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Monsters, Movies and Mayhem – Comedians Cinema Club Preview

One of Brighton’s most bizarre comedy nights returns this coming Thursday with Komedia’s fourth instalment of Comedians Cinema Club: an improvised show where a team of comedians recreate cinema classics,…

“Expect Kings, Queens and everything in between…” – DragSoc East Slope Takeover Preview

On the Wednesday evening of Freshers’ Week, Sussex students new and old will be treated to an exciting evening of dancing and performance with the university’s very own Drag Society.…

“Method To The Madness?” – My Floorboards Preview

As a successful summer at Brighton Open Air Theatre draws to a close, French theatre company Bubblegum Parfum Desert presents My Floorboards. This translated work promises an explosive day of…

First Night Freshers Film Fix

The Badger will be bringing you all some jolly good film and television recommendations throughout the coming academic terms. To keep you going until the work commences, here are some…

“A Journey Into The Unconscious Mind” – WHIST Preview

This September, Ashford-based dance company AΦE bring their five-star performance WHIST to the Old Market, Brighton. WHIST is an art installation come physical theatre piece inspired by the work of…

“Maybe there is a beast… maybe it’s only us.” Lord of the Flies Preview

Published in 1954 and now firmly cemented as one of the nation’s favourite classics, William Golding’s novel about the plight of young schoolboys stranded on a remote island, forced to…

POLAR: Boxed In Preview

The POLAR boys are back at it again with Boxed In, a 10 week series of Sunday night events in alternative locations across Brighton. From vintage clothing stores to burger…

Wet Bread Review: The perfect remedy to all this political noise

Spending his Sixth Form years in Brighton, Tom Glover is no stranger to the politics of the left. His production, ‘Wet Bread’, premiered at Brighton Fringe Festival this week. A…

Review: Fences

On the 26th of February everyone was shocked that the Academy had bestowed the Best Actor Oscar to Casey Affleck instead of Denzel Washington, who not only is a better…

Review: American Horror Story, Roanoke

American Horror Story (AHS) has remained one of the most well produced shows on cable television for six years now. It propelled networks to look into a genre that was…

All Hail: King Smo Interview

Self-proclaimed exponents of “Nihilist R&B” (no, they don’t know what it means either)*, King Smo’s charming eccentricities took URF x Smash Vinyl’s showcase by storm last month, and they’re gearing…

Live review: Live At Leeds 2017

Live At Leeds is the North’s award-winning metropolitan festival for new music and the organisers pulled out all of the stops for another successful year. With far too many incredible…

Review: Hot Girls Wanted: Turned On

In 2015 Sundance Film Festival screened one of the most interesting and raw documentaries on pornography of the 21st century. Following the 1998 first season of Louis Theoux’s Weird Weekends…

Review: Chelsea Wolfe at The Haunt 19.04.17

It is hard to file Chelsea Wolfe under a specific genre. Part Joni Mitchell-esque singer-songwriter folk and part all encompassing doom metal riffing, Wolfe has certainly carved out her own…

Review: Sick Festival

Last week, SICK! Festival, which describes itself as “the antidote to the physical, mental and social challenges of life”, came to the University of Sussex for a week long showcase…

Review: SMuTS West Side Story – ‘Sensuous, humorous and heartbreaking’

Photograph: Malcolm Tam The main SMuTS production of 2016-17 was West Side Story (directed by Andrew Crouch), a rousing, high-energy production which played to sold out audiences through five performances…

Preview: Live At Leeds 2017

Award-winning metropolitan all-dayer, Live At Leeds is back for another year and 2017 sees them flaunt another impressive billing. Having earned a reputation in previous years for showcasing some of…

Interview: Cariad Lloyd

We interview Cariad Lloyd about her time at Sussex University where she discusses Lewes Court, slugs and tea drinking. Cariad Lloyd is one of the UK’s fastest rising comedians. Known…

State of Nature: Immersive political theatre

This wasn’t theatre, this was an interactive evening in Utah with the State Governor, Merriweather, come terrorist which blew me away, literally, there is a terror explosion in the first…

Lucie Andrau – Au Revoir and Merci

It’s been a pleasure to see your work, and get to know you every week. You guys have been an endless source of inspiration and motivation for me. Your beautiful…