What is on this week in Brighton and Hove?
With the Festival Season coming up to the half-way point, here is our round-up of some of the fabulous going-ons about the city.
Do something different this week..
Friday 17th May
• Brighton Festival 2013 - Poet, writer, broadcaster and former Children’s Laureate Michael Rosen takes the helm as Guest Director of Brighton Festival 2013. Until 26
• Brighton Fringe - Brighton Fringe is one of the largest and fastest-growing open access arts festival in the world and the largest in England. It sets out to stimulate, educate and entertain a wide audience by providing a showcase for diverse art forms. Until 2
• The Ladyboys of Bangkok - This year's production is called 'Fifty Shades of Pink!' Until 1 Sabai Pavilion
• No Exit - Jean-Paul Sartre was a French existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist & political activist. His plays are richly symbolic & serve as a means of conveying his philosophy & No Exit is no exception, 7.45pm 2:30pm matinee 12th, £10 – Until 18th May - New Venture Theatre
• Someone Else’s Shoes - Join TrailBlaze on a journey through a Brighton you have never met 5:30pm, 7pm, 8:30pm, £6/£5 – The Old Market
• Jukebox Fury - For this special Jukebox Fury, The Basement teams up with The Great Escape, Europe’s answer to SXSW, to bring you a fantastic and eclectic programme of music throughout the evening, 8:30pm, £8/£6 – The Basement
• Born Bad - A wild and sexy night of delinquent rhythms, 11pm, £6/£5 – Komedia
• Fosters Comedy Club - Eat, drink, watch and laugh as 3 top stand-ups and one of the best MCs on the comedy circuit entertain you, Please see www.komedia.co.uk/krater for opening times, £6 - £31 – Komedia
Saturday 18th May
• Theatre Royal Backstage Tours - Every Saturday, the tour is full of intriguing insights into the history and present day workings of Theatre Royal Brighton, 11:30am, £6 – Theatre Royal
• Sugarcraft Exhibition - There will be displays of sugar work including sugar flowers, sugar models and celebration cakes, 10am-5pm, £5/£4.50 in advance, children £1.50 – Brighton Racecourse
• The Brunswick Mile of Bric A Brac & Community Fun Day - Brunswick Events is staging a charity fundraising event to help support the next Brunswick Festival in August 2013, 10am-5pm, free – Brunswick Square
• Deans Festival - Come along to enjoy a mix of modern attractions alongside traditional fête-style stalls. Be sure to look out for the climbing wall, sports displays, bouncy slides, table-top games, playbus and much more, 11am-4pm, free entry – Grounds of Woodingdean Primary School
• St Ann’s Well Gardens Spring Festival – St Ann's Well Gardens is now celebrating its 105th Birthday & this festival is set to be bigger, better than ever before! www.stannswellgardens.co.uk
• Swinging 40s Tea Dance - Put on those dancing shoes, we are heading back into the 40’s with our afternoon tea dances, 2pm-4pm, £10 – Hotel Seattle
• Cookery Classes at Square Restaurant - Join us at Square for a 60 min cookery class on Saturdays between 3-5pm (please book a week in advance, maximum 4 people per class, cost is £25.00 per person includes the class and your meal, 3pm – 79-80 Western Road
• Interservice Boxing - The evening will be made up of 15 Inter Service bouts with East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service hosting the event, taking on a mixed team of Sussex Police and The British Army, 6pm, £20/£55 (VIP) – Hilton Brighton Metropole
• Sing-A-Long-A-Grease - The brand new sing along screening of the classic film starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, 6:30pm, £45 – includes welcome drink, 2 course hot buffet, sing-a-long-aGrease show and disco until 1am – Old Ship Hotel
• PopKraft Eurovision Party - Boogaloo Stu and his coterie of crazy fools invite you to the Pop Kraft Eurovision party at the most beautiful venue in the South East, 7pm-2am, £44 – 3 course meal and show and free club entry – Proud Cabaret Brighton
• Stand-Up: The Musical - We’ve rounded up our favourite lyrical comics and comical lyricists from TV, the web and the live circuit into a single blockbuster line-up of stand-up, 8pm, £15 – Emporium Theatre
• Spellbound - Cherry Foxx and Simon Price play alternative ‘80s classics, 9pm, £6/£5 – Komedia
• Artists’ Open Houses - Every May, artists and makers in Brighton & Hove open their houses and studios up to the public, providing art lovers with the chance to browse and buy original artwork direct from the artists themselves. For more information visit http://www.aoh.org.uk or pick up a programme – Various Venues
Sunday 19th May
• Woodland - A safe place for rare creatures. What happens when a new arrival doesn’t want to adhere to the safe routines already in place? For Children 3-5yrs with subtle adult humour, 19th May: 12:30pm & 2:30pm, 4:30pm, 20 - 22 May 11:30am, 1:30pm & 3:30pm – Emporium Theatre
• Heroes Run - The idea is simple; we encourage people to dress up as a hero and run, jog, walk, anything really along Hove seafront in either a 10k or 5k run - Hove Seafront
• The Big Bite-Size Breakfast - A fresh working of some recent Edinburgh & Brighton hits at Latest Music Bar, 11am, £12.50/£9.50 – Latest Music Bar
• Deaux Johns Orchestra: JazzFest - ‘Open Jazz’ with this remarkable group of musicians presenting original material with exciting rhythms, 2:45pm, £6.50/£4.50 – Komedia
• Stories with Tea - Lynn Ruth Miller’s tales show you how to discover the magic in all our lives. Join her for tea and tales of yesterday, 4pm, £6 – Latest Music Bar
• Someone Else’s Shoes - Join TrailBlaze on a journey through a Brighton you have never met 5:30pm, 7pm, 8:30pm, £6/£5 – The Old Market
• David Mountifield’s Best of Enemies - Nobody's perfect. Especially celebrities. But what if you BUILT the perfect celebrity friend? Or Enemy? Comedy panel show, 6pm, £5 – Komedia
• Streisand – The Main Event - A musical celebration of the life, career and music of the greatest female recording artist of all time, Barbra Streisand, 8pm, £9/£8 – Latest Music Bar
• The Lovely Brothers - Eccentric and anarchic comedy band playing vaudeville power pop laced with satire, silliness and disturbing dance routines, 8:30pm, £6/£4 – Komedia
Monday 20th May
• Kasper’s Puppet Theatre - Using original hand carved Hohnsteiner puppets and translating popular stories presented for today’s young audience, 11am & 2pm, £5.99 Until 31
• Terry Garoghan: The Devil Keeps Tugging - Terry returns with a cabaret about his old mate The Devil, 9pm, £10 – Komedia
Tuesday 21st May
• The Impossible Escape – Café Scientifique, 7:30pm, free – Latest Music Bar
• What Would Beyonce Do? - Sell-out Soho Theatre run and smash hit runs in Edinburgh and Shoreditch – if you’re an independent single lady, come and check it out! 8:30pm, £12/£10 – Komedia
Wednesday 22nd May
• The Modernists by Jeff Noon - Fuelled by amphetamines, fast music, style and the motor scooter, The Modernists is a non-stop ride with the Mods, 7:30pm, £14/£12 – Komedia
• Paul Gunn & Worsted - ‘Noel Coward meets the Buena Vista Social Club’, a curious mix of EnglishTea Room and Latin Rhythms with razor sharp lyrics, 7:30pm, £10/£8 – Latest Music Bar
• Chet Faker – In 2011, Nicholas Murphy recorded a cover of No Diggity. Shared by a handful of people, the song spread like wildfire until reaching #1 on the indie blog charts Hype Machine, & so the Chet Faker identity was born, 8pm, £7 – The Hope
• Granny’s Gone Wild - Lynn Ruth Miller is approaching 80 and she’s pulled out the stops. Listen to outrageous comedy and song 7:30pm, £5 –Until Friday - Latest Music Bar
Thursday 23rd May
• 50 Shades of Cabaret - Audience and press alike loved the show in London, so now it is time to embrace the forbidden in Brighton, 7pm, £24 – Proud Cabaret Brighton
• Faulty Towers… the Dining Experience - Basil, Sybil and Manuel return to their favourite spot for a beach break. Lunchtime: 12.30pm, Evening 8pm, £43.50 - £49.50 Including dinner – Thistle Brighton
• Princess Chelsea - Having been cherry picked by ALT-J for their upcoming tour, we're delighted that Princess Chelsea will be headlining Green Door Store, 7:30pm, £7 – The Green Door Store
• Seattle Sessions - Join us in the Bar as we showcase Brighton’s vibrant music scene, 7:30-9:30pm – Hotel Seattle
• Africa Unite - Live sets from Rebel Control, a Roots Reggae & Dance Hall festival favourite, plus Congolese Soukous stars Zong Zing All Stars, 8pm, £10/£8 – Komedia
• Fado: Claudia Aurora - The Porto-born singer/songwriter enraptures with the spine-tingling emotion of her powerful, mournful Fado torch songs, 8:30pm, £14.50 in advance, £16 on the door – Komedia
