Get your gowns and tuxedos out again people, we’re having another ball! Sirona’s Secrets is proud to present the second Brighton Burlesque Summer Ball, and this time it’s a whole weekend extravaganza! Come to Wagner Hall, all lovers of burlesque, whether a fan of the art form, a hobbyist or a full time performer, this […]
With Prof Jennifer Visser-Rogers We are bombarded with numbers and statistics in the media on a daily basis and are expected to use these to make decisions about our day-to-day lives. But what do these numbers really mean? Real life involves risks. From cycling without a helmet, visiting a country with contagious diseases, to living […]
OUTDOOR SCREENING As the world prepares for the re-opening of Notre Dame join us to celebrate not only that, but the return of White Wall Cinema. Be a part of a special end of summer outdoor screening of a true classic, that also includes a free gift of your choice from a new set of […]
Ever wanted to go to space, like… for real? Well, now you can! Come and learn how budding astronauts Louis and Russ launched their DNA to the edge of space… and even managed to retrieve it! Come and learn exactly how they did it, how you could do it too, and if their DNA has […]
Brighton Natural Wine Fair is back! This time with more amazing UK low-intervention winemakers, local food stands plus wild beers & cider! After the sell out success of the first Brighton Natural Wine Fair in April this year, we're back and bringing you more UK low-intervention wine makers than you can shake a stick at! […]
With Dr Valentina Scarponi and Alice Clark Up until the late 1980's, Sussex Bay harboured dense kelp beds. However, since then, 96% of the kelp beds have been lost from the Bay, resulting in a degraded habitat. It is thought that the kelp was lost as a result of decades of trawling, increased water temperatures, […]
A FILMAKER'S APOCALYPSE With the impending release of The Godfather director Francis Ford Coppola's self financed 120 million dollar potential masterpiece / disasterpiece Megalopolis, and it's accompanying discussion / bizarre controversy surrounding it's production, we take a look back at the king of all madcap Coppola productions with this remarkable film documenting the sheer insanity […]
When the free spirited Jamie (Margaret Qualley - Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, Poor Things) breaks up with her girlfriend (Beanie Feldstein - Ladybird, Booksmart) she decides it's time to take her demure (possibly uptight) housemate Marian (Geraldine Viswanathan - Hala, Bad Education) on a road trip to Tallahassee. But things do not go […]
Dubbed 'The coolest debut from Cannes' by AnoOther Magazine, Riddle of Fire is a totally unique cinematic experience that follows three renegade kids who tear across the rolling hills of Wyoming in a mythical quest for Blueberry Pie in order that they might be allowed to play a stolen video game. Delightfully odd and very […]
Speaker: Will Joyce Spacecraft exploration of the outer planets and their extensive systems of moons discovered a variety of strange new worlds, some planet-sized, many challenging conventional science, and some being downright bizarre. Plus, several may even be home to life, despite being well outside the Sun's "Habitable Zone"! This discussion surveys many of these […]
Following her sold out 'Girlcrush' event from last year, Florence Given returns to Brighton Waterstones to discuss her much anticipated new book, 'Women Living Deliciously'. In 'Women Living Deliciously', Florence encourages us to fall in love with our lives and uncover the sense of wonder in ourselves that has been buried by shame, perfectionism and […]
With Dr Corina Ciocan Over the past 80 years, glass reinforced plastic boats (GRP or composite boats) have become a mainstay of the boating industry while little attention has been given to the consequences of GRP degradation or boat disposal. Recent studies reveal widespread glass fibre pollution in heavily trafficked waterways while research and policy […]
'THE ULYSSES CUT' WWC is proud to present a very special screening of the fabled 'Ulysses Cut' of the much maligned 90s Kevin Costner 'Mad Max, but on water' blockbuster Waterworld. Attacked viciously in the press even BEFORE it's release due to reported production problems and a ballooning budget of what, at the time, became […]
Originally announced by us back in May, this screening now becomes an unintended tribute to the great Gena Rowlands who sadly passed away on August 14th of this year. One of the great actresses of her, or indeed any other generation, starring in films such as Woody Allen's Another Woman and Jim Jarmusch's Night on […]
“She has been sentenced by men pretending to be certain of things of which they are entirely ignorant.” 1759 - The country waits for Halley's Comet. In rural Suffolk, Sally Poppy is sentenced to hang for a heinous murder. When she claims to be pregnant, a jury of twelve matrons are taken from their housework […]
“She has been sentenced by men pretending to be certain of things of which they are entirely ignorant.” 1759 - The country waits for Halley's Comet. In rural Suffolk, Sally Poppy is sentenced to hang for a heinous murder. When she claims to be pregnant, a jury of twelve matrons are taken from their housework […]
“She has been sentenced by men pretending to be certain of things of which they are entirely ignorant.” 1759 - The country waits for Halley's Comet. In rural Suffolk, Sally Poppy is sentenced to hang for a heinous murder. When she claims to be pregnant, a jury of twelve matrons are taken from their housework […]
“She has been sentenced by men pretending to be certain of things of which they are entirely ignorant.” 1759 - The country waits for Halley's Comet. In rural Suffolk, Sally Poppy is sentenced to hang for a heinous murder. When she claims to be pregnant, a jury of twelve matrons are taken from their housework […]
HALLOWEEN SPECIAL Celebrating the release of film director Jordan Peele’s Black horror anthology paperback ‘Out There Screaming’ we screen Peele’s underrated middle feature made between his breakout hit ‘Get Out’ and IMAX style blockbuster ‘Nope’. ‘Us’ is a fascinating secret code of a horror movie filled to the brim with hidden clues, messages and ideas. […]
HALLOWEEN SPECIAL Before Robert Pattinson's take on 'The Batman' another winged avenger ruled the gothic grunge roost. Long held as a bona-fide cult classic, the 1994 version of The Crow has recently begun to be re-evaluated for just how much influence it has had on modern cinema (especially Pattinson's Batman/HBO's Penguin). Starring Brandon (son of Bruce) Lee in his final […]
