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I'elephone -- .'.on 69III1 / rJNTER Issue 28 May 1987 Editorial May? festival? what...? The May Punter - as usual - is unashamedly biased Punter Goes for Balance towardsthe BrightonFestival. Wehaveincludedlotsof the smaller events and many of the FREE entertainments in the streets,parks and other venues News 4 around town.Wehope you will get out and about and see some of the stuff that thousands of local people Music 5 havebusttheirbitstoorganiseforyou.Preaching over. Round about May 15th we will be producing a ZapClub 8 supplement with reviews, last minute programme changes and Brightonlistings for the end of May. The copydateforthe supplement isMay 8th -we will try to Performance 9 reviewas much as possible but no guarantees... Visual Arts 10 Apology ofthe month 12 This months Punter apology concerns the quality of the Aprilissuevis-a-vis print and trim qualityon some Theatre 14 copies, ifyou recieveda naffone - sorry Dance 16 Wanna (badly paid) job? If you think you could provide usable reviews or photographs you could try persuadingTony Miller on Listings 17 Brighton694036.

CheckStopPresson page 26 This month's cover Key to Venue Codesison Page26 The Scaffolding Art Project See page 10 Art - a new arena Copydate forthe June issueisMay 15th Copydate forthe SupplementisMay 8th .. , WE tryvery hard tobeaccurate but sometimes aminute error ortwo sneaks inand due to i circumstances (sometimes beyond our control) they donot get corrected before we go topress­ for this sincere apologies. Ifyou know ofavenue that we donot cover why not show them acopy ofThe Punter and explain that theListings Section isfree tothem, all they have todoiscall us, with details and we will give them AVAST AMOUNT OF FREE PUBLICITY Ot seems abit silly not toreally...) ""..' THANKS... We aregrateful for theresearch carried outbytheBrighton Arts Unit Team for theCounty listings.

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Hanover's first fringe.

Bank Holiday Weekend seesa major development IntIIiS years Festival with a three-day all·star event InHanover. We Interviewed o~aniser MIKE LANCE of TheGreys drInklng emporium, onwhat, where, when andhow. MIKE: Ithink it's the first real fringe festival actually on the fringe oltown, this is a very densely populated area, young and trendy -you know, the champagne socialist belt. There's asort of natural arena just by the pub, weve got achildren's playground, permission toclose 30 yards of the road, and the local residents are right behind us. Not only that, but there's a bar extension till 4.30 inthe afternoon onSaturday and Sunday, and 3.00 on Monday. PUNTER: What's the billing, and how did you organise such aproject? MIKE: Most of the time I've been going crazy and wetting my pants! No, I've had alot of help fromArtists Unlimited, particularly Mandy Holland, and also from Russ Haworth. Weve got an amazingbill- One Drop, Simon Fanshawe, Cha Cha Bar, Bleeding Obelisk, Sue Bradley, JJ Waller, Bottle Orchestra, Lynn Thomas, the Texans, TIm Batt, Attacco and dozens more. There's aroom over the pub if anyone gets sunstroke, and the Hanover Centre will be open asanalternative venue should itpour down. We've had donations from , Whitbread and NALGO ( Water Branch), and so the whole event's FREE. Next year were planning asatellite linkup

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This year's Brighton Festival contains more neighbourhood and cOmmunity events than ever before. In addition to the town plans and the Hanover extravaganza, therearearangeofevents Involving ATTACCO DECENTE, LYNN THOMAS, OPEN SECRET, ZIZ ZIZ KABOOM andTHE LONG TALL TEXANS at venues allover Brighton. With the help of ARTISTS UNLIMITED, communities from Brunswick to Whitehawk have organised Children's festivals, variety shows, music and cabaret events throughout May. See Brighton Festival . Artists Unlimited 'Community Events' brochure forfull details. THE SLEEP. The ubiquitous Sarah.Jane Morris returns to Brighton in an unusual role·anopera developed outofcontemporary theatre andminimalist music·The Sleep, at THE GARDNER CENTRE, Thursday 14th toSaturday 16th May, 7.45 pm. TRIMMO in the Punter! The chief Journalist on The Aryus joins Observer Editor Donald Telford, The Foreign Editor of The &ston Globe • Steven Erlanger, and Arkady Masters ofwar Maslennikov· London correspondent .of Pravda, in a discussion on BUFF stuff Not wanting tomiss out on the Festival Fun, journalism and responsibility. the Metropole Hotel's exhibition hall will 'EconomicalwiththeTruth?'will beat Organisers arewanted. It'sa chance be hosting Top Brass from some 01 the theBedfordHotel, 7.30pmon 7thMay to run anddirect oneof the town's world's most celebrated military juntas for andchairedbyJulia Cumberledge. major events. It requlres ingenuity, the umpteanth Brighton Arms Fair from tolerance, discretion, assertiveness 12th ·14th May. Since Ms. Cumberledge also chairs and a 6 monthly commitment. You II you find the trade inweapons of death a theBrighton Area Health Authority, will nee(l to work with local pretty sickening affair, then join the Bread who have been positively frugal with government, thepolice, hundreds of not Bombs counter exhibition on thetruth ontheproposed closure of perfonnersandallthelocal venues. If Beach. Deck opposite the Brighton General Hospital, itshould youcanseeit through don't hesitate· from 11th-14th beinterestingtodiscover herposition callDerekBurns at TheUnemployed Mayor the March against the on thisissue. . Centre now. Arms Fair on Saturday 9th May THOMAS('TheWhiteH~tel,an~­ (assemble 10.45 Peace Statue on ------IlM. seafront opp, Waterloo St)and/or NICKI JACKOWSKA are thIS years Attacco, Women with Beards, Open writers-in.residence, and will be Festival Radio Secret, the Pier Rotters, Q-Dance and the available for consultations / Wild Wigglers busking against the Fair on workshops onMay 5th,10.00·12.30, Brighton Ubrary (Nkki only); May You can follow the Festival each Wednesday 13th opposite the Metropole. 6th 10.00· 12.30, The Nightingale; weekday evening with Southern May 7th and 8th, 10.00 • 12.30, Sound Festival Radio from 5.00 to Brighton Ubrary; May 9th, (change 6.00 pm. Presented byClair Martyn, from adVertised programme) 10.30 . the programme includes Interviews 12.30, 14 Fowis Square; and finally and performances by visiting ant One step May 10th, 10.30 • 12.30, The resident performers, details ofticket Nightingale • a workshop for Y?uth availability and beblnd-the-seenes (14 • 16 year olds); the organISers gossip. forward would particularly liketohearfrom It's the second year running TSB schools and literature teachers for Trustcard hassponsored theventure, BOWIEtoBauhaus, T. Rextoyazoo· these .. are the sounds onBACKTRACK nights at . thislastdate. which last year broke exclusive details of a rival ' Festival' Brighton dub, COlYS; (IS King's Road, by . courtesy ofPete McCarthy. Queen's Hotel). DJIan Bsays: "Music ofthe ' Nicki Jackowska andIl M. Thomas Given the theme of this year's mid·seventies and early eighties isstill very . willalsobegivingajointpublicpoetry Festival, producer Andy Ivy is toying popular but seldom played in clubs. We reading at The on with the idea of doing a course of now have 'The Cure' for Monday night : 4 Friday 8thMayat 7.30 pm. Swedish forbeginners. Festival Radio boredom (as well asmany others) - and is onI03.5FM.Skol. there's nocharge for admission': • Bigger .gigs

Alotofmegastars willbepassing through Brighton during the Festival: The Brighton Centre has AIlSON MOYFf on Sunday 10th, SUZANNE VEGA on Sunday 17th, THE PRETENDERS on Sunday 24th and RUN DMC plus The BEASTIE BOYS on Wednesday 27th. The Dome has RUBY TURNER on Thursday 21st. Worthing lbvilion has THE BOYS OF THE WUGH on Saturday 16th; and THE THREE DEGREESappear on Thursday 28th, in The Assembly Hall. Other music around the county includes GEORGIE FAME in 'Swingin on 10th Avenue' (A Tribute toGeorge Gershwin) atHorsham Arts Centre on Tuesday 12th May. . Over in Eastbourne, the Borough Council islaunching aseries ofgigs featuring local bands, beginning with two open-air concerts atThe Redoubt Fortress on May 4th and May. 7th. ~m~~~/ Resident band will be THE MORTIUAN5, and supports include MANDRAGORA, WHlTEFOOT, MO BWES BAND and VULCAN DEATH GRIP.

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Ina month stacked full ofmusical goodies, oneofthehighlights mustbeRUBY ruRNER'S only datein Southern , atTheDome onThursday ~lst May.

Ian McCann of Echoes said, "They didnt teU you about Ruby. They told you about Alf, they ARTS FOR LABOUR /TRADES told you about Helen Terry. They even tried toconvince you that Paul Young had a great UNIONISTS FOR LABOUR present soul voice. But they didn't tell you about Ruby. Ruby Turner isthe best voice tosing on this 'The Best Party in Town' with newest island for years." media· medic star HANK 'C&W' Agrowing reputation on the club circuit, work with VB 40, Culture Oub and Bryan Ferry, WANGFORD; the one and only , and astupendousseriesof live gigs culminatedwith her signing toJive records, getting Billy Marxist MagiciJzn IANSAVlUE; the Ocean toproduce agem of an album, and guesting on Billy's sell-out U.K. tour late last year. dynamic duo of politics and pop At last ablack British female singer tomatch the American soul greats? Check itout on the SKlNT VIDEO, andguest/ compere 21st. STEPHEN LEWIS • better known as 'Blakey' from 'On' the Buses~ In the BIG 10P on Sunday 17th May, from 8.00 pm. Now that's what we call socialism.

Sound advice Any readers involved in the music biz and interested in serious promotion work ought to get in touch with 811 Sound .( ,to Studios atCowfold. B1J)OUPS • satire and high camp Recent clients atthe 16 track studio have from the most outrageous musical included Amazulu, Keep it Dark, Lee comedy team in the country. Lotte 'Scratch' Perry and Buster Bloodvessel. Lenya compared them to theBerlin Laurel Aitken and the Potato 5 will be Cabaret of the 30's, they describe finalising records this summer. themlelve6 a6 'aworking.da8S group Record company introductions can be of queem • notmiddle-cla6S enough arranged, and top quality demos are for many fringe theatre6: SAWS guaranteed. For further info. on specs, ...... , ....:.. __ BENNEY, Frl 1st, Sat 2nd, andSun. prices and the beer across the road, ring 6 Ruby 7bmer - Dome May 21 3"', May, 8.00 pm. Mike on Cowfold 541 Shocked and shocking

Asuperbdouble-blllln theBig Top on Saturday 23rdMay with MICHELLE SHOCKED andDICK GAUGHAN. The recent, unlikely star of_U.S. folk, whose 'Texas Campfire Tapes' has been at thetopoftheIndie chartsfor most of the year, joins Brltalns biggest.selling Interpreter ofthefolk tradition foranightofrootsandeless, Formy money, Dick Is quite simply thebestslnger·gultarlst Intheworld, andIf you miss thisoneyou must be dead. (8.00 pm) Michelle Shocked Big7bpMay23 Planet Waves Laughin' Blues RISQ, a 5·plece rock·funk bandfrom London, are playing the Zap on A guaranteed winner with a rare Monday 25th May Ina benefit forthe appearance from -the superb BWES . lead singerKaren teUs us: REVTEW A dozen master bluesmen "We intend tohave aneffect upon this recreate the offbeat humour and onbeat planet one way or another". You've sounds ofcult movie 'The Blues Brothers: gotto admit, It'sa bold claim. Fora BIG 7OP, Saturday 23rd May, from 10. 00 mere£2you C8DseeIfthey live uptoIt. pm. - Dashing into town Saturday 9thMay seesKaren d'Ache Aspecial coach has been hijacked to SAMBATUCADA,brlngingatouchoftheRioCamivaltoBrighion's1OPRANKon vIsiting the Zap's HairyDog Club at give foUowers from Brighton a Monday 4thMay. Partofthe Internationalw.bourDay celebrations. . lunchtime for the first dateof their chance to see the band play In the 'SexualOlympics87'tour. Thetour, to Capital. Tickets for the coach are promote theband's new single 'She's­ pricedat£2.50andwiU beaVallableIn a comedienne / Second Chance' limited numbers at The Zap at continues the same niiJht when the lunchtime on the 9th. Thetrip will band headiine at The Half Moon, start from the Virgin Megilstore at Heme Hill, InSouth London. 7.30pm. Rootsmusic IW: I--'-~- [/-, . fl' RICHARD 11fOMPSON. Not a lot to .,. say that hasn't already been said '",,0. really: founder meber of Fairports and probably the most significant singer -songwriter· guitarist of the lastdecade. Pawer, passion superb Big, BrassyandBrllliimt. THE HAPPY melodies and stunningly 'original END arebock intown, filling 11fEBIG guitar-work. BIG 1Op, Sunday 24th 1OPonSaturday 16th May, 10.00pm 8.00pm. ' tilllate. BlackRoots - Big tbpMay21 The theme ofthe rock Festival inthe Big vagueries of the pop world, they are Top is'Roots: and who better tokick-off the around long enough for people toget to long-weekend of quality sounds than one know and love them. Black Roots have ofthecountry's top reggae outfits, the ever­ played just about every venue in Brighton popular BLACK ROars. (fhursday 21st over the past few years, and never fail to May, from 10.00 pm.) deliver the goods to a large and One of the virtues of reggae bands isthat appreciative crowd. they are not to prey to the fashion BRIGHTON REGULAR UVEPUB MUSIC MONDAYS SATURDAYS VATS JAZZ· Geoff Simkins Trio MARL FOLK· singaround in bar TUESDAYS TAV Bob Grover. Ex-Piranhas NOB FOLK -singaround SUNDAYS WEDNESDAYS EAG lnnch > JAZZ • Sylv Skelton KING JAZZ -Jumping Jack Gilbert and Quartet The Panama Jazz Band GREE lunch -JAZZ· Steam MARL FOLK -singaround in bar H.H. Eve :The Lightning Brothers. THURSDAYS Blues. . KING TRAD at lunch (Geoff Q. Whatdoyou getwhen youcross 11fENIGHTINGALEBAND with 11fESUSSEX KING Jazz -Almeida Jazz Band orMike saz YEOMAN onSunday Nights? Collier Jazz Band Simkins Quartet) & evening (Sid P.A. FOLK· singaround Bailey Quartet or Jumping Jack A. A superb blend of traditionallrlsh music, songs, original instruments and FRIDAYS Gilbert and the Hot Five) arguablythewidestselection ofreal alesintown. Bimidagol. CLAR IRISH FOLK YEOM IRISH FOLK 7 12.,30-3:HaIRY OOC1- CoL-US pA.eSeNTs:­ -P5YcHebeWc.. ~NJ)5 • ~e:RoY HUTCHINS uJNCtfTIME:IHe USVAL- CONV'V'4l\l­ A.TMo:sPHe-Re- ~~xotJ's OrtWB. ~;~~~~Roy HUTC....'NS POWER C:UTS ViDEO paRTY Wlt:h. t;11.e lJQU,oRjCE ALl-S@)R,TS

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Back on home ground after their lengthy stint down under, PETE McCARTHY and ROGER McGOUGH bring their new, smash·hit show to Brighton forthe firsttime onSaturclay I 'Themasterpoetofhisgenre' saidthe 16th May at8.00 pm. intheBIG 1OP. I Tribune, and you can see himat the I PUBLIC HOUSE i ZAP on May 2nd. BRIAN PATIEN's I ~BOO 'SHop~m#J new show has been described as If BR:rl3HTDN" e being more akinto a one-man show I %NTERN~T%ONALLV thanasimple poetry reading· moving ::I ACCLA J: MED CUL.TUAE 11' EMPORJ,UM from the intensely lyrical to the & BOOK TAKE-AWAV : I absurd and humorous. A thought­ '\ • provoking and highly entertaining Ii evening. I!Ii :il'II 'Ii iii 21 Little Preston Street

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Wild wigglers, Open Secret and Women Dangerous Brothers and Theatre de with Beards will "whittle away the barriers Complicite, continue with their manic and NOBLE'S BAR between dance and cabaret, comedy and politically barbed repartee" [The visual art" [The Guardian), atThe Pavilion Guardian). New Road Brighton Theatre on Sunday 10th May at8.00 pm. Women with Beards continue to be The Wild Wigglers fresh from their tour unspeakable and unshaven, and use 20 Yards from The Theatre Royal with The Stranglers continue toperform original music by John Cunningham... "truly bizarre art entertainment" "their beards slip down to their armpits, The Smallest FREEHOUSE in Brighton (Performance Magazine), to a specially they want tobe laughed at, and they're not commissioned score by Billy Cowie. afraid tomove" (Performance Magazine). Live Music Tuesdays &Wednesdays Open Secret, "a cross between the 9 Visual Arts

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The Brighton Festival Exhibition will be held at theCom Exchange, Church More unusual settings for artistic 'FLEETING MONUMEN'IS'looks set tobe Street, Brighton fromSaturday 2ndMaytoSatw:day23rdMay, 1987. endeavour· Ned Hoskin's House at 8 one of the most innovative visual artevents Since 1984, the Com Exchange Exhibition has featured the work of a huge Road, Brighton, where ever totake place inBrighton. Four artists number of resident artists. This year, theexhibition will also represent the forthe6thyear running, Ned will be (Bruce Williams, IJJcy Bryatt, Vong starting point for thevisualartsfestival, featuring aguide tovenuesandevents. exhibiting work in several media . Phauphanit and Shanie IJJrnsden) will use The Com Exchange itselfwillconstitute thefirst stop for 'On theScent: atrail from 8artists,plushisown extensive working scaffolding sites asstructures on around thetown, linking thevarious public artprojects tobe featured inthis collection of Mickey Mouse which to install huge sculptures, paintings, year's Brighton Festival. ephemera. flags, banners and light projected images. The show is designed, organised and selected by practising artists, and "Thegeneral public findit easierto 'We intend to destroy the divisions sponsored byBritish Gas South Eastern. For further informaion contact David relatetocontemporary art when itis between artand everyday life...there isno Gledhill, Brighton Festival Office, 54OldSteine, Brighton. Tel (0273)29801,Ext presented in a home emvironment longer an entrance and anexit to the space 349. withsomeone aroundto explain the in which artis shown;' say the organisers / Ideas," saysNed. 'Open House' will be artists. Wonder what Robert McAlpine 11.00·6.00, on2nd, 3rd,4th;8th,9th, thinks. 10th; 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th May. Across the The choice ­ great divide YXchosewhy A Box of

FRANS WlDERBERG is one of Throughout May The Gardner Unearthly Delights Norway's foremost contemporary Centre's Gallery houses an intriguing artists, andhisfirst ever retrospective Arts Council collection of show in Britain will be divided contemporaryart./ncludingworksby between two venues: The Burstow Francic &lcon, Peter Blake, Lucien Gallery at and the Freund, Gilbert and George, Bridget Brighton PolytechnicGallery from1st Rileyand William Roberts· thepieces ·27thMay. arethere becausethey've been chosen His use of colour is striking and byother famous bods (eg. KJde Adie, perfectly realised, and exerts a David Attenborough, Michael Clark, powerful visual attraction through Bruce Oldfield and others). • The allthe80orsoworksondisplay. accompanying catalogue explains Y Xchose why. Admission FREE. Al Terno? Pig & Fig? Odd Vol? What is this...? Thebox?-May412i Thevisual arts inBrighton areontheupsurge. One oftheprimereasonsforthis isRED HERRING Brighton's largestgroupstudios, housingtwenty·seven artists. The Brighton Gallery ofFine Art (known asthe Pig &Fig) is situated in asplendid seafront Anew move basmeant alargermoreversatile gallery wbich will become oneof arch on the beach opposite the Grand Hotel. Itis really two galleries in one: on the upper themostImportant andexciting centresofvisual arts intheSouth Eastarea. level until May 24th there is anexhibition of paintings by local artist Rosemary Gascoine, while nearer the ground is a mixed exhibition by various artists- including the original Everyone working atthe studios has joined forces to produce astimulating and intriguing artwork for the most beloved of Brightons hipsters AI Terno. premier show- ABOX OF UNEARTHLY DELIGHlS. George Parkin's man-

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'Tor0 .ofio'rStJmr 6.al,6{Dod mral Well, theFestival's supposeclto ha\'eastrong Nordic element initthisyear, and c6oo5tfrom Dur.fint Sf/tenOR ~,.- nothing shows it more than theconcertofmusic given bytheBBC SYMPHONY Salads • SllI'OuriN • Soups ORCHESTRA & SINGERS, cOndnctor-DIEGO MASSON, cello-FRANCES MARIE JHwts • Cak¥s VIm. See classical Iistlng~ fordetaiJs. 'ra5tritS • 'U'6ol,mtal'8rraJ Ifyou've ever wondered what's 'happening NOW inclassical music, this has got tobe the * Sptrial'ft' '1',=', andQ•.,6" * timeto find out, with free tickets galore tothe music ofPER NORGARD, (Dome, Sat. 2nd Quan~ft' ·1l"",.nU Local 'Utlu.n' :lnli/ablt May, tickets free atthe Box Office.) , •, (,mallcliargtJ PER NORGARD also crops up inthe series oUour concerts given by the KONTRA STRING OffictS C~ 'Parn" ca,,,,J for QUARTET in the Music Room atthe . Acomfortable blend ofclassics and 5' SilH'Ood Slrm ('Bt6ind ."or(olk' .'quart) more modern pieces. (Mozart, Brahms, Haydn, Dvorak, Abrahamsen, Ruders, Nielsen, 'Brighton Norgard). The quartet, one of the best from Denmark can beguaranteed to give fresh and '11."; ,'rs . exciting interpretations. At8pm on 3,5,7,8th May. SIBELIN'S SYMPHONY CYCLE (12-17th May at the Dome) isa rare chance to hear a complete series of the Sibelin symphonies, including Kullero and Sibelius's Violin Concerto (Anne Sophie MUller~ Also Nielsen (with James Galway performing his Flute Concerto)and 19 Brighton Square Elgar. The orchestra throughout is the FINNISH RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, IOUNDER conductor·JUKKA-PEKKA SARATE with the Brighton Festival Chorus. All good romantic Brighton stuff. IECORDS Tel: Brighton 25440, JOHN WOOLRICH AND MAHLER. The National Centre for Orchestral Studies and the 92 Church Road Brighton Festival Chorus are giving the world premier ofJOHN WOOLRICH's FIGURES IN Brighton's dance Burgess Hill ALANDSCAPE atSt Bartholomews Church on 14th May. 8pm. ' music specialist Tel: Burgess Hill 2235 Lastly, a mention of the return to the Festival ofthe NEW SUSSEX OPERA. The National Centre for Orchestral Studies features here too, providing the accompaniementto astory of turmoil and assassination. VERDI's opera THE MASKED BALL deals with the death of King New Imports Gustavns of Sweden, atopic so hot atthe time that he was forced by political cencorship to Man 2 Man - I Need a Man change the selling toBoston atthe time ofthe American Civil War. NEW SUSSEX OPERA Raze - Jack Up' Work Your Body have reimported itto Verdi's original selling, however, and good for them. This isgrand Jeanie Harris - Just Ariother Man opera atit's grandest. At the Dome on 6,8,9,1llh May at7.3Opm Turntable Terror Trax - Vo12 Best Selling Imports The, Classical Two - New 'Generation Mike Gee - Mike Gee's Limit Off - Elecrica Salsa House Of Chicago - Mixer Elaine Charles - Lat it on the Line UK Company B - Fascinated Housemaster Boyz - House Nation Shannon - Dancin' ' Maceo & The Macs - Across the Tracks ,True Mathematics - After Dark'

I1ELODIE for qualify .50·s & 60's fashions 26~"ttut ~777:~ Wozat?THE WIND MACHINE· partoftheremarkable cOllection oforiginal 18th century material fromthe Droltningholm Court Theatre. 30th April· 31st May, BRlGH10NMUSEUMAND AKfGALLERY. '

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This year'sTRUSTCARD FIREWORK SPECfACULR Ison May 9thon Madlera Drive, Brighton. Famed formany years, thisyearit promises tobeMUCH bigger thaneverbefore. Theshow- Introduced byamystery celebrity· startsat 7.3Opm LONDON andwill undoubtably bethegreatestFREE show intheFestival. Rock bands.jazzgroups, dancing displays, pipebands- allthisonaOoodlitstage, withadisco andlightshow. At9pm thelaserswill start •far largerinscalethan lastyears, which thrilled UNITY 10,000 people. Then the torchlight procession along Madeira Drive, and the Firework Display, set,thIsyear, tomusic. ,. 131 ISLINGWORD ROAD The lasers will be flashing from the Palace Pier and the Marina with the' Fireworks Display onthebeachInbetween. Seeyoutherel BRIGHTON 681722 11 JAZZ ~FES·IYAL PROGRAMME Friday 1st 8.3Op.m. THE BOBBYWELLINS QUARTET Concorde

9.00 THE GRAND UNION Pavilion Theatre

Saturday 2nd 8.30 CUFFBILLET AND THE NEW EUROPAJAZZBAND Concorde

Sunday3i'd 7.30 THE DAVE QUINCY QUARTET Concorde

Monday4th 8.30 THE IANHAMER BIG BAND Concorde

'fuesday 5th 8.30 DON WELLERplus [azzdance Disco Concorde

8.00 THE QUARTET & THE SMCBIG BAND

Wednesday 6th 8.30 FESTIVAL COMMISSION & THEJOELDROUIN QUINTET Concorde

8.00 CY LAURIE & The PanarnaIazaBand King& Queen

Thursday 7th 8.30 THE lAINBALLAMYQUARTET Concorde

8.00 RANDY COLVILLE & The MikeCollierBand King & Queen

Friday8th 8.30 THE SHORTYROGERSQUINTET Concorde

Saturday9th 8.30 THE BOBPEARCEBLUESBAND Concorde

Sunday 10th 8.00 THEHORACESILVER QUINTETwith ANDY BEY (vocals) Dome

7.30 TERRYWIDTNEY AND GEOFFSIMKINS Concorde

8.00 TREVORWHITING & Jack Gilbert's Hot Five King & Queen

Monday 11th 8.30 EASY ENSEMBLE(formerly 'STEAM') Concorde

Tuesday 12th 8.30 AL COHN & THE SPIKEWELLSQUARTET Concorde

Wednesday 13th 8.30 HARD LINES (jazz-funk) Concorde

8.00 JOHNNYPARKER& The Panamajazs Band King & Queen

Thursday 14th 8.30 JOELEE WILSON and THEJOYOF BRIGHTONJAZZ Concorde

8.00 ALANELSDON& The AnderidaJa22 Band King & Queen

Friday 15th 8.30 DICK.wELLSTOOD Concorde

Saturday 16th 8.30 JULIANBAHULA AND THE ELECTRIC DREAM Concorde

Sunday 17th 8.00 THE CEDAR WALTON TRIO Concorde

8.00 IANCHRISTIE & The Sid Bailey Ja22 Band King & Queen

Monday 18th 6.00& 9.00 ABDULLAH mRABIMANDEKAYA GardnerCentre

8.30 THE TERRYSEABROOKlKATECAMERON QUARTET Concorde

'fuesday 19th 8.30 THE PETEBURDONQUARTET Concorde

Wednesday 20th 8.00 GEORGEMELLY &JOHN CHILTON'SFEETWARMERS Zap Big Top

8.30 YANK LAWSON witha GEOFFSIMKINS QUARTET Concorde

8.00 KEN COLYER& The Panamajaza Band King & Queen

Thursday21st 8.30 FOCUSONSANITY Concorde

8.00 BRUCETURNER& The MikeCollierBand King & Queen

Friday22nd 8.30 TONY MILLINER'S 'MINGUS MUSIC' Concorde

Saturday 23rd 8.30 THE GEOFFSIMKINSQUARTET plus GUESTS Concorde

Sunday 24th 7.30 TREVORKAYE AND THE CO-OPERATIVE JAM SESSION Concorde

Monday25th 8.30 Party with CHA CHA BAR & BRIGHTON BLUESCORPORATION Concorde

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OTHERREGULARPUB GIGS Ticket Sales Sunday lunchtimes: 'Easy Ensemble' (formerly 'Steam') at the Green Dragon, Dome Box Office, 29 New Road, Sydney Street. Sylvie Skelton Quartet at The Eagle, Gloucester Road. . Brighton BNl WE Monday evenings: Geoff Simkins' Trio at Vats cellar bar, the Star of Bl1IIlSWlck, Telephone (0273) 674357 Brunswick Street West (late license). 'fuesday evenings: Terry Seabrook & Kate Cameron at Clarges Bar, Marine Parade. Season tickets for The Concorde from Dome Box Office Tickets for individual gigs only available atTheConcorde 12 Jazz ~afJffi @) fi1 ~ C> ~ ~. The ~~ ~ Good news, bad news 1f Brighton ~ Thebadnews abouttbe1987 Brighton-Jazz Festival istbecancellation tbrough Bead & U1ness ofWOODY HERMAN. Thereis stillmasses toenjoy tbough, andanyone evertakenbytbetinkling ofaplano Isinfora greatmontb. ~ Shop (j o For all ~ . ~ your @ The Horace Silver Quintet BEAD NEEDS ~ ~ We also 1\ o Co-founder with Art Blakey ofthe original Jazz Messengersin the 1950's Horace Silver does ~ ~ not just span avariety of jazzstyles, he IS ajazzstyle, a'school' all of his own. His Bud Powell­ stock j-u-s-t influenced piano has none of the complexity associated with hard bop, but is more direct ~ BUTTONS ~ and percussive, with an earthy, blues-based feel. f{BfS Silver's current sterling quintet features the very brightest alumni from the cauldron that is QQ 21 Sydney St. ~ the New York jazzscene, including the mega-hip Andy Bey on vocals. Sunday 10th May, The ~ Brighton .~ Dome. 721721 ~rc Tel 675077 D'¥J -----.;---- 25 Drunken nights Fortbeextraordinarilystrongnightly programmeatTheJazzClub onBrighton Seafront(Concorde Bar], seeeitbertbeJazzClub advertorlistings section. Witb considerable difficulty ThePunterhas chosen afew highlights: Friday lst May opens tbejazzfest witb(arguably) tbe finest living British Tenor BOBBY WELLlNS. Sunday 4tbsees tbenew Quartetfrom former If·man DAVE QUINCY; post.bop Dextor Gordon stylesaxaphoile.in a similar bag,you cancatch DON WELLER onThursday 5tb. , Week 2 opens on Friday 8th with the Big Man on Friday 22nd with Tony t. Hora~ founding father of the West Coast School of Millinor's 'MINGUS MUSIC'. Siiver DomeMay 10 AbdullahIbrahim Modem Jazz, trumpeter SHOm It might have been easier tolist the lot ­ ROGERS. Lyrical tenorman BILL PERKINS Special mention must go to The Jazz: will be spotted in the Quintet. Hard­ Festival Commission featuring the PAUL swinging on Tuesday 12th with arepeat of BUSBY SEPI'ET on Wednesday 6th May. Abdullah Ibrahim one of tast year's highlights- tenorman AL .France's JOEL DROUIN QUINTET finish COHN with the Spike WeDs Quartet. JOE the evening inHancock/Corea style, South African composer and pianist ABDULLAH IBRAHIM (formerly DOLLAR BRAND) LEE'S back intown for some joyfull vocals Finally, yet more jazzcan be found inpubs; has now established himself amongst all sections of the jazz audience and beyond asbeing on Thursday 14th; and a swift return for clubs and on the streets throughout the. one of World Music's mighty originals. His recent performances amply support the opinion JULIAN BAHULA'S ELECI'RIC DREAM on month; and GEORGE MELLY will be of many music critics that his genius now deserves a much wider recognition and will Saturday 16th. DICK HECKSTAUrSMITH boozing around the Big Top on Wednesday endure far longer than the hearing of present-day American, European and African is up front on avariety of reeds. 20th May. audiences. If you're still living, another world-class This year Ibrahim's mastery of his instument and his arthas taken animportant turn with pianist can be found on Sunday 17th with the founding of his new ensemble 'EKAYA: including Ibrahim's longtime friend and musical THE CEDAR WAL1UN TRIO, Currently collaborator Carlos Ward (alto). Their new record 'Water from an Ancient Well' (Black reckoned tobeat the artistic peak of a Hawk) has already received ecstatic reviews and is helping tocanonize Ibrahim alongside remarkable career, that stretches back Ellington and Monk in the pantheon of real jazz pianist/composers. through Blakey's Jazz Messengers to J,J. The word 'ekaya' means 'home' in a number of South African languages and Ibrahim Johnson. dedicates the work of the ensemble to all the people ofhis homeland who are still suffering More passionate Sax on Tuesday 19th with under the yoke ofapartheid. PETE BURDON, and amust for fans ofthe There are now TWO concerts atThe Gardner Centre, at6pm and at9pm, on Monday May 18th. Book early. Under new management New Engineer Superb Sounds + Production Suite Featuring; NewAkai sampler keyboard Yamaha QX5 and much more Competitive Rates on Block Bookings Have a look­ no obligation available shortly: Studio Engineering Course Also Hire Facilities soon! Ring for details

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Going to work on an egg Who was Martha Gunn?

This one is, by any standards, odd. VIDAR EGGER7S0Nisavery big noise in Nordic theatre. Sundays 10thand17thMayfrom midday, The Lanes. The roacls areshut,thepubs 'So what'!hearyou cry from Hastings toHove. Well, in ignoring The EggMan youjust might open tousherintheFestival's biggest everevent- TIlElOWN PLAYs. miss out on one ofthe most innovative artists on the European scene. 20plays, 400 performers, lorries, bicycles, counclllors,buskers, clowns meshed together in a spectacular cycle ofmusic, dance, mime andtheatre. Theplays The Egg theatre has no stage, and its office isEggertsson's ever-present briefcase. He delve behind the scenes of Brighton's past, to uncover tragedy, history, rocketed toacurious sort offame with 'Nor I.. But., aone-man show rather unusual inthat melodrama andsoap-opera. Who was Martha Gunn? Was Maria Fitzherbert italso played toanaudience ofone. This not entirely democratic approach certainly had the blackmailed bythePrince Regent? All theplays arehome-made productions, effect ofsending the world's theatre press into aspin. Vidor wasn't entirely pleased: "The conceived, designed andperformed byanenormous variety ofgroups. show itself and its creative purpose were more orless disregarded... and the Americans With varying degrees ofhelp from Bright Red Theatre Company, Russ Haworth clearly wished they'd thought ofthe idea themselves". andAnthony Masters, they create a compelling web oflegend andspectacle If you're lucky and book quickly, you might be the audience for one of about 60 around the town, its people and its culture. Some have predicted a 'major performances of'Nor I'that Egg will begiving around Brighton inMay. nightmare', others a 'logistical masterpiece', the festival (quietly confident) Ifnot, then 'The Turtle Gets There Too' isThe Egg Theatre's main work for the Festival, and assures usof'sometbingforeveryonebyalmosteveryone,inshortacelebration. can beseen atThe Pavilion Theatre from Tuesday 12th· Saturday 16th at8.00 pm; and also Saturday 16th at2.30 pm. 'Turtle', by Ami Ibsen, has unusual subject mailer for anicelandic company: the differing views and unlikely friendship ofthe two American poets Willioam Carlos Williams and Ezra Pound. But don't expect a literary biog. -this isEggtheatre, and who knows what might 52ndState Maybe next happen when the shell cracks... summer. ..

APPEAL PRODUcrs· 52nd STATE, The Marlborough theatre's revival of AN AMERICAN DREAM • is an Tennessee Williams' 'Suddenly Last amazing piece ofvisual theatre. Summer' has been unfortunately It'sthestoryofa woman who hires a cancelled. Instead, their Festival car to drive across America. production will bePeterShaffer's excellent Somewhere in the Badlands she 'Five Finger Exercise' which will run from disappears. 1st to 24th May at 1.15 pm, except AtthePAVllJONTHEATREon2nd& Mondays. (Sundays 12.30) 3rdMay.

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Despite the French-sounding nom-de­ Stephen Lowe's 'Demon Lovers' is a whatsit, THEATRE DE COMPLlCITE are play for two actors, four rJideo closer tothe Anglo-American tradition of monitorsandatechnician. Itisaplay absurd humour that stretches from Buster for a television society. What drives Keaton through the Marx Brothers to The people tomadness andmurder?Can Goo.ns and Monty Python. Or, tocontinue weimagine theminds of murderers? name-dropping ata frantic rate, we could 'Demon Lovers' is the story of 10 add that the sophisticated slapstick and people Uving inside 2 people; the funereal humour of 'A Minute Too Late' videos, fully integrated with the moves them nearer toJoe Orton. action, allow us to imagine the When did you last see black humour, unimaginable... knockabout comedy and social comment MEETING GROUND THEATRE in a mimeshow. A unique and hilarious present 'Demon Lovers' at the night-out. PAVILION THEATRE, Iuesday­ PAVHJON THEATRE, 'I'IuuBday 21st, Saturday, 5th·9th May, 8.00 pm. Friday2200, andSalurrlJIy23rdMay, 8.00pm.

'TRICK' by THEATRE EN CIEL, will unquestionably bethestrangest show inthe Festival:strangein execution(thecompanyconsistsofa clown, amagidan anda puppeteer); strange inorigin (anonymous letters tothecompanyexplainingone ofthemostbafflingeventsinFrench history· "L'affairedes VarietesArtistiques, November 1926'7; strange in its references • Grock, Mary Shelley, Satie, Duchamp, Kafka andMelies; andstrange initssubject matter·thefantastic, • frightening events of November 1926on the stage of a disused theatre at METRO return trip. No introduction necessary for oneof the mostpopular Montreuil-sur-Bois.... theatricalproductionsofrecentyears ·Stephen Lowesacclaimedadaptation of 'TheRaggedTrouseredPhilanthropists: ThePunterwelcomesMetro Theatre Co. Anevening of laughter andmusic, with sounds butnowords, at THE SAWS backtothePAVHJONforwhatissuretobeasell-outthree nightsonMondJly 18th, BENNEY THEATRE onFriday 15th, Saturday 16th, andSunday 17th May, 8.00 Tuesday 19th andandWednesday 20th May, at8.00 pm. 14 Who's immune? WH,tt ," Pf{l{jHT~H PINt IN MtX'W

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JORMA varrNEN. The Finnish dancer JORMA VOTINENdescribes hiswork as 'oisionary theatre: Hisstage is a darkandempty space in which anything is possible· visions mixandmerge with thelogic ofdreams. GARDNER CENTRE, Fri, Sat, Sun, 1st, 2nd, 3rdMay. Dance

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THE LIZARD'S TONGUE, presented MICHAEL CLARK & COMPANY come to this year's Brighton Festival for their. first by Carousel. A DANCE/DRAMA performances inBritain since their triumphant London season atSadler's Wells Theatre last devisedandperformedbypeoplewith autumn. They will present five performances atthe Theatre Royal Brighton from 5th·9th andwithout learning disabilities, at May, joined by the cult Yugoslavian band l.aibach, making arare live appearance inBritain the ZAP TENT, Dome car park, for Michael Clark's Festival season. Brighton. On Thursday 21st May The company will present a double-bill choreographed byMichael Oark, including a 1987,8.30 pm., £3/£1.Friday 22nd, reprise of the last act of their hit show, 'No Fire Escape inHell' entitled NOW GODS, which 1.15 pm. AU SEATS £1.00. The caused asensation on the company's recent world tour. The show will also feature abrand Carousel project gratefully new piece, PURE PRE-SCENES. acknowledges the support of Michael Clark will lead the virtuoso dancing on stage with the seven members of his Brighton &rough Council andSouth company, and the show will introduce audiences toguest performer, Leigh Bowery, former EastArts. host of the legendary London night spot, Taboo Oub, and creator of some ofthe flamboyant costuming in Michael Clarks shows. Other designs are bythe successful London fashion team, BodyMap, with lighting bycelebrated American designer and film·maker Charles Atlas. Music for the show will range widely, from Laibach toChopin. Hop )

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Q. What dance company have been called 'unusually close toperfection: andwhich group of musos husbeen dubbed 'the most important bandin theworld'byBrian Eno? A. SECOND STRIDE and MAN JUMPING, andthese two superlatives are performing together at The .:4t~f..rt Gardner Centre on Thursday, Friday andSaturday, 21st, 22nd and23rd PasageNord May. "VISUal theatre, without words, but very Not only that, butthe performance speaking", is what they said about willbetheworldpremierof'Weighing PASSAGE NORD inCopenhagen. It's hard theHeart: described usan'hour long toargue with adescription like that. ritual, somewhere between a 'The road Between Water and Thirst' (Sallis wedding, afuneral, aboxingmatch, a Benny, Friday - Sunday, 22nd, 23rd, 24th voodoo ceremony anda night outat May) isa dance-performance designed to theLyceum... appeal through the senses, emotions and The programme consists ofa sortof subconscious rather than the intellect. high-tech version ofanAfrican dance Repeated gestures, suggested associations ceremotiy, with music specially and the interplay of light, music and written by Orlando Gough. A movement make for analmost ritualistic considerable coup for the Gardner appeal to the primitive. This is the andtheFestival· thisshow husallthe Norwegian groups first appearance looks ofstate-of·the-artArt. outside Scandinavia.

Ditvas Following recent successes intheSpring Loaded season at The Pitlce andNew Moves in International Dance attheI.CA. London, DilJtl8andGrotesqueDancer will appear at theGardner Centre on 1hesday 5thMay at 7.45pm. Idea6 and construction come fromLizAggissandmusic andidea6fromBillyCowie Divas areallfromBrighton andusea starkly imagistic style uncon~tional technique andtheirnon standardbodies in openconlrontatio~. Their6pedally commissioned electronic music usesviolent stylisticjuxtapo8lions that match exactlytheconstruction ofthedances. "Divas tmnsform themselves fromtwitchy impotentneurotics toseUla£emting furies orpugilisticamazons,"Independent. This iswhere modern musicmeetsthemodern dance: LA BOUCHE· satisfaction LizAggiss •Grotesque Dancer . isanexpressionist solo performance thatuses guaronteed intheBIG 101, Tuesday 19th at10.00pm. contorted movement and distorted gesture accompanied by Billy Cowie" 16 parodistic German accordian songs. Listings , Lectures &. Workshops BRIGIITON AND HOVE Sat9th Fri15th dragons, castles, wizards. 8/1O:s. Energy Store BED FROM PEN ro SCREEN. Seminar MUS THE CONQUEST OF GALTAR. 4.lSpm . 'Dance classes for all ages and levels. 'lues­ on writing for TV. 1O.3(}'S.3Opm See 14th. 8/1O's. 4.lSpm NHC CLOWNS WORKSHOP. ·7Ill's. Gene~ level (7.3Opm), Fri •Intermediate Ee. PLAYTIME FESTIVAL. lIam Sat16th 4.3Opm (2pm), Sat- General level (Ipm) :Story Telling, 3pm : NHC LEATHER ANIMAls. 9am :6/9'5, Weds 20th Natural Health Centre Improvisation. For adults & IL1Sam: 9/13's NHC LETS DANCE. 4.30pm : 7/1O's, 'Beginners Contemporary Dance Class children NHC TSHIRT PAINTING. S/14's S.30pm: 1I/16's everyTuesatl2.3Opm LIB WRITERS CONSULTATION . see . LIB MASK MAKING & SlDRY Thun21st ,The Marlborough Sth SESSION. 7/11's. CHILDRENS NHC FUN WITH HOLOGRAMS. 4/6's. 'Weekly Jazz Improvisation workshop .' Sun 10th LIBRARY. 4.3Opm Thes.· . NIGH WRITERS WORKSHOP· see 4th. BOar MYTHICAL MONSTERS. 7/12's Sat23rd New Venture Theatre 1O.30am SOME AlDUCH OFMAGIC·see 9th BOar MYTHICAL MONSTERS. 7/12'5 26th The Sussex Playwright's Club • ThursHth Sun 17th .. NHC GIANT PAINTINGS. 6/9's. 9-lIam Play reading. 7pm UNI SSTRINDBERG SEMINAR. Mols HOVE SWORD & MORRIS DANCING. . NHC GIANT CLAY HADS. 9/13's. .Unemployed Centre Lecture Theatre. 7.30pm 7Ill's. 3pm 11.l5-L1Spm ~Wiz Kids Club. Every Friday from 5-7pm, Thun21st NHC TSHIRT PAINTING. S/14's for the 6-12's. Organised by. British . MUS TURERANGSTROM. Talk on 18th Iues 19th Mon24th Childrens Association. Century Swedish Court Theatre. MUS THE CONQUEST OF GALTAR. HOVE MUMMING. Ritual Drama with 'Writers Workshop every Tues at7.3Opm. LOSpm -Costume &prop making based on The Merrie England Mummers. All ages and abilities welcome. Free. Sat23rd 7111's 'WEA Women and Art Course every EC. Becoming a Magnet to Peace, Thurs at8pm. No experience necessary. Power &Prosperity. 1O.3(}'S.30pm LIGHTHOUSE presents p 1pm S t»~ HORSHAM three nights of film 1.(;8' HonhaJD ArtsCentre BRIGHTON FESTIVAL WORKSHOPS Frl 22nd May ~ '" "( ~~1>- 'Drama workshops for 7·16 yrs with Renee & TALKS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE ~ ~~ ~ Martin, every Sat morning. Check with Mon 25th May & & 6 " -<{ 0 et Centre for times and cost. Sat2nd • e\1\ &( ~ ~~

ADELINE GENEE, East Grinstead UNIT Anthony Marwood·violin and Ring for details of what's on in May Rebecca Holt-piano. Mozart, Mid Sussex Classical Grieg. 1.15pm CLAIR HALL, Haywards Heath. MARTLEITS HALL, Burgess Hill. Fri1 DOME New Sussex Opera present Verdi's (Haywards Heath) 455440 Ring them for what's on in May. BARf City of London Sinfonia Brighton Masked Ball. 7.3Opm Check with Centre for events this month. Festival Chorus. Laszlo Heltay· CAPITOLTHEATRE HORSHAM ARTS conductor, Sir Richard Sat9 . CRAWLEY LEISURE CENTRE. (0293) CENTRE, (Horsham) 68689 Attenborough-narrator. 8pm DOME New Sussex Opera present Verdi's 37431 1st/2nd ASTING IN THE TAIL. Thriller by Masked Ball. 7.3Opm Brian Clemens &Dennis Spooner. VARN Elgar's King Olav performed by Sun 3 The Bourbon Street Jazz Band. 8pm (also at2.3Opm on Sat) Sat2 TRAD JAZZ. In barfree DOME BBC Symphony Orchestra. Per Brighton Orpheus Choir & Sun 10 West Sussex Philharmonic Choir. Norgaard programme. Diego Orchestra. 7.3Opm Sun 17 SUSSEX CRAFT SHOW. From 7.3Opm lOam Masson

Inside Out, Prince Albert, Trafalgar HORSHAM •Kids Cinema with the Saturday Film Oub, Film St. every Sat. at10.30 am (supervised), and U MAINSTREAM CINEMAS .•FUm Club·£l.50/£1 cones Ritz, Horsham ArtsCentre. and PG screenings at 2.3Opm (unsupervised). BRlGHfON (Horsham) 68689 SalUs Benney HaU, ArtCoUege Grand 'Screenings every SUNDAY (3.15pm) of 'Check with Centre for details of all of Cannon, East St.(0273)27010/20295 Parade. (0273)687789 foreign films. MONDAY MOVIfS. one day these. Odeon, Kingswest. (0273)25890 Every Tues during termtime : Students BEXHILL • showingsat 5.3Opm &8.3Opm. FIRST RUN Union Film Society screenings. 5.3Opm FILMS run from Fri. toThurs (Nar MON.) Cunon (0273)210078 Capitol Theatre, Horsham Arts BOGNOR The Ughthouse Festival Screenings Centre. (Horsham)68689 Cannon (0323)23612 SUNDAY AFTERNOONS 3/5& Curzon(0323)31441 ALL AT THE ZAP CWB, BRIGHTON Wed 20 New tapes byNew York Artists at 3 THE FUTURE IS WOMAN 7/9 BETTY BWE HASTINGS 10 ANGEWS Cannon (0424)420517 7pm followed by lap Clubs launch of video commissions 17 MEN WORTIDNG Thu 21 New York video tapes 23 POLICE Dome (0903)200461 Fri 22 CINEMA AS BLACKBOARD 31 G1NGER&FRED EASfBOURNE Tivoli(Eastbourne)644402 Check with local press, or with continues with KUHLE VAMPRE bySlatan Dudow with R Brecht. Sun 3 BLOOD WEDDING. 2.3Opm cinemaforwhat's currently showing. Plus CAWNG MR SMITH. MONDAY MOVIFS Fri8 1919.8pm 4 SWEET L1BEKfY Tue 12 SID AND NANCY. 8pm INDEPENDENT CINEMAS AND FILM CHICHESTER II TROUBLE IN MIND Wed 20 ROUND MIDNIGHT. 8pm CWBS 18 DEAD MEN DONi WEAR PLAID Thu 28 KISS OF THE SPIDERWOMAN Chichester FUm Society, New Park 25 TUIULEDIARY ' . BRlGHfON FUm Centre. (Chichester)784881 Duke of Yorks, Preston Clrtus. Check with Centre for films playing in May. (0273)602503 RUNS Showing inMay (main shows): LEWES .1/7 COLOR OF MONEY WORfHlNG All Saints Centre (0273)472583 8/14 THE MOSQUrro COAST Connaught Theatre. (0903)35333 •Also, late night shows atweekends and 'Occasional F'dm Society screenings • 15/2 CASTAWAY Fri 1st Repo Man some matinees. Full details of all shows in members only. Contact the Centre for 22/28 SPACE CAMP For details of other films showing, contact 18 pmf1".~fT'T"O ,. ,;Johlo !rnmthprinplY' 1 ,J,I".: 2q/3J PLAmnlll The Connaught Listings Check Stop Press~n page 26 The DomeBrighton RP. English Song Awards . Fri22 • UNIT Arve Tellefsen-violin, Yitkin BARf New SiOCkh~lm Chamber' ',,::,. An eveningwith . .- Seow-piano. Nielsen.1.l5pm Orchestra with BBC singers. John Poole-conductor. 8pm Q~entin .:Crisp. RP. Songs and readings incelebraton .. /)\ . FriiS of Edith Sitwell.· David Owen Thu~9ay £4~50£5_50 ~ j r- . May14th DOME Finnish Radio Symphony Norris, Judith Rees, Peter Savidge. Orchestra. Jukka Pekka Saraste- Music Room. 8pm . . conductor in Sibelius programme. T.R Mozart's Don Giovanni -as20th • ""1, r 8pm RP. English Song Award Finals. Music Sat23 en Room, Royal Pavilion. 7.3Opm. BCOL The Rehearsal Orchestra. Open UNIT Irene Bowling plays Berg, Rehearsal. Brahms, Sibelius, Debussy, Brahms. 1.15pm Shumann. 2.3Opm. FREE DOME Brighton Youth Orchestra. David : : Gray-conductor. Ham 1:1.::I Satl6 MARY Deanery DOME Finnish Radio Symphony • • Choir Concert. Orchestra. Jukka Pekka Saraste­ RP. Continuum. Music by Satie and conductor with James Galway­ ViJ'liil Thomson. 8pm flute. Sibelius, Nielsen. 8pm aQ ==-== STP Organ Recital. Ipm STP Organ Recital. Malcom Davey. STP Sussex University Choir and 1.55pm Orchestra.7.30pm ..Plus support UNIT Antonio Lysy-cello and Ronan IR. Mozart's Idomeneo presented by O'Hora-piano. Schumann, the Drottningholm Court Theatre. Thursday 30th June £7.50£6.50.£5.50 Debussy, Grieg.1.15pm 7.3Opm UNIT Young Musicians Evening. UNIT Jagdish Mistry String Quartet in Phone Brighton (0273) 674357 Concert by soloists from the works by Haydn, Virgil Thomson, Brighton Youth Orchestra. Wolf. 1.15pm· 7.30pm Sun 24 Sun 17 BCOL The Rehearsal Orchestra. Open DOME Finnish Radio Symphony Rehearsal. Brahms, Sibelius, Orchestra with Brighton Festival Shumann. 2.3Opm: FREE chorus. Elgar and Sibelius. 8pm DOME %,a1Philharmonic Orchestra, SANDRA GLYN New Stockholm Chamber Brighton Festival Chorus, Orchestra. Mozart, Tubin, Tippet, Serenala Ensemble. Vernon CROSS Tchaikovsky. 3pm Handley-conductor. Walton's (TOPFEMALE REGGAE VOCALIST OF19B6) AT THE Facade. Narrators: Eleanor Bron MonlS and Robin Ray. Also Lambert's the + Top RANK SUITE DOME Showstoppers presented byDavid Rio. Grande and Walton's SLIM LINTON . WESTSTREET.BRIGHTON Jacobs with .London Pops Balshazzar's Feast. Bpm (THE lADlES CHOICE) WEDNESDAY Orchestra. Ian McMillan­ conductor. Music & songs from MAYZ7th West End shows. 7.3Opm + DOORS OPEN ATaoOpm ADMISSION:.ll0

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Thurs7th Thurs21st Sun 31st Tues 12th BILB Thatchers Love Babies BILB Rock band . BILB Rock band •lunch BOG RELATIVELY SPEAKING CEN Singaround. 7pm FORT The Morticians. 7pm GLYN CARMEN presented by Alan Ayckbourne FORT The Morticians &support LAUG The Rakes· folk MrC Jazz -lunch. Green For Love- eve Limelight Productions. 7.3Opm LAUG Nic Dow -folk MrC Jez Gillette Enterprise SIX Pete Bog and The Swamps FEST AN IDEAL HUSBAND by Oscar MrC Phil Light WlIde with Joanna Lumley. 7pm PAY Country Music Special. 7.45pm Fri22nd ;;iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii_ Fri8th . ""STARTING TODAY : HASTINGS Weds 13th ARCH Eavesdropper and Third Half. INTERNATIONAL FOLK FESTNAL ~gN Live band- Crows Folk starring Tom Paxton, Albion Band, Pete West Sussex RELATIVELY SPEAKING ASC Peter Abbs reads from own work Morton, Alan Stivell Band, Peter Bellamy, presented by Alan Ayckbourne and speaks on'Poetry & Young Alan White, Kathryn TIekell and many Limelight Productions. 7.3Opm People'.8pm more. 150 HORS OF MUSIC!! Ring 0424 FEST AN IDEAL HUSBAND by Oscar MrC Parallel 426162 for details, venues &tiekets. Fri1st Wilde with Joanna Lumley. 7pm SIX The Survivors ARCH Ali Fox &Dave Thomas- folk BOG Under 18's Disco MrC Highway 61. R'n'B CONN WEST SIDE STORY presented by Thurs 14th SIX Snowfox Worthing Musical Comedy BOG RELATIVELY SPEAKING Sat9th TN Boilerhouse Theatre present Society.7.3Opm presented by Alan Ayckbourne BEX New & Unusual Dances. English KENNEDY·SCHILDREN.7.30pm FEST ROBERT AND ELIZABETH. Limelight Productions. 7.3Opm Folk Dance Society. 7.3Opm Musical about Elizabeth Barrett FEST AN IDEAL HUSBAND by Oscar MrC Caruthers Brothers and Robert Browning. music by Wilde. 2.3Opm &7.3Opm SIX Stone Cold Sober Sat23rd Ron Grainer. 7.3Opm PAY Tea Dance with Shirley Western ""HASTINGS FOLK FESTIVAL· see 22nd and the Johnny Legg Sound. Sun 10th ASC Live bands • check with venue. Sat2nd 2.3Opm BILB Rock band -lunch 7pm CONN WEST SIDE STORY· as1st MrC Jazz -lunch. Skibereen •Irish Folk MrC Bad Influence FEST ROBERT AND ELIZABETH. As 1st, also matinee at2.3Opm -eve SIX Cry Tough Fri15th TIV Boilerhouse Theatre present SIX General Custer &The Last Stand Sun3rd BOG RELATIVELY SPEAKING Band KENNEDY'S CHILDREN. 7.3Opm ASS Sunday Symphony. 3pm presented by Alan Ayckboume Limelight Productions. 7.3Opm Sun 24th Mon 11th Mon4th FEST ROBERT AND ELIZABETH • as FORT The Morticians -lunch ""HASTINGS FOLK FESTNAL -see 22nd lst,also matinee at2.3Opm BILB Three Mirrors- rock ""CHICHESTER MAY Tues 12th GLYN LA TRAVIATA CELEBRATIONS. Organised by English Folk Dance Society Sat16th MrC Mark Edwards Trio. Jazz MrC Jazz •lunch RELATIVELY SPEAKING SIX Phil Light ASS Millie Jackson. Outrageous and BOG excellent soul singer. Spm presented by Alan Ayckbourne Weds 13th TIV FASHION SHOW. Free. Check Limelight Productions. 7.3Opm ASC Lunchtime concert by E. Sussex time. FEST ROBERT AND ELIZABETH· see Preparatory School of Music. 1pm Tues5th 1st.2.3Opm Mon25th FEST AN IDEAL HUSBAND by Oscar Thurs 14th ""HASTINGS FOLK FESTIVAL· see 22nd PAY Old Time with Denis Lotis. 7.3Opm WlIde. 7.3Opm BILB The Great Outdoors FORT The Morticians -lunch PAY The Boys ofthe Lough. Beautiful LAUG Singaround -folk traditional and modem celtic folk MrC Norman Norman Tues26th Weds 6th ARUN Live band from the Highlands and Islands. FORT The Morticians. 7pm GLYN CARMEN 8pm. MrC Live Jazz PAY The Swingles. Vocal music. 8pm Fri15th TIV Millstream Touring Co. present ARCH Mrs Ackroyd with l.es Barker & NEXT TIME I'LL SING TO YOu. Thurs7th 8pm BOG BLACK COMEDY by Peter Shaffer Kashmir -folk presented by BOGNOR REGIS Sun 17th ASC Nicki Jackowska and Fiona Pitt­ DRAMACWR 7.3Opm BOG Scotch Measure. Excellent Weds 27th Scottish music Kethley read their work (Poetry) BREW Rosbif -French Folk Dance FEST ROBERT AND ELIZABETH. As plus NIGHTSHIFT JAZl. GROUP. GLYN LA TRAVIATA 1st. 8pm . PAY Istanbul Folk Song & Dance Mon 18th TlV Millstream Touring Co. present FEST ROBERT AND ELIZABETH as1st MrC The Jukes NEXT TIME I'LL SING TO YOu. Company. 8pm SIX. 'Desperate Dan Band 8pm TIV '. Evening of old time music in aid of Tues 19th BOG NO NO NANETTE presented by CRUSE.7.3Opm Thurs28tb Fri8th ASS Marti Webb. 8pm Bognar Regis Operatic Society. B1LB Rock band 8pm Sat16th FORT The Morticians. 7pm BOG BLACK COMEDY -see 7th ASC Boilerhouse Theatre present FEST ROBERT AND ELIZABETH. As FEST ROBERT AND ELIZABETH - as LAUG Singaround -folk 1st KENNEDY'S CHILDREN by MrC The Gingerbread Men 1st. Robert Patrick. 8pm PAY Robert White. Irish/American DOWN 18th Century Ball. English Folk Fri29th Sat9th lenor.8pm Dance Society. 7.3Opm ARCH Pyewackett -folk BOG BLACK COMEDY -see 7th MrC R'n'R Live ASC Isaac Guillory- folk. 8.30pm FEST ROBERT AND ELIZABETH. As Weds 20th SIX Parallel GLYN CARMEN 1st, also matinee at2.3Opm ARUN Live band -Sheep Wooley MrC Desperate Dan Band. 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Frll Sun3 PAY Theatre de Complicite (multi NIGH Thumbscrew Theatre inLEONCE "BRIGHTON FESTIVAL GRAND •'MAGICAL MYSTERY mUR for all ages. national troupe of hilarious mime AND LENA -as5th OPENING. May Day Celebrations with Palace Pier. 1O.30am -see tours artists) in AMINUTE roo LATE. PAY Theatre de Complicite in A maypole dancing & music. Kids fancy "Historical Vehicle Run. Madeira Drive. 8pm MINUTE mo LATE -as5th dress parade through Brighton, followed 1O.3()'5pm T.R Michael Dark and Company. PAY The Swinging Chickens. by official opening by Sir Richard AKf Bloolips in SWNG BACK AND Excellent and frequently RICH Challenger plus support Attenborough. PAVILION LAWNS -6pm. / STRAPLESS -as1st outrageous dance company, SAV Vrrgin Rock &Pop Quiz. 8pm AKf Bloolips in SWNGBACK AND CONC The Dave Quincey Quartet. premiering new work in Brighton. STAN Magenta's Magic Music Mosaic. STRAPLESS. Outrageous musical 7.3Opm With music from Yugoslav band, One woman show. 8pm comedy.Spm GARD Jorma Uotinen inSCREAM -as1st Laibach. 7.3Opm T.R Michael Dark and Company -see CONC Bobby Wellins/Jim Mullen MARL BOUM! VOILA! and FIVE FINGER VIC G.1. Orange 5th Quintet. 8.3Opm . EXERCISE -as1st, but lunchtime ZAP Platform Night plus The Relatives VIC Giant No. I GARD Jerma Uotinen in SCREAM. show at12.3Opm -band atmidnight ZAP Heretics present The Nyah Finnish dance superstar's debut in PAY THOR Vs THE GIANTS· For the Wed 6 Fearties, Shrew Kings, Famous Britain. &.45pm under 12's. lIam "mUR OF BRIGHmN SEWERS - see Places MARL Umbrella Theatre Co. in BOUM! PAY Appeal Products in 52nd STATE ­ mURS VOILA! (saucy Gallic as2nd •'mUROF POSTAL SOImNG OFFICE ­ Frl8 entertainment) 8.30 &11.l5pm SHIP Creche &Cocktai1s.Have a drink seemUR "mUR OF - see MARL Marlborough Theatre Co. inFIVE while the kids are looked after. 12 "F1SHERMANS BRIGHTON. mURS FINGER EXERCISE by Tennessee noon. Marlborough House. 2.3Opm •• Observing Evening. BANJO GROYNE. Williams.lpm VIC lunch: Desperate Dan Band, Eve: •'FESTIVAL ATHLETIcs. 9pm RICH NightOwl Soul Club Tricks Upon Travellers Stadium. 6.3Opm AKf RA.D. Dance Co. 8pm PAY Grand Union. International Jazz ZAP lunch· papers, lunches, kids BED POETRY LIVE - Ivan V. Lalic. CONC The Shorty Rogers Quintet. band. Unmissable! welcome. 7.3Opm 8.3Opm T.R STEPPING OUT with Julia BED Studio Theatre present AN DOME Symphony In Sea. Concert for McKenzie ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE-see 4th kids. 11.30am ZAP The Band of Holy Joy Mon4 BED Poetry Reading with nM. "INTERNATIONAL LABOUR DAY. Fun CONC Jazz Festival commission plus French quintet. 8.3Opm Thomas, Nicki Jackowska. for aIlthe family. Madeira drive. 1I-5pm 7.3Opm •'mUR OF BRIGHTON SEWERS - see GARD Studio Hinderik present "CHILDREN'S PARADE: leaves Pavilion SIDEWALK EDGE. 7.45pm FEST NOR I... BUT...see 7th Gardens at 6pm. Stalls, bands, songs & mURS GARD Studio Hinderik present •'Observing Evening atBANJO GROYNE. KING Cy Laurie (clarinet) with The maypole dancing. Panama Jazz Band. 8.3Opm SIDEWALK EDGE. 7.45pm 9pm NIGH Thumbscrew Theatre Co. in BED Studio Theatre present AN MARL BOUM! VOILA! and FIVE FINGER EXERCISE -as1st LEONCEAND LENA-as 5th ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE by PAY Theatre de Complicite in A Ibsen.8pm NIGH Thumbscrew Theatre in LEONCE AND LENA -as5th MINUTE TOO LATE -as5th Sat2 CONC The Ian Hamer Big Band. 8.3Opm PAY The Vicious Boys in ...A NEW "FESTIVAL OF FAMILY FUN. Madeira PAY THOR Vs THE GJAN1S. For the PAY Theatre de Complicite in A MINUTE roo LATE· as5th TYPEOFV.R llpm Drive. 1O.3()'5pm:· under 12's. lIam RICH Death Bang Party plus support "Observing Evening atBANJO GROYNE. mPR SAMBATUCADA - International T.R Michael Dark and Company -see 5th T.R Michael Dark and Company -see 9pm music, 5th AKf Bloolips in SWNG BACK AND VIC Stitch Up VAlS Uptown Haddock VIC Send for Kelly ZAP McDermotts Two Hours. Lively STRAPLESS -as1st ZAP Party night Irish folk AlIT KIDS SHOW : Music Time Thu7 Concerts for children. Ages IueS "mUR OF BRIGHmN SEWERS - see Sat9 3/5-lIam, ages 5/1()'12 noon, over •'mUR OF BRIGHmN SEWERS - see mURS "FESTIVAL FIREWORKS with lasers, 1O's-2.3Opm mURS "IDUR OF POSTAL OFFICE -see IDURS music, bands, torchlight procession and CONC Cuff Billet and the New Europa •'mUROF POSTAL SOImNG OFFICE ­ BED Literary lunch with Magnus spectaculars! MADEIRA DRIVE. From Jazz Band. 8.3Opm seemUR Magnusson. 12.3Opm 7pm GARD JormaUotineninSCREAM-as 1st BED Studio Theatre present AN CONC lain Ballamy Quartet. 8.3Opm BCEN Alison Moyet MARL BOUM! VOILA! and FIVE FINGER ENEMYOFTHEPEOPLE-see4th FEST NOR I...BUT ...The Egg Theatre CLIF After All- rock EXERCISE -as1st CONC Don Weller plus guests. 8.3Opm from Iceland inaone person show CONC The Bob Pearce Blues Band. PAY THOR Vs THE GIANTS - for the ESC THE BIG TWANG presents The for anaudience of one ata time. 8.3Opm under 12's. lIam Wishing Stones plus The Groove By appointment through Dome FEST NOR I... BUT...see 7th PAY Appeitl Products present 52nd Yard Box Office. Ring for details GARD Studio Hinderik present STATE. Experimental NIGH Thumbscrew Theatre present GARD Lecture Recital - Chilingirian SIDEWALK EDGE. 7.45pm performance theatre. Spm LEONCE AND LENA by George String Quartet. Ipm MARL BOUM! VOILA! and FIVE FINGER PAY RUPEKf PUPKIN COLLECTIVE. 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