For All Things Brighton
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For all things Brighton: www.visitbrighton.com Visual Arts Addresses and opening times of galleries are given at the end of this publication. 16 March – 31 December Chilled to the Bone: Ice Age Sussex - Explore Ice Age Sussex and discover how ice has driven our evolution, why we have survived whilst the Neanderthals perished, and what the disappearance of ice from the poles could mean for our survival – Brighton Museum 06 July – 01 August Into The Blue - An exploration of the colour blue, using objects drawn from Royal Pavilion and Museum collections. Aimed at 5-11 year olds, exploratory and discovery-led – Hove Museum 12 October – 09 March 2014 Subversive Design - Subversive Design explores how designers, makers and manufacturers react to the world around them, playing with form, function and materials to create objects that provoke and amuse. The exhibition includes work by a wide range of designers and makers, including Alexander McQueen, David Shrigley, Studio Job, Philippe Starck, Grayson Perry, Richard Slee, Campana Brothers, Vivienne Westwood and Leigh Bowery – Brighton Museum 02 November – 03 March 2014 Turner in Brighton - An exhibition in the Prince Regent Gallery, Royal Pavilion centres on our recent acquisition of J M W Turner’s watercolour Brighthelmston, Sussex (1824) – Royal Pavilion 24 January – 24 March American Odyssey - This group show explores the poetics of everyday life in North America, with works from three photographers showing from five independent projects – One Eyed Jacks Gallery 07 February – 19 March The Butterfly Effect - New Sensational Artworks by Julia Chorley, 11am - 11pm, free – Hotel Pelirocco 08 February – 30 March 20 Painters - 20 Paintings celebrates the strength and vibrancy of contemporary painting in the South East region today – Phoenix Gallery 24 February – 08 March Stand Tall Get Snapped - Photographer Edo Zollo exposes the still widely held misconception that HIV mostly affects gay men and people of black African origin, free entry – Brighton Dome 01 March – 30 April Gathering Light: Breaking Form - A provocative two-part exhibition by award- winning photographer Clare Park. Collaborating with patients, their families and doctors, Clare captures the hope and strength of human spirit that shone through their shared experiences. ‘Gathering Light’, which was commissioned in 2012 by the For all things Brighton: www.visitbrighton.com -oint Research Office at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH), looks at patients and clinicians’ experience of translational research. ‘Breaking Form’ is an on-going project supported by UCLH Arts and Parkinson’s UK, focusing on Buz Williams, his wife Debbie Green and their family, to envision something of what it is to live with Parkinson's disease – The Old Market Theatres and Shows 21 February – 01 March The W inslow Boy - The Winslow Boy is a technical triumph – a courtroom drama that skilfully dispenses with the courtroom and which contains an acclaimed theatrical whammy. First performed at Brighton’s Theatre Royal in February 1946 The Winslow Boy was recently and beautifully revived at The Old Vic and on Broadway. It will form part of Brighton and Hove’s First World War Commemorations, 7:45pm, matinee Sun 23rd at 2:30pm, £7 - £10 – New Venture Theatre 26 February – 01 March Little Shop of Horrors - Boasting comedy, romance and a man eating plant, the societies ominous, banksy-esque, urban reimagining of the eternally popular 1982 musical promises to deliver a night of fierce entertainment, 7:30pm & 2:30pm matinee on 01 March, £12/£10 – The Old Market 26 February – 01 March Rambert - Making a much anticipated return after a 13 year absence, Rambert presents Rooster, Christopher Bruce's electrifying celebration of the swinging sixties set to music by the Rolling Stones. The performance also features Barak Marshall's ‘The Castaways’ - a humorous and uplifting tale of hope and forgiveness set to a vibrant mix of Yiddish music and American tunes from the fifties. Barak's unique style combining popular music, inventive dance and enthralling storylines make for a compelling spectacle, 7:30pm, Thu mat 1:30pm, £10 - £25 – Theatre Royal 03 – 08 March Noel Coward’s Fallen Angels - Jenny Seagrove and Sara Crow star as best friends Julia and Jane, in a heavenly new production of Noel Coward's divine comedy classic. With their passionless husbands away playing golf, a mutual long-ago-lover announces his intention to pay Julia and Jane an impromptu visit. All in a fluster, there's clearly only one thing to do: pop open the champagne! 7:45pm, Thu & Sat 2:30pm, £15 - 29.50 – Theatre Royal 10 – 15 March The Rod Stewart Musical – Tonight’s The Night - 'Tonight's The Night', the smash hit West End musical comedy inspired by the songs of Rod is the all singing, all dancing feel good show which went on to play sold out theatres across the UK. Now is your chance to rediscover the magic of those timeless classic songs, from Maggie May, Baby Jane and Hot Legs to Sailing and many more! ‘Tonight's The Night’ tells the story of a shy young man, so tongue tied that he cannot find the courage to declare his love to the girl of his dreams. One night, our hero strikes a deal with the Devil, trading his soul for Rod's. It seems like a good idea at the time, but this guy is For all things Brighton: www.visitbrighton.com about to find out the hard way that you can't find true love using another man's moves and that, devil or no devil, there's only one Rod Stewart! 7:45pm, Thu & Sat mats 2:30pm, £15 - £25 – Theatre Royal 12 – 13 March Romeo and Juliet - This innovative production intertwines Shakespeare’s text with contemporary language to allow literature’s most famous lovers to speak directly to a 21st century audience. Eloquently communicating to young people and seasoned audiences alike, it sets the universal themes of love and hate, youth and age, passion and responsibility against a soundtrack provided by a live DJ set from Virgil Howe. Michael Wicherek’s adaptation breathes vivid life into the heat and colour of Verona and the star-crossed lovers fighting against fate. Wed 12 March, 1:30pm & 6pm, Thu 13 March 4:30pm & 7:30pm, £12/£10 – Brighton Dome 17 – 22 March Pygmalion - A major revival of one of the best loved plays of the 20th century. BAFTA award winning Alistair McGowan leads an established company of actors in a centenary year production of Shaw's enduring masterpiece directed by Tony award winning David Grindley. The aristocratic and pompous Professor Henry Higgins makes a bet with his friend Colonel Pickering that he can transform the manners and speech of cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle and pass her off as a society lady. Packed with a host of larger than life characters, Pygmalion remains one of Shaw's most popular plays and a classic British drama; full of his trademark wit, style and humour. 7:45pm, Thu & Sat matinees 2:30pm, £10-£32 – Theatre Royal 21 – 29 March The End of the Beginning - Set in a quite backwater of rural Ireland, lazy farmer Darry Berrill makes a very big, mistake when he scoffs to his spiky tongued wife Lizzie that he could do her work far better than she could do his. When Lizzie calls his bluff and strides out to mow the meadow it soon becomes a race against time as Darry, with some extremely inept help from his short sighted crony Barry, attempts to complete the household tasks – with catastrophic results as the two men stagger from calamity to calamity on an hilarious path of destruction, 7:45pm. Matinee: Sun 23rd 2:30pm; £10/£9 – New Venture Theatre 24 – 29 March The Dishwashers - When young Emmett was a high flyer in the City he was a regular customer in an upmarket restaurant but now, thanks to a recent reversal in his fortunes, he's starting a new career there - as a dishwasher! His new colleagues are Dressler, who's happily been scraping and scrubbing for over 30 years and is a bit of a philosopher, and Moss; sadly well past his sell by date and heading for the dustbin. Together they attack the endless supply of crockery that descends from above. In this world of dirty dishes, soapsuds and despair, playwright Morris Panych brings wit and humour to their quest for existential meaning, 7:45pm eves, Thu & Sat mats 2:30pm, £10-£27 – Theatre Royal For all things Brighton: www.visitbrighton.com Guided W alks & Tours Blue Badge Guides: Brighton Revisited - First time in Brighton? Then this is for you. On foot or by coach, this half-day tour can take you from the charm of the 'Lanes' in the heart of the city, to the grandeur of the Regency squares, crescents and The Royal Pavilion. Contact us on [email protected] or by phone: +44 (0)7899 847352 Glenda Clarke – Registered Blue Badge tour guide Tel: +44 (0)1273 888596 to arrange a guide. Walks include Secret City, Brighton Past and Present, Offbeat Brighton, Brighton A-Z, Quadrophenia film tour and Mods & Rockers. Only in Brighton - Only in Brighton tour runs most Fridays & Saturdays 7pm, To confirm, check website or ring +44 (0)7954 482112 – Meet Outside Al Duomo Restaurant, next to the Royal Pavilion Shop. W alking Dead Tour - Based on Peter James's first two novels in his Roy Grace series, Dead Simple and Looking Good Dead this walk is a journey through Roy Grace's Brighton, 3-5pm. Saturdays, £10/£8 Cons, Under 5s free. [email protected] or by text to +44 (0)7775 870195. Other Guided W alks and Tours: Brighton City W alks – The Brighton story guided walk is open all year, booking is essential please contact Julian Clapp to enquire or book a tour on +44 (0)7941256148 Brighton's Hidden Mysteries Tour - Witchcraft, Stone Circles, Tunnels, Magic Symbols, Freemasonry, Alchemy, Time Machines - Plus ‘Brighton Rocks!’ Tours, events, outdoor groups, sunset/night and country pub walks and national tours - www.brightonrocks-tours.com - +44 (0)7855 536510 - Meet outside ‘Red Roaster’ Coffee, St James's Street.