Perhaps the first outright masterpiece by Italian great Federico Fellini who would later create such legendary cinematic experiences as La Dolce Vita, 8 1/2, Satyricon, Roma, and Amarcord, this 1954 screen classic stars the director’s wife and collaborator Giulietta Masina as Gelsomina, as a young care-free girl who is sold by her impoverished mother to […]
Touching back down in our favourite seaside town for twenty twenty three, drawing on our signature brew of Independent Labels, Record Stores and Record Pushers, and soundtracked throughout the day by some heavy hitters… We are extremely proud to announce one of New York’s finest Human Head are headlining the event, more news on their […]
All Together Now! As choirs emerged out of Covid lockdown, St. Paul’s Church opened their doors to Brighton’s Choir With No Name, a choir for people with lived experience of homelessness and marginalisation. Working together through restrictions and guidelines the church and CWNN made sure people’s voices could be heard once again. This Fringe we […]
Brighton's longest running illustration event returns with another market stuffed to the brim with talented artists! BIF returns with another bumper crop of illustration-based good times! 60+ of the countries best makers and sellers will be under one roof selling art, clothing, ceramics, merch, comics and much more... See you there! Team BIF x
Brighton's longest running illustration event returns with another market stuffed to the brim with talented artists! BIF returns with another bumper crop of illustration-based good times! 60+ of the countries best makers and sellers will be under one roof selling art, clothing, ceramics, merch, comics and much more... See you there! Team BIF x
MUSIQUE ET TOILE Sergio Leone's composer was a film music monument!. (Re) discover some of his most emblematic compositions for the cinema. With excerpts from: Once Upon a Time in the West | Once Upon a Time in America | The Good, The Bad and The Ugly....amongst many more classics. The CINÉ-TRIO is the fruit […]
MUSIQUE ET TOILE Steven Spielberg and George Lucas' award-winning composer John Williams has composed many of the most famous film scores in Hollywood history over the past 60 years! With excerpts from: E.T. | Star Wars | Schindler's List | Indiana Jones | Harry Potter....and many more classics. The CINÉ-TRIO is the fruit of a […]
MUSIQUE ET TOILE French composers for the silver screen (as well as television) are very talented. This concert will present a wide musical palette, taking you to very different but always emotional universes. With excerpts from: The Super Aces | A Man and a Woman | Jean de Florette | The Fabulous Destiny of Amelie […]
MUSIQUE ET TOILE From Japan to India, not to forget China, Vietnam and Hong Kong, the Cine-Trio suggests a complet musical change of scenery on the Asian continent! With excerpts from: Parasite | Indochine | In the Mood for Love | The Last Emperor | The Lover | Seven Years in Tibet....and many more classics. […]
A completely unique and organic take on the animation / mockumentary genres, director Dean Fleischer Camp and Jenny Slate have upscaled their small series of You Tube shorts into a feature film about the inimitable Marcel the Shell. The story begins when documentary filmmaker Dean (Dean Fleischer Camp) moves into an Airbnb following the end […]
Next up in our ‘Black Cinema Goes Boom’ programming strand (which focuses on the explosion of early ‘90s popular black cinema) it's the bombastic New Jack City. This highly stylised neo-noir crime thriller classic is directed by Mario Van Peebles (son of pioneer director Melvin Van Peebles) and is an era-defining piece of black cinema. […]
SECRET MOVIE CLUB || You Can't Get The Staff These Days || This time we bring you a forgotten gem that arguably kicked off an entire genre. A comedy about the pitfalls of being mega rich (you can’t get the staff these days!), an insightful look at the class divide, it’s a bona-fide classic that […]
The Chelsea, Everton, Scotland (and now BBC 5 Live) legend Pat Nevin joins us in Brighton to launch his new memoir, with a special In Conversation evening. 'Football and How to Survive It' is the follow-up to 2021's acclaimed 'The Accidental Footballer' and traces Pat's journey into a less glamorous side of football. From Tranmere to Kilmarnock, […]
This funny lot of graduates have been working hard, writing their material and honing their performing skills to do their first stand-up gig on the 8 week beginners comedy course. Every week we’ve been laughing at the material they’ve shared with the class. Their confidence levels, delivery and material are shaping up nicely for a […]
+ PRINCE 'DEEP CUTS' DJ SET His royal purpleness takes to the screen in his legendary 1984 motion picture that offers a fictionalised story of his rise to fame. Starring as ‘The Kid’, this fictional Prince origin story nonetheless features his real life backing band The Revolution, protégés Morris Day and The Time as well as the […]
Transform Brighton and Hove brings together the local community and groups working for social change. In Germany, concerned citizens step forward to save an ancient forest from one of Europe’s biggest coal mines. They form an unlikely alliance with a frustrated community in rural England who are forced into action to protect their homes from […]
+PRE FILM INTERVIEW WITH SPECIAL GUEST - AUTHOR HANNAH STRONG Join us for a special screening of Sofia Coppola's Somewhere, plus a pre-film discussion with Little White Lies Associate Editor and author of 'Sofia Coppola Forever Young', Hannah Strong. Hannah's book explores the 'tonally diverse, meticulously crafted, and unapologetically hyperfeminine aesthetic' of the great Sofia Coppola, […]
If you're hopelessly devoted to musical theatre, you better shape up for an electrifying evening! Doors open at 7.15pm - Join us for a summer tipple in the garden before the show starts! City of Stars are Brighton's & Hove's only adult intermediate musical theatre choirs, ran by vocal coach Candi Louise & Megan Sayer. […]
Celebrate all things love with We Bop Choir! Glorious a cappella & accompanied songs to lift your soul by Candi Staton, Madonna, Taylor Swift, Etta James, Adele, Soft Cell, Jackie Wilson & more. With unique arrangements of classic songs written by choir director, Rachel Myer, this 40-strong all-women choir delight audiences whenever they perform. For […]
One of the most aesthetically attuned directors of all time, Terrence Malick’s ability to conjure up breath taking images on screen is virtually unparalleled. Days of Heaven is one of only two movies Malick made in the ‘70s (prior to a near 20 year absence as a director) and is an undoubted masterpiece of ethereal […]
