John McKean, who has been Professor of Architecture at Brighton University for 11 years, is currently completely rewriting the classic door-stopper, Banister Fletcher's History of Architecture.
Is it of interest to know that Stonehenge and the Pyramids were being built at the same time? That American colonial building techniques involved the traditional west African skills of slaves? That Brighton's Royal Pavilion was being copied in mid-19th Century India?
John McKean argues that taking a global view of what was going on at any time in the past makes us think again about what we consider our architectural heritage.
Presented by The Regency Society
Sunday 20 January 2008 11am
Tickets: £5-£20
Elias Quartet
MENDELSSOHN Op.81 Four Pieces
BRITTEN Quartet No.2
MENDELSSOHN Quartet Op.13 in a
The Elias Quartet specialise in performing Mendelssohn’s string quartets. These works are the private emotional diary of Mendelssohn’s soul, and require performers of rare ability and insight to do them justice - with the Elias Quartet, this is exactly what you get.
Friday 25 January 2008 7.30pm
Tickets: £35
Burns Night
Traditional Burns night dinner with charity auction and DJ.
Fund raising event for CLIC Sargent
(Caring for Children and Young People with Cancer)
Sunday 27 & Monday 28 January 2008 7pm
Tickets: £4 | £2 Under18s
Twenty One
A celebration of the 21st Anniversary of Brighton Youth Theatre with excerpts from some of the shows from previous years.
Previous members return for a reunion on Sunday 27th.
Wed 30, Thu 31 January, Fri 1 February 2008 7.30pm
Tickets: £10 (£6)
West Side Story
Students from Cardinal Newman Catholic School present the tragic love story set against the background of gang rivalry in 1950’s America.
