Maisha live at Patterns review: the zenith of contemporary British jazz
If you were to line up the new stardom of British jazz and choose the most iconic artists, you might be forgiven for Maisha having escaped your view. For one,…
MAISHA live at Patterns preview – The exemplary artists of London’s vibrant jazz scene
Combining in equal parts the airy spiritualism of Alice Coltrane and the kind of virtuosic displays now typical of the UK’s prolific jazz scene, Maisha’s music is littered with references…
Brighton Philharmonic November Review
After a rigorously conducting the orchestral exposition of Beethoven’s third Piano Concerto, Freddy Kempf glides onto a Steinway for a memorable rendition of the first movement’s opening cadenza. It is…
Go See a String Quartet: Globally Renowned Artists Play for Free on Campus
Classical music can be obtuse. It is easy, especially at free concerts occupied largely by octogenarians, to get lost between movements and melodies. This is especially true of symphonies, where…
Adam review
If you have been a stranger to the stage this spring and decide to see one contemporary show, let it be Adam. This reviewer went in entirely blind. Slowly, as…
Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra: Spring 17/18
Using his iPad to conduct while expertly running through the cadenzas, Howard Shelley’s dual role of conductor and soloist in a performance of Mendelssohn’s first piano concerto might more readily…
Notorious Review
Note: explicit performance discussed “Her own sense of being in herself is supplanted by a sense of being appreciated as herself by another…. Every one of her actions – whatever…
Notorious Preview
‘Challenging’ is certainly one way to describe Lauren Barri Holstein’s work. As a lecturer and PhD student at Queen Mary University London in 2015, she screened a clip from her…
A Thousand Faces Preview
India’s tradition of dance-theatre is wrapped up in a contested historical narrative. A masterful mix of storytelling and footwork — or recitation and gesture — Kathak weaves tales from Hindu…
“An eclectic mix of theatre and musical performance” – Medea Electronica Review
Drummer Sam Cox thrusts a drumstick skyward, interrupting the second refrain of Kate Bush’s Wuthering Heights playing through The Old Market’s PA. A synthwave drum beat gives way to the…
Review: Kitgum Kitchen
Fusion is too cheap of a word to describe the newest food offering at The Mesmerist. Owner Fayaaz’s parents were Gujurati migrants to Uganda, part of a contingent of roughly…
Oshio Review – Korean Food in Brighton
Brighton has long suffered from a lack of Korean food. The lovely one-woman operation at the Open Market, KorPan, serves up great home-style classics. Namul does great cold food. Binari…