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Welcome to the November edition of BN1 Magazine...

Ah yes, the fifth of November. That noisy annual celebration marking Britain’s historical disdain for a group of posh dissenters with funny names. Because trying to blow-up a King and his Parliament due to differing religious views is not OK. In the 21st century it’s a bit easier for MPs to ignore the will of the people. Governments rely, in part, on electoral apathy. Turnout inequality reduces any incentives for governments to respond to the interests of certain sections of our country. This threatens democracy’s core claim that every citizen's preference should count equally, regardless of their status. Research conducted by the Electoral Commission has identified under35s as one of the demographics least likely to vote. Around 44% of people aged 18-24 voted in the 2010 general election, compared with 75% of people aged over 55. So, whose interests are politicians going to be looking out for?

Registering for UK ballots is no more time-consuming or complicated than setting up a Netflix account. You can even apply for a postal vote, if it’s difficult narrowing down your movements to a 15-hour window on a certain Thursday. It is possible to make a change, but everyone must work together – or at least have a mate willing to run out to the post box… Participating in elections is a simple first step to getting an MP who works for you and your friends, and a lot less embarrassing than being caught with a large quantity of gunpowder in a damp Westminster cellar. www.gov.uk/register-to-vote

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LILY RIGBY’S - WHAT THE WATER GAVE ME ONCA GALLERY SAT 9 - SUN 17 NOV

There’s nowhere on this island more than 70 miles from the coast. Britain has always held a special relationship with water, rivers and the sea. It permeates our history, stories, songs and art. Now Brighton-based artist Lily Rigby expands on the tradition with her new show, What The Water Gave Me. Showing at the city’s Onca Gallery until Sun 17 Nov, the work originally started earlier this year while away in Cornwall. “I have always been drawn to water and I have always loved the sea,” she says. “I think it is a symbol for change... I love how it is always moving and it's so powerful. The change in tides feel like a chance for the old to be washed away and then they bring in something new again.”

Most of this summer was spent photographing and painting estuaries and coastlines across the south.

Instead of offering perfect landscape recreations, these works offer more abstraction. “I don’t think you’d know they were of water. A lot of the paintings capture the atmosphere of a place.” She’s also been focussing on points where water and land meet, and the marks left behind. “I have been noticing things like light on the water or the sound it makes. Water has inspired my work in different ways for this exhibition and I have let the paintings evolve and become their own places. “

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What The Water Gave Me offers a set of pieces which have been allowed to naturally develop. Rigby has become more experimental with these paintings, using different materials including spray paint for the first time.

“I feel like the paintings have developed a lot since I started this body of work in April and I have created the work with no expectations or ideas of how I want it to look and I've just seen what comes out.”

Continuing the nautical theme, a portion of any gallery sales will be donated to Surfers Against Sewage, to help protect our oceans and all the wildlife living there. The show’s final concept came quite late in the process. After looking at the work and the places she’d been, Rigby looked up what water symbolises. “It’s always changing, so it symbolises new beginnings. I also started to look at the colours I was using and their history in paintings.”

This enabled her to look at the slowly growing collection in other ways and form new understandings of what was happening. “Yves Klien said that blue doesn’t have any dimensions. I loved that, and it made me a become a little freer in my work,” Lily Rigby’s What The Water Gave Me is at Onca Gallery from Sat 9 - Sun 17 Nov.

LEWES FESTIVAL OF SOLO THEATRE

THE BRIGHTON 10K SUN 17 NOV

FRI 8 - SUN 10 NOV LEWES NEW SCHOOL

Lewes’ acclaimed Something Underground Theatre Co bring us a celebration of solo performaces. The creation of artistic director Jonathan Brown, who has mentored numerous successful acts on his solo show course, it brings together 17 shows across one weekend. From the multi-award winning Pip Utton's And Before I Forget I Love You, I Love You and Kate Darach's Moon Tales to Daniel Finlay's multi-5-Star Damien and Nick Cohen’s Life Without Oscar, a tale of Hollywood wannabe's by the RSC, NT and BBC director, this is a series of passionate and compelling drama. “The Sussex area has a lot of talent, which in November's Festival is going to be further augmented by brilliant acts coming from London and further afield,” says Brown. “As I've seen more and more brilliant work, deciding to run a Festival of Solo Theatre in the town was beginning to feel like a no-brainer.”

The festival is offering a range of early bird discounts, alongside several reduced-cost season passes - which let you catch several performances. This is the rawest form of theatre. Solo shows offer incredible energy, as protagonists brings entire worlds to life completely on their own.

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SAT 30 NOV // THE OLD MARKET Britain’s best gin brand is bringing together the best of Sussex food and drink producers, all under one roof. It’s a chance to discover a new favourite tipple or soft drink and sample a wide range of locally-created culinary delights. This is the perfect way to start your Christmas shopping by snapping up something special. You'll have the chance to ask questions, find out more about ingredients and try some of Sussex’s finest fare. There's a big prize draw for every ticket holder and you can Spin The Gin wheel of fortune for range of festive goodies.

Get your bounciest running shoes on. Around 4,000 participants are getting ready to hit the streets of Brighton in the Autumn’s main athletic event. This gentle course is ideal for beginners, and always supported by an amazing crowd. Incredible crowds Established by Brighton & Hove Athletics Club in 1984.

Olympic athlete, Chris Carter, set up the race to promote running and fitness, and to raise funds for the club and local charities. The race continues to raise money for the club and other fantastic local groups supporting sport in the city.

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23.11 | St George’s Church Kilimanjaro Live presents

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CELEBRATES 25 YEARS OF JOY FRI 29 NOV // COALITION & KOMEDIA

Brighton's infamous '21st Century Big Band' is putting on the party of the century to celebrate their 25-year birthday. They’re welcoming several amazing bands, including London’s Bring Your Own Brass, Along Came Shifty, Glasgow’s SambaYaBamba, Boogalooniverse, Bloco Branco, Sambaoke (mass karaoke with a live samba band!), Roxalas and Barulho. There’s also fab DJs and their infamous blend of huge percussive rhythms, hot brass, lush vocals and dirty bass, playing original live D’n’B, samba, jungle, ska, Latin, funk, hiphop and more.

Kicking off at Coalition, the party moves to Komedia with a procession and marching Samba band, with merch, cake, glitter station, prize giveaways and more. Over the years, this inclusive, not-for-profit, community-interest group has released several albums, played shows across the UK - from Glastonbury's to Brighton Pride and Bestival to Glasgow's Encontro.

MADE BRIGHTON FRI 22 – SAT 23 NOV ST BARTHOLOMEW’S

Made Brighton comes to the stunning St Bartholomew’s Church for a fourth time this month. Running from 10.30am – 5.30pm across two days, this show provides something just a little bit different. Platforming the best makers in the country, it will also maintain a down to earth ‘Village Hall’ table-top selling event.

A stunning late Victorian Byzantine inspired landmark set back from London Road, St Bartholomew’s Church is the tallest parish church in Europe. Made Brighton will be utilising the spacious main body of the church to show the work of around sixty makers, exhibiting a wide variety of original work; jewellery, knitwear, ceramics, wood, print, silversmithing, textiles, clothes, toys and plenty more. There will also be 200 metres of festoon lights illuminating the nave as well as the exhibitors’ own lighting, which set the scene for a truly magical festive event.

GIN & RUM LOVERS FESTIVAL SAT 16 NOV // HILTON METROPOLE

With a handpicked selection of over 60 types of gins and 60 types of rums, Brighton’s Gin and Rum Lovers Festival will be bringing some autumnal cheer, themed bars and mixer stations to the city’s prestigious Hilton Metropole. On arrival, participants will receive tasting notes and a specially branded glass ready to fill. There’s also talks, demonstrations and free tastings provided by some of the finest suppliers in the world, along with great live music and fantastic DJs. Each of the event’s luxurious spirits has been chosen for its outstanding quality and wonderful flavours. This is a perfect tour around the eclectic world of finely crafted gin and rum, as well as offering an insight to all the new developments in specially paired mixers and soft drinks. Whether you’re an established enthusiast or a relative newcomer, Brighton’s Gin and Rum Lovers Festival is one event you can’t afford to miss!

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THE GREEN ZONE

BY SIMON LIGHTFOOT

BRIGHTON ELECTRIC-HYBRID BUSES AND LOCAL ENVIRONMENT IMPACT Brighton & Hove’s reputation as the leading city in the UK in the fight against climate change is being evidenced in a very practical and visible way this autumn. Brighton & Hove Buses are introducing 30 new Enviro400ER extended range electric buses on its busy Route 5, which will produce zero emissions in the city’s Ultra Low Emissions Zone (ULEZ), first introduced in January 2015.

THE BUSES IN NUMBERS - Each bus costs around £370,000 - They offer a reduction of 20 tonnes of CO2

The landmark commitment to greener transport was celebrated with an environmental bus tour allowing 60 lucky passengers, including environmental groups, local councillors, schoolchildren and journalists, to experience first-hand the UK’s first fleet of buses that can operate in zero-emissions mode whenever they travel through the city centre. The tour also covered a number of environmental ventures taking place around the city, including a visit to Dorothy Stringer School’s Eco School project, where Dr Dan Danahar spoke about their environmental management schemes, such as creating butterfly havens. Also on the tour was Moulsecoomb Forest Garden, which runs outdoor activities for people with learning disabilities and children struggling to excel in conventional classrooms.

Brighton & Hove Buses’ Managing Director Martin Harris said: “The tour marks the launch of our fleet of new buses and recognises the amazing environmental work happening in our city. It’s also about acknowledging that we’ll only be able to deal with this climate emergency if we work together.”

The buses, built in the UK by Alexander Dennis Ltd., use BAE Systems’ technology, and are fully electric – an electric motor drives the bus at all times. But they use a small onboard Euro 6 (the latest European emissions standard for all new vehicles) diesel generator for recharging the buses’ batteries when needed, fuelled additionally by regenerative braking.

They reduce emissions by as much as 80% nitrogen oxides and up to 50% particulate matter compared with Euro 5 buses.

What’s more, they reduce CO2 emissions by up to 30%, compared to a standard Euro 6 double-decker diesel bus.

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This equates to 133,104 emissions-free miles driven in the ULEZ each year

The new hybrid electric buses achieve zero emissions day and night through the centre of Brighton because they don’t need to recharge in the middle of the day. This keeps buses in service and eliminates the need for the city to have expensive and intrusive roadside charging stations. When it comes to improving air quality and congestion, buses are a crucial part of the solution.

The route covers areas including Hangleton, Hollingbury, Hove, Patcham and Preston Park, and the ULEZ covers Castle Square in the Old Steine, North Street, and Western Road as far as Palmeira Square.

The buses are set to become intrinsically linked with Brighton for residents and visitors alike. They bring to life the essence of the city through 60 bespoke local images that celebrate Brighton's iconic landmarks, its people, diversity and vibrant spirit. Inside the buses are vital messages about the environment and highlight the sustainable benefits of choosing to travel to by bus.

“This is not a small investment or a token gesture,” said Mr Harris. “It’s a big statement and a big commitment to reaching our goal of having zero emissions in the city centre by 2030. What we’re investing in is the future of our city and the people who live here, work here and visit. We want our environment to be cleaner than the one we grew up in.”

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THE WINTER’S TALE Due to phenomenal demand, Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter’s Tale, William Shakespeare's timeless tragicomedy of obsession and redemption, returns to cinemas this festive season. This beautifully reimagined production, co-directed by Rob Ashford and Kenneth Branagh, features a remarkable cast including Dame Judi Dench as Paulina, alongside Tom Bateman, Jessie Buckley, Hadley Fraser, Miranda Raison and Sir Kenneth Branagh as Leontes.

In collaboration with Trafalgar Releasing, we’re giving two lucky winners a pair of tickets each to see an encore performance of the spellbinding classic.

All you have to do is head to www.bn1magazine.co.uk/ win-winters-tale-screening and answer this simple question by Mon 18 Nov. Terms and conditions apply.

Which one of these actors will NOT be appearing in The Winter’s Tale?

A) Sir Kenneth Branagh

B) Dame Judi Dench

C) The magnificent Barry Chuckle Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter’s Tale screening in cinemas nationwide on Thurs 4 Dec. www.branaghtheatre.live

WIN A PAIR OF TICKETS TO SEE ARDAL O’HANLON AT THE BRIGHTON DOME 22 NOV 2019 Ardal O’Hanlon, star of Death in Paradise, Father Ted and My Hero is bringing his acclaimed stand-up show to Brighton Dome on Fri 22 Nov. It’s an age of raging populism, identity politics, the end of truth, the collapsing middle ground, peak avocado and £15 Gin and Tonics. Ardal is terrified of being on the wrong side of history, and desperate to prove that his gender, race, age and class don’t necessarily define him. So, BN1 and Brighton Dome are teaming up to give away two pairs of tickets for this month’s show, where he’ll be forced to saddle his high horse again and ride fearlessly into the culture wars.

To win a pair of tickets to see Ardal O’Hanlon at the Brighton Dome, simply head to www.bn1magazine.co.uk/win-ardal-ohanlon-tickets - then answer this easy question: Q. Which show has Ardal O’Hanlon's character Father Dougal McGuire appeared in?

A) Father Ted B) Sister Act C) Evan Almighty A winner will be picked and notified on Mon 18 Nov. Good luck!

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It’s here and upon us whether we like it or not. As a child it really was the most magical time of the year, with my responsibilities stretching to simply spending £1 each on my parents, usually amounting to a bottle of Radox shower gel wrapped up under the tree for them. As an adult, times are trickier, and the politics of the entire season muster up a level of stress I thought was purely reserved for apocalyptic times.

Being in a relationship adds another complex dynamic to the celebration, with the discussions beginning somewhere around mid May of ‘Who are we spending it with?’ or, and this truly sends the hairs on the back of my neck up on end, the dreaded ‘Shall we host this year?’

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If you shiver at the mention of the C word and practically heave seeing the piles of Quality Street and Roses weighing down the crates at the entrance of supermarkets when you were simply popping in for a pint of milk, then look away now because I’m saying it; Christmas.

I mean, what better way to throw yourself in head first to the festivities than catering for 12 different eating ailments all under your own roof, and realising at 8pm that a single drop of Bucks Fizz hasn’t graced your lips because you’ve been too preoccupied preparing after dinner cheese boards for everyone?

Despite it all, Christmas is my favourite time of the year and I strongly believe it always will be. I love unpredictable British weather; I love seeing a slowly dwindling bank balance from November onwards because I know it’s being spent on the best season of all; I even love panic buying fresh turkey at 7pm on Christmas Eve at a random Tesco Express off the A27 because I’ve realised with horror I haven’t defrosted the frozen one in time.

Despite everything, I wouldn’t change it for the world! Follow my blog stories at: www.brightongirlproblems.co.uk bn1magazine.co.uk

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MANNEQUIN PUSSY With a punky ‘can-do’ attitude and a fierce brace of upfront tunes, Mannequin Pussy have turned out one of 2019’s best rock albums. Matching an explosive sound with moments of beauty and vulnerability, Patience has drawn plenty of attention from fans and media alike.

Now, the band are about to set out on a proper European tour, so press interest is picking up again. The band have been home from a US tour for about three weeks, and singer Marisa Dabice has been filling her time with all the usual stuff: “Cooking, kissing, playing Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. Today I’m tie-dyeing a bedsheet set,” she tells me. “Experimenting with bleach painting. Yeah, mostly just tie-dye and fucking up my clothes and writing new songs. Not a bad way to spend my time off.”

And this band look effortlessly cool, even compared to their hipster rock contemporaries. I wonder if their style is influenced by their hometown’s rich cultural heritage, but Marisa suggests her mum has much to answer for.

“She’s got a fantastic fashion sense. Growing up, she just looked like such a bitch compared to all the other moms.

And I mean that in the most complimentary way. I grew up in Connecticut, which is not known for outrageous style or even any style at all. Everyone just dresses so… pastel and robotic and boring. My mom was like a fresh breath of black and leather and loud prints.”

Five years in the making, she assures me the finished album’s title isn’t the band being contrary or clever.

“Nothing we do is ironic. Everyone is in such a fucking hurry all the time and there’s something to be said for taking your time, shutting out the noise and focusing on your creativity.” Those five years were clearly necessary for the band to develop as a quartet and get the songs to their best possible place.

Their third full-length album Patience is often a visceral listen. It obsesses with both the physical and emotional manifestations of life, labours and love. Marisa is at home

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offering deeply personal insights to listeners. “I’m not someone who is easily embarrassed. I think artists have a responsibility to bring their stories out from the shadows – to work to rid them of shame and let them transform into something beautiful that can help others to get through their hard times.” She says plenty of people have been through what the band talk about on this album – the only difference is they put the stories to music.

Listening to Patience in full, it offers a purposeful order, each song complementing its neighbour, creating a sense of a cohesive whole. “The sequence is one of my favourite parts of creating an album. It’s like a sonic puzzle – each song has a clue in the way it begins and ends, and you have to follow that clue to get it to fit into the right place within the context.” It can be a really difficult process, and the band have had arguments about track listings in the past. Somehow, though, they have always managed to come together and settle those disputes.

Mannequin Pussy are four very different people, who approach everything from different perspectives, and they had to learn how to work well together. These differences give a tangible edge to their music. “I’m constantly in awe of what we make together. It’s a very exciting creative family to be part of.” Soon the Europe tour beckons and the four bring their riotous live show to The Prince Albert on Mon 18 Nov. But don’t expect a faithful recreation of their catalogue. “We’re all about album infidelity. To be too faithful to how the songs are on record is just...too precious for us. The songs, when performed live, have a different feel to them; it’s a new energy and I think it’s much more intense. The album and the live show should be two distinct experiences. One obviously infers the other, but they’re different kinds of magic. “ Mannequin Pussy play Brighton’s The Prince Albert on Mon 18 Nov.

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KATE DAISY GRANT BRYONY JARMAN-PINTO SAT 2 NOV // PATTERNS

Following the release of her debut album Cage and Aviary, Jarman-Pinto has brought sophisticated songwriting to life with harmonious vocals, layered with jazz, soul and elements of folk. Along the way, she’s charmed broadcast major tastemakers, including Huw Stephens, Jamz Supernova, Jamie Cullum, Lauren Laverne and Huey Morgan, with her melodic sound. Now she’s on tour around the UK, so the rest of the country can fall in love with her bold reinterpretation of modern R&B.

TUES 5 NOV // GREEN DOOR STORE Bristol’s Heavy Lungs released their awesome Measure EP last month, sending everyone’s pulses racing with its huge punch of post-punk energy.

Mixing massive sing-alongs with walls of feedback and fuzzy guitar, they’ve also established themselves as one of the fiercest live acts doing the rounds this year. They’ve played Glastonbury, Truck Festival, 2000 Trees, Live At Leeds, Liverpool Sound City and Camden Rocks already this year, and now they’re bringing the noise to venues up and down the UK.

THURS 7 NOV // THE OLD MARKET Kate Daisy Grant’s latest project is an innovative exploration of world lullabies with multi-instrumentalist musical partner Nick Pynn. When humans hear a very specific frequency band of the female voice – typically the range inhabited by lullabies – we can access a state of safety and tranquillity within our nervous systems.

The performance is an astonishing and unique hour-long surround sound arrangement, where the listener feels cocooned by lullaby and dream-like layers of piano and strings.

CALEXICO AND IRON & WINE JGRREY NINE BELOW ZERO

SAT 16 NOV // CONCORDE 2 One of the best blues bands to ever spring from the UK, Nine Below Zero have been going for an incredible 40 years. Inspired by 60s R&B greats, they evolved a harder-edged sound which took them from selling out London’s Marquee to selling out the Hammersmith Odeon in just over a year. More recently they’ve been experimenting with live formats, from a stripped down acoustic duo to an expansive eight-piece big band. They remain one of this country’s most compelling live acts.

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TUES 19 NOV // GREEN DOOR STORE Enthusiastically supported by Annie Mac, Anime, Jorja Smith, Julie Adenuga, DJ Target and Peter Rosenberg, JGrrey is intelligent and fiercely talented. Her musical output was years in the making, but now she stands as the new face of UK soul, with an unmistakable quality to her vocals.

This year, her debut EP Grrey Daze showcased her lyrical dexterity. From musings about toxic relationships to candid discussions about mental health, it’s a bold introduction to a compelling young artist.

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MUSIC PREVIEWS

SUN 24 NOV // DE LA WARR PAVILION This acclaimed collaboration, fusing folk-rock with Tex-Mex infused Americana, originally introduced both acts to wider audiences in 2005. As was always promised, they have reunited for an extraordinary new album. Years to Burn brings an even more detailed sound, combining two very different musical styles. From jump-up pop masterpieces to oldschool country rock work outs, this melding of minds manages to bring out the best of both worlds and even discover a few more exciting new ones.

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These infamous intergalactic ravers are preparing to embark on their latest adventure, The Cosmic Dross Experiment. Cosmic Dross is a sacred sonic art form. Unfortunately for Earthlings, there are currently no human words which adequately describe how it sounds – although, it features thundering drums, bowelshredding bass, whacked-out synths, and singing that lays bare the joy of life. Landing on Earth four years ago, they won Best Live Act at the 2018 Independent Festival Awards.

MON 25 NOV // KOMEDIA Pixx has been sharing self-directed lyric videos with fans on social media recently, highlighting a selection of tracks from her new album. Mixing spikey perfect pop with punky retro noises, Pixx dismantles gender and politics on Small Mercies, then casts them into lush sprawling soundscapes. It’s a startingly vibrant and musically accomplished listen from an artist who’s got plenty more to offer. Confronting sexism, toxic masculinity, religion, hierarchies and stereotyping, this is potent, powerful and progressive.

With a voice and lyrical sensibility transcending generations, Jamila Woods moves seamlessly from one sonic aesthetic to another. A resoundingly singular soul artist, she has a varied collection of songs which feel like the sun on your face and the wind pushing flowers against your back. Paying homage to all who came before her, while managing to nod towards what is yet to come, this American poet and activist’s album Legacy! Legacy! was released to massive acclaim earlier this year.

MEGA BOG

SAT 16 NOV // THE ROSE HILL The fluid musical collective led by songwriter Erin Elizabeth Birgy, Mega Bog, have spent the last eight years channelling, capturing and releasing her unique sci-fi pop experiments with a handful of bicoastal collaborators. With fifth album Dolphine, she has taken inspiration from a myth suggesting that when humankind evolved from sea creatures, some individuals chose to remain in the ocean as dolphins. With bellowing, breathless vocals, mystical lyrics and dissonant chord structures, Mega Bog create a sound world of hazy, hypnotic fantasy.

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TUES 26 NOV // KOMEDIA Born in Philadelphia and now rooted in Manchester, Brian Christinzio is one of rock’s most forward-thinking artists, yet he’s recently lived a life of bad fortune, mental illness, immigration issues and redemption. His latest album Deportation Blues is an exhilarating, dynamic document of calamity and stress, relayed through richly melodic arrangements, gnarled synth pop and 50s surf-rock. It reflects its creator’s fractured mindset – an immensely powerful diary of an impossible set of life circumstances traced by off-kilter brilliance.

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Laurence Jones is back and tearing up Europe with a new, eponymous album. Writing and releasing since 2012, this troubadour has been paving the way for a new generation of blues rock performers and singer songwriters. Cited as the future of the genre, he’s won several major awards and accolades and sold over 50,000 albums. He has supported the likes of Status Quo, Gary Clark Jr, Glenn Hughes, James Bay, Van Morrison, Buddy Guy, Robert Cray, Joe Bonamassa, Jools Holland and many more.

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RHYS JAMES

BY STUART ROLT

“Sometimes people point at me and say: ‘Who are you?’

That’s too deep a question to be asking in the street,” Rhys James tells me. But he has been encountering growing recognition for his comedy, enough for him to be asked to give a speech at his old school. Although, he doesn’t know if he was genuinely the first choice to inspire Year 11 with a visit. “I’m not on the Wikipedia page for my school. There’s a girl who played football for England on there. I think there was a guy who was a murder suspect… But being on Mock The Week is not good enough.”

reference to him, “which I took as a compliment for years, before I realised what they meant.” By the time Rhys hit sixth form, and everyone around him was becoming more and more serious, he only cared about being the funny guy. “In lower school, I was the sidekick. I was Richard Hammond. I was next to the person getting all the attention.”

Ultimately, he realised the only reason he was considering the appearance was for the material it might throw up. “People’s futures are at stake. You can’t go and do it so it goes badly, just to get a funny story. What advice can I possibly give them, considering I know nothing about their experiences?” Pondering what he might have offered makes a good hook for Snitch, his new show heading to The Old Market on Thurs 21 Nov.

Rhys is now 28, so his working life has been spent in the age of YouTube, Facebook and smart phones, and this has informed his approach to his comedy. “There’s so much stand-up at your fingertips. You have an idea, then you google it and see an American comedian did it in a Netflix special two years ago.” This inspires him to write a different joke or develop a fresh spin on a theme.

Before the internet, there were probably hundreds of comedians doing the same jokes without realising it.

“Surely, it’s better if you have to challenge yourself and come up with new angles. That makes for a better industry.”

Despite his baby face, his own Year 11 days were over a decade ago. Back then, ‘precocious’ was often used in

In Snitch he talks about the impact of Facebook, and how there’s only one Social Network movie.

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He does admit technology can get in the way of being a productive writer. As a result, he has somehow managed to create a perfect system of taking off any year with a major football tournament, meaning he doesn’t have to worry about being distracted from constructing a show for summer festival season.

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Rhys’s growing success is keeping him busy.

There’s the imminent launch of a new podcast called Early Work, which invites musicians, broadcasters and comedians to discuss their overly earnest adolescent writings. This is concluded by his guest performing one of their pieces like their 15-year old self. One stand-out performance was that of Rose Matafeo. “She wrote some mad war stories when she was a kid.

She did a horror story, and we put this spooky music underneath, and her delivery was just incredible!”

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He's also developing a new Radio 4 show, which deals with two sides of a given argument. “I was so disengaged with a lot of it for ages, that I had no idea. You’re reading these arguments, thinking: ‘Jesus Christ, some people are insane.’

It will be interesting to see if people will listen to both episodes, or just use their confirmation bias to pick which one to agree with.”

Though he studied politics at university, he chooses not to deal with heavy subjects in his stand-up work. He implies (perhaps modestly) that nobody will pay to hear what a young white man thinks about the world, especially when it drowns out the voices of those affected by these topics. “All I care about is the audience laughing; I don’t want them to change their minds about anything. Unless they walk in thinking: ‘Rhys isn’t funny’; in which case, I want them to change their minds.”

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Henry Paker is not just a stand-up comedian. No, he has three strings to his bow: stand-up, writing and illustration.

For years he has focused on them individually – he drew as a child, went into stand-up as an adult, and from there, was promptly propelled into the comedy writing circuit.

Having written for the likes of ​Michael McIntyre’s Big Show​ and Mock The Week​, Paker realised that if he combined his three gifts, he’d have one creative, innovative and pretty hilarious show. Enter his debut solo tour: M ​ an Alive​.

Throughout the show, Paker draws cartoons alongside the stand-up. The skill of the artist is subjective to the individual, but the symbiotic relationship between illustration and comedy cannot be denied. Just as you’re beginning to tire of the drawings, Paker immediately returns with funny gags on well-worn themes - marriage, middle-class struggles, so on and so forth. He’s not going to change the world, but you’re guaranteed to chuckle and think: “I do that too!” The gig opens with him sketching a cartoon on his MacBook, linked to a big screen, along to The Beatles’ Nowhere Man. “It’s quite tense, very tense actually. There are shortcuts [on Photoshop] like alt-5 to open the pen and sometimes I just completely forget the shortcut... I haven’t buggered it up yet though.” This anxiety is certainly not seeping into his performance; the Edinburgh Fringe shows were a sell-out and Paker is so pleased that he is planning on developing the format for future shows.

His current focus then is on his solo writing. “Strangely enough though, writing for someone else is easier…

When you look at someone else, you know who they are.

You can see them and hear them, and who they are to you makes coherent sense, and therefore who they are in terms of writing makes coherent sense. But who am

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I? What's the writing I need? I don't know how I sound and look… It's easy to get lost in huge, existential identity crisis when writing for yourself."

How, then, does he pull himself out of the black hole that is self-exploration and find his voice? His six previous Fringe shows have supplied the foundation blocks, but it’s inferred that his wife, a writer in her own right, has really helped cement the uniqueness of his stand-up. Not only does she supply some of the comedic material - there’s a gag about how much he loves her, but also how much he loves having the house to himself when she is gone - but she also helped direct the show. For a man who would consider himself to have solitary tendencies, having part of his creative team living in-house is a blessing and has clearly helped refine his writing. He assures me that, even though she has heard all the gags at her expense on countless occasions, they are still happily married.

Probably due to all the time she spends out of the house.

Will Paker ever fully return to the comedy writing circuit?

When we speak, he is on his way to continue work on a Radio 4 program, but he tells me that he would love to create an animated series, such as R ​ ick and Morty.

There is a cartoon narrative in ​ Man Alive about love and loneliness, and it seems that, in his future projects, Paker would like to develop his knack for story-telling.

Who knows, maybe he has a couple of other talents up his sleeve that even he doesn’t know about yet. I have a sneaking suspicion that there’s more to this cynical, introverted comic than meets the eye.

Henry Paker will be at Brighton’s Komedia on Fri 8 Nov.

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WE ARE NOT SAINTS

“Working in the music industry, in whatever role I was in, ‘hospitality’ is the big thing,” Chris De Banks tells me over coffee. “That’s how it all came about.” Life in rock’n’roll is accompanied by more than just music. It’s a scene often inexorably entwined with fast living and late nights. But what happens when the partying stops being fun? Can you consume, perform and produce music in an intoxicant-free environment?

De Banks is addressing these questions with his label, We Are Not Saints. Exactly a year old as we meet, it’s run by and platforms artists in recovery. “I went to The Great Escape, wanting to hear the great and the good of the industry telling us how it is. What I found was all the networking events were in bars or had free drinks.

If you’re in recovery and committed to it, as a musician in contemporary music culture, how are you supposed to have any sort of meaningful career?” The problem extends beyond music conferences. You’d struggle to find a live venue in Britain which doesn’t hold an alcohol license.

It was at TGE18 where he caught singer Imogen Heap talking about DIY culture and the enormous shift it was causing in the industry. This started him thinking about simply starting his own scene, which could provide a safe place for people in recovery. He spoke to several people, who loved the aspiration. “They can go out to a gig, where there was music made by their peers and enjoy it without being threatened by people drinking and using.” He tells me about one of his artists, who tried to do some local open-mic nights. It was fine when he walked in, but after he’d played, everybody, especially the more inebriated patrons, wanted to chat with him.

“He doesn’t want to stand at the bar having the same conversation six times with some guy he’s just met.”

The label was greatly helped by The Forward Trust, an organisation offering support and investment to people in recovery and ex-offenders. Encouraged by an associate to meet with them, he explained his ambitions and was eventually offered £5000 in match funding, which sat beside a round of crowdfunding. The Forward Trust have also been quite happy to let the label flourish on its own, instead of trying to micromanage every aspect.

“That was my biggest fear with funders – that they might mollycoddle you or interfere. But they said: ‘You’re the expert in this field, you know what you’re doing.’ I’ve been in this industry for 20 years, so I know how music sales work and how marketing works. The support was

definitely there.” Recently De Banks received a phone call from the Trust saying they were launching More than My Past, a bold new national campaign promoting people who have made change for good. Since then he’s featured in a video which talks about the label and the turnaround in his life.

We Are Not Saints have been addressing playing shows without having the barrier of a licensed bar in every venue. With a string of successful live events under their belt, like running a stage at the South Coast Recovery Walk. They’re also about to hold a range of unusual venues, like Brighton’s Unitarian Church and The Open Market. “We’re not trying to change the world, we’re saying: ‘Look, can we do this a slightly different way?’ With the advent of the sober-curious in America, abstention is becoming a popular personal choice.

Increased social isolation amongst millennials means they don’t rely on bars for social interaction, so alcohol is not becoming a fixture in their lives. “Those are choices, but for the people we work with, they don’t have choices.

They can’t drink, they can’t use drugs. For them it means death, hospital or institutions.” Addiction touches so many lives. Everybody knows someone who drinks too much or abuses drugs. The truth can be a bitter pill to swallow.

“By having music which touches these subjects, however loosely, is helping soften that. Music is something which we can consume.” When he started doing this, De Banks just wanted to shine a light on some amazing musicians.

“What has actually happened is these guys confidence, drive, motivations and how they perceive themselves has grown exponentially. It’s this well-being through creativity that has had profound alternative effects.”

The people who volunteer with We Are Not Saints enjoy being part of something bigger than themselves. “We’re in a funny position, because we’re not a charity, we’re a not-for-profit. So charitable bodies look at us and think: ‘You’re a business’ and the music industry look at us and thinks we’re all a bit kumbaya and trying to do all this charitable stuff.” They’re not Saints, they’re not perfect, but this label is steadily working towards something else.

That’s the message. “That’s certainly what we get from the Forward Trust. They look at you and go: ‘Alright. That was you then. But what do you want to do now?’”

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Sometimes in life, things just fall into place. You and your bus arrive at the exact same moment. There’s no queue at the coffee shop when you’re running late.

You’re offered a day off when you were just about to ring in ‘sick’. I watched Hannah Gadsby’s seminal 2018 Netflix stand-up show N ​ anette ​and, the following day, the stars aligned and my editor asked if I’d like to interview her.

For those who loved​Nanette​, you’re in luck - Gadsby’s new show ​Douglas ​is also going on Netflix once her world tour comes to an end.​Nanette ​was the show that broke comedy - it either being a fragile construct or Gadsby exceedingly strong - and ​Douglas ​is where she pieces it back together… with a lot more jokes this time around. It is named after one of Gadsby’s dogs and also “The Pouch of Douglas” - part of the female anatomy which, obviously, was termed by a man. In the show, Gadsby debunks some myths about autism (she was diagnosed three years ago) and also discusses expectations: those she has of herself and of her audience.

After the success of ​Nanette, it seems likely that Gadsby would feel worried about being able to write another hit. This, however, is not the case. “​Nanette​ freed me up to doing a lot of things but it also feels like I’ve painted myself into a very particular corner and now I’m trampling all over the paint to get myself out of the corner.” This I disagree with. By changing the accepted norm of stand-up, Gadsby has surely made certain that there is no corner left for her to be in. The stage is now a blank canvas for her to paint, smudge and roll all over as she wishes. Without, however, “being an arsehole” as she puts it. Her audience is of the utmost importance:

Netflix subscription and whereas most would find that terrifying, she simply laughs. “No one individual can cater for the audience that I now have… I had a choice to either temper what I said in order to make sure that I catered to every demographic that ​Nanette brought into my sphere, or I could carry on the path I was going, which is to say exactly what I feel: and that’s what I’ll be doing with​Douglas.​I’ll leave audiences to decide if they want to keep up their following of me.”

She understands that she is inextricably linked to her audience but that bond can be draining. Self-care is of paramount importance so that her creative output is more yielding and her shows more enriching “and all that guff”. The success of Nanette has offered a certain amount of financial freedom which means she can put a boundary around her time. She now has the luxury of saying no to shows and festivals that previously would have been essential to paying rent. Like the rest of us, she takes long walks, naps frequently and drinks a lot of tea. A simple creature.

When exhausted, due to her neurological disposition, even everyday routine becomes difficult to cope with.

In her memoir, ​ 10 Steps to Nanette,​she explores and explains more about autism along with her 10year career in stand-up. Writing the book in itself was mentally demanding. Trips down memory lane she found wearing and the number of memories she could recover was overwhelming. Although she does find the idea of writing a memoir “bullshit” (I’m sure it will top many a bestseller list, nonetheless) she concurs that readers will take away an important message of how autism colours the contours of life. “It’s an infusion, not an abstraction” - although it is central to who you are, it is not all you are.

She wants to entertain, intrigue and interest, all while steering clear of becoming self-indulgent. It’s easy, and likely, for comedians to do the latter once they hit the big time, as venues are expected to fill and shows become more of a “cruise” (Gadsby, for example, is getting standing ovations before she has uttered a word). Often the potential of the influence they now wield is not achieved and Gadsby doesn’t wish to fall into complacency.

Having this success, the power, the position thrust upon you overnight, would turn the best of us mad, but Gadsby takes it all in her stride. She knows her limitations and her strengths. She knows what she wants to say and she intends to use her platform to represent the minorities that she was, and is, a part of - autistic, low-socio-economic, queer. If there’s a reason to part with your money this month, it’d be to see Gadsby. Not only because in this show she will re-mould the stand-up format that she shattered but because she, possibly unlike any other comedian, feels responsible for you parting with that money.

She knows how much it means to you and she won’t spend an hour making you feel tense, regaling half-true stories for laughs or underestimate your knowledge.

Thank god I watched N ​ anette that Monday night.

After spending 10 years building her career and her audience, ​Nanette ​significantly popped that bubble.

Gadsby’s audience is now basically anyone with a

Hannah Gadsby will be performing at the Brighton Dome on Sat 23 Nov. brightondome.org

“I could have done an alright show that was just good enough for Netlfix but the live experience is really important for me.”

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SEA SHARP'S

BROTHER INSECT “I don't just want to create something that looks interesting,” Sea Sharp tells me. “I want this to be an emotionally unique experience for everyone who is there.” An awardwinning poet and theatre maker, they’re about to let their first full-length performance piece Brother Insect spring to life. Providing a finale to The Marlborough’s landmark New Queers On The Block tour, it offers metamorphosis - both onstage and in how we perceive spoken word work.

The Brighton-based Sea Sharp has been performing poetry long enough to feel accustomed to event structure, how to arrange sets and how any audience will most likely respond. “Performance poetry is a luxury because of the really talented people I get to share the spotlight with. In fact, I depend on them to make me look like I'm a way bigger deal than I actually am!”

Performed by the incredible Michelle Tiwo, Sharp’s Brother Insect has made them adapt to new ways of working. “It makes me dizzy to know I'm in charge of an entire team of professionals! Also, I'd much rather stand naked in traffic than promote my own work – I find that really challenging!” They’ve never worked with a production manager, producer or makeup artist, or had to deal with the complexities of collaborating with a costume designer, ‘an outside eye’ or lighting and sound designers.

These aspects of performance come together for an exploration of what it means to navigate space invisibly, whilst being visibly black. As a person of colour, Sharp has encountered people saying they ‘don't see colour’, but there is an understanding that it comes from good intentions. “They think that by not highlighting our differences, they are being more inclusive, which is an admirable goal. Unfortunately, this is never the outcome.

It is erasure. I experience and navigate this world very differently to my white counterparts. True allies recognise, appreciate and celebrate these differences. They see me.

They see us.” Personal experiences like these pervade and define Brother Insect’s potent discussion of invisibility.

The work features Sea taking on the character of an extraterrestrial, unfolding a narative which is both ‘stupidly playful and forebodingly dangerous’.

Asking if it’s possible to encourage liberation without poking the entire hive, Brother Insect balances the joyous and the serious, alongside compelling visual elements. Sharp occasionally gets frustrated with the visual limitations of

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poetry, and theatre allows them to exploit symbolism, stage design, costume design, props and lighting effects to create an engaging experience. Intensely satirical, the show’s disjointed events create an arcing dreamscape sequence. “As a teenager, I spent my summers writing and performing in an experimental theatre troupe in the United States, where I studied surrealism, Dadaism, absurdism and avant-garde theatre, and became inspired by artists like Adrienne Kennedy, Samuel Beckett, Man Ray, Jean Cocteau, and Antonin Artaud.” They’ve not only been obsessing about visual elements; the aim is to activate and engage as many senses as possible. “I want the audience to feel like they are actually in my twisted version of ‘The Upside Down’. I've even put consideration into what the theatre smells like.”

Whilst offering a work which deals heavily with identity, Sharp says there’s a need to challenge problematic aspects of ourselves. “We need to find ways that we, as individuals, can empower people who are negatively impacted by our systemic advantages. When the Lewes Flea Market profits by selling golliwogs, they are clinging to and prioritising an identity that incites hatred and divides our community.” Identities which promote white supremacy need to be challenged relentlessly. When these costly and oppressive identities are abandoned, it becomes easier to respect intersectional differences.

I approach the question of privilege in art. Could it be a tool for making people appreciate their own status?

Sharp suggests it’s oxymoronic to suggest art can wake people up to privilege, when you often need education, resources and money to access or appreciate the work.

“I don’t create to make people aware of their privilege.

I create for the child I wish I could have been, and for the adult I know I want to be. I need there to be art on this planet that stands in solidarity with people of erased narratives, who are desperate to understand their unique relationships with trauma, and who need to know that they are not alone. So, honestly, when it comes to educating people within art, I don’t feel like I should be making this my responsibility. It’s much more important to me that my art helps to empower other marginalised folks. Because no one else is going to do it! However, if my art can encourage self-awareness, then shit, all the better, right?!”

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This November sees the return of CINECITY for its 17th triumphant year. Running from the 8th to the 17th, the film festival once again provides cinema-goers in and around Brighton with a veritable smorgasbord of cinematic entertainment, celebrating the best in world cinema, artists’ cinema and installations, treasures from the archive, live soundtracks, talks and special events, as well as a host of premieres and previews.

The festival begins at the Duke of York’s with a screening of The Lighthouse, Robert Eggers’ highly anticipated return, following his acclaimed debut, The Witch.

This psychological thriller explores the disintegrating relationship between Tom Wake (Willem Defoe) and his begrudging new apprentice Ephraim Winslow (Robert Pattinson), as the two maintain a remote lighthouse at the turn the 19th century and battle a slow descent into madness. Hauntingly shot in black and white, this hypnotic tale showcases two celebrated actors at their best and is a perfect opening to the festival.

Another highlight of the opening weekend, Sons of Denmark, has already picked up numerous awards on the film festival circuit. It offers viewers an unerringly relevant glimpse into the near future, dealing with ethnic cleansing, political unrest and revolutionary plans of assassination, all in the aftermath of a major terrorist attack. This startling debut from the promising filmmaker Ulaa Salim will not disappoint.

Music fans will enjoy A Dog Called Money, a fascinating exploration of the influences behind PJ Harvey’s ninth studio album, which sees her meeting communities united by music on her travels to Afghanistan, Kosovo and the US. Another titan of the music world, Björk, made her screen debut long before her rise to fame in The Juniper Tree, re-issued here for the first time. An evocative and mystical fairy tale, this celebrated film is not to be missed.

British attractions include The Inbetweeners’ Simon Bird’s directorial debut, the comically bittersweet Days of the Bagnold Summer; documentary Outside the City, which gives a rare insight into a dwindling community of 25 monks trying to safeguard their way of life; as well as the “strange, haunting and magical” Whalebone Box. Highlights from further afield include The Orphanage, an homage to movies and musicals set in the unlikely surroundings of an Afghani orphanage, with the backdrop of the beginnings of the Afghan-Soviet war in the late

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1980s. Then there is the surreal Swedish film Koko-Di Koko-Da, a pitch-black comedy-horror that feels like it is destined to become a cult favourite. It features a Groundhog Day-style inescapable cycle of murder and mystery, followed by murder and mystery, followed by murder and mystery…

With the addition of talent mixers, numerous open events encouraging submissions from local film and documentary makers, and even a cinematic challenge that will see people attempting to make a short film within 36 hours, there is something for everyone – from students of film and documentary to someone looking for a couple of hours of pure escapism.

The festival closes at The Duke of York’s with the muchheralded anti-hate satire Jojo Rabbit that sees a lonely German boy confronting the horrors of World War II and his own blind nationalism, aided by his idiotic and imaginary friend, Adolf Hitler. Writer and director, Taika Waititi, brings his signature absurdist style to one of mankind’s darkest chapters, and expertly and sympathetically finds the humour and pathos buried deep within. A bold and brilliant film, it is the ideal way for the festival to sign off, leaving us counting down the weeks until the 18th incarnation begins in November 2020.

The wide range of venues featured in this year’s festival includes the Grade II listed building, the Attenborough Centre for Creative Arts; the charitably run cinema and café-restaurant, Depot, in Lewes; Fabrica, a repurposed church in the heart of Brighton; and the much loved Brighton landmarks, The Duke of York’s and Dukes at Komedia. For details of when and where each film is being screened, visit the CINECITY website, www.cine-city.co.uk

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Philip Pullman’s cult trilogy comes to life on the small screen this November, and it has been given the full cinematic treatment. Series 1, told over eight episodes, covers the first book, Northern Lights, with subsequent series to follow.

James McAvoy and Ruth Wilson head the cast, but it is Dafne Keen who, as our hero, Lyra Belacqua, steals the show, in her desperate plight to find her kidnapped friend George. Never have daemons been so entertaining…

The queen of small and big screen alike, Olivia Coleman, heads up a new-look cast for the third series of the much-loved gawp into the Royals’ family scrapbook. The refreshed cast has meant we’ve had to wait slightly longer for the latest instalment, but it picks up where it left off after Series 2, and promises to keep fans of one of Netflix’s most beloved shows happy.

Get ready for your children and other small people to be playing undeniably catchy songs on repeat for the next few months – yes, the long-awaited sequel to the hugely popular Frozen has arrived! Sisters Elsa and Anna are joined by their ragtag group of friends, Kristoff (human), Sven (reindeer) and Olaf (snowman), as they embark on an adventure to save their kingdom, no doubt through the power of song.

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Amazon have announced that this will be the last series of their original and highly acclaimed alternate history, based on Philip K Dick’s 1962 novel. The climactic final series sees Juliana Crain on a mission to take down Reichsmarschall Smith, as the Nazis use the Nebenwelt Portal to infiltrate other worlds, and a new rebel force rises – the Black Communist Resistance. Fans of seasons one to three will not be disappointed.

The inevitable onslaught of Christmas begins with this Paul Feig-directed romcom from the pens of Emma Thompson and Greg Wise. Emilia Clarke plays Kate, an unfulfilled London singleton, working as one of Father Christmas’ elves, in a year-round Christmas shop. With London at its Love Actually best, Tom walks into Kate’s life and seems too good to be true. With entertaining cameos from a host of stars, this is an ideal nudge into the festive spirit, like a warm glass of mulled wine.

Legendary director Martin Scorsese teams up once again with some of the biggest names in Hollywood, including Robert DeNiro, Joe Pesci and Al Pacino, to present this American crime biopic based on the career of mobster hitman Frank Sheeran. Showing all the style and panache you’d expect from the masters of the mafia genre, both before and behind the camera, The Irishman focuses on Sheeran’s rise through the ranks of the mob and his eventual associations with Jimmy Hoffa.

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JOSH WIDDICOMBE

HAYLEY ELLIS & SALLY-ANNE HAYWARD

Brighton’s best comedy night is here again to finish off your weekends with a bang. This month, they’ve coaxed out the superbly talented Lucy Porter to give your funny bones the tickle they deserve.

She’s struggling to cope with life as a grown-up, but she’s not taking it quietly, and she’s bringing us along for the ride.

Joining her is the supremely lovely Sam Lake, with some light-hearted, cheerful wit, and the fearless, narrative-smashing Sophie Duker. As ever, it’s all held together by Zoe Lyons. What’s not to love on a chilly winter night?

Here is a show which will change your life and how you perceive your place in the world. Possibly. Bit Much... is a very funny night of grumbles and jokes in which Josh will finally tackle the hot comedy topics of advent calendars, pesto and the closing time of his local park. Known for the twice BAFTAnominated show The Last Leg, as well as his critically acclaimed sitcom Josh, Widdecombe has also been a mainstay on shows like QI, Have I Got New For You and A League of Their Own.

Two of Sarah Millican’s 2018 tour supports have joined up to venture out on a UK tour together – because it can be a tough and lonely place on your own. The sharp, clever, and hilarious Hayley Ellis has appeared on MTV and Virgin Television. A regular guest on Jason Manford’s Absolute Radio show, she brings a unique and hilarious style to the stage. Whilst the exceptionally funny Sally-Anne Hayward is a stalwart of the comedy circuit and has performed on all five continents of the world.

JUSTIN MOORHOUSE

MARK THOMAS

These days, Justin’s not certain about anything apart from his uncertainty – Brexit looms, the Cold War is being rebooted and that’s before we begin to worry about what’s happening in America.

He’s starting to feel redundant as a parent. One kid is leaving home, the dog can’t be bothered to go out for walkies, and the youngest kid has cancelled the family subscription to The Beano. On top of all this, the golden age of the Northern straight white male comedian has gone the way of the dinosaurs. Luckily for us, all this uncertainty and anxiety is very entertaining.

In his new show, 50 Things About Us, the mighty Mark Thomas combines his trademark mix of storytelling, stand-up, mischief and extensively-researched material to examine how we have come to inhabit this divided wasteland that some of us call the United Kingdom. Mark picks through the myths, facts and figures of our national identities to ask, who do we think we are? It is a show about money, history, songs, gongs, wigs, unicorns, guns, bungs, sods of soil and rich fuckers.

SAT 16 NOV // KOMEDIA

WED 20 NOV // ROPETACKLE

ARDAL O'HANLON

FRI 22 NOV // BRIGHTON DOME

© by Neil MacKenzie Matthews

WED 13 NOV // KOMEDIA

© By Jane Hobson

SAT 9 NOV // BRIGHTON DOME

© By Paul Wolfgang

(C) Mia Mala McDonald

SUN 3 NOV // KOMEDIA

Ardal O’Hanlon, star of Death in Paradise, Father Ted and My Hero, bounds around the UK with his new work The Showing Off Must Go On. In an age of raging populism, #MeToo, identity politics, the end of truth, the collapsing middle ground, peak avocado and £15 Gin & Tonics, Ardal is forced to saddle his high horse again and ride fearlessly into the culture wars – comedy as ever being the best emergency response mechanism to extreme events there is.

COMEDY PLANNER

BOGAN BINGO

JASON BYRNE

AL MURRAY

Forget that unusual fragrance of grumpy old ladies and mind-bendingly bad carpets; this is bingo like you’ve never seen. Strap in and prepare to experience the simmering chaos of this comedy gameshow, an undeniably unique night of entertainment that mixes classic 80s anthems, spectacular prizes, appalling choreography and two mulleted Aussie bingo callers. And of course, it’s all tenuously held together by an eyewatering version of the eponymous game of chance.

The past year has been extremely testing for the wrecked Bryne, but despite all this, he’s eager to spill it out on stage.

His new tour Wrecked But Ready takes audiences on a wobbly stroll through his life after 23 years in the game. It’s a joyous and spontaneous audience-led show, which relies less on a story arc and more upon responding, improv and – *gulp* – audience participation. He is, as ever, ready, but are you?

We’re in a time of crisis. The world is in chaos. The country is divided as never before. Only one man can save us from it all: the Landlord of Hope and Glory.

Comedian, TV personality and national treasure, Murray has been smashing it since the early 90s. His comedy has been described as a unique blend of satire, surrealism and observational comedy, inspired by the world today. What we need is one man to step forward, one man with all the answers.

TIM MINCHIN

GLENN MOORE

This award-winning comedian, actor and composer, is returning to the stage for his first UK tour dates since 2011. Billed as old songs, new songs and f*** you songs, BACK hints at a set list of material from all corners of Minchin’s eclectic – and often iconoclastic – repertoire. The multitalented Australian enjoyed a meteoric rise from the live circuit to creating awardwinning musicals like Groundhog Day and Matilda, but for now, he’s back centrestage and he’s as dangerous as ever. Miss this at your peril.

Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominee 2018 Glenn Moore is touring a twohour epic of one-liners and elaborate personal stories. It combines Love Don’t Live Here Glenny Moore, analysing his ‘proper’ job as a newsreader and the consequent realisation that everything in his life is purely down to obligation, with last year’s Comedy Award nominated show Glenn, Glenn, Glenn, How Do You Like It, How Do You Like It which follows Glenn’s misjudged application to the Mars One initiative and the demise of a failing relationship.

FRI 22 NOV // BRIGHTHELM CENTRE Brilliant comedy-rap-jazz duo Harry & Chris are coming to Brighton with their award-winning wordplay, awe-inspiring musicality, eyebrow-raising bromance and unashamed joy. They’ve set up their very own PR agency to take on the mammoth challenge of spinning planet earth to the rest of the universe. Reaching out to our extra-terrestrial neighbours, they want to unite people from all walks of life. We’re all aliens in one way or another and the nation’s favourite comedy-rapjazz duo are ready to spread the interstellar love.

TUES 26 & WEDS 27 NOV // BRIGHTON DOME

FRI 15 NOV // THEATRE ROYAL

© by Neil MacKenzie Matthews

HARRY & CHRIS

THURS 14 NOV // THE OLD MARKET

© By Enzo Mercedes

(C) Mia Mala McDonald

THURS 14 NOV // KOMEDIA

THURS 28 NOV // KOMEDIA

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BN1 CHATS WITH...

NICOLA HUME EX HEART FM RADIO HOST

PERFORMING AT THE CAPITOL'S PETER PAN

Christmas encompasses many completely different traditions from all over the world, from rollerblading in Venezuela to eating fried caterpillars in South Africa.

Pantomime is one the UK’s best loved Christmas traditions, but it actually evolved from the Italian convention of improvised acting, and only came to the UK in the 20th century. Now an annual ritual for many families, the audience’s involvement makes up a huge element of the show. This year at The Capitol Horsham theatre, audiences will be enchanted by J. M. Barrie’s Peter Pan. Playing not one but three characters in this year’s show is television and radio presenter, Nicola Hume. Known for her banter with co-presenters Jack and Tom on their recently defunct breakfast show on Heart Sussex, Nicola has been busy preparing for her second panto at The Capitol.

She was an integral part of weekday mornings for hundreds of thousands of people across Sussex and Surrey, until Global, the owners of Heart, announced they were nationalising the breakfast radio show in May this year.

Nicola had been on the show for six years. “We had about three months of being on air without anyone knowing what was coming. We were mentally ready, but don’t get me wrong, it still hurt. I do miss the guys very much, but it has given me the kick up the bum I needed.”

Having watched lots of theatre at The Capitol since she moved to Horsham four years ago, she loves being onstage. Nicola will star alongside Anthony Sahota as Peter Pan, a finalist on BBC’s Let It Shine; soap actor, James Fletcher; and Rebecca Lafferty, Hywel Dowsell and Nicholas Collier.

After her performance as Fairy Good Heart in Sleeping Beauty last Christmas, Nicola is eager for the challenge of playing three roles this December. “I’m very excited about the numerous costume changes and the absolute chaos backstage.” Nicola will be playing Mrs Darling, a mermaid and an Indian chief. Nicola tells me about the surrealness of their first pantomime photoshoot back in July: “They were playing Christmas music on the hottest day of the

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year and I was dressed up as an Indian chief. I can’t even tell you how sweaty I was!”

Although Christmas is fast approaching, the cast members will not receive the script until a few weeks prior to the rehearsals, which will commence in December. Nick Mowat, General Manager of The Capitol and director of the show, will continue to write and finesse the narrative until the last minute. “All across the country you’ve got different panto companies, and they tend to reuse scripts, and they just add in a couple of extra gags here and there.

Whereas Nick will pretty much write the majority of it from scratch.” Nicola is excited to see how Nick has brought the iconic story to life.

With Mrs Schmee (Dowsell) as the dame of the panto, and Mini Schmee (Fletcher) as her sidekick, the audience can expect wall-to-wall mischief. I asked Nicola if she is allowed to give any other hints of the madness to be expected. “Nick thought it would be fun to have a male Tinkerbell. It’s a guy called Freddie, and he is lovely.

He’s still yet to see his costume.” Nicola also emphasised the importance of the sound and lighting this year. “[The crew] spend so long plotting the lights and the sound and making everything run smoothly. We have projections on the stage and flying scenes.”

This year marks the 90th anniversary of J. M. Barrie gifting the Peter Pan copyright to the Great Ormond Street Hospital.

Growing up in London, Nicola explains how many people she knew with connections to the children’s hospital. “My dad used to be a London cabbie and he was one of the many cabbies who would take children to and from Great Ormond Street, and wouldn’t charge them anything.” The pantomime will be raising money for the hospital after every performance, inviting the audience to meet the cast members in full costume and to donate what they can. “The pairing of panto and charity just seems to work perfectly, I think,” Nicola tells me.

Peter Pan will be performing at The Capitol Horsham Fri 13 Dec 2019 until Sun 5 Jan 2020.

NOVEMBER HIGHLIGHTS

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BEVERLEY KNIGHT SINGS STEVIE WONDER Tue 1 Oct

ALICE COOPER Tue 8 Oct

WILL YOUNG Wed 9 Oct

THE GREATEST LOVE OF ALL Fri 18 Oct

ROY ORBISON & BUDDY HOLLY HOLOGRAM TOUR Tue 22 Oct

THE NEXT STEP Fri 25 Oct

SQUEEZE Sat 26 Oct

DIVERSITY Sun 27 Oct

MARINA Tue 5 Nov

WWE LIVE Thur 7 Nov

80s INVASION TOUR Sat 9 Nov

THE AUSTRALIAN PINK FLOYD Fri 22 Nov

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THEATRE GUIDE

FRANKENSTEIN

THE CRAB PRINCE

THE LADY VANISHES

After wowing sell-out crowds with Dracula, TRUESTORY return to The Spire for another haunting tale: an electrifying new adaptation of Mary Shelley’s classic horror masterpiece Frankenstein. With their signature bold visual style, they immerse the audience in a strange gothic environment. This faithful retelling explores exclusion, obsession, creation and compassion, while asking what it is to be human in an ever-confusing world. A scientist is attempting to create life, but will he bring forth a miracle or monster?

Award-winning comedian Joanna Neary presents a new interactive show for children, where Scuttle The Crab longs to be human. Can little Lucy help to make his dream come true? Should Scuttle The Crab be careful what he wishes for? Meanwhile, Marina The Marine Explorer needs some help to make life in the rock pools good again for everyone. This is an original and beautifully crafted comedy show about friendship, home and the environment, with the chance for the audience to help save the day.

BAFTA-nominated Gwen Taylor and ‘Villain of the Year’ Andrew Lancel are reunited for the first time since Coronation Street in this devilishly fun stage adaptation of Alfred Hitchcock’s classic. When socialite Iris’ travelling companion disappears, she’s bewildered to find fellow passengers denying ever having seen her. But with the help of musician Max, she turns detective, and together they resolve to solve this perplexing mystery. Where has her friend gone to? And what is everyone else hiding?

GETTING THE THIRD DEGREE

Pop that champagne and get ready for a glittering evening of neo-burlesque, circus, vaudeville and comedy. Come let your hair down and indulge in a heady evening of decadent, vintage-inspired entertainment. Hosted by the eternally cheeky songbird Gracie, you’ll be guided through a risqué and ridiculous night of grown-up fun. Attractions include shimmy shakin’ earthquake burlesque whirlwind Havana Hurricane, gorgeously ridiculous, award-winning comedy from innovator Tracey Collins and neo-striptease antics from chameleonic showgirl Lena Mae Lenman.

This is the powerful and deeply moving story of Laurie Cunningham, who came to prominence with West Bromwich Albion in the late 1970s. The first ever millionaire black footballer, the first player of colour to sign for the mighty Real Madrid and only the second to win a full cap for England, he inspired a whole generation of players.

Incorporating 1970s funk, soul, blues, jazz/jive dance, football songs/chants, contemporary commentary and social and political speeches, this is a powerful piece of total theatre that vividly recreates a tense and troubled period in the history of football and the wider society.

FRI 15 NOV // THE OLD MARKET

SAT 16 NOV // MARLBOROUGH THEATRE

NEW QUEERS ON THE BLOCK

© by Neil MacKenzie Matthews

© By Laurie Cunningham

HUNDRED WATT CLUB

© By Rosie Powell

MON 4 - SAT 9 NOV // THEATRE ROYAL

SUN 3 NOV // KOMEDIA

(C) Mia Mala McDonald © By myboudoir.co.uk

WED 23 OCT - SAT 9 NOV // THE SPIRE

THURS 21 NOV // MARLBOROUGH THEATRE New Queers on The Block present a Brighton premiere and a new work in progress. Brother Insect enters the world of an extra-terrestrial on a planet haunted by shadowy ancestors and infested with privileged pests. Stupidly playful and forebodingly dangerous, can we encourage liberation without poking the entire hive? Joy Nduku sees identical queer brown twins trying to live life. It’s a poetic exploration of gender, sexuality and blackness in a world governed by the politics of assimilation and individualism.

TUES 5 - WEDS 6 NOV // THE OLD MARKET

THURS 7 NOV // MARLBOROUGH THEATRE

© By Pamela Raith

MACBETH

FRI 8 - SAT 9 NOV // CONNAUGHT, WORTHING Proteus Theatre Company present a new spin on a timeless tale of plotting, betrayal and murder. It’s October 1987 and a storm is coming to London. On the trading floor, success is all and ruthless ambition is rewarded. The only problem is, how do you control it before it consumes you? This award-winning theatre company’s highly physical reimagining of Shakespeare’s classic is a corporate thriller set amidst the backdrop of the ‘greed is good’ culture of 80s Britain.

POST POPULAR

JAMES PHELAN: TROUBLEMAKER

GHOST SEXXX

Following her genre-defying, biblesubverting, smash hit, Triple Threat, Lucy McCormick is back to crawl through the annals of history in Post Popular, an enthusiastically humiliating exploration of power and purpose. Receiving some poker-faced support from her Girl Squad Samir & Lennie, she returns with her trademark concoction of dance, song, absurdist art and minor breakdowns to examine all the famous women down the ages. This is a history lesson like no other.

Viral sensation, star of BBC Radio and nephew of the great Paul Daniels - James Phelan is one of the most acclaimed magical performers of his generation.

Rising through the ranks with his unique prank-focused style, Troublemaker demonstrates how he can be jaw dropping and laugh out loud funny. Expect an evening of hilarious, mind-blowing magic people are tricked, phones are destroyed, needles are swallowed - no one is safe.

This is an unmissable evening filled with excitement, wonder and laughter.

Part performance, part transcendental exploration, Ema Boswood uses paranormal techniques in an attempt to reach through to the other side, the ‘other side’ being the people that have ghosted her in the past. We get a comedic look at ‘ghosting’ (when the person you’re dating simply stops replying to your texts). Ema carries out a seance, tells tragic ghost stories and has a sexorcism, all the while taking a refreshing and ridiculous look at the experience of rejection.

© By Holly Revell

© by Neil MacKenzie Matthews

A new show by Vijay Patel, Sometimes I Leave asks where it all goes wrong with social interactions. Maybe you consciously decided to leave before even arriving, but haven’t worked out how to do it yet. Through performance art, video and theatre, he repeats and reclaims his own lived experiences. This is a show smashing the stigma against ‘othered’ brains, imagining existing in a world which celebrates unique ways of thinking instead of discriminating against them.

(C) Mia Mala McDonald

The award-winning Zest Theatre present a new play about being young and changing the world. Part show, part TED Talk and part party, Youthquake gives a powerful insight into the hidden lives and minds of Teen Britain and questions what it means to change the world.

Frustrated with her peers, Becky wants to empower the next generation to stand up and take control. She’s performing an inspirational presentation designed to do just that, but hasn’t realised the ‘Youthquake’ has already begun.

SOMETIMES I LEAVE

© By Holly Revell

YOUTHQUAKE

Photo © by Idil Sukan

THEATRE GUIDE

FRI 22 NOV // ATTENBOROUGH CENTRE

SUN 24 NOV // KOMEDIA

SAT 30 NOV // MARLBOROUGH THEATRE

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Spirit of the Rainbow Invites you to our meetings in Brighton

WE ARE ONE Oneness means our first loyalty is to our humanity, above any country, religion or ideology: humanity both in the sense of all human beings and also of human decency, kindness, compassion. Oneness means we recognise we are part of nature and that we treat our environment with reverence and respect. Oneness works too at a personal level as we grow into a sense of wholeness. Oneness means we recognise that we are children of our universe however we experience it.

OUR AIMS & ACTIVITIES: Our aim is to awaken a sense of oneness in everyone and it starts with ourselves.

We seek to support each other as we: Deepen our experience of oneness Spread our message locally and globally Build a world based on oneness Come and share your ideas!

Our next meetings are: Wednesday 11th September & Wednesday 9th October @ Community Base, South Wing 2 Meeting Room, 113 Queens Rd, Brighton BN1 3XG from 6pm - 7pm Saturday 28th September & Saturday 26th October @ Conference Room 2, Brighton Library, Jubilee St, Brighton BN1 1GE From 2pm for 2.30pm start and ending c.3.30pm

ALL WELCOME! For further information contact spiritoftherainbow@yahoo.co.uk

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WHITEHAWK FC Perhaps the most ubiquitous word in football is ‘united’.

So much so that it has almost come to lose its meaning.

However, it is absent from the name of a club to whom it perhaps best applies: Whitehawk FC. Emblazoned in capitals against a garish yellow background on the steps of the club’s ramshackle main stand are the words: “Love. Peace. No racism. No violence. No homophobia.”

The club preaches inclusivity. Commercial manager Kevin Miller says: “Football’s way behind in terms of inclusion, and it needs to change.”

Whitehawk FC are atypical in many ways: there are vegan pies in the canteen; craft ale from local brewery Loud Shirt served at the bar; and their embassy is at trendy café Presuming Ed’s. Bespectacled fan Steve calls it “football but not as you know it.”

Football lags behind in an era where, even as global politics is turning to the right, tolerance is on the rise.

There are no outwardly gay male footballers in England’s top four divisions. To highlight this Whitehawk hosted a charity game, dubbed Football United, between a Premier League XI and an LGBTQ+ XI, to celebrate togetherness in football. The event was organised in collaboration with activist Sophie Cook, the first transgender woman to work in the Premier League. Miller says: “They were trying to find a venue and Sophie said we’ve got to do it at Whitehawk, because of the inclusion stance and the fact that we’re doing everything that we can to make things equal for everyone.”

Much of what makes the club special originates from their vehemently anti-racist, anti-homophobic and antisexist fans, known as the Ultras. They come every week to bang drums, chant and have a good time. Phil, known as Bluebeard for the cobalt tuft on his chin, explains: “We are political. Left-wing, but in a nice way.” The use of ‘Ultras’ is tongue-in-cheek, a nod to violent and intolerant Ultras around the world. The diverse crowd who attend and would perhaps feel uncomfortable following other teams come for this club’s congenial atmosphere.

BY JAMES LANGLEY

Their chants are unconventional. There is no swearing allowed. When an unfortunate official inevitably makes a mistake, rather than resort to crude language the fans sing: “the referee’s a…referee”. Or more provocatively: “the referee’s a Tory”.

Though they always change ends at half-time to sit behind whichever goal Whitehawk are shooting into, The Ultras are associated with the rickety Din End where a disco ball swings from the rafters and stickers are plastered across the back wall, bearing mantras like ‘refugees welcome’ and ‘football lads and lasses against fascism for a united working class’. There is evidence of visitors from further afield: several stickers have been left by Pier Pressure, the like-minded Eastbourne Town Ultras, and fans of the hipster German club St Pauli.

Whitehawk’s foundations rest upon the relationship between the club’s hierarchy, the Ultras and the local community. Last year the Ultras crowdfunded £500 to bring 30 children affected by the Grenfell Tower disaster to the club. They paid for the bus, took the children to the beach and bought them fish and chips. The club then made them mascots for the day.

The Whitehawk estate is one of the more deprived areas of Brighton & Hove. To help maintain the team’s connection with the area, the new season’s away kit is designed by cult artist David Shrigley, himself an Ultra.

It features a rainbow flag and a map of the Whitehawk estate. The response from local people has been positive. Recently, 42 volunteers turned out to repaint the club’s peeling fences scarlet. They returned the next day to finish the job without being asked. The club rewarded them with free tickets to their next game.

Miller hopes to raise this year’s average attendance to 500, despite Whitehawk’s final-day relegation last season. The ethos of the club belies the non-league architecture and the pitch’s 16-foot camber, and should encourage more to come, putting larger clubs to shame. bn1magazine.co.uk

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BN1 TRIES...

DONATELLO

The famous Donatello Italian restaurant is a stable of Brighton’s Lanes. Since its opening in 1991, it has been a must visit for any Brightonian over the years. Boasting star customers such as Patrick Stewart, Jeremy Corbyn, and lots more. It is loved by many.

As a student at the University of Brighton, I’m always looking for somewhere to eat that is within my meagre budget but still a treat for me and friends. I need somewhere to take my mum and dad when they come and visit - that isn’t my local McDonald’s.

On Thursday night we were welcomed by friendly staff into a relaxed and homely feeling restaurant. Placed on a table in the front window, we watched as people wandered in the evening through The Lanes. We agreed on ordering a bottle of house red with four glasses from their awardwinning wine menu, while we browsed the menu.

Donatello has a traditional and long Italian menu with a variety of pizza, pasta and meat dishes. All the dishes are listed in authentic Italian, with descriptions in English below. The plates are all reasonably priced, while meat meals costing just a little bit more. However, they also offer a set menu with two courses for £10.95, or three courses for £12.95. This is perfect for an evening meal out for you and your friends while studying.

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By Charlotte Beldham

I decided on ordering the Nepoletana pizza (£8.25), while my friends ordered a Carbonara (£8.25), a Rigatoni Norma (£8.25), and a Capricciossa pizza (£8.75). And of course, we had a piece of garlic bread each (£3.95). We didn’t have to wait long before the food came out to our table.

The food looked lovely with giant sized pizzas and large plates of pasta.

We were all thoroughly enjoying our dishes, before I finally had to admit defeat with my pizza - having just a slice or two left. You get plenty of food considering what you’ve paid. They even offered to wrap up the rest of my food for me to take home with me and enjoy later.

After they cleared the table, we were presented with the dessert menu and it would have been rude not to have a quick look. We decided on sharing a classic Tiramisu with four forks, which was listed as Donatello’s speciality. It came to the table drizzled with chocolate sauce and next to a mound of cream with a strawberry on top. It didn’t take long before we dived into this rich coffee flavoured desert.

The desert was just enough to finish the lovely meal and send us away feeling satisfied and comfortably fed. It is the perfect place to go with friends when you want to treat yourself, celebrate, or go for dinner with family.

Donatello is at Brighton Place in the centre of The Lanes and opens daily 11:30am-11pm. They also offer a 20% discount for student Christmas parties!

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FOODIE NEWS POP-UP EVENTS

RESTAURANTS COMING SOON

KAB VEGAN FEAST: EXPLORING THE REGIONAL CUISINE OF THAILAND – FRI 1 NOV

640EAST – UPPER GARDNER STREET, BRIGHTON

Treat your taste buds to the exotic, whilst celebrating World Vegan Day at a relaxed night of delicious vegan sharing food inspired by Thai cuisine. This pop-up Thai feast of all things funky, herbal, spicy and most importantly, vegan, will be taking place in Café Rust in Kemptown.

The team strive to use local, seasonal produce wherever possible, and each plate is designed to complement the next, with the whole feast designed for sharing. Dishes include an aromatic yellow curry of roasted seasonal squash, smoked tomato and crispy shallots; a cleansing soup of local mushrooms, spring onions, sesame and white pepper; and a pounded ‘som tam’ salad of papaya, roasted peanuts, with a chilli, palm sugar and tamarind dressing.

There will be a separate bar on the night hosted by the good guys at Café Rust. They'll be serving some delicious craft ales, Thai beers and wine selected to complement the food.

Prices start at £30.00 and the evening runs from 19:3023:00. This exotic feast will inspire any would-be Thai chef to dust off their woks and restock their spice racks when they get home.

SUPERDOUX DOES DINNER: 5 COURSE WINTER WARMER – SAT 30 NOV Join SuperDoux at The Verdict for a night of tasty comforting treats to warm your cockles. Seasonal, colourful food will provide you with a feast for the eyes before you’ve even had a mouthful, and it will all be complemented by drinks tailor-made for the evening.

Beyond the dining experience, there will be recipe cards and goody-bags for anyone looking to try and impress their friends and family with a recreation of the splendours of their meal.

The menu (subject to change) is likely to include canapés of Saffron rice with Persian fried herbs and dried lime; a first course of smoky sausage bonbons with celeriac puree; a second course of lentil and banana blossom curry with cumin polenta chip; and a third of seitan (mock duck) in a rich plum black tea, star anise and red wine sauce, with potato dauphinoise. This will be followed by equally luxurious desserts and Egyptian coffee.

All food is vegan and can be made gluten-free on request.

The evening starts at 19:00 at The Verdict, and tickets are available from £31.85.

640East (not a typo, there’s no space – I double and triple checked!) is coming to Brighton with the opening of the fourth venture in the franchise. Originating as a popup made by upcycling two shipping containers in East London, this proudly independent café, bar and kitchen now has a second London space in Bethnal Green, one in Bristol, and now arrives in Brighton in the industrial complex that was previously home to Silo.

Their bar and restaurant concept will serve a daily small plate menu, along with brunch, and operate as a space for residency chefs during the evening. It promises to host many collaborative events, shining a light on local chefs and producers throughout the year.

Champions of fair trade and ethically-sourced produce, with a strong contemporary identity, 640East seems like it will be a perfect addition to Brighton’s café and bar scene. The first sign of décor – some Warhol-esque pop art featuring Bill Murray – suggests this is going to be a venue as stylish as it promises to be delicious. No date of opening as yet, but as a resident of Upper Gardner Street, I am keeping an eye on progress, and it moves closer every day. Watch this space…

KINDLING RESTAURANT – OPENING THIS AUTUMN, 69 EAST STREET, BRIGHTON Opening in autumn 2019, Kindling Restaurant will represent food that is kind to the body as well as the environment. The menu will focus on predominantly plant-based dishes, and will be complemented with the inclusion of sustainablysourced fish and ethically-produced meat. Menus will aim to reflect the seasons, ensuring diners are treated to fresh, local feasts all year round.

One of the most intriguing and appealing aspects of the restaurant is hinted at in its name: meals will be cooked by their specialist chefs over an open fire, providing diners with a flavour profile unlike anything else in Brighton.

The relaxed, sophisticated setting combined with a unique cooking style is set to create a one-off dining experience, and with Ramin Mostowfi – formally of the ever-popular Food For Friends – at the helm, Kindling is set to become a firm favourite for Brighton’s diners.

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Independent Hove book shop City Books lists their bestsellers for this month...

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BE MY GUEST BY PRIYA BASIL

Priya Basil discusses politics, religion, culture and hospitality via the idea of sharing food. In a world where some of us have so much and some of us have so little, a world where we cook less and eat together less, what does it mean to be welcoming? Basil explores the meaning and limits of hospitality and looks at the way migrants and refugees are received throughout the world in this short, powerful book.

OI PUPPIES BY KES GRAY & JIM FIELD

For those familiar with the anarchic world of Oi, here comes more sitting shenanigans. Dog is looking after quite a lot of puppies and none of them will sit...not even on guppies! Can Frog save the day?

Adults and kids alike will be delighted with this funny and frenetic picture book from beloved writer and illustrator duo Kes Gray and Jim Field.

AGENT RUNNING IN THE FIELD BY JOHN LE CARRÉ

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COPPA CLUB

By Louisa Streeting

As the days are getting shorter, the hunt is on for the cosiest and comfiest restaurant in the city. With the festive season fast approaching and Christmas menus to look forward to, the city is in the spirit of enjoying good food on a brisk winter’s evening. Just a short walk through the winding lanes in the centre of the city is newly-opened restaurant, Coppa Club. Launched in Brighton Square this September, this site makes up the sixth venue in the Coppa Club series, with restaurants across London and the surrounding counties.

To start, we share buffalo mozzarella and roasted butternut squash from the small plates menu (£6.95). This is a simplistic dish but with a big punch of flavour from the garlic, chilli and sage. My friend chooses another Italianinspired dish as her main, gluten-free fusilli arabbiatta, made to order (£5.95/£10.95). The waiter kindly checks if my friend is vegetarian before he offers authentic grated Parmesan. She is not, and coats her fresh pasta in a dusting of the Italian hard cheese. The spicy tomato sauce is flavoured with fresh chillies, Pecorino and a fiery oil.

This venue is certainly not short of space. You have the choice of lounge seating, tables, and alfresco dining by the fountain with heaters and plush sofas. Known for its vibrant and calming decor, the restaurant is modern with colourful interiors. This makes it a quiet spot in central Brighton great for working or hosting a meeting in the daytime on weekdays, promising “no-one outstays their welcome”.

I select roasted leek and feta tart, which arrives resembling a miniature quiche. The lightness of the tart is paired well with the lemon and olive oil dressing on the green side salad, and the walnuts add a bit of texture to each mouthful. I would recommend accompanying this with a side if you’re feeling ambitious. We also order skinny fries lightly coated in truffle oil and Pecorino (£4.95). Often an overpowering flavour, the truffle is subtle and does not dominate the meal.

We choose a comfortable booth at the back of the restaurant and consult their lengthy drinks list. The waiters and bar staff at Coppa Club are incredibly attentive and friendly, as we carefully scan the menu. Lots of their cocktails are new to me. I go for a Sicilian 75, which is prosecco-based with lovely notes of lemon and peach (£7.95). Their Raspberry Julep uses a local gin, Chambord and fresh raspberries (£8.95).

Both are wonderfully refreshing.

Their menu focuses on uncomplicated dishes from the grill, such as burgers and steaks, alongside Italian classics including pastas, sourdough pizzas and salads. If you fancy just drinks and sharing foods, their list of small plates and nibbles will provide you with a luxurious snack. Stand out dishes include crispy fried truffle gnocchi (£3.50) and smoked haddock arancini (£6.95). Coppa Club also has an extensive list of dishes suitable for a gluten-free diet, with vegan options also available.

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Finding strength for dessert, we share a chocolate rippled pavlova with whipped crème fraiche, salted nut crunch and a hot chocolate sauce. Traditionally served with fruit, the slightly salty nut crunch cuts through the richness of the chocolate and the sweet meringue. This indulgent dessert is quite large and great for sharing, and a great way to conclude your evening.

Coppa Club Brighton is now accepting reservations for the festive season, with their new Christmas menu available to view online now. This includes two courses and nibbles £25.95 or three course and nibbles £29.95 – available from 26 November – 31 December. To book email reservations@ variouseateries.co.uk.

Coppa Club is open seven days a week. 12-16 Brighton Square, Brighton BN1 1HD. Tel 01273 900731.

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Everyone and their nan seems to be vegan these days, which overall could be great for people’s health and the environment.

The vegan diet itself is nothing new; in fact, the Vegan Society estimates that the idea of avoiding dairy and eggs for ethical reasons first rocked up around 1806.

How vegan?

For some, veganism may mean avoiding eating any animal products, including milk, meat, fish, eggs, gelatin and honey; for others, it includes avoiding leather, wool and any animal-derived products.

Why the buzz now?

There are a few reasons, not least the health halo that veganism has been granted by social media. Instagram is awash with ‘clean eating, clean living’ plant-based folk who make it seem like a wonderful, healthy, easy, supercolourful, avocado-filled world (although are avos even vegan?? That’s an argument for another day).

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Here are my top 6 tips for those interested in dabbling on the plantbased side:

Happy Cow app and Trip Advisor have a great list of local vegan restaurants.

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Cooking - You’re probably going to want to get a bit more familiar with your kitchen to ensure that you’re eating a balanced diet (and not rinsing your wallet!). Check out BBC Good Food and Cooking on a Bootstrap for affordable vegan recipes.

1 Get planning - A balanced vegan 5 Booze - If you’re going fully vegan diet needs a lot more attention to start with. You not only need to replace the essential nutrients you may miss from your diet, you’ll also need to plan ahead for when you might not be able to grab a vegan meal or snack.

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Plant milks - I can’t stress this one enough: make sure they’re fortified with vitamins and minerals. You can check this on the label (note that organic milks aren’t fortified in the UK). B12 deficiency is no joke and the only reliable way to get B12 in your diet without supplements is via foods that are fortified with B12.

Calcium is essential to help look after your bones and teeth. Most of us aren’t getting enough as it is, and making sure that your dairy alternatives are fortified is a great shout. Check out my blog for the rest of the 8 essential nutrients you don’t want to miss out on as a vegan.

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Eating out - Check out restaurant menus ahead of time. Brighton is pretty awesome for vegan foodies and the

remember to check the label; lots of alcoholic drinks are made with animal or insect products.

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all in straight away. Ease yourself in, try a Meat Free Monday, experiment with new dishes and find ways to replace the meat and dairy in foods that you already enjoy. You don’t want this to be a horrible, tasteless experience.

Overall, although vegan diets can be healthy and fab for the planet, you don’t have to be completely vegan to have a good diet, or to do your bit for the planet. It can be easy to feel the pressure and feel guilty for not going vegan, but try not to beat yourself up about it; you’ve got to do what works for you, your situation, your wallet, your tastes and preferences.

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THE BATH ARMS

Dating from 1864, The Bath Arms is a Victorian landmark that has seen people boozing in the Lanes for over 150 years. I was delighted to have the opportunity to join such an historic assembly, as we were invited to try the much talked about food introduced by Wolfsmouth, the new chefs in residence. It was a tough ask, but I was happy to take one for the team (and get brownie points with the Mrs for finally taking her out for dinner again).

We were greeted warmly by one of the two friendly waitresses that looked after us superbly all night. Shown to our table, we took in the atmospheric and historical surrounds of the dining room, set back from the main saloon of the pub and kitted out in plush, velvet-clad wall paper, ordered a Shiraz and a local pale ale (Breaker, from Laine Brew Co: delicious. It wasn’t my last…), clinked our glasses in excited anticipation, and sent a shower of red wine down the front of my other half’s posh new white shirt that she’d been saving for a special occasion.

After a brief discussion (read, “argument”) about whether we should walk the five minutes home and get it in the wash, I triumphed (first time for everything), and we studied our menus. With starters between £6-8, and mains from £12-16, the food is extremely well priced, and there was a wide choice, without being overwhelming.

For our starters, Delia (not her real name, but it feels appropriate) had a light and refreshing crab and crayfish cocktail served with playful nods to its origins upon (I think) a large scallop shell (thank you, Google Images!), and I had one of the most delicious starters I’ve ever had, a Marmite-glazed ox tongue crumpet, served with pickled cockles and turnip. I can’t remember having such a strong collection of flavours on one plate that all complemented each other so perfectly. I know for sure I wouldn’t have thought to put such a list of ingredients together, so I’m delighted there are people in the world like head chef Dan to do it for us.

As mentioned, Dan (formerly of Plateau and The Ginger Fox among others) is head of a highly trained and accomplished team that also includes sous-chef Theo who trained in St Tropez with the late Paul Bocuse, one of the most world-renowned masters of French gastronomy.

The team was put together by the two brains behind

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Wolfsmouth, Jack and Will. The charming and effervescent duo launched their concept barely 18 months ago, and have already successfully taken up residency in a number of pubs, as well as opened their own restaurant (The Paradiso Social), all to great acclaim.

Seemingly able to turn their hands to any type of cuisine across their various locations, the Wolfsmouth brand excels in identifying each new market, and delivering tailored food accordingly. With regards The Bath Arms, for example, Jack explained “what we wanted the concept here to be, was old traditional English dishes, to suit the venue.”

Such an aim was beautifully (and deliciously) demonstrated in our main courses. Delia’s smoked poacher and artichoke tart served with truffle, hazelnuts and leaves was, I hear, so delicious I wasn’t allowed a mouthful. The mere morsels I was able to salvage at the end, however, certainly supported her rather greedy assessment. The beautifully dressed salad had clearly been painstakingly calculated to be the perfect accompaniment to an outstanding tart.

I myself had venison faggots and roast parsnip, served with a parsnip puree, black cabbage and blackberries.

The richness of the faggots, and the saltiness of the puree were to die for, and the sweetness offered by the blackberries just reinforced how skilled and thoughtful this young and talented group of chefs really is. The whole dish was exquisite.

I could equally wax lyrical about our desserts, but I’ve run out of space, so instead I implore you to book a table and try them for yourself. You will be in great hands as, having earned their stripes working throughout London, it feels like these young and exciting culinary entrepreneurs are on an upward trajectory that has many more successful ventures to come.

With fine dining food served in pub-grub portions, this is a gastro pub menu taken to a whole new level. Jack and Will explained that “one of our biggest aims is to undersell and overdeliver.” Well, I can safely say, mission accomplished.

The Bath Arms is found in the iconic Brighton Lanes area at 3-4 Meeting House Lane.

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Food pairings for your festive events...

There are so many options and deals for wines over the festive period, it can almost be overwhelming... What to choose and what to pair with your food? A good idea is to concentrate on the main flavours and tastes of the foods, get wines you love but as prices are reduced it may be a good opportunity to try something new and different.

Mince pies are a great festive treat this time of year, wines that go well with mince pies, are wines with a bit of sweetness and age, wines with dried fruits and warm spiced flavours. Try the Italian Passito wines, made by the method of apassimento, where these red wines are traditionally made by drying the raisons out in the sun before fermentation, giving the wine a candied dried fruit, citrus peel flavours. The wines have a ruby Portlike flavour and would be a perfect pairing with a warm minced pie and cream on a cold winters evening.

If you are planning on a seafood starter over the festive period, the best idea is a Champagne or sparkling wine.

The acidity cuts through any weight and oil and the apple and pear flavours will compliment saltiness nicely.

Seafood and Champagne is a classic combination, think

light and lemony and try to keep away from the sweeter sparkling wines for a starter.

Most of us have turkey with for Christmas dinner. Do you really want red wine with your turkey? Turkey is similar to chicken and is traditionally paired with white wine, a good idea for a Turkey could be a nice Chardonnay from Burgundy. Burgundian Chardonnay has a medium body and balanced light oak, meaning it wouldn’t over power the Turkey and will compliment all the trimmings.

If you are set on red wine, a Pinot Noir (also classically from Burgundy) could be a good match, if you can, find a wine with a little bit of age (5 years or so). The dried fruit aromas carry nicely throughout the meal, matching with the cranberry sauce and Christmas pudding alike. If you are looking for a slightly heavier wine South African Pinotage with it’s peppery spicy notes would work very well too.

The festive period is about enjoying yourself and with all the parties and celebrations, it can be a nice opportunity to try some really interesting wines! bn1magazine.co.uk

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