International bestselling author and Brighton’s most famous crime writer, Peter James, talks about his career, his inspiration and his bestselling novels. Join us for an evening of anecdotes and an insight into the mind of the creator of Roy Grace and a man who has sold over 30 million books...
A collective gasp goes up as Joey, unbelievably a collection of wooden limbs, is brought out onto the stage, rearing and kicking. The life size wooden horses (as well as a charming goose who gains a surprising amount of sympathy from the audience) are provided by the Handspring Puppet...
'What is hard painting?
Painting that is hard edged, non-figurative and abstract
Painting that endures
Painting that is a complex and esoteric distillation of ideas'
These are the claims this exhibition attempts to investigate and challenge. Seven contemporary and abstract painters, Ian Boutell, John Bunker, Philip Cole, Stig Evans, Tess Jaray, Johanna Melvin...
Collected Works CIC is a reader development organisation based in Brighton. The organisation delivers projects, events and activities based around spreading a shared love of reading to the community. One of their most popular initiatives is City Reads, an annual citywide reading festival which aims to spread a love of literature and ideas to a huge...
For anyone who feels the bleak January skies might be stripping Brighton of its aesthetic pleasures, John Piper's Aquatints might provide a fresh lens through which to view our seaside town. Piper believed Brighton's Regency architecture was worth protecting, calling it the 'proper background for popular English seaside life'....
The producers of the hit Broadway and West End show Legally Blonde The Musical are searching the UK and Ireland for the perfect pooch to star in their show. The four legged star will play the role of Rufus and will feature in the Brighton leg of the national tour, which...
War Horse will finally open at The Brighton Centre next week on Thursday 25th January, after tickets went to sale almost two years ago. The National Theatre's acclaimed show embarks on a huge UK tour this year, running in Brighton from January 25th until February 10th. Tickets will range from...
This exhibition, running at the Brighton Museum & Art Gallery until March 11th, is the first to explore Gluck's work alongside her personal history. Compiled from the Royal Pavilion's collection, the Gluck family archive and objects lent by various individuals, there exists a curious contrast between the sterile biographical...
Every night before bed, I begged my mother to make sure my closet door was snugged tighter than my own cover. We had fallen into a typical nightly routine of her tucking me in, then examining the closet door, even pushing it with her hip to be certain it...
My sister Penny was always afraid of the upstairs at our house she never went up there at night.
Our main conversation every night went something like this ;
Penny: Buffy go upstairs and find me my white sweater, black jeans and leather jacket. (The clothing items would change from night...
