Brighton Fringe
Brighton Fringe 2013 – Predictably unpredictable
Running alongside – but separate to – the programmed Brighton Festival that’s been a fixture of city life since the late Sixties, Brighton Fringe’s open-access policy attracts upwards of 700 shows made by local, national and international companies and features performers at every stage of their professional development.
By Nione Meakin | Arts | Wednesday, 15 May 2013 at 5:00 am
Brighton Fringe 2012: laughing through the blood, sweat and tears
It has been an emotional journey. The three weeks of intense activity that make up England’s largest arts festival are finally coming to an end.
By Julian Caddy | Arts | Saturday, 26 May 2012 at 12:21 pm
Brighton Fringe: The last hoorah
THE finish line for the Brighton Fringe is in sight, and as ever, it’s with a mixture of sadness and relief that we stagger towards it.
By Nione Meakin | Arts | Friday, 25 May 2012 at 12:00 am
Brighton Fringe: The theatre of food
IF there are a lot of green-faced people limping around Brighton today, I think we know who to blame. Culinary architects Bompas & Parr rolled into the city last night, bringing with them a cavalcade of ponies, poetry and flaming pineapples.
By Nione Meakin | Arts | Thursday, 24 May 2012 at 12:00 am
May 23: Pulling strings on the Brighton Fringe
SOMEONE call Equity; let alone not being actors, some of the stars of this year’s Fringe aren’t even human. From polar bears to mermaids, chippy socks to 50ft women, puppets are being used in increasingly inventive ways in Brighton venues.
By Nione Meakin | Arts | Wednesday, 23 May 2012 at 12:00 am
Brighton Fringe: The week ahead…
So it seems that Brighton is well and truly swimming in gin, and apparently we can’t stop talking about it. Why, only last night I headed over to the Hendrick’s Library of Delightfully Peculiar Writings to take in a poetry slam, and a gin or two!
There were some great poems on show, covering everything from [...]
By Rosie Blackwell-Sutton | Arts | Tuesday, 22 May 2012 at 12:00 am
Mother’s Ruin at Brighton Fringe
With one week to go, whichever direction I happen to be walking seems to involve a pause at the Hendrick’s Library of Delightfully Peculiar Writings for a gin and tonic. It is a habit to which I have been happy to succumb, and how.
By Julian Caddy | Arts | Monday, 21 May 2012 at 12:00 am
Brighton Fringe: Is literature the new rock ‘n’ roll?
First thing’s first, literature is quite clearly not the new rock ‘n’ roll, just as pink is not the new black and Olly Murs is not the new John Lennon.
By Nione Meakin | Arts | Friday, 18 May 2012 at 12:00 am
What I learnt at the Fringe
There are a number of things to be learned at Brighton Fringe; how to survive solely on Wotsits and beer for example, and how exactly one pronounces ‘Steine’ (if you still think it rhymes with ‘wine’, you’re not done yet).
By Nione Meakin | Arts | Thursday, 17 May 2012 at 12:02 am
Brighton Fringe: Museums and cafes and bathtubs, oh my!
The phrase ‘site-specific’ is in danger of becoming as overused in Fringe programmes as ‘locally-sourced’ is on menus, and nearly as open to interpretation.
By Nione Meakin | Arts | Wednesday, 16 May 2012 at 12:00 am
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