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Brighton Festival: Ezra Furman at the Dome

Having completed my final semester of university with modules on punk history and queer arts, it was fitting that I rounded off my end-of-assessment celebrations by attending Chicago rocker Ezra…

The Tempest review

As the sun begins to set over Hove Green, tinnies of Red Stripe are cracked open, tartan blankets are strewn, and families tuck into their picnic hampers. It’s an unusual…

A Glass Half Empty review

For those of us coming to the end of another year of university study, the prospect of careers, marriages and babies may seem a long way off. It comes as…

Shakespeare in the sun – The Tempest preview

In a world of dystopian King Lears and female Hamlets, Shakespeare’s classics are constantly being reimagined for the modern day. There’s something oddly refreshing then about the phenomenally back-to-basics traditional…

Dollywould at The Old Market preview

From the 22nd May – 25th May 2018 DollyWould will be showing at The Old Market. An exciting new show, presented by Sh!t Theatre, who won the Fringe First Award…

Whimsical fairy-tale meets class war – Standard: Elite review

Meta-theatricality and interactivity are becoming all the more vogue in contemporary theatre, and in a world where the arts are becoming increasingly open and democratised, I find myself willing these…

An evening with Candoco Dance Company – review

Last week at the Attenborough Centre, the phenomenally unique and refreshing dance company Candoco brought to the stage a double bill of performances exploring identity, community and communication. What strikes…

Sussex student takes show to Brighton Fringe

Final year English and Drama student Sophie Pester will be taking her original stage show A Glass Half Empty to Brighton Fringe next month. First performed by SUDS (Sussex University…

Brighton Fringe comic Joseph Morpurgo on satire, Frankenstein and his fictitious nine-hour, one-man show

At The Badger we sat down with multi-talented comic, three-time Chortle Award winner and Edinburgh Fringe favourite Joseph Morpurgo to discuss his show Hammerhead. Following a three-week sell-out run at…

Talking disability, identity and inclusion through dance – Candoco preview

Candoco are a company of disabled and non-disabled dancers who, for the past 25 years, have challenged ideas about what dance can be and who gets to be a part…

SMuTS presents ‘Jekyll & Hyde’ review

Excitement and anticipation were running high Wednesday evening at the Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts (ACCA) for the opening night of Sussex Musical Theatre Society’s (SMuTS’s) Spring production: Jekyll…

Unexploded Ordnances – Curing historical amnesia and saving the world

In her 1980 paper ‘Age, Race, Class and Sex: Women Redefining Difference’, feminist writer Audre Lorde calls the myth of the “generation gap” one of the primary tools of repressive…

SMuTS presents Jekyll & Hyde

Sussex Musical Theatre Society (SMuTS) are presenting their Spring show this week premiering on Wednesday 21 March. The production is a musical theatre adaption of Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1886 gothic…

Arts Podcast: On “Jekyll and Hyde” the musical, Brighton Fringe lineup and more

This week, Alex is joined by our theatre editor Georgia to discuss the SMUTS upcoming musical performance and other events in Brighton this Spring!

What does it mean to be a man? – Testosterone review

Dynamic theatre company Rhum & Clay blew audiences away at Hove’s The Old Market last week with a daring venture into the culture of toxic masculinity. Testosterone is inspired by…

Hammerhead review

The two most fear-inducing descriptors for theatre in the UK must surely be “one-man show,” and “audience participation.” Although both are at the core of Joseph Morpurgo’s newest stage show,…

The Russian State Ballet of Siberia’s Cinderella review

The Russian State Ballet of Siberia came to the Theatre Royal Brighton this week with a trio of classic ballet performances to impress a range of audiences. The Badger was…

The Badger chats to Sussex Show Choir

Theatre Editor Georgia Grace spoke with one of the University’s major performing arts societies Show Choir about what they’ve been up to over the previous months, and what plans they…

Russian State Ballet of Siberia comes to the Theatre Royal Brighton

Next week, Theatre Royal Brighton hosts the Russian State Ballet of Siberia for three phenomenal performances across three consecutive nights: Romeo and Juliet, Cinderella and Swan Lake. The performances come…

An immersive journey of self-discovery (Featuring David Bowie) – From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads Review

Adrian Berry’s From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads is a moving and immersive journey of self-discovery aided by the music of rock legend David Bowie. Sole actor Alex Walton captivates…