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Thursday 17th May 2012

Snow Play

Brighton Fringe Festival

Children’s theatre show

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Warren

Time

11am

Price

£6/5 Culture

Watch The Birdy

Brighton Fringe Festival

Children’s magic show

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Warren

Time

1pm

Price

£6/5 Culture

Ashley Fripp

Brighton Festival

Young British pianist plays Haydn, Liszt and Rachmaninov

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Pavilion Theatre

Time

1pm

Price

£10 Music

Jeff, Who Lives at Home

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Duke Of York's Cinema

Time

1pm/6pm

Price

£tbc Cinema

Beloved

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Duke Of York's Cinema

Time

3pm

Price

£tbc Cinema

And It’s Goodnight From Her

Brighton Fringe Festival

Sit down comedy stories inspired by the gentle rambling of Ronnie Corbett

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

St John's Centre

Time

4pm

Price

Free Comedy

The Shed Show

Brighton Fringe Festival

Interactive poetry show based on John Davies’ experiences of traveling around Britain with his shed

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Bali Brasserie

Time

4pm

Price

£10/8 Culture

Brighton Must Sees

Brighton Fringe Festival

Comedy showcase with some of the best fringe acts

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Caroline Of Brunswick

Time

5.45pm

Price

Free Comedy

Magdalena Reising & Andrew Ballantyne

Harp duo play classical music and popular songs

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

St Mary's Church

Time

6pm

Price

£6 Music

Swimming With My Mother

Brighton Festival

Affectionate and humorous cross-generational dance duet

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Pavilion Theatre

Time

6pm

Price

£12.50 Culture

Bow Down

Brighton Festival

An ancient murder ballad reimagined by London Sinfonietta Academy

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Old Municipal Market

Time

6pm

Price

£10 Music

The Man With The Golden Pen

Brighton Fringe Festival

It’s 1952 and Ian Fleming is about to get married when he gets a visit from Mr Bond

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Three & Ten

Time

6.45pm

Price

£9/7.50 Culture

Predator

Brighton Festival

Arnie’s alien jungle romp retold with action men, puppets and remote controlled cars

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Basement

Time

7pm

Price

£14/8 Culture

The SomeNews.co.uk Live Show

Brighton Fringe Festival

The news-obsessed DJ turns his hit radio show into a live stand-up act

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Hobgoblin

Time

7pm

Price

Free Music

Loving London - The Capital Cabaret

Brighton Fringe Festival

Comedic cabaret show about the history and highlights of the big smoke

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Caroline Of Brunswick

Time

7pm

Price

£6/4 Comedy

Mat Ricardo - Three Balls And A New Suit

Brighton Fringe Festival

Juggling, magic and comedy

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Komedia

Time

7pm

Price

£10/8 Comedy

Paul Diello

Brighton Fringe Festival

Melodic piano pop

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Brunswick

Time

7.30pm

Price

£10/8 Music

Medic Revue

Brighton Fringe Festival

Comedy songs and sketches from the junior doctors of Sussex Medical School

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Sallis Benney Theatre

Time

7.30pm

Price

£8/6 Comedy

Bear In Heaven

Anthemic future rock

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Green Door Store

Time

7.30pm

Price

£7 Music

Der Wurst Of Der Wunderlich

Brighton Fringe Festival

Pole-dancers and unicyclist-strippers share the stage with singers and cheerleaders in this tongue-in-cheek all-male cabaret

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Proud Cabaret

Time

7.30pm

Price

£10/8 Comedy

New Adventures - Matthew Bourne's Early Adventures

Brighton Festival

A triple bill of work by the pioneering choreographer

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Theatre Royal

Time

7.30pm

Price

£10-22.50 Culture

The Lover, The Wife

Brighton Fringe Festival

Comedy play about a wife who meets meets her exact opposite in her husband’s lover

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Iambic Arts Theatre

Time

7.30pm

Price

£10/8 Culture

Rainbow Ride

Brighton Fringe Festival

A multimedia song and dance show for kiddywinkles

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Warren

Time

7.30pm

Price

£9/7 Culture

Apparition

Brighton Festival

Dancing on the fine line between technology and humanity

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Corn Exchange

Time

7.30pm

Price

£17.50 Culture

Moscow State Circus

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Preston Park

Time

5pm/7.45pm

Price

£tbc Culture

Cock & Tail Inn 2

Brighton Fringe Festival

Slapstick pub comedy set in the 80s

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Paramount Old Ship Hotel

Time

7.45pm

Price

£10/8 Comedy

Dub Organiser

Jam session with a dub reggae band

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Blind Tiger

Time

8pm

Price

£3 Music

The Noise Next Door Comedy Lock-In

Brighton Fringe Festival

Improv comedy troupe

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Komedia

Time

8pm

Price

£19/10 Comedy

Fringe Festival Buzz Party

Hip hop show headlined by Elijah MC

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Brunswick

Time

8pm

Price

£4 Music

Tellin Stories

Tim Burgess

The Charlatans man reads from his new book

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Hotel Pelirocco

Time

8pm

Price

£4 Culture

Souled Out

Saul Guud

Vinyl night of funk, soul and b-boy breaks

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Prince George

Time

8pm

Price

Free Pubs

Slightly Unusual

Brighton Fringe Festival

Comedy illusionists

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Vardean School

Time

7.30pm

Price

£6-10 Comedy

Wilde's The Importance Of Being Earnest

Brighton Fringe Festival

A trivial comedy for serious people set during the 1952 coronation

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Brighton Marina

Time

8pm

Price

£7.50/5 Culture

Remi Harris

Gypsy jazz virtuoso

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Paris House

Time

tbc

Price

£tbc Music

Left On Ruins, Crop Circles, 51st State

Crusty anarcho punk

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Cowley Club

Time

8pm

Price

£3 Music

Druid's Arms Presents

Live music

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Druid's Arms

Time

8pm

Price

Free Music

Da Bomb

Student DJ night

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Cube

Time

8pm

Price

Free Pubs

Open Mic

Jam session with Joe Newman

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Mucky Duck

Time

8pm

Price

Free Music

Catholic Discipline

Noise rock, disco pop and acid folk from the Superheroes of BMX

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Sticky Mike's Frog Bar

Time

8pm

Price

Free Pubs

Krater Comedy Club

Nick Helm, Gary Tro, Rob Beckett, Stephen Grant

Stand-up comedy

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Komedia

Time

8pm

Price

£5-18 Comedy

Mr B The Gentleman Rhymer's Chap-Hop Hurrah!

Brighton Fringe Festival

Novelty banjolele ditties from the chap-hop chap

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Komedia

Time

8pm

Price

£10/8 Music

Open Mic

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Victory

Time

8pm

Price

Free Music

The Move-Ons Open Mic

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

White Rabbit

Time

8pm

Price

Free Music

The Big Cash Quiz

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

World's End

Time

8pm

Price

£tbc Pubs

A Streetcar Named Desire

Tennessee Williams’ classic drama

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

New Venture Theatre

Time

tbc

Price

£tbc Culture

Camille O’Sullivan - Changeling

Brighton Festival

French-Irish chanteuse delves into the dark songs of Jacques Brel, Kurt Weil and Nick Cave

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

All Saints' Church

Time

8pm

Price

£16 Music

Hendrick's Library Of Delightfully Peculiar Writings

Brighton Fringe Festival

Gin company stuffs train carriage full of invented curiosities

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Jubilee Square

Time

8pm

Price

Free Exhibitions

My Name Is Antonino Calderone

Brighton Fringe Festival

Dramatisation of the true confessions of the Sicilian Mafioso

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Ambassador Hotel

Time

8pm

Price

£tbc Culture

Mike Sheer - Undergod

Brighton Fringe Festival

Canadian comic discusses the big man in the sky

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Caroline Of Brunswick

Time

8.15pm

Price

Free Comedy

Shauna Parker & The Saloon Bar Band

Country and swing band

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Ranelagh

Time

8.30pm

Price

Free Music

This Is The Modern World

Mod-bothering DJ night

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Black Lion

Time

8.30pm

Price

Free Pubs

We Hope That You Are Happy (Why Would We Lie?)

Brighton Festival

Humorous play examines consumption and communication in the modern world

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Basement

Time

8.30pm

Price

£8 Culture

The Jolly Folly Of Polly The Scottish Trolley Dolly And Other Mini-Marvels

Brighton Fringe Festival

A play, a musical and an opera all rolled into 70 minutes of campy fun

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Three & Ten

Time

8.30pm

Price

£10/7 Music

Arthur Shillin'

Electro swing, funk and breaks

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Gladstone

Time

8.30pm

Price

Free Pubs

Stay Sick, Turn Blue

DJs play vintage soul, jazz and blues

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

St James' Tavern

Time

8.30pm

Price

Free Pubs

Duncan Disorderly

Upbeat carnival reggae

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Constant Service

Time

8.30pm

Price

Free Music

Little Remedy, Lights Camera Attraction, Derider

Live music

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Prince Albert

Time

8.30pm

Price

£4 Music

The Music And Legacy Of Joy Division

Brighton Festival

Punk’s not dead – it’s just turned into a highbrow panel discussion

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Pavilion Theatre

Time

8.30pm

Price

£8.50 Culture

Diabolical - The Magic Show

Brighton Fringe Festival

Top UK magicians

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Warren

Time

8.45pm

Price

£10/8 Culture

Razorbacks

Rockabilly band

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Mesmerist

Time

9pm

Price

Free Music

Wanted For Crimes Against Jazz

Brighton Fringe Festival

Comic cabaret combining bad pop and dubious jazz

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Jive Monkey

Time

9pm

Price

£9 Music

All Fingers And Thumbs

Brighton Fringe Festival

Comedy theatre show about a kidnapping that doesn’t go quite as planned

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Lectern

Time

9pm

Price

£7.50/5 Comedy

Dr. Bluegrass & The Illbilly 8

Brighton’s busiest buskers – country standards and pop covers put through the hillbilly thresher

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Bee's Mouth

Time

9pm

Price

Free Music

Tom Foolery

Electro, house and dubstep night

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Lola Lo

Time

9pm

Price

£5/3 Clubs

Karaoke

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Belushi's Bar

Time

9pm

Price

Free Pubs

Guy Pratt's Wake Up Call

Brighton Fringe Festival

Musical comedy show from Pink Floyd’s touring bassist

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Komedia

Time

9pm

Price

£12/10 Music

Hang The DJ!

A night of punter-picked playlists

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Globe

Time

9pm

Price

Free Pubs

Insert Comedy Here!

Brighton Fringe Festival

Nick Hodder tries out a comedy show he bought off the internet

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Three & Ten

Time

10pm

Price

£8/6.50 Comedy

Boogaloo Stu's Pop Magic

Brighton Fringe Festival

The camp cabaret star hosts a ‘reality theatre’ show in the which the audience writes and performs their very own pop song

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Nightingale Theatre

Time

10pm

Price

£8.50/6.50 Culture

Fallout Live

Live indie bands

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Belushi's Below

Time

10pm

Price

£3/2 Music

Flex It

Disarray, Tempest, Futureflex

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Volks

Time

10pm

Price

£2 Clubs

SOURCE New Music

Beatabet

Brighton’s best bands chosen by Brighton’s best listings mag

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Dome Foyer Bar

Time

tbc

Price

Free Music

Residents Association

DJ Will Sumsuch

DJs play hip hop, funk and world beats

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Fishbowl

Time

10.30pm

Price

Free Pubs

The Best Of BUG - The Evolution Of Music Video

Brighton Festival

Adam Buxton screens highlights from the weird and wonderful world of the music video

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Duke Of York's Cinema

Time

8.30pm/10.30pm

Price

£14.50 Cinema

Test Tube Comedy

Brighton Fringe Festival

Stand-up and sketch comedy acts hosted by Dec Munro

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Caroline Of Brunswick

Time

10.45pm

Price

Free Comedy

The Department Of Unreliable Memoirs

Brighton Fringe Festival

An interactive ‘show’ in which an audience of one (you) are helped to recall memories that are probably fictitious (repeated every ten minutes)

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Old Market

Time

2pm

Price

£5 Culture

BIAAS Pt2

Architecture students return for more fundraiser dance fun

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Green Door Store

Time

11pm

Price

Free Clubs

Bastard Pop

Musical mash-up

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Audio

Time

11pm

Price

£3/2/free Clubs

Secret Discotheque

Replaying the soundtrack to your youth

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Coalition

Time

11pm

Price

£4/3/2 Clubs

Swag

Electro, R&B and dubstep night

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Honey

Time

11pm

Price

£3/2 Clubs

That's My Sh!t

Club night playing hip hop, R&B, funk and soul

Date:

Thu 17th May

Venue

Life

Time

11pm

Price

£3/2/free Clubs

Friday 18th May 2012

Snow Play

Brighton Fringe Festival

Children’s theatre show

Date:

Fri 18th May

Venue

Warren

Time

11am

Price

£6/5 Culture

Jessica Grimes & Fiachra Garvey

Brighton Festival

World class clarinetist and pianist play a selection of classic classics

Date:

Fri 18th May

Venue

Dome

Time

1pm

Price

£10 Music

Watch The Birdy

Brighton Fringe Festival

Children’s magic show

Date:

Fri 18th May

Venue

Warren

Time

1pm

Price

£6/5 Culture

Age Of The Geek

Brighton Fringe Festival

Comedy and music show by and for unashamed geeks

Date:

Fri 18th May

Venue

Three & Ten

Time

3pm

Price

£8.50/7 Comedy

The Shed Show

Brighton Fringe Festival

Interactive poetry show based on John Davies’ experiences of traveling around Britain with his shed

Date:

Fri 18th May

Venue

Bali Brasserie

Time

4pm

Price

£10/8 Culture

Eccentronic - We Won't Rock You

Brighton Fringe Festival

Electronic duo do an oddball humorous musical mash-up

Date:

Fri 18th May

Venue

Caroline Of Brunswick

Time

5.30pm

Price

Free Music

Lights! Camera! Improvise!

Brighton Fringe Festival

Audience-driven and movie-inspired improvised comedy

Date:

Fri 18th May

Venue

Warren

Time

6pm

Price

£9/7 Comedy

Swimming With My Mother

Brighton Festival

Affectionate and humorous cross-generational dance duet

Date:

Fri 18th May

Venue

Pavilion Theatre

Time

6pm

Price

£12.50 Culture

Bow Down

Brighton Festival

An ancient murder ballad reimagined by London Sinfonietta Academy

Date:

Fri 18th May

Venue

Old Municipal Market

Time

6pm

Price

£10 Music

Predator

Brighton Festival

Arnie’s alien jungle romp retold with action men, puppets and remote controlled cars

Date:

Fri 18th May

Venue

Basement

Time

7pm

Price

£14/8 Culture

The Jolly Folly Of Polly The Scottish Trolley Dolly And Other Mini-Marvels

Brighton Fringe Festival

A play, a musical and an opera all rolled into 70 minutes of campy fun

Date:

Fri 18th May

Venue

Three & Ten

Time

7pm

Price

£10/7 Music

Anti Fashion Night

Live music, art and DJs

Date:

Fri 18th May

Venue

Hydrant

Time

7pm

Price

£3 Music

Jipsy Magic, Fresh Like Dexie, Bat Country

EP launch for upbeat indie funk band

Date:

Fri 18th May

Venue

Sticky Mike's Frog Bar

Time

7pm

Price

£3 Music

The SomeNews.co.uk Live Show

Brighton Fringe Festival

The news-obsessed DJ turns his hit radio show into a live stand-up act

Date:

Fri 18th May

Venue

Hobgoblin

Time

7pm

Price

Free Music

Luisa Omielan - What Would Beyoncé Do?

Brighton Fringe Festival

Comedy improv for all the single ladies

Date:

Fri 18th May

Venue

Caroline Of Brunswick

Time

7pm

Price

Free Comedy

Peter Stracker’s Brel

Brighton Fringe Festival

Jamaican singer pays tribute to the master of chanson, Jacques Brel

Date:

Fri 18th May

Venue

Komedia

Time

7pm

Price

£12/9 Music

Balkan Beat Box

Eastern European electro with a former member of Gogol Bordello

Date:

Fri 18th May

Venue

Concorde2

Time

7pm

Price

£14 Music

Andy Macintosh Quartet

Live jazz

Date:

Fri 18th May

Venue

Verdict

Time

7.30pm

Price

£12/6 Music

Medic Revue

Brighton Fringe Festival

Comedy songs and sketches from the junior doctors of Sussex Medical School

Date:

Fri 18th May

Venue

Sallis Benney Theatre

Time

7.30pm

Price

£8/6 Comedy
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