thistour's been amammothsuccess. In Durhamone punter actually explodedwith laughter, and apolice dog who saw us in Kettering Brighton has become a sort of second-home for the for the big, brash had to leave the force on a dishonourable discharge. We're delighted band. Self-described as "simply awesome", and back by enormous about being THE MAIN SHOW (put that in Capitals please) in this popular demand in the Zap Tent on Friday 20th May. year's Brighton Festival. We are really looking forward to selling out the tent We really wantpeople to come. In fact we beg people to come. In ( fact we'll be down on our knees for people to come..." .... REVOLUTIONI -')

Remembering how Simon stole "I was a German" by ERNSTTOLLER is the sort ofautobiography that the show at the Ben Elton meg­ can change your life. Toller was an Expressionist playwright and abash in April 1987, I should think revolutionary socialist who attempted to lead a Utopian Republic in they'll have a little problem. Bavaria immediately after the First World War. He is the author of such SIMON FANSHAWE and classic plays as "Masses and Men", "The Machine Wreckers" and JENNY LECOAT are in the Zap "Hinkemann"; many of which were written in prison. Tenton24thMayat8.00pm. How I was pleased to see, then, that the Brighton-based ALARMIST THE­ could you miss it? ATRE COMPANY, 'English Expressionists' with a growing reputa­ tion, are presenting a play about Toller in the Festival. "Toller" by TankredDorst, is apoliticalcabaretset in Munichin 1919, and covers one month of revolution and unrest RANDOM ENGINE provide some authentic music, and Red Herring's MATTHEW MILLER the set design. The play is co-directed by Stephen Plaice and Helena Uren, and if the Company's recent work is anything to go ny (Greek, Prometheus Unlocked and Top Girls), then the Zap Tent on Monday 23rd May should be the scene of some fairly spectacular fireworks. ( PORK PIES )

Anotherchanceto re-live the sordid tale ofsex, drugs and JailhouseRock as THEBLUES REVIEW's tribute to the movieretums to the Zap Tent on Saturday28th from 10.00 pm. Last year's show soldout in advance. You have been warned. .. ( HEARBEAT OF AFRICA )

"A new band has burst into prominence... eight men from the Transkei, who seek purely to revive African traditions. The show is exhilerating, borne along on solid rhythms and vague menace of the drums ... frenetic dancing and intoxicatinglycross rhythms...don'tmiss thisextraordinary phenomenon." That's what The New York Times thought of AMAM· PONDO; back home in SouthAfrica, The Soweto News said "Amam­ pondo are not good ... they are superb! Their hearthrobbing vibrations with their roots embedded in Africacaughtme in a hypnotic music trance the moment the group, clad in traditonal regalia that turned the (Johan­ 18 nesburg) MarketTheatre into Africa itself, stepped on to the stage. They make you proud to be African. Their ancestors must be proud of Amampondo." Amampondo play the most astounding array ofpercussion you are ever likely to see. They are a group ofdancers, musicians andacrobats from South Africa, finally back in the UK following their rapturous success at the 1986 EdinburghFestival. The tribal dress and warpaintis part of their FESTIVAL BIG TOp· message; "to preserve our culture, history, respect and dignity". The spontaneous standing ovations as the group build relentlessly to the STILL SOLID ritualistic climax shows that we too can respond to the power and beauty ( ) of that culture. Amampondo are The Real Thing Zap Tent, 24th, 25th and,26th May at 10.00 pm. Say Hi! to the hardest working man in show business, the most overlooked man in musical history, a man who has played more univer­ sity gigs than even Richard Thompson, Ladies and Gentlemen Mr JOHN MARTYN, the man who single-handedly changed the sound of folk music forever. Back in the bad old days of the folk music as mantra-like'hypnotic early seventies when folk music .art. The echoed guitar, gruffvoice was tarred with the bobble hat and and sublime melodies fusedjazz, fmger-in-the-ear image Martynhit rock, blues and folk and made on the still innoative idea ofapply- • them greater than the sum oftheir ing the echoplex to his melodic, . parts. accoustic style. In the process . Go along on 21st May to the Zap adding about eight dimensions to Festival Tent, and catch up on the sound. what the Yanks have always Through LP's like "Inside Out", grooved to but what we British "SolidAir". "One World", and the have passed up on. unsurpassed "Live at Leeds," Martynexploredthe outerlimits of

( TWO MACS ) What can we say about these two that you don't already know? McGOUGH and McCARTHY, Rog and Pete, together again. Two Merseyside lads brought up by the Christian brotherhood. Weren't we all? I know I was. Their unique mix ofwit and poetic satire sells out wherever it goes, so book early for the Big Top on Friday 20th May at 8.00 pm,

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19 FILM

PASSAGES SWANKY The Asian section of films includes the mainstream A Passage to SURREALIST India (dir. David Lean). Judy Davis convincingly plays a naive English gel prone to heatstroke, elephantrides and a spotof bother under the hot "Deeper into the labyrinth" is a hot Indian sun. It's a thoughtful film of life under the Raj, which hints season of films by the Czechsurre­ at the magical call India has had for The Thinking Colonial, brilliantly alist master with the totally unfor­ played by Peggy Ashcroft. gettable name JAN SVANK- Still in India, Heat and Dust is a sortof colonial version ofRoots. Julie MAJER. Seen for the first time Christieplays a young woman on a hazy voyage ofselfexploration (lust by many on last year's "Alche­ in the dust inclusive) who travels throughIndiarediscovering the bad old mists of the Surreal" touring pro­ days through her great aunt's letters. gramme, Suankmajerprovedto be First World films about Africa include Dicky Attenborough's Cry an absolute revelation. Freedom, an excellent account of White South African liberalism The "Labyrinth" programme can confronting the sharp edge ofapartheid. A very different film to Outof be seen in three parts at The Sallis Africa, a romance which uses Africa as a very beautiful backdrop. Benney Theatre, together with the Sarraounia on the other hand is a film made by Med Hondo, which work of another Czech animator gives an African persepective on colonialism, with an African queen leading a rebellion against French rule. INNOCENCE AND EXPERIENCE, comprising six short pieces (10 to 20 minutes each), three of which are by Svankmajer, including his The Kitchen Toto will also be shown, reviewed below by Dave Arthur. disturbing reworking of theAlice theme"Downto the Cellar". Ian Smith Four Werner Herzog films are featured - Burden of Dreams, hope­ should like the animated potatoes! (Sunday 8th from 2 pm) fully the new Cobra Verde, Where the Green Ants Dream and the MYSTERIES OFTHE SURREAL, six more short pieces, including classic original heart of darkness film, Aguirre, Wrath of God, "AquietWeek in a House" which merges live action with trick photog­ Herzog's films and his film-making itselfraiseenoughquestions to merit raphy to create what many reckon to be his best film, (Saturday 14th at a season on their own. 8.00 pm) French colonialism returns to haunt us with The Battle of Algiers. A GOTHIC FANTASY includes the supreme surrealist objet trouve­ perfect education in comprehension of Algerian oppression under the thousands ofhuman plague skulls in the ossuary of Sedlec Church. Frenchrule. Its best asset is that it puts you inside the minds of freedom Plus Svankmajer's nightmare version ofPoe's 'The Pit and the Pendu­ fighters everywhere in the world. A very unique film. lum", and a classic Kenneth Anger piece from 1954. There are American lowish-budget films which give a Black film­ maker's view of the USA, such as She's Gotta Have It and (we hope) IMAGES OF COLONIALISM Hollywood Shuffle. Films by British Black film makers include Menelik Shabazz's Burning an Illusion and My Beautiful Laun­ derette, the latter a charming film which lies in a multi-cultural Duke of York's Cinema, 8th to 28th May homosexual launderette of a country. The more recent Sammie and Ifyou lose a friend or relativeduringMay, and you know them to be avid Rosie Get Laid is something of a disappointment but curious to watch film buffs, you will be able to collect them at the end of the month at nonetheless. It's another portrait of life and getting laid in Thatcher's Preston Circus, where they will be wandering dangerously amidst the Britain, but somewhatmarredby amiriadofwell-wornverbal and visual traffic, blinking like surfacing moles. They will doubtless have spentthe cliches. previous threeweeks in an orgy of film viewing at the Duke of Yorks. Another strand of the season is the representation of Aboriginal people Images of Colonialism In International Cinema is the theme title in Aussie films, Hopefully this will include a showing of John Pilger's for Brighton Festival's first significant flirtation with films. It includes documentaryu Secret Country and Nice Coloured Girls, a short stuff which has rarely been seen in this country and all adds up to over experimental (but I'mtold not inaccessible) piece by Tracey Moffat and 50' movies. Gulp. also Fred Schepisi's The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith. Fear not, There will be guestspeakers to hold our hands and encourage Peter Weir's Picnic at Hanging Rock brings us nubile young Aussie discussion should we get our images in a twist. Even better, there's a day maidens picnicking in alien Aussie desert Something dark and sinister conference on May 21st, where you can sort out some of the questions happens which couses most of the girlies to go screaming, frocks in raised by the season, called Reflections of Colonialism in Inter­ tatters, all the way backto boarding school. Butsomeof the damsels have national Cinema. Enrolment blurb from Brighton Arts Information disappeared. It goes on a bit and ends inconclusively. I'd like to have Unit or other recommended dealers. known if theywere eaten by a koala bear or what. Either you think it's a filmgushing important messages or you think it's a load of rubbish. Comrades is the tale of the Tolpuddle Martyrs, a very,different kind of 1"H£ unwilling colonial settler in Aussie. It's an interesting film that seems to ~ULTAN:S be aimed at mainstream cinema while forgetting that three hours is just ~~y too long to make this important story easily accessible. A bit more of the GARDEN ...... - 183 minutes could hae been used to fill us in on the historical context, lrifhtM'5DII!y Twkish Rdaytptd; -rVRKISH &: instead oflaguishing on Vanessa Redgrave's fancy. Butit's a brave film about some brave chaps. TRADITIONAL MIDPI£ EASTERN TURKiSH t>15HES t>15HE5 ..DONER. .In Walkabout Jenny Agutter gets sunburn, left to fend with young ATREASONABlE. PRlC.ES KE~&S~.sUISH ' brotherin the brave new world of Aussie Aboriginal desert Adapted From £1.50 from the novelof the samename, directorNicolas Roeg brings his special Me-1.e KE&AB5"8VRtiE~ touch ofstrangeness to the story. ' , K~e>A8S Fro'Mlt £2.."1-5 ~V£GETAR\AN These are just a few ofthe many films to be shown... for dates and times HOVS£WINE o""y£4S0 ~ES"O'O~ Music. &8el1yt/a."c.1"t[ a.t see listings Column. weekOfds.A(ood titHe iiJM.uy~ OPEN TIL'2.am. Rhoda Nottrldge - OPEN TIL. 1am - Te1:673763 F NO~TH RD OPPOS\TE THE" A~GV5

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THE KITCHEN TOTO .THREE:. .MEN. AND A BABY

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"'--- BIG FISH UP FRONT 11 OTHER LANDS: OTHER HISTORIES___

As far as I can see RED HERRING are the only group in town to have AUSTRALIA: lJl.;" ABORIGINAL LAND is a major new photo­ taken the Festival's"Voyage and Visions" theme at all seriously. It's also graphicexhibitionwhich, in its modestway, commentspowerfullyon the a curious irony that visual artists writemore words abouttheirwork than "bicentennial" celebrations of a country that has in fact been inhabited any other sort of creative bod. So, ten pages ofPress Release later, we for 50,000 years. It documents the suffering of Australia's original find out what the originators oflast year's award-winning "Scaffolding peoples, and records their current struggle for survival. The striking Project" and "On the Scent" are up to in '88. images by PENNY TWEEDIE and AXEL DOIGNANT provide a Once again the laudable aim is taking Art onto the streets, with work damning indictment of the colonial process and its modem legacy in specifically designed for sites around town. The theme is travel, and the Australia. emphasis is the town's population in transit - comments, jokes and A Brisbanesettler in 1897 wrote that"every acre oflandin these districts critiques ofthe effectofmovementon everyday life, from juggernauts to was won from the Aborigines by bloodshed and warfare". The present skateboards. day Land Rights movementby sections of the quarter ofa million black MATTHEW MILLER will sculpt to portray the mystical attraction of Australians is evidence that this struggle is far from finished yet. foreign lands and the search for "enlightenment". Australia: An Aboriginal Land, presented in association with JOHN MILLS and JONATHAN PRATTY, both look at rail travel, SurvivalInternational, willbe in the FoyerGallery at BrightonPolytech­ whilst DAVID PARFITT will build a gateway on Brighton beach to nic, Grand Parade, from 6th to 27th May, 9.00 - 5.00, except Sundays. "reconcile the two images of the sea as a wall and a highway". BRUCE WILLIAMS is into cars and GUY HOLDER will build two YOLNGU: ABORIGINAL CULTURE extremely large fish to suspend at London Victoria and Brightonrailway stations(??) TheAboriginal CultureofAustralia's NorthernTerritories has remained relatively intact, in that these regions were the last to be reached by the LUCY BYATT and AVRIL WILSON subvert the fat woman/royal Europeans. BrightonMuseumhas organised an exhibitionto portray the family headless effigies you see at the pier for photographing mum and wealth ofcultural artefacts and their relation to the way oflife and social dad. Theirsteel body masks are for real people in a real, UJiequalsociety. structure of these nomadic peoples. ANDREW HEAPS will produce an automatabased on a section ofthe Reconstructed settings, practical and ritualistic objects, paintings, carv­ Royal Pavilion, which opens to reveal a moving representation of the ings, contemporary art and ceremonial decoration - together with the Prince Regent and cronies based on the early 19th century satirical processes of production - all combine to present the historical and cartoons. And fmally DAVID GLEDHILL has gone for a large scale modem richness ofAboriginal culture. diptychon a seafaring themeplaced, appropriatelyenough, on the Palace Pier. BRIGHTON MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY, 6th to 26th May inclusive (exceptMondays), lOam to 5.45; Sundays 2 pm to 5 pm.

BRIGHT ART

FRAMING Don't forget - the immensely popular Corn Exchange Art Exhibi­ tion runs from the 7th to the 28th May and reveals the wealth oflocal MODERNOR talent in the field of Contemporary Art.

TRADITIONAL HANS OFF!

FOR FAST My God - those eyes. Pictured here is the remarkable HANS PERSONAL SERVICE FEIBUSCH, painter, sculptor, muralist, and still active nonogenarian: COME TO TUTTI FRUTTI AT He stands in front of his interior mural at St. Wilfred's Church, Elm Grove, Brighton, currentlyunderthreatofdemolition from a rathershort­ 37 KENSINGTON GARDENS sighted clergy. BRIGHTON The Burstow Gallery at Brighton College (Eastern Road) is holding an exhibitionofhis work from 6th to 29thMay(11.30- 5.00; Sundays 2.00 -5.00).

GET SHARP For the ~rightoD Festival, ~b THE LANES PHOTO SHOP This year's Festival poster has been designed by MARTIN SHARP: wrrB ' Tiny Tim fanatic, StreetofDreamsdirector, and formergraphic designer " withthe infamous OZ magazine. An exhibitionofhis posterdesigns will OUT OF TIME SOUND STUDIOS be in.the Gardner Centre Foyer from 3rd to the 28th ofMay. ...-at.-ClOJICeIIl in @l ~ @.ango {~ @It J'boCo&nphIc Art , "Street of Dreams" covers the evoltition of popular song with the .....UDI~VIDEO PHOTOGRAPHS" considerable help ofTINYTIM. The film is still in production - though Gavin Henderson claims to have watched 12 hours ofrushes. Assuming ~ ~ CFr- Mw,y I.11188) @(aIIAio1 is ftun, «4 they finish the editing it will receive it's World premiere at the Duke of 'The Laneo Photo SbopipecWioe York's on Tuesday 24th May, attended by Mr. Tim and Mr.Sharp. See at 21 ~inglm~, ~ in top quaIi~ hand·prlnfUii Iild ,. .our special mid-month Punter for full details and (hopefully) transatlan- ~====~===--='~ film proceuing. . :tic interviews with the troubadour and his mate. Out ofT'uneopec:ia1ioe in Sound­ Tracks fOr FilmIIIdVUieo.

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HOVE MUSEUM AND ART CORN EXCHANGE, CHURCH FILM FESTIVAL at the DUKE Weds 25th 7pm - ManOf GALLERY STREET OF YORKS, Preston Circus. Flowers! Cactus Untll'31 May - Sussex Watercolour 7-28 May - The Corn Exchange Thurs 26th 7pm - Walkabout Sun 8th 2pm- A Passage To Society's 1988 Exhibition Art Exhibition, an open exhibition 9pm - High Tide India! Heat And Dust of art and sculpture by artists based Frl 27th 7pm - The Gelling Of THE LANES PHOTO SHOP, 3 7pm ..., Sharpeville Spirit! Cry in Brighton and Hove Wisdom! Crimes Of The Heart NILE STREET Freedom' , Sat 28th 7pm - The Coca Cola From 1 May - Video Photographs HUGO BARCLAY, 7 East Street Mon 9th 6.3Opm - She's Gotta Kid! Bliss! Mad Max WINDOW GALLERY, 3 DUKE'S 7-28 May - Screenprints by John Have It! Hollywood Shuffle LANE ; Piper, Wooden Vessels by Mike Tues 10th 7pm - Passion Of SALLIS BENNEY THEATRE 2-21 May - Watercolour at Window Scott Remembrance! The Kitchen Too GARDNER CENTRE GALLERY OAKWOOD FARMHOUSE, Weds 11th 3pm - Burden of Surrealist Animation Season 3-28 May - Towards the Mountain, STREAT LANE, STREAT Dreams! Aguire, Wrath OfGod! 8 May 2pm - Innocence and recent paintings by Daniel Mafe 8 May - 5 June - Sculptures, draw­ Fireraiser Experience ings, watercolours and leuering Thurs Uth 7pm - Playing Away! 14 May 8pm - Mysteries Of The GARDNER CENTRE FOYER by John Skelton Bonjour Capitaliste Surreal 3-28 May - Entertained at Butlins, Frl13th 6.1spm - Handsworth 14 May 9.3Opm - The Pied Piper paintings and drawings by Peter MANOR COTTAGE AND THATCHED COTTAGE, IFORD Songs! My Beautiful Launderette/ 22 May 2pm - Gothic Fantasy McCarthy Sammy and Rosie Get Laid 3-28 May - Posters by Martin 8, 10-U, 17-19,24-26 May - Floor and wall tiles by Peggy 11pm - Out Of Mrical Mrican OPEN AIR PERFORMANCE Sharpe - designer of this years Queen Stransfield and Diana Hall EVENTS Festi~al image. Sat 14th . 7pm - Cobra Verde & BRIGHTON POLYTECHNIC MARTIN STUDIOS, 54 Walde' 9pm - White Elephant 13 14 May - 9-10 pm - House­ watch presents No 7 Pelham FOYER, GRAND PARADE grave Road Ilpm - The Killing Fields! Swim­ Square. Images will be projected on 5-27 May - On Aboriginal Land, 8,15,22 & 29 May - From ming To Cambodia photographs by Pernny Tweedie and Brighton to Egypt - Landscapes Sun 5th 2.3Opm- The Home And to the windows of the house making a spectacular multi screen display. Axel Poignant and Light by Paul and Vivien Martin The Story! An Indian Story 23 May - 9-1O.3Opm ­ FIVEWAYS STUDIOS, 130 HoI· s.3Opm - Amir ' BRIGHTON SEAFRONT GAL· Banholomews Square. Situation IIngbury Road 7pm - La Chapelle LERYOFFINEART (PIG & Cinema presents Leonardo Seduce 9, 14, 15, 16, 21,22,23,28,29 May Mon 16th 7pm - Burning An FIG) , Me. 6-20 May - Dark Caves - Light - •An opportunity to see pottery, illusion! Black Girl sculpture and ceramics in progress Weds 18th 8.3Opm- Sarraounia Visions, works by Nicholas HORSHAM ARTS CENTRE Kowalski, Jessica Smith, Lizzy and to buy direct from the artist Thurs 19th 7pm - We Are The Elephant Smyth and Jenny Bowmer PRISM GALLERY Films showing nightly at the Ritz 8.3Opm- Cry Freedom 23-29May - Paintings and drawings 9-28May - & ink and watercol­ Cinema and (occasionaly) in the Pen ~y by Betty Corbet and Joan Goodliffe ours on themes of world peace by Frl 20th 7pm - Leuer from Capitol Theatre. This months films Village! Rue Cases Negre Sonja and Richard Higson include Empire OfThe Sun (2-12 BRIGHTON PEACE CENTRE 11pm - Baule For Algiers May at spm & 8pm), Diva (6 May at LIBRARY, TRAFALGAR BRIGHTON TOWN HALL Sat 2st 8.3Opm- Brightness Ilpm), Around Midnight (27 May STREET 9 May - 3 June,- Children's Art llpm - Black Orpheus! Opera do at Ilpm) and Trois Hommes Et Un 6-29 May' - The First Australians, Exhibition Milandro Coumn - the original and classier the life and art of the Australian BRIGHTON LIBRARY GAL· Sun 22nd 3pm - Comrades by far (French) version of Three Men ' Aborigine and the white settlers LERY 6.4spm - Breaker Morant! Picnic At and A Baby. associated with them 7-28 May - Very Food by Silvia Hanging Rock BURSTOW GALLERY, Ziranek, Set of photos from bookof Mon 23rd 7pm - Secret Country! HA WTH, Crawley BRIGHTON COLLEGE, EAST· the same name Nice Coloured Girls! The Chant Of This month: Hope & Glory on 15 ERN ROAD RED HERRING GALLERY, 9-10 Jimmy Blacksmith May (spm & 8pm) and House Of 6-29 May - Exhibition of work by North Road Tues 24th 9pm - Nice Coloured Games on 23 & 25 May (7.4spm). Hans Peibasch 9-29 May - Craft at Red Herring, Girls! Where The Green Ants Dream 8 HOLLINGBURY ROAD BENNETTS BUILDING (Oppo­ 7-8, 13-15,20-22,27-29 May ­ site Red Herring;North Road) Open House 88, ceramics, sculpture, 11-28 May - Cafe Plastique by in­ glass Prints, drawings and paintings dustrial and Domestic Theatre by six artists Contractors OLD smp HarEL BRIGHTHELM CENTRE (Ha· 6-29 May - Flame FantasieS by nover Room), North Road Michael Marchant 14, 15, 19-28 May - Arts by people ARTarECH,40GLOUCESTER with special needs ROAD BRIGHTON CENTRE, Kings 6-29 May -'One Woman·One Man Road AT WINDOW Show, Gillian Mutch and Bruer 15 May - Vintage model railway Tidmari's paintings and sculptures exhibition and toy fair WINDOW GALLERY QUADRANGLE GARDEN, RURAL MUSEUM, Stanmer Park AN EXHIBITION FOR BRIGHTON FESTIVAL BRIGHTON POLYTECHNIC, 5-31 May - Wood and stone 3 DUKE'S LANE 2·21 MAY 1988 . GRAND PARADE carvings by Reece Ingram WORKS BY BRIGHTON ' 6-29 May - Sculptures by James CHAPEL ROYAL, North Street Hudson 17-28 May - Voyages of Faith, an SUECLARK.PAULlNE.JAV TEL.726190 UNIVERSITY OFZSSEX, exhibition of drawing, painting FALMER ' and crafts on a religious theme by the ILANA RICHARDSON.SHIRLEY TREVENA 6-29 May - The ~ rlow Collection Society of CatholicArtists of Chinese Ceramics, Bronzes and BRIGHTON MUSEUM Jades ' 6 May-26 June - Treasures of Sussex Churches 23 KIDS STUFF

CHILDREN'S PARADE TOWN FAIR Drama workshops Fridays 7-11 15 May - Games, entertainments, years. Details from Brighthelm What sensible child would want to miss the Festival Opening Parade races and displays in the Lanes. (821512) on May 6th. A chance to be part of the always exciting and colourful 12 noon Puppetry Workshops Mons 4-14 opening of the Festval with clowns, bands, theatre troupes, dancing years. Details Mark Mansbridge displays etc. Assemble (pavilion Gardens) from 4.4Opm, procession BEACH ODYSSEY (821512) leaves at 6pm. 22 May - A family event on the 14 May - Dandelion Puppets There are plenty ofexciting events for children during the Festival with beach to the east of West Pier with present 'Shadows In the Desert' theatre from all corners of the earth: inflatable puppets, music, bonfire, (6-12 years). 2.3Opm.£I,kids, 50p floating fire-sculpture and much adults From ChUe there's "The Tomato and the Condor", a tale of a young morel6.3Opm A Family Concert of Afghan and Chilean boy searching for the magical tomato plant, helped through the Indian Music. Traditional, popular Andes by a variety of Latin American creatures - sounds good. ROBmSONSBOOKSHO~11 & classical Mghan & Indian music. "AChinese Opera"(May9th, GardnerCentre,7pm)is basedon 14th Bond Street, Brighton (I years and over). 7.3Opm. £2.50, C Century Yuan drama and should appeal to children who love colourful 7 May - Hugh Lupton telling £1.50 and visual events. stories from many different cultures, 15 May - An Afghan Lutes Work­ with songs and music. 1O.45amand shop (over 8 years). 3pm. £1 Theatre On a String from Chzechoslovakia present ''Dreamworld'' 2pm (5-8 years); 11.30am and 20, 21, 27, 28 May - Brighton (Gardner Centre, 16th & 17th, 7pm) which is based on Czech fairy 2.45pm (over 9 years). Free Youth Theatre. 7.3Opm. £1.50, C £1 tales and the fightbetweengoodand evil. Againone for those imaginitive 22 May - Afghan Drumming & young souls. SALLIS BENNEY THEATRE Dance Workshop (over 8 years). There are several different puppet theatres performing - a hghlightmay 7 May - The Tree of the Thousand 3pm. £1 well be "BoolaBear& The Billabong", abouta polarbears travels from Nests (Travesura Theatre). A 28 May - Piccolo Puppet Co the Arctic to the Australian Outbackl (Brighthelm Centre, Sat 28th, wicker and puppets fantasy. ~ present 'Boola Bear by the Bil­ 2.30pm) And, of course, the Natural Health Centre has a puppet years. 11.45am. £1 kids, 50p labong'. company (Tuppenny Puppets) whose string puppets are made entirely adults 4-7 years. 2.3Opm.£1 kids, 50p from naturalmaterials and accompaniedby live music. Right-onnippers The Tomato and the Condor adults can fit this in on 6,10,16,17,23 and 24 May at 4.30pm. (Travesura Theatre). 7-12 years. 3pm. £1 kids, 50p adults GARDNER CENTRE For the higher brow youngster great fun should be had at "Complete 9 May - 'A Chinese Opera' 8 May - 'Captain Stlrrlck' (ftlm). Nonsense" (PaviUon, Sun 8th, 12.05pm) - a show based on the Musical drama about a gang of child (Boundstone Community College & Kent Opera). Music, drama, mime, wonderful nonsense rhymes of Edward Lear; and playground cred pickpockets... 11.15am. £1 kids, 50p mask and dance. 7pm. £2 consiouskids shouldn'tmiss a billofmaterialby SpikeMUligan, Roger adults 16, 17 May - Theatre on a String McGough and Allan Ahlberg at the Pavliion. (Frl20th at 6pm). 14 May - Musldlme Concerts for present 'Dreamworld', a children's Defmately a highlight will be Bright Red's versionofAlice in Wonder­ Children. llam (3-5 years); 12 show from Czechoslovakia. 7pm. £2 land/AliceThrough the Looking Glass ("Allee"- ZapFestivalTent,21 noon (6 years and over). £1 kids, 50p & 22 May, Ipm & 8pm). See article onTheatre pages for more on this adults BRIGHTON MUSEUM AND theatrical extravaganza. 19 May - B.A.D. Dance Co present­ ART GALLERY ing premieres of new worlts. (Over 7 May - Boomerang Workshop 10 years) 8pm. £3, C £2 (min age 9 years). lam & 3pm. £1 21 May - No Strings Puppet 13 May - Pre-school morning: Theatre present 'Johnny Gloke' Australian Aboriginies. 0.30am. (5-9 years). 3pm. £1 kids, 50p adults Free. 22 May - 'A Swarm In May' 14 May - Dlderldu Workshop (film). Story of a small boys (I-II years). 3pm. 50p search for selfesteem. II.15am. £1 21 May - Australian Aborlgonal kids, SOp adults Myths & Craft Workshop (5-7 years). 10.30am. Free 28 May - The Rainbow Serpent: Australian Aboriginal stories and craft worltshop (8-11 years). 10.30am. Free 21, 28 May - 'Telling Tales' story telling session of Australian tales with a chance to handle the artefacts featured in the stories. 5-7 years. 10.3Oam. Free HOVE MUSEUM OF ART Sundays - Discover dlfferent aspects of life at sea. 7-11 years. 3pm. Details Linda Drams (779410) BRIGHTON TOWN HALL 9 May - 3 June - Children's Art Exhibition: VOYAGES: historic, mythical, ftetiooal, future MOULSECOOMB JUNIOR SCHOOL 28 May - The best of Moulsecoomb Talent plus Jazz band. 5pm. 5Op. Details fran 571I06 BOOTH MUSEUM OF NATU­ RALHISTORY, Dyke Road. 14 & 21 May - tasmanian Wolves & other Au.rallan Animals. A chance to fmd out about some Australian animals and make a puppet of the extinct Tasmanian wolf. (8-12 years). 10.30am. SOp. LISTINGS

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Su~ 1st PRINCE ALBERT - Folk night BRIGHTON'S UNIQUE CREOLE RESTAURANT CLIFfONVILLE - Cry Wolf. 8pm. BRIGHTHELM CENTRE - "A THE GREYS - Mezclado. l2.30prn View from the Bridge" by Arthur Miller, presented by Prospect Drama Open 7 nights a week from 7pm GREEN DRAGON - Trad Jazz Brighthelm. 7.45pm. band. 12 noon. Free Gen Knowledge ,Saturday & Sunday American Style Brunch, Quiz. 8.3Oprn TRADES & LABOUR CLUB - . Brighton Country Music Club from 12 0'clock PRESTONVILLE ARMS - Long presents Welsh band Clovis. 8.l5pm. Tall Texans. 12 noon BASEMENT - Flik Spatula & ZAP CLUB - Lunch: papers, ~~ Breakfast Oil Rig 8.3Opm Live Iazz PrldayNight cartoons for the kids. 12 noon. Dogs In Honey - performance art r~" ~_::: 'with a workshop. 3pm. Frl6th . 6 Little East St., Brigh.,ton Silver Tongue Club. 6pm. GARDNER CENTRE - Ismael Tel: Brighton 735527 Ivo, solo dance performance of "Phoenix" 7.4Spm. Mon 2nd PAVILION THEATRE - Ralf ZAP CLUB - Hag Record Night Ralf in ''The Summit". 8pm. featuring Camino Select, Dog Hunch SALLIS BENNEY - Forkbeard and Who's In The Kitchen. Fantasy: "An Evening with THE GREYS - Oakville Tune Forkbeard" and ''The Brlttonioni Wranglers. 8.3Opm Bros".8pm. KEMPTOWN PIER - Alarmist Tues3rd Theatre in ''Toller'' by Tankred ART COLLEGE BASEMENT ­ Dorst.8pm. Womens Performance Night. Open MARLBOROUGH THEATRE ­ platform - go along and perform. "Summer of the Seventeenth Doll" Clause 28 Benefit. Women only. by Ray Lawler. 8pm. 8.3Opm. NIGHTINGALE THEATRE­ PAVILION THEATRE- Nana ''Trouble with Harry": as 4th. 8pm Vasconcelos and Bush Dance. Top PAVILION THEATRE - The Brazilian percussionist with ethnic Doug Anthony Allstars. lO.3Opm and electro-rhythms. 8pm. ROCK INN - The Brighton Bottle BRIGHTON CENTRE - Erasure. Orchestra and John Lenahan. 7.3Opm. 8.3Oprn. ZAP CLUB - Hank Wangford. BRIGHTHELM CENTRE - "A NOBLES - Noblefolk and View from the Bridge": as 5th. Company. 8.3Oprn. Free 7.45pm. . TOP RANK SUITE - Art Blakey's Wed 4th Jazz Messengers. 9.3Oprn. ZAP CLUB - Club Sandino and CONCORDE - Keith Nicholls' COHSE hold a Support the NHS Hot Six. 8.3Oprn. evening with Latin Jazz Disco. 9pm. RICHMOND - Girls Behind Bars NIGHTINGALE THEATRE­ + Insanity Circus + Pig City House The World Turned Upside Down Rockers. 9pm. Theatre Company presents ZAP CLUB - Wee Papa Girl ''Trouble with Harry" by Chris Rappers. Stagg.8pm. CONCORDE - Gay disco. lOprn. Sat 7th PRESTONVILLE ARMS - Gen GARDNER CENTRE - Ismael knowledge quiz. 9pm Ivo: as 6th. 7.45pm. PAVILION THEATRE - Ralf Thurs.Sth Ralf in 'The Summit"; as 6th. 8pm DOME - George Melly & John SALLIS BENNEY - Forkbeard Chilterns Feetwarmers plus Harry Fantasy: as 6th. 8pm. J Strutter's Hot'Rhythm Orchestra. MARLBOROUGH THEATRE­ 8pm 'Summer of the Seventeenth Doll': GARDNER ART§ CENTRE­ as 6th. Timothy Westin Around Europe Spm. in 80 Minutes. 7.45pm. NIGHTINGALE THEATRE­ GLOUCESTER - Desmond 'Trouble with Harry':as 6th. Spm. Dekker. Midnight. Savage! Love by Sam Shepard & ZAP CLUB - The Blue Aeroplanes Joseph Chaikin. 12.30 NIGHTINGALE THEATRE­ KEMPTOWN PIER - Alarmist A shop with more surprises than you think! ''Trouble with Harry": as 4th. 8pm. Theatre In 'Toller': as 6th. 8pm. Now you know where we are - check us out! ROCK INN - "Next Stop PAVILION T:HEATRE - Donmar No. 1 in Sussex for Soul/Disco/Dance music Edinburgh" with compere Ivor Warehouse Theatre present Demblna and stand-up comics Jo 'Moosehead Theatre Sports'. 19 BRIGHTON SQUARE THE LANES BRIGHTON 25440 Brand (The Sea Monster), James 11 pm. McArbre and Mark Thomas 92' CHURCH ROAD BURGESS HILL. 04446 2235. 8.3Oprn. 25 LISTINGS

ROCK IJI;~ - The Brighton Bottle Tues 10th STAR OF BRUNSWICK - Steve Hubbard on guitar, in 'Got Those OrchestraL John Lenahan: as 6th, THEATRE ROYAL - Penelope Hawkins. 9pm. Free Brighton Festival Blues!'. 8pm 8,3Opm. Keith in Rattigan's 'The Deep Blue ZAP CLUB - Hardest Blast: visual BRIGHTHELM CENTRE - 'A Sea: as 9th. 7.3Opm. Thurs 12th sound on the beach, + The Rhino Boys Inside. 8pm. View from the Bridge': as 5th. GARDNER CENTRE - The THEATRE ROYAL - Penelope 7.45pm. Wrestling School in Howard Keith in Rattigan's 'The Deep Blue BRIGHTHELM CENTRE ­ CONCORDE - Morrissey-Mullen Barker's 'The Last Supper. Sea': as 9th. 2.30 and 7.3Opm. Brighton Dance Collective present 7.45pm. BAD Dance Co. & Moving Band Reunion. 8.3Opm. PAVILION THEATRE­ Mountains. 8pm CLIFfONVILLE - After All ­ PAVILION THEATRE - 'Mr Melbourne Theatre Co presents band.8pm. Punch': as 9th. 7pm. Beverley Dunn in 'To Botany Bay ZAP CLUB - Lunch: Hairy Dog 'Intimate Memoirs of an Irish on a Bondi Tram'. 8pm. Sat 14th Club present Suspect Device. Taxidermist': as 9th. 9.3Opm. GARDNER CENTRE - 'The Last THEATRE ROYAL - Penelope 12.3Opm. KEMPTOWN PIER - Alarmist Supper: as 10th. 7.45pm. Keith in Rattigan's 'The Deep Blue Cabaret Night features Mullarky Theatre in 'Toller': as 6th. 8pm. MARLBOROUGH THEATRE­ Sea': as 9th. 2.30 and 7.3Opm. and Hancock. Plus the Coco Club MARLBOROUGH THEATRE ­ 'Summer of the Seventeenth Doll': GARDNER CENTRE - 'The Last till2am 'Lunch' by Steven Berkoff. 1pm. as 6th. 8pm. Supper': as 10th. 7.45pm. 'Summer of the Seventeenth Doll'; KEMPTOWN PIER - 'Toller': as . PAVILION THEATRE- 'To, Sun 8th as 6th. 8pm. 6th.8pm. Botany Bay on a Bondi Tram'; as 12th. 2.30 and 8pm. GARDNER CENTRE - Ismael NIGHTINGALE THEATRE­ NIGHTINGALE THEATRE­ Ivo: as 6th. 7.45pm. 'Trouble with Harry': as 6th. 8pm. 'Trouble with Harry': as 4th, 8pm. KEMPTOWN PIER - 'Toller': as Savagel Love as 7th Savagel Love as 7th 6th.8pm. SALLIS BENNEY - Forkbeard Fantasy ZAP CLUB - The Bolivian Navy CONCORDE - The Ian Hamer MARLBOROUGH THEATRE ­ pic: as 9th. 8.3Opm Big Band. 8.3Opm. 'Summer of the Seventeenth Doll': KEMPTOWN PIER - Alarmist as 6th. 8pm. Theatre In 'Toller: as 6th. 8pm. CONCORDE - Tim Garland's RICHMOND - The Long Tall Points On The Curve. 8.3Opm, Texans + Fractured+ The Frantic NIGHTINGALE THEATRE­ NIGHTINGALE THEATRE­ Fllntstones. 9Pm. 'Trouble with Harry': as 4th. 8pm. 'Trouble with Harry' as 6th. 8pm. RICHMOND - Champagne's Savagel Love as 7th presents Blow Up + the Dick PRINCE ALBERT - Folk night PAVILION THEATRE - 'The Warren Experience + Spiral. 9Pm. Almost Complete Works' - Mr MARLBOROUGH THEATRE­ SALLIS BENNEY - Irving Berlin Adams and Mr Dandridge 1O,3Opm. 'Break the Ice': jauJfunk 6 piece. NOBLES - Noblefolk and F1oorshow, presented by BBC Radio 8pm. Company. 8.3Opm.Free Sussex. 8pm. FESTIVAL/ZAP TENT - Flying Fruit Fly Circus. 7pm. CONCORDE - Harry Strutters ROCK INN - "A Necklace Of THE GREYS - Black Magic and Hot Rhythm Orchestra. 7.3Opm. Natural Nourlng Nectar" - one . Boredom In Hove , the coach tour. CONCORDE - Bobby Shaw & woman show from Magenta Wise. The Geoff Simkins Quartet KING & QUEEN - Dave Departs 7pm. 8pm. 8.3Opm. Marsters' Big Band. 8pm. Free ZAP CLUB - Live music from the BASEMENT - The Groundhogs & RICHMOND - Tribute to John GREEN DRAGON - Trad Jazz Jack Rubles. 9pm. Lenna & The Snakemen 8.3Opm Coltrane night featuring Alan band. 12 noon. Free BRIGHTHELM CENTRE ­ Skidmore on tenor saxaphone, Nick Gen knowledge quiz. 8.3Opm 'There will be a 20 Minute Walden, Andy Clyndert, Spike Wed 11th PRESTONVILLE ARMS - Live Interval': Recital by Brunswick Wells and Ian Harner on trumpet, music. 12 noon. THEATRE ROYAL - Penelope Poetry Society in aid of PACT. 9pm. Keith in Rattigan's 'The Deep Blue 8pm. Pop music quiz. 8.3Opm CLIFfONVILLE - Cry Wolf. Sea': as 9th. 7.3Opm. GLOUCESTER - Geno THE GREYS - The Snake Men. 8pm. . GARDNER CENTRE - The Washington and the Ram Jam 12.3Opm RICHMOND - Alan Skldmore!Ian Wrestling School in Howard Band OLD VIC - Battle of the Bands Hamer Quintet 9pm Barker's 'The Last Supper': as BASEMENT - John Coghlan's ESCAPE CLUB - Blyth Power + lOth.7.45pm. Diesel Band 8.3Opm ZAP CLUB - Lunch: Hairy Dog Club present Brahma Chop + Salad from Atlantis. 7.3Opm. PAVILION THEATRE - 'Mr RICHMOND - The Radio Stars + Punch': as 9th. 7pm. support. 12.3Opm. Frl13th The Dag MIssionaries. 7.3Opm 'Intimate Memoirs of an Irish Cabaret Night with Jungr and THEATRE RQYAL - Penelope PAVILION THEATRE - "Booze, Parker. Plus Ian McPherson with Taxidermist': as 9th. 9.3Opm. Keith in Rattigan's 'The Deep Blue Blues and Ballyhoo". 8pm. his new one man show. 8pm. KEMPTOWN PIER - 'Toller: as Sea': as 9th. 7.3Opm. 6th.8pm. GARDNER CENTRE - 'The Last Sun 15th Mon 9th MARLBOROUGH THEATRE ­ Supper': as lOth.7.45pm. THEATRE ROYAL - Penelope 'Lunch by Steven Berkoff. lpm. PAVILION THEATRE - 'To PAVILION THEATRE - 'To Botany Bay on a Bondi Tram': as Keith In Terence Rattigan's 'The 'Summer of the Seventeenth Doll': Botany Bay on a Bondi Tram': as 12th. 8pm. Deep Blue Sea. 7.3Opm. as 6th. 8pm. 12th. 8pm. John Dowie. 10.3Opm. SALLIS BENNEY - Brighton PAVILION THEATRE - The NIGHTINGALE THEATRE­ SALLIS BENNEY THEATRE­ Dance Developments: performances Works Theatre Co-operative in 'Trouble with Harry': as 6th. 8pm. The Magdalena Project present by local groups. 8pm. 'Mr Punch'. 7pm. SavagelLove as 6th 'Nomlnatae Fllae'. 8pm. NIGHTINGALE THEATRE­ Ben Keaton in 'Intimate Memoirs ZAP CLUB - The Bolivian Navy KEMPTOWN PIER - 'Toller': as 'Trouble with Harry': as 4th. 8pm. ofan Irish Taxidermist'. 9.3Opm. pic: as 6th. 8.3Opm 6th.8pm. MARLBOROUGH THEATRE­ KEMPTOWN PIER - Alarmist ROYAL PAVILION - Westbrook~ MARLBOROUGH THEATRE­ 'Break the Ice': 6 piece jazzfunk. Theatre in 'Toller: as 6th. 8pm. Rossini. Music Room, 8prtl. 9.50, C ·'Summer of the Seventeenth Doll': Bpm. MARLBOROUGH THEATRE­ 6.50, includes interval drink as 6th. 8pm.. . NEW VENTURE THEATRE­ 'Lunch by Steven Berkoff. 1pm BRIGHTON CENTRE - (Johnny) NIGIITINGALE THEATRE­ Before Dawn and The Browning Cash and (Glen) Campbell and the ZAP CLUB - The Bolivian Navy 'Trouble with Harry': as 4th. 8pm. Version. 7pm. pic presents 'TreadIng Water'. Carter Family. 8pm. CONCORDE - The Tommy Chase GARDNER CENTRE - The Guest 8.3Opm. CONCORDE - The Conrad Band. 8.3Opm. Stars Plus Seven: farewell tour, with Herwig Quartet 8.3Opm. CONCORDE - The Lltha Quartet RICHMOND - Badder Rlddlm +. extended 13-piece line-up. 8.3Opm. from France. 8.3Opm. RICHMOND - Negazicme + reggae sound system. 9pm. FESTIVALIZAP TENT - Flying support. 9pm. THE GREYS - Paul Buckley. CLiFfONVILLE - Strega·Band. Fruit Fly Circus: as 14th. 2 and 8.3Opm KING & QUEEN -.The Panama 8Prn· / 7pm. Band plus Phil Mason. 8pm Free OLD VIC - Shrine - reggae STANFORD ARMS -JoAnn CONCORDE - The Pete Burdon TOP RANK SUITE - Misty In PRESTONVILLE ARMS - Gen . Kelly, Britain's top female blues Quintet 7.3Opm. Roots.8pm. knowledge quiz. 9pm vocalist, supported by Roger 26 LISTINGS

CLIFTONVILLE - Cathy Come ROCK INN - A Necklace of 6. Real Ales on Handpump Home.8pm. Natural Nourishing Nestar - one KING & QUEEN - Jack Gilbert's woman show by Magenta Wise. Belgian Weiss beer on Handpump Hot Flve. 8pm. Free 8pm Open Normal Licensing hours... GREEN DRAGON - Trad jazz band. 12 noon. Free Gen knowledge Wed 18th ~ Food. Good Music Good Company quiz. 8.3Opm THEATRE ROYAL - Ballet du PRESTONVILLE ARMS - Live Nord/Brighton Festival Sinfonla: Fnendly Intimate Wine bar upstairs music. 12 noon. as 17ili.73Opm. Pop music quiz. 8.3Opm GARDNER CENTRE - DIVAS in THE GREYS - Dice Men. 12.3Opm 'Eleven Executions'. Liz Aggis choreographs, music by Billy NOBLE'S BAR Black Magic and Boredom In Cowle.7.4Spm. Ho~,iliecoach~u~depMU New Road Brighton 7.3Opm. PAVILION THEATRE- RICHMOND - The Cropdusters , 'Somewhere Over the Balcony': as 16ili.8pm. 20 Yards from The Theatre Royal & Orange MARLBOROUGH THEATRE­ The Smallest FREEHOUSE in Brighton 'Summer of the Seventeenth Doll': Mon 16th as 6ili.8pm. Live Music Tuesdays &Wednesdays PAVILION THEATRE ­ NIGHTINGALE THEATRE - 'A Charabanc Theatre Co presents Moderate-Minded Bard' part 2, 'Somewhere Over the Balcony' by presented by M. 1. Mathews, Marie Jones. 8pm. l.1Spm. NIGHTINGALE THEATRE­ 'Trouble with Harry': as 4ili. 8pm. WAN'( TOBE HEAADI Poets at the Nightingale with guest NEW VENTURE THEATRE­ reader Stephen Plaice; readers from Before Dawn and The Browning TOHIRE THE BEST IN 5CX.N)+ the floor; all poets welcome. 8.3Opm Version.7.4Spm. ~.g NEW VENTURE THEATRE­ BRIGHTON CENTRE - Ry .. LIGHTING EQUIPf1ENT Before Dawn and The Browning Cooder and the Moula·Banda Verslon.7.4Spm. SQN)+UGHT Rhythm Aces. 8pm. PHONE:- CONCORDE - The Tim Whitehead Quintet. 8.3Opm. CONCORDE - Katie Webster. 8.3Opm. RICHMOND - Virgin Pop Quiz BRIGHTON (0273) 607384 RICHMOND - Hairy Dog Club (upstairs): big prizes in this present bands for SOp 161EDWAIlD STUET.8IUGHTOH.S\IS5IX annualevent. 9pm S STAR OF BRUNSWICK -Glo THE GREYS - Two Strung Up. 830pm ' MacarI. 9pm. Free FESTIVALtZAP TENT -Flying ZAP CLUB - Jazz from the James Taylor Quartet. 8pm Fruit Fly Circus: as 14ili. 7pm, KING & QUEEN - The Panama ZAP - Physical Waste Company Band + Colin Bowden. Bpm. Free PRESTONVILLE ARMS - Oen Tues 17th knowledge quiz. 9pm THEATRE ROYAL - Ballet du GLOUCESTER - God and The NordfBrlghton Festival Sinfonia. Crazy Lesbians from Hell 7.3Opm. PAVILION THEATRE­ Thurs 19th 'Somewhere over the Balcony': as 16th. 8pm. , THEATRE ROYAL - Ballet du Nord/Brighton Festival Sinfonla: NIGHTINGALE THEATRE - 'A Moderate-Minded Bard' Part 1 ' as l7ili. 7.3Opm. presented by M. J. Mathews. 2 ' PAVILION THEATRE­ complementary programmes given 'Somewhere Over the Balcony': as on alternate days. l.lSpm. 16ili.8pm. 'Trouble with Harry": as 4ili. 8pm. GARDNER CENTRE - Theatre' on a String in 'Ballet Macabre'. MARLBOROUGH THEATRE ­ 7.4Spm. 'Summer ofthe Seventeenth Doll': as 6ili. 8pm. MARLBOROUGH THEATRE­ I."'.".'.~ r... 'Summer of the Seventeenth Doll': 1_, NEW VENTURE THEATRE­ as 6ili. 8pm. .. Om 01Brighlon:S most PoPular Hamburger Restaurants Before Dawn and The Browning h EXCIting range or hamburger toppings, steaks, vegetarian salads Version.7.4Spm. ' NIGHTINGALE THEATRE - 'A omemade sweet. desserts' Open 7 days a week 6.00·11.'30 Moderate-Minded Bard' Part l ras BRIGHTON CENTRE - Billy l Sth l.1Spm. Ocean.8pm. 'Trouble with Harry': as 4ili. 8pm. CONCORDE - Trevor Watts Moire Octet. 8.3Opm -- NEW VENTURE THEATRE­ Before Dawn and The Browning RICHMOND - Champagne's Verslon.7.4Spm. presents The Chesterfields + Ever + The Presleys. 9pm. SALLIS BENNEY - B.A.D. Dance Company. 8pm. NOBLES - Noblefolk and Company. 8.3Opm. Free ROCK INN - 'Acts of Gross Indecency' wiili'Bob Boyton and ZAP CLUB - Jazz Room dance Dreenagh Darrell. 8.3Opm. party night - first of 3 nights of CONCORDE - Bobby Welllns & tormented jazz madness from DJs. Infernal Triangle. 8.3Opm. 8pm RICMOND - Lamots Gen ' Knowledge Quiz (upstairs). 9p~ THE PJ\LACE PIER BRIGHTON , CHECK IT OUT! 27 LISTINGS·

PRINCE ALBERT - Folk night NEW VENTURE THEATRE­ ZAP CLUB - McDermott's Two Thurs 26th ZAP CLUB - Last night of live jazz Before Dawn and The Browning Hours THEATRE ROYAL - 'Playboy of with The Robin Jones King Salsa, Verslon.7.4Spm. the Western World': as 23rd. 2.30 plus Jazz DIs till2am. 8pm ROCK INN - 'Acts of Gross Tues 24th and 7.3Opm. Indecency': as 20th. 8.3Opm. TRADES & LABOUR CLUB ­ THEATRE ROYAL - 'Playboy of PAVILION THEATRE - 'Mother Brighton Country Music Club CONCORDE - The Clark Tracey the Western World': as 23rd. of All the Behans': as 24th. 8pm. presents Frank Jennings & Quintet 8.3Opm. 7.3Opm. GARDNER CENTRE - Jorma Syndicate. 8.1Spm. RICHMOND - Heretic's presents PAVILION THEATRE - Rosaleen Uotinen & Helsinki City Dance OLD VIC - Shrine - reggae The Night of Possibilities. 9pm. Linehan In 'Mother of all the Theatre in'Red Moon'. 7.45pm. GLOUCESTER - Bad Manners CLIFfONVILLE - Crazy Behans', adapted by Peter Sheridan ZAP CLUB - Evenlrchestra: as BASEMENT - Robert Calvert & Diamonds. 8pm. from the book by Brian Behan. 8pm. 25th.8pm. the Starflghters & support 8pm GARDNER CENTRE - 'Scream': SALLIS BENNEY Teatro Sun 22nd as 23rd. 7.45pm. Mascara of FIorence, Itsly present Frl20th FESTIVAUZAP TENT - Bright NIGlITlNGALE THEATRE - 'A 'In Attesa Del Soccorsl' ('Until Death Comes'). 8pm. THEATRE ROYAL - Ballet du Red Theatre Co present Alice: as Moderate-Minded Bard' Part 2: as Nord: Programme 2 includes ballets 21st. lpm and 8pm. 18th. 1.1Spm. RICHMOND - The Snakemen. to music by Glenn Miller, Bach and NIGHTINGALE THEATRE - 'A QUEENS PARK (nr Royal Spa) ­ 9pm Vaughan Williams. 7.3Opm. Moderate-Minded Bard' Part 2: as 'As You Like It'. 8pm. ROCK INN - Wax' Cabinet In PAVILION THEATRE­ 18th. 1.1Spm. DOME - The Christians plus 'The Return of Fist-Face'. 8.3Opm. 'Somewhere Over the Balcony': as 'Trouble with Harry': as 4th. 8pm. support. 8pm. PRINCE ALBERT - Folk night 16th.8pm. DOME - Loose Tubes. 8pm. CONCORDE - Fapy Lafertin and FESTIVAL/ZAP TENT ­ GARDNER CENTRE - 'Ballet OLD SHIP - Danald Swann with Martin Taylor. 8.3Opm. Carousel create a special show 'The Macabre': as 19th. 7.4Spm. Digby Fairweather and Lisa RICHMOND - Cry Wolf + Sound Wandering' by and with people MARLBOROUGH THEATRE­ Lincoln in alternative jazz cabaret. Advice + The Wish. 9pm with and without disabilities from 'Summer of the Seventeenth Doll': 8pm. NOBLES - Noblefolk and the local community, featuring as 6th. 8pm. CONCORDE - Peter Batten's Company. 8.3Opm. Free music, dance, drama, movement and NIGHTINGALE THEATRE - 'A 'Southlands'. 7.3Opm. FESTIVAL/ZAP TENT - Simon art. 8pm. Moderate·Mlnded Bard' Part 2: as RICHMOND - Imalato Tomatoes Fanshawe & Jenny Lecoat. 8pm. Amampondo: as 24th. IOpm. 18th. l.lSpm. + Why? 73Opm. Amampondo: exhilarating rhythms NIGHTINGALE THEATRE - 'A 'Trouble with Harry': as 4th. 8pm. CLIFfONVILLE - English from South Africa; one of themost Moderate-Minded Bard' Part 2: as NEW VENTURE THEATRE ­ Rogues. 8pm. £1 exuberant shows of the season. 18th. l.lSpm. Before Dawn and The Browning IOpm. KING & QUEEN - Jack Gilbert's QUEENS PARK (nr Royal Spa) ­ Version. 7.4Spm. Hot Five. 8pm. Free THE GREYS - Black Magic & 'As You Like It', 8pm. ROCK INN - 'Acts of Gross Boredom In Hove, the coach tour. GREEN DRAGON - Trad jazz CONCORDE - The Julian Indecency': as 19th. 8.3Opm. band. 12 noon. Departs 7pm. Nicholas Quartet & Dick Pearce. FESTIVAL/ZAP TENT - Pete Free Gen knowledge quiz. 8.3Opm 8.3Opm. McCarthy and Roger McGough. PRESTONVILLE ARMS - Live Wed 25th GLOUCESTER - The Snakeman 8pm. music. 12 noon. THEATRE ROYAL - 'Playboy of & The Go Devils Happy End. lOpm. Pop music quiz. 8.3Opm the Western World'; as 23rd. BASEMENT - Dumpys RN & PAVILION THEATRE - Joan THE GREYS - Stolen Moments. 7.3Opm. suport Collins Fan Club. 1O.3Opm. 12.3Opm , ZAP CLUB - Even Orchestra CONCORDE - Kenny Davern. BEACH (nr West Pier) - Beach from Australia present an innovative Frl27th 8.3Opm. Odyssey - beach theatre and (show incorporating film, animation, THEATRE ROYAL- 'Playboy of RICHMOND - Hag Records entertainment for all ages. 6.3Opm. silhouette and costume theatre, with the Western World': as 23rd. Evening. The Regular Guys & Free their own unique style of humour. 7.3Opm. support & Hag Record Exhibition. 8pm. 9pm. MOULSECOOMB BUS DEPOT ­ GARDNER CENTRE - Jorma CRE88 hip hop and rapping all day MARLBOROUGH THEATRE­ Uolinen & Helsinki City Dance CLIFfONVILLE - Apostrophe. party Spoliight Theatre Co present Theatre in 'Red Moon': as 26th. 8pm. 'Fifteen Minute Hamlet' and 'The 7.4Spm. SALLIS BENNEY THEATRE ­ Real Inspector Hound' by Tom ZAP CLUB - Even Orchestra: as Mon 23rd Stoppard. 8pm. "Dancing Through Jaguar Meat". 25th.8pm. 7.3Opm DOME - Van Morrison - whatever NIGlITINGALE THEATRE - 'A you do don't miss this one SALLIS BENNEY THEATRE ­ Moderate-Mlnded Bard' Part 1: as Teatro Mascara: as 26th. 8pm. THEATRE ROYAL -Ireland's 17th. 1.1Spm. Sat 21st FESTIVAL/ZAP TENT ­ legendary national theatre, the QUEENS PARK (nr Royal Spa) ­ THEATRE ROYAL - Ballet du Abbey, present Synge's 'Playboy of Carousel presents 'The Nord: as 20th. 2.30 and 7.3Opm. 'As You Like It'. 8pm. the Western World'. 7.3Opm. Wandering': as 26th. lpm. DOME - Humphrey Lytteltonl PAVILION THEATRE ­ NIGHTINGALE THEATRE - 'A GARDNER CENTRE - Jorma Ronnie Scotti National Youth Jazz 'Somewhere Over the Balcony': as Moderate·Mlnded Bard' Part 1: as Uotlnen & Helena Lindgren in' Orchestral Salena Jones. 8pm. 16th.Spm. 'Scream'. 7.4Spm. 17th. 1.15pm. 'B~lIet CONCORDE - An evening of Jazz GARDNER CENTRE - FESTIVALIZAP TENT - Alarmist MARLBOROUGH THEATRE­ Macabre': as 19th. 7.4Spm. and Poetry.9.3Opm. ' Theatre present 'Toller': see 6th. 'Fifteen Minute Theatre' and 'The RICHMOND - The Mldnlters + Real Inspector Hound': as 26th. FESTIVALIZAP TENT - Bright 8pm. Red Theatre Co present Alice. lpm. Hammer.'9pm. 8pm. QUEENS PARK (nr Royal Spa) ­ John Martyn. IOpm. KING & QUEEN - The Panama ROCK INN - 'The Return of Flst­ 'As You Like It': open air Band + Max Collie. 8pm. Free MARLBOROUGH THEATRE­ Face': as 26th. 8.3Opm. performance. 8pm. 'Summer oftbe Seventeenth Doll': PRESTONVILLE ARMS - Gen QUEENS PARK (nr Royal Spa) ­ as 6th. 8pm. CONCORDE - Brighton Jazz knowledge quiz. 9pm 'As You Like It'. 8pm.. Workshop & the Gardner Centre STAR OF BRUNSWICK-Chris CONCORDE - Don WelleF NIGHTINGALE THEATRE - 'A Big Band. 8.3Opm Moderate·Mlnded Bard' Part 1: as Wood. 9pm. Free Quartet & The Nick Weldon Trio. 17th.l.lSpm. THE GREYS - Elephants From FESTIVAUZAP TENT :.. Morris 8.3Opm. Texas. 8.3Opm 'Trouble with Harry': as 4th. 8pm. Minor & the Majors: as seen on RICHMOND - Big Dipper + TOP RANK SUITE - Abdullah TV; for all the family from 10 years PAVILION THEATRE - Jeremy Who's In the Kitchen + Crocodile Ibrahim and Ekaya. 9.3Opm. up.7pm. Hardy and Kit Hollerbach'. 11pm. Ride + The Levellers & The Amampondo: as 24th. IOpm. Unbelelvables. 9pm. 28 LISTINGS

CLIFrONVILLE - Cry Wolf. The Blues Revue. lOpm. 8pm. FESfIVALIZAP TENT ­ Sun 29th {t.{'opreinfg! 1950'8 Carousel in 'The Wandering': as DOOKS 26th.1pm. ZAP CLUB - Even Orchestra: as dEWELRY 25th.8pm. COFFEE HOUSE Tiny Tim tries to break his own non­ 22 NORTH ROAD, stop professional singing PAVILION THEATRE­ SeaShells Etheldreda in premiere of 'La 'BRIGHTON record of 2 hours 25 minutes, with Dolce Vita'. 8pm. 674~09 UNUSUAL GIFTS songs from Edison's day to the TEL: SALLIS BENNEY - Teatro Opp. Kensington Gdns. present, including 'Tiptoe Through Mascara: as 26th. 8pm. the Tulips'. 8pm. lfopieal MARLBOROUGH THEATRE­ Now Open For: MANDELA HALL - Roy Harper Hight Profile in Concert. 8pm. ~~·D. & James Varda 8pm Cappuccino Shells CONCORDE - Groove Juice. 7.3Opm. Expresso t2 Preston Road Brighton Sat 28th RICHMOND - Visions of Change Filter Coffee OPEN 10- 6.30 Often later/ THEATRE ROYAL - 'Playboy of + Revulsion & Imalato Tomatoes. Herb & Earl Grey Teas Tel. 603178 or .777129 the Western World': as 23rd. 2.30 7.3Opm. Salads and 7.3Opm. KING & QUEEN - Dave Vegetarian & Meat Dishes PAVILION THEATRE - 'Mother Marsters' Big Band. 8pm. Free Beefburgers of All the Behans': as 24th. ,3pm and GREEN DRAGON - Trad jazz Freshly'Made Sandwiches 8pm. band. 12 noon. Free Gen knowledge POP mUlz quiz. 8.3Opm And some Home Made GARDNER CENTRE - Jorma Organic Cakes Every Wednesday 8.45pm. Uotlnen and Helsinki City Dance PRESTONVILLE ARMS - Live Cash Prizes & Runner-up Theatre in 'Red Moon': as 26th. music. 12 noon. Luncheon Vouchers Prizes . 7.45pm. Pop music quiz. 8.3Opm Accepted The Richmond, Richmond ZAP CLUB - Lunch - Hairy Dog THE GREYS - Reasonable Men. Take Away Available Place (opp StPeters' Club with Abbflnoosty & support 12.3Opm Church) Btn 603974 Even Orchestra: as 25th. 8pm. Black Magic and Boredom In SALLIS BENNEY THEATRE ­ Hove, the coach tour. Departs 7pm. Teatro Mascara: as 26th. 8pm. ZAP CLUB - Lunch: performances ..------~~-_....~-~po'!!'ll ~ MARLBOROUGH THEATRE­ and food. 'Fifteen Minute Theatre' and 'The Silver Tongue Club. 7pm Real Inspector Hound': as 26th. FESTIVALIZAP TENT - Zap 8pm. Awards. lOpm NIGHTINGALE THEATRE - 'A Moderate-Minded Bard' Part 2: as 18th. 1.15pm. MonJOth ROCK INN - 'The Return ofFlst­ ZAP CLUB - AIDS Helpline Face': as 26th. 8.3Opm. Benefit featuring various acts and disco QUEENS PARK (nr Royal Spa) ­ 'As You Like It'. 8pm. CONCORDE - Jazz Concorde W1lEI\ FOOI\EAA IN MAN'i COLOORS ~ ,STYlES PAVILION THEATRE - The Party, Cha Cha Bar plus guests. 8.3Opm. Donmar Warehouse Theatre 7~ SfJN1ES 5[ BRIGH~ 67364-7 present 'The Moosehead ROCK SfREET - Rock Street Theatresports': as 7th. 11pm Fair with live music, entertainment, CONCORDE - The Jazz stalls etc. 12 - late. Defektors. 8.3Opm. CLIFTONVILLE - Dirty Shoes. Tues31st 8pm. ZAP CLUB - The Bodines FESfIVALlZAP TENT - The . NOBLES - Noblefolk and A. F.'King Bhubdu Boys. 8pm. Company. 8.3Opm. Free Ladies & Gen~ Hairdressers

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Sun 1st Saint Saens, Handel/Beecham and East Sussex Haydn. 3pm. £4.65 - £2.70, SOp ROYAL HIPPODROME - Gilbert students & Sullivan Society 'Ruddigore', 7.3Opm. £3.50, £3 Mon 2nd BISHOP BELL SCHOOL - The East Sussex Dancers Festival- 13th International Folk Festival CONGRESS THEATRE - London Festival Ballet 'Swan Lake'. 7.3Opm. West Sussex £12.50 - £4.50 WORTHING ASSEMBLY HALL DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE - - Boumemouth Sinfonietts with - 'Kindly Keep it Covered'. 8pm. Susan Drake on harp: Mozart, £6.50 - £3.50 Debussy, , I

ROYAL HIPPODROME ­ LEWES ARMS FOLK CLUB­ ROYAL HIPPODROME - The Tues 17th 'Ruddigore': as 1st Tony & Lesley.8pm. MinstrelsDancewith Di Francis.£4, East Sussex BISHOP BELL SCHOOL - The West Sussex £3 DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE Dancers Festival- 13thInternational BOGNOR REGIS CENTRE ­ West Sussex - 'The Boyfriend'; as 16th Folk Festival BognorRegis DramaCub present BOGNOR REGIS CENTRE ­ ROYAL HIPPODROME - The 'Plaza Suite'. 7.3Opm. £2.50, C 'Summer Fantasy': as 12th MinstrelsDance with Di Francis. £4, Tues3rd £2.25 THE HAWTH - 'Hallo Dolly': as £3 East Sussex 10th West Sussex ADELINE GENEE THEATRE ­ Sun 8th CHI~ESTER FOLK CLUB ­ THE HAWTH - SteppingOut Them Night 'Requests' SackvillePlayers present'Outside East Sussex Edge', a cricket comedy.8prn. CONGRESS THEATRE, Wed 18th £3, £2.50,£2 EASTBOURNE - Red Army.5pm Sat 14 h \ East Sussex CONGRESS THEATRE - 'Swan and 8pm. 13only left East ssex I ADELINE GENEE THEATRE­ Lake'i'as 2nd ADELINE GENEE THEATRE­ 'Tommy Boy' - a KevinWood DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE 'The T~rt and the Vicar's Wife'. 5pm production: Previewof new play Mon9th ~ and 8pm.£5.50,£4.50 - 'Kindly Keep it Covered'; as 2nd East Sussex with Peter Howittfrom 'Bread' and £S.~O, ADELINE GEN E THEATRE­ ALL SAINTS CENTRE - Theatre GeorgeSewell. 8pm. £4.50 Wed 4t~ 'The Tart and the icar's Wife', in ProgresspresentsIris Festenstein DEVONSHIRE PARK tHEATRE ina one-woman show about South East Sussex presentedby DannyDavies - 'The Boyfriend'. 5prnand 8prn. Africanwriter and activistOlive £6.50 - £3.50 ADELINE GENEE THEATRE­ Productions. 8prn.£5.50, £4.50 Schreiner. 'Funny, entertaining and 'Outside Edge'; as 3rd. CONGRESS THEATRE - Red ROYAL HIPPODROME - The moving' - Independents_. 8prn. MinstrelsDance with Di Francis. £4, CONGRESS THEATRE - 'Swan Army. 8pm. 13 only left ARCHWAY TAVERN -Zap Club £3 Lake'; as 2nd Tour.9prn DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE Tues 10th CONGRESS THEATRE - The Thur 19th - 'Kindly Keep it Covered'. 5prn and East Sussex Philharmonia Orchestre. 7.3Opm. 8pm.£6.50 - £3.50 East Sussex ADELINE GENEE THEATRE ­ £7.50 - £5.50 'The Tart and the Vicar's Wife': as ROYAL HIPPODROME - The ADELINE GENEE THEATRE­ Thur 5th . 9th MinstrelsDance with Di Francis.£4, 'Tommy Boy': as 18th East Sussex CONGRESS THEATRE - Hale £3 DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE ADELINE GENEE THEATRE­ and Pace. 8prn. £6 - £4 LEWES ARMS FOLK CLUB ­ - 'The Boyfriend': as 16th 'Outside Edge': as 3rd West Sussex Come All Ye. 8prn ROYAL HIPPODROME - The MinstrelsDance with Di Francis. £4, CONGRESS THEATRE - 'Swan West Sussex THE HAWTH - 'Hallo Dolly'. £3 Lake': as 2nd 7.3Opm. 5 - £3.50,C £3 BOGNOR REGIS CENTRE ­ DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE 'Summer Fantasy' from Denisdor West Susex Schoolof Dance. 2.3Oprn and 7prn. BOGNOR REGIS CENTRE ­ - 'Kindly Keepit Covered'; as 2nd Wed 11th West Sussex £2.90,C £1.90 London City Balletin Othello, East Sussex Nutcracker,Laurencia. 7.3Opm. £5, BOGNOR REGIS CENTRE ­ THE HAWTH - 'Hallo Dolly'. ADELINE GENEE THEATRE­ 2.3Opm and 7.3Oprn. £S - £3.50, C C£4 BognorRegis DramaCub present 'The Tart and the Vicar's Wife': as 'Plaza Suite'. 7.3Opm. £2.50, C £3 THE HAWTH - SteppingOut 9th £2.25 West Sussex SUR 15th Frl20th THE HAWTH - 'Hallo Dolly': as FrI6th 10th East Sussex East Sussex East Sussex CONGRESS THEATRE­ ADELINE GENEE THEATRE ­ Eastbourne Sinfonia.8prn. £4.50 ­ 'Tommy Boy': as 18th ADELINE GENEE THEATRE ­ Thurs 12th 'Outside Edge': as 3rd. £3.50 ARCHWAY TAVERN -The East Sussex ROYAL HIPPODROME­ Monday Band. 9pm.£1.50 ARCHWAY TAVERN -Dirty ADELINE GENEE THEATRE­ Shoes. 9pm. Free EdmundHockridge. 8prn.£4, £3 CONGRESS THEATRE - Max 'The Tart and the Vicar's Wife': as West Sussex Bygraves. 8prn.£5.50 - £3.50 CONGRESS THEATRE - 'Swan 9th Lake': as 2nd BOGNOR REGIS CENTRE - An DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE CONGRESS THEATRE - Solid Eveningwith Jerome Kern. 8prn.£S - 'The Boyfriend': as 16th DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE Silver 60s Show with Gerryand the - 'Kindly Keep it Covered': as 2nd Pacemakers and The Plus Folk on the Coast- Orion. 8pm. ROYAL HIPPODROME -. The Free MinstrelsDance with Di Francis. £4, West Sussex Searchers.8pm.£7 - £5 £3 . WORTHING ASSEMBLY HALL BOGNOR REGIS CENTRE ­ West Sussex BognorRegis DramaCub present - SymphonyConcertwith Andrede West Sussex BOGNOR REGIS CENTRE ­ 'Plaza Suite'. 7.3Opm. £2.50, C Grooteon piano and the Worthing BOGNOR REGIS CENTRE ­ 'Summer Fantasy' by the Denisdor LondonCity Ballet:as 19th £2.25 Philharmonic Choir: Elgar, Havergal School of Dance.7Pm.£2.90, C Brian,Rachmaninov, CHICHESTER FOLK CLUB ­ CHICHESTER FOLK CLUB ­ £1.90 Kathryn Tickell ScotchMeasure Tchaikovsky, HavergalBrian. 3pm. THE HAWTH - 'Hano Dolly': as £4.65- £2.70,50p students ' T~ HAWTH - StepingOut 10th Sat 7th Mon 16th Sat 21st East Sussex Frl13th East SUSSell: East Sussex ADELINE GENEE THEATRE­ East Sussex 'Outside Edge'; as 3rd. 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BRIGHTON MUSEUM & ART BRIGHTON BUDDHIST GALLERY CENTRE LECTURES & WORKSHOPS Lunchtime Lectures: 13 May - Revolutionary Spirit ­ 11 May - 20,000 years of Austra­ talk by Dh. Ananda. 7.3Opm. lIan Aboriginal History. 1.05pm. donations please 50p 19 May - Who Was the Buddha? BRIGHTON BEDFORD HOTEL I 18 May - The Threat to the sur­ 7.3Opm. donations ART COLLEGE, Grand Parade. 13 May - 'To Travel Hopefully.... : vlval of tribal peoples worldwide. 22 May - Day retreat with medita­ -~nectlons 21 May on ColonIal­ discussion with John Julius' I.OSpm.5Op tion and communication 9.30am. £12 Ism In Int national Cinema Norwich, Colin Thubron, Desmond negotiable + concessions An oppo 'ty to reflect on and Balmer, Susan Marling. 7.3Opm. Festival Ev~tS: 26 May - Buddhist Lifestyles ­ debate the~'s.ues raised by the Duke £3.50, C £2.50 15 May - S r Henry Irving: A\ Monk or Lay. 7.3Opm. donations of Yorks ci Festival- Western 14 May - 'Short Story\- Short , portrait by en Terry and Edward images of World people, Shrift?': a one-day seminar on ' Gordon Crl1ig - with Edward Th­ problems of roducing & distributing' broadcas~inr ompson & pamela Grace. 2.3Opm, NATURAL HEALTH CENTRE \ Third World\1ilms, challenging of writing, PUbliS.bing and short stories, presented by 4pm.£1 traditional images of English the Mon~lier Literary Society. ' 22 May 0 Rare Ben Johnson: Ed­ 7/8 May - Reflexology Weekend. national identity by Black British 10.3Oam - 5pin. £8 (non-members), ward Thompson & Pamela Grace 10.30am. £25 filmmakers and much more. C £6.50, £S (members) with the story of the first Poet Laure­ 14 May - Touch for Health. Booking by postal application only. ate. 3pm. £1 10.30am. £12 Details Arts Information Centre 17 May - Desert People - video. In 21 May - Tuning in to Meditation. (676926) HATCHARDSAT 1963 & 1967 the Australian 10.30am. £12 HANNINGTONS Institute of Aboriginal Studies spon­ 28129 May - Massage Weekend. BEDFORD HOTEL - Literary sored film trips to the westem desert to.30am. £25 Lunches 7 May - 'Meet·the-author' with region of Australiato film the daily 28 May - Everyday Healing Herbs. 10 May - Brian Johnston. l2.30pm Richard Masefleld, author of life of nomadic aborigines. 6.3Opm. 10.30am. £12 £9.50 PAINTED LADY, new Regency SOp 29 May - Excursion to Medicinal 13 May - Frank Muir. l2.30pm. novel set in Brighton. 1pm 19 and 20 May - Desert People ­ Herb Garden. lOam £6 + share of £9.50 video: as above. 4.3Opm. Free petrol

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Festival events: 4 May - South East Arts video tour. Emergence explores the notion 4 May - Drawing Workshop for of diaspora - the dispersal of peoples There's more than the odd volume at adults (6 weeks). 3pm. 50p - as described by four black women (bookings 603005 ext 3262) artists. 7.3Opm. Free 14 May - Quilting Workshop. l2.30pm. £2 OLD smp HOTEL 25 May - illustrated talk by stained glass artist Marguerite TALL STOREYS 19 May - 'With a Frog In My Douglas-Thompson to accompany Throat' - ta1k/recital by Mollie her exhibitions Petrie. Nelson Room, 11am. £3 in­ 26 May - Videollecture/discussion cluding coffee (£1 competitors & 'Africa Comes to Sussex' with BOOKSHOP students) speaker from the Pestalozzi Village

BEACON ARTS CENTRE LITERARY FESTIVAL 21 May - 'Have a Go with a EXPANDS We've got the complete works! Harp': introductory sessions in harp playing for adults. Drop in between This year's Literary Festival has 2 & 5pm. £1 per hour grown from a single event into a series of talks, readings and work­ Thousands of second-hand and shops. BRIGHTHELM CENTRE bargain books Amongst thehighlights are Frank 21 May -'Women AIDS and mv Muir (Bedford Hotel, 13 May, lpm ',workshop. toarn. Free - tickets at 9.50 include full lunch), a - 'Towards. Greener Future'. celebration of travel writing (same 2;3Opm. £1, C 75p day at 7.3Opm and featuring John 88 St. James Street Julius Norwich) and a Ragtime celebration in a programme called Brighton 697381 FESTIVAL CLUB (l{ING " BoOze, Blues and Ballyhoo.... ,QUEEN) Watch out for more details of literary 2S and 27 Mal - Wrlteni Work· events later in the month in our Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 6.00 shop. 7.3Opm. 2.50 Festival supplement 28 May - Poetry Reading. 7.3Opm. 2.50, C 1.50 '

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Local actor, writer, comedian Pete McCarthy has cultivated his own rather peculiar patch in Brighton Festival over the last few years. In 1988 he will be working virtually every day in venues as diverse as a tent, a coach and a bed - your bed. Tony Miller interviewed Pete by phone, so as to avoid any visual contact with his abominable dress-sense.

Pete, is it the case that your various characters and plots can all be traced to a persecution complex born of trying to have sex as a young man in Have wearing crimplene flares; and is this what caused you to seek solace in Black Magic?

"I didn't know anyone knew about that... I'll have to refer you to my legal people. I'm surprised The Punter is descending to the level of spreading rumours about what supposedly happened in Poet's Corner... hold on, did you say "S!§. a young man in crimplene trousers" or "with"? .. Sorry, I've got a bit of a cold at the minute.

Tell us how the " Live In your Living Room World BOOKING DETAILS Tour 'SS" came about. "BOREDOM AND BLACK MAGIC IN HOVE: the "If I was bored some afternoons I used to go round Coach Tour" Tickets from The Dome Box Office, Estate Agents saying I had £100,000 and could I look at telephone 674357 a flat straight away. Anyone can do it. Then you get the chance to look around other peoples' houses when "LIVE IN YOUR LIVING ROOM" telephone 674357 they don't expect it. I did this for a while, then thought and leave your address and phone number. Pete will it would be a good idea to turn it into a show. It saves ring you back to arrange the time, the place and the bothering having to lug all those theatre sets around. cash. . It's very simple; all you need is a bedroom, a bathroom, a living room and a VHS recorder; plus an "McCARTHY and McGOUGH" will be in the Zap audience of 10 - 20 people. I've done the living room Tent on Friday 20th May at 8.00 pm. show in Edinburgh and Australia, but this is the first time here in England.

I hear Southdown turned down the chance to sponsor your "Boredom and Black Magic In Hove" tour.....

"Who could blame them.. It's a three hour alcoholically enhanced piss-take of life in Have. We visit various shrines to Lynn Thomas and the Hove Surgical Supplies Centre. We leave The Greys at 7.30 and everyone is very quiet; but they return crazed and swapping addresses as if they'd spent two weeks in Corfu. Not many companies manage to sell. out the Finally, a rather more mainstream night in the Zap Tent Nightingale for a week but Wax' CabInet with Roger McGough. Can we expect any new managed It with ease with their last show. material since last May? They are now becoming est~bllshed on the London cabaret circuit, but they are "Naff off! Our fast-talking double act is substantially presenting their new full length theatre changed from last year. I'd say the material is 80% show, The Return of Fist Face at the new, which is more than can be said for Punter copy. Crocodile Cabaret (Rock Inn) In the last week Let's have less of your rumour-spreading or I may be of the Brighton Festival. Their world of the forced to seize your assets again." horror of modern Institutions echoes the cartoon reality of Terry GIll/am's Brazil. 26th to 28th May, 8.30pm, Rock Inn.

(Malcolm Boyle from Wax Cabinet also collaborates on Bright Red's Alice) 11 Opera - from the soul

Two of the main events of this year's Festival originate in the small town of Brno in Czechoslovakia. It was there in 1903 that Leos Janacek's great opera "Jenufa" was premiered. The opera tells the story of the village girl, Jenufa, who has Stevas baby, but is loved by his half brother, Laca. it is a tragic tale and no doubt the incredible beauty of the music was influenced by the fact that two of his children died in the course of the writing.

Janaceck is now recognised with Debussy, Bartok, Stravinsky and Berta as a great modern composer. Certain to be extremely popular are the five In The New Yorker, Andrew Porter wrote "Jenufa ­ performances by the French classical ballet does it still need saying? - is one of the great operas of copany, BALLET DU NORD with the BrIghton our century. SUffering and despair have not been more Festival Sinfonia (Theatre Royal). keenly shared. Attending it is a searing experience ....lt would be unbearable but for the composer's tenderness They present two different programmes - on and compassion. Out of the tragedy and the horror, Tues, Weds and Thurs, 17, 18, 19th May understanding and love are born." they present a programme Including Insane ­ sIx variations on the theme of the conquest of an Imaginary throne designed by Alfonso It is not often that one gets professional opera at the Cata and based on a piece by the young Pavilion Theatre. This production, by Scottish American composer, Joshua Fried. Also Opera is at the Pavilion Theatre on 23, 25 and Included in the programme Is Square Dance 27th May. Tickets are £5 and £3.50. with music by Vivaldi Corelli and Balanchine . The programme for Frl 20 and Sat 21 May includes Concerto Barocco, based on Bach's Concerto For 2 Violins In D MInor and Glen Miller Time, an evocative flashback to the 40's.

Ballet Du Nord, Theatre Royal. 17, 18, 19, 20 & 21st May at 7.30pm (and 2.30pm on Fri 20th). • Ballet Macabre Theatre On A String, who appear at the Gardner Grand Opera Centre performing Ballet Macabre, come from Brno in Czechoslovakia - the place where Janaceck's great If you prefer Opera on the grand scale you can't get opera Jenufa was first performed. The composing grander "than Wagner's The Flying Dutchman at tradition derived from the central European composers The Dome, Brighton. (12, 14, 17 and 19th Mahler and Janaceck is still flourishing and this May)'~' This production by New Sussex Opera is production has a score by Milos Stedron and Leos presented, especially for Brighton Festival and is of Faltus. Subtitled Homage To Bertolt Brecht, the such a 'scale that no touring company could bring these play is loosely based on Arturo Ui. In the past they days. have done Dario Fo's Mistero Buffo, and adaptations of Dostoyvesky's The Brothers Karamazov, Vonnegut's Wagners music is, as usual, extraordinarily God Bless You Mr Rosewater and Dante's Divine passionate; the story concerns another of Wagner's Comedy. preoccupations: the individual's alienation from the crowd - Czech newspapers have commented on Theatre On A "It is a wonderfully evocative tale of the sea, of String as some British newspapers have commented on provincial life, and , above all, of soaring pain and Michael Clark or Joe Orton. For anyone interested in passion." the best of avant garde theatre and dance, this production will be a must. The Dutchman is played by Malcolm Donnelly; Daland by Dennis Wicks; Sentra by Anne Williams-King and Erik Ballet Macabre, Gardner Centre, 19 - 21st by Mark Hamilton. May. Swanns Way

Donald Swann is one of the great songwriters of the 20th Century. With Michael Flanders, he was known all over the world for his revues such as "At The Drop of a Hat". However, their last performance was on Broadway in 1967 and since then Donald has been exploring many different musics.

Brighton Festival is an International festival, but Donald's week at the Old Ship Hotel is an International music festival all on it's own: Included in the series of concerts are songs and music from South Africa, Russia, Israel, Germany and China.

The most interesting of the concerts could well be his song cycle "The South African Experience" Donald SwalJn • musical season at the Old where he is joined by the South African singers, CI ive Ship Hotel McCrombie and Sophie Mgcina. Of the poems that he has set, four are by "the Goethe of South Africa", Van Wyk Louw who died in 1973. Brighton woos modern composers Donald told us that he had met Sophie Mgcina at the Guildhall in London, and since then she has gone on to Contemporary works often do not get the attention become very widely known, both as a singer and an they deserve in classical programmes. However, this actress - seen recently as the maid in Cry Freedom. year, in a series of concerts set up by And r e w Toovey as a tribute to Morton Feldman who died in We asked Donald his views on South Africa - October 1987, that has been put right. Amongst the "The artists are deeply involved in the turmoil, and composers featured are 20 year old piano virtuoso, they are contributing enormously to progress in that James Clapperton (who gives a concert on 23rd May), country. Music & poetry have a lot to say. Van Wyk's Fernyhough, Ayres, Reynolds, Feldman and Toovey. poems were a little difficult but I was inspired by his ideas." The Brighton composer Michael Flnnlssy gives a concert on 24th May featuring works by Gershwin, In another concert, he is joined on piano by jazz Cardew, Chris Newman, Grainger and Jelly Roll trumpeter, Digby Fairweather and a small jazz Morton. Michael is, at present, in Paris where his ensemble, to play Digby's arrangements of Donald opera The Undivine Comedy has it's opening. His Swann's songs. Included are the famous "Gnu Song" new large orchestral work Red Earth has been chosen and "Slow Train". Donald says "If the punters are sad by John Drummond to be one of the main Jeatures of about the absence of Flanders, fear not, he keeps this year's Proms. Red Earth is a work describing the coming back." Australian landscape and features ,two didgeridoos.

Settings of many poems are featured on 23rd May in We asked Andrew what he thought of modern Biitish a show entitled "Poetic Image In Song". The noted .composers - ....~ - ':. soprano Lucinda Broadbridge presents The Song of the "In general, they are very cons~r'yative..:., GO,Iin, Streetwalker by Brecht and previously unheard work Matthews, Nigel Osborne and David .~~dford l'm', by Michael Flanders. thinking of. Now there is a' turn - p-<';,ret\Jrn' to romanticism. But I like Stravinsky and Fernyhouqh." The first night sees old friend, John Amls joining Donald in a fairly lighthearted evening - including And on pop-jazz-classical co-operations - :-" " flautist Guo Wue playing Chinese bamboo flutes. "I find the Kronos particularly interesting; Did you know that they premiered two of Morton Feldman's On 26th May, The Five Scrolls, a Jewish cantana, large string quartets recently?" is performed, and on the last night, 27th May,' Donald shows us his Russian Roots - "I'm half Russian; And Brighton Festival - Russian is my first language." This programme "It is good because it is so varied. Perhaps includes his opera The Visitors. Huddersfield is better for contemporary music...."

We asked Donald, finally, about his ambitions for the And our country's regard for artists - next few' years - "This country has no regard for it's future at all." "Drop dead! I should think that more seriously it is to get my opera, The Visitors, properly produced on Ixlon - Tribute to Morton Feldman is at the the stage." Unitarian Church from 23 - 28th May.

. ~~. 't ... " Nikki gets them writing

One of the most welcome advances in this years Festival has been in the literature programme. Author and poet, Nicki Jackowska has been doing a series of tutorials in creative writing in Sussex libraries for 3 months. This season has been a complete sell out, and Nicki told us that at an open poetry reading held on the first night of the Festival there were 12 people reading who she had recently tutored; and reading good work.

At the end of the Festival, Nicki Jackowska is doing two readings with Peter Porter, the Australian poet (25th and 29th May - Festival Club), and on 28th May, a reading with Ken S.mith at the same venue.

Earlier in the Festival at the same venue, Nicki Jackowska with Sean O'Brien leads a debate on HelsInkI Dance Theatre recall West Side Writing and Politics, and on 20th May with Edwi na Story at the Gardner with Red Moon from Conner, a debate on Male vs Female Writing - a Dead 26th to 28th May Duck?

Nicki's recently published work includes a five page Rock Street Fair poem on Brighton and the Grand Hotel bombing which concludes: Kemptown residents from the Rock Street area have 'In the early hours of friday october twelve nineteen got together to organise the first Rock Street Fair eighty four, gulls scatter. She wakes in her bed on May 30th, so get on down to "the village" from 12 at two forty-five and asks him if he's locked the noon till late, where there will be street entertainers, car. The timer creeps to zero, the end of dialogue. stalls, a barbeque (provided by the Rock Inn), face The prime minister leaves the bathroom and launders painting and much more as well as two stages with the her speech. You can smell salt in the backstreets. best in live bands (blues, jazz, rock) and a variety of He and she fuck across the distances. entertainers. Further details from the Rock Inn. They say the fuse was set a century ago. '

More details can be obtained from Adrian Slack, at the Arts Information Shop, Church St.v'- .Seduction and Video 8 -"A;! "/i. « The Lighthouse Video 8 Festival offers a weekend of .; ,~~i / *; screenings, discussions, eating and drinking from Friday 20th to Sunday 22nd May, followed by a free event in Bartholomews Square on M 0 n day 23rd when Leonardo will be seduced between nightfall and 10.30 pm.

The screening of commissioned work and opening presentation will be at The Zap Club on Friday 20th from 8.30 pm. On the Saturday night, film and vid buffs can follow up the Day Conference on "Colonialism in International Cinema" with a Network 21 multi-media party from 10.00 in the Art College Global Visions Basement, Grand Parade. (Attendace of the conference is not obligatory for partying!) "Into the Further Horizon" is a fascinating exhibition of paintings and photographs by 20th century British Finally, new work will be being screened on the 21 st Arti~ts travelling the globe. David Bomberg in and the 22nd at 2.00, 4.00 and 7.00 in the Zap Club Spain, Donald Maxwell in North Africa, Richard and the Art College Basement. Long in America, Stephen Cox in the Far East, and many mor~. The exhibition is at The Brighton Further details on all these events from Polytechnic Gallery until 27th May, Monday _ Lighthouse, 19 Regent Street, Brighton; Friday from 9.00 - 5.00. telephone 0273 686479 June Roots

The Festival ends in May, but life goes on, and so does the dancing. There can be little better in early June than MAHLATHINI and the MAHOTELLA QUEENS at the Top Rank on Weds 8th June.

Soweto's Mahlathini is at the forefront of South African Roots music, and his astonishing 'groaner' vocal style has been very influential. Harmonies come from the Three Queens, who readers may know from Malcom McLaren's Duck Rock album which 'borrowed' some of the Mahotella's backing tracks.

Their new album 'Thokozlle' is out on EarthworksNirgin, and is available from the excellent Brighton Records in East Street. The Brighton gig is the first stop on a U.K. tour, the London date of which has already been dubbed by Andy Kershaw as the 'gig of the year'. The Ashanti boys will be spinning the platters. Wierd Stories The astonishing Nola- Rae comes to Brighton's Pavilion Theatre from Excactly one week prior to Mahlathini you get the 7th - 12th June. See our June issue for a chance to see one of reggae's all time greats as the feature on one of the very best mime incomparable BURNING SPEAR hits the Top Rank on artists in the world. Weds tst . June. "Slavery Days","Marcus Garvey" and "Man in the Hills" remain amongst the very best reggae albums; and 15 years in the biz hasn't dulled the Five Things You Didn't Know About spear's edge. Roy Harper

1. Ten years ago he caught anthrax from giving the kiss of life to a sheep.

2. His early albums, Bullinamingvase and Stormcock and Folkusjokeopus are now sought after collectors items.

3. He claims that he has picked up the disenchanted young audience. Hippies of all ages now flock to see him (presumably to get anthrax).

4. Someone we once knew once shared a joint with him at a gig in Hemel Hempstead.

5. He's on at the Mandela Hall on 27th May. Club News

A new club, charmingly called SLUT opens on 10th May at the Escape. Running regularly on Tuesdays - don't miss our interview with the King of Creation - Alan McGee in June's Punter.

Don't forget that a copy of The Punter gets you into the hot African and Caribbean sounds of the A.P.M.D. club Big and Brassy section: Loose Tubes at the (Churchill Palace Hotel, Thursdays) for a mere one Dome on Sunday 22nd; Happy End In the Big quid. Top on Friday 20th 15 ARTIS'lI'S 1l.JNLl[MJl'lI'lB[l) uell 'lI'lHIlB :lAlP CIl..lU18 present

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Legendary vocalist, guitarist, songwriter JOHN MARTYN

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A startling celebration of South African Culture, music and dance AMAMPONDO

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Change from advertised programme - from Zimbabwe THE BHUNDU BOYS

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