Brighton Fringe Preview: Nick Cave Double Bill at The Old Market (TOM’s Film Club)
In celebration of iconic Brighton local, legendary alt-rock musician (and episodic actor) Nick Cave, TOM’s Film Club are hosting a double-bill screening of his films at The Old Market (Upper…
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…
More Brit(ish) than ever: A review of Afua Hirsch at Brighton Festival
Afua Hirsch’s 2018 book – part memoir, part polemic – provokes mixed feelings. So too did her discussion of the topic at this year’s Brighton Festival. Don’t get me wrong,…
Artist Focus: Rory Hinshelwood
Rory Hinshelwood studies Zoology with Spanish at Sussex. His brand is called Poplar St., at the moment the brand sell embroidered high-quality t-shirts. Rory works mostly in graphics to support…
Artist Focus: Maayan Cohen
The Badger spoke with Sussex University’s Maayan Cohen about her creative workshop, ‘Bits and Pieces.’ Can you tell us a bit about Bits and Pieces- what’s the event about? Bits…
Voodoo enthralls at The Old Market – review
As part of South East Dance’s micro-festival, Undisciplined, Voodoo comes to being as a collaboration between South East Dance and Project O. Project O brings artists Alexandrina Hemsley and Jamila…
Trial & error: Sex, sass and foolishness through dance
For the concluding show of South East Dance’s micro-festival, Double Bill brings two short performances to The Old Market’s stage: Comebacks I thought of later by Eleanor Sikorski and Ode…
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…
Jake Bugg at Brighton Dome
Following the release of his Fourth Studio album ‘Hearts that Strain’ in September 2017, Jake Bugg decided he wanted an intimate tour, and that is exactly what he did. This…
Should Instrumental Skill Still Matter?
I am not advocating that all music, no matter how little talent is required, is by default innovative. I will eagerly admit that much of the bland, commercial music currently…
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…
What’s wrong with the literary canon?
This elusive and slightly archaic category, ‘the literary canon’ seeps into what we know and what we think we know about ‘good’ and ‘bad’ literature. On a simple level, the…
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…
Voodoo preview
“ science fiction that addresses the desire, confusion and responsibility felt as individuals, who are also symbols of many long-persecuted people.” (Quoted from Alexandrina Hemsley and Jamila Johnson-Small) Voodoo is…
“A moving symbol of cooperation and humanity” – COAL review
“This is not a show. It’s something else”, we’re told. Gary Clarke’s dance performance of the life and decline of Britain’s mining communities is certainly something else. ‘Do you want…
Stand Up & Slam review
Sometimes the best experiences are those you initially question. Stand Up & Slam is one such idea, for it is a resounding triumph of an evening. Hosted in the downstairs…
Organisms, self-understanding and sacrifice in Rambert’s production at Theatre Royal Brighton
Goat.-Rambert-Dancers-FrontCentre-Daniel-Davidson.-©-Hugo-Glendinning Rambert delivered a series of fluid performances where human bodies became elegant oscillations, much like the metallic wall used on stage to divide the dancers in the opening piece:…
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…