Voicebox: Brighton Fringe
Brighton Fringe takes place every May and is a great place to spend the May bank holidays and the summer half-term break. This vast celebration of all things creative has grown out of, and is inspired by, home-grown talent. More than 50% of participants are based in Brighton and Hove. The festival is committed to helping the arts flourish and are completely open-access, which means anyone can put on a Brighton Fringe event. No selection criteria are imposed on participants. This enables both new and established performers to try out new work and take risks. They also help artists develop professionally through a range of workshops, mentoring and bursary programmes. A wide array of critically acclaimed shows and performers also appear at Brighton Fringe each year, drawn by the huge number of appreciative audience members who attend every year.
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23 May 2016
Sex, Strokes, Death, Denial
A mother and a son deal with all of the above, in a play which didn't quite hit the right notes.
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23 May 2016
An Old Fashioned Girl
A visual and musical interview with Liz Turner, famous radio broadcaster of the 1950s.
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23 May 2016
A Little Prince
Funny, insightful and well-choreographed: the perfect words to describe this piece.
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22 May 2016
S#!t-Faced Shakespeare
William Shakespeare has written some truly bangin' plays - and there's just no arguing with that.
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19 May 2016
A Glass of Nothing
Dark humour playfully dances on the thin line between imagination and reality - Written by Peter Kenny
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18 May 2016
East
Idiosyncrasies become normality for the audience, as the actors' performances flourish amongst the ingenious direction.
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18 May 2016
Joan
Drag king cabaret meets lyrical theatre in an innovative, audience-pleasing play exploring the timeless themes of gender identity and self-acceptance.
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17 May 2016
The Half Life Of Love
Exploring themes of betrayal, deceit and love (obviously), The Half Life of Love, an original play written by Gail Louw, delves into the dysfunctional relationships between its three characters.
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16 May 2016
Interview with Sajeela Kershi
Sajeela Kershi, figurehead behind the inspired Immigrant Diaries has a daring new show in which she discusses Asian women and the so-called Islamic State.
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15 May 2016
Necessity
Lively and enjoyable, with a dark undercurrent that drives the play to its gripping denouement.
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14 May 2016
The Girl Who Fell In Love With The Moon
Lots of 'ooh's, a bit of 'ahh', a great deal of 'haha!' and it all ended with an 'awhh' (as well as a few goosebumps).
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13 May 2016
How to...make the most of Brighton Fringe
Are you reporting from Brighton Fringe this month? Whether you're working as a reporter for Voice, writing for your own blog or reviewing for another magazine, here's a handy guide to get you started.
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13 May 2016
Bourgeois & Maurice
Under the giant disco ball of Brighton's Spiegeltent, Bourgeois & Maurice provided opportunity to laugh at the world and its horrors, taking us on a sequin-saturated political journey.
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13 May 2016
Sarah Kendall: A Day in October - with support from Stephen Bailey
An absorbing narrative which takes the audience on a sometimes unnervingly vivid journey of tragedy and comedy.
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11 May 2016
Glengarry Glen Ross
Vile is recurring theme at the fringe, but never has vile been so slick, so everyday, and so horribly depressing.
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11 May 2016
Nathan Willcock: State of the Nathan
After a good start, the show sadly slowed down and, to be honest, it was rather disappointing by the end.
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11 May 2016
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These two gals combined acrobatics, a goofy sense of humour, and the odd spinning plate to tell the semi-autobiographical story of their creative arts journey.