Arts

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 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

After a brief hiatus, LA band, Warpaint are back with their third studio album ‘Heads Up’ and are touring it across the UK. Tonight we find them in Brighton Dome…

On March 10th, Frank Ocean dropped his latest single, ‘Chanel’ via his Beats1 radio show, ‘Blonded’. Following an already very successful album release, ‘Blond’, earlier in 2016, ‘Chanel’ is but…

Fresh from releasing what many are calling their best album, Dutch Uncles are back in Brighton to play a triumphant show at The Haunt. The Stockport quartet, famed for their…

Content warning: brief mention of rape and stalking I started dissertation work early this morning, but when I noticed that 5pm had suddenly crept up on me, I thought I’d…

Despite women making up the largest proportion of theatre-goers, there still remains a gendered 2:1 ratio when it comes to the industry itself. I don’t need to tell you which…

By Zachary Sweeney-Lynch Beautiful Thing by Jonathan Harvey, and directed by Sussex student Jonathan Bensusan Bashis an endearing coming of age story set on a council estate in South East…

Next month sees the return of The Great Escape – Europe’s leading festival for new music. Conveniently located in Brighton, from Thursday 18 – Saturday 20 May hundreds of artists…

Emma is studying English and Philosophy, and is currently doing a year abroad in Vancouver, British Columbia. Emma’s traveling photography keeps getting more and more recognition, Urban Outfitters just proclaimed…

By: Sussex Show Choir This year in Show Choir, to show our appreciation for the I Heart Consent initiative, we are supporting the Survivors’ Network who aim to reduce sexual…

Brighton’s annual new music bash, The Great Escape has added over 150 new artists to its already dazzling line-up. Fickle Friends, Blood Red Shoes and Rat Boy are amongst the…