, j / "\. '"'-.. ........:., ' l. , ," ":"''\' : ~ . \-. .'--.. • ,j '. -', .,'., 1. '.:: :' , ... ... , , ' . , . ' J . , - Plus music, theatre, cabaret, jazz, . - 0<"• ~ < • books, dance - & more .- .- - . .. " ..'; . ~ , . ' ~ ' . ., I i ,. t I ! I .. ' . "~ ~ r 1 - " * * 21 PRINCE ALBERT STREET. BRIGHTON .,'" .~ .. MADCAP ARE NOW INTRODUCING BODY CLOTHING TO THEIR UNIQUE HAIR WORK HEAl) IJNIT.5 8----~=-" 7 '!.' _S~o<JJd.\' __~ ___ Issue 31 August 1987 rJNTER From Brighton to Edinburgh It's amazing we have so many listings this month, when so many of Brighton's best performers are ap­ N'ews 4, ;'" Reviews 12 pearing at the Edinburgh Festival. music & Theatre 6 \~. Listings start 13 At the Assembly Rooms, the main Fringe venue, Dance 7 ..~..Key to venue codes we fmd Simon Fanshawe, Pete McCarthy and Attac­ Zap Club 8 ~'~.'& Stop Press 18 co Decente all headlining their own shows as well as Brighton's adopted sons 'The Real Sounds of Afri­ Feature 10 "\' ca' who play the main ballroom there forten days. The Zap Club have taken over Edinburgh's Rose Street, where by day J J Waller will present the best outdoor entertainers in the UK - many from Brigh­ ton. The BrightonBottle Orchestraare at the Comedy Boom for the whole Festival. Famous Brighton foot­ ball fan AtillaThe Stockbroker- the missinglink be­ tween George Formby and The Clash - teams up with SensibleFootwear at the CrownTheatre. The production of 'The World Turned Upside Down', starringPeter Cleall, written and directedby Paul Hodson and Chris Stagg and with music by AttaccoDecentegets a three-weekrun at the Mandela Theatre, where it will no doubt repeat the success it had at Brighton'sPavilion and Nightingaletheatres. At the Roxburghe Hotel, Principal Parts present The Life and Times of Maggie and Dennis according' to [former Brighton resident] Steve Bell - the first adaptationofThe Guardian's strip cartoon. The Blues Review are also there, as is classical guitar trio Trio Elan and Club Sandino. So what does this demonstrate? Well, apart from the fact that Brightonians needn't bother to go, it .. , Winner of this month's photo competition, with.a shows once again that Brighton's performers are up " pic taken down at the local chapel, is Keith De there with the best of them. Mendouca, aka 'Demon'. In fact the crazed character in the dog collar is the Listings - Change of address " vocalist with Kill Ugly Pop, 'snapped in the Art As of NOW, the Listings for The Punter are being College Basement on June 6. compiledby Jane Szita of the BrightonArts Unit.": £5 to Demon, and keep your pix rolling in - any This is a FREE service. Write with details of your subject .any place - to 33 Canning Street, Brigh­ events to: Jane Szita, Punter Listings, 111 Church •. ,. ton. Please mark the envelopes 'Photo Competi- . Street, Brighton BNl IUD, or phone (0273) 676926 . tion', . or 570262. REMEMBER THE COpy DATE FOR THE SEP­ We try very hard to be accurate but sometimes a minuteerror TEMBER ISSUE IS AUGUST 14. or two sneakin and, due to circumstances (sometimes beyond our control) they do not get corrected. For this, sincereapolo­ gies. This Month's Cover Jennie ciuse - solo singer and Little Green Honda. The Punter would like to thank Brighton Borough Council for its much-needed financial assistance - I COpy DATE FOR SEPTEMBERISSUE AUG 14 I thanks. Editorial: Tony Miller, 33 Canning; street. Brighton BN2 2EF. Tel: 694036 Bill Smith, (0273) 692960. Advertising: Michael Livingston, (0273) 7~3587 . Listings: Jane Szita, 111 Church Stre~t, Brighton BNIIUD.Tel:676926 or 570262 Production: Richard Paul Jones, (0273) 556134 Printed by East End Offset Ltd (TU all depts). Unit 7, Empson St. London E3 3LT News FREE PARKING (in Brighton") . .: ~ '/;i "1,.• Summer's here - which in Brighton means frolicking in the parks rather than fightingin'the-streets. Free out­ door entertainment is the theme for the Zap in the Park everits and the 1987 Brighton'Urban Free Festival- BUFF to you. '" J. <: It:', • I. i .: . 'Stalls: Celia Thomas, 558621/552475 BUFF Back on The Level Children's Events: Christie 'Mannering, 820284 General Help: Duncan Blinkhorn, 602289 - or More news for all you outdoor types. BUFF is back, leave a message on 693465'- on The Level and in the Richmond on Saturday Au­ Brighton Urban Free Festival - August 22 - The gust 22 from noon until 9pm. Level-« The Richmond - from 12 noon to 9pm. BUFF has become part of the furniture over the Finally, you can help support BUFF by support­ last few summers, so there was some worry that last ing a series of fund-raising gigs: at The Old Vic (July year's 'bit of trouble' may have put the project on 30) with Cha Cha Bar; the'Zap Club (August 3) with ice. We spoke to the organisers about this: 'This year Will Be Prosecuted; and 'at the Richmond and the we have had to overcome a particular shortage of Concorde - details to be announced. time and money, but we have cajoled the Council into something like enthusiastic support, and even the Police are favourably inclined at the moment. One condition, though, is that we move the heavily ampli­ fied music into the Richmond. 'The basic arrangements are now complete, and the programme is filling up fast. However, the more the merrier, and we are keen to hear from anyone wishing to perform. We particularly invite all busk­ ers to The Level on the 22nd.' Wax Cabinet - BUFF I)T! The Level Aug 22. Booked so far are Wax Cabinet, The Pierrotters, Roy Smiles, The Hondas, The Jazz Co-op, and McDermott's Two Hours (or McDermott's Half Hour as the press release says - someone's getting confused with Herbie Hancock). There will be a Child's Play creche, and children's events will include inflatables, games, clowning and competitions. Plus stalls for The highly popular Zap Kidstuff is a joint venture clothes, food, jewellery, books, bric-a-brac and po­ between the Club and Brighton Council's Parks and litical/community organisations. Recreations Department. The programme involves Every year, BUFF supports a charity with collec­ clowns, magicians, children's theatre, music, mime, tions on the day. This year the money will go to a inflatables and workshops in circus skills. trust fund set up by Brighton Council to help provide Shows take place Tuesdays to Fridays at 11arn medical aid and basic services for a town in Nicara­ and 3pm; on Tuesdays in Preston Park, Wednesdays gua in Queen's Park, Thursdays on The Level and Fri­ Further Information/Contacts/Offers of Help: days at Saunders Park - and also every day at 1prn Bands/Musicians: Ed Bell, 693465 outside the Zap Club. Mike Long, 681234 For further details telephone 602271, ext. 35, or Theatre/Performance:Derek,552475 pick up a leaflet from the Club. , '" AMII> A fAIR IMPERSoNATION Al'RES GIG I TilE. IT APPEARS TIIAT eN TillS oc.CASION BY 111£ AflDIEl&Ct of A :TAMil'. l\ItlTERS '/tJU.Tf. 111£ HIS IMI'l!ESSIOMA6LE 'MONICEY S£i, FoMPA VfoRl(llUT VIDEO elM 1lI116V PREMISES, *NUY Do' AP!'Rql\Ql To AN~THING FAST FoRW,\RJ) (oR SUBSTAllCESl) MoIST &ELATE!>... VAGUELY fASHIONA8LE. HAS GoT THt BETTER of KIM ••• Education fOF Life '. .J: Alternative ways ofliving are growing up allover the world, and from August 28 to 31 at the Art College, Brighton, you can find out about them at the 1987 Education For Life Conference. Conference contributors include Sir George Tre­ velyan, Mark Braham of the International Associa­ tion for Integrative Education, Prof. Dobrila Bela­ marie (artist and authorfrom Yugoslavia), Dr She­ lagh Doonan of the Society for Social Responsibility in Science, and representatives from the Green Party, the Steiner School,. the College of Psycho­ Therapeutics, and the Metacentre - on Natural Water Birth. Action groups will focus upon Natural Birth, Healthy Dying, Relationships and Marriage, Medita­ tion, the Sacred Arts, and Youth in Action. The whole conference has been set up by the Me­ diating Network, a non profit organisation based in brighton whose aim is 'to serve the spirit of the New . Era by helping to link the parts into a greater, sup­ portive whole.' Stands are still available to display and sell materi­ al (contact Shula on 603178n77129). The only mystery to me is how they can get through so much in three days. Hard work and early ....oiiiiiiiiii....;..;,.....................---..... - __..... nights, I thought; but no, there's entertainment in the evenings, and a nightclub atmosphere for the com­ munal evening meals. .WH,tt ," I7m{jHT~H PINt, .IN MtXft:-e Brighton's Premier MEXican TEXan Child's Play - Brighton Parks in August Diner and Bar . Licensed to sell an AUTHENTIC taste of the Big Country Motion 'Motion' is an exclusive art event - 'time based in­ -+7, Pr?t:.,TOti fT~E.T, ~RJ.jHTQJ stallation' - scheduled for a once only performance. The performance will be on Wednesday August 19 -re': fa at the Sallis Benney Theatre, Grand Parade, Brigh- 132!J2!j ton, at 3.30pm. Presented by Andrew Cheng, the piece is expected to lastfor about thirty minutes: 5 Music Theatre Medieval Rockers Apropos Something Any band that can fill the Richmond is well on its 'The Golden Pathway Annual'iis apost-war comedy way. Gamut managed to do so on July 1. by John Harding and John Burrows. They've been playing together for 2 years, and it The play centres on Michael; a boy growing up in shows, the band are very proficient musicians. Lots typical post-war conditions. A bizarre cast of charac­ of time changes are handled adeptly. Credit here is ters includes a Bond-movie villain, a French school­ mainly due to the new addition tothe band - Russell mistress, an Indian admirer of Churchill and a dis­ Haynes, who used to play with The Four Guns but tressed chicken.