THIS WEEK IN BRIGHTON AND HOVE...
Friday 19th
Modelworld 2016
@BrightonCentre
With startling performances twice daily from the massive “Titan the Robot” to the smallest model railway layout that will fit inside a briefcase, and lots of hands-on activities for children of all ages, this show really will provide a great day out for kids and grown ups during Half Term.
10am - 5pm, £5.50 - £9.50
Brighton Centre
Kings Road, BN1 2GR
Curing Perfect Lab
@BrightonScience
What would a world of perfection look like and what roles do gene and stem cell biology have in this? Curing Perfect is an interactive online graphic novel which challenges users to think about the nature of perfection. This event is part of the Brighton Science Festival.
4pm, free
68 Middle Street
BN1 1AL
80s vs 90s Party
@FunkyfishClub
Great tunes, free entry and awesome drink deals at the legendary Funkyfish Club with two rooms and two bars. Expect Funk, Dance, UK Garage, Pop, RnB and more as you are transported back to the days of bad haircuts and first kisses.
10pm, free
Funkyfish Club
19 Marine Parade, BN2 1TL
Saturday 20th
White Mink: Electro Swing Speakeasy
@TOMvenue
The sounds and style of the 1920s & 30s turned upside down and smuggled into the 21st century. Expect high production values, cutting edge but accessible music, world-class performers, a fantastic atmosphere and surprises galore.
9pm, £15
The Old Market
Upper Market Street, BN3 1AS
Diane Chorley's Broken Heart Ball
@marlboroughbtn
Join the Queen of Canvey Diane Chorley and her band The Buffet to salvage the post-Valentine's wreckage of young love's broken dreams with an unmissable night of live music and fun. The former Essex nightclub owner will share her classic hits, themed covers and offer her advice on affairs of the heart.
8pm, £12.50
Marlborough Pub & Theatre
4 Prince's St, BN2 1RD
Whitehawk FC vs Havant & Waterlooville FC
@comeonyouhawks
Get tickets for Whitehawk FC vs Havant & Waterlooville FC on Sat 20 February 2016, supporting lcoal football in the area. Under 18s go free, and student discounts also available.
3pm, £12
The Enclosed Ground
BN2 5TS
Brighton Wine Tasting Experience Day
Taste 15 quality wines and enjoy a delicious 3 course food and wine matching lunch. On this course, learn how to taste wine like a professional and discover what all the swirling, sniffing and spitting (optional!) is about.
10:30am, £79
Drakes of Brighton
43-44 Marine Parade, BN2 1PE
Sunday 21st
Ellen Kent's Tosca
@TheatreRoyalBTN
This traditional production is a heady mixture of true love, torture and treachery, with two of the best roles for tenor and soprano, plus a truly blood curdling villain. Set against the beautiful backdrop of Rome, with spectacular costumes, and featuring a boys choir, this most popular of operas is sure to delight with its tender, moving arias.
7:45pm, £21.40 - £43.90
Theatre Royal Brighton
New Rd, BN1 1SD
Otava Yo
@brightdome
Otava Yo bring the abandoned traditions of Russian folksong to the 21st century. With lyrical gusil, global guitar, wailing bagpipes, expert fiddle-scraping, pumping bass and pounding drum, their songs of rural passions, heroic sailors, goats and pancakes are delivered with casual wit playful imagination.
7:30pm, £12
Brighton Dome
Church Street, BN1 1UE
Play With Your Food
@BrightonScience
A series of demos and interactive experiences, exploring concepts such as "How do you taste food?" and "How do your surroundings alter the taste?" Aided by The Royal Society of Chemistry, the Biochemical Society, Royal Society of Biology and the National Physical Laboratory, this event is part of the Brighton Science Festival.
11am - 4pm, £2
Sallis Benney Theatre
58 Grand Parade, BN2 0JY
Monday 22nd
Digital Catapult Centre Brighton: An introduction to the Blockchain
@Digicatbrighton
Blockchain has been hailed as the most important innovation since the internet; a distributed data storage technology that essentially creates an infallible public record of digital transactions. Attend for an exciting series of events where we will cover everything from what Blockchain will mean for your business to the tools and frameworks for implementing it.
5:30pm, free
The FuseBox
New England St, BN1 4GH
The X Factor
@BrightonCentre
Attended by over three million people, The X Factor Live Tour has been one of the most successful annual arena tours in the UK for the past eleven years. You’ve taken the journey with them from those first arena auditions, sat on the edge of your sofa during the dramatic six-seat challenge, followed their path to judges’ houses and will be tuning in to the studio shows; now is your chance to see The X Factor Live.
6:30pm, £19.50+
Brighton Centre
Kings Road, BN1 2GR
Tuesday 23rd
Derren Brown: Miracle
@TheatreRoyalBTN
The multi-award winning acknowledged master of psychological illusion is back on tour in 2015 with a brand new one-man show, Derren Brown: Miracle. Derren is, once again, looking forward to the challenge that comes with being acknowledged as one of the world’s most renowned live performers; a dark manipulator of magic and mind control.
7:45pm, £40.40 - £50.40
Theatre Royal Brighton
New Rd, BN1 1SD
Nora
@brightdome
In their first collaborative endeavour, dancers Eleanor Sikorski and Flora Wellesley Wesley perform an evening of new dance works in a curiously unexpected meeting of generations and ideas about what dance is today.
7:30pm, £10
Brighton Dome
Church Street, BN1 1UE
Wednesday 24th
Skips After School Club: Wind in the Willows
@TheatreRoyalBTN
Led by experienced workshop leaders, these fun and informal sessions for 6 – 10 year olds are a great way to find out more about theatre, make new friends and enjoy trying out new things. This Wind in the Willows themed session includes games, a look on stage, drama and craft activities and squash and biscuits.
4pm, £6
Theatre Royal Brighton
New Rd, BN1 1SD
Romeo & Juliet
@Rialto_Brighton
Join Unmasked Theatre as they rip up all you know about the most famous love story and present a night of intense ensemble theatre. Directed and adapted by Pip O’Neill and Luke Ofield .
8pm, £10
Rialto Theatre
Dyke Road, BN1 3FE
Thursday 25th
Shaun Buswell's Random Orchestra Challenges
@Rialto_Brighton
This is the story of Shaun’s journey told using his mouth words, videos, photos and song, followed by a one-off pop-up concert that will explain how and why he creates these moments of interactive music.
8pm, £9
Rialto Theatre
Dyke Road, BN1 3FE
Alun Cochrane: A Show with a Man in It
@KomediaBrighton
Alun’s dulcet tones can be heard frequently on BBC Radio 4. Hear him live at Komedia Brighton, where he'll be making jokes on manliness, womanliness, hobbies, ageing, fighting, perfume, beards, snoods, feminism, fundamentalism, and hopefully some profound understanding about life itself.
8pm, £12.50
Komedia Brighton
44-47 Gardner Street, BN1 1UN
